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the bay area has been under a heat wave this weekend where people had a record-breaking temperatures in the " unexpected today. fire crews of been called out in the rockies for one of the biggest wildfires and caught of history. remember and a fallen firefighter in san francisco with the gift of education in his honor. thanks for joining us today. cnn reporting that rodney king has been found dead. his videotaped beating i'm sure you remember by police back in 1922 led to the riots there and
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from what we understand the to others the coming in he was found in his swimming pool earlier this morning and they say it's been confirmed by his fiancee as well as authorities down and seven california. but recently did a stint on celebrity be hawks are we to understand he has issues with drugs and alcohol of the years since the early '90s and we don't know if it played into his death the we will continue to get more information and keep you posted. summer arrived a few days early all over the bay area this weekend with the temperatures reaching record levels in some places from the tri valley to the coast line everyone was looking for " way to cool down. last night that 8 30 was still 96 degrees down from 105 earlier in the day. it was sweltering just about everywhere including our festival and send a file with one healing guide counselor
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sought shade in the way she could find it. a cake cooler right now the wind is coming up staying near the water and i'm drinking a lot of water it's so important in the heat. i carry my shade with me. others with sailing in the cool waters of the they the lucky ones at least try to enjoy a water cooled air on the beaches including and san francisco. a brush fire that began saturday in riverside county challenging firefighters so far slipped to 2,000 a. it's fueled by 1520 mop are wind is no evacuations planned yet but as it burns around parts of the month city local residents anxious to know where it's headed next. it's a big city but we're all kind of wrote so intensifier anyone that's affected by it offends the live over here it's nice to know right or it out.
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no buildings have been damaged with air tankers and water droplets are having some effect in the cause is under investigation. hot whether plaintiff factor in a huge fire in the rockies it's not the most destructive of fire and color of history and it started a week ago from a lightning strike since then 181 homes have been destroyed and the fire scorched more than 54,000 a.. they have a 20 percent of it contained the full containment is not expected for another two to four weeks. this is the best firefighters not just in the united states but in the world put in their lives on the line of the skills and efforts and to making sure that this fire is contained as rapidly as possible. the fire is so big that more firefighters and equipment have been called in with hot and dry weather expected to
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continue the they have made some progress in creating a fire line in the northern side of the blaze. firefighters and the archbishop is san francisco coming together to raise money for this college in the name of the attendant who died in line of duty costing $16,000 to attend the school which is an all boys' school. he graduated there in 1981 and died during a house fire last june and diamond kites along with the fire fight a paramedic. to receive this award i think it's something that's going to be extremely special and they'll love the history of the lieutenant progress. the new scholarship likely be rewarded to the son of firefighter if you want to donate visit our web site for more information. grit of the economy is becoming an increasingly fought battle ground for democrats and republicans to move toward the
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election campaign trail examining both sides as the accused the other of not doing enough to get americans back to work. mitt romney did not waste any time to catch up to president obama. blasted around his campaign slogan was open change and now i think he would like to change it to hoping to change the subject saturday the second day of the gop can it bus tour across six battleground states. focusing on the president's economic record. he said if i can't turn this economy around a look at one term proposition and we're here to collect. i want to get america working again increased more good jobs for americans showing unemployment as a top concern for voters the jobless rate for may went up a little bit to 8.2%. the unpleasant obama's weekly address. the economy is growing again but not fast enough for
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businesses of creed 4.3 million new jobs in the last 27 months but were not creating them fast enough. we're urging congress to pass jobs and economic legislation he proposed last year. most of the ideas to create jobs and grill or a couple our economy republicans in congress of knowledge to the figure they would rather wait till after the election in november. both agree that is time to focus on the american people and get them back to work. on the international front the united nations is another observer mission and syria saying it's just too dangerous for the 300 unarmed soldiers. patrol vehicles a been riddled with bullets and making short distance traveled risky. they spent most of the time they're fine government attacks on civilians and to the activist said syrian troops are intensifying the shelling.
