jorge's about to see ali do her own super workout.h her mom and jorge ready to cheer her on ali's ready to get going. it's beautiful today. the water looks awesome. the last time i was here i literally had to swim at an ange because the current was so bad and then when i came back in i tumbled back in and i thought i was going to die. the swim today was kind of like an anxiety part but i think that it'll be okay and it'll be like something that i conquered. i'm like i'm a swimmer, i'm not supposed to be scared of the water but this one scared me and it's freezing. it might be cold but that isn't keeping the stars away. there's tons of celebrities and they're all gone right now but they're all in the tent going to the bathroom where the rooms are not dirty, there's not lines and they're having coffee in their brand news shoes. i talked to this guy and i was like have you even worn those shoes yet? the star treatment even extends to the event itself. these are actually all the ones that are doing it by themselves the entire race. these

on this episode of live big with ali vincent.ali o ali is talking food. oh girl i like to eat. our favorite biggest loser is sharing her secrets and strategies for eating healthy. she's showing three fans how it's done. come along as ali goes grocery shopping. now this is something i'm really excited to show you. answers tough questions. what kinds of foods boost your metabolism? shows it really is possible to dine out and stay on track. you're not going to eat anything until. this is all for nothing if you can't answer this question. plus ali is in the kitchen with a biggest loser chef whipping up some delicious recipes. get ready to live big with ali vincent. ali vincent used to tip the scales at 234 pounds, she spent years making poor food choices and her body paid the price. but everything changed ali you didago. ali you did it. today she's half the size she used to be. i know how difficult it can seem to literally feel you're overhauling the way you eat. but i'm doing it and you can do it too. i posted a message on facebook and asked anybody if they wanted to join me for l

it is my pleasure to welcome secretary duncan and assistant secretary ali. you all know them by reputation and achievements. i am excited they are here today and have come for a very important occasion, very important kind of announcement. in his confirmation address and i was doing a little background work in preparation for the secretary being here secretary duncan called education and i quote the most pressing issue facing america. adding that preparing young people for success in life is not just a moral obligation of society but also an economic imperative. he further stated that education is the civil rights issue of our generation and it is only -- it is the only sure path out of poverty and the only way to achieve more equal and a more just society. in february, 2009, shortly after his confirmation to his new position secretary duncan came to howard to discuss the role hbc uses or historically black colleges and universities must continue to play in preparing teachers for the multi cultural world in which they will live and work. he came back for a t

here to join us with all of those details, laila ali.ou for joining us. >> happy to be here. >> why this is important to you. >> it is important because, for one, my family has been affected by some of the leading causes of kidney disease, high blood pressure, diabetes. kidney disease affects 31 million americans. nine out of ten don't know they have it and it is preventible. i got involved with the campaign for the american kidney fund and it is all about letting people know that they're at risk and eng indicating them. >> tills more about the -- and educating them. >> tell us more about this. what time can people show up? >> twelve to three. we'll be educating people about kidney disease. there will be lots of materials handed out. there will be fitness activities. i will be talking to congress about the importance of educating people about stand helping prevent the disease. >> you are going right after this straight over there. you have a long day. as the spokesperson, guess this is signaling to d.c. that this is very important to get

and the response was so, what does ali velshi have against liberal arts majors?on't think i made et clear that i am one of them and as a result, i got a lot of hate mail about it. that 29 for psychology, it's not an average. it's a fact that a lot of people with that degree just won't get a job. so the issue here, and it was after a conversation with tony that i wrote this column. because the information is out there for parents and their kids. what tends to happen is parents work really hard on getting their kids into university. they have tutoring and s.a.t.s and tutoring. then they go ahead and study these things that don't have any relationship to getting a job. christine, you and i see them when they graduate, they're trying to get a job and i feel like saying, i get it if you really wanted to be a poet or you really wanted to study theology like i did, but did you think about it because there aren't ralt of people working in this peeled. >> the world has changed, hasn't it? >> it used to be in the 1970s, prior to the end of the 1980-'81 recession that colle

now she's living the big life and ali wants matt to live it too.you choose in or do you choose out? i choose in 100 percent six months ago, ali showed matt the ropes. you don't even know how many calories that is. you don't put anything in your mouth unless you know exactly what it is. you're walking into your new lifestyle. i want you to do this machine at least three times a week. okay. you go down and up. we're going to do ten times, down and up. this is ten, seven.. nine, ten. good. and ali sets matt up for success: a one year membership to 24hour fitness, a body bug, a device to track calories in and calories burned. bring them up slowly, plus 51 one on one personal training with anthony phan duck, there we go!

