there's a caesar chavez memorial golf tournament.ou can sign up now, the chav chavezfamilyvision.org is the web address. we can't forget the march on march 26th at 10:00 a.m. at the mexican heritage plaza in san jose. we'll talk more about the legacy of caesar chavez when we continue, stay with us. [ alarm blares ] [ female announcer ] important events can sneak up on you. oh, i am not ready. [ female announcer ] but in two weeks, you could feel ready. introducing yoplait light's two week tune up diet plan. you could lose 5 pounds in 2 weeks when you replace breakfast and lunch with a fruit, grain, and yoplait light. betsy bets. you haven't changed a bit. oh...neither have you... sean. well, yeah. [ female announcer ] go to yoplait.com to start your two week tune up. >>> we're back with the scesase cesar chavez family. tell us briefly about the golf tournament. >> the golf tournament is really to establish -- help establish our scholarship fund. and we have established two programs this year. one is a tutoring and mentoring program.

. >>> today would have been the 84th birthday of the late activist caesar chavez.tara moriarty explains why students are youing this day to hold a rally. tara? >> reporter: well, we're here off international boulevard near the fruitvale b.a.r.t. station and students took off on their march. you can a barely make out their posters as they move on international. normally when you do a march you need your mega phone and tennis shoes but at least one student brought his saxophone. ♪ >> reporter: that's because this group is trying to send the message that music and arts programs are on the chopping block at oakland schools and need to be saved. activists said it's caesar chavez day or day of dignity as it's called, the it's the perfect opportunity to highlight every person's right to education. >> it builds up your confidence, ability to think, everyone think and the community will be robbed of brilliant young people's strength if the programs don't continue. >> reporter: now, students are also demanding that the oakland unified school district rescind more than 500 la

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culturally diverse, there are sandwiches, salads, indian food, latin food, italian food, things like caesar salad wraps. i was just reviewing proposals today, i should have this fresh in my mind. there are lots of different options. we're hoping that he selected recipient of our vending auction this year will be able to work with us to provide a menu that is sufficient to cover as many communities and populations as possible. >> the afternoon, supervisors and commissioners. -- good afternoon, supervisors and commissioners. we are proud of keeping our youth active, engaged, healthy, and happy. we have a long and proud history. i think it is one of the things that we do best. prior to the summer of 2010, we prepared ourselves to fill the void left by cancellations of summer school courses offered by the district. and actually increase our 2010 campbell offerings by 30%, accommodating nearly 15,000 camp registrations. this summer, we are prepared to do the same. we'll be offering 67 types of camps. including some of our traditional day camps. sports camps, art camps, and very exciting new camp

>>rob: if i were julius caesar's i would be marching. we started it ought we ended up way lower. when the oil goes higher market goes lower. it's something big happens in europe. rob over 4 1/2% for the year if i were to project that that is a 26% year. that's sweet. yet to give some back on occasion in this is a good of excuse as any. >>catherine: he talked about jobs. let's hear what he had to say about jobs today. >> to see optimism about the job market over the next three quarters, not local decline in the unemployment january, a drop in claims for unemployment trends. even so if the rain economic growth remains moderate as projected, it to be several years before the unemployment rate has returned to normal level. >>rob: whats a normal level? it used to be about 6% back 10 or 15 years ago. we're now looking at the normal of about 7 1/2%. i know people were making $20 an hour that i know how to make $10 an hour. and what america is changing. it's a good thing in a bad thing. it's good if your the education and that if you don't. a tree kids got a college and get in a good edu

