regina's new best friend doesn't seem to mind and has been appropriately named luna. meaning moon, cow jumped over the moon. i'm telling a bad joke. >> get the girl a horse. >> you know, you can't give a kid everything. let them get creative. >> that's very creative and it has horns, too. >>> it's time now for an early look at some of the stories we'll follow throughout the day here on nbc. it is world health day marking the founding of the world health organization. this year's campaign calls for everyone to do their part in helping to stop antimicrobial resistance which is when microorganisms become immune to medications. >>> swinging into gear in augusta, georgia, round one of the masters tournament. 99 players are in this year's match, the largest field since 1966. >>> and starting today, stamps celebrating the wedding of prince william and kate middleton can be purchased online. the two will be tieing the knot on april 29th. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sur

thank you, regina. we will open this item for public comments. and we will close public comments. and this item we can move forward with recommendations. so done. madam clerk, do we have any other items before us? >> no, mr. chairman. supervisor avalos: we are adjourned. >> good morning, everybody. hi. how are you? so nice to see you. that looks like a great play yard. i know you're anxious to get out there and take part in all of the findings today. i wanted to introduce myself. my name is cates -- kate. i am a commentator for the golf channel and i really want to welcome the over 300 students to our golf and leadership party here. [applause] can we did but cheer from the students from lafayette school? [cheering] how about a cheer from monroe elementary school? let's hear it for sheridan. [cheering] and a big hello from the students of jefferson elementary. wow. you guys have a lot of energy today. glad to not be in school, right? i know i liked to take a day off from school. we are thrilled to have familiar faces on hand for the celebration, which is the culmination of an effor

thank you, regina. we will open this item for public comments. and we will close public comments. and this item we can move forward with recommendations. so done. madam clerk, do we have any other items before us? >> no, mr. chairman. supervisor avalos: we are adjourned. >> ok, everyone, but like to thank everyone for coming out this evening. this is a wonderful turnout. i especially would like to thank ucsf for letting us use this beautiful facility. i am honored that mayor ed lee is with us today. thank you, sir, for coming. [applause] i am equally honored to welcome department heads from some of our most important departments -- hint hint. i'm going to bother them up for all of us. it is also wonderful to see so many people from our communities here tonight. we are having this meeting because the city, as you know, faces a deficit of $300 million, and the mayor's predecessor requested that all agencies cut 10% from their budget and prepare an additional 10% cut in their contingency. this means that agencies like department children and the families come upon a public health wil

thank you, regina. for those of you looking to contact these organizations, you can find their contact information in the program you should have picked up when you sign in. for those of you who are prospective entrepreneurs, if we could limit the acronyms and talk more about what those acronyms mean. >> sounds good. thanks, mark, virginia, and leader pelosi for putting on this event, and for all that she has done -- thanks mark, regina , and later pelosi. we have been able to access resources through the sba and the cdfi fund which helps get money to small businesses in this time of need. opportunity fund is not a bank or a government agency. we are an independent nonprofit organization with a mission to provide capital to working people to help them earn, say, and invest in the future. we focus primarily on businesses that are not yet bankable. most of our clients are themselves low or moderate income people or working in low or moderate income neighborhoods. but not exclusively. we will look at any b

my name is regina ramos. my daughter said maybe i can and stand a little bit about this. i don't know much about it. she knows a little bit. >> did you sign the lease termination letter dated october 26th? >> no, i did not. >> do you have anything further? >> know. >> commissioners, the matter is submitted. >> the gentleman who spoke and left the room, none of us likes advertising. perhaps if you like for cbs, you like it. there was a time when when -- had a lighted sign on the eiffel tower in. proposition g chemo long and i guess this could be considered an amortization schedule. the board of supervisors passed 604h. if this line is removed, it cannot be replaced. the effect of that was to create a severe in balance between an owner of a property who had previously had the right to display an outdoor advertising sign and the company to whom he least that right. such that by legislation would have been created would have been a contractor, take-it-or- leave-it. fathey talk about whether this s voluntarily removed. they talk about whether this is a forced measure, an act o

