hearing two months ago, the try did not have a single leaf on it and had been that way for close to ann mr., we still got a protest on it. so -- it happens. >> okay, we're going to walk up to market street, where we have a whole different program going. >> let's get in the shade. >> so we're on market street, we have a whole tree program here that, involves, the -- basically mono culture planting here. what do we have here. >> these are london plain trees. they're planted all up and down market street, as you get further down, you know there are probably two rows of these trees planted in a box style. it is a mono culture, but it also really helps set that sense of place. so, as long as we don't plant them exclusively throughout the city, i don't think it is so bad, to have, this is really one of the defining features, these trees. >> just like delores street has pine trees -- palm trees, we have defined our major thoroughfares with particular species and that's actually considered to be a good design feature, urban design feature. >> it helps, one of the reasons why when the city does mai

supporters in san francisco and anne makovec is at the saint regis hotel in san francisco where people are paying up to $35,000 to have some scrambled eggs and oj with mra. good morning, anne. >> reporter: good morning. it's making me hungry to think what they might be serving here inside the saint regis hotel. we are not sure. menu. everything is on lockdown around here. about 100 people will be eating with the president, the tickets from $5,000 to $35,800 apiece. security as we mentioned, there's been dogs walking around here sniffing. i don't know who owns the minivan that's parked over there because nobody else is allowed to park here along howard street in downtown san francisco. let's look at the big fundraiser last night. a packed house, former san francisco 49er jerry rice kicked off the rally. then the president spoke to 2500 supporters. they paid between $25 and $10,000 each for those tickets. >> when we're together, there is nothing we can't do including elect a guy named barack obama. >> that's what this campaign has to be about. about your jobs, about your families, hopes, dreams, that's what we're fighting for. >> reporter: now, the presi

mr. obama again pushed for mohammed to be tried in a several ann court in new york city, a trial that would have cost an estimated $1 billion. that's b as in boy billion dollars. new york soy mayor bloomberg was outraged at the idea on both costs and security grounds. but congress passed a law that forbad the transfer of all guantanamo detainees, present and future, to u.s. soil for detention and for trial. so the trial location problem went away. holder on monday said that congress forced the administration's hand and was angry. >> i know this case. in a way that members of congress do not. i looked at the trials. i've spoken to the prosecutors. so do i know better than them? yes. >> new york republican congressman peter king lorded congress's decision denying them a civilian trial. >> american people realize how trial in new york or anywhere on the continental united states. >> is it smart politics for attorney general holder to -- that he knows better than members of congress when it comes to prosecuting the defendant? >> i don't think it is, john. i really do. sheikh mohammed is a forei

let's go back to matt and ann. >> thank you very much. >> mr. this isn't a sheet from the hotel, is it? >> no. >> just checking. because they called and wanted to know if this was their sheet. you didn't bring any cookies! let's check your weather. we have a risk of strong storms, especially throughout the pu ppss siisi river valley and strong from jackson to memphis. overnit sildweou c be looking au tornadoes. on the radar we have severe thunderstorm watches, tornado watches as well firing up. we'll also be looking at anywhere from one to three inches of rain from jackson up to cincinnati. a new storm on shore in the pacific northwest. avalanche warnings in the cascades and the olympics as they may pick up one to two feet of snow along the coast. >>> take a look at these numbers for today, it's going to be gorgeous, 77 degrees, that's your forecast high in places like napa, los gatos, 76. we are going to significantly drop off as early as tomorrow down to 70 degrees, 65 for your wednesday, thursday a few more showers back in the mix. >>> that's

ann marie buerkle. ms. buerkle: thank you. and thank you, mr. speaker. mr. chairman, it's good to be here. i thank the distinguished gentleman, my colleague from georgia. i am very honored to be here to speak about health care in the united states of america. as was said, i am a registered nurse, i've basketball been a registered nurse for -- i've been a registered nurse since 1972. a time in our nation's health history where the physicians and the patient had a relationship and the government had not injected itself into that relationship. and then after a while i went into law and for the last 13 years, mr. speaker, i have been a health care attorney for a large teaching hospital in upstate new york, for the last 13 years. and what we did in that hospital and in my role as an assistant attorney general was we looked at money, money that was owed to the state of new york and so i had a very upclose and personal look at the complexity of health care in our country today. and i contend that this bill, this piece of legislation that does anything but reform health care, will only increase th

