200 million americans have never met a muslim before. Reporter he wants to change that and says hes encouraged overall by how the city of philadelphia has taken a stand against intolerance. Mayor nutters severe condemnation of this anti islam rhetoric muslim Business Owners are reporting that were feeling protected, were feeling safe. Were feeling as american as anyone. Reporter this uber driver a muslim from morocco grease. I live for long time in this country, okay. I am friend with my neighbor. We family, you know. Reporter now at an earlier news conference, local religious leaders and city officials gathered to denounce republican president ial candidate donald trump. They called him a hater who should not be underestimated. They said thats why they need to stand up and step up and they cannot remain silent. Iain . All right, dawn thank you. Only on fox 29 news, new details tonight about philadelphia rapper meek mills probation hearing. Our cameras were rolling as he enter add cour
Prepares to get his final state of the Union Address. We will look at a president seeking to guide his legacy. Im sarah kelly. Good evening. Welcome to the program. Germany and turkey are coping with what appears to be the latest attack from Islamic State. Berlin has confirmed eight of its nationals are among those killed during a suicide bombing in the istanbul tourist district. The bomber was syrian and a member of the socalled Islamic State. We begin with this report. Reporter the bomb attacked at the historic tourist district before noon. It was a suicide bomb. I went to be scene. It was chaos. People were running everywhere. The police is actuated area because they said there was a possibility a second bomb could go off. Reporter this is one of turkeys largest Tourist Attractions within centuries old architecture, mosques, and museums. The explosion happened between two famous landmarks the blue mosque and the high sophia museum. Turkish authorities agenda five the suspect as a sy
We have been working closely to streamline the timing of payments to the subcontractors and that has been there was a problem in the past were getting caught back up and working closely to make sure that process runs more smoothly in the future so the payments to the subcontractors are timely were just getting caught up in the last 2 months of progress payments and if we can establish a consistent track record i think that will go a long way to letting the potential bidders know that were serious about getting people paid on time weve had a very successful sbe Outreach Program and continuing with that and taken a close look for every trade package and adjusting those goals as appropriate to maintain our overall goal of 17 percent the sbe subs available in the marketplace are getting busy and not always available to bid this particular project. Real quickly the schedule overall schedule were on track to bid out an award the bulk of trade packages by april of 2015 and well go over that s
Waiting for the drawings to be fully completed to reflect those changes were working with the design team to come up with ways to describe those changes to the bidders in narrative form or sketches so they can clearly understand what they are being asked to bid so if we can bid the packages out now not later ill show you later our schedule. But we want to get the bids out as soon as possible. We have been working closely to streamline the timing of payments to the subcontractors and that has been there was a problem in the past were getting caught back up and working closely to make sure that process runs more smoothly in the future so the payments to the subcontractors are timely were just getting caught up in the last 2 months of progress payments and if we can establish a consistent track record i think that will go a long way to letting the potential bidders know that were serious about getting people paid on time weve had a very successful sbe Outreach Program and continuing with
Ramps package and increasing the Construction Services by good morning directors here to talk about trade Group Package 18. 1 bus ramps the basic scope of the bus ramps essentially replaces what used to be the old bus ramp that went into the old transbay terminal goes off where the west approach starting from the left to the right and enters into the Transit Center a big difference from the previous loop it was pretty much a unit directal way in and out of the old terminal the major difference is starting on the left where the west approach finished there was a spur that was left so you take the fremont off ramp thats where buses today will knock that barrier off and add an extension to that and the bridge number going over harris on and also through that area at the southern end of the project is more of a traditional box girder structure and as you get through that loop which is for functional ity thats all box girder as well as you move towards the Transit Center itself the whole bu