regina says her flight is late because it was inspected. she is glad southwest will be on track by tuesday. >> they weren't announcing it was late. i think they are not probably on top of the scheduling yet. >> is that good to hear? >> great to hear because i am coming back on wednesday. >> reporter: she felt it was necessary to ask if her plan was examined. >> i asked if the plane was ever inexpected and she said yeah, i think they have all been inspected. i did ask the question. >> reporter: again, by the time the emergency federal aviation administration order goes into effect tomorrow southwest will have finished inexpected all of its 80 planes. alaska has two of those types of planes, they still have to inspect those planes. live in oakland, reggie kumar, kron 4 news. >>> today a united flight headed for san francisco had to make an emergency landing in louisiana, the problem mechanical trouble, it was a frightening landing for the passengers. kron 4's jonathan bloom describes what happens. >> reporter: passengers say they are grateful

regina is not here tonight. we are working closer with other ideas and frankly, we need your input. i don't have all the answers to small-business and what is going to help you not only stay afloat, but help you get more customers here. i do know some basic things. if we keep reducing the homicide rate, as we have done in the last few years, you will have more customers. thanks to the partnership between the police department and all of your involvement, that reduction has been extremely helpful for the business. i would be welcome to engage folks tonight if you own our business to talk with you specifically about it. i am trying to put some money into the improvement programs, trying to get some of the big businesses in the city to put some funds in to help small businesses create that relationship. other ideas we have, we are very open and i am working with the small business commission to come up with better ideas, something specific to address areas. i will be very open to talk with you after this. >> thank you, mr. mayor. i have a number of cards and related to the recreation a

chris jackson followed by john kaufmann, regina davis, james mccray jr. . i'll keep calling names. if you're in the other room, just keep coming in. gail gilman, elaine lugo. huroshi fakuda. >> my name is john kaufmann. thank you, commissioners, for listening to us this afternoon. there's no question about the need for housing for emancipated youth and there's no question about the important mission that booker t. washington center is embarking on. we support that. but there is a question about the compatibility of this project as it now stands with the neighbors. remember, the neighbors we've been talking about are on the block. they are the houses on the block. they are below, down the hill from the projects, so the impact of the project on them is greater than the 55 feet that the project currently stands. i also want to salute supervisor farrell for taking the initiative to try and put together a compromise that respects the need for emancipated youth housing, respects the mission of the agency, plus also respects the values of the neighborhood, the people that live on the bloc

. >> this is 15-year-old regina and her cow pal luna.parents wouldn't get her a horse so she took matters into her own hands and hopped on her car. she even tried

besides the high hurdles, luna and regina -- that is the funniest thing -- go on long rides through therman countryside. good for them. >>> from cows to ducks or at least people who really know how to quack. mark strassman has the latest on a modern day duck hunt. >> aflac. >> aflac. >> aflac! >> reporter: think of it as "american idol." >> i am the next aflac duck. >> reporter: meets animal planet. >> aflac. >> i have webbed feet, walk like a duck and had a dream i was a duck this morning. >> reporter: a national audition to find the voice of aflac's next duck, the one americans heard in 10,000 commercials a year. >> what's it say? >> aflac. >> reporter: the star of the company's $100 million plus advertising budget. >> why not, why not me? aflac. >> reporter: new yorker bradley ellison has the grovely voice. >> aflac. i think i'm good. i think i'm like one of the final ten. >> reporter: after 11 years, last month the aflac duck lost the only voice it ever had. >> aflac! >> reporter: shocked comedian gilbert godfried. he offended aflac with jokes about japan's tsunami victims. the insu

he backs the libyan ravels who oppose regina and libya. americans are divided about how they feel about the involvement in libya. the numbers are on your screen are from a cnn opinion survey. it shows that they favored military action in support of opposition forces. 47 percent say they're opposed. an overwhelming majority, 82 percent say the u.s. should work in support of the radi nato and libya. -- in libya. here's a look from our roof camera, the sun has not come up yet, once it does we will see how our temperatures react. your full forecaster me come back. >> justine: a live look from mount tam, a little shaky. james and i have been updating the forecast has the rain chance? >> james: today will be nice, to mark 30 percent chance of a sprinkle through the north bay. today is a nice little break. today is a breather, although it is cooler this morning. that left us with some pretty chilly conditions overnight high clouds still with this morning. this afternoon on mont-de-marsan shine. we'll be just a little bit warmer than yesterday. ou

. >> darya: anti-government rebels are asking for more pressure on gadhafi's regina.mes on france's president bearish pitched near to this attacks. well that peace efforts to remain the top effort there appears to be a shift towards trying to boost their rebels are firepower. one proposal noted by italy calls for a our eyesallies. 15 date attentin for their former president to investigate accusations of corruption and abuse of authority. the facebook page or roasted a statement saying the attention of former president mubarak and his sons. this damon says the ongoing investigation into the orders to open fire on demonstrators and the abuse of our stories for gain. >> mark: following the latest in the ivory coast and now that the president has surrendered. we're getting word is that supporters are being rounded up and killed. krishnas are reporting the kidnapping of young men and peacekeepers are collecting and burying bodies. >> darya: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. one of the big stories we're following

