and today's first news story arizona representative gabrielle giffords was transferred to houston rehabilitation facility listen two weeks after she was critically wounded in a tucson shooting rampage on thursday the chief neurology at university medical and intimate even preceding this so i think the best way we can tell there is no quantify awful way we can say that she's registered the message as to what's happened to our but we do think a lot of that is that she recognizes that she's a strong person a fighter reaches a fighter like you know nobody else that i know so i'm extremely confident she's going to be back here and back at work soon been telling the hospital staff that they should expect to see her walking through these halls and into the i within a couple months i'm sure of that so she'll be back a prominent republican congressional group is urging party leaders to impose for far greater nonmilitary spending cuts that are already proposed on thursday the far right republican study committee called for an immediate cut of one hundred billion from nonmilitary programs according to the washington post made in the demand would entailed reducing funding for most federal agencies by one third over the next seven months study maybe also says the government should make even deeper non military cuts of two point five trillion over the next decade according to the center on budget and policy priorities that would mean cutting funding for most government agencies by forty percent with one hundred sixty five members of the study committee represents over two thirds of house republicans the house spending cut proposal comes as new poll shows large majority of americans favor cutting military budget over the medical medicare and social security new york times c b s news survey also found that nearly two thirds americans would prefer higher payroll taxes instead of reducing benefits in either of the two programs were place a former economic recovery advisory board which had been chaired by paul volcker the former chair of the federal reserve volcker will step down when his panel mandate expires next month in they'll support was drawn scrutiny in part because you oppose obama's president and expansionism chinese president you handle said we will remain committed to the path of peaceful development continue to strive for a peaceful international environment for to develop ourselves in a problem promote world peace through our own redevelopment our own development china stands for peaceful back to washington tomorrow and meet with the president of china he is a dictator he can do a lot of things that he says the form of government they have maybe i shouldn't have said dictator but they have a different type of government than we have and that's an  understatement oops third consecutive day of suicide bombings are seen killing of dozens of people in iraq on thursday at least fifty two people were killed more than one hundred fifty wounded in car bombings targeting shiite pilgrims in while three people were killed and at least twenty seven el aberdeen ben ali an estimated one hundred people were killed in government crackdown on tunisia protesters tunisia transitional cabinet meanwhile has lifted a ban on all blacklisted political parties and shooting general amnesty for political prisoners the tunisian government says some eighteen hundred prisoners have been freed this week spite successfully forcing ben ali into exile tunisian protesters have continued to rally there several members of his government were included in the new cabinet ranking position does not think they do not feel for all the starving almost people these people are homeless living in the street people can't find food people can't find resources they need these people are sitting on their chairs doing nothing those parliamentary members feel for no complaints developers says he's returning to assist haiti's rebuilding effort but critics say he's making a last ditch attempt to recoup some six million frozen in a swiss bank account its worst law passed in response to developers a long time effort to obtain the money goes into effect in february first before the new rules kick in divil there would be able to receive money if you could prove he is not under criminal investigation in his own country his return is seen as a gamble that he would have been able to enter haiti and then depart without being charged which he would then cite as proof of swiss he is not under legal scrutiny u s government has resumed deportation to haiti for the first time since the devastating earthquake when your girl on thursday u s immigration and customs enforcement said twenty seven  nationals with criminal records in the united states have been deported to haiti human rights groups have or criticized movements a cholera outbreak like your related violence and ongoing devastation from the earthquake earlier this month  group of u s based human rights groups and legal organizations filed an emergency petition with interim american commission on human rights to halt the roundup detention and deportation of haitian nationals by the s government founder of private military firm blackwater our favorite is reportedly backing another company's bid to involve itself in somalia civil war and african union reported report cited by the new york times says eri prince provided the initial funding for south african based service an international effort to win contracts from the somali government the contract will reportedly involve training somalia soldiers and militias and combating alleged militants and pirated pirates off the african coast so there's an international is run by a former officer of south african civil cooperation borough and apartheid era force known for killing government opponents african union reports also described prince as being at the top of saracens management smaller government has yet to announce its decision on the company's bid and i felt around vessel has found last year's west virginia coal mine disaster more was preventable and followed negligence by the miners owner massey energy and a preliminary report the mine safety and health administration says massey repeatedly violated federal rules on ventilation and minimizing coal dust to reduce the risk of explosion first together say a small flare up of methane gas sparked a massive cold dust blast raids in new york new jersey and rhode island u s attorney general eric holder the thief called the operation one of the largest ever targeted alleged mafia members in the united states eric the thief said today more than eight hundred federal state and local law enforcement officials have arrested over one hundred ten individuals including dozens of la cosa nostra individuals and associates one in nearly in total one hundred twenty seven people have been charged sixty indictments unseale again for districts in new york new jersey and rhode island this is one of the largest single day operations against mafia in the f b i history both in terms of the number of defendants arrested and charged and scope of criminal activity that is alleged and that's coming from him mr s just asked me some time i'll tell you former republican senator and rumored twenty twelve presidential hopeful rick santorum is drawing controversy for comments about president obama's stance on abortion speaking to the right wing news site c n n as news appeared to suggest it is hypocritical for obama to support abortion because he is african american and said the question is and this is what barack obama didn't want to answer is is that human life a person under the constitution and brock a bomber says no well if that person human life is not a person then i find it almost remarkable for a black man to say now we are going to decide who are people and who are not people the