. >> i'm anne stevens, chris's sister. tom, his brother. hillary, our little sister. we want to extend a warm welcome to the family, friends and many distinguished officials in attendance. thank you for being here. we are honored for your presence. thanks to mayor lee for allowing us to gather and to the protocol and special events team and many organizations and individuals who have offered extraordinary assistance to our family during this difficult time. our parents asked us to speak for the family to talk about growing up with chris. i think overall the greatest thing we can appreciate about chris is how much fun, how clever, how witty he was, how he made us all smile and laugh. i can testify chris was a mischievous little guy from the very beginning, as i was usually the target of his pranks. he set my bassinet on fire with a magnifying mirror. at 4 he backed me up into a red hot bathroom heater, resulting in a bottom burn and er visit in the middle of the night. at seven he led me off the trail, shooting into the creek in davis. my nickname was chubbs or woman.

mayor ed lee was the first to speak praising steven's life. his sister, annid her brother set the standard for their family very high. >> chris was my most important mentor. and he showed me how. so it's not important who your mother is, it's not just important who your father is, but it's very important who your big brother is. and we had the very best. the world needs a lot more big brothers like chris stevens. >> stevens graduated from piedmon high school and u uc berkley. stevens became the ambassador toe libya back in may. >> new details on a multimillion doll accident on the bay. the 72 foot yacht capsized and late tonight, parts of that battered boat are arriving back on dry land. the crew tossed into the water and they tried the save this nearly $8 mill yonl vessel. cheryl, how does this all end? >> reporter: well, on the one hand, it ended well. there were 14 people on board that boat and all of them are safe. but that fixed wing that we're all familiar with that's usually in the middle of that boat, well, it is shattered. and that is something that

words and partnership, and now i would like to introduce anne wilson, president of united way bay area to come up and say a few words. >> thank you steven. this is a really great celebration want congratulations to you and congratulations to west field and congratulations to the city and congratulations to all your teammates who are here that have great jobs with a great company and as the united way target is a partner not just here in the bay area but all across this country. target teammates participate in the community and with many nonprofits and last year teammates give over $15 million to the local united ways and that is no exception here in the bay area. we value the partnership greatly. congratulations on 50 years. the bay year is celebrating 90 years this year so we have been partners all those years and the tradition conditions. mr. mayor speaking of partnerships one partnership that we were all a part of that you make didn't think is the summer jobs plus initiative. target joined by more than 100 companies with mayor lee to launch that program here in san francisco and one more example when we put out the call to employers

. >> friends said stevens was a good diplomat because he was interested in the lives of the libyan people. during his service, his younger sister ann said his optimism inspired her to learn about the middle east. chris stevens was a graduate of piedmont high school and uc- berkeley. >>> 5:07. overnight sections of america's cup catamaran were towed back to shore. the 72-foot boat flipped over drifted out through the golden gate and broke into pieces. cbs 5 reporter cate caugiran over at pier 80 headquarters of team oracle with more. cate. >> reporter: frank, oracle team usa says this is a big setback for them and it appears that their boat was a complete loss and sailors say they are going to spend the day reviewing data and tape to see exactly what happened. you can see here just how far that boat drifted. now, the current actually pushed the boat past the golden gate bridge at least 7 miles out to sea. this whole thing happened yesterday around 3 p.m. that racing yacht was doing practice runs. that's when sailors say they knew something was wrong when the back of the boat started to lift up. the winds were about 5 knots going one

. >> he said stevens was a good diplomat because he was interested in the lives of the libyan people. during the service has younger sister anneaid his optimism inspired her to learn about the middle east. chris stevens of course a graduate of cal and grew up in piedmont and a good guy. i went to college with him. >> you were there at the service. >> i was there. i was really touched. his two sisters are doctors, his brother is a very good attorney. they both spoke. and a lot of laughter, george schultz former secretary of state, 92, got up there and just brought it all home. he was amazing. and the ambassador to libya, he was really -- >> chris was quite the character and his family -- >> chris was just a light up your smile kind of guy, just a really, really, really good guy and i had never met his family before but i was mighty impressed. it was a really nice tribute. >>> let's check traffic and weather. >> a nice day ahead in the bay area. the temperatures are all over the map this morning. just the last hour it was 70 in fairfield. they received some gusty winds dropped down to 60 but still mild. 56 in san jose. 59 in san

chris stevens and tleers died in that attack. i am mary ann raf pert. now ba -- marianne rafferty.d"." >> don't mess with texas. they are threatening to arrest observers if they get too close to the polls. they are threatening the security and cooperation in europe. it opposes voter id laws and insists the monitors should keep an eye on the texas polls. texas says the group should butt out. joining us is abc news senior washington editor rick klein washington bureau chief michael krau lee and weekly standard steve haze. >> of all of the things i am thinking about as we head into the last 12 days of this election this is not something that keeps me up at night. it is sort of funny in an absurd way silly way when you have 12 of the 44 countries to make up the osce to judge who is not free or partly unfree. you have countries like kazakhstan hasn't had free elections to come and pass judge on our elections. there is somebody humorous about it. >> i really don't like it. >> radio oo it is not a texas side problem. a lot of people are waiting on this they would like to see the observers

