um, stand up for reagan was, um, a community of people, and i do believe alan weekes led that. but it was parents, it was teachers, it was concerned people, it was probably some politicians also. graduates, alumni from reagan and i think that all of those people just banded together, and they said this is not the year we're closing. and it wasn't the year we closed, and i'm really, really, really glad. um, but also i think that was the year, and it talks about it in the book, that about 600 people flooded into the school. and that came from ut, churches, um, parents. .. >> i know that there are many people who have different roles to play, administrators, teachers, parents and all. i am wondering if you could speak to what part of the story involves the students in terms of creating a culture in which they give each other permission to do well. because i know that when i saw was that that was extremely important in terms of the students themselves taking responsibility for their learning. >> that was the major peace. we have to be very frank and founded. many adults don't give

brett olson the college student who drowned in the sacramento river after he was missing for one week. alanang has the story from acalanes high where the memorial took place. >> utterly grief stricken at the loss of my dear, sweat boy brett. >> reporter: the father of brett olson who died on the sacramento river told the crowd of nearly 1,000 how much his son loved people and life. >> by my estimation if you use dog year calculations, i believe he lived much longer than the 20 years he spent on this earth. >> reporter: olson's father expressed his astonishment at the way his community in lafayette mobilized to find brett. he disappear during a labor day gathering call the chico float. >> the wave began the social media was lit up with talk. >> reporter: within the first four hours of posting it on facebook, 17,000 joined the effort. next day 46,000 joined ballooning to more than 92,000 people. >> the world will not miss brett. we will in the most deepest, fundamental way. but the world must not miss the power of the focused many that helped. >> reporter: friends say brett's parents raised h

weeks. reporting live, abc-7 news. >> alan: we have new details on the abduction of two children from south san francisco. the fisherman who spotted the boat off the coast spoke to us. ross robinette said he was trolling for tuna thursday afternoon when he noticed a boat sailing in circles. the man said he was going to hawaii and needed to buy fuel. robinette thought it was odd. >> have you been into monterey or half moon bay? if not i'll direct you and you can good shut fuel. his answer was no, if i go in there, i'll have to stay, and another red flag went if. >> police say the man kidnapped his son and daughter and stole the boat. robinette contacted the coercion -- coast guard friday night and is in the jail. >> ama: santa cruz firefighter rescued man after he fell from a cliff. it happened at west cliff drive just after noon. the victim is being treated for moderate injuries. >> alan: it's been exactly two years since the deadly gas explosion in san bruno. twheapts a -- that's when a high-pressure main erupted, the fire storm destroyed more than three dozen homes and killed eight people

question, in the "wall street journal" this week, alan dershowitz called on obama to forget netanyahu's line based on a qualifiable amount of enriched uranium and instead declare a black line. the u.s. will not tolerate iran to be in possession of nuclear arms. so who's right? the red line or the black line? mort? >> the israelis feel that if as netanyahu was pointing out, if you get the nuclear capabilities within 15 days of being able to launch rockets against israel, that is a disaster for israel. it is an existential threat. the warning is between 10 and 12 minutes. so you fire a number of rockets and one of them lands it is the end of israel. so that's what he's worried about. alan dershowitz has a different way measuring it, but i would trust bb's interpretation since he is the prime minister. >> that's all based on physics and whether or not he is right in all of this. >> i don't think anybody will disagree with the description of the way netanyahu was describing the development of the efficientable material that is necessary for atomic weapons. he was a are lot clearer this time

sunnyvale high 78, cupertino 78, walnut creek upper 80's, pittsburgh 86, we wrap up the work week high of alan neda 65. saturday 96, inland pushing 100 degrees. highs in the '70s that the coast. time for sports >>> the a's try to make it interesting in the west. washington scored >>> stanford and not lost a game all year, the winds came from its own stadium that changed in seattle. the cardinal rent 8 after the win over usc, the defense of and steps in front of a pass goes the distance for a touchdown 13-3 stanford cruising. washington answers to make it 13-10. jayson williams briggs said tackle into the touchdown washington shot stanford 17-13. not a good day for the a's, against the rangers gave up five runs and two home runs a's lose 9-7 a 2 game lead in the wild card. barry zito goes for his 14th win against arizona, the offense helped amount the new guys hunter pence is 22nd of the season. the giants win 7-4. regular officials back and a crowd in baltimore acted like they were the rolling stones. >>> all kinds of [ owner ] i need to expand to meet the needs of my growing business. but how

