betty is a tireless advocate for bo decker and for boeddeker park and organized efforts for clean up days for the community members and brought diverse members together for arts and music in an neighborhood that has the highest concentration of children in the city. betty was recently selected as a finalist for the cox rks heroes award and will receive a $2,500 grant and giving right back to boeddeker park. it's from the parent company of cox enterprises and honors heroes along us that enhance and benefit the outside places. we will celebrate with betty the trust for the land and other officials for grand breaking a project at boeddeker park and transform the play ground and park for youth, seniors and other users that live in the tenderloin. betty it's an absolute pleasure to know you and i think you were one of the first people i met on the job four years ago and i want to thank you for your work and it's advocates that truly do a difference in the city and i would like to congratulate you and mr. president if you could join me with the certificate of appreciation. congratulations.

i was looking over at the betty republican radiation center.ook liberty of going out there, looking around, seeing location. i talked to a facilitator there. they seem to have a little problem with the setup, where they are going to be going into program developments from the new $40 million from the park bond of trying to be monitored location. i believe it was already approved, that they will be able to have some type of surveillance but there was an additional complication. young kids with their laptops and their ipads need to have better source of of wi-fi. if they get half dozen trying to do homework, it overloads the umbrella. i don't know what type of costs, whether it comes from programs or development. i would expect mr. ginsburg and his staff to rectify. but the little kids, they will be doing a lot of their after-school programs and stuff. they do need some of that type of -- how should i say it. high-tech communication devices present. probably be costly. another problem is if they are ever going to deal with announcements, they wil

. >>> and with same-sex marriage on the ballot in several states, betty rollin reports on the debate in many black congregations, traditionally opposed to gay marriage, over whether it should be legal. >>> also, all saint's day with the dominican brothers. >>> welcome, i'm bob abernethy. it's good to have you with us. much of the east coast is still grappling with the devastation of hurricane sandy. the storm affected at least 17 states, caused massive flooding and left millions without power. religious leaders, including pope benedict xvi, prayed for the victims and for a strong recovery. and many faith-based groups quickly rallied to help those impacted by the storm. among them, the north american mission board, the relief arm of the southern baptist convention. mike ebert is the mission board's vice president for communications. he joins us from the board's headquarters in atlanta, georgia. mike, welcome. let me begin with getting -- inviting you to talk about the extent of the sbc's efforts here. how many people do you have? what are you doing? >> well, bob, we have 82,000 traine

my name is betty ong.i'm number three on flight 11. >> okay. >> and the cockpit is not answering their phone. >> for approximately 23 minutes, betty patiently told us she thought they were being hijacked because two or three men gained access to the cockpit and the bi pilots. >> and our number five, our first class passengers -- our first class galley flight attendant and our purser -- and we can't get into the cockpit. the door won't open. >> this is operations. what flight number are we talking about? >> flight 12. >> no, we're on flight 11 right now. >> flight 11. i'm sorry. >> who are you, hon? >> she gave her name as betty ong. >> at 8:25 a.m. boston controllers realized flight 11 had been hijacked. 13 minutes passed before they called the military's northeast air defense sector to intervene. >> we have a hijacked aircraft headed towards new york, and we need you guys to -- we seed someone to scramble some f-16s or something to help us out. >> is this real world or exercise? >> no, this is not an exer

betty, of course it's not, but i'm sure you know your poor mom was only one of thousands, maybe millions dealing with those crazy long lines and hours and hours of waiting and i have a couple take-aways from the situation. first of all, major league kudos to your mom and every other american who put up with that to cast your vote, but secondly, you shouldn't have had to. americans spend $2.4 billion a year on halloween candy. surely we can come up with some cash to buy ourselves a better system to vote online, by mail, something. and then there was this from our good friend karen in alexandria. given the closeness of the popular vote and the content of romney's concession speech, why doesn't obama put him to work as he did with hillary clinton after defeating her in the democratic primary and in the spirit of conciliation and as a step in healing the country give mitt a position in his second administration? you know what? i really like that idea. how about romney in charge of tax reform? give him some parameters and i'm telling you it is not so crazy as it may sound to some of our frien

