To be doing everything i can to close it. It is something that continues to inspire jihadists and extremists around the world. Six years after first promising to close guantanamo, president obama is beginning to release more men from the 13yearold prison. This week, four afghans were sent home, but 132 men remain locked up. Will guantanamo ever close . Then we look at why a veterinarian from portland, oregon is still locked up in an East Timorese jail after getting into the wrong taxi in september. And we end with a story of love, birth, and politics a story some are calling diplomaculate conception. The wife of one of the members of the cuban five who was just released from prison after 16 years is expecting a baby, due in just two weeks, thanks to some unusual diplomatic moves. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Police in missouri have fatally shot in 18yearold black man just two miles from ferguson or
And the statement has done, that giving lewis clark project 22 million last year which was almost ten times the amount of funding that you included in last years budget. Yet this year you still came back and only requested 2. 7 million for the project. Congress has already demonstrated that we can fund these projects at a higher level, routinely increasing funding in appropriation bills beyond your budget request. These local communities and the state have done everything that has been asked of them and more. Putting more funding than they were supposed to. What will it take to get interior to prioritize these projects . Im going to may i, madam chair . Okay. Ill make my part very brief and turn to mike for the specifics here. Indian water rights settlements have taken priority for us and making sure that communities that do not have access to water are prioritized. And i know you appreciate that. Weve talked about that before. Theres some money in the budget for lewis clark to continu
Now. Throughout the afternoon well be looking at numbers in the 50s and 60s and that wind it can to ease throughout the afternoon and a cooler night will be in store, maybe some patchy frost but we have some good news, rain will return to the bay area. Well have a look at that sevenday outlook coming up. We begin with breaking news in sue knoll, interstate 680 is moving again after a fatal accident early this morning. The Highway Patrol lifted a special traffic advisory about 90 minutes ago after three northbound lanes were shut down since about 1 00 this morning, when a corvette hit a mini van that had stalled near vargas road. At least one person died at the scene. Actually we know at this point it was a man in a corvette, an elderly man stopped to see if people in a mini van needed help. They had pulled over on the shoulder, and then a third vehicle hit that elderly man, killing him. Things are back to normal at lax this morning after police evacuated and searched two terminals last
To the gusty winds and with the possibility of maybe some power lines still coming down, but for the rest of the day the winds will ease up, it will be a bright and sunny afternoon, with numbers mainly in the 60s by about 1 00, but 40s and 50s for most, and well look for the winds to continue to dial back but pretty dangerous in parts of the north bay. Katie . Lisa, thank you. We have breaking news in sunol, interstate 680 is moving again after a fatal accident early this morning. A corvette, excuse me, let me there was a corvette, the driver of a corvette, an elderly man who stopped to check on a mini van that had stalled near vargas road. The elderly man got out to check on the people and was hit by a third driver. Officers had shut down three northbound lanes around 1 00 this morning, very sad. Things are back to normal at lax this morning after police evacuated and searched two terminals last night. Everyone on the ground everybody get down this Video Shows Police searching one ter
Day today. It continues into the rest of the weekend but well get pretty chilly tonight with patchy frost. Well talk about that and when the rains coming back. Katie. Thank you. Were following breaking news in burlingame, two buildings are damaged by a fouralarm fire. The fire was reported just before 4 00 this morning in a residential four plex. Crews found the building in flames when they arrived. At the same time they were struggling to protect a second building, a commercial building to the east. It was damaged. Not destroyed though. No injuries are reported. The cause of the fire has not been determined. Following breaking news in is a knoll, interstate 680 is moving again after a fatal accident early this morning. The chp says the elderly driver of a corvette hit a disabled minivan on the shoulder and then got out of his car to check on the vans passengers, and he was hit and killed by a third driver. The Highway Patrol reopened all lanes around 3 30 this morning. Things are back