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Death of a revolutionary. Venezuelan president hugo chavez dies after a long battle with cancer. Hugo chavez dreamed as a young soldier of revolution. He rose up to become president of venezuela a an inspiration for socialists across latin america. He fought for two years against cancer but ultimately lost his battle. Chavez was first elected president in 1998. He redistributed oil profits and won the support of poor voters. He tapped into nationalism and became a thorn in the side to successive...

James, in addition to these political appointments, delegates are also discussing a range of issues, one made International Headlines has been the air pollution. Whats the air been like since you arrived . Reporter well, its only my third day here, gene, but ive already seen a huge contrast in the air quality. On monday the sky was blue and the air seemed clean but this morning it was hazy and i could actually taste the pollution. You know, this is one of the most visible side effects of chinas ...

Death of a revolutionary. Venezuelan president hugo chavez dies after a long battle with cancer. Hugo chavez dreamed as a young soldier of revolution. He rose up to become president of venezuela and an inspiration for socialists across latin america. He fought for two years against cancer but ultimately lost his battle. Chavez was first elected president in 1998. He redistributed oil profits and won the support of poor voters. He tapped into nationalism and became a thorn in the side to successi...

Status of San Franciscos participation in the electrification of caltrain and highspeed rail. As we just heard in our last item, we have some very, very significant challenges around transportation, not just in San Francisco, but in the bay area as a whole. And a key part of improving and modernizing our Transportation System to meet the future needs of the bay area is a strong caltrain and that includes electrification, it includes highspeed rail and of course it includes extending caltrain and...

And a key part of improving and modernizing our Transportation System to meet the future needs of the bay area is a strong caltrain and that includes electrification, it includes highspeed rail and of course it includes extending caltrain and highspeed rail to the transbay terminal. And, so, were going to hear an update today and well, colleagues, if there are no introductory remarks, well hear from john ram, director of planning. Thank you, supervisors. John ram with the planning department. Im...

Modernizing our Transportation System to meet the future needs of the bay area is a strong caltrain and that includes electrification, it includes highspeed rail and of course it includes extending caltrain and highspeed rail to the transbay terminal. And, so, were going to hear an update today and well, colleagues, if there are no introductory remarks, well hear from john ram, director of planning. Thank you, supervisors. John ram with the Planning Department. Im very much pleased to be here to...

Outfront tonight. The breaking news. Death. A jury sentencing boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death by lethal injection. A First Responder says it was the right decision. He wanted to go to hell and hes going to get there early. Tsarnaev showed no reaction as the death sentence was read. But as he was taken away by u. S. Marshals he smiled, hands cuffed at his waist, his index fingers extended in a suggestion said to look like a gun slingers two pistol salute. They exploded two bombs 12 secon...

Grandfathering it so that at a date when they could come back to the commission, they could approach the commission for approval of occupying that building. So, just to clarify, i think to supervisor kims point, i think the logic runs the opposite what the Planning Commission has said was they do not want to grandfather it so that it continues to provide leverage to the Planning Department and the City Attorneys Office in their negotiations with aau over these issues. And if it turns out in the ...

From abc news World Headquarters this is abc world news tonight with david muir. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. As we head into this Holiday Weekend. Im cecelia vega, in for david muir. We begin tonight with america on high alert this fourth of july. Police ratcheting up security across the country. Officers out in full force. Authorities in l. A. Saying this is the highest terror alert since 9 11. At tourist attractions, heavily armed guards metal detectors, dogs out on patrol. Checkpo...

Warning authorities across the nation to be extra vigilant saying that big holiday evends could be targets of terror threats. Along with heavy Police Presence authorities have set up Counter Terrorism measures snipers in strategic places and spotters in large crowds. Even though in diplomatic posts around the world are being asked to doublecheck their security measures all which comes as isis continues to call on its supporters to carry out the attack. They also said the current holiday of ramad...