henry johnson was a school janitor and tina johnson a laundress.de sure all their children went on to read and write. he went on to be the first black heavyweight boxings champion. was a better writer and public speaker than his five years of formal education would have led you to expect. he called what he did for a living, quote, the stern business of pugilism. boxing was segregated when jack johnson started. there was no hope he would fight for the real world heavyweight championship. he won the world colored heavyweight championship in 1903, five years later, on the day after christmas, in 1908. jack johnson finally won the world heavyweight championship, beating canadian tommy burns in sydney, australia. to get that fight, jack johnson stalked tommy burns around the world two years taunting him in the press. you heard the great "great white hope" that's when the phrase was invented. the racist world jack johnson lived in called out for a great white hope to take the title back from him, but no one could beat jack johnson in the ring, and so the

- oh, long johnson. - it just expanded, in fact, over half the people-- - oh, long johnson. - my dad and mom worked for the veteran's administration. i grew up on va grants. - oh, long johnson. - lived in an apartment on those va grants. - oh, long johnson. - i have five sons, five daughters-in-law... - oh, long johnson. - 16 grandkids, and they're the joy of my life. - you were wrong, and you didn't. - oh, long johnson. - it's not gonna be the most attractive thing-- - oh, long johnson. - you know, it took me 10 or 12 years to figure out-- - oh, long johnson. [applause] - foxtrot standing by at position alpha. - copy, foxtrot. let's fly in the goods, tango. - [muffled] - standing by in three seconds. two, one. go, cartman. - let's do this. [dramatic music] ♪ [applause] - cartman? go, cartman. - come on, dude. hurry. - no. no! i won't do it. i won't do it, do you hear me? i'm better than this. and to hell with you, mister kitty! you're a bad kitty! bad! bad kitty! it's time somebody stood up and did the right thing. [snaps fingers] [dramatic music] - yeah, do it, cartman. - ♪ all rig

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now, memorial fund has been started for marcus johnson. portions of the fund will go to help low income students pay for school or athletic equipment. we're live in santa rosa, abc7 news. >> ama: a neighbor has helped police arrest 11 peeled accuse ode tagging. there were ten adults and a juvenile. david says they get hit by taggers often. >> i'm surprised they arrested them, and surprised to her you sea it would be a felony vandalism charge. so. good. it's much better than what it sounds like at 4:00 in the morning when it was said they would be let go. >> it was a big arrest. it's important. i'm glad the officers were able to officer on scene and take them into custody. >> police found 52 spray paint cans and several markers on the suspects. >> postal workers made special sunday deliveries today, dropping off cards, urging their customerred to join a crusade against cutbacks. [chanting] >> workerred chanted to save saturday deliveries in washington square. the postal service has to find ways to eliminate billions of dollars of debt. the

there's not much you can do johnson's print car hit and killed his 14 el-year-old cousin, marcus johnson. also killed wag dale wondergem of agrees way. chase johnson's family secluded themselves from the media with a sign saying they wanted privacy. friends of the families left flowers and notes at the muffler shop. michael lives in the area and knows the. >> john: -- knows the johnson family. the didn't hassle -- >> marcus was a sweet kid. and i know that his dad loved him very much. >> probably the best person to be around most of the time. he was always nice and nice to talk to. reporter: michael said is sat but will continue to race. johnson had his own close call two years ago, his car flipped over during a race but johnson was unhurt. chase johnson was not hurt in the accident, and no one else on the racetrack was injured. thual ya -- the shakes -- sheriff's department is investigating. >> new tonight at 6:00, four people suffered minor injuries after a small pickup truck slammed into a thrift store in vallejo this afternoon. firefighters evacuated at least 40 people from the store

