it was a hard fight. but i was fighting back very hard. they were accusing us of fraud and things like that which was ridiculous. we were the outsiders. we were the reformers at one point i said to demonstrate beat had no control over any processes at all, i'm going to call the chairman of the brooklyn organization. the whole courtroom started shaking. everybody in that courtroom had gotten his job through esposito. they all started screaming basically. so i withdrew -- i was getting along with some of them at this point so i withdrew my request to subpoena esposito. then surprisingly, the judge judge below justice rinaldi ruled in our favor. and then when i argued in the appellate division, his law secretary came to watch me argue and told me the judge had just been the subject of an article in "the village voice" i guess it was by jack neufield listing the ten worst judges in new york and they listed rinaldi first. he asked me if i saw that article. i said i did. i thought it was a terrible thing. i thought the judge was fine. he really

he was hard on us. we spoke english and the house because we had to prepare ourselves, and that is annoying when you are 8 years old, and you just want to ask your sister to pass to the milk at the dinner table, and you have to say it in english. he was constantly preparing us for the next step. tavis: you talked about this in the book. tell me how over the years he connected the dots back to ethiopia. >> for many years, i was not willing to take on mylearning a. asking the american community but also the ethiopian community here to eat the food, starting to understand. i have to go to understand the culture. that first time i came to ethiopia, the spices, the spice blend, the music. africa. it was not that i felt right away that i was home, but i thought this side was something i had to explore, not only as a chef but as a man. i came from this place. i knew i could not go back in just cook from the way i've been doing before, with france and sweden, maybe a little bit of an asian touch. i have to put

how hard is that to keep growing and keep training?figure, let the younger people come do this. encourage kids get involved in synchro, build up the talent. hope we'll see guys doing olympic-level synchro in a few years' time. >> reporter: first, my moment of truth. could this former olympic athlete swim on their level? >> do you think i could make the team? >> oh, yeah, definitely. >> yeah. >> i thought you were brilliant. definitely good enough to join us. >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm julie fouty in london. >> thanks to julie. and thank you for watching abc news. >>> good evening, this is our midnight mini cap. first, the day's top stories, 17-year-old enjoy facing attempted murder charges during an online game led to a vicious stabbing. he was accused of a deal to buy marijuana. the argument begin while playing video games online. the teen grabbed a rifle and his a knife and went to his home to confront him. >> he shot at my son. i went downstairs to call the police. he put his gun down and ran back upstairs. i thought they wer

that was hard for me. tavis: so why then decide -- i want to talk about this trip in occurs to me first. >> sure, sure. tavis: when you say to zach, "i cannot play these games anymore," it reminds me of a number of passages in the text where you are pretty brutally honest. i expect that from your writing, you talk about "friday night lights." tavis: i expect that from your writing. i wouldn't look for anything other than that. >> right. tavis: but there might be some who read this book who say, "man, buzz is pretty tough on this kid." >> well, people have said that. that was not my intention, but look, tavis, if i am going to write a book like this, it is like my other journalism. it is also -- i shined a light on odessa, texas, in "friday night lights," and i shined a light on myself with the same standards. i feel if you are going to write -- if you want to call it a memoir, that is fine. it is a personal story. you have to be honest. i mean, honesty, i guess, is brutal. otherwise, what's the point? i ha

so i want you to think hard. i want you to think long. this is america. this is a country that is based upon us sharing and helping our fellow man. think about that veteran. think about that child. think about that struggling mother. that's what we've got to think about. that's what i want you to see when we look at who we're cutting this meanest cut of all to in this committee today, and i hope some of you will have a change of heart and let's vote down this or change it. vote for the amendment and then let us come back and let's deal with it properly. we vote down the amendment, we can vote this out and we can feel good about america. i yield back the balance of my time. >> the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. just for a note to our colleagues rating for recognition, mr. goodlet, sewell, and ribbel and with that, for what purpose does mr. goodlat seek recognition? >> the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i've been listening to my friends on the other side of the aisle tell us that this is,

