and it will be a memorial to john buchanan. >> let's pick up on that john buchanan? >> he was the museum director from 2006 to 2011. he sadly passed away late december of this year. we miss him terribly. he was much loved dean a wonderful job. -- loved. he did a wonderful job. he brought us world famous exhibitions that have just set records in terms of attendance. his whole vibrant personality, we miss him terribly. he loved flowers and bouquets to arm. it could not be big enough or more vibrant for him. he loved it. so we decided to dedicate it this year to his memory. and terry and terry are doing a beautiful display john's honor. it's sad. but we're hope this dedicate the event to him this year. >> i remember when i first met him at one of the press things, he just walked up and said i'm john buchanan. he was a delightful man. >> he always made you feel welcome. it was a one-on-one like he knew you. >> can anyone joint auxillary? what do you get out of that? >> first of all, you get to be in the museum and you love the museum. you have access to the museum that y

most touching work is a tribute to the late john buchanan the director of the museum whose choice of world class museum. >> it's up until saturday evening. >>> san francisco's 161st st. patrick's day parade is going ahead as planned this morning rain or shine. it has attracted up to 100,000 people. it's the largest celebration of irish history on the west coast. it kicks off second and mark street at 11:30 and make its way to civic center plaza so the festival starts at 10 they will be chilly today. we still have possibility of showers. look at all the showers offshore from salinas to gilroy and heaviest rain is well down the coast. you can see around milpitas and high elevation snow around mount hamilton. scattered showers and chance of thunderstorm through the evening hours, mid and upper 50s. monday, spring arrives, no rain and a little warmer next week. >>> thank you so much. thanks everyone for joining us. next newscast starts at 5:00. keep track of the latest breaking news on twitter and talk about it facebook.com/abc7news.com. happy st. patrick's da

the most-fetching work is a tribute to john buchanan.irector of the museum whose vision and choices transformed it into major world-class museums. and this is saturday evening. >> and thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. i'm carolyn johnson. the news at 5:00 continues right now with dan ashley. >> thank you. and fishtailing in the rain. may have contributed to a freak fatal accident. >> i'm sandhya patel. we're just getting started with wet pattern. how much more rain will fall, and what commutes will be wet. >> shot spotter technology helps police come to the rescue of an innocent chill. -- child. >> the wind and rain line up to clifr the -- deliver the first punch of a storm system. two more storms expected between now and saturday. and this morn's led to dozens of accidents like this overturned car on the shoulder of the richmond parkway. chp says there was a 25% increase in calls just this morning. and the wind tossed these tree limbs on a string of power lines and public works spent the day trying to get head of problems li

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bush was able to withstand the challenge from john mccain, and in 1996 we saw bob dole do the same thing where republicans were not enthusiastic but they, buchanan could not maintain the momentum he got. and, it still comes down to organization and money. >>neil: thank you, andy, very much. so, it is a lack of passion and support, what does my next guest say? we have republican congressman michele bachmann, congresswoman, good to have you. you are getting off the fence? or staying on? >>guest: i'm on the unity train, that's where i am because we have to come together. the one thing i have seen as a result of super tuesday, neil, the fact that people want to have this come to an end. there is a fatigue level that has set in because each day the question is, who will be the president today? and after a while people have had it and we don't see any surprises or big upsets come out of last might, and people want to see this resolved and that is what my goal is, when we get to that certain point, pull everyone together and we have an election to win, so that is what we need to do get our message right, win the election and make president obama a one-

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lying about her and -- even with all of that, sarah palin and pat buchanan would remind us of this all the time. sarah palin pushed john mccain into first place. and john mccain stayed in first place up until september 15th when the markets crashed. and i believe if the markets had not crashed and if john mccain had reacted in a different way to that, sarah palin could have carried him over the top because she was new. as you said, she was fresh. people liked this outsider. >> i also -- >> i'm going to say, and jeb bush and chris christie don't need crash courses on how to handle themselves the way sarah palin did. >> talk about media being co-conspirators. we will force that issue. >> how big would that be? >> wow. >> so talking about all of this. >> i was just going to say, rick santorum yesterday. so he heard this message from the romney camp that he ought to get out of the race, that it's mathematically impossible. and he made the point this is not your birthright, mitt romney, to be the nominee. this is santorum yesterday. >> what won't they resort to to try to bully their way through this race? you know, if the g