welcome, shall, to the uss macon islands. my name is lewis loeven and i'm the executive director of the san francisco fleet week association and what a great fleet week we're going to have for 2012. thank you. this is the second time we've had the uss macon islands and i want to thank captain pringle and his entire crew. what a great ship and what a great crew. they turned this swear hanger deck around all right night and turned it into a conference room and it looks absolutely beautiful. thank you, captain, and your entire crew. i'm going to make this short because we're already running a little bit behind schedule, but san francisco fleet week for the third year is organized with i object credible participation from city, civilian agencies from all around the region and all of us our fabulous united states military, the coast guard has been fabulous in providing assets to protect everybody out on the bay. it is one heck of a logistics program to get this whole program started and here we are the culmination of nearly a year

. >> robert macon holds in his hands a rare treasure, he's got tickets to the superbowl. >> they're in the upper deck. >> that's where he'll watch the ravens take on the 49ers. . >> the value of the tickets and the demand for those tickets goes through the roof. >> so do the efforts of scammers. they know you want tickets so they'll spend the next ten faking them. >> the you kournt fetters -- counterfeiters are going through hoops to try to make tickets and the harder we make it, the better job we do for the league. >> he can't talk specifics about what's dub for obvious -- done for obvious reasons but he can help you spot the fakes. fake tickets may have color that is off or spotted and the edges may be skuched. he says if you have a friend with tickets, you should try to compare the ones you're considering side by side with legitimate ones. and youshould not buy from an someone on the street. >> you have to question how is someone going up and offering it for sale for cash to anyone walking by. >> robert macons wouldn't sell his tickets for the world. they're worth more than the mone

(applause) >> what a pleasure it is to be aboard this symbol of america's millery power, the uss macon island. what a pleasure it is to be among the men and women of our armed forces and the men and women of the first responders of the san francisco bay area. fleet week for many years in san francisco was a somewhat [inaudible] affair and it has been transformed into this great coming together by the military and the first responders, the great coming together of our uniformed personnel and a great [speaker not understood] of san francisco. this amazing transformation in the last few years was due primarily to the vision and the dedication of three people, george and charlotte schultz and mike myers. i'd like to pause to thank all three of them for this work. (applause) >> and in april of 1996, my last year as secretary of defense, i met one morning intelligence briefing at 7 o'clock along with general charlie. the previous day general hughes had briefed us that the chinese military were to begin extensive military maneuvers in the taiwan strait. this morning we were stunned to learn t

happy to report that a little later today aboard the uss macon, we're learning the best. firefighting below the deck, members on the flight deck learning about aircraft rescue, firefighting. similarly, and i won't be able to stay the whole day today because soon i'll be headed over to treasure island, a former navy firefighting school, we'll have that facility about 14 years and we'll be welcoming 40 members from the u.s. marine corps, 20 members from the u.s. navy, 10 members the u.s. coast guard, where we will then partner with them and cross train them and use our techniques, reaching technical rescue and high and low rescue being demonstrated in display. we will also be having some of our u.s. navy personnel on ride-alongs with members on our ambulances, fire engines and trucks to continue with our cross training. so, it gives me great pride to be here to continue to serve as the fire chief, to welcome the military, and to say thank you to all of you. here's to an enjoyable fun-filled busy weekend. all the best, and thank you for your service. (applause) >> i wanted c

. * macon. the smaller cities are taking advantage of easily reusable solution thextion, right, so open source technologies that make it easy for them to make a data catalog, and they're bag borrowing and stealing whatever they can from the bigger cities. whenever we get the chief data job description up, we should put that online and the city can take that. you can see cities sharing resources so that way even if they don't have the resources themselves, they can work together and pool those resources. >> maybe just to add one more thing to that, when we passed our legislation in 2009, we actually documented and shared our best practices for how we laid forth this program for other cities to use as well. >> great. so, i think we've actually already gone significantly over what i was hoping. i was hoping to [speaker not understood] also. we're going to wrap it up. thanks to all our panelists and the hatchery for hosting us. anything else you need to say before we wrap up? okay, wrap up. (applaus

on tuesday she was macon chichen and accidentally cut her finger and tweet add picture.that is pretty doggone gross. you know, you don't have to share everything. she got five stitches. her husband said she's fine and even went skiing yochl u could have kept that to yourself, annika, for real. >>> when we come back, doggy double take. this specials groomed dog caused a big scare when people mistook it for a dangerous animal. in and around the country. st. louis, 56 degrees. sun and cloud in denver, 53. morning showers in seattle, 41. >>> top stories now on a thursday morning. vice president joe biden's task force met with gun control advocates yesterday. toy they meet with gun rights advocates incluesing the nra. >>> the city has declared a public emergency. free vaccinations have been offered. there have been at least 18 new flu-related deaths. >>> hundreds of people were stranded and troopers went out to rescue stranded drivers. on the left is a rescued driver. on the right, take look at this. >> watch out. seeing a car, seeing a car, seeing a car. whoo. >> luckily no