but four commissioners weren't to work hard and who are committed to the city. i do respect every supervisor's broc if to vote against the commissioner with whom they have policy disagreements. i do not think that is inappropriate. every supervisor has to decide for himself or herself what criteria they use and policy views are a legitimate consideration. i think that comparing the situation in any way, shape or form to mitt romney or antonini -- and to attend school in an -- and to then scalia -- antonin scalini is not accurate. president chiu: roll-call vote, please. >> you have to make a motion. supervisor campos: -- kim: usually we do make an amendment and in this case we could not come to an agreement but we wanted to bring this to the full board. supervisor elsbernd has made the motion. second ed -- seconded by supervisor chu. supervisor avalos, no. supervisor campos, no. president chiu, no. supervisor cohen, aye. supervisor elsbernd, aye. supervisor farrell, aye. supervisor kim, no. supervisor olague, aye. supervisor wiener, aye. president chiu: this pass

it's hard. it's really hard. >> she gave me this for valentine's day. it every night. >> oh, i love her. that's my heart. >> i just miss her. i'm trying to stay close to the things that she gives me. >> we've got a really strong bond, you know? i mean, it ain't all about sex, you know what i'm saying? we just clicked from off the gate. >> i just read her letters all the time and talk to her mom and try to stay as close to her as i can. >> danica will be in prison for the next six to eight years on a robbery charge. jennifer has only eight months left on her sentence. >> it may sound crazy, but i'll probably end up even coming back. i don't think i can make it out there without her. and i know she can't make it in here without me. and i know it's killing her right now. >> i'm able to see her through a window from single cell. and i sit out here for, like, two hours and i'll draw a heart. >> i really can't see. i just see her hand waving. and she just sees my hand waving. >> on this morning, jennifer has her disciplinary hearing to determine punishment ba

for supporting the kenneth harding junior foundation to shut down muni today. it has been a beautiful indicate. no casualties. >>reporter: group says it plans to hold another protest to shut down muni on next year anniversary. as far as the police are concerned, the harding death is considered an open case. in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> all right thank you john. >> surprise move by yahoo internet search company hired one of google top talent as the new ceo. 37-year-old marissa meier wgle 20th employee and difficult task of turning around the struggling internet pioneer. meier yahoo fifth ceo in 5 years. nouns pt came as surprise since many were expecting l interim ceo would be a lock for the job. she starts tomorrow and her task is to restore the yahoo brand nam name. >> rural placer county depend tonight on shifting wind. giant fire grew more than 100 ache daers to about foursquare miles and right now firefighters are hoping winds don't pick up enough to sweep the blaze over a ridge separating a wall of flames from the ham let of iowa hill. one home lost ov

no matter how hard hay train.tter how good they are, they are not welcome in the olympic games. for one reason, they guys. >> well, it's what girls do. and we want to challenge and it say, no, boys do it as well. >> reporter: they brought home the gold in some of the biggest international competitions. but because men are still barred from olympic synchronized swimming, they are on the signs of these olympic games. american kenyon smith was blocked from buy ving in '08. and bill may, who won awords with women, was kept away from athens in 2004. now, these brits say enough is enough. they have written a letter and they want the rules changed for real in 2016. so far, they say there is no response. how ironic this olympics seems to be all about equality and women having the opportunity and you guys are sitting here looking from the outside in. >> you people say, the few people who have try vd commented on how hard it is. >> reporter: butte ebutesther w made it look so easy. and on "saturday night live," they made it

but i appreciate your diligence asking the hard questions. i want to say that apa work together to meet the needs of over 5000 asian and pacific islander families in san francisco. we are happy to do that through new contracts in debut. my predecessor -- in bayview. a predecessor assisted in a program as well as our own operations. it appears a development agreement and also the eir, maybe there are questions but this seems to me they are close. you are asking the right questions but the thing i want to say i'm is that our families needed jobs. there is an economic impact. they talk about the multiplier effect of hospitals and what that is is something that will result in billions of dollars that will raise all boats in san francisco, the construction, the ongoing jobs, the ripple effect in businesses in the city. and of course safe facilities for our community. cpmc has been a good partner and we know they will continue their contributions as a sister non- profit. please support their efforts as we have. president chiu: next speaker. >> than