the deeper johnson was a reluctant campaigner.n fact, the democratic convention was built, staged in such a way to do a feature in mac and should and later but all bj had fallout because of the civil rights act, she did a whistle drop throughout the south to build support and it worked. he was very successful. so in that sense, jacqueline kennedy was not as political a spouse. she helped him with policy related things. she of course spoke french for willfully ended 1959, 1960, 61, china was becoming a problem. the best books on vietnam were in french because it'd been a french colonies in french intellectuals. she would translate books and articles for you into english so the president could rebound as a candidate. i want to get my days straight. she did this before he was in the white house. she was not as much involved in the day-to-day politics. that became a problem as first lady. she didn't understand why people would put on her schedule she had to have a lunch with the congressional wives. that's pretty traditional. the spou

joining us from los angeles is basketball legend and ceo of magic johnson enterprises, magic johnson.u the jealousy in this room that i get to talk to you, thank you so much for joining our program. >> thank you for having me, alex, it's a pleasure to be on. >> the pleasure is all mine. so magic, let's talk about make knowing. the idea of that, how do you make that a priority of these days, when the discussion around hiv and aids is pretty silent. >> you're right. but we have to change that, because of all the numbers that you just told everybody, if i'm latino or african-american, you know, i should go and get tested. because it's running rampant through both communities. and then when you think about, it's all about the stigma and really having the right information. and that's why this oral quick, this home hiv test is so important. because now i think instead of going to your doctor, but you can still do that if you want to. you can now take that test at home. in the privacy of your home. and also if you do that, i think you should also have friends or relatives, try to do it with

all of what they do is what you think they do johnson and johnson mostly is a financial speculator the banks obviously are financial speculators the oil and gas companies are financial speculators fester primary business is by hoarding cash on their balance sheet they get almost free from the central banks and then playing accounting games and market manipulation games and currency arbitrage games and then they pay themselves a humongous bonuses based on gaming the system johnson and johnson i mean they're not about baby powder baby oil they're about gaming the system they're about financial terrorism they're about manipulating the system they're about political influence peddling they're not about babies so again it's fireside chat notes this but in recent months the japanese yen has plummeted thirty percent against the euro and some twenty percent against the us dollar those figures are astounding enough in themselves but get this the euro currency probably won't even exist in a few years time i know even to me disagree with that but he's noting that in the italy that they grillo he

gaming the system johnson and johnson i mean they're not about baby powder baby oil they're about gaming the system about financial terrorism they're about manipulating the system they're about political influence peddling they're not about babies so again it's fireside chat notes this but in recent months the japanese yen has plummeted thirty percent against the euro and some twenty percent against the us dollar those figures are astounding enough in themselves but get this the euro currency probably won't even exist in a few years time i know you and jim rickards disagree with that but he's noting that in italy that they grillo he says he would get rid of the euro they would exit the euro now even in germany they're having a surge in the anti euro parties so there is a chance that not that it would collapse on its own but that the people would choose to remove their economy from the euro well let me make a statement and i'm not saying this for the sole reason of being provocative but it is a provocative statement that i think needs to be said if you read let's say john perkins economic

and johnson announced a one off loss owing to a thirty two percent devaluation in venezuela now this cost them one hundred million dollars so he says think about that think about a company the size of johnson and johnson losing one hundred million dollars on a little tiny country like venezuela devalued by thirty two percent now what happens if the yen has a sudden devaluation where they're citing up valuation. to these sort of companies and this is just one company and in one on one currency transaction right you know apple's got billions and billions held offshore that they've not yet repatriated on to the u.s. and all these make multinational companies play these four x. games where they're moving modeler money around in a shadow banking system and it's a point well taken because the fortune five hundred companies out there very little of what they do is what you think they do johnson and johnson mostly is a financial speculator the banks obviously are financial speculators the oil and gas companies are financial speculators fester primary business is by hoarding cash on their bal

