i've owned it for about 25 years. >> reporter: and walking around the whitney's edward hopper exhibitnberg gives meaning to the phrase art appreciation. >> i think it's the great thing about hopper is you think you know what it's about, but no matter how much you study it you never really get it. >> right. i think that's what makes art really great art great is that you can never quite sum it up in a sentence. you think you can. but once you have done that, the painting has been dead. >> right. >> it's done. >> that's right. >> so great paintings really live on because they're not quite ex-applicable. >> reporter: martin also acknowledges part of the allure of collecting is the thrill of the hunt. >> i talked to a collector friend of mine. he said, steve, i followed this jackson pollack for years. i wanted this picture so bad. for years. and finally it came up. and i got it. and i got it. and i took it home. and i put it on the wall and i looked at it. for five minutes. (laughing). >> reporter: has that ever happened to you? or have you been a little luckier? >> it comes and goes. >>

professor stephen hopper. professor, how can this happen? >> plant diversity -- this is a fundamental infrastructure in much people have a repository of knowledge. >> according to new research, these are not just great new building features. they may contain half of the world's undiscovered plant species. professor, we are finding new species even today? >> we have discovered -- we have to thousand new species undiscovered iran the world. -- 2000 new species. this is an example of a new species of shrubs. this turned up this was in the name of parts of mozambique. >> it is estimated there might be as many as 70,000 plant species out there still to be discovered. e>> the latest headlines this hour on "bbc world news." a court in london has remanded julian assange for seven days while it determines whether he should be extradited to sweden. and the u.s. has abandoned attempts to persuade israel to scrap its building program in occupied palestinian territory. in iran, the leading world powers will be meeting to discuss the nuclear program endin

rather let a professional plate you up a salad of artisan lettuce, then head on over to the fish hopper restaurant on cannery row. from any table in the restaurant, you'll have a breathtaking view of monterey bay. here there's a long list of entrees, with most of the menu understandably being devoted to seafood. but executive chef mo tabib believes not only in taking advantage of the abundant natural riches of the monterey peninsula, but also the multitude of agriculture the area is fortunate to have. >> here we--of course we are-- we support all the local growers and the stability of the seafood and the produce. and this is something in your backyard. to get that quality, it's definitely any chef's dream. here we have 3 different kinds of lettuce and artisan lettuce. they're all in one box. i mean, how great thap can get? first of all we have the tundra. the tundra--the thing is, i like--you like lettuce? you know, it's more... you know, you can really see it's a little bit spicy, so we add the--goat cheese goes so well with green beans and heirloom tomatoes and that light dressing we

if you're headed there in the next 24 hours, whether in a car or a hopper flight, be prepared with more showers and temperatures only in the teens. the other hot spots could be flagstaff, arizona where our storm yesterday is now regaining strength, slamming portions of arizona with 6 to 12 inches of snow, and that will also be moving into denver thursday as well with wind up to 40 miles per hour and possibly up to a foot of snow. back here across the bay area, what we are finding now is the storm has moved out are bitterly cold temperatures in the bay already. it's helping to stir up a lot of 30s everywhere, however, i do think with these winds slowly calming down, we will reach an anticipated 32 in las gaos gatoh some possible early frost. and yes, we are still in this weather pattern. >>> a family holiday turned tragic during last night's storm in safari west in santa rosa. a 70-year-old grandmother was killed when an enormou oak tree snapped off its base and came down on her tent in the reserve. she had taken her 7-year-old granddaughter to the safari for a special holiday trip. she

vice president mendoza, would you like to -- >> like for you to do the hopper. it is your last resolution on the board. >> okay. i will. i'll skip through some of it. it should therefore be resolved. whereas the san francisco unified school district recognizes in a plan that the opportunity gap in san francisco's low income neighborhoods affect the overall achievement of students and s.f.a. commits to using all resources to close the gap. the board of education has passed resolution in support of closing the gap and promoting green school construction and healthy school nutrition prms and whereas low income neighborhoods in san francisco suffer high rates of poverty which affects the students abilities to meet their basic needs. where public schools are not adequately funded and there's inequity in the schools and creative policieses and practices can create and support closing the gap for our children and one of the greatest underutilized assets is the real estate and the school district properties. one of -- one, i'm sorry, they're an important asset that coul

