reach peak oil at some point, that's the point where oil demand outstrips oil supply, and the smith school has just recently published a study in this. and if you are in such a scenario it will be troublesome to get enough oil. >>reporter: meaning that trains would once again be needed, but after years more of underinvestment it would be a very tough task to get them back on track. >>kitesurfing took off less than 15 years ago along the windy beaches near montpellier in france. the sport combines the thrills of surfing and flying and even has its own world championship tour, butfaces a few hurdles before it can develop into a mainstream sport. >>reporter: this strip of coastline in southern france is considered the birthplace of kitesurfing or kiteboarding. it's not surprising. a cool combination of strong winds and hundreds of kilometresof sandy beaches provides a perfect backdrop for the sport. >>reporter: not surprisingly the tiny village of leucate is home to one of the legs of the professional kite riders association world tour the ten day long festival attracts around 150,000 fans. t

school districts to decide what to do. reporting live in oakland, christie smith, "today in the east bay." >>> one place schools are finding money is through special parcel taxes. the results are in from yesterday's special election. adults in the new haven school district and pleasanton school district said no. no more money. the parcel tax failed there. the lafayette parcel tax passed but the john sweat failed. it passed for ravenswood city and san carlos school districts. the jefferson union failed. in santa clara county, all four ballot measures passed. los altos, cupertino, sunnyvale and los got owes-saratoga school districts will get more funding. >>> a proposed state law that will forgive the oakland unified school district of millions of dollars in fines is facing its first legislative hurdle today. it goes before the assembly committee on education this afternoon. if the bill passes, it would forgive oakland of over $22 million in audit fines it received while the school district was under state control between 2003 and 2009. >>> well, new details are emerging this morning about the moments leading up to the death

smith, live in oakland. there's a chronic problem with absenteeism. ha the school plans to do about it. coming up in a live report. >>> an east bay cop. >>> radar finds a small plane after it crashes. the pilot is still missing. the desperate search for a local wine maker. a live look at the bay bridge on this friday, may 20th. this is today in the east bay. >>> good morning, everybody. i'm marla tellez in for scott mcgrew this morning. it is 4:30. let's check the east bay forecast with christina loren. good morning. >> good morning to you. we are happy it is friday. we have a little fog out there. we are expecting more to develop over the next few hours. we have a great weekend on tap. for now, let's get you to work with mike inouye. good morning, mike. >> we haven issue. the maze moves smoothly. just past there, coliseum at high street, a truck was blocking lanes. chp just cleared that. the taillights at the high street exist. we scanned the area. we could not find anything going on. we are following this. we don't want anything to be a surprise for anyone on 880. >>> the oakland scho

school. >> do you have butterflies in your stomach? >> in my feet, in my toes. >> reporter: linda henderson-smith doesn't like the process. >> i'm not much for gambling for education. >> reporter: still, she's here, desperate for her two children to avoid their district elementary school. the same is true for sherry way, mother of three. they're all clinging to a long shot. 329 students are competing for just 45 open seats at the cab academy of technology and environment. it's a k-eighth grade charter school outside of atlanta. classes are about the same size as traditional schools with an average of one teacher to every 24 teachers. >> we're not barred with red tape, we're not limited with bureaucratic issues. i think we have the freedom and the innovation to do so much with these students. >> reporter: in reading, math, and science, the students scored 98% above the district and 78% above the state. for all the excitement around charter schools, there's also growing concerns that overall, they may not be the answer for what ails america's public schools. >> they're no silver bullet. charters on the whole don't get better results than p

