with us is daniel weiss, ron cogan and fred smith. great having you all here again. we all did this a year ago. it's great to have you back. dan let me start with you. recently president obama said he needs a million electric cars on the road in about four year's time. what do you make of that? is that a realistic goal for the country? having a million cars on the road in four years time is a realistic but ambitious goal. the chevy volt is being sold this year. the demand is so high general motor's will quadruple the number they make. >> they say they are going to. is it a realistic goal? >> i think if incentives stay in place and people get the vehicle, and people should because the volt is a great vehicle, it depends on how things unfold. >> fred? >> they can do anything if they are willing to subsidize it. you can make water run uphill. the question is whether it's sensible to take money from an embattled economy and put it into the car of the tomorrow instead of the car of today. >> this is about american competitive with other countries and american innovation.

the living with dignity with many threats in meeting the needs of seniors in terms of funding, as fred broughton, to the lack of collaborative planning a month's service providers, also an anticipated budget cuts that come every single year for funding streams from other sources. building at the strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats. there are right in front of us as well. long, long waiting lists for housing. there are many threats before us. i think the strength of the committee that my office has held to pull together is that the nonprofit senior-based organizations have been at the center of advocacy. the budget analysts office did great work. the driving force that is making sure that we implement those ideas for the long-term coordinating council comes from the act of them of north beach divisions. i wanted to come by their organizations first. calling the names of those that sign up, the first is arthur chang and joanie levie from ssf. after them are a number of people from sf village, the first kind of village model in the city that we have. gail gary, susan poor,

he is live now, hi fred. >> reporter: hi gasia. yes you know scottsdale stadium filled up as the fans wanted to be at the first exhibition game of the giants. it felt more like a picnic than id kit a game. we were able to find a few hard core giants fans out there today. >> who's your favorite giant? >> cody ross. >> why? >> because he hit all those home runs in the play offs last year. >> reporter: what captured your imagination of this team last year? >> buster posey. >> buster posey is the guy, huh. >> yeah. >> what is it about buster posey. >> i thought he brought youth, he brought enthusiasm and he didn't need to be catered to. >> is there a different feel now than the world champion. >> it doesn't have a different feel but the expectations are a little higher now. you know what they're able to do. >> we're just a bunch of regular guys and we like to have fun and we can do it. >> reporter: tim lincecum gave up three earns runs in the first-innings, but the giants answer with a five run second inning. derosa with a game breakin

[applause] >> i think, fred, do you want to -- >> good afternoon. my name is fred pritzker. i represent people who have been harmed by foodborne pathogens, and this is, shawn and i are last because we are involved in the place where the rubber hit the roads, so to speak, where everything kind of comes together and where companies have to decide how they compensate individuals who have been harmed by foodborne illness. really what it comes down to is fecal matter in food, and it's something that most people find distasteful, and, frankly, is a. and it's one of the great tools that plaintiff lawyers have because whenever you can talk about it, corporate wrongdoer causing fecal matter to be infused into your food, you are a leg up in terms of proceeding. and that's, frankly, one of the reasons why very few of these cases get tried. what i'd like to talk to very briefly about today is how do we as food safety first evaluate cases? what constitutes a good case? what can we do, what can't we do ask our firm is involved in just about every national foodborne illness case that you'v

here's fred roggin with more. >> morning. the vince lombardi trophy is heading back to green bay, the packers led from start to finish to win super bowl xlv. let's go to dallas. packer quarterback aaron rodgers had an mvp performance. threw three touchdown passes, this to jennings in the fourth, gave green bay a 28-17 lead. the steelers battled, but could not get over the hump after falling behind early. green bay won its first super bowl in 14 years. 31-25. we'll have much more on the super bowl plus postgame reaction coming up later in sports. >>> and now back to egypt. it appears progress is being made in restoring a sense of normalcy there, following almost two weeks of unrest. nbc's brian mooar reports. >> reporter: in the streets of cry row, celebration and a sense of relative calm after the country's new vice president began a dialogue with opposition leaders. president obama is trying to turn up the heat on hosni mubarak without fanning the flames. >> the president wants change, he wants it immediately, he wants to be

>> i'm edward hockman, fred accolade. going -- i wish this had been entitled is the times still worth reading? two things, one about philosophy, i asked if they gave up the times in principal. i did because of regarding the tea party and the congressman shot in arizona. it was journalism at it's worst. that's bleeding over, i'm sure reading the editorial page is worth it anymore. secondly, it's regarding accuracy. i have a friend, fred's son age who's serving in iraq. and a number of years ago, "the new york times" when the mess was really happening reported there had been an terrible attack which involved his unit. i e-mailed him. he said it never happened. apparently who the times was doing is using runners. they didn't want to leave the safety of baghdad. they got a report. i wish i could believe what they say is going on in cairo, because their editorial panel off of the wall and the fact that i couldn't trust them on other stories, i'm wondering if they are any more worthy of being read than any other paper? >> let's

