moment to thank mohammed for assembling an incredible team for executing this project starting with john thomas, lee, and of course the contractor that made all of this had been, -- made this happen. landscaping. we have to give mike and his for man, kelly, a big hand of applause for making this possible for all the businesses in the area. thank

they have been a big part of it, from d p w, john thomas, our manager. a big hand for john, please. the design team arlene, david flores and wong. the construction team that actually was here and delivered the project on time lee and flip e. they got us to the finish line. i know a lot of you have heard about neale, neale really was very instrumental in making sure that we did the right outreach, putting together the project and the conceptual design and making sure that we had a document that got us here today. as you heard from the supervisor we are going to start finding ways to look at the next phase. thank you very much, neale for all of your leadership. [ applause ] >> the project has truly been built on teamwork, not only on city agencies but with the community down here at fisherman's wharf. finally the entire project would not have been possible without the vision and leadership of the merchants and restaurant owners and people here at fisherman's wharf and the community benefit district. a big hand for them. [ applause ] >> they came in existence 2005 and since then they h

can't resist trying to get a taste of this, so i head off in search of the el pinto owners--jim and john thomas. jim and john are down to their last few jars of the salsa. >> i am about to eat the world's spiciest salsa. that's a lot. isn't that too much? that's too much. ok. i'm about to eat the hottest salsa on planet earth. is the back-up all ready to go? >> yeah, it's ready. >> we got the back-up, right? the sour cream and the milk and the guacamole. ok. all right, i am a chilihead, and i am about to eat the spiciest salsa known to man. [whispers] yeah. watch me. now. i'll do it now. >> go ahead. chomp down on it. [laughter] >> i am about to eat the spiciest salsa known to man and womankind that was designed to be edible. >> here you go. >> i can't say that word on tv. the word i want to say, i'm not allowed to say it, but what i will say is that it is tasty. i will say it is flavorful. it is very spicy. the heat is now traveling down my throat, up into my lips, and i am so grateful for the sour cream. [laughter] >> she did it. >> and-- >> wow. >> and the milk. and the guacamole. yeah. than

. >> i'm john thomas and it is friday july 12th, and christy is here. nice to be -- >> oh, well, the studio had a little bit of a ruckus. >> was that an earthquake? >> in reality, there was an explosion at a home nearby and according to the reports when the authorities got there troof of the home that was affected was gone completely and the house next to it caught fire because of the explosion, and three people were injured and two were hospitalized in critical condition, and 50 homes had damage and 55 additional homes had broken windows, and people blocks away said they could feel it at their home. >> we live on princeton way d n down, and we were shook. >> my whole apartment was like -- >> fire officials did tell us that it was a natural gas leak that happened in the home, but they are trying to pinpoint where. >> some people were pulled to safety by mike obenhouse at a nearby restaurant. >> we saved a little boy and girl and dad and then another house that started to catch on fire, and there was another guy in the initial part of it hwas n fire, and

. >> i'm john thomas. friday july 12th. >> oh. well, the studio had a little bit of a ruckus. have to see what that's about. we might be making our own news. in the meantime, we'll try to keep the calm here and let you know what you need to know weather-wise. >> what a way to wake up. good morning, everyone. >> they stayed calm. but this is a look at the explosion that led to the on-air interruption. it was a natural gas explosion at a home nearby. no one was killed during that explosion. >>> new york is all abuzz with the all-star game set for tuesday at citi field. yesterday, i caught up with the players and celebrities who did battle in a legends soft ball game. they were determined to do the seventh inning stretch. ♪ take me out to the ball game take me out to the crowd ♪ ♪ buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks ♪ ♪ i don't care if i ever get back ♪ ♪ root, root, root for the home team ♪ ♪ if they don't win it's a shame for it's one, two, three strikes you're out ♪ ♪ at the old ball game >> oh, yeah. >> well, what do you think there? i think my singing career is very bright

broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our team recapping the week's top stories on john thomas glad to have you with us and thousands have been gathering all week in cities across america to protest against the acquittal of george zimmerman this after a jury found him not guilty of murder in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager trayvon martin and the ruling set off a nationwide debate on racial hatred from washington arties going to touch a story. we've seen protests in dozens of cities in the u.s. throughout the week following the verdict in the george zimmerman case people took to the streets demonstrating at courthouses and police stations throughout the country demanding justice for trayvon martin the seventeen year old black man that was struck down by a neighborhood watch volunteer dozens of people were arrested most of the arrests were made on charges of a lawful the families some places like examiner and you know protests turned violent demonstrators the rocks the passing cars many many americans were following the zimmerman trial it's obvious that racial dis

i'm john thomas. it's friday, jewel 12. its -- jewel 12. it's -- july 12. it's nice to be out there. >> oh, the studio had a little bit of a ruckus. >> a house exploded not far from the tv station there in corpus christi. in fact, the explosion was felt all over town. it destroyed three homes, 15 others were damaged. the windows were blown out in dozens of buildings. two people were hurt. good samaritans were able to pull several people to safety but wow. >> i would have to run outside and look. >> outside it's too warm already. i was reading on facebook, one of our facebook friends ran five miles this morning. >> it's good she did it before sunrise. >> she said it's real thick. hats off to you. a lot of people are resorting to treadmills indoors at this point because it's steamy out thrcht the hot, humid conditions will be us with through the rest of the workweek, even by saturday but sunday is when we start to get some relief in here. here's a look at this morning's sky. a beautiful sunrise here. that just looks like summertime big time here in washington

i'm john thomas, 5:30 a.m. friday, july 12th. >> the studio had a little bit of a raucous. imagine what that must have felt like on the street? the neighborhood, as you see, it's a mess. two people are in critical condition today. firefighters think a gas leak caused that house to explode. >>> the world is watching and waiting for the royal baby. katherine duchess of cambridge is expected to give birth any day now. they are waiting to find out if it's a boy or girl. some clues have people thinking the baby will be a princess. we'll have to wait and see on that one. >>> junk food junkies, tomorrow is the day you've been waiting for. monday the twinkie makes its official return to store shelves across the country. some retailers started sellinged spongy treat a few days early. the comeback is part of a very unique american journey. here is tom foreman. >> reporter: as american as baseball, apple pie and celebrity gossip, twinkies are returning. eight months after labor troubles made hostess crumble, new owners are heralding the sweetest comeback in the history of ever. >> i t

. ♪ washington john adams thomas jefferson ♪ >> everybody from george washington to fdr to george w. i have to say, the likeness is not uncanny. ♪ >> this woman, her name is jasmina. she competed to become the usa gal. the producer patrice wilson put together a contest. he looked for a new singer. the usa gal. more than 100 women tried to become the star of this video. patrice makes a rap appearance and he raps about the presidents as well. ♪ the fourth of july hands up in the sky ♪ >> one of the reasons patrice wrote this song, patrice just became a u.s. citizen. and he decided to write these lyrics based on the information he learned studying for his naturalization test. >> friday, it's thanksgiving all huge viral hits. this one is no different except for me do see a lot of booty in this. >> to see this entire music video head to rightthisminute.com and click on best of rtm or check it out on our mobile app. >>> that's our this week, we're all about inspirational athletes... from a determined basketball player in georgia... to a dedicated family from new york... the athletes in thi

affected how they run the country absolutely not no evidence whatsoever who will know what it was john kennedy. thomas jefferson for that matter you know. how would he have fared today a father had six children with a slave girl sally hemings will never do that to the ninety nine eight. d. and i mean what is it about powerful people and sex hairy casey that once said it and i don't agree with much but i do. he says power is the ultimate aphrodisiac. i thought i could understand that well. and that of a friend that used to be a media consultant would you go forward when. he took over the presidency after nixon and he was standing alone in the oval office with ford one day and you know i've been around for a few days and he said. mr president what surprises you most about this. he said that everyone when it comes to the door wants to sleep with me. and you know. by that it happens it's just the way it is and. you know we also have the conquest and you know you know they need to feel just inflated ego and it's. just a vicious merry go round but i think it's really harmless other than to possibly sell all

