i also want to introduce leroy looper who goes back to the 1980's with us in the tenderloin. nothing that any of us are doing would have started without leroy's vision when he bought the cadillac. we always need to appreciate them for their contributions. so without further ado, i want to make -- introduced a person who made this possible, mayor ed lee. >> great podium. i am happy to be here. happy to celebrate these wonderful murals that have been restored. we have been working on this for many years. i just love the fact that he is leading this effort with so many of the other community people. this community challenge grant was an easy decision that we made. i see our acting city administrator. she is continuing that very good community-based approach, working in close concert with the people from clean city, who are doing the sweeping around here, working with nonprofits as well. i want to thank the tenderloin development megacorporation. you are part of our partnership. as well, the tenderloin economic partnership. i want to celebrate these because it is part of our hist

socket. >> there was blood all over, anyway, i saw this instrument in his face and i just said, leroyhoney, what have you done? i was just shocked. >> this was pretty dramatic, and you know you didn't understand what you were looking at. >> reporter: university medical center had assembled a trauma team. >> we found it was in his neck close to his carotid artery. >> it was a screw feeling. i can't tell you how much it hurt. >> it was rock solid in his face, making a second incision underneath his gum line, opening up his sinus and we were able to visualize the handle and we were able to loosen it up enough where we could slide it out carefully. >> reporter: amazingly his eyeball had been pushed up and back, doctors couldn't tell if it was still in one piece, it was. >> i cover this eye right now and i can see all of you as good as i can see out of this eye. >> reporter: he has some double vision that doctors say they can correct. he can't speak highly enough about his care and the miracle. >> i thank my lucky stars that i'm here. >> tough to watch that. boy,. >>> this morning on "the

policy named after one of our great governors of florida, former governor and now deceased, governor leroy collins. and he's been a member of the board of visitors of the florida state college of law and the board of trustees for the law center association as the university of florida. he's represented about every environmental organization, safe the manatee, the everglades trust, save our everglades. he's been the lead counsel for the everglades foundation well past two decades. and so notably, thom was instrumental in the passage of two everglades-related florida constitutional amendments. the federal comprehensive everglades restoration plan, and in obtaining several billion dollars in funding for everglades restoration. that has been one of my primary duties here as the senior senator from florida, and i've worked with him over the years on this everglades restoration. and he's been primarily responsible for florida's acquisition of one of our natural resources, the 75,000-acre babcock ranch on the southwest part of florida, which now provides necessary corridors for wildlife, especial

of course i really would get assassinated if i don't mention commissioner leroy king, sit -- sittingbenny yee. welcome, kim. we are really looking forward to working with kim to get students to come visit the kinsey exhibit. just one second. and also supervisor scott winer -- weiner is here also. let's welcome him. newly elected schedule. we're back on schedule and graced with the presence of our new mayor. we, as i mentioned earlier, we had the pleasure of working well. are city administrator at the time ed lee and supervisor ross mirkarimi in connection with the adoption of the slavery disclosure ordinance a couple years ago. and we look forward to working with him on many issues to come. please welcome mayor ed lee. >> hello, everybody. you know i don't like to read speeches. i've been doing that in the past, so i want to have a chance to speak from the heart. this is our celebration of black history month. and i am so happy to see all of you come to city hall to recognize this and to recognize the great work that pat williams is doing because about the stories that need to be tol

. >> reporter: leroy was listening to his scanner when he heard the commotion after the crash. he wondered where he would go if he wanted to hide a car. >> i thought to myself, there's a park, there's a lot of people in the park all the time, a lot of cars, easy place to hide. sure enough, i drove in and there he was. >> reporter: police were able to track down 22-year-old marcos lopez garcia. the suspect has a history of driving without a license. police and neighbors say the cross walk is dangerous and a group of students is trying to do something about it, passing around a petition for a stop light. the 4-year-old is not the first to be hit by a car here. >> my sister was just playing and when she was younger and a car comes and gets her and she goes to the hospital and loses most of her teeth. but she has them back do you. >> reporter: at this corner? >> right here on this street, yeah. the guy just kept on going. >> reporter: right now the suspect is being held for hit and run and driving without a license. >>> the case is closed. tonight, the d.a.'s office says it will no

