the bell ringing competition is a two-part event today. we have professionals competing for a number of prizes in the coveted title of world champion bell ringer. for the amateur portion we have executives from some of our local media outlets competing for first, second, and third place trophies. the competition started with preliminaries. 37 contestants went through filling out the paperwork and a chance to proceed to the finals. all cable car crews were invited to compete. this year they have six finalists competing here at union square, competing against the two-time current champion mr. leonard oates. going to be tough. two years with the tiara, hard to give up. individual trophies welcome awarded to all six professional bell ringers. first, second, and third prizes will not only win trophies but a most -- host of prizes from our he steemed sponsors. we have the prize table right next to all the lovely doughnuts at this time we would like to thank our supporters and sponsors, without whom we could not do this every year. the sfmta, mun

which is why i want all of you to go to the wikipedia page for bells and make sure it reads, bells, used by paul revere to warn the british that hey, you're not going to succeed in taking our guns, usa, usa! (cheers and applause) usa! usa! usa lam usa! >> stephen: all right. i hope we can capture that in print. in fact, in fact, folks, bells and warning shots have been kept out of our history books for far too long. we're neglecting to teach our children about the great american tradition of warning our enemies that we are about to attack them. (laughter) >> stephen: who can forget when general eisenhower knocked on hitler's door and said hey, adolf we're landing at normandy, here's a warning shot, ding dong you bastard. and then our boys stormed the beach at normandy with bells around their necks. (laughter) >> stephen: didn't see that in saving private ryan. and for those who say it is implausible for revere to have ridden a horse while ringing a bell and firing multiple warning shots from a front loading muss ket, all i have to say is, prepare to eat historical reenactments. here we g

the nine bells that we ring. in the old days before electronic dispatch, firefighters were summoned by a series of alarm bells to various runs and nine bells was the chaplain's call. and we use that chaplain's call as our tribute to all of our firefighters who have died in thanksgiving for their service to this city and to all of us. i would like to ask now chief joanne hayes white and accompanying her will be mayor lee and they will present the badges and helmets to the valerio and perez family. >>> assemblywoman jackie speier has a special presentation of a flag that flew over pearl harbor. we would ask all the servicemen who are present to please substantiate. we would please ask you to put your hats on. and captain storti will give the chaplain's call for our fallen firefighter. [bells being rung ] i would like to ask you all to stand now as the archbishop leads us in the final prayers of this funeral liturgy. >> before we go our separate ways let us take leave of our brothers. may our farewell express our af

. >> stephen: there's a bell in it. ♪ ♪. >> we only sell the records that we make on this label. >> stephen: you might have recorded this guy. >> you don't his name. >> stephen: no, i don't think it's a guy. >> you remember any of the lyrics, the words to the song? >> stephen: oh, or ah. oh! >> does he say ooh like that in the song. >> stephen: no i had it and you talked. (laughter) i don't know. >> okay. >> stephen: rod stewart. >> okay. >> stephen: got any rod stewart. >> no, we don't. (laughter) >> stephen: what have we got here. >> this is called the third man monkey band, so you can hear music before it comes out on record. pop a quarter and you get to listen to unreleased music. >> stephen: could i get 50 dollars worth of quarters. >> okay, all right. >> stephen: thank you. put that here. >> i actually had it. >> stephen: thank you very much. would you like to play a song. >> no, i'm just-- i have to do some laundry. the weather, tyvec, the green horns. >> they name their album four stars. >> stephen: that's prett

