and admire. >> i'm clair.ave grace and dignity when you're battling an illness. and to just keep trucking. >> bring them back here -- >> reporter: it was marisa watts' idea to honor clair with a yearly swim a thon. the presentation swim coach wanted to teach her students lessons about just what true dedication is. marisa, like others, marveled that even with just months to live, clair with the help of husband bob showed up at school to administer the work scholarship program. >> i'd never seen anybody handle a life and death experience with the kind of grace that she did. >> reporter: and that is a lesson at presentation they believe deserves to be taught over and over again. >> i checked in, they're in the thousands of dollars that they raised and when i was talking to mary miller, the principal that was involved yesterday when a couple of students came in to the check on their pledges, they take this very seriously. combined, about $1,000. they had swum about 400 laps, i believe, each. almost 500 laps each.

that is because claire died of breast cancer almost a decade ago.jose's presentation high school, the lanes are full of students and adults swimming to remember claire and raise money to fight breast cancer and fund a scholarship in her name. >> she was a quiet force here. for sure. >> amy did have claire as a teacher and later when a teacher herself, as a colleague. >> she was quiet, kind, the grandmother next door and made everybody feel good about themselves. >> as good a teacher as claire was though, it was her bravery while battling cancer most at presentation remember and admire. >> from claire i learned to have grace and dignity when you are battling an illness, and to just keep trucking. >> it was marissa's idea to honor claire with a yearly swim-a-thon. she wanted to teach her students lessons about what true dedication is. marissa, like others, marvelled that even with just months to live, claire with the help of husband bob, showed up at school to administer the work scholarship program. >> i had never seen anybody handle a life/death exp

francisco with the help of the city government to make this a safer place and to help women like claire and i want to thank all of you who have been so supportive of me and my family. please help me, and help us in using clay's memory to help others and to eliminate the domestic violence and no more violence and no more domestic violence and i am so happy that i am here, and very, very thankful to all of you. >> and thank you very much, and it is an honor to be invited to stand on the stage and although i wish that i did not have to stand here, and thank you for allowing us to commemorate, mary atchison. i love mary for many reasons, but i think that what i loved about her most was her strength, and her smile, and that lighted up any room that she would go into. and her commitment to having fun. and every day of her life. mary was a resident, and a bike messenger and the dot com boom and grew other flowers and others n a plot in vernal hill, and heights. and she worked downtown, at wiki company, and she has a degree from san francisco state, and in zoology, and we shared being big fans

and i want to take a moment, i, i know that claire joyce and (inaudible) mother is with us today and claire, what happens 14 years ago, i know is something that we all mourn every day, every one who is here. but you know that your daughter and your family name has galvanized a movement, a movement that is represented by every man and woman who is here today. and i want to thank all of the amazing advocates and the city leaders who over the past 14 years, have moved forward, the 121 recommendations that we have adopted. but we know that we could do better. and when the statistic is that you look to your left and you look to your right, one out of three, we know that we can do better. for mary atchison we know that we can do better, for mary free mon we know that we can do better. for my good friend, (inaudible) we know that we can do better. and so i want to thank all of you for being here tonight. for helping to shine a light, for being part of our city of san francisco, and we are the city that revolutionized what love is about. from the summer of love, to marriage equality and i tr

ladies and gentlemen please welcome claire danes! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: claire danes! show. you look gorgeous. >> oh, well, thank you. >> jimmy: last time i saw you you were here you were pregnant. >> yeah. >> jimmy: so now you have the child. >> he has left the building. >> jimmy: yeah. he has left the building. no one says that. how old is he now? >> he's 20 months. >> jimmy: 20 months. i'm doing the math. >> four months shy of two years. two whole digits. >> jimmy: wow. >> i know! he's like a person. >> jimmy: what does he do? what is he into? >> he's walking. he's ambulatory, which is very -- thank god, that took a long time. >> jimmy: you wanted him to walk? >> i did. and you know what? it's better. everybody was warning me about the horrors of walking. >> jimmy: i'm making my baby not walk. >> yeah, right. >> jimmy: i am teaching her how to use a jazzy. cruises around supermarkets in one of those jazzys. [ laughter ] she's getting pretty good at it. >> she's an american! >> jimmy: exactly. there you go. she is 1-year-old. very talented baby. >> yeah. no, no. i'm

