toppling gorbachev from power eight elite party officials designated themselves as the state emergency committee all television programming was replaced with tchaikovsky's ballet swan lake and committee members addressing the nation. their proclaimed political program has faded into memory but the trembling hands of state emergency committee chairman get now d.n.i. if with the most symbolic sign of the coup. tanks on moscow's streets a coup in the world's biggest nucleus state. cnn's moscow correspondent ellen o'connor had taken that day off she spent a whole year gathering the correct paperwork to adopt a russian girl called marina from a moscow orphanage on august nineteenth one thousand nine hundred one the final meeting with jewels in the meantime of course there were tanks. all over the streets and there was a huge line between me and office so i was literally ran that story had a happy ending marina lived in russia with her new moment till she was nine then the entire o'connor family moved to the us marina remembers well the primary school she attended in russia and dreams of visiting her

law, bauer's pac has to disclose its donors but he is also involved with another group, the emergency committeel. it ran this ad in pennsylvania against the democratic senate candidate. >> does congressman joe sestak understand israel is america's ally? sestak raised money for an anti-israel organization, the fbi called a front group for hamas. >> the emergency committee for israel is one of those groups not required by law to reveal who gives it money. so pennsylvania voters don't know who specifically paid for that ad. we'll ask gary bauer about all of this next. you can compare rates side by side, so you get the same coverage, often for less. wow! that is huge! [ disco playing ] and this is to remind you that you could save hundreds! yeah, that'll certainly stick with me. we'll take it. go, big money! i mean, go. it's your break, honey. same coverage, more savings. now, that's progressive. call or click today. imagination and reality have merged. because of one word, a new generation-- a fifth generation-- of fighter aircraft has been born. because of one word, america's air dominance for th

now a maryland judicial committee drafted an emergency proposal allowing a judge to dismiss foreclosure cases if an affidavit is found to be invalid, makes sense. maryland's highest court will consider the proposal tuesday. >>> watch your speed near the intersection of paint branch parkway and the trolley trail in college park. a set of speed cameras was activated today. warnings only the first 30 days. starting november 15th a $40 citation will be issued to any driver exceeding the posted speed limit by more than 12 miles per hour. >>> did you see this? a dramatic car chase in brazil. a prison escapeee doing anything can he to get away slams into a -- he can to get away, slams into a car, throws it in reverse taking out several motorcycle cops. police began firing at the car to stop it. at least three people including the escapeee were injured during that chase. >>> it gives kids a marijuanalike high. it's completely legal. >> you get the same high as marijuana i believe. i smoked it 30 minutes ago. >> why a local police department is warning parents to be on the lookout for fake pot.

she was active in the emergency care service program and appeared before the united states senate committee advocating training for nurses. she retired after 19 years of service and worked an additional 12 years at various clinics in the southeast sector of the city. she served the catholic church, the community in various capacities. she was a member of the institute. she was dedicated to her family and the family of san francisco. she will be missed by all. supervisor alioto-pier: i have an in memoriam for gladys, too. i would like to be added to that as well. i think it would be nice if it came from the entire board. president chiu: without objection. supervisor alioto-pier: i would like to adjourn today is not onlauren of marie nelson -- today's meeting in honor of lauren marie nelson whose life was taken. she attended school and received a degree in communications from the university of colorado in 2004. after pursuing a career in marketing, she worked for notable firms in san francisco. besides being passionate about her work, she took on new challenges. she taught herself graphic and

committee. city councilwoman helen holton emerged from the courthouse this morning determined to but the critical case -- criminal case to rest. >> it is over. today and this case. "she pleaded no contest to a charge of violating election laws. it is similar to a guilty plea except in name. in july 2007 while chairing the council committee that oversees development projects she asked two developers including john paterakis, the so-called "bakery man" to cover the cost of an opinion poll. she made no mention of these. they've pleaded to review pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations. holton was fined $2,500 and given probation before judgment. that spares for the criminal conviction that could force her from office. she refused questioning. >> god bless you all. >> can you share with us why you ask for the two developers to do the polls. >> the case against her is not entirely closed. she was initially charged with bribery when the judge dismissed the that to the state court of appeals. the appellate court is still pending. >> these were campaign finance violations. they are relatively commo

