but bill john baker won, and now as principle chief bill john baker, he is running the cheer key nation. at the time of the election that made him principle chief, one of the issues that got raised was that mr. baker was of mixed ancestry. chief baker is, in fact, 1/32 cherokee. that makes him cherokee, the same as other cherokee leaders that also have a mixed ancestry. and as you can see here that bill john baker, that 1/32 cherokee is now the dually elected, dually serving principal chief of cherokee nation. in another election happening 1,600 miles away from oklahoma in massachusetts, republican senator scott brown of massachusetts is locked in a virtual tie to hold on to his seat against his democratic challenger, elizabeth warren. last month, boston's conservative tabloid, the "boston herald," published this headline, "harvard flow." school once touted liz's native american routes as proof of faculty diversity. the accusation here was that elizabeth warren was somehow wrongly considered to be native american? she was maybe wrongly listed as having native american heritage in law sc

the men who lived to tell it about it survived thanks to john baker. he saved eight of his comrades and single-handedly destroyed six machine gun nests and killed ten enemy soldiers. president johnson placed the medal around his neck a year later. with the death of john daker jr, there are just 83 living recipients. >>> news from hollywood or closer to london that shirley maclaine is joining the cast of "downton abbey." the british drama with a hot following here in the u.s. in season three, she will play the mother of lady grantham played by elizabeth mcgovern. the producers say maggie smith's character is about to get, quote, a wonderful combatant. >>> lots of heated but cordial discussion in our newsroom today over this next item. a study from the u.k. that says women are better at parking than men. they studied surveillance film and watched how people parked. they say while it takes women longer on average than men to park, women are also better at finding empty spots. this is tough to take for a lot of people. i would remind you, this is a british

. >> two is a go we lost john baker, i highly regarded 28-year employee. in 1984 he started as a track worker, became finally track superintendent. he will be greatly missed and i would like to ask the board's consent to adjourn in his memory. >> one more communication, no close session. item 6. >> new or unfinished business. being none, thank you. >> item 7, directors report. >> good afternoon mr. chairman members of the board, , public, staff. at the last meeting i provided a reminder that upcoming was the 49th annual cable car bellringing competition. i asked that the competition be in mr. baker's honor, a tremendous loss. we had a great event. on september 6. we had strong sponsorship from girardelli chocolate, uncle vitto's pizza, the chancellor hotel, again the comedian debbie durst, acted as the mc. it was big time to get debbie durst.>> >> >> can you tell a few jokes for us? >> i was commenting to my staff that mta and -- figure prominently. i will leave it at that. we did have for amateur bellringers, competing for various charities, went before t

after the short delay the next pitch, john baker up the middle, brings in two runs.oes four innings allowing seven hits and four runs. he struck out five. the nats lone highlight was bottom of the 5th, down 5-0 bryce harper, who had his first major league home last night does it again today, a blast to center field, solo home run, second of his career, but the nats fall to the padres 6-1. lindsay murphy saw it all from nats park and has more. >> reporter: stephen strasburg's eighth start of the season proved to be his toughest. not only was it his shortest outing, but he gave up the most hits and runs all season. his four earned runs equaled his total from the month of april. >> it's something i think i can learn a lot from this outing. i just got to find the positives and just remember that there's always going to be days like this where nothing is really going your way. >> all the balls he was getting went and that's why he kept going to the bag and it was wet. so one thing led to the other. >> reporter: strasburg suffers his first loss of the season now 3-1. the n

john baker grounds one up the middle, scoring two runs. padres up 3-0 after one. remember a rainy night for the crowd last night strasburg lasted four, gave up four runs. he didn't look kfrltable on the mound. nats down 5-0 in the fifth. bryce harper solo shot, another one, his second in the last two days. this one goes 406 feet, the nats' only run of the game. after the game, davey johnson had an interesting theory about why stephen strasburg looked uncomfortable on the mound. >> has it been a while since you've seen him look that uncomfortable? obviously the weather had something to do with it in the first. he was pretty fidgety there. >> yeah. i can't really tell you what the problem was, but seemed kind of out of place. >> you've said that. but where to get in his place, not on his shoulder -- >> i don't know. it was uncomfortable to say the least. >> tough audio there. what davey johnson said was some hot stuff got in his place. icy hot stuff you put on an injur injury. some icy hot stuff, quote, got in his face. we'll leave it there. blue jays and rays, bret

