hamilton. how did washington take the marquee and french outlook to help in the war to the extent there was any and how did he accept foreign support? >> with difficulty. all these french officers many of them had a self interested reason. they wanted to win battlefield glory and would go back to france and get a promotion. many of them cannot even speak english. washington felt it was the bane of his life to placate these french officers who came over. the story with lafayette is interesting because he comes over at the age of 19 and the quips a ship with provisions and munitions. he goes to philadelphia armed with a letter from benjamin franklin, true please treat the young marquis very well. it is politically useful. the congress without consulting washington makes lafayette a major general. it makes him a major general which is the highest rank below commander-in-chief. we did it as an honorary title. lafayette goes and makes george washington. a priceless letter to the congress saying i do

. >> and soul surfer, the new movie about top surfer bethany hamilton and how her faith helped her recover from a devastating shark attack. >> an evangelist preaches the gospel in vietnam. >> public rallies in vietnam could signal a new openness for the church in a country long criticized for persecuting christians. evangelist luis spoke to an estimated 16,000 people with as many as 5,000 making commitments to jesus christ. he credits vietnamese pastors for organizing the historic event. >> it's very touching to see the humility, humility with strength, not weakness. they speak with those who they have to talk to in leadership with humble authority. this is very impressive. and they don't give up. they are persistent. they are consistent. and they insist on doing what the lord has told them to do. and they are willing to pay any price if that happens. >> he flew to hanoi who hold morallies. he plans to return to vietnam in june. >> in spite of the government's willingness to allow public rallies, vietnam has a history of persecuting christian believers. denise from canada's 100 street trav

up next, the story of bethany hamilton. you recall the shark attack that took off her arm in a moment. tavis: bethany hamilton is a professional surfer that made headlines around the world when she was attacked by a 14 foot tiger shark when she was 13, losing her left arm in the ordeal. she survived the attack, and remarkably has resumed her professional career. in the new film about her story, she is played by actress annasophia robb. here are scenes from "soul surfer." ♪ >> can you believe we get to come out here every day? >> call 911. >> shark attack. >> she is going into shock. ♪ >> and there are things you're going to have to learn to do differently. >> i can't do this anymore. >> what do we do now? >> take it day by day. >> i don't know why terrible things happen to us sometimes, but i have to believe that something good is going to come out of this. >> you resume your career. the obvious question is, why? why get back on the board again? why get back in the water ever again? >> surfing was a huge part of my family a

gabrielle hamilton. the inadvertent education of a reluctant chef. anthony boredain said magnificent, simply the best memoir by a chef ever, ever. do you know what you have done? do you? >> i'm unsure what's happened. tell me, what have i done? >> rose: well, you have shown some remarkable skill in terms of memory, and the capacity to bring memory alive with a extraordinary command of language that-- and you think-- go ahead. >> no, i-- . >> rose: you accept that. >> i feel like i've got words. now i've had language and words my whole life. that's something that comes naturally to me. and i know the material. i only wrote about things that i could remember vividly. and jettisoned at least 12 or 13 chapters that i couldn't bring the whole beginning, middle and end to. if it was spotty or faded or unrecallable, i didn't write about it. so it had to be stories where i could remember every detail. >> rose: and just see it clearly. >> smell it, hear it, see it. >> rose: like when you walked into that space. >> indelible. the backpacking trip, unforgetable

that is bethany hamilton's story. >> bethany hamilton is holding nothing back. >> looks like she hasuture. >> with her heart, her will, she'll go far. >> reporter: but on halloween, 2003, bethany almost died when a 14 foot tiger shark bit off her arm. recreating that gruesome scene was hard on everyone. >> still to this day, i mean, i'm so afraid of sharks. i mean, i have a big fear. but, you know, i figure if bethany can do it, i can do it. >> reporter: jack nicholson's daughter lorraine plays bethany's best friend. >> it was just really emotionally profound, i felt, and at one point i almost lost it a little bit and the hamiltons came over and embraced me. >> reporter: just a few weeks after the accident, bethany was back in the water. she relied on her strong christian faith and perseverance. >> and i think the movie really did capture that. so i'm pretty stoked. >> reporter: that means excited in surfer language. something dennis quaid, who plays bethany's dad, had to learn. >> i understand you were not a surfer before? >> i was not a surfer. i got to where i can at least stand u