. >>> maryland's highest court will consider emergency measures to combat fraud lent foreclosures. a judiciary committee gave judge the power to des miss it. the committee chair is cited hundreds of bogus affidavits. the court of appeals will consider the proposal tuesday. >>> a resounding no from baltimore teachers on a ground breaking contract that would change the way they receive pay raises. teachers are headed back to the negotiating table. gigi barnett has more. gigi? >> reporter: the contract would base pay raises on student achievement but it took them two days to reject the contract. >> i think they need to work out all of the problems that they have and to be able top answer our questions. >> reporter: other teachers wanted it to go way. >> the evaluation system is broken. right now this is the change we have. i say let's go for it. >> reporter: it would have done away with the current way by seniority and masters degree and instead basedded on student achievement. the city school ceo said he thought teachers would back it. at a press conference this morning, he compared this woke's vote to a

. >> now budget committee now that this item is on the floor of the emergency fund in case the earth shakes, shakes, shakes the ground breaks, briggs, breaks in the city in the city in case the city earth shakes, shakes, shakes the ground breaks, brakes, breaks in the city in the city i know you have lots of money i can tell why fix it up all around that would be swell in case the earth shakes, shakes, shakes the brown bricks, brakes, breaks all around all-around in case the earth shakes, shakes, shakes the ground breaks, brakes, breaks in the city. i know you have lots of money you can fix it up the best in the world that would be swell. thank you. supervisor avalos: thank you. seeing no other member of the public, we will close public comment. motion from supervisor mirkarimi. without objection. forward with recommendations. mr. young, item 11. >> item 11. resolution approving the city and county of san francisco 2010 grant application for the united states department of housing and urban development continuum of care programs and fulfilling the san francisco board of supervisors'

jon: joining us now on the phone texas state representative aaron pena he serves on the committee on emergency preparedness. as we said, mr. pena the mexican authorities are calling into question her story. do you have any doubts about what she has told police? >> i have no doubts, jon. first of all the people that i know and trust who know her quite well tell me that she is quite credible. the circumstances are such that it appears as though she was in fear. there was a witness, an eyewitness who saw it occur. this is not something that is out of the ordinary. i mean, we've had these sort of violent attacks on the border for a while now, so i find her to be very credible. jon: well and the mexican authorities have not been able to find his body, and you get the impression that they haven't really looked all that hard. >> that is the impression that we're getting on this side of the river. we are imploring the mexican government, or the people involved to hand over the body to this young widow so that she can bury her husband and they can mourn. jon: because he was jetskiing with his wife, hel

>>> there are new developments tonight for the emergence -- for the murder investigation of a six-year old. interviews are being conducted. the committeein the case. his body was found on christmas day in 1996. >>> a woman known as the "dean of mean" is free tonight. prosecutors have charged her with abusing her position. she used student scholarships. she threatened to take money away. she she denies she did any wrongdoing. >> shi'a shot. what did she do wrong? she has done this for decades. she has been giving out scholarships. >> the university fired her for a previous problem. she is under indictment for stealing $1 million from the school. >>> problems tonight for the white house party crashers. there are reports that salhai's polo club has filed for bankruptcy. it are awarded $400,000 last year. this year, it may only $50,000. >>> the jest that -- the address tha -- the dress that salahi wore to the white house dinner has been auctioned. >>> it is a chance to wet your palate in bethesda today. more than 50 restaurants set up booths for people to sample their cooking. there was music, arts and crafts. abc 7 was a proud sponsor of

one of them that is emerging is perhaps to describe this in my words is to reenergize the public advisory committee. and what better way than those who are already having an active part of a director. from the people that spoke you may have sensed a hrelittle sur having taken place this morning. i would suggest that you would consider a broader survey of our customer base and perhaps an independent group to carry that out and get a real sense of the pulse that is really happening for the customer as the word payer was used. quite rightly. and, director, i would welcome putting the minutes that you have considered up upon the web. so, let's get back to giving the payer really value for their money. thank you, president, commissioners, director. president murphy: thank you. any further public comments? seeing none, one more. three minutes. >> good morning, commissioners. i'm gary bell. i i'm, by profession, a permit expediter. permit runner. i have been working maybe 20 years. i'm at the building department most every day helping others get their permits so i'm talking from that standpoint. my specif

committee will meet again on november 2nd. >>> and a senior u.s. treasury department official has urged developed and emerging economies to cooperate on currency policy and allow exchange rates to fluctuate more freely. the remarks come ahead of a meeting of group of 20 finance ministers and central bank officials in south korea this weekend. the officials said the g20 can play an effective role in promoting cooperation on currency exchange rate issues. emerging countries would take a hit if a major economy undervalues its currency. the statement reportedly meant to pressure china to let the yuan appreciate. the official dismissed criticism that america eased its monetary policy to push the dollar lower against currencies of emerging economies. the official added the recovery of the u.s. economy is also crucial for other g20 nations. >>> the dollar briefly doiptd upper 80-yen range on the tokyo foreign exchange on thursday morning. this comes after the greenback had slipped briefly to the same level overnight in new york. increased speculation of further monetary easing by the u.s. led to more dollar selling.

