i'm amy goodman. amy goodman: commemorations are being held across the country this year to mark the hundredth anniversary of the birth of one of the country's greatest songwriters, woody guthrie. born on july 14, 1912, in okemah, oklahoma, guthrie wrote hundreds of folk songs, including "this land is your land," "pastures of plenty," "pretty boy floyd," "do re mi" and this song, "the ranger's command." narrator: two fragments of film survive of guthrie performing. one of them, lost in the archives for 40 years has only just come to light. woody guthrie: [singing] but the rustlers broke on us in the dead hours of night; she 'rose from her blanket, a battle to fight. she 'rose from her blanket with a gun in each hand, said: come all of you cowboys, fight for your land. amy goodman: a rare 1945 video recording of woody guthrie. known as the dust bowl troubadour, guthrie became a major influence on countless musicians, including bob dylan, bruce springsteen, pete seeger and phil ochs. while woody guthrie

i'm amy goodman. amy goodman: we continue with our democracy now! special, on our journey of yip harburg's life with his son, ernie harburg. ernie talks about how yip harburg wrote the lyrics to the wizard of oz. ernie harburg: actually, yip did more than the lyrics. when they werewhen yip and harold arlen were called in to do the score of the wizard of oz, it was yip who had this executive experience in his electrical appliance business and also had become a show doctor, so he wasthat is, when a show wasn't working, you would call somebody and try to fix it up. he had an overview of shows and he had an executive talent. and so, he was always what they called a "muscle man" in a show, alright? and he'd already worked with bert lahr in a great song, "the woodchopper's song," and amy goodman: wait a second. bert lahr, the lion? ernie harburg: the lion. businessbert lahr and most of e people were from vaudeville and burlesque. and yip knew them in the '20s, but he actually worked with bert lahr in this l

a two person household making 98,900 a year is at 120% of ami. person household making 123,000 is 150% of ami. category? two san francisco unified school district teachers with five years of service and bachelor's degrees are at 120% of ami. so two pretty junior teachers living together are in this 120 to 150 range of ami. now, we can talk about the building trades, and the carpenters, et cetera, who fall -- two of them are living together, would fall into 120% now let's look at the upper end of a four-person household, 120 to 150% of ami for a four-person hoastled, let's say two parents, two kids is 123 to 154,000 of ami. as i mentioned the last time this came up speaker john pÉrez has proposed and i think he's proposing again and he should propose it that for anyone in california with a family where the household is making up to 150,000 a year, that family would get a middle class reduction in to -- from our state universities. john pÉrez, one of the leading democrats in the state, has indicated that 150% of ami throughout california, even thou

hi, amy. i can respect some of the thoughts of the tea party, and she's right, we should start to live within our means. but the same time, you must look at the situation that president obama has dealt with. you know, you just can't say across the board that there should be no taxes. and also, for the future of the g.o.p., if you look at what cost him the election, if you're not inclusive of everybody, of everybody, you just can't win anymore. i just think the tea party has some merit, as do black republicans, and also someone making over $200,000, small business in massachusetts, we're doing very well, thank you, but they have merit. so somehow i hope we're going to come together and sit down and say, ok, what can we do to keep us within our means, but the same time, i also support the country and picking on the debt, balls i got kids, so i agree with amy to some degree, because i can also a republican as well. host: layer any massachusetts. amy kremer? guest: look, i mean, i am in no way --

my thanks to amy poehler, alicia keys.

amy hollyfield, abc7 news. -- commute hours are coming, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> in milpitas severaltreets are blocked off÷s&e police investigate a confrontation that reportedly resulted in gunfire -- -- >> reporter: right now at the intersection of jacqueline you can see the investigators on the scene, combing every inch of the asphalt the fire department has shown up within the last hour or so, apparently to assist with lighting. you can see some shell casings or you could earlier on the street here. again, milpitas police won't tell us what happened. the best information we have is from the chp, the chp confirmed milpitas police did issue a be on the lookout, for a suspect who exchanged gunfire with police officers at this intersection. police not sure whether or not they hit that suspect. again, other agencies have been notified to be on the lookout for a suspect who might be armed and who fired on police officers. traffic here is closed for several s if in both directions. at -- at the end there are three schools. once the sun comes up and it gets to be the time of day when pare

