that's another thing they really objected to in manhattan. said you can't start a book with the word failure. at least i won that argument. i said you know, our success is originally based in failure and you know what? all of us make mistakes and all of us sometimes fail. sometimes with relationships or investments or fail with jobs. um... i flunked my first driving test when i was 16 and totald the car while parallel parking and some student wills not get into college. really when you fail it's not the end of the road. it's more of an opportunity and away to find a different path. when i come to those moments in life, i think of the perz yen proverb that says when it's dark you can see the star. for those of you that have been there, i failed get a really good sunset picture on,k 2. this is actually a volcano in mexico but i love this climbing photo to end the climing sequence. so, here's our dirt bag climbers. done with the climb and it's time for me to head back to berkley. i was very weak and fortunately, we were still alive. that year fi

today, we know it as manhattan, in the city of new york.manhattan's south street seaport with historian michael lord. it wound up being a trip into the past. what was the beginning of commerce here in new york? >> well, i guess commerce would probably predate even hudson if you're talking about native americans trading with you one another. they had a tremendous number of animal pelts, and they had lumber. the place was loaded with wood. >> reporter: while native americans are rich in resources, europeans have depleted much of theirs, including animals used for clothing. >> europeans had no more beavers because they had already trapped them all, and their lumber was diminishing. so all of that lumber, all of those beaver pelts begin to be shipped over to amsterdam. beaver pelts would become very fancy hats, waterproof hats. that was the bling-bling of the day. lumber went into making masts for sails. and those masts for sailing ships then all of a sudden became sailing ships that came back over here to pick up more goods. >> europeans bring

the most recent storm dumped 20" of snow in manhattan, other areas of the northeast were covered with close to 3 feet of snow. wind gust to have up to 80 miles per hour created whiteout conditions and knocked out power to thousands of homes and businesses all over the east coast. now this also means travel is coming to a standstill at airports all over the country. >> it's not like you can go, you know, you knew the storm was gonna hit, once, you make your peace with it. >> if you're wondering how much snow fell in new york we're told that, in less than 24 hours, it got nearly four times the amount of snow that it usually sees in the entire month of december. >>> so exactly what does two feet of snowfall in 24 hours look like? well check in out. it's time lapse home video from michael black of bell march new jersey, he sat his camera on his deck and took a picture

just two hours away from manhattan a city pleads with. this is the most broke town in the u.s. with up to thirty five percent of families living in poverty if you're happy would be economy can you raise your hand. of the most dangerous. this town does not want any cameras to be witness to it's just talking about economy. where jobs here along nonexistent up to forty percent of those living here have no income because of the escalating unemployment rate in camden more people on the corners more people on the street more people looking for an alternative way for

manhattan needless to say, a live picture and it's starting to improve. we will see much improvement as the week progresses but that doesn't help you today tod. san francisco, three-hour delays for arriving flights and not only because of the snow back east but because we've had fog form here. all the sunshine we're starting to see around the area from vollmer peak, look at this beautiful picture, looking east. mount diablo and a live picture in hd. most of us are buried underneath cloud cover. that will give way to sun. this is the winter sun so very low angle. let's take a look at this sunlight image, as the storm system winds up on shore to continue pulling the air out of the northeast. this system is in place for another six to 12 hours and then left off to the northeast and we'll see improving conditions. lots of fog this morning. dense fog advisories in effect. another storm system producing wet weather in the north bay by this time tomorrow. by tomorrow afternoon and wednesday, very powerful storm, look like the storm we had on saturday. then we go

manhattan needless to say, a live picture and it's srting to impre. we will see much improvement as the week progresses but that doesn't help you today tod. san francisco, threhour delays for arring flights and not onlyecause of the snow back east but because we've had fog form here. all the sunshine we're starting to see around the area from vollmer peak, look at this beautil picture, looking east. mount diablo and a live picture in hd. most of us are buried underneath cloud cover. that will give way to sun. this is the winter sun so very low angle. let'take a look at this sunlight image, as the storm system winds up on shore to continue pulng the air out of the northeast. this syste is in place for anotherix to 12 hours and then left off to the northeast and we'll see improving condions. lots of fog this morning. dense fog advisories in effect. another storm system producing wet weather in the north bay by this time tomorro by tomorrow afternoon and wednesday, very powerful sto, look like the storm we had on saturday. then we got some northwest wind

and the president of chase manhattan bank, the ceo of chase manhattan bank, was quoted in "the new york times," saying that the access to capital is the number one barrier to small- business job creation right now in the country, so it is agreed and many, many levels that this barrier is important to address, so we are hoping in the new year that the banks and the federal government can work out something that will free up capital in the coming year, and the other thing i would like to mention is a homegrown san francisco company, with the assistance of the office of work force development held a conference in san francisco last week that attracted over 25,000 people. the company is committed to locating in san francisco. that is 3000 employees who will be working here. again, this is used by our own office of small business, and many small businesses, so i think this is a win-win for san francisco. so i would like to thank them and congratulate them, and as we know the economy in san francisco is slowly picking up, we are looking forward to a positive new year. that is my report. thank