the blind chinese refugees in washington tonight he was welcomed by house speaker john baker and nancy story and more people will be talking at the chicago auto mechanics and in your medical watch yet another reason to be sure the to get a good night's sleep. insurance companies must now provide free birth control, and aristide screening no more copays as long as you currently have insurance although some plants may not taken benefits until the planned renewal catholic groups have filed lawsuits across the country to opt out of the contraception coverage. some advice on how to make your flu shot more effective as we head to foot seas and a new study by university of california researchers finds that poor sleep can influence immunization. doctors found that slawshorter sleep duration altered immunity function. men have an added worry when they are overweight, sexual dysfunction and bladder problems urologists at new york's presbyterian hospital found that men with a waste land larger than 36 in. or more likely to suffer from frequent urination and erectile dysfunction. as soon as they l

./ john baker...///. áátheáá first musher ...to reach ...the old.../ gold rush toww...stuff and the solution to email overload..... how a local company is limiting the links a-d-h-d with a child's age in the classroom. classroom. the study out of canada providing mooe evidence that too many young kids may be diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder........ simply because they're younger than their peers in the same classrooms. researchers found that nearly seven percent of boys aged six to twelve were diagnosed with a-d- h-d overall.but, the percentage ranged from more than five percent for those grade levels to more than seven percent for the youngest. iifants.../ who snore .../ are... more likely.../ to... have.../ behavior problems .../ by... age seven. doctors...// in...the u--k.../// áálookedáá at... 11-- hundred.../ babies... ááparentsáá recorded...// thier child's.../ leep-disordered.../ breathing,.../ ááincludingáá snoring,.... áádoctorsáá... learned...// ááchildrenáá with... the worst.../ sleep- disorderee breathing.../ ááwereáá almost ...twice a

two board members stepping down today, teresa stone and john baker.ey basically said they want the board to immediately put in place a process to find a new ceo to replace jim rogers, they're unhappy with getting rid of jim johnson. >> thank you, were heading into the final stretch here, major averages staying in the green for the week. according to thomas roiters, 67% have beat eps, but only 40% beat on revenue. >> so the market is still rallying, and that's all about banking on future bailouts. we have quincy crosby with us, do you get concerned that the market is rallying for the wrong reasons because of the economic story is so weak? >> yes, not fundamental, but the dat that are getting less bad, you may not say they're great, but they're getting less bad, and at the margin, that could play into investors thinking. things will turn, it could be a powerful short term rally. >> you have a red light which is europe -- >> they just gave a green light. >> secondly is the economy and profits. the economy numbers this morning were sluggish and sloppy. so

john baker, scoring, 6-1, padres, still 6-1, bottom 8, will venable with a solo shot to right off ackerhe giants by a final score of 7-1, that is your sports, i'm david feldman. >> back to you. >>> coming up only on nbc bay area. >> they have to overhaul the program. >> a local couple demands answers after a major airline loses track of their daughter. hear what happened and how the airline is responding. so... [ gasps ] these are sandra's "homemade" yummy, scrumptious bars. hmm? maybe. rich chocolate chips... i just wanted you to eat more fiber. chewy, oatie, gooeyness... and, and...and then the awards started coming in, and i became addicted to the fame. topped with chocolaty drizzle... and fraudulence. i'm in deep, babe. you certainly are. [ male announcer ] fiber one. fiber beyond recognition. >>> the olympic flag from the london game now in brazil, which will host the summer games in 2016. the flag made a grand entrance today at the top of rio de janeiro's christ the redeemer statue. it was surrounded by flags who took part in the london games, and was represented by seven differen