le scan información.. >>> fred alvarez analista, y gracias por estar con nosotros con esta perspectivauerte dice presidente. una propuesta de ley favorable a los indocumentados. y mientras mil compañías habrían recibido advertencias de que serán inspeccionadas por inmigración. >>> imagínese vivir constantemente bajo amenaza de muerte. es la realidad a la que muchos residentes de monterrey méxico dicen es se han tenido que acostumbrar por culpa de la narcoguerra enrique acevedo nos acompaña con laguna parte de su investigación especial. adelante. >>> el miedo es contagios. los >>>periodist habitantes de monterrey sien tienen miedo de las balas que se acercan a sus casas, sus oficinas, sus calles, las escuelas. pero hay cuento valientemente los enfrentan. esta es la sala de emergencia del hospital universitario de monterrey. todos los días llegan aquí el 70%. de la zona metropolitana. la cifra de víctimas fatales por la narcoguerra. entre las cuales 24 fueron personas sorprendidas en el fuego cruzado. están aquellos que quieren salvar vidas, arriesgando las suyas. >>> alrededor diariamen

and of course fred is at the top of the list. there's a lot of lawyers out there who are just waiting for the next outbreak so that they can try to get a piece of that so they can file a lawsuit. food safety of course is in the news, and when there are outbreaks, those lawyers will bring lawsuits and file claims. in a lot of things that we need to be there on the plaintiff's side of the bar or the defense, and fred talked about this, understanding the pathogen, understanding the scope of any outbreak that may have occurred and understanding the circumstances of the illness. and i am not going to talk about those issues. fred and dressed them and if he's done his job right he has a claim that will be difficult to defend. but what i want to talk about today is the instances an outbreak investigations and litigation where mistakes can be made. just because we hear about an outbreak or if a particular company may be at fault it doesn't necessarily mean that it is. we often see is what is only on the surface, the health department sho

. >> college hoops, byu visiting san diego state, and jimmer fred -- fred --.half, jimmer to the rim. he had 25. san diego state's only lost twice this year, both against byu. >>> let's tee it up. match play championship. i love match play. you against me, not the golf course. you can be five down and recover, but five strokes, that's a different story. bubba watson, five down and eight to play against holmes. bubba was brilliant down the stretch. moves on to the semifinals. luke donald facing matt kuchar. he wins two matches, playing only 27 holes, advances the finals. as for baba, he meant martin okaymer, and kaymer, the new number one in the world with that victory. he will meet luke donald in the finals on sunday. >> this story may be our last for the 49ers before next week's deadline lockout. the celebrity crabfest in union square. they cracking some crab for charity at the 49er foundation. a great time, and watch local celebrities embarrass themselves trying to demonstrate the art of cracking crab. kevin out of san jose state was there in full costume, an

this material, as fred mentioned, a taken largely from my latest book "gray lady down." it's the shortest, and weighing in at 360. i'm going to have to skim the tree tops to meet the time limit. if anybody wants to go into deeper detail in the q & a, please feel free. i'll try to stay out the weeds, so to speak. the issues are race and affirmative action, seven -- second immigration and diversity, and the third the war on terror. these are the three issues in the book that are best presented, also the three issue that is bare on our democratic life in the most important way. if i have time, el get into the affect of the "the times" journalism on the tone and tenor of our culture which is both the seed of our democracy and it's reflection. turning to race and affirmative action, i lead that chapter with a story that former executive editor of the times told about being in philadelphia and mississippi the year of 1966, watching as a group of reporters were standing in a circle with some activist holding hands and singing we shall over come. he felt it was inappropriate and

fred inglis has the story. >> reporter: mark, you know 22- year-old joseph bramela is from saratoga, he played at stanford. first played golf here at pebble beach when he was 15 years old. today bramela shot a 2.65. he was playing here with his old college teammate zack miller. now bramlet became the first african american in 25 years to earn a pga tour card by way of that grueling qualifying school process. he now joins tiger woods as the only black golfer on the pga tour. >> yeah, i just take it as a complement and try to keep doing what i'm doing. >> you really had to fight hard to get your card. that was another thing. a little mark for you in making you feel like i earned this now. >> any time you're up against the ropes and you're able to get through, you lie that in the bank. you feel like you can really do it and you know it's just a reminder that all the hard work is paying off. >> reporter: bramela is four shots back of the leader. this is marino on his approach on the final hole of the day. da points also minus seven. d.a. points was playing with bill murray and still shot

here is nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good wednesday morningre were is 11 upsets in college basketball over the weekend. that trend continued yesterday. we'll start in mississippi. kentucky had their hands full of unranked ole miss. defense led to offense in the second. reginald buckner with a huge block. that went the other way. the lay-up, the foul and this one went down to the wire. kentucky up one. drove along three with a man in his face. rebels took the lead with two seconds left. ole miss held on for a big win, 71-69. >>> number 18 wisconsin, one of those teams upset over the weekend, but they got back on track in 10th ranked purdue. evans gave the badgers a lead. boilermakers needed something late, but they didn't get it. it's evans for the dunk. wisconsin knocked off purdue, 66-59. >>> also an upset in the nba. trailblazers handed the spurs their eighth loss of the season. aldridge was a beast. scored a career high 40. port london beat the best team in the league, 99-86. >>> tom brady won the offensive player of the year award. what do