. >> firefighters also macon sessions to their paying benefits some firefighters told us the mayor lost their support because of cuts in agent staffing. house republicans are in the spotlight at this hour as they decide their next move regarding fiscal cliff negotiations. tara joins us live from the news room to tell us how they're meeting behind closed doors. >> this is new year's data na that climaxed when the senate endorsed compromise legislation by 89 to 8. >> as amended his past. >> that came hours after president joe biden and senator republican leader of kentucky sealed the deal. it negates the fiscal cliff of across the board tax increases and sweeping government other agencies but many house republicans said that they were opposed to the bill because they didn't cut federal spending and they were hoping gop leaders will give the house a chance to amend the bill and send it back to the senate. democrats are saying enough is enough. >> we could allow us to go over or we can try to come together and pass something that something probably on both sides of the aisle no one agrees w

as we sit here this morning aboard the uss macon island, in san francisco bay, looking out to the pacific, it is easy to believe that the united states is, in fact, a pacific power and that to keep it that way we will maintain the best damn navy in the world. thank you very much. (applause)speaker .... >> now i'm going to introduce our next speaker, major general melvin spee splt e i've known melvin for a number of years, obviously we served together in the marine corps. i can tell you he's been with fleet week for 3 years now and the one thing about mel, he's got a lot of ideas and he accepts no as an interim answer because a lot of things that he wanted to do to make fleet week better originally the answer from authorities was no. and he made some amazing things happen just through his will. a commander can will things to happen. and i really want to thank you, mel, for that whole peer to peer medical exchange was your idea and it was just a huge hit and i thank you so much for that. he's offered to be the pifrplg hitter for admiral roughhead who was captured back in massachusetts and c

you are sitting on this amazing lhd, the uss macon island, it can bring the heat or it can bring the light. do you want to get a little twitchy around the world and you want to sort of rattle the cage a little bit and test our will and show bravado? you don't want an amphibious group showing up off your shore. that can be a bad day for you. on the other hand, we'd like to bring the light. we'd like to bring the medical prowess, its ability to generate electricity for you, we'd like to bring its cadre of people to rebuild your churches, your clinics, your homes, we'd like to be able to bring its operating rooms and 40,000 tons of icu's and hospital beds and transports and medical evac, whether we fly you in or float you in. that's what we'd like to bring. and like everybody else in the medical business, i wake up every morning and hope the next day i'm out of a job. i hope the next day that world peace has been declared and disease has been stamped out and nobody will be ill, nobody will be harmed or injured. until that day comes, it's my responsibility to be able to speak to the comm

san francisco and it's an honor to be participating in this important panel discussion on the uss macon island. over the course of the next 50 minutes, we will be going to focus one of our -- we're going to be focused on one of the most important elements of our city and that's the resill yepbs of our life line. i am joined by a prestigious panel of experts who i believe have a keen insight sbat resill yepbs of the capacities we will be relying on heavily in moving forward post a disaster. here with me today is kirk johnson, to my left, vice president of gas transmissions from pacific gas and electric. next to him is don boland, executive director of california utilities emergency association. next to him is david brig, regional and local water system manager for the san francisco public utilities commission and finally but not least, romel an jell lus, manager for san francisco wireless. i have drafted several questions for our panel to answer and will hopefully have time at the end to take questions from the audience. before we start our panel discussion, i wanted it share with you wh

in 2010 we were aboard the macon island, one of the things i was fascinated with as were the attendees was the hospital space. there were a bunch of tours that took place there. last year the idea, it wasn't my idea and i wish i could claim it but i can't, the idea to do a medical peer to peer exchange between the military and the hospital providers here in town. so it was arranged where practitioners and executives, so practitioners and their bosses, to could come out and see the shock trauma platoon and see the capabilities of the shark and see what the military brings to the table in terms of medical. it was a huge hit, to be perfectly honest. it was well received. the medical community here in town was very impressed, really wanted to see more of it, and this year we grew that a little bit. it took flight, literally. it started with looking at rather than be a show and tell, like most things with fleet week, it started with, let's make it more than an air show. then it led to let's get on the ground and do hands on with our middle managers. the same thing is happening in the medica

