>> hey, it's fred. >> who or what is fred?> fred is -- i think he might be the number one subscribed channel on youtube or close to it. >> close to it is right. previously in first place, the fred channel moved to the second most subscribed channel on youtube in 2009 with more than one million subscribers. >> oh, my god! >> fred is sort of an internet phenomenon. >> but with a following that size, who are the brains behind the operation? comedy sketch group in new york? >> oh, yeah, yeah. >> a major entertainment company in hollywood? >> uh, no. >> how about a teenager in rural nebraska? >> oh, my god! it's cold! >> if you guessed the teen, you're right. fred is the brainchild of a 16-year-old boy named lucas cruikshank. the fourth of eight kids, lucas has been coming up with funny characters as long as he can remember. >> i was always like making random characters and sketch videos with my family with my mom's camera. >> but after receiving a camera of his own at 13, lucas unknowingly took his sketch comedy videos over to a w

fred l. shuttlesworth. can i just stand here and say that i knew him, and can i say as well, i had the privilege of following way behind john lewis' footsteps in working in the southern christian leadership conference, at the time when reverend dr. abernathy was alive, and certainly fred shuttlesworth was still on the battlefield in places arn the nation. i want to say to his children and his wife and all his great legacy in alabama, that he has given birth to much this picture depicts a monumental statement, both of his status as an american and patriot, both of what he cree aited, whether it was a young senator to be president, president barack obama, pushing this icon's wheelchair, as we commemorated the legacy of john lewis, and that is the crossing of the edmund pettus bridge, the time when those who spoke loudly on behalf of those who could not speak, were brutalized and beat ton unconsciousness, simply for the right to vote. fred shuttlesworth was known as a man that did not run away from danger. fre

i want to give a personal thanks to fred backwell. fred, take a bow, fred. fred blackwell and malia cohen and so many other wonderful people who have really been leading this effort to revitalize the whole of bayview hunters point and third street but i know fred's heart has been in this from day one. i've watched him. i've worked with him. and i know that he's gone through every emotion in life to bring revitalization and hope in this neighborhood and now on the eve of his so many successes going on and we shared some tears with him a few weeks ago when we announced the alice griffin from neighborhood choice program. we knew that that, along with college track, and his droction droction -- direction in getting this building and his leadership not only in redevelopment -- work with our school district, working with city college, working with san francisco state university, working with the private sector. he's crowning so many things before he leaves to be the deputy city administrator in oakland. i want to thank you, fred, for all your wonderful leadership

. >> fred? >> athena jones, thanks so much, the mall on washington. >> among the crowd there, martin luther king iii, he was there at the rally. before he took off for washington, i spoke with him as well as his sister, reverend bernice king. they drew parallels between the occupy movement and the civil rights movement. >> certainly, we have to applaud young people. number one, because the modern civil rights movement was basically young folk. >> so you see some real parallels between the civil rights movement that your dad and many others, foot soldiers, were involved in. you see the parallels with the "occupy wall street"? >> i certainly see that a movement could evolve from what they are doing. and my prayer is that it always stays nonviolent. if it reverts to violence, that would be terrible but i don't see that happening. >> at the root of both movements, we are talking the frustration of economic disparities, do you think that when you see some of the young people and people of all ages, n

fred blackwell, ladies and gentlemen. i think relentless capacity to achieve greatness is a very profound and fitting phrase to describe my friend. those of you that know the history of san francisco know that the redevelopment agency has an interesting and sordid past, one of which that has disrupted many communities, particularly the african- american community. and just for a moment, i want to acknowledge the man, not the agency, but a man that has tried to reinvent and recommit and bring to life the true spirit, that of which the redevelopment agency was created for. fred blackwell has played an integral role in the into -- implementation of a number of development projects, many of which have touched all of our district. in particular, the southeast part of sand francisco. it is under mr. blackwell's leadership that the redevelopment agency undertook a number of affordable housing projects, and i think that we would all agree that affordable housing is a paramount issue here in the city and county of san francisco. h

