he'd attended both the first and second continental congress. and washington, i think one of the reasons that he was such a successful general and president, he'd had long political experience. he'd been serving the house of burgesses since 1758. he'd been very involved in the protest of the stamp act in 1765, the townshend duties in 1767, opposing the intolerable acts later on. and so this was a man who was very well versed in parliamentary government by the time that he is in a position of responsibility. >> why did people want to follow him? >> why did people want to follow him? i think that washington inspired a lot of confidence. in part, you want to give power to people who don't seem to be grasping at power. and this was a lesson that washington had learned very well. also, when he was chosen as commander-in-chief, people were very impressed by someone of his wealth is going to risk all of it for the sake of the cause. washington was a very good listener. he wasn't an egomaniac. there was a tremendous fear that whoever became commander- i

>> the continental congress appointed him by a unanimous vote. it was the first of four significant votes. he was unanimously appointed president of the continental commission, and both times he ran for president, he was unanimously elected by the electoral college, so that is a record we can safely say no one will ever duplicate. >> how obvious was it when you were doing your research that he was the choice for office -- for this? >> i do not think he had a lot of competition. the continental army was the militiamen gathered in cambridge. washington had been very involved in protesting the stamp act. washington had been an active member of the first and second continental congress. he was one of the few people who had military experience at the time. we all know the story that he wore his uniform, so even though there had been many years since washington had been in his 20's that he fought in the french indian war, that counted quite heavily, at the time there was a severe shortage of people with experience. the only other people who had compara

continental headquarters in downtown houston, texas, workers take pictures with the continental logo. under the merger the airline name will be united. and the new logo will use continental's colors blue and gold and white with a white globe on the plane's tail. beverly elliot says that she worked at continental for 27 years and she got emotional when she was talking about all the huge changes that are happening. >> how does it feel? >> it's sad. we are real sad. we are happy for the new undertaking with the new company but the name continental is really special to us. >> the first plane with the new logo will fly flue bush international airport this afternoon. >>> now the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate and maryland's most powerful doppler radar. >> we look back and you can see we have had ourselves a look at temperatures yesterday. with a remanent tropical system which pushed in a very, very muggy feel to the air. 79 was the high temperatures. 81 in philidelphia. and didn't feel very nice but all the rainfall. but that's it. we were above normal and at the .cally we

one of the reasons that washington was chosen, it suddenly gives a continental perspective to the continental cause that they did not have before that. the redcoats are bottled up in boston and are under siege from the continental army. washington manages to drive them out of boston and he has his first great victory. maybe a little bit of beginner's luck because he had an enormous difficulty duplicating the feat. he goes to new york and that is where he has a string of disasters. at the battle of brooklyn, it is having an army pounce on the army. it drives the entire army across the east river. they flee up to northern manhattan. it is not the last disaster. washington loses twin forks on opposite sides. he began this demoralized retreat across new jersey and across the delaware river into pennsylvania. >> philadelphia? >> what happens is that there is a fear that the british were going to take philadelphia. they hope to stop them. it was one of the battles that washington showed his intelligence. the british occupied philadelphia until the spring of 1778. >> washington d.c.? >> washington d

>> in boston, he goes up in july 1775 and he takes control of the continental army. he has just been appointed commander in chief, and his presence there was extraordinarily important because the continental army was really composed exclusively of new england militia. so one of many reasons that washington was chosen, having a virginia planter as commander in chief suddenly gives a continental perspective to the continental cause, which is most certainly did not have before that and it's a moment where the red coats, the british ra bottled up in boston, they're really under seige from the continental army and washington manages to drive them out of boston and he has his first great victory, maybe a little bit of beginner's luck because then he has an enormous amount of difficulty duplicating that fete. >> new york. >> ok. he goes to new york and that's where he suffers a string of disasters. the battle of brooklyn, the british expeditionary force, the largest of the 18th century is about to pounce on the continental army, not only wipe it out, wipes the whole revolut

adams starts out at the second continental congress. it was adams that was the most influential advocate of george washington to be commander in chief. there was a lot of sniping as the years go by. adams, who was always worried about his place in history i, is petrified that he will be upstaged by two people. benjamin franklin and george washington. he makes a very statement -- a very funny statement later on. he said that when the story of the revolutionary war is told, it will be benjamin franklin striking the ground with his lightning rod and out springs general george washington and there you have the whole thing in a nutshell. he was not wrong. washington and franklin would receive this tremendous adulation. in terms of washington's relations with the other founders, he had much better relations with the founders of the previous generation like franklin, who was 25 years older than washington. he had much better relations with those of the younger generation -- madison and hamilton were about 25 years younger. he had difficult rel

