>> emily schmidt, live in washington this morning. thank you. >>> one ominous development from egypt, is the systematic tar 2k3we9ing of reporters. as mubarak's supporters confronted christiane amanpour, they forced her and her team to flee to their car. then, a rock broke the team's windshield. and christiane wasn't the only one. cnn's anderson cooper was attacked by demonstrators. >> we had a block to go, when another guy came up and punched me in the head. >> i've been hit now two times. the egyptian soldiers -- the egyptian soldiers are doing nothing. >> cooper was okay. and he was able to broadcast his show from cairo last night. several otherlists, including those from cbs, fox, the associated press and the bbc, reported being roughed up or threatened. >>> we will get a live update from cairo in a few minutes. and we'll have extended coverage today on "good morning america." >>> switching gears now, the monster storm that virtually paralyzed a swath from oklahoma up to new england, is now being blamed for at least a dozen deaths

emily, thank you so much. we are so glad to have your energy, your smarts to lead us to this tough topic this morning. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, susan. well, as the only - at least self identifying water system manager from the east coast, i had originally planned briefly present some highlights of our climate change experience in new york city but after listening yesterday i thought i could spare you anguish and tell you a brief new york story in a brief new york minute. i live in brooklyn and a little backyard in the back and stone walk in the front. years back my son was in the front and we left our backyard and there was a huge august moon rising and we up the block and out into a neighbors backyard when there was a party and when my son got to the party, he said we've got a moon just like that in our backyard. let me say we've not a climate change just like yours in our backyard. the time spent yesterday, at least for me, was very well spent and leads up to the business of today. yesterday we ta

so, -- >> i just want to say how i had the good fortune to meet up with emily. it turned out monday i was out having lunch with a good friend of mine and represented a generation ahead of mine, morgan schmieder. >> whose son is here. >> i was telling him, you know, a third-generation trader myself. you know, the older guys are fast disappearing and i really wish that somebody out there was collecting stories to write the history of this very exciting industry, something that was such an important component of the chicago economic history. and he said to me what are you talking about? there's this gal doing it right now. so, of course, the first thing i did is, emily's phone number and call her writing and our leader and introduced myself because i really wanted to do what i could to help her to make this a very successful book that she is writing. >> which we appreciate, and which also i should add that this does not come to me this feels like -- first of all, it's more than chicago economic history. it is chicago economic history, but futures have transformed t

emily schmidt is in washington with more on the crisis. good morning, emily. >> reporter: rob and peggy, good morning to you. diplomats say they are not ruling out any options on sanctions. this means that libya's dictator could soon face more resistance from abroad, to go along with the uprisings at home. libyan anti-government protesters are moving closer to their capital, closer to moammar gadhafi's last area of control. and they say, they're united. >> there's no division between us. all one team. and we'll fight as one team, until we die or he's out. >> reporter: gadhafi shows no signs of leaving voluntarily. in a call to state tv, he says the protesters were on drugs. and blamed al qaeda for the uprising. >> translator: it is bin laden who is duping your sons. this is a fact. >> reporter: this independent video from an eastern port city earlier this week shows the force of people fighting for gadhafi. >> they shoot people in the head. and in the chest. direct. the goal was to kill the people. not just to fire on them. >> reporter: th

hi, emily. >> reporter: rob and peggy, good morning to you. the u.s. plans to evacuate its citizen by ferry today, a sign of the growing violence in the country and the mountingtry and pressure to get americans out. when mo mar gadhafi talked about the nation of libyans rising up against him, he blamed foreigners for encouraging the violence. to those who love gadhafi, go out of your homes and go after the rats, he said. he vowed to fight until the last drop of his blood. there was proof of much more extensive bloodshed along the libyan border, as people fled into egypt. one man said there was shooting everywhere. so, we ran for our lives. a human rights group estimated that gadhafi's forces have killed 300 people so far. the u.n. security council and the u.s. state department condemns the crackdown on the protesters. >> this bloodshed is completely unacceptable. it is the responsibility of the government of libya to respect the universal rights of their own people, including their right to free expression and assembly. >> reporter: airports in the reg