emergency road work. you can see taillights moving more sluggish and the committee direction towards foster city.ic much lighter into hayward right now so allow yourself extra time to make this commute. it is friday light at the bay bridge toll plaza very few cars for your westbound ride no problem on any of the approaches. the married me turn lights remain off. >> your entire ride out of marin county into san francisco good one right now with no backups or delays in 23 minutes from novato in december francisco. highway 37 to these bay clocking in at 8 minutes. james like nice and light not a hot spot yet james lick an inbound central moving delay free right now. nice easy ride of 60 minutes. >> this friday morning we are starting to cool down. starting with cooler temperatures today but staying dry until the weekend. a cooling trend continues through the weekend. your current temperature 544 santa rosa, 66 for antioch and fremont. by 11:00 still dealing with 60s along the peninsula even these bay and portions of marin as well. by noontime a mixture of '70s and maybe some ladies out there and tal

emergency. in milpitas will tran kron 4 news. >> more help could be on the way for san bruno. two committees are considering legislation to provide disaster relief for residents affected by the gas line explosion and fire that bill would continue to allow $7,000 property-tax exemption for home owners who would of qualified for the exemption is our home had not been destroyed. legislation let's talk spares deducting some losses. additional tax loss assistance would be applied as well. city leaders in san bruno wonder why the federal government said it won't give any more money to help pay for the cleanup recovery effort. the mayor says he is disappointed about federal regulators to think this state and local funds will be enough to cover cost. the most one-page rejection letter is a bit insulting. >> i have been to funerals for seven of the eight victims. for people still burned in the hospital. it would be sufficient it bothers me like i said it's a monetary the normal level on the other level is an emotional thing. >> the mayor says gov. schwarzenegger will appeal of the most denial. the bi

emerging economies. and here are the economic indicators due out in the united states this week. the fed on tuesday will release the minutes from the last federal open market committeeeeting held in late september. they should give us a better understanding of the fed's decision to continue maintaining rates near zero to support the economy. the trade balance for august will come out on thursday. the trade deficit narrowed to $42.8 billion in july mainly because the weak economy hurt demand for imports but the markets are expecting the deficit to widen. the producer price and consumer price indices for september will be released on thursday and friday. both advanced in august and are expected to move up again in september. >>> next is a recap of the latest market figures. >> and that's all for now in "biz news." next is the weather forecast with saki ochi. >>> hi there. welcome to your world weather update. we're starting with a look at australia, where queens land towards the east here saw pretty stormy conditions on sunday and monday. here's a look at the situation on monday. this was from the coastline here. rough sea conditions still impacting the coastline of q

surprisingly, the head of the democratic and the republican national committees are making differing predictions as to which party will emergese after the mid-term. who made the better case? steve centanni has details. you can decide for yourself. steve? >> reporter: the final vote drawing near, the two party chiefs are predicting the mid-term election will swing their way. now the president turned to the campaigner in chief for democrat. he just finished a four-day swing across the country. he hits the road next weekend. he's trying to rekindle some of the missing enthusiasm among democrats. while the party chairman, tim kaine, says the democratic get-out-the-vote efforts will make all the difference. he says there are strong trends that favor democrats in these time days of the race. democrats in these final days of the race. >> the races are close but from this point forward it is about turnout and ground game and we are seeing good early voting trends an and we have work to o and we think we can do it. almost all the polls have been moving for us. >> there is no lack of enthusiasm on the republican side inspired by tea p

emergency transponders prior to the disaster. >> to meantime, more help can be on the way, to state senate committees will provide legislation to disaster relief for residents that are affected by the disaster. the bill will continue to allow property tax exemption for home owners who would have qualified for that exemption if their home had not been destroyed and tax payers can't deduct income lost and additional tax is applied to the county and the local school. the city leaders are wondering why the federal government says they will not give up more money for the cleanup and recovery effort and they're disappointed with the managers that to date will not deal to cover the cost. they have one rejection letter and it is insulting. >> there is for serious people burned in an hospital still. it bothers me. the monetary thing is one thing and on the other thing is an and emotional level. >> gov schwarzenegger does plan to appeal the finding as it is the city's bills that are rolling in. the disaster has so far cost $50 million in damage. >> what can be and they denounced and in face puckered will have details coming up. this is m