anne, george, josh, matthew, mike, mr.ice president, distinguished guests, friends and colleagues, we are here to pay tribute to one of journalism's giants, david broder, a political reporter without fear. he was one of the most decent human beings we ever worked with and he was also might good friend. we mourn his passing, but we celebrate a life that in its richness and accomplishment remains an inspiration to all of us. david broder is part of a generation of remarkable political reporters. at the post, haynes johnson and david shared a special bond. the same is true of luke cannon. one night in new hampshire, our two aces and manage to misread the tv listings and missed the opening of the republican debate. with a little help from back home, they managed to scramble and covered the debate adequately, but we never trusted them the same after that. [laughter] whether his own generation or subsequent generations, they did was always special. he was called the dean for a reason. he brought to this reporting unmatched integ

mr. nosa will be back here in court tomorrow facing four murder charges. >>> ann, i know you are having a little trouble hearing. i hope you can hear me. but from 1955 to 199 will that's 72 years. a big empty space that he could provide a lot of details to if he was involved in crimes then. >> reporter: yes. there are a lot of things he may know about. but he is not talking. >> he is not. >> reporter: we asked to talk to him while in jail and he declined our interviews. >> thanks, ann. >>> well, san francisco police have a teenage murder mystery on their hands. four teens are accused of killing one of their friends. the victim's body was found on a home near rankin street early sunday morning. christin airs reports. police say the suspects tried to cover their tracks. >> reporter: inside this tribute at the high school to a popular class clown whose murder sunday is the talk of the hall. >> very smiley and courteous so in the hallway he would say good morning. and shake your hand and say hello. a nice personality. >> he was really nice. like he would always smile, joke around and stuff li

mother, stanley ann dunham obama of kansas, who was 18 years old, and identifies his father as barack hussein obama, 25, of kenya, all consistent with what the president has said for years. mr. obama tried to put the issue to rest three years ago when he posted a copy of the short-form version of his birth certificate on his campaign web site, also showing he was born in hawaii. but critics continued to ask why did he not seek a legal waiver from hawaii so he could release the original certificate? suspicion led to a web of conspiracy theories that he was born in kenya or indonesia. and in a recent cbs news/"new york times" poll, 25% of americans and 45% of republicans said they believe the president was born outside of the u.s. recently, potential republican presidential candidate donald trump turned the so-called birther issue from background noise into a loud drumbeat. >> all i want to do is see this guy's birth certificate. ( cheers ) >> reporter: finally last week, the president requested a waiver, and today he released the original certificate. this afternoon, he and the first lady drove the point home in an interview on oprah that airs monday. >> he was born here! >>

mother stanley ann dunham obama of kansas who was 18 years old and identifies his father at barack obama hussein obama, 25 of kenya all consistent with what the president has said for years. mr. obama tried to put the issue to rest three years ago when he posted a copy of the short form version of his birth certificate on his campaign website. also showing he was born in hawaii. but critics continued to ask why did he not seek a legal waiver from hawaii so he could release the original certificate? suspicion led to a webb of conspiracy theories that he was born in kenya or indonesia. recently potential republican candidate donald trump turned it into a debate. finally last week the president requested a waiver and today released the original certificate. this afternoon he and the first lady drove the point home in an interview on oprah that airs monday. >> he was born here. >> and confirmed again that you are born -- >> once again. >> -- in the united states. >> reporter: why did he wait until now? the white house said previously it was not worthy of a response but they saw it as a golden political opportunity for the president to insist he is focused on issues that matter w