a day commemorating the death of kenneth harding. it is held here, the intersection where he died a year ago today after a shoot out with police. that made muni the target of the shut down this morning. protesters earlier indicated another stoppage might be in the works, muni has seen no problems but have shuttle buses standing by. this is video of the shooting one year ago today. kenneth harding was on parole for trying to prostitute a 14- year-old and a person of interest in a double homicide. police say kenneth harding died of a bullet wound from his own gun. kenneth harding's mother is now suing. >> what it is my son was the worst case of racial profiling and it had to do with the shut down today as well. >> strong feelings. u.n., the reality was, the shot that killed him came from his weapon. >> reporter: this is video from 20 minutes ago from a woman attempting to block the t line in protest of kenneth harding's death. police escorted her away. this continues to be a peaceful protest. we will bring you an update at 7:00 on tv 3

they are doing so in the name of kenneth harding.enneth harding died in a shooting with police one year ago today. police say he fired shots at them. the medical examiner said the bullet that killed harding came from his own gun. harding's family and some of the witnesses they are disagreeing with that finding. the demonstrations plan for third street and palou avenues. it's reportedly will be aimed at blocking rail and bus lines. >>> we have an update of a developing story we first told you about at 4:30 this morning. right now firefighters are at the scene of this two-alarm house fire in vallejo. this is new video we just got in. you can see the fire raced through a home in the 300 block of seewin drive. firefighters tell us the house is a total loss. it started just before 4:00 this morning. flames did threaten nearby homes and some of the neighbors had to be evacuated. right now they don't know if anybody was inside there when the fire started. they will be out there for several more hours and we'll have more details as they are

for supporting the kenneth harding junior foundation to shut down muni today. it has been a beautiful indicate. no casualties. >>reporter: group says it plans to hold another protest to shut down muni on next year anniversary. as far as the police are concerned, the harding death is considered an open case. in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> all right thank you john. >> surprise move by yahoo internet search company hired one of google top talent as the new ceo. 37-year-old marissa meier was google 20th employee and difficult task of turning around the struggling internet pioneer. meier yahoo fifth ceo in 5 years. nouns pt came as surprise since many were expecting l interim ceo would be a lock for the job. she starts tomorrow and her task is to restore the yahoo brand nam name. >> rural placer county depend tonight on shifting wind. giant fire grew more than 100 ache daers to about foursquare miles and right now firefighters are hoping winds don't pick up enough to sweep the blaze over a ridge separating a wall of flames from the ham let of iowa hill. one home l

hard time has taken its toll. >> he's lost a lot of weight. a waste of time. >> sears has no family or friends waiting for him. our crew was his first contact with outside faces in years. he opened up on how his time has affected him. >> it's kind of hard for me to explain. you start feeling. they talk about conscience. before you didn't have a conscience. you start developing a conscience. because you actually have time to sit in a cell all day and think about the things you've done. you know what i mean? it's like, man, why did i do that? what a dumb kid. >> during our shoot at new mexico, sears had been approved for a transfer to level five. a lower security housing unit where he would have considerably more freedom and the opportunity to be around other inmates. but with sears, nothing is certain. >> he's been in level five a couple times. i hope he makes it. joe sears, it's a big waiting game. only joe sears knows if he can make it there or not. >> i personally have never had any problems with him. but i am concerned having him in my pod,

it is a hard budget to pass. thank you for working so hard on this. everyone who has had input into this, crazy thing to be doing during a crazy time thanks for all your help and your work during this. thanks. commissioner murase: i am still shocked by the announcement that the governor is considering cutting our school year by 20 days. i know families that have kids at home where counting the days when school gets back into session, that means school will be ending at the end of april. if you can imagine three and a half long more months of no school. we cannot tolerate this any more. having the least amount of school days of any industrialized country, how do we expect to compete? suddenly i had a question about this budget. we passed this budget, what impact did it have on the layoffs that were difficult decision for us earlier this year? >> debbie superintendent -- deputy superintendent lee. >> this was a tricky one. this makes a number of assumptions about revenues, expenditures, about ways to reduce expenditures, expenditures that remained, and