. >> john, eric thomas is with us, he's the local morning anchor and quite the aviation expert as well. >> hello, eric. >> hi, john. i'm still baffled by the extreme nose-up angle of this aircraft as it was coming in for the landing. do you have any explanation for that? >> yeah, let's stick to what we know. we know it was too low, obviously. we know it was too slow, and the combination of that with the nose-up angle is what also told me at the very first that there was a major problem in trying to make the runway, and the missing element here is power. now, did they push the power up at 500 feet or 600 feet and the engines did not come up? or was it a situation that for some reason they didn't get to the throttles in time and trying to do a go-around. i find that highly unlikely with a professional crew, but we won't know. if they fit in the data recorder that the throttle came um and engines didn't, then we have a smoking gun. >> john, the ntsb has obviously doing some enormous things over the year to make air travel safer. is this the finest organization of its kind in the world? >>

if this were john roberts and scalia, kagan, clarence thomas, and all the other, all the rest of the gang remaking these laws in public where we can hear what they're saying and read their opinions and congress could react, saying, yes, that's what we meant by relevant or no, it's not, this is what we meant by relevant. that's now how it's happening. this is happenings in secret. laws passed by congress are being rewritten by the secret court without any sort of public comment or public review. over the weekend "the new york times" reported on more than a dozen, a dozen classified rulings from this court that have created essentially a secret body of law totally removed from public scrutiny. the "times" said this court has "quietly become almost a parallel supreme court." that, i think, is a scary quote enough. a parallel supreme court out of view. it is unlike any other court in the country. it would give the "schoolhouse

the historic document was drafted by thomas jefferson and signed by the likes of john hancock, john adams, and benjamin franklin. to disseminate news of freedom, congress ordered printed copies to be sent by courier to the armies in the field, to the newly independent colonies, to the committees of public safety, and commanders of continental troops. 26 official copies are known to exist. >> if you think about the declaration, how news spread -- no tv, no messenger, no twitter, texting -- so it really was by word of mouth locally and then by printed documents, like broadsides -- single printed pages -- or these newspapers. >> in a remarkable coincidence, both john adams and thomas jefferson, the only signers of the declaration of independence later to serve as presidents of the united states, died on the same day -- july 4, 1826 -- which was the 50th anniversary of the declaration. the historic day marked the beginning of the journey of the 13 former british colonies towards a lasting union of independent, sovereign states. since then, millions have left their homeland to come to america,

." ♪ celebrate celebrate ♪ it is washington ♪ john adams ♪ thomas jefferson >> and they have everybodyo thomas jefferson to george bush. i have to say that the likeness is uncanny. this woman, her name is jasmina and competed to become the usa gal. the producer patrice wilson put together a contest. he looked for a new singer of the usa gal and more than 200 women tried to become the star of this video. and patrice makes a little rap appearance, and he raps about the presidents as well. ♪ fourth of july ♪ put your hands in the sky ♪ and you can be fresh ♪ with the surprise ♪ in the sky >> and one of the reasons that patrice wrote this song is because patrice just became a u.s. citizen, and he decided to write the lyrics based on the information that he learned s studying for the naturalization contest. >> "friday" and "thanksgiving" and this one all huge viral hit s hits. and to see the entire video go to our website on right this minute.com and click on rtm or go see it on our mobile app. >> that is our show, everybody. get out there and have a good time until next time. get out there

john f. kennedy. thomas became the first woman to cover a president full time. she was the only female journalist to travel with president richard nixon and went onto cover the watergate schedule. thomas was a force to be reckoned with known for working long hours and asking difficult questions. >> my question is why did you reelly want to go to war from the moment you stepped into the white house. >> to assume i wanted war is flat wrong, helen. >> thomas abruptly announced retirement in 2010 after she made a controversial remark that was caught on video. >> any comments on israel? we're arresting everybody to. >> tell them to get the [ bleep ] out of palestine. she later said she regretted what he said. following her death at 92 president obama issued a statement calling thomas a pioneer who broke down barriers for women in journalism. he sadded she never failed to keep any president, myself included, on their toes. her family says she will be burr rid in detroit, and a memorial service is being planned for october in washington. >>> breaking news, we're gettin

