chris buck evaluated the trees and i did. i am a certified tree risk assessor as well. i am an arborist. the department has not concluded these are imminent hazard spread we did grab removal of three trees that are -- at our hearing based on concerns about limb failure. i disagree with the assessment that the primary concern with these trees is whole tree failure. there has been pruning that was done under supervision of a certified arborist. it was done by the school through our claims department. it is my understanding that the burning was overseen. it is never ideal to prune the roots of a tree. i do not want to suggest we think that is simply ok. the concern the department has about these trees are limb failures. the structure of the ficus tree which is typical is the current structure were you do not have one strong central leader. and apparently, the structure will be more prone to limb failure then an x-current structure were you have a strong leader and branching points emanating from that leader. we do base much of our evaluations and our knowledge on our exper

came to be that decision -- the decision was drastic and i am hanging my hat on the findings of chris buck. i am upset i do not have him here to address this matter personally. it seems to me that the city, the department of public works is relying on the notion of a pattern in regard to these trees being part of some -- being somehow tied to the health of other trees that have been center move. one was struck by lightning and i have a neighbor here who will speak to that, he was an eyewitness. the other was a tree that is identified as one that needs to be removed for safety reasons. it did have a catastrophic collapse in advance of the city's moving it. that wasn't on healthy tree. i see these trees here, this is a black-and-white picture. i did not rely on much of an address other than a personal appeal for your help. that is about all i have. again, i am relying on the statements of this city's arborist who said there were certain limbs that could be cut and that could remedy the situation. i do not understand why we could not reach compromise our build some consensus about whether the

bucks, right? >> that's the nature of venture capitalism. you're going at the heart of what defines people who work in that sector in financial services. chris: we live in a unique time when people talk about being part of the 99% and french revolution talk in the air. what i've discovered is two ways of looking at wealthy people. some of us, most of us look at people like steve jobs, spielberg, lie iacocca, name -- iacocca, name brands, gates, they deserved their wealth and swung that pick and may have failed but they succeeded. and there's other people always looking at it this way. he went to harvard, business school, old man looked out for him and had his connections and of course he's working for bain. how did he get that job? >> class politics has not really been a dominant note, one that works consistently in american politics. since the 1930's. yes, there's class resentment. but most people want to see themselves as upwardly mobile. they don't resent the rich. they resent the rich if they feel the rich's success came at their expense. that is romney's vulnerability. to go to mike's point, his opportunity is to say i made a lot of mon

nominee, but this is a weird year, and if i had to bet five bucks on it i would probably say that newt is just going to finish first tonight. >> chris, we've been watching all week and in fact, for several weeks that mitt romney in two debates this week alone did not have an answer for the tax returns. today he was sharpening his attack against gingrich suggesting that gingrich shouldn't release any reports he gave to freddie mac going back to the old freddie mac issue. this was romney today. >> he said he had told him that what we were doing was somehow not going to work. i would like to see his report and i would like to see what he told freddie mac. this is a big issue. a washington insider talking about freddie mac, let's see what his report was. >> another thing that was noteworthy in looking at this eugene and chris is the amount of money in television. you're down there, jyou've seen it. the guy at the counter at us air said you're lucky you're leaving. when is this going to be over? i can't turn on my television. look at ad tracker, $4.7 million combined for romney, almost two times as much as gingrich in his super pac, 2.4

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just because you file one in the court, martha, for 16 bucks it does not entitle you to a home. martha: unbelievable. chris story. kris gutierrez in dallas. bill: make-or-break time in the race for the white house. there is breaking news on new poll numbers give us a pretty good idea where we might be headed. live to new hampshire we're headed next. check in there with molly line and everybody else. stay tuned. >> the message i share with you tonight is not an iowa message or a iowa and south carolina message. it is a message that will resonate across this land. it will resonate -- [ male announcer ] cranberry juice? wake up! ♪ that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm [ male announcer ] for half the calories -- plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. martha: things that are moving fast now, we are five days away from the first in the nation primary in the 2012 presidential process. all eyes now on the live free or die state, that maybe the case for some of these folks in new hampshire. here is the latest "real clear politics" poll, this is an average of the polls from the granite state, romney in very goo