i'm fred roggin. >>> a grammy recap and who won the battle at the box office.our early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. plus, a reminder of just how dangerous those daring gymnastics re-routines can be along with a very happy ending. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this monday. a rainy forecast in the northwest. cloudy, too, most of the rain. the rain will be on and off most of the morning in san francisco, and it should be okay this afternoon. l.a., increasing clouds. cooler, too, in the west. by the time we get to tuesday, not a lot changes. you kind of got a couple of storm systems we're going to deal with here that are going to move slowly through the west, and this next one will drop further to the south with more rain. tuesday looks wetter than even today does. just be prepared. that weather pattern has definitely changed to a more wet pattern in the west. >>> well, if are you watching us on kpw in oregon, feed heart-shaped treats to the animals on this valentine's day, including tigers, lions, and sea otters at valen

here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning.icago bulls enter the all-star break with a huge statement against the nba's best. here we go to chicago, derek rose put on a show against the spurs. making his way to the back basket time after time. 21 at the half and the bulls were up after the break. he saved his best for last. rose took over the game in the fourth. 13 points in the quarter. finished with a career high 42 and that is no easy task against the spurs. bulls enter the break on a high note, 109-99. >>> mavericks and suns, forget carmelo. steve nash could be traded before the deadline. one guy not going anywhere is dirk know witsky. 35 points and 12 boards. chandler put it away late. follows his own miss with the lay-in. mavs won 13 of 14, knocking off the suns, 112-106. >>> field is set for sunday's daytona 500. dale earnhardt won the pole last weekend. but because he crashed his qualifying car on wednesday, he'll start at the back of the pack. kurt busch and jeff gordon will run one and two.ç >>> detroit had a 2-0 lea

and of course fred is at the top of the list. there's a lot of lawyers out there who are just waiting for the next outbreak so that they can try to get a piece of that so they can file a lawsuit. food safety of course is in the news, and when there are outbreaks, those lawyers will bring lawsuits and file claims. in a lot of things that we need to be there on the plaintiff's side of the bar or the defense, and fred talked about this, understanding the pathogen, understanding the scope of any outbreak that may have occurred and understanding the circumstances of the illness. and i am not going to talk about those issues. fred and dressed them and if he's done his job right he has a claim that will be difficult to defend. but what i want to talk about today is the instances an outbreak investigations and litigation where mistakes can be made. just because we hear about an outbreak or if a particular company may be at fault it doesn't necessarily mean that it is. we often see is what is only on the surface, the health department sho

here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning.-game season can wear any team down. after two emotional games ç against the mavs and magic, the celtics simply run out of gas in charlotte. taking on michael jordan fox, this one was back and forth until the final minutes. gerald henderson up and under with a reverse. charlotte up, 84-81. eduardo nahra added to the lead with a three-pointer. the celts played 44 minutes. but an nba game is 48. bobcats won it. >>> off the turnover, lamar odum in for the dunk. he had a double-double. l.a. up five at the half. to the third, artest got the worst of that, a bloody nose, but stayed in the game. drilled a big three-pointer down the stretch. bring on the celts. lakers won it, 93-84. >>> another game, another loss for the cavs. this time, the mavericks got the free win. the mavs were up by 8. dirk novisitsky isn't always pretty, but he has the alley-oop. cavs never got another shot off. when it rains, it pours, cleveland drops an nba record 21 straight. 99-96. >>> hair raising experience, nugg

here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning.as a weekend of firsts for the clippers blake griffin who played in his first all-star game, won hit first slam dunk contest. yesterday was home in oklahoma for his first game against the thunder. griffin didn't disappoint in front of family and friends. daron davis with the alley. there is griffin with the alley-oop. nifty 360 reverse lay-up. the kid is a human highlight reel. he finished with 28. unfortunately he's all the clippers have got. kevin durant, russell were held many check. jeff green picked up the slack. he had a time high 22 and the thunder won it, 102-88. >>> heat and king. dwyane wade nursing a sore ankle. it looked okay here. tick tack toe to lebron james. wade threw one up without looking and got it. everything going right for the heat. they won 117-97. >>> life after carmelo began for the nuggets. who would do the scoring now that anthony is a knick? how about everybody? six of them scored in double digits. who needs melo? nuggets beat the grizzlies, 120-107. >>> al

here's fred roggin with an early look at your sports headlines. >> last year the cleveland calf leerzhe first team to win 40 games. this season the first team to lose 40. lebron james had a hand in both milestones. drove by everybody in the second. the cavs could not stop lebron or dwyane wade, but nen again, the cavs haven't stopped anybody this year. wade had a game high 34. after losing lebron, you knew cleveland was going to be bad, but not this bad. they dropped 21 straight. 117-90, the heat won. two weeks after saying carmello said he didn't want to play in new jersey, he dropped 27 on them. devon harris, a passing machine. dished out a career high 18 assists. knelts won 115-95. >>> magic and grizzlies pick it up. mike conley. the grizzlies up 98-96. final seconds, magic down three. jason richardson threw one up from somewhere near graceland. returned to center. that's not going to get it done. the grizzlies won it 100-97. >>> college hoops, number 13 louisville, number 14, georgetown. thompson stopped from beyond the ark to give them the three-point lead. last chance for louisv