. >> sus padres negaron a regina su deseo de comprarle un caballo pero ella no se rindiÓ y recurriÓ abierno estÁ ofreciendo distintos recursos para enseÑar inglÉs. la directora del centro para aprender inglÉs, dulce. bienvenida. >> muchas gracias. >> tienen la necesidad de aprender el idioma el inglÉs, el que no hable inglÉs en este paÍs es como que te falta el recurso indispensable. ofrecido por el departamento de educaciÓn, en quÉ consiste? >> en la enseÑanza del inglÉs, dependiendo del estado de todos donde va uno, tienen diferentes siglas. todo quiere decir enseÑanza en inglÉs como segundo idioma. esta situaciÓn es para ayudar precisamente a las personas que no hablan en inglÉs porque recuerda que en estados unidos no hay una lengua oficial, hay una lengua comÚn, y es el inglÉs. >> y el espaÑol es el segundo pero no es el tema de hoy. >> dependiendo de la situaciÓn econÓmica que estÁ tan difÍcil en estos momentos, se habla de cobrar un costo nominal a partir del aÑo prÓximo para estas clases que serÍan a un costo bajo pero sÍ tendría un costo. >> pero siempre accesible. >> hay per

. >> when regina's parents said, no, they would not get her a horse, turned to the next best thing.s out they had a cow, and she guided to saddle up the cow. her name is do you know that, and she taught her how to jump like a horse. >> they had a cow, literally. took about two years to train luna, but as you can see, she can now clear hurdles with relative cease. >> don't you just love this? she says, you're not getting me a horse? well, watch this. >> there you go. she's milking it now! ♪ might as well jump ♪ jump >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by consumer cellular. hey, i'm troy polamalu, and i owe my great hair to head & shoulders. it gives me a healthy scalp and great looking hair. you making fun of me? no. you making fun of me? yes. [ male announcer ] head & shoulders. 7 benefits. 1 bottle. >>> well, when you think of fighter pilots, you probably picture tom cruise and all the guys from "top gun." goose, maverick. >> and all of the above. >> nothing could be further from the truth, though. recently when the first completed female air force combat mission

aol consumer adviser regina lewis is here with the best deals for the month of april and other itemse you? >> very good. >> it is now springtime. >> yep. >> and you say april is the month to go out and buy a new lawnmower. >> people aren't sick of yardwork yet, they're still fired up about it and sears is playing right into that. take something like a lawnmower, goes from $500 to $375 at sears. big brand names like craftsman. >> i would think this would not be the greatest time to buy a lawnmower. >> except it's a competitive category. they have a certain window because pretty soon, you're going to buy it now while you're still excited about the promise of your yard. plus an extra savings tip, everybody who brings home one of these, odds are they're giving away their old one. >> and a weed whacker. can't have one without the other. let's talk indoors now. vacuum cleaners. >> again, if i'm a major manufacturer, in this case a hoover, i'm looking for some sort of tie-in. a seasonal tie-in for my promotion. in this case they're working with amazon, 30% off all hoover cleaning products,

seniors get lots of discounts that can save big money and aol consumer adviser regina lewis is here withfine senior, first of all. >> we're talking about 50 to 65 is the starting range for a lot of these deals. younger than people think. the notion of senior discounts actually stems from respect for our elders and the fact that it's good business. they have a lot of discretionary income. we don't want to make young people jealous, you can get in on this because if you're start of the extended family start thinking the eldest person in your family might have the most buying power. >> so it's good to respect those elders like you mentioned. >> yeah. >> some deals are for 50 and over but a lot of them are for 65 and over. let's start with travel, because you've got some time on your hand, you're nearing retirement, there are a lot of great deals out there for you. let's start with that. let's start with basically airfare. get some airlines. >> airlines. this kicks in at a later age, usually 65. the tricky thing about booking through the airlines is that you won't see the senior discounts on