emily schmidt, in washington. thanks, emily. >>> in other news, now, some controversial parts of the patriot act are now one step closer to being extended. the senate yesterday approved the 3 terrorism-fighting measures for another 90 days. now, a compromise on them must be reached with the house before those provisions expire at the end of the month. >>> and now, for the morning's weather from around the nation. a fresh, wintry blast buries the cascades and sierras under three feet of snow. rain and heavy mountain snow hit montana, idaho and utah. it's a soaker along the pacific coast, getting swamped from seattle to san francisco. and a warmup begins for the rest of the country. >> 47 here in new york. 41 in boston. 70s in dallas, new orleans and miami. 64 in kansas city. 44 in chicago. and just shy of 40 in the twin cities. phoenix climbs to 75. sacramento, 56. portland, 46. >>> and now, to the big upset at the westminster dog show. for the very first time in the history of the event, a scottish deerhound has b

. >> reporter: 9-year-old emily bear is better than okay. okay doesn't get you to carnegie hall. so good, her concert was filmed by german tv. okay doesn't get you this. >> one of my favorite things is when i played for the president. >> reporter: of the united states? >> at the white house. he was really nice. >> reporter: emily has been playing since she was just 18 months old. >> it was here. her fiddling didn't sound like a kid. we were getting our kitchen painted and our painters were like, who's playing? they put her in lessons at age 5, and now, she's playing all over the world, and composing, too. who is your favorite composer? >> i like bach. >> reporter: can you just play a bach melody? >> well, yeah. ♪ >> reporter: and while she's playing, keith o'dell is sinking. nearly everything. keith, how old you are now? 3 years old. what do you like to play? >> pool. >> reporter: are you a good pool player? >> uh-huh. >> when he was like 16 months to 18 months he used to sit and watch me play all day. and he just picked up the cue and started pocketing balls at 18 months. >> rep

. >> emily schmidt has some of the reaction, now, from washington. good morning, emily. >> reporter: good morning to you. the numbers are huge. it's hard to imagine adding up to $1 trillion. but as people are getting their first look at president obama's proposed new budget, they are seeing the potential impact of subtracting $1 trillion. the white house warned its $3.7 trillion budget proposal would contain painful cuts. >> if we're going to walk the walk, when it comes to fiscal discipline, these kind of cuts will be necessary. >> reporter: but when the budget hit the halls of congress, it hit critics, who say the cuts aren't big enough. >> this is not an i got the message budget. it's unserious. and it's irresponsible. >> reporter: or who say the cuts are too much. >> to stop cutting some of these things that we need. >> reporter: she's worried about $2.5 billion gone from heating assistance. pell grant assistance would be gone from summer classes. and high-income earners could see the bush tax cuts eliminated. >> we're so far in debt that he need

>> emily schmidt live in washington this morning.nk you, emily. >>> gabby giffords ront continues to make remarka pr progress, one month after being shot. she has started to speak. she asked for a piece of toast recently. doctors say it is significant. she was shot in the left side of her brain, the side that controls language. >>> lindsay lohan is a free woman this morning, at least for now. the actress leased onreleased o $40,000 bail after pleading not guilty to grand theft. she is charged with stealing a $2,500 necklace from a jewelry store in southern california. yesterday, the judge in the case gave her a stern warning. >> you're no different than anyone else. so, please, don't push your luck. do you understand what i'm telling you? >> yes, sir. >> lohan is already on probation for drunk driving. and this latest charge could lead to significant time behind bars. >>> santa clarita, california, a supreme court guard was struck and killed outside the set of the hit cbs show quality ncis." police say a van that hit him had just dro

. >> emily schmidt begins our reporting now. >> reporter: good morning to you. protesters are gathering, marching again, right now, in cairo. they're hoping that they found new momentum, even as they may face new obstacles. today, egyptian protesters enter a third week of demonstrating with what's become a familiar call. >> we need freedom. freedom. freedom. >> reporter: the message is the same, day after day. but despite the repetition, the crowds are growing, going for the first time yesterday to the country's parliament. google executive wael ghonim was an organizer for the first protest. then, spent ten days in government detention. now, released, he told the crowds yesterday, they won't abandon calls for the end of the regime. egypt's ambassador to the united nations, said that change >> how long will that p not be immediate. >> this is beginning of a process that's going to take place. >> how long will that process >> the >> the sooner the better. as soon as it takes. >> reporter: president hosni mubarak is still appearing in photo opes, while the vice pre