hamilton, she sat right next to me.u need to get out so i can drive on -- get up so i can drive on." [inaudible] i want to stay black and die a natural death. [laughter] segregation is killing black people. that big fight, brown versus the board of education so all the black kids can get an education. [inaudible] the books have pages missing, and they all have things written inside of them. at the main library, we have a demonstration going on. [inaudible] how come we cannot use that facility? they cannot even get a good job and fair pay. men, they come up missing. rape -- they do not want to talk about that, but if it is a white woman, it is on the news, on the radio, on television. i do not want to die like that. so i'm going to stay black and die. if i could do one thing -- >> i told you, you need to move on. do i need to get the police?" >> sir, i picked -- "sir, i paid my fare. it is my constitutional right." the driver gets off the bus. police officers come. they are at the back door. "i had trouble with this girl

. ♪ >> hamilton plays host to duel campaign stops.hy the conservatives and the liberals need to win here. another powerful earthquake hits northeast japan rattling buildings and nerves. plus, on the country's most watched political panel, has anyone, politicians or media, talked about your issue on this campaign? alan, andrew and chantal on that. and analyzing campaign photo ops. >> the imagery is better than i've seen and about the same price as cameron's avatar. >> rex murphy calls them like he sees them. ♪ >> well, hamilton, ontario, was apparently the place to be this evening. steven harper and michael both held events there. both going after voters who overwhelmingly supported the ndp in the last election. hampering harper's mental, though, was the question of who would be let in to hear it. senior correspondent was there to see how it all went down. terry? >> well, peter, it's not just that ontario has the most seats. it has tempting seats. the ones that switch back and forth in elections. steven harper needs to get a majority.

now there was a thrilling end to formula one's chinese grand prix mclaren's lewis hamilton clippings red bull sebastian vettel the checkered flag it was hamilton's first win of the season and he and teammate jenson button started well it's impossible it was on pole although the lead changed hands again allison passed better with five laps to go push the german into second place the bulls mark webber who started eighteenth and third button was fourth actions because it was night he was ready. and finally to the london marathon and russia's world number one by kenya's mary todd sonny around the fourth passes martin of all time all the men's race was won by fellow kenyan in manual mode tie and also set a new course record the twenty six year old broke away at the twenty one mile mark and finished in two hours zero minutes and thirty eight seconds to beat the previous best time by thirty two seconds three time winner martin bell the second topic have to make it in this week for kenya while in the women's event the townie broke away after fifteen miles and ran an unofficial time two hours

to formula one now lewis hamilton has claimed a stunning first victory of the season for mclaren as he chased down red bulls championship leader sebastian vettel in china that all started on pole but how milton and teammate jenson button passed the german with a brilliant getaway after a long line that hamilton lost his position in the first round of stops the briton made one more stop the better off make it fresh tires work past the button and pave houses there are a status quo rosberg before overtaking vettel with four laps to go but it was just third place on the penultimate that spread mark webber some curtain falls back eighteenth on a great rushes because it's well there's no point in his run a one hundred so it's not just eighteen points behind vettel in the championship. one of the graduated i have experienced where this year you know the iraq problem then had to be quite a lot of overtaking but real from that to the guys got the factory in reality really put their heart into the car and making the car the best it can be every weekend and feels amazing to be able to bring it ho

renee strong as year, the new facility coordinator here in hamilton. she's terrific and an icon in this city and apartment. the community is fortunate to have here. i was thrilled when she accepted that position. she is welcomed here and she is doing a terrific job. the city field foundation came in and spent $3.3 million on a new field. it changed the way that field was used to dramatically. all of us can agree that it has activated that field tenfold. the key is that we make sure it is the correct activation, right? it is not folks coming from all over the city or outside the city to be able to use it. it is a destination field with a real value to the people in the community. we need to make sure that the seahawks and other folks that are common users feel comfortable and have appropriate space. i am dedicated to making sure that happens. we will continue to work with folks to make sure the field is still appropriately and that we hold back our recreation programs that will ultimately, out of the center as well. that is important to me. we will have

