moment when the sad war of 1812 began. >> this is an important anniversary for the united states, united kingdom and canada i want to thank all of you, especially governor o'malley and mayor rawlings blake. >> god bless fort mchenry, god bless or alleys and god bless the united states of america. >> reporter: definitely one of the most moving parts of today's ceremony was when the star spangled banner was being sung by the morgan state choir and the beautiful american flag was flying high. it's exactly what francis scott seesaw more than 200 -- saw more than 200 years ago. >> >> reporter: we will be right back on eyewitness news at noon right before copd... i took my son fishing every year. we had a great spot, not easy to find, but worth it. but with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function starting within five minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. with symbicort, today i'm breathing better. and that means...fish on! symbicort is for copd including chronic bronch

united states and protector of mexico in 1859. jose assumed the title of empress, which led to the establishment of the imperial court system, a network of nonprofit charitable organizations throughout the united states, canada and mexico that have used drag shows and other functions to raise money for charities throughout the world, not just san francisco or the united states, but throughout the world. today, as a returns to his home of san francisco. this week, the week of may 21, in order to receive a lifetime achievement award from the harvey milk democratic club. it's only fitting that today on harvey milk's birthday, who, by the way jose was one of the early endorsers of harvey milk, and i think it's fair to say he plays the trail and set the example for harvey milk to be able to run for office a few years later. i think it is fair to say there have been -- there would have been no harvey milk without jose. it is only fair that today the board of supervisors commend his day for his lifetime of activism, cultural and artistic work, and political advocacy on behalf of san francisco's lgbt community and behalf of all san francisco's communities. the result that his outstanding bravery and beautiful wives

it's not another war between the british empire and the united states and there won't be another war waged in canada in which the united states is invading. >> we talked about the lack of commemoration here in the u.s. for the war of 1812. what about canada? >> in a very big way there. the canadian government is investing significant money in this and it goes to a sense of patriotism because they would like to have an american style patriotism, the current government of canada, one which celebrates military accomplishment and that's a new definition of canadian patriotism that the current government is advancing. their one great opportunity for that is to commemorate the war of 1812. >> how's that going? >> it's a mixed bag because the current government in canada, the harper government, would very much like this to be an occasion to help to draw french speaking and english speaking canada together because they both fought to defend canada against the american invasion. but francophones are not enthusiastic about commemorating the war of 1812. >> anything you want to add to the canadian comment? >>

the united states, canada, australia, britain, france, germany and other nations have earlier announced they were expelling syrian diplomats. >>> 300 u.n. observers have been monitoring the cease-fire. shery ahn spoke with nhk. >> they monitored the cease-fire. they don't carry weapons and they are not authorized to use force. so that limits their ability to bring an end to the violence. the situation seems to get worse every day. the city seems tob heading toward a full-fledged civil war, unfortunately. >> the international community has been quite divided over what to do with the situation there. what's it doing now? >> the u.n. security council severely condemned the killing of more than 100 syrians in houla. the leaders of the u.s., germany, france and italy met afterwards in the emergency video conference. they agreed on the need for peaceful transition of power in syria. the former u.n. chief kofi annan said if that plan fails, western leaders may have to look at other options. >> we've been reporting on how the russians and chinese feel about intervening. what support is there fo

the upcoming discussions among the finance ministers and central bank governors japan, the united states canada and four european countries. officials will discuss spain's banking problems and concerns over the possibility of greece leaving the eurozone. they'll also talk about recent indicators showing an economic slowdown in the united states. another aim of the call is to confirm the developed countries are all on board towards stabilizing markets ahead of the scheduled g-20 summit later this month in los cabos, mexico. >>> u.s. stocks ended mixed overnight. while the nasdaq finished a touch higher. the dow jones industrial average fell to a 5 1/2-month low on a slew of recent weak economic numbers. for more we're going to go to our ramintheatat the tokyo stock exchange. what can you tell us about the open? >> economic numbers have not really been that favorable of late. we had the u.s. job numbers on fridays. and also factory orders slipping in april. we had those numbers coming out of the u.s. just yesterday. so not looking that good. let's have a look at the opening levels here and, in fa