. >>> a car smashed into a fence at an elementary school campus. christie smiths there live with what happened. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. we actually moved away from that story and moved to another one in the richmond area. in about an hour from now, you are going to see picketing where we are standing at cutting boulevard and san pablo avenue. this is put on by the united teachers of richmond. they are trying to draw attention to what's been going on on campus. it has to do with potential budget cuts at the state level. they are going to be out here picketing. the school district already went through $18 million in cuts over three years and if lawmakers don't extend what is going on now, what they are saying is they are going to have an additional $4 million in cuts. they just can't afford it. it's going to devastate classrooms and 80 teachers are already facing more layoffs this spring. what they are trying to do is bring attention to this. they will be out here for 12 hours with parents and labor groups. as soon as they get out here, we'l

from there it's up to local school districts to decide how to handle it. reporting live in oakland, christie smith, "today in the bay." >>> now we want to continue to look at schools, bond measures as well. marla tellez joins us live from the newsroom with that and more. good morning. >> thank you very much. good morning to you, laura. that's right. it was election day yesterday. the results are in after that important election day for a number of bay area schools. they're counting on parcel tax measures to help balance their budgets. in alameda county, both the new haven school district and pleasanton school district parcel taxes both failed there. in contra costa county, the lafayette school district tax passed but the john swett district failed. in san mateo, it passed for the ravenswood and san carlos. the jefferson district failed. dave pine won the supervisor's seat. in santa clara county all four ballot measures passed. that means los altos, cupertino, sunnyvale and loss gatos-saratoga districts will get more funding. >>> a gang member is in custody after reportedly shooting at a pittsburg

. >>> the mount diablo school distric districts, students won't be learning except for one campus. christie smith has more on the story. good morning, christie. >> reporter: good morning to you. happy friday. you might think high school students would take the day and hang out at home but these students are pulling a page out of the 1960s and hosting a teach-in at the high school. they are from a human rights class and felt they were being robbed of time they could be in class learning. they are losing three days of school in one month because of budget cuts and teacher furlough days. one of the student organizers says it has to do with their right toss a free education. they have joined in with teachers and administrators with the protest. eight sessions are happening today. art and education, even writing letters to lawmakers about the impact of cuts on students. there's a session called who's stealing our education. this went out in a blast on facebook and robo calls went out to students in the district. they are expecting about 500 students out here today. this gets under way in the quad at a

school in the himalayas. what brought them there is a story all in itself. in itself. ,,,, >> smithunderestimate the power of teenagers, when they are motivated they can do just about anything. and michele miller found someone who is inspiring thousands of young achievers. in this rural village in napal these american teens are digging a foundation for the future, a school for kids half a world away. they're here because of this man jim ziolowski. 20 years ago while backpacking in nepal, he was moved by the opening of a new school there. >> it was a two-day celebration, is 48 straight hours, they never went home. >> reporter: he returned home to a corporate job in new york but couldn't let go of the images of hope he'd seen amidst all the poverty. >> i saw what they're dealing with on a day-to-day basis and i realized we had to do something and give them a way to take action. in 1991, he did take action, right in his own backyard. he began an after school program for inner city kids who wanted to make a difference in their communities, he called it "build on." the organization is no

so i started self-educating myself on the charter schools. >> reporter: using clips, smith produced aideo illustrating the vision she had for a new charter school and won over the school board. >> this is our school site. this is context middle school 2011. >> so often with education it's about what's wrong, the problems in education. yet there's this force of people out there on the front lines. >> reporter: steve perry, san francisco. [ male announcer ] to the 5:00 a.m. scholar. the two trains and a bus rider. the "i'll sleep when it's done" academic. for 80 years, we've been inspired by you. and we've been honored to walk with you to help you get where you want to be. ♪ because your moment is now. let nothing stand in your way. learn more at keller.edu. our superb school system on a chart. but how do you chart... happiness? we can show our diverse culture on a graph. but how do you graph... experiences? we can diagram the business reasons for your company to be here. but what kind of diagram do you use... for imagination? fairfax county, virginia, is the ideal business location. an

i have a feeling that his father actually was a student of my mother at smith caught a high-school. i'm going to tell you of a bad about that as i get into my speech on and eleanor roosevelt, but i do want to thank dr. donald kennon for asking me to be here today and to say that i am so happy i am a member of this organization and have been for many years. we are so fortunate to have vital historical organizations like the united states capitol historical society help us recognize the importance of our heritage as americans. it isn't it studying of the past that gives us the strength and vision to press onward into the future? every time i get into the rose of material, as i must say that my husband and i who has joined me in researching for many years has been in to the the pressure for a long, long time. every time that we get into it we are struck by how much the life of this woman can speak to us today. i hope i will be able to share a bit of that with you today. i also want to introduce another person who we will hear more from later and that is cornelia james straws are. -- co