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a so that real head concert canton toronto after state collapsed during the set up and one person died and three were hurt the victims are part of the crew setting up the scaffolding structure when it fell. a scandal at the london olympics before they've even begun the greek olympic committee president asked london's organizing chairman for extra tickets and may of been wanting to sell them on the black market. demand increase was surpassing expectations when in reality it was very low. they insist the tickets for allocated fairly. 3 mi. to help thousands of the bay area the east bay a its advocacy foundation as to their sixth in 05 cable to oakland is today and of the money goes to local organizations to promote hiv aids testing education and treatment. critter 10 dozen people in with hiv and he spake by the 18,000 and sent to cisco with hiv the
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funding is just not here for the east bay. how are these people live less than a thousand dollars a month and this what helps them. even before the walkout began the announced they raised more than $120,000. the set the cisco international film festival is underway right now. of the documentary and the life of constant controversy of a man of god. a road block were scanners witting of applications before any person sets eyes on them and the key words to use of the phrases to ditch to increase the chances of making the cut. it's going to the warmth again today but not quite as bad in the forecast it'll be warm but not as warm as it was yesterday.
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ever sees them. explaining the key to land a job these days is to create a tax and the resin resume. i have experienced sending a resume into but i consider a black hole. a pretty common experience these days and after class to further assume the career counselor found a pretty common mistake that may explain why. some of the darker gray areas you have here might through the scanning machine off and actually eliminated from the canted pool. thanks to the software odds are it has to get past a machine before it gets to an actual person if you want to be considered you may want to consider a tech savvy resume. critics deride their creativity to the may they want. because it scans the key word to have to be specific she has 15 years of
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experience but he was very smart people it down 10 + years of experience because it relates specifically to the number they requested in the ad. and turn it upside down as the starting with experience put up all pointless to skills of the top specifically once mentioned in the ad in the order they're mentioned. in the post in the put the skills of they went in a certain order you want to follow that order. and surrounded by plenty of white space if you're right about gaps between jobs group then together into our five years then is the the most important lesson from mary and resume has to be your tool and it has to be specific to each job. estimated the tracking software screens about half of all major company resumes 90% of companies reportedly are using them to help improve your head
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to cbs sacramento cbs san francisco and east bay works program that helps job-seekers free of charge. if you have a consumer problem caught 88 5 c. you. several cities this summer record-breaking temperatures today and not much of local duck government. gail and james snapped this photo from lake county last night with gorgeous sunset. know where we going to have today taken a look at the weather with the relative quiet until after yesterday's heat wave. '70s 80s and other '90s in some areas in the and the fog is expected to roll in later tonight. here's the pinpoint forecasts.
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that good news is ends should be cooling down a little bit today with the return of some fog and low, cover close to the shoreline so that the joliet in the '60s at the beach. expect inland to come down to an degrees off of yesterday's high as but it was taught yesterday with temperatures in some places as warm as 106 degrees. not as hot today especially the beach and around the bay area fenland will still be warm to stock as high as it was on saturday. in the future cast watch happens the big layer of low cloud cover and up here toward the end of that by tomorrow night fog women over the form marin and sonoma.
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but in the meantime the temperatures of monday at going to be fairly mild as well. heading to chicago thunderstorms and 93 from monday. newark city partly cloudy and 72. back in northern california 59 degrees in eureka and 97 at ukiah and up and ready with an added six degrees. a degrees is 71 of its 70 at fresno tomorrow in the mid '80s for the south bay area. and he's been members will fall from 10 to 15 degrees from saturday's highs and 91 little more. still it's warm just not as warm as it was on sunday.