finance chiefs and central bank governors from japan, the united states, canada and four european countries are taking part in the call. among the issues they're discussing are spain's banking problems and the possibility that greece will leave the eurozone. they're expected to call on all european nations to take comprehensive measures to ease the crisis over sovereign debt. japan is expected to ask the other g-7 nations for their support in stemming the yen's further advance against the euro. jun azumi says the yen's excessive strength is not desirable for japan. australia's central bank cut its interest rate for the second straight month in a bid to stimulate the economy. the reserve bank of australia lowered the rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 3.5% at its board meting on tuesday. in taking the step, glen stevens expressed concerns about the impact of deteriorating fiscal problems in europe and growing political uncertainty. in a statement he said another source of concern is the slowdown in the chinese economy that has driven global growth. some domestic industries have been

forth a motion to condemn the current administration's memorial day slap in the face to the united states canada's veterans and i hope most of the supervisors here would sign on to this letter. thank you for your time. [applause] president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. i'm a member of the immigrants' rights commission. i'm here today because the commission sent you each a letter about our language access report and i'm sure you have copies. about the importance of making sure there is enough money for departments to continue access. every year at this time, you are laden down with the budget any may not have had time to read this letter so i wanted to pass it out again and make two points of my own. three points. one is you can't find a sign in city hall anywhere the tin spanish or chinese. i would very much like to know about it. city hall is not doing well and language access. i would like to point out everybody pays taxes. even if you don't fill out a federal 1040 form because you are to pour, you still pay taxes. you pay taxes through your sales tax and pay taxes three or r

that pattern that's been bringing the rain closer to the united states, canada border and not down to the south where its been extremely dry. unfortunately the outlook isn't all that great either because all of the areas in red means that drought is expected over the next couple months to persist or even get stronger. not good news for most of the corn belt. in fact we are looking at potential development of drought conditions in parts of south dakota, nebraska, iowa as well. the only areas where we are expecting to see continued relief is down in to the southeast, florida, parts of georgia and you have seen to much rain there as well. some more of that green where it's likely to improve in parts of the southwest. let's take a look at what the week ahead has in store. as far as the jet stream we do see a change in the jet stream. we will see a dip and bringing much cooler air in to the northeast and part of the united states. it'll still be warm in much of the nation's midsection but a big cooldown while it stays warm in the west at least through the weekend. let's take a look at the

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years, however, much of this new energy could come from stable, democratic countries like the united states, canadaa, poland, france and israel. that would be good for the free world, bad for rogues gand for global stability. china has huge shale reserves. even though it's not democratic, it is a country that seeks stability and not instability. one problem, there's a significant lobby against shale gas and the way it's produced. fracking consumes a lot of water. shale production also creates large quantities of methane, a greenhouse gas. sometimes methane pours out of faucets in areas of shale production centers. look at this video. critics also claim fracking can cause minor earthquakes. so what do we do? the good news is that these risks are manageable as the iea's new report points out and it has a list of golden rules to follow, from safety measures to reducing emissions to engaging in local communities. the iea estimates these measures would add just 7% to the cost of the average shale gas well. many of the riskiest practices are actually employed by a small number of the lowest cost producer

but first, a recent survey named san francisco as the greenest big city in both the united states and canada. survey was commissioned by siemens a global health care and energy company. it ranked 27 major cities including energy, transportation and waste. san francisco ranked first because of mandatory come posting and recycling. they praised the city's public transportation system. the other cities in the top five vancouver, new york city and denver. in the studios is gary wolf is director executive director of stopwaste dost org and we were talking about recycli it'shy it's so important, why is it so important? >> there is traditional benefits that reduces greenhouse gases and overall preserves natural resources because secondary materials use a lot of those resources but also it's a green job program. processing and baling and shipping and that sort of thing. about 200 direct jobs, 200,000 tons are processed. >> where do people go to find these jobs? >> we have to get the materials out of the garbage can and into the right containers. we throw about hundred million dollars per year of rec

