only allen grossman is independent. i can think of no better or relevant examples than successfully suing ethics to compel it to comply with the very laws it is supposed to safeguard, such as mr. grossman has done. two candidates have both made campaign contributions to one or more cities -- sitting supervisors. this choice presents an opportunity for each supervisor to proudly show the public that boded to appoint a truly independent watchdog who will hold even you accountable -- showed the public that you voted to appoint a truly independent watchdog. >> good afternoon, supervisors. district 6 resonant, north mission homeowner. i cannot think of a better way for a citizen to express their political -- can we [inaudible] it is difficult to concentrate year. it will be nice to know that before public comment, to see if we should address mr. turman or not. >> office did receive written notification from julius turman requesting that her application be withdrawn. >> what we have is an individual who has put his money on t

allen? >> thank you, sandra even though we had a warning the tsunami was coming our way, it still caught a -- caught a lot of people by surprise. julie's live with how to find out if you live near one of those danger zones. >> a lot of people woke up wondering if they are in danger. if you live near the coast, there's -- i important to know the risk and there are some tools that can help. >> the first rule of tsunami survival is simple -- >> pack up your supplies and head north up the hill. >> but jeff from the emergency offices says figuring out if you are on higher ground is complicated. it's important to know beforehand if you are in the danger zone. it's usually based on elevation, geology and distance from the ocean. to find out if you are at risk start with the website. for example, broadway is about six miles from the coast. sanfrancisco residents can cross-reference this map at 72hours .org. but for the rest in the way bey, there are sim -- there are -- but for the rest in the bay, t

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allen? >> snoring that can go on to interrupt sleep.ll right,ey thanks so much. >>> let's go to roberta. maybe we can get a peek at the weekend. >> we are taking a look at it from our cbs 5 studios here in san francisco where today's highs at 56 down from the high of 62. the temperature span was 57 in kentfield to 69 degrees in salinas. and the berkeley area, where chopper 5 is flying high above earlier looked out towards the golden gate bridge, and look what's lurking at the gate. we have not seen that in quite some time. in fact, if you are out this evening the coast is not clear with the fog there. official sundown is at 6 04 not seeing it at the immediate seashore. we have an isolated shower inland. 30s in santa rosa partly cloudy skies. mid-50s central bay. 44 redwood city. cooler around the almaden and santa clara valleys. precipitation well to the north of us. but scattered showers here throughout the bay area all associated with this long wave. it's a departure of yesterday's system. it's dragging on its heels and blowing throug

allen? >> never a dull moment. wouldn't it have been easier just to ban trucks from going down that street? i don't know. >> reporter: you might have thought it. but here it is about saving the tree and then fixing the road. i'm telling you, you never know when you open up something in san francisco. and this tree and this street is one class-a example. >> all right. phil matier, thanks. >> more after-shocks and still more remarkable video of the initial earthquake and tsunami. the latest from japan where we're just getting more bad news from the troubled nuclear plant. >>> at least 190 people have been exposed to some radiation. how patients are treated for expose ire, even at low -- exposure, even at low levels. >>> and considering many bay area residents live in flood zones, why is it so difficult to buy flood insurance? ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, [ music ] >>> well, tonight we are getting more amateur video of the moments before the powerful tsunami hit japan. you can see the waves hitting shores, smashing boats and

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allen grossman and miss dorothy liu. this will be an opportunity for you to speak to the committee in terms of your qualifications and why you would like to serve at the commission. >> i am not allen grossman. i did not quite get that last part. -- i am allen grossman. i did not quite get that last part. you want me to review? i just did not understand what you said. supervisor kim: take a couple of minutes to present your qualifications and why you would want to sit on the ethics commission. >> ok. well, you have the supplemental material provided. i think it tells you pretty much about my status in the city. i have lived here 33 years. i moved from chicago. i have been in california since 1976, pretty good education, and i have had 50-plus years of private practice as a business lawyer. that being said, there are a few other things i want to expand on that

