that is why most of the people in amsterdam go by bike. if your interested in funny and nice invidious, go to youtube. but you will see a lot of videos in which the bicycle and the car cooperate. these are some pictures and examples of how the public authorities can invest in cycling. this is a parking space for a cyclist. tend thousand bicycles can be stored there. -- 10,000 bicycles can be stored there. you can build a shelter for about 30,000 bicycles. now, what can employees do? many employees are working on the bicycle programs. this picture is a picture of a bicycle shelter at the company where my wife works. it is quite luxurious. that it is a lawyer's firm, 500 lawyers work there, and most of them, by bicycle. -- and most of them come by bicycle. many companies give their employees their bicycle with their name on that. it is a form of advertisement. many companies, the company where i work for, the chamber of commerce, they have bicycle and scooter sharing for the people to come by public transport. they can take a bicycle or a sc

you've been in amsterdam. in 1969 i learned and have reason for you to come back to that beautiful city soon. i'd love to work with you on a relationship between amsterdam and san francisco because there's so much in common between the two cities. and a lot of things that san francisco can learn from san francisco and the other way around. and my hope for these two days is that we will have something out of it as well and i'm sure we will have something out of it as well. and you probably will not remember amsterdam in the 1960's and the 1970's. i'm old enough to remember amsterdam in the 1970's and it was all different at that time. there was a lot of congestion, a lot of cars in town and it changed. it changed by changing the culture, changing policy and implementation of policies with hard work and i think hillie talens will show some figures and numbers about the travel that we did in the nether land as well. and about the economic benefits that investing in bicycle infrastructure gives to us. if people fr

you see the amsterdam of the viking posters all over the city. very proud of the strong black culture. -- bike culture. and how increasingly proud we are of the bike culture that we are building. hopefully, we saw it yesterday in chinatown and north beach. we saw it in a western addition area. i think it reference a 60% inease in the last four years in the number of bicycle trips. most of them are saying i want to bike more. there's our opportunity. there's where we can grow and we can learn. some folks are coming out for special events like sunday streets. more and more are riding every day. more and more are riding because we're making it easier and more convenient and more comfortable for them to ride. i want to thank the city family that helped deliver the separated green on market street. we've seen huge increases here on market street and we know this is what it will take. when we build it, they will come. we know we need to start at a younger and younger age. i'm proud of the safe roots program we're part of along with the city. we know th

. >> i can tell you what it costs in amsterdam. amsterdam is the most expensive place to park your car. it is now 5 euros, nearly $7 per hour, 24 hours per day. also, the question from andy, about 12 years ago, we had a referendum, what to do with the cars in the city. the majority voted for less cars in the city. the last 10 years, the amount of cars went down. it is down 20%, and that was done by making the profiles of the roads a little bit smaller, adding more room for cyclists and public transport, and bringing of the parking fees. it also what we did that time, for all new inhabitants, he needed a permit to park your car. you did not have a space, but you need it wanted park. that also cost money. every family can only have one permit. all the businesses have also a limited amount of parking spaces. by that, you regulate the amount of parking space, and by that also, eliminate the cars that come into the city. leaders of business say we do not need road pricing or congestion feed because we already have that by the parking fe

so the bike is the grease in the amsterdam economy. you have to build less highways, you have to build less parking garage. you put the bike -- use very little space. where you have to build parking garage, they're very expensive. there are recent surveys that companies pay up to 30,000 euros, that's $50,000 per year per person to have them traffic by car to work, where as a bike costs only 250 euros so there are large benefits at stake. also, there is lots of surveys that show that people who live in towns where there is more cycling, people like to live there better than in towns where there is less cycling. there are an overwhelming lot of advantages on cycling and i'm going to put some -- and then this is what oakland should do as few of them -- recommendations that are put together oakland also could be used for san francisco. one thing is, if you want to have these advantages, for instance, if you're scared about all the money that goes to building highways, well, you can only reduce the number of highways that are to be built if

more from amsterdam. >> a fictionnal adaptation of a real-life crime. the man who unwith itingly inspired this movie has been released. he is recognized as one of the most powerful figures in the dutch underworld and as far as the crime fiction goes apparently he makes the perfect criminal. >> he has this aura around him of being almost untouchable. we are attracted to -- by people who do things like that. one way or another, we think they are exciting. >> away from amsterdam, torturists friendly surface, this hides a dark and murky past >> during the late 1970's and 190's, money trafficking was big business, but it was the later crime that made it one of the most notorious in dutch hith. >> this was the abandoned warehouse where they terrorized the beer company owner anheiser. >> there was a scene with a mock execution. they put the gun to heineken and he said they had to stay in the dark chained up. >> eventually after three weeks in captivity, heineken and his driver were rescued from police. most of his colleagues have been locked up, killed or fled

