ladies and gentlemen, the real author of "letters from a nut," is barry p.ter, sitting next to me, who has been a colleague of mine for over 25 years. he's a comedian, a comedy writer. >> larry: how have you lived, barry, in anonymity through all of this with famous books? you know you did them. >> well, i don't know how to answer that. >> let's move on to our next guest. >> larry: barry, we'll have you back soon. probably december 17th you'll be back. >> no, i just -- you know, i was just writing them and it just got out of hand. >> larry: you did it originally as a lark? >> i did them -- i started about actually 16 years ago in '94. >> a frito bag, right? eating a bag of fritos. >> the actual way it happened is i was sitting in the bedroom, with my girlfriend phyllis murphy. it was like 4:00 in the morning. she was watching television. this is actually how the whole thing came about. she was watching television. i was mindlessly sitting on a chair eating a bag of fritos, just looking at them. >> larry: he was on a roll. >> the frito bag said, do you want t

. >>> marion barry can breathe sier. his stolen car has been found, safe and sound. on saturday, barry parked his car outside the patricia harris education center in southeast. the car thief didn't have to work too hard, though, as barry left the keys in the ignition. the 2002 jaguar was recovered on tuesday in ward 7. no one's been arrested. barry so had a car stolen back in 1993. >>> the shocking murder of a university of virginia lacrosse player is back in the spot lig this morning. a judge is now reviewing the medical records of yardly love after defense lawyers for the man accused of killing her made an unexpected request. news 4's craig melvireports. >> repter: a few days ago there s actually talk that toevs for george huguely, yeardley's onagain off again boyfriend were close to reaching a deal. day those same attorneys asked for yeardley love's medical records. the defense team hopes to prove that huguely's actions, while traumatic, did not cause her death. at a hring in charlottesville, huguely's atrneys called a former chief medical examiner who testified t

barry also had a cartolen back in 1993. >>> today d.c.mayor-elect vincent gray is expected to reappoint cathy lanier to be chief of police of the district. news 4 has learned t official announcement will be made it the a news conference this afternoon. lanier became the first female chief in district history when she was chosen back in 2007. we've also learned that gray will name kenneth ellerbee as the district's new fire chief. he say former assistant fire chief here in washington. he curently serves as the chief of the sarasota county, florida, fire department. he still owns a home on alabama avenue in ward 7. ellerbee will take over for current chief dennis reuben, w announced that he will not stay past the end of his contract on january the 2nd. >>> the murder investation of a university of virginia lacrosselayer has taken an unexpected turn. a judge is now reviewing the medical records of yeardley love because fense attorneys say something else may have caused her death. jeff rossen is on the universy of virginia in charlottesville.

barry marter, colin quinn. i love these people.nts, and that is my goal, that the public should connect with this, this talent that hasn't quite been discovered yet. so that's my goal for barry and for colin. >> larry: yo

the surge of stars to drill and yes, barry is awake. then, with steady hands, the surgeon inserts the electrode. there is a 1 millimeter margin of error. how does deep brain stimulation work? the electrode is linked by a cable to a pacemaker under the skin of the chest. the space -- the pacemaker sends electrical impulses which passed a small current through the brain. this blocks the damaging signal and the point where the headaches originate. this is rather like a gem in a radio frequency. this has been used successfully for other neurological conditions. some patients with parkinson's disease have found that it can control their tremors. this is also used as a treatment for depression. >> this is also helpful for to rats syndrome, obsessive compulsive disorder. -- to reawe are learning more about what goes wrong in psychiatric conditions and house surgery can help. >> back home, mary wilson feels liberated. it is four months since his operation. -- barry wilson feels liberated. >> absolutely brilliant. this is the weight taken off of