detectives believe johnson is living in the homeless camps in santa cruz.camp where we showed johnson's picture, some recognized her but did not know her. one homeless woman named butterfly is urging johnson to talk to detectives. >> say the last conversation you had with him before these things happened because a lot of people are under stress. >> people are sad. >> reporter: while the downtown vibe is still beating, she's thinking about it. >> there's a corner of our minds on it and it's important to take care of yourself and live your own life as best as you can. >> reporter: george kiriyama "today in the bay." >> the ceremony will be held at hp pavilion in san jose, orangers say they need orange e organizers needed a larger venue because of the larger number of people expected to attend. >>> still ahead on "today in the bay," more changes coming to facebook. we'll tell you what you may see and when that might happen. >>> plus, buster posey now adding cover boy to his list of achievements. we'll tell you which magazine cover he'll be gracing and it has n

that's a peg for this johnson excerpt we found. listen to the president johnson, already pulled down in the vietnam war. refuses to go to the gridiron dinner that year, completely rejected a pitch from the gridiron club president. >> at dinner, we will have, pardon the expression, kennedy and reagan. against that background it seems to me that there's an opportunity for you -- it's an opportunity to set the great dignity of the presidency against these two upstarts. i think it might be a dramatic thing. >> i don't think it does you a damn bit of good. i never found it does. i think you go out and all you do, just sit there while they show their naked legs and act like they're funny and good dancers and horse singing and a lot of crap. then they spend all of their time trying to be funny. and i think it's best for you all to just embrace bobby and wrap him up and go on and live with him and have good time and then take reagan too. chris: don't think he wanted to hear bobby kennedy would be there. since that year, other presidents du

marcus johnson was in the pit for his cousin, 17-year-old race car driver, chase johnson, when chase'sar slammed right into the crew. "today in the bay's" marla tallez joins us with more on this really tragic story. >> this tragedy happened during a practice run on a racetrack in marysville, from sacramento. both boys are from the north bay. they are cousins and marcus, the one who was killed, idolized his older cousin. this morning, a memorial for 14-year-old marcus johnson is growing in santa rosa where the boy is from. you can see here candles and flowers outside the muffler shop his family owns in santa rosa. he was watching his cousin, chase, warm up before a scheduled race for the california sprint car civil war series. investigators are still trying to figure out what caused the crash. at one point, the 17-year-old driver with 140 wins under his belt, a lot of experience, he lost control. his car flew more than 100 feet and slammed directly into the pit crew.

one was johnson's 14-year-old cousin.year-old man who had several race cars involved in the race. it appears that johnson had trouble with the turn. >> he was trying to make the corner. and he didn't make the corner and went flying out the exit. >> it started tumbling and struck two people in a quad. >> >> reporter: the track owner said johnson walked away unhurt. the car possibly had mechanical issues. it didn't slow down at all. investigateers are still looking into things and they say it is too early to know the exact cause of the accident. according to the website, the high school senior has won more than 140 race car events. >> in petaluma he, alex of savidge. >>> time is 8:31. two ohio football players broke down in tears and apologized to the victim after they were guilty of rape. the judge announced the decision in a rare sunday nonjury trial. they were charged with raping a 16 year old girl after an alcohol fueled party last summer. she said she doesn't recall what happened. they received national attention and t

not tonight." [ female announcer ] to nurses everywhere, thank you, from johnson & johnson. ♪ >>> beforewas the queen bee, she was just beyonce giselle knowles, a little girl in suburban houston. >> beyonce was a quiet kid, to herself. >> hoping to get beyonce to come out of her shell, matthew and tina knowles sent their daughter to dalette johnson's dance studio. >> harder, harder. >> when you first saw her and she first came in, i mean, did you even notice her? >> what i did notice about her is that she was very shy. you ask her what's your name? beyonce knowles. you could barely hear her. i said, can you say it for me again, sweetheart? beyonce knowles. >> but on the dance floor -- >> beyonce would dance so hard that she would lose her costume pieces, sometimes her hat would come off because she was fierce. >> it was here that beyonce created her now famous alter ego. now, that's sasha fierce. that's who that is. >> when she got on stage she became a different person. >> but no one knew beyonce had a secret. >> i hummed a song and she finished it. and it blew me away. and i stopped an