[bell rings] thank you for your time. supervisor chu: thank you up for your time. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am the executive director of family services. thank you for your time today. i am here to ask you to reconsider the proposed cuts to the traditional housing program. that are -- there are three programs up for a cut. these programs serve populations that benefit from transitional housing to make it in the long run. homeless families recovering from drug addiction, domestic violence, and mental illness and transitional-age youth. while the total cuts and not only to $393,000, the programs have been cut over the years. that is why there are only three of us left. the general cuts at compass house will mean closing at the after-school program. this is where the resident children go for recreation, tutoring, and a safe place to be while there parents are attending school or vocational training -- training. these children have almost as a role endure -- almost as a rule have endured a lifetime of trauma. the stud

a bell labs put out a press release. the transistor we now know replaced those hot vacuum tubes and enabled the miniaturization of electronics almost immediately there were transistor radios and then combined with of the technology at the integrated circuit it became the underpinning of our computer world. now we have billions of transistors literally in our pockets to rely can pull my device out of my pocket and i that you could, too read billions of transistors right there. shannon's fury which came out at the same time at first blush had nothing to do with that. it was a coincidence. he was thinking at least officially about telephone wires, copper telephone wires his theory of communication was of great use in the coming up with techniques for compressing information and sending it efficiently over these analog lawyers for example in the presence of malaysia's. but while he solved a lot of these problems in an analog way, he simultaneously solved them in the digital way meaning its digital and in our world that makes

ringing the bells you can hear just their bells in russian tradition but you've also got russian tradition kristie also christianity a huge part of the celebrations and one of the reasons that this post was taking place this weekend is due to this weekend the orthodox church is celebrating the feast day of the holy trinity these younger bell ring is. big giving us a fantastic display of their wares also some of the finest bell ringers in the world have been going through their paces in the belt how is there really a fantastic moving experience to hear them and where better to do it really glorious sunny day these are all over the. book now it's world news in grief for you this hour in afghanistan both time bomb has killed sixteen people including eight children about four hours or so were injured the explosion in kandahar another attack in the east of the country when a suicide bomber killed a local police commander and three others this latest wave of violence comes as the u.n. confirmed may was the deadliest month for civilians in the country since two thousand and seven. the syrian army

no cause for alarm for the west bell right.ng up. >> back to a developing story, a crab fishing boat capsized and some of of ocean beach. will tran has the latest about the boat into the rescue of the three men on board. >> there is a stern, the back and sticking above the water just offshore. the coast guard is having someone of a logistical problem getting to the book. there is a sheen of oil or diesel on the water although we do not know how much. here is video that we've got right after the fishman were rescued. the waters were choppy at the time, perhaps that played a role in the boat capsized in. -- capsizing. one of the fishermen said it that the gear on the boat started shifting. perhaps that played a part in the boat capsized in. they were able to find the fishermen using a gps device. there was no terror on the high seas. they were pulled out safe and sound. the next phase is what to do with the book. potentially 800 gal. of diesel remained on the fishing vessel at this time. joining me now is jeremiah winston with th

and then to say something that makes a bell go off and the bell says here is the modern world being born. the kind of thinking that leads to the way every computer scientist would say but the knowledge has filtered down to us when we understand recorded music on the laptop for ipad or ipod is the same species of fame as the words are recorded in the e book or a message sent through twitter all of these things are related to one another that is due to the book by shannon. by carried that around for awhile and wrote these other books and finally i guess you feel this is a book i was always trying to write. >> host: fascinating. the a idea of the information age which is typically referred to are considered the age that we live than, the idea our reality is defined by information and network and bindery forms of communication in the same way that a newton had the idea of a universe of 100 years or more after that. you let the power to fine human perception of reality. now we have a sense that information and a network supply to the brain to use at a as a metaphor is what it is all about. do

bell labs at that time had abcaeight industrial building on west street. the building is still there in downtown new york just on the edge of greenwich village. you know it. it is an artists' collective or something like that. in the old pictures you can see the highline rope line running right through the lower stories of the building. >> i love that picture. >> anyway, right around the time just after the war most of bell labs' moved out to the suburbs of new jersey to murray hill. claude shannon who officially work for the met next apartments kind of stayed behind on his own in a cubbyhole. >> did he have a window? >> i don't even know that he had a window. i know he was walking with a young woman who walked across the streets during the war. it was the old nabisco building. they call it the cracker factory. the microwave research group. he had been really important and useful work. because bell labs was a really unique institution where they believed in the value of pure research, because of these two things people left. his managers did not know exact