. >> my name is claire. i'm a 17-year-old girl who has cyst cyst cystic fibrosis. leave it to claire to take a little bit of that that boo away. >> right off the bat, room service 24/7. you can call up chocolate pudding. the nurse call button. they come and grab you and grab your charger across the room. do you know how many times i wanted to do that at home and don't have a call button? >> she has to have treatment every four hours. >> she created a website and blog where she shares different videos and blog entries to let people know it's not that bad. she lets you know there are normal people. >> no make-up. that's handy when you are a girl. >> for her to put such a positive spin and be driven to make other people feel positive about their experiences is a pretty incredible perspective. >> not only does she create that project, she co-founded the claire play foundation. she won the prime for young heroes. she raised $150,000. >> you know the best thing about the hospital is, the connections you make. you're there to heal. >> dude showing off his skills on a bike

asking clair to the homecoming dance.ccording to his dad, clair said yes, and the couple is heading to homecoming next weekend. >> wow. she was watching and everything, huh? >> that is great. i hope so. i mean, they probably replayed that for her. that is so romantic. >> very creative nowadays, these kids. >> national tv, you know? can't beat that. >> it's friday night. speaking of high school football, friday night lights. >> 90s. look at san francisco, still 91 degrees. we will get a little bit of cooling tomorrow. but more widespread cooling as we get into sunday. >> enjoy your weekend. see you back here at 6:00. >>> on our broadcast tonight, a fifth american has contracted ebola, and he happens to be a member of our team. a cameraman for nbc news now in isolation in liberia while the leader of our team there, dr. nancy snyderman, reports tonight on his condition and their condition as they await for a flight out of there. >>> also, stopping the spread of ebola on american soil. hazmat crews finally on the scene in dal

that is because claire bookser died of breast cancer almost a decade ago.et each fall at san jose presentation high school, the lanes are full of students and adults swimming to remember claire and raise money to fight breast cancer and fund a scholarship in her name. >> she was a quiet force here, for sure. >> reporter: amy did have claire as a teacher and later a teacher herself, as a colleague. >> she was quiet, she was kind, she was the grandmother next door, and she made everybody feel good about themselves. >> reporter: as good a teacher as claire was, though, it was her bravery while battling cancer that most at presentation remember and admire. >> from claire i learned to, you know, have grace and dignity when you're battling an illness and to just keep trucking. >> reporter: it was marissa's idea to honor claire with a yearly swim-a-thon. the presentation swim coach wanted to teach her students lessons about just what true dedication is. marissa, like others, marvelled that even with just months to live, claire, with the help of husband bob, showed

and thanks to all of you, it is great to be back in eau claire. it is particularly nice to have my wife with me tonight as well. and thank you all of you at home for turning in for what i hope is an honest discussion about the future of the great state. i love wisconsin. but in 2010, when i was traveling the state, software -- i saw firsthand the effect of losing 130,000 jobs. i saw the effect it had on people. people like sandy, who took a pay cut to keep a job, and later lost that job. people like michael, who, after 20 years working as a press it -- ended up seeing his company downsize them out of a job. these are real people with real families and communities all across the state. i decided then and there that i would aim high, set a big goal of 250,000 jobs. we have come a long way, but we are not done yet. we went from losing 133,000 jobs in the four years before i took office to gaining more than 100,000 jobs since. we rank third in the midwest for private-sector job creation from july of last year to july of this year. fourth from august t

