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the biggest prize celebration into world taking over san francisco today the parade the party and the rules coming up next. questions about the groups that raise and millions of dollars for presidential candidates. and a tropical storm watch for the gulf coast and in oil and gas production in the region. thanks for joining us this morning. a lot to talk about the next hour and couldn't return home of thats been one group is doing to try to aid them in the transition and taking a look at
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politics from the state to national level. internationally developing news and each. of canada if the muslim brotherhood has won the runoff of the presidential election. dancing for hours earlier this law in the election commission declared that mohammed was the winner with 51.7% of the vote and the loser of former prime minister with mubarak who bought 48.3%. the first time a modern egyptian will be had by an islamist and a civilian who is free elected but a power struggle is likely to continue between the muslim brotherhood and the military still in control of much of egypt because with judges appointed by mubarak recently default dissolved the egyptian
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parliament in a few days ago military leaders moved to strip those major powers for the president even before the election was decided. will continue to fall that to up the day on the web site and here. its prime weaken san francisco greta one of the biggest celebrations in the world happening right here market shape of the sea of ramble flags the pride parade starts at 1032 hours from now the route runs from market to beale street and nothing but this year's event is a global equality with as many as a million visitors expected in town for the weekend in yesterday's pink party in the castro drew large crowds mostly peaceful and this year lots of changes are made to avoid any violence food trucks replace the main stage castro and market streets and a ban on drinking and the streets. with as many problems that there have been in the past i am
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ok with that another big drinker myself. i think it'll be better for the cops and everyone turned a joint enjoy themselves and nobody will get her because of alcohol that the great thing. if you plan checking out same rules apply public intoxication is not allowed police we looking for drinkers and urge you to keep an eye on your valuables and one another. you ever wonder who fills out the terms with 40 cows on the checks for the candidates questions and being raised about them called upon diller's volunteer fund-raisers and a secure very large to nations. republican mitt romney is not disclosing the activity of those volunteers. summer republican heavy hitters joined mitt romney in park city utah this week and the three day session was designed to get the campaign biggest
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donors up close and personal with the candidate himself. that from his boundless presented and 50,000 does each. is a volunteer fund-raiser of fans across the country looking for money topping that works on behalf of the presidential candidates. he will not reveal his peddlers are with the requirement and it published a list but it breaks with campaign tradition. the obama campaign and republican kenneth bush and the king will disclose their bunglers. i think it does lead to questions of trust what is he trying to hide in not providing a list of bond lawyers. also heavily on large individuals who can give up to 25 can dollars to a record to his campaign. small donors giving to have a dozen less make up only 13
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percent of the army's campaign donations compared to 43% for president obama. mitt romney knows his party in utah and another closed-door meeting in san diego held by two conservative super donors charles and david cooke running a political action group americans for prosperity and a pledge to raise $4 million to help put mitt romney in the warehouse. mitt romney was expected to keep pace with president obama that they support to his personal courting of wealthy donors last month to outrace the president by more than $18 million. camp obama's king created when it comes to fund raising as well. if you would you predict or anniversary coming up ask your loved ones to donate money to the president's reelection campaign instead of giving you a gift.
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this is something i would never do they end of the obama registry asks for a donation in the of the gift saying it's a great way to support the president and your big day. and end up with 52 stairs can do that. to each their own. greta chp investigator investigating accidents and on view the the one a woman dead as a possible hit and run it as 630 less than of having 85. the woman and a 20s lost control of her car and hit a tree and officers think there was the second car involved now looking for it white iota the less his plate number five j n m 316 call chp if you have any intimation. the ministers of killing seven people at a college campus in oakland will be in court tomorrow. the 43 routes could go for a
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pretrial hearing before mourners and student at the university who is accused of returning to the campus in early april and going on a shooting rampage. sexton's and a receptionist died and he's pleaded not guilty to seven counts of murder. investigators say it 10 year-old girl was found locked in because and it's possible she was there for a long time. officers responded after receiving a call about the trauma severely malnourished win only 32 lbs.. officers arrested a mother and her mother's boyfriend and two other children were also taken into protective custody. greta a tropical storm warning in effect today from alabama to the florida panhandle. it's moving north with maximum sustained winds of 60 mi. per hour before castors seen close it close to hurricane strength by tomorrow with up to 6 in. of
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rain and also possible. forcing suspension of aid percent of the region's gas production it could be an interesting impact. in west a wild fire near colorado springs to the dangers to close to homes. nearly seven dozen people forced to flee their houses and started the issue of more than 2,000 a. of already burned 191 homes of been destroyed. then give routine mammograms may not be getting the whole story how lawmakers are trying to change that. a local hero honored a home town to hit and killed this weekend. cross country trip for veterans more on the long roll hall up next. another day of unusually cool weather for this time of year ended to some time it
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sunny.