this is johnson & johnson market, sir.s is a market where you're making a lot of money with colgate. we do not need to go down the food chain. we do not need to experiment like that. let's go to tom in california. tom. >> caller: hi. say, eix in the utility space. can you help me understand how a stock that lost $5 a share in 2012 and 56 cents a share once you strip out all the one-time earnings still has a positive stock price and is increasing? >> it has huge cash flow and huge growth. i really like it. it's got good cash flow. valerie in my home state of pennsylvania. >> caller: hi, jim. my stock is cubis farm utility calls. >> it's a great speck. that is a great speculation and i do embrace it and i wish they'd come on air. it's really good. and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the conclusion of the lightning round! >>> the lightning round is sponsored by td ameritrade. coming up, silver linings playbook. could the gold standard still be a thing of the past? tonight cramer is looking for luster when he checks out a diffe

the johnson family's muffler shot is a growing memorial to the 14-year-old marcus johnson.e of two people killed on saturday by an out of the control race car at a speed p way north of sacramento. the was war driven by husband own cousin who attended petaluma high school. the two were as close as brothers and an investigation into the crash is now underway but the boy's grandfather says that the steering wheel on the car may have come loose. >> it clipped. we have not analyzed the car yet. it has been impounded by the sheriff in marysville. we will get the car back and analyze it but the steering wheel either came off or the shaft broke. >> marcus would have been 15 and chase will be 18 but they were really, really close, a close knit family. couldn't have a better family. >> the family raced the winged sprint cars on circuits across northern california. the middle school where marcus attends is now in mourning. kids, there, are out on spring break but grief counselors are on hand when the students return next week. live in petaluma for abc7 news. >> in vallejo police are i

johnson post-hugh mustily. it recognizes the injustness of what transpired and sheds light on the achievement of an athlete forced into the are shadows of bigotry and prejudice. jack johnson may have been a flawed individual and he was certainly controversial during his day, but he was also an historic american figure whose life and accomplishments played an instrumental role in our nation's development and progress toward true equality under the law. there's no doubt that jack johnson deserved much better than a racially motivated conviction, which denied him his liberty and served to diminish his athletic, cull tiewrld and historic significance. as a body we should pass this resolution and continue to fight for post-mew must pardon for jack goonston a. ford greater future generations the opportunity to grass p fully what jack johnson accomplished against great odded and appreciate his contributions to society unencumbered by the taint of an unjust, racially motivated criminal conviction. sadly, there is a no

you may own johnson & johnson, right? what is interesting about this one is johnson & johnson hitting all-time high as they had to recall some of the blood glucose meters. here is another one. this is moving by another all-time high, abbvie. amgen, another all-time high, at 96.89. another all-time high. we're off the lows of the session. we had been down 117 points. i'm heading this way to david asman. david: it has been a long time, girl. j&j is interesting story. in addition to everything else being very, very good working stock right now, it still still gives out the dividend, well over 3%. people keep wondering how high the market can go as long as you get dividends and no place else to put your money you put it in the stock market. nicole petallides. it really started when we heard the official from europe saying perhaps cyprus would be a model for other countries if they have banking problems? >> that's right. when you start it hear that maybe they would seize assets or confiscate money in other countries it putting

in a practice run, chase johnson seen here lost control.e watched the car leave the track. >> he must have been going 90 and there is not much you can do when the car is going that fast. >> he hit his cousin mar marcus johnson and also killed was 68-year-old from grass valley. they were at the penngrove home was the sign saying privacy to deal with the horrible tragedy. friends left flowers at muffler shop that the father owns here in santa rosa. 11-year-old michael is also an award sprint car driver. as a father his death has hit him hard. >> he was sweet kid, i know that his dad loved him very much. >> he was always nice and nice to talk to. >> michael said he is sad in his passing but he will continue to race. chase outside of the two fatalities no one was injured. the sheriff's department is investigating. >> carolyn: four people suffered minor injuries after a small pickup truck slammed into a thrift store in vallejo. it happened on sonoma boulevard around 2:00 this afternoon. firefighters evacuated 40 people from that store. you can s

