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Would be ready for competition. >> we have been given reassurance the venues will meet the level of sustainability. >> she also said inspectors were pleased with progress on construction but noted the fast pace has to be maintained. >> an example of where this entire city will be visible is with the venues where sites like the golf course sites like equestrian cross country have very aggressive time lines. >> reporter: security another challenge. here special forces train for potential terrorist...

It, he says. today all of the rivers end up here are contaminated. across the city the waterways that will host sailing events face similar challenges. 49 prts of rios homes are connected to sewage lines. government officials say they may not meet their target of hooking up 80% of homes before the games. but on wednesday, ioc officials said they were confident water venues would be ready for competition. >> we have been given the reassurance that all of the venues will be met will meet the level...

>> and to your point, it was just last week president obama issued that executive order that would extend employee protections to federal employees on the bases of gender, making it illegal to discriminate against transgender individuals. when you look at the scope of the civil rights issue as it relates to lgbt, it seems like it happened overnight. we know that it did not, looking at your life. but it has a sense that the ball is moving at an unstoppable pace and at a fast pace. >> its amazing....

Comes in to play. he knows his hearts of hearts he walked away from the post, hes thinking whats going to happen to me when i get to the other side. hes very nervous. he might have been in shock the fast pace this all happened. uneasy, edgy, nervous, frightened, identified more with his captors after five years than the guys that wear the same uniform he used to wear. >> its crazy. >> hard to say. >> how quickly and well orchestrated the whole thing went off, at least from my -- >> clock work. >...

We are able to report on crime and punishment and politics thereof. you may have seen things about capital punishment. they made it hard to do that to people intellectually disabled. states cant use iq tests alone to establish whether somebody is intellectually disabled, they have to take a wider look. that ruling today at the supreme court was one small step toward making it harder for states to kill their prisoners. outside the courts, all of a sudden a fast pace, whats making it harder for st...

The economy will boom. they tried to sell this -- this sandwich at zingermans, they would have to call it the stink about burger, or the meanwich. >> i mean, ryan, lets face facts. things could be a lot better if these guys would just get out of the way. the problem is not that the times are as bad as the obstructionists are determined and immovable. and theyve got to get out of the way. thats the problem, ryan. >> yes. and the irony is that the republicans are always saying get the government o...

>> i also think, of course, we havent mentioned the wolf, "the wolf of wall street," which also for any viewers who dont know the system of the oscars voting, when it gets very, very close and you have lots of movies vying for the win, often one that is number two on all the ballots can actually sneak ahead and win it just purely by default. its most peoples second place vote. and i think "the wolf of wall street" will be many peoples second place vote on these ballots, which means it wasnt nece...

Organizations. >> facebook paper lets you pick the subjects you want to track. and that for the first time puts mark zuckerberg in the media kept business. but he doesnt say so. >> i really want to like this, but its kind of clunky, you can only look at one story at a time and its not all encompassing. you have tech, pop life, lol. >> isnt that your section? >> yeah, my favorite. the nice thing is that facebook has human beings decided what articles you might like rather than algorithm. >> and w...

Branches. temperatures behind the storm much colder. highs only in the teens in kansas city. parts of kansas picked up close to a foot of snow from the storm system. tomorrow still cold out there across the plains and the upper midwest. >> she must be serious. shes got an umbrella, got a scarf and wearing her uggs. >> do we have a recommended wiper speed for people? >> it depends. isif it is coming down really fast, maybe the fast pace. >> match the snow with your wiper speed. heres heather. >> ...

Sitting in my lounge chair watching -- on my recliner watching the game. >> reporter: the mayor may be watching the game from home, but he does have one hot ticket to the towns very own tailgate party. its their attempt to drum up some business right here in the middle of town on super bowl sunday. miguel? >> all right. alexandra field, thank you very much. remember this guy? thats ray nagin. the incredibly blunt former mayor of new orleans who became a household name in the wake of hurricane ...