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a proposed state law could begin in pact and the early detection of breast cancer. requiring doctors in california to let women about a specific breast cancer risk. it's been my medical groups are skeptical. she was 39 when doctors told her she had breast cancer all of the stage for a real evidence at a spread to the rest of my body and i was new and terrible it was the elizabeth and were to stage a sit-in going to be in treatment for the rest of your life. with a family history of breast cancer she started mammograms' 35 and a test did not show a cancer doctor to tell her her breasts were dense which could take x-rays difficult to read. acidic going for ultrasound or
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an mri the doctor never brought it up. new legislation passed that could change the situation for women in california. the bill sponsored by a man pull out to will pipe per make them notify but the of dense breast tissue taken obscure abnormalities and let them know they may benefit from additional screening tests. a few years ago a similar bill passed in connecticut and since then protection has been increased by 1 percent of women with dense breast tissue. they say it it could lead to unnecessary tests and exciting in the screening should be individualized not legislated. good knowledge about density coupled with breast cancer risk assessment should be part of the conversation about how each woman should be screened for breast cancer. she didn't get that opportunity. i get most emotional when i think of my mother of adult what my mother to mourn me i cannot
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think about that. the bill now goes to the assembly. and to the weather are expecting a sunnydale across the bay area. greta for everything from eastern gulf of racist no fog in sight today with highs expect to be in the mid-60s to lumber '70s. in downtown san francisco played host to lead the activities of current temperatures in the fifties around the area. here's the penpoint forecast. happy sunday morning to everybody let's review the headlands looking for things to remain about five to 10 degrees below average today with plenty of sunshine and eventually warming up but doesn't look as if the atmosphere is in big hurry because of low pressure that's persistent off of the pacific northwest and with the
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low pressure not looking match rocklin look for temperatures to either rise or lowered dramatically. mostly sunny today with the potential for some cloud cover on the shoreline but aside from that sunshine and the numbers will be in the low 70's inland. the temperatures in the early going mid-50s on the shoreline and the '60s and lind and plenty of sunshine on the bay area. last night to the way things are supposed to believe today slow cloud cover put aside from that of looks mostly cleared today. on a mostly cleared debris expected to warmups a missile that is not going to happen queens will be in the low '60s and insurance 70 around the bay area of low mid-70s inland.
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new york thunderstorms and 75 degrees. in northern california tomorrow cool for them to anyone at redding for them it's a big chill this time a year in 87 fresno and 63 from monterrey. in the east bay more than that and not as warm as we should be for this time of year off of the average rise by 10 degrees. slowly inch by inch will begin to creep up with the high temperatures as we head into monday and tuesday and wednesday
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by the end of the week the reading to be into the mid '80s inland and the latter half of the week a nice and warm and into next week and will begin to cool it off again. yesterday hundreds of people turned out for an emotional tribute for fallen marine. joshua killed in afghanistan last of members to look for hidden bombs and the timing was to months in to restore its genetic everett at the memorial hall does to is that human his honor unveiled. he was amazing young man the life of the party he was a lie to everybody in this life. the moral of battlefield cross work aroused dog tags and those of a marina tete with him that they were on the members of his battalion are at the unveiling and it was amazing because they took time out of the leave to be with his family.