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finally, in business gossip, microsoft co-founder paul allen claims former partner bill gates plotted to water down his stake in the company before allen left for cancer treatment in 1983 and tried to buy him out on the cheap. allen makes the claim in an upcoming expert from "vanity fair" says gates later apologized. >>> the wizards tangle with the heat and the blues pound on the wings and carmelo comes up big again. plus an absolutely shattering experience on the ice in north carolina. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> on this last day of march, we're watching wet weather exiting the east coast while the west coast, you're warming it up. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, carmelo anthony and the new york knicks rallied from way behind last night to beat their cross river rivals. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >> good morning. the nets called last night's game their super bowl, an opportunity to show the world they c

we'll have that and much more at 6:00, allen. >> 30 minutes away. hey, it's time to party new orleans style. three mardi gras parades rolled through new orleans last night, including nights of babylon and nights of chaos. more than 100 floats. nearly 100 bands participated this year. not to mention all the beads. and carnival began today. the mayor handed the key to the city. the parades happened sunday and monday night, but revelers began partying in the streets two weeks ago. carnival and mardi gras, the festive season before lent. that means it runs through ash wednesday. fat tuesday first, and ash wednesday. >> have you been? >> i have never been to either. >> you've been to both? >> day

good evening, allen and hello, everybody, from the cbs 5 weather center. i have been monitoring this recent area of low pressure has us hanging out over the north bay and admittedly it's taken its time. it should have already been blasted through the bay area and on the way out but instead take a look at the city city of san francisco. a tenth of an an inch of rain accumulated up to 5 p.m. but we have plentiful amounts of rain to detect. in fact our live high-def doppler radar is indicating at this time the rain has been earnest across the northern portion of the district. minutes ago we had a heavy downpour at 580-680 corridor progressing east now. more rain upstream, however, in walnut creek. there you have the peninsula with the rain from san francisco, hit and miss around sfo where we have one hour and seven-minute delays due to a lowering ceiling. visibility is being restricted there due to the low clouds. and meanwhile there you have the north bay just socked in and the areas where you see the pockets of yellow. that's a more moderate rainfall. in fa

if you want to find out your exposure, log on to cbssf.com and allen, it's a cool website. you plug in some of the activities you do, whether it's travel or going through x-rays at the airport, and you can see what your exposure is for the whole year. >> a little calculator for everyday lives. all right. >> reporter: that's right. >> simon, thanks so much. >>> all right. we have seen the devastation, the shelters are filled to capacity, the hard hit villages dealing with snow now and freezing temperatures. if you would like to help with the relief effort in japan, you can log on to our website, cbssf.com. click on "links and numbers" for a list of ways to help. >>> a young man shot execution- style in broad daylight. tonight, he is in serious condition and the shooter is on the loose. it all happened at a mcdonald's parking lot on south bascomb avenue in san jose. several customers were inside the restaurant at the time. len ramirez has more on what they say happened. len. >> reporter: well, this is still a very active crime scene, five hours after this happened. basically,

. >> i'm allen martin in for ken bastida. >> and i'm dana king. a politician has saved you a lot of money. it started with a beef over a yellow light. >> reporter: we talked to a fremont man by the maim of roger jones who spent the better part of the past year, a thousand hours of his own time fighting and researching red light cameras in fremont and it came down to .7 seconds. the red light camera at the corner of mission and mojave used to the -- be the top money maker in fremont until roger jones put the brakes on it. >> these things are not going what we want them to do. >> reporter: jones complained to caltrans that the left turn yellow light was too short. caltrans found no problem. but while they were out here

allen?> ist enough to go if you want cold. >>> it was supposed to be a covered benefit but instead blue shield played hardball and sent it to collections. on the consumerwatch, julie watts explains why one of the state's top insurers had to pay out. >> well, we couldn't believe it. we truly couldn't believe it. >> reporter: when john's wife had a colonoscopy recommended by her daughter he never anticipated the fallout. >> the hospital portion of the bill had been paid in full and we received this notification from blue shield. >> reporter: the insurer initially covered the cost $5,442. but then he got this letter from blue shield claiming the procedure was not a covered benefit and they had 30 days to pay back more than 5 grand. >> we thought was a mistake. >> reporter: so john called blue shield and was told the colonoscopy is only covered for individuals ages 50 to 70. his wife is 48. >> they gave us a 30-day window to pay or else. >> reporter: and then blue shield sent them to collections