across the euro zone well growth is grinding to a halt and countries are struggling to stay afloat leroy's big players think the answer is to force mandatory budgets onto member states mazhar europe correspondent daniel bushell explains surrendering a sovereignty is not what people want. the key decision is they have announced a single united eurozone government they also announced a corporation tax to unite the corporation taxes of germany and france so we're moving slowly towards a fiscal union which is what many had predicted but of course there's one small problem which is the people of europe have been. because the the president of france faces an election next year where he's already trailing behind his rivals and suspected this may make him even more unpopular because the people of europe but in polls in opinion polls they say that they don't want the european integration angular merkel the chancellor of germany says they showed great courage to do this but they dismissed the use of euro bourne's which many have said would be the solution agreed eventually they said the euro bonds a

was going to happen sooner or later all right thank you very much for that update artie's wallace leroy bringing us the latest from israel thank you. it's still have for you at this hour thanks but there was the new countries turned their backs on the signal per se as it runs in deeper into a fight for survival. and turning to the skies now which are particularly noisy this thursday in the moscow region and max international air show is hosting all sorts of magnificent men and their flying machines. is there for us to bring us up to speed with all the latest developments . one of the highlights of the third day of mac's two thousand and eleven air show is this helicopter the helicopters made its name during the soviets war in afghanistan that am i seventeen that is soon to return to the country in order to help restore security there as nature is going to buy over its range of such helicopters to deploy to afghanistan let's check it out from inside that's chris a that it's very easy to operate this helicopter especially for our gun violence many of them were educated by a soviet flight

. >> reporter: neither could the doctors when 86-year-old leroy ledger showed up like this, pruning shears lodged in his face through his eye socket. after he fell while trimming some bushes. >> this was excrucucting. i can't tell you how much it hurt. i sort of pulled on it and it seemed real solid so i just left it alone and realized that it was the clipper. >> reporter: conscious the entire time, he yelled for his girlfriend of 12 years, arpy, who called 911. >> i don't know how i kept myself composed, i really don't. i guess in times like that, you do. i was just thinking of him. trying to do the best that i could for him. >> reporter: the handle was shears was stuck just above his carotid artery. a team of surgeons made two careful incisions to take it out. >> and we were able to loosen it up enough to where we could slide it out carefully. and he j jt did beautifully. >> reporter: dr. lynn polanski has worked several traumas and was on the team that treated congresswoman gabrielle giffords after she was shot in the head. he calls this case one in a million. >> for this kind of direct

. >> reporter: 86-year-old leroy luetscher fell onto the handle of his clippers that looked like a lot like these, went through his right eye socket. >> i saw the instrument in his face and i just said, "leroy, honey, what have you done?" i was just shocked. >> reporter: she wasn't the only one. one of luetscher's surgeons joined at the news conference. >> this was pretty dramatic, and you know, you just didn't understand what you were looking at. >> reporter: university medical center had assembled a trauma team. >> what we found was it was in his neck. and it was close to his carotid artery. >> it was excruciating. i can't tell you how much it hurt. >> it was rock solid in his face, making a second incision underneath his gumline, opening up his sinus, and we were able to visualize the handle, and we were able to loosen it up enough to where we could slide it out carefully, so he had lost his orbital rim, and floor and they were completely obliterated. we were able to remove some of the bony segments and reconstruct using a titanium mettle mesh plate. >> reporter: amazingly luetscher

. >>> an arizona man is recovering from a freak gardening accident. 86-year-old leroy was working inndle of his clippers. the handle went into his eye socket. >> it wasishit was excruciating. >> they will be able to correct his double vision but the shears went just under his eyeball. very lucky placement. >> apparently it just pushed the eye to the side and then went into the sinus cavity. so he can see pretty well outside of the double vision. he is lucky to have the eye. >>> there is a 92-year-old man in michigan who says retirement is for the birds. at 92 he continues to show up for his 9 to 5 job at the better business bureau so you better be good. his coworkers recently honored him for his big milestone been there for 35 years. has agreat sense of humor and -- he has a great sense of humor and is constantly asking for a pay raise. >> it's a place to go and you're out with people, social, rather than just sitting home and watching television. >> well, he looks great, sounds great. he says he would like to keep working for a couple of years, maybe another eight when he's 100. goo