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a group based of the bay area is set to take a cross- country trip from veterans and the goal for the 200 mi. street and washington state. whitten ending at 90 days later in the nation's capital for moral long road home project millard joining us live now thanks for joining us. this summer five that to enter when the cycle across the united states in an effort to do three things first to their own rooms for more and second draw the attention to the fact many veterans coming home face considerable charge challenges. it's something it's starting to talk about and it's becoming something that people are ready to address but not soon enough. its estimate of etchants commit suicide once every 90 minutes are going to be on the road for 90 days approximately 3000 veterans will commit suicide because of it.
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that's a shocking statistic what is being done in one murder another one of the things are trying to bring awareness to is the physical exercise helps a lot with it the five veterans on the right record have a lot of time to do just that with 90 days of exercise on the road. when used for the project to run a veteran of how to this come to be? last year about this time i went on a bike ride a move to san francisco following of i was then dumped a couldn't find work and i did have a place to live to the perfect storm and sued hadn't been a bicycle in 15 years it's about one in two weeks under which across the country asking people how they found meaning in their lives are a book about that and it will be published a couple of weeks when i got to the other side i thought who connections with and you could benefit from the power
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of long distance cycling. tell us about the group that will be with you on the ride. and the group of five veterans to hand cyclists paralyzed with injuries spinal injuries during the service the be peddling with their hands across the united states. in the case servicewoman it was an officer and a woman that suffer from military sexual trauma as he knows very prevalent so not discussed happening within our services and then we have the average joe and suffers from it. we take off quickly of about to go around the rockies we go up and over the rockies to the cascades. we have outposts the vfw is and bases all across the country up four to 45 different homecoming event scheduled across the country.
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we're looking at the map a very ambitious route. our goal is to raise $75,000 this year anything above and beyond a go to our organization operation first response and national charity that helps a bridge the gap between claims and when the distant did. and sent to cisco is a summary people on the street a lot of them are veterans. 20 percent of homeless are veterans. we have a fund-raising event for your project coming up so tell us about that. this thursday and ravenous son auction giants memorabilia and 49 his memorabilia and a whole slew of things exotic trips and suggested donation of $30. you can donate online or use your cellphone text of that trend to 72727. if anybody miss that we
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have all the intermission posted on our web site. we'll be right back.
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it was supposed to be a
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done deal but now santa clara county was to take back $30 million if you promise to help fund the new 49 a stadium. and it doesn't tend the voters approved the redevelopment funds to build stadium and states scrapped the redevelopment agency's accounting property tax board now to assess the former rita gilman funds are spent. members would rather spend money on schools in the 49 years and city officials are exploring their options. an exciting finish the bay bridge series lots of unhappy a's fans. without the talk of the san jose take on san jose and a crucial game. let's run it down the face and the giants always a thrill matter when they meet and happened yesterday. this is a rep to the fifth appearance the cuts when by him
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branding cannot come up with that's going to make errors and the giants just keep on coming to tie the game the night and in the basis thick skull the past day getting a double and the a's are within a couple of runs. he steps up and takes a shot at it since the home and the giants which once had a huge lead lift went 9-8. a terror director for call for the earthquake's san jose beat them moving into first place in the nationwide series patrick on the back of the bumper false from fourth to 12th nelson jr. hold on to win for the first- time i end with that because
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later on today we have got sprint cup racing less sonoma raceway the big boys coming around the track with left and right turns. dennis will increase the rest of the away from that site up in sonoma game day coming up at 1130. happening at cbs five and 1130. under the california woman overcoming incredible odds to do as she does. shows what a rare eye condition leaving her visually impaired not letting her impairment be set back she started competing in archery eight years ago. her husband built custom trapped on sand helper keep correct form the first visually impaired or to shoot the the u.s. nationals and competed in the world championships in korea where she won the silver medal a city you can't for visually impaired children to teach them are tree. coming up the san francisco
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pride parade kicking off in an hour-and-a-half. and the new war of words between the familiar pair that oakland's former police chiefs has to say about the mayor. we're using her celebrity power to offer hope to the l g b t youths. in today's pride parade coming up. a live look now downtown and the square the just released deaths after the results of the presidential runoff that were just announced to the major overthrow the government.