thank you, allen. >>> it could change the face of the cellar industry.lans to buy t mobile that deal is worth $39 billion. it would also create the world's largest cell companies. kara explains how it would impact customers. >> reporter: with news of the at&t acquisition of t mobile customers are already wondering how this will affect them. >> with the prices going up and being 65 and a set income. >> competition will bring better service. >> reporter: it will honor all contracts and service plans until the deal goes through. >> after that you will probably get folded into some sort of a system that's at&t. that remains to be seen how that will work. >> reporter: and then there is the question of service. >> if they combine forces and share their ideas together. >> i guess if they install all new cell phone towers that would be nice but i kind of doubt it. >> it may help at&t get better coverage in certain areas which verizon has sort of had as their little pocket could you please. >> reporter: one area mobile customers may lose is in customer service. t

john allen, senior correspondent for "the national catholic reporter," is writing a book about dolan. >> john allen: he is easily the most charismatic and high profile figure on the american catholic stage. >> safer: what does his election tell us then? >> allen: the bishops pretty rationally understand they've got an image problem in the court of public opinion in the united states in the early 21st century. they wanted to elect their best front man, and... and that front man is archbishop tim dolan of new york >> safer: allen says the bishops hope that the sheer force of dolan's personality can help the church move beyond the sex abuse scandals. >> allen: the sexual abuse crisis that we have lived through over the last decade is the most serious crisis ever to hit the american catholic church. that has been a cancer, in terms of the internal life of the church, that is still spreading. >> safer: it's a crisis dolan witnessed first hand as archbishop of milwaukee. he was sent there to replace a bishop who resigned amid his own sex scandal, and dolan had to deal with a rash of child a

so it is still not over yet, allen.here are harbor patrols and a lot of people coming onto the docks themselves. doesn't look that bad from our vantage point but when you get up close a lot of damage. boats were really slamming into each other and slamming into rocks and other things. debris that was out here on the harbor. so there will be significant damage to a lot of very expensive boats out here. >> we will see what the weekend and daylight tomorrow bring. len ramirez, thanks. >>> at least one person is missing tonight after being swept out to sea while taking photographs of the tsunami in crescent city. this is youtube video of some of the waves crashing ashore in that northern california town. two other people caught in that wave managed to swim to safety. the coastguard is searching for the missing person who is feared dead. the sheriff's office says there was severe damage to crescent city's harbor and many boats sank. now, today's tsunami brought back memories to some who were living on the west coast when it

miss foreign and domestic -- against all enemies foreign and domestic -- >> against allen miss and domestic -- >> that i will bear true faith and aline of scrimmagens. >> that i will bear true faith and aline of scrimmagens >> to the constitution of the united states. >> to the constitution of the united states. >> and to the constitution of the state of california. >> to the constitution of the state of california. >> that i take this obligation freely -- >> without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion -- >> without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion -- >> and that i will well and faithfully -- >> and that i will well and faithfully -- >> discharge the duties upon which i'm about to enter. >> discharge the duties upon which i am about to enter -- >> and during such time -- >> and during such time -- >> as i hold the office of -- >> as i hold the office of -- >> mayor for the city and county of san francisco. >> mayor for the city and county of san francisco. [applause] >> thank you very much. board of supervisors for this fantastic opportunity. i also want to make sure i

allen? >> yes, it is the location, location, location, thing, huh, mike? >> reporter: yes. you could buy real estate here and you would do well. >> if i had a few years ago, right. mikemike sugerman, thank you. >>> let's check in with roberta for the latest forecast. stadium row. it was beautiful the day we went. >> we went a couple times. we had a good time. could you imagine bowling? wouldn't that be fun? i'm into it just for the shoes. all right. how about some outdoor activities. let's head outdoor our weather camera looking out where today's high was 62. we still have some clouds streaming overhead. highs banked from 59 today in san rafael to 68 degrees in santa cruz. if you are out and about this evening the numbers are falling off very rapidly now down to the low 50s at the immediate sea shore with patchy fog developing as well, mostly cloudy conditions. tonight, with that blanket of clouds, numbers pretty much in the 40s from santa rosa all the way into san jose, sunnyvale. the winds will be slight. we will see some patchy fog developing in the overnight hours. this