as did navy petty officer third-class john thomas larimer. he was one of two active-duty service members who died as a result of that mass shootings. his girlfriend, whose life he saved, said this. "john and i were seated in the middle area when the violence occurred, john immediately and instinctively covered me and brought notice thbrought me to n order to protect me from danger. in that act, he saved his girlfriend but he was struck with a bullet that ended his life. alex sullivan's 27 years old and his friends called him a gentle giant. he was ringing in his 27th birthday, in fact, by going to the premier of "the dark knight rises." his family said he always had a glowing smile on his face and he made friends with everybody. he was a huge movie buff. he was a comic book geek, as his family called him, and he loved the new york mets. the sunday following his attack would have been his one-year wedding anniversary. micala was called cala by her friends. she loved her friends, she loved going out with her friends. that's what she was doing wh

no use the fourth president as george washington john adams thomas jefferson james madison and during the george washington and illustration washington passed legislation they gave money to poor houses for the poor in d.c. and during the during the the madison presidency congress changed that to give the money to the churches in d.c. to give to the poor people and that was his first veto that was madison's for his veto he was of it so they were both afraid of a very different reasons are third question comes from mike in massachusetts the video question on decriminalizing. mike from massachusetts a state where we decriminalize possession of under an ounce of marijuana. in my opinion decriminalization of the worst of both worlds what's needed is full blown legalization taxation. without a legal supply chain the criminal element is there and with the cruel zation it gets stronger because the police. have essentially disregarded the substance as something to worry about in most areas and the seedy element has got stronger rather than gone away and i'd like you to refine that big band pie

such harsh charges they've also been used against bradley manning they've been used against thomas drake john kiriakou it's not to punish these people but it's to it's to make people after them afraid and so far it hasn't worked because whatever's been done to thomas drake didn't stop bradley manning which didn't stop. edward snowden very interesting we also know that edward snowden allegedly sent out a letter to ecuador thanking them for helping him get to moscow also saying that he wanted to be free because he wants to have the ability to release documents in the future breaking the set host abby martin and sam sachs political commentator thank you so much for weighing in it's going on now to the latest u.s. that missions when it comes to the white house surveillance scandal over the weekend the german newspaper der spiegel and the guardian reported that the n.s.a. has been eavesdropping on officials in the european union by bugging their offices that's according to documents released by former n.s.a. defense contractor edward snowden and this has sparked outrage in the international commun

burke in the house of commons advocated the solution, and in the continental congress, both thomas jefferson and john dickinson crafted a resolution called -- would you call it, it was a resolution appealing to the king on this principle. you let us tax ourselves and our legislatures and legislate for ourselves and our perspective which its leaders and we will remain an entire recognizing the authority of the king and recognizing our membership in the british empire economically. because we're both beneficiaries of that. as i say, both sides -- there are people on both sides arguing for this. up through the middle of the spring of 1776 this is the answer that the british will later regret they do not accept or act on. this will be the biggest blunder in the history of british statecraft. why don't they wanted to it? why don't they see that this is the way? for three reasons. first of all, william blackstone, the great jurist has ruled in 1765 or asserted that there must be a single source of sovereignty in the empire and in any government. there cannot be many gods, they're must be one and the source

. >> john: last week thomas b. edsell wrote an op-ed entitled.authorized retention and communication of national defense information"." in the piece eucrites tom doorty, the aide to governor pataki. :now edsel's supply pigs is that doorty has a growing dissatisfaction with the right wing, and is responsible for a good amount of criticized lock in congress and a good amount of candidate. here to discuss the article is none other than republican strategy and partner at mercury from the one and only highly quotable tom doorty. >> john: do you mean what you say, would you really leave the party. >> yeah, i lead my life doing what i say i'm going to do. it would be disheartening to me. i got so many different messages from people. people who said bravo, it's about time. we know this is a problem. somebody needs to talk about it. and that's edsel's article he did a long way to quote people like jeb bush, bill kristol etc. etc. people who agree with what we're talking about here is that we're now dominated by the fear of the far right. we cannot allow t

