i am the brother of betty ann ong. my family and i would like to take this opportunity to thank the park and recreation center. supporters who are here and in attendance, those who are unable to attend, petition signers, and all citizens of this great nation at large. we urge you to support the renaming of the recreation center. the ong family would be extremely honored to have the chinese recreation center renamed the betty ann ong recreation center. thank you. president buell: thank you. >> gloria or cathy, would you like to speak? >> good morning. i am the older sister of betty ann ong. i live in bakersfield, california. it's a real honor to be here today. i want to thank you all for your consideration in renaming the chinese recreation center to the betty ann ong recreation center. i would also like to thank all of the supporters that we have had and to everybody for being here. i can still remember growing up in san francisco chinatown and playing at the chinese recreation center very clearly. the playground was a

betty ann ong completed her mission. you look at the record of the other the three airlines, they called somebody, but they did not call ground control. betty ann ong it her mission and she completed ait. thank you. >> is there anyone else would like to comment? ok, seeing none, public comment is closed. >> let me start off by saying, i'm completely ok with the process. we are good. i have a hard time articulating this without being emotional except to say that i cannot imagine how this has been for the family. you have a sister, who was a hero, who is a hero, and you lost her in the most tragic and historic of ways. yet, she is a hero to the country. it is bittersweet. to the someone is unimaginable, but to have her as our hero is a great gift to all of us. thank you for all of that. i want to echo the mayor's contention -- mayor's intentions. we celebrate her heroic actions. we celebrate the sheet is a child of chinatown. she's a product of our schools, of our rec center. that's what i want to think about when we repre

betty white is going to be joining us. betty white, possibly the most beloved entertainer in show business and i'm just going to say it. tonight i'm taking her down. (cheers and applause) dropping it like... all right. let's begin tonight with the latest revelations about herman cain in our new segment "indecision wave the, after dark." daddy likes that lower third graphic. (laughter) baby. >> another woman has come fog ward claiming a 13-year affair. >> jon: crap! (laughter) well, we've got to change the sign again, everybody. (laughter) yeah. got to put it back to zero. who's this lady? >> her name is ginger white. >> she says for 13 years he flew her to meet him in hotels and lavished her with gifts. >> jon: all right, all right. first of all those gifts didn't look too lavish. (laughter) let's focus on the positive. two things, one, 13 years? that is an admirable commitment to the woman with whom you are violating your spousal commitment with. (laughter) and, two, after all those allegations about sexual harassment of

thanks, betty. it's terrific to have you here. the incomparable betty white. that is "rock center" for us tonight. for all the folks that work hard to bring the broadcast to you, thank you for being here with us. we'll be back at it next week. i'll see you tomorrow evening for "nbc nightly news" from this very studio. good night from new york. your late local news starts now. - >>> one store, chaos, caught on video. tonight another flash mob robbery and police say they are working to find all of them. shomari stone is outside the store where it went down. >> reporter: i'm in the 7-eleven where this robbery happened and police will be looking at this video. they are going to look at the faces, the behavior and actions of those shown in the video. i had an update from the producer. 60,000 people have

they are sharp. >> betty's here. >> betty's in the house. yes, she is. >> let's see her. >> yes. >> none of them get along at all. >> i heard they hate each other. >> the cat fights. enough about betty. betty was pulling their hair out, grabbing their bra straps. she gets wild. >> i can picture that. she doesn't know we are here. >> i want to ask them why women fake it. >> this is a big question. we talked about this on our program before. women fake it, you know what we are talking about. the question is why? >> they fake being in poughkeepsie. >> yes. i was sure, i was certain and still am certain the reason women fake it is because they are tired and want to go to sleep. >> that's the reason you fake it. so you assume all women fake it for the same reason. anthony is listening intently. >> according to a study, women fake it for one reason, to boost our man's ego. >> who cares? >> that's why we fake it. they interviewed a ton of women. >> they are so loving and caring and unselfish that they only care about assuaging a man's ego? >> yes.