here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >> good friday morning.ast july orlando magic president smith questioned lebron james' competitiveness. well, that was a mistake. to orlando we go where james came out firing. made his first 11 shots, 23 points after one quarter. the heat were cruising up by 23 at one time. orlando did cut the lead to six. lebron drilled a three in the final minutes. finished with an nba season high 51, and the heat won it 104-100. great finish in los angeles between the lakers and spurs. final seconds. spurs down one. tim duncan for the win. month. antono mcdyess was will to tip in the game winner at the buzzer. spurs escape l.a. with a big 89-88 win. >>> wild scene in boston to start the bruins-stars game. one second after the opening faceoff steve ott and gregory campbell drop the gloves. around and around they went. campbell got the worst of it, and this game was off it a bruising start. we'll try it again. another faceoff. another fight. sean thornton and chris paired off. two fights in two seconds. make that three figh

here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning.re was no doubt that carmelo anthony and darren williams were the marquis players dealt at the trade deadline. but the celts and thunder pulled off a deal that could make the difference post-season. it made a shocking move. they send kendrick perkins and nate robinson to oklahoma. the deal satisfies a need for both teams. the thunder gets bigger in the middle with perkins and celts hope to fill the void by daniels who they sentç to sacramento f a draft pick. the celts could have used anybody against denver. they ended the game on a 16-0 run. they might not have carmelo, but they won both games without him. nuggets won, 89-75. >>> to chicago, heat and bulls, they booed lebron all game and james responded with this huge reverse dunk. that's as good as it gets. heat up by nine during the break. bulls battle in the second. derek rose led the team charge with a team high 26. this went down to the wire. 89-89. rose dish to a wide open luol deng. turned down the heat 93-89. >>> it may only b

the person i felt most badly about was the city councilman, fred -- >> fred samuel. >> fred samuel. he was a wonderful man. he's now dead. i tried to explain it to him and, obviously, he was very nice, but it was a wound. okay. so we closed it. there were riots and sit-ins, and we ultimately prevailed. just a brief episode, the police commander who went in to take repossession of the hospital which was empty except for the sit-ins of people, maybe 15 of them, he -- we had cut off electricity, he opens the door at midnight, and he says, don't be afraid. you know me, i'm so and so. i won't hurt anybody. and the lights were on. and he said, we're going to take you out. and you have to come peacefully. we don't want anybody hurt. this is what he told me happened the next day. and they said, we have to caucus. so they cause caucused. they said, we'll go

here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. carmelo anthony said having a chance to play for the knicks is a dream come true. last night, that dream became a reality. pomp and circumstance as anthony was introduced at madison square garden didn't take long for him to make an impact. garden, his first bucket sent msg into a frenzy. they had plenty to cheer about all game. anthony finished with a dunk and the knicks up two at the break. you can't overlook the importance of chauncey billups. a couple of great moves around the defenders and a lay-up, he had 21. but the night belonged to the brooklyn native, pair of clutch shots down the stretch, the knicks beat the bucs 114-108. new jersey nets took one last jab at carmelo. they stole his thunder pulling off a deal of their own. new jersey acquired point guard deron williams for devon harris, two first round draft picks and cash. arguably the best point guard in the league the nets are hoping williams can be the corner stone of their franchise for years to come. >>> spurs and thund

i'm fred roggin. >>> sandra bullock's ex makes a strange move to rehab his tattered image. early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, she's an example for public servants, for seniors, heck, she's an example for us all. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this tuesday morning. thering forecast in the pacific northwest the mechanics couple of days. temperatures will come crashing down. storm systems still around with some moisture. we're talking snow, even m city. today it's fine down in the southwest. just rainshowers, seattle and portland. cold front will go through. temperatures will drop. then the snow elevations will too. rain changing to snow. especially wednesday night into thursday. may even be muff to have to shovel a little bit. especially many seattle. >>> if are you bauching us on kt uh-huh tv channel 2 in anchorage, alaska, learn about the state through local historical treasures through living our cull tug, sharing our shartage at the anchorage museum. that's your pacific event of the day. >>> now here's a look at this mo

i believe that fred is here. i believe that i saw sally. finally, i never had a chance to meet mrs. rogers. i will not try to be count other people's memories. i am sure that we will have plenty of time for that. but i did hear from everyone that no matter what side of the issue you were in, no one had anything but respect for her passion, commitment to the community. i hear that all the time. the second thing is something that i have heard from the family. something likely said about my grandmother, mother, and other people. her family agreed early on to share her with the community. that was how important the community was to her. i am proud to be associated with a building that will reflect the spirit, energy, and pride that she had in the community. thank you and carry on. [applause] >> earlier i mentioned the wonderful support from the green valley agency. please join me in about coming fred blackwell, the director of the san francisco redevelopment agency. >> thank you, gordon. good morning, everybody. just wanted to make a couple of acknowledgements the fourth saying a few wo