with us on set to talk about it, new york magazine and msnbc m t political analyst john holman. thomas roberts, and former adviser to george bush, nicole wallace. and lee gallagher. also to talk about health care, "the washington post" columnist and msnbc policy analyst ezra klein. it's july, but we've got three big stories we're going to talk about. one developing overseas, a couple here, one here at home. president obama's health care law has suffered what is so far the major setback it's seen. the administration announcing yesterday it's going to delay the mandate that requires larger companies to insure their workers. they're saying the policy is bad for the country. we're going to talk to david axelrod, president obama adviser, to get his take on what this means. also in egypt, we're just hours away for the deadline set by the military for president mohamed morsi to either fix the situation, the vast protest in the street, or to step aside. morsi says he's not going anywhere. we're going to have a live report on that in just a moment. >>> also overseas, the third big story. the sa

anthony kennedy was joined by john robert effort junior, clash thomas and samuel eely toe. antonin scalia joined the three women on the court to disagree with the ruling. scalia and justices ruth bader ginsburg, sonia sotomayor and eleanor kagan ruled against the here's what scalia said about his descent "the court has cast aside a bedrock rule of our 4 4th amendment law that the government may not search its citizens for evidence of crime unless there is a reasonable cause to believe that such evidence will be found. question. will the supreme court decision prompt a national standard for the collection of dna? >> eventually it probably will, and here'swhat you need to know to see which direction the country's going. in 2009 e supreme court@ruled thatsomebody con.icted of a crime@does not have the right to he access to their own dna even if it would prove them innocent. so we had a bill of rights set up to protect people. instead@peopledon't have access to their own dna but the government does have the access >> what's dna? >> well, it's your internal fingprint in some way

and i will say, you know, because john, two of our founding fathers, thomas jefferson and john adams, have these dozens and dozens and dozens of volumes of correspondence. so we know what they thought about everything. in john adams's case we know what he thought about everyone. if he didn't like you he would let abigail know about it. therefore we historians know about it. this book is not an anti-david mccull lock book. i loved the hbo series on john adams but i really did feel it was looking at john adams through the eyes of john adams. [laughter] >> his favorite point of view. >> yes, that's right. so, and in particular since adams and dickinson were always -- adams was always beating on dickinson, dickinson was too frail really to beat up on adams, that some of this book is to give the sort of quieter personalities like dickinson some of their due. >> patrick henry, the fiery virginia orator, considered america's connection with dissolve and colonies in a. when reading patrick henry, now adays would he be tea party or occupy wall street? >> so glad you asked me because i forgot t

of the existence of the programs i had the chance to interview three of these men john kiriakou william binney and thomas drake they talked to me about what it's like being targeted by the u.s. government take a listen to your in itself is control. and what people will do when they're fearful is they were be will begin to censor themselves so much of what's happening now particular my case it sent it extraordinarily chilling message that anybody i was a senior executive the government had a very high position to say it sends it extraordinarily chilling message that if you speak out if you speak up we're going to hammer you and we're going to hammer you hard because look what we did to mr drake the court is supposed to protect the constitution all these all these people in government take an oath to defend the constitution and they're not living up to their oath of office i never believed i would be going to prison under a president obama never. that's been i think my biggest disappointment the classified documents that daniel ellsberg leaked four decades ago revealed that the u.s. government had lied abo

of the existence of the programs i had the chance to interview three of these men john kiriakou william binney and thomas drake they talked to me about what it's like being targeted by the u.s. government take a listen if you're in itself is control. and what people will do when they're fearful is they were be will begin to censor themselves so much of what's happening now particular my case it sent it extraordinarily chilling message that anybody and i was a senior executive the government had a very high position and i say it sends that extraordinarily chilling message that if you speak out if you speak up we're going to hammer you and we're going to hammer you hard because look what we did to mr drake the court is supposed to protect the constitution all these all these people in government take an oath to defend the constitution and they're not living up to their oath of office i never believed i would be going to prison under a president obama never. that's been i think my biggest disappointment the classified documents then then you'll ellsberg leaked four decades ago revealed that the us governmen