i live in caracas for a certain time, but back in the 1970's, when it was a fabulous city, and i enjoyed my stay very much. i have a number of questions for you. my first question is in january when these events took place, how long have you lived in san francisco? >> three years. i moved to san francisco december 12, 2008, so i was exactly two years in december. >> you said you turn to our free medicine in this troubling moment because she was your friend and neighbor. is that correct? a >> yet. -- >> yes. >> did you have other friends to whom you could have turned to? did you have friendships and form a community during those three years, or were you isolated? >> no, i am not that social, but i have a few friends, spanish speakers in my class. i create a class for toddlers to share my acting skills with other kids, and i built a friendship with at least three mothers in my group, and i talked with them regularly, and i have another friend from columbia that i talked with all the time, and also my best friends, one is living in mexico, and we talk all the time, too. >> yet you did not t

cities. is easy to access and the people are fabulous. >> the city knows how important the expo is to the economy year after year, they go out of their way to make that firefighters and visitors welcome. >> we have about 15,000 firefighters to come every year in august and late july, so it's great for the city. it probably has about an $11 million impact on the city. >> the expo runs through july 21. >> welcome to town. still ahead, some security concerns in london for the olympics. >> the main security company has figured out it cannot meet its target. details on how olympic organizers are responding. >> there is a new push to keep the dream back on the books. >> there are a few thunderstorms moving through the state tonight. there is the baltimore area, the dark clouds and there were some lightning strikes earlier. >> we saw a lightning strike just right there. >> the strongest thunderstorms right now are south of baltimore. we talked about this a few minutes ago. a severe thunderstorm warning is still in effect for anne arundel county. this is by far the strongest storm out there, just north o

and raj no, question about it, london is a fabulous, first-rate city, but the games could have been in san francisco. >> reporter: they could have. and it's amazing. ten years ago, i remember, back in 2002, we all flew out to chicago. the united states olympic committee hosted a news conference. and at that point they said san francisco and the entire bay area was a final candidate in terms of the american bid to host the 2012 games. and at that point we thought 2012, that's so far away. but 2012 is here, and san francisco was obviously shut out by london. with its history, style, and culture it's no surprise that london is hosting the olympics for a record third time. but it wasn't supposed to be this way. it was supposed to be the 2012 san francisco games. >> we were extremely disappointed. i think surprised is the wrong word. so we were very disappointed because we really thought we could win in the international phase of the competition. >> reporter: ann cribbs is a palo alto-based gold medal olympian. she's also the president of the bay area sports organizing committee. you might

cities. there is fabulous wealth and link electronics, inc. model number: pdr-885 software version: 3.0c in some places it would be food or shelter or love. going over the sources of passion. they see all the world for the first time the majority of people everywhere want a good job. they want a job that is above the table. that is 30 hours a week. the real key to that is going to be a local and state government. hopefully the mayor in denver and myself in colorado focusing on how do we create the conditions? we can have brilliant vendors but they can sit on a shelf. you can have all the capital without the right idea -- but without the right idea, how does it improve? the magic there is entrepreneurship. when i was a geologist, i could not find a job and after a while we opened -- i stole the idea from berkeley. we werein the first bgrerew pub. that focus of necessity -- we had to do something different. we took it and adapted it. i think that on a much larger scale, we need to find entrepreneurs, people that are willing to put their hearts a

as part of the construction industry, i can tell you there are some fabulous projects going on in the city, and planned. hats off to the political leadership and industry leadership. with the jobs that are created, the opportunities created are fabulous. let me focus on something that is even more unique to this project, from our perspective. for us, not only is the completion of the project important, but also the journey. our customers are the people that we take with us. i remember at the port commission the contract was approved and i talked about the journey that we would have. the people from turner that helped with the journey, seven years ago, i could not say when i'm about to say. one of the reason this is a success is because of the vision of the project. . as part ofcindy is a dpw projec. that is our customer. tina smith, our senior project manager. madison, one of our engineers. nicole. she is one of our engineers. manny is a superintendent. seven people on the job running the show, five of them are women. two of them, denis and pete, they are still men. we will see. thank you

the olympics games in salt lake city in 2002 are going to be fabulous. we have the best mountains, the best snow, the best facilities. it is going to be a fabulous experience for the entire world and all americans are going to be very proud of the job the salt lake olympics organizing committee will do in putting that on. but the organizing committee could not do it without the kind of support that has been provided by all but federal agencies who have been called upon in the various appropriation bills that have gone through. as a look to the future, and anticipate the possibility that at some point, some other american city will either gain the summer games or the winter games, we should put in place the recommendations of the gao and recognize right up front that is a national effort. it is a federal responsibility as well as a city responsibility. perform as every other country in the world performs with respect to this particular opportunity. if we decide as a congress that we do not want federal participation in the games,make that decision clear.