. >> alan: leigh glaser has a look at the week ahead. >> leigh: a little murky. you can see the cloud deck is above the towers there, but slowly starting to slide south. so, it's the mist and drizzle reported on the span, and if you commute over there, early tomorrow morning, get ready for low clouds, fog, mist and drizzle, and a cooling trend is on top. picking up the low cloudiness banking up near the cost. westerly winds are going to push that further inland tonight so get ready for overcast conditions tomorrow and that's also going to mean a sign that temperatures will begin to cool for us around here. for at least the next couple of days. fog right now. bow bodega bay, and winds on the increase. here's the highs today. 91 in fairfield. 87 in antioch. san rafael, 77. once that fog bank cleared away you saw sunshine. 60 was the high in san francisco. 85 was the high in morgan hill. currently we have 70 in santa rosa. 56, san francisco. 57, oakland, 84, antioch. yes, stronger onshore winds means they're low clouds pushing further inland. and get ready for coole

week. things start to cool down for us. the accuweather >> alan: look at that. a huge turnout in petaluma today as the city celebrated the little league all-stars. thousands lined the streets for a parade to celebrate the hometown heroes. we're live in petaluma. reporter: we are at walnut park. not a lot going on. the celebration is over. but after the parade, a few hours ago, those thousands of fans packed this park like sardines. they looked on ecstatically as today was declared petaluma national little league day and after that the heroes were given a key to the city. and with that, the petaluma national little league all-stars have the keys to their city. >> i'm psyched out. this is crazy. >> logan douglas and his teammates are being treated more like rock stars than all-stars-signing at autographs, posing for pictures. >> i'm overwhelmed. >> how much do you appreciate petaluma's support. >> a lot. a lot. they showed so much support. i don't know how we're going to repay them with that. that's going to be hard. >> by the looks on the faces of the thousands o

alan wang. it began last week when two children were taken from south san francisco, and today a key person who helped track down the children spoke exclusively with abc7 news about an encounter on the ocean and the clues that tipped him off. >> his answers to my questions were so far off that that's what what -- that's what made me think there was something wrong. >> russ was operating his commercial fishing boat off the coast of half moon bay when he pulled up alongside another vessel. the man in a 40-foot sailboat said he needed to get to hawaii. >> i said we are 50 miles 50 mi. you have another 1750 miles to go, and you are out of fuel? i don't think so. >> he had no idea the man was 43-year-old christopher moffet wanted for abducting his three-year-old daughter and two-year-old son. at the time his wife was trying to get a restraining order against him. he told him to get fuel in half moon bay. his answer at that time was, no, if i go in there i will have to stay which i found another red flag went up. >> he called the coast guard and found the man had stolen the sailboat. the coast guard

alan wang. it began last week when two children were taken from south san francisco, and today a key person who helped track down the children spoke exclusively with abc7 news about an encounter on the ocean and the clues that tipped him off. >> his answers to my questions were so far off that that's what what -- that's what made me think there was something wrong. >> russ was operating his commercial fishing boat off the coast of half moon bay when he pulled up alongside another vessel. the man in a 40-foot sailboat said he needed fuel to get to hawaii. >> i said we are 50 miles offshore. you have another 1750 miles to go, and you are out of fuel? i don't think so. >> he had no idea the man was 43-year-old christopher moffet wanted for abducting his three-year-old daughter and two-year-old son. at the time his wife was trying to get a restraining order against him. he told him to get fuel in half moon bay. his answer at that time was, no, if i go in there i will have to stay which i found another red flag went up. >> he called the coast guard and found the man had stolen the sailboat. the coas

. >> hello, i am united states representative and retired army lieutenant colonel alan west feared this weekinued to focus on jobs and removing government barriers that make it harder to create jobs. including the small business tax hike that president obama has proposed. the house took action to address a serious threat to our national security, which is what i would like to discuss with you today. far from the coverage of election day, there is another day limit, january 2. it has here is consecrations for our nation's security -- it has serious consequences for our nation's security. it's the government does not act,there will be cuts that will reduce our national defense by as much as 10%. i spent 22 years in active-duty service in the united states army and served in several combat zones. i cannot understand -- i cannot understate the dam is that these cuts would do to our country. we would have the smallest ground force since 1940 and the smallest tactical force in the history of the united states military. leon panetta said that cuts of this magnitude would be devastating to the defen