i'm fred roggin. >>> coming up, she hasn't, she has, she hasn't.icole kidman's latest admission on plastic surgery. your entertainment headlines are straight ahead. to most, this missouri scene represents mother nature's misery, but to one man, it's actually a chance to live a dream. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. we don't have any rain or snow to talk about, but for the most part just cold air continuing to move through the rockies. temperatures today, even with sunshine in new mexico, arizona, and utah, very cold. las vegas today only 50 degrees. bitterly chilly windchills this morning. little rain is going to move into washington state. looks like over the next two days. even as we go through friday the chance of rain in the forecast, mostly from seattle northward. you look okay from medford down to the california coast. watching us on knbc, nbc 4, l.a., california, see an exhibition of contemporary photographs from california's first black founded town, al lensworth, a place, a people, a story. at the california african-americ

here's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. listen, do you hear that? can you hear it? that is the sound of hell freezing over. the 9-46 cleveland cavs worst team in the nba, a team that has lost 26 straight, a team the lakers beat by 55 last month, that same cavalier team beat the defending champs last night in cleveland. lakers made sessions look like an all-star, came off the bench to score a season high 32. jj hickson with the dagger late in the fourth, the dunk, follow, cavs pulled off the upset. lakers have dropped three straight. chris bosh returned to toronto for the first time since returning to the heat. he was booed every time he touched the ball. didn't bother him. he scored 25 against his former team. miami's big three combined for 76. heat cruise 103-95. >>> to boston, celts and nets tied going into the fourth and then the celts went on a tear. outscored new jersey by 14 in the quarter. paul pierce led everybody with 31. boston heads into the all-star break with the west record in the east with a 94-80 win. knicks

here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning.rguably, the best rivalry in any sport, duke versus north carolina has lost some of its luster over the last few years, but last night, it lived up to the billing. the tar heels jumped out to an early lead. john hanson, a ridiculous up and under move and north carolina led by 14 at the half. but the blue devils and ranked number five in the conry for nothing. smith sparked a comeback. career high 34. duke survived, 79-73. >>> classic big east matchup number 11 georgetown, 13th ranked syracuse. thompson tied it with a three. off the turnover, chris wright found freeman for the lead. georgetown won, 64-56. >>> rutgers pulled off the win against number 10 villanova. final seconds down three. >> john nan mitchell fouled with less than a second to play. then a free throw for the win and rutgers stunned nova, 77-76. >>> to the guys who get paid to play, knickers and clippers, new york's down 20 and rallied in the fourth. stoudamire cut the lead to three. that's as close as they would get. ra

i'm fred roggin.ç >> narrator: "early today" sports is brought to you by ice blue aqua velva. get it. >>> so how does a movie about alien teens hiding out on earth fran evil race do at the box office this weekend? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. plus these items may not look like it, but they're signs and symbols of women fighting for their weekend equality. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this monday. a holiday for a lot of people for work and for cools. if you do have to go out on the roads, no issues many the west. a little light rain around eureka. cloudy through much of the west. it is a cool morning. make sure you wear the winter clothes. by the time tuesday rolls around, still chilly, but at least the sun will return to much of california and arizona. in nevada we should be all right. 58 in vegas. up in the pacific northwest, we'll take our next little storm system moving in with some rain. temperatures there 43 in seattle and 46 for you in portland. >>> well, if if you are watching us on k-5 news in seattle, washington,

i'm fred roggin. >>> well, don't miss the latest head-shaking charlie sheen news.r early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. sflimplgts plus, the mystery of the heart. in vermont. you're watching "early today." zarchlgts welcome back. it's an umbrella day. maybe you even need two of of them up in northern oregon and the coastline of northern california. the reason i say that, it's pretty windy out there too. now, as far as seattle goes, could even get a stray thunderstorm with some of the instability moving in. cooler temperatures than yesterday. we stayed dry from l.a. to phoenix, but along the coastline, you may get drizzle every now and then, and that same forecast holds true for wednesday. some significant rain events. some getting as much as four inches in northern california. sdmrimplgts well, if you are watching us on khnl news now it's honolulu, hawaii. visit members of an endangered seal species that can only be found in the aloha state. the monk seal habitat. that's your pacific event of the day. see, i didn't even know that. >> good excus

i'm fred roggin. >> narrator: "early today" sports is brought to you by touch of gray. rid of some gray, never all. >>> an oscar recap and an upset at the box office. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, forget the oscars. 99.9% of americans love bacon. this weekend in iowa they celebrated bacon as food and an art form. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. we have another storm moving in. it's going to be an active week. one storm coming in now and another one wednesday into thursday. portland and seattle dealing with rain this morning and snow down at the pretty low elevations too, so it's chilly. as we go into tuesday, tomorrow, more or less showery type weather. the heavier stuff will come in tuesday night with strong winds on the coast, too. >>> well, if are you watching us on kntv nbc 11 california bay area, you have a wide variety of animal species, including giraffes, gazelles, and even vultures at the african savannah at the oakland zoo. that's your pacific event of the day, veronica. >> very nice. i can't believe