>> emily schmidt in washington for us this morning. thanks, emily. >>> and new zealand's leader says that the earthquake that hit the city of christchurch could cost the country around $15 million. the quake damaged one-third of the city's buildings. and put some 1,500 people out of work. 150 people have been confirmed dead. about 200 are still unaccounted for. the first funeral was held today. that was for a 5-month-old boy who died in his home. >>> protesters are still in the wisconsin state capitol this morning. they have been protesting for almost two weeks. officials wanted to clear the building yesterday afternoon, to give it a thorough cleaning. but police stepped in. and they refused to forcibly remove any of the demonstrators. >>> thousands of federal government workers could be on furlough next weekend. congress has until friday to pass a short-term budget extension or the government will shut down nonessential services. abc's rick klein has the details on that shutdown. >> reporter: will basic services cease? no. the mail wi

good morning, emily. >> reporter: rob, good morning to you. president obama is telling businesses he wants them to hang out more help wanted signs to help american workers. but critics say, that's one tough sales pitch, in this economic and political climate. with the markets up and unemployment down, president obama says it's time for u.s. businesses to invest in america. >> american companies have nearly $2 trillion sitting on their balance sheets. >> reporter: his audience has also been his frequent critic, the u.s. chamber of commerce. >> if there's a reason that you don't share my confidence, if there's a reason you don't believe this is the time to get off the sidelines, to hire and to invest, i want to know about it. i want to fix it. >> reporter: house speaker john boehner said in a statement after the speech, president obama has retooled his rhetoric, but not his job-destroying policies. a chamber executive said there's simply too many regulations. >> if you're a business and you're deciding whether to invest, whether to expand, you j

>> emily schmidt, in washington. thanks, emily. >>> saudi arabia is taking steps to make thur the protests in that region do not spread to the kingdom. king abdullah returned wednesday after three months away for back surgery. and brought with him a massive economic aid package. it will provide saudis with interest-free home loans, unemployment assistance and debt forgiveness. >>> there's grim news in new zealand in the wake of that massive earthquake. officials say the death toll has climbed to 98. clarissa ward reports from the devastated city of christchurch. >> reporter: in so many parts of this shattered city, the race is on. >> we are pulling people out. some very lucky to be in a pocket. other people, not so lucky. we don't know. >> reporter: at this building, relief. roslyn chapman found alive. her first day on the job. she was trapped for hours in a tiny space under her desk. rescue workers cut through pancaked floors and ceilings to reach her. hundreds of rescuers have been working around the clock, careful

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print emily dickinson, anything of emily dixenson. i notice you have three. >> they're all out of copyright. now i mean, i think all of emily dickinson was wonderful and i thought it was three great poems but this is really what it comes down to. and i think it's fascinating because as a reader this is not what you think about. you don't realize -- i mean, when you're looking at a budget and you are faced with sending several thousand dollars these works and you get a chance for free or for less, this is when you have a to do. it is a fact to me a fascinating case study in this nexus of commerce and art, you know, or production and education, however you want to look at it. and these are hard decisions to make. but it's a system. and it's a system that's really become entrenched. >> you don't get the latest edition. >> i have the latest but some of them they think that she wrote earlier than others and they haven't been renewed -- i mean, harvard were the people who wrote to me and said very kind will you but you can have these for no

emily dickinson's.i noticed that you have three. >> they are all out of copyright. i mean, i think all of emily dickinson is wonderful. i thought these would be great poems but this is what it really comes down to and i think it is fascinating. you don't realize, when you are looking at a budget and you are faced with spending several thousand dollars for these works and you get a chance to get some of it for free or for less, this is what you have to do. it is a facts to me, a fascinating case study in this nexus of commerce and art. or production in education, however you want to look at it and these are hard decisions to make. but it is a system and it is a system that has really become entrenched. >> you don't have the latest edition of that poem, do you? >> i got the latest. but some of them i think that she wrote earlier that others have not been renewed. harvard for the people who wrote to me and said very kindly that you can have these ones or nothing. oh boy. that is terrible. the third questio