>> i think that's the best way to describe it, allen. with any medication, you need to weigh the risks and the benefit. potassium iodine is supplied for use in a nuclear emergency but it does not protect against all forms of radiation. and it does not protect your entire body. and it can do some harm. another explosion and a fire at a nuclear plant dramatically raises stakes of the a nuclear catastrophe in japan. with growing concern they are handing out potassium iodine tablets. they protect against one type of radiation, iodine 181 that is the most dangerous to one organ in the body. >> the thyroid is unique in taking up radiation. >> reporter: it swamps it so there is no room for the radioactive variety. the risk of radioactive iodine to the thyroid was discovered during the atomic tests in the 50s. shifting winds blew the radioactive fall-out over tiny populated island. within 20 years, most of the adults and nearly all of the children, developed thyroid disease or thyroid cancer. the real test came from the chernobyl crisis where a

he said he didn't have his notes in front of him talk about incompetent sounds like senator george allen and his staff are really doing a bang up job for the people of alabama working on fighting threats that don't exist and basing legal language off of wiki pedia just with the taxpayers' knee. now do you remember when the obama administration pledged to be the most transparent in american history and what a promise that was unfortunately if you look at the situation from a legal perspective it ministrations actions couldn't be more opposite from their stated promises at least when it comes to whistleblowers and will and a little more than two years that obama has been in office prosecutors have filed criminal charges in five separate cases involving unauthorized distribution of classified national security information to the media compare that to the fact that in the last forty years that only happened three times so three in forty years versus five in two years that's quite a difference and i doesn't include the criminal case of the u.s. government is so desperately trying to build aga

who's allen hamilton the federal contractors intelligence work for a number of companies as offices of the crew or some general person replacement us . that we have to know they have a project going on we know this from the e-mail that was required from h.p. gary during our best occasion we know that the project is considered to be exceptionally dangerous by a source who is posting with the nature of the project. but his product still is caused by software based and we know that has it we know if it is of interest to the same people that it is this a bigger conspiracy or isn't terrible are was brought in for a meeting at booz allen hamilton daucus in late january right around the time he was going around i think is anonymous coverage is research that he thought he had and as such we know that and since they discussed the project with their inbox for the on the phone e-mails and because of other things that sound out we know that it therefore is is relevant to the kind of research their own bar was doing which we all know called a lot of dangerous stuff involving the privacy of individu

allen grossman. i have known mr. grossman the last two years. he has been on the sunshine task force. he is one of the strongest advocates of open and transparent government. the relevance of that is the ethics commission is the enforcement agency for when the sunshine ordinance issues orders a determination. for the last two years, unfortunately, the ethics commission has not been forced any orders of determination. -- has not enforced any orders of determination. i think that is because they're not strong advocates on the ethics commission. regarding ms,. liu, i am sure she is a fine attorney, but i am troubled by the fact she represents the city on many matters. i would think that ms. liu would have to recuse herself at a time there was an ethical issue regarding the city of san francisco. finally, let me say this. i would like to see this committee start appointing more seniors ouon commissions and boards. seniors. a lot of wisdom, and most importantly, they're not looking for the next step on the latter, so that can speak more frankly witho

r, h ondo, ray allen all alone for three -- rhondo to ray allen all alone for three.and the last score we have 86- 75 late in the third. >>> we take it to arizona beautiful day for baseball in scottsdale. giants taking on the brewers e brewers, and if you don't know belt's name by now. maybe you should get acquainted. look at where that ball lands. he just belted that thing. he understand -- hence the name, brandon belt. kevin cusmina did hit a home run for the a's. full warrior highlights tonight. 10:00, brandon belt remember that name. >> that's a great name. great athletic name. >> coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. could one dollar bills become a thing of the past? federal watchdogs say replacing those bills with coins could save taxpayers billions of the dollars. why the switch would be so cost effective. that story coming up in 30 minutes on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. that is our report for now. i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. have a good weekend. good night. >> good night.