councilmember marion barry learned a valuable lesson about leaving the keys in the ignition. councilman barry parked his car outside the patricia r. harris education center on saturday. when he returned the car was gone, a 2002 jaguar. somebody stole it. it was recovered yesterday in ward 7. nobody arrested yet. barry also had a car stolen back in 1993. >>> there's yet another hole in the roof of the minneapolis metrodome. three panels of that roof tore on sunday after the roof collapse under t weight of 17 inches of snow. the spokman for the stadium says a fourth panel tore open this afteron. that dumped even more snow onto the field. it's not clear when that roof will be fixed or when the vikings will be able to play at the metrodome again. >>> still to come tight, a former fbi worker found shot and killed in her apartment in arlington, and now 20 years later, police are taking a new look at her cold case. >>> also, doug will be >>> more than 40 years ago, then 18-year-old connie hole strom came to washington to work for the fbi. over the yrs, shechanged jobs, became a pres

the car thief didn't have to work too hard, though, as barry left the keys in t ignition.esday in ward 7. no one's been arrested. barry also had a c stolen back in 1993. >>> a virginia doctor is accused molesting two of his patients his name is mohamed nizar hussein. police say he touched a 36-year-old woman inappropriately back in september inside his woodbridge, virginia, practice. he is also accused of kissing 54-year-old patient in his office back in october. hussein was arrested on charges of sexual battery and assault. he haseen released on his own recognizance. a court date is set for january. >>> investigators now say ty know where last week's massive fire in baltimore's downtown block area started and they're looking for the person who actually started it. atf agents say thefive-alarm fire in the city's adult entertainment district was set by a person. they say it started in a video booth inside an adult bostore. investigators aren't sure whether the person who set the fire was trying to cause harm or was just trying to stay warm. two strip clubs, that bookstore w

barry toronto has already turned in a speaker card. >> good afternoon. as someone said, i guess i have a doppelganger tonight. what i would like to point out is i heard about this. usually the time limit you have is the time limit on the meter, and a lot of the meters in the city are two hours. i think the issue is the center for one hour for all of them, it does not make sense because you are going to confuse the public, and if you are going to have protests because people are not going to know. if you adopt one hour, you should at least have a signed up at every meter, and a lot of them do not even have meters. you have to go to a station to put your money in, but that is broken, you should be told in big letters so you did not have to get reading glasses out to read that you only have one hour if the meter's broken. i think that it is only fair to actually go by the maximum amount of time and you can put money in for that particular meter. that is what makes sense. also, enforcement. i'm asking you today to do what makes sense rather than to suddenly

>> i'm with the hydrologist, barry wilson eluded to this, i think it's important to monitor what is happening and keep on that. the projection of trends is a good way to at least get a handle on something and also feedback can go to climate modelers and they can adopt their models if need be. that points toward more of a 50 year horizon more than a reasonable projection to make. it's nice to show it for a hundred years but that's pretty well mostly beyond all of our planning endeavors. there is a climate effort that was trying to be set up in 3 hundred stations and now it's scaled to one hundred. the energy commission is trying get another one in california. it's locating and measuring sites where we don't expect differences in the land use and really trying define really some of what's happening. the next one is maybe a little bit far out, but we're talking billions so for that kind of money, maybe we ought to support or look that idea of something out in space just like putting mirrors out there, something that can be taken down if necessary so reflect some energy back into space that we're

barry left his keys in the ignition. was recovered in ward. >> the career development center lped unemployment residents get jobs, and their ged. >> this is a student at strive for success, and latannia buck is back with us. you are 20 years old. not only a but working there as an intern. >> i put things in the computer, and make calls. >> working on your ged? >> yes, it is very helpful. >> how did you find sdrif d.c.? >> it is nice, it has helped me a lot. >> how -- you take them out of their comfort zone, tell us about that. >> we have the opportunities to visit museums, corporations and businesses, anything to help work with the whole person. there a saying that we don't get what we actually think we want, we get what we believe. what do you believe about yourself. if we can shift it, it can move you your personal success. >> how many people? >>0 to 25 youth and youth adults. >> how many go on to college? >>ry noit, we have a number of people in college. the 86 number, we have a percentage of those who have gone on yo

he was looking for barry zito like money. no deal could be reached. he will return to his japanese team. wouldn't we all like barry zito money. >> thanks for joining us tonight. good night. >> good night.

