(cheers and applause) >> stephen: that's right, my manuscript for "i am a pole" beside james joyce's only complete handwritten manuscript for "ulysses." i only wish fwha poleian's penis were alive to see it. want anything else? >> it's always fascinating to see what authors have at their disposal or need at their writing table to create something. >> stephen: really. well, in that case i'll give you the naen i wrote to thing with. and the backup pen i had in my pocket in case that one didn't work. >> well, i'm not so sure about a backup pen. >> well, what if i threw in pencil sketches i paid some guy to draw? and that's not all. you'll get the rhyming dictionary i used because i couldn't think of anything that rimed with "pohl." plus, for a limited time only you'll receive what's left over from the turkey sandwich i ate while writing the book and if you act now you'll also get the beer i drank. plus plus the cap. >> i think it's probably going a little far to say a bud light bottle played an important role in the creation of a manuscript. >> trust me, derek, it was instrumental. so c

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much has been said about whether or not ranked joyce voting works.re have been questions even within the progressive community as to whether or not ring to choice voting, in its current form, is the right approach. but i think even those within the progressive community who believe there could be some modifications to ranked joyce voting rightly have a problem with the process we are following today. the fact is that we have not fully analyzed the true impact of some of the proposals, and specifically the impact of a september election, which is being proposed by both supervisors farrell and olague. why, under supervisor olague's version, we need to act this year, given that the election is a few years away, is something i still wonder. the big concern that i have is under the proposals that supervisors farrell and olague have provided, you are talking about using an extremely low turnout election to narrow field of categories -- to narrow a field of candidates in the mayor's office. a number of cities have been mentioned, including the city of new y

i thought it would be fun to talk to these two, ellis and joyce."right this minute" from asheville, alabama, they are joining us via skype. ellis, how did you set all this up? >> they were having her birthbay party a bay or two after i got here. i naturally thought make it a surprise. >> how were you able to slip in undetected? >> we bought her a bird house. my nieces and nephew took her around the back to hang it up. meanwhile my dad texted me to let me know she was in the backyard. >> joyce, did you suspect anything? >> not anything. they said ellis wouldn't be able to come home for a long time. i thought it was one of the other children doing the rabbit ears behind my head. >> we love your video. happy birthday, grandma. >> thank you very much. >>> if you're disappointed with lame fireworks tonight, blame the people you voted for. >> bill thompson the mayor with the wrong priorities. $6,000 on fireworks. only $6,000? >> i'm willing to put up with a few extra potholes if it means better fireworks fourth of july. >> so vote for tom cor dpshgsgal h

i think ranked joyce voting along with public financing has created a perfect storm. we know there have

if we are going to truly modify and fake ranked joyce voting better, -- make ranked-choice of voting better, we should take the time to study the unintended consequences that will come from what is being proposed. the fact is that the record on ranked choice of voting in san francisco has been positive. the parade of horribles described in terms of voter confusion have not materialized. the information analyzed by lafco clearly shows that people understand how the system works. if you compare ranked choice of voting and how we elect members of the board of education and the board of trustees of city college, there is less confusion when there comes to link choice of voting than there is in those elections. in terms of the three items before us, my preference would be that neither of them goes forward. if i had to choose, i think the item introduced by president chiu is the most reasonable alternative here. let me be clear. taking votes on those three items, whether it happens today or next week, this will be a very important vote, and a defining moment. for those of us who have been

i think ranked joyce voting along with public financing has created a perfect storm. we know there have i think is appropriate to see how that plays out. i would do away with the entire system and have the primaries after labor day and the general election would be the runoff election. having said that, i think it would be appropriate to look at the first two measures that would eliminate ranked-choice voting altogether for citywide offices and have the primary again in september and the runoff election when you have the highest turnout in the general election. or the proposal to do the same for the mayor's race. i do not think we should be returning to runoff elections -- that is about the only thing i agreed with that then. this system has worked in new york for years. i think it can work in san francisco. president chiu: next speaker. >> good afternoon. i am here to speak on behalf -- [inaudible] i am here to speak on behalf on the executive -- president chiu: we are having a hearing on ranked-choice voting. we will have general comments, so that would be the appro

joyce, my wife joyce sees jean from time to time. >> do you still have an honorship at all? >> no, that was in the '70s and '80s. it's been, i'm going to guess, 10, 15, 20 years since we've had that ranch. it's near las vegas. new mexico. >> new mexico. >> not las vegas, nevada. >> embedding of journalists in the iraq war one point 775 journalists and photographers. whose idea was it? >> i don't know precisely. i know who i heard it first from and it was tori clark, the assistant secretary of defense for public affairs. she had for public affairs. and she had been working with her staff and various people discussing it, whether it was a good idea and whether it wasn't a good idea. at some moment it came to general myers, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and me, and said that she believed that this would be a good idea. that we could allow journalists to go rights into the unit that is were fighting the war in afghanistan and eventually in iraq. and let them see for themselves what the men and women in uniform were doing and how they were doing it. now, the downside