city. i'm honored to present this to our friend, tony bennett. ♪ >> ♪ the fabulous tony bennett home the worldang a song about this town and it left our city of low -- aglow grammy awards, and the awards, and a kennedy nominate a star on hollywood and vine all to honor his legacy he's a painter his picasso he's got the class of fred astaire and today, we are gathered here to show you just how much we care you hold our hearts in san francisco so many songs you've sung to me and the rags to riches what a sound and a man who sings never retire of san francisco i love your album "duets" both i and ii for there is no one quite like you you are the heart of san francisco one of the greats we know it's true for when you graced us -- our town of san francisco our golden sun will shine on new -- you ♪ [applause] mr. bennett. ♪ it only takes a tiny corner of this great big world to find a place that you love you have brought us so much joy you are a golden boy we love to have you here in our great towner of -- town of san francisco open your golden gates san francisco here is your wondering words singin

the olympics games in salt lake city in 2002 are going to be fabulous. we have the best mountains, the best snow, the best facilities. it is going to be a fabulous experience for the entire world and all americans are going to be very proud of the job the salt lake olympics organizing committee will do in putting that on. but the organizing committee could not do it without the kind of support that has been provided by all but federal agencies who have been called upon in the various appropriation bills that have gone through. a look to the future, and anticipate the possibility that at some point, some other american city will either gain the summer games or the winter games, we should put in place the recommendatis of the gao and recognize right up front that is a national effort. it is a federal responsibility as well as a city responsibili. perform as everyther country in the world performs with respect to this particular opportunity. if we decide as a congress that we do not want federal participation in the games, -- in the let the games, and make

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there is that fabulous sunrise over the potomac. live view from our hd city camera. and we'll have a gorgeous day! maybe the best july day of the month. we'll have highs reaching upper 80s, near 90. great beach and pool weather. some clouds, though, south and east of the metro area. and we'll have low humidity in place as well. your seven-day outlook, a look at the weekend and next week at 6:21. danella, how's traffic? >>> still following breaking news on the roadway. if you're traveling 210 southbound, all the lanes are blocked at pine drive. this is due to the crash in that area. police are still investigating. let's head over to the disabled vehicle, i-95 northbound in virginia, just past the occoquan river bridge. it's just blocking the left shoulder lane. and the rails. several delays on the marc, all on the brunswick east, but not too bad. ten minutes brunswick east train 870. train number 890 is looking at a nine-minute delay. and an eight-minute delay on brunswick east train number 872. i'm back in ten minutes. angie and eun, back to you. >> danella, thank yo

city. welcome to san francisco's largest transgender pride celebration of the year. one of the largest transevents anywhere on the planet earth. let me tell you, you looking fabulous. this is a wonderful community. one of my favorite events. been here every one of the nine years. we're going to have our 109 anniversary next year. let me just -- 10th anniversary next year. it has been a real honor, privilege and pleasure working with the transcommunity going back to my days on the board of supervisors when we formed the first transgender civil rights implementation task force from which came the first of its kind local ordinance making sure that there was equal access to the county health plan for our transgender employees of san francisco. when we got to sacramento, one of our first bills was to amend the california fair employment and housing act to include gender identity. so we have had an inclusive employment and housing nondiscrimination act here in california since 2003 and i'm very confident that when we re-elect barack obama and make sure that nancy pelosi is once again speaker of the house of representatives, that we'll have an incruste collusive employmen