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in the extended forecast the numbers are quite a bit to day but tuesday and wednesday a little recovery warming a bit amid weak but by next week and we will turn it around the low pressure coming back again in the low cloud cover coming back to the shoreline. next week and will be totally different but significantly: we had to this weekend. a un documentary called lymph the great free or die covers the life of controversy behind the first openly gay bishop of an angelic and church. journalists live now thanks for joining us. a lot of people die from the controversy back in 2003 as you were installed as the bishop of new hampshire first openly gay but also non some of it member so tell us on how your
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life has changed since then it seems like you've gained a lot of acceptance. the real story is how fast progress of religious groups are changing around the issue and i was consecrated in 2003 there's a huge up or grow nationally and internationally and then in 2010 we had our second openly gay the first openly gay, lesbian bishop and there is hardly in a controversy at all. the story of this film is about how aggressive religious people a change in the negative about the full acceptance of gay and lesbian and bisexual and transgendered people. this a lot of people aren't quite ready to accept it and how to bridge the gap. a lot of people say it has divided the church. i like to think that the where caused most changes than by being a good bishop and not
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been the cable ship. new hampshire is the one place and not the key bishop i'm just a bishop doing the things of bishop says and i think as l g b t people are seen in society and families just being human beings are making great strides and are full acceptance. we cover your history it's fascinating you are married and you had children and you were going to live that lifestyle as a bishop openly pursuing that as well as the religious lifestyle and you decided to turn it around. i felt god was calling me to come out. we ask that could decline to put that every sunday and call people to life of integrity the fear that little life of integrity yourself a lack the authenticity to call people to that life and i'm happy to say to have such great friends of my former wife not only are two
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daughters to get a bit too granddaughters i could and never imagined growing up that i could have a male life partner for no 25 years to be legally married to him in the state of new hampshire before california and to have this role in that trip to which i thought by coming out and would have to give up completely. digit averages think you wanted to limit the lifestyle that you're going to go ahead and ditch the religion and go? no because god is too important to me in the church is too important is still the church and synagogue and a mosque ricotta promises to the present and review gods itself to us so i never want to turn my back on that. but wet always wanted to do is bring those two together and that's exactly what we are seeing as it's the story of how
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that's really happening in religious institutions today. with is still a lot of controversy you have to wear bulletproof vests at some events. with a thin scott is clear about in old testament and christian new testament is that when you're doing a good and right and godly thing there will be a price to pay. so it shouldn't come as a shock to us that when we tried to liberalize the way that some people will racist. the nice thing is feeling so close to god to of of this have been able to put it into perspective and as long as i'm doing as best as i can perceive to be god's will the the rest will take care of itself. i am about to retire at the end of this year and a grieving because the end this job is bishop the more happy with it and honored by it then even when
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i started. could lead him at today's screening of love free or die of the international film festival starting at 430 this afternoon with posting more formation on our web site: later on today. the man with the golden arm taking its act on the road his late night date in the big apple coming up next.
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but big deal for matt came santoses could giants pitcher has something special to look far to. on the heels of the the first perfect game in franchise history last week set to appear on the late show with david letterman. he will read the top 10 list tomorrow night. at the u.s. open a chance for tiger woods to redeem himself after determining day. and baseball the oakland a's achieve a season high with it all in sports. tiger woods is never won a major when trailing after 51 holes but you will have a chance to end that streak after a disappointing ryan. he shot a 75 to fall five strokes back it was the u.s.
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open two years ago publicly and will begin the final round tied for the lead with the approach on eight teen sets up and easy birdie shooting a 68 ticket to one under. remaining time for that lead sinking the 3117 to get back to one another. the only two players under par. it's frustrating but do feel like this are writing greta i'm definitely still in the ball came and that's i was searched surely do well on the golf course for sure. pudding is on top for good. the padres 6-4 for the fifth straight win. to give up two homers in the first and lost a sixth straight decision now to eight this season the mariners beat the giants 7-4 and not a look at sports. days after huge fire and sent to cisco the fire chief is demanding answers.