the settlement includes $400,000 to cover the cost of fighting the hopper creek fire in september of006 in napa county. the state claimed that pg&e failed to clear tree branches away from its electrical lines. >> the vallejo homeless want the city to stop rousing them from their encampments. they believe there's better ways vallejo can help them. abc 7's amy holyfield tells us more. >> cathy course lives on the streets of vallejo and she's so fed up on the way the homeless are treed she showed up at the redevelopment and commission meeting to demand change. >> 32 degrees at night. i don't think anybody likes sleeping in that. i didn't. thanksgiving night was the coldest night. >> her motivation to fight comes from t. j. walker, a concerned citizen working on a documentary about the life of the homeless in vallejo. >> i live here right now. i see every day my conscious bothers me. >> he appeared at the meeting to plead with the commissioners to keep moving the homeless from his encampment doing what he calls sweeps and taking their stuff away. he questions this use of resources. >> wh

the settlement includes $400,000 to cover costs fighting the hopper creek fire in december 2006 in napaounty. it failed to clear tree branches from its electrical lines. >> demands were brought to last night's housing and redevelopment commission meetings. why the bankrupt city focuses resources on seizing people's possessions during sweeps. >> it does take a long time to recoup their blankets, their pillows, their tents. >> we don't have time to be social workers. we don't. yet at the same time we cannot inhumanely just kick these people around and treat them like trash. >> the commission wants to look for federal money to get the homeless off the streets for good instead of continuing to shuffle them around town. >> california's new chief justice will take her oath of office later this morning. voters confirmed her to a 12-year term during last month's gubernatorial election. the 51-year-old is the second woman to serve as chief justice. she comes to the highest court after severing on the appeals court in sacramento. it will take place in the capitol rotunda in sacramento. >> it's fr

the settlement also includes $400,000 to cover costs of the hopper creek fire in september 2006 in napaounty. the state claims pg&e failed to clear tree branches from its electrical lines. >> vallejo's homeless want the city to stop sweeping from their encampment and force them finding new places to sleep. they brought their demands to the commission meeting. the homeless questioned why they focus resources on rousting homeless encampments and seizing possessions during the sweeps. >> does take a long time to recoup their blankets, their pillows, their tents. >> we don't have time to be social workers. we don't. yet at the same time we cannot inhumanely just keep these people around and treat them like trash. >> the commission wants to look for federal money to get the homeless off the streets for good instead of continuing to shuffle them around town from encame pment to encampment. >> the chief justice will take her oath of office. voters confirmed her to a 12 year term during last month's gubernatorial election. she is the second woman to serve as chief justice. she comes to the stat

about a year before that blaze, the hopper creek fire broke out in napa county burning nearly 400 acres. state lawsuits claimed power lines and electrical transmissions conductors belonging to pg&e were responsible for both fires. >>> a bit of bay area history coming down brick by brick. >> cement by cement? >> why demolition of the transbay terminal is going to take so long. >> history made on the state's highest court. why today's swearing-in was a first for california. >>> and a young woman gets in a beef with her mechanic and not about the job that was done, oh, it's over the junking of her whole car. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, terminal is in full swing. that swing -- is from a wrecking ball. don knapp shows us the day-one destructio >>> demolition is in full swing from a wrecking ball. don knapp shows us the day 1 destruction. >> reporter: that terminal was built for trains. it has taken a lot to bring it down. people are booing or cheering or some figuratively letting go of a tear. >>> reporter: the wrecking ball took the first bites out of the transbay terminal beginning the demolition