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hundred thousand for our agency and what i'd like to do is see some west coast and east coast for too emily, california, or gone , colorado, each of us pledge a hundred thousand dollars to this public outreach to educate people about how climate change leafy fekt one of our most precious resources, drinking water. and how it will effect waist water. real life things to educate people. i think all other major agencies - the larger agencies should pledge a hundred thousand dollars. i know everybody likes to think of themselves as the big kids but smaller agencies can pledge 50 thousand. then what would be great, lester , is for the state,dwr, is match the collection of the different agencies. [applause] we are willing to volunteer. we are willing to volunteer our staff of the san francisco, puc, is willing to be the group that convenes the different communications heads. all of you have public relations people or head of external affairs, and we'd be willing to pull together that committee of different communication heads of different agencys to see about getting and energy gaming public outr

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emily schmidt has the late east a third week of demonstrating with what's become a familiar call. message is the same day after day. despite the repetition, the crowds are growing, going for the first time yesterday to the parliament. president mubarak is still appearing in photo opes while he says the country can't bear these protests. he called his egyptian counterpart yesterday urging a transition that's prompt, peaceful, meaningful and legitimate. >> what we need now is continued progress by the egyptian government to make these important real changes to demonstrate progress for the people. >> the administration insists, however, it won't determine who leaves and when they leave. >> there are reports this morning that police are releasing prisoners from jail so they can intimidate the protestors who continue to gather. protestors say they will not leave until their president does. emily. >> school officials decided to cut the men's baseball, rugby, men and women's gymnastics and women's lacrosse teams after the school year. now, it would save an estimated $4 million a year. th

emily schmidt has the latest. >> it's day 18 in cairo.eople are gathered in the square for what they vow will be their biggest gathering yet and there's news that military leaders have held an important meeting about all that's unfolding. but the protestors it's like day one, the first day after demonstrators thought they had forced their president to step down. for that reason much of thursday there was joy and relief. >> our dream came true and whatever we had been fighting for since the 25th of january is now being realized. >> the crowds gathered waiting for president mubarak to resign in a televised address. they were stunned by what he said. mubarak told him though he would transfer some powers to his newly appointed vice president, he would remain in office until september. he said to assure stability. the angry crowd began to chant leave, leave! even when vice president siberman told them go back to your homes. (chanting) >> president obama issued a written statement saying we urge the egyptian government to move swiftly with the

staying on the slopes where american emily cook and on tom cush near from belarus have won the moscow stage of the freestyle skiing world cup the event held in gorky park is unique and that correspondent the long course sort of tells us why. before we answer the question as to why moscow stage of the world cup is like no other in the world let's recap on the action starting with the women who are american emily power to only her second ever world cup stage win and she must read a short trips to moscow her first win took place here two three years ago crazy here in moscow and so much fun and you know not going as it did a great out and making history and now to let us have all like they made sure it happened and everything is that and all the athletes are saying it. really had to be aired over on the men's side russian who are all finished in sixth place which turned out to be the best result of the season for the home team third place went to china's hu and second to stanislav grof from the ukraine but it was the bella russian anton kush near who added the seventh world cup victory an

>> emily schmidt in washington this morning. thank you. >>> after yesterday's developments what is happening on the ground right now? aaron katersky joins us live from cairo. aaron, what are you seeing? >> reporter: good morning. we're on the road to the part of cairo where the presidential palace is located. where president mubarak has been under heavy guard with members of his family, where they heard the speech that enraged people here. on the way, we're seeing empty streets. people are praying at friday prayers. but there's been calls for 21 egyptians to come to the streets. and we're waiting to see how the army responds to the protests. >> it seems the military is almost posturing itself in a coup. will the military turn against mubarak in all of this? >> reporter: that's one of the questions. we're not sure if the army and president mubarak are on the same page. the supreme military council, like our joint chiefs of staff. they convened another meeting today. they said they would issue a statement shortly. we're still wait