the body of 20-year-old brett olson was discovered a week after the college student disappeared. alan wang is live at the high school in lafayette tonight where the memorial took place. alan? >> hi, carolyn. there was a huge turnout, but it wasn't much of a surprise for the family of brett olson. they witnessed how social media mobilized the media with lightning speed. >> we are utterly grief stricken of my dear, sweet boy, brad. >> his father told the crowd of a thousand how much his son loved people, and how much he loved life. >> by my estimation if you use dog year calculations as a template, i believe he lived much longer than the 20 years he actually spent on it earth. on this earth. >> olson's father expressed astonishment how his community mobilized to find brett. he disappeared during a labor day gathering called the chico float. >> and then the wave began. the social media was lit up about talk about brett's disappearance. >> within the first four hours of posting it on facebook, 17,000 people joined the effort. the next day 46,000 had joined. eventually ballooning to more t

the body of 20-year-old brett olson was discovered a week after the college student disappeared. alan wang is live at the high school in lafayette tonight where the memorial took place. alan? >> hi, carolyn. there was a huge turnout, but it wasn't much of a surprise for the family of brett olson. they witnessed how social media mobilized the media with lightning speed. >> we are utterly grief stricken of my dear, sweet boy, brad. >> his father told the crowd of a thousand how much his son loved people, and how much he loved life. >> by my estimation if you use dog year calculations as a template, i believe he lived much longer than the 20 years he actually spent on it earth. on this earth. >> olson's father expressed astonishment how his community mobilized to find brett. he disappeared during a labor day gathering called the chico float. >> and then the wave began. the social media was lit up about talk about brett's disappearance. >> within the first four hours of posting it on facebook, 17,000 people joined the effort. the next day 46,000 had joined. eventually ballooning to more t

this moment. >> next week, romney will be in vermont, preparing for the debates, while president obama will be in north carolina to accept his party's nomination for a second term. >> alan abc-7 news political reporter, mark matthews wishes theive next week the democratic national convention in charlotte. you can get instant update from mark by following him on the facebook page. >>> we're learning more tonight about th strange improve -- improve between clint east wawd and an empty chair meant to be president obama. >> what do you want me to tell romney? i can't tell him to do that. can't do that to himself. >> all of that caught the romney campaign offguard. an aide admit they were eyeing the clock as the performance dragged on in an interview, paul ryan weighed in. >> clint eastwood is clint eastwood. we just happy to have his support. >> alan: am immediately the picture of someone talking to a chair is trending. this image shows a lego character talking to an empty chair. >> and inspired a game of copy cats. the caption says, eastwood is coming. >> paul ryan now says he did not run a marathon in less than three hours as he claimed in a nationally broadcast interview

this moment. >> next week, romney will be in vermont, preparing for the debates, while president obama will be in north carolina to accept his party's nomination for a second term. >> alan: abc-7 news political reporter, mark matthews wishes be live next week from the democratic national convention in charlotte. you can get instant update from mark by following him on the facebook page. >>> we're learning more tonight about that strange improve -- improve between clint east wawd and an empty chair meant to be president obama. >> what do you want me to tell romney? i can't tell him to do that. can't do that to himself. >> all of that caught the romney campaign offguard. an aide admit they were eyeing the clock as the performance dragged on in an interview, paul ryan weighed in. >> clint eastwood is clint eastwood. we just happy to have his support. >> alan: am immediately the picture of someone talking to a chair is trending. this image shows a lego character talking to an empty chair. >> and inspired a game of throne copy cats. the caption says, eastwood is coming. >> paul ryan now says he did not run a marathon in less than three hours as he claimed in a nationally bro

the body of 20-year-old brett olson was discovered a week after the college student disappeared. alanschool in lafayette tonight where the memorial took place. alan? >> hi, carolyn. there was a huge turnout, but it wasn't much of a surprise for the family of brett olson. they witnessed how social media mobilized the media with lightning speed. >> we are utterly grief stricken of my dear, sweet boy, brad. >> his father told the crowd of a thousand how much his and e loved life. >> by my estimation if you use dog year calculations as a template, i believe he lived much longer than the 20 years he actually spent on it earth. on this earth. >> olson's father expressed astonishment how his community mobilized to find brett. he disappeared during a labor day gathering called the chico float. >> and then th the wave began. the social media was lit up about talk about brett's disappearance. >> within the f of p hours of posting it on facebook, 17,000 people joined the effort. the next day 46,000 had joined. eventually ballooning to more than 92,000 people. >> the world will not miss brett. we