." >> i'm ali velshi in india. i've been touring and speaking to people of every socioeconomic level to understand its future, challenges and opportunities and why you need to know about india. how important india is to your economic future. christine. >> thanks, ali. >>> health care reform is president obama's signature achievement. at the heart of the president's health care reform law is the individual mandate. the requirement that most americans either purchase health insurance or face a financial penalty. individual mandate designed to lower costs spreading them over a pool of individuals. after the supreme court arguments this week, it's pretty clear the individual mandate is in jeopardy. that could mean an end to the entire health care reform law. candy crowley, the supreme court is expected to announce its decision in the summer. if it's overturned is it a fatal blow to his legacy or rally cry to the democrats he can ride out until november. >> i think depends which party spins it best. those are the two sc

plus, comedian ali wentworth on her new show. her marriage to george stephanopoulos, and how the president reacted when he heard she would be entertaining at the white house. >> obama said, ali wentworth, isn't she inappropriate? which in my world is a huge compliment. >> huge. i'm howard kurtz, and this is "reliable sources." >> it was the most popular episode in the history of this american life. public radio reported on alleged abuses at a chinese factory that makes ipads and iphones. it relied heavily on one-man performance artist mike daisy. hurz hoe ira glass put it. >> when i saw mike daisy perform this story on stage, when i left the theater, i had a lot of the questions. i mean, he is nott a reporter, and i wondered did he get it right? and so we've actually spent a few weeks checking everything that he says in his show. then the workers start coming in. they come in in twos and threes and fours. there's a group that's talking about hexane. n-hexane is an iphone screen cleaner. the problem is that n-hexane is a potent ne

again years later, it's not a good situation. >> reporter: tracy's father fred, tells us he's glad ali will stay behind bars for a long time. >> thank god it will keep a person like this off the street and keep him away from somebody else's daughter. >> reporter: he wants everyone to think of his daughter as a brave young woman. >> she had enough guts to fight and everything and -- and get her life back. >> reporter: ali is set to be back court for sentencing. he faces a life prison. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the labor department had good news in the latest job report. new jobless claims were found 14,000 last week. that puts the number of new unemployment applications up 351,000. that's lower than economists had forecast. it's the lowest level in four years. experts say that indicates the job market is creating enough new jobs. with high gasoline prices, president obama focused on energy policy this morning. in a speech to students at the community college, mr. obama says drilling for more oil is not the solution and those who say it is are just playing politics. >> there's no su

mohammed haroon ali was convicted in 2001 but the conviction was overturned. her father is former oakland raider fred biletnikoff and he says he is relieved. >> thank god we will -- it will be able to keep a person off the street and keep him away from somebody else's daughter. >> he wants people to remember his daughter as a brave, young woman. sentencing for mohammed haroon ali is in june. >>> crabber was convicted of catching crustaceans that were too small and too many of them. ktvu's david stevenson has been following the trial in san francisco. and explains how timing is everything for the bay area's crab industry. >> we apologize. those were the wrong pictures. we have david's report. let's go to it now. >> reporter: if crab fisherman, one of the rules, no matter what you find, leave the females and the runty males behind. >> we set a size limit for spawning purposes. >> reporter: a jury convicted tim lee estes in what prosecutors are calling a egregious violation of state law. tim lee estes brought 45,000 pounds of crab to this fishery in 2010. they in

