the second time the chants are much shorter and he begins to lose his patience and again nothing happens. third time nothing happens and he basically says how much time to turn to the wonderrous powers of the lotus set raand he does chanting and the parody is something like if anyone is old enough to remember and the mouse before vatican two and you don't understand anything and it's mumbo jump bow and this is a parody of that. the second and third pieces before the intermission i will not introduce. i think the program notes are sufficient and rather than lecture i would much rather you enjoy the performance. the one thing i would like to emphasize about the first piece this is indeed a comic piece and in most instances westerners have a great problem when they come to a concert of classical music and view it as this is supposed to be serious music. this is not serious music and i would ask to you laugh. you are welcome to laugh. you may laugh. you need to practice laughing. we can progress -- all right. now, for those of you that find laughing difficult ladies and gentlemens you can at

[chanting] >> reporter: at issue for many of the demonstrators, how close to ground zero is too close for this proposed islamic community center. opponents say you can't put it so near to hallowed ground, but supporters say this is the perfect spot to build bridges. >> this man is on a state sponsored trip to the middle east promoting religious freedom. his wife says dropping the project in the face of protest is not an option, but -- >> we want to build bridges. we don't want to create conflict. >> reporter: a sentiment echoed by the leader of another religious community center leader. >> clearly want this whole controversy has unleashed is a tremendous amount of misinformation, lack of knowledge, about islam that we need to address. >> reporter: if todays protests are any indication, the furor over the project while not quiet down anytime soon. abc news. >> dan: for mother u.s. troops will today today in afghanistan. three died in a battle with insureties and another was killed by a home-maid -- homemade bomb. it's the deadliest month in afghan during the nine-year long war. >>> afg

[chanting] thank you. thank you. thank you. want to mention a few things per that wanted to leave here and i wanted to know what we stand for. this election will be about where the candidates stand i am running against two conservative candidates for the united states senate that have similar records. i think it is very important that everyone here in this room know that by electing me to be your next united states senator, i will be the only candidate in this race that was against offshore oil drilling before and after the oil spill and make sure that we protect the florida environment. i will be only candidate, the only democratic candidate, that is always consistently been against the privatization of social security and voted against it in the u.s. congress. [applause] i will be the only candidate, ladies and gentlemen, that stood in their with the justice sotomayor when she was up for her nomination and i stood up and said she was the right selection and she would make an outstanding supreme court justice. [applause] i am

there are too many of us in this house located on a land far a war from normal chanting. we only want to be outside. we only want to be outside. the lord is outside. it's not wonder some would rather die moths in the closet while others are not free. and this is a new poem that i wrote for a close friend of mine who was fighting aids. >> aids knows the lovers a tear a way from risk. replacing cocktails or jag ed little pills how to keep pharmaceutical pills. knows the fearless meaning of a friend's kisser hug. and converts to spirituality. knows the dim to light to allude detection to be grateful for the gift the clothing and shelter. to remain silent. aids knows to time on earth. but no matter how much you drink, you are all dehydrated. i choice of taking pleasure in what is left in life. the thoughts of suicide in the back of your head. that everyone still thinks it's a deserving fate for gays and prostitutes and the children born of designer jewelry. knows how to be used to profit politicians. providing flatter for art and something to be left behind. he has left his a

a priest was chanting. all night. i could not sleep at all. so, tonight i want a quiet room! do you understand? yes, of course i understand. don't worry my name is,iha chi and if you have any problems let me know and i can help you. is that true? yes, of course. okay. then i will stay here tonight. really? thank you samurai. this way please. special guest for the night. samurai. this way please. upstairs. okay and this is your room. seems to be a quiet room. good. okay, you take this. it's a tip. a tip? thank you so much. thank you very much. okay. so, enjoy your stay. have a good sleep tonight. rooms available! rooms available! anybody. sir, sir, you need a room for to it in? no? madame, we have family rooms - no? business is slow tonight. three young men, perfect. excuse me. gentlemen, are you looking for a room. we have the best bed. very comfortable and a beautiful big bathtub. nice and hot. sounds good. what do you think? nice hot bathtub. comfortable futon sounds good to be. we'll stay here tonight. thank you very much. this way please. upstairs please. thank you. your