josh hamilton broke his arm diving into home. out for 6 to 8 weeks. cabrera walk off rbi. 5-4. walk off this one by the twins, based loaded single to right. in came retco, twins knocked off the royals 4-3. we saved the best for last, a's and white sox, ramirez sent everyone home. second home run of the night was the game winner chicago won it, 6-5. that is your early look at sports. i'm fred rogan. >> the new film that might actually include lindsey lohan. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. plus the nation takes time out to remember the war between brothers. you are watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this wednesday morning. umbrella weather. up the coast line into seattle and portland. nice weather today. if we look at thursday's forecast, we continue with a chance of showers. here up the coast, portland and seatt seattle. we will be on the warmer side in arizona. that is about it though. all of california is in the 60s and 70s. not bad in san diego. if you are watching us on khnl in honolulu, hawaii at the academy

while all flying sebastian vettel heads lewis hamilton to hold for sunday's malaysian grand prix. and mcelroy the northern irishman stays in front of the us masters tiger is also on the hunt in all that stuff. so straight to the russian primary there where such those actions got on the way and really it's about off of planes their first win of the new season after a late one real high win over look i want to also so be independent when i finally deadlocked the pretty i would just call minutes remaining to make sure they rise from sucking bottom eleven on country eight based goodbyes crossan dot com it hasn't caught up on top of the ceiling top spot little saturday i think it did i will start. and over in english premier league match tonight it's could go ten points clear at the top maybe fallen at old trafford but the red devils will have to do it without wayne rooney the striker received it too much fun for swearing in for a t.v. camera after scoring a country western a loss of

and shanghai surprise lewis hamilton grabs victory his first of the season for the chinese grand prey after a sterling battle with sebastian vettel. and enjoying the moment solid rock you lie of celebrate after beating affluence to this to get darren cup for the first time. before going forward once a convert first rusher us into the third cup final after beating italy three nil in the best of five series in moscow. leading the home side to victory with a straight set win or go about eventually legislation started to sunday's programs leaving just one win from the remaining three matches of the world number three spot on the business over one that i think since the start of day and spawn a right behind you called runs against her opponents taking steps six or in the second sixty two to flinch rushes makes the final in the all that reverse singles match and of course they're probably trying to that is taking on iran and for the doubles get underway in the other side the final belgium and the general public level one eight. and as well rough on the dollars going to his seven straight wa

hamilton. you might want to enjoy it. just a dusting. periods of rain. then a good deal of clearing. tonight, clear skies make way to very, very cold conditions. the temperatures are going to drop to freezing. this afternoon, this is what we are expecting. as we head throughout the morning hours, gusty winds as well. a few pop-up thunderstorms around 10:00 a.m. that's when the atmosphere will be warm enough, conducive to the thunderstorms. this afternoon, we are going to keep our eye on that possibility until 5:00 p.m. the cold air pushes in. you are going to notice the difference when you wake up tomorrow morning. now, as you can see, the north bay, the people who usually get the heaviest rainfall, you are getting a break now. rainfall is coming down steadily in the south bay. if you are headed toward 880, 101, you want to take it easy. 17 is getting hit hard. yellow is embedded in here. it's moderate rain. there's the mix. yes, we do think we are going to see straight snow later on this morni

. >> surfing second nature to bethany hamilton.o much that when she's on the water it can be hard to notice there is something a little different about her. >> i already know how to surf. i had to adapt to the new change in my body. >>reporter: much is the same. but so much has changed. since that halloween morning 7 and a half years ago. 13-year-old bethany hamilton was surfing with friends when a tiger shark came out of nowhere and ripped off her left arm. >> you know how you go oh. it was kind of like that. and then i looked down at the water an it was like really red from all the blood. >>reporter: when you lack back to that day, of the shark attack, would you change things if you could. >> i definitely would allow the shark attack to happen. i know that god allowed it to happen. because of all the good stuff that has come from this terrible experience. pishtion and now a grown up bethany riding the red carpet to promote the movie soul surfer. you are just 21 years old and already a movie of your life. what is that like. >> i g

hamilton plays host to dueling campaign stops. why both the conservatives and the liberals need to win here. another powerful earthquake hits northeast japan, rattling buildings and nerves. plus, on the country's most watched political panel as anyone politicians or media, talk about your issue on this campaign. allen, andrew and shauntel on that. and, analyzing campaign photo ops. the imagery alone, better than anything i have seen and about the same price as well, "avatar." rex murphy calls this season. hamilton ontario was apparently the place to be this evening. stephen harper and michael ignacio held events there, both going after voters who overwhelmingly supported the ndp in the last election. pampering "harper's" message though was the question of who would be led into here it? senior correspondent terry molesky was there to see how it all went down. terry. >> peter does not just that ontario has the most seats, just tempting seats, the want to want to switch back and forth in elections. stephen harper needs to get a major