ali's checking in to see how they're doing on their journey to the big life.'s the moment of truth; time to weigh in. find out who impresses and who disappoints. what happens that leads to tears from leslie and jorge. how you feeling jorge? leslie and jorge. how you feeling jorge? i'm fine. ♪ i used to weigh 234 pounds. i didn't gain weight over night and i didn't lose it over night either. even though competing on the biggest loser got me very very quickly, it takes most people weeks, months, even years to slim down, depending on what their goal is. today is the day i'm catching up two live big participants who started their journey six months ago. it's time check in with jorge sierra and leslie gay. first up, jorge. i'm 23 years old weighing at 398 pounds. i'm down 100 pounds but i'm stuck at this weight. i'm not happy at all. it took courage for jorge sierra to write this letter. sometimes i just want to give up, voicing the pain he was feeling, and the hope that, just maybe his future could be different. this would be a great opportunity for me to live lif

wasel ali was 19 when his body was found. he died from a neck injury. the state is deciding on whether to start all over again. until then ali will remain locked up with a hearing scheduledder next week. >>> from the worst phone call of their life to trials to this day. kevin ryan was hit and kill bid a drunk driver 5 years ago. today that man 26-year-old matthew miller asked a judge to erase his record so he can get a job. ryan's family successfully fought the motion with a help online petition that drew 26 signatures. >> if we didn't have the strong support system and family, then it could have been justices swept under the rug. >> miller served 7 months. >>> tonight it's like saying good-bye to an old friend. tonight in hamden saying -- the community shut its doors for the final time. abc 2 news christian schaffer is live at the old giant food store in north baltimore. >> reporter: a whole lot of fans at the new store less a mile away. a whole lot quieter here at the are turn da tonight. a lot -- rotunda tonight. a lot of customers showed up not know

ali-frazier, frasier-foreman, foreman, ali, tyson, holmes, norton, shavers no one knew them better oretter. years later, no one shared their story and legacy better. >> this was not the muhammad ali twinkle in your eye, hold me back and they do this. this was a tremendously disturbing moment. i see that mike tyson is worth millions. millions. and that's the problem. he knows he is worth millions and he is out of control. le me ask you a big question. would i be on the show there f there hadn't been an accident? people talk about it on financial shows. you could probably get a group discount in the american psychiatric association there is so much going on in there. >> neil: is there a haunting draw to this guy? >> surely. the same reason people buy tickets on the turn in nascar. they want to see a nascar. he is an accident waiting to happen. he is so far in his prime rear-view mirror i don't think he could be a factor other than a major draw. he can draw eyeballs because he's mike tyson and maybe the most important name that may say something about boxing. >> neil: he was always right

mohammed ali was 23 in 1999, a recovering addict and drug counselor here at project 90 in san mateo. a relapse, he choked his girlfriend. 20-year-old tracy balitnikoff, she had just beaten her own drug problem. in 2001, a jury convicted ali of first degree murder, but two years ago that conviction was overturned. and in the re-trial, ali's attorney argued for manslaughter. >> it was not one he planned or intended. >> reporter: after deliberations today, the jury returned the same guilty verdict. >> if he is in the community as the case shows, women are not safe. >> reporter: obviously upset, ali's father and other relatives said little. >> there is no justice here, it is all getting revenge. that is all i have to say. >> reporter: the district attorney says when mohammed ali is sentenced here on june 14th, he will ask for the same sentence he got the first time. 64 years to life. in redwood city, rita williams, ktvu. >>> and the dow up to a four- year high after an unemployment report showed a drop in jobless claims, the dow adding 58 points, nasdaq gained 15, the s&p topped 1400 for

new at 11:00, a jury has found muhammad haroon ali guilty of strangling his ex-girlfriend to death and dumping her half-nude body in a parking lot. this was in 1999. 36 ell 36-year-old ali was arrested after tracy biletnikoff's death and was tried and found guilty in a 2001 trial, but that conviction was overturned by an appeal charging that they had improperly dismissed at least one juror. tracy biletnikoff was 20 years old when she was killed. she was the daughter of hall of famer greg biletnikoff. the family is thankful for this, but her brother says justice was not served. >> there is no justice here. it's all vengeance. >> thank god it will be able to keep a person like this off the street and keep them away from somebody else's daughter. >> ali will be sentenced on june 14th at 9:00 in the morning. >> right now, yes, we are getting a break in the weather, but mother nature will definitely be packing a serious punch later on tonight and tomorrow. we have a team in place this morning. with a look at what you need to know before you head outside. meteorologist christina loren is in

