A michael bay summer block buster but that tower is being pulled apart by the pg e crew. While it is lying on the asphalt, two 120foot poles are going up to do the job temporarily. But the work to cleanup the mess that began friday night will happen on sunday night and mean a repeat of the closure that left highway 101 eeriely empty saturday after hours of gridlock friday as the lines lay in the power four hours before they were deenergized. Pg e defends the time that took. We were working as quickly and safely as possible to address the issue. These are not your average power lines here. These are very high powered and extremely large. So this is not your normal type of outage in your neighborhood. It is a superhighway of electricity. Reporter so buckle up. It is getting shut down again for pg e crews. Shutdown is necessary to physically pull that wire across diagonally across the freeway. Reporter it is not just a little wire. It is 9,000 feet that must be strung across all lanes of
Tens of thousands of hourly workers walked off their jobs today in the protest against low pay. Holding rallies at fast food restaurants around the country. They demanded a 15dollar minimum rage. Diane esther brook is in downtown chi for us, where protests have been going on, and these rallies, lets face it here. Theyre about a lot more than fast food workers these days, arent they . Oh, thats right tony. Weve seen healthcare workers and security and clerical workers. Theyre also demanding the right to unionize. Shouting battle cries and waving signs protesters outside of this Mcdonalds Restaurant blasted the chain for what they call unliveable wages. Were tired of working for multibillionaires who are making money off of our hard work and we cant survive. We demonstrated for a 1 dollar minimum wage. Fast food workers started the fight for 15 movement two years ago, and its a fight for other low wage workers as well. Security workers making more than 15 an hour, walked off of their job
Also send us your tweet if you go to twitter. Com we will begin with the sunday review section of the the New York Times yesterday. We want to get your take on this. It does religion influence your politics . With more people saying they are unaffiliated. We want to get your take. Here are some comments from facebook this morning. What are your thoughts on this december 24, 2012. It does religion influence your politics . Let me show you this from the New York Times this morning. A new poll out worldwide religion shows up that one out of six follows no religion. That is worldwide. All religions outside the United States as well. The upi story. Religious identity affect voter choice. And then on the 2012 election, here is the pew forum on religion and Public Policy dorothy and baltimore, maryland. Independent caller. What do you think . Does religion influence your politics . Caller it does influence me somewhat but not so much now this time with obama. The reason why i say it does a li
We take you through the details and impact of that announcement. We are asking our viewers what you think Ben Bernankes legacy will be when he steps down from the fed. Give us a call. Epublicans, 202 5853881 democrats, 202 5853880. Independents, 202 5853882. Outside the u. S. , 202 5853883. You can also catch up with us on twitter, facebook, or email us. A very good thursday morning to you. Ofwant to begin with some the front pages about that ben bernanke press conference. Here is the financial times. A picture of ben bernanke. A historic end to the tenure. Over to the front page of usa today money section. A bit from the front page of the wall street journal. That is the lead to that story on the front page of the wall street journal. Here he is announcing the decision to taper monthly asset buying. [video clip] let me just say that one of the things i am proud of and i have tried to accomplish over the past eight years is to increase the transparency of the fed and to increase the ac
Beak. Reporter and a little money from the smaller donors goes a long way and they are providing kids of all ages a handson science lesson. Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America, im stephanie sy, military officials are revealing more about the man who gunned down three soldiers at fort hood and identified specialist ivan lopez as the shooter. Investigators say the iraq war veteran was taking medication for anxiety and depression but a psychiatric evaluation last month suggested he was not prone to violence. They are still trying to figure out why lopez went on a rampage and brandon has been tracking developments from texas and brandon good morning, we are learning a lot more about the shooter now. So true. Investigators say there is a strong possibility that lopez argued with one or more soldiers shortly before the shooting and rrts suggest she was updebt he was granted 24 hour leave to attend his mothers funeral and they are looking into it why they piece together why this ha