that law could be lifted with recent restaurants being able to confuse their own batches of >> tom hopper problem until the 60s. all of a sudden he began the serious painting is gastrointestinal tract. >> the lower extremity crops would be sold severe that at times, i would have to hold myself up by cleaning on top of the door of the bathroom. >> cleaning--and then after testing, he was a double over on a plane to boston. and paramedics took him to the hospital and the fund up that he had selected seeds. and i said that is great, -- siliac damages a section of the intestine that processes gluten. >> and it is intriguing that some individuals will lose the capability to process clinton. and for some people, the can dollar rate for 60-70 years. >> if some people can tolerate? they can find better ways of syllica >> daniel vicki liviakis >> kron 4 news >> and we will take a live look at when the been use the 6:00 p.m. is coming up, next. [ male announcer ] with at&t u-verse tv, you can watch your shows here... ♪ ...here... here... and here. ♪ [ female announcer ] switch to at&t now to get u-

. >> osgood: not so little, dennis hopper.ge on the big screen, particularly when you directed "easy rider." >> you want to know what i think? i think this crack pot idea that's what i think. >> osgood: you took american cinema on one wild ride. ♪ born to be wild your characters had so much character even when things got a little uncontrolled. >> don't just stand there, kill something. >> as of now i am in control here in the white house -- >> osgood: in the heat of the moment sect of moment al hague was in hot water. in 1981 shortly after the attempt on ronald reagan's life, retired four star general seemed to leapfrog the chain of success. an honest mistake, he said, but something he knew would be hard to forget. >> sorry. love means never having to say you're sorry. >> osgood: on the subject of unforgettable lines "love sorry" author eric seigel died this year. >> ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. >> osgood: then there were those unforgettable words delivered by president john f

he said first of all to do this i need something with hoppers or distilling tubes or something a brewerould be lovely or distillery. they said sure and let against the nickel since chinn factory, which is in east london has just gone bankrupt and we've taken control of the site. so with a june factory work? he said it would, can be better. for he was mhn factory. is that i'd like something with a lot of sailors, something like mays. they said you can't have names because that outcomes from canada and that keeps getting torpedoed by the german so we can't spare that. what else? san pablo chestnut? and as it happens and some of you may know, each autumn and they turn, they used to be called killers, where you take on horse chestnuts and put a string through them and suspend them. another little boy with another one will try to hate his conquer any of you which first. anyway, it's a very very important thing in britain. he decided to capitalize on this in the automotive 1816, word went around to the british government to children you cannot play the game because they should collect these a

investigating all along, but once things go to trial, every possible piece of evidence goes into the hopperez: meaning that there may still be facts in evidence... >> other investigations, otherç reports, everything goes in, everythingç gets before the jue in order to help figure out just what happened here. >> suarez: did holder mention... did the attorney general mention that criminal charges may still be in the offing or discuss what has to happen in order for that to move forward? >> well, that's the big shoe that's left to drop. the attorney general did say that there's no criminal indictment at this time. he said that that's... that that investigation is ongoing and he said they're making progress. he didn't say whether it would happen or not. >> suarez: john, can we talk a little bit about the mechanics? there are already thousands of lawsuits against b.p. and some of the associated companies involved in the well. when the attorney general of the united states announces a suit, what happens? do they jump to the head of the line? do they become just another co-applicant along with t

he said, first of all, to do this i need something with vats or hoppers, distilling tubes, a brewery or a distillery. and they said, well, you're in luck because the nicholson's gin factory has just gone bankrupt, and we've taken control of the site. he said, oh, couldn't be better. thank you very much. [laughter] so he was given a gin factory. and what else? he said, well, something with a lot of cellulose in it, something like maize. that keeps getting torpedoed by the germans, we can't spare that. what else? he said how about chestnuts, horse chestnuts? as it happens and some of you may know, each autumn in britain school children or schoolboys play a game called conquers. and i was told yesterday that in america it used to be called killers where you take fallen horse chestnuts, and you put a string through them and suspend them like on a plum bob, and another little boy with another one will try and hit your conquer against your conquer kerr and see which one breaks first. anyway, it's a very, very popular game. still is in britain. so it was decided to capitalize on this, and t

