[laughter] evan was an extraordinary fellow. everyone knew him. he graduate number two or three at law school and cannot get a job. he was disabled and in a wheelchair. i cannot believe today that something like that happen. someone said this morning that he had been turned down by 57 law schools. he was a great friend to all of us, and became very close to the president and mrs. bush. the president had evan and his significant other, a woman named jermine bertrum, [laughter] [applause] together in the white house. at first, the secret service would not let them in the gate. this secret service called up and said she had a police record. janine was a weatherperson and had served time in jail where she was given awards for prison activism for the evengood, but e had a record. the secret service would not let her in. the president called down to the gate and said i want her in the residence and i want turnout. they let her in. the rest is history. that was one little anecdote. president bush was very patient about this, and would not take no for an

the mtp for the demolition contract -- we brought evans brothers on board. we receive a bid in october 2009 and brought them on board in january of this year to begin the process of coordinating with the city agencies with mta and th

officers eventually caught evans and arrested him. he pleaded no contest to wreckless driving. >> he made a mistake and he has said that before. >> that's crazy driving. he should get -- >> a judge imposed a 30-day driving ban on evans. police never caught the driver of the other speeding car. >>> we are speeding right into the forecast now. roberta has your forecast. do you like that? >> for a friday night it was a good effort. >> 62 today in san francisco. it was 86 in concord and in livermore. 8:21. it looks like now we can anticipate nice skies. westerlies are still blowing 10 to 20 miles per hour. pinpoint forecast. we get all our computer models, crunch them together, come up with what we expect with the fog dissipating. inland 50, 60 miles. by the time it retreats. some clearing in the inland areas. 9:00 a.m. in the morning. around the bay side it looks like pretty much around the noonish hour. otherwise, pretty cloudy along the coast. all the way up into ureka with drizzle there. the cold air mass associated with that very dee

behind the wheel, sacramento kings player tyreke evans. this is on may 31st. officers eventually caught evans and arrested him, but he pleaded no contest to reckless driving and ordered not to drive for 30 days. the driver of a second car that appears to be racing with evans there never caught. >>> about a dozen san jose firefighters are expected to turn in their badges and their gear tonight after their shifts are over. 51 firefighters will be out of a job by the end of the weekend. those layoffs began today. the firefighters union is stuck in a contract dispute with the city. many of first fired were the last hired. >> the first thing that comes to mind is devastation. i never thought this would happen. came here with the intention of serving 30 years for a career and continue to serve the citizens of san jose. and to be honest i'm just completely dumbfounded right now. absolutely cannot believe this is happening. >> the firefighters say they offered the department $9 million in wage and benefit cuts but the city says it was really only half that. there are

. >> couric: the journalist was david evans, an award-winning senior writer with "bloomberg markets"zine. >> the life insurance company is holding on to their money, and that bothers some people once they find out. >> couric: evans' six-month investigation report, appearing today in the magazine's september issue, reveals that cindy lohman's money was being held in prudential's general corporate account, accruing interest-- most of it for the insurance giant. >> they were able to created quite a float for themselves and they're able to earn the difference between the small interest rate they pay to the survivors and the larger rate that they're able to make by keeping this money in their corporate investment account. >> couric: in fact, in 2008, when cindy lohman's statement said she was earning less than 1% interest on her alliance account, regulatory filings show prudential was earning almost 5% on its corporate accounts. >> they figured out a way to create these retained asset accounts. they figured out a way to hold on to that money and actually turn death into a profit center. >

officers eventually caught evans and arrested him. he pleaded no contest to reckless driving. >> he made a mistake and he said that before. >> that's crazy driving. i think he should get punished big time. >> now, earlier this week, a judge imposed a 30-day driving ban on evans. another speeding car which appeared to be racing evans is also seen on that tape, but that driver was never caught and racing charges were never filed. >>> you hear it all the time. our earth is changing. but how often do you actually see it? how some bay area scientists are letting us see our planet's evolution over the past 40 decades. >>> the models affected losing steering control and what gm is doing about the problem. ,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> some bay area scientists are giving us a look at something we have never seen before. how the earth's landscape has changed thanks to decades of satellite photos. kiet do shows us what you make of the images depends on how you see the world. . >> reporter: at the u.s. geological survey in menlo park, a lecture four decades

