blanche lincoln. [applause] >> thank you. i, too, want to thank the speaker of the house and the republican leader of the house, our majority leader in the senate and a republican leader, as well for being here today and join all of us in this very incredible opportunity to pay respect and to really elevate this monumental task that was a part of our great history in this country. i want to say a very, very special thanks to my friend congressman john lewis for those remarks, for his passion, for his steadfast determination in his lifetime to do so many good things on behalf of some many people. most of all, his leadership here with a slave labor task force. i had the privilege of working with him, serving with congressman louis when i served in the house, but i have please -- been pleased to work with him on this initiative. my former colleague jc watts has worked hard on this and i want to extend my thanks to the price family for joining us here today. i want to remember mr. curtis sykes who is no longer with us but he was

lincoln electric did not devise this system as part of a social experiment on worker satisfaction. this is about profits -- for the company and the workers. in bad times, hours are cut. in good times, mandatory overtime. but employees have to buy their own health insurance. and the company demands high output, even timing workers with a stop watch. if they don't measure up, they are let go. >> if everybody contributes, the company will be successful. and if you don't contribute, you won't be here. >> reporter: lincoln has been the subject of business school studies, even a new book. but few modern companies have followed lincoln's lead of guaranteed employment. >> given what we've gone through over the past year with 8.4 million people, surely we can find ways of organizing the economy where you can make a profit and not destroy people and their families and communities. >> reporter: in cleveland, they think they have something special. for many, it's a family affair. mark wells got a degree in geology, but followed his father into the factory. >> i spent 35 years there, and i don'

tonight at lincoln high school, the problem this show is solving is not having enough money for morehows. >> that's it. that's what that money is for. >> reporter: theater arts program manager, a program being threatened with severe cutbacks if some source of money isn't found and fast. >> i didn't think it was true at first that it could be real that this program of all programs could be on the chopping block. >> reporter: but hopefully not anymore. thanks to a dozen or so alumni in two soldout performances of the broadway musical "into the woods." the money raised today saves the jobs of the two directors. >> the performance this afternoon i was almost in tears. i'm really proud of them. it means a lot inside my heart to see these kids come back and care about their school so much and a program that meant so much to them. >> reporter: now would be a good time to mention these are not any alumni. lincoln was the district's performing arts magnet school at one time and continues to have a strong theater arts program. dozens have made careers on broadway, in hollywood, in music and in

. >> absolutely. >> reporter: so what is the link to abraham lincoln? right here on the top of this muster roll. recently a team of researchers from california, utah, and illinois determined these two lines written on july 10th, 1832, were indeed written by abraham lincoln during his military days. the names of a prominent frontiersman, even the commander of for the sumter written in. a military buddy of lincoln's carried these documents with the donner party 14 years later. >> in the whole story the donner party is one of the most difficult, painful, arduous journeys you could ever imagine in the history of overland travel. >> reporter: and now to know that these documents not only survived thanks to the efforts of james and margaret reid but also contain the original handwriting of abraham lincoln is -- >> just a wowee experience. >> reporter: these documents available for public viewing inside the california state library. >> very interesting. >> isn't that fascinating? beautiful handwriting. >> yes, he did. >> you learned penmanship back then for su

just ask. >> i'd like to thank my guests, denise santoro lincoln and james freeman. don't forget that you can find out a lot more about coffee and view video about the cupping process at kqed.org/thisweek. you can view this segment, find a link to bay area bites, and write your comments. until next time, cheers. to a nice cup of java. ♪ >> belva: well, that's all for tonight. join us online at kqed.org/thisweek to watch complete episodes and segments of our program. you can also subscribe to our newsletter and podcast and share your thoughts about the show. i'm belva davis. good night. ♪ ♪ ♪

were rivals. >> was she faith full to lincoln. >> as far as anyone knows. she appears to have been so en rappatured with the idea of becoming mrs. president which is the way she liked to be referred to and ofte signed her name. >> you haven't reassigned reagan's position. is that under the basis o >> yes >> they are constantly updating the poles? >> they do update the poll. they don't update it academics? >> this is an expert poll >> you know that academics tilt to the sflest yes. >> you think they are taking a swipe at nancy by putting her in the 36 position out of 37? when i wrote the book, i argued her ratatg was wa low are than it ought to b and it was time to reevaluate how important she had been in the reaga presidency >> you worked for rornd what did you do for him? >> i started working in his before he ran for president and worked on the 80y and your campaigns and speech writing office >> how would you describ office and what? >> domestic policy. ideas to him? >> yes. international strategy -- politica consultant >> i've been a political now. >> and