so i would read dick and jane all the way up to julius caesar. when i came to a word difficult, he would say work with it little sister. he wouldn't jump in and tell me. he would let me work it out so i did. i learned to jump into words. that built my confidence, grandmother and ggrandfather were from the old school. i can remember borrowing $25 from my grandmother. i was taking out my checkbook to pay her. she said no, darling, don't give me a little piece of paper. what did i give you. i said a 20 and a 5. so bring me that. they went to the light company and paid their light bills. they went to the department store and paid whatever. they went there once or twice a week to take care of business. the process of going through things, my grandmother would take me to the library. all along the way there were places where we couldn't go to the andrew jackson hotel, we couldn't go to morten's cafeteria. there was a paramount theatre, we had to go in the back door, separate water fountains. it was a very negative experience. when i got to the library,

representing the 150 workers in the program, but also representing all day laborers that stand out on caesar chavez looking for work. >> [speaking spanish] gracias. [applause] >> i come here to petition you today. we're talking about kids and education and children and youth activities. also think about the parents of those youth to make sure they also have services provided for them. thank you very much. supervisor campos: thank you. >> i am bob weisblat. i represent myself. i have a question about process. i have been listening to all of these people with a need for lots of services for the social safety net. this city is spending $50 million on bicycle paths. there is $30 million for changing cesar chavez. i am wondering if the money comes from a place where we can move that to a later date and spend the money so that older people can get meals. kids can stay off the streets. maybe when things get better economically, we can change the way cesar chavez works. [applause] supervisor campos: i do not know if anyone wants to respond to that. >> the project the speaker was referring to is the

issue for caesar is offering it for. insulting me is one of those less practices of his daily life on the bases and that's again reflected in the number of attacks that took place against internationals who will come in and they're outraged by the way that these settlers are behaving and they try to reduce to the least number of incidents of beatings against the possums and they are seen by the settlers as mr presenting history and it's a given fact that we are the chosen people and us international supposed to be actually siding by us against arabs and palestinians because this is what god has. as a political to come to comprehend what i just mentioned to be quite listing it you know they would tell you to call it two scenarios but for me that will probably we never we didn't have high walls we knew i had this intimate point we devoted to steve the last kiss if only for the. by the cool one would be i think with this in tone and convincing trucks but yes of course i don't know the really quick the planet they did but fo

raphael concerts was founded in the ninety's trances after the successful sacking of caesar's rachmaninoff itself is the first president and for decades his health has provided a cultural link which impression and your peers are so case in it's how it's highlighting because this is the order of cultural organization which was created in one thousand nine hundred twenty five the going to free by all the immigrants coming up through the roof and and as you know. no russian can live without. music or culture and for and there it was. the place which was going to. the government all russians in immigration. from the dozens of photographs of the use of various french and russian musicians you can see how important this building has been and continues to be thousands of performers. on final location they are to spain's house side but you hear the soft soothing sounds of the french coming. in and it's not a muscle ears but a famous russian song them to get the meaning picture it's a custom forms that moscow played santa by the defeat of the nazis in ninety five but. legend has it that two russian

the hill slopes steeply down toward caesar job as -- cesar chavez. it drops down to have the lower floor. the parking is a concern. we may have to have a continuance or some more considerations to see if we can figure out a way that you can get whatever the appropriate amount of parking is, be it five cars or four cars. i do not think you are going to get eight cars, which would be the code -- 7. i do not know if there is enough space. whatever you do, you have to get the parking in there and you have to come to a place maybe with a ramparts to the parking garage, so that when they are approaching the street it is more level with the street. then you would have a chance to be able to move your car around and be able to drive directly out onto the street. peralta does have that retaining wall. you have to come out and make would be a right turn out of there. it is going to be really tough if you are trying to back up the hill at peralta. that needs to be worked out. i am sympathetic to the situation that to make the project work you probably need two

through across the river from the kremlin with the rising and corpses of famous jewelers from beyond caesar goldie hawn christian designer helen your matches creates a good string diamond studded accessories for many hollywood stars and it is just from around the world thank you so much for your time that will draw the into the world of jewelry design bad as it. does because of all it does because. a little later you can see it in neil almost the international. thing your compassion tell me about the amazing rings that you're with in the stands at night or tell it as he'll of a year and it's a live aid. because i love big still but it was still in given energy and is the biggest donor it's more evidence of it as my luck and safety will yield a term that still interests and what's what because of george washington's life we think our claims have a lot of letters. and there's a lot in all they collect eligibility for example atheist and gives a different feel like. a muscle to. me with the easy for. it's different occasions you know so i can tell you volatility they like their legs if you sen