davis -- redskins find beck, completes it to fred davis. on the play beck follows through and dings his thumb on a helmet. it obviously boyered him, but he stayed in the game. -- bothered him, but he stayed in. a few plays later beck gets wiped out, one of nine sacks on the day matching a team record. the field goal attempt was blocked on the very same play. fitzpatrick picked off by london fletcher to end the threat. 38 seconds left in the half, fitzpatrick threw a pass to fred jackson, turns it into something big, 45-yard gain to set up a 44-yard field goal. bills led 13-0 at the break. first a lift 2nd half jackson on the ground, first through a big hole, then 43 yards in jackson with 120 yards for the game. six plays later fitzpatrick on 3rd and 1 finds scott chandler who beats london fletcher this time for a 15-yard score, more on that later. bills cruising up 20-0. the pass picked off by george wilson, his fourth of the year. he gets up and returns it to midfield. the redskins next possession, beck going for broke to donte stallworth.

>> well, these are supposed to be attached, fred. the whole idea of this rally, they were going to have it a day before the dedication back in august. of course the dedication had to be pushed off because of hurricane irene. the idea here is to honor dr. king's legacy. he was partly about, of course, fighting for economic justice. this is about keeping pressure on congress and on the white house to do something on jobs. we've seen the crowd grow quite a bit in the last hour or so. we've heard from a lot of the unions here, other organizations, like naacp, aclu, national organization of women and other groups. we haven't yet heard from the reverend al sharpton expected to take the stage in a little while. i spoke with him earlier today and asked him about his message for today. let's listen to what he had to say. >> i will be saying today that we are going to branch from here and 25 cities we'll have a national march on jobs and justice. we are going to -- if we do not see a jobs bill by dr. king's birthday in january, we're going to

joining us from shalit's home found, fred pleitgen. fred, what's happening right now?e, is that, as you mentioned, gilad shalit is now in the hands of the israeli defense forces. he's goings to be brought to an israeli military base where he's going to meet the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu as well as his family. his father and mother left his hometown early this morning, then helicoptered into this air base in central israel. also what's going to happen is he's going to receive some medical checks. then in about, i would say one and a half, maybe two hours, we're expected shalit will make it back here to his hometown. certainly a lot going on. the people here in his hometown absolutely elated that he is coming back. there were some concerns in israel about whether or not the price that's being paid for his release might have been too high. however, none of that concern, of course, showing here in gilad shalit's hometown. i spoke to one person who was a supporter of gilad shalit who kept his polite in the media. let's hear what this person had to say when h

only one problem the administration wasn't on board with that, fred. they said they were concerned there would be distractions for students, might damage the campus and said initially protesters wouldn't be welcome. row testers when they started marching here, a mile long march through seattle's busy streets they weren't sure of the reception they would be given and so far the administration has said as long as they keep the house in order, don't wear out their welcome they can stay. they may be here for the long haul, they said so far police, unlike some of the other cities you mentioned, have not come, tried to arrest them, make them move. that of course could change, fred. >> how do the protesters say they're not going to wear out the welcome mat, how will they respect the limitations of their protests? >> it was pretty amazing when i followed them on this march throughout the seattle city streets, police helped warden off traffic and make sure that they were able to go up some of the very busy streets. as soon as they got here they had porta poties

fred will continue in a more advisory role until everything is transitioned over.t given the complexity of our financial program, the largeness of the project -- and fred is recommending this, as you know from the letter in your packet -- we consider sara as our next chief financial officer. she has taken a number of classes at uc-berkeley, educated herself on anything and everything having to do with governmental accounting standards. she is on track to receive for certification, which is very difficult to get. it is like passing the bar or getting your cpa certification. i would like to ask sara to come up and say a few words to the board. >> thank you. actually, i would like to thank maria and fred for giving me the opportunity to take on additional duties throughout the years, and interest to me with increased responsibilities. i would like to thank the staff for helping to manage the peninsula as possibilities. i will let thwould like to thane commission for considering this today. it has been an honor to watch the tjpa come from certifying the eir, one of

here is nbc's fred roggin. >> good morning. an incredibly sad and tragic news from yesterday's indy car race. driver dan wheldon crashed. he was one of several cars that hit the wall and burst into flames. the two-time indy champion died with his wife and children by his side. we'll have more on this tragedy coming up in sports. >> thank you, fred. >>> in a sign that the occupied wall street protesters are in it for the long haul, close to $300,000 in cash has been donated. they also have a storage space filled with donated supplies for those camped out in lower manhattan. >>> in chicago, at least 175 people were arrested as they joined the demonstrations against corporate greed, bank bailoutes and high unemployment. >>> meanwhile, the movement has spread from lower manhattan to cities around the world. in germany, activists have been camped out in front of the central european bank in front further and rome has been cleaning up its streets after protests turned violent. cars were torched and bank windows were smashed. dozens w