did we drag them out on lincoln with horses? were we able to put out some rails. there's a good deal of bodies when you say 50 or 100. >> that's a good question i was really struggling with. well, for one thing, the golden gate park, the roads, the park commissioners were very jealous about. they didn't want anybody to use the golden gate park roads for commerce or transporting things. they wanted to keep it for recreation. so for a long time i thought maybe they used that streetcaroline on lincoln way, used the rail, somehow put the cars on some kind of fladbed rail thing, brought them out to the edge and dragged them across the sand, perhaps on sleds or something. i finally came across what heyman did in an article. he actually somehow talked the commissioners into using the golden gate park roads. so he -- remember, the apparatus, most of the machinery, is taken out of these cars which makes them a lot lighter. they're mostly wood at this point. they're probably brought out, pulled by horses through golden gate park road. then in 1892, the great highway gets im

as blanche lincoln pointed out, he worked in a foundry. there is the statue of andrew jackson in lafayette park. and as senator lenkinli -- lincoln pointed out, it was supposed to be displayed in the old house chamber. cast into a statute. it was put up over the dome, but there was a problem. a big problem. the italian sculptor, as blanche pointed out, he was the only person around who knew how to take it apart. well, philip was apparently the sharpest guy at the capitol at the time. he was literally the only one who could figure out how to take a thing apart wwthout the help of the sculptor. they got smart enough to figure of how to take it apart. as the historians point out, the underscores onep of the greatest ironies of the construction of this building. constructing this in freedom for someone who was not freed. this was a terrible injustice, but that is part of the story, and we must continue to tell it, as congressman lewis said. the history of the capital, like the history of our nation, should be complete. and so, we are grateful

checkey beckford on its connection to the famed donn >>> a northern california link to abraham lincolna document written by the president has been found. checkey bedford with the link to the donner party. >> we lock you into the room. you are monitored at all times and it's a high security reading room. >> reporter: it's the only place you can see one of the most important documents found in california in recent years. penned by honest abe himself and brought here by a mental of the ill-fated donner party. >> they determined that the top part of this document was indeed in abraham lincoln's hands. >> reporter: handwriting experts certified the president wrote the top part, the muster roll, list the volunteers and soldiers who fought in illinois' blackhawk lawyer. lincoln was listed on the roll and showed the price of his horse, $85, which at that time was a lot of money. but the document now being studied by historians across the country sat untouched in a vault for more than 40 years until a donner party historian stumbled across it and recognized lincoln's handwriting. >> many of the

blanche lincoln. [applause] >> i, too, want to thank the speaker of the house and the majority leader of the senate and republican leader as well for being here today and joining all of us at this very incredible opportunity to pay respect and to really elevate this monumental task that was a part of our great history in this country. i just want to say a very, very special thanks to my friend, congressman john lewis, for those remarks, for his passion, and for his steadfast determination in his lifetime to do so many good things on behalf of so many people. most of all, his leadership here with the slave labor task force. i had the privilege of working with him, serving with congressman louis when i served in the house, but have been so pleased and honored to work with him on this initiative, and certainly my former colleague who has also worked hard on this. i do want to extenddmy sincere thanks to the sites family for joining us here today. i wanted to take a moment and just remember mr. curtis sik

the intersection at irving avenue and lincoln -- ninth and lincoln, excuse me, but was around 75, -- that was around 75 , so that is very busy. that is going to be the sound at candlestick park. it goes right across the nature area. the people who have been denied classic parks, yet is their chance. -- here is their chance. that is not a park. that is a city street. so for the people, it is a bad deal in. for the birds and the critters, it is a bad deal. we presented you with an alternative. we have given you evidence that it will only be a couple minutes difference. [bell] it still provides access in transportation that you can have without it. thank you. president maxwell: a am sorry. you are first. go ahead. -- i am sorry. but supervisors, mining is connie. i am with the labor council -- >> supervisor, my name is connie. -- supervisors. i think they look like they're moving in a direction, and it sounds very interesting. i want to spend my time addressing three issues. the first issue is in regard to the urban planners. we have been discussing this project for 15 years. now, these