weeks. reporting live in lafayette. abc-7 news. >> alan: milpitas police are investigating after a 7-eleven employee was found shot to death inside the convenience store. the store is closed tonight. investigators say the 62-year-old employee was discovered lying on the floor around 2:15 yesterday morning. >> detectives come out for the investigation, revealed that the victim was deceased at the scene. we're treating this as a homicide investigation at this time. >> police are not saying if the store was robbed. the 7-eleven convenience store chain issued a statement calling it a random shooting and they're working with police temperature the investigation. >> ama: who years ago today a gas pipeline explosion left a san bruno neighborhood in ruins. it was traced to an incomplete weld that led to a rupture of a 30-inch transmission line. pg&e has been yet to be find for what federal regulators call a number of fail you'd. eight people died in the explosion. i destroyed eight homes. tonight, neighbors are commemorating the second anniversary

question, in the "wall street journal" this week, alan dershowitz called on obama to forget netanyahu'sbased on a qualifiable amount of enriched uranium and instead declare a black line. the u.s. will not tolerate iran to be in possession of nuclear arms. so who's right? the red line or the black line? mort? >> the israelis feel that if as netanyahu was pointing out, if you get the nuclear capabilities within 15 days of being able to launch rockets against israel, that is a disaster for israel. it is an existential threat. the warning is between 10 and 12 minutes. so you fire a number of rockets and one of them lands it is the end of israel. so that's what he's worried about. alan dershowitz has a different way measuring it, but i would trust bb's interpretation since he is the prime minister. >> that's all based on physics and whether or not he is right in all of this. >> i don't think anybody will disagree with the description of the way netanyahu was describing the development of the efficientable material that is necessary for atomic weapons. he was a are lot clearer this time, by t

in. >> alan: the raiders went up against a team not considered to be very strong. >> mike: are you kidding me? the raiders are finding ways to beat themselves. they war beside at home last week and even worse this week. the dolphins exposed the >> mike: the raiders are officially in a rebuilding mode. they lost to the charge es last week. but to get slammed by the dolphins the silver and black have a long way to go the raiders defense looked lost. the rookie quarterback had this two-yard touchdown run. late first quarter, palmer to goodson, and he is gone. 65-yard. raiders led 10- at the half, and ladders only managed 23 yards rushing. reggie bush went off in the second half. breaks four tackles here. today's theme, missed tackles. dolphins on top-14-10. reggie wasn't done. miami up 21-10. bush, 126 yards. raiders missed tackles all day. pagano breaks a tackle. first nfl touchdown pass. dolphins win the home opener for the first time signs 2008. >> the giants have all but clinched the division and can fine tune the run for the world series. they're in arizona before heading home for ten more games in the the national league west. this giants fan expecting a sweep but no broo

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week. >> ama: the search for a missing cal poly student now over. >> alan: remembering the san bruno pipelineater. >> another red flag going up. there was something wrong with thit this. >> ama: the boater who helped authorities track down the father accused of kidnapping his two children. abc-7 news at 6:00 starts right now. >> alan: a tragic ending in the search for a missing college student. his body found in the sacramento river today. good evening, i'm alan wang. >> ama: i'm ama daetz. the body of brett olson was recovered from the sacramento river downstream from an area known by locals as beer can beach. sergio quintana is live in

. >> hello, i am united states representative and retired army lieutenant colonel alan west feared this week, the republican-led house of representatives continued to focus on jobs and removing government barriers that make it harder to create jobs. including the small business tax hike that president obama has proposed. the house took action to address a serious threat to our national security, which is what i would like to discuss with you today. far from the coverage of election day, there is another day limit, january 2. it has here is consecrations for our nation's security -- it has serious consequences for our nation's security. there will be cuts that will reduce our national defense by as much as 10%. i spent 22 years in active-duty service in the united states army and served in several combat zones. i cannot understand -- i cannot understate the dam is that these cuts would do to our country. we would have the smallest ground force since 1940 and the smallest tactical force in the history of the united states military. leon panetta said that cuts of this magnitude would be devasta