seven difficult that bill press had to say that a similar fate because in the end invent the caesar was similar fate was a magnitude eight point three and it was eight point. zero was totally predictable that was a big man and it was a story i'm referring now for russian geological speciality that isn't easy or teasing to pass up nuclear power station on the places where you have first breaks as a normal so seeing. as it shows the games that he cannot construct he cannot produce a few power but specific within justice to do it on this dangerous areas and so there is you see you're basically saying that there is just no way back to nuclear power plants can exist safely in an area such as japan it's just awful simple as that what you're saying. your black power can not be safe you know a little bit cool things if you using the things like japan where you can expect from those if you want to is still fragile already on a watch. and if you. write me and you see she was shot she was tall and one of those was the freddy one of those big jim was on one side and the on but that was enough for t

russia have long realized that for all its ups and downs doing business can prove very profitable caesar salad to go over has been following the progress of one french entrepreneur whose life has turned distinctly rosy here in russia. take the field and french dyslexic i do something i try to do is get from play around us grows roses with an usual twist. intriguing smells with intriguing prices it's a niche market anyway. so you win by me the. normal roses and would you buy one of these and here is where this french business woman built her business it's in and we didn't know what three million of either of us know when. it's a small village two hundred kilometers away from moscow first i think you see or hear russia is very big there are a lot of fields and you can go anywhere but you know so no laws of this country and. of the law you don't go just where you want you go where you know then though it's like a very very small country even smaller than france florence bought land and built a one hectare greenhouses and her investments doubled since six million euros much to her surprise i

turn them against each other it's a tactic that paid back to the roman empire and was used by julius caesar o'neill powers used to constantly and how the belgians took over all vonda they arbitrarily divided two groups of people based on the with their noses into two groups hutus and tutsis and then turn those two groups against each other it's simple if you can keep the populations anger and mistrust focused on each other you can rule without obstruction look at any despot around the world in particular moammar gadhafi playing the various tribes of libya off against each other for decades and you'll see that the secret to their decades long rule is divide and conquer. there's a lot to hang here with in the middle class right now and who can blame corporate workers have seen basically no increase in their wages in the last thirty years while the cost of living has been going ever higher now it's forcing people deeper and deeper into debt just to make ends meet we see the credit card companies that we're now beholden to take advantage of the fine print hidden charges and high interest rates

leave this people is better than dominoes and we all just have a guy so to is your i love his little caesarsno one ever. but i think knowing americans i'm kind of thinking that they're going to be more into the dish network and the sitting on their couch and watching t.v. and they are playing three fold yasser group brilliant business strategy but this is also still remember that one in fifty people over the age of seventeen has a concealed weapons license so this is an area where that kind of business strategy is actually going to work and i lovingly man tanna because everything about it as they say i like it's really makes me. and face the meters gun violence there are people dying on the streets so we should just be going to wait until i can yes guns because any time i need an animated heart you would hear me because i'm sure these people don't care every thug in montana is going into the store to get their free grace i know they don't think i'm sorry to be to sell their candy sure it is good but if you just like to stand all starry let's move on to a magazine cover that's causing quite a

this is better than domino's can we all just agree you have a guy santa is your i love his little caesars no one ever. says well i think going american i'm kind of thinking that they're going to be more into the dish network and the sitting on their couch and watching t.v. and they are playing field almost three fold that's a group brilliant business strategy and this is also say remember that one in fifty people over the age of seventeen has a concealed weapons license so this is an area where that kind of business strategy is actually going to work and i lovingly call man tana because everything about it as i like it so really makes me feel. and say to see if there's gun violence there are people dying on the streets so we should just get on you wait until i can like he has done because i need an animated target or you and i hear you so very because i'm sure these people don't get background checks every thug in montana is going into the store to get the forget race i know they think somebody would be to sell their candy sure they can get one if you just like to stand all starry let's m

