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head to the anchorage museum and that's your pacific event of the day. >>> well, now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. elvis presley fans are marking the 35th anniversary of the king's death in memphis. they did this last night, and they got a special surprise. presley's ex-wife priscilla and their only daughter lisa marie stunned a crowd of thousands unexpectedly greeting fans holding a candlelight vigil at graceland. >>> well, elsewhere chris brown and drake are being sued for $16 million over a bottle-throwing night club brawl last june by the owners of the night spot. >>> more than a decade after he left to fight parkinson's disease, michael j. fox is reportedly planning a return to tv. there's a comedy in development for next year. >> finally, lady gaga is fighting back at the animal rights group peta, which labeled her a turncoat for wearing fur. in a statement she snapped she doesn't support, quote, violent, abusive, and childish campaigns for any cause, referring to kim kardashian being flour-bombed by the group earlier this year. she said sav

the two head out to lake hood near anchorage, alaska. >> i chose the spot we were standing in becauset's normally where you can get some of the best shots. we were about ten feet off the water, above the canal. there's a little fence that keeps you from going closer, and we were standing right on the fence line. >> on the third day testing out his brand new video camera, kohler spots a small aircraft on the other side of the lake taxiing across the water. >> so we were jogging up to catch up. we had to get around the trees so we could get a good shot of the plane taking off. >> the single engine prop plane ready for flight begins to build speed. >> everything was normal, started revving up the engine. it started taking off, it started into its turn. it did point at us for a while, but that's normal. >> suddenly, a gust of wind momentarily lifts the plane from the water, knocking it off course. >> the plane where the wind gust hit, it actually lifted out of the water, the wrong float came out of the water. then when the float crashed in the water, it caused it to pivot enough that it c

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the southwest of anchorage where did sportfishing the summer >>> i did not catch anything >>> their i am. the and a glacier. in the national park. also near richardson's bay. i practice what i preach. is very important that i share with people in here just 70 >>> yosemite is not backyard. that is beautiful. >>> the point is to really model switch and get on the water >>> there is lake merritt in their backyard with my son in the backyard on the back of a kayak. it costs less than kayak and it does to good a movie. and so i like to let people know that not only is it restored to to your health, is also economically viable option. >>> which river is this? >>> this is the american river. it's a fantastic way to connect with your children. and as a mother of three, is very important that we get out as a family. the one to enjoy nature together. there is a book of poetry which is 400 years of black nature poets. is a local public and reading over a campfire and tim lights and could never explored their backyard. >>> this is fabulous. i cannot say enough. about how important it is toward he

i think we might have to take or anchorage and ongoing discussion, and that is what i would suggest here. commissioner antonini: i will say remember the same things the commissioners have brought up. >> there are two interesting issues were raising. -- you are raising. one is it is formula retail and general. i am very concerned about this in the upper market. second, the sign of regulation and the irony of the downtown signed regulation is they are quite liberal. both of those things are somewhat related, but separate issues that we are happy to take up. commissioner sugaya: well, i agree. maybe we can get a supervisor interested. commissioner moore: i would like to get the commissioners interested in the c3 district where we have a lot of historic buildings. i think this warrants are broader discussion. to thepresident fong: further pc comment? next item, please. >> thank you. commissioners, you are now ready to move on to item 12 on your calendar. which is a case number 2011.1396 c for 901 cole street. >> before you today is a request for a conditional use authorization by at&t to ins

the second prong, because the manner or language of the statute anchorage arbitrary and preliminary enforcement. under both of those, can we understand what conduct is prohibited, and does it lead itself to arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement? under both of those, we would say that 15. 10105 is vague. how do we tell it the application of an this is enforcement? we look of the context and consistency. how work other examples of alleged wrongdoing dealt with by the mayor, the city, and other enforcement bodies? was the mayor's suspension arbitrary? was a discriminatory? was it consistent with how this mayor has treated other cases of alleged wrongdoing by city officials? was it consistent with how other mayors have handled similar cases? i respectfully submit to you that it was not consistent with how this mayor has dealt with other cases of alleged wrongdoing and not consistent with how the city, how other mayors have dealt with cases of alleged wrongdoing by elected officials. this was only the third time in the history of san francisco that a sitting mayor has suspended an elected officia

