i'm blanch. >> yes. >> where's little woman? >> in the bathroom. >> here with the stars of the revived hit "a streetcar named desire," blair underwood and nicole ari parker. con gratelationgratulatio congratulations. that's a big deal. >> yes. >> the shows are closing out around us. it's by word of mouth. the word on the street is this is the show to come to. >> this is a huge hit. >> "a," it's a classic american play and "b," blair underwood is in it. >> like nicole said, it's a classic. many people feel as though they know it or think they know it. it's important to have a barometer, point of reference. >> one of the perceptions is that you all have radically changed the play from the original tennessee williams version or even the randall version. >> minor things. >> minor changes. >> people are basing it on the movie. a lot of people haven't read the actual play. they're going off the movie version in 1951 which was made at a time when censorship is very high. most of the stories, the key turning points in the story are take

named blue boy. >> he fell in love with blanch.s an old cougar, almost 16, and he's 3. >> reporter: last summer the union produced a baby swan, or sygnet. evil forces emerged from the depths of the murky lagoon. >> last year we lost our single cygnet. >> reporter: two weeks ago, blue boy and blanch welcomed six baby swans. the banks of the lagoon filled with admirers showering the royal family with bread crumbs and whole wheat cheerios. >> to be able to see life keep getting reborn here, it's a really cool thing. >> reporter: neighbors are casting a protective eye on the newborns. >> we're hoping that all six of the cygnets are going to make it. >> reporter: caretaker judy wilkes says despite the joyful scene there are still dark forces at work. >> there were some people with nets. a white van. >> reporter: the city's park police is stepping up night patrols around the palace, hoping this drama of tragedy and redemption will include a fairy tale ending. joe row sato jr., nbc bay area news. >>> an interesting sight on the hudson riv

really, here, they have given me carte blanche to do this. i think it is nice for me, in the sense of coming back 25 years later and seeing personally my own evolution as an artist and thinker. the whole effort to put the chicano or indigenous woman's experience on center stage is, in itself, for euro-american theaters, a radical position. because of the state of theater, it is a hard roll to hold up in institution. it is a hard road. i am looking at where we are 25 years later in the bay area, looking at how hard it is for us to strive to keep our theater is going, etc. i like to think that i'm not struggling quite as hard, personally, but what i mean by that, the intention, the commitment. particularly, to produce works that would not be produced in other places, and also to really nurture women of color artists. i think that is something that has not shifted for me in those 25 years, and it is good to see that brava remains committed to that kind of work. ♪ >> when people talk about the reflection of the community, we can only go from what

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under this agreement, cpmc is is giving card launched to build 635 in new -- carte blanche to build 635 new beds. ptsd patients are committing suicide in record numbers. administrators -- the psychiatrist it called to the emergency units to consult on the mental health needs of patients. beyond any dollar value, it is critical to care for the patients because mental health care and medical help care are so closely intertwined. -- health care are so closely intertwined. they say it is too late to reinstate the 32 bed at st. luke's because they have already submitted the plants. -- plans. this board must use its power. supervisor mar: thank you very much. i am going to call several more names. [reading names] >> good afternoon. i have worked for san francisco contractors for over 20 years. i am the director of workforce development. we are the prime contractor for the proposed cpmc hospital. we are committed to creating opportunities for san francisco's work force and local businesses. we have created on parallel collaborative partnerships. we have brought hands-on training class to the s

i have some pasta that i've blanched. go right into our reduced zin fan dale.ast-minute cooking is going to boil inside the zin fan dale. you want a bright white plate so you get the whole look. little bit of fresh cheese over top. you have one of my favorite simplest dishes of all time. cooking for somebody, being a servant for a guest, an making them happy, giving them one of the best experiences in their life, absolute best thing about this job. >>> thanks for watching abc news. we

horror and shock immediately on blanch's face.f creoles of color. that moment makes sense in a way it never could have in another play. why take this on in this way? this is a tough one to do with the multicultural cast. >> are you asking me that question because i would love to answer it. >> yes! >> if you know new orleans, and you know it so well, and if you know your american history, it is a very obvious way to look at this play. in fact, some people have said that at one point tennessee had thought about having at least a stanley of color. but his first image in the play is a black woman and a white woman sitting on the stoop talking. his stage director says it's a park in new orleans where the races intermingle freely, and just being the daughter of a historian, i began to look into all of this. and i ran ann rice's book, and for the last 20-plus years i thought this is the way to look at the play fresh. it would be southern, because you know you look at the iconic movie and it is not a southern piece. where is marlon brando

. >> reporter: the dead swan was the sister of blanche who drew a suitor. >> she is an old cougar. she is almost 16 and he's 3. >> reporter: last summer the union produced a baby swan but evil forces once again emerged from the depth of the murky lagoon. >> last year we lost our single baby to a -- there are several around. >> reporter: two weeks ago blue boy and blanche welcomed six baby swans. the banks now fill with admirers showering the royal family with bread crumbs and whole wheat cheerios. >> to be able to see life keep getting reborn here it's a cool thing. >> reporter: neighbors are now casting a protective eye on the newborns. >> we are hoping that all six of the new babies are going to make it because they're the icing on the cake here. >> reporter: judy says despite the joyful scene there are still dark forces at work. >> there were some people with nets in like a white van that were down here. >> reporter: the city's park police are stepping up night patrols hoping this story of drama and redemption will include a fairy tale ending. joe rosato jr., nbc bay area news.

named blue boy. >> he fell in love with blanch.'s almost 16. and he's 3. >> reporter: last summer the union produced a baby swan, but evil forces once again emerged from the depths of the murky lagoon. >> reporter: last year we lost our single baby swan to the nests around. >> reporter: two weeks ago they welcomed six baby swans. the banks of lagoon now filled with admirers showers the family with bread crumbs and whole wheat cheer owes cheerios. >> identify keeps getting reborn here. that's beautiful thing. >> we are hoping all six of the new ones will make it. because they are the icing on the cake here. >> reporter: the caretaker says despite the joyful scene, there are still dark forces at work. >> there were some people with nests, in like a white van, that were down here. >> the city's park police is stepping up night patrols near the palace hoping the drama of tragedy and redemption will include a fairy tale ending. joe rizotto jr., nbc news. >>> still ahead on "today in the bay" we have our own youngster mix joining us. we'

they could come in here with their corporate lawyers and get carte blanche. i have worked for 42 years, three years for the city the changes needed in this society are revolutionary. and the power -- we need the money and the power of the people in this country to help the seniors, and the youth, who do not have much of a future. i trust the u.s. and the working people of this society to change things, not this board of supervisors. >> i am really fed up with the city of san francisco because i got evicted from my mother's house, and her mother got evicted also. i will let you know who these people are. they have city hall records of the city and county. they took advantage of my mother. the real-estate your -- the real-estater who took advantage, my mother paid her own home. it got me in trouble because i tell the truth. the house was not sold. it was a scam. people are squatters and -- i have documents that he is not the owner of the house. and i cannot see my mother in the hospital. byrd said chong says she is a conservatorship and she is a fraud and a con

lieutenant-governor of louisiana who comes there, the gentleman who was the senator from mississippi blanch k. bruce. we have many, many celebrities there. we have also howard university, which is the real seat of the black intelligence, too. so we have this town. we have this big celebration. people turn up to dedicate the memorial. the black elites who turn up, and they walk up to the platform area, because their tickets say platform, get there and they're turned away. they're turned away to a segregated seating area about a block away, and it's a weedy area where there are rough hewn benches, and the grast has not been cut. these are lawyers, judges, and many turn on their heels and leave. one of them who temporarily takes a seat is a former collector of customs at georgetown. he and his wife. he's a famous black government official. he's taking a seat, and they're cordoned off and presided over by uniformed marines. he's having a seat because he's making up his mind whether he's going to stay. the marine says to him, you should move to the center to make room for other people. he sits b

then they had fallen beans and peas and their blanched at a time.ow her secret for the sauce. >> you just take a little bit right out of the pasta ... follow me, and you go right in here, and then, this mix the sauce. >> for this recipe, you want half a cup of marinara, that is topped off with a drizzle of olive oil. >> we throw in scallions. one after another. you see how easy. a little parsley, and the shrimp. you throw the shrimp in at the last minute. the pasta is cooked. a little bit al then say. >> the shrimp will finish cooking and then all is given a good toss to combine these beautiful flavors. >> coming up tonight at 5:00, your bricks, or steering wheel, two things to come to mind when it comes to your safety on the road. >> have you checked your windshield lately? what you need to know before you get behind the wheel. fans of betty white are apparently seeing double. >> the former golden girls are was honored in hollywood yesterday with her very own flacks figure. take a look. this was in typical the white sox fashion should respond with

we're going to do some nice english peas we shuked and blanched quickly. sauce, parmesan cheese, toss that in there. >> nice and green. >> now we can come back here -- hello. >> hi! >> here we go. >> just in time for dinner. >> now a little bit of this. >> i can't believe how fast you made all of that. >> nice and quick. >> as you're plating this up you've got some peaches? >> a little sugar and butter, right on the flat top or on the stove. cook them down and flip them. >> thank you so much. >>

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. >> as someone has cart blanch to do whatever i want to do, i am only kind of looking at that.nd a great life story. we encourage everybody to pick it up. the book is rather outspoken. my in the news. thank you for joining us on the set. thanks for coming. coming up, paul ryan does his best don draper. next in what now. an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement available only with liberty mutual auto insurance, if your car's totaled, we give you the money for a car one model year newer. to learn more, visit us today. responsibility. what's your policy? >>> welcome back. time for what now? paul ryan headlined a mad men-themed gala hosted by the competitive enterprise institute. a free market think tank. which character do you think paul ryan most identifies with? >> he associates with the word mad. why do a thing like this. why have costumes. i don't know if i realized it's undignified or sad. the comparison will never step up and maybe if you are a bobbiyists and think of something glamorous the way you make and give money. they are just giving mone

out front tonight, carte blanche. this man smiling with president obama could save or sink europe's economy. and ours. francois hollande has just won free rein to do whatever he wants, while american headlines today went all in on greece which, when all is said and done, is just another delay of inevitable default. the fate of europe was decided in paris. france is the heart and the wallet of the eu because france isn't greece, or even spain. it is the eu. second only to the almighty germany in size. if either fall, the eu is done. and that's why the vote in paris is the story today. overnight, president francois hollande's socialist party got a voter mandate, winning an absolute majority in parliament. that's like controlling the house, the senate and the presidency. and hollande plans to use it. he has promised french voters the moon. this really isn't, everyone, about taking a side on the spending versus austerity as a national policy debate because the reality of it is is some of hollande's promises are simply ext

critics of the measure argued that would give essentially carte blanche for people to claim religiousrty in order for people to apply abortion rights or to discriminate against gays and lesbians solely on the basis that the gays and lesbians offended them for religious reasons. this is an issue that gained attention at the national level earlier this year as congressional republicans tried to pass a religious liberty exemption when it came to providing contraception coverage to women. last night voters in north dakota had a chance to vote on their version of that and they said no. they said no in great numbers. the religious liberty amendment was defeated in north dakota last night by a margin of 64% to 36%. north dakota is not generally considered a bastion of liberalism. there are no jokes about the people's republic of north dakota, for instance. so north dakota residents rejecting this religious liberty measure and also rejecting the opportunity to abolish their state's property tax may give us some indication about how far is too far on the right these days. or maybe it doesn't.

they picked a fight with blanche lincoln in arkansas in 2010, tried to oust her and lost and spent millions and millions. the same people that voted for walking in 2010 voted for him again. the same people who voted for barrett more or less voted for him again. tens and millions of dollars were spent by the super pacs and they didn't move the needle one inch. walker's margin was less than a point more than in 2010. i don't think this has broad implications at all. >> governor walker, because i want to get this out there for everybody, he struck this conciliatory tone in an interview with chuck todd this morning. take a listen. >> one of the great things i'm going to do on the social side of things is invite all the legislators, republican and democrat alike over next week for some brat, some burgers and maybe a little wisconsin beer to talk about where do we go from here? >> is he the new gop star? are we going to see him on the stage? are they going to make room for him at the convention? >> oh, you know that, you know that. he is the one who took over -- took over the state recall and bea

they didn't give carte blanche on that either. >> that was the point. i want to go to my friend vin weber for what governor romney's response will be to immigration. i talked to senator rubio and we'll play more of the tape later on. mr. romney has not yet responded to whether the kids of illegal immigrants if you're in high school, or college or served in the military can stay in the usa. he hasn't responded yet. is team romney going to pull back, soften and have a more enlightened immigration policy? i think that marco rubio and others would like romney to do that. what's your reaction going to be with team romney? >> first of all, larry, i think you have to look at governor romney's initial reaction to the president's decision which a lot of people questioned in terms of constitutionality. but still his reaction was pretty soft. he didn't denounce it. didn't oppose it. he's reacted very softly to the notion that the -- of what the president has done. he shows a sensitivity to that issue. secondly, i think his speech in florida to the latino elected o

. >> the tyco board had given kozlowski virtual carte blanche, and the one person kozlowski said couldtion, was dead. whatever kozlowski did, it was clear that the tyco board was not exactly meticulous in carrying out its oversight. even so, kozlowski believes he was a dead duck from the start. >> i was a guy sitting in a courtroom who made $100 million a year, and i think a juror sitting there just would have to say, "all that money, he must have done something wrong." i think it's, you know-- it's as simple as that. >> kozlowski saw it as a major pay dispute, but the jury disagreed. he was sentenced to 8 to 25 years and ordered to pay restitution and fines of almost $200 million. it's unclear if he'll have any money left when he is released and says he has few friends left. in the final analysis, most of the people were close to you because of your power and your wealth. >> that's correct. and they wanted to share in that. that was probably 90% of the people in my life. >> and they didn't give a damn about dennis kozlowski, the man. >> that's a hard thing to reconcile yourself to, bu

these are whole asparagus, they're not blanched. they're raw. and they will get crispy.n we have a little bernaise sauce here that we keep in a they are mouse. and we're going to pour it into a little glass dish here. and you can even pass these. to your guests who can then pick up the dish. >> and show us how you finish it off. >> we just pop it right here. >> it's beautiful. right there. >> and -- >> we drain these quickly on a little paper plate and they're ready to go, very pretty and crispy. >> i'm waiting for a commercial so that i can have a bite of this. this is just beautiful. >> a little salt on them while they're hot. >> vegetable tempura with a bernaise sauce and serve it in a little glass and people can have it as a little cocktail. >> absolutely. >> patrick o'connell, we love your food, you're welcome to come back any time and it smells so good in here. i wish people could smell-a-vision would be great. thank you. >> thanks so much, great to be with you. >>> 11:28, coming up in the next half-hour of "news4 midday." opening day. what people can expect from m

two men from two parties who seem to have cart blanche when they go off script, or do catherine?e talking about bill clinton. i miss him. it's great to be able to talk about bill clinton again. a lot of debate how much he's helping team obama and how much he's hurting team obama. certainly with white working class voters, he can exit a way nobody else does. on the bain stuff and bush tax cut stuff, two big weapons in the obama arsenal, he's sort of undermyroned the mission. >> and good at avoiding the nuanced arguments, making the great sound bites. the down side, when he delivers a sound bite that no one bothers to examine what the substance was top to say that venture capitalists or private equity firms have a role in our society is -- is a statement woe probably a probab we would all agree with but a blueprint for driving a political economy is a different story. i get what they're saying. the sound bite republicans are saying, it will tell, i must admit, my non-intellectuality reaction to that was. >> gut reaction? >> hillary must be running in 2016 and bill is taking carriag

charge someone with a crime or not than have a policy at the top saying that we are going to carte blancherder people not to enforce the law. >> back to mr. romney, do you wish he had been more forceful on that note? it seemed to me that clearly -- >> he is trying to walk a line. >> exactly. >> he's trying to walk a line. and i understand that. my father was an immigrant to this country. and i'm pro-immigration. and i don't like the rhetoric and the tone i hear from some on our side with respect to immigrants and even the issue of illegal immigration. having said that, it is illegal. >> what line is mitt romney walking? >> well, he's trying to walk a line that's not to sound like he is hostile to latinos. >> swing voters. >> and very important states. but at the same time, i think you need to -- you need to hammer the president on this now habitual abuse of power saying that he is not going to defend the defense of marriage act and not even going to go to the supreme court to try to stand up for the law that, you know, i'm charged as the chief executive to do. so you are seeing a pattern w

host: thank you, blanche. guest: i think there are a lot of people who believe the way you can bring back progress or productivity to washington, d.c. is to change the composition but the congress and the white house that is controlled by one party. know that that is necessarily true. i don't think this election is necessarily going to deliver both houses of congress to the white house or to one party or to another. i think we are for the foreseeable future going to have a mixed composition where republicans and democrats are going to have to battle over the white house. people are going to have to learn to work together. it will have to continue now. we are seeing are really dramatic fiscal cliff and congress has serious issues to work out in terms of what the tax levels are going to be, what the spending levels are going to be. retirement for seniors. these issues are going to require cooperation. host: if you want to keep track of how much money the candidates and the parties are raising, you can go to the