new crash in san francisco northbound 101 approaching caesar chavez, right lane is blocked. heavy flooding at 101 in the two right lanes caltrans heading to the scene there to try and clear the roadway. injury crash in daly city, northbound 280, two right lanes blocked there. bay bridge toll plaza, we have ponding you make your way approaching the tolls. wind advisory for the bay bridge san mateo and richmond-san rafael bridge. >> it's the only large american city, it has san jose in a tap water fight. >> can you hear me now? the plan one state lawmaker is >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> new law would take gd credit for possessing a phone. department of corrections is trying new technology to prevent cell phones from working in prisons. in one day in one prison yard. system detected 3500 devices and blocked more than 4,000 attempts to text or get on the internet. >> kristen: residents in san jose are arguing whether to put fluoride in the water. san jose is the largest city in america that does not flouridate all their water. they say fluoride

ernest sheridan said the checked out of caesars palace. were killed in march 20th 08, in mount pleasant. he is facing two counts of murder. if convicted? he could be sentenced to life in prison. >>pam: a controversially concerning the source system. to do with the odor complaints. >>pam: controversial over san francisco sewer system. to deal with odor complaint the city uses several measures including bleach. in fact, the city is going to vote on the $15 million--$14 million bill and some environmentalists think that the use of bleach could be dangerous. teresa estacio reports. >> here, along the scenic embarcadero getting a whiff of a smelly sewer system is not what city officials want people to remember about the city by the bay. however, complaints are on the rise and so are the costs. in fact, 420 people complained in 2010 up from 350 ain 2009. and in response, the city has put these ventilation with charcoal and deodorizers on manholes like this one. they also added a chemical cocktail with bleach to try to neutralize. with $1.5 milli

think of caesar in england in the 1650s. they would take a cromwell. go to the french revolution and napoleon. they clearly couldn't know that but they saw that sequence being played out and they feared that this would be the failure of the republic and the whole revolution was going to be proven cause to be a failure. >> host: what was the bull to recommended? >> guest: merrill jensen on the articles of confederation wrote a book on congress and the latter is the more modern book. >> host: that covers it? >> guest: it covers congress. >> host: next call for pauline maier, author of the people debate the constitution, 1787-1788" and "american scripture: making the declaration of independence" is david in new york. >> caller: i am reading "american scripture: making the declaration of independence" now and i think it is a wonderful book and i am enjoying it. my question to dr. maier is there is a controversy about how much the iroquois confederate role model for the formation of the united states. what is your opinion on that? >> guest: it was of no sig

want, mighty caesar. >> reporter: as an actress, there was far more to her than beauty. she won the oscar for best actress, twice. for "butterfield 8," in 1960. and for possibly the role of her life in "who's afraid of virginia woolf" in 1966. the passion on screen barely kept pace with her real life. she married seven meant. conrad hilton. michael wilding. mike todd, killed in a plane crash, and eddie fisher. her stormy romance with richard burton, whom she met on the set of "cleopatra" was a drama all by itself. they married and divorced twice. she worried u.s. senator, john warner and larry fortensky, a construction worker she met in rehab at the betty ford clinic. her own story from story book beginning, to tragedy. poor health. later, using her fame to sell perfume. she also used her influence to raise millions of dollars to fight against aids. >> i call on the u.s. government to lead the charge, with the sole intent of finding an hiv vaccine. >> reporter: she was given the oscar a third time for her humanitarian work. but for all of her accomplishments, elizabeth t