u s department of homeland security has cancelled the virtual france project along the u s border with mexico military contractor boeing was hired to build a network of cameras radars and fences in two thousand and five projects which cost more than one billion dollars u s officials say it was canceled because it proved to be ineffective and too costly and where all that money went and the telecom giant horizon is challenging the federal communications commission recently adopted regulations for internet access and net neutrality rules include a provision barring internet service providers from slowing competitor services we'll see what happens when the greek takes it or not and that's it for the world news today now another thanks to one of our underwriters who support your only visual video news media in nevada county that's right it is us t v t v news a man who barely spoke english called and said he she had received five thousand dollars grant for paying her taxes on time three eighteen p m caller from three hundred block of meal street reported a woman passed out on the floor she was given a ri nine thirty eight p m call from reported underage drinkers at a bar and one hundred block of west main street a girl was cited on suspicion of having false id and released to her parents and thursday two thirteen a m caller from duran a block north star place reported a man and a woman yelling and waking up the neighbors they agreed to keep it down nevada county sheriff's office on wednesday nine twenty three a m call from buckeye road reported her mistress shooting it was found to be lawful and one forty three am a woman from fourteen thousand block torrey pines drive reported soft of about one hundred seventy dollars from the residence and ten thirty four a m a caller from seventeen drive reported cremated remains had been left in a storage facility for more than a year and the owner could not be located and at twelve twenty seven p m call from fourteen thousand block of clear creek place reported physical fight w a man from fifteen thousand block wolf mountain road reported his girlfriend was being very violent with him she was hit she has hit him in the past did throw rocks at his vehicle break in the window he did not want to press charges three forty two p m call from rough and ready wrote reported hearing four gunshots and four twenty six p m a man from twelve thousand block of burma road reported theft of items by a granddaughter it was found to be a civil issue for twenty seven pm a woman reported she had gotten into argument thursday twelve thirty one a m call from nineteen thousand block lake forest drive reported vandalized vehicles and one i am a woman from twelve thousand block mode in flat road reported being assaulted by a boyfriend and no round of city police quarter pounder of cocaine in today's first local store run by michelle randall's of the union could the nevada city police department soon be a thing of the past the nevada county sheriff's office and grass valley police department are working on separate proposals on the cost of assuming policing duties of nevada city ports are scheduled for completion early next week and may be discussed at wednesday's city council meeting although it's likely the reports will not be submitted in time and is discussing will be pushed back another two weeks according to city councilman doing strasser four years residence and city leaders have raised the possibility of dissolving the ottomans autonomy us force which employs eleven full time officers a reserve officers a record clerk and half time police chief according to the department website proposals from the two other local agencies will help the city determine the cost effectiveness of contracting out police services our requirement is that they provide equal or better service and now at a better cost strasser added well i hate to see him go because i think they're great for us over there but that's the way it goes and out of towners unemployment rate fell half a percent point samberg eleven point two percent interest rate was eleven point seven percent probably go up after the police are gone the trend was different state wait is california's unemployment rate ticked by one tenth of a percent point in december to twelve point five percent that means the state's monthly jobless rate remains above twelve percent for all of twenty ten meanwhile a national unemployment rate increased in simberg to nine point four percent the report released friday by the state and state employment development department said the number of california holding jobs dropped twenty five thousand from november the number of jobless californians rose to nearly two point twenty seven million an increase of three thousand from november i don't feel so lonely the survey of california business businesses shows the state added forty nine hundred  non farm jobs last month following a gain of thirty thousand five hundred november leisure and hospitality industry added ninety three hundred jobs the biggest increase for the month government jobs posted the largest decline and the vatican will ring in the newest century and saturday ridge senior living resident harry house and is turning one hundred everyone considered him the king of quill ridge said his daughter carol made johnson and sits with his harem of ladies each morning before breakfast at various times during the house and deli is routine in the grass valley facility consists of working at four am and taken a shower and dress in himself so he can be seated to party i'm to watch the changing of the guard as well ridge caretakers change shifts he uses a walker but only takes one pill a day to calm heart burn we call him the energizer bunny johnson said he just keeps on going house and was born january twenty second one nine hundred eleven in canada two scottish parents at the age of three he underwent italy save his family from a frigid death they were returning to canada from scotland and about to board an ocean liner emerald of ireland when the crew turned them away because our son had a runny nose the family waited in board another ocean liner and found out later the emerald island was hit by a coal barge on the st lawrence river and sunk killing six hundred people house and family moved to long beach california where he spent many years working forty working forty one of those bank of america he has lived in grass valley since one thousand nine hundred five and lost his wife charlotte two years ago she was ninety eight his hobbies include golfing water polo and swimming and he swam with buster crabbe actor who starred in one hundred thirty three movie tarzan the fear and they parted for a house in is set for three thirty p m saturday while this last saturday one day i'm recording this at quail ridge we think it's a pretty special guy i can't believe he's one hundred years old johnson said before radio t v in touch tone phone he's seen a lot and one hundred authorities contacted gonzales as he was entering a room at super eight and by the way this drugs here a picture just samples there are what they found he allegedly had about a half ounce of cocaine packages for sale in his possession and another four and a half ounces of cocaine in a table in a hotel room cocaine valued between seven thousand and eight thousand dollars cash and so gonzales remained in custody in eldorado county jail in south lake tahoe thursday night according to the sheriff's office booking records it doesn't know and if he has an attorney cocaine trafficking continues to be a problem in the sense you are catching say most of the cocaine sold out to sells sure is being brought from stockton california and los angeles there is no shortage of people willing to take the risk of getting caught one guy goes down the next steps up catching sa