united states homeland and nearby waters. as commander of north america aerospace defense command, i'm assigned responsibility for maritime and aerospace warning and aerospace control to the governments of the united states and canada. based on my command responsibilities, principally in the arctic, my experience and our changing on rae ining opera environment, there's a compelling reason for the united states for the law of sea convention for the safety and security of our homeland. our military defensive operations are best served by a clear, stable, rules-based cooperative international framework that helps our friends an allies work with us, helping us be the security partner of choice. now, arctic cooperative security is one of the five lines of operated delineated in u.s. northern commands theater campaign plan. u. it would be helpful in supporting peaceful opening of the arctic, which is my mission. showing interest in engaging in the arctic, engaging sovereignty, natural resource, infrastructure, communication, navigation, military presence and public safety issues in the arctic as human activity increases. for our maritime warning mission, ek session to the convention will help us establish global operatio

reproduce inside the pine bark and have destroyed an estimated $6 billion trees in the western united states and canada. beetles have killed half the trees around tracy defrancesco's house. each tree a virtual matchstick. >> it's brown and dead and it's a roman candle. it goes up. >> reporter: it explodes? >> it explodes. >> reporter: from space you can see a stretch of throat-clogging smoke spreading hundreds of miles into parts of wyoming and nebraska. chad hoffman, a professor of fire science at colorado state university worries about the days ahead. >> it will be at least a few more days before they probably make significant progress in terms of containing this fire. >> reporter: this summer may be worse to come? >> yeah, if this keeps going it could be a long summer that competes with some of our bigger fire years. >> reporter: this fire is so aggressive, scott, we've been here for several hours. it has literally doubled on the ridge line behind us. every now and then we see trees just burst into flames. nothing, it seems, can even slow it down. >> pelley: barry, thank you, we'll be watching that.

especially specific to my point that we, in the united states and canada, north america broadly and we in the developed world are not going to be impacted directly that much. the real impacts, the most significant impacts are going to happen in these areas because mega deltas in asia and africa. those societies don't have much adaptive capacity. we can contemplate as it is, and i'm sure you're aware of this, contemplation to build bigger dams and bigger dikes. and they can, indeed, that's a great mitigation strategy, i guess it's an adaption strategy. and it's -- and those nations, that nation and others like it including ours have the capacity to actually execute a plan like that if we choose to. well, you know, bangladesh, it doesn't have that anymore, all right. they lack that adaptive capacity. so they're in deep, the future looks much bleaker for those nations that lack that adaptive capacity. so building that capacity is really, really important. health impacts will vary from one location to another, and you'll hear from my subsequent speaker more about the health effects of heal

one that only does business in the united states and canada. why ascena?se i'm in love with the fabulous styles at dress barn where women go to buy inexpensive clothes? no. because it's more than dress barn. this company had one of the greatest turnovers i've ever seen. incredible track record of buying up neglected brands and then whipping them into shape. the process is a proven moneymaker. for years it's been building up its portfolio brands to appeal to demographics. the original dress barn brand which has 800 stores in 48 states. then they bought a brand that appeals to 20-something women, bargain shot. then in 2009, they just justus, which was a tween retailer which operates store in the united states, puerto rico and canada. they have been incredibly successful. and a big reason for the name change because it isn't just dress barn any more. it is now a dominant specialty store player and this is the kind of bricks and mortar business that can't be poached by amazon, see that best buy again today, and people like to buy their clothe in person, otherw

naturally born female in order to be eligible to compete in miss university competition in the united states and canada. because he agreed with our position which is it violates the law to have that discriminatory rule. we are glad he eliminated it. he has not eliminated it he would still like to see him do that. >> jenna listen to what miss pennsylvania wrote earlier when she resigned before this whole blast about seeing the list with the five finalists on it. she said that she refused to be part of a pageant system that so far and so completely removed itself from the foundational principle as to allow and support natural born males to compete in it. jenna, she said she quit because of you. >> i think that's a shame that she is using that excuse to quit. i think rhode island was correct when she said it is a free country and this is a new century. so old traditions , they are jut old now. for her to use that i think it's such a shame. >> do you feel that you were truly accepted by the canadian competition? how did you feel being with all of the other contestants? >> well, the ladies were amazing. the

is an interesting phenomenon and super online and for instance a lot of people from canada come down to the united states to get operations and procedures that are that they can't get in canada if you go for a long waiting list of one and you pay cash and it's cheaper but you know what what this shows is that we have made a major mistake where we talk about health insurance when we're actually talking about prepayment plans insurance typically covers against the the odds of catastrophic problems if you need to if you need a surgery if you need hospitalization if you have a heart attack but our insurance coverage is always covering things like regular checkups every doctor's this of prescriptions and things like that and if we had if we had health insurance that was more like auto insurance where it doesn't cover your oil changes and it doesn't cover your tuneups but it covers big ticket items or to phrase the cost of those we would have much more we would have much better health care delivery in this country because doctors and providers would be competing in order to give you the best service at the bes