unto caesar, the things that are caesar's, and on to god, the things that are god. before you conclude that i have lost my mind, i am not arguing that our lord is on one side or the other about the euro. [laughter] the point of the story is when he was looking to identify the supreme source of temporal power, the one absolute symbol of government control, he pointed to the coin. economic policy is not a side issue that ministers get around to in their spare time. it is a central business of the modern states. if that power passes from the 27 nations of europe to the institutions of the eu and the collected eurocrats that run it, we have given away our democracy. >> i live for two years in the u.k., and i can attest to the respect any fees are given. there was a sense that the american experiment was worth repeating elsewhere, and ideas flow back and forth across the alliance it. our leadership wants to be more year. our people, are rising up against that. in the u.k., you have just had a conservative government. where are you going with that? are you going to get le

celine dion kicked off a three-year run at caesar's palace in a 4,000-seat theater built just for hergot the sit-down and even, dare i say, sing with celine. is this good or bad? >> it wasn't great and not a du duet. we mostly talked about the show, her sons and how she got into amazing shape after giving birth to them last fall. ♪ >> reporter: the show is simply called "celine." the pop diva's new performance is reminiscent of old vegas glamour, channelling the days of frank sinatra. ♪ >> reporter: it's celine's return engagement after her last show virtually sold out its entire five-year run at caesar's palace. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: what is it like being back on stage? >> a little crazy. it's a lot of work. it's intense. when i came back from the hospital after giving birth to my twin boys, i couldn't imagine myself on stage at this point. ♪ good night my angels >> reporter: twins eddie and nelson were born in october. >> i really try to pace myself. when you start a new project it's overwhelming, especially when you breastfeed your kids. >> reporter: two. twins. >> b

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sid caesar rented out a theater, and played this. get your intended to take a giant leap. this woman thought her boyfriend was going to be in a commercial as a superhero. >> dee, will you marry me? >> oh. >> reporter: instead, he's her superhero and got down on his knee. >> for the rest of my life, please be my wife. >> i will marry you. >> reporter: need a little help with your idea and getting it done? just a little over a year ago, "good morning america" helped rodney propose to his football-fanatic girlfriend, stacy. she thought they were going to a gala. >> we're here to celebrate our engagement tonight. >> are you? >> we are. she doesn't have a ring on her finger right now. but i can change that in a minute. >> change it. >> i love you very much. are you surprised? >> yeah. >> will you marry me? >> really? >> reporter: but he surprised her with a ring and tickets to the 2010 super bowl. >> oh, my god. we are going to the super bowl. >> reporter: and just two weeks ago, they tied the knot. >> more excited about the super bowl. >

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then jesus that i surrender the things which are caesar's and unto god. before you conclude that i've completely lost my mind, i'm not arguing our lord is on one side or the other meant about the euro. [laughter] the point of the story is that when he was looking to identify the supreme source of temporal power, the one absolute symbol of government control, he pointed to the coin. economic policy is the website issue they get around to after busy days governing. it's the essential goodness of the modern states. and if that power passes from the 27 nation eurydice duchenne said e.u. the unelected bureaucrat, we have given away part of it. >> elmo, colorado springs. i live in the u.k. and can attest to what you say that any fees or given. there is a sense that our founders was worth repeating elsewhere. ideas flow back and forth across the atlantic. our leadership once more europe. our people come as you see, rise up against. in the u.k., you just had the concern of government. where are you going with that? are you going to get europe was flow-through sta

caesars is not currently the profession, because they love what they do but they face a very difficult if they go down to law santa claus or some other part of the state there are also facing budget cuts. of the are lucky enough to get tired because he does let go? >> their in this business cycle. >> not to downplay the concern about jobs, everyone knows how horrible it is to lose your job. but as far as all of these teachers, and their pink slips what does that mean for the questions? the students? >> will: dan dove, the teacher told me that in a perfect world debt of 15-18 students per teacher. it's now up to 25, is the school teachers within the school district if they get let go, the gems and 25-28 may be little more than that which obviously means a robs them of the personal attention for each teacher can give each student. not to mention to lose a lot of extracurricular activity. like the bands. they give is a taste of what they could possibly be losing. >> mark: new details in the simpson began as an explosion today is the deadline that regulators are giving pacific gas and elec