bell, you have conducted a seventh month investigation. did you find that the chairman of the nrc acted illegally? >> no. >> you have a concern that chairman jaczko controls and restricts the information to his fellow commissioners. some of this appears to be due to a change in management style. he has taken a more hands-on role with the budget process. your report describes his duty as providing direction and the east division formulates a budget document and submits it to the chairman and the chairman sees the budget that's his responsibility and says he is entitled to develop a budget has he sees fit. although some staff may not like this approach, doesn't mean it was illegal? >> it is not illegal. it is the prerogative of the chairman, the direction of the budget. this chairman has elected to have the budget filtered through him and his office. he disseminates a back to the chairman. >> jaczko made the decision there should be a shutdown of yucca mountain. he did not think that the nrc would going to have enough funds to pursue the mat

love and care for your old san francisco belling. this is a topic of interest to us who care about our city and the way it looks. it's the reason we came here was the image of the city. we have wonderful guests chris who does architectural restoration contracts around the city and my good buddy tools. and james, they do a lot of high epd construction and restoration work. we will talk about the various issues that effect preservation holder buildings and what you can do to make renovation work friendly. it fits into the quality and character of the original work in san francisco. i thought we might start about talking about what are our goals when we try to pay attention to older buildings in san francisco. we can generally discuss it. there are issueses weing talk about. one focuses on sustainability of resources and green building. reusing older materials allows us not to fill the waste stream up with old valuable materials and news older materials that have a life cycle cost that's higher than the repair of the old materials. and

mike taibbi at the liberty bell in philly. one of the stops along the cavalcade today. mike, thanks. >>> well, whether sarah palin is running or just wants to be heard or just likes the attention, you could argue none of this would be happening if there was an overwhelming favorite for the gop nomination. tonight our chief white house correspondent and political director chuck todd has the story of the rest of this unsettled field. >> reporter: whether she's running or not, sarah palin is shouting the message that others have been whispering for weeks. the party wants more choices. >> you know, i believe that there are many more out there who have much more to add. and competition breeds success. >> reporter: but the folks already running, like former minnesota governor tim pawlenty, are growing tired of the who else question. >> whoever's going to get in i hope they get in soon because i want the field to be set so we can have the real debate. >> reporter: one reason palin and others are clamoring for more candidates, neither pawlenty nor former massachusetts governor

the next town, the british, that they're on their way, i just have to reload. [ laughter ] okay. [ bellng ] i certainly hope paul revere was wearing a cup. >> stephen colbert, i don't know if that helps sarah palin's cause, but it's funny, anyway. still ahead on "way too early," while you're awake, your texting awaits on "morning joe" just moments away. throw 'em away and never see them again. [ male announcer ] know the feeling? get the contacts you've got to see to believe. acuvue® oasys brand contact lenses. feel how hydraclear® plus keeps your eyes exceptionally comfortable all day long. it feels like it disappeared on my eye. [ male announcer ] discover why it's the brand eye doctors trust most for comfort. and if you're not 100 percent satisfied, you get your money back. guaranteed. are they on? 'cause they don't feel like they are. [ male announcer ] acuvue® oasys brand. see what could be. >>> on msnbc.com right now, anthony weiner saying the picture is of me i sent it. rob gifford has a few answers. >> eddie writes, the bear knocked over the garbage, the dog went nuts and i chas

this i was offered an opportunity to salvage 85, 2 by 10 joisfs holding up awe anyoning in a school belling in crockets. >> this was free lumbar. i took them. had no nails. they were perfectly clear and every one of them is flawless, no nuts. vertical grain. old growth red wood and this has about 60, 65 growth rings to the ifrj. weighs as much as i pieceef green douglas fir. it's dense. and quite hard. this is something of a quality that you just will not go buy in any lumbar yard today. >> it's a piece of timber. you see the rings and by looking at the rings imagine how big the tree was. okay. see how tight they are. the tree was quite large. if you look at this one, it's hard to perceive where the circle of the tree rings actually were. imagine this tree, it was huge. >> that's douglas fir. it's funny today we have modern engineered lumber this is natures perfect natural lumber. this is the spencer house, this is a section of an old capital on the top of the column holding the center span being in the basement. everything in that house all the framing is of this quality. we would make mol