marcus johnson was killed last weekend when his cousin lost control of a race car. >> with heavy, heavywith all the answers but with a lot of hurt. >> a memorial with marcus johnson here at santa rosa bible church. his life was kron called on stage from infancy to basketball to a go-cart racer. they had a loving and supportive relationship. his short life touched hundreds of people. they gathered at the church to honor and celebrate his life. his mother deanna johnson was deeply touched. >> i'm overwhelmed by the number of people that are here. he would be overwhelmed i think he would say, wow, cool. >> he was killed march 16th when a sprinted car driven by his cousin chase johnson malfunctioned. the car geared off the track killing mar kiss and a supporter. his mother mentioned taking him to school each day. >> it's going to be really hard taking him to school and picking him up every day. every day i pass middle rincon road and have tears in my eyes. >> they talked about his behavior and young female friend broke down in tears for a song dedicated to marcus. >> his family said he woul

his name was marcus johnson?. have only been 14 years old when he died but during those years he touched the lives of many >> when we see the shooting star ronald that it is you. >> reporter: the mother fought back tears the entire time. >> i am so sad that he is going to miss out on all of these things marcus' mom, gina johnson, spoke at his memorial sunday and fought back tears the entire time. johnson was an up and coming racer?he started competing on go karts at age 5 and in nine years won more than 200 races. his race suits and trophy?s were on stage at his memorial sunday?.along with his basketball gear. one by one his classmates came to the microphone but they didn?t talk about marcus?s athletic ability. they talked about marcus their good friend. through the tears his mom remembered the good times and one of her last memories with her son. >> when he saw me he picked me up and twirled me around i was amazed that he could pick me up. (audience laughs) and he was really doing those pushups that his grandfath

we're talking ackman, mason, johnson and washington, just for starters.e start with groupon's founder and ceo, andrew mason. fired. no question about it. the stock's been a stinker. down 75% in a year. but up, 8% today now that he is out. henry, i'll go to you first. he has left the building. >> with a graceful letter, took full responsibility. said hey, i'm just resigning for family reasons. no, just kidding, i was fired. he should have been fired. it was time. but i think people are very too quick to jump on him and say he did a terrible job. groupon is still an amazing success story. although they have a huge challenge in front of them. >> this reminds me of carol bart saying she was fired from yahoo!. >> an e-mail. >> opening up in an uncanny way. mason shot himself in the foot with being way too over the top. posing fob vanity fair with a cat on his head. giving kara swisher the silent treatment at a conference. they were morphing from one thing to another, daily deals it e-commerce. now picking a fight with amazon. it is too much for people. 75% dro

chase johnson was behind the wheel during saturday's fatal crash. the petaluma high school senior has also been a competitive racer since a young age.his website reveals that he comes from 4 generations of race car drivers. the 17 year old lives in penngrove.a town outside petaluma. some of the championships he's won have been at the petaluma speedway. his shop teacher at petaluma high says chase is a good student. one of several kids at the school that are very involved in the sport. to lose a family member is very difficult. 14 year old marcus johnson.known by the nickname m-j was a lifelong racer.starting with smaller vehicles like go karts.since he was five years old.here you can see him posing with a trophy in this snapshot here..alongside his older cousin chase.who you see on the right hand side of the screen. that young man..now 17.was behind the wheel during saturday's fatal crash. chase johnson has also been a competitive racer since a young age.his website reveals that he comes from 4 generations of race car drivers.the 17 year old lives i