the mtp for the demolition contract -- we brought evans brothers on board. we receive a bid in october 2009 and brought them on board in january of this year to begin the process of coordinating with the city agencies with mta and with dpt on the planning for the demolition work with the caveat that we come back to when we are ready to move into construction, for authorization of a second notice to proceed, to actually begin the demolition of the transit center and related facilities. the conditions for coming back on the second notice to proceed were that we certify full funding for phase one of the transit center, as we did hear in may. that the temporary terminal is ready for occupancy, and that the pension package for the transit center is ready for advertisement. if you heard earlier, we plan to advertise the package before the end of this month. the demolition activities, the pacing, the sequencing of the content we will be using, despite on the screen, the first weekend after we moved out of the existing terminal, we will be focused on securing the ex

last week, evans pleaded no contest to reckless driving. a judge gave him three years of probation and suspended his license for 30 days. vacaville police said today they made two arrests in connection with the shooting earlier this month. police say 25-year-old dandre moore was arrested. police arrested samuel young of richmond. investigators say twhoot men shot two people shortly before midnight on july 16th while the victim sat in a car outside of a liquor store in a rocky hill air aftervacaville >>> tomorrow marks the anniversary of iran's arrest and imprisonment of three uc berkeley graduates. outside the iranian mission, graduates and the families pleaded. >> it's going to take an outcry from our people and outrage by our government to get these people out. rallies are planned tomorrow for san francisco and other cities to call attention to the anniversary. the u.s. state department and their families say three were simply hiking along the iranian border. >>> in other news of the world tonight, in pakistan, government officials say at

evans appeared to be raising another car but they lost sight of that second vehicle.e was arrested for reckless driving. last week he pled not guilty. police suspended his license for 30 days. >>> president obama today touted the success of last year's auto bail out. some republicans are preparing a constitutional amendment that would keep it from happening again. the president marked the university of the government take over of gm and chrysler but touring an auto plant of my which michigan. he says 1 million jobs have been created because of the bail out. >> today this industry is growing stronger. it's creating new jobs. it's manufacturing the fuel efficient cars and trucks that will carry us toward an energy independent future. >> government doesn't produce jobs, private industry does and we have to keep a separation there. >> the constitutional amendment is a long shot. 2/three of congress and 3/4 of all states would have to approve it. >>> president obama is expected to sign a bill passed by the senate expected to make flying safer. the bill toughens airline saf

the guy who won rookie of the year, tyreke evans from sacramento was cut today.llow here, gavin continued to say, i know sports people. yesterday it was keeper and crooker honored. today it was david lee who has been aiarwer for 10 -- been a warrior for 10 minutes. the warriors are going to help dedicate a new basketball court. 70,728. look at this crowd for manchester united versus mlf all stars. manchester the wealthiest team in the world. they win. >> time for ice cream. >> oh, yeah.

with evan. i would like to point out in terms of emergency 911 that t-mobile's plan to install two antennas don't include any backup batteries at this site. in the event of a power outage during an emergency they will not be operational. they will therefore be rendered use little. if they were to install backup batteries they would present safety hazards themselves for this mixed use apartment building. included in the material submitted to you is the fact that the led acid battery material data sheet that they normally install in section six it actually states that unusual fire and explosion hazards are produced during normal battery operations. these gases enter the air through vent caps. keep sparks and other sources of ignition away from the battery. this is not the type of equipment appropriate for a residential building like 2010 chestnut street. since they will not be installed they will not provide any service during a power outage affecting this building and do not meet the necessity st

the closest we have is third and evans, where we have something that has been built in the last 20 or 30 years. this distributor distributor for the bay area. many distributors distribute perishable items. i hope we are looking at these situations. we have talked about out reached to see where we could talk to distributors and various light manufacturers, because it costs a lot of money and time when you have trucks on highways burning up gas, whereas if you had a distribution point in the west bay, preferably in sentences go, it makes economic sense. i just pass that on for consideration for those who are working on these sorts of issues. it is a frequent thing. we have discussed jobs. there were plenty of them there. this could be something that would be very appropriate in the areas where we have core pdr in san francisco. commissioner sugaya: i knew i was going to forget the name of the market. i had reason to go near columbus on -- was a green? there was congressional -- conditional use a while back for a grocery store. the staff has investigated it with respect to its present co