it is cooler here tonight then it is in anchorage alaska. gusty above 30 at times by late tonight.omorrow especially in lakeside counties. tomorrow night clubs break except the showers will continue in indiana for time. beautiful on saturday, sunday and temperatures rebound expeditiously. 80 by the time we get to some day. a shocking claim of child abuse, coming up a well-known doctor accused of water boarding his own daughter. with simple online ordering and curbside pickup in 5 minutes or less guaranteed, almost anyone can do it. this is easy. this is sears. [♪...] >> i've been training all year for the big race in chicago, but i can only afford one trip. and i just found out my best friend is getting married in l.a. there's no way i'm missing that. then i heard about hotwire and i realized i could actually afford both trips. see, when really nice hotels have unsold rooms, they use hotwire to fill them. so i got my four-star hotels for half-price! >> men: ♪ h-o-t-w-i-r-e ♪ ♪ hotwire.com ♪ >> announcer: save big on car rentals too, from $12.95 a day. damaging wildfires in oklahoma

a film preservationist originally from anchorage, alaska...mputer scientist from newark, delaware... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- alex trebek! thank you, johnny, and welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to quarter-final match number two in this year's tournament of champions. good to see you again, roger, brian, and kara. we got off to a great start yesterday. let's find out what happens today, shall we? here we go. the jeopardy! round contains these categories for you today... you identify the war in which it occurred. roger, start us. nobel peace prize, $200. who is king? martin luther king, jr. nobel peace prize, $400. sarah, please? henry dunant, who founded this international organization that works to relieve suffering, won a share of the first peace prize in 1901. since then, the organization itself has won an unprecedented three prizes. what is the red cross? peace prize, $600. what are land mines? peace, $800. what is unicef? peace prize, $1,000. who is gorbachev? for $1,000. 2001 movies for $800, please, alex. who is branagh?

let's keep the potty humor going from anchorage, alaska.huggies and it says chocolate bunny. that's nice way of identifying what's in that diaper. >> and finally this photo from pennsylvania. >> and this is accepting fall enrollment. can i maybe defer? that was next to a little preschool but it was an unfortunate placement of the sign. >> you think? >> that's hysterical. >> i saw you laugh. >> send more funny photos. >> guess what we're doing? ♪ >> and olympic gold medalists adrian, they just got back and guess where they're stopping by first? to talk to us. >>> and back to school fashions. hoda, fabulous hair. >> we're twins. [ female announcer ] women are strong. not strong with an asterisk. not strong "but." strong. period. degree created an antiperspirant that's just as strong. degree clinical protection. up to three times the strength of a basic antiperspirant. nothing is more effective. because strong women sweat. degree clinical protection. unapologetically strong. can febreze defeat the smelly air in their gym for good? [ inhales de

denver colorado is not far behind. 33 days and anchorage alaska is third with 43 days. >>> work on the new 49ers stadium in santa clara is continuing now a multimillion dollar lawsuit has been settled between the team and south bay schools. the 49ers and local education officials have agreed to share 30 million dollars originally dedicated to the stadium. back in june a oversight board seized the money earmarked for the stadium and geaive it to the schools -- gave it to the schools. 49ers filed a lawsuit in response. because of the agreement, the district says they will not have to lay off any teachers. >>> it's 7:05. today is the start of one of san francisco's most popular music festival and paul chambers tells us outsidelands is one of big events happening this weekend in san francisco. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. stevie wonder, the 49ers and giants all have something in common. they will all be in san francisco here this weekend. now look behind me. the box office people are getting prepared but this is a sold out event. the gates will open at 11 and the music will sta

i think global warming is p.s., polar bear [ bleep ] every day i open my door in anchorage and it isll excuse me. i've got some hunting to do. >> you see, i would vote for you if that was your campaign promo if they came on and said, gina, vote now. >> that was when sarah palin first came on the scene. remember, the pictures of her in the bikini. and adam mckay who is a fantastic writer. this is actually before tina fey so geniusly portrayed her. he was like, we're going to do sarah palin, come over tomorrow and we're going to shoot it before it gets out there. when we ended up doing like four of them, the last one was insane. >> did she ever respond? >> no. >> you never met her? >> no, sadly. >> are you political much? do you take much of an interest in it? >> you know, probably not as much as i should. although when it gets closer to the actual voting, then i start to focus in on things. i mean, i certainly have opinions. but i feel like i'm not as -- i could be a lot more informed. >> are you an obama woman? >> many i an obama woman? i certainly voted for him. >> would you again?