the united states, canada, japan, germany, france, britain and italy will be involved. pushing hard for long- term fiscal policy reforms. >>> the family of three men gunned down in an apparent case of mistaken identity had a chance to speak to the killer. edwin ramos was convicted of killing anthony bolognaland -- and his sons, 20-year-old michael and 16-year-old mathew nearly four years ago. ramos was scheduled for sentencing yesterday but the judge delayed that until next week. instead, relatives were allowed to speak to the court danielle bologna is in a witness protection program so we won't show her face. >> let him rot. let him stay there the rest of his life. >> his daughter spoke and said "i hate you with all my heart. your daughter will know her father is a murderer." ramos only put his hand over his face. he faces life in prison without the possibility of parole when sentenced next monday. >>> a california boy fell to his death while vacation with his family in maui. he fell from a cliff along hana highway on sunday. the family says they parked the rental car

the inner harbor the tall ships will leave this morning the yesterday dignitaries from the united states canadaa decks laration of -- declaration of peace. the star-spangled sailabration comes to a close. watch the ships sail away by logging onto abc 2 news.com or opening up the abc2 news mobile app. down load the apps at www.abc2news.com/mobile. now back to new york for more of good morning america and have a great day. we will have another traffic and weather update in 30 minutes. ♪ dancing in the dark out in the street ♪ ♪ we're running shut down every block ♪ ♪ so, put your arms around me, baby ♪ ♪ we're tearing up the town 'cause that's just how we do ♪ ♪ how we do yeah, that's how we do ♪ ♪ how we do that's just how we do ♪ ♪ how we do that's just how we do ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >>> that is rising superstar, rita ora, the jay-z protege. some are calling her the next rihanna. we can't wait to hear from her. >> i like her. i like her. >> did you see her kicks, too? >> very cool. >>> a whole bunch of stars coming out. jeff daniels, the new drama on hbo. it's called "the newsroom." it got

canada and great britain. >> an important anniversary for the united states, the united kingdom, and canada. but the secretary of the u.s. navy, governor martin o'malley, and senator barbara mikulski were here. >> we hope we continue to be a great arsenal of democracy. perhaps one of our great it is greatest exports is identified battles, when morse, become allies, but democracy is our greatest tribute. >> the anniversary ceremony was called "from enemies to allies, 200 years of peace." >> britain, america, and canada have stood side-by-side with each other. >> as far as the weather is concerned, a little bit of rain this morning, but not a bad day. tomorrow, the tall ships are sailing out. tom tasselmyer is here. how does it look for those sailor selling out tomorrow? >> we have time to this thing perfectly with the weathered through the weekend. a few showers around, temperature still very comfortable, in the low 7's round the baltimore area, down 4 glen burnie temperatures running in the low 70's. westminster into carroll county, changes are on the way. there are some showers and storms o

up huge, but listen, it pays you a juicy 4.76% yield, doesn't have exposure outside the united states and canadait's a you utility. the real issues and not just epa cracking down on king coal. they get 30% of revenue from ohio. the state is deregulating the utilities there is still a lot to like about it let's check in with nick akins, ceo of american electric power. welcome back to "mad money." >> hi, jim. great to be with you again. >> sir, an absolutely amazing article. not good or bad, just amazing, in "the new york times" last week talking about how american electric power making switches and the quote at the top was, have you lost your mind? state representative rocky adkins, one of the most powerful politicians, thundered at michael moore, your predecessor about american electric power switching out of coal. how much pressure are you from under from local people to keep using coal? >> jim, i think it just shows, the challenges we face. i mean, you have community that are finally realizing these plants are having phono to fund futures if they exist or not. if you don't exist, you have tax