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>> the party is on but booze is off-limits for the biggest pride celebration ever. we're counting down the minutes to the san francisco big parade >> the new government deal between the governor and the state's largest employee union >> jerry sandusky on suicide watch. 01 jurors had to say about his child sex abuse. good morning. >> thanks for joining us this morning, we have a lot to talk about in the next half-hour meeting breaking news we have been following out of egypt. thousands are celebrating after a candid it from the muslim brotherhood was declared the winner of the presidential
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runoff. you're taking a look at live pictures in downtown cairo the election commission declared on live television that mohammad more receive one with a slim margin, 57 percent of the vote, his opposition, a former prime minister under mubarak caught 48.3%. this is the first time that modern egypt will be headed by an islamist and a civilian who was freely elected but we're likely to see the power struggle there because a court was appointed by mubarak recently dissolved parliament and a few days ago military leaders move to strip most major powers from the president even before the election was decided. >> one of the biggest gay pride celebration is in the world is happening in san francisco >> in an hour-and-a-half market
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street will be awash with rainbow flags. the route is on your screen starting at market camp beale street running nine blocks straight through downtown to eighth street. the theme is globally quality. plenty of celebrities will be attending the festivities today. murray jones will be one of several grand marshals. she shared with us the difference her show makes in the lives of eight children >> aiken review letters all day from kids who have identified with at least one character on our show or one story line and is really sad but it is so great because for them is a place where there is someone like them or they do feel the connection with somebody and it goes back to where all the same, everyone is dealing with different things but everyone of us is the same. >> jones was that the assembling
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of the pink triangle yesterday. she was sharing the history of the triangle which was a symbol of shame in the 30's and 40's but the gay community has embraced that triangle as a symbol of hope. thousands of people were celebrating at the pink party in the castro last night. lots of changes were made to avoid violence. food trucks replace the main stage and there was a ban on drinking in the streets which continues today >> new this morning the california highway patrol is investigating an accident in mountain view that left one woman dead and is being looked at as a possible hit and run. the woman in her 20s lost control of her car and hit a tree. chp are looking for a second car that might have been involved in the accident, a white toyota camry with a license plate number five j m n 316. if you have seen that license
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plate called chp if you have any information. >> a string of shootings in livermore overnight and police believe they may be gang- related. officers found a young man on the ground at bolivia ave. he had injuries to his face and he was hit with a bullet in the torso. there was also a boy who witnessed the attack saying there were three assailants. that boy was also shot but he will be ok with a non-life threatening wound to the lake. jerry sandusky is under suicide watch in a pennsylvania jail. the former penn state assistant football coach was locked up after a jury found him guilty of 45 counts of child sex abuse. one of the jurors said he was swayed by very convincing testimony from the accusers myriad >> a political ploy. it that is how former oakland police chief anthony betz is describing the mayor's crime-
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fighting plan. according to the chronicle, pets says that the 100 block plan that was formulated by the mayor's staff was actually a reaction to increased crime the mayor who is in brazil for a climate conference was unavailable for comment. bet's resigned last fall saying that the city's bureaucracy and department cutbacks made it difficult for him to do his job. he said that violent crime is prevalent in east and west oakland but it also moves throughout the city and not just in to 100 blocks that the mayor described. in state news, the largest workers' union has agreed to a budget deal with gov. jerry brown. members have agreed to take a pay cut of 4.5%. in return they will get one extra day off per month with pay to use at their discretion
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>> nato leaders have agreed to meet on tuesday to discuss how to respond to the downing of a turkish military jet >> officials say the plane was in international airspace when it was shut down on friday. the foreign minister says the airplane was on a training flight and not spying. >> china is making history in the space race. an aircraft has stopped at the orbital lab. china is hoping to join the u.s. and russia as the only countries to send independently maintain space station into orbit. china promises to build a full- fledged station by 2020. >> our conversation with celebrity grand marshal carmen kerr up, next. >> a familiar issue returns to the campaign trail. our political insiders sound