. >> reporter: dennis hopper was wildly successful in his five-decade acting career before dying in may. >> i don't want to hear anything you have to say. >> reporter: so was john forsyth, whose most memorable role might be the one where he was never seen on camera. a few who helped run the country also passed in 2010, like nixon confidant alexander haig and career diplomat richard holbrook. we lost a famous tv mom, barbara billingsley and tv dad, tom bosley. >> you know whenever you do something exciting on television, you become famous all over the country. >> reporter: swells tv kid, gary coleman. plus another two big names in baseball, sparky anderson and bob feller. and we close noting the death of author j.d. salinger, whose "catcher in the rye" still sells a quarter million copies a year, 60 years after he wrote it. chris clackum, nbc news. >>> as we continue to wrap up 2010, we're taking a look at the best of the year. this morning the hottest internet searches of the year. here's one. >> we cringed but we couldn't get enough of the photos. >> what's she talking about? bedbugs,

the and the hopper creek fire in napa county, that one burned 400 acres in 2006. state fire officials sued pg&e for the money last year. they say the fires were due to poorly maintained power lines. >>> ryan seacrest has signed a new three-year, $60 million deal with clear channel communications. besides "e." he produces shows like "keeping up with the kardashians." under the new agreement he will continue on air as ryan seacrest and develop new products. i-- i don't know when he s leeps. >> when does he sleep? >> and started tv right here on "mornings on 2." >>> he's making more than derek jeter. >> yeah, he is. >>> if you are at the bay bridge toll plaza, it's backed up for a 20-minute delay. you will see some busy traffic there. it's kind of been bad. a couple of people had some bad days 0 the bridge and stalled vehicles and now it's actually not that good. let's take a look at interstate 880 northbound on the right. you can see it's okay. but it's getting more prouded -- more crowded on the way to downtown oakland. we have a head-on collision on clayton on mar

the national retail federation says the hard to pass up holiday sales haveout motivated s hoppers. layaway also helps of the kmart manager we spoke to when we arrived said the extended hours for shoppers for the holidays, the shoppers can grab holidays. >> one lady came in and was so happy we were open. she said my grandkids are coming over. she bought a tree and said she could get it all ready and set. >> toys are -- toys 'r' us is offering special deals at midnight. shoppers should look for deals in here. for the shoppers wanting specific clothes bargain, they opened an hour and a half ago and they won't close until tomorrow night at 7:00 and also retailers such as kohl's and target will also offer extended hours for that last-minute s hopping. reporting live in san leandro, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >> i'm sure it's gonna get c rowded later. >> oh, yeah. >>> san francisco firefighters are asking for donations to help make their annual toy give away a success. if you are out there shopping and you can buy something extra. they are hoping to provide toys for 40,000 chil

could you drop a bill, as we say in the, in the hopper, and have anyone pay attention to it when you're in the minority? guest: one of the things we have in this country in the system we have, once you win the election, you have a lot of power but what you don't have is this kind of balance of power. we have a very -- an unwritten constitution, for one thing, and the way it works, kind of winner-takes-all in that the party that wins the election provides the prime minister and the cabinet ministers. but what can you do? well, i think that we're going to see a lot more activism, a lot more demonstrations. we had to demonstrate a couple of weeks ago, one of the biggest cuts that have come in a long time, i think there's going to be a lot of anger and people will look to the leadership in parliament to offer leadership, to offer an alternative to what the government is doing. host: we'll go back to when we talked about money, are you really saying that money is no issue here when it comes to politicians? guest: at a local level, no, because campaign finance laws are so strict and you don't