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celebrate our diversity, but work hard together for all of us. i am so glad to see all of the community grand marshals you have in your program today from all walks of life. we have activist attorneys common community activists, artists, former political people all over the map in terms of the discipline that is reflected in community awards. people have done great things, and i want to especially single out someone who has given me a lot of support and a lot of vision for what the city needs, and that is your lifetime achievement community leader you are honoring today with a lifetime achievement award, and that is nearly brown, jr.. thank you for being here. [applause] if i may, in light of all the different organizational and community leaders you are honoring as grand marshals, and a big thanks to the board chair and all the other staff who has worked hard to put on a successful gay pride month of activities. i also want to call up and willie brown for this certificate of honor for your lifetime worth of achievements. goo[applause] >> you des

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because of the state of theater, it is a hard roll to hold up in institution. it is a hard road. i am looking at where we are 25 years later in the bay area, looking at how hard it is for us to strive to keep our theater is going, etc. i like to think that i'm not struggling quite as hard, personally, but what i mean by that, the intention, the commitment. particularly, to produce works that would not be produced in other places, and also to really nurture women of color artists. i think that is something that has not shifted for me in those 25 years, and it is good to see that brava remains committed to that kind of work. ♪ >> when people talk about the reflection of the community, we can only go from what we have on our staff. we have a south asian managing director, south african artistic director, latino community out rich person. aside from the staff, the other people, artists that we work with being a reflection of us, yes, the community is changing, but brava has always tried to be ahead of that trend. when i came in, i tried to make it about the work that shows the eclect

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at first i working very hard. but just need to keep walking, learning from the tournament, learning from the mistake this is my fifth year on the tour. i mean like i love to watch masters. you can always learn something from that. so many magic shot there and you always can lrn and workin >> golf is very popular in asia. >> it is. >> rose: hugely popular. >> it is. and in taiwan was getting there, it's not as good, like japan and korea. but it was getting there. i mean especially golf is in olympics in 2016. i means that's luge for the chinese golf in china and taiwan. so we're all very excited about that. >> rose: so you are excited to be in the olympics. >> i am very excited. >> rose: what other goals do you have in life? >> i was anying in the future i wants to have golfing in china and to help more kids because i love little kids so much. but i don't know how to play with them but i love them. so i wish in the future i can help more people, playing golf or like go study and dot things that they can do. >> rose

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we work hard for what we get. and all we ask for is our hard work pays offer. offer-- off.i believe the way you grow the economy is from the middle up. i believe in fighting for the middle class because if they are prospering all of us will prosper. that is the idea of america and that is why america is the greatest nation on earth. i'm barack obama and i approve this message. >>woodruff: mark, we are told that obama spot is going to run tonight during the olympics. is that an effective spot or effective way of getting a message across. >> the president is more positive than the president campaign has been running. and filling in the blanks by their judgement on mitt romney and it's to draw contrast with mitt romney. and i have never heard the ex-presentation we build from the middle out i have heard from the bottom up. the democratic party is the middle party. >>woodruff: the mi middle out. >> it does sound like a weight problem. hard work and values and putting him in the mainstream. the headman criticism report that pole poll have been too negative. >> the middle out is

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for supporting the kenneth harding junior foundation to shut down muni today.s been a beautiful indicate. no casualties. >>reporter: group says it plans to hold another protest to shut down muni on next year anniversary. as far as the police are concerned, the harding death is considered an open case. in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> all right thank you john. >> surprise move by yahoo internet search company hiredtae new ceo. 37-year-old marissa meier was google 20th employee and difficult task of turning around the struggling internet pioneer. meier yahoo fifth ceo in 5 years. nouns pt came as surprise since many were expecting l interim ceo would be a lock for the job. she starts tomorrow and her task is to restore the yahoo brand nam name. >> rural placer county depend tonight on shifting wind. giant fire grew more than 100 ache daers to about foursquare miles and right now firefighters are hoping winds don't pick up enough to sweep the blaze over a ridge separating a wall of flames from the ham let of iowa hill. one home lost over the weekend. 2100 firefigh