>> she is watching. >> claire, we need an answer. >> that was tyler, a willow glenn student asking clairee homecoming dance. according to his dad, claire said yes. thankfully. the couple is heading off to the homecoming dance next weekend. that is too cool. finally this morning, the internet sensation grumpy cat has something to smile about this halloween. chances are she won't smile. grumpy cat has her own pumpkin. despite all the excitement, she seemed less than amused at the unveiling of the pumpkins carved by famed pumpkin carver. fans of the famous feline can download their own stencil sheet. i cannot get enough of that face. she is so miserable she is so love. you have to love her. thanks for making us a part of your morning. more local news tonight. some people think vegetables are boring. but with green giant's delicious seasonings and blends, we just may change their minds. ho ho ho green giant! (yawn) (ding!) toaster strudel! more fruit in the filling, ya? mmm! ya! warm, flaky, gooey, toaster strudel! now, with more fruit! ♪ when you're up in outer space ♪ ♪ and searching for th

claire: phil! oh, that's my wife claire. luke was using my computer. for this.'m gonna have to, uh, call you back. he told me he needed it to do homework, and then i find this -- a-a picture of a topless woman,

claire? we need an answer. >> of course she said yes. look at this beautiful couple there. >> if she had said no, we might have drop the story. >> here they are before the big dance. the school says a date wasn't required but the students were allowed to dress up. you can see they both took it seriously and looked gorgeous. we hope they had a wonderful time. homecoming is a big deal. i think a lot of people are having homecoming. people getting asked and shopping for their dresses and all that. >> what a chivalrous man. i like it. >> thanks for watching nbc news. saturday night live is up next. >>> dear leader, it's been five weeks since you've been seen in public. your people yearn to see their beloved kim jong-un. please, some wonder if you're still in charge. >> i am the one and

. >> i'm claire i'm in support of one purpose i'm an advisory board member for the one purpose i was lucky enough to start my criteria in london i taught psychiatrist and this was the main core for the students academics and our academy was situations murder mile and sorry served the community in its locality and portion of the students were entitled to free meals and as well as the students for special education english was an additional language i know in my 11 of 2 hundred students 47 languages were spoken i learned how the practices can be and the students from the cultures i saw the different in the classroom and the classmate climate and the students conflicts and issues such as death and crime were inheritances by my level after relocating with my husband to san francisco i was in a fortunate position to be in an excited community and continued with the start practices it was part of my roll to implement training and continue the development for the staff at&t park the practices i've really enjoyed working with the principle at one purpose school around the practices of contin

claire, i don't think you're grasping the magnitude of this package, valued at over $250. them, then all our money just goes to charity. and so what am i supposed to do? somewhere between dropping off alex at orchestra and picking up luke from practice-- oh, and burning a bunch of dvds of the talent show, i'm gonna, what, pop in for a quick salt scrub?

we can't have some unscientific poll shaking claire's confidence. phil... what poll? too late. she knows. who told her? what is this, a witch hunt? oh, my god. i have to go. well, i just don't think it's a big deal. i mean, how many people read the "weekly..." "saver"? "saver," anyway?

claire, did you ever find that tupperware i lent you?h time, i gave it back to you, remember? i remember you telling me a hundred times, yet my pea soup is in baggies. did you check your car? - in the... - trunk. because that's where you found that thing that you thought that you gave me long time ago, - the... the... - pizza cutter. go ahead. give me another one. yes, i was wrong that time. it's a piece of plastic. you're ruining brunch. (jay) don't sweat it, cam. i forget things all the time. like i can never remember the name of that weather guy that i liked. uh... thunder something. stormy... flash stormy? ah, whatever the hell it is.

we can't have some unscientific poll shaking claire's confidence. phil... what poll? too late.er? what is this, a witch hunt? oh, my god. i have to go. well, i just don't think it's a big deal. i mean, how many people read the "weekly..." "saver"? "saver," anyway?