here is nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good friday morning.they knock on the lakers this year, they cannot beat an elite team. the team silenced the critics with a win over the best team in the east. ray allen drilled a three pointer, breaking the all-time record by reggie miller of three-pointers made. the celebration was on, but the lakers crash today party. rally from 15 down to take the lead in the third and pulled away in the fourth. five lakers scored in double digits. coby led the way. they beat the celts 92-86. they play the knicks tonight. >>> chauncey billups, stopped and popped to the win. nothing but the bottom of the net. carmelo anthony had 42. nuggets won it, 121-120. >>> the big news in the nba came out of utah where the jazz coach jerry sloan unexpectedly resigned. the hall of famer stepped down after a remarkable 26 seasons with them, 23 of them as head ç coach. at 69, sloan said he just didn't have the energy to coach any more. college hoops number 9 uconn got a test and they failed. booth threw one up from around half-cour

i'm fred roggin. >>> couples busting up and kim ç kardashian gets kicked off stage.early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, the black hawk helicopter is a powerful fighting machine. we'll tell you how one got taken over temporarily by kids. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. a cool start. a beautiful day. leave the umbrellas at home and bring the sun zass almost everywhere in the west. from idaho northward to washington state, through oregon, down through california, nevada. sunshine temperatures will be typical for this time of year in your area. then as we head to thursday, we continue the great weather trend. you look at 54 in medford. 49 in seattle. sacramento is looking good through the end of the week. if you are watching us in honolulu, hawaii, learn about hawaii's volcanos and see an xwigt demonstration of rock and cinder being melted to create lava at meet me at the hotspot at the bishop museuming, and that's your pacific event of the day, lynn. >> bill, thank you. >>> here's an early look at this morning's headlines

here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning.yane wade scored a franchise record tying 31 points in the first half against the pacers, and the heat needed every single one of them. wade came out of the game flying. 16 points in the first five memberships. in the giving mood, lebron james. the dolphins could use an arm like that. miami was up by as many as 24. but the pacers rallied in the fourth. if at first you don't succeed, keep trying. after four missed shots, danny granger tied the game 79-79. they couldn't get over the hump. dwayne ahead of the pack with the dunk. finished at 41. miami went on to win, 110-103. >>> jordan and pipin played for the bulls. they were on hand. they gave chicago fans reason to cheer way game high 24. buldz won 106-94. >>> in phoenix, steve nash had 14 are a cysts against the jazz. he can also shoot. drilling that three-pointer in the final minutes to give phoenix the lead. last chance for the jazz, but look who came up with the steal. it's nash. he did it all and the suns win it, 103-102. >>> 6ers

ktvu's fred is live on the phone from arizona. fred, giants off to a good start yesterday. how is it looking this morning? >> reporter: we're just pulling in, it's a little cloudy here. we got spoiled and we've been here since wednesday and it's been absolutely perfect weather for baseball. now they're talking about a little potential rain, even rate later this afternoon. but if it's just -- absolutely gorgeous with it's an after glow of the celebration of the world's series of last year. and the optimism for this year with the giants. the a's were there, just an absolute calm relaxed mood but the giants yesterday opened up their exhibition season against the diamondbacks. had a little trouble, the first inning, and gave up three runs in the first inning on four hits but the giants as usual come back and win the game against the d-backs. thanks to a couple guys who are -- north part of world series last year. miguel tejada and mark derosa came up to -- with some key hits yesterday and win on 7-6. great game! >> talk about the sense among the players -- are they still talkin

. >>> 51-year-old fred couples playing at his favorite course.e top of the leaderboard. >>> time now for the friday night top 5. bingo. yes, beaver fever. in at number 5 playing. guess what, never any hair moving throughout the game. but not everybody has bieber fever. he was named mvp. never say never. that's a song, i think. isn't it? >> did you like that one? i can't believe i did it. number 2, back to riviera for the shot of the day. keeping the putter in the back after the approach. 4 shots behind fred couples. how about that. john wall bouncing the lob to blake griffin. 22 assists as the rookies beat the sophomores 148-140. never say never. more news coming up right after the break. ,,,, rocket scientists! you gave us the space age... but your savings accounts are stuck in the stone age! earn more commodore with interestplus savings at capitalone.com. that's new school banking, baby! [ laughs ] instead of earning zilch, your savings will be earning three times the national average. three times more? roger that! go online and sign up at capi

. >>> 51-year-old fred couples playing at his favorite course.e is at the top of the leaderboard. >>> time now for the friday night top 5. bingo. yes, beaver fever. in at number 5 playing. guess what, never any hair moving throughout the game. but not everybody has bieber fever. he was named mvp. never say never. that's a song, i think. isn't it? >> did you like that one? i can't believe i did it. number 2, back to riviera for the shot of the day. keeping the putter in the back after the approach. 4 shots behind fred couples. how about that. john wall bouncing the lob to blake griffin. 22 assists as the rookies beat , the next generation of television service? at&t u-verse tv. tv like you've never seen before at a really great price. go now to the website below and get u-verse tv starting at just $29 a month for six months, dvr included. or get up to $300 in a promotion card with a qualifying u-verse bundle. u-verse tv lets you record and play back your favorite shows in any room. and you can record up to four shows at once on a single dvr. you c