is like no other in the world let's recap on the action starting with the women who were american emily cook power to only her second ever world cup stage win and she must redish the trips to moscow her first win took place here two three years ago crazy here in moscow and so much fun and you know we're going to as it did a great job of making history and not allowed us to have on like they made sure it happened and everything is ok and all the athletes i say it. really had to be aired over on the men's side russian finished in sixth place which turned out to be the best result of the season for the home team third place went to china's. and second to stanislav cratchit from the ukraine but it was the bella russian anton kush near who added the seventh world cup victory and now the garland in an already illustrious career you know you could put it in the competition here in moscow is very different from the rest of the world cup stages because it's the only place where we compete on a ramp in the center of a huge city it's psychologically very difficult so it's a very special victory. r

emily blunt. jess is a ka alba. sofia vergara, jessica bale. eva longoria and many many more in the hotty body hump club with music of cee lo green. ♪ "jimmy kimmel live" ♪ >> dicky: and now, lights camera, action. here is jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: how are you? thank you very much. welcome to the -- our sixth annual after the academy awards special in hollywood. across the street from the oscar on one side. you can say glamour and glitz? colin firth couldn't and he got an oscar for it. it wasn't a sus spenceful oscar this year, except for kirk douglas. was he behind me? he was funny, tormenting the nominees. he waited and waited and waited to name the winner. it combined the suspense of ryan seacrest with dick clark. it may have been the highlight of the show. colin firth won best act internally portman, best actress. and nicole kidman was upset. hard to tell through the botox. and christian bale in the speech forget his wife's name. he got choked up and emotional because someone moved a light. this is a -- 83rd oscar. thi

>> emily schmidt, in washington. thanks, emily. >>> arabs are out in force today, despite a government ban on public gatherings in bahrain. protesters are defiant, saying they will bring down the 200-year-old monarchy. >> the white house is chastising the government's violent crackdown on protesters. and urging some restraint. >>> the obama administration is also reaching out to support democracy in egypt, redirecting funds once meant for hosni mubarak's government. >> marches are planned across that country today, to celebrate one week since the end of the mubarak regime. lama hasan joins us, now live, from cairo, by phone, with more. good morning, lama. >> reporter: good morning. tens of thousands have massed in tahrir square, liberation square, for what they're calling a victory march, celebrating hosni mubarak stepping down exactly a week ago today. and the idea is also just to put pressure on the army. the army is now in control. and reminding the generals of their other demands, such as removing the emergency l

emily schmidt, abc news, washington. >> cal sports fans usually want the ax, not the budget ax. officials are set to announce tomorrow whether their baseball team and four other sports programs will be saved. school officials decided to cut the men's baseball, rugby, men and women's gymnastics and lacrosse teams after this school year. it would save an estimated $4 million per year. fund-raising campaigns raised about $15 million so far. a new report says cutting those women's sports programs would throw cal's athletic department out of title 9. >> interesting for stanford fans. a good rivalry. >> i knew you would mention that. the stanford grad so -- >> yeah, good rivalry's fun. let's talk to mike about this weather. not exactly windy. a little breezy still? >> some of the higher elevations down in the valley, definitely calmer and colder this morning. a look from mount tamalpais where you can see how the camera's shaking a little. sausalito, san francisco and all the way to fremont and hayward. let's talk temperatures. this is what you should be prepared for when you step outs

emily is 9. playing at carnegie hall, filmed here by german tv, isn't even the coolest thing she's done. >> one of my favorite things i've done is when i played for the president at the white house. >> reporter: the president of the united states? >> yeah. >> reporter: emily's been playing since she was just 18 months old. about the same age when this pool shark started playing. keith. how old are you now? 3 years old. what do you like to play? >> pool. >> reporter: and if that isn't enough, there's painter kieran. the works in his last collection sold for more than $230,000. he's 8. so what do this mini mote sat, mini minnesota fats and mini monet have in common? >> we don't know where the talent comes from. >> reporter: the parents after all these kids say they were simply born this way. also, they do practice, a lot. the hardest thing to do, in fact, is getting them to stop. >> but i love doing it. i'm not forced to do it. >> reporter: and the parents are all very involved. not cracking the wh