. >> we just didn't want to forget adolph caesar, who played danny's dad. amazing actor. he passed.plause] oprah: so that's who's missing from this photo. thanks to all of my "color purple" family. my husband harpo. >> only husband you ever had. oprah: only husband i ever had. [laughter and cheering] oprah: groom, you. oh, ok. ok. 25 years, and the best time of my life. really was. thank you all so much. the new blu-ray "color purple" dvd is in stores now. good-bye, everybody. thank you so much. >> ♪ maybe god is tryin' to tell you something >> oh ♪ [captioning made possible by king world] [captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--] rerererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererere

but i stood up, gripped the little boy's hand and walked up the stairs to caesar and winked.beauty has nothing to do with the way you feel. the way you feel is what you are. i don't think physical beauty matters. it's so fleeting. i'm shy. and walking into a room is a feat in itself. if you're shy, you go through those moments. if you're not, you don't know what i'm talking about. >> reporter: you've talked about twice having a near-death experience. >> i don't fear it. because when i was on the other side, like in the tunnel and was with mike, it was so beautiful. and warm. i held onto him. and he said, you have to go back. you have things to do. and i'll be here. >> reporter: and some day in heaven, what do you want to make sure is there? >> mike and richard. and my mom and dad. >> that's so wonderful. >> extraordinary life. >> she has a lot of friends, of course, who probably will be waiting for her. a lot of people who passed before her. i love how she's got that body. she's so beautiful, you don't expect her to say racy things but she certainly did. >> and her star on th

caesar, can you explain to us what time you got here. and why you decided to evacuate. >> for 30 a.m. i got a call for my nephew saying he get a call from the p e saying that we need to move. there was a lot of people here but there was a few. when i got your 4:30 a.m. >> gary: : growth of your house is very close to the beach are you worried? >> to yes, we are a block away from the ocean. we have construction happening. i am concerned. very concerned. i don't know what's gonna happen. >> reporter: did you bring any belongings with you? >> no, there was no time for that. i took my kids, and i sure of year. >> reporter: you ran a construction company, you call clients, friends. ? >> i and calling them saying that they need to move out of half moon bay. some of them are saying thank you, and leaving and someone to say because they think it's and a big deal. >> reporter: thank you, for talking to us coming here were ibm on 92 their tens of people, i'm going to start of the way so i can assure you of some of the people that are here, you can

think a caesar, in england in the 1650s, would take a cromwell and the french revolution and napoleon though they clearly couldn't know that and saw the sequence played out and feared the republic, would see that as a sign of the failure of the republic and the whole revolution was going to be proven to have been a failure. >> once again, to bill's question, what was the book that you recommended to him. >> merrill johnson on the articles of confederation, wrote a book hope to congress by jake raykopf of stanford. >> and covers the 1783 -- >> covers the congress. basically. >> next call, for professor ball lean mayor, author of "rat fiction", "american scripture", is david, rochester, new york. hi. >> hi, i'm needing "american scripture" now and is a wonderful book and i'm enjoying it. my question to the doctor is, there is a controversy about how much the iroquois confederates had as a role model for the formation of the united states and what is your opinion on that controversy. >> it is of no significance, you will look hard at madison's notes of the convention, for a reference to