starting on monday, fans could go on ebay and bid for date with betty white. they can bring along three guests for dinner at one of betty white's guest. >>> and i looked outside at noon and it cleared out quickly. >> the wind was a little less. that's good much first in a series. timing in this, just 24 hours at a time. we have a good idea it will be wet. the exact timing is tough to do. see the gap? this is the break. this is a great break. it's about 4-500 miles wide. that will give us a chance to dry out. we have a few sprinkles showing up there in half moon bay. things are relatively dry compared to what we experienced. the wind gusts, and the winds will come back up as we go to thursday night late and friday morning. i stop out there thursday and 2:00 p.m. some strong gusts along the coast. thursday evening, the winds pick up even more. strong winds in the forecast. we will see a wind advisory, late thursday night into friday morning. the forecast is for tomorrow's break. what you have to do, do gutters and things you have to do to commute tomorrow, won't

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. >> next, i would like to introduce betty yee, the 2014 candidate for controller. john, maybe you could give her some advice. [applause] >> good evening. as we celebrate the contributions of some very important figures in our history, who have contributed to the development of our country, every state, of this great city, as we honor the achievements of the congressmen, ongoing contributions, and our mayor in san francisco. each of us could not be doing the work we are doing, that we have done, without the doors of opportunity having been opened for each of us. making sure we are developing the leaders of tomorrow as part of the integral programs of leadership development and civic engagement. the internships program is designed to prepare college students to become our future leaders. by providing them with the opportunities to work with government agencies, they develop their leadership skills, public policy experience, and broaden their civic engagement. they have demonstrated a dedication to the community, and they will continue in their engagement by working p

the great betty white when we come back.,, [ elizabeth ] i like to drink orange juice or have lemon in my water... eat tomato sauce on my spaghetti. the acidic levels in some foods can cause acid erosion. the enamel starts to wear down. and you can't grow your enamel back. i was quite surprised, as only few as four exposures a day what that can do to you. it's quite a lesson learned. my dentist recommended that i use pronamel. because it helps to strengthen the enamel. he recommended that i use it every time i brush. you feel like there is something that you're doing to help safeguard against the acid erosion. and i believe it's doing a good job. the search is on for suspecd intruder in downtown palo a. are still on sc >>> time now is 6:57. checking this morning's top stories. the search is on for a suspected intruder in downtown palo alto. police are still on the scene of the apartment complex where the masked man woke up one of the residents. let's take a live look at the scene right now. this is at high and hawthorne. you

betty mccoy. no one knows this budget crisis better than she.l be relying on her great deal through the election. thank you so much as always. cell phone service is slowly starting to come back. unfortunately, the announcement on a cell phone network. i'm kidding. just seeing if you're keepingd , up. [laughter] don't rush into it, i'm not looking for the fastest answer. obvisly verizon. okay, i have a different chart. going that way, does that make a difference ? look at verizon. it's so much more than the other ones. so what if we just changed the format altogether ? isn't that the exact same thing ? it's pretty clear. still sticking with verizon. verizon. more 4g lte coverage than all other networks combined. neil: all right, how are we doing? when you look at the economy, we are doing a little bit better. but the romney folks indicate that we are not doing well. there lies the debate. whether it cuts it or it doesn't. they are hoping it will be enough to cut it in a slow but steady gain in jobs. weekend tepid as it is. hoping it will be enoug

betty mccoy. no one knows this budget crisis betterhan she.ugh the election. thank you so much as always. cell phone service is slowly starting to come back. unfortunately, the announcement on a cell phone network. i'm ki neil: all right, how are we doing? when you look at the economy, we are doing a little bit better. but the romney folks indicate that we are not doing well. there lies the debate. whether it cuts it or it doesn't. they are hoping it will be enough to cut it in a slow but steady gain in jobs. weekend tepid as it is. hoping it will be enough to get him another four years. let's go to tobin smith. today we have housing indicating that it's looking a little better. home prices up a little bit. jobs are bumpy and the obama administration seems to be saying that it's not great, but it's better than it was. will that be enough to close the deal? >> well, i will tell you this. it is down to eight states. in the eight states wher this will be contested from the independent voter -- they have to ask themselves, it's four more years of