claire ward interviewed this foreign fight shore called himself jillmad, he join the fight against the syrian government. >> even if it was my own fault, i am fighting. >> reporter: he does not fight with isis but does not condemn the group. foreign fighters have western government concerned they could return home and launch attacks. >> please say yah. >> reporter: canada's parliament voted tuesday to join u.s. led coalition begins isis a a approving six months of air strikes in iraq. chris van cleve, cbs news, new york. >>> 5:49 right now. everyone is one fairing hillary clinton will run for president in 2016 and new one of the world's richest men is wig to bet on it. warren buffet the said he will bit bet money that hillary will run and win too. we have to wait two more years if buffet can cash in on that bet. >>> before you walk out the door this morning we will check another check have of traffic and weather on the three's for you. >>> what would you pay for this run down house? the owner has an offer he hopes the buyer just can't refuse but one item he wants in exchange for his ho

of wqow news in owe claire. and jewy clark, anchor and news in au weau13 claire, the host city. thank all of you. now the audience, which has been so patient and promised us it applause, may now do what it wants to do. [applause] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicp.org-- >> that concludes tonight's debate between wisconsin candidates,l democrat mary burke and scottican governor walker. wisconsin radio and television stations work together to thisce and broadcast debate as a public service to ensure every citizen of opportunity ton hear and see the two leading candidates for governor. this debate has been spos sored by our wba foundation, through therous grants from wisconsin association of independent colleges and universities and aarp of wisconsin. we would like to thank the theirates for participation, as well as the team of broadcasting professionals representing the lacrosse au claire market tonight. geisler, and the panelists. we invite you to watch for and listen to our second debate froml milwaukee, on october 17th. remember to vote on november 4th.

claire keep calling home depot. >> finally they contacted home depot. we contacted home depot.. >> she came the same day. she said this is not right. home depot has to make this right. iet does. a new carpet. . >> i said wow. the power of 7 on your side and consumer advocacy. >> home depot says we're sorry for the difficulty mr. and mrs. schwartz had but happy to have responded with a replacement. now, this carpet covering their floors, boy, are they happy. >> thank you to 7 on your side i'm a firm believer now. >> see? see? i'd like to thank home depot they stepped up quickly. the schwartzs are pleased with the immediate action. and the new flooring and i'm happy, too. to see our reports go to abc7 news.com. click on sections tab, then select 7 on your side you'll find information there. thank you very much. >> up next sounds of silence. , thank you! , thank you! dedicated bankers born to go the extra mile. you've been such a big help. it's what i like to do. so you can choose a bank where helping people comes first. chase. so you can. and you're eligible for san medicare, are

all ofnk -- thanks to you, it is great to be back in eau claire. all the home for turning in for what i hope is an honest discussion about the future of the great state. i love wisconsin. but in 2010, when i was traveling the state, software stand the effect of losing 130 ,000 jobs. michael, who, after 20 years working as a press operator, and it up seeing his company downsize them out of a job. these are real people with real families and communities all across the state. i decided then and there that i would aim high, set a big goal of 250,000 jobs. we have come a long way, but we are not done yet. losing 100 30,000 jobs to gaining more than 100,000 jobs since. we rank third in the midwest for private-sector job creation from july of last year to july of this year. fourth from august to august. rate is thement lowest it has been since october 2 008. my opponent will try and use old and outdated data to criticize the comeback. the "wisconsin, sentinel" said that these attacks are false. facts,, i will focus on the fax from our website. we have a c

claire benson. >> oh, here. but actually, i go by claire bear, so -- >> seth: okay.sure. [ laughter ] claire bear it is. done and done. let's see. ben smith? >> uh, present. but i like to go by my full name, benogligan smithogligan. [ laughter ] ben is short for benogligan and smith is short for smithogligan, so, uh -- benogligan smithogligan. >> seth: so, you'd rather go by benogligan smithogligan than just ben smith. >> yesogligan. >> seth: okay. [ laughter ] amanda gibbons? >> here! but i go by pizza killer. >> seth: why is that? >> you wouldn't know it to look at me, but i can kill three extra large pizza hut meat lovers in like ten minutes. [ laughter ] >> seth: great. [ laughter ] >> i also once killed a man for a pizza. [ laughter ] >> seth: oh. >> i also once killed a man for no reason at all. [ laughter ] >> seth: sounds like i could just call you murderer. >> i wouldn't do that if i were you. [ laughter ] >> seth: then i won't. i won't. [ applause ] lyle rosenblum? >> yes, yes, hello. i'm here. but i actually go by mr. connie britton. >> seth: oh, are you h