. >>> rock creek parkway is closed between broad branch and joyce street because of high water. in the meantime you want to choose an alternate route. on the northbound side of i-95 you see this yellow early morning delays into woodbridge. again at the fairfax county parkway. we'll take a live look there right now. there had been an accident along the right side. it's already looking better on the northbound side of i-95 as you pass 7100 up into springfield. let's go back over to our maps. this time we'll head out west. no problems to report coming in on the dulles toll road, from the airport, 66 in from manassas, centreville and fairfax. we'll take a live look right at 66 and the beltway. looking good here whether you're going through the beltway to annan dal or tie -- annandale or tysons or inside to the district. back to you. >> thanks, monika. >>> the phrase that now being tossed around when it comes to the investigation of d.c. mayor vincent gray shadow campaign. >> the latest former gray campaign aide to plead guilty admits she helped run such a campaign. 9news now reporte

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i can say enough about that, joyce. they are the first line in defense in getting those veterans of the street and getting them housed. our community partners. i have been working with them for 20 years. for me coming it is so important to have that community partnership. they have been so instrumental in getting them housed. clothes, jobs, training. it has been an incredible thing to have this city team working together and collaborating to end homelessness. and we will do it. so, thank you very much. i appreciate it. [applause] >> jake used the word remarkable to describe the san francisco housing authority. i will introducehenry alvarez from the san francisco housing authority. >> i am the son of a veteran as well. bevin told me to think about this in ways we have never thought about it before. our goal is to get better rents and housing as quickly as we possibly can and be as innovative as we possibly can. i just want to thank our staff, here with us today. [applause] mr. mayor, we will do everything in our power. w

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joyce lewis. we have to keep the door clear. i think most of you guys have kind of spoken already. kathleen courtney, frank clamath, michael finnick, i think you may have spoke already, willie adams. >> i'm joyce lewis. first of all, i would like to say that i have lived in the neighborhood for over 40-plus years and even as a child, myself and my siblings were sent to that church for sunday school. so i do have a long history with the church itself. i also wanted to note that the neighbors and the neighborhood association had tried to work with the developer and the respond -- sponsor for many years as we are anxious to have this abandoned building dealt with. it's a aye sore and the homeless and all of that other stuff that has been going on. but 20 years ago, it was really a beautiful church as one person had noted how it was so like a piece of art and so that it was actually an asset to the neighborhood. it brought space to the community and it had open space and the air and light in this densely populated area. also i want to note that the developer and its caretakers have aba

i had not realized ranked joyce voting was a jobs killer in san francisco, but apparently, that is what the chamber of commerce thinks. i had not realized that having more elections was a way to have more efficient government. but that is what they are backing. you can take them at face value. you can believe that they are really interested in the magic number of 50%. because electing somebody with 50% of 16% turnout is a much better way of electing officials in san francisco than using ranked joyce voting. -- choice voting. i am kind of lost their. if someone can explain that to me, let me know. i think there is something else behind their position. everything we have seen that they support has been lower -- president chiu: next speaker. >> ♪ the ones the city gives you give it your all go asked alice i think she will know when the men at the voting poll tell you where to go and you have just had some kind of literature and you really don't know and it is all confused remember just one thing remember, give it everything and you will really all the good things bring ♪ ♪ i hope your rank

beach drive is closed between broad branch and joyce. on georgia avenue, you want to watch out for a disabled vehicle in the roadway. i'll have more traffic coming up in my next report at 4:47. back to you. >>> 4:39. time for the first your money segment of the morning. >> jessica doyle, how are you? glism' doing great. how-- >> i'm doing great. how are you doing? it's wednesday, halfway through the workweek. at least we are. people at home maybe not so much but we're going to get there today. wall street is hoping they're going to reverse the recent trend stocks that slipped for the fourth day in a row yesterday. the latest problems, disappointing profits in the technology sector and a sharp drop in oil prices. checking the numbers, the dow stands this morning at 12,653 after dropping 83 points in trade yesterday. the nasdaq was off by 29 and the s&p 500 was down by 11. >>> concerns over a multibillion dollar spanish bailout pushed the euro to a new two-year low against the dollar. the leaders backed the $123 billion bank bailout tuesda