mark madoff was found hanged in the bedroom of his manhattan apartment this morning. >> reporter: two years to the day of his father's arrest, mark madoff hanged himself bay dog collar inside his manhattan apartment. >> mr. madoff left some e-mail notes, not at the scene but has communicated with family. >> reporter: a source says the suicide comes as a big shock. he had never been charged with a crime, but he had been very distressed. he was just named in a new lawsuit by the court trustee seeking to recover money for victims of his father's fraud and has faced what his lawyer calls unrelenting pressure from falls accusations and innuendo. police were called by a relative who discovered the body. his two-year-old son slept in another room. his wife and four-year-old child were out out of town. >> mr. madoff's father-in-law was there, was called by mr. madoff's wife, to check on the two-year-old, who was there. the two-year-old was fine. he is in the back bedroom. >> reporter: prison officials in north carolina where beie madoff is serving his sentence declined to say whether he had b

i went to manhattan in the fall of 2005 and the big boss of the whole group, nancy shepherd and carlin coburn in publicity. we met in a little room and i stated my case and they said, this is your first book so you need to listen to a few things here. first of all only 12 percent of nonfiction books make a profit and 2/3 are pre chosen by the publisher. we'd like to put our marketing arm behind us but your having to fight tear riz m to this. since i grew up in africa and worked pakistan for many years you never settle a deal without driving a hard bargain so i said if the hard cover doesn't do well, i'd like the subtitle changed later on for the paper back. julia and our other board relently pounded away month after month. i was in pakistan of december of 2006 and there was a new editor on the book and they said they decided to change the title to one man's mission to promote peace. the hard cover didn't do that well. sold 20,000 copies. while the paper back came out on january 30th of this year and since out it's been on the new york times best seller selling over 700,000 copies now.

. >> reporter: this is manhattan high school for girls on east 70th street in new york city. they consider the act of gossip to be a sin, a huge sin. the orthodox jewish girls who attend the school are made aware every day of thes gossip. speaking ill of someone or listening to such speech. constructive criticism can be allowed, but harsh criticism is forbidden. >> they deserve to be protected. the dignity should be protected. if they do something wrong, they should not suffer embarrassment. they should not be degrated by other people. but what if someone seems to deserve criticism. >> once we establish that the person did something wrong we're still obligated to try to minimize the wrong. maybe the person didn't understand, the person doesn't know. >> what about gossip that is intimate but not critical? >> there is prohibition of spilling the beans. if something was told to you in privacy, you have to right to tell anyone. >> i'm going to tell you what she said about you. >> the students regularly do skits. >> we are not fripds anymore. >> but avoiding nasty comments isn't a

reducir las consecuencias de asmas en los niños.hace 5 años se empezó el programa en el estado de manhattan , sabiendo como van , en donde reforzar lo malo , poniendo en practica los que se ha aprendido. los pacientes los encontramos en la escuela, en las salas de emergencias. hay factores ambientales que ayudan los efectos del asma, los cuales se deben reducir , como el polvo, y pelos de mascatos. todas los padres saben que la salud de nuestros hijos es lo más importante nuestra meta es que este programa se difunda mucho mejor.esto se trata con medicamentos en muchos casos. california vive una crisis de tosferina, la mayoría requeriere hospitalizacion siendo la mayoría niños y estos hispanos. las autoridades de california atacan a los traficantes de cigarros, están incluyendo sellos, por eso los cigarrillos piratas deben desaparecer. tenemos a un maestro para aclararnos la sección 245.que es esto? hay confusion porque,la ley ampara a ciertos tipos de inmigrantes , para mñxico es un cuadro y otros países otros cuadros. para aclarar en mñxico los residentes la fecha es marzo del 2010 , los d

people outside of manhattan have been furious that the snowplows have been so slow getting to their streets. and stranded passengers are also complaining the airlines were overwhelmed this week. saying the phones have been jammed when they tried to call. recession cutbacks have not only trimmed the number of flights but the number of customer service agents available. today travel is getting back to normal with some delays as the airlines try to get caught up with their schedules. >>> looks like amazon is trying to eliminate the hassle of what returning gifts to convert unwanted items. we found some items that some people may want to avoid. they say they've patented a method to let people exchange gifts for section they do want even before they get the gift. they also offer gift cards. >>> let's turn to weather. mark is here to talk about some changes we're about to see. >> that's right. we started to cool off and get ready for a very chilly night 42 tomorrow morning. right now on live storm-tracker 2. you see primarily a few rainshowers north of here's the closer inspection of the bay area