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thanks, betty. it's terrific to have you here. the incomparable betty white. that is "rock center" for us tonight. for all the folks that work hard to bring the broadcast to you, thank you for being here with us. we'll be back at it next week. i'll see you tomorrow evening for "nbc nightly news" from this very studio. good night from new york. your late local news starts now. >> live, local, late-breaking. >> they are political bullies. >> i am standing up for the little guy. i am

thanks, betty. it's terrific to have you here. the incomparable betty white. "rock center" for us tonight. for all the folks that work hard to bring the broadcast to you, thank you for being here with us. we'll be back at it next week. i'll see you tomorrow evening for "nbc nightly news" from this very studio. good night from new york. local ts now. >>> next, students pepper sprayed. the chancellor under pressure. >>> and an

first word, betty and jimmy, we're going to start with you. >> jimmy: betty. >> okay. >> the password okay. >> steve: start with you, betty. >> start with me. all righty. good luck, sweetheart. needle. >> thread. >> steve: jimmy. >> jimmy: plane. [ laughter and applause ] >> helicopter. >> picture. >> movie. >> jimmy: ink. >> needle, ink. plane. [ laughter ] pen. [ laughter ] >> arm. >> leg. >> put them together. [ laughter ] >> steve: this is not charades, sir. words. it's called password. >> jimmy: action. sorry, sorry, yeah. mother. [ laughter ] >> mother? >> jimmy: mother. >> that is a nice tattoo. >> tattoo. >> jimmy: only one point. >> steve: wow. only one point. still a point. you take that, birthday girl. >> thank you. >> steve: we'll start with you. >> the password is -- >> stuffer. >> hurt. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: all, right. wait, wait, okay. >> sock. >> i didn't hear, i'm sorry. >> sock. >> sock. >> jimmy: stuffer, sock. >> steve: sounds like my high school prom. [ laughter ] is that a cucumber? >> jimmy: stuffer, sock. puppet? >> christmas. >> stocking. [ ding ] [ cheers a

betty? >> susan mcginnis in washington, thank you. >>> for more on why the greek crisis means so much to the economy here at home, ashley morrison from cbs "moneywatch" joins us in new york. good morning, ashley. explain to us how this ripple effect works. >> reporter: good morning to you, betty. it may seem it's happening a long way away but the european crisis is the single biggest threat to our economy. if greece and europe cannot agree on a solution, we may well be dragged back into a recession. europe is, by far, our biggest trading partner and a default in greece or anywhere else in the eu could send shock waves through the american banking system, and that includes i.r.a.s, and almost everything. the congressional research surface estimates that u.s. bank exposure at $640 billion. that is nearly 5% of total u.s. banking assets. and american banks also have more than a trillion dollars in loans with german and french banks, which are the biggest lenders to those troubled european econo

i'm betty nguyen. tomorrow, more than 100,000 fans will pack the penn state campus for the final home game of the season. many will be looking to focus on football instead of the sex abuse scandal that's dominating the headlines. former head coach joe paterno paterno did report the incident to university officials, neither man ever alerted police. >> i take this job with very mixed emotions. >> thursday penn state formally introduced tom bradley as interim head coach. the legend he replaced wasn't far from his thoughts. >> coach paterno has meant more to me than anybody except my father. and i don't want to get emotional and start talking about that. >> paterno remained out of the public eye thursday, staying inside his home, visiting with former assistants. nbc news reports he had hired a prominent prominent washington criminal defense attorney. a family spokesman denied that report. the man at the heart of the scandal, jerry sandusky, has denied any wrongdoing. he retired in 1999, but his retirement

good morning, betty. president obama and world leaders are gathering in france right now fully recognizing that this referendum could mean that greece exits the euro, leaves the european cur at this bank at wednesday. at another bank they tried to disinfect it. now with the u.s. offering no funding for this crisis, while china actually might contribute, there is some talk that president obama is heading to the summit in a position of weakness, but, betty, the white house just keeps saying this is a european problem that requires a european solution. >> all right. susan mcginnis in washington for us, thank you. >>> it is reported this morning, the united states is considering an early shift in military policy in afghanistan. currently, the u.s. plan is to wind down combat operations and shift to advising and training afghan forces by 2014 but an obama administration official says it could start as early as next year. there are about 98,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan. >>> just ahead on the "morning news," a

betty? >> really? terrell brown in new york city, thank you. >>> in politics, republican presidential candidate herman cain is now being guarded by the secret service. cain has been the target of threats and he asked for the protection. secret service protection is always provided to major party nominees but is allowed earlier in the process if a threat is perceived. >>> a man charged with trying to kill president obama apparently believes he is jesus. oscar ramiro ortega-hernandez was arraigned in pittsburgh yesterday. he is accused of firing nine shots at the white house last saturday. one slug hit the family's living headquarters. his fm lay says he -- his family says he has no history of mental illness. in this videotape made in idaho state university, ortega claims to be the second coming of christ. >> it's not just a coincidence that i look like jesus. i am the modern day jesus christ that you all have been waiting for. >> people who know ortega say he has called obama the anti-christ. if convict