que traÍan los delegados de los presidentes de los paÍses que integran unasur, era el mismo, el continentegÓ para demostrar que toda amÉrica, unida, rechaza los hechos que causaron la muerte de cuatro personas y heridas de 200 mÁs. rafael correa, el mandatario que ayer asegurÓ que preferirÍa morir antes de ser chantajeado con la violencia, y que llora la muerte de sus compatriotas, agradeciÓ la solidaridad continental. >> desde lo mÁs profundo de mi corazÓn, muchÍsimas gracias. nunca nos sentimos solos. >> quito y las principales ciudades de ecuador siguen militarizadas en medio de un estado de excepciÓn que busca que no se repitan estos hechos violentos. >> durante todo el dÍa el presidente sostuvo reuniones con altos funcionarÁ que su gobierno y delegados de la justicia. vale la pena recordar, que se ha confirmado que por lo menos cuatro personas han muerto, y son mÁs de 200 las personas resultaron heridas en estos hechos violentos que hoy lamenta el continente entero. la informaciÓn que tenemos por ahora desde quito, regreso contigo a miami. >> muchas gracias. el presidente barack obama

now he has the job of running continental and united, or the new united.asked him, of course, particularly bearing in mind, bringing these two large airlines together in the united states, when you look at the nine hubs they have got and the tens of thousands of employees, where would there be growth and where might the axe fall. >> i don't think there will be an axe, richard. we have very complimentary networks. as a result there's very little overlap and very little affect on our frontline employees. what we're going to be doing is allocating aircraft across a much broader route network. we have 10 hubs worldwide. i expect to see growth certainly from an international perspective, because we are global carrier, the world's leading global carrier, you'll see increase for business travelers. >> what about those on planes a lot. the flying experience in this country is not something that gets good press. richard, will the flying experience be better for this continental combined group? >> i think it depends who has the upper hand when it ends. he knows what

continental europe really generally quiet. high pressure is keeping things very calm here. eastern med though, this is where it does get a bit hairy. we have some storms rumbling through parts of ukraine, as well as pushing into belarus and also turkey. so that could continue for the next several days. other than that, it is a very quiet picture for parts of paris. on saturday, 25 for you. 19 in london. 15 in berlin. about 10 degrees in stockholm. here's your extended forecast.

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appeared the name will be ignited continental it will be run by continental ceo jeff and its headquartersesterday he was criticized over the spoils but also today a new ceo takes over at the robert dudley. >> wall street texts are slipping to a slightly nasdaq was of the dow is up 35 points on this first day of october 10,00823. >> we will be back with more and a couple of minutes at&t part this is the site of the first big game against the padres we will see if we can win it. we only need to win one. ouncer ] jerry brown and oakland's schools. what were the facts? fact: march 7, 2000. brown asks voters for new mayoral power to appoint school board members. he gets it, and promises better schools. but the drop out rate increases...50%. the school budget goes into a 100 million dollar deficit. the schools become so bad...the state has to take them over. it was "largely a bust," he admitted. jerry brown. failure as governor. failure as mayor. failure we can't afford now. failure as governor. failure as mayor. inst[uinstrumental music ]] bmw it is recalling vehicles to fix leaks in the break

actually traveled with the continental army, later became a very scathing critic of washington. he ended up saying washington is treacherous in private friendship and hypocrite in his public life, ended up publishing this very vitriolic open letter to washington. what happened was that tom paine, during the french revolution, was imprisoned and he felt that washington did not make sufficient efforts to free him. paine was an honorary american citizen, and so he thought that washington should have done more. washington was really in a political bind in terms of trying to apply pressure on the french government to release him. so paine goes from one extreme to the other. >> how important was he to the founding? >> i think that he was extraordinarily important. i think that at the time that he published "common sense" there were a lot of people who had not yet been converted to the idea of independence from great britain. and i think that at key moments -- for instance, after the very long and demoralizing retreat across new jersey in late 1776,

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it's continental concept, continental culture. that's what would be the dominant force, i suspect in this new airline. >> dominant force, what everyone is wondering to the u.s. viewer, how long before you new culture gets in place. what can they expect to see? worried about fee, fares, things going up and worried about route. how long before our folks could see a new airline that actually impacts their life. >> okay. pocketbook issues, if you like from smisek. there's very little difference immediately. obviously they start getting things together. next year, next spring they won't tell me what date they have customer day. that's the moment when people start to see real differences. again, midway in 2011, they will merge the two frequent flyer programs. one pass, mileage plus. that's what we're waiting for. believe me, i'm a member of both frequent flyer programs. i want to see what benefits will come from one versus the other. will my status here be there? these are the big issues. on the question of fees and fares, they say, bec