. >> johnson and johnson recalled a specific glucose meter.nd johnson says instead of providing a high level, it simply turns off. the company worries users can delay treatment. one person has been injured. johnson and johnson will send a new meter to anyone with the model but says users should call their doctor if the meter turns off. i work for a private home health care company seven days per week. are home care workers exempt from overtime pay? >> is it horrible have you to ask that in today's world? if you live at the home you may not be guaranteed legally overtime pay. however, if you work out of a home, you probably are. and you're probably for sixth and seventh day you should be getting time and half, probably. now you want to go to the state department of industrial relations they're fabulous down there. you need them to make sure and clear it up. if you live in the home they don't have to do it. if you live out of the home, they do. >> dieana called and asked there were bed bugs in a restaurant. who do i report this to debesides the

as the day goes on, johnson will testify. he will be cross-examined by jc penney lawyers and martha stewart lawyers. we will hear from martha stewart on tuesday. i i've got to get back in. it is getting juicy. >> is. it is a is is a rough week to be a ceo. what is with the corner office chaos? well dig into that next and later on, short on cash? why not hit up your wine wrack? yeah, well tell you why some high end pawn shops are trading money for merlot. all of that coming up when "street signs" returns. [ man ] i've been out there most of my life. you name it...i've hooked it. but there's one... one that's always eluded me. thought i had it in the blizzard of '93. ha! never even came close. sometimes, i actually think it's mocking me. [ engine revs ] what?! quattro!!!!! ♪ >>> ron johnson isn't the only ceo having a bad week. andrew mason, the man worth over a billion dollars once, was canned last night. jamie we are speaking to you recently because you upgraded groupon shares. only about a week ago. was any of that upgrade o

chase johnson has been a competitive research into a young age. his website reveals he comes from four generations of race car drivers. >> the 17 year old who was not injured was in a town outside of petaluma. the championship he had been one at petaluma speedway. he is a senior at petaluma high school. his teachers say he is a good student and is very involved in the sport. >> it is wonderful to have a great sport like that with your family. to lose a family member is very difficult. >> it is set to hear. >> chased johnson raising website listed markets as a member of his crew. the shares department says markets was not an official member of the pit crew in his presence is still being investigated. be readmaureen key kron 4 news. >> a cause of the action is still under investigation. >> the time is a 4:07 . we will take a quick break. a live look at the san mateo bridge we are waking up to clear skies and mild conditions this morning. more details on the forecast and a look at the market numbers on return. >> >> we are back. it is 4:09 . >> keepi

johnson: your friend's hurt bad. no more talk. he's going to jail.: i don't even know how he got out of the car. virtually not even a scratch on him. with the car in two pieces like that i don't even know how. humphreys: he has yet to ask, "how's the guy in the car?" he's totally unaware... he's not even sure of what he's done. he doesn't even know what world he's in right now. that just shows you what drinking and driving does. i mean, what was it? like three weeks ago there was a drunk driver on the south freeway and hit an officer in fort worth and killed him. then you have something like this. it's another one drinking and driving. you can go from one extreme to another and people think they can get away with it and just drive home and they'll be okay but this guy's never going to talk to his buddy again. my wife takes centrum silver. i've been on the fence about it. then i read an article about a study that looked at the long term health benefits of taking multivitamins. they used centrum silver for the study... so i guess my wife was right. [ m

s this week it was constant senator ron johnson urged his fellow panelist to take a hard look at the facts of government spending crewmen interrupted to point out that the senator is well less than accurate understanding of reality. recently pointed made my point to agree on the focus matter falls where there may or may not be some security thing so security is dirt if it has a dedicated revenue base it has a trust fund based on the dedicated revenue base you can't change the rules midstream to say i'll suddenly disappear as you see these years of trying to see senator johnson and his corporate bag buddies have everyone worried about entitlement spending but here's the truth so security is as well thought of a program as any other most of the mainstream media has succumbed to the right's chicken little rhetoric it's reassuring to. see a pundit of crude wins influence call this obsession with social security's downfall what it is a big fat lie. the bad arkansas state representative jody dickinson you know that saw us representatives decided against honoring a true american revolutiona