okay, betty aldworth, thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. now when we return. >> thank you. cenk: when we return, talking about fun the elbows of the day. we've had a lot of them today and i can't wait to unleash them. wait until you find out who they land on. (vo) now, it's your turn. (vo) connect with the young turks with cenk uygur. >> it's go time. [ male announcer ] this is karen and jeremiah. they don't know it yet but they're gonna fall in love get married, have a couple of kids, [ children laughing ] move to the country, and live a long, happy life together where they almost never fight about money. [ dog barks ] because right after they get married they'll find some retirement people who are paid on salary not commission. they'll get straightforward guidance and be able to focus on other things, like each other, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> cenk: all right let's drop some well-deserved elbows on republican nogons on the day after the election. the day before the election, this is what mitt romney was

all those of tons of stuff that we just live betty is three forty six tons of waste if that warehouse additives of thousands of pounds away such as on the surface of the fact that provides. was the plant that was responsible for causing the world's worst industrial disaster and now it had been abandoned in a condition where it had become a source of pollution or the most recent study that was done shows that this water pollution and spreading more than three and a half thousand died in the immediate aftermath of the disaster after inhaling the fuse thousands more which it perishes toxin seeps into the ground around the plant poisoning water supplies. drugs but it has been twenty seven years and there is still no proper or secure detox for cation or treatment of the soil and the neutralization of the chemical toxic waste a still not being done. yet the government gas relief minister bubble is claiming there are no more sick people and that the factory is clean and that one hundred percent of the people are drinking one hundred percent pure water these are complete lies groups working w

i do it because betty cooper lost two sons in the bay view to violence. it still remains unsolved. in 1996, when my son was killed, 96 homicides in san francisco. everybody seemed to think that it was just another day in my community. no one knew the pain i was suffering. no one knew when i was going through. no one knew how this affected my family, my children, my community. no one seemed to care. i do it because what happened in columbine should have happened in my neighborhood, and it did not. there was no one there for me when this happened to me. [applause] there were no counselors, and nobody come into my house to ask me questions about what happened. the already labeled my son in the papers as a gang member. they labeled him as a drug dealer. no be had came to me -- no media came to me to ask me about my child. the people in my community seamen visible -- seemed invisible, and that seems unfair. i do because i want to see justice. i want to look at the person who killed my son and asked him why. why did you kill my son? what was so -- what did he do that allow you to shoot h

and i always joke, now i take betty lou to the track with me whenever i go. >> when obama ran in 2004or the united states senate, david axelrod signed on as his media adviser. the little-known candidate with the unusual name defeated a half dozen rivals to win the democratic nomination. >> thank you! >> obama's come-from-behind victory won him wide attention. he soon got a call to deliver the keynote at the democratic national convention. >> and as soon as he hung up, he said, i know what i want to say. i want to wrap my story in the larger american story. and for the next three weeks, he was writing on little scraps of paper wherever he went, in between campaign stops. and he pulled it all together. >> the pundits like to slice and dice our country into red states and blue states. red states for republicans, blue states for democrats. but i've got news for them too. we worship an awesome god in the blue states, and we don't like federal agents poking around in our libraries in the red states. >> all around us, there were people who were crying. and halfway through i thought, this guy

[laughter] >> it could just be the iconic betty ford. >> mother, it is you, i promise. that is what he is known for. i think the helsinki accord is one of those that kind of gets lost in the shuffle. and the berlin wall -- a lot of people do not credit the beginning of the berlin wall coming down, really going all the way back to the helsinki accord. so that is one of them. i think he gets -- he got criticized a lot for the pardon of richard nixon, but the kennedy family gave him the profiles of courage award before his death, which was an unbelievable honor to him. and that meant so much to him. he knew that he was doing the right thing for the american public and it was not something -- [applause] at the time, you know, woodward and bernstein criticized him up one wall and down the other, but he knew in the long run that it really was the right thing to do and for our nation to appeal, it had to happen. the fact that if we were going to take a president and go through the whole process and court and everything else, our country never would be where we are today. so th

while steve ford talks about his mother betty complaining about having to cook dinner on the night gerald ford was sworn in. >>> now let's get a check of wall street on this friday morning. the dow closed at 12,554 after losing 28 points yesterday. the s&p was down 2 the nasdaq fell 9. overseas market had a better day. nikkei shot up 194. the hang sen gained 50. >>> today we'll be watching the fais to fais fiscal chris meeting. they project a first half recession next year. debt commission co chair erskine bowles tells cnbc maria barto romo why there hasn't been a recession. >> the guys in public office haven't been focused on i believe what's really right for the country. >> meanwhile, the average rate of a 30 year loan has dropped to 3.34%. that's the lowest since 1971. the average 15-year fixed rate also hit a new low at 2.65%. >>> federal officials are investigating whether fedex and ups aided and abetted illegal drug sales from online farnl sis. both companies deny any wrongdoing. >>> mcdonald's u.s. chief is stepping down due to unusually poor fast food sales. >>> thousands of unite

betty anne young community center, portsmouth square restroom. it's like a different class of people. they get everything they want. we get nothing. the elite, the fastist part -- >> i want to caution you that federal, state and local law prohibits discrimination against or harassment of city employees based on sex, race, and other categories listed below, so if you can be constructive in your community comments about the concerns that is helpful. >> >> but bringing race into it is not healthy for this dialogue. thank you. >>i am concerned for the past 11 years members in this city and county have voted and they have had a resolution that says that their parks system would be modernize in the quickest efficient manner possible. now, you have taken it upon yourself to ignore that resolution, and hey it's somewhere between a loss between the city and here. we don't understand that. that is discrimination at a federal level. that is discrimination way beyond anything anybody could ever say at this podium, so it's kind of ironic that you're sitting t

and kevin bogus and betty cowl. if there are members of the public that urgently need to leave, if people can let them speak first, that would be great. >> [speaking foreign language] [translator] this is mrs. layas and she's a parent of cleveland elementary and she's in support of giving funds over to the school district in reference of us, members of coleman, it's particularly alarming that school district students in san francisco are off track to graduation. and a disproportionate number of them from her community and hopes this can be fixed so when her children go to high school they don't have to face the same problems. thank you. >> [speaking foreign language] >> translator: she's alerting you guys to the cuts in the budget in the past years that have completely broken down our system. particularly in credit recovery, and in night school and in summer school. and only a few summer school options have been left open thanks to the mayor. and her greatest worry is if we expect high expectations for the children

betty ann bowser's update includes the story of one family's loss from the disease. >> i can't really think of one them them without the other. he was such a vibrant person that who lit up the room and there's such a great big hole missing. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. nkjor funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the president faced the white house press corps today in a wide-ranging session. he addressed two major stories-- the fiscal cliff and the sex scandal that ousted the c.i.a. director-- plus immigration, climate change and more. newshour correspondent kwame holman has the story. >> please have a seat. i hear you have some questions for me. ( laughter ) >> reporter: the president went right to the point in his first news conference since winning re-election eight days ago. topping the list: the looming fiscal

and along with her mom betty sue ali showed them how they could exercise together. think that that might be like a good family goal, is three times a week as a family walk the mile at the park. no question the martinez family was on its way. (knocking) hi! how are you? oh my gosh you look beautiful! thank you! i can't even believe you, you look amazing. there's this little waist here. it's a work in process. she's done really good. i mean its challenging still, its always going to be too. the kids are wearing smaller sizes of clothes, they're more active and they make better choices on their own. the kids are not really on a diet just changing the way that they eat. how proud of your mom are you? pretty proud. she's happier now, she does like more things with us. its pretty good. we've got a weight in, its been great for the kids to get into something, other than regular activities to do exercise and they don't even knew they're doing it. i'm so proud of you guys to hear how well you're doing and as a family you're getting closer and helping out. so i have a little