emergency. the institution does not function, does not deliberate, and seems incapable of acting on the will of the people. from the floor to the committeeevel, the integrity of the house has been compromised. the battle of ideas, the very lifeblood of the house is virtually nonexistent. leaders overreach because the rules allow them to. legislators duck their responsibilities because the rules help them to. and when the rules don't suit the majority's purposes, they are just ignored. there's no accountability, and there are no consequences. whether we here in washington believe this or not, the people clearly do. >> reporter: to improve accountability, boehner called for a radical change in the way congress handles its bread and butter-- appropriations. >> most spending bills come to the floor prepackaged in a manner that makes it as easy as possible to advance government spending and programs, and as difficult as possible to make cuts. again, this is not a new problem. but if we're serious about confronting the challenges that lie ahead for our nation, it's totally inadequate. i propose today a different approach. let's do away with th

emergency. the institution does not function or deliberate and seems incapable of acting on the american people. from the floor of the house to the committeeel, the integrity of the house has been compromised. the battle of ideas, the very lifeblood of the house, is virtually nonexistent. leaders overreach because the rules allow them to. legislators dodge their responsibilities, because the rules allow them to. there's no accountability. there are no consequences. whether we hear in washington believe it or not, the american people clearly do. think about our constant flounding of the rules and compare it to a small business owner in arica who has to spend his or her day complying with all of the mandates and regulations that the government from here in washington sends down to them. this function in congress inot new. both parties share the blame for this. but the dysfunction has now reached the tipping point at a point at which none of us can crediblely deny that that it's having a negative effect on the people that we serve. and consider this -- this is the first time since the enactment of the budget resolution in 1974 that the house

emergency. the institution does not function, does not deliberate and seems incapable of acting on the will of the american people. from the floor of the house to the committeeevel, the integrity of the house has been compromised. the battle of ideas, the very lifeblood of the house, is virtually not existent. leaders overreach because the rules allow them to. legislators abduct their responsibilities because the rules help them to. and when the rules don't suit the majority's purposes, they're just ignored. there's no accountability. there are no consequences. whether we hear in washington believe it or not, the american people clearly do. think about our constant flounding of the rules and compare it to a small business owner in america who has to spend his or her day complying with all of the mandates and regulations that the government from here in washington sends down to them. this function in congress is not new. both parties share the blame for this. but the dysfunction has now reached the tipping point at a point at which none of us can crediblely deny that that it's having a negative effect on the people that we serve. and consider this -- this is

emergency. the institution does not function, does not deliberate, and seems incapable of acting on the will of the american people. from the floor of the house to the committee level, the integrity of the house had been compromised. the battle of ideas, the very lifeblood of the house, is virtually nonexistent. leaders overreach because the rules allow them to. when the rules don't supermajorities purposes, they are just ignored. there is no accountability, there are no consequences, whether we here in washington believe it or not, the american people really do. compare it to a small-business owner in america who has to spend his day complying with all the mandates and regulations that the government sends down to them. . . both parties share the blame for this. but the dysfunction has now reached the tipping point at a int at which none of us can crediblely deny that that it's having a negative effect on the people that we serve. and consider this -- this is the first time since the enactment of the budget resolution in 1974 that thhouse has not passed a budget resolution. this is the first congress in our history that has not allowed one bill to come to th

emerging infectious disease. that is where we need to be as a nation and our plan, which we have submitted to this committee and to congress, is a step to getting us there. we think it is important to focus on five major areas where we began to havenow to make big improvements in public health defenses. first to upgrade regulatory sciencat the food and drug administration, to modernize product development and evaluation. go by identifyingnd solving scientific problems ealier, we can take products across the finish line faster confident in their safety and effectiveness and i would say mr. chairman that we use some of these new techniques and the production of the h1n1 vaccine brought the companies to the table at a much earlier stage and i think it is one of the reasons we were able in record time to get that vaccine into the production line secondly, i want to work with highly experienced developers, and this is what senator specter referenced, to establish facilities capable of providing core of fans development and manufacturing services here in the u.s. so on september 15 we released a draft solicitation for a