bell? would it sit as a quasijudicial board? >> was "-- a quasijudicial board? >> has to have all the information come before the board? >> i think the commission as a whole has to make a decision. >> but the board makes a decision but it's quasijudicial that's doing this? >> y, i would agree with that. >> would you say the commission needs to make timely actions on theirctions before they have something come before it. because if you don't, justice delayed is a justice denied. would that be a fair statement? >> you would think after a certain time frame after anything has happened you would have motions going forward to end whatever it is you're in the process of doing. >> also following along, when the commissioner's internal figures say commissioners should vote for 10 office days. isn't holding that for that amount of time unfair in that situation? >> it seems unfair but there's no -- i mean, the voting process is very laxed. it's not enforced to where it should be. >> i did find your report very interesting because on page 36 when you're talking about the c

[bell rings] thank you very much. supervisor chu: thank you. >> i have been 25 years with the san francisco institutional please. i am currently assigned to laguna honda hospital. i did 20 years with my initial experience at san francisco general. i was also employed a various mental health clinics. one of the recent things i wanted to discuss was barbara garcia and on the dph website, she says as she stated to the staff that there would be a specialized security force to replace the i.p. she made the point that they were going to be unique and different. i do not know how they can be more unique or different than the institutional police. private security will not provide the same type of experience. the company had believe she is referring to, they work at highland hospital right now. the only specialty they have is they probably work at more hospitals, but that does not necessarily mean they have more experience. bair just -- they are just fortunate. in santa clara valley medical center, they recently contracted wi

he said, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way." i said, not to that kind of new year.song. [singing] [singing] he said, ok, bye. because he was my older brother, i let him go. i said, i will see you in nine months. persia in new year is the beginning of the spring, everything refreshes. we also refresh just like the earth. we refresh our friendship even with our enemies. we forget our sorrows and we look to the new year with bright eyes and full of hope, full of hope. let me see what i have in this bag. ah-ha! my brothers, he forgot. in the persian new years, we put seven items on the table. we start with the letter "s," which represents the goodness of the earth. everything that comes from the earth. we celebrate, we celebrate these blessings, we love these blessings so we represent them with seven "s's." this is a sign of health, the apple. please, can you put it there on this table? next, we have --, this is sour but it is good for your health. this comes from any other fruit. this is the vinegar. it was very hard to carry out. oh, -- is good for many things. persia

the opening bell is ringing, the ibm president is ringing in the bell celebrating the one hundredth anniversaryompany. congratulations, as for the market, futures trading has been mixed. the dow was off just to hear. the nasdaq and s&p are trading up. >> a hot spot? >> yes. we are picking up a lot more traffic on interstate 80. a car is on fire, and has been extinguished. the right hand lane is blocked. the vehicle fire is extinguished, it is on the right-hand shoulder. 580 is backed up coming from the richmond san rafael bridge. interstate 80 is backing up as well. the ride on tv is already starting to slow westbound. we can expect a backup to reach san paulo pretty quickly. this will add four-five minutes for your drive * westbound. that is two minutes above the normal drive time. now, you are looking at 17-80 mr. westbound 80 drive time. that is likely to get worse. if they do get the video out of their fairly quickly in to get the lane every opened, we may catch a bit of debris. that is our only hot spot. on the bay bridge, the metering lights have been activated. once again a backup is sta

from the start of trading and the ringing of the bell, ford's c.e.o. was touting the auto maker's new growth plan: ford will boost global sales by 50% in the next four years; one-third of the company's sales will come from asia; small vehicles will account for 55% of total sales by 2020; and the vehicle maker told analysts it'll cut its debt by $2.5 billion by the end of this month. earlier today, i talked about those expansion plans with c.e.o. alan mulally. my first question-- who's going to buy all those cars? >> when you look at the automobile industry and the consumer demand for cars, last year it was about 74 million vehicles worldwide. in 2020 it's going to be 112 million because you have so many countries now that are at place now where they're expanding

