Time off. They are working to make ends meet and its not working. The reallife impact of cutting food stamps. How people in food banks could feel the pinch. The impact of a crippling winter storm is felt across the southern u. S. A slight warm up could help the region thaw out. The storm is blamed on several deaths from texas to the carolinas, striking part of the country not used to dealing with snow and ice, and thousands were stranded in cars, at work, in schools. Im stephanie sy. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Atlanta is one of the hardest hit areas. Good morning. What are things like there right now. Its cold, in the teens. We are expecting a warm up to melt some of the ice. Most of the roads are clear now. We are seeing some sheets of black ice. So officials warn people to stay off the interstates and the highways here today. The schools are still closed. Government is closed and the finger pointing seems to be starting here in atlanta as to how its possible that only a few inche
Or a fast moving events in ukraine today with the peace now slipping away from central control. Kiev says it wants to hold a National Referendum on territorial integrity. But the move might be too little too late for the pro russian separatists who now control key cities and towns and are demanding secession will be live with our reporter for more on that shortly. It also looks like there could be some progress in efforts to free the International Observers being held by pro russian militants. So the ants still behind barricades. Pro russian separatists are firmly in control of the town center and two comes and goes here. Seven osce observers are still being held hostage there. Its unclear if and when theyll be released negotiations continue between the towns self proclaimed mayor and osce representatives. So far theyve led to nothing speaking at a regional summit in minsk russian president let him into ten expressed hope the osce observers might soon be released that year but couldnt
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Questions and i noted that there are probably some people here, i dont know from the Lake Merced Task force who are going to speak to this as well but i remember asking i believe it was last year, a year ago, probably for what the rec and park plan is as it relates to sort of the concession of the rfps and the financials and whatnot. And i assume that is what is part of the plan that is presented. Yes, the Concession Management and that will be part of the package and so i think that he will be able to respond to that question. Great, i am curious when we will hear a greater level of detail on what the actual work plan will be moving forward. Great. Eif you address those two questions, that would be great, thank you. Thank you, scott james, general manager, and the Parks Department and first of all we are grateful for this commission and Department Staff for your partnership and a number of properties that we Work Together and to provide the activities which is our joint and shared mis
Thank you. Thank you, scott james, general manager, and the Parks Department and first of all we are grateful for this commission and Department Staff for your partnership and a number of properties that we Work Together and to provide the activities which is our joint and shared mission, we worked closely with the department and the Department Staff over a number of months and we have viewer feedback and the veriable amount of fee back to reach and formalize a refresh which we are comfortable with and pleased to be here today. With respect to the two questions, that you raised commissioner, one bond planning, we have begun in earnest our 2012, park bond planning it is 185 million bond with two million assigned to the lake merced and there have been Staff Meetings as we have done with the different sites to prepare for it and we have an assessment happening some time early in the fall and we will begin the Community Stake how older process shortly there after. Great. And so what was th