ron allen joins us now from amman, jordan, with more. ron? >> reporter: good evening, lester. yes, jordan had been relatively quiet until a stunning outburst of violence here today. syria was even worse, with more dead and wounded on the streets, as so many people in this part of the world continue their fight for their rights and freedoms. as thousands of syrians took to the streets again today, a crackdown. witnesses say president bashar assad's security forces opened fire. more than 50 people killed, according to human rights activists, in the town of daraa, epicenter of the uprising. video posted on the internet the only images of the carnage. >> the only way that assad can stay in power is by being brutal. he has lost his legitimacy. >> reporter: just yesterday a presidential adviser had promised a laundry list of reforms, higher pay, corruption investigations, a possible end to 48 years of emergency law. but clearly, many syrians are not buying it. in yemen, the crowds were even larger. hundreds of thousands demanding president ali abdullah saleh step down. saleh has los

allen is near the scene for us live tonight. allen? >> if you know scott valley you know it is surrounded by steep cliffs and crumble rock so people out here are accustomed to rock and mud slide but this one was the biggest one they have seen in quite awhile. resident along lockhart gulch road noticed parts of the cliff breaking off this morning. then it all came down around 2 this afternoon and jackie was waiting with her i-phone. >> anyone there was that's going down. we kept thinking it was going down any minute. oh, man. oh, man. l oh, my gosh. oh. [ screaming] pishtion the slide is about 2 to 300 feet long and about 150 feet wide. it wiped out a power line and cut off about 25 homes from the main road. residents can walk around it but no vehicle are getting by. scott valley fire district says the slide is still moving ever so slightly. >> most of the cliff around the valley are made up of the mud stone which is very unstable rock. in fact you can still hear few chunk breaking off up there. >>reporter: it came within 30 yard of the

nbc's ron allen has our report. >> reporter: only a few fleeting images document the brutality. pictures said to be taken by syrian protesters, confronted by government security forces. much of the aftermath too graphic to show. don't shoot, we are your brothers and sisters, a man yells. at least 37 people have been slaughtered the past few days in a town called daraa. thousands there demanding greater freedom and fairness. police also have had little patience for smaller protests in the capital, damascus. watch how this officer arrests this woman. nearby, a roundup at the central mosque. the first serious challenge to president bashar al assad, 45, linked to terrorism by the u.s. he inherited power when his father died in 2000. hafez al assad ruled for three decades, accused of killing 20,000 opponents in a purge in the '80s. syria is now largely closed to outsiders. it insists foreigners are behind the unrest. and after first blaming armed gangs for the killings, today syria admitted some of its security forces made what the government called mistakes. a spokesperson for assad

nbc's ron allen has our report. >> reporter: god, syria, bashar, they chanted, as president al assad arrived at parliament. for days the syrian government had crushed protests with brute force. dozens are believed dead. today they expected him to bend but he took a very hard line and blamed the unrest on outside conspirators. the conspiracy is big and we are not looking for a fight, he said. but we will not hesitate to defend our causes, interests and principles. hopes for reform and an end to 48 years of repressive laws turned out to be wishful thinking. al assad got a well-orchestrated show of support. the only visible dissent, this extraordinary scene. a woman rushing the president's car, quickly subdued. disappointed protesters are reportedly back out, with more expected. earlier this week, near syria's border with jordan, we met an eyewitness who dared speak. >> were you there when the security forces came to town? >> reporter: they invaded our mosque and started killing people, he said. tonight analysts say the syrian president seems convinced he can crush any protests. there a