even so, the superintendent vows, harry, he will have schools opened as planned august 11. >> smith: cynthia bowers, joplin tonight, thanks. in tucson, arizona, today a federal judge found jared loughner mentally incompetent to stand trial for the assassination attempt on congresswoman gabrielle giffords. during the hearing, loughner caused an uproar. bob orr is in washington and has that story. >> reporter: harry, i have to tell you this is yet another bizarre chapter in the case of jared loughner. as you mentioned, he was in the arizona courtroom today for a hearing to determine if he's mentally competent to stand trial in the shooting of congresswoman gabrielle giffords of arizona and 18 others. as the hearing proceeded, loughner apparently lowered his head. then he raised it briefly and started mumbling in kind of an angry outburst. those in court said it was difficult to make out exactly what he was saying but it sounded like he was say, "thank you for the freak show. she died in front of me." two deputy marshals dragged loughner from the courtroom and the judge later ruled he w

>> reporter: new this morning, i'm christie smith, live in concord where students are coming to school, even though they have the day off. coming up in a live report. >>> plus, an east bay neighborhood spent a strange night with hazardous materials in the air. what prompted it, just ahead. >>> guilty by association is a gang crackdown in the east bay, too broad to be effective. >>> a live look at the bay bridge. it's friday, may 6th. this is today in the east bay. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm scott mcgrew. it's 4:30. we are going to start with the forecast and christina loren. >> good morning to you. we are live in one of your favorite cities in the bay area. we are live in palo alto. it's not that cold. it's friday. the temperatures this weekend are going to be perfect for mother's day weekend. high pressure is still in control. low pressure is to the north. we are going to see a little of the coastal a.m. fog. a mix of clouds and sun. the clouds stay with us throughout the weekend. it will be nice temperature wise, temps in the mid to low 70s all weekend long. we have the extended

a big problem for california good b oakland school district is monitoring the statistics they are finding are sobering. i want to check in with christie smithith the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. when you look at this, it makes during a school day. they get an extra month of summer when you look at the numbers. last year, more than 5,000 students missed nearly a month of school for illness or they couldn't finds a way to school, instability in housing. the oakland unified school district is the first in the state to actively monitor chronic absenteeism. they have a plan to attack it. it's not just in oakland, it's across the state. the problem is, so far, there's no clear picture of absenteeism because school officials in california aren't required to keep tabs on chronic absenteeism. chronic is defined as missing 10% of the school year, whether it's excused or not. the oakland school district developed an early warning system to try to tackle this. for instance, principals are getting notice when kids aren't in class repeatedly. they are doing things like offering parties to classes with the best attendance and d

school romantic captured hearts around the world. >> i never thought that such a decision would lead to international notoriety. >> reporter: that's head master beth smithsted school rules wouldn't be changed. now admitting all the attention was too much. >> in an effort to maintain a focus on teaching and learning, i have decided to implement alternate consequences on a case by case basis beginning with james tate. >> reporter: tate wasn't just on national tv this week. he was on t-shirts and twitter. connecticut state legislators were thinking of drafting laws to help him, and the let james tate go to the prom facebook page gained almost 200,000 fans. >> when you start getting e-mail from australia, u.k., scotland, and throughout the whole united states all in support for the youngster going to prom, i think that had a lot to do with it. >> reporter: on saturday even u.s. senator richard bloomenthal offered his support. >> the punish am has to fit the crime. >> reporter: today those facebook posts read things like "people have spoken" and "sonali is a lucky girl." her prom date now is an international inspiration. >> certainly for all of us gentlemen

