rushmore to the space needle to egypt's stirring tribute to the luxor hotel & casino in vegas, or recently a important new memorial was unveiled on the national mall honoring the reverend sir dr. milk , jr. he's not only been to the mountaintop, he's been glued to it. and i am an, pert on all things mlk because i was at his "i have a dream" speech inside my pregnant mother who attended. i have this pennant, okay, from the day to prove it. i could not be judged by the color of my skin because at the time i was technically translewis nt. but folks, i was conan o'brien color. [laughter and applause] as we know... see you at the emmys, red. but there is some controversy around this memorial, folks, and not just because the sculpture mistakenly made him white. no. it is over a quotation from dr. king insciebed on the memorial. let's hear it from the man itself. >> yes, if you want to say that i was a drum major, say that i was a drum major for justice. say that i was a drum major for peace. i was a drum major for righteousness. >> stephen: stirring. humble. and if we're being brutally honest, a

he has been with luxor for i think 15 years. no accidents, no complaints. but that is not what we are recognizing today. he received a heroism award for the national association of transportation regulators. he was awarded hot this at a conference in toronto a few weeks back. if he was given the chief's award for the same purpose. while he was on duty, he saw a woman being assaulted. she was being robbed. not only helped the woman that was a victim and brought her into his vehicle to safety, but he followed -- he let her use his cell phone to call the police. he followed the suspect, notifying his dispatch of the situation so they could get police there. which resulted in the apprehension of the suspect. he not only stopped to help someone in need and assisted her, but he jeopardized his own safety to try to bring justice to this person. i would like to ask everyone to give a round of applause. [applause] >> i was very proud to accept this award in toronto on his behalf. although i think that the events that led to this award are truly wonderful, i also wan

i want to extend to each of you an invitation to come by and visit luxor cab at your convenience. [applause] chairman nolan: they like what you say. >> seriously, we live like you to drop been. we don't need announcements, to a free to come by. today, i want to talk about an unwelcome taxi app. taxi mojo is currently being promoted among san francisco taxi drivers. one of its questionable features is that it allows drivers to indicate which parts of town and they wish to accept service requests from. that translates into redlining of neighborhoods. a think that is not what we want at all. the other licensed dispatch services in perfectly, admittedly, we try to provide service to the whole city. if we were to offer a redlining feature to the dispatch service, i think we would lose our licenses immediately. it is a good example of why he taxi -- of why taxi apps nee td to be regulated by the mta. some are illegal and provide questionable services to the residents of the city. >> my name is david, i am a resident of the city of san francisco. i have two items to bring to your attenti

. >> we will be monitoring everything, if we see any potential of a threat -- >> luxor cabs in san franciscore flying the american flag in remembrance of those lost on 9 /11. all 250 of their cabs will fly two flags, a small one on their antenna and a bigger one near their door. >>> stay with ktvu for coverage on september 11th. our coverage will begin at 5:00 a.m. and will continue throughout the day with our one hour special 9/11 a decade of change. along with complete coverage on the 10:00 news. >>> we've got a weekend to look forward to. it was a short week. most folks had monday off and things really flew by. all my good friends out in the outer sunset, outer district. we have some fog. it's clear out in the twin peaks. but the fog is going to make their way over the hills. you will see fog over the ballpark, you will see shooting over the bay. these were the highs from tonight. cooler than north bay than the day before yesterday. so we've been on a bit of a roller coaster. the fire weather watch in efect effect for the bay area: a chance of lightning strikes but it's about a 20 or 30%

i am charles rathbone on behalf of luxor cab. you approve new permits. we focused on the number and type of permits. on closer examination, we believe there was a significant problem which nobody addressed at the meeting. nobody commented on it. the resolution requires that the new taxis must be low emissions vehicles. that is perfectly consistent with the greenhouse gas reduction program that is arguably the greatest achievement of the former taxi commission. that has been spectacularly successful. even as other cities struggle with lawsuits and injunctions to block their own programs. we were very surprised to realize that at your last meeting, you approved and exception to our greenhouse gas emissions program for vehicles over $25,000 in cost. we believe there is no good reason to open up a loophole in our cities excellent greenhouse gas emissions program. remember that if you allow one company to go through a loophole, you will need to allow all 1500 + camps to go through the same loophole. by way of example, a quick check of the website shows a new

i am charles rathbone on behalf of luxor cab. you approve new permits. we focused on the number and type of permits. on closer examination, we believe there was a significant problem which nobody addressed at the meeting. nobody commented on it. the resolution requires that the new taxis must be low emissions vehicles. that is perfectly consistent