> this may look painful, but it is nothing compared to 14 years of crippling headaches suffered by barry wilson. painkillers' do not help him. some sufferers have committed suicide. >> it is like somebody takes a red-hot poker and puts it in your eye and moves it about. >> it sounds like you are being tortured. >> yes. >> this will allow doctors to pinpoint an area people in the brain where they want to insert an electrode. the search and starts to drill. he is awake. local anesthetic helps. with steady hands, the surgeon inserts the electrode. there is a 1 millimeter margin of error. how does the brain stimulation bork? the electrode is linked by a cable to a pacemaker under the skin of the chest. the pacemaker cents continuous tiny electrical impulses which passed tiny electrical currents through the brain. this blocks damaging signals at the points where the headaches originated. it is by jamming a frequency. the brain stimulation has been used successfully for other neurological situations. some with parkinson's have found that it can control their tremors. it is now being targeted f

i'm barry nelson with the water project here in san francisco. i'd like to start by thanking the city for pulling this conference together and note it's in some way as real landmark event. this is, i think the first conference i've attended with water manager's. this is the first one where a significant portion of the event is not devoted to whether climate change is real. i think water managers really in the last couple of years have moved past that and now we're ready for the next step in that discussion, what are the impacts of that and what can water managers do to adopt their operations appropriately. that's a particularly appropriate time for us to be working on this issue and we're putting the finishing touches of a report could, in hot water, what can water manager's do to address this. there's executive summary and we're just finishing the editing now and it should be out in six weeks and how should water managers be changing the way they think in response to water climate change and we're delighted to be there with the report. if you in

>> i'm with the seattle utilities and i want to expand on barries partners for example anding the funding i was recently in conference in washington and focused on carbon markets and there's a lot of discussion about linking up with the california system that's going to be emerging, whatever that may be along with the, i think its the reggie, system. there's a large amount of money trying to drive carbon out of the atmosphere. there's potential there, especially in california, if the systems link up to partner with funds that have billion dollars funds developed to essentially harvest certified emission reductions and trade them perhaps in the,eu, or in california. so there's a question whether the community wants their credit emission to leave the community but still, there's a lot of opportunities to others that may need assistance reducing the emissions. >> all right.. thank you. i think we're just about out of time and i wanted to just take the last couple of minutes to remind you that the website will be open. do you know how long laura? your going to talk about that. you have cards

i have to reiterate barries comments. there's been a great group of people and topics and probably the only better conference i've been to was in nebraska. a long time back, they are way ahead of you on this. i was delighted to hear lester snows understanding of global climate change and we'll have to start calling him lester rain however, and your probably really sick of hearing that, so, next slide. what i'm going to do is talk a little bit about - not the science or impact which i've worked with quite a bit - but rather resources for managers to try and close some of the discussions. you heard this and this is a conclusion from years back from the water assessment approach. the people are chaning. and it's effecting society and water sources are now unavoidable. again 7 years back, and by no means i went back to my records and congress don edwards some of you may remember, held a hearing in 1987 on impacts of climate change on san francisco bay area and that was years back but it's getting a lot of attention but not a

marion barry's car is stolen. we are learning new information about the shooting in a florida school board meeting. abc 7 news at 11:00 starts now. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >>> abc 7 is on storm watch tonight. snow is in the forecast and we are under a winter weather advisory. we have the snow on the way in the bitter cold that won't go away. how people are preparing for the snow? we will begin with bob ryan. >> it is our first general area of snow moving our way. let me show you the area under a winter weather advisory. it includes montgomery county and not for tomorrow morning's rush-hour but for tomorrow evening. you can see down there kentucky and tennessee, those are the area under a winter storm warning. there is the area of snow beginning to move out. as snow is spreading into kentucky. it will be coming our way. as we go through the nighttime hours, just increasing clouds. i will give you a probability of the total amounts. there is a 20% chance in the northern subu