you're looking at josh hamilton, he's going to be out six to eight weeks.er in the game, this guy probably is. the american league's most valuable player trying to go home on a passed ball and uh- oh, broke his upper right arm. and the rangers 5-4 loss to the tigers, josh hamilton to miss six to eight weeks. >>> baseball is back in japan for the first time since the earthquake and the tsunami chammed 13 -- claimed 13 lives. there was a moment of -- 13,000 lives. fans happy, of course, for the diversion. they love their baseball over there. and they have it, once again, today. >>> it's hockey playoff time. get ready, the sharkies, thursday and saturday, 7:00 starts against the l.a. kings in san jose. then next week, tuesday and thursday, they are in los angeles for games 3 and 4, and that means playoff beards. randy hahn will grow his beard. we even have a guy, our good friend, you know, jeff busch is dedicating his face to getting the sharks home. it is very good. hast year, the sharks had a beard-a-on the and raised $10,000 for the sharks foundation. >> i

josh hamilton the reigning american legal mvp will be out six to eight weeks. damaging play for the texas rangers. >>> meantime the sharks in action on thursday down at the tank. the play offs begin. this is them working out a little bit. getting ready for their confrontation with the kings. three california teams for the first time ever go to the postseason. the sharks were 3-1-2 against the kings during the regular season. two of those losses were actually in shoot outs but the play offs of course a completely different story. they know they've got their hands full. >> you know in the schedule, i think we have two more games against them in the regular season. it's going to be a competitive series. >> it could have been either way in all of them. i don't know. it's just a physical game. tough game. tough team. and yeah you threw all the stats out the window once you start play offs. >> of course nobody is about to say anything controversial at this point. pretty much the fair from both teams. >> all right, mark, thank you. >> and that is our report for now. i

i will bring it back to hamilton and jefferson. we would have a stronger country as we do today but for those guys going at it to some extent. that was crucial, two different visions of the country that helped to forge where we are now and i think we just have to figure out how can we have in the right context in the right way the hamiltonian jeffersonian debate on health care without getting at what others -- one another's throats literally. >> yes but i think, i think there is a very -- maybe because of the pacifist nations that i'm 31 and i don't have those associations and i you the attempt to have universal health care and government involved in so much industry and things like that as a move toward socialism and i know there are nuanced differences between social democracy and various labels but i'm not going to not use that word because somebody else has an association with it and gets offended by it and they don't think it is fair to ask me to change my vocabulary like that. because someone happens to think that because of

hamilton with a an addiction to alcohol and drugs which had him homeless for a while.e. dodgers shortstop rafael, will not be in uniform tonight. last night, he was out at third base, they called him safe, broke his thumb. on the plate. he will be on the sidelines, six weeks. one of the dodgers key ingredients. he will not be in uniform tonight. his debut last night. all this talk about the giants. there's been ceremonies before every game. tonight will be the first lets come out and just play baseball. they are 1-4 against the dodgers this season, they are at 4-6, it tonights dodgers and giants go around 715 p m. the reality series showtime debuts tomorrow night. >> deconditioning apollo was perhaps the big story in giants campus this spring. two years ago the colorful panda took the city by storm. last year he played his way out of the starting lineup. >> last year he gained some weight. >> the worst case, i had to make a decision but if you cannot work go to and its strong you name was your job. >> uneasy day, what are we going to do? >>gary: i was telling him and j

kiplagat was that there has been a thrilling end to fully one chinese grand prix mclaren's lewis hamilton pipping red bull sebastian vettel to the checkered flag it was how much since first one of the season and he and team mate jenson button here started well getting past that and he was on pole and although the lead changed hands again hamilton passed better with five laps to go the push to do in the second place whether he started eighteenth came home but it was for russia's batali petrobras night in the ground up. and finally rookie golfer brendon steele will be the one to catch going into the final round of the texas open he hit a four under sixty eight in san antonio and was finding the greens nice in this approach setting up on the eight still has a one shot lead over. one or so party sixty eight. that is the sport kate will be here in the next couple of asking you updated throughout the evening next though it is about. world. leaders stem science technology from. the future covered.