mohammed ali was 23 in 1999, a recovering addict and drug counselor here at project 90 in san mateo. a relapse, he choked his girlfriend. 20-year-old tracy balitnikoff, she had just beaten her own drug problem. in 2001, a jury convicted ali of first degree murder, but two years ago that conviction was overturned. and in the re-trial, ali's attorney argued for manslaughter. >> it was not one he planned or intended. >> reporter: after deliberations today, the jury returned the same guilty verdict. >> if he is in the community as the case shows, women are not safe. >> reporter: obviously upset, ali's father and other relatives said little. >> there is no justice here, it is all getting revenge. that is all i have to say. >> reporter: the district attorney says when mohammed ali is sentenced here on june 14th, he will ask for the same sentence he got the first time. 64 years to life. in redwood city, rita williams, ktvu. >>> and the dow up to a four- year high after an unemployment report showed a drop in jobless claims, the dow adding 58 points, nasdaq gained 15, the s&p topped 1400 for

ali velshi of course is our chief business correspondent. and we've got some of the dishes this morning. i'm going to go with the mac and cheese. gain five pounds when you watch this show. >> parse that one out. >> yeah. i can't keep working on that. let's get right to what our "starting point" is, which here at south by southwest is all about some of the stories coming off the festival here. but first i want to show you what it was like in a time-lapse of crews setting up right here in our makeshift studio. take a look. ♪ that looks like a lot of work. i'm glade i got to just traipse in this morning, hey, is there coffee here? this morning we're going to talk to a man who is launching his company, star of the documentary "black in america," we're going to talk to him about why he's launching his company here. it's done a lot before. certainly twitter launched here at south by southwest. one of the co-founders. we'll talk to us about what went behind the launching this festival. father and son team of deepak and gotham chopra is joining us.

it is now my honor to introduce russa ali. she and her team have done an amazing job of reinvigorating that office. for the first time we have this amazing level of transparency. from transparency, from looking at the cold, hard truth i think will spur our nation thank you so much for your leadership. i thank your team for your hard work. please welcome russa ali. >> hi, thank you all for being here today. and for taking the time to both listen to the story that is painted by these data, to dissect them more, and to help change the conversation that's happening in the country around equity and opportunity. as arne said, our work is all geared towards ensuring that the achievement gap closes. but without more information on where it exists, where opportunity is provided, how resources are being distributed, getting to our common goal is all the more difficult. i'd like to for just a few minutes walk you through what some of the data say a little deeper. you're receiving snapshots of the kinds of natural seals that can be done w

we also have ali arouzi. the president hitting a lot of things but the most important is iran. >> it's a political headline where the president said in essence, bring it on. he wants to have this debate with the republicans about the rhetoric that's being abused, about what to do about iran. he seemed both dismissive but almost in a lecturing mode when it came to what he was putting as the republican candidates. this seemed to be a direct response to what mitt romney earlier today at apec said about what he would be doing about iran where he would be moving warships to make sure that iran knew that the military threat that they could visibly see the military threat. it seemed he almost challenged him to think if you think we should start a war, then make the case. >> i think we have the sound from the president discussing this notion of attacking iran. let's play it. >> measure my commitment to israel is seen in the actions that i've taken as president of the united states and indisputable that i've had israe

