joining us in new york, emily bell, head of the digital journalism program at columbia university andg i am editor and reporter with "the guardian" and amy who coauthors the gossip column in "the washington post." isn't the coverage going a little overboard? >> yeah, well i can't understand why i've traveled all this distance from london to find myself besieged by wall-to-wall world coverage. i'm as baffled as you are on this one, howard. you have to understand the context at the moment, both on both sides of the atlantic, there's a lot of grim news, grim political news, and this represents an opportunity to try and replay you mentioned the days of diana replay of a royal fairytale that went badly wrong and for which i think certainly in the uk the press feels an enduring sense of guilt, and an opportunity if you like to make good on that, has sent newspaper editors who are also hoping that their circulations will rise and cable news channels are hoping their viewership will rise into a frenzy. >> there is that extra motivation no question about it. amy, that's the british view. what

bell ringing] thank you. president miguel: thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am emily lee with the chinese grass roots organization based in chinatown and we serve the chinese migrant working class families of the city. and we are here to stand in strong support of the health care master plan. we have been being supportive of it the whole time and supervisor campos has been working with the community and talking to many different professionals as well as folks on the ground that this concerns their lives. we believe that health care-related development of san francisco should meet the needs of san francisco and the pry reads. and the health care master plan would identify gaps in services and in certain areas and make recommendations on how to promote distribution of service. and this is from of con kwens to all resident -- this is of consequence to all residents in san francisco. and many of the workers in san francisco do not get insurance from employers and are force to rely on a strong social safety net to see the doctor, get checkups and based on that research, we

emily schmidt has details. >> when the opening bell rings at the new york stock exchange this morningetters, g.m., could translate to huge numbers. >> it's incredible levels of demand. we are seeing almost daily increases in how many shares are going to be selling. >> general motors reemergence as a public company two years after bankruptcy and a $50 billion government bailout. it's initial stock offering is the largest in u.s. history due to a company making money for the first time in six years. >> g.m. unveiled its newest cars at an auto show this week. car buyers lo say they never considered g.m. during the bailout now give the company a chance. >> they're an unstable company and i would be worried about my investment in a vehicle. >> and now? >> i'm here shopping! so i'm not worrying about it. >> the government will make more than $13 billion selling some shares today. it will sell more in coming years. but this three-generation auto worker family that once faced g.m. layoffs is now buying stock invests once again in their livelihood. >> it was a sad day for me but things are on

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