then airlifted to providence alaska medical center in anchorage. >> it's amazing that she was alive.octor janet smalley is on duty that day. she's encouraged bridgette's vital signs are good but knows the extreme skier fell hard over some unforgiving terrain. >> we see skiers that hit their head and have severe brain damage or die because of the trauma to their head. >> dr. smalley runs a battery of tests. fearing all kinds of things, broken bones or even worse, internal bleeding, life-threatening swelling, or bleeding of the brain. all the while bridgette's father never leaves her side. >> she was pretty quiet throughout the first 24 hours. and then she started to come around. >> amazingly, every test comes back negative. considering her spectacular fall, no broken bones, no internal injuries. it's nothing short of a miracle. the only thing doctors can't determine is how bridgette's brain is affected. >> i remember up to the start, three, two, one, go. and then i don't have any memory after that. >> it's determined that bridgette has amnesia. she remains in critical care for seven d

so the coast guard stepped in with an hc-130 hercules plane which flew the walrus babies to anchorage where they were taken by truck to alaska sea life center. >> they're going to be okay. >> off and on thunderstorms, east coast, storms, dakotas, wisconsin, and stormy in the southwest. with heavy downpours and flash flooding from new mexico to nevada. the heat dome still hovering over the plains. >> 90s, triple digits. southwest, plains, rockies. 80s in the midwest, northeast. 70s from seattle to portland. >>> well, an iowa hospital is now in the middle of a baby boom. bundles of joy arriving two at a time. in the last three weeks, the hospital has delivered six sets of twins, three pairs of boys, two pairs of girls, and one combo platter. >> the hospital plays a lullaby every time a baby is born. hear it back to back when they're twins. needless to say the maternity ward has been pretty noisy lately not only from all the crying. >> something in the water there, huh. >> i know that is kind of unusual. >> a story yesterday similar to that. on one particular block. all the women were pr

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anchorages a sharp departure from a rules based monetary policy.ch created even more uncertainty. in a 2010 election, the voters sent a clear message. this is not working. washington is to try something else. well, we know what that something else must be. we know what has always made growth possible in america. we need a call for new leadership by getting back to the four foundations of economic growth. first, does a pretty simple. we have to stop spending money we do now have. that means getting health care costs under control. we have to restore common sense to the regulatory environment so that regulations are fair, transparent, and do not inflect undue uncertainty on america's employers. we need to keep taxes low. in the year by year approach to tax rates so that job creator 7 certification -- incentives -- instead of easing monetary stimulus to bail out washington's failures because businesses and families need sound of money. let me deal with each in order. the first, real spending discipline. is pretty simple. you cannot get real sustainabl

we had restaurants in anchorage, alaska, restaurants in florida, southern california. delivering food to our customers in the state to help those states we are bringing in more restaurants everywhere. it absolutely would have been great, but schlotzsky's has been in 32 states for a long time. dennis: your owned by focused brands owned by private equity brand. in 200 stores you have put them in a really strange, they grow faster? >> absolutely. we own two other great brands, sister brands that we put inside our schlotzsky's restaurants and that really improves the level economics. three brands under one roof, one rent so the economics are really strong. noncompeting items complement each other. it really, really has worked very, very well. dennis: i will have to give it a try. thank you very much for being with us, happy labor day. cheryl: great sandwiches, by the way. it is time for your west coast minute. a possible tie up between u.s. airways and american airline. looking realistic. the companies said they have signed legal documents to exchange information related t

i don't live in the rural south and i've never even been to anchorage or bismarck. but i know this, i know that we will not in the aids epidemic in this country unless some of those phrases are included. [cheers and applause] all of what i am and am not have to be a part of the conversation. the united states stands nine time zones and a population of over 300 billion people come and speak in three languages and 14 million american households english is not the primary language. even i think the united states has a d.c. and in some ways we do. we have great universities that generate an ashburn doral and experience and were wealthy. but even so, many of our residents live in debilitating spots with unacceptable levels of homelessness, addiction and mental health illness. we have large numbers of people with hiv's who suffer from other diseases such as hepatitis c and ian are marginalized and stigmatized. we not only have the largest epidemic in this world, we have one of the most concentrated epidemics in the entire world. we faced gigantic challenges, es that deman

in anchorage -- in correct opening of the election process similar -- more people can vote. i am against the voter suppression. we should have a boat king holiday, voting by mail. -- bolting holiday, voting by mail. i like the idea of we may have a filibuster percentage requirement lowered to 55. we lowered it from 67 to 60. it may help out. we could get a compromise on things of that order. most of the changes we need are changes in values. who are we as a people? what do we want to achieve? do we want to be an inclusive nation? what kind of tax reforms and entitlement reforms would be fair and balanced and makes sense for the kind of a country we aspire to be over the next century? thank you very much. tom.hank you, a our last speaker is a professor of science at stanford and a senior fellow at the hoover institute. this is his second time with us. we were so impressed with him at the first time. we were compelled by his message. we cannot wait to get him back. he has been elected to be in national academy of sciences. his groundbreaking work brings him back again. his cul