right now we have amy hollyfield standing by in the north bay. >> let's begin with meteorologist lisa argen she is tracking the storm. >>> good morning. we have seen this increase within the last hour or so the darker green indicates heavier rain, yellows offshore this is a loop you can see green beginning to spread east from highway 1 to highway 101, windsor, calistoga, into the east bay richmond still light rain, rain and wind along the richmond-san rafael bridge through larkspur, southern marin, golden gate bridge wet, peninsula san francisco looking at wet weather, 280, 101 into alameda castro valley lighter returns not yet seeing much except the wind in the south bay, san jose wind gusts up to third -- 35 miles an hour. today coast, bay, inland heavy rain, gusty winds throughout the morning. late morning hours into noontime, the winds diminish, rain tapers, just scattered showers mild in the 60s, by the evening hours, better evening commute, just a few showers, getting into heavier rain around 2:00 tomorrow night into your friday morning commute. >>> roads are moderate, wind is w

amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> good morning i'm sue hall. as you heard amy say no one getting on or off the island, off-ramps closed east and westbound bay bridge as the commute gets underway this will be a problem. elsewhere we have other police activity in milpitas, jacqueline road closed between north milpitas and arizona avenue, you want to avoid this area as well. macarthur maze closure for roadwork, westbound 580 to eastbound 80 until 5:00 this morning. golden gate bridge fog-free, roadwork at the northern earned. hardly anyone coming into san francisco now westbound. >>> good morning. live doppler 7 hd this morning picking up a lot of cloud cover around the bay we will be dry for another day. this morning not as foggy, we still have fog in the north and east bay, napa quarter mile visibility, concord 2 1/2 miles, fairfield a half mile elsewhere these numbers decrease throughout some of the morning hours, early morning hours, then we should be in good shape as the skies begin to thin out, the clouds. 50 fremont, 39 fairfield, 53 downto

we saw pictures from ground level from amy hollyfield.is where she is standing not that far from getting into some of the vehicles and up the road where she can't get to it is far worse. the water tank has gotten rid of all its water, all the the water is out. the mud is the problem that remains. trying too get a good look at some of the mess there little too early to get a real good look. >> good view of the neighborhood from this angle from the ground shots amy has been getting you can see how the mud is up to the top of the tires of some of the vehicles. mike i guess the only good thing you can say is luckily it is not so cold that the water would be freezing over. >> good thing it is just mud rolling down thankfully temperatures around 40° there in daly city now. good morning, 6:19. we have a beautiful sunrise about to begin, a few high clouds, just like yesterday morning, as we look from our roof cam back towards the port of oakland this morning. live doppler showing the bulk of the clouds, thicker ones off the coast of the north bay

. >> this is from amy yesterday? >> jimmy: from yesterday. yeah. >> this is so exciting. >> jimmy: isn't this fun? she left you a note. so here you go, read it. and what does it say? >> it says -- okay, we have -- she has a game that's like -- that's called do an impression or die. so like the whole idea is like even if you can't do a good impression you have to do it or else your life is over. >> jimmy: are we going to get an impression? are we going to get an impression from you? >> she, "rashida, do your impression of robert de niro. love, amy." [ cheers ] >> jimmy: oh, that's good. hey, that's pretty good. oh my god. that is -- ♪ [ cheers ] that's the prettiest robert de niro impression i've ever seen. >> i'm going to keep that. >> jimmy: you're really pretty. yeah, let's keep that right in there. yeah. thank you. hey, i have to say, your movie by the way, "celeste and jesse forever." >> yes. >> jimmy: i love this movie. >> oh, thank you. >> jimmy: it was so well done, so funny. you act in it so great. and andy samberg. >> andy samberg, a

amy? george? lara? >> am?am. >>> coming up, the heartwarming photo that's gone globally viral. it's a police officer giving shoes to a homeless man. we're going to talk, live, to officer larry deprimo. there he is. >> mm-hmm. >>> and the battle of the hottest boy bands on the planet. is this feud about to heat up two years ago, the people of bp made a commitment to the gulf. bp has paid over twenty-three billion dollars to help those affected and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open, and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. and bp's also committed to america. we support nearly 250,000 jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. we're working to fuel america for generations to come. our commitment has never been stronger. and eddy said the toys might not be ready! eddy? the elf! ♪ [ radio announcer ] today's forecast: it's snowing snowballs and snow bricks out there... seven more days and it's snowing snow bricks! oh, well, be careful! [ radio announcer ] only