a special thank you for a driver from luxor who helped solve a crime the other night. it is a situation where folks feel they cannot get a cab when they need them. they cannot rely on the service and this is a cute on fridays and saturdays when our citizens and visitors should be about enjoying the city and spending money. we have the first and probably a series of many steps to address this. we will add some full-time thompson and for the first time, since i have been involved, i and others who have been pushing forward which is aimed more surgical approach to get cabs on the streets when they are needed. the single operator permit idea is a peak time idea. the reason we're approaching it as a pilot program is to see it if it works. if it does not we will retracted. if it does it is fair to and for this single operators will drive during peak times putting more cabs out on the street when they are needed and avoiding putting out more cabs on the street when they are not needed. i would like to thank the people who have worked hard to get this year. there are many peop

the 1920s luxor goggles alone brought in more then $17,000. also sold were 24 pictures of her. some show her making preparations for her first attempt at flying around the world in march 1937. her plane disappeared during her second attempt that same year. >>> and they say there is no fury like a woman scorned and that goes probably for the animal kingdom as l. the supposed love triangle that may have pushed one tiger to kill another. >>> the low fog and cloud activity today, the upper level subtropical moisture streams across the state. that is next. ] at green giant we know nature gives us the most nutritious of gifts. but only when they are ready to be given. that's why we pick vegetables at their peak. ...and freeze them fast, locking in nutrients ...for you to unwrap. ♪ ho, ho, ho. green giant should we order panda blossom, panda moon... how about chinese at home with wanchai ferry? you can make it in just 14 minutes. mmmh, orange chicken. great. i didn't feel like going out anyway. [ male announcer ] wanchai ferry. tiger. el paso zoo workers say they don't know why a fema

luxor cabs told us today what the city really needs is 500 more cabs. they get calls all day long and 20% of them they can't even answer. live in san francisco traci grant, nbc bay area news. >>> thank you. self-checkout, not so fast. buying alcohol at the grocery store could get less convenient because of a bill just passed by the state assembly. the bill bans the sale of alcohol at those self-checkout stands in grocery stores. right now, shoppers can scan and buy their own booze at those little kiosks as long as they show their i.d. to a cashier. that's the rule. lawmakers say that making customers do their business with an actual cashier will prevent underage drinkers from slipping out with alcohol. the senate is expected to vote on this issue this week. >>> creative theft has an east bay man looking at hard time. police arrested this man for stealing metal greats surrounding trees. he's set to appear in court tomorrow to face charges. he went as far as posing as a city worker and wearing an orange work vest. an officer saw the man remove a cast iron

the 19-20's luxor aviator goggles--- alone brought it more than 17 - thousand dollars.sold were 24 eparing >>> the goggles brought in more than $17 suicide. also sold were 24 pictures of earhart preparing for her first flight back in 1937. her plane disappeared during her second attempt that very same year. >>> you may have noticed, we have kind of a different look because we have a brand-new set. >> that we do, and we're excited about it. we wanted to give you a behind the scenes look at how it all came together. take a look. >> take a look at the new set. come on in. it's done. the set that was now giving way to a new generation a process that had taken years to plan all felt right here at cbs5 this summer. twenty-four plus gleaming screens with a wall stretching 16 feet across, now the new back drop for eyewitness news. your pinpoint weather center is expanding. even traffic has its own home tied together in silver and blue hues. the set one of a kind. you won't find it anywhere but right here at cbs5. >> i think the design and the thought that went through it from t

. >>> san francisco's luxor cab company will also mark the 9/11 anniversary weekend, decorating theiramerican flags. >>> it is 7:23. >>> golden gate transit will launch a transit, sunday service being added because of the bus' popularity. it will make seven trips, leaving from santa rosa and making stops in other areas before heading into san francisco. there will be eight trips from san francisco back up to santa rosa. >>> the time 7:24. is it still feeling like friday morning. >> it is in some areas, dave. even though we always start at the toll plaza because we can rely on that for slow traffic, this on highway 4, i think it wins. this traffic is slow, moderately heavy coming into the pay gates here, then you'll see traffic on the bridge looks good. i would say to answer dave's question, i think it's a little lighter than usual on this friday. take a look at the northbound 101, san jose, the traffic here going to be moving along nicely, which again just better than it normally is on the way to sunnyvale. looking at 280, a little bit of slow traffic here. northbound 280 backed upcom

this is something you didn't predict in this book, but you gave evidence in this book, the bombing at luxor by the egyptian people's reaction. the slaughter of these innocent tourists. you said from that point forward, they lost egypt. i thought about that as the prodemocracy demonstrators came out. this has had to be very disconcerting for al qaeda to see, as you said, they get into the battle to save egypt. >> right. >> to save islam as well. >> islam and egypt. that was the focus. they lost egypt to what they hated the most, democracy. >> they lost their hole on the definition of islam. they wanted to define it as a religion at war with nonbelievers. that nonbeliever category contained many muslims. the whole world was appalled by barberism. it didn't matter what moderate muslims said. they were drown out from the beheadings, stonings and burnings of girl schools. if you think about the american civil rights movement which our great nonviolent effort from a social justice, 40 people died in that. martin luther king, emmitt taylor, you know those names. 840 people died in the 18 days of t