regina's parents were so impressed by her hard work and effort, that they're now thinking of buying herw, she doesn't need it. she's got that cow. that's the news at 8:04. >>> time, now, for the weather with sam. hey, sam. >> juju -- go ahead, let it out. from kentucky, when you try to make a cow do anything, it's impossible. all of the city folks are here. some folks are here from michigan. some folks are here from atlanta. all right. got a little -- we have some north carolina? north carolina in here, as well. all right. let's get to the boards. one or two things going on we want to talk about. as you head outside, here's a beautiful shot of chicagoland. it may be a little showery this morning. you'll break out of that later on today. it's that area of low pressure. it's right under the great lakes area, that gets some rain into new york city, and in the northeast, later on tonight for tomorrow. if i had to time it, and you guys are walking around times square, i would say around 7:00 tonight, we'll start to get showers in here. you have a good, beautiful day left. in the northwest, i

let's go to regina on our republican line. caller: good morning, congressman brady.e a question. what was the cause of the people signing up for social security and medicare? i have two sisters. 65 and 66, and when they signed up, their medicare went up to $115. these are your average workers who worked 40, 45 years. they did not even had $50,000 a year. what is going on? this is part of the obama-care? guest: you have an amazing congressman sam johnson. i have the honor of sitting next to him on the ways and means committee. you are so fortunate. on the real question of medicare, you are seeing some increases in prescription drug costs and in medicare advantage, which was one of the victims of the president's health-care plan, because they're basically trying to eliminate that plan. over time, you will see 7 million seniors forced out of the medicare advantage plans as a result of that. it will be tougher to see doctors. fewer doctors will be available to see because of the health- care plan. there are real challenges. if we do not address medicare, it will not be t

let's go to regina on our republican line. caller: good morning, congressman brady. i have a question. what was the cause of the people signing up for social security and medicare? i have two sisters. 65 and 66, and when they signed up, their medicare went up to $115. these are your average workers who worked 40, 45 years. they did not even had $50,000 a year. what is going on? this is part of the obama-care? guest: you have an amazing congressman sam johnson. i have the honor of sitting next to him on the ways and means committee. you are so fortunate. on the real question of medicare, you are seeing some increases in prescription drug costs and in medicare advantage, which was one of the victims of the president's health-care plan, because they're basically trying to eliminate that plan. over time, you will see 7 million seniors forced out of the medicare advantage plans as a result of that. it will be tougher to see doctors. fewer doctors will be available to see because of the health- care plan. there are real challenges. if we do not address medicare, it will no

this is a country which is especially distinguished by the unchanged character of its situation and regina. it has been under the same regime and the same family for an exceptionally long time. it is an important touchstone of this movement. it raises the question, will the arab spring move forward to summer? or will its rebirth to winter, to the path, or to a continuation of the status quo. this is important generally for people looking at the phenomena of the arab spring. particularly, it is important to the people of syria and to its neighbor and its people, lebanon. it is also important to the united states. the current regime has been no friend of ours. quite the contrary. the event in syria and especially most recent defense are terribly important. we are fortunate to have today three people who can guide us through these events. i will describe them, analyze them, and predict the way they might be going for. our first speaker is a native of syria. he has been living in this country for quite a while owing to his activities in that country and his activities on behalf of change and l

i try to steal the way to the regina -- he would jima -- iwo jima memorial. it is a marine thing.ng is it is being recorded and understood by high-school students for years to come. americans across this country tell the tom brokaw's of today that there would like to see those of us in washington work together to face up to the challenges threatening our future and get the job done. well, you have shown that can be done. we all come to washington to make a difference. senator bob dole did just that. and with this memorial, he did so much more. thank you. [applause] >> senator, thank you very much for those very appropriate remarks. i could not help but think as you were reciting extraordinary list of accomplishments initiated by senator bob dole is somehow -- that somehow he managed to do that without the help of regional -- rachel maddow bill o'reilly. someone else who has served the country in many capacities is with us today. you know her in washington as the two-term secretary of health and university services -- human services. i have always been impressed by a little-known f

thank you, regina. we will open this item for public comments. and we will close public comments. and this item we can move forward with recommendations. so done. madam clerk, do we have any other items before us? >> no, mr. chairman. supervisor avalos: we are adjourned.

regina benjamin, u.s. surgeon general. with each cigarette, you have to ask yourself: "is this the one that will cause a heart attack?" if you really want to quit smoking, call 1-800-quit-now. atty: check to see if your dad, or someone you love, qualifies for extra help with medicare drug costs by going to socialsecurity.gov. poppo: thanks patty. i don't see gidget doing that for her dad.

regina benjamin, u.s. surgeon general.ith each cigarette, you have to ask yourself: "is this the one that will cause a heart attack?" if you really want to quit smoking, call 1-800-quit-now.