he was like a kid in a candy store. >> reporter: hellman didn't fit the typical businessman lifestylehe wore khakis and denim, often in the company of a banjo. ♪ >> played the banjo from morning until night. he would pick it up at any time. there was always one next to him. >> reporter: hellman's sister says banjo of the gateway drug that inspired him to start the festival, now in its 12th year. >> he didn't have any other ulterior motives. he wasn't trying to run for office. he wasn't trying to earn money. he just of doing it as a gift to himself and to everybody else. >> reporter: this week, festival organizers open an exhibit behind slim's nightclub ordering hellman. among the artifacts, photographs of the musician and banjos he treasured. ♪ >> reporter: he left funds to help keep the festival going for several years. >> i think that's a great thing he gave us. a tribute to his spirit. >> reporter: this weekend hundreds of thousands will celebrate that spirit as the world's most selfish gift breaks into song once again. joe rosato jr., nbc, bay area news. >> amazing. had a great op

thanks to the late warren hellman, a true men of san francisco, this has become an annual tradition for the sixth graders and the school staff throughout san francisco. we have the opportunity to enjoy a morning concert with some of the festival's greatest artists in an open air arena where everyone has fresh air. our students had a great time. i can report to the board and to the public that there was lots of singing and dancing, that took place. and i also want to thank the organizers of the harley strictly blue grass festival and our amazing team of district employees, lead and supported by mary richards in our human resources department for another exciting festival. well run. if you can imagine transporting 3,000 students in a 30-minute time frame and picking them up and taking them to school and every sing of one of them making it back, you can understand the logistics involved. so thank you very much. >> would i like to mention that this friday i had the honor and opportunity to attend the 44th anniversary of the mission language and vocational school award dinner and i want to o

the entirely free festival which drew 800,000 music lovers was hellman's dream.ft. >> warren loved this. he loved the people who worked here and the people who attend and loved the musicians. he was like a kid in the candy store. >> here didn't fit the typical profile. he rode in the halls of high financing, khakis and denim, often in the company of a banjo. >> the banjo was the gateway drug that inspired him to start the festival, now in his 12th year. >> he didn't have other motives. he wasn't trying to run for office or earn money. he was doing it as a gift to himself and everybody else. >> this week festival organizers honored him among the artifacts and the musicians and banjos he treasured. >> he kept the festival going for several more years. >> i think it's a great thing he gave us. a tribute to his spirit. >> hundreds of thousands will celebrate that spirit as the world's most selfish gift breaks into song once again. nbc bay area news. >> we still have more ahead on today in the bay. fashion lovers, a new place to go shopping. a top apparel store opened

and afghan troops before coming here in hellman province of province. we went to the special police training center to see for ourselves. these are afghan special police at the noah training center. they're hand picked police officers, sent here for advanced training to master skills necessary to protect the afghan people from the taliban. strapping here is conducted by nato special operators and experienced american law officers. this year, 600 graduates will return to their units proficient in hand to hand combat, live fire qualification on every weapon in their arsenal, patrolling, live fire close quarter battle, which one mentor called fish, fight not guilty someone's house. -- fighting in someone's house. the goal? afghan police forces around the country that are confident, committed and capable of standing on their own. we're now a third battalion base in hellman province, once one of the bloodiest places on the planet. their task has been made more difficult and dangerous by all the dates certain and exit strategy talk from washington. but the so

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this year's festival pays tribute to its late founder warren hellman who died last december. >>> clearly this is no ordinary weekend in san francisco. and that presents some unique challenges for police. cbs 5 reporter anne makovec takes us behind the scenes with the men and women in charge of crowd control. >> it's been a huge leadup to this. >> reporter: because along with the spectacle, celebration and excitement, is the potential for trouble. emergency responders say they are ready. >> we've been planning for literally a year or better. >> reporter: it's go time for the department of emergency management gathered at the center on turk street with representatives from the fire and police departments, the red cross, and public transit. >> those are all little tidbits of information if something bad really happens you have to know what exists at the time. >> reporter: at the heart of any real emergency response these red telephones, the mayor's emergency telephone system, they look pretty old school but that's on purpose. >> it is analog, plain old telephone system. it's on a separate s

. ♪ >> 12th of the wirt william hellman's gift to san francisco.n the past this has been a very mellow, very well run seen. he was a investor appreciated that. we spoke with his daughter backstage. >> he was always a very humble man. >> here we are. how many people are coming this weekend? >> i would say a few hundred thousand people will find their way here. that could be an under estimate. >> between the giants and fleet week and hardly strictly bluegrass, you might call it a perfect storm for pleasure. at abc7news.com we have an interactive map to the events in san francisco. click on the ones you are interested in. we'll show you how to get there by using public transportation. how you can save time, headache and gas. if you do have to drive, waze app can guide you through the traffic. new unemployment numbers are out and taking some of the wind out of sails of mitt romney's campaign. businesses created 114,000 new jobs around the country last month. lower than previous months, but the unemployment rate still dropped to 7.89%. it's the best it'

it's paying tribute to the late founder, warren hellman who passed away last december. >>> in coming, the opposing candidates for vice president face off. >> the sharp contrast in speaking style will be on display but will it really be worth watching? >> i think so. >> you do? we put that question to former mayor brown. >> this is pure entertainment value. nothing beats a vice- presidential debate because, you know, a great contrast in style, you have paul ryan who is going to come in there with all his facts and figures and joe biden will be tearing up or screaming at every other juncture. it is been be marvelous television. >> does anybody care about this? >> well, joe biden will make sure they do. joe biden will invariably give you enough shots so you will be able to quote him for the rest of the month. >> not going to be anywhere close to the biden and palin where everybody was marching into theaters. >> that was the highest rated debate. everybody wanted to see palin. paul ryan will not draw unless he takes off his shirt. >> paul ryan is a drag because he does not relate to anyb