for instance in amsterdam, they build 30,000 cycle places. i believe they will be filled from day one on because there is an enormous lot of people who cycle in the netherlands. and yesterday people asked me, tell me a little bit more, what are the benefits? and the benefits are in two directions. one of them that you can't tell in money, but it's about life. it's all the things we care about. it's about when i was in oakland, i asked some kids, do you like cycling? oh, yes, we like cycling. when you ask people around do you like cycling, people like cycling. so it's about quality of life. it's about freedom, it's about convenience, and it's about health. it's about feeling good, living real, being there. but there are also benefits that you can put down, some pitches of -- pictures of, about amsterdam cycling. this is one of my favorite. someone picking up a bunch of flowers with a child on the back seat and this is what we call normal bikes in the netherlands which people use in everyday biking. but also people in formal suits just because

washington he is the director of the heritage foundation's allison center for foreign policy studies in amsterdam we have nick autons he is editor of the atlantic sentinel and a special correspondent for the soul times and in los angeles we have james morris he's a political analyst commentator and editor of america hijacked dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want jim and i to go to you first it seems like western powers have an agenda here they want to get rid of assad but they want to stop the killing as well aren't they mutually contradictory well this is a common problem we've seen this over and over again around the world we've seen it in libya just recently but you have to remember that we had a similar situation in liberia we've had a longstanding problem in the sudan so in a sense it's not a new problem i'm not really sure if the world is divided i think generally people agree that the syrian government has been excessive in its use of force and constructive so i do think in a sense there is yet unanimity and the people think what

some adult s and kids in amsterdam doing that. they took the opportunity to go skating under a bridge where the water was frozen hard, hard enough to hold the weight of dozens of people. >>> some more cool video. this is out of italy. the mount has been spuling la have. it -- lava. it covered sides of the come cay know. this has -- volcano. we're had cool video and maybe a couple of flakes to show you from here. it sounds lame. >> i know. we're going to get a wintery mix. we can say we're getting some type of snow. let me show you what's going on in terms of temperatures right now. arnold around 32. 26 in tajapa. notes where this is where we should be for -- this is where we should be for this time of the year. not big on windchill, the winds are calm. that's something good. the sat ellite and radar, start together see some clouds push in to western maryland. we'll get that snow first into western maryland. this is where the bulk of the moisture will be sliding in from. we will see that mix later. let's get a check of the traffic

flights from amsterdam to detroit was packed with tourists and americans coming home for the holidays. suddenly, as the plane prepared to land, at passenger appeared to be on fire. >> we heard a bang and then there was a lady shouting and she said, what are you doing? >> it was terrifying. i thought, i think we all thought that we were not going to land. >> the man arrested was a 23- year-old nigerian who managed to board the plane with explosive powder hidden inside his underwear. the detonator was a syringe containing chemicals. the intended explosion never came. other passengers smothered the flames. here is before his failed attack. he is declaring war on christians and jews. later, in pleading guilty, he would describe the underwear bomb as a blessed weapon. he had been trained in explosives at al qaeda camp in yemen. he was inspired by an american- born cleric killed by a drone strike. the two men spent time together. most disturbingly of all, the bomber's own father had warned the u.s. authorities that his son had become dangerously radicalize. for thithem, this was a dangeros

. >>> a rare sight in amsterdam thanks to some very cold temperatures. check this out, some people are making the most of this frozen canal skating around having a good time. the amsterdam canal has not frozen like this in more than 20 years. >> bob is going to advise you don't go out and do that. and can you imagine those folks who live on your houseboats. >> you'd be riding your bike. >>> a little girl is pulled out after an avalanche. >>> and broken heart syndrome. believe it or not it's a real thing. hear what doctors are saying about it. >>> we take a look at milder weather coming up again this week. >>> we have the top stories on wjz.com at this ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> rescue crews in kosovo have a moment of cheer after a girl was found. more than 5,000 deaths have been attributed to the snow and bitter cold in europe over the last few days. >>> the delicate task of removing fuel from the contra concordia has begun. the contra concordia ran aground two months ago. >>> a fire destroys the popular ski lodge in western pennsylvania this weekend. when fir