and the united states and canada granted a high wire walker a rare exemption from the no stunt policy at niagara falls. all ahead unless breaking news this is "studio b." but, first from fox at 3:00, new evidence of just how damaging the economic crisis has been for american families. a government report finds the downturn has wiped out people's life savings erasing decades of accumulated wealth in a few years. the median net worth for american families fell from $126,000 in 2007 to $77,000 in 2010, a 39 percent drop in three years. down to levels we have not seen in a generation. family income also fell and the fed reports that the middle class has gotten the worst of it. and now gerri anchors the willis report on the fox business network. gerri a key factor is housing. >>gerri: all about housing. and now a look at the housing equity numbers, they dropped like a stone from $110,000 for average americans to $75,000 in 2010, a huge plummet. the fed is estimating that all together americans lost $7 trillion of home equity during that period. that is a bit are pill to swallow. >>trace: i

and seeing the new world, what i realized was did you know that canada and australia have more foreign born citizens than the united statescanada and australia have become multi cultural societies that let lots of people in. they do immigration the smart way. they let in people with skills. they let them in on a point system basically on how qualified you are. if you have a science ph.d. for example, you jump to the head of the line. by doing that they get economic growth. they get talented, hashd working people and what's striking to me is it is not particularly controversial. there is no big backlash. here we're stuck in a situation where we can't get anything done. >> it is common sense, therefore in today's politics the united states most unlikely to happen is the best way to happen. >> that's exactly it. >> check out the gps road map to making immigration work sunday at 8 p.m. eastern on cnn. our thanks to our friend fareed zakaria for his insights. >>> coming up, why you should care about who wins the wisconsin recall election tomorrow. [ male announcer ] citi turns 200 this year. in that time there've been some goo

president, he proposed a north american accord which would open the borders between the united states and canada and mexico so people could move freely, he proposed, you know, between these three countries. that would not hold him in good stead with the tea party right now. >> that's one of those crazy ideas like getting rid of nuclear weapons. lame brain ideas. michael, immigration. you pointed to the demographic changes. i mean, we had mark penn on here a couple of weeks ago who said that 10% of the electorate this time is going to be hispanic background people and that's a lot of voters. >> it's a lot of voters and you multiply that by factor of five or six going down the road and quickly see where the party's positioning itself outside of that growth. and i think, i think jeb and many others have spoken on this issue and can make the argument cogently that we are the party of assimilation and immigration and supporting those. that's been a part of our history and the more we talk about that history and put it in the right context, chris, the stronger we'll become with those growing populatio

now, nik wallenda will attempt from united states to canada on a two-inch wear. >> reporter: world famousedevil nik wallenda is about to attempt a feet that no one has ever accomplished. >> it's coming down to the wire, no pun intended. >> he will try to walk a tight rope, 1800 feet across niagara falls. 2400 feet above the churning waters of the niagara gorge. >> what will be for you, the most significant moment of your walk across the falls? >> well, there's two points to that. it's the moment i step foot on the cable, and the moment i step foot off the cable. >> reporter: wallenda's family has been performing dangerous stunts for more than 200 years. his great grandfather fell to his death during a high-wire act in 2008. the network televising this act is requiring wallenda to wear a harness. they are rerigging it with a show biz version of duct tape. >> reporter: wallenda says he doesn't want to use a harness, but promises he won't ditch the device, unless it interferes with his balance, as he crosses niagara falls. >> do you think wearing the harness will detract from the event? >> n

crossing over niagra falls from the united states to canada on a 2-inch wire. randall spoke to him. he has the latest. >> reporter: world famous daredevil is about to attempt a feet that no one has ever accomplished. it's coming down to the wire. no pun intended. >> he will try to walk a tight rope 1800 feet across niagra falls on a 2-inch cable. >> what will be the most significant moment of your walk across the falls? >> well, the moment i stepped foot on the cable and the moment i stepped foot off the cable. >> linda's family has been performing dangerous stunts. his great father fell to his death during a high wire act in 1978. the network televising tonight's attempt is requiring her to wear a safety harness. our cameras caught her making last minute adjustments to the harness. rerigging it with the show biz version of duct tape. he doesn't want to use a harness, but promises he won't ditch the device unless it interferes with his balance as he crosses niagra falls. >> do you think it will detract from the event? >> no. very risky. it's still one tremendous daredevil activity,

and the united states and canada granted a high wire walker a rare exemption from the no stunt policyfalls. all ahead unless breaking news this is "studio b." but, first from fox at 3:00, new evidence of just how damaging the economic crisis has been for american