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off on the latest immigration debate >> a wish list from future tenants to a bay area technologies ceo who is ready to buy their island >> and i stay in the bay area and we will look for things to remain on the cool side. well below average of where they should be this time of year. we will have all the d before long oracle ceo larry
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ellison actually buys a hawaiian island, he asked to listen to the demands of the locals. the 3200 people who actually live there have a wish list for him. they want stable jobs, affordable housing, and no restrictions on hunting or fishing and they would like an airport. they're hoping he is willing to sit down and listen to their concerns and it ought to make for an interesting meeting >> turning to the weather forecast, i think it will make a lot of people happy because it
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will be sunny in most areas across the bay area. taking a live picture outside, no foggy in sight and highs will be in the 60s and low 70's in most areas. 57 in oakland. 56 in santa rosa. >> happy sunday morning to everybody, let's review the headlines. we're looking for things remain about 5-10 degrees below average today. plenty of sunshine and eventually warming up but it does not look like the atmosphere is in a big hurry to do that. with low pressure hanging off the shoreline and not moving much, we will not look for temperatures to either rise or lowered dramatically. mostly sunny today with a potential for a few low clouds
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but aside from that sunshine, the visibility has been amazing. members will be in the low '70's again in wind. out the door in the early going, a few clouds along the shoreline. plenty of sun around the bay area. beginning with last night right through the way things are supposed to be a of today. mostly clear for sunday. on a mostly clear day you would expect things to warm up maybe not dramatically but at least a little bit. low to mid '70's inland and if you're heading out tomorrow, expect a high of 64 with westerly wind at 15 m.p.h.. n.y., thunderstorms and 75. in northern california tomorrow, 81 in redding. 87 in fresno and 63 in
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monterey. in the south bay will be looking for lost status to be at 73. over at the shoreline, 59 in half moon bay. 60 degrees in pacifica. warmer in the east bay but not as warm as we should be this time of year. 74 in pittsburgh, 70 in san ramon. in napa, 71 degrees. very pleasant but just not as warm as it usually is. some low clouds and 56 in bodega bay. in spite inch we will begin to creep up with high temperatures as we head into monday and tuesday and by the end of the weak readings will be into the mid '80s inland. nice and warm in the latter half of the week and next weekend we will begin to cool off again.
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>> the best parade in the world kicks off in just a couple of hours in san francisco. it celebrates the gay community and honors the amazing people who fought for their rights. >> a very popular show, reality tv star carmen herrera sat down with me this morning to discuss her public life as a trans gender person >> we're so glad you're here, what an icon to have in the parade. this is something you didn't necessarily expect real-life early on. you were born a boy and tell us how this transition has come >> i kind of always knew in the back of my mind, i didn't have all the information at the time so it took me awhile to live my life and realize what areas of my life i was not happy with and
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once i had the support from all my fans and my family and i came into the mature mind frame, i realize that this is what i wanted to do. >> at what age do you realize it? >> i used to pray to god in the shower in kindergarten. i pushed through and i went through high school and i tried to hide the fact that i was different. i wasn't sure what it was, gay or whatever it was, but i tried to live a gay man's lifestyle and it was awesome and i learned so much, i was able to express myself freely and once i settled down and my husband and i got together, i was not happy, something was not right so i realized eventually. >> you started dressing like a
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woman >> for shows >> that is an interesting thing to me because it is one thing to do it in your life but then to go public >> and i was afraid of it in the beginning because once i was on drag race, i had so much judgment on my grad persona so it was like to imagine if i come out and this is so personal to me that the drag character i created was for fun. that was the makeup and hair but this is me and my life and my family so i was like, i don't know if i want to put that out there but i did because i felt people were uneducated about it. they're not enough positive examples. people know me and i have a great fan base and i think they will understand >> then he started to go ahead with the actual transformation, drugs and surgery is? >> i just got my breasts done but i waited a good year and a
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half on hormone replacement therapy and i grew a beat-up on my own and i did little things, little things i was unhappy with but that is it for now. i have different ways i can go but in time >> how has that transition been? >> he said it was like a second puberty >> is emotional with the ups and downs, i am crying and excited and oppressed but at the same time, i think i've learned so much about myself and i think that if i would have not taken that step and concord that fear, i don't think i would've been able to get that maturity and that mindset that i have now. i feel like i'm in control. >> your experience is obviously unique. a lot of people who are dealing with it try to do so on a more private basis that that is impossible when you go to work one day as a man and you will