i'm don lemon, you can hear the bells behind me in manchester anew champsure, where cnn is getting ready to host a presidential debate. much more right here this hour. >>> we're going to start with breaking news. several breaking e-mails on the gri

they're out after the bell today. so keep an eye on that one. tuesday, we've got international monetary fund meetings, the executive board is holding its meeting in washington, trying to decide who is better to be next manager in the imf after the departure of strauss-kahn. lagarde is thought to get the top job. >>> on friday, bank of japan is due to release its quarterly survey. analysts expect a steep drop in business confidence after the devastating earthquake and tsunami back in march. still very much influencing investors and business decisions in japan. we're also going to be getting u.s. sales figures for the month of may from the big automakers, general motors and ford in the

that was just ornamental, so there was no metal going on at all other than imported bells. >> and the shells, they went down to cortez -- not lake -- the cortez sea to get, was that mostly hard or brittle? . >> it was hard but not tool hard. the colorado plateau is covered with chert, a glassy rock that is really really good for making tools, making very sharp edges. you find there are pieces of chert all over the place and you can still cut your skin open very quickly with it and it's been sitting out in the open. >> where does chert come from? . >> it's a marine rock that's mostly silica. you find it in these layers, sandstone layers. if you are especially in a marine or water environment, you will find this layer of chert. it's in all colors, purple, green, red, blue. it's a beautiful rock. . >> one thing i wanted to ask you, the review in the paper recently on sunday said that your book is different from all the other books about the anastazi because you brought out some of the non-flattering parts of their culture like violence. how did you conclude that they were a violent cultu

how many taco bells are too much? not taco bell, but. but we ask the questions. i think it's fair to maybe -- i don't even know. does anybody even know how many m.c.d.'s we have in san francisco? but -- [inaudible] commissioner fong: thank you. it's clearly a concentration because of this 1,000-foot radius. maybe it's time to review that. i'm hearing that pretty strongly amongst the six of us here today. but if we can get that ball rolling, i think it's better. in the previous one on mission street, and this one as well, i can't continue an item or not approve it unless we've changed the policy on it. so otherwise, it's within the rules. congratulations. but. president olague: and i wanted to make a comment that while it sounds like there's a lot of existing issues with graffiti and all of these other issues that are already in existence in this neighborhood that probably deserves some attention, but i'm not sure it's within the purview of this medical cannabis or this health facility, whatever. i don't see a nexus between the two, as has been spoken, a nexus bet

just want to ask you to please not cut the [bell rings] supervisor chu: thank you. next speaker. >> good morning, supervisors. i am here to talk about the stonewall project. i want to thank all of you for finding some of the funds necessary for a long stone wall to continue to run these outpatient programs. the program has been effective and should not go down, especially given the high rates of methamphetamine use in san francisco. has been an important part of my recovery process and has accepted me for who i am and where i was at in my life experience. the feedbacks dole gives me is informative, non-judgmental, and non-support data. -- non-authoritative. we are allowed to voice our stories. all the staff are experienced in facilitating group discussions and with counseling clients regarding the dynamics of drug recovery in general. i have worked for several years with three counselors at stonewall. like a lot of gay men, i had a lot of other issues. specifically, i have some family issues. i had a horrific coming up experience. they kind of take on a therapeutic