. >> they chanted at for hunters to freedom. at about 15 demonstrators marched through the district demanding the release of the graduates. many of them here are friends of them. three former bay area residents were accused of being spies. the demonstrators face at tough year for them and a tougher year for the hijackers. >> we do not know what they have gone through, we do not have any information about their situation it is very very difficult. >> they find it ironic that the child had says such >> the irony from that is so confused and the fact that no one in my it class would be my friend except for her and i remember i was trying to understand what my teacher was asking me to do and that is exactly how i met her because she what to me to the restroom because as crime and the chassis ip her best friend. >> she will do whatever it takes to help free her brand and the two other hikers. i >> no they will be released soon but i just hope for their mental and physical state that it will happen quickly. >> the mothers of the check

[laughter] [crowd chants a countdown] [applause] go ahead in an orderly manner. ♪ whatever we deny ormbrace ♪ for worse or for better ♪ we belong ♪ we belong, we belong, we belong together ♪ underneath everything we are, underneath everything we do, we are all people-- connected, interdependent, united-- and when we reach out a hand to one, we can influence the condition of all. that's what it means to live united. ♪ we belong >> about four years ago, [inaudible] look at how beautiful this was. there is our relationship to the planet. these regions are the wealthiest, the most powerful. that really has impacted the planet. it is almost impossible now to go anywhere and had it really be completely dark. there are very few locations that you can find. that means our relationship to the sky, there is a way where we dominate the sky. we cannot see anything really. we are blinding ourselves in a way. >> you can look at the images, they are beautiful. when i started four years ago, there was a conversation about environmental issues that was very different. this is not being talked about in

[laughter] [crowd chants a countdown] [applause] go ahead in an orderly manner. >> weren't they great? i think they deserve another round of your thanks. they are thurgood marshall high school like school crew. -- light show crew. they were formed to demonstrate asian culture through the art of glow sticks. glow sticks are synonymous with the buyer dancing from hawaii. they did a great job with those close sticks. -- with those glow stick. i am going to serve as your mc. the first rule of thumb i get to ask of all of you is please turn off your cell phones. we would really appreciate it if you could check right now to see that yourself bones are on silent mode are completely off. -- that your cell phones are completely off or on silent mode. we have some great performances coming up. they deserve your attention. we ask you the favor to check your phones right now. i am delighted to have been asked to serve as your mc today. i am from hawaii, third generation. i am all about asia/pacific. it is so important to me. i know it is to all of you. to start us off right away, i want to say pl

that is a fact of life for millions of people here, and many are losing patience. [ shouting, chanting ] >> reporter: fury now floods pakistan with millions without help three weeks after the epic floods began. today, protesters carrying sticks and stones set fires, stopped traffic. some even surrounded our car for a time. the unrest threatening to further destabilize the government of president zardari. today he was in russia. it was his second trip out of the country since the crisis began. pakistan is a key u.s. ally in this region. amid growing concern about the country's stability, senator john kerry arrived for a hastily

[laughter] [crowd chants a countdown] [applause] go ahead in an orderly manner. ♪ >> it is has been quite few weeks here in san francisco. mayor newsom: we balanced the budget and celebrated we did not lay off police officers. we expanded our universal preschool program. we did so without raising taxes. we got our budget on time. we did not borrow a significant amount of money. we were able to address significant concerns of the school district by using dollars from the rainy day reserve and transferring them over. we are proud of that. then we kicked off 12 pieces of legislation i signed establishing the framework for the southeast sector redevelopment deal. [applause] supervisor maxwell and other community leaders established the framework where we will provide 10,500 units 30% below market. we will provide hundreds of thousands of square feet of new retail with acres of open space and new parks, literally kne millions of feet of space for r&d, areas for outdoor amphitheaters and an outdoor stadium, we hope that is for the san francisco forty-niners. the artist colony was preserved. we