vann got up and said, "turn the picture of lincoln to the wall.", we are part of the new deal that is gonna come in," and he made this eloquent speech for franklin d. roosevelt's election. >> he gave a speech and then came out with an issue of the courier "turn lincoln's picture to the wall." this paper with this message was distributed, was hand-carried by newsboys to coal-mining camps, to factory yards, to towns in the south and to little burgs throughout the country. "turn lincoln's picture to the wall" meaning "don't vote republican. try to find--maybe the democrats will offer us something that we can use." and so this was--began, and it did help to turn the tide, because the black vote shifted from being almost overwhelmingly republican to overwhelmingly democratic, and it remains so to this day. >> narrator: on the 24th of october, 1940, courier editor and publisher robert l. vann passed away. the newspaper he had built from his vision was left in the hands of his wife jessie and at 350 loyal courier employees. ira lewis became the new execut

these are not teenagers but alum from the past 30 years in san jose's lincoln high school.hey are performing to raise money to keep the highly-regarded performing arts program running at that school. some lung came from los angeles to play their part. >> i never would have entertained the thought of going into this field if it hadn't been for the things i learned at lincoln and the support and inspiration i got here. it chokes me up. i'm really devastated to think of this school without the performing arts program. >> the school is hoping to raise $75,000. there's another performance, by the way, in case you're interested, set for 8:00 tonight. >>> people looking to cool off in the south bay won't be able to go to the lake any time soon. that is, that's because of a potentially harmful algae bloom in the south san jose lake. the blue/green algae is especially dangerous for small children and the lake will be closed until thing a gee dissipates which could come when the weather cools off which is when folks won't need the lake anymore. >>> fresh fruit and vegetables are a lu

senator lincoln has already told you the story of philip reid.ut it is so interesting it bears repeating. as you just learned, he played an unlikely role in finishing the construction of the capitol as it appears today. he worked at a foundry owned by thomas crawford, the man who decideand designed the statute. he was later commissioned to design the capitstatue of freed. the plaster model for the statue of freedom was supposed to be displayed in the old house it to be disassembled. came for cast into a statute and put up over the dome. but there is a problem. a big problem. the italian sculptor who ended up stock in the chamber was the only person around who knew how to take apart. philip reid was apparently the sharpest guy in the capital at the time because he was literally the only one that could figure out how to take a thing apart without the sculptress help. -- without the scumptor's help. as the task force historians point out, the story of philip reid underscores one of the great ironies, one of the -pworkers helping to cast the statue o

from tennison out to lincoln and hesperian is an alternate around the closure. >>> just about 4:54.rd of supervisors are set to vote on a sweeping redevelopment plan for hunters point. board accepted the final environmental impact report for the residential and retail development two weeks ago. project is expected to create thousands of jobs and pump billions of dollars into the local economy. critics say there are issues and possible long term health effects and toxins at the site of the former shipyard. if supervisors approve it a second and final vote is expected next week. >> "wall street journal" is out with a list of the best paid executives of public companies during the past decade. topping the list is mary ellison larry ellison. number two on the list is diller. >> lights, camera and action in oakland. new brad pitt movie "moneyball" and here is carolyn tyler reports on the economic boost. >> oakland coltly seem, movie magic is underway, "moneyball" portrays the a's amazing winning streak. the winner of this game is the city itself. >> they spend money on hotels and restaur

abraham lincoln, july 7, 1864, said this, in his proclamation, abraham lincoln said, i do hereby furtherinvite and request that the executive departments of this government gather all legislators, judges, magistrates and all other persons exercising authority in the land, whether civil, military, naval or all soldiers, marines, all the other law-abiding people in the united states to assemble in their preferred places of worship on that day then and there to render to the almighty and merciful ruler of the universe such homages and such confessions to offer him, offer to him such supplication as the congress predicts. that was for the day, july 7, 1864. september 5 of 1864, abraham lincoln addressed a committee and according to the historic document of colored people from baltimore, that's according to the historic document. now that would be african-americans, i'm sure but back in 1864, apparently lincoln didn't know better and so acknowledging a gift of a bible from those wonderful people, he said in regard -- this is lincoln's words. in regard to this great book, i have but to say, i

boulevard is close which suggesting you take the jurors were signed, it will the jury back to lincolnhis is going to purchase 24 hours a day for the next couple of days until wednesday at 10:00 p.m.. james. thank you, more headlines here president barack obama will welcome a astronauts and live in a smart jury basketball champions today paying tribute to the fetus mercury who won the wba to engine jet and then discuss space exploration. in the evening prisoners, and first lady will host a broad array solute featuring music from all familiar steer a co-production. in a government study has found that poverty is most important is the was important factor in whether inner-city heterosexuals are infected with aids, a chevy. h. davies an academic in certain poverty-stricken locations. pop patter said searle's are twice as likely to be affected as those who live in the same community as as some money. 25,000 walkers raise more than $3 million just been said is as its annual aids walk. the money supports local hiv expression, testing, care services. has raised more than $76 million in 1987.