i'm not doing this to pay tribute to amy. i also believe this is going to be century of women in america and there has to be acknowledgment of that. >> what do you mean going to be. >> well it is. and it's taking place and i say that and i'm the father of three daughters and a remarkable wife and four grand daughters. but you look at every conceivable thing and that ought to be encouraged more than it is and the prefile ought to be raised because we're going to need everybody to solve this. >> rose: with that thank you very much tom brokaw, thank you jon meacham, thank you amy gutmann, thank you tom friedman and thank you david brooks. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org th tavis: good evening. from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. tonight, what we can expect with a second term from obama in the white house. we have amy goodman. obama has to set a second agenda. aboutodman's recent book attacks is called "the silence and jordy." -- "the silenced majority." >> ther

wet amy is. the california emergency manage agency remind us this storm provides a great reason to make sure we are all prepared for any type of natural hazard encouraged to have emergency kits stocked with battery operated radios and flashlights batteries, three day supply of food and water for everybody in the family and manual can opener. and developing a plan for your family posted at abc7news.com under see it on tv. >>> we'll be tracking this storm truth the day with live doppler 7 hd. meteorologist lisa argen will have the full forecast in a few minutes. >>> also, president obama turns to twitter and bay area business people are part of his push to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. >>> new details noon deadly fire at a clothing fire in bangladesh. factory officials are -- are arrested and accused [ male announcer ] introducing... a new way to save on your prescriptions. it's the aarp medicarerx saver plus plan from unitedhealthcare. with this plan, you can get copays as low as a dollar thro

amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> 6:34. the thanksgiving holiday weekend ended in several deadly crashes across northern california, including a devastating accident in the sierra involving a bay area family. kira klapper joins us with what we are learning about the victims. >> reporter: the victims range in age from 39 to as young as four. people in the town are speculating that a deer in the road caused the crash. others say speed contributed to the collision. prius crossed over four lanes of traffic and slammed head-on into a minivan saturday night on highway 50, four people were killed. three of the victims are from an oakland family, 38-year-old, 39-year-old and an 8-year-old all died in the prius. 10-year-old is the sole survivor from that car. people who live nearby say a crash like this happens a couple times a year they speed is a contributing factor. >> probably just need to slow it down, get it to slow down. >> slow the limit it was 55 in the last couple years they raised it to 65. >> it is dangerous. >> reporter

wet amy is. the california emergency manage agency remind us this storm provides a great reason to make sure we are all prepared for any type of natural hazard encouraged to have emergency kits stocked with battery operated radios and flashlights batteries, three day supply of food and water for everybody in the family and manual can opener. and developing a plan for your family posted at abc7news.com under see it on tv. >>> we'll be tracking this storm truth the day with live doppler 7 hd. meteorologist lisa argen will have the full forecast in a few minutes. >>> also, president obama turns to twitter and bay area business people are part of his push to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. >>> new details noon deadly fire at a clothing fire in bangladesh. factory officials are -- are [ male announcer ] are you ready for tomorrow'ss technology today? then switch to a at&t u-verse t. add the wireless receiver exclusively from at&t, and you're no longer tied to the tv outlet. move your tv wherever you

amy robach, abc news, colorado city, arizona. >> our thanks to amy this evening.he reports a riveting hour tonight on "20/20," breaking polygamy. that's at 10:00 p.m. >>> and another image this evening. this one in washington. the first family welcoming the first christmas tree. arriving from a farm in north carolina. >> i think we'll take it. do you agree? >> i agree. >> yeah? >> i do. >> reporter: the first lady and the first daughters there giving a thumbs up. the tree is a go. >>> there is still much more ahead here on "world news" on a friday night, including the beatles bombshell this evening, that famous audition, the man who rejected the beatles after hearing this. ♪ i ♪ i saw a girl in my dreams >> nick watt tonight on the song and what could be sweet justice for the beatles. why that music could now make a mint. >>> to this day, it is hard to imagine anyone rejecting the beatles. but it did happen, and tonight, the music from that audition is back. and about to make a lot of money. here's abc's nick watt. ♪ i ♪ i saw a girl in my dreams >> reporter: 1962