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bell were in use prior to the crossing. the crossing gates were in the down position. >>catherine: he skidded 300 ft. catching his semi truck on fire before slamming into that amtrak. two vehicles behind them stopped in time. we are learning more. lawrence >>reporter: warranlawrence vally was working for john davis trucking. they are not commenting but for the record but they have their own story. his name is lawrence valley and he is the man driving that semi truck that crashed into the aiamtrak train. and john davis trucking was this company that worked for. and only two collisions allow past two years. according to the transportation, several citations when it comes to vehicle maintenance, 70 reco show th he has been in trouble the law, with six tickets and john davis trucking has set 17 0 maintenance restrjohn davis has had a 17 maintenance vehicle citations. lights and guard arms. >> this is showing that the weather is providing no killed in the crash 7 mi. east of reno. he slammed on late. after getting 300 ft. in the truck slammed the amtrak and caught fire. two

[ bell ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that it, right? oh, my goodness. we lost. mitten, thank you for playing. i appreciate it. you guys -- [ cheers and applause ] >> good game. >> jimmy: "bossypants" is in stores now! "saturday night live" this weekend. tina fey, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] tom welling joins us next. there he is, hanging out in the bud light lime green room. hey, tom. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ female announcer ] there's a new way to let go of some of the annoying symptoms menopause brings. it's one a day menopause formula. the only complete multivitamin with soy isoflavones to help address hot flashes and mild mood changes. one a day menopause formula. of samuel adams. (bob cannon) hops add a spicy, citrus flavor to sam adams. (jim koch) the best hops have been grown on family farms like stanglmair's for centuries. it has unique conditions of soil, moisture and sunlight. (bob cannon) boston lager-- the proof is in the taste. >> jimmy: you know our next guest as clark kent on the cw hit show, "smallville." after

. >> i have a band called the black belles, dbojy, witchy kind of girls.h your qualities and their talent and looks. >> stephen: what qualities do you see me bringing? >> i think you have a certain general say quoi -- jen se quoi quois. >> stephen: how many of those are compliments? let's find out. jack white, will you produce my record? >> i will. >> stephen: grammy time! join me tomorrow as i check out third man records and jack helps me find my new look. in what i'm assured is the conclusion of stephen colbert presents 208 and one and one. a rock odyssey featuring jack white. >> stephen: tomorrow, jack and the black belles will join us for the world premiere of my new hit song. which reminds me: write hit song. [laughter] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ grey goose. world's best tasting vodka. >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. thank you. [cheers and applause] nation, tonight, president obama revealed his plans for afghanistan, and i tivo'd it, so don't tell me how the war ends. [laughter] with osama bin laden continuing his crowd-pleasing death, many in congress are pressuri

and philadelphia sent the liberty bell. the real liberty bell not a replica. the first exposition to include auto racing. top speed 60 miles per hour. for the first time an airplane flew in an exposition and for many people it was the first time they had seen an airplane. it was also the first time an airplane crashed at an exposition. three weeks after the fair opened, a dangerous stunt went wrong. san francisco's famed savuation pioneer lincoln beachy died when his plane spun into the bay. another pioneer flier art smith age 21 took up the work and dazzled the crowd. >> when i judged the momentum was high enough, i would have looped my first loop. >> reporter: so a variety of motor cars were available to help people get around. people could take an electric car, a tram or a miniature railroad. the destinations seemed never to end. the favorite was the great toyland built by fredrick thompson. the same man who helped build coney island a few years ago. with a pinnacle of games and rides, it was a great attraction. a submarine journey or the aeroscope which li

and making sure as he's riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we and we were going to be free and we were going to be armed. >> fair to say her recounting of that historic moment didn't really ring a lot of bells for a lot of people, but it did raise a lot of eyebrows, palin's understanding of the event. that included chris wallace of fox news sunday. but when he asked her about it yesterday, palin, well, dug in her heels. watch. >> you realize that you messed up about paul revere, don't you? >> you know what? i didn't mess up about paul revere. here's what paul revere did. he warned the americans that the british were coming, the british were coming, and they were going to try to take our arms, we've got to make sure that we were protecting ourselves and shoring up all of our ammunitions and our firearms so that he couldn't take it. but remember that the british had already been there, many soldiers, for seven years in that area. and part of paul revere's ride, and it wasn't just one ride, he was a courier, he was a messenger. part of his ride was