telling the enemy when we are leaving, these americans like the ones i am down with right now in hellman province, third battalion, they are making sure that that progress is being made. difficult though as it has been because of telling anybody when we are leaving. >> patti ann: they are brave and determined guys. colonel, has this interfered with the return of the bases to the afghans? >> it's made it more difficult. when you tell the enemy what you are going to do they have vote in all of this. it remains to be seen as we posted that date of 2013, exactly who else is going to leave and what units are going to be replaced. this battalion will be pulling out shortly. we can't say exactly when. they will be replaced in this area because this was one of deadliest parts of this country until they came down and pacified it. >> patti ann: oliver north, thank you. >> gregg: governor mitt romney and congressman paul ryan hitting the campaign trail with new energy after strong debate performances and a favorable bounce in the polls. sudden shift proving that this tight race for the white house

this little town in the district in hellman province, one of bloodiest places on the planet. today protected by afghan local police and afghan special forces and a handful of marine special operators. and these special operate ejamie are out there, outnumbered in some cases by a significant margin. as you noted we're standing on a street where murder happened without any armor, and without any guns and most importantly, for every american that's injured out here or killed, the ratio he is 5-1 for afghans of the victims of these green on blue and actually green on green attacks. >> jamie: colonel, thank you so much. >> and the unemployment rate seeing its lowest drop in three years, coming up, is this really a sign of a recovery? or are there other factors at play? >> plus, he died protecting our freedom, now, see how the u.s. navy is choosing to remember, one of our fallen heroes. i'm drew brees and being a dad means the world to me. and one of the most important things any parent can do is make sure their kids get active at least 60 minutes each day. studies show that physic

hellman who was an investor, philanthropist, he appreciated that and we spoke with his daughter, judyumble man, self-deprecating, actually. >> here we are. how many people are coming this weekend? >> i would say 200,000 people probably will filter through here. that could be an underestimate. >> well, between the giants and fleet week and hardly strictly blue grass and all the festivals going on, you might call it the perfect storm for pleasure. at abc7news.com under see it on tv we have an interactive map to several events in san francisco. just click on the ones you are going to and we are going to show you how to get there by using public transportation and that's how you can save gas. if you do have to drive, the waze traffic app can drive you around the gridlock. download it at abc7news.com/waze. the new unemployment numbers are out and they are taking some of the wind out of the sails of mitt romney presidential campaign. the numbers yesterday show businesses created 114,000 new jobs around the country last month. lower than previous months, but the unemployment rate dropped to

is this part of hellman province you've been in for six months better off or worse since you've been here? >> i would definitely say it is better, sir. since we first got into the country, there was in the entity stage with the afghan national army. now, we've taken them to first steps. it seems they will be progressing better now. >> is there anybody you would like to say hi to? >> my family members, you support me. thank you. >> she coming home and he is hero. standing beside me is staff sergeant. she has one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. he is an explosive ordnance specialist, ide is most lethal weapon in its arsenal. he finds them but disarms them. he told me his job was to work himself out of a job. in seven months you have been out here, how is it coming? >> i would say it's going pretty well. afghans are taking control as far as patrols, ide calls and everything they come across. >> what does it take to teach somebody to disarm these things? >> i can't speak on that. i haven't taught anybody. they go through a rigorous program to comprehend and make decisions on the

. >> this little town in hellman province is one of bloodiest places on the planet. afghan forces and u.s. marine operators are protecting the area. >> they know heather that are vulnerable because outnumbered significantly out in the community. you notice in that shot that we did in suzai, neither we are wearing body armor. surrounded by afghans. they know they are at risk and we sent a message. there is only a certain time left before everybody going home. many on the ground here believe that was a serious mistake. >> heather:, lieutenant oliver north, fascinating. thank you. >> gregg: more details in the death of a border patrol agent, nicolas ivy, friendly fire was likely to blame but investigators say they are still looking into the case for definitive answers. homeland security janet napolitano making a trip to ivy's home expressing her condolences to his family. several border patrol officials joining her on that trip and described the death of a true american hero. >>> made progress into the investigation into agent ivy's death and looking into the possibilit

but first thisco >> announcer: today's cooking school is brought to you by hellman's. make it real.do much more than just make toast and heat things up. chef eric ripert is the owner of the fame la bernadine restaurant. where did this idea come from? >> i came home and my wife wanted to cook a meal for my son in a toaster oven and i was very condescending. actually, i was making fun of her an then i realized it was amazing what she cooked, came up with and i think it is a great way of cooking at home for one person or two people and it's easy and you can have some great recipes. >> energy efficient. >> absolutely. it is energy efficient it goes very fast. i'm going to show you the first one. >> crab cakes. how do we do this? >> going to do a crab gratton. very similar to crab cakes. i picked the crab before. i'm adding the mayonnaise in it. some chives. a little bit of spice. not too much a bit of salt. pepper. lemon juice. like that and i mix it with a bit of bread crumbs. very simple to mix. >> that's easy. >> takes about seconds really. then you just put it in a mold, like that.

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