. >> reporter: evan tracey tracks campaign spending, which he puts at $36 million a day for the next 97 days until the election. he says there are many reasons corporations and interest groups will make this a blow out year. >> everything from health care to the environment to energy. there is plenty of things that are motivating people to write those checks, so i don't see any party having major money problems in the fall. >> reporter: the president will be bringing in some of those checks tonight. he stopped off to talk to small businesses in new jersey on his way to two fundraisers in new york. one is hosted by the editor of "vogue," but the real campaign money in new york still comes from wall street. >> wall street is actually a donor that is almost evenly split between democrats and republicans. >> reporter: but campaign giving at wall street's leading firm is down this year. the goldman sachs political action committee has $1.4 million on hand, but the most recent figures show it cut just one $5,000 check to a federal candidate in june. analysts say politicians don't want to t

douglas evans, professor and director, public health communication and marketing program, george washington university, washington, dc; sandra de castro buffington, director, hollywood health & society, usc annenberg norman lear center, beverly hills, california. the media obviously influences how people create their opinions, particularly about addiction and treatment issues in behavior health. and doug, why don't we review what we mean about media today. some time ago, marshall mcluhan said that the medium is the message and that is more true today than ever. media have proliferated and they now permeate our society. we're surrounded by it constantly 24/7 and users increasingly are defining what the media are and what those media mean to the rest of us. and mark, why is it important for the media to really understand addiction, treatment, and behavioral health? i think as doug just said, it's 24/7, people rely on the media to get their information and, as the media reaching out, people are forming opinions, ideas, attitudes about what they think about addiction and mental illness based on

siemens says it's going to help processor reach its ambitious energy goals that's after president mitch evans that have targeted forty percent cuts in energy use within a decade europe's top engine young group that it has declared war on coal blocks of the company three years ago siemens was convicted of paying bribes for contracts in russia. we are living in like we say high risk country. several not only corruption several risks for business we started the russian corporate tax addition to. the malls and eighty companies signed in code of conduct to make clean business only in russia some german business leaders here yesterday said the crisis is over in their country what's their impression for russia the c.i.s. zero times between two saws and five and two thousand and eight differently over it we have been tremendous closer than in russia so really are returning to. normal times but hopefully next year you see overall investment in the industries and infrastructure of it come back to zero two thousand and eight level what energy efficiency savings can russia make if it uses siemens technol

. >> reporter: chris evans already knows about playing superheroes.wo films under his belt as the human torch, but now he's taking on a bigger, more iconic hero. captain america. >> i'm trying to put on the magnitude of the project in a separate part of my brain because i think if i focus on it too much, i'm just going to melt into a panic attack. >> reporter: long time action hero harrison ford had a little fun with the fact that he had always managed to avoid comic con. >> i just want to make a living as an actor. i didn't know about this. >> reporter: sigourney weaver did, she was here last year promoting a little film hardly anyone knew anything about "avatar". >> it all started here a year ago, so thank you. >> reporter: with comic con in the books, the wait begins for the next big success story. mark barger, nbc news. >> the wait begins to see if comic con stays in san diego beyond 2012 when the current deal runs out. los angeles and las vegas just two of the cities that would definitely like to woo that convention away. >>> just ahead, tempers

evans is not. the final 12-man roster announced next month. >>> and check out jeremy lynn. newest warrior in taiwan, becoming an international sensation. he's playing in a charity basketball game with yao ming. the first taiwanese-american. prty therthe.er >> fniksois jng utonight. >> bye-bye. us around sexy men. no >> actually jay, she i >> actually jay, she is talking >>