i'm betty nguyen. tomorrow, more than 100,000 fans will pack the penn state campus for the final home game of the season. many will be looking to focus on football instead of the sex abuse scandal that's dominating the headlines. former head coach joe paterno won't be there. he was fired wednesday night. and neither will assistant coach mike mcqueary. the university said multiple threats have been made against the receivers coach. mcqueary is the same graduate assistant who in 2002 told then head coach paterno he had witnessed former coach jerry sandusky raping a young boy in the locker room shower. while paterno did report the incident to university officials, neither man ever alerted police. >> i take this job with very mixed emotions. >> thursday penn state formally introduced tom bradley as interim head coach. the legend he replaced wasn't far from his thoughts. >> coach paterno has meant more to me than anybody except my father. and i don't want to get emotional and start talking about that. >> pa

good morning, susan. >> reporter: good morning, betty. the greek government is teetering on the verge of collapse this morning. prime minister papandreou could facing a crucial confidence vote that could decide his fate and the greek government and the impact on it in the u.s. g-20 leaders will focus on the global economy today with greece dominating the agenda once again. today, the country's prime minister faces a critical confidence vote that could determine his political fate and greece's financial future. i don't care about being reelected, george papandreou told parliament on thursday. what is interested to me is saving the country. in a stunning about-face, he scrapped controversial plans to put europe's bailout deal up for a national vote. the move came after european leaders blasted him for even considering the referendum. the white house is keeping a close eye on the situation. europe is america's biggest trading partner, and a government collapse in greece could trigger a global recession. >> central to our discussions at the g

betty? >> susan mcginnis in washington, thank you, susan. >>> president obama has wrapped up his visit to australia, after promising the united states will remain a force in the pacific. the president left for bali this morning. earlier, though, during an address to the australian parliament, mr. obama said the u.s. will play a long-term role in the region's security. >> our enduring interests in the region demand our enduring presence in the region. the united states is a pacific power and we are here to stay. >> before leaving, the president greeted australian troops. he announced yesterday that up to 2,500 u.s. marines will be stationed in western australia. >>> now to the penn state scandal. university and state police say they have no record of a key witness, mike mcqueary, reporting an alleged sexual assault. this contradicts mcqueary's claim in an e-mail saying he saw jerry sandusky with a young boy in a shower and told police. jeff anderson says he represented several of sandusky's a

it is only fitting to have betty ann ong's name on this building. i hope you all will be there at the opening period when people come to that facility, and they ask, especially the younger people, the kids, ask, "who was betty ann ong?" we will have a story to tell. thank you to you all for supporting this. president buell: thank you. commissioner martin? commissioner martin: this is great history to me. i've been in this town for a long time. great moments we did stop in chinatown and did stuff together. i love what she is doing. this is the greatest thing in the world that could happen. i'm with you. president buell: thank you. we are honored to have in the audience betty ann ong's mother, as well. thank you for coming and being with us today. [applause] with that, commissioner 1110, i will entertain a motion. >> i move that we name the chinese recreation center to betty ann ong. >> second. >> second. president buell: it is unanimous. thank you. [applause] thank you. i'm going to recommend we take a three-minute recess to allow those that came for

i'm betty nguyen. >>> jury deliberations begin today in the trial of dr. conrad murray charged in the death of michael jackson. if convicted on involuntary manslaughter charges, murray could get four years in prison. as karen brown reports, jurors heard two very different versions of the case during closing arguments. >> reporter: before the jurors got the case, prosecutors had the final fiery word. >> because of the bizarre, grossly negligent, criminally negligent actions of conrad murray that caused the death of michael jackson. >> they want you to convict dr. murray for the actions of michael jackson. >> reporter: but the defense claims michael jackson killed himself with the fatal dose of the anesthetic propofol and that dr. murray is only on trial because of his superstar patient. >> if you're going to hold dr. murray responsible, don't do it because it's michael jackson. >> now, the cameras may be here because of michael jackson, but we are here because of the actions of conrad murray. >> reporte