. >> this week on "newsmakers" we are joined by shaun donovan. welcome. we have a few reporters with us. alan from "wall street journal" and brady from "the washington post." >> the housing bust has been a catastrophic event for millions of american families. this go around we have not heard that much about it from either campaign. why does housing seem not to be a focus this time? >> it is a focus of the president. as you know, there is a broad range of things we have done to try to move the country forward and move the housing situation forward. you have seen president obama talking about the need to open up more refinancing. this is one of the most important things we can do at a time when interest rates just hit 3.4% this week, the lowest 30 year mortgage rate in the history of the country. we have to open it up to more families. that is something the president has talked about. we are taking actions to do that. he is urging congress, the senate, and the house to take action on the proposal to open up free financing more broadly. beyond that, i do not think we have heard much from the pre

alan. two massive issues at the end of this political week. one is what to do about iran, particularly given this very effective use i thought of that bomb chart netanyahu came up with. secondly, where are we now with the israel/palestine settlement if at all? tony blair made quite encouraging remarks to me last night but he's trying to be encouraging about it for quite some time. many of us feel there's a complete stalemate and until that gets resolved, iran and everything else just spins off it. >> i met with president abbas the other day and showed him a proposal i had made in a "wall street journal" article for how to end the deadlock. the big issue is who goes first, the israelis are saying no preconditions, the palestinians are saying first you have to freeze the israelis are saying look, we froze the settlements for nine months, you didn't come to the bargaining table. so the proposal i had made is first the palestinians have to come to the bargaining table. only then will there will be a settlement freeze and it will apply to those are

police shooting that left an 18-year old man say they will be back in two weeks when the oakland city council again tries to alanlueford was shot and killed on birch street in oakland in the early morning hours of may 6th. meanwhile, the beating of brian stowe post to men were back into a courtroom matured they are charged with mayhem, assault and battery. and the public defender is assigned to sunshine is after his private attorney left his case. they have both pleaded " not guilty " that happene at dodgers stadium parking lot with brian stowe left with permanent brain damage. >> this is after two days of delays with rain at cape canaveral. it will now allow nassau's and never going to houston, texas. nasa-taking endeavor over several bay area real landmarks. as many as 1,500 ft. over the bay area bridge. and also, at the moffett field research center at 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. there is even a viewing party at the mountain view with film trucks. here are some other places in the bay area. that you could watch at the lower altitude. the space and science center will be open and the berkeley marina is also a good sp

week too. ty burrell, zooey deschanel, amy poehler, zac efron, alan arkin, maggie grace, the latest castoff from'll have music from garbage, eclectic approach, tenacious d, and psy, that's the gangnam style guy. he'll be here. in case you haven't had enough of that. our first guest tonight survived barney the dinosaur, a house full of wizards and a horde of crazed be-liebers to be here with us tonight. she is a platinum selling recording artist, and now stars in her first animated film. >> good morning. happy birthday my little mouse. >> thank you, dad. i know it's my birthday. >> i have so much fun planned, woo-hoo. but first, we go catch some scorpions together, just the two of us. >> dad. please, let me speak. there's something we have to talk about. >> you want to go out into the world. you can. >> ah-ha. i knew you were going to say that. but dad, you gave me your word and you know that i know that a dracula is sacred -- wait, what? >> jimmy: "hotel transylvania" opens in theaters tomorrow. please welcome selena gomez. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: so, that was your voice and adam sandl

officers say it often doesn't work a few weeks ago the city blamed at&t but denies any story you will see only on cbs five alandiscovered that is not the entire story. >>> >>> i didn't hear anything. it's a chilling sound to a police officer calling for backup and no one can hear. dear ill wait six it's been happening ever since oakland rolled out its new digital public safety radius system a year ago. it was a mystery until the city announced a breakthrough last month. >>> the bulk of the problems are the interference of the system did crews oakland's point man on the so-called peace 25 radius system says the interference is coming from at&t's cell towers. >>> when the officers get between a quarter mile to a half mile distance to experience problems. they say after at&t shutdown some 2 d service at the cell tower per things got a lot better. deadweight to rent that the building and oakland's downtown oakland and it works just fine. >>> at&t turned down a request for an interview a spokesperson told us the statements are accurate. and according to the oakland police officers association presidents, and >>> af

. >> alan: and in charlotte, north carolina, protesters are already warming up for the planned demonstrations next weekutside the democratic national convention. police are cracking down on drunk driver ifs as bars in the area prepare for the dnc celebrations. >> and abc-7 news political reporter mark matthews will be live next week from the democratic national convention in charlotte. you can get instant updates from mark all week long by following him on our facebook page, mark is also tweeting at matthews abc-7. >> now you can enjoy one of the prets favorite brews. coming up, once brood only inside the white house, now you can make it at home. the obama administration has released its home made beer recipe. and isaac washes up a piece of history. the story behind this mysterious ship. >> leigh: i'm meteorologist leigh glaser. looks like the second half of our holiday weekend we're going to see some more. the forecast >> alan: the rem manneds of hurricane isaac are causing trouble in the midwest, and in new orleans the officials say the destruction is being downplayed. here's the latest. reporter: ev

