Theres a lot of different city staff and other members of the city family that work every day to try to make San Francisco safer. Youve heard some of it, the 15 mile an hour zones. Were enhancing crosswalks around the city. Were bolding out sidewalks to make crossing distances smaller. Were using automated were using red lighten forcement, photo red lighten forcement. A lot of things that many of the planners and engineers at the mta are doing to try to make the city safer, and will be the ones in whose hands a lot of the execution of the pedestrian strategy lies. So, i do want to acknowledge tim popandreo who leads our Long Range Planning who is leading the development of the strategy. Bridget smith who leads our a group we call livable streets. And these are the planners and the engineers that actually do the planning and design work to put this stuff in the ground. And they operate under the leadership of vaughan yee, a legend in the public rightsofway in San Francisco who leads our
That congress will reach a compromise to keep the government open. The main sticking point, president obamas Health Care Reform law. No negotiations are scheduled, but that hasnt stopped lawmakers from talking. You just listen to the president talk to the president of iran, talk to putin, but wont sit here and talk to the representatives of the American People they elect to come through and deal with the problem. This was a calculated strategy to drive the country to the cliff, and then say give us what we want in the Affordable Care act or well shut down the government for default on debt. Republicans are doing everything we can to protect america from a shutdown and protect america from the harmful effects of obamacare. The leaders in business tell us dont do this, dont shut down the government, dont fail to pay the governments bills with the debt ceiling, and thats exactly what the republicans are hellbent on doing. Theyre playing games. They need to act. Theyre the ones that are tr
Agree on a funding bill that would keep the government open. The house is in recess but did meet earlier today. And the senate is expected to start meeting in a couple of hours. There is little hope the two chambers will be able to each a lastminute compromise before midnight. Al jazeeras libby casey joining us now from washington. Good morning, libby. Any progress . Not really. I mean, were not seeing any movement. Both sides are firmly entrenched. The only slight change were seeing vocalization from moderate republicans who say, whoa, we dont know if this is worth shutting the government down over the federal healthcare law. While theyre opposed to boom care, they would like to splice that issue out at a later date and move forward on the budget bill but that is not the prevailing voice in the house. John boehner is hearing vocal outcry from that tea party group, and their message to hold back on obamacare is prevailing. Senate decided not to work yet. Well, my goodness, there is suc
Themselves from future storms one year after a deadly tornado devastated their town. Saving every drop, water reaction ordering in one California City as the drought threatens its water supply. Welcome to al Jazeera America. After six months of political unrest in thailand, the country is now under marshall law. The leader of the army made that declaration this morning. Sending troops into the heart of bangkok, the army is saying the move is abled at stabilizing the country, stressing it was not a military led coup. Last week, thailand Prime Minister was removed from power and the replacement is refusing calls for him to step down. This is what the streets look like under marshall law. Soldiers are peppered on street corners. We are hearing on the outskirts of the city, the major artery from the most, east and west are military check points checking people coming into the middle parts of the city. Tuesday, people woke up to marshall law. Many are going about their daily lives. What is
200,000 private sector jobs were added to the economy in march. Thats much better than the numbers weve seen over the past few months, and it comes just two days ahead of the labor departments critical employment report. Also factory orders for february showing the biggest gain in seven months. That put investors in the buying mood. The dow rose 40 points ending just three points short of an alltime closing high. The nasdaq was up 8 and the s p added 5 points. And it did close at a record close for the second day in a row. What does all this positive Economic News mean for that friday jobs report . Hampton pearson takes a look. New data on hiring in the private sector shows there could be a springtime recovery from what has been a brutal winter. While the addition of less than 200,000 private sector jobs in march was below forecast, there was a big upward revision in february data. Nearly 40,000 more jobs added than previously reported. Thats according to Payroll Processor adp. Leading