brains and bodies on ice cold science advanced enough to let them outsmart the grim reaper state of evans visited what is the only facility of its type outside of the united states. that's just unknown put death on ice in the science fiction film demolition man freezing his body to be awakened in the future. and more than a decade later. is attempted to have his immortality on earth in his mind heaven can wait what i did to my parents had a mixed reaction to this my mom thinks it's a stupid waste of money most of my friends support me in this decision because they are also pro cry on x. he's paying thirty thousand dollars to have his body stored after he dies at the cruise clinic near moscow which freezes humans in the hopes of future you think it's the only facility of its kind outside the u.s. and so far it can explain accounts for. and the head of aid refrigerator guess are stored in this liquid nitrogen fills of that cracker with says it can't make any promises but this might just be a way to get a take to farm life if science catches up with imagination will be transferred to new bod

recliners they used to be used to help fussy babies fall asleep being recalled after the death of an evansy announced the recall this morning 30,000 net nanny recliners. of four month old girl from michigan died that she was being used in a crib. it was being sold in retail stores from june are 2009 through this month. >> police are investigating an apartment fire it killed in a year-old girl the fire broke out yesterday morning on hamilton avenue firefighters found the girl unconscious and back bedroom of the permit. the girl was from durham north current lineup visiting relatives when the fire broke out. 10 other relatives suffered minor injuries. >> that wasn't the only fire there were four fires over the weekend san jose's capability to cover fires could change august 1st it will lay off 54 employees five companies will shut down for engines and a truck. two stations will completely shut down and two others will lose injuns meaning those stations will be of any use. >> while fire after a string of lightning strikes most of them are being burnt in remote areas. most small the largest is

[laughter] evan was an extraordinary fellow. every one up here knew him and he was originally a nadarite. he grabs a weighted from law school and could not get a job because he was disabled. i cannot believe today that something like that could happen. someone said this morning, he had been turned down by 57 law firms. he was a great friend to all of us and became very close to president bush. one will all anecdote. -- one little anecdote. the president had him and his significant other, a friend of us all, and took him to dinner in the residence in the white house. the first occasion, they could not get in. the circuits service would not let them in the gate. -- a secret service would not let them in the day. president bush was getting agitated. the secret service said that she had a police record. she had been a weatherman and had served time in the jail where she was given an award for activism. for the good. [laughter] she had a record and the secret service would not let her in. and the president called down personally to t

there is three democrats, conrad, nelson and evan bayh in the clip saying that is not a good idea., yes. these tax cuts are quite expensive. we just went through a big fight called the deficit versus spending and people who are concerned about the deficit won because look at how much that package of unemployment benefits had to be wittleed down to pass. all of a sudden republicans don't care so much about the deficit any more. they just care about tax cuts. the problem for the obama administration is they are also a little bit pregnant on this because they want most of these tax cuts to continue, too, which is bad for the deficit. i think there has to be some kind of a deal. maybe that they continue temporarily, business tax breaks instead of the high end ones. this is a volatile issue for this election year. being accused of raising taxes is not where the obama administration is wants to be. >> raising taxes for the wealthy. >> wealthy but it is a big charge to be raising taxes in a recession and also adding to the deficit. >> chris: one of the other factors in the whole debate ab

. >> gara is a member of the women's soccer team at evans university and her teammates were getting readyo attend her funeral when they got the news. >> to me the news that abby guerra had not died, while surprising, was something that made me feel like this is great, there's a chance. >> this isn't first time this type of heartbreaking mix-up has made headlines. in 2006 whitney serac and her friend laura van ryn were in an accident and their identities were mixed up. for weeks the van ryns thought they were sitting by laura's bedside only to find out it was whitney serac and their doubt her not made it. the seracs have talked about mixed emotions that they have even though whitney survived. >> still a bitter sweet moment for me because i know when we get together with them we have our daughter and they don't have their doubter. >> right now marlena can't urkts's family has to go through the painful process of learning to live without her. all they want is an answer about how this mix-up occurred >> you can't explain. i mean, there's so much grief. >> can't even begin to imagine. >>> the

bill evans, one of the guys who runs the old club has been incredibly supportive. >> rose: couple quotes. there's no exit for me until there's more life than deaf. >> right. >> rose: did you say that? >> yeah, i think i said that. i never like hearing my own words back. >> rose: you're going to get them. there's more life than death no exit for me until there's more life than death. >> yeah, a very pminent haian said to me that when the apocalypse comes the survivors will be cockroaches, rat, and haitians. so there is there this that haitians will survive. not that baby over there, and not that one over there, but there is this popular notion and it's largely based on incredible resilience these people have but i think that with all the decades of failed aid in haiti, the one thing that the earthquake has done... even the elite have naitiave had a come to jesus moment. their small pond was devastated. doesn't mean their money is but let's not forget, the wealthy class in haiti is maybe, relatively speaking, we're talking about there might be a 55 millionaire. but you don't have a warren

