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Top stories we are following on this wednesday, october 9th. We are only days away from a second possible bart strike and there are mixed messages from Union Members who held a demonstration last night. Why some of them are saying there is no unity amongst them details coming up. A dead body found at San Francisco General Hospital police try to determine if it is connected to the disappearance of a patient. Waking up to cooler temperatures this morning. Some major developments in the bart negotiations. We are only days away from a and while negotiations are coming down to the wire, recent progress has stopped the bart unions from issuing a strike notice for now. However, none of this means to those whove worried. Suffered in silence. Hoped. And lived in a state of fear. Welcome to a new state. Of health. Welcome to covered california. The place to find quality, affordable coverage. Financial help for those in need. And nobody can be denied because of a preexisting condition. Enroll now
Two more french hostages have been identified. If Nicolas Henin and photographer Pierre Torres went missing over three months ago in syria. The information has been kept confidential but today their families decided to make a public announcement. Our International Affairs editor Douglas Herbert joins us now. What do we know more about the state of these two men and why the families decided to release the information . First, lets go viewers who they are. Two more hostages have been added to the growing french toll of hostages throughout the world. Most of them today in africa, specifically west africa dating back to 2010. At least 10 or 11 french hostages held. We found out these two new hostages, we found out about them through a Statement Released to their support committee, hostages in. One of them is Nicolas Henin basically a journalist with many years of experience across the arab world and africa as well. He has covered somalia, he has been to yemen, he has been in egypt, he was
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Across 18 states. And, the federal Aviation Administration called back hundreds of safety inspectors and others, allowing a boeing plant in South Carolina to resume delivering its 787 dreamliner planes. Woodruff there was word later that the Labor Department will not issue its september Inflation Report next week, due to the shutdown. That, in turn, will delay the calculation of next years costofliving adjustment for Social Security recipients. On wall street, bluechip stocks eked out small gains, despite ongoing jitters over the impasse in washington. The Dow Jones Industrial average added 26 points to close at nearly 14,803. The nasdaq fell 17 points to close at 3,677. The United States is cutting hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to egypt over the ouster of president Mohammed Morsi, and the militarys violent crackdown. The state department announced the move late today. It gave no dollar figure, but said the u. S. Is halting shipments of major weapons and some cash assistance.