[speaking japanese] >> translator: the emperor caesar the because he's received telegrams from heads of state from a large number of countries. many of them say the hearts of the people of their country's with the japanese quake survivors. the emperor says he wants to convey these messages to all the survivors. the emperor says many foreign media reports of what happened in japan mention how japanese people have maintained their term and been helping each other to face the deeply tragic situation. he says he sincerely hopes the japanese people will continue to work together and care for each other to overcome this adversity to get her -- together. he says the survivors will continue to struggle as they try to rebuild their lives and it's important of the japanese people share their hardship in any way they can. the member says he sincerely hopes that survivors will keep their morale, take good care of themselves and to overcome what they've been through and carry on with their lives. he says he also hopes each and every japanese person will stay concerned about the effected areas for

i met so many incredible young people, caesar vargas from brooklyn.speaks with a brooklyn accent, and he's a yankee fan. he came when he was 5. he went to sign up to defend his country, that's when he found out he didn't have papers. he's now going to law school. he figured out how to put himself in law school. he stills want to be a military j.a.g. lawyer, he said i'm undocumented and i'm unafraid. he and so many others stood up. alaina, a young woman from san antonio, texas who is a arch conservatives. her parents taught her the republicans are the way to go, and democrats are the communist. she was part of the jrotc, wants to join the military and be a republican policy maker some day. came to the u.s. senate and appealed to the u.s. senators, republicans both from texas who voted no against the d.r.e.a.m. act. we came that close. you know, but i think we want a moral victory if not a legislative victory in that. these young people are never going to stop stop agitating for their own dream. they are diverse, incredible, transformational. i just thi

he's talking about the caesar salad bar, the ice cream freezer stake fridays, his room had a personal air-conditioning use unit, the access coffee shops, night parties, he designed televisions, video games, in short he says conditions were plush. my question to you is you have any formal authority to weigh in on the demand side of the equation that we are talking about, to look at what the wants and needs are there being specified by whoever it is that is specified and that? and to be able to get in and control those thoughts do you have any formal authority to do that? >> i do, and on top of that, i have a lot of informal authority and i'm actually not someone who is very respectful of the difference between acquisition and requirements. they belong together to set up the two bureaucracy's one of which decides we need and the other fulfills those needs which is kind of a system we have. the level of the executive i should pay attention to those they have to be together. why would assert responsibility. >> where does that authority come from? not the control of resources, the military

san francisco southbound through caesar chavez, no major issues.nd shows us what you are talk about. the rain and the wind, there the camera shake. back to you >> we will keep you posted on the storm with another local news update in a half hour. the "today" show is back in less than two minutes. >>> 7:30 now on this friday morning, march 18, 2011. it is raining here in london. you couldn't ask for nicer weather in new york city. all of the folks in rockefeller plaza smiling just a little bit more. i'm meredith vieira outside buckingham palace. matt lauer in studio 1a. hi, matt. >> i was trying to catch a peak at westminster abbey. have they started preparations yet? do you see scaffolding or anything like that? >> i haven't seen that, matt, but they are starting to sassoon as they say. they are putting up the union jacks in preparation for the wedding about a month away. just ahead the latest on prince william's trip to new zealand. he spoke at a memorial paying tribute to the earthquake in christchurch's victims. we'll speak to a man who's gotten

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these recipes will be focused on may 5 at caesar's palace in las vegas at the food & wine festival. >legendary. very secret. nobody's allowed in the kitchen. are these the exact recipes you serve -- >> exact. >> no changes? >> no changes. if you buy the book you will see they're exact. >> all right. the first one is jim bell's favorite, our executive producer. >> i browned pieces of chicken, sausage in garlic and oil. when the chicken is cooked through we add some bell peppers, some onion, hot and sweet cherry peppers. and then we add a little bit of the brian tne the peppers are pd in which gives it a nice kick. a little vinegar which is great. then we go a little white wine. we do a little chicken stock. >> yep. >> we do a little salt, a little pepper. thank you, son. >> welcome, father. >> this is how i work. my son in my nose. >> at least you got top billing. >> exactly. he's the boss. then you let it all cook together. you let the liquids reduce and then you wind up with something like this. >> very nice. all right. >> ultimately, voila. >> what are you making, frank jr.? >> some