great players are going to wait for the olympics and a few years read from his fellow who tire recall evans rookie of the year he was cut from the squad. here's the newest warrior david lee had a serious thinker injury so yet to drop those of the u.s. qualifying periods gavin newsome he's really getting his picture taken by sports people. for 20 years of service today is david lee day. july 28th at tall guy his day in the city. >> it's david lee day today and san francisco i don't think it would earn that yes from a basketball standpoint but it said to be part of a new city and a new community. i think we have great things on the way hopefully we can take care of business. >> he's off to a great start to he made his way over to el dorado elementary school in services to worried join forces with the warriors to donate money so they can repurchase their outdoor basketball courts. go ahead and what you're saying for $80 million to think he could pay for scimitar an accord. nonetheless it's the idea he made the effort to and word is he showed up without to an entourage. when we returned a pheno

chris evans talked about the pressure of playing an iconic hero. >> i'm trying to put the mag magnitudethe project into a separate part of my brain. if i think about it too much, i'll melt into a panic attack. >> harrison ford showed up in handcuffs to poke fun at the fact he's never been to comic con before. ea he'll star in a movie called "cowboys and aliens" next summer. >>> time is 5:51. want to check in with mike, look at our morning commute. >> looks like a good movie. we have neither cowboys nor ail yenz, we ha yens. 101 and 680, live look out there with our photographer there. 101 northbound, underneath the 680, 280 interchange, easy drive now. light volume of traffic. no slowing throughout the area. back to the maps and show you when we're talking about as far as the system. right now let's show you the valley transit authority, light rail system and the buses, not reporting any delays throughout the south bay. t b.a.r.t. rail not reporting any delays. that's a nice drive, coming across the bay here as well. if you're using the bay bridge, nice drive across the bay as well. no

>> he might wind up with a special cell in evan prison of his own for quite a long time. i'm not sure if they would kill him. but i don't think he's going to get away with it. >> lehrer: greg, how would you read this thing. the idea that he was paid $5 million. it's all over "the washington post," all over the world today, how is that going to go down back if-- how do you think that might go down back in iran with the iranian authorities who have to deal with this guy? >> i think they'll just deny it or they will spin this the way they have been portraying it all along. that he was abducted and these are all stories that are being made up by the agency and by the united states government. i would add to art's point just a moment ago, that he will have some short term value to the iranians, probably. because he may have a good deal to tell them about the agency's practices in identifying potential defectors and bringing them to the united states. in other words, where they are taken, how they are taken there, how they are vetted and how their information is evaluated. as w

should be clear, makes out keeping those low clouds along the coastline even evans early afternoon 57in oakland gun into this the beginning in 61. the upper 50s and san jose into the afternoon we're keeping it cool once again below average temperatures '70s to the north bay napa valley 80 degrees possibly of your field. -280 degree readings. same for morgan all hayward, fremont 79. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. tomorrow a little more mark, the next sale of a warmer than that. it looks like there's a slight warming but still just a cool forecast of their checked and your morning commute with erica. >> all this good on the roadway is a little bit of overnight construction really want to ever drive a stick to their side jury the bay bridge toll plaza cars still sailing on by again reminder overnight construction is in effect between treasure island in your corner road. closing it capeline still 5 way and traffic is and light out there just eight minutes from the foot of the macarthur maze c,gv1ptried to stem the sale is also a decent one you can see a couple more cars here

tyler, nick, josh, dylan, robbie, justin, scott, ryan, phillip, nick, robbie, josh, kobe, robert, evan, jay ford and charlie nicholas played with great determination and heart throughout the tournament weekend to come from behind in the semifinals to beat defending state champion local rival to earn a spot against tampa in the finals. it was a hard-fought see-saw scoring battle with the score tied 11-11 at the end of the fourth quarter. josh stoffer scourd the game-winning goal. i'm proud to congratulate the bucks and the coach on their first of i'm sure many state championships. go bucks and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas rise? without objection. . ms. jackson lee: the american with disabilities act was designed in 1990 with a bipartisan approach to implement laws that would provide a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities. why did we wait so long? and how grand it is to be able to respond to tho