host: was abe lincoln honest? mary todd: does this dress make my backside look big?o: geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >>> if i could ask larry one question, why the suspenders? >> what happens when those suspenders come off? that's what i want to know. >> where do you buy your suspenders? >> moo supplies your suspenders? >> how many pairs of suspenders do you really have? >> the suspenders are a larry king trademark. there's a good story behind them. i want to ask if they were his idea or maybe possibly somebody else's? >> they were somebody else's. someone you knew. my ex-wife sharon. it was sometime after my heart surgery. we were walking down, going to have dinner. and she said you lost a lot of weight. you look pretty good. why don't you try something different? i said what? why don't you try braces. so o never wore them in my life. a few people called in and said i looked good. that's all my ego had to hear. bunk ego. someone says you look good. they lasted forever. >> vu done since then, a show without the suspend

the part of ocean beach near lincoln avenue received three stars and others two. it's going to be a nice day to go to the beach. >>> tell, tori, for the first time in while, there's some breaks on the coast. the sun has burned off the fog. still, though, holding out near the coast, so kind of hit and miss. some parts of the coastline are fog free in between san mateo and on the marin coast. a little bit more sun looking back to the city, 62. a lot of mid to low 50s. still some clouds there. as we look towards walnut creek, a little bit hazy and 68 degrees. i like it. a cool summer pattern, that's what we are in. running 2 to 4 degrees above today's numbers so slightly warmer. it's above average on the temperatures overall. 3 to 5 degrees cooler, but inland, it's running at least 10 below for many on average. it looks like it's going to worm for the weekend. some of the activity looks like it's quietening down. with the heat in the valley, it looks like it's going to keep going as well. temperatures today, 60s, 70s and upper 70s to low 80s. i haven't said that in t

like lincoln park built by the wpa. think of the experiences that people have had and the history which is embodied in them. there is daves tennis stadium. here it is, this was a tournament for inner-city youth. archery at golden gate park. our play grounds. here it is in use today. this is bernal heights park. you can still see the gutters they put in there. this is buena vista parks. this is quezar park. this is mount davidson. look out for the rock. this is on telegraph park. this is stern grove. this is a little known park above candle stick. here's my friend jake, standing by a wall. this was rosy play ground. they turned it into a park and it was also restored by wpa. i believe they torn down the house, which was unforgivable and the zoo is wpa. and here's the murals inside the mother's building. the marina sea walls and great aquatic park. the palace of fine arts. we wouldn't have and a little further in, lake merit, this pier. alva rado park and then, some of you my recognize this. the berkeley rose garden. did

fore score was not a word before lincoln. uncle frank, you know a lot of wo words.are some of your favorite words? >> screw you. >> jimmy: what? what? really? >> but i didn't mean you. >> jimmy: thank you. >> it's just an expression. >> jimmy: yeah, okay. anyway. i think we understand what sarah palin meant by refudiate, but there's only one way to find out for sure and that's by asking uncle vocabulary. >> refudiate. deny the whole thing. that's what it means. refudiate means deny. you can use the word deny, but let's use the word refudiate. we're more educated. refudiate. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: thank you. [ applause ] hey, some good news in the gulf of mexico for a change. the efforts to stop the oil leak seems to be working. you remember the fat kid from willy wonka? they decided to jam him in it and it worked. the cap they're using is child proof, so it's never coming off. president obama's been hammering republicans this week for holding up an extension for unemployment benefits. paid to some of the many people who don't have jobs right now. today, a representa