to you, sea, i chant and to the one with ears, hearing you into me. this one is called, having eaten fish. having eaten fish, i open myself to make them more comfortable. i pet the fawn, twisting my calves. two fish leap, kiss, and die. fish, fry here, oh my fish, sway grass in coin of rain so far we kill the all of fishes presides while i walk by, covering my head. the last one is, my bones are in the mountain. my bones are in that mountain, in the veil of flowers beyond its southern pass. slipped down to me by the sky long ago. broken, a coterie of lambs thought of as a bush. the land was yellow and contained a tree. a man tied to a pole looked up. he is praying and others, too, are glancing eastward. oh, house of cans, i squat, wind blows. to replace its word is why i gather mushrooms in sticky sun i squat, peaceful juice spills on my gaping pant leg finally, finally. the mountain becomes a cloud, slouching south, following the man. and it's my great pleasure to present beau. . >> this is called lesson. trying to pull yourself back along the words,

(chanting) >> it's anarchy. i've never seen anything like it. >> over 1600 people died.he lives of those who survived changed forever. >> just human destruction. not physical, it's human. our souls are gone. >> but years of hard work and tens of billions of dollars later... >> things are much better than five years ago. we really have focussed on rebuilding and restoring and now moving on to the next chapter. >> the healing continues. >> it's going to require the attention of this country for a long period of time. >> president obama is expected to reaffirm that commitment to a visit to new orleans on sunday reassuring a region that will is still scarred by a mammoth disaster and whose way of life is under attack again after the 200 million gallon b.p. oil spill. alex stone, abc news, new orleans. >> coming up next, conservative talk show host glenn beck makes a controversial appearance in washington urging his followers to take action while a counterdemonstration is held not far away. and mexico's largest airline is grounded lelelelelelelelelelelee ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ j-e-l-l-o ♪ j

they chanted his name and jerry brown chanted back. >>nd the truth is, you know, ever since i left the governship we've been having trouble in this state. you know what things kind of went downhill. >> reporter: tonight's menu was no $1,000. a $20 donation at the door got you in. brown told supporters he will immediately attack the state's chronic budget problems. his opponent has not heard brown's plan to fix the budget or much of anything else. >> and a wind plan and a solar plan and an urban strategy plan and child care plan. plan is not it. what's in is action and leadership and vision and making stuff happen. >> whitman's campaign has been in high speed since she won the republican primary. she has traveled the airwaves spending more than $100 million of her own money. after his address tonight we asked jerry brown when he will start campaigning like his opponent. >> i have a real job. my opponent doesn't work. i also have to raise money. every day i have to spend an enormous amount of time raising the funds so that i can be on te

they chanted his name and jerry brown chanted back. >> and the truth is, you know, ever since i left the governship we've been having trouble in this state. you know what things kind of went downhill. >> reporter: tonight's menu was no $1,000. a $20 donation at the door got you in. brown told supporters he will immediately attack the state's chronic budget problems. his opponent has not heard brown's plan to fix the budget or much of anything else. >> and a wind plan and a solar plan and an urban strategy plan and child care plan. plan is not it. what's in is action and leadership and vision and making stuff happen. >> whitman's campaign has been in high speed since she won the republican primary. she has traveled the airwaves spending more than $100 million of her own money. after his address tonight we asked jerry brown when he will start campaigning like his opponent. >> i have a real job. my opponent doesn't work. i also have to raise money. every day i have to spend an enormous amount of time raising the funds so that i can be on television just like the republican candidate. >>

