howell would you respond to the comments that the lease is flawed? >> first of all, we emphasized and commented on the rentals as the official aspect of the budget analyst standpoint. this lease was negotiated. certainly we were not a part of the negotiation. there are various aspects of the least that were considered by the department. it is unusual to have such a negotiation. on i cannot comment specifically about holes and the lease but i would say that it would be appropriate for the department to negotiate a various aspects of the lease. thank you. >> i know that supervisor mirkarimi has a number of questions. and people are taking different perspectives on it. i do understand the need from the recreation and park department perspective on how the ongoing revenue that is going into the department. there are three different goals that are outlined by the general manager. without the capital improvements and the strong maintenance parts of the lease that the family enterprises have committed to, without that, it is very difficult to see a positive

>> bergman: miceli turned to veteran civil rights lawyer mary howell, who has been investigating deathst the hands of the authorities in new orleans for decades. >> they really are downplaying here any of the stuff with the asthma. >> bergman: dr. mcgarry, who has worked for dr. minyard... >> right. >> bergman: ...for many years, are his autopsies, his findings, a regular problem that you run into? >> yes, yes, they are. if i know that dr. mcgarry has done the autopsy, and if i know that it is an in-custody death, i am routinely going to do a second autopsy. because the information and the experience that we've had dealing with the office here is... is so unreliable. and... and we have found really shocking things when we've done those second autopsies. >> bergman: you know mary howell, right? >> oh, yeah. >> bergman: what she says is that there's a consistent series of cases, many handled by dr. mcgarry, where second autopsies showed that there was, in fact, a different cause of death... >> mm-hmm. >> bergman: ...than what he had. >> i have to believe what my pathologists say. i couldn

howell got the roll and pack your bags. great shot. from the good to the down right ugly.ich davies with a shot from behind a tree. not only did he break his club, but his ball landed in the water. one more time. that club never had a chance. a broken iron, a lost ball, and a double bogey. sounds a lot like my golf game. that's your early look at sports on "early today." have a terrific weekend. i'm fred roggin. >>> well, this valentine weekend, will it be a story about love or true love for one pop star that wins hearts at the box office. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, why a group of kansas college students traded their school books for shovels to learn how to give back. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this friday morning. it's been a while since we've had a bad weather day in hawaii, but this will be one of them. we're expecting rain island-wide. temperatures will be cooler because of the rain, too, so not every state in the country is seeing dry weather. just all the lower 48. 68 and sunny in vegas today. the

>> i'm justin howell.r way tonight from big rex to big dunks. >> not just that, the beard was back this the bull pen yesterday. he played some catch today. but the cold and rain in scottsdale putting the breaks on all kinds of action this weekend in giants camp. >> the sharks beefing up the roster. we'll introduce you to ian white. >>> the bay area's best in table tennis. also, some of the nation's best. why? a unique club in palo alto helping foster some amazing talent. well take you inside that club tonight. talent on the table and a new star in nascar. a shocker today with shades of buster douglas. the miracle on ice. an upset over man o'war. those are old references about a guy you'll meet who is just 20.

round after all as much as he is that all for the quarter finals stoke will host either west howell burnley mansion the city or aston villa will take on everton reading birmingham on the bolton i'm going to think of the ties lunch united will face either ask for leyton orient those matches will be played on the twelfth and thirteenth of march. now kobe bryant has won the m.v.p. of the all star game for the fourth time on sunday night the black mamba tied the record after scoring thirty seven points in the game ok we led the western conference to one hundred forty eight to one hundred forty three victory over the east bryant missed last year's all-star weekend this time we dominated in front of his home crowd adding fourteen rebounds to his tally the wrong james and tamara stoudemire were the high scores for the east coast getting twenty nine points but it was you don't need to show. moving on that tennis now and new world number one caroline wozniacki has won the dubai championships after beating sport likers not sober in straight sets it took the day in just an hour and a quarter to defeat