joining us in our studio to talk with grover norquist for this next half-hour are jonathan allen, a congressional reporter for political and eric wassen, budget reporter for the hill. before we get to the other guest, we wanted to bring up today's q &a. one of the headlines from there is says you are a committed tax opponent but you see a new dynamic in politics. what are you seeing out there? >> there are two things. in d.c., there is gridlock because the republican- controlled house of representatives don't have to pass a legislation that president obama doesn't like. present obama doesn't have to sign a thing that the republicans wish to enact and the senate is divided against itself. there are 41 democrats willing to filibuster anything reasonable and there are 41 republicans willing to filibuster anything unreasonable. each has their own definition of what is reasonable. there is a certain limitation to what can happen in d.c. obama can get new spending programs and the republicans have a hard time rolling them back things that are already low. it is as if you had two sumo wrestlers evenly m

brian. >> all right, ron allen in wayne, new jersey, looking at another long night there. ron, thanks. >>> the weather brought some drama to the pga cadillac championship in doral, florida. a violent storm with wind gustsc over 50 miles an hour sent the : famous leaderboard, palm trees, tv towers and hospital tents flying in all different directions. the players were already off the course when the damage took place. fortunately, no one was hurt. now that the weather has calmed down, the action on the course at doral continues tomorrow on the golf channel, this weekend on nbc sports. >>> when we come back here tonight, the president gets personal about how he was a cc1: victim of something so many kids and their parents deal with today. >>> and later, opening the door to high quality, low cost learning on the internet.cc1: some good news in our education: nation segment tonight. cc1:cc1:: >>> anybody with kids knows about it. so many kids and their parents have to deal with it, even more so with the internet. bullying is such a big problem in this day and age in this count

sherrill and allen. >> thank you, spencer. as if the situation in japan couldn't get worse, another fire broke out today at the fukushima del-ichi plant. this was in a nuclear fuel partent creating a burst. they are considering spraying water and acid into the reactors to present further radiation from leaking. scientists say the current levels of radiation pose no threat but we are seeing public concern, including a run on potassium iodine pills. we have more. >> a lot of vitamin supplement to stores in california are reporting empty shelves. places with potassium iodine usually sits but not lately. not since japan's radiation leak after the big earthquake. >> we had a run on the potassium iodine, and pretty much all of our products sold out within the first two hours monday morning. everything sold. >> no word as to when manufacturers can catch up on demand. potassium iodine fills your thyroid plan so if taken prior to minor radiation exposure your body flushes it out. the doctors point out it only protection part of your bo

that's where nbc's ron allen is standing by tonight. ron, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. this is a playing field on the edge of a playground here in little falls, but it's covered by part of the passaic river. the river is about five feet higher than it normally would be this time of year and it's already threatening quite a few homes in this community, as you can see. there is more rain in the forecast and just about everyone here expects this river to rise much higher. the passaic river roared through this neighborhood after drenching rains over the weekend, forcing dozens of families to evacuate to higher ground. les and kelly mcdaniel moved into the house at the end of forest avenue with the river view just six days ago. now they use a swimming pool float and a big stick to navigate their way to dry land. >> they're saying it's supposed to rain all weekend, so it's probably going to come inside the house then. what are you going to do, you know. you can't fight with mother nature. >> reporter: emergency crews had to

allen? >> that's a lot better than the 21-footer we saw up against the san mateo bridge. >> i had only received this. i saw that news story. it was a good sailing day for some people. >> yeah. >>> listen up santa clara county. you're no longer 408. why some customers will be dialing 669. >>> and are you looking to save a little extra cash each month? who isn't. when you should think about refinancing your car loan. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, code. >>> soon it won't just be 408. silicon valley is getting a whole new area code. 669 is going to be rolled out later this year. that is because santa clara county is running out of phone numbers primarily because so many people have cell phones. the public utilities commission will determine who gets the new area code. >> i think it would be all right because if you say 408 that could be anywhere in, like, really. so you know, like, help, you know, point out where people live. >> you have to look at japan, the highest area for local calls, if your rate is goi