flooding in arlington on south joyce street near washington boulevard. i'll be back with more trav at 6:45. -- more traffic at 6:45. >>> pepco customers cannot catch a break this summer. another round of storms means more flooding and power outages in the region yet again the lions share falling on pepco. >> it flooded low-lying areas again, knocked out power to about 40,000 customers. they were spread across virginia, maryland and the district but a lot of them in the district. delia goncalves joins us live in northeast. they continue to get slammed. >> reporter: i know. these folks just can't get a break honestly. they've been hard hit by these storms. fortunately, though, some good news for morning commuters especially. you can see the power is back on and the lights have been restored to their normal operational service. so traffic is flowing smoothly but we've been seeing a lot of crews, utility crews throughout the area. so they are slowly turning these lights back on so you should proceed with caution as you're commuting to work this morning on rh

and joyce and i decided, my wife joyce, that we would give some money each year and we have spotters around the country, at oh, 10, 12, 15 different universities who make recommendations to us and then we select them and provide the funds they need, the tuition and stipends they need, to be able to particularly people interested in public service. these are people who are studying things like economics or government or international affairs and things that relate to government with the thought that maybe someday they'll participate in helping to guide and direct our country. >> go back to the book itself. how much of it did you personally write? >> well, i wrote a lot. and i don't know quite how to answer it because i dictated. what i would do is dictate and it would be transcribed and then our team of people would work it in fact-check it and recast it. i suppose i had been over every gho word in it 15, 20 times, editing and ed itting, which is what i do. we took some of the material, things that i dictated years ago, and the cables and memorandum and the likes. >> i -- the question

beach drive shut down between broad branch and joyce due to standing water. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> you know, driving a metrobus isn't an easy job but imagine being behind the wheel for 12, 16 or even 20 hours a day. ight. is not r that is what a new report found though and it is raising some concerns about safety as s drivers rack up the miles on overtime. sherry ly is monitoring metro for us this morning. >> reporter: metro's rules only allow bus operators to work a maximum of 16 hours in a day but in some cases, this report found there were bus drivers putting in 20 sor more hours a day, more than 80 hours in a week. en most people head home from a long, hard day of work, some metrobus drivers have barely begun. a metro report found 8% of all shifts were 12 hours or more during a one-month period. of those, drivers worked 20 or more hours without eight hours s off 50 times. >> the bus drivers should have more time to rest if you are driving. you need to have time to relax and then you pay better attention. >> reporte

>> if they're successful, it will change the course of future research and practice. >> reporter: joycereatment even though she's no longer in the study. >> i'd say it's a success. i don't expect her to revert to normal, but not going downhill rapidly. >> reporter: experts say her case is encouraging but won't know if the treatment is really effective until the results of a longer trial come out next year. randall pinkston, wjz eyewitness news. >> it comes at a high cost between $2,000 and $5,000 every two weeks. >>> the presidential candidate is stepping stepping up in the states. romney fired in the crowd saying the idea of the president's business is to funnel money to big democratic supporter and is out of touch with what's happening in america and for president obama, he continued the record on the ceo of bain capital during a stop in san antonio. stay with wjz for coverage. we'll continue to bring you the latest with the issues on air and online at wjz.com. >>> one of the advantages of online shopping is that it is mostly tax-free, but congress is now considering a bill to change

andrew gracin is the third of chris and joyce mallon's children. andrew...r- year-old julianna and two-year-old anna sophia were n in 2007. julianna was born nine onths later through in vitro fertilization. her prother and sister waited their turns in frozen limbo... and finally they each got their chance to be born. ((sometimes when yyuupray for a miracle, you get three. and so that's what we have. )) ))the mother calls them "triplings," since they are siblings by their dates of birth. fertility experts say freezing ttchniques have improved, o embryos an now be preserved for longer periods of time. johns hoppins is still a top number one. known hospital is now ranked. ranked. ((break 1)) ((ad lib meteorologist)) 3 ((traffic reeorter ad libs)) map fiber map 895 map 3 3 3 3 3 penn state's president speaks out... after a ddmaging report reveals a cover up. up.we're not gginn to use tuition money, donor money, or tax money to deal with any of the civillclaims or other costs for legal expenses the part of the scandal he says is the ámostá disheartenin. dishearte

