French led investigation in mali trying to stop Al Qaeda Group from taking over the nation. Officials believe the attack was too well organized to have been plans after the french invasion. Reporting live in washington for abc7 news. There is a long history with france and algeria and in north africa. Guess what . Another spare the air today. And more frost on the roof. 26 degrees, and enjoy down to 25 degrees, the coldest all week, but just for a second. Radar this morning showing how clear it is out there and how dry it is. We thank you for not burning wood because we have not exceeded standards so everyone is listening. The poor air quality could be in the east bay be the north bay and the central coast. Also, the central bay. Do not burn, please. We have smooth conditions to the bay bridge toll plaza, no metering. It is smooth. From 880 and 580 and from 80 eastbound direction it is clear with in problems. Just road work eastbound dumbarton bridge until 6 00 this morning. Kristen an
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38 coming out of Castro Valley leading onto southbound 880. Were still looking at slow traffic and the wake of earlier occuring problems on 580 westbound. The ride from livermore to dublin looks better, the right coming into dublin any of my pass from tracy and a 2 05 interchange backed up to nearly a one hour drive time. Taking a look at temperatures right now, were in the low 50s right now in vallejo. Mid fifties and adults up and the east bay shoreline. Were waking up to some pretty chilly temperatures. From this point on, temperatures will start to rise. For that to happen will often also have to see the sun shine. Look from. The sun is up were just not seeing it quite yet. We have cloud cover but expected to burn off in the afternoon with temperatures just a little bit cooler than yesterday. Changes to talk about an afternoons high and your seven day coming up at 715. Fbi agents and Oakland Police officers search dogs continue to look for a 21 month old girl. Daphne viola webb was
Billion. Yesterday, we talked with republicans only in the first hour of washington journal about the debt ceiling vote. Today, we turn to democrats to get your thoughts on the 2014 agenda. What should be the parties priority . If you live in the eastern part of the country, dial we will get to your thoughts about priorities for democrats in 2014. Joining us on the phone is emma staff reportera for roll call, joining us phone to talk about House Democrats leaving washington for their annual retreat. Where are you, exactly . Where are the democrats meeting . And what is on the agenda . Guest we are in cambridge, maryland where the snow has turned to freezing rain. And we are at the reporters are camped out at the holiday inn houses down the road, but democrats and their guests are out at the Hyatt Regency on the chesapeake bay. The theme of the retreat is strengthening opportunity. They are going to be holding a series of symposiums, breakout sessions. They are going to give speeches th
Ifill Jeffrey Brown teams up with poet laureate Natasha Trethewey, to examine a program aimed at improving the lives of people with alzheimers disease. During the session earlier where gary said emma lazurus, you immediately said. Give me your tired and your poor, your huddled masses. Ifill good evening. Im gwen ifill. Woodruff and im judy woodruff. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff our lead story tonight, syrias president publicly agreed to ban che