school district is monitoring the problem. what they found out is staggering. let's check in with christie smith for details. od morning. >> reporter: good morning. you have to wonder where in the world the kids are during the school day. the numbers are startling. last year in oakland, more than 5,000 students didn't show up for class for nearly a month. it could be a number of things. could be issues with housing instability, foreclosures, illness, problems getting to school. oakland is the first time to monitor absenteeism. they came up with a plan to tackle it. it's not just a problem here in oakland. the problem is, so far, there's no clear picture of absenteeism. school officials aren't required to keep tabs on chronic absenteeism. only the overall attendance rates. chronic is defined as missing 10% of the school year whether excused or not. the oakland school district developed an early warning system for principals when kids aren't showing up to class. they are doing things like offering parties to classes that have the best overall attendance. bike raffles for kids with perfect attendance. it looks l

furlough friday has students in the mount diablo school district doing something special. christie smith. good morning. >> good morning to you. you had some students who thought it sounded cool to get a friday off out of school. but then some students in a human rights class took a closer look. they got angry and said wait a minute, we are being cheated out of days we could be learning. they are starting a teach-in. it starts this morning. they have signs up all over the school explaining what's going on here. they are protesting cuts to education, not just here, but all over the state. now the mount diablo school board canceled classes for three days to save money. the teach-in is supported by teachers and administrators. they are providing four hours of lessons on the quad. art and education, letter writing and a session called who is stealing our education. again, this is happening all over the state. districts slashing the school year due to budge elt cuts trying to save money. some are warning if the govern goes with all cuts budget, it's worse for schools. the students made calls t

it had the people who loved it and who celebrated it names like adam smith and david ricardo and and all that we've learned in school but it also had like every other era in human history people who were critical who thought that society could do better than this particular economic system and mark set out to be a critic he had basically hoped that the french revolution and the american revolution that came just a few years before he was born would bring the world liberty equality for eternity and all the great hopes of those revolutions but as he lived through that i nine hundred century he discovered that the promises were not being kept equality wasn't coming liberty wasn't coming none of those things and he became a critic and he developed a very. the sophisticated set of ideas even if you like capitalism even if you celebrate it it's smart as everybody knows to think about how to read what the critics have to say you learn something you'll sharpen your own ability to defend in my own of you as i grew up here in the united states and went to school at some of the best universities in the united states when i enc

school. reporting live in san jose, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you for the update, christie. >>> now for an update on the day's top local news, we check in with marla tellez, handling that back in the studio. >> good morning to you, an at home, 6:03 now. >>> this morning police in the north bay are searching for the getaway car they say is linked to a deadly stabbing. police believe the drive are and passengers were in a white pondiac grand am with license plate number 3ulg274 may be armed and dangerous. officers say the white sedan was seen chasing an suv in san rafael yesterday evening just after a man was found stabbed on wood street. police say the deadly stabbing may have been gang related. >>> people living in one of san francisco's trendiest neighborhoods are keeping a watchful eye these days. the marina district is a dining and shopping destination, but in the past the two months the area has seen an uptick in crime, store and home burglaries, daytime holdups and an armed robbery of a woman are some of the crimes that happened recently. store owners and people living

school goes way down. how did they do it? the lunch time idea >> smith: back now with more from joplin, missouri.another perspective on the damage, we turn google. this is a google image of one section of the city before the tornado struck sunday evening. and this is that same area after the tornado. for people here, life as they knew it changed in a matter of seconds. >> i feel totally miserable, absolutely devastated and totally at loss. >> reporter: life is ephemeral. we are here for only a little while and then we are gone. but we don't live our lives like that. we search for permanence, meaning, connection. sometimes it comes from the things we own, collect. >> transportation. >> reporter: the stuff with which we surround ourselves. >> oh, god. >> reporter: chuck parker just retired as a science teacher at the local high school. facing what's lost is difficult. >> it's hard to imagine 45 years of stuff just gone. >> reporter: chuck had amassed a library of books, a lifetime's worth of curiosity and scholarship ruined. when confronted with all of this intellectually or emotionally is there a