so i think you can see when he first becomes commander in chief of the continental army he's not only disdainful of the black community but all the militia men. but you could see this virginia planter grows as a human being, even in the first year of the war he receives an ode from phyllis wheatley who was a slave but famous poet. tavis: first published black poet. >> he writes her a magnificent letter thanking her for this ode and said if you're near the headquarters, stop by and see me. and is the sort of letter a year or two earlier george washington would only have written it to a duchess and is now writing to a slave. tavis: and i wanted to pick up on something that goes to the heart of when you give treatment to the subject because as the title suggests, "washington: a life" you're into who he was as a man and his persona and all the complexities within. one thing that made me come back is you said about washington he had the ability to grow, the capacity to change. as you well know in the modern day politics that will get you killed. whatever horse you're on, no pun intended, y

and continental airlines, inc. to allow such airlines to modify the rental of terminal space. supervisor avalos: thank you, victor. we have thms. kathy widener. >> thank you. the airport is here today seeking your approval for six airline leases. the terms of the leases before you are identical to the 25 airline leases that the board approved in may of this year. this is the new agreement. you will see another batch of airlines coming to you at the beginning of the new year. we believe another seven to 10 will sign onto the new leases. this will allow us to continue our annual service payment to the city. the current agreement expires in 2011. as these airlines are signing on, they are agreeing to another 10 years. an important part in that is the continual annual service payments. under the terms, the airport anticipates revenues of approximately $366 million over the 10-year term of the lease. the proposed modifications to the existing leases were to continental and alaska, and it will reduce their overall square footage by 5.1% at the airport. the terms are identical to tho

this one shares the continental divide with can colorado river. so this is indicative of what happens in spring of 06. the dark bars are what it was on april 01 and this is may one a month later. most of these lost 50 percent of their snow on one month period. many my favorite is went from 176 to normal and 0 percent in one month. this is a spring time warming trend that's quite son certain. this is provided by the national resource office in new port land. the trees are containing the manager's and it's been my pleasure to work with connie and she a long with dave and a few others reconstructed this going back five years and we're looking at a 20 year average dating to about 1500. what's interesting is the tree ring is 13 point 5 acre point feet and historical is 18 point 1. with this no one cares about individual years and what's more important is the run, the sequences of drought and this is where the trees na >> some of them use temperatures and some use global climate models and some both. there are lots of future greenhouse gas predictions.

yes and he was elected unanimous by the continental congress as mmander-in-chief. and he was one of the few people who had significant military experience even though he was then in his 40s and this experience was when he was back in his 20s. but remember, charlie, what's happening is that th revolution has started up in massachusetts, lexingn and conrd. there e thousands of militiamen who have gathered on the common up in cambridge. but they're allew england militiamen. so in order to give this cause a continental perspective, evyone imdiately los to the south because tn it uld give it a national character. and there's something about washington throughout his life that people are confident in entrusting power to him. he insres confidee. he's lev headed. he's not someone who bomes drunk with power. analso he is sebod who understands that mitary power has to be subordinated to civilian pow and he es this brilantly through th voluonarwar. member, he has 14 masters. thpoor guy haso dealith 13 state governo andhis eternally squabbling continental congress so washingto

. >>> free airline meals on continental are now a thing of the past. on tuesday, the airline, which recently merged with united began selling the food on all domestic flights under six hours. continental was the last major carrier to serve meals free of charge. >>> and those long lines at starbuck's are about to get even longer. according to the "wall street journal" employees at the coffee chain have been told to slow down and focus on no more than two drinks at a time instead of the whole batch. the new guidelines could double the amount of time it takes to make some of those drinks. the company says changes should enhance the starbuck's experience unless you're in a rush, i guess, then kind of a nightmare experience. >> that's why we go to starbuck's, to get a rush. thank you. >>> just ahead on the morning news, a bizarre twist in the border lake shooting case. plus, a controversial drilling ban is lifted but concerns linger over the gulf's economic recovery. this is the "cbs morning news." the gulf's economic recovery. this is the "cbs morning news

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passengers will still see the continental colors an the logo on the tails of the plane.hough he deal is complete they will run two separate airline operations for at least a year. >>> hundreds of nasa workers reported to cape canaveral for the last time. the space agency is laying off 1200 workers they are because of the cancellation of the space shuttle program and several of the contract workers had been working on that program since the ' 80s. the layoffs come despite congressional approval of a $19 billion budget for the agency. the funding will only extend the life of the space shuttle program until next june. >>> president obama is now looking for a new right hand man. today, rahm emanual resigned as chief of staff. the official declaration was made this morning at the white house. email manuel is stepping down so he can run for mayor in his hometown of chicago. the move is one month before the midterm elections. >> i'm energized by the prospect of new challenges and eager to see what i can do to make our hometown greater. >> the president named an interim chief of

it will be called united continental holding incorporated. they will operate an estimated 5800 flights a day to 371 airport around the world. >>> more fog this weekend. just how cool will it get? which bay area cities will be the warmest? we will have tomorrow's forecast in about ten minutes. >> pine pot. decriminal eyed now in small amounts. how the move is designed to save money. >> plu ah, focus group. so what are we testing here? that's our new pastrami grilled sandwich. oh, great. hey, are they happy we got rid of the rye bread? totally. they love our grilled artisan bread. they say it's the perfect compliment to the classic hot pastrami, melting cheese, deli mustard and pickles. awesome. hey, um what are we testing in that room? oh! nothing we were just hazin' the intern. . >>> a quick update from at&t. it is in the top of the 19th with the san diego padres holding on to a 6-4 lead. >> after 93 days a deal was finally announced today at the state house about a new state budget. it is already being called a compromise on all side. tom du

