Good morning, and welcome to mornings on 2, it is sunday, october 13th. I am claudine wong. I am mike mibach. Bill hanging out with us this morning. Good morning, bill. Cold one out there with a little bit of fog. Temperatures are warming up. You noticed that yesterday. Fog along the coast and in it castro valley. It will play in the forecast today. Get ready for warming a beautiful sunday. We look at the five day in a few minutes and temperatures will be increasing. We will see you back here. We have all your weather. Thanks, bill. Topping the news this morning, the coverage of the bart labor dispute. Time is running out for a deal. They are threatening to go on strike tomorrow. They cant reach an agreement, by midnight tonight. Allie rasmus is live with us. Al lee . Reporter allie . Reporter to be back here. The sign out front said bart talks. Day 153. Today is actually day 154. Many commuters are hoping this is the last day the contract negotiations will go on and end with a positiv
U. S. To tell their story hoping to put pressure on the government. And ill be reporting on how swarms of locusts have eaten crops across 70 of madagascar and a new plan to kill them. So barack obama ordered a review of National Security Agency Intelligence operations saying more constraints are needed. The u. S. Spying program has come under fierce criticism overall gagss of nsa had been monitoring millions of citizens and heads of state around the world and we have more. Reporter the u. S. Government practice of listening in on the phone calls of leaders of allied countries could be about to end. In an interview president Barack Obama Says that National Security operations generally have one purpose, to make sure the American People are safe. But im initiating now a review to make sure that what they are able to do doesnt necessarily mean its what they should be doing. This is prompted by reports in germany that president obama was briefed on the surveillance of Angela Merkels phone
Transpouration is destroyed. Weve been trying to rehabilitate it, but we have priorities now. We finished building the mass gave yesterday afternoon and hopefully after the scene of the crime operatives and National Bureau of investigation together with the department of health, we will be able to bury many of our dead today. If you want to find out more about how people are coping, just go to our website. Theres a gallery of some of the most striking images from the philippines there. Thats at aljazeera. Com and it is of course updated 24 7. Now egypts ousted president Mohamed Morsi has accused the republic guard of kidnapping him the day before the army overthrew him in july. He made the comments in a Statement Read by volunteer lawyers, who met him in prison tuesday. The former president is charged with being involved in the death of protestors outside his palace in 2012. Hes refused to appoint an official legal team to represent him saying the Court Proceedings against him are ille
A blowout session in shanghai overnight. Best single day gain in more than three years on a pretty decent pmi. Europe has also been a blend of red and green as the ft names ecb chief the person of the year. Were going to kick off with breaking news. For that would, we go to david faber. News on best buy, in the news yesterday. The stock up sharply. What we can tell you right now is the board of directors of best buy, and its founder, richard schultz, has been trying to put together a group to essentially buy the company in a go private transaction, have extended the deadline in which he would need to come with a bid for best buy and created a window in fact that will begin on february 1st next year and end with the end of that month on february the 28th. Giving schultz the opportunity to look at not Just Christmas sales, but the end of their fiscal year, which will end at best buy on the 31st of january. And that window, again, will be 28 days long giving him an opportunity to continue
Federal Health Care Benefits to be tested for drugs. For our first 45 minutes, talk about the details of the case. We want to gain your thoughts on the topic. Heres how you can reach out to us on the phones. The numbers are on your screen. On our social media channel, you can reach us on twitter, facebook, or email. As far as the polling, we posted a question must night. There is responded this morning. For those taking it, 75 say that yes, people should be tested. No,t 594 people said welfare recipients should not be drug tested. You can leave comments and participate in the polls if you want. Join the conversation there. Make your thoughts known on twitter. If you want to give your thoughts and comments on the phone, please use the numbers provided. A little bit about this case. The decision was made on new years eve. Here is the reuters writeup grid the judge struck down the law requiring Drug Screening for welfare recipients. He says it by leaps it be constitutional protections. Ri