>>reporter: elaine howell is the state auditor. >> cost estimate and uncertain funding plagued this particular system. >>reporter: audit also said the judicial council failed to disclose the full accident of the projected cost to the legislature. >> they have to gain back some trust from the public from the court and from the legislature. >>reporter: almost all who testified had harsh words for the project. >> i see it as a train wreck and has not work at all for my court. >> shaken our confidence in both our executive and our bench. >>reporter: william l administrator of the court promised more transparency. >> we also will follow every single recommendation that the state auditor has made. >>reporter: but when he spoke with us, after the hearing, he appeared to refute the audit findings. >> i don't think we have wasted money. everything that has been ton has been done to develop a successful product. >>reporter: legislators will introduce at least 3 different bills by the end of this week. they are designed to reduce the power of the judicial council and provide for more tran parent situatio

. >> yeah, the cat howelling tall way. >> yeah. >>> -- the cat howling all the way. >>> a fire forcing hundreds of people out of bed in the middle of the night. the health concern that kept him out in the cold. >>> and an arson investigation underway in san francisco after another fire this morning. the fourth one in 24 hours in the same neighborhood. the latest coming up next. >>> parents hope to pressure a school district to save their schools despite budget cuts. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> and good morning everyone. sit friday the fourth day of february. >> thank you for joining us. time now is 6:31. >>> four fires in 24 hours in san francisco's castro district. and just a few minutes ago, we learned arson investigators confirmed this latest one is suspicious. we are on the scene with the very latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the fire chief fell short of calling this is a fire bug as far as being one on the loose in the castro district today. but there have been four fires and they are certainly suspicious. the latest one this morning. you can see the front door of what is

howell raines was on some type of personal jihad against bill clinton and brin -- i did a count once and now i'm not remembering that i wrote a piece in the nation about this in about 1999 or 2000. i think it was late 1999. you can look it up if you want to, but far, far more editorials criticizing bill clinton than criticizing ken star and his prosecutorial tactics. the paper broke the whitewater story. i will finish up in a couple of minutes. the paper broke the whitewater story. if you kept on clinton pretty hard. throughout his time in office. the paper more recently broke the eliot spitzer story. david paterson is another democrat that but it didn't go soft on. i can cite a lot more examples than that. also on the subject of the war, it is a much more pungent criticism in my mind that the "times" like most american newspapers and news outlets published far more stories, basically taking the administration's line through back round quotes like the famous judy nor stories and there were many many many more. bennett ran critical of the administration's arguments for war against ira

howell rumor, mayor don d. a. and manuel for their contributions for the program. [applause] as we gather here in carson city, countless are watching on television from the internet. it is as if the collective nevada family has gathered around the table. each member leaning forward in his or her chair, eager to hear the news. in this time of sacrifice our nevada family look to us for reassurance for solution and leadership. so i begin with the story of two men in uniform who leadership in times of sacrifice can inspire us all. lieutenant colonel tony milligan is stationed at no less air force base. he was awarded the bronze star and prestigious 2010 air force award for his heroism in afghanistan. lieutenant-colonel millikan's survive a blast from a 700 pound explosive device that exploded less than 50 yards away from his location. his story of courage is echoed in the tail of specialist ernesto podium from gardnerville who is assigned to the first cavalry of the nevada national guard. he left his pregnant wife in may of 2008 and deployed to afghanistan for his vehi

my name is joe howell. i'm sorry. did you call someone? >> yes, joe. >> he talked plenty of spending and the debt at this conference, but i think one issue that has not been addressed is the elephant and the room, which is what is doing that, the fact we have the federal reserve. my question is when it does the tea party stand on the currency? >> okay. i'll take this one. here is my strong suggestion on speaking with and working with the two-party. what does the two-party think is kind of like asking what the people in indiana think. there are many leaders of the tea party movement, thousands of tea party members. i think the central truth that they grasp that was missing from a lot of smart people in washington who were trying to build the republican party was guys front and center spending. there are many challenges that we have. not having money that sticks to something of real value is one of them. what to cut you can't tell the tea party anything. to listen to them. the tea party is not following anybody out of their own common sense,