protesters chanted "stop the highway." they say their protests must be heard. >> we are protesting putin's system. and has been destroying the ecological structures of russia for years. >> the large companies like it because they can earn money. they need profits, not fosts. >> alexander continues his patrol of the forest. it is hard to determine the exact extent of the damage. what h knows is it will take decades before the forest looks like it used to. >>> napoleon's father charles bonaparte was one of the people who resisted the overtaking of corsica. today, corsican nationalists are using violent means against a different kind of nationalists, the building of holiday homes on its beautiful coastline. conservationists are also campaigning to stop greedy speculators from spoiling their island. >> this hotel lies in ruins after one of the most spectacular bombings carried out by corsican nationalists. their radical campaign against property builders started in the mid-1970s. this is targeted an italian bank. this year ha

[laughter] [crowd chants a countdown] [applause] go ahead in an orderly manner. >> i am going to hope the others, dignataries are underway. our bishop, james langston, would you come at this time, please? we're going to ask our bishop langston if he would provide for us today the invocation. please, sir. >> we recognize our lord and savior. rest on your feet in honor of who our maker is today, for this occasion for which we have gathered, and rest as we celebrate this invocation to kick off mary helen rogers june 2010 kickoff. we thank you for the time and space to celebrate this grand occasion. we've come a long way, but we recognize we yet have a long ways to go. we thank you for what you have done, and pray for your blessings on this occasion today ont hose who come forth. let their be joy and uplift as you take us far beyond even our expectations, for this is your doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes. we give you praise, glory, and honor. we thank you now. this is our prayer. amen, and amen. >> thank you so much, bishop. i am going to ask various -- perhaps one person in the aud

[chanting] >> it's anarchy. it's crazy. i've never seen anything like it. >> over 1600 people died.ves of those who survived, changed forever. >> just human destruction. not physical. it's human. it's their souls are gone. >> reporter: but years of hard work and tens of billions of dollars later. >> things are much better than they were five yours ago. we really have focused on rebuilding and restoring, and now we're moving on to the next chapter. >> reporter: the healing continues. >> rate going -- it's going to require the attention for this country for a long time. >> president obama expected to re-affirm that promise on a visit on sunday, reassuring a region whose economy and way of life are under attack again after the b.p. oil spill. abc news. new orleans. >> dan: the largest airline in mexico is grounded tonight because of financial problems. mexicana suspended operations effective today. passengers rushed to catch flights before the last flight left around noon. passengers are being districted to their web site. the airline was in a state of technical bankruptcy last week. m

(chanting) >> it's just -- it's crazy. i've never seen anything like it. >> over 1600 people died. lives of those who survived changed forever. >> just human destruction. not physical, it's human. our souls are gone. >> but years of hard work and tens of billions of dollars later... >> things are better than five years ago. we've focussed on rebuilding and restoring and now we're moving on to the next chapter. >> the healing continues. >> it's going to require the attention of this country for a long period of time. >> president obama is expected to reaffirm that commit during a visit to new orleans on sunday reassuring a region still scarred by a mammoth disaster and whose economy is under attack again after the 200 million gallon b.p. oil spill. alex stone, abc news, new orleans. >> still in louisiana scandal-tainted republican senator david bidder has cruised to an easy primary victory. he's already focussed his campaign on his democratic opponent, congressman charlie mullinson who won his party's primary. senator bidder was in a prostitution scandal in 2007. more recently he ha

there are protesters chanting in defense. scouts and priests arrived to remove it to a nearby church. some protesters tried to break through the barriers. they decided to call off the transfer. scamming groups were there. this became part of a political battle, and plans were announced to remove it. politicians from the late president's camp say across should state and that the people should defend it. some with their allegiance to the late president take part in an around-the-clock watch to guard the cross. >> we will be having a vigil every night. a proper situation. then, we will go home. >> political and religious leaders are now working on a new plan to try to defuse the standoff. bbc news, warsaw. >> ecuador has agreed to refrain from drilling in a pristine amazon area if rich countries provide billions in return. they will receive about half what the country would have earned. but we have more. >> the ecuador national park. plant and animal life. but it is beneath this lush jungle but 20% of the oil lies. they will agr