that's claire dane. those are not robes. that is a woman in an islamic garb.ated the intent herself. >> that's how these ridiculous claims of racism arrives. it is what is in that person's head and project itself to somebody else. is there a more bigoted show we should focus on like sesame street. >> it is gig law again's island. there were natives portrayed in ridiculous costumes. they were often violent and dwum. and dumb. >> it is impossible. >> by the way bob denver is dead so i takehombrage. >> political correctness is not exciting. i want viewers. it is entertainment and not a documentary jie. hospital we be talking about the real problem is that clier danes is always crying. >> she is not crying. it is a look of anguish. >> i don't even know where to start. there was the cry face. >> the unnecessary plot. >> the best was carrie, the claire danes character she would do something crazy and something bad would happen. she would come back and yell at her and pull her off the case. you are crazy. what are you doing? i had to stopwatching it. she makes good p

>> i played the claire net -- claire ron net growing up.oming up, professional clowns are angry, but enough about msnbc. oh that was too easy. tonight's sponsor is owl's. they are our target demographic. you thought it was insomniacs, you are wrong. "red eye." it is for the birds. >>> their red noses are out of joint. professional clowns are condemning the show "american horror story" over a killer serial -- serial killer. they don't always listen to that. maybe they do. twisty the clown stalks people with scissors and holds children captive in an old school bus he just seems eccentric, but you be the judge. >> what the hell is this? >> you didn't hire him? troy? troy? >> well it looks like most of my birthday parties. the president of clowns international is stating that we will not support in anyway, shape or form anything that adds to clown fear. he said if hollywood producers depict clown as evil he will murder all of them. sir, sir, sir, excuse me. that doesn't help your cause saying you will kill them all. >> sir, sir, with all due re

i like what he's saying, claire.

toys 'r' us and claire's. i talked about another example.ny that at one point when private, took a lot of debt, became public again. you have this cycle where they are struggling to generate enough cash flow in order to pay down that debt and pay the interest on that debt in the meantime. in the case up was arrest, they have a lot of competition. -- in the case of toys 'r' us, they have a lot of competition. amazon and target and walmart. toys 'r' us embark on a strategy of trying to collected more of its babies r us stores. there is some optimism that they are going to come back this holiday season. they also just completed a refinancing. when you are using your cash just to pay interest on your debt, that is not an ideal scenario. >> do these companies need to hit a home run? >> it depends on your perspective. we have talked about jcpenney and sears. it depends if you are an or someone who likes to shop there. radioshack is the other one we've talked a lot about. they just got a new rescue package from standard general. harry wilson is a t

. >> reporter: 89-year-old claire has a hard time talking about this man.san jose. >> it makes me shudder. >> reporter: she met him two years ago when he called her claiming he was referred by her longtime broker. >> he told me i hadn't been investing for a while and i needed to see him. >> reporter: so she went and claire quickly grew fond of him. he was friendly, polite, and given to quoting moral lessons from the bible. >> his story was that he was a good christian and, therefore, i should trust him. >> reporter: and so he invited her to invest in light financial services. clara didn't hesitate. >> i gave him the check and he was going to invest it for me. >> reporter: actually she wrote two checks, totaling $100,000. gway promising a 3% return on her investment. >> very congenial. very friendly. >> reporter: he befriended clara's daughter and her husband. karla was impressed with his charm and his passion for quoting the bible. >> he said god wants you to intere interest. >> reporter: she invited him to christmas dinner. he brought his mother and daught

i like what he's saying, claire.