65 overall kind of a coal forecast starting to warm up as we head into places like concord pushing evansper 70's 82 antioch, livermore and down into san jose topping a ransom of five. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. continues to keep the school for the next couple of days then we start to slowly warm up for wednesday, thursday that warming trend continues. erica. >> still enjoying pretty decent or conditions kelly real slows rob is highway 4 you can see a double markers on the road still pretty good condition that their of courses leading lights are off injuring about nine minutes in the foot of the macarthur maze into fremont can elect your right to say mattel traffic conditions a little thicker pretty smooth nonetheless as you make to win the commute direction towards foster city) lacemaking their way into hayward clocking in 14 minutes from end to end. golden gate, barely in occurs on the road pretty easy 21 minutes under ride from novato and the san francisco wrapping up here's a look better all the camp traffic is moving just fine james. a >> police any of our an alert

. >> evan bayh mentioned the hearing it yesterday we truillo. he did a very good job. we had somebody come in dealing with a lot of foreign ministers and others with g-20. somebody i think respected by both sides of the aisle. one of the things he mentioned was the fact that there was a lot of discussion by people in other countries regarding the legislation that we did just pass. and the fact that many of them saw the opportunity for jobs to migrate out of this country into theirs or for their particular institutions to fill in the gaps, to beble to take on additional business because of some of the things tha we've done. i know that you and others are going to attempt to assure that we have sort of a worldwide set of regulations that work together. one of the things he specifically spoke to was the volcker rule. there was a lot of the resistance around the world community regarding that. i'm just wondering what your thoughts are on that and you know, is there a concern in your mind today about us not achieving that and the fact that we may, in fact, lose financial sy

host: you can see evan perez' article on line and in the paper this morning. thanks for joining us. more from this article, the lawsuit filed tuesday sets up a likely supreme court clash over state versus federal power that some supporters of the measure precedent. usually, state and local governments steer clear of the prea is considered the jurisdiction of federal aathorities under established law. so, we want to talk about this for the next 40 minutes in this first segment -- the arizona immigration law, federal versus state. the numbers are on the screen. and arizona residents, we have a special line for you this morning. our first call comes from riverside, california, on our line for republicans. david, you are on this show. david? are you there? all right. let') go to the op-ed page in this morning's "the wall street journal" -- suing arizona. they read that the arizona law is above all else, a cry for federal help. mr. obama could have used a lot to be launched a constructive debate on the urgency of reform and consequences of further delay. on the phone, on our line for ind

to use civilians to investigate certain crimes as that pd keep it came up with the idea that he and evans something similar when he was police you out there that program has actually been fairly successful it resulted in a 40% reduction of officers. >> him as a healthy oakland police arrest two people and. kron4 is johnson bloom has the latest. please >> have made the second of two arrests in our rear murder a virginia man that said the arrest took place reader year on this block of curtis street after the first arrest that happened over the weekend police say the break came when peebles of surveillance video on the television station including kron4 one person recognize the person in the video and called police. without the house police say there is still researching for the suspects oakland, jonathan bloom, kron4 news. >> two russian cosmonauts went for a spacewalk to replace the video camera and snapped up some cable connection on the international space station snow's module. it took about six hours but they got the work done. then you can roll we used to monitor the docking we will b

host: another twitter -- evans, georgia. republican line. good morning. caller: i want to dispel the notion that the supreme court is conservative. the present makeup of the court, with the soon to be elected kagan, will be four and four with a justice kennedy being the swing voter. thomas and alito and sotomayor, and kennedy is the swing vote. if you look at their recent decisions, especially dating back to 2007 with the decision up in connecticut where -- the taxpayers had the purpose of giving it to developers to provide greater taxes. this is extremely unconstitutional. it would hardly be considered a conservative decision. so this leftist we into our court is eroding our rights and our liberties. and to believe that the rubbish that the "the new york times" prints, you have to be consumed with the koolaid of the left. the accord is presently assisting this administration in eroding our constitutional right, and it has to be corrected. host: the new york post this morning, a follow-up story that occurred just before the weekend started on representati