johnson hit the ceiling.announced publicly he would call bill martin, the chairman of the federal reserve, down to the ranch for a tongue-lashing. but raising the discount rate didn't keep inflation from growing. it breaks my heart to go shopping. the war kept growing, too. when neither the administration nor congress applied fiscal restraints, the fed decided to go it alone again. they used an open-market operation. in january 1966, they sold government bonds to tighten up the nation's money supply. interest rates rose dramatically. soon, any business sensitive to interest rates was caught in a credit crunch. the housing industry was hardest hit. the full effect of the fed's solitary action took hold in early 1967. inflation dropped, but at a terrible cost-- a zero growth rate for the gross national product. to economists, this was an impressive lesson. the fed was very effective in 1966. the discount rate increase and the reduction in the rate of creation of bank reserves drove up market interest rates, red

& johnson, there's nothing to be worried about when it comes to johnson & johnson.fall in the same bucket as these stocks? >> it does. it's not quite as pronounced and what you end up having to do is amp up your risk management. it's not your father's j&j, in other words. these stocks are trading as though they're growth stocks. they're clearly not. look at the revenue growth on at&t is non-existent. philip morris grew 2% last year. no reason it should trade at a 15 multiple minus that dividend. i think you've really got to be more careful with these types of stocks than you've ever had to be before. >> b.k., do you think we should be careful of these blue chips that so many people flock to for safety? >> absolutely. i think the volatility on these have been suppressed because you have new buyers coming in. the so-called great rotation you can argue whether or not it's happening. you're getting people that are traditional bond investors getting into these high dividend stocks and you have to be concerned when the market does have, even if it's a natural pullback, ar

a double tragedy for those who are sharing the johnson family

a decision is expected this week in the johnson & johnson hip implant case. loren kransky accused johnson & johnson of metal poisoning from a hip implant he received in 2007. his attorneys wants $5 million for pain and suffering and up to $179 million in punitive damages from the company. they claim j&j knew the hip was defective. j&j denies it and says his injuries existed before surgery. detroit is in a finanicial 911. the governor of michigan declared detroit a "fiscal emergency" friday. motown is reeling from a mass exodous of residents, which translates into less revenue to run the city. the governor is expected to name a manager to take over the city's finances who will likely make severe cuts to services and lay off workers. we spoke with nolan finley, a columnist with the detroit news: "the main criticism - and it's not an illegitimate criticism - is that it amounts to a loss of democracy. you have one of the major cities in america now that doesn't have a democratically-elected voice that will be answering to an appointed emergency manager." the moto

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. >> everett, serving ten years for home invasion robbery, and his cell mate joseph johnson, servingsault and armed robbery, will be placed in holding cells while their cell is inspected. everett says the search is of no concern. >> i ain't going to take it serious 'cause i know they putting up an act, trying to act tough, pull us out. i don't take it serious. because it ain't. whatever they find, they find. >> though everett's possible gang affiliation prompted the shakedown, johnson's possessions will be searched, as well. >> is there a particular reason we being targeted? >> targeted? >> yeah. >> i just reached in and picked your number out. that's it. >> that sound like a lie to me. >> you don't like that answer? >> sound like a lie to me. >> okay. concerned with bobos or sneakers when they come out, helps them get around. they want to fight. it's a whole lot easier for traction. sometimes it's an indication in the day room you'll see several come out in bobos that something's going to happen. >> you was lying to me. if i want to fight, i could come out in these and still fight.

