here's another installment of "ink-o-nomics" with david gillette, an award winning illustrator and essayist at twin cities public television. >> okay, here it is, the global economy chugging across the finish line of another year. boy, oh, boy, what a year it's been. so, robert zoellick, president of the world bank, how would you verbally encapsulate 2010? >> uhm, a year of fra jillity. >> fragility. good word choice. i've been trying to fix the walkway outside my house for 18 months but unfortunately my strategic cash reserves have been depleted by other priorities. what is the prognosis? is there more financial flexibility in my future? >> in the developing world, you've already had some pretty strong growth and recovery. >> okay, good to hear. but in all fairness, i'm more concerned about the reverse developing world leading to my garage. how about here in the u.s.? what can we expect in the next 365 days? >> well, i hope it will be a year of recovery. i think the economic forecast still suggests it's going to be modest. but i think if the right policies are put in place, these can becom

and the sam gillett's 11-month-old great dane is too young to show. the heritage dates back. the show is saturday and sunday. and there is nothing like having an animal. >> and there are dogs in a different stand yart. a new documentary called worst in show will zreen screen during san francisco independent film festival beginning next week. two distinct looks at what one person calls human was hair n san francisco, abc 7 news. >> and that is so much for summer and winter. fog is just around. fairfield low 40s, 43 for a hichl really chilly. then, the sun did break out, it's still a cool afternoon. >> we just got you used to cooler weather, now we're going to bring you rain. get ready. it's about two weeks since last saw rain here in the bay area. and there is is a live picture camera, you can see looking back towards san francisco, we still have low clouds and fog hanging around. up to tahoe this, is from our heavenly camera, you can see that they're enjoying sun breaks and a few clouds there. tahoe about to get some snow. get ready to hit the slopes if you enjoy skiing or sn

. >> gillette's original drum, dave garabaldi. >> we played on the on broadway.onday and tuesday nights. >> the famous names joins them. ♪ >> with that unique sound, horn section with a bit of soul, jazz and funk. >> everybody thinks we're a horn band. as the horn band but it's all coming from the rhythm section. >> they almost broke up in 1970 before auditioning to bill graham. he was blown away and signed them immediately. >> we come from a cult band where the fans are most loyal people on the planet. >> in the 60s it turned out to be destructive times. >> we're not alcoholics anymore. >> we learned things the hard way. >> they tell young people, introduction and alcohol are not worth it. >> it isn't hang and we just love playing music. all that energy goes into the music. >> tower of power, music icons, you have to wonder why why they are notrockn the rock and rock d roll hall of fame. >> if you would like more information on our stories, go to our website at www.abc7.com. look under the news links on the left side for assignment 7. that is all for in edition

a share of says gillette lockyer's father saw him take a black bag out of the car trunk and approached him. he is said to mumbled something and then took off on it. the father to his truck and chased after the sun. who kept running. >> we will be back of the big stories lookit albany new york. 1 ft. of snow as we have major delays, thousand flights canceled with the snow continuing to fall. third snowstorm in three weeks. california should be proud. we were the first to ban smoking on airplanes. the first to have smoke-free bars and restaurants. all while saving over $86 billion in health care costs... and over a million lives. we've done a good job. but even if you were born today, you'd still grow up in a world where tobacco kills more people... than aids, drugs, alcohol, murder and car crashes... combined. we have a lot more work to do. 6:12 a.m., stocks currently higher as investors shook off worries about european debt crisis. stock futures tile morning long. setting the stage for a positive start for the day. we will see when the opening bell rings. making news treasury secretary

gatorade, gillette, some other big names. >> wow.e's something i don't think anyone could have seen coming because her name is never in the headlines. jamie presley, that girl who was on the show "my name is earl." she played joy on the show. she has now been arrested on suspicion of dui. there's the mug shot right there. she's 33 years old, arrested at 11:36. and the interesting thing here is, she was released on $15,000 bail. why that's significant, it's typically $5,000 and tmz is reports that in dui cases when the blood alcohol is measured at higher than .15 -- the legal limit is .08 -- you can have a higher bond. it's only suspicion of dui but it certainly is not a great thing for such a talented actress. >> no, not at all. not a great picture as well. those usually are not. [ female announcer ] picking tights isn't easy. picking a free detergent is. switch to tide free & gentle. it removes more residue from dirt, food, and stains. so nothing spoils this tights enthusiast's enthusiasm. tide free & gentle. style is an option. cle

bears and all eyes will be on the final games between the new york jets and new england patriots at gillette stadium. jets head coach rex ryan has called the game a contest between himself and the patriots coach bill belichick. >> there is no question it's about-- it's personal. it's about him against myself, and it's-- that's what it's going to, you know, come down to. >> rose: ryan also took aim at new england star quarterback tom brady. >> you know, i don't want him to score so i'm going to do whatever i can to keep him out of the end zone. he's going to try to look at me and do what he always does after he wins and sprints off the field and all that. >> rose: joining me is boomer esiason, a former nfl most valuable player, currently an analyst for cbs sports, and cohost of the radio show "boomer and carton. with me from boston, peter king, a senior writer from "sports illustrated," and author of the web column "monday morning quarterback." i am pleased to have both of them on this program at this time. welcome. >> good to see you, charlie, thank you for having me again. >> rose: peter, h