. >>> two of the world's biggest airlines are flying as one, united and continental closed their merger deal today. the new company will go under the name of united, but continental's logo will remain on the plane's tails. people should continue to use the online check in feature on the individual airlines' websites. >>> there's a reprieve for some homeowners this evening. bank of america is going to delay foreclosures in 23 states while it looks into the company foreclosure process. that move comes after a bank of america worker admitted she signed as many as 8,000 foreclosure documents a month, sometimes ever without ever reading them. bank of america is the latest company to delay foreclosures. gmac mortgage and jpmorgan chase stopped tens of thousands of foreclosure cases after similar problems became public. >>> well, the streets of san jose will be a bit more crowded this weekend. that's right after the break. >>> and let's take another live look at at&t park. there the fans are starting to drip in. we are still nearly about two hours away from game time. i guarantee you by the ti

on continental question continuing their beach read on k. cheltenham suite this week chronicle the high flying. on their mission to become the first non russian side to lift the current. or not coming up shortly but let's get started with the champions league. and will aim to secure their first win of the campaign this evening the russian champions taking on. who are still pointless after two games of being go not much better off with just a point following their opening matches for the bad news for the toughest team is that influential defender of the moment to run off will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury group these other fixtures sees barcelona aim to leapfrog f.c. copenhagen at the top of the table in group c. manchester united must face bursaspor with the supposedly injured wayne rooney while rangers will aim to inflict a second straight the feat on valencia. make it three wins from free when they spend feet get shocked at their favored to keep up well and zero point those two games in group b. twenty one virgin game must

it will be called united continental holding incorporated. they will operate an estimated 5800 flights a day to 371 airport around the world. >>> more fog this weekend. just how cool will it get? which bay area cities will be the warmest? we will have tomorrow's forecast in about ten minutes. >> pine pot. decriminal eyed now in small amounts. how the move is designed to save money. >> plus go to the state capitol for a live update on tonight's long overdue budget deal and how it happened. >>> the 10:00 news on ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> we have uncovered new information. >> dependable information. >> the bay area's major news of the day. >> residents of one neighborhood are on alert. >> and complete in depth coverage. >> showdown time today at the california supreme court. >> plus the forecast for the area where you live. >> a good opportunity for drizzle along the coast. >> frank somerville, julie haener, the 10:00 news on ktvu, channel 2 news, complete bay area news coverage. . >>> a quick update from at&t. it is in the top of the 19th with

. >>> continental and united have merged. what does it mean for you.less airline could mean higher fares for routes that are dominated. travelers should not worry their frequent flier miles will not lose value. and it could lead to better air lines if the strengths are campaigned. continental has better service and united has better privileges. >>> and a good night's sleep when you are pregnant may keep your blood pressure levels lower. what is not good about sleep. pregnant women who got less than six hours during early pregnancy had readings that were higher than woman who shraoept nine hours nightly. and develop who got less could get a dangerous condition. study in "sleep" found it will affect a pregnant woman the most during the hid trimester. >>> the benefits of coffee and tea benefits are growing t may decrease the chances of developing a brain tumor. higher intakes create a less of a chance to contracting a brain cancer. the growth of the tumor and antioxidants in coffee and tea protect cells against damage that could lead to cancer. >>> if you

y united crea la mayor empresa aére del mundo estas empresas continental y united airline dijeron querminado toda la gestión de documentos, para formar así la mayor aerolínea del mundo, interesante esta situación tambiéñ se reporta dentro del área financiera que los consumidores gastan más de lo previsto ha subido levemente más de lo esperado en agosto, son las últimas cifras que se tienen en el departamento de comercio, esto nos dice el departamento laboral, el número de beneficios de desempleo bajó la semi ana pasada, algo que se dice es positivo pero se ve que aún las empresas no críen contratquiere nuevo personal en este tiempo de crisis algunas personas prefieren ahorrar y pagar sus deudas para estar más ligeros económicomente, vamos a ver cuanto le rinde sus dólares que con tanto trabajo se gana para enviar el dinero a su familia en el país de origen vamos a ver el tipo de cambio, frente aldo lugar de estados unidos, esta listo ya sami con nosotros. >>> gracias selena, me da gusto darles el tipo de cambio a la gente del área de la bahía, sur améric en argentina, el dólar se coti