the remainder is for the 2006 fire in the hopper creek area. that burned 400 a.. fire officials see piccinni saying the utility's failure to properly maintain its power lines was to blame for the fires. >> national stories greasy food street's soft drinks to soon disappear from schools as congress to approve a 45 $5 billion nutrition bill. many democrats signaled opposition because is partially paid for with cuts in future funding. if several of them have said they're going to support this bill after the republican victories. the white house has said it will find other ways to restore the food stamp. tv commercials could soon have the volume turned down a bit. congressional record as of is sponsoring a bid title the commercial advertising loudness act or that, that it would limit the decibels of commercial to be no higher than the value level of the commercial. it will be voted on today. if passed broadcasters will have one year to comply. >> we will be back with more in just a couple of minutes. a live look outside every camera on van ness avenue looking at these

george is reading a biography about bond hopper. i am usually reading the newest books by respectable lawyers. i will be at the texas book festival in late october. i hope any of you who have a chance can come to the festival. thank you all very much. i appreciate it very much. thank you all. [applause] >> i see what you mean by readers in chief. wonderful to see you again in person. we thank mrs. bush for being here. signed copies are being offered. one more vote of thanks for the inventor. [applause] .. >> prime minister tony blair received an award from the national t-shirts under. former president though clinton presented the award which he won in 2005. the ceremony in philadelphia is about an hour. >> welcome again. my name is david eisner. i am the president and chief executive officer of the national cause duchenne center. tony blair is the former british prime minister and recipient of the liberty medal that we're going to be aborting him with this evening. he released his memoir, "a journey: my political life" on september

john kansas city hopper -- and there are going to be others -- very much wants to speed up the opportunity for the states to be innovative, to have a chance to champion approaches that insure we don't have one size fits all health care. that they have an opportunity for flexibility, more choice and more competition. would you be open within the department, because it has to be a departmental effort, to start reaching out now with the governors to start looking for ways to be encouraging of this approach that would give not just my state, but every state as much flexibility as possible as soon as possible to be innovative? >> yes, senator. i would. the cliche about states as laboratories of democracy is not just a cliche, it's true. and the diversity of approach that we're seeing emerge state by state, it's been there a long time. i think we should do everything in consistent with protecting the trust fund and protecting the well being of beneficiaries. releasing this kind of state energy is an extraordinarily important thing to do. we are doing it. there's demonstration authorities, just y

can you drop a bill in the hopper and have anybody pay any attention to it when you are in the minority? >> one of the things about the system we have is that, once you win an election, you have a lot more power. but would you do not have is this kind of balance of power. we have a very different system, an unwritten constitution for one thing, and a winner takes all in which the party that wins the election provides the prime minister and the cabinet ministers. but what can you do? well, i think that we will see a lot more activism, a lot more demonstrations. we had people demonstrating a couple of weeks ago. i think people will look to their leadership in parliament to offer leadership and offer encouragement. >> you're really saying that money is no issue here when it comes to politicians? level, nothe local because the campaign finance laws are so strict. in the course of an election, which is about four weeks, each of the main parties can run three or four ads. it is not three or four ads in the course of an hour. it is in the three or four weeks. you have a limit on how much you c

george is reading a biography about bond hopper. i am usually reading the newest books by respectable lawyers. i will be at the texas book festival in late october. i hope any of you who have a chance can come to the festival. thank you all very much. i appreciate it very much. thank you all. [applause] >> i see what you mean by readers in chief. wonderful to see you again in person. we thank mrs. bush for being here. signed copies are being offered. one more vote of thanks for the inventor. [applause] >> prime minister tony blair received an award from the national t-shirts under. former president though clinton presented the award which he won in 2005. the ceremony in philadelphia is about an hour. >> welcome again. my name is david eisner. i am the president and chief executive officer of the national cause duchenne center. tony blair is the former british prime minister and recipient of the liberty medal that we're going to be aborting him with this evening. he released his memoir, "a journey: my political life" on september 1st