the bomb failed on the amsterdam to detroit flight. >> also tonight we are on storm watch. abc 7 was out and about looking for people preparing for the snow. instead, they are enjoying mild to birchers today. what do we need to prepare for this? dog hill joins us with the latest. >> it is beautiful and partly cloudy. we are in the 50's. it will be in the 50's tomorrow. sunday it will change. let's look at the area under a winter storm watch on sunday. this is from sunday morning for sunday evening. the computer model shows a fair amount of clearing and mild temperatures. come sunday around sunrise maybe some rain and snow mixed. look at the temperatures by sunday evening. only in the low 30's. a good chance we will have some snow. right now we continue to see only a trace-2 inches. we only give that a 60% probability for most of the area. 30% chance it will be 2-4 inches. in the area under the storm watch, maybe 4 inches in that area. >> a big debate over same-sex marriage is going on in maryland tonight. there could be a vote in the house of delegates as soon as this eveni

>> the authorities in amsterdam, the infrastructure and transport department and municipalities, they financed it, they planned it, they build it, construct it, and they maintain it. i think that is the logical route. and is paid by the community's -- and is paid by the communit ies, and also from the state department. [inaudible] >> in the netherlands, if a road is really bad they will fix it. >> ok, there is a question in the back. >> our director of public works was in the back. he has a real problem here. maintenance is a huge bill. we do not have the wherewithal to maintain what we have. putting in new facilities increases the cost. then when you bring in different types of facilities -- >> we see a lot of the european- style traffic patterns with intricate paving stones and beautiful designs and then we get the response, we do not have the maintenance budget, we cannot maintain these. how do you get around that so you could say this is the actual cost? >> it is an integrated part of running the business. it is the responsibility of the mrs. pawlenty -- it is the responsibility o

>>> police evacuated most of amsterdam, busy airport because of a bomb threat. this is live look right now. not from the airport, this is downtown as you see ice on the rivers. authorities say two halls have been evacuated and police are now investigating threat they received earlier this morning, not clear in the threat caused planes to be diverted from the airport. it's one of the busiest in europe. >>> making news around the world, prince harry could become a target if he heads back to serve on the front lines in afghanistan. war lords issued a real and direct threat to the prince saying they want him dead or alive. that has made no difference to hairy, he wants to go. this will be his second tour in afghanistan. >>> clashes on the streets of athens greece, 100 people were injured. police had to use tear gas on protesters outside of the greek parliament sunday. they torched buildings, looted and clashed with police inside, lawmakers held the session on several hours of debate over austerity measures. the bill includes spending cuts and plan to cut minimum wag

we leave you with a video of people ice skating in amsterdam. enjoy it. see you tomorrow. ♪ -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> a former baltimore city police officer is in jail askewsed of child sex abuse. >> a freak accident at a towson parking garage leaves one man dead. investigators are trying to piece together what happened. >>> the sheriff is handing out valentine's day gifts. the saying that it's better to give than to receive has never been true. >> a former baltimore city police officer is behind bars facing section abuse charges -- sex abuse charges for the third time. >> reporter: the former officer lost his badge after allegedly molesting girls two years ago. it was the dark secret buried

go. >> let's legalize drugs like they did in amsterdam and it is a very sane city now. no one is hiding. no one is running around corners trying to sneak up to find something. they have to go to a doctor and get it. and if the doctor doesn't want to give it to them they don't get it. and it is called sanity instead of insanity. >> i think it is called being stoned but i'm not sure. his point is even though ms. houston's room contained legal prescription drugs which could have aided her death he wants everything to be legalized. does that make any sense to you? >> i'm actually for legalization of some drugs but here is a little known fact. tony's toupee had a serious oxycontin addiction. he is a nut. you remember what he said about 9/11? >> bill: he is 82, though. >> will bennett is confused. trying to correlate legalizing drugs with prescription ms. good singer but confused. >> bill: i think we all agree that was incredibly dumb. the little people thing, i love little people. >> some say you love them too much, bill. >> bill: pin heads and patriots starring governor chr

you need to know coming up in the health report on this monday, february 13th, that's a live look at amsterdam, ice in the river. you are watching good morning maryland. back in just a few moments. >>> 200 people braved the winter weather, on sundays for the city's snowball competition. the event had been postponed because of the severe cold gripping europe. when temperatures hit 14 degrees, officials said it's warm enough to participate. >> the u.s. got a taste of winter this weekend as well, a picturesque scene, with the white stuff falling saturday. see the white house and capitol building, all of this as snow fell. we got snow of our own. many of of us waking up to snow covered yards. >> cold and windy. >> exactly. the wind, it couldn't settle anywhere because it's flying around. we got up to an inch, 2 inches 3 inches. we can see snow coming in here, mixing with rain, of course, as we go in through your week, we still have a couple of more chances for snowfall across the area. now, the satellite and radar, not picking up on anything. most snow to the north and east of us. in time, yes, we