ambassador chris stevens from the bay area and three other americans. >>> mitt romney's wife ann hasa guest host on "good morning america" this morning. she is filling in for robin roberts who as you know is on extended medical leave, continuing to recover from her bone marrow transplant. ann will be sharing recipes from the romney household. >> cooking emergency. the grill is too hot. i'm here, i'm making welsh cakes my grandmother taught me how to make them. i'm teaching my grandchildren how to make them. >> you can catch ann romney on "good morning america" at 7:00. abc news is in discussions with the first lady for a similar guest appearance when her schedule allows. >>> let's check the forecast and see if lightning going to strike twice for us. >> possibly later this afternoon after this morning's round which is quickly dissipating. we are looking at emeryville camera down to the south you can see a little cloud cover. let's take a look at live doppler, one small radar return maybe a few drips but it is heading northwest 35 miles per hour watch out los altos hills could be aroun

steven anderson in a restaurant ann list. he has a buy rating of o $335 price target. ins us with the neutral waiting on the stock. steven, let me kick off with you. it is $100 higher than right now, that's 40%. that's a very bold call to maintain after what they told us, isn't it? >> certainly days of 40 multiples are not over. we think chipotle is making market share gains. and we think it was a bit conservative. >> how can they raise prices? how can they possibly raise prices, steven, when taco bell is already there with a lower price men you and potentially eating their lunch if you like. >> we disagree with that. it really did not change. so when taco pell introduced their new menu -- >> they have not raised prices yet. >> no they have not. >> so how can they raise prices and maintain their competition with tack toe bell. >> it's a different product. taco bell is coming from the same kitchen and condiments, chipotle offers a different product that is a different customer experience. >> it's a difficult story here because it has been one of the best stories in resta

. >> ann coulter called the president a retard, an astonishing open letter from john franklin stevens. he has down syndrome and is a global messenger for the special olympics. i'm pleased to have him live with me tonight along with the ceo of special olympics. welcome to you both. frank, let me start with you. i found your speech this morning that you wrote was extremely moving. you heard ann coulter there trying to insist that the word retard is not offensive. what was your reaction to that? >> well, the word retard is offensive and should not be -- should not be a symbol for someone who is dumb and shallow. if they wanted to use me as a symbol, use it as a symbol for someone who fights adversity. >> and, tim, when you heard her getting very agitated about it, and insisted she would carry on using the word, no worse than moron, imbecile, creton, whatever. i think retard, in particular, has been adopted by people who want to be offensive to people with disability, more than any of the other words, therefore, has a special significance that people are aware of. >> i think the question

ann romney will be a guest host on good morning america on wednesday. she will appear during the 8:00 hour. she's one of several celebrities including open winfrey and steven colbert filling in for robin roberts while she's on medical leave. abc is in talks with the michelle obama for a similar guest appearance before next month's election. and adam caskey as a final look at the weather. >> stay with u [ harry umlaut ] here we go. [ sally umlaut ] what? the five stages of muller. ah yes... stage one: suspicion. "it's a yogurt how good can it be?" stage two: revision. "actually, this ain't bad." stage three: surprise! "look at this cool cornery thing! i love this stuff!!" stage four: desolation. "it's gone!" stage five: anticipation "i guess i could always have another"... "have you been through the five stages of mulleret?" "yeah, just now." [ male announcer ] muller. the european for yummy. greg beekeepers in france were stumped as to why the bees were producing blue and green honey at. they decided to stop getting nectar from flowers and were getting their sugar from a nearby plant that processes waste from an m&m candy factory. honey is tainted and cann

ann romney will guest host good morning amon wednesday. >> she will appear during the 8:00 hour. she's one of several celebrities including oprah winfrey and steven colbert who are filling in for robin roberts. abc is in talks with first lady michelle obama for a similar guest appearance to happen before next month's election. >> of a chaotic scene caught on tape, a raging apartment fire in northwest d.c. firefighters rushed to save people trapped inside. four people were taken to a hospital. brianne carter joins us from k street. >> this was a fast-moving fire according to residents. there is boarded up by firefighters after all this happened. residents say it was very scary. shooting straight up smoke and flames quickly covered the apartment building while residents were still inside. >> we ran inside to get people out. >> zack erin peterson and several others tried to help their neighbors, but the fire was too much. firefighters used a ladder truck to get them down. >> if it had been three minutes later, we would have had to jump. >> this boy's stepfather try to get out on his own from his third story window, but he fell. >> on the ground. >>