sheriff leroy baca commands the largest sheriff department in the united states, leading over 18,000budget and sworn professional staff, law enforcement officers and serves over 4 million people. many other cities, to which happened to be in my district, his jurisdiction includes 40 cities, nine colleges, 58 superior courts, and a local jail system housing over 20,000 prisoners. sheriff baca is a respected witness year he has been to this committee testifying in both 2009 and 2010, and was invited here by our ranking member, mr. thompson. please join me in welcoming sheriff lee baca. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. thank you. thank ranking member thompson and your committee for this hearing today. moreover, i'd like to thank secretary janet napolitano and the department of homeland security for the support los angeles has received regarding combating violent extremism. the "los angeles times" shares department has long been a leader in the development of relationships with the various ethnic cultural and religious communities thrive in the los angeles area. we have established

i saw this instrument in my face and i said leroy, honey, what have you done? was just shocked. >> well, doctors surgically removed the gardening shears which came very close to hitting an artery. they were able to rebuild his eye socket. he says he has a little double vision but otherwise he's okay. 7:37. we want to check in with sal. see how traffic is moving on this wednesday. a little squeamish. good morning, everybody. let's go out and take a look right now. traffic is going to be a little bit slow in some areas. look at the road sensors here on 280 and 85. the last time i said 280 was not the best bet and 85 might be better. it's not much better. but i would say if you are getting on the highway after highway 17 to see a decent drive instead of 280. 101 is going to be slow coming out of morgan hill into san jose and all the way to sunnyvale. let's move along to look at 880 oakland. that traffic looks pretty good. there is a little bit of slow traffic on 880 and fremont. it's not a huge deal just yet. if you are driving to the bay bridge toll plaza westbou

. >> reporter: 86-year-old leroy luetscher is now the picture of health, a big improvement from this.> this was excruciating. i can't tell you how much it hurt. >> reporter: last month he was trimming plants in his garden when he dropped his pruning shears. reaching down to pick them up, he lost his balance falling face-first on the handle, sending it right through his eye socket and lodging it in his head. >>>>ort of pulled on it and it seemed real solid so i just left it alone and realized that it was the clipper. >> reporter: he was rushed to tucson's university medical center to the same surgeons who saved the life of congresswoman gabrielle giffords. luetscher showed up like this. the surgeons hadn't seen anything like it. >> we were able to loosen it up where we could slide it off carefully. and he just did beautifully. >> reporter: the shears, miraculously missing his eyeball, brain and arteries. >> he's very lucky. >> reporter: the wisconsin native retired to arizona years ago. and by his side through all of this, his girlfriend, arpy. >> i was just thinking of him. trying to

gregg: leroy. >> is it lee? jenna lee. gregg: jenna lee would know that. >> she would know that. so cute. lee will be a very pretty, beautiful, tiny storm. jenna: like it. tiny storm. gregg: lots of famous things named after jenna lee. all right, jenna? jenna: we'll move on a little bit to other news on the day. members of the 9/11 commission issuing report card today document status of many recommendations issued in the landmark report in 2004. this is an update. correspondent catherine herridge with the report. what has the commission said so far. >> reporter: things, jenna. the event is ongoing in washington but 9/11 commissioners say nine of 40 of recommendations have not been fulfilled a decade after the attacks. among them there is still no consistent policy for detention and prosecution of alleged terrorists. that's important with growing number of cases we're seeing more americans taking roles within al qaeda and its affiliates. >> our nation's political leadership have delayed resolving the admittedly very difficult problem of reconciling the rule of law with the indefin

steve leroy is a town supervisor. you can correct me on the pronunciation of your name, i'm sorry.in wayne county, new york. good to see you this morning. >> thanks for having me on. >> all right. so your area, you're too broke some say to fix the roads there. yet, you got these no -- watch out for the frogs street signs up there. how are you feeling about this? >> ok. it's true. i got the word about two weeks ago that new york state was in fact installing these signs. and like anyone else, i couldn't believe it. we're trying desperately to replace our infrastructure, roads, bridges, install water lines and this is what the folks down in albany send us. frog crossing signs. >> was there a laugh track in the envelope? here's what the new york parks department says about this. listen to this. there is concern over the well being of hundreds of frogs, turtles, snakes that cross the road. the hope is the motorists would be aware of the creatures crossing the road and drive cautiously as they pass through the area. for example, if you go to ongoing traffic and see a frog, don't be afrai