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this year, we saw the opening of the facilities at the lincoln playground. the hamilton red center, the conservatory, a blend of vista park, and campbell playground. we have four applications in with the state of california for brand-new park renovations for we have less for a total of $20 million. we have three projects. we have a key city projects under way. this is going through the environmental impact process. if you have not been out there, i encourage you to go there. thanks to the voters, we have our trails, restrooms, and i'm very pleased at the last commission meeting that you approved. our community can apply for over $5 million worth of grants. on the finance and administration, we have a $12.4 million problem that we were able to solve. we are pledging $8 billion in new revenue. we did have cuts and they were real. we had a 20% reduction in the cost of new workers compensation. we will be debuting our new web site in august. on the resources side, we gave ourselves a very ambitious goal. we have a bike rentals. we had peter pan. we had outside l

the next generation of does. . >>> a document including words handwritten by abraham lincoln has turned up in a state library in sacramento. experts say the document is a list from 1832 of men in a volunteer group from illinois who fought during the blackhawk war against several indian tribes. the document is part of the james fraser reid collection. historians say reid was one of the organizers of the doner party many of whom died during a trip from spring field, illinois to california back in 1846. >>> sports director mark ibanez joins us now. a great night for the giants down in la. >> any time you get a victory in la against the dodgers they are feeling good. it seems like just yesterday the giants kind of a group of aging veterans trying to rally around barry bonds for one last time of glory. now it is the sample of youth full talent for everything good. will farrel witnessed it. a big kid you can wear a hat like that. and young mr. posey two outs. a single makes it 1-0 san francisco. clutch two out hit from buster. pablo sandoval backs that up. he is really starting to hit as he n

sas eating your enemy supreme leader is nothing new think of president abraham lincoln what was new was the car bomb. parked in the right place packed with enough explosives you can target any man on earth. kings and presidents have to drive the roads just like the rest of us and the moment you do your vulnerable. car bombs are so easy you can use them purely for business if your business is controlling the world's heroin supply. in the early sixty's the sicilian mafia discovered a new way to make rival mafiosa disappear by booby trapping their cars and blowing them to pieces. in sicily the power of the mafia is as old as the statute. five million people live here. but hidden amongst them is an estimated seven thousand mafia members. yet the power of the cosa nostra is felt everywhere from the highest political office right down to the smallest market stall. this market is the body of here. so we how do you know the mafia this year. because. the. last of them onto the beach because you'll. see. things started to change in one nine hundred fifty seven when the sicilian american mafia met

he went to school in washington and was born in baltimore, and he went to school at lincoln. the supreme court was right there. we actually have the opportunity to stand at the lectern in the supreme court, facing these justices, which is a very powerful thing. the airport in baltimore is named after him. we had a standing ovation every evening. much of this, some of this was for my performance but i have to give credit where the credit is due. most of that is because of his legacy and his work. as a hometown person. tavis: there is no follow-up question here, i am just curious. you mentioned that certain justices came to see this, including sonia sotomayor. what about justice thomas? >> he was not there. tavis: where was i? [laughter] >> you were waiting for me to take you out. tavis: i was just asking. a little birdie told me that this show is even better now than when i saw this on broadway. >> somebody said this to you? tavis: i cannot imagine this. >> this is certainly much deeper and much richer, because i had a couple of years to let this grow inside me, and having gro

. >>> a document that includes the words handwritten by abraham lincoln has turned up in the state library in sacramento they see the document has 1932 list of men and illinois volunteers during the black hawk war. the document is part of the james frazier reed collection and he was one of the organizers of the ill fated donner party in 1826. >>> coming up, it is that time of year for bay area music fans and chief meterologist bill martin will be here on what to expect the weather-wise. you can watch bay area news at 7:00 on your computer. we are streaming live on the web at ktvu.com. >> the white house announced a new strategy for ranging america's coast and ocean waters. the plan establishes a new national ocean council to coordinate the work of all agencies that oversee marine conservation. the council will bring together federal, state and tribal authorities to jordan plan for the future of the oceans. officials say the new approach will emphasize science based information and encourage public participation. >>> now to our chief meterologist bill martin who is our own expert on oceans

the president that we have, the leadership, and i think he does have a link andesque quality -- a lincoln esque quality to be able to see long range. the economics of this, i think we have another three or four years here that will be pretty brutal. hopefully, maybe we can resolve a couple of issues in the world. but i travel a lot. i am outside of our country more than most americans, and they have to really understand the impression that obama has had in representing this country as to before. with all due respect to president bush, he was running at 17% factor overseas, where the president now is close to 70%. his popularity is much more outside of this country than it is in. tavis: with all this going on, you are hopeful? >> i am on the fence. i am sort of looking about it as, is it true? was the last century the american century, like the century before that was english, in a century before that was the french and spanish, and now is it the chinese this century? i don't know. tavis: every empire eventually falls. >> we have to put a fortune into our infrastructure. tavis: i just love