special olympian john franklin stevens wrote a heart felt open letter explaining why that word shut not be an insult. here's what he has to say. >> dear anncoulter, come on ms. coulter, you aren't dumb and you aren't shallow, so why are you constantly using a word like the "r" word as an insult? i am a 30-year-old man with down's syndrome who has struggled with the public perception that people with disability means i am dumb and shallow. i am not either of those things. i do process information a little more slowly than the rest of you. >> you can hear more from special olympics athlete frank stevens. he'll be life on "piers morgan tonight" at 9:00 p.m. eastern. >>> she was the target of a taliban assassination. now her parents are by her side as she continues to recover from a gunshot wound and doctors have good news. she's talking. i had enough of feeling embarrassed about my skin. [ designer ] enough of just covering up my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. i decided enough is enough. ♪ [ spa lady ] i started enbrel. it's clinically proven to provide clearer skin. [ rv guy ] enbrel may not work for everyone -- and may not clear you

ann. we got our hands on another e-mail that was sent to dozens of military state department personnel in washington about the attack on the state's house where ambassador stevens and other americans were hiding out. the shelter we know was a cia state house was a kilometer away from the consulate and the new e-mail was sent at 11:57 on september 11th the night of the attack while the attack was still underway. it didn't say anything about an angry mob that was enrageed by a movie trailer but it says state department personnel were under attack by mortar fire. even though we now know within hours that they were under attack by mortar fire we also now know the man in custody right now connected to the attacks posted something on facebook about what was going on right around the time that it was happening on the 11th of september. secretary clinton said yesterday that didn't mean anything concrete. >> posting something on facebook is not in and of itself evidence i think it just under scores how fluid the reporting was at the time and continued for some time to be. >> secretary clinton also said yesterday that despite what all of these leaked e-mails say the pres

stevens and they couldn't stand eric in the romney campaign. conservatives around the country were begging want romney campaign to do exactly what politico says ann romney said he suggested to do. act like a human being and stop being the republican reincarnation of john kerry. act like you had to be president and show the leadership when you he be made bain capital into a global success story. do that as president of united states. conservatives want what ann romney is suggesting. we should not mistake a change in temperament or a change in persona to be a change in principles. i will say this. one thing i can tell you about mn mitt romney and that's why we keep on the right we keep the gun loaded is we know this about mitt romney. a change in principle is always possible. i will agree with that. >> that's why jon huntsman called him a perfectly lubricated weather vane. ultimately the conservatives will not like that if he gets elected. >> expose that. obama had a chance to expose that on a national stage and he didn't take advantage of that. >> not only did he not make distinctions on reproductive rights, he said there isn't a big difference on

anne arundel county, and there are road closures. here's a list, river road, south of harrell harbor closed because of standing water. defense highway, which is route 450 at stevens church road. that's the crossen area. the road is closed. one more for you. near the border of prince george's county, closed because of standing water. so though we do not have flooding in downtown annapolis, there's because of the heavy rains water on the roads. do not try to go through it if possible. if you need a shelter, it's annapolis high school. and we are told it is a pet- friendly shelter thanks to the help of some volunteers. that's the latest from downtown annapolis. >> hey, john, i saw a car there driving down city dock, and hopefully you can hear me. and i'm just wondering on a rainy night, and we're right now facing a category one, almost two hurricane coming to shore north of us. are you getting a sense it's because of the winds and the way the winds are blowing that's keeping the water. >> reporter: i don't know. these people are coming down to look. they were getting out of their cars and looking around. now the rain is so cold and so stinging, almost everyone is st

ho-hum convention or the leaked video or stewart stevens or the improving economy or media bias or distorted polls or the message or mormonism it's mitt. >> ann end it's mitt. >> he's really not ready. [ ♪ "jeopardy" theme ♪ ] >> stephanie: with republicans everywhere wondering what happened to the campaign, people offer a simple explanation. it is candidate himself. politico has talked to dozens of republicans about this topic many raising massive amount of money to support it. few would talk to discuss their candidate appraisals of romney. you have to know the room and he doesn't know the room. republican who donated to romney and wants him to win. he's missing the normal guy gene. that's evident. look at his painful references as athletics as sport or his call for referees to return to the nfl playing fields. it is not how factory workers in ohio talk. who said that? >> ann romney. >> stephanie: another good guess. but no. mike and others from the political piece. >> stephanie: here's the latest story. can i have some rich person music? the latest effort to convince us what it really -- what a really swell guy mitt romney is. so in touch w

ann romney and tagg romney. softening his image, projecting a more moderate image, particularly in the debate and since then. and i think the victim in all of this would be stewart stevensthe chief strategist from the beginning and several campaign officials have told us he's been fenced in. basically doing ads, not doing a lot of the grand strategy. that's been turned over to people like tagg romney and ed galespie with the campaign, brought in a couple months ago, lots of ties to the bush world. better at this stuff. >> it's great. who knows mitt romney better than the family? >> and it's great, you know, there doesn't have to be a loser here. we'll find out afterwards exactly what's happened to stewart and everybody else, but who knows mitt romney better than mitt and tagg and the family who know him and love him? we said, he's a great guy, great father, great man, and i actually -- >> better candidate. >> he's a much better candidate today. and i think him tacking a little bit to the middle, at least rhetorically, i think that helped him a lot. >> they thought he'd been mishandled up until a couple of weeks ago. how had this manifested itself up until that debate. i