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>> with several cities seeing triple digit temperatures, which will be taking a look at the state cool strategies being used >> the san francisco fire department demanding answers following a huge construction fire. >> on the campaign trail with presidential hopeful mitt romney, a key economic message he's sending out. welcome back to the early edition. >> we have been falling breaking news this morning, the death of rodney king. cnn is reporting that he has been found dead in l.a.. his videotaped beating by police back in 1992 led to the l.a. riots. the beating had been caught on camera in 1991 showing four
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white police officers hitting him more than 50 times and using a stun gun but those officers were acquitted which started the riots. rodney king was found dead in his swimming pool today, he was 47 years old. he had plenty of struggles with drugs and alcohol during his later years. we will continue to follow this the route the morning as we find out more information. >> it is still sprain but it is definitely feeling more like summer every day. temperatures reached record levels at some places from the valley to the coastline. everyone was looking for a way to cool down >> last night at 830 in walnut creek it was still 96 degrees. sweltering just about everywhere including the art festival in san rafael.
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one guidance counselor saw some shade wherever she could find it >> right now the wind is coming up, and drinking a lot of water is so important. >> others went sailing on the bay or enjoy the beaches including these folks at christie field >> firefighters have contained 10% of a brush fire that started in riverside county. so far the flames have burned through 2,000 a.. 300 firefighters tried to tackle it. no reports of injuries or any buildings damaged but one person was told to be ready to leave at a moment's notice. the hyde park fire is now the most destructive wild fire in colorado history. started from a lightning strike and since then 181 homes have
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been destroyed. the fire burned more than 50,000 a.. full containment is not expected for another two-four weeks. pg&e is feeling the heat from the san francisco fire department over the gas line fire that injured three people. joe vasquez says the fire chief wants to know what took pg&e so long to shut the gas down. >> before alarm fire raged out of control for hours. made worse by a ruptured gas line. pg&e officials say contractor started the fire because he was welding a water line without properly checking to see if any gas lines were nearby. the contractor ended up melting through the gas line starting the fire. he was hurt seriously injured. >> in our opinion it was excessive length of time before the digging crews to arrive on the scene >> the spokesperson says the
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fire chief now wants to know what took pg&e so long to turn of the gas off >> the chief has requested a meeting with pg&e >> here is the timetable according to the fire department, the fire starts at 345, pg&e arrives at 415, off the digging crew gets there at 440 almost one hour after the fire started and then pg&e finally turns the gas off at 540 which means the gas had been fueling the flames for nearly two whole hours >> since we were not able to go into the structure we had to assess the situation and look for the fastest way to turn off the gas >> pg&e spokesperson says it turns out a shut off file was too close to the flames so pg&e had to go back further and pinch off the pipes in an alternate location. >> we plan to meet with the fire chief to address any concerns and we want to be better as a company and look into what we can do better next time >> a fire department says pg&e
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has always been very good about responding to fires but this one was so extreme that they need to look at ways to do better in the future. >> it is an important tradition in presidential campaigns, the small town bus tours. mitt romney rolled into several towns in pennsylvania this weekend. >> job one is to create jobs for the american people and i will. >> these days of mitt romney is a 20 minute stump speech is all about the economy >> this is about saving america and putting us back to work. >> his five day itinerary is taking him through small towns in rural settings. that his long experience in the
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financial sector and his term as governor appeared in to be the nation's chief executive. >> for mitt romney there is one argument, the economy is bad, president obama doesn't have what it takes to turn things around, i can do it. >> he is in the curious position of raising the president's performance on the economy. in battleground states where the economy is lower than the national average. it is 7.4 in pennsylvania, 5% in new hampshire, but that is less important to him than trying to whip up a groundswell of support against the president. >> he has a real chance to run up the score with blue-collar voters who do not like president obama >> the small group job growth nationally has embolden romney in his main argument >> last time around his slogan was hope and change and now i think you would like to change it to hoping to change the subject
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>> sunday, mitt romney rolls into ohio where unemployment is 7.3%, also lower than the national average. >> on the international political front today, voters in france are choosing a new parliament >> it will determine how far the new president can push for economic stimulus within his country. he is hoping to get an absolute majority. his country's political direction is important nationally because france is the second-largest economy in europe. >> the greeks are going to the polls and what is there country is arguably most critical vote in 40 years. if the left wing wins markets predict the country will dump the euro and if moderates win grease may have more spending cuts. >> a new state budget for
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california but will governor brown sign it? >> coming up, our conversation with assistant majority leader michael allen >> the east bay city that might lift its ban on happy hour. >> have it look at some of the record highs, more than 100 degrees in santa rosa. record set all over the bay area yesterday but that should not be the case today. things will cool off a little bit and
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>> did you know that he word has a ban on happy hour? they may be lifting that ban on tuesday. they're thinking about doing a six month trial. allowing restaurants to serve alcohol at reduced prices from 4-9:00 p.m.. live music would be allowed but only without dancing. owners complained that the band puts them at a competitive disadvantage if restaurants in other nearby cities >> that is an interesting one.