alan blueford. they are telling them new policies to prevent disturbing bans -- disturbances will be put into place next week. >>> also they need to cut spending if they want to keep their accreditation. the management team says city college employs twice as many full-time faculty members than other colleges. they don't have a backup plan if they don't approve governor jerry brown's tax cuts for november. they now have until november 15th to come up with an action plan. >> back over to sal, how is the commute looking so far? >> chp is giving us a list of what is going on and for example, i was looking at the car fire on 880 which turned out to be nothing, it was just a far fire -- car fire on the shoulder. things are getting more crowded if you are driving westbound from vallejo, all the way to berkeley but it is getting more crowded by the minute. metering lights are not on and they are not getting by from stopping and driving through concord and pleasant tell, it still looks good, let's go to steve. >>> thank you. we have only patchy low clouds. it is about 2000 feet in the valley and they have lost their

week, writer and fox news contributor judy miller. syndicated columnist cal thomas. jim pinkerton contributing editor of of the american conservative magazine and alan coles, the author of the new book, thank the liberals for saving america and host of the alan colmes show. i'm jon scott, fox news watch is on right now. >> he's been loyal to his sons, to his country, to his employees, and to his church, well, i'm sure now that the press is going to tell you, he isn't perfect. but my friends, for the past four years, we tried the one that the press thought was perfect and that hasn't worked out all that well for us. that's why tonight i tell you, we can do better. >> jon: former g.o.p. presidential candidate and current fox news host, governor mike huckabee addressing the republican convention this week, remi reminding america of the media role in the 2008 election, so when you think back to the coverage of 2008 and looking forward to the democratic convention this coming week, jim, has neg changed? >> oh, i think the media are being the media. the mrc, rich noise did a research. >> research center. >> yes, sir had a study of the media coverage since

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alan colmes offers this assessment on how the democrats are position heading into the final weeks of the campaign. steve cook talks about u.s. aid to egypt. "washington journal," live on c- span at 7:00 a.m. now, the american enterprise institute boasts a debate on student-athletes in higher education. tyler branch -- taylor branch the pates --debates john lombardi and whether the n.c.a.a. has lost the concept of student athlete and if it has jeopardized educational quality and the nonprofit status of the n.c.a.a. and the schools involved. this is an hour. >> good evening and welcome to the american enterprise institute. tonight, we are featuring a special american enterprise debate. the advertisement refers to it as a student athlete reality check. the official debate question, which is what we will frame here, is the n.c.a.a. promoting education and amateurism in major division one sports programs, and if not, what is our response to be? we have -- let me introduce myself. i am tom miller with the american enterprise institute. all i was a one-time sports caster. i am volunteering

week. a memorial service was held in morris daley audtorium last weke for phyllis simpkins who passed away in july. simpkins and her late husband alan donated nearly 20 million dollars to the university over the last 30 years. former san jose state football coach claude gilbert says the couple helped make the football program what it is today ... including the simpkins stadium center. ">>>"we were in great need at the time, when i was here as head football coach for advanced facilities, better practice fields, a weight room, locker rooms, meeting rooms and all of that."" the simpkins brought back the spartan marhing in 1977. last year she provided the money to buy brand new uniforms for the band ... uniforms that were on display at football halftime shows. still ahead on update news... a club on campus is keeping students fit, active, and healthy outside of the classroom. and we all know what happened to giants superstar melky cabrera... but what happened to the cult following he inspired throughout the summer?... we'll introduce you to one man who initiated the infamous giants super fan group... known as the 'melk-men.' but first,

week, keeping tabs on the democratic national convention. the convention begins today, but the party officially starts tomorrow. washington correspondent jonathan alanoins us by skype to talk about the pressure out there on. in 2008, candidate barack obama delivered this and aspirational message. will we see that same type of force this time around? >> i do expect the president will try to recreate a little bit of the magic. that he did at the denver broncos football stadium four years ago, now at bank of america stadium in charlotte. but the campaign so far has been more purely negative this time around. last time he got a lot of points for some of that aspirational rhetoric that you are talking about that also threw some pledges. this time a lot more punches -- less aspiration. and what time of negativity do you expect to come out of that? a lot of people from the democratic party are saying they hear mitt romney pointing arrows at barack obama. what exactly is his plan, though? >> i think democrats have been arguing that the republicans at their convention in essentially white washed the truth, put forward a foot that was not necessarily come tow