we had two fabulous meets yesterday, you can be sure we will definitely be eating good in kansas citye are covering the all-star game. >> bring us back some sausage, we're going to want to sample that when we return. >>> the as aren't nearly as well represented in the all-star game. skipper bob melvin did accompany him on the strip and admits that it's pretty amazing to see his closer on the team. >> it's been some kind of a journey and i have read quotes where it comes into spring training just trying to make a team. now he's closing for us, and now he's in an all-star game. >> it's been a wild ride, i told everyone, i came into camp just trying to make the team and then to have everything kind of fall into place like this has been a blessing, i mean, i definitely didn't see it coming. >> well, some unbelievably sad news for the stanford basketball program as former captain peter sawyer passed away, sauer collapsed during a pick up basketball game. he was the captain of the 1994 team. sauer was only 35 years old. larry robinson has been hired to be an associate head coach. guys, he m

fabulous grassroots organizer type. so, anyway, sitting there, it was so exciting hearing -- being in this gorgeous room in the city, city -- what did you say? in oslo, yes, city hall. thank you. and 61 years old. if you think that's bad, wait until you ask me the name of someone, like my children. anyway, so here are the words that we heard coming from the nobel committee. they talked about that they were giving these women this prize for their particular work, but also for their nonviolent struggle, and then they said, to ensure women's rights to full participation in peace-building work. now, that is a very important policy statement, because what you're doing then, you're talking about changing the whole security paradigm. right now security in most people's minds means bombs and bullets. and the question becomes if in fact you have a large participation of women throughout the whole peace process. the peace process doesn't mean simply negotiations, it also means street protests. it means all kinds of social media now to try to prevent a war or bring down a dictator. it means after a war having the transitional justi

city forward, folks. [applause] >> but it is not going to get this award next year. [laughter] technical difficulties. be patient. enjoy that fabulous bar. i just love landscaping. i grew up in a landscaping business. i learned to appreciate the outdoors. coming to rec and park was a natural transition. i started in may of 1998. i came in as a gardener and worked with the turf crew. i manage approximately 7,000 acres and i supervise 75 to 85 people under my direct supervision. i am responsible for eight parks more or less. every day that i stepped out, i feel so fortunate and very lucky to work for an organization with so many different properties. each one is its own gem. harding park is one of the gems of the city. opened in the 1930's. cypress trees and rolling hills. a very well designed golf course. we've had a very successful presidents cup. the amount of spectators that it drawls, everyone from around the world -- seeing the course on television and the quality of work -- it is very impressive to me that we can do that on the public level. i have an extremely dedicated crew that worked with me. there's not a moment that i'm n

city today. it just happens to be the fabulous baltimore, maryland. 90 degrees and mostly sunny. mid section of the country. through the southeastern atlantic coast. we have a risk of strong storms in the lower mississippi river valley and the upper midwest. gorgeous in the northwest with sunshine. that extends down the west coast. look for moisture bringing showers to >>> and that's your latest weather. >> thank you, al, for the great weather report. >> thank you for the chance to do it. >> when we come back, a guy who played a prominent role in friday night's opening ceremony. we'll talk to him. >>> and the american woman who just became the first american to win a medal in five straight olympic games. we'll tell you her story right after this. all over my body. it just wouldn't go away. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia, thought to be the result of overactive nerves that cause chronic widespread pain. lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. i learned lyrica can provide significant relief from fibromyalgia pain. and for some people, it can work in as early as the first we

city! ♪ don't let food hang around. ♪ on rock & roll! ♪ [ orbit trumpet plays ] clean it up with orbit! [ ding! ] fabulous! for a good clean feeling...bit. vanguard: the documentary series that redefined tv journalism. >>we're going to places where few others are going. >>it doesn't get anymore real than this. >>occupy! >>the award winning series "vanguard" only on current tv. >> eliot: mall factors on wall street just love to blame their problems on the prosecutor. that's coming up. but first let's head west and check in with jennifer granholm in "the war room." good evening governor, what have you got for us? >> we're also focusing on mitt romney's tour degaffe we'll look at his trip to pole land and the stumbles and bumbles and whether it was intentional or not. and then we'll turn our attention to no women moderating presidential debates since 1992. we'll have that woman the one and only presidential moderateor carol simpson, the last woman who have moderated a debate. and then three young ladies who tartstarted a petition drive to get women to moderate this year. >> eliot: that's is an amazing statistic that you presented. almos