smith, "today in the east bay." >>> this morning bleak news for east bay skol teachers now that the mt. diablo school district has approved nearly 200 layoffs. at a meeting last night the school board voted to let 180 teachers and school employees go. now, these cuts stem from budget cuts as well as declining enrollment. the district says it may need to slash $27 million from its budget if the governor proposes an all cuts budget on monday. those deep state budget cuts prompting teachers to protest this week. you think it's strange to see your teacher at the grocery store, take a look at this. the president of the oakland education association says she and seven other union members were arrested. there you see it. along with 12 other teachers, dozens of students. two of those teachers say they were arrested monday night, released early tuesday morning after refusing to leave the capitol building when it closed for the evening. >>> an east bay county with the second highest rate of asthma in the state fighting back. alameda county committing $100,000 to a new program to reduce the harmful impact of as

there that accept their conditions and come to school with a smile everyday and a lot of love for kids. >> next i'd like to calm up co-director jordan smithare there any of jordan's staff here this evening? >> do you guys know where he is? >> no. [inaudible] >> maybe we'll wait later on and if they come in we can give it to them or something. you're the ones receiving? then why don't you come on up? >> san francisco unified wishes to honor the school for being a great group of teachers and mentors. education is a people business and we're only as strong as the people who work with our children and keep our schools open and running everyday. thank you for all you do and congratulations on receiving this well-deserved special service award. >> thank you very much and on behalf of my two co-workers and brent albert who is actually not here, we try very hard everyday and we give it our all. president mendoza: this evening we have with an action item. i need a motion and a second, please. >> so moved. >> seconded. president mendoza: thank you. this is in commendation to lisa spinali authored by commissioner murase. commissioner murase: in acco

school-based health clinics. we both represent part of tarrant county. the public hospital is john peter smith, there are a number of school-based health clinics in my district, his district, congresswoman granger's district, but we believe the state and county should provide the facilities, the federal government should provide the funds to staff it. we don't believe when we have a $1.5 trillion deficit each year that we need to be spending another $a million or $200 million over four years to actually provide the facility, to provide construction. so it's not in opposition to the health clinic itself, school based, i've gone to openings, i support them, i think they do excellent work, but until we get our budget balanced, mr. speaker, i think it's prudent to not require the federal government, to not only fund the operation and the staffing but also fund the construction in the facility itself. so this is a case where we're specifically repealing a specific appropriation, in this case, $50 million a year for the years 2010 through 2013 fiscal years and i think that is something that with a $

smith lives. >> my son is dyslexic. there were a lot of challenges he was facing in a traditional school setting.tarted self-educating myself on the charter schools. >> reporter: using clips from edutopia she submitted the vision she had for a new school and won over the school board. >> this is context middle school 2011. >> so often with education, it's about what's wrong, the problems in education. yet there's this force of people out there on the front lines. >> steve perry, san francisco. >>> it has been 64 years since jackie robinson broke major league baseball's color barrier. today mlb marks how far baseball and our country has come. atlanta is hosting the civil rights game this weekend. and the city's centennial olympic park is trying to spur interest in the game among young people. jennifer mayorly joins us now with more on the celebrations taking place, the events. you have batting cages there, kids who are getting coaching on their swing. what else? >> reporter: so much going on. they're playing right behind me. baseball and the civil rights movement really go hand in hand. so manufac

school and house pets that accidentally stepped on the remote control. four nominations. that's just two nominations less than daytime emmy juggernaut transformers prime. the most honored afternoon cartoon besides studio b with shepherd smithas to be cgi. those eyes are lifeless. my rally and this is true is up against the macy's thanksgiving day parade. that's right i'm completing with three-story sponge bob, the green valley high school marching band and santa claus. i told jon stewart to book santa but he said cat stevens was close enough. even worse, i'm up against the premiere horseback riding travel show say it with me equitrekking why didn't you say it with me? [laughter] it is by far the best saddled mounted travel show. [laughter] even better than the travel channel's pack mule yachting. [laughter] anyway, obviously i'm going to go to the ceremonies, i just hope i'm not a per ren yell loser like all my children's susan lucci. that would trigger my multiple personality. ♪ i've got to win. >> don't get your hopes up, stephen. if you don't win brenda will leave you for kyle. >> stephen: brenda. >> dun dun. >> stephen: you are going to lose oh, and you're having my baby. baby! why don't you just give up i'm going to w