good morning, betty. president obama and world leaders are gathering in france right now, fully recognizing that this referendum could mean that greece exits the euro, leaves the european currency system and that a no vote could have wide consequences for all of europe and the u.s. president obama set out for france hoping to encourage european leaders to solve their debt crisis for good. he'll meet with the presidents of france and germany before the g-20 summit officially kicks off today. ahead of the two-day session, eu leaders held emergency meetings to discuss greece's 178 billion dollar bailout package. the rescue plan seemed like a done deal last week, but now the country's prime minister is calling for a national vote, infuriating his counterparts. >> the greek people, as i said, are wise and capable of making the right decisions for the benefits of our country. >> reporter: greece is slated to hold the referendum next month. the main fear is that a no vote could trigger a global recession. with h

good morning, susan. >> betty, goorm. good morning. >> reporter: herman cain appeared confident and convicted at this press conference last last night denying all sexual misconduct in his lifetime. this as his accuser consider a joint press conference and his gop rivals start to weigh in. >> goon. >> good afternoon. >> reporter: herman cain is refusing to drop out of the republican presidential including groping a chicago woman more than a decade ago. >> i was very, very surprised and very shocked. >> reporter: sharon bialek went public with her claims monday, but cain insists he's never met the 50-year-old and calling bialek a product of the democratic machine. >> the charges and the accusations, i absolutely reject. they simply didn't happen. >> reporter: his denial came as another accuser revealed herself to cbs news. 55-year-old karen kraushaar now wants to hold a press conference with all of cain's accusers. the whole situation is so volatile, right now, she says, i just don't want to say anything more. other gop hop

joining us tonight, ohio congresswoman betty sutton. jim dean is with us, the chair of democracy for america. also congressman tim ryan. great to have all of you with us tonight. the effort to defeat this senate bill has been fantastic but we should also point on the fact that there was tremendous effort to make sure that senate bill 5 stayed in place. this was a defeat tonight for the coke brothers. it was a defeat tonight for liv cheney. she was involved. sarah palin was involved. pat boone was involved. a number of republican governors were involved. they were the losers. fox news came here with hannity. that didn't do any good. rush limbaugh said the people of ohio were going to rape themselves to pay public employees. and herman cain did a robo call. so none of that had any effect. you had these national politicians, these national professional fund-raisers for issues get involved. and they were pushed aside by the ohio middle classers. that's what they -- but the workers of this state. congresswoman betty sutton, your response to

this is not a roast, it's betty white.s airing on a special episode where her character will celebrate her birthday , the cleveland show we were telling you about. >>> occupy protesters were told to move along , the message they were trying to send and what they did to get arrested. a fist of its kind, healthier lunches, how this could be expanding when good morning maryland continues. ♪ hershey's chocolate syrup. stir up a smile. >>> a woman's baby tested positive for drugs after she gave birth. the mother never drank or used drugs in a decade and still is a social worker. it caused the baby to be taken away. kuren redmond is live. >> reporter: this story has lots of twists and turns. the mother says nurses at the medical center started limiting her time with her son, jeff. they told her baby jeff tested positive for cocaine, open yets and pcp in a urine test, michelle is an addictions nurse and doesn't use drugs. she demanded that the hospital test her immediately and guess what, her tests came back negative. the staff a

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the legacy of betty and all the 9/11 heroes will be remembered forever. members of this commission, thank you very much. president buell: thank you. >> thanks, everyone. >> that may get a sense of how many people would like to testify on it this -- ok, seeing the large numbers that would like to testify, we're going to go down from three minutes to two minutes on public testimony in consideration of everybody. i think we will clearly get the message of what you want to say in two minutes. >> terrific. good morning. commissioner buell: you get more than two minutes. >> i will try to keep it to two. good morning, commissioners. general manager, dan mauer with the capital division. i will be giving a brief introduction on the project, and i will basically turn it over to mta staff. i have the full confidence of the mta staff here today, most specifically salina and antonio will be giving the formal presentation. most of you have already seen this item. it has been before both the operations and capital committee. i believe you are familiar with the guts of t