the more in the situation in syria are now joined by tunick ali he's a historian author filmmaker and middle east expert joining me there in london homes as for the rebels are in retreat it is a sad certain to stay all know well he is not going to be remorse after all it's not possible to remove them immediately that is obvious the key used thing is whether inter major e not aligned with either side are capable of pushing both sides stroke on from the stable to agree to a solution to this crisis it seems to me but things are got very hard on both for. assad regime carries on as if it doesn't realize how heated it is by some stay comfortable very good and the opposition which is armed now increasingly by the west by oh it's on you it's going out there and saudi arabia and turkey are turning nasty as your report makes clear and there's no other course from the region every . so made clear and this does not help anyone in syria if it goes on like this it's becoming more and more sectarian if minorities christians whoever else are being targeted by the so-called liberation from forces of

sheila and ali velshi, please join me up here. ali shellvy, of course, is chief business koernd at cnn. sheila bair is the -- is now with pew, is the former fdic. very, very important voice during the housing bubble crisis. and what happened. and all i will say as i leave the two of them to have their discussion is that if ali doesn't mention this question about a bond bubble, one of you should. >> thank you, steve. i want as much participation as possible. so if somebody wants to ask that question, go ahead. i couldn't help but think when we were listening to larry lindsey and he kept referring to the sympathetic media and whether or not i was a part of that mess. i'm going to try to be very hard hitting. sheila bair, good to see you. we've had fantastic conversations today. and there have been a lot of digs, sort of people have been taking digs at the other side idealogically. but we've had no -- no knockout punches. we're hoping to get one of those from you. let's start by talking about the thing that i see newspapers all over

right now time for "your money" with ali velshi live from austin, texas. >>> good afternoon, i'm ali velshi at south by southwest here at the cnn grill in austin which is where all the cool kids are. even brooke bowman. this is such a great place to be. this evolved into a music festival as well. what you may not have heard yet is it's also probably the world's biggest interactive digitalfest cal. foursquare got its kickoff a few years ago. twitter really exploded here at south by southwest. cnn has a presence here every year. i'm here with two guys when i really, really like. i tweeted that i've got a man crush on mario armstrong. i think i said it was a tech man crush. and of course baritunde thurston who i said was a little intimidating, one of the most fun guys around but you really understand this world. for people who are watching this, before you change your channel because you don't know what south by southwest is or you don't care, why do we care that we're here? >> we used to think of the internet as a separate space, as a different place. as a culture, distinct from the re

i want to go to ali velshi.homa, where the wind comes right behind the rain? are you wearing your hat yet? >> reporter: in fact, there is a hat somewhere around here i understand you enjoyed wearing while you were out in the field. this is it right here. but, yeah, oklahoma is known to be a particularly conservative state. and the people i've talked today, here's what i'm getting. number one, a lot of them are participating in the primary later on today. number two, of those who are going to vote, tolling is indicating that rick santorum might have an edge over moitt romney, even though the state's republicans in general say they would more be more likely to support mitt romney. this is the pipeline cross roads of the road, an oil-producing state, and all those pipelines go through here. so not a lot of love for president obama amongst those who live in the oil patch, particularly after the decision not to continue on, at least for now, with the keystone pipeline extension. that said, most of the republican cand

i'm ali velshi. we are looking ahead to super tuesday. ten states from all across the country are heading to the polls. economic conditions vary greatly from state to state. let's take a look at a few. vermont's unemployment rate is at 5.1%. that is much lower than the 8.3% national average. in january, only one in about 21,000 homes in vermont were in the foreclosure process. a very different picture in ohio. unemployment much higher there, 8.1%, though lower than the national average. 1 in 616 homes is in foreclosure in ohio. in georgia, it's seen some of the worst numbers. unemployment there, 9.7%. higher than the national average. 1 in 328 homes are in the foreclosure process in georgia. cnn's chief national correspondent john king joins us now. as if john king needs an introduction to anybody who watches tv. john, as we just pointed out, we just pointed out three states. every state has a different economy. so what economic issues are going to be the most important both in super tuesday and in the election? >> ali, you make a very cr