school. he aftera wards went to -- afterwards went to train with james smith who was one of our early doctors and pharmacists and was an apprentice in smith's pharmacy for two years. that enabled him to enter the college of pharmacy of the city of new york. and he got a degree in 1844. 1844, black man from the college of pharmacy. his great -- so then he established a pharmacy, a drugstore in downtown new york. it is on the corner of what was frankfurt and gold street, and part of pace university is there now. he made quite a bit of money through his drugstore. the money he had he gave back to two causes; one, the education of black children, and the other his church, st. phillip's episcopal church. when he moved to brooklyn in 1870, he settled there. in 1883 seth lowe, who was then mayor of brooklyn, appointed him to the brooklyn board of education. he had the first black seat on the brooklyn board of education. so that is my great grandfather. this is his father-in-law, my great, great grandfather, so you can check your family tree. phillip white marries elizabeth, and be this is elizabeth'

smith and other generals. but it was eisenhower, the conqueror of europe, and his to lead horses. schools, silver dollars, and the roster of american president. these three men, we have said in our pentium of military heroes, men who can be spoken of alongside grant and lee, sam houston commander jackson, black jack pershing, washington, says sherman, sheridan command few others. while they won a victory in europe after years of developing their partnership i think that it may be their greatest victory, the victory that they made in leaving their imprint on the american psyche. well, they'll have been very patient with me. as jamie indicated, this is to be a discussion, not just a monologue. the payoff to me and to you, hopefully, is that i get to hear what you have to say. so, we have some questions. i would love to hear them. i believe jeremy has a microphone. we will be happy to hear what is on your mind because i am sure there is a lot there. >> yes. i am curious. as a young man? where does your involvement and interest in history come from? you have obviously spent much time becoming

smith in new york. thanks for joining us. have a good weekend and a happy mother's day. good night. >>> good evening. tonight we are in dc with six more envelopes with white powder showed up at schools. prince george's county where a legend says he is leaving. and back in the district where folks riding the rails are keeping an eye on their security. >>> i'm scott broom at union station where amtrak reacted today to new terrorist intentions. security on amtrak today included a bomb sniffing dog that road the train from baltimore and tactical officers in full view. meanwhile just two miles from the capitol this is the scene at 16th street and new york avenue northeast. >> this is a driveway, a road. i'm going to spin you around and behind me

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smith live with the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. you know, you might find some students around who like this idea not having to go to school as long,ere the love ends. we've been talking with commuters, taxpayers this morning, and really they don't like this idea as all. we're talking about losing 20 instructional days of school per year really at school districts across the state, which is quite a lot, considering that most districts have about 180 days. now, in recent years, though, with our state's financial problems, that number has been dropping, but the scenario is what governor brown is warning could happen as early as next school year without an extension of higher taxes. this morning we're speaking with commuters who are wondering how california kids could possibly stay competitive around the globe. >> the kids in japan and other places, the longer they stay in school, the more work they get done. >> reporter: so they need to keep the school year as it is. >> as it is. even longer if they can. >> reporter: now, some places like japan and china we're told have closer to 200 or even 220 days of school per year. california sc

school year. again, we are expecting the teachers out here any minute now. parents and labor groups helping out as well. they will be out here 12 hours. reporting live, near richmond, christie smith, today in the bay. >> you are right. they are tardy. we'll check back in a moment. we want to check in with marla tellez. she has dell tails on the raid that killed osama bin laden. >> good morning. this morning, the cia analysts are pouring over tons of information that was seized on bin laden's compound. the raid took about 40 minutes. navy s.e.a.l.s used that time to grab intelligence from the compound. they found hard drives, dvds and flash drives. they will find out if the number two man will take over for bin laden. >> he is the brain trust. i'm wondering where he is now and i'm wondering when we're going to get him. >> there's concern about how and when al qaeda may strike back. also questions about the united states relationship with pakistan including did its government know bin laden was hiding blocks away from a military academy? >>> back here at home, hundreds of jobs are on the line. san jose tries to deal with a $115 million deficit according to the city manager. she's s