listen to this, fred.y romney doesn't want to be in a setting with social and economic conservatives. i pressed him and said, hey, mitt romney has gone to large gatherings of social conservatives before. two weeks ago he was at the values voters summit. steve sheffler said, it's not iowa. if he wants to win the caucus or general election in iowa, he will need to come here and have face time with these evangelical christians, about 1,000 of which will be at this event. >> are his folks commenting about faith and freedom coalition, talk about christians and his faith as a mormon has become a lightning rod in some circles and perhaps that has a lot to do with his not being there. >> you're absolutely right. it has become a lightning rod. his campaign is largely mum on why they are not attending this event. in fairness he has been to these kinds of large gathers of social conservatives before but they are not talking about why he is coming to this. some people are speculating that mitt romney is going after ec

take fred goodwin who ran the royal bank of scott lapped. he was at the heart of the banking crisis. compare him to sir john rose, former chief jutive of rolls royce, a great british business leader. [applause] creating wealth and keeping jobs in this couptry, the true face of british business, the vast majority of our businesses that have the right values and do the right thing. rooted in their communities committed to their workforce and creating real lasting value. but at the time of the financial crisis fred goodwin was paid over three times more than sir john rose. i tell you something, conference, fred goodwin shouldn't have gotten that salary and i'll tell you something else, we shouldn't have given sir fred goodwin that nighthood either. [applause] you know what your values are. you believe in looking out for each other. you believe we are stronger together, weaker on our own. but we have allowed values which say take what you can. i'm in it for myself, to create a britain that is too unequal. the people at the top taking unjustified

>> we're ready, fred. going to talk about batman, the cape crusader and how he got hung up and in legal trouble. we'll have much more from our legal guys straight ahead, richard and avery. [ gong ] strawberry banana! [ male announcer ] for a smoothie with real fruit plus veggie nutrition new v8 v-fusion smoothie. could've had a v8. >>> we're having conversations here. we're going to talk about lots. lawyers for michael jackson's personal doctor are presenting their case to the jury, and our legal guys are back to talk about that. avery friedman in washington and richard herman right here in the studio just in time for halloween weekend. all right, gentlemen. really a tough testimony this week may have changed things. the dynamics of the sentiment for the jurors, right, richard? >> my, has the worm turned in the conrad murray case. >> how do you see it? >> everybody was ranting and raving how great the prosecutors were like in the casey anthony case. all of a sudden the defense case begins. friday we saw th

let's move onto michael jackson. >> one quick thing, fred. fred, she's going to have to give them a an alibi for that night. she's never provided an alibi. if she wants this conviction thrown out, she's going to have to give a credible alibi. >> let's move to the michael jackson conrad murray case now. avery, in your opinion, what was the one thing the defense or prosecution really nailed this week to set the tone for week two? >> well, clearly mr. alvarez testimony, logistics director, he's a security guard, basically saying at the time or shortly after the death, conrad murray ordered him and assisted him in cleaning up the medications. he's not a cleanup crew, he's a doctor. the other thing was the theatrical effort to perform cpr. the guy is a cardiologist, fredricka, and he had no idea what he was doing. those two elements will resonate in the jury. it's going to be difficult to neutralize that. >> richard. >> fred, alvarez's credibility was shot and impeached concerning the position of the body. he said the body was on the floor. when t

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here's nbc's fred rogan. >> good morning. incredibly sad and tragic news. dan wheldon died after suffering injuries in a multi-car accident. wheldon went airborne and was one of several cars that hit the wall. he was air lifted to a hospital. he died with his wife and two children by his side. dan wheldon was 33 years old. we'll have much more on this tragic accident coming up in sports. for now, veronica, back to you. >> thank you, fred. >>> a sign that the occupy wall street protesters are in it for the long haul. close to $300,000 in cash has been donated. they also have a storage space filled with donated supplies for those camped out in lower manhattan. in chicago this weekend, at least 175 people were arrested as they joined the demonstrations against corporate greed, bank bailouts, and high unemployment. >>> meanwhile, the movement has spread from lower manhattan to cities around the world. in germany, activists have been camped out in front of the european central bank in frankfurt. and rome has been cleaning. its streets after protests became viole