while the red bull flying sebastian vettel hits lewis hamilton to take pole position for sunday's malaysian grand prix. and mcelroy the northern irishman lead of the halfway stage of the us masters the tigers also on the hunt you know guster. let's go straight to the russian premier league where new boys cross in about one one nil it's time to one car to leapfrog defending champions need to go top of the table one side came into this match unbeaten almost believe in the first half was in ripping the bar the stuff that however the midfielder did turn provider after sixty eight minutes his corner turned in the new post seven defender the money or the bitch and sure the fist place side went to the summit and up the thirteenth. colony are clear so that they're playing that first win of the season after a night one will find a group they want to leave the other night fails to collect the cross seventy and that nash georgevitch message with four minutes left to ensure second bottom clear look over into night. long you could barely manage by former chelsea defender down the trust you missed the ch

and shanghai surprise lewis hamilton grabs his first victory of the season at the chinese plum creek after a thrilling battle sebastian vettel. the first of football and his guy have lead from defending champions and it's to go top of the russian premier league for the first time this season the only man remain unbeaten after winning to go into non-routine mark gonzalez first half deflected shot food goalkeeper study music off the fence and then. ben so you do leah is in the right place making to no shortly after the break. and with six minutes to go robin's day went from bad to worse after december salvatore but setting it up to quick yellow cards to see red because i said to seventh. there is a need to have temporarily gone sought after going through once struggling lexically almost making the most of some suspect the standing with the visitors ahead after twenty minutes and didn't take them long to double their lives just four minutes in fact danny crowning his mazy run with a fine if you go. and wrapped up victory with ten minutes to go as alexander you cut off strolled around th

hamilton. it will continue to trend downward. for the weekend, 75 degrees in oakland. 76 in san jose today. 77 degrees in los gatos. 78 in santa rosa where the daytime high is traditionally 65 degrees. warmer than average today. maybe breaking a couple records. north day, the seven day is on the way. back to you brent and laura. >> thank you very much. >>> time is 5:18. the owner of the big rig, the oil rig that exploded in the gulf of mexico is heading out bonuses to executives. why they say they deserve it. >>> the e-mail from your bank this morning may not be from your bank. we'll look at what's going on there. >>> as we look at 880, there's a 55. a dip in speeds in some spots as the commute builds. other trouble spots we are watching off the bay bridge >>> good morning once again. time is 5:21. a live look outside at the bay bridge. things are moving smoothly so far there. we want to check in with mike and look at the monday morning commute. >> good morning, brent. there you are. good morning to you. we'll take you to the maz

and shanghai surprise lewis hamilton grabs his first victory of the season at the chinese prawn creek after a thrilling back in the sebastian vettel. the first of all and his guy have leapt from defending champions in it to go top of the russian primarily for the first time this season the only man remain unbeaten after winning to go to ten london being mark gonzalez first half deflected shot food goalkeeper saturday because of a sudden. then say do do via is in the right place make to know shortly after the break. and with six minutes to go rubens day went from bad to worse of the defender salvatore but katty picked up two quick yellow cards to see red because i suggest evans. there is a need to have temporarily gone top after going through one struggling lexically on off making the most suspect the semi but this is a head after twenty minutes and it didn't take them long to double the lead just four minutes in fact danny crowning his mazy run is a sign that if you go. and it wraps up victory with ten minutes to go alexander can cut off stalls around defense making three male. and yo

where we are at right now, the hamilton rec center, we commemorate another rehab of this about a year and a half, two years ago. i was so excited about the swimming pool that i cut the ribbon to the slide and went down it in my suit. it was wonderful. we have the coolest public swimming pool, one of the coolest in the whole city. it is a fantastic tool. what has made hamilton so successful at is the people who work here and the community that has swelled around it. there have been some staff changes. according to some citizens out there, they're concerned about some of the staff changes, in particular, a gentleman, jerry jack, and others, who you might want to talk about. some of the changes -- 1 card that i pulled out is people are very excited about the improvements in campbell, but with those improvements have come a new regulation of the come a new regulation of the fields