that general david petraeus who at its high was the set com commander had conspired with president ali abdullah saleh of yemen to cover up the u.s. role in those strikes in fact that a yemeni official said if saleh of self-help a terrorist will continue to lie and say the problems are ours and not yours so i think that was the first incident that really put this independent journalist washington's radar into their target sites ok but at the same time you know this isn't a case of some pentagon bureaucrats in reaching out there and trying to suppress information this is the president of the united states himself intervening in this case i mean for someone who's not familiar necessarily with the story that would it lead people to think that this guy with a done something really bad what evidence that has the u.s. has requiring that he remains behind bars so what there was famous for in yemen was doing interviews with people that were on the u.s. hit list the leaders of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula and also with a u.s. citizen named don who are a lot the course was assassinated last

ali velshi is on the scene for us in oklahoma. ali, you're with the ballot camera over there. set the scene for us. oklahoma, santorum needed another win. he got it in oklahoma. >> reporter: we moved over, wolf, because there's a big watch party going on, the state chairman is speaking behind me. the governor is here. we've been in oklahoma the last few days talking to people. they've been telling us, they really feel more in tune with rick santorum in terms of the cultural values of the state. a very conservative state. the governor just called it the most red state in america. their big concern is energy, has a lower unemployment rate than the rest of the country. the pipelines run through here and the keystone pipeline was going to run through here and they share the energy outlook and their choice about who they felt shared their values and most people in this state we talked to said rick santorum. there was some question about who could win the election and a lot of people went to romney. a lot of people said rick santorum represents the social conservative values oklahom

and mohammad ali is one of my biggest euros. tavis: -- biggest heroes.ust turned 70. >> i did not like to see him getting a speedup -- getting beat up, but he underwent this transformation. he became this other person. he changed his name, and i was like, where did he go, but i understand it was a spiritual transformation, so there are interesting characters, and i read an interview with muhammed ali's daughter, and they ask, do you believe in god, and she said, all i have to do to know there is a god is a look at my father. i feel the same about bob dylan and curtis. i think curtis wrote the best song about jesus ever, but in bob dylan's case, it was particularly the christian songs i loved, and i love loads of stuff as well, and my brother came in with his record, and i had grown ups in the country were all of the religious songs make you want to jump off something. they were just awful, completely uninspired, and my brother put this out, and i wanted to make some music about the holy spirit, and i always feel there is a link between music and spiritua

ali's brother left the court house. >> there is no justice here, it's vengeance. >> tracy's father was in the courtroom when the verdict was read. >> thank god we're going to be able to keep a person like this off the streets and keep them way from someone else's daughter. >> they had to endure a second trial because the first verdict was overturned by the ninth circuit court of appeals ruling a juror had been wrongly dismissed. >> i wish someone from ninth circuit court of appeals is here since they made determination to give ali a second trial. ways disappointed nobody from there showed up. >> to have to go through it again and have to see my father go through it again and my mom and our family, years later is not a good situation. but outcome is what we hoped for. >> the defense attorney says his client did not plan or intend to kill tracy. >> i don't think he'd be a danger in the kmuchblt i think it's a situation that won't occur again. i don't think he's a bad person. i represent many murder clients. he's a basically good person who had a terrible, did a terrible thing. part of th

ali was convicted of strangling his girlfriend during an argument in san mateo 13 years ago. an appeals court ordered a new trial after finding possible racial discrimination during jury selection. ali killed her during an argument at a drug treatment center. >>> investigators believe and you attended candle star an apartment fire that sent a firefighter to the hospital. the firefighter lying on the roof of the building. this is on top of the building underwood drive with flames all around them. one man fell through a hole in the roof while battling the fire he's expected to recover but he's being treated for second degree burns. >> thankfully their equipment saved their life but significant burns to his hand. >>> firefighters credit a good samaritan with rescuing a woman from the first floor unit where the fire started. the fire broke out 2:45 this morning it displaced 17 people, including eight children. the red cross is helping all of them find temporary housing. >>> attorney for an occupy oakland protest was injured during a demonstration last fall says he has new informa