it even lit up the skies with lightning and sent claps of thunder booming over manhattan. it was a one-two punch that turned the storm into a blinding blizzard. a lot of snow, but have we seen winds like this before? >> it was the combination of the two. maybe you go back in history a hundred years or so, but it's been a long time since we 'seen a storm of with winds of 60 to miles an hour and 20 inches of snow. that's a catastrophe. >> reporter: states of emergency were declared in at least six states from the carolinas up through new england. snow totals range from 12.4 inches in philadelphia, to just over 19 inches in saugus, massachusetts. the new york area was hardest hit, with 29 inches on staten island, and 32 in nearby new jersey. normally bustling, new york streets were littered with abandoned cars, buses and even emergency vehicles. tonight, the city's ems city is reportedly overwhelmed with a backlog of calls. >> not enough people listened to our admonition. please don't drive. you know what's going to happen. cars are going to get stuck and then emergency vehic

sued, madoff's wife, ruth, who once lived a life of luxury from a penthouse apartment high atop manhattant who has been relegated to a condo in florida. we spotted her this year, though she had died her once blond hair red in an apparent effort of being recognized. >> this is your chance to say something to the victims. >> reporter: she still regularly visits her husband bernie at the federal prison in north carolina, where he is serving a 150-year sentence. prosecutors have also brought criminal charges against a handful of madoff's key employees, including his former secretary, who prosecutors say made millions of dollars by helping him pull off the ponzi scheme. but so far, there have been no criminal charges against ruth madoff or sons andrew and mark, or bernie's brother peter, although they are all being sued by the bankruptcy trustee for tens of millions of dollars. >> some of these people were in control or were absolutely in a position to understand what was going on. >> reporter: millions of dollars for the victims has also come from a series of auctions, receiving off everythin

as recently as friday madoff stopped by the manhattan garage where he parked his two cars and droppedff a holiday card thanking the employees for all their help with a $400 tip, a typical holiday gesture, though it was earlier than normal. >> he looked fine. >> reporter: in fact, the walls were closing in on mark madoff. two days earlier on wednesday a federal bankruptcy trustee seeking funds for the victims filed suit against madoff's current and former wives and his three children saying $274,000 she received since 2002 were nothing more than other people's money. then on friday night the "wall street journal" posted an article online speculating about criminal charges. sources say mark madoff concluded he would never be able to escape the scandal. mark madoff was never charged with a crime, and a source says madoff was given no indication he ever would be. his involvement in his father's business raised suspicion and so did his lavish lifestyle. he allegedly received nearly $67 million in improper payments, astronomical compensation according to the trustee allowing madoff to pch h

as service resumed this morning, stranded air travelers from new york's airports came to manhattan to see if they could get out by other means. >> i'm trying to get to d.c. and give up on my travel plans. >> reporter: authorities worked around the clock to rescue hundreds of trapped motorists. across the region, station stations were held in an icy grip with service only returning slowly as the sun came out. and airport officials are warning passengers to call ahead and check on those flight times. they say keep in mind just because one airline is canceled the full flight schedule doesn't mean that they all have. harry? >> smith: how many days do you think it will take the folks at laguardia to compensate for all of these days of backlogged flights? >> reporter: we spoke with the general manager here and he says it will take at least one full day if not two. keeping in mind that the airlines are on a completely different schedule and program. >> smith: all right, michelle miller at laguardia tonight. thanks. this blizzard was a big one, but luckily it moved through the northeast at a

otr member of the club was winthrop aldrich who, at the time, was head of the chase manhattan bank. aldrich knew about international financial dealings. he could report to f.d.r. all the money that was going into and coming out of the russian spy front in the united states, the trading company. but this was pretty unsophisticated level of intelligence for a country the size of the united states at that point. >> in 1939 and 1940, what kind of intelligence-gathering operation did f.d.r. have? did he have an official one? >> no, he doesn't begin a formal, official central intelligence agency until the summer of 1941. what he has before that are the military services, the office of naval intelligence. he has the military inelligence division of the army and he has the f.b.i. and he has -- he tries -- he's very unhappy with the lack of coordination and doesn't that ring a bell today? for exame, at one point, to try to get these people mving in the same direion, he calls a meeting of hoover, head of the f.b.i., the head of military intelligence, and naval intelligence, hoover doesn't dan

compared to where we were six months ago and five years ago, it is manhattan, a great problem -- it is a stunning and great progress. i wanted to mention the woman that was murdered. they sat there for over two years, and while and sat there, the man raped other women. if we had tested that sample within 14 days, we would have found a hit because he was in prison for slashing a woman in the face with a razor. this is real life and death kind of stuff. it is really together with capt. -- really making tremendous progress. and for them to come back with the commission on where they were, cuda's to them -- kudos to them. >> any public comment regarding the chief's report? getting quicker, clyde. >> i would like to clarify the murders. [unintelligible] >> dr. marshal wants to pu tyