they didn't like bradford dodson. they liked the hustler.all them years, i was being a hustler. i wasn't being bradford v. dodson. >> my child did not have negligent parents. he wasn't hungry. didn't miss a day's meal. was not homeless. i was not a crack head. his dad wasn't a crack head. wasn't abusive. none of that. none of the things that society say is the reason why these children do what they do. they do it because they want to, number one. and they do it because someone has enticed them. the drug dealers come through and they see easy, gullible, young people and they offer them -- it's exciting. you know? the possibility? the rims, the car. i am angry at him for not -- i'm actually angry at him for allowing someone to sell him a dream of nothing. and i believe that that's what it was. >> i met bradford when my daughter was picking me up from work and she introduced me to the guy in the car. this is my boyfriend. i didn't pay him any attention. first time i really, really other than seeing him in the car remember being around brad was

i'm sheila bradford. i'm a gardener at the golf course.he past two and a half years i have been catching a lot of gophers. >> reporter: from golden gate to crocker amazon park she logged more than five years mowing lawns and pulling weeds for san francisco recreation and parks. then she found her calling. >> i have a peta card. so it is not like i enjoy killing the gophers. but i don't like them in the lawn. they do so much damage. it is so many tripping hazards. >> reporter: bradford was working here. her turf was overrun. a mine field of gopher holes. kids struggled to run across the grass. at least one dog broke its leg. so she developed a strategy and went to war. >> this is the gopher trap. i just ordered them on ebay then i started catching more. >> reporter: a lot more. enough to reclaim the plaza and launch a gopher count for the record books. >> when i started my tally sheet. >> the total was 1290. my little going to battle mascot. >> now the war rages on at harding park. >> the greens. >> there it is. >> a little shovel. >> repor

ballots from the san francisco polling place is facing a delay in his sentencing. 51-year-old carl bradford stole the elections while working at a polling place set up inside of a garage. he later accepted a plea deal but delayed his sentencing yesterday when he asked to be sentenced by the judge that accepted his plea deal. he believes the other judge is intimidating him. the sentencing is set for july 11th. >>> an adult softball league is scrambling to reschedule their games. damage is estimated at $25,000. games are being canceled or rescheduled for almost 100 teams that play in napa's adult summer softball league. >>> there is another lockout in pro sport this morning. nba owners locked out their players after the two sides could not reach an agreement. they remain far apart on just about every major issue from the salary cap to revenue sharing. the long expected lockout puts this years pro basketball season in jeopardy and comes as pro football tries to end its own labor dispute. >>> a growing number of major league baseball parks including the san diego padres are catering to people w

. >> bradford was working here and her turf was over run. a mine field of gopher holes. kids struggled to run across the grass. at least one dog broke its leg. so she developed a strategy and went to war. >> this is the gopher trap. i just ordered them on ebay and started catching more. >> a lot more. enough to reclaim alta plaza and launch a gopher count for the record book. >> when i started my tally sheet, the total is 1290. my little going to battle mascot. >> now the war rages on at harding park. >> god forbid the green. >> a little shovel. >> with simple tools -- >> my trusty gopher probe. >> a little strategy. >> right there. gives easy. >> some cutting -- >> i put it down there. sot gopher doesn't spring it into a tunnel with him. >> years of experience. >> i cover that so the dirt doesn't fall on the trap and set it off. >> and plain old hard work. >> it's good to see you everything. even though it's not the best thing in the world to be good at. but it's nice when people acknowledge it. [ man ] i got this new citi thankyou card and started earning loads of poin

host: bradford fitch of the -- bradford fitch, president and ceo of the congressional management foundation have about 20 minutes left to talk about the best way to influence your lawmaker. what has your experience been? does the use of social media break down along party lines? is one party better at it than the other? guest: there is research that suggests republicans are doing a better and more robust job on twitter. they have set contest between members of congress -- a contest between members of congress for who could do the most wheating -- tweeting. tthere -- there is a differential, but not much. democrats are very much involved and engaged in the online communications using show full media -- social media. host: why is john mccain's twitter page so popular? guest: he was running for president at the time when twitter was coming on line. -- online. free media drives online media. this has been the case sicne the -- since the beginning of online. john mccain won the new hampshire primary in a surprise move in 2000, raising all that money in one week. take a member of congress who was

a, bradford, chelsea. >> good evening, everyone. even though the applicant is not here, and i recommend you continue this item to the next hearing, i thought it was important to put it on the agenda in case someone showed up for public comment, because the applicant did post a 30 day notice and after that found out he had some hurdles to go through at planning. that is what they are doing now. hopefully, they will be back. if not this month, then the first meeting of july. president newlin: ok. commissioners? did anyone come here this evening to comment on the permit application? no. okay. do we need a motion to continue this? >> i would like to move that we continue it. vice chair joseph: second. >> same house and called? -- same house, same call? but now we have a new commissioner, actually. [laughter] commissioner perez: aye. president newlin: item b, chow, shun, broadway billiards and pool tables. >> this is an application for a permit for billiards, for 12 tables at this establishment. you will find the conditions from the poli

scott is a life-saving doctor and bradford plays a computer whiz.t falls, the men of port charles become the rock stars of port chuck. ♪ oh halfway there oh living on a prayer ♪ >> scott is a rock star. brandon is a throwback to t the '60s. the man is so awesome. i'm a huge fan of all of them. >> it started out because we wanted another creative outlet. we figured we're all musical types so why not put that to use. whether one person hears us or a thousand people will hear us, it didn't matter to us. ♪ making love >> reporter: turns out a lot of people are hearing port chuck. the group's debut album is a hit on cdbaby.com and they gain more fans every time they play a new city. >> what's been cool they come out not knowing what to expect from a musical standpoint, they're just excited to be here to see the characters they know and love but then they get to see another side of us and they're i think pleasantly surprised. ♪ there's no one like you i can't wait for the night with you ♪ >> it's definitely a shock for people that i actually have a person

i want bring in lauren bradford, responsible for our amazing dancers. how are you? >> i'm doing great. >> reporter: tell me about our hand dancers here. >> this is smooth and easy hand dancers. what we've done, taken a little bit of old school and a little bit of the new school, and added that into the rhythm and blues music. a lot of our younger dancers we want them to learn the way it used to be done, so we don't lose that. you know how young folks are -- >> reporter: i know. >> they're going to bring their own flavor, and that's what's happening with them. >> reporter: we know hand dancing is alive and well and thrives in d.c. and picking back up. >> yes. >> reporter: i guess we should say, right? >> right. >> reporter: do you find people visiting from other parts of the country that are here are getting the bug? >> as a matter of fact, many of my students are people who did not grow up in d.c., that come to d.c., see the dance, and get infat waited with it and they take classes. >> reporter: performing at 11:00 this morning? >> yes, 11:00 this morning on the mot

. >>> and bradford street is the most tilted paveed thoroughfare in the world.broadford has an incline of 41 degrees over 30 feet. if the street were longer a car would go from zero to 60 in seven seconds. stay with us, we'll be right back. >>> new at 6:00, a tourist attraction turns into a nuisance. >> 3:00 in the morning crowing. >> the famous feather flock taking over a california mission town. >> a drowning on the russian river raises concerns about rivers all across california. where rescues over the holiday weekend were frequent. >>> tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. >>> a new new study baby area researchers are finding new looks at autism. the results show genetics only account for 38% of risk of autism. while environmental factor make up 62% of the risk. similar studies suggest autism is inheritable. >>> the clock is ticking and if a deal isn't struck very soon some say the nation, possibly the globe could be pushed into a new financial crisis. consumer editor tom vacar explains how it would happen. >> august 2 is a real firm date. that the point a

>> i'm sheila bradford a gardener at harting park golf course.or the last 2.5 years i have been catching a lot of gophers. >> reporter: from golden great to amazon park, she logged more than 5 years mowing lawns and pulling reeds for san francisco recreation and parks, and then she found a her calling. >> i have a peta card. it's not like i enjoy killing the gofers, but i don't like them in the lawns because they do so much damage, having the mounds and just so many tripping hazards. >> reporter: she was working here, also plaza park, and her turf was overrun. a mine field of gopher holes. kids struggled to run across the grass, and one dog broke its leg. >> this is the gophernator trap. i ordered them on ebay, and i started trapping more. >> reporter: a lot more. larging a -- launching a gopher account for the record books. >> the total 1290. he's like my little going to battle mascot. >> reporter: now the war rages on at harding park. >> god forbid the greens, and shovels. >> reporter: with simple tools. >> my trusty gopher probe. >> reporter:

i'm sheila bradford a gardener at harding park golf course.past 2.5 years, i have been catching a lot of gophers. >> reporter: from golden gate to crocker amazon park, she logged more than 5 years mowing lawns and pulling weeds for san francisco recreation and parks. then she found her calling. >> i have a peta card so it's not like i enjoy killing the gophers. but i don't like them in the lawns. they do so much damage. having the mounds and tripping hazards. >> reporter: she was working here alta plaza park and her turf was overrun a mine field of gopher holes. kids struggled to run across the grass. at least one dog broke a leg so shield a strategy and went to war. >> so this is the trap. i ordered them on ebay and i started catching more. >> reporter: enough to reclaim alta plaza and launch a gopher count for the record books. >> see when i started my tally sheet, so the total 1290. he is like my little going to battle mascot. >> reporter: now the war rages on at harding park. >> god forbid the greens... >> there it is. >> little shovel. >>

. >> reporter: shelley bradford bell is one of the co-chairs of the run ed run campaign. she welcomes the investigation. >> go for it. i think it's important that we do. that's what open government is about. >> they look deep and comb through it, they will find nothing there. >> reporter: lee may not be a candidate yet but it's still open season. cbs 5 political analyst joe tuman. >> this kind of complaining about ethics violations and the like is important to a very small group of people not that ethics aren't important. they are. but if no laws were broken, it's not likely that this is going to amount to much. the fact that several candidates, however, would want to make a statement about this does speak to the ferocity with which this is going to be a competitive race. >> reporter: now, rose pak did not return my calls for comment and the mayor himself is out of town on vacation. but dana, i'm told that that run ed run campaign the so- called ed heads, plan to have a rally monday where they plan to push one last push to get him to run. >> it will make it interesting. h

we'll also meet bradford fitch, deputy and ceo of congressional foundation. author of a book, citizens handbook to influencing elected officials. that is on "washington journal" tomorrow, 7:00 eastern time on c-span. now we go to the greek deputy prime minister. >> let me welcome all of you this evening to the peterson institute for national economics for a uniquely important and usual session with the vice president and minister of finance, of helen nick republic. the minister has been here in washington all day talking at the international monetary fund to put last parts of the current economic reform package together. he obviously comes to us after a busy week in europe last week with some very successful results that he will talk to us about. we have a lot of greek connections at the institute. our greek friend tell us that his name is translated messenger who brings good news. so we are assuming that hoping will fill that mission with us tonight. the vice president of course, assume his position as minister of finance just over a month ago, to take charg

and we will talk with bradford kitsch, author of the citizens' handbook for elected officials. each morning at 7:00 eastern. this week, a court in cairo decided to come by and the trials of the ousted president and his former interior administer. -- interior minister. we will get an update on egypt cozy political transition next on c-span. president obama followed by house speaker john boehner on the deficit reduction talks. >> watch multimedia clips from on the justices. "the supreme court" available wherever e-books are sold. >> now discussion on egypt's political transition. a military council has been running the country. said elassar will talk about what is ahead for the country. from the u.s. institute of peace, this is one hour and 15 minutes. >> i am tara sonenshine, executive vice president of the u.s. institute of peace, and we welcome you to this hopefully permanent headquarters. i also want to briefly welcome -- and i will tell you more about -- the two gentleman you see in front of you today. i welcome first our guest major- general said elassar and the moderator o

another charge is also from 2000, but someone rang the abby bradford six times at the details of mr. brown's account. the abbey wrote to mr. brown somewhat protected been. the letter was sent to sunday times, also. felt the abbey never got firm proof the paper was behind the call. but the worst charges concern gordon brown's son, fraser, who was born in 2006. the browns think the sun's front-page story that fraser had cystic fibrosis came from access to the baby's medical records. >> these are extremely serious allegations. i think like many members of parliament, indeed many members of the public, you know, i'm shocked and horrified at these allegations that people could do this to gordon or his family. it needs to be looked at. >> tonight, gordon brown said his family was shocked by the scale of lawbreaking and intrusion into their private lives. he's expected to do an interview tomorrow. >> it all seemed to happen today in one extraordinary mad rush around 4:00. not long after those revelations about what may have happened to gordon brown and his family started trickling out over

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host: bradford fitch, president and ceo of congressional management foundation, author of "citizen's handbook to influencing elected officials." the house is about to come in. keep your channel on c-span as our coverage of the debt talks continues this week. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes each, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer, for five minutes. mr. blumenauer: thank you, mr. speaker. there is an err of unreality here on capitol hill. there is some people with no experience in government, little knowledge and less regard about the outcomes who are pontificating, lecturing, threatening. the disconnect between the rhetoric, the reality between governance and an ideological agenda is in large part why we are in the conundrum