smith said she contracted legionairs working at the same building. she is currently on long-term medical leave. as for the health center, construction on a new building is to begin later this month. >>> the nevada school district sent out an e-mail to parents today warning about a proliferation of bottle bombs. as ktvu's janna katsuyama reports the explosive are filled with draino or other household chemicals. >> reporter: online videos about draino bombs are nothing new. but now police say what is new are reports that these devices are popping up around nevada. >> i would say it is probably the last two or three weeks that it has been a pick-up on the phone calls to us. >> reporter: the school officials sent a warning out to all schools. and some principals forwarded that information to the parents. at this elementary an e-mail blast went out this morning. >> i was glad that the district was able to display the information to the schools and the schools were able to supply the information to me and other parents that are here. >> reporter: the concern is that if someone picks up a bottle bomb to recycle or throw in the trash, it could shake it you have enough to set off a chemical reaction and an exp

school board meeting is set for mid-june. >>> new this morning, today is memorial day. there are lots of ways to remember our nation's fallen veterans. "today in the bay's" christie smith has a rundown of what's happening across the bay area. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're starting here at mountain view cemetery here in oakland which is part of california history if you've ever been here. it's rather interesting. today, they are going to have their 90th annual memorial day commemoration. they are going to start with the traditional placing of the wreath. they're also going to have a 21-gun salute. they are going to be releasing doves. later on today, they are also going to be offering tours of a refurbished civil war plot that they have here. we have some video from a memorial day observance in san jose last year. in the bay area today, we counted more than a dozen commemorations today going on, honoring those who lost their lives in service to their country. one of the bigger observances, of course is at the prezidsidio. if you are not in san francisco, though, chances are very good that there's an observation going on near you. they are happening in v

smith said she contracted legionairs working at the same building. she is currently on long-term medical leave. as for the health center, construction on a new building is to begin later this month. >>> the nevada school district sent out an e-mail to parents today warning about a proliferation of bottle bombs. as ktvu's janna katsuyama reports the explosive are filled with draino or other household chemicals. >> reporter: online videos about draino bombs are nothing new. but now police say what is new are reports that these devices are popping up around nevada. >> i would say it is probably the last two or three weeks that it has been a pick-up on the phone calls to us. >> reporter: the school officials sent a warning out to all schools. and some principals forwarded that information to the parents. at this elementary an e-mail blast went out this morning. >> i was glad that the district was able to display the information to the schools and the schools were able to supply the information to me and other parents that are here. >> reporter: the concern is that if someone picks up a bottle bomb to recycle or throw in the trash, it could shake it you have enough to set off a chemical reaction and an exp

smith peterson, to get that check. she has been waiting since 1976. now, she has been scrapping for years and years so her kids could have the little things like prom dresses, schoolps. well, arizona's department of economic security found out her ex-husband had actually stashed about $200,000 in an out-of-state account. money, much of it, was due to her. the money comes at a very good time for this woman. she has actually been out of work for some 18 months. >>> take a look now at some other stories making news across the country. lisa lampanelli has an outspoken position on gay rights. lampanelli said for every church member that would show up to picket, she would donate $1,000 to gay rights. they showed up. this is how much she will be donating because she's tweeting. can't read all of it to you, but part of it says, thanks to these blanks, $34,000 will be donated. so 34 protestors apparently showed up. >> oh, god, love it. oh, honey. honey. >> let me explain what's happening here. she didn't just find any cat. this was a woman whose home was pretty much tore through by a tornado in tuscaloosa, alabama a few weeks ago. two cats survived. one hadn't been seen si