there is a relatively new training process -- barry. there is a relatively new training process. >> new york passed a similar ordinance a few years ago. the recognize that if an audit was a legal requirement there needed to be a credible delivery of that service. that included qualifications for the auditor. the list is in the ordinance of different ways of qualifying to be able to provide this audit service. it is a significant fraction of the different types of certifications that exist. they involve -- do you want me to enumerate them? chairperson maxwell: could city college to a certified program? could we talk with people, if the certified program is 18 months? could we try to get that program done in nine months? people do those kind of things if there is a big enough pool. that is kind of where i am having. >> well, the biggest area where city college would be an excellent partner would be on the implementation side, which is the actual installing of measures that are recommended. we expect there to be significant action taken by

barry something that's said. the connection between the two driving forces in terms of the balance of exchange rates on the one hand and then the identity on the other hand, the balance. is one more important than the other? how do they interconnect? if you don't change the identity, you can change the dollar value and end up with a fairly substantial trade deficit. how do they interact? the second is this collection of issues related to trade and foreign and direct investment and outsourcing. i don't want to embarrass you about boeing being a worldwide company and how do you defend -- we have not had anybody say recently that you can talk about benedict arnold corporations that invest abroad. it was part of the president animus in terms of the corporate tax discussions. how does one defend and what is the rationale for foreign direct investment for multinational companies that it will create jobs? there is a connection between outsourcing, foreign direct investment, and trade and than the earlier question of the

or should i call you barry. i kind of like that deep voice.e've been following this accident for you this morning and this is going to be the hot spot. it's in san leandro and southbound 880 at 238. the three left lanes are still blocked for this fatal crash. they don't know when it's going to be reopened. so what could happen is traffic will slow southbound 880 through san leandro and potentially northbound 880 may slow as well out of hayward as drivers take a look at all activity in the other direction. so keeping an eye on drive times for you as well. we're checking out the ride on 880. right now it's 15 minutes. so fairly delay-free from the maze down to 238 and vice versa. as we go outside real quickly, i want to warn you about the thick fog. so far fine as cross the san mateo bridge. try to slow down out there and be extra careful. you can always find out what's going on whenever you want by going to our website abc7news.com. eric? >> frances, thank you. it's 4:56 now. the faa says it's seeing an increase in reports of people pointing la

her name is erin barry. has basically said, you know, i haven't said anything about this whole ordeal because i have better things to do. i'm a law student, i'm an advocate for abused children. but it finally seems like if i don't say something now no one's going to believe what the reality is. she says, "i adamantly did not have an affair with tony parker, nor did i pursue him." she says there's a speculation about their friendship because their divorces have been, you know, sort of timing out at the same time. but she says her friendship with tony parker had nothing to do with "the end of my marriage, and to assume that we had an affair is naive, ridiculous, and completely misguided." she goes on to say in this lengthy statement she'll never address this again. she says, "i have so many better things to do with my life. i lay at night working and wondering about a 5-year-old girl and where she's going to sleep since i'm an advocate for abused children, and i wonder how i'm going to deal with my first year

barry peterson, cbs news, denver. >> couric: and that's the "cbs evening news." i'm katie couric. holidays, everyone. good night. latest focus in a crackdown on prostitution. the bay area city that was going to make big money on big pot: suddenly getting a little paranoid. and gavin newsom's tenure as san francisco mayor: probably going to last a little longer than originally thought. good evening, i'm allen martin. i'm grace lee, in for dana king. turning a blind eye, to crime. the city of oakland singles out three hotels, it says ignore prostitution, and sexual exploitation of minors, on their premises. two of the three hotels are on.. or near.. international boulevard. the other is on macarthur boulevard. don knapp talked to one hotel manager, who says he's being singled out for a much bigger problem. hi don. (girls on the street) investigators call this stretch of internation