hi, amy. i can respect some of the thoughts of the tea party, and she's right, we should start to live within our means. but the same time, you must look at the situation that president obama has dealt with. you know, you just can't say across the board that there should be no taxes. and also, for the future of the g.o.p., if you look at what cost him the election, if you're not inclusive of everybody, of everybody, you just can't win anymore. i just think the tea party has some merit, as do black republicans, and also someone making over $200,000, small business in massachusetts, we're doing very well, thank you, but they have merit. so somehow i hope we're going to come together and sit down and say, ok, what can we do to keep us within our means, but the same time, i also support the country and picking on the debt, balls i got kids, so i agree with amy to some degree, because i can also a republican as well. host: layer any massachusetts. amy kremer? guest: look, i mean, i am in no way --

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i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from st. louis, missouri, from missouri public television and from new york city. over 4 million people have entered their fourth day without power across 12 states, folling theevastating superstorm sandy. concern is growing for people who lack food, water, and heat. we begin today's show in the brooklyn neighborhood of red hook, one of the hardest-hit areas of the city. it is home to one of the largest public housing developments in the city. on wednesday, "democracy now!" team interviewed a number of people who survive the storm. we began outside the red hook initiative, a community organization that has teamed up with and occupy wall street offshoot called occupy sandy to provid batteries, and other supplies to local residents. >> it is like a war zone out here. there are people in wheelchair'' that cannot get downstairs because the elevators are out. it is bad out here. >> we do not have any services out here. they're not even coming. >> i am a former employee of the initiati and just mayb

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and it was really explicit in that approval that they would sell at 100% of ami. that was absolutely there. and then we have two projects that are asking for it now. so, it's not happened, but for these three units in 2006. so, two projects that are also smaller that are coming in to convert, they have different situations and they're older approvals. and thea large projects coming online. 1407 market which has 90 rental units will be ready some time in the next year or so. 18th and mission will have 40 below market rate units. [speaker not understood] harrison, 49 units. 22 25 third, has 49 units. a lot of these projects have some other financing on them that is going to require that they rental for a good long period of time, 20 or 30 years. so, we know those -- we're trying to let our renters know that they can convert. >> great. i think that's very forward thinking. i know that relocation is very difficult. so, i'm really supportive of the way that you've laid it out and proposed it here today. so, overall, i think the more transparency, the more explicit help

amy london is crossing her inc.ers. >> it's exciting. >> well, good luck to you, amy. i'll make sure i do a follow up interview with you around inauguration time. the inauguration falls on monday. live here in worth west d.c., i'm shomari stone, news 4. >> the annual holiday show ice opens one week from today. 40 ice carvers are putting the finishing touches on the life-size sculptures. >> coming up in our broadcast, a fisherman. >> new jersey going after businesses that hiked up their prices in the we of super storm an si. >> we'll show you how their diet could work for you. >> how about our weather? is that going to work for us? >> i think it is. if you like warmer temperatures, you've got them saturday, sunday and monday. but out . >>> a frightening sight off the coast of california. a man on a small fishing boat spotted a dark object in the water. he grabbed his phone and started recording. i might have cone something else, but turns out it was a 14 foot long great white shark which approached the surface but decided to swim away. >> new jersey has filed lawsuits a

i'm amy goodman. president obama will open deficit reduction talks friday with a call for one point -- $ 1.6 trillion tax hike on corporations and the wealthiest americans in the next 10 years. the figure is double the total offered by house republicans during masters debt talks. on tuesday, democrats signaled they would reject republican calls to preserve the bush tax cuts for top earners in exchange for removing deductions. it is unclear if obama will revive his previous willingness to raise the retirement age to 67 and cap benefit hikes under social security. obama and house speaker john boehner are due to begin negotiations friday on averting the so-called fiscal cliff of expiring tax cuts and automatic spending reductions set to take effect at the end of the year. speaking in washington, treasury secretary timothy geithner stressed the urgency of reaching a deal. >> i know the cliff is unattractive. it would cause a lot of damage to the american economy. a careful about those who argue and urge f

amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> now 5:31. >> you can see amy and katie both dry now.ngs are going to change quickly. >> both got the rain gear on because they know what is coming. >>> live doppler this morning picking up light rain in the north bay, this is far north in cloverdale, dry creek road, clear lake, highway 120, you've had the on and off showers all night long. here's another area highway 101 in marin county, novato through san anselmo, lucas valley road, a shower in sonoma, also west marin light showers. here's the trajectory, most of the activity is to the north, this all sinks south, that is going to bring heavy rain later tonight into friday morning. heading out the door, 50s this afternoon, scattered showers, bring the rain gear. >>> now live shot of the bay bridge toll, very light, no problems, we have gusty winds, just be aware of that. no metering lights yet, no issues on upper deck, cantilever through the tunnel into san francisco. another shot of the san mateo bridge from clawiter and toll westbound, tail lights towards the highrise and towards the

so first of all, i'm very taken with amy's comment that we've been campaigning in fiction and i would say extremely short fiction. it's been small and short and the first thing i would do is say you have to draw a line between what we've been through and what we're about to go through. you have to make a clear statement that the election is passed, i'm going to talk in a very different way, i'm going to talk in a much bigger way. i'm going to say we've got three big problems, a debt problem, growth problem, inequality problem they cross cut against each other and we're going to face this cliff pretty soon and so i'm going to do what -- either what i didn't do or what president obama didn't do in the last four years, i'm going to lay out a plan. here it is. some people in my party won't be happy, some people in the other party won't be happy but some will be intrigued in both parties so here's my plan, let's work on this starting with my framework. >> rose: tom? >> the morning after whoever wins the first thing i hope he does is call the leadership to the other side, make clear that we

i'm not doing this to pay tribute to amy. i also believe this is going to be century of women in america and there has to be acknowledgment of that. >> what do you mean going to be. >> well it is. and it's taking place and i say that and i'm the father of three daughters and a remarkable wife and four grand daughters. but you look at every conceivable thing and that ought to be encouraged more than it is and the prefile ought to be raised because we're going to need everybody to solve this. >> rose: with that thank you very much tom brokaw, thank you jon meacham, thank you amy gutmann, thank you tom friedman and thank you david brooks. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

i'm amy goodman. president obama has been reelected to a second term with a resounding victory over republican challenger mitt romney. obama ended the night with at least 303 electoral votes, sweeping the critical battleground states of ohio, iowa, wisconsin, pennsylvania, nevada, and colorado. obama's tally is expected to rise after in florida, were he currently leads romney by over 46,000 votes. in a victory speech from chicago, obama said he returns to the white house with renewed purpose. >> i return to the white house moh determined and more inspired than ever about the future that lies ahead. you elected us to focus on your jobs, not ours. in the coming weeks and months, out and working with leaders of both parties to meet the challenges we can only solve together. reducing our deficit, reforming our tax codes, fixing our immigration system, freeing ourselves from foreign oil. we have more work to do. >> mitt romney won the traditional republican states, but ended up with only one swing state vi

amy? >> let's go back to amy. >>> now, we're talking about the big concerns about the pork you're eating. a new study in "consumer reports" found pork chops and ground pork contaminated with bacteria that can make you sick. much of that bacteria resistant to antibiotics. how worried should you be? dr. richard besser is here right now. this is a bacteria called yersinia. which most of us have not heard of. what should we be concerned about? >> "consumer reports" tested 198 pork samples from six states. they found that 70% of those had yersinia on them. or were contaminated. ground pork was at greater risk than the pork chops. >> this is the dangerous bacteria that can make you sick. but we should point out, the u.s. department of agriculture says it's not alarmed by the study. saying companies are meeting the established guidelines for protecting the public's health. they say the pork producers council calls this study junk science, designed to scare consumers into purchasing only organic p

a surprise for amy. why didn't you mention this before?tely pointed out, i rigged the thing. tripp: unfortunately, we haven't found any lost effigies running around town, so you're looking pretty good for this. obviously, the killer took it. look, i didn't like roger for the way he treated amy, but i didn't kill him. you know, i think you're in love with amy. this whole gay thing's not working for me. believe me, honey, i'm not that good an actor. caine: no, but you may be that good a killer. (applause and cheering) (people screaming) so what do you think? basic. at meineke i have options... like oil changes starting at $19.95. my money. my choice. my meineke. got the cheese quesadilla, all you can eat pancakes, the cordon bleu melt, the fried cheese melt... so many choices, so little airtime. the 2$4$6$8 value menu, only at denny's. just so you know... when you get sick, remember, it happens to everyone their first time. i'll be fine. that's exactly what i said. (camera shutter clicks) what are you gonna do with that? this goeso, what,rac