. >>> more than 300 people shoveling snow at gillette stadium in massachusetts trying to get it readyor tomorrow's nfl play-off game. another huge storm this week left the stadium seats caked with snow. now crews have until midnight tonight to remove it. tomorrow, the new england patriots hosting the new york jets. the winner going on to the afc championship game. lawrence, are you going to call this game? >> yeah. i'm thinking the patriots. they're just tough. >> you're going with tom brady , huh? >> yeah. i think you have to go with the winner. they are a tough team to beach. but folks, here in the bay area, we are going to see some good weather heading toward the afternoon. pretty gray to start out with. you have some dense fog along the immediate coastline. and dense fog advisory continues there. and temperatures fairly mild in the 40s and 50s. now, as we look toward the afternoon, we'll see a whole lot of sunshine, temperatures in the 50s and 60s in some of the warmer spots. so with that in mind, high pressure builds in, of course we have the storm come through bringing us rain y

i'd walk ud out of the booth on gillette stadium and people would bring the book to the game. it happens every week. i sign the book then they want to tell me their story. a similar story. and there's always a very common thread there about a loved one and how they can relate to the book. i've been inspired by the people that i've seen and who've told me their story and i can also think back to when my dad was fighting it and i held on to any little thread of hope i could. i'd google search everyday, is there new research somewhere in the world that could reverse the course ff my dad? somebody needs to stand up and do something, charlie. and i've always admired and my heart goes out to maria shriver and their family. >> rose: sargent shriver died at 95. >> yes. and she's spoken out about it and i thought she needs some reinforcement. and i have a platform here. i'm on national television every week and, you know, my opening line, always a tribute line to my dad "hello friends." so i'm... as a result of that, nantzfriends.org. anybody out there's got a love one who's looking fo

i have been to the gillette plant in austin. it is remarkable story about domestic manufacturing. perhaps it can lead us in on how many blades will be added during the super bowl to that razor. it is a closely held secret. is it possible to focus on growth and keep the initiative revenue neutral? >> it is a great question. we believe it is best to take a look at getting the competitive system first. many of our cfo's had meetings with secretary geithner last week. revenue neutrality, we asked to take that off the table and what we want to do is something that is fiscally responsible. the way that the chairmen and the ranking member talked about it. if we work together, we can develop a competitive tax system for this country and do it in a fiscally responsible way. that is what we're setting out to do. >> one mr. rangel kicked out his proposal, if you recall, the critics jumped on it. it was a starting point in the conversation, that is all it was. an opportunity to shed some light on the needless complexity of the current code. let me use an example of how i think we got burned h

. ♪ a big night in miami the orange ball, and gillette us through for 287, will it be the coaches lastfor stamford, after a tight three quarters they ran away with this game and your got a hundred 87 yds, he led for touchdowns, the last 40-12, is their first bowl win in 14 years there will prole and the season ranked the top five for the first time since 1940. the cardinals success comes only four years after the team win one and 11 they hired jim harbaugh and wondered 12 and one. >> problems continue for brett farr. two former part- time employees massage therapists who were working for the jets have filed a lawsuit alleging that their complaints about sexually suggested text messages from the quarterback cost them their jobs. it comes less than a week after the nfl fined him $50,000 for what they said was his failure to cooperate in a different investigation about the text messages. the allegedly sent the game day house. we will be back in two minutes as the kron 4 morning news continues. welcome back, george has more on the hot spot. speaking at changes or improvements that we can s

. >> all come back, a live look here at san francisco, looked back, gillette is warmer than it is thee. james. >> there's a chill in the air, here's a live picture of san jose conditions are still on the cool side temperatures in the forties, 37 rain now, 55 this afternoon, 58 is the all-time high at 3:00 this afternoon back to the 40's again. cold start a number of occasions reporting 30 degrees and still seeing them, 33 santa rosa, freezing in napa, 33 and fairfield, below freezing in livermore. if you lived out in livermore, dublin, pleasanton cold start possibly some frost on the windshield as you head out. from hillis' take a look of a dense fog advisor 3, a lot of the valley is flooded you get a good their in the delta to along highway for stretching as far west as concord the north bay as well. visibility is less than a quarter of a mile in some spots be careful as you head out and about today. visibility, you can see where we see pockets in the north bay along 101 from san rafael north. the conditions visibility's d'angelo mile. with your taking 580 jordan tuesday by the get i

. >> how many people wake up every morning and use a gillette razor? >> not enough. same line. and that will cause no time to go to the other side. mr. nunes is now recognized. >> i want to thank the panelists for coming. i want to think this time, mr. chairman, to encourage you to go for the fundamental tax reform. i think the last year president obama's commission really undermined the debt commission to use your gun and some of the members served on that really undermines the power of this committee and undermines our constitutional duties that we have in this committee. so i hope that you will work with chairman levin in a bipartisan manner and that we could move real tax reform legislation through the house this year. i think would be great if we could do it in a bipartisan way. >> mr. t. berry is recognized. >> following along with what mr. neal was talking about. i'm from columbus ohio. i'm sure in cincinnati, we saw a lot of ads regarding trade and regarding taxes and regarding incentives. in fact, the governor's race which was all about jobs, we saw the curr

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