kelly joyce has the latest on today's ruling from florida. >> reporter: in a seminole county judge's order today, he didn't want to give zimmerman bail but was forced to because of previous rulings. he said by not coming forward in the previous bail hearing and announcing he had $130,000, they manipulated the system. the judge said he manipulated the system for his own benefit. it was confirmed that zimmerman and his wife had plans to flow after the judge that day lied about having the money and zimmerman's undisclosed passports. the judge wrote, quote, notably together with the passport, the money only had to be hidden for a short time for him to leave the country if the defendant made a quick decision to flee. it's -- for this and for the requirement that he be placed on elect tronnic monitoring, the defendant and his wife would have fled the united states with $130,000 of other people's mean. the judge accused zimmerman of committing a new felony, lying while providing evidence about basement he accused zimmerman of lying to the court and his lawyer if and when zimmerman gets out

and joyce krum, his deputy for homeless services. i want to acknowledge they have been helpful in pulling together the nation's when an individual needs furnishings -- pulling together damnations when an individual needs furnishing. -- pulling together donations when an individual needs furnishing. and so, to start us off, our mayor, ed lee. [applause] >> thank you, bevin. i want to reiterate my thanks to the board of supervisors for working with me. bevin, is an ex-person on the board as well. we are also proud of the work you have started. i cannot think of a more patriotic thing to do than to find a homeless veteran there home in san francisco. i would be the first tuesday, despite all the success we will ever do -- to say, despite all the success we will ever do, and you know the economy is growing and we're trying to find people jobs. housing is expensive. that is why we're doing the housing trust fund and other efforts. but people who need our help our veterans. we owe it to you. we owe it to you for the sacrifices you have mad

south joyce street near army navy driver is closed there. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. allison? >>> thanks, lauren. last night another round of severe storms ripped through the d.c. area. residents had to deal with torrential rain, high wind, thunder and lightning. a viewer posted this picture on twitter last night of the standing water at first street and b street in northwest. it is the third time in nine days the bloomingdale neighborhood has experienced this kind of flooding. >>> pepco wants a 4% rate hike and the public service commission is facing a deadline today to decide on it. a lot of customers have criticized the utility for the long delays in restoring power after severe storms. at a hearing yesterday, the power company got blasted by angry customers, council members and state lawmakers. >> i think that it's fine to talk about things like undergrounding and hiring more alignment and improving communications. they are not the problem itself. the problem itself is pepco. >> because they were reporting restorations

it does remind me of something else t is a small cap stock go to joyce in texas. joyce?er: yes, jim, i'm asking you about a particular company called donna herd. >> people didn't like the quarter. i like the guys who run this company, i think a terrific opportunity and ne'er-do-wells, johnson controls are, coming back, dana sherher is a name. i want to own t jerry in california. >> caller: boo-yah, cramer. >> boo-yah. >> caller: company analyst too much of the quarter [ inaudible ] >> i don't know. i have to get the ceo on of magic jack that one is too hard for know understand what the metrics r i hate to punt like that go to scott in new jersey. scott? >> caller: hello, boo-yah to the compass of wall street. >> i like being that true north, right? let's go. >> caller: okay. with the increase in dividends at amikko eagle, is there any hope for them now? >> a quarter not so bad, cost $600. got more growth than barak. in the end, i'm going to send you to the gld. conservative. i don't mind that name. hey, becky in illinois. becky? >> caller: hi there. big boo-yah to you, j

beach drive remains closed between broad branch and joyce. and if you're planning to use 23rd street at virginia avenue northwest or 12th street at varn numb northeast -- varnum northeast, i know the signals are out. there's a tree leaning from one building to another at massachusetts avenue and they'll head out and take care of that. you have the slow traffic crossing the occoquan river and newington into springfield. let's take a live look there. the lanes are open. it's just bunching up trying to get over to 395 or the beltway. let's take a look at 66. if you're planning to head here, it looks great at the beltway but you have the slow stuff out of manassas. we'll go back over to our maps this time to the other side of town. 270 looking pretty good out of frederick. just a bit slow as you approach 121. we'll go outside live once again. no problems to report. 270 has been incident free. you just have the slow traffic. all lanes are open as you head down to the point where the lanes divide. i'll be back with more traffic at 6:11. >> this mor