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taking a look at the weather, we expect a relative cool down >> the fog is expected to roll in a little bit later on tonight. here are the current conditions, concord checking in at 74. 72 in santa rosa. >> the good news is, and should be cooling down a little bit today with the return of some fog and low clouds towards the coast line. upper 60s at the beach and 80 degrees around the bay. it was hot yesterday, temperatures in some places as warm as 106. with it the pacific air conditioner coming back in, not
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as hot today, especially at the beach and around the bay. not as hot as it was on saturday. have a look at future cast, a model of how it should look over the next 18 hours. you can see the big layer of low clouds. in the meantime, temperatures on monday will be fairly mild as well. 65 degrees at sfo. if you're heading to chicago, thunderstorms and 93. york city, partly cloudy skies and 72. 59 in eureka, and 106 degrees in redding. off
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107 in fresno tomorrow. mid-80s for the south bay so the numbers come down about 10 degrees from today. in the east bay numbers will fall from 10-15 degrees from saturday's highs. up in the north bay, it is still warm but not as warm as it was on saturday. in the extended forecast, the numbers cool a little bit today. by next weekend, we will turn it around and low pressure comes back again. as a result, by next friday and saturday, only the upper 70's in the inland areas. that is the weather for now. >> on friday state lawmakers passed a $92 billion state budget but they left some key issues unresolved.
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>> they still need to iron out their differences with governor brown. this morning we asked the assistant majority leader what the mood was like right after the almost completed budget was actually passed >> the reaction was relief but kind of anticlimactic. we fought we would be their late, maybe some bills that covered more subjects but we got done by about 230 with a major part of the budget so i think the move was that friday we got a major part of the budget done but the next few weeks will be long weeks because sometimes it is that little part that is left, those subjects can take a lot of energy >> friday was the deadline where everyone had to pass this budget or lawmakers would not get paid. you've heard criticism that people rush this through. >> the public passed proposition
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25 because they wanted budgets on time and that is what they're getting. the actual technical things that you want to get right, you want to spend a little more time on. but if you remember we were getting them done in august or september, very late, and this is a big improvement >> i spent time covering sacramento and it was always a big budget drama. what made it different this time? was it just a proposition that would have taken your paychecks away or the fact that the republican step to the side? >> #1 i think the relationship between leadership and the governor is good. no. 2, the republicans did decide to step aside and say it is your budget and we will not participate although we would like them to, their votes could be relevant if they chose to be >> one of the biggest
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differences, these budgets now include things called outriggers. they used to fight over spending cuts and now what they're saying is if the voters approve the tax is the budget stands but if not, we have built in trigger's which are automatic cuts that will go into effect without coming back to vote. >> that is an excellent point because it would be dishonest to build the budget and say the voters would approve the tax increase in november. we don't know that so the only way that is to build in cuts that if we don't get the money the cuts happen by operation of law. that is the only way you can do it and have a balanced >> that makes it easier for lawmakers because you're not cutting right then and there. >> and your not taking up catastrophic decisions that might not be necessary >> you're putting it in the hands of the voters will need to