. >>> live pictures of amsterdam, the sun maybe out but it is cold. ice is forming. we'll be right back. >>> egypt's military rulers set up preparations for a presidential election after protest. election could be fist vote since last year's popular uprising that ousted mubarak. >>> dozens of police in the hospital in brazil after intense fighting. a third of the 30,000 police are on strike. >>> right wing extremist admitted killing 77 people in the worse peacetime massacre in norway that they have ever seen. the attack was a strike against traders he claims were embracing immigration to promote islamic state in norway. >>> palestinian children may not be able to watch sesame street. the u.s. congress froze $200 million of developmental funding as punishment. the freeze affected fixing roads and bridges . state department is pushing to unblock the funds. >>> in a few hours, george huguely will be back in court for killing yeardly love. >>> challenge over same sex marriage in california. more on the proposition 8 ruling. >>> four people are sick this morning from raw

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it is like, you know, some place you would see in amsterdam with the hoses something. okay tonight but afterward he does have to move into a big place to be harry truman never moves into the big place. his circumstances are sufficiently modest he is the guy -- he is why we have presidential pensions up to that point. you know, we really don't have that. they may be independently wealthy like herbert hoover or they're able to have accomplished something more than truman did, you know, very modest on apparel is a life federal or local county government. so true men really is of very modest guy. he might have been taking all of these to save on gasoline. i don't know. next. >> photographs. the photographs that you have on your side, what can you tell us about this picture of a german holding up this is bigger from the chicago daily? >> okay. i like that cover. that's a great cover. and the picture is about two days out from the election. it's in st. louis. one of his campaigns, campaign aides has brought in the photograph, and harry is just in love with it, as you can see

we leave you with a video of people ice skating in amsterdam. enjoy it. see you tomorrow. ♪ -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

it's like, you know, someplace you'd see in amsterdam or something, okay? but afterwards he does have to move into a big place. harry truman never moves into the big place. and his circumstances are sufficiently modest that he is the guy -- he's why we have presidential pensions. up to that point, you know, we really don't have that, and they may be independently wealthy like a herbert hoover, or they're able to have accomplished something more than truman did, you know, very modest on the payroll his whole life, federal or local county government. so truman really is a very modest guy. he might have been taking all these walks to save on gasoline, i don't know. [laughter] next? >> the photograph, the photograph that you have on your sign. what can you tell us about this picture of truman holding up this newspaper from the chicago daily -- >> okay. i like that cover. a great cover. i like that. and the picture is, um, about two days out from the election day. it's in st. louis, they've -- one of his campaigns, campaign aides has brought him the photograph.

heals a master's degree in history the university at albany and is served on city council in amsterdam new york and is the recipient of the 2011 excellence in letters and arts award of the alumni association at the university of albany. in addition to doing presidential biographies and elections he is also a member of saber a, the baseball historians organization. he is a casey winning judge and jury and edgar award finalist for his book by arnold rusty. ladies and gentlemen, david pietrusza. [applause] >> thank you natalie and it's great to be back here again. the question that people always ask me about my books is, why did you write this book? and americans claim to hate politics, but we love the elections. we love sports. my sports background, your sports background, the whole country is crazy about it. we love the competition. we love the 162 games series and things going down to the seventh game of the world series. we love the home run and we love bill buckner and pookie wilson. 1948 is one of those bill black mayor moment in elections. elections. this is when the underdog comes

couple lions in their pen at the zoo in amsterdam. something piques their interest real quick. a blue heron hanging out in their pen and he is in the wrong spot at the wrong time. >> oh. >> the lion notices and does not wait. boom. smack down into the pool and it's lunch time. >> oh. wow. that was quick. >> that was really quick. the heron has a really brief chance of trying to get away, but -- no. now she's got this morsel in her teeth and seems to want to find a quiet spot to have her snack. nowhere to go. big daddy lion there, the cub is like give me some of that. >> please tell me it gets away at the miracle of life. >> totally mangled. i like this, i'm glad to see these lions still have their primal instincts in this enclosure in a zoo and they haven't lost their step. >> and this is the circle of life so it's stuff that happens. but still. >> you don't know if that bird was packing heat. that mom was trying to protect her family. >> you know, i'm just going to say, this bird's purpose for that day was to be the food for that pride of lion. >>> you all are going to make fu