school, where he graduated from in 1976. we look forward to hearing your testimony and welcome you again to today's hearing. >> thank you, chairman smith, ranking member conyers. that was a wonderful introduction except for the date you mentioned that i graduated from college. other than that, thank you. but also, distinguished members of the committee. good morning. thank you for this opportunity to discuss the critical work of our nation's department of justice. as i stated often, no aspect of our work is more important or more urgent than protecting the american people. >> would you pull your mike a little bit closer so we can hear you better? thank you. >> protecting the american people is our most fundamental responsibility. two days ago, was the death of osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda, and the world's most wanted terrorist, our nation maid historic progress in keeping this responsibility. millions of americans were killed on september 11, 2001. this achooeftment was the result of steadfast, almost decade-long effort. it spanned two administrations. it was advanced by military leaders, diplomats, policy makers, investigat

school when she was 10 and just went right to work here. >> very good, very good. thank you, betty and thanks to all of the staff for as ranking member smith said, the extraordinary work that they have done under extremely hard conditions this year with the change in the system and the way we did things and the change of the majority/minority. they have really done yeoman's work. the committee will now receive the report of the military personnel subcommittee pursuant to committee rule 17 and consultation with the ranking member we will postpone all of the recorded votes on the amendment in this particular subcommittee mark until the end of the subcommittee mark. the chair recognizes chairman of the committee -- subcommittee the gentleman from south carolina mr. wilson for his opening comments. >> thank you mr. chairman. report of the personnel subcommittee is a product of an open bipartisan process with significant input a ranking member susan davis. as we begin we are grateful for the professionalism of our seals and killing the mass murder, osama bin laden. it is a proud day for all americans especially our military, their families, int

smith to make one thing clear. rules are rules. no prom for tate. >> there has been a practice for years that students receiving an in-school or out-of-school suspension after april 1 for any reason would not be allowed to attend prom. >> reporter: late last week in the night tate and two friends dragged a ladder to the school taping this message to a wall. rodriguez said "yes," but the school said "no." suspending tate for a day for trespassing. the headmaster said seniors are told if they are suspended during the last month of school they can't go to prom. tate hoped support might change things. supporters rallied online. >> he got in trouble. we all put our twitter status as "team tate". >> reporter: the facebook page has more than 100,000 likes and is growing fast. on the shelton page, a folk song for the young folk hero who appeared on "today" with matt. >> i feel it would have been more appropriate to make me clean up the letters or, you know, spend a weekend there cleaning up trash outside the school or mopping floors or something like that. >> reporter: republican state legislature jason perillo is drafting legislation to let students do commu

school, where he graduated from in 1976. we look forward to hearing your testimony and welcome you again to today's hearing. >> thank you, chairman smith, ranking member conyers. that was a wonderful introduction except for the date you mentioned that i graduated from college. other than that, thank you. but also, distinguished members of the committee. good morning. thank you for this opportunity to discuss the critical work of our nation's department of justice. as i stated often, no aspect of our work is more important or more urgent than protecting the american people. >> would you pull your mike a little bit closer so we can hear you better? thank you. >> protecting the american people is our most fundamental responsibility. two days ago, was the death of osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda, and the world's most wanted terrorist, our nation maid historic progress in keeping this responsibility. millions of americans were killed on september 11, 2001. this achooeftment was the result of steadfast, almost decade-long effort. it spanned two administrations. it was advanced by military leaders, diplomats, policy makers, investigat

student newspapers in high school and college and as an intern at the old philadelphia bulletin that he had his first taste of journalism. in a column after the npr dustup, elmer smith, who first met juan at old bulletin newspaper described him as being, quote, cut from a different cloth. juan started as an intern at at "washington post" and spent 23 years there as a reporter and writer of a column. at post, he reported on everything from problems in the old d.c. public schools, as if they are gone, to corruption by then mayor marion barry before going on to cover the white house and every major political campaign stretching from 1980 to the year 2000. he his insight and reporting acumen led to television and reporting appearances that continue today. npr hired him for talk of the nation show and later on he went on to positions such as the senior national correspondent and political correspondent there. it also led him to regular appearances on fox news where october 20 last year during an appearance on the o'reilly show he said this "when i get on the plane if i see people in muslim garb and i think they're identifying themselves first and foremost as muslims, i g