. >> chris let's talk about oil prices coming down at 100 bucks you can cover up a lot of mistakes.ink we trade between, i think we're close to the top of the range absent some sort of geopolitical event which certainly could happen, but i think 80 to the low 100s, 105 is probably where we are. if i'm right about that, these numbers are going to be more difficult to play out over time. >> i'm just going to question you about the future. at some point, not that i'm a peak oil guy but at some point these companies to stay alive have to invest in other forms of energy that are not fossil fuel related. exxon's chairman famously said ten years ago, if that happens they'll just buy it. what do you think about oil companies starting to diversify. some of them are. i think exxon is not. >> exxon is probably in the lower tier of the companies. you look at projects from shell, chevron, conoco. >> right. >> all of those companies are committed to research and whether it's traditional fossil fuels in a different way, be it shale plays and the like to unconventional or new forms of renewable ene

bucks. deal. >> when the cops shut down the store front, vegas pd rounds up the suspects. and we set up shop to interview as many of them as we could. >> chris> some who were so bold and brash are not interested in talking to me. but others like allison want to explain themselves. allison? chris hansen. how you doing? >> not very good. >> we're doing a story on the investigation. have you ever stole an car or a vehicle? >> i don't have a drivers license. >> never gone to a place to try to sell a stolen vehicle? >> no. >> are you sure? >> is that you right there? >> uh-huh. >> okay. those two guys who are talking to you? >> they are police officers. >> these are police officers and that's you right there. >> yeah. >> talking about driving around in a stolen vehicle. >> well, i mean, i didn't know if it was or not. it was my friends. he said he wanted to sell it. >> you told the police officers here in the video tape. >> nothing happen to me driving around in it? >> you thought you got it from somebody who stole it from a valet. >> that's what he said. he said it was his friends. he had the keys. >> whether she is telling me the truth or not,

chris? >> i'm surprised he didn't do this in new hampshire where all it takes to get on the ballot is 1,000 bucksone guy is wearing a boot on his head. he's trying to show what you can do in the new campaign finance rules. he's making sure he's coloring in the lines. he is giving a civics lesson to anybody who is running for president. is stephen colbert going to shake the 2012 presidential race? no, he's not. but he's going to make it more fun. >> a newt gingrich ad makes fun of mitt romney for speaking french. >> massachusetts moderate mitt romney. he'll say anything to win. anything. and just like john kerry -- >> [ speaking in french ] >> he speaks french, too. >> huntsman took flak for speaking mandarin. do they think it's elitist, maria? [ speaking in spanish ] >> -- meaning yes, unless it's spanish. and i quote he said spanish is the language of the ghetto. but i think what it demonstrates is that there is a sort of subtle thought that being bilingual or using language other than english among some voters does have a feeling of being somehow less all american baseball and apple pie for som

bucks on mondays. only at your pizza hut. >>> it was one starry night on the red carpet last night with all the golden globes fashion. abc's chrisis take on the hottest trends. he's no carson kressley -- >> probably a good thing. >> he has a real life. here he is. >> reporter: it's the hackieness of red carpet. for once, why not go there. who's your beautiful outfit byy. >> value tino. >> valentino. >> ricci. >> reporter: it takes questions to get a good answer. what's the color of your dress? >> they tell me teal. where are you wearing? green? >> it is green. >> reporter: who is this incomparable outfit by? >> i thought you were talking about me. >> reporter: some say the dress is so 30 seconds ago. charlize. kate, all who dared to bare. >> i'm completely naked under this. >> reporter: the fantastic four. angelina iconic in ivory. lea michele sheer. madonna and stacy keibler. who now heavy metal could look so lovely. long sleeves so luscious. and leggy. and noll need for binoculars. belts, rare plumage for high-flyers like this idiosyncratic look. not even leo rocks a tux like the men on zoe dechanel's nails. >> good job, chris

both who made big çcomebacks here, likes nothing better than to buck the tide, bang on the pipes, whatever says, look here. rachel? >> chrisat is excellent. when we look ahead tonight, all of you guys, we look ahead tonight to what is probably mitt romney victory, his prohibitive lead in the polls seems to suggest he is coasting towards a first place finish what is more important, the way his rivals are going after him right now in terms of the way that sets the tone for the rest of the campaign or who comes in second is a second place finish the most important thing that comes out of tonight? >> when off guy from massachusetts, there is always a massachusetts discount in the new hampshire primary. paul tsongas won the new hampshire primary 33% of the vote, bill clinton came in second at 24. second is what it's all about when you have a massachusetts guy in there. >> reverend? >> i think part of what tonight is going to show is there is still a moderate wing to the republican party because even though i agree with lawrence about the tsongas/clinton analogy, let us remember that this party has gone all the way right and dru