her wildfire mohammed haroon ali was convict offend the -- boyfriend mohammed haroon ali was all convicted. while no comment rues were allowed in the courtroom, the family whispered yes when they heard the verdict. >> thank you god it will keep a person like this off the street and keep him away from somebody else's daughter. >> fred biletnikoff wants everyone to remember his daughter was straightening out her life. mohammed haroon ali face as possible life term, senting is june 14. >>> anti-domestic violence advocates demanded san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi be removed from his post. they asked the mayer and the board of supervisors to remove ross mirkarimi from office. one woman said it is a national embarrassment. >> do you want our chief jailer to be somebody who has been convicted of false imperezzenment? thereat breaks -- imprisonment. >> that brakes my trust. >>> oakland occupy protester last fall who was hit by a tear gas canister wasn't hit with one at all. >> swelling in my brain. fractured skull and neck. >> his attorney said he was actually hit with a bean bag that an offi

ali is tehran's bureau chief and joins me from new york. great to see you, ali. thanks so much for being with us. how does the iranian government play what israel is saying in order to build support with its own people. >> andrea, as you know, the iranians can be very tricky in their operations. this plays on two hands. on the one hand, the iranians want to say they're the innocent victim, that a lot of undue pressure is being put on to them and israel are the ones saber rattling. there's no doubt about the fact that there's a faction in iran that wouldn't mind an attack on iran. it would strengthen the fortunes of a regime who have become very illegitimate in the eyes of the iranian people, it would allow them to galvanize support amongst the grassroots people with the regime. so it would really strengthen their hand. so an attack on iran isn't exactly what the iranians don't want. obviously they're not going to come out and say that. >> andrea. >> ali, what about the parliamentary setbacks in the electoral setbacks for ahmadinejad. >> he has essentially become

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supporters of the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei are up against the loyal supporters of mahmoudhmadinejad. in this contest, the ayatollah holds all the cards. and there's a subject that worries most voters. over the last year, the price of day-to-day goods has gone up, and the economy is in trouble. >> i think the economic situation has become a large part of people's daily lives. the elections have lost their color because of high prices. i don't feel the elections will be as sensational as the previous rounds. >> i will vote. it's a national responsibility. considering the increasing prices, sanctions and economic issues, yes, our vote is very important and vital. >> and this is why the rest of the world is paying attention to this vote. iran's nuclear program worries western governments. but no one expects a change of policy following this election. the ayatollah will still have the final word. james reynolds, "bbc world news." >> i want to bring you the latest from homs again. obviously we understand the red cross and indeed the syrian red crescent are on their way. we under

ali was convicted of strangling his girlfriend during an argument in san mateo 13 years ago. an appeals court ordered a new trial after finding possible racial discrimination during jury selection. ali killed her during an argument at a drug treatment center. >>> investigators believe and you attended candle star an apartment fire that sent a firefighter to the hospital. the firefighter lying on the roof of the building. this is on top of the building underwood drive with flames all around them. one man fell through a hole in the roof while battling the fire he's expected to recover but he's being treated for second degree burns. >> thankfully their equipment saved their life but significant burns to his hand. >>> firefighters credit a good samaritan with rescuing a woman from the first floor unit where the fire started. the fire broke out 2:45 this morning it displaced 17 people, including eight children. the red cross is helping all of them find temporary housing. >>> attorney for an occupy oakland protest was injured during a demonstration last fall says he has new informa

ali. the larger public didn't. >> oh, yeah, the new york tims by the way, the cover of the "new york times", i can't remember the author's name. the story by the way what a flashback to read the account of the fight and see some of the greatest sports writing that you've ever seen in your life. literally a series of telegrams that made you feel like you were at this --. >> i assume people like norman mailer and george plympton and people like that. >> i think the author's name might be richard, i want to say greenberg, maybe, i'm not sure. i should know this but it is a spectacular piece of wraing. and you are there. and they, it's still ali is used in quotes and saying people check it out and i'm sort of like, i don't want to hear this. what is the reality. how much, you can look at the newspaper and assume that's on everybody's mind and are you doing the worst kind of research that there is. we talked about, like, fashion, you know. the way jones dressed, everybody is like look at vogue