fred couples could only watch as his lead disappeared.died four holes and shot a 67 to get the 10 under par. take a one shot lead. still, that lead just down to 1. hang with the young guys. i like to see that. >> we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,, never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles compared to what a cancer patient goes through is a walk in the park. from the moment i registered, people started immediately supporting me and asking me how they could help. you meet the most wonderful, inspiring people. when you accomplish those 60 miles, it's truly life-changing. (man) register today for the... and receive $25 off your registration fee. because everyone deserves a lifetime. >>> kayakers in england snapped a picture of the british lockness monster. a young couple was paddling their boat when they found a giant snake. look, lawrence, look. when they got closer, it looked different. it wasn't any animal they have seen. that's when the couple took this picture. the past five years, eight sightings of the a

fred with public resentments against the ruling class is growing in the middle east have made bloody attacks on demonstrators as the region plunges into chaos as opposition leader was badly injured when police dispersed an anti-government rally and in libya at least fifteen people were killed on saturday when security forces opened fire on mourners attending a funeral procession for anti government activists it brings the total death toll to almost one hundred also one protester was shot dead in yemen discovered on sunday i will police open fire on a march of thousands of demonstrators and takes out of it marks the ninth consecutive day all protests in yemen volunteers also continued in bahrain to was armored vehicles and troops return to the streets of the capital for a report suggesting riot police which were behind brutal crackdowns of protesters used supplies made by british companies to clear a young girl in protest human rights activist bonnie pace said something to say about that he says the u.k. is being reckless. we can see across the middle east that the government is selli

fred we're still to come this hour a wizard's unlikely resting place. might make a bargain roadie. visit the set with a tree where harry potter himself indeed is buried along with william shakespeare find out how their graves ended up in israel in just a few months. and russia's witnessing a crackdown on organized crime and the police cover up has been revealed behind brutal murders but some fear the corrupt officials might still get away. from the public resentment against the ruling classes is growing in the wider middle east a bit bloody attacks on demonstrators as the region plunges into chaos at least fifteen people have been killed in libya as security forces opened fire on nearly as attending the funeral procession for anti-government activists that brings the total death toll to the most one hundred and one protester was shot dead in yemen's capital sanaa when police opened fire on a march of thousands of demonstrators saturday marks the ninth consecutive day of protests in yemen trouble too in bahrain the trouble continuing vehicles and troops moving away from the center o

saying the territory belongs to japan well to discuss this further i'm now joined in the studio by fred we are he's a reporter for the christian science monitor here in moscow. and became russia's territory following the second world war as i just said why is washington revising history and the outcome essentially of world war two well nobody is doing anything new right now they're repeating the same tired old arguments that have been embedded in this dispute since the end of world war two it does seem to go after world war two there were a lot of territory a lot just what's most of them are no longer controversial this is practically the only one left and it seems to be because there are some legal ambiguity in the case . so those four islands. i don't i'm not qualified to sort them out for you but they they certainly have been recognised the soviet union in one thousand nine hundred fifty six. did meet with the japanese and they actually agreed on a compromise that two of the islands would be returned to japan and that remains the benchmark that remains the way that this issue could p

a correspondent katrina czar of the bring you up to date on what we know so far tonight fred we is from the christian science monitor he told us it's common practice for terrorists to target tourist resorts. it fits a pattern all over the world where people terrorists who want to damage a country's economy they attack tourists because when the word of that spreads of people stop coming hotels close down all those service all those all that money that comes in with tourism stops that the reason the amount of damage that they can do president medvedev recently did announce. a multi-billion dollar project to build ski resorts and hotels throughout that region along was very magnificent mountain peaks in order to encourage tourism well this is exactly the sort of thing that will deeply discouraging fred where there are still to come in the program a wizards are likely resting place. a parent might make up for general the verity this summer tree where harry potter himself is buried alongside william shakespeare find out how their graves ended up in israel be just a few minutes time. russia's

fred friendly seminars presents "ethics in america." this hour, "a better brain: the ethics of neuro-enhancement." announcer #2: funding for this program is provided by annenberg media. announcer: "ethics in america" is a presentation of the fred friendly seminars at the columbia university graduate school of journalism. welcome, everybody, to this very special science assembly here at albert einstein high school. we've invited some people who have done studies and work on the brain, to present to us here and to tell us about some of the exciting things that haven gone on in the world of medicine. a graduate of albert einstein high school who now works for a company called hope pharmaceuticals has come to deliver some remarks about the project she's working on. it's a drug called "alerta" that hope has developed. alerta is a drug that allows you to go without sleep for long periods of time. but a woman in the back row is sitting and listening to this graduate-- her name is maria-- and she hears alerta and a light goes off in her brain.