. >> it's very hard, it's very hard, and we miss each other a lot. it's sad when you miss somebody that much and you can't just reach out and touch them and he's right around the corner from me right now, you know. >> in fact, culverson's boyfriend is only a short walk away in the men's unit of orange county central jail facility. >> oh, my goodness, michelle, that's my love. that's my heart. she has a very outgoing personality, kind, sincere, giving. she's a socialite. sometimes i can be reserved. but then she'll -- she'll bring me out more of the times too. it's like she's the wind beneath my wings. >> it says michelle and beau for life. and so i have it right there. just to remind me every day that i love him and he loves me oh, we're in love. i'm getting all blushy. >> the only time culberson and de'arborne are able to see each other is in court. >> we're co-defendants so hopefully we get to see each other hopefully on the bus. yeah, and also in the courtroom. yeah, so we get to talk and love each other. even if it's for five minutes, it still me

i strove very hard to do that. and then when you reach a certain age, you get -- you're looking back, you say, wow, there is that genetic factor that i can't really be somebody else different. even i started to talk like him, and i start to -- you look at yourself in the mirror, people say, wow, i just look like my father. so at this point, you know, and then i felt very strongly that i had to write something about it. and also i've noticed that while writing the memoir is that you have a story, and you want to write about it. i thought about this for years, but then it has to be sometimes like stating your mind, letting it ferment for a while. sometimes you have to remain ferments to reach the certain pungent and spicy flavor. and it took me years, i've been thinking about this, these stories for a long time, and sometimes i talk with other journalists. they would talk about birthdays. oh, when i was young, i had a birthday, we use a hard boiled egg. they loved the stories, they say, oh, you should write something

it is hard to use chemical weapons. syrian chemical weapons are bindery. you have to take two things and mix them together -- are binary. you have to take two things and mix them together in the process is complicated. this is not going to be easy for assad to do. it certainly will not be easy to steal these weapons if you are the opposition. a lot of attention in the last three or four days has been focused on the question, how would the u.s. and its allies secure these weapons so that they would be safe in a chaotic situation? >> another very worrying aspect. a couple other stories. two american tourists who had been kidnapped in egypt have been released, apparently safe and well. they had been held in the sinai region for three days after tribesmen abducted them. the tourists and their died were released after negotiations involving local tribal -- and thereguide were -- and their guide were released after negotiations involving local tribal elders. israel banned family visits in 2007, after the islamic movement came to power. this is a new agreement to

. >> through hard work and luck we built the business. why is he demonizing us for it. >> to say something like that is not just foolishness, it's insulting to every entrepreneur and innovator in america. >> neither candidate wants to campaign in defensive crouch. they want to be on offense. the polls nationally, virtually tied across the country. state battleground, romney seems to be gaining ground. both candidates will have to spend the next 16 weeks or so on both offense and defense. >> bret: more on the context with the panel. carl cameron in boston tonight. thank you. the dow gained 35 today. the s&p 500 was up 4. the nasdaq finished ahead 23. mortgage rates have fallen to another record low tonight. a 30-year fixed loan is averaging 3.53% right now. millions of older americans are at risk of losing their homes. the aarp says more than 1.5 million older americans have already gone through foreclosure. 625,000 are at least three months behind on payments. 3.5 million are under water. meaning they owe more than their home is worth. >>

i want to thank you for your hard work. i am a 17-year- i am b-17-year-old girl, so i do not know how much of the means to you. but an thank you. before i was a student delegate, you were a signature in e-mail occasionally. i realized how kind and hard- working you are. the is really nice to be reassured that you care about the children, and everyone else does here. fed could easily be forgotten, through the budget and the money issues. it is really nice to know that, and thank you perianth now to thank you. president yee: you are destined to lead. you have a four year free ride to uc-berkeley. you will be a leader. it has been great having you as a student delegates this past year. good luck. i know you are going to shake it up over there. commissioner? commissioner wynns: i wanted to say we are not letting her get away either. we have not had a chance to talk about our and our other student delicate, because we did not know if would be privileged to have them here tonight. with respect to all of my colleagues, elected and