. >> derrick mason saying hi to to fred. fred. at bank of america, we're lending and investing in the people and communities who call baltimore home. from funding to help a local business expand their operations... to financing for an organization which provides affordable housing for artists... and partnering with a local hospital to help expand patient care. because the more we do in baltimore, the more we help make opportunity possible. >> from the susquehanna bank sports center, this is a love and sports. >> i am pete gilbert, getting ready for the ravens and the jets. there we have derrick mayes said. lots of hugs. and this is a familiar affair. there are 74 morso many former ravens that play with the jets. one of the guys that derek had the chance to tutor and the off season was tory smith. we looked at what he did last week. incredible with his three touchdown performance. a breakout game, one of the greatest for our rookie and a history of the nfl. tory got a lot of attention. how is he handling all of that getting ready f

hammers joins us with the latest. >> reporter: this is bumming me out, fred.ig showdown for the simpsons. as a huge fan, this isn't the way this show should end. it's been more than a quarter of a century that this show has been on tv. the actors who voiced the key characters are in a big battle with the studio, 25th fox over cost of production, the studio said that it needs the actors to take a major pay cut in order for it continue. 23 seasons in, the simpsons is as creatively vibrant as ever and beloved by millions around the world. we believe that this brilliant series can and should continue, but we can't produce future seasons under its financial model. daily beast is reporting that the actors make around $8 million a season each to voice their characters. fox wants them to take a 45% pay cut. i'm going to start up a collection, because we can't let this happen. >> okay, you were on the set of "dancing with the stars" and the couple that was eliminated. they find that decision balas fennelous. what happened? >> it's been really fun for me sitting in the

shawn greene took out referee fred brian. fortunately, he popped right back up. in fact, he was chuckling about it afterwards. the jets win a laugher, 24-6. >>> one last nfl note. broncos traded brandon lloyd to the rams for a sixth round pick. lloyd expected to play sunday against the cowboys. the nfl trade deadline, today. >>> hockey, the winnipeg jets picked up their first franchise win and kyle wellwood gave the fans reason to cheer. just eight seconds into the game, that goal nearly blew the roof off the building and the jets were on top 1-0 over the penguins. after a 15-year absence, the winnipeg jets get their first win, 2-1. >>> now to tampa bay, florida. bragging rights on the line between the panthers and the lightning. chris versteg scored his first goal of the year to give them the lead. they win 6-4. >>> finally, the avalanche are the surprise team of the young season, picked up another win with an overtime win over the maple leafs. david jones scored the game-winner. colorado a perfect 5-0 on the road after a 3-2 win. that's your early look at sport

you mentioned that earlier, fred. a train that had originated in chicago gotstranded, got blocked by mudslide, rock slide, as well as falling trees in massachusetts. passengers were stranded aboard that train for about 14 hours. fortunately for them, they had power, they had lights, they had food. everything. but they had to wait for several hours for buses to pick them up and carry them on to boston. their final destination. overall, not a good weekend for travel, fred. >> no. very miserable. susan candiotti, nathanks so mu and chad before you, susan. let's check with in jacqui jeras in the weather center. what kind of accumulation are we talking about? >> it was a biggie for a lot of people. record breaking snowfall. some of the records were just a couple inches and a few of those records were a couple of feet. as we take a look at this map here on google earth, it really shows you who got the snow and who didn't and where the heaviest snow accumulation corridor was from new hampshire, vermont, stretching all the wa

fred, back to you. >> thanks so much, wolf.e of wolf's blog by going to the situationroom.blogs.cnn.com. back in the "newsroom" in just a few seconds. >>> cnn brings you politics each sunday. during this hour we're bringing you the 2012 presidential contenders in their own words. this week, jon huntsman will unveil his energy policy in new hampshire where he's already held 80 events in that state. at a town hall meeting today, he explained why he supports a proposed pipeline from canada to the gulf of mexico. >> i believe in steps toward energy independence in this country. i understand there are some complexities associated with the pipeline. maybe on the environmental side that people are not comfortable with. i say it isn't a perfect outcome, but i'll tell you what i hate the worst in that. i hate the idea that this country transfers $300 billion a year to countries that are dangerous and unpredictable because we can't get our own energy independence. and as we take steps toward energy independence, i think we're going to so