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decide on the tax increases >> we are but we're also trying to create an atmosphere where people are looking at sacramento and saying we're getting the budget on time and the next thing, are they spending the money appropriately, are there being responsible? i think that is the atmosphere and going forward the thing that we want to do is to give people confidence that we know what we're doing and that we are trying to stabilize california not only for this year but for future so we actually have a financial plan in place >> what did you think the odds are, because that is the next that. >> your asking the right guy because i am one of six legislators that sit on the commerce committee for pension reform and personally i can tell you and my colleagues feel the same way that we want to deliver the 12 items that the governor has proposed for
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pension reform. we think it is a very good for steps that you will probably see that appear in late july or august. august 31st would be the deadline but that package is essentially one of the most important components to the work we do this year in sacramento. >> the budget includes triggers which are cuts to education funding and other cuts that we be very unpopular. >> this is how they can sell to voters because if they don't, we will see some major issues when it comes to education funding >> that is where you are finding criticism from republicans were not in the bay area so we get a hard time getting them on the show. >> at this point your holding education hostage is one of the main criticisms
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police insiders. our first question to the police chief are what are the rules behind a motorcade? >> the motorcade is not to stop for any reason >> how you guarantee that? >> pereira, no, but we are good at it and of the route is planned, it is secret, but we are as good as anybody in the country getting our dignitaries were they need to go >> you were a motorcycle cop so you know a little bit more >> how does it work? >> i have led an escort but i've never done the jumping like these guys do. >> how does it work? >> the entire thing is called a package. president clinton's package was a really big. depending on the weather, the road conditions and things like that, it is very very dangerous to what we basically do is jump
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intersections so that the last motorcycle, and literally goes to top speed to get to be the first motorcycle and then he keeps going on and on >> why was clinton's package " the biggest ". >> we he loved that motorcade >> will get calls all the time from people saying they saw the motorcade here or there. how often do they come here? >> all the time, we are a world why destination, we have the president of south korea coming in next week, he will get all of those courtesies that we do for the heads of state and is just what is done in a major metropolitan city >> so if he never stops in you have to block everything off in clear buildings, how do you do it if you don't know where they're going? >> they tell us where they're going, there are not that many
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off the record visits. president clinton used to go off the record once awhile and he would patronize restaurants. one time he went to slammed the door and we did not know. the owner called with reports of guys with guns but then we got a call 10 minutes later saying to forget it. they didn't tell us it was the president but they said we are fine. he spent all afternoon there and they love him there ever since. >> what do you do when obama wants to stop for food? >> that hasn't happened >> didn't he do that in chinatown? >> that was off the record, but they give us a little heads up. >> coming up will take one more look at today's top stories >> including the death of rodney king.
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>> developing news out of l.a., rodney king has been found dead. >> he was videotaped being beaten by l.a. police which led to the l.a. riots. four white police officers were hitting him with wooden batons and a stun gun. those officers were acquitted which is led what led to the l.a. riots. kane famously pleaded can we all get along. this morning he was found dead in his swimming pool. so far, no signs of foul play. he was recently known for being on a tv show celebrity rehab
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talking about his struggle with substance abuse. we don't know whether or not that played into his death. he was 47 years old. >> let's take one last look at the weather. we expect a relative cool down today. >> foggy hanging around the coast, not expected to go too far inland. 64 at sfo, 72 in santa rosa. >> we have a new world record set by surfers in san diego. >> the surfing dog competition set the record for the most dogs surfing on one board at the same time, 20 dogs. thousands of people showed up to watch. happy father's day thieu, thanks for joining
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