two down grades in a day and now the former ceo calling for ron johnson's head.t on earth happens now? in the meantime, straight to steve with the beige book headlines. steve? >> thanks, mandy. the economy continuing to expand at a moderate pace. i'll get to the consumener a second. slow growth reported in boston and chicago. manufacturing up in most regions. residential real estate strengthened with home prices and inventories falling. now, consumers spending expanded. that's one part. but retail sales were slow in several districts. how did that happen? autos and tourism and services were good. but retail sales are not. let me tell you, get more detail here. retail sales were higher and stronger in five districts. it was weaker. those are some words used in seven districts. some reasons cited. end of the payroll tax holiday. affordable case act. more on that in a second. fiscal policy and a few other headlines from the beige book and one quote here. contacts in several districts reported shift in sales. deep discounting among retailers becoming increasingly com

the passing of our precious marcus johnson. there are no words to express our sorrow. our family has been racing for four generations and they love this sport that has now brought us so much pain. and will the tragedy end the family's four generation of racing? >> i don't know. i don't know. >> while it has been suggested that the race car's steering wheel came off, the county sheriff deputies said that the cause of the action is still under investigation. autopsy will be performed this week. >> so many people want to pay their respects to these families. both families going through so much. >> yes, we kind of expected that there would be a vigil. there were 30 race teams. of course, the race has held off those fees from some $10,000 that will be donated to the two families. >> that'll be a nice gesture. thank you very much. >>> in other headlines, he's a disgraced former county supervisor who gambled and lost. and he will beed to plead guilty to a certain felony and misdemeanors including perjury and misusing the campaign taxpayers money. in his letter, the 51-year-ol

marcus johnson died at a racetrack. cousin, chase johnson, was driving the warmup when he lost control and crashed into the pit where marcus was standing >>> b.a.r.t., now allowing bikes on trains during rush-hour commute. that is starting today. this all part of a week-long test to see if trains can handle the actual load during peak hours. the only place you can't take your bars is in the first car. >>> they are continuing a new loop. the first major test is up and running before rush-hour traffic. perfect for a monday, right? >> exactly. >> thanks so much for joining us. that is what's happening "today in the bay." we're back at 7:25 with a live local news update. >>> indeed, we are. go out and have a great day. we'll see you tomorrow. >>> good morning. breaking news. a late-season storm set to impact millions of people from nchts good morning. a storm set to impact people to new england, bringing freezing rain and snow. we will tell you how bad it will get. >>> a neighborhood in indiana evacuated after a prive jet s

the family of 14-year-old marcus johnson held a private funeral yesterday and today was a chance for the community to participate as well. johnson was killed when his 17-year-old cousin spun out of control during a pre-race warm-up last weekend. a 68-year-old man was also killed. he owned another race car at that track. today johnson's family, friends, teachers, and coaches shared their memories as they grieved a young life lost too soon. >> i know several of the players, one of them i liked immediately was marcus. he stood out because of his friendly demeanor and hard work ethic. >> johnson was an eighth grader at rincon valley middle school in santa rosa. his family says his dream of all dreams was to drive a ferrari formula one race car on tracks around the world. >>> this evening, the chp is trying to figure out what a man was doing on an open freeway when he was hit by a car and killed. the chp says it happened about 12:30 this afternoon on eastbound 580 near dutton avenue. the three right lanes were blocked for a few hours while investigators were on the scene. investigators sa

in old britannia where over my shoulder you can see the plank above the mayor's office where boris johnson the mayor may very well commit suicide. next this morning the situation of america's most notorious detention camp is becoming increasingly desperate with lawyers acting for guantanamo inmates now claiming that clients are ready to die most of the prisoners are believed to be on weeks long hunger strike protesting against their illegal imprisonment and mistreating at the hands of guards several people have been hospitalized in russia does being force fed right now rights activists say the jail is pressuring the strikers to end their campaign but keeping temperatures inside the company freezing point all this is the still no sign of any political momentum to try and solve the guantanamo crisis thomas will know as a lawyer who's represented guantanamo detainees in the past he told me the general public in the us a barely aware of what's happening inside that camp. if you talk to people in the united states they simply don't know about guantanamo they don't know today that eighty six of