. >> i'm betty nguyen. there is a lot of talk about the republican debate last night, especially rick perry's performance. we have all had brain freezes but not on that kind of stage. other candidates made news as well. we'll have the scoop in a few minutes including a conversation with governor perry himself. >> let's begin with the sudden end of an era at penn state university. just is it hours after joe paterno announced he would retire because of child sex abuse charges against his former top assistant the university fired him and the university president. >> the announcement sparked an angry protest by thousands of students. we have the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, betty. in the end the board of trustees determined it had to clean house and joe had to go, as well as university president graham spanier. [ chanting "joepa" ] >> reporter: shortly after 10:00 p.m. students jammed the downtown streets, knocking over light poles, throwing rocks at police. their anger fuelled by this annou

good morning, ashley. >> and good morning, betty.inance ministers met late into the night in brussels for talks on how to ease the crisis. today, the greek cabinet conveneses to discuss their interim government and the italian parliament votes on their interior finance. japan's nikkei was down almost 1.5% while hong kong's hang seng was flat. today, wall street tries to add to monday's gains. the dow gained 85 points while the nasdaq packed on nine. more homeowners are having trouble making their mortgage payments. the credit agency transunion says from june to september, payments late 60 days or more rose for the first time since the end of last year. two or more missed payments is an early sign of possible foreclosure. >>> americans cut back on using their credit cards for a third straight month in september. but we did borrow more to buy cars and pay for college. experts say this latest report to consumers are still being cautious about taking on high incident debt in the weak economy. >>> more than 13 million bank of america cust

. >> betty, good morning. now an accuser with a name and a face. this is going to accuracy the calls for herman cain to come forward and answer all the questions. he still flatly denies this and he will set the record straight. herman cain will hold a press conference in phoenix today to fight the latest sexual harassment allegations against him. >> i want you, mr. cain, to come clean. just admit what you did. >> reporter: monday, sharon became the fourth woman to come forward, but the first to go public. in graphic details, she described how cain touched her inappropriately when she was looking for work. >> i was very, very surprised and very shocked. i said, what are you doing? mr. cain said, you want a job, right? i asked him to stop and he did. >> cain insists he's never sexually harassed anyone. >> there's not an ounce of truth in all of these accusations. >> reporter: he tried to clear the air last night on jimmy kimmel live and promised this would not derail his track to the white house. >> here is one thing people don't know about herman ca

you have betty white on.ou for the last couple years. this resurgence and you are hosting "saturday night live" and winning an emmy for it. we know what it's been like for us, but what's it been like for you? >> bless your heart. i appreciate it. it's not a resurgence. i haven't been away, i promise. i have been working for the last 63 years. but it's lovely. thank you. if you want to think it's a resurgence, thanks. >> it's superstardom, again. >> sure. sure. >> be careful with that whiskey in front of you. don't sip it thinking it's iced tea or anything. >> no, i'm going to take it on the plane. >> she asked for a different drink. i wonder if we could get it for her. >> you're a vodka lady. >> not regularly. i'm not a whiskey drinker. i'm a heavy drinker. heavy. >> speaking of heavy, your new book, it's so beautiful. it's weighty and heavy. >> it's not that big, but it's a labor of love. i have been working on this -- the pictures are wonderful. >> look at the photographs. >> i have been working with the zo

betty? >> at least they're staying. all i have got frn the white house are the m & ms and i did enjoy them. >> reporter: they will still be there. >> we have early show swag here. we have the ski hats which are big sellers. baseball caps, not so much. the mugs, incredibly popular. >> hot item. >> everybody has them. >> reporter: we don't cut back. >> send us some d.c. stuff and we'll send you swag. >> reporter: deal. >> thank you. have a great day. see you tomorrow. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

so they are sharp. >> betty's here. >> betty's in the house! >> yes!listening to us. i wanted to ask them why women fake it. >> this is a big question. we talked about this on our program before. women fake it. and you know when we're talking about. and the question is why? >> they fake being in poe kepsy. >> i was certain, and i still am certain, that the reason is because they're tired and they want to go to sleep. >> that's the reason you fake it, so you just assumed that all women fake it for the same reason. anthony is listening intently. >> according to a columbia university study, women fake it for one reason, and this is their reason to boost our man's ego. >> who cares? >> that's why we fake it. they interviewed a ton of women. >> you mean, they care -- they are so loving and caring and unselfish that they only cause about asaging a man's ego? >> yes. that's the whole reason. >> i think it's your reason. >> you don't think mine is fatigue? >> that's what i'm saying. i think it's your reason. not the ego boosting thing. >> yeah, yeah. yeah. but