ann, let's get a check of the weather from mr. roker. >> we have severe weather to talk about.s. colder air, triggering record-breaking storms. we have tornado watches from alabama and mississippi up into kentucky and into west virginia. they will continue to pound that area. we've got a risk of storms from the gulf all the way into new england. the strongest risk is from mississippi, alabama, into georgia. we'll be looking at long track tornadoes that stay on the ground a long time. heavy rain, three to five inches of rain and flood watches and warnings in effect from texas all the way into new england. >>> good wednesday morning to you. well, wednesdays can be tough. you got to get over the hump, the middle of the week, but the weather is going to make it easy for you. sunny skies today. by the weekend beautiful weather continues. we have really no rain in sight for the next 15 days judging by all the models. 70 degrees in fremont today. 72 in gilroy. 69 degrees in san rafael. up to 77 tomorrow. even warmer as we head into next week. hope you have a fantastic wednesday. weath

washington post" company, don graham. >> mike, thank you so much, anne, we all love and admire you, and we know you are the greatest part of this story. mrguished guests, ink stained wretches and others -- [laughter] the year was 1964, katharine graham, a brand new publisher of the "washington post" for less than a year had gone on the campaign trail to see for the first time how her reporters covered campaigns. she was with a man named roberts, the best reporter at the "washington post," and with charles roberts of "newsweek" when a man she did not know walked up. cay, this is dave broder, he's the best in the business. now, pause a minute. this was 1964. dave was already covering his second presidential campaign, and he covered local campaigns before that. he was with the "washington star." exactly one member of today's house of representatives, john dangle of mental anguish, and one member of today's senate were in office in 1964. president obama was three years old. [laughter] vice president biden was at the university of delaware where according to his wikipedia biography quote was that he was more interested in sports and socializi

mr. middleton looks like a wonderfully proud father. >> we were talking earlier about whether catherine would wear the tiara of the queen, the one worn by princess annr by the crowd here at buckingham palace. the reaction she's getting. >> the momentous scene here at the palace. the crowd is at fever pitch now having glimpsed the bride. they've waited for hours for this moment. there she is in all her glory. >> she does look beautiful, doesn't she? >> it's impossible to imagine what is going through her mind. for all she has heard about this day. to be in the back of that car, seeing these people lining the streets, waving to her with such a show of emotion. >> i think she is wearing a tiara, isn't she? >> she is. >> there are the bridesmaids and the pageboys. the boys are matching prince william in the red. >> and there's pippa. >> one of them is billy lowther-pinkerton, the son of the private secretary. >> pippa is 27 years old. not married. just crowned as the country's most desirable singleton in 2008. >> what a lovely touch to see her leading the little girls by hand there. they're only 3 years old. it will be a moment for their mothers to trea

on behalf of my mother, ann broder and my mother and our wives, and his seven grandchildren, and you all for being here today. thank you, mr. vice president for being here. thank you, distinguished guests, contacts and sources. [laughter] his colleagues and peers from the fourth estate and those of you, his loyal readers, for being here. thanks for your patience in waiting to get started. we hope you enjoyed the slide show and the music of the trio. my father was active, engaged, relevance, and curious until the end. his last column ran on february 6. he left us on march 9. you would not have to be understood it and the truth is i do not really get. in the 24 hours after he died, he had more tweets than charlie sheen and princess kate's dress. not bad for an 81 year-old who hadhis thailand just =-- his challengers for the new wired world. thank you for laughing. not because i am is a comedian, but because we want to have some laughs in the room. our family is grieving. we thank you for being here and for sharing that with us as well as the celebration of a long, full life. we regret that the circumstances in his last month

mr. mcgarry. ms. richard. >> thank you very much commissioners for the invitation to provide testimony. my name is annerichard. the irc has been around since 1933. we began working with afghan refugee communities in pakistan in 1980, and we launched programs inside afghanistan in 1988. today the irc is in five southeastern provinces and herat. we have a staff of nearly 400 in afghanistan of which 98% are afghan. our funding comes from sources including the u.s. department of state, a.i.d.'s office of foreign disaster and as will be described in my remarks from the world bank or the afghan ministry of rehabilitation and development. one of the three key recommendations from the smart development white paper is a genuine partnership between ngos and local communities is necessary. to "for -- whoa for the paper the success of any interventionist dependent on the investment and cooperation of those it is designed to serve. initiatives that are designed to implemented and maintained by beneficiary communities have the greatest potential to deliver sustainable results. an example of genuine partnership that