. >>> in detroit, josh hamilton of the rangers tried to score on a pop-up near the third base dugout.did not work out so well. hamilton was not only tagged out but broke a bone in his right arm and will miss six to eight weeks. in the ninth inning, miguel cabrera of detroit singled and the tigers won, 5-4. >>> in the nba, the bulls won their eighth straight game. derek rose scored 26 points against new york, and the bulls went on a 26-2 scoring run to open the second half. chicago beat the knicks, 102-93, and they lock in the number one seed in the eastern conference playoffs. >>> and the lakers' kobe bryant scored 27 points, including a three-point jumper in the closing minutes against san antonio. the final, l.a. 102, spurs 93. san antonio is now tied with chicago for the nba's best record. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories. >>> and nasa picks retirement homes for the remaining space shuttles. find out which cities won, next. \s seg [ slap! slap! slap! slap! slap! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium r

and look at mount hamilton. by 7:00 p.m., snow.r will bring the snow levels down a bit on thursday evening. but then late thursday night, the showers taper off and we dry out. it starts to clear up. we go to tonight's low temperatures. it will be cool, but just pleasantly cool, not cold. in the north bay, lows at 40 in santa rosa. mid to upper 40s in other locations. tomorrow, a pleasant and dry day before the rain arrives tomorrow night. highs in the south bay in the mid60s. 66 in campbell and san jose. low to mid60s on the peninsula and mid to upper 50s on the coast. in and around san francisco we will see highs of 58 in the sunset district, 61 downtown. north bay highs tomorrow will range into the upper 60s. 68 in santa rosa and calistoga. the near east bay will see highs in the mid60s, 64 to 66 in all locations. the inland east bay will be a few degrees milder. upper 60s to around 70. and near monterey bay, near 60s on the bay. here is the accu-weather seven-day forecast -- showers begins tomorrow night and continues through th

area of precipitation and snow in the higher elevation and snow top mount hamilton.up to the north bay where north of napa in fact going newspaper lake county south of clear lake we have an area of rainfall mainly light rain and some mixed precipitation and snow in the higher terrain. now check out this picture. this is what it looked like at rockville road near fairfield today. in the area where the weak tornado touched down early today. how about this. this is hank. hank is scampering through the hail stone in march continue east. lots of hail on the ground. around the bay area today as we had turbulent weather no. hail tomorrow but giants play the home opener at at&t park after sunny skies. 1:35 in the afternoon. chilly take on the cardinals. here the 7 day forecast. chilly tomorrow. maybe isolated shower or 2. things warm-up over the weekend and mild through the remainder of the 7 day period. mainly dry i might add. >> terrific. main hi dry for the giants game tomorrow. rick is in for larry. giants had the day off but the a's in action today. we have the highligh

maybe even a little spot of snow on top of mount hamilton cold air filters in. midmorning thursday we see trailing showers and cold air. snow at mount hamilton and mountain helena over in the sierra from the sweeping storm. a little bit of unceltsed weather later in the week. nice and mild pleasant. breezy near the coast. overnight low drop in the upper 40's to low 50's. not a very cool overnight period at all and tomorrow another pleasant day. just a little bit cooler than today. in the south bay dry conditions. mostly sunny skie skies. high pressure in the upper 60's to near 70 at campbell. 71 at los gatos. mid 60's mainly on the peninsula. 66 here and 59 half moon bay. in and around san francisco look for high of 63 downtown. 59 in the sun set district. north bay high will be mainly in the l upper 60's but low 70's in calistoga and nap a.nearest bay high generally mid upper 60's. oakland union city. inland east bay a little bit milder. low 70's the most part. upper 70's at walnut creek and dublin and pl near monterey bay look for high 60 near the bay. 70's in

hamilton could get a dusting of snow. 43 in santa rosa. you are at 50 in oakland. you need a jacket this morning. something you can take off by noon when the temperatures are already in the mid to upper 60s. 69 degrees in san jose at noon which is the average for this time of year. we are going to take the numbers up into the 70s. 76 degrees is the forecasted high. 72 for san francisco. 78 degrees in santa rosa where the averages are in the low to mid-60s. a treat for them today. for you in the east bay, a treat, 69 degrees is your average. temperatures fall tomorrow, more so for wednesday then the showers arrive late thursday into friday. i think most of the activity happens as you are sleeping. we are excited about the big giants home opener on friday. 1:35 is the first pitch. let's talk to mike about the drive. >> slowing around the at&t park area at that point. we are looking all right. slowing on the upper deck to get into the city. the turned the metering lights on. slowing toward the golden gate area. we keep both areas in mind. the metering lights were turn