. >> citrus heights, lincoln and rancho cordeva. >> reporter: there's 140 of them all part of a pension risk pool createdded by albers. >> it's like auto pool, if somebody crashes their rates will, bell's will go up but also will citrus heights and lincoln. >> reporter: who pays for that. >> the taxpayers all over the state will be paying for that. >> reporter: in a statement kalpers says they are taking a long hard loose to see if the costs should be used to calculate pensions at all. it is too hard to say what the pension should have on other employers in the pool. >> how did this happen? what were they thinking over there. >> reporter: meantime jerry brown subpoenaed the records and e-mails as the city's outrage spread across the nation. >> we want to find out exactly who you they ever came to the conclusion that city officials should make so much money, in one case, in two cases more than the president of the united states. >> reporter: the attorney general has demanded that all employment records are handed over within 48 hours, his office also says they are exploring all potential

a fictional letter from what williams called colored people to abraham lincoln. dear mr.olored have taken a vote and decide weed don't cotton to that whole emancipation thing. freedom means having to work for real, think for ourselves and take consequences along with rewards. that is just far too much to ask of us colored people and we demand that it stop. >> i don't know how you found mark williams. he's been floating through radio for 20 years. i know mark williams. he wrote it tongue and cheek and everybody took it very serious. they are pointing at mark williams like he's leading up some wing of the tea party movement. >> larry: tongue and cheek don't work. >> what? >> larry: it don't work in that case. >> i don't know why you are taking mark williams so doggone serious. here's a guy who has had 37 radio shows in 12 years. and you are taking him like he is the spokesman and the president of the united states of america. he's not. he's mark williams. and you guys are taking him really too serious. >> larry: is he cuky? >> he's always cuky. he tries to raise the level s

>> the key is how you vote parent blanche lincoln of arkansas has talked a tough game about taking on the big banks. she is still down terribly in the polls. it is wanted to beat up on business but the fact is that democrats and republicans made financial contributions from the business community. if they don't have it, that is very tough for them. >> the democrats are way down with business contributions. >> wall street has lashed out against the democratic party. when charles schumer was chairman of the campaign committee, he raked in millions from wall street. that is way down now because they are dismayed over their treatment. >> if you doubt this, you can by legislation. that is the way we built our campaign system. >> bp has finally stopped the leak temporarily. >> what a beautiful picture. we have been looking at that gushing oil for 87 days. bp is causing it may lack -- may not last. >> how to the politics of this payout -- play out? does this get the president off the hook? >> yes, does that -- because that picture has been devastating. it happened on his watch. he did not re

. >> reporter: well, rob and vinita, the heat and humidity will lincolner. . this is ahead of a cold front from the west. that sparks a system over the great lakes and ohio valley yesterday. and it's marching eastward for today. so there will be widespread showers and thunderstorms across much the northeast. take a look at the high temperatures. new york city around 90, boston, 89. the heat will fuel localized stronger storms later this afternoon into this evening from boston down to new york city, including philadelphia, atlantic city and now our nation's capital. behind theer weather will be in place. however, it's still going to be humid but not quite as warm. syracuse, 84, buffalo, 80, burlington around 81. across the south central, it's been very hot with temperatures well above the normal. rob, vinita, back to you guys. >>> the nation's midsection could be hit with severe storms. des moines and cincinnati could see storms. >> denver is having a heat wave1 soo. southern california has cooled down to more reasonable readings. anchorage is a cool spot at an

the top of the tunnel will connect the historic battery to lincoln boulevard and the national cemetery and give access to bicycles that go to the trails behind us. a temporary bypass would be built to allow traffic unimpeded during construction. the contract is funded entirely by the american recovery and reinvestment act of 2009. it started sooner than expected thanks to governor schwarzenegger's efforts in expediting this and getting it funded. this is getting construction workers back to where they belong, improving our aging transportation infrastructure. from this location, you can see the construction activity this project has created. the structure was built in 1936. the new one will accommodate future transportation needs and improve safety with wider lanes a continued shoulder and a wide landscaped area, and it will separate the traffic for northbound and southbound. this is an exciting time with the department and also the construction industry. the presidio parkway is the result of the great partnership between the department, the transportation administration, the federal h