. >> the president does not want to have the obama motors or government motors chant on the campaign trail. >> reporter: the government is not expected to sell its shares immediately and g.m. said in a statement today that taxpayers would continue to own a substantial interest in the company following the offer. harry? >> smith: anthony, who is going to buy this stock? >> large investors, institutions hedge funds, they'll be heterested, the retail investors will probably be wary. but g.m. is hoping that the $2 billion in profit will convince a lot of people to come in. now, the price of the share is not going to be set before the stock actually goes on sale but g.m. is looking to raise somewhere close to $20 billion, which would make this the second-largest i.p.o. ever. >> smith: anthony mason, thank you so much. while president obama can take credit for helping to jump start g.m., many americans only hope he could do the same for the rest of the economy. in a new poll out today, the president gets his lowest marks yet for his economic policy. here's our chief white house corresponde

peters in rome, and for centuries, the most important church in the christian world. ( chanting ) fast forward a few centuries and it's hard to find christians in istanbul. this church holds 500 people, but during its sunday service its pews were practically empty. it was the same everywhere we went. at the turn of the last century there were nearly two million orthodox christians in turkey. one and a half million were expelled in 1923 and another 150,000 left after violent anti- christian riots in istanbul in 1955. today, in all of turkey, there are only 4,000 orthodox christians left. >> bartholomew: we are treated as citizens of second class. >> simon: you're treated as second-class citizens? >> bartholomew: and we don't feel that we enjoy our full rights as turkish citizens. >> simon: if you're treated as second-class citizens here and you are greek, why don't you go to greece? >> bartholomew: because we love our country. we are born here. we want to die here. we feel that our mission is here as it has been for 17 entire centuries. >> simon: 17 centuries? >> bartholomew: 17 centuri

this weekend is one year since shane, shocked sarah, her josh were detained. >> they chanted for the. 50 demonstrators marched demanding the release of three uc berkeley residents. many are friends of cerus shane's and joshes they are accused of being u.s. spies. after arresting them along the iraqi border. these demonstrators say it's been a tough year for them and cover for their friends locked up. >> the difficulty is we don't know what they're going through we don't have the impression. they have even left less information about your own situation. it is difficult. >> is it ironic her childhood friend is jailed in the country her family escaped from >> the irony of that is so huge and the fact that no one in my second grade class would be my friend except sarah is huge. i remember i was crying because i didn't understand what the teacher was asking monday and that's how i met sarah. she walked into the bathroom to wash my face and i was crying and she said will you be my best friend. >> she says she will do whatever it takes to help free your friend and to other hikers. >> i know

and lost in dreams thick as cataracts will be chanting prayers to my an gods after an alter of bee's wax candles and pepsi soda bottles. the inscents unravelling in a stream toward the water stain on the seceiling that looks like a map of latin america. this is not mexico city where indian families wrapped in newspapers huddel uppered the monument of the revolution. this is not where girls peddle chicklets on street corners no this is lamission. land of palm trees and skyscrapers where there is dollars enough for cell phones, sports cars and [inaudible] by the trunk full. where a suitcase of cocaine is as easy to buy as a broken stemmed rose from his white bucket. how much for that hand full of rose buds? for fingers go up. he makes change for a 20, returns clefrjed winched with b. you tip him a couple of dollars, so what. every love struck couple stairing into each other's eyes. every loner with a half empty beer even a waitress after a shift receives a visit from john nitto. he returns to the faces above the steaming plates before he's out into the neon lit street leaving behind a