more mixed precipitation around hamilton. maybe even thunder in fairfield, concord out near the delta area. and then cold weather make mess cough. we also will see some snow top mount hamilton 7:00 o'clock thursday evening as colder air settles in along with the residual precipitatio precipitation. late thursday night we see it all ending. drying out and clearing out and some more pleasant weather coming our way. low pressure tonight cooler than last night but still not really cold. low to mid 40's in the north bay then mid upper 40's over remainder of the bay area then tomorrow pleasant day but cooler than we have seen so far this week. mid 60's south bay. 66 glees most locations. peninsula also see low to mid 60's. mid to upper 50's on the coast and breezy there. in and around san plan lack for high of 61 downtown. 58 degrees in the sun set district. north bay high will range from mid upper 60's, 68 at calistoga, 68 at santa rosa. east bay high in the mid 60's, 65, 66 degrees in virtually all location there is. inland east

had pushed through just to get through a tax on whiskey which they do this is the pickle elitist hamilton taxing the thing that would most her the average person and the whiskey rebellion was contrary to popular belief successful in the sense that once that tax expires by eighteen no one sickly how was the federal government clients after that a the for again attempt at a direct tax on the public of well after the civil war eighteen zero one through the civil war during peacetime the federal government financed through to this tariff and the sale of public lands and somehow you know the earth did not break free of its axis and go tumbling into the sun but things aren't doing so well economically here and of course the current taxation system is bearing some of the blame for that right. oh sure we're const older so you know we're under taxed at this country which means we're under insley i mean i don't i don't i don't credit that very much but of course remember even though a lot of people don't necessarily pay like perhaps forty six to fifty percent of people pay regular in taxes well the

the formula one drawn prima laser at the moment it's still on the hof why but he does leaf lewis hamilton i'll give you an update in a few more minutes and also be taking a look at how for with chelsea manager down to tresco he's getting on coaching in the russian premier league and more. hello there you what she is sporting this is what is coming up over the next team in high flyers new boys class new doggo top of the russian premier league after one year when. holding is michael roy keeps itself on top of the leaderboard of u.s. masters. who will be champion charles de mille number one most me ask the faces russian vesnina in the family's cool cup final. stop the football there and the russian football season couldn't go much better if the new boys cross nadar they are currently top of the table after that one zero win over. could reclaim top spot later today came into the imagine baten almost took the lead in the first half brazilian joyce you know keeping the bar with yourself however the midfield did provide after sixty eight minutes his corner turned in italy a place by sabin defend

chinese grand prix when i lewis hamilton has described this weekend's race as one of the best he's been in the mclaren driver pit red bull sebastian vettel to the chucking flag following a dramatic battle for the lead that started on pole but hamilton has to reach jenson button past the journey to really get away off the line honestly did he lose his position in the first round of stops at the break made the most of vettel and made his fresh tires work he past button philippe masses for ari and city's rosberg before overtaking bethel with four laps to go but it was nick she said place on the ultimate lap rebels mark webber supervision from eighteen to grace. the troubles night in his run a one hundred thousand is now just eighteen points behind i thought the championship. was. one of the best races are i experience where this year you know guys are out for me and have to do quite a lot of overtaking but from the looks of the guys i'm back with perjury and the garrity really put their hearts into their in the car and making the call the best they can be every weekend and feels amazing to

for me the one that lewis hamilton has thanks a stunning first victory of the season for a trace the red bulls championship leader sebastian vettel in china that all started on pole but how as a teammate jenson button i asked the general really that's right off the line thompson lost his position in the first round of stops britain made one more startling battle and made his fresh tires work the past but not sleeping last as ferrari and the seconds of the last day was taken after the four laps to go but was put to third place on the penultimate lap as radicals mark webber simply open for battle eighteen's on the grades i should tell you which often i think this way. is not just eighteen points behind i thought in the championship. one of the best races i have experience where. you know guys are out front and then have to do quite a lot of overtaking but real from the uk to the guys and back to the factory and in the garrett a really put their hearts in to do it in the car and making the car at best they can be every weekend and it feels amazing to be able to bring a car i'm going to

chinese grand prix winner lewis hamilton has described this weekend's race is one of the best they need and mclaren driver pit red bull sebastian vettel to the checkered flag after a real tussle for the ladies that will start in on pole but hamilton and teammate jenson button past the german bring together way off the line but how much they lost his position in the first round of stops the briton made one more stop than vettel i made a fresh tries were the past button and he promises ferrari am the same as nicholas berg for overtaking battle before laps to go but button was picked to third place on the penultimate route is red bulls not whether some perv fought back from eighteenth and create a rush of atari petroff his ninth in his rent a bike helmets and is now just eighteen points behind battle in the championship. one of the best races i have experience where. you know you are the one for me in how to do quite a lot of overtaking. from go up to the guys and back in the factory and then we go do you really put their hearts in to do it in the car and making the car the best it can be