councilman marion barry not to leave his keys in the ignition.olice say somebody stole barry's jaguar sunday morning. it was parked at patricia r. harris educational center in southeast, keys still in the ignition. >>> we have a consumer alert. two major auto recalls. chrysler has pulled 367,000 minivans off the road to fix a potential air bag problem. it affects 2008 dodge grand caravans and chrysler town and country minivans. volkswagen recalled 228,000 vehicles to deal with an issue that could cause fuel leaks leading to fires. that recall covers jetta, gulf and beetle models. if you plan to traveling during the upcoming holidays, you wouldn't be alone. aaa says more people are expected to travel between christmas and new years this year. the agency predicts a 3% increase. aaa says most people will drive and nearly three million will fly. >>> a california mother with the help of a watchdog group is filing a class action lawsuit against mcdonald's. they are suing mcdonald's accusing mcdonald's of illegally exploiting children by using toys as b

. >> someone was able to steal marion barry's car. >> when the snow will begin to fall. adam caskey has that. >>> thursday morning, 5:00 then. welcome back. it is cold enough for the snow to stick when it falls. there is rain far to our south in kentucky. that is moving away. that will turn to us know when it reaches us. if it's 14 in manassas, 16 in fredericksburg and hagerstown. the areas of light indicate snowfall. and by 11:00 a.m. to in the metro. there'll be scattered areas of snow into the mid and early afternoon. by the evening rush hour and bicycle club pm it will begin to taper off. there will the town, loca still be snowfall. a little biddison all lingering fog into the evening rush hour. maybe four inches expected in stafford and fredericksburg. sunny tomorrow, 39 degrees. >>> beltway traffic looks pretty good in montgomery county. no accidents in virginia. i in prince george's county, let's show you that we have an accident. this is on the inner loop near route 5. it's blocking the right side. we have a rescue on the scene. it will not take much time. be pre

giants would not be here without the contribution of this left-hander, no. 75, newberry zito zito -- barry zito. [applause] >> this next guy is now -- and the jersey he wore is in the hall of fame. the jersey from game 5. he beat clint least twice, tim lincecum. [applause] [applause] >> and last but not least, who is ever going to forget the moment from game 5 in texas, one of many great moments in

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giants would not be here without the contribution of this left-hander, no. 75, newberry zito zito -- barry zito. [applause] >> this next guy is now -- and the jersey he wore is in the hall of fame. the jersey from game 5. he beat clint least twice, tim lincecum. [applause] [applause] >> and last but not least, who is ever going to forget the moment from game 5 in texas, one of many great moments in his playoff career, the giants' shortstop, groceries post a valuable player, -- world series most viable player edgar re nteria. [applause] >> now we want you to please welcome a musical guest to perform "san francisco" for us. thank you. ♪ my home on upon the hill i still love you still pipin away but now i am backe to tell you ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> now once again, please welcome the great mayor of the great city of san francisco, the honorable gavin newsom. >> how are you all doing? the torture is over. world champ giants. it is good we brought the terminator here because it reminds us what we did to atlanta, but we did dto philly, and it reminds us what we did to texas. don't mess with califo

so he walks into dan barry and he expects he's going to marry a millionaire.and then they will settle down again very. when you read that, you say this is that going to happen. they decide what they're going to do is have a relative who was in anglican clergymen know how the clergymen are them and the local anglican church. what stephen doesn't know so that anglicans churches were closed during the revolution because the anglicans started their services by praying for the king. if you're paying for the king you're in trouble and you could wind up in jail or in the house arrest may consider tiffany. or there was also a copper mine up in connecticut. if you attend a couple hundred feet into the coppermine, there were little fellas there and you might end up there. so, he comes back to dan barry and finds that the anglican church is closed. they get themselves a minister and he buries them. and a mob comes to the house. he talks them on down and then the next day, the day after his wedding, the local sheriff rushes into the fragile chamber and says get out of tow