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quantities of wine hopefully but it is really communicating the murphy good story, indicating the story of sonomad passionate story with everyone other online into getting back and forth with those people joined wallace, do you need an intern? spec absolutely. >> clayton: this goes to show you the power of social media, dave. people jump on it said i don't understand this twitter thing, i don't know how it works. you did an incredible thing. the new york times covered the story, we covered the story and thousands of people are checking into murphy good spec it really was an incredible experience. not only for her feet good by the applicants. and honestly the power of social media is really incredible and we look forward to really delving into it with hardees help and just making it a better place for regarding. >> dave: wallace, what will you do in the six months is over man. you had the greatest gig on the planet drinking wine. >> i don't know. actually my goal is to be as good and as great as is position is possible but. me six months is a start. if you can deliver enough wine to bring enough p

robin, i'm running in the half-marathon in sonoma. all week long, it's going to be in the 90s.> there's a case out of florida where a couple was killed in their home. the parents of 16 children. and i believe the woman in blue is one of those children. >> people with this magnitude of hate in their lives is sickening. our mom and dad only had love in their lives since the day they met 19 years ago. they knew they were soul mates. they chose a life that not many people would understood. together, they decided to adopt a child, which turned into the adopting of many children. they had a calling to adopt and love children that did not -- that others did not see as normal. to our mom and dad, their children were perfect. angels that god provided them to love eternally. they had the ability to provide their children with lives full of fun, patience and love. although they had 17 children, love was never scarce. they loved each child as much as a person was capable of loving. my mother always told me that some people grow up wanting to be doctors or lawyers or teachers. she just want

the half marathon napa to sonoma.t a runner but there you go. >> so you're trained and ready to go? >> i'm trained and ready to go and so is my wife. she's ready to go. >> 40 years after the apollo 11 mission you can get a chance to relive neil armstrong's steps on the moon but this time it might be better. >>> lawmakers are moving forward with president obama's plan to overhaul the health care system. at least two house committees are going to vote today on a $1.5 trillion plan. it would give coverage to nearly all americans and penalize people and businesses that don't buy insurance. a senate health committee voted on a separate $600 billion plan yesterday. it also calls for insurance requirements. >>> some stories already in the "morning express" planner at 11:00 a.m. eastern it's official chicago sears tower becomes a willis tower. what? and tonight president obama will speak to the naacp at the 100th anniversary of the civil rights organization. he's expected to urge young people to surpass their role models. >>>

as the chairman knows, there's a project in my district named the sonoma-marin area rail transit project. we call it smart. smart will be a 70-mile passenger rail system that connects 14 stations and runs right through the heart of my district. this project is vital because it eases congestion on the major transportation artery, highway 101, by providing an alternative mode of transportation. this is a very popular project and actually, last november, voters in my district passed a quarter cent sales tax measure by over 2/3 majority to raise money for smart. it has the support of the community when a super majority votes on a tax measure like that not only is smart a train, but the project also includes 70 miles of bike and pedestrian paths to run alongside the track which revolutionizes transportation in my district. unfortunately, while smart received nearly $2 million in last year's transportation h.u.d. bill, there are no funds in this bill this year. it is my hope that as smart moves into the new starts process, the chairman will work with me to support this important transportation