"soul surfer" is a new movie featuring the dramatic true story of bethany hamilton.sing her arm in a tiger shark attack off the coast of hawaii. eight years later her story of survival and ultimate triumph plays out on the big screen. "early" show contributor and superfan tyler mcgill is a surfer himself. >> good morning. yes, chris, i can tell you that the bethany hamilton story is every surfer's worst nightmare. i recently sat down with the young actress who plays her in the film. she had a chance to catch some waves and talk about bethany's harrowing ordeal. on halloween morning 2003, bethany hamilton was catching some waves near her home on the north shore of kauai. something she'd done thousands of times before. but her surf session would take a dramatically different turn. just after 7:30 a.m., bethany was brutally attacked by a shark which severed her left arm just below the shoulder. >> it just came and bit me. >> reporter: her surf board showed just how violent the attack was. the bite marks turned out to be a perfect match to this 14 foot tiger shark. >> it

the democrat republicans found out about this and then proceeded to defame hamilton and derail his plan to create a national bank with a sex scandal. opening up the boomeranged on jefferson, draft of the story of fathering his own flavor children. what we see here is the filing fathers were not above using sex scandals for political points, part of a long tradition of american politics. >> host: if we were not focused on this we would spend more time on the important issues. we have important issues throughout our country's history and yet people do like to talk about this. >> in the 8 -- early nineteenth century the sex lives of president andrew jackson and thomas jefferson was fair game. it is the 20th century with the professional is asian of journalism. journalists began to see themselves as part of the establishment and the sec's discussion, well known that washington had a lot of sex and franklin roosevelt and john kennedy had their affairs but it did not make the press and in that time period we don't have the sex scandals to distract us from the true problems at hand. >> host: y

hal, would like to welcome governor came and congressman lee hamilton. thank you for being here today. although many of the information sharing and intelligence shortfalls at the 9/11 commission and identified have been addressed, critical work remains to ensure that we have an agile and well coordinated response to various threats. you have been discussing this. starting off federal workers will be addressing the intelligence community and other agencies in make daily sacrifices to keep a safe. it's essential to this effort. additionally we must never lose sight of the privacy and civil liberties, implications of our efforts to protect the nation and particularly i agree with you and your witnesses, comments that the privacy and civil liberties, oversight board must be set up immediately. congressman hamilton, as you know, i believe that the gao could assist our efforts to strengthen oversight of the intelligence community. in response to my questioning in 2007 he stated that gm should have the same authorities within the intelligence community as it ha

rose mary barton, cbc news, hamilton.'s been a couple of promises made on the trail to tell you about today. steven harper announced the plan there would change the popular tax-free savings account. it would double the annual contribution limit to the tax-free savings account for $5,000 to $10,000. [applause] >> here is a hitch the change wouldn't come into effect until the budget is balanced and that's not projected to be until 2015. jack clayton led community leaders in to talk about tackling the gangs and gang violence. he said he would even spend $100 million a year on a series of crime prevention measures. >> i will make the recruiting illegal. i will create new stand-alone offenses for the home invasions and carjackings and i will enact a comprehensive correctional gang strategy to ensure prisons don't just serve as crime schools to try and gain involved offenders. >> he also pledged to hundred 2500 new police officers for another $150 million a year. >> the green party leader e. elizabeth lee of her party's platfor

josh hamilton and fractures on with a head first slide. hamilton said he didn't want to go and linned to dave anderson. rangers mvp will miss 6-8 weeks. no one knows when the season will be. nfl will go ahead with season as usual . 49ers will open at new orleans, second week of august and finish up at san diego . raiders will open at home against arizona before facing the 49ers and visiting new orleans back on seattle and all of this assuming a lock out is lifted. >> when you hear about rugby. broad shoulders over here . the sport has become increasingly popular among the girls. teenage girls who love to slug it out on the pitch. it is one of the fastest growing sports for girls is rubby. full contact rubby. it goes down. >> it is a man's sport and like the fact we are out there and putting it in for all of the guys and trying to see how intense we can be. >> no shortage of intensity in this match. they are facing med mont high. they are continuing to grow and 12 teams this year and perhaps a team next year. >> i tell people i play rugbee