moderating the discussion is evan murray.his is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> governors, i would invite you to take your seats. and ask our guests to do the same. to get our afternoon session underway. this is an important topic for our states to have a facilitated discussion of the state's situations and the economic challenges we are facing. and the creative ideas that the gove governors are putting in place to move our states forward. could everyone find a seat to get underway? >> i want to welcome everyone, the goal of this session is to redesign state government and how we are making purchases more efficient and prisons. and may get into how states are redesigning the higher education system. elementary and secondary. we have a lot to learn from in these challenges times. and we need to think about what we are doing immediately for the fiscal challenges and how we are positioning our states in the future. it's going to be important, i think, to think about the long-term and restructure design state government so our s

. >> admiral, evan brown, fox news radio.how much was this delay in fact a delay and a disappointment or a setback for everyone involved? >> the -- everybody understands this has been a substantial impact on our environment. there's been a substantial impact on the gulf coast, the people, the culture we understand the difficult times we're going through. what we didn't want to do is compound that problem by making an irreversible mistake. there are some ways where the hydrocarbons can leak out and you say, we're going to tolerate that while we do the test because we'll be able to produce the oil and there will be no way for them to get out. but there are some instances where if that happened, that might not be reversible. we want to have a serious discussion about what we felt about that. those are the kinds of discussions going on. it was an overabaundance of caution. >> admiral allen, katie moore. you said you have your own opinions about how you should have proceeded. who is calling the shots? people are wondering why ther

. >> evan bayh mentioned the hearing it yesterday we truillo. he did a very good job. we had somebody come in dealing with a lot of foreign ministers and others with g-20. somebody i think respected by both sides of the aisle. one of the things he mentioned was the fact that there was a lot of discussion by people in other countries regarding the legislation that we did just pass. and the fact that many of them saw the opportunity for jobs to migrate out of this country into theirs or for their particular institutions to fill in the gaps, to be able to take on additional business because of some of the things that we've done. i know that you and others are going to attempt to assure that we have sort of a worldwide set of regulations that work together. one of the things he specifically spoke to was the volcker rule. there was a lot of the resistance around the world community regarding that. i'm just wondering what your thoughts are on that and you know, is there a concern in your mind today about us not achieving that and the fact that we may, in fact, lose financial

evan drew bakery's chocolate blackout. they never published the recipe. it is interesting cake.ng. >> you have to make sure it cools or you'll have problems. >> if you don't you will have a mess. >> look at that. >> put it on the sides and you have, i think, the world's best chocolate cake and the recipe is back. >> you have to slice this up. mark, come on. mark's from brooklyn. he knows about this. come on in, mark. try this. >> okay. >> are we going to get a rating here or what? >> yep. >> that's it. >> we found it. >> you got it. >> unbelievable. this is amazing. >> do you know what would be great? ham and mayo in between the two of those. fantastic. >> everything goes better with mayo. al roker. >> recipes are on the website. much more ahead. first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> i just want to eat the coconut. >> okay. has america found its next justin bieber? judging from last night's performances on "america's got talent" it looks that way. >> an 11-year-old rapper was called a cheeky little chap and impressed judges with his original rap. he faced off during a live show inc

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i have no indication of that from bp or the evan lustration that that is likely. i am concerned that people cannot delay because they need the money. >> the gentleman from texas is recognized for five minutes. >> i am trying to put this in perspective and i appreciate your enthusiasm on this. that is great. i represent southeast texas, a district the borders louisiana. because of the gulf stream, we do not get the oil spill. however, the people in my district work in louisiana. there are two concerns. one is direct injury by not being able to fish. the second problem is the moratorium. i know you are not directly involved in that period has bp put money into a fund to pay for losses based upon the moratorium? >> yes. >> who is administrating that fund? >> i do not think they have chosen and administrator for that yet. my understanding on the moratorium is as follows. it is not on my watch. $100 million has been set aside and related to the $20 billion for a moratorium on the rig worker claims only -- not businesses associated with the moratorium, but rig workers.