>> supervisor, kate howard, mayor's office. i think you raised some important points.you may have heard, the legislature is working on and has said they are committed to restoring this funding. this was lined out by the governor out of his budget, a line item vetoed. in san francisco, it is a $13 million loss. over 1,200 kids are affected by the cut. the legislature is working on negotiating a deal with the state first five commission, who have state and local first dollars for kids. in san francisco, that is about 40% -- [inaudible] >> by the program. what that deal would do would be to ask kcra 3 weather plus five-day forecast commissions locally and at the state level to front the money for those child care slots and then provide a provision by which the counties could be reimbursed -- noublenouble >> so basically -- [inaudible] >> so basically the city would be loaning money to pay for these slots. >> i think this is a possibility. that sounds good. getting reimbursed sounds great. what is most important is that the families that are in need of the funding for the

william, kate and a press that can't wait. i'm howard kurtz and this is "reliable sources." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com it's not shocking that sarah palin says she's talking to her family about whether she should run for president. what's remarkable she told us "new york times" magazine. she's commune indicated with the dreaded mainstream media and made this boast about 2012 with barbara walters. >> looking at the lay of the land now and trying to figure that out, if it's a good thing for the country, for the discourse, for my family, if it's a good thing. >> if you ran for president, could you beat barack obama? >> i believe so. >> palin is intensifying her media presence with a new book and that new alaska series on tlc amid the state's natural beauty, allows her to make some political points such as when she fired back at author joe mcginnis who moved to the house next door. >> doesn't need to be seeing what i'm writing and reading. todd built a 14-foot fence and was thankful for that. by the way i thought that was a good ex