chante gum is ninety five years old both of her sons were guerrillas they lost their lives fighting in what was then south vietnam. she joined fellow villages in the north to help the launch a crew who took part in the first battle. i remember exactly how it happened. the acrobats wings fell to the ground on the house next to mine later when then to see their remains. today there is a thick jungle where joint soviet vietnamese crews for their first battle there's no trace left of the rocket systems camouflaged with tree leaves which were once stationed here. soviet specialist guided rockets towards their targets as we looked. we were overjoyed to know that all the charges had been here that was our first victory. as pilots had to change their tactics as soon as soviet craft missile systems vietnam . in an attempt to evade soviet rockets they had to fly into no well since you. made them easy prey for the vietnamese women who served as. you have gone through so many different emotional turns in the process making. mission accomplished and. return to base. you are totally exhausted and pr

we are hearing chanting. now, several buses have co by here today and people honk something we were never quite sure but it looks like a lot of cheering going on. the signs here. we have different opposing sides. we have those yes and in the back we have those carrying signs saying we all deserve the freedom to marry. we have been out here all morning. this decision had been expected to come down between 9:00 and noon. and we were waiting and waiting and waiting. and it appears that a decision has been made, announced by u.s. district court judge von walker. last week he told both sides to submit written statements on what -- how to decide whether or not to resume marriage or keep those marriages going or to actually continue the stay until this had gone through the appeals process. but it appears that a decision has come down. you can here the cheering, the sides are very excited. a large group, almost three dozen, maybe more couples that came to city hall. so, we will have more for you tonight at ktvu. repo

[laughter] [crowd chants a countdown] [applause] go ahead in an orderly manner. >> thank you so much. i am a are newsom's -- i am mayor newsom's education adviser. it is an interesting seat at an interesting time. it is my pleasure to do these events. it is a fantastic moment for so many of our principals and teachers. it gives us an opportunity to thank them for all they do for our children, our community, and our parents. it is a wonderful thing. we were sitting around and wondering why we never did this, so we are really glad this is the fourth year doing our teacher of the month and our third year doing our teacher of the year. i wanted to thank a few folks really quickly. we have had some fantastic donations to all of our teachers and our principles. they have no idea what we are getting -- what they are getting today. i am excited to be able to rattle off the price list. we have so many prizes to give. i want to thank linda from comcast and tony from chase. they have been our monetary sponsors. we are really thankful to them for supporting this endeavor we have done. we have so

jonathan blum reporting from san francisco castro district again you can hear the people behind him chanting their of gathering in cheering the could to the development today the overturning of proposition 8. >> in conditions temperatures are cooler today either inland spots are still on the warm side in the '80s toward a full forecast coming up in just seven minutes talking about the additional cooling for the rest of the week. to quit this. - well, how about... - that smokers' helpline? yeah, they can give me a plan. - help me through the rough spots. - so you're ready to... quit? everyone wants me to quit-- my doctor, my wife, the dog. - not good for the dog. - anyone else? hmm? what? anyone else want you to quit? me! i want me to quit. tdd# 800-933-4833 - ( rings ) - woman: smokers' helpline. oh, hi, it's me. live to san francisco castro district where rally is under way and number of speakers have been addressing a growing crowd there appeared hundreds gathering to celebrate the decision by federal judge today overturning proposition 8 your the vote to approve ban on same- sex marriage

. >> at the company rally, young workers are chanting slogans and wearing t-shirts. the electronics manufacturer has been working to improve its image and to help people forget less happy things. scenes like this morning -- mourning father whose son killed himself this year. the suicides of more than nine workers detention to the working conditions. executives say they have learned their lessons. >> for a long time, i think we were blinded by our success. >> in future, they intend to build smaller factories closer to where workers live. there are increasing low wages. >> it used to be that we never got a real break. now, we get a little time to catch our breath. >> a parade is aimed at underscoring the notion of change, but many chinese and western human rights activists wonder whether the company has really changed its ways. >> i do not think today's events can achieve anything except provide a bit of theater. i think basically what they need to do is treat their workers like decent human beings and pay them a decent wage. >> that might possibly save the bother of o