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hey, flobot, great job. oops. [ powers down ] uh-oh, flobot is broken. the "name your price" tool, only from progressive. call or click today. >> california high speed rail has been dealt a blow by a review panel. the committee recommends the state should not issue bonds to begin construction. >> and according to the high speed rail project, now a committee appointed by the legislature has similar misgavings. now, the committee expressed concern the state does not have money to project to complete the $98.5 billion project. taxpayer as proved bonds for the so called bullet train but almost $90 billion more in state funds are needed. to quote from the report we do not think the current description constitutes a feesible model. and we get reaction now from jerry hill and palo alto city council member. >> we're hearing the same message. it just seems message is coming from a good, credible source at this point in time. i think that is really telling us a lot. and showing us that maybe the direction that we're thinking about going is not the correct one we s

hey, flobot, great job. oops. [ powers down ] uh-oh, flobot is broken. the "name your price" tool, only from progressive. call or click today. >>> a lot of communities talking about. cities working to come up with one uniform plastic bag ban. and they're drafting an ordinance together. the goal to have it adopted by most city that's would ban retail businesses from providing bags. shoppers would have to buy paper bags. restaurants could be exempt. and the group will meet on january 18th. >> a volunteer organization took control of the alameda animal shelter, instead of agreeing to give $300 annually to run the facility. and in turn it will take over maintenance for the building including licensing animals. >> this is an expansion of adoption services. we're going to be starting mobile adoptions where we'll have animals out in ala media. so people can come visit them, hopefully arks dopt them. >> the shelter will be open on weekends and every wednesday night. two abl animal control officers will continue to be employed by the city. >> the irs is giving ta

hey, flobot, great job. oops. [ powers down ] uh-oh, flobot is broken. the "name your price" tool, only from progressive. call or click today. >>> inside maricopa's 4th avenue jail, jon antonucci. he tends to stand out. >> a-n-t-o-n-u-c-c-i. italian name, redhead, don't ask. >> never been in jail. completely different perspective than i got from the outside. my only connotations of jail were andy griffith style or there's a big guy in the shower named bubba. >> i don't know how they could take a poker game without the best player playing. >> assigned to the same housing unit is watson. antonucci is at maricopa awaiting sentencing for manslaughter having plea bargained from charges of arson and murder. he and three friends burned down their former employer's office building and one of them didn't make it out in time. >> in the process of starting the fire my best friend ended up catching himself on fire and died in the process, and i got charged with first degree murder as well as the arson, justly so. it was a horrible decision, horrible mistake. somethi

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hey, flobot, great job. oops. [ powers down ] uh-oh, flobot is broken. the "name your price" tool, only from progressive. call or click today. >>> sears have given 5,000e pods and ipod touches in hopes of turning the store around. it is ramping up its web operations and gathering more information about customers buying pattern. they announced it is closing 120 scores a kmart locations after a drop in sales. >>> something airline passengers waited for for a long time is about to come true. ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar is live at oakland international airport with truth in ticketing. >> reporter: the airlines brought it on themselves. soon whenever advertising or selling, they have to tell all, no more flying blind. >> reporter: stung by fee after ad on, consumers convinced congress there needs to be truth in advertising. >> not later when you hit the purchase button. >> as of the 26 all airlines have to disclose optional fees, taxes, surcharns and security fees. >> they will be able to budget more effectively with the real prices. >> even though you c

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hey, flobot, great job. oops. [ powers down ] uh-oh, flobot is broken. the "name your price" tool onon from progressive. call or click today. >>> i am at the reptile discovery center at washington national zoo with my buddy, a giant tortoise. we hope that your day is moving at a faster pace than mine is. good morning, washington. >>> thursday morning, 5:40, much warmer than this time yesterday. we are on the upswing. 32 in quantico, 34 in the district, 28 in gaithersburg, 28 in martinsburg. frostburg, maryland, 28 degrees. not all that bad. 15-20 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago. the cloud deck moving overhead. we have warmer air and the clouds to thank for the warmer temperatures. and upper level disturbance is moving overhead so i cannot rule out in a few snow flurries this morning until about 7:00 a.m. and may be a priest dusting to start the day here and there. a few isolated locations. high temperatures in the mid 40's. becoming partly cloudy. a little below freezing tonight especially in outlying areas. highs in the mid 50's tomorrow. now to lisa.