cherokee nation bill john baker demanded an apology for his, quote, uneducated, unenlightened and racist portrayal of native peoples. seampt brown stubbed his toe on the issue in the first debate, saying that professor warren claims she was a native american, a person of color. as you can see, she is not. the national center for american indians reacted furiously that the senator would use skin color as a test for indian identity. perhaps the best summation was from ben nighthorse of the shiien tribe. he said, if have you nothing to do with indians at all, never expect try to get an unfair advantage, then i think there is an ethical question. >> jamie: growing allegations of voter fraud in the battleground state of florida. as pennsylvania waits for an imminent decision on the fate of voter i.d., the investigation in the sunshine state and a big ruling in the keystone state ahead in the fox news voter fraud unit? catching up with the warrior riders, hours away from an incredible nine-day, cross-country journey by bicycle. we'll have the latest. think you can't get great auto insurance co

james harrison and reginald baker are accused of beating student john mckenna. baker, a former marine and special officer with the prince dirges county's special officer unit, says he was ordered to make arrests. while his team was holding the line at knox road and rte. 1 in two malesrk, he sawe approach him. refused toat' mckenna leave the area. he repeatedly told him to get down and get away. the prosecution bases baker's action while showing the video of the beating to the jury, trying, i imagine, to get that image engrained in the minds of the jury. both men are charged with second-degree assault and misconduct. lowell melser, wbal-tv 11 news. >> police are searching for whoever shot a man at 9:00 this morning. at this hour, we are still gathering details. please can confirm the victim was an adult male and was -- police can confirm the victim was an adult male and was shot somewhere in the upper body. happening right now at city hall, and nominations -- i nominations committee is entertaining a hearing. it may not be a quiet hearing. we understand protesters

sled any more this year there are six former champions including last year's winner 49-year-old john bakeri thought it was the truck to carry the dogs. >> that too it is faster to take the truck. >> a lot faster. >>> next, the hearing today that could throw a roadblock in the drive to build 49ers a stadium in santa clara. >>> thousands of students prepare to descend on the state capitol in 4 1/2 hours. >> reporter: i'm katie marzullo in palo alto, dozens find themselves having to replace dozens of tires after a weekend vandalism spree. we'll let you know what police are doing about it. >>> the presidential visit making bay area history this morning. >>> mid 40s around seattle and portland 30s around the great lakes, 40s st. louis and d.c., 57 atlanta, 70s and 80s along our southern tier states. all major airports on time across the lower 48. we have snow heading towards d.c., baltimore possibly philly and new york. delays develop our flight tracker will have them you can too abc7news.com. see you after the break. [ beep ] [ man ] you have one new message. [ mom ] hi scooter. this is mommy.

but the partisanship, john reported that howard baker, who was the senator, who was the minority co-chair of the committee, had a bad channel to the white house, and had had conversations with john and other people there, and so this was quite astounding, the notion that we were running a committee and yet there was this back channel to the white house that there was -- had republicans terms, and baker stopped having meetings because he knew that john had now reported this to the majority staff. we weren't telling the minority staff what was going on because of the fear of them undercutting john or doing something to cover up further, and the question was, we were having exec titive sessions where there was some exchange between the minority and the majority and that information was getting back to the white house. so they assumed that it was somebody close to baker and his chief of staff -- his committee director, staff director, was a fellow named fred thompson later to become a senator and now a spokesman for reverse mortgages on late-night tv, but thompson was too busy, and we couldn'

and although he's no locker -- longer with us, the i-280 bridge named after john baker, vietnam veteran and the monument, will also serve as a constant reminder of who sergeant baker was and what he did for us all. godspeed, sergeant baker, god bless you for your outstanding service, your remarkable courage, and your modest heroism. with that i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york, mr. engel, for three minutes. mr. engel: thank you, mr. speaker. tonight when we listen to the president give his state of the union speech, one of our colleagues, unfortunately, will not be here. and that is senator mark kirk who served in this body as a member of congress for many years, and before that was a staffer on the foreign affairs committee. mark, senator kirk, as we all know, is fighting against a terrible stroke that he had just yesterday. and i want him and his family to know that all of our thoughts and prayers are with him as he battles this stroke and hopefully he will make a full recov