and for more on boris yeltsin's legacy let's now talk to fred we're journalists and russian affairs expert although you lived and worked in russia and the one nine hundred ninety s. what was it like to be a foreign journalist under yeltsin's leadership. it was a very turbulent time and as your package just showed we had. any number of really serious crises i remember nine hundred ninety two for example the year the first year after the collapse of the soviet union it was a time of hyperinflation. extreme political turmoil that the political system that yeltsin inherited was unstable and. he himself his his personality i think it has to be said contributed to the confrontation that developed between him and the parliament which was a freely elected parliament the last one that russia elected in the soviet times. it was the parliament that vaulted yeltsin into the presidency but he found it very difficult to share power. and that led to the things you didn't see. on the screen you saw you saw yeltsin in the night tonight the one crisis where he got up at a tank in addressed that was the time

fred friendly seminars is solely responsible for its content. >> i have been a cable car grip for 21 years. i am a third generation. my grand farther and my dad worked over in green division for 27. i guess you could say it's blood. >> come on in. have a seat. hold on. i like it because i am standing up. i am outside without a roof over my head and i see all kinds of people. >> you catch up to people you know from the past. you know. went to school with. people that you work with at other jobs. military or something. kind of weird. it's a small word, you be. like i said, what do people do when they come to san francisco? they ride a cable car. >> california line starts in the financial district. people are coming down knobbhill. the cable car picks people up. takes them to work. >> there still is no other device to conquer these hills better than a cable car. nobody wanted to live up here because you had to climb up here. with the invention of the cable car, these hills became accessible. he watched horses be dragged to death. cable cars were invent in san francisco to solve the prob

let me get a couple more questions and then answer fred. anyone else want to ask a question?>> henry. henry is required to ask a question. it is in the city charter. [laughter] >> you did nasa question which i think is very important which constitutes rule 18i in our rules, and that question is is it good for the jewish? [laughter] no one spoke about that and that is the anti-israel side. i would just like to hear what you think. >> since we have two non-jewish here i'm sure they will have interesting answers, but we are coming to the end of the evening. why don't i give each of you gentlemen a few minutes to just sort of wrap up and give us your thoughts and then we will let people go home and get dinner. go ahead, it. i'm sorry. i thought you were handing the microphone to other people. >> i have two very quick questions. i am edward hoffman, i am fred's -- i wish this would have been entitled if the times were still reading. two things. what about philosophy? you asked if people give up their "times" subscription. i did as a result of what i thought was disgraceful reporti

but you've got this kind of live from moscow we're going to discuss this issue further with fred we are from the christian science monitor he joins us in the studio the foreign minister said that russia is ready to work on a peace treaty but with no preconditions do you think japan will agree to that. well look this is this is really the last loose in from world war two it's been simmering on the back burner for well over sixty years now and it's pretty hard to understand why it's flaring up right now i really cannot. see the specific reasons the thing in the picture basic picture is changed. so it may have something to do with things we don't know a book like that may be natural resources or or things that. japan has it has taken an interest in extending its economic zone and that's why they want the islands now or maybe that russia has reasons we don't know about but otherwise the basic issue was settled in one thousand nine hundred fifty six which there were there was a deal struck which was never followed through on under which the two will sell denials would be given back to japan

the appellant and the first the appeale isdwin hardy, and the second appeal is is antonio massa and fred bullock. the substance of both the appeals is an order for a tree removal permit of two trees. >> we will start with mr. harding or his representative and you have seven minutes. please step forward. -- we will start with mr. hardy. >> good evening, commissioners, i am ed hardy. i am appealing the agreement which allows for the removal of two trees to the south of me. last friday morning, the day after i delivered the reply, i went to the street outside of my house and moved it across the street for street cleaning and discovered a heavy gauge nail in my tire. this appeal is not intended as a fight with a neighbor. we encourage and support his request for a new garage. we are seeking a win-win situation. the bureau of urban forestry previously denied the request to remove the trees. and we request a compromise which allows him to build his garage and for the neighborhood to retain both trees plus an additional parking place. a well-known architect through careful study has jointly con

guest: just herself and fred noonan. c-span: what was her relationship to fred noonan? guest: just good friends. no relationship. c-span: and when they took off, 27,000-mile trip, how many stops did they make before the crucial last flight? guest: i have to tell you the truth, i've never counted them. c-span: roughly, though. would you -- is 10 or 15 -- stops? guest: oh, yeah. fifteen, probably. c-span: going which -- where were their first stops out of miami? which way would they go? guest: their -- their first -- their first stop was--was san juan, puerto rico. c-span: and then... guest: then they went down to south america; venezuela, natal and then across the -- across to africa. and then they flew across africa and then they flew -- flew... c-span: pakistan. guest: pakistan and... c-span: yeah. guest: all those countries whose... c-span: india. i'm looking at it right now. guest: and india. c-span: it's -- but eventually, the last flight, where did it -- where did they leave from when -- when the plane went down? guest: oh, i'm sorry. lae, new guinea. c-span: lae,

for fred the american dream was quite real. he imgreated from ethiopia 30 years ago working up in the parking business. >> i was a cash year and valet attendant everything. i said it's time to do this. i can do this myself. >> he manages three garages for the city. when the transportation agency or mta announced a new open and fair process he saw a chance to take his business to the next level. >> i bid. yes. i bid. it was -- . >> you won? >> completely. fair and square. >> kelly partnered with a canadian company and won the contract to manage six of the city's most-profitable garages including civic center and golden gateway. but behind closed doors the wheeling and dealing was about to begin. >> the companies who did not like the outcome were able to influence people in the city to give this thing reverse or reject it and that is what happened. >> the claim the kellys attorneys filed allege unfair business practices retaliation, intentional interference with contractal relationships and more. at the center of the controversy,