i'm emily schmidt in washington.rotestors and government spar over how much disagreement that country can take. story's coming up. >> school closures in concord caused heartache and even ♪ >>> welcome back. 6:42. look at all the sunshine across our wonderful state. upper 50s eureka, big sur and into fresno. low to mid-60s sacramento and chico with upper 60s san diego, palm springs. the warm spot l.a. 75. the cool spot a dry but sunshine 39 in tahoe. eric? >> mike, thank you very much. it's 6:42. more news for you. egyptian protestors continue to fill cairo's central square this morning two weeks after their uprising began. the crowds are growing more angry over a new demand by the vice president negotiate or the government will be forced to move in. that's a quote. but the demonstrators say they won't go until president mubarak leaves. emily schmidt has the latest. >> today egyptian protestors enter a third week of demonstrating with a familiar call. >> we need freedom! freedom! >> the message is the same day after d

commissioners will be sandy fewer, emily and racial more ton joining the supervisors. the last committee is the ad hoc committee. they will join the trust ys. report of the closed session actions of juwan 20, 2011. the board by the vote of five ayes approved the appointment of 0 ayes and two absence. the closing of one middle school student. the stip lated ex-pulse agreement of one high school agreement. authorized the inishition eyein eyeings. another information items posted are the quarterly or the accept answer of gifts for the mos of november and december 2010 and informational notes and transactional notification. we'll adjourn in memory of ray williams junior who retired on juwan 22. also in memory of our surgent. he was remembered for leading preside president's war on poverty. his run for as president of the chicago board, he delivered the key note dress he sfres stregs in the he lead to the flejing group and launching of multihoeksnal act in 1963. later the element yiry act of 1965. these programs will help support our urban children. we slut you in taking ho

emily from leonard flynn elementary school. [applause] thanks. penelope ho. [applause] from chinese emersion. [applause] rebecca from gateway charter school. [applause] and then we have two more that we do not think are here, we're back johnson from local high school and melissa -- rebecca johnson. we will hang onto those. congratulations to you all. well done. [cheers and applause] [applause] president mendoza: if it is possible, make you all squeezed together for a photograph? superintendent, please squeeze in. thank you, thank you, thank you. ok, thank you, everyone, and congratulations. nice work on that. i know that is a very difficult process to go through. while you are all sitting in a, -- settling in, the mayor's teacher and principal of the month, go on to the website and nominate a teacher, and also, teachers for social justice is taking nominations for their teacher award, so go to their website, which i unfortunately do not know what it is. i think is t4fj.org. ok, and when is the deadline? do you know? march 1. so march 1. nominate your teachers

no one said a thing. >> we had gone for a family vacation. >> baby emily was 5 months old, amy 2 1/2. it was a trip home to michigan. and this is important. they took a brief side trip. >> for two days and one night we went down to missouri to visit my grandmother, and while we were there i had to run out and while i was out, my husband was there with the kids and my grandmother. >> now came the central moment in our story. the one that would change every bit of family history that would come after it. oscar at home caring for the children, helen, linda's 82-year-old grandmother at home with them. that's when helen watched through an open doorway, she would say later, as oscar changed amy's diaper, amy the toddler then 2 1/2, and if only there had been a picture just then. linda and oscar completed their visit, went back to turkey. and then three months later, three months of torment, said helen, she told linda's mother, karen, what she thought she saw. oscar as he changed that diaper seemed to take a long time. it seemed to her inappropriate. was her great-granddaughter being sexuall

pilar gonzales, who i think already spoke, emily lee, and others. >> if you do not mind, we have a presentation on behalf of more public transit the we are going to give. supervisor campos: the need any help with that? >> oh no. supervisor campos: is the audio working? i don't think it is working. someone is coming. why don't we go to the next speaker while we figure this out? next speaker, please. >> my name is carmen lee. i am a san francisco housing authority member in hunters point and a member of power. i urge you to support this, to pass this resolution calling for free fast passes. not only do i think that youth, low-income youth from all over the city, should get frites fast passes. i think all youth should get free fast passes, considering they already have enough stress getting to and from school. the kids do not need any more stress, getting citations and that kind of thing. i think all of them should have free fast passes and an easy way to get to school. i have two children of my own. they are 6 and 8 years old. they are on school buses every day. i know next year the school buses