you deserve from gop house speaker john baker and the democratic minority minority leader nancy pelosilawmakers have less than three weeks to reach a budget deal. if they don't most experts agree, the results could be disastrous for the american economy. the possibility of severe spending cuts there with a big jump in taxes for everyone. joining us to write down all this is michael yaqui. democrats won increase taxes on high- income earners and republicans want spending cuts >> it is basically the election and that is why everyone saying that the president had a mandate to make this change. he made very clear in this campaign that is what he wants to do. the american people and all the polls right now so that they support the president's plan. >> president obama has been very firm on tax cuts for the reds routedwhich. he did wie election you think he has an edge in these discussions? >> right now this is between the grand bargain which is putting everything on the table, spending cuts revenue of the whole kit and caboodle that fell apart last summer or something that just kicks the can

we showed up at speaker of the house john baker's press conference to ask why. >> why is it that whately needed is taking so long to pass sth. >> the congress is working on it. the senate is getting ready to move a bill. the congress is getting ready to mark up a bill in early may. but i would also ask where's the administration been? where's the president of the united states been? >> meanwhile in the senate drug shortage legislation cleared a committee but has not yet reached the floor for a vote. senate majority leader harry reid. >> when is that going to happen? >> well, you're asking me to look into the future and try to pinpoint a time. as soon as we can. >> next two weeks? next two months? next two years? >> i hope to get it done sometime in the fourth of july recess. >> dr. jon lapook is here. where does that legislation stand? >> that interview was in april and late yesterday afternoon the chief spokespenn for senator reid says it might get passed before memorial day. >> might. we look at it. pwhy is it taking this long? >> it's a mystery. every single person i spoke to wants

>> you can have a laugh eight but the reality is the current chief of the cherokee nation bill john baker which us 1/32. megyn: but he's living a native lifestyle. >> she clearly grew up in home which has strong ties to the native american community which is different than massachusetts where you are seeing a lot of political commentators finding it easy to make teepee jokes. you see scott brown questioning her about her qualifycation because he understands he has to appeal to white male working class votessers who feel marginalized because of affirmative action. but for women who do not like being called on their qualifications. it's like someone saying to you did you get an advantage to become an anchor? i think that will backfire on scott brown. megyn: i checked a lot of boxes to get into albany law school. when they said are you white? i said yes. when they said are you a woman? i said yes and they let me in. larry sabato said this is a problem for her. it derailed her effort to define herself in a voter friendly way. this is a quote from larry, non-partisan guy, this what is happens

>> reporter: john baker says they don't have a starting point with democrats refusing to say what spendingto accept. democrats say the president made clear in the election campaign he wanted to phase out tax cuts for upper income earnings boehner says he is something for much more than that. >> the president is asking for $1.6 interest worth of new revenue for 10 years, twice as much as he has been asking in public. he has stimulus spending here that exceeded the amount of new cuts that he was willing to consider. it was not a serious offer. >> reporter: politically each side wants the other to own as much as possible of an ultimate agreement that possibly neither of their constituencies are going to like. bill? bill: thank you, wendell goler, on the north lawn there at the white house. martha. martha: a little more background on this now. budget negotiations with congressional leaders started a few weeks ago really with president obama calling for that $1.6 trillion in additional tax revenue over 10 years that you just heard about from john boehner. treasury secretary tim geithner argues

we have father john baker who is a chaplain at vanderbilt catholic going to be joining us coming up ar on. just about an hour and four minutes from right now. >> all right. in the meantime, also coming up, as outrage grows over the shooting death of trayvon martin, are some groups irresponsibly fanning the flames? we'll explore that. >> and the nation's largest spy center under construction right now. so should you be watching what you say inside your own home? the judge here to rule on this one. [ dog barks ] appears buster's been busy. [ man ] yeah, scott. i was just about tuse... that's a bunch of ground-up paper, lad! scotts ez seed uses the finest seed, ftilizer, a natural mulch that absorbs andolds water better thapaper can. looking good, lad! thanksscott. ez seed really works. so, how me haggis is so well behaved? 'cause he's a scotty. o scott: get scotts ez seed. it's guaranteed. seed your lawn. seed it! [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wideange of new choices. developing smaller portion