fred, back to you. >> thanks so much, wolf.olf's blog by going to the situationroom.blogs.cnn.com. back in the "newsroom" in just a few seconds. look, every day we're using more and more energy. the world needs more energy. where's it going to come from? ♪ that's why right here, in australia, chevron is building one of the biggest natural gas projects in the world. enough power for a city the size of singapore for 50 years. what's it going to do to the planet? natural gas is the cleanest conventional fuel there is. we've got to be smart about this. it's a smart way to go. ♪ >>> cnn brings you politics each sunday. during this hour we're bringing you the 2012 presidential contenders in their own words. this week, jon huntsman will unveil his energy policy in new hampshire where he's already held 80 events in that state. at a town hall meeting today, he explained why he supports a proposed pipeline from canada to the gulf of mexico. >> i believe in steps toward energy independence in this country. i understand there are some comp

in alabama funeral services will be held for reverend fred shuttlesworth. he was once called the most courageous civil rights fighter in the south was beaten, bombed and arrested for his public stances against segregation. >>> there will be a dedication ceremony in arlington national cemetery honoring the 14 jewish chaplins and lists the names of the rabbis who served from world war ii through vietnam. >>> and happy birthday to actor kevin cline who turns 64. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. a live report from turkey as the desperate search continues for survivors from yesterday's devastating quake. >>> and actor ben stiller talks about his new role as a modern day robin hood in the movie "tower heist." >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks fo

fred, it was unbelievable.s close to the jackson family as this was all going down. to just watch -- >> what have been their reactions when, say, conrad murray was tearing up or when they were hearing testimony from the first responders? >> you could hear them sort solve groaning for certain things and they were crying. they would lean in at certain points. it was just very interesting to watch that and to be that close. we'll be talking about that. i'll be going back for closing arguments. also going to be talking with the author of a book about hall of famer walter payton. the book is called "sweetness." yeah. it's a look at the troubled life behind the football legend and drawing some controversy again. because it talks -- it makes him human. he's had this sort of iconic type of -- >> yeah. okay. congratulations to you because you received a big award last night from g.l.a.d. outstanding citizen award for being you. >> for being me. >> and for the release of your book, "transparent." and just really telling

shawn greene took out referee fred brian.tunately, he popped right back up and he was chuckle being it afterwards. the jets win a laugher 4-6. >>> one last nfl note. broncos traded brandon lloyd to the rams for a sixth round pick. lloyd expected to play sunday against the cowboys. the nfl trade deadline, today. >>> hockey, the winnipeg jets picked up their first franchise win and kyle wellwood gave the fans reasons to cheer. just eight seconds into the game, that goal nearly blew the roof off the building. after a 15-year absence, the winnipeg jets get their first win, 2-1. >>> to tampa bay, florida bragging rights on the line between panthers and lightning. chris versteg scored his first goal of the game to give the panthers a 5-3 lead. they won 7-4. >>> finally, the avalanche are the surprise team of the young season, picked up another win with an overtime win over the maple leafs. david jones corralled the rebound and scored the game-winner. colorado a perfect 5-0 on the road after a 3-2 win. >>> that's your "first look" a

in fact, fred, you even have tourists walking by and snapping a lot of pictures.so interested in taking all this in. susan candiotti, thanks so much for helping us understand why so many have converged there in lower manhattan. >>> let's take a look at the week ahead. britain's prince harry is heading back to the u.s. for some advanced training on apache helicopters. the young royal will take part in crimson eagle, an eight-week military exercise in arizona and california. completion of the training could help the prince who is a captain in britain's army air core return to the front lines in afghanistan. >>> the nobel peace prize winner is expected to be announced in oslow on friday. last year's winner was imprisoned chinese prodemocracy activist, lou shaibou. >>> the chicago bears are finally getting their day at the white house, the 1985 super bowl champs original visit was chance ld in january of 1986 because of the "challenger" space shuttle explosion. >> forbes released the top tv actors. they earned a combined of $94 million between may 2010 and may 2011. l