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re-emerge as a woman >> yes >> you have become an icon for these people, what would you like to tell them >> for me, i have always just done what my heart has told me to do. if it took some time that is ok but i always needed some time to sit back and say this will make me happy, this is the solution and what i need to do to make it happen >> congratulations to her on the big transition. the parade starts in one hour 10 minutes. the next big deal on the campaign trail, immigration >> both parties taking sides on the latest policy change from the white
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>> this week we saw the president defended his immigration policy to the largest latino organization in the u.s.. he claims he tried to pass the dream that during his time in the senate with the gop lawmakers >> the bill hadn't changed, the need hadn't changed, the only thing that had changed his politics >> i was tempted to come here and tell you he hasn't been here in three years. i was tempted to tell you why he didn't make this issue a priority? well, i guess i just did tell you >> president obama won two- thirds of the hispanic vote and his campaign is hoping to do even better this year. will immigration be a game changer on the campaign trail? >> former mayor willie brown is no novice and we asked him, it is an issue that keeps coming back around election time and then goes away after the votes,
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immigration >> some 12 million people in this country allegedly are illegal immigrants at all stages and when mr. obama moved coolly and clearly to say that if you have been here for this number of years and you were here at a certain tender age, that's right, military, education, there is an avenue for citizenship. there is an avenue for you to legitimately stay here. on the other hand mitt romney during the presidential primaries, because every right wing republican advocated we don't want anybody here other than those of us who are already here, he had to take that position and he took that position and now he is fishing back and it he is putting obama on the defensive, he is saying if you are so committed to immigration why did you wait until now? when i'm president and i have that power of will do
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it as a standard part of the program >> every four years or so we hear this but it doesn't seem like anything gets done >> that's because there is no clear concise politically acceptable answer. you really have a problem because if you say you will provide a path and a way to get somebody to citizenship, you're talking about new voters and usually those new voters do not go towards where the republicans are and many times, they don't go where the incumbents are. many times they're not ethically part of the group your trying to represent so you have some real limitations on whether or not you have somebody to be eligible to vote. when we used to draw the district lines for congress and the assembly, the ideal district was one that had exactly the amount of population required by law but no voters
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>> he was being a little bit sarcastic but the fact is that the question is whether but what voters make up your block, and where they come from and how they will vote. we see in california as you redo the districts, immigrant communities play big roles >> the other question is will they go vote? >> that is what we find out every year and it is a big question. speaking of voting, catch the latest on politics >> the political insiders join us live on friday at 6:45 a.m.. coming up, another look at today's top stories >> that includes the historic election in egypt and the razor-
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>> here is a look at this
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morning's top stories >> the pride party continues in san francisco. the parade kicks off one hour from now on market street. last night tens of thousands came out to the castro district for the pink party >> the moslem brotherhood candid in he egypt has one the presidential runoff. >> nascar is in sonoma county this weekend >> the rays e. lee will compete in the toyota save mart 350, part of the nascar sprint cup series >> hometown hero jeff gordon who is from vallejo as we all know just moments ago walked out of his trailer. this is a big deal for jeff gordon, he is having what some say is the worst season of his
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career. he has won here five times and as you can imagine, many of the fans are absolutely jeff gordon fans. you're looking at a live shot right now of the inspection, nascar wants to make sure that each and every car that it's the track today is legal and that the teams play fair. in just about two hours, more than 100,000 people will be treated to nascar. their only trip to northern california is right here. that is very traffic heavy traffic coming in. chp is on the scene saying to be patient and you will make it here. >> it looks like the weather forecast around the bay area will be nice matter where you are. a live look at downtown san francisco
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