. >> the president and speaker house aide john baker met thursday for their first face-to-face talksr days. they argue that raising taxes on high-income earners will hurt small businesses. republicans want to eliminate tax deductions and reform government programs such as medicare and medicaid. unless there is a compromise automatic tax hikes and spending cuts designed to help the country reduce its debt will begin on january 1st. >> president robert obama is meeting privately today with un ambassador susan rice a day after she withdrew her name from consideration to be the next secretary of state. her decision came after weeks of criticism from republican senators and said they'd fight her nomination because our initial assessment of the attack on the american consulate and libya. she said she was using intelligence reports and incorrectly. >> a man convicted of sexually assaulting three women and sampras is cosmo's in this it will learn his fate this afternoon. frederick dozer jr. was found guilty of 25 felony counts including sexual assault, kidnapping and robbery for attacking th

. >> the present call harry reid as well as house speaker john baker, senate republican leader mitchnd house democratic leader nancy pelosi. >> mr. obamas because of four leading for his christmas vacation last night. >> former president george h. w. bush is in intensive care at a houston hospital this morning. >> mr. bush's been hospitalized there since last month with what is being described as a stubborn fever. >> spokesman for its office said that the 88 year-old involved all liquid diet and has been in i see you sunday. >> busch sr. was originally a minute to the hospital for bronchitis like cough. the cough has improved but now the fever is the issue. >> off the mount tam cam shows the view down the coast. we are getting ready for more rain. we will have an update on forecast coming [ female announcer ] this is a special message from at&t. [ male announcer ] it's no secret that the price of things just keeps going up. [ female announcer ] but we have some good news. it's our bundle price promise. [ male announcer ] a price you can definitely count on, for two whole years. from

. >> john baker on your facebook page said it's not a fiscal cliff.wels. >> stephanie: let's do it. sound fun. let's go to lisa in illinois. >> caller: i think we should go over the cliff because we really have nothing to lose. and mcconnell is like a dinosaur. >> stephanie: more like a galapagos island turtle which is very old. >> caller: and saying victory lap. you know how exciting it would be? people would love to see the president come to town. they look so happy. nobody in their line look happy. everybody holding signs they're not smiling. they look like they're paid to be there. they really do. >> stephanie: well, many of them were, all right. >> and some of them are disappointed tea partyers like the person we talked to earlier. >> stephanie: john boner i i am mature. >> victory lap so popular. hate it. >> stephanie: here is the boner. >> sound byte: despite the claims that the president supports a balanced approach, the democrats have yet to get serious about real spending. >> they're not serious. they have to get rid of medicare medicare, we

another round of negotiation between the white house and speaker john baker. aside is willing to bend. the president insisting that expiring tax cuts be renewed for everyone except for the wealthiest americans. republicans insist on deeper cuts in entitlement programs like medicare. neither side is given any specifics on what they're planning to cut. a likely compromise would include tax increases on the top tax bracket from 35 to 37 percent, not the 39% the president is asking. significant cuts to medicare to go into effect. the debt ceiling is also looming in these talks. the treasury say the u.s. is likely hit its 16.4 trillion dollar debt limit by the end of this year. the treasury could use creative measures that would stave off in the u.s. debt default until mid february. as far as where we are with these talks right now watching 10? we are basically nowhere. and is looking more likely that we will go off the fiscal cliff at the end of the year. 706 a m right now and we'll be back with more in a couple of minutes. here's a live look at the golden gate br

covering the race to the finish line, charles babington, peter baker, john dickerson and amy walter. >> award winning reporting and analysis. covering history as it happens. live from our nation's capital, this is "washington week" with gwen ifill. produced in association in national journal d. corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> this rock has never stood still. since 1875 we've been there for our clients through good times and bad. when their needs changed we were there to meet them. through the years, from insurance to investment management, from real estate to retirement solutions, we've developed new ideas for the financial challenges ahead. this rock has never stood still. and that's one thing that will never change. prudential. >> whenever our trains go, the economy comes to life. one line, infinite possibilities. >> additional corporate fund something provided by boeing. additional funding is provided by the annenberg foundation. the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once aga