again echo our thanks and appreciation to admiral beaman and captain pringle on the beautiful uss macon island. if we could give applause to all the men and women serving on this ship, thank you for your hospitality. (applause) >> this is a week where we highlight and celebrate all the sacrifices that military personnel make. in the san francisco fire department, we work 24/7 shifts. we're considered para military, but we recognize in the military the great sacrifices that you make each and every day to protect our freedom while being away from your homes and your family. so, thank you very much. it's an honor to welcome you to san francisco. (applause) >> i'd also like to acknowledge the presence of two people that i consider honored to call friends, and they continue to be treasures to san francisco, to our city, to our state, and to our nation. and i was so impressed yesterday that both of them intently sat here yesterday taking it all in. and it was the highlight really i think of the seminar to have the evening closing remarks capped off by former secretary of state george schultz.

let's meet today's contestants -- an 8th grader from houston, texas... ...a junior from macon, georgiaonka, minnesota... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thanks, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. good times for the next two weeks, featuring some very bright contestants ranging in age from 13 to 17, and as you just heard in the introduction, one student who is in grade 8, irene. welcome, young players, and good luck to you. let's go to work now in the first round of play, which is the jeopardy! round. one daily double coming up in one of these categories. you identify the state for us, please. ...one of these days. alex: lila, you get to go first. i'll take i am your leader for $200, please, alex. irene. what is leader of the free world? you're right. i'll have i am your leader for $400, please. i'm ayatollah ali khamenei, and i like being called supreme leader of this country. lila. what is iran? correct. i'll take i am your leader for $600, please. lila. what is principal? correct. i'll take i am your leader for $800. irene. what is chancellor? yeah. i am

today and the roads are still wet and we have fog developing in some of our inland locations so you maconh that -- may consent as you come out and i will show you what you can expect for the upcoming weekend, good morning sal. >>> coming on the 28th 0 commute if you are -- 280 commute, it is wet out there and you may want to give yourself a few extra minutes. westbound san mateo looks good out to the high-rise and we look good on the peninsular. now the water-main break is causing some problems, let's go to paul with more on this story, paul? >> reporter: basically things are under control accept there are a few things on the roadways because it is come row moo mized. when we a arrived, there were two other areas looking for water flooding on green bay. water was shotting 8 feet out into the air however water crews were able to shut down a nearby valve and now it is not as powerful. it is unclear if somebody hit a fire hydrant or if it just gave way. there is still a chance a sinkhole may develop. >> it got up under the asphalt and they will have it to now dig that out and repair the main

. >> i am from macon, georgia. >> and people from rochester n.y. is here. >> i got arrested in three or four different states and i got arrested for marijuana. >> nearly everyone has a couple of dogs. some people call them their shoulder and. this is a puppy. >> is eight weeks. >> most of these visitors come here and panhandle for weeks at a time and then it will go to a different town. some however, will stay. >> this is due to smashed a window of the other night because he is crazy he was attacking this bamboo sign and started revving sticks out of the ground and beating the trash can. and he said this window is not real and just smashed it. >> that guy in the beginning because i was trying to get video of his stock. i was only on this haight st for about two hours but some of these business owners have been here for about 30 years. you can do the math. if you have a comment or story idea for stanley, e- mail us at 'people behaving badly' at kron- four-dot- com. >> jacqueline: it has been injuries and showery and -- dreary take a look to the rain

macon order, make a decision and move with it. i grabbed my driver and radio operator and looked out across one of president eisenhower's new interstates going along side him as saw phillips '66 gustation. it i grabbed him, went over, full battle gear, a gas mask, but still, everything else, up to this midnight shift gas station, filling station operator. can i have a map? mississippi. you know, one that just shows the edge of memphis. so that was preparation number one. we have a map. though the jeep for 640 military policeman. 140 vehicles. the driver and the lead jeep and a lieutenant have a map. crossing into the base i notice that there was a sure patrolmen working the night shift at the gate of that. and no one was coming. i tell my driver, stop. let's move over and ask this guy how to get down to mississippi. well, we put the map out on the hood and he had a flashlight. you go down this line and get to the state line. take highway 78 and you will get. well, i get back in the jeep. one of those things to you. i gave him the

i really think it is. >> otis redding began performing at talent shows in macon's douglass theater.om competing again. nowadays the very same stage is a training ground for torres. ♪ >> i believe -- love hope belief those things can get you extremely far. >> that sentiment is still felt in redding's hometown. walter johnson was redding's barber. >> he raised these people up. he made them feel like they were somebody. any time i hear one, it raises me up. i tell you. man, i loved otis redding. ♪ when the whole world is threw with us we'll have each other ♪ >> redding recorded ten albums in his six-year career. a grand total of more than 100 songs that share one simple message -- love one another. ♪ ♪ sitting here resting my bones ♪ ♪ and this loneliness won't leave me alone ♪ ♪ 2,000 miles i roam just to make this dock my home ♪ >> oh. wow. charlie, what a -- >> fine songs. >> yes 45 years later we can still say all the words. it is so interesting to me that he never -- he never got to hear his own hit song. >> yeah. i didn't realize he didn't until we put this piece together that he

charismatic as she has been in the television interviews that i have seen and she is charismatic she maconince one or two of the jurors that she didn't do it or at least raise a reasonable doubt with them. she absolutely has to take the stand. >> greta: as a te defense lawyr even if i was the prosecutor i would have a field day with her if she took the witness stand. >> you don't have a chance otherwise you may well do it but you may as well give up the ghost if you don't put her on. >> greta: the gun from her grandparents that apparently is missing. the fact that she doesn't have all of the defensive wounds. the fact that she told three stories and now supply the motive that she was jealous of the other girlfriends. >> problem with this type of case, it is a death case. >> the evidence. >> the problem here, it it is a death case. you can't call your chi tonight say i didn't murder him and then want to testify during the penalty phase and say i'm sorry are i said that. >> when a client testifies a thousand things have to go right, only one thing needs to go wrong. >> greta: the decision to

. >> i yield myself such time as i macon psalm. >> gentleman is recognized. >> i rise today to urge whatmanent the tax cuts republicans enacted back in 2001 and 2003. i couldn't agree more. and let me say why. because we are making permanent tax policies republicans originally crafted. now, back then despite having a majority in the house, a majority in the senate and a republican in the white house, those policies were only temporary. that is because democrats refused to join republicans in providing tax relief for working families. after more than a decade of criticizing the tax cuts democrats are finally joining with republicans in making the tax cuts permanent. republicans and the american people are getting something really important. permanent tax relief. as big as that s, and it is only the first step when it comes to taxes this legislation settles the level of revenue washington should bring in. next we need to make the tax code simpler and fairer for families and small businesses. and we need to pursue comprehensive and fundamental tax reform to create the jobs we need and to ma

well, you are freezing from maine to macon, georgia, but there's good news ahead. temperatures really on the aggregate for the country warming up, especially the east coast. but give you a little taste of how cold it is. right now in boston, you're waking up, walking out the door to 3, 5 in new york, washington about an inch, inch and a half of snow. it happened, 19 there, new york had a little bit, as well, chicago right now feeling like zero, and they finally -- they had not had an inch of snow. there was more snow in texas than chicago has had thus far this season. an inch finally fell in chicago breaking the record they had not seen an inch of snow since last february 24th. so finally that came. current temperatures in richmond, virginia, only 19, it's 33 in asheville, north carolina. here's a perspective. are we warming up, yes? new york five-day forecast on average, you should be at 40, tuesday, 48, in the 50s on wednesday. good news. there's a little caveat here, though, sunday into monday, a little ice and snow, perhaps. we'll talk about that. washington, d

of the most notorious commanders in vietnam, julian you'll -- ewell, also known as the butcher of macon del. they called him a body count fanatic. he demanded vietnamese bodies. he was not very discerning about who they belong to. he was called -- anyone call them as a casualty was called an enemy dead. just as the hagel brothers relating, there was an operation kicked off colorado "speedy express." it lead to 11,000 vietnamese casualties, but only resulted around 750 weapons been recovered some news reporters looked into this a couple of years after it ended and him up with an estimate of 5000 civilians killed during that operation. when i went to the archives, i found military zones or reports that the new st. reporters did not know about in the estimates were that they show the newsweek estimates were low. they estimated about 7000 casualties. this is the type of for that check tables all down there and john three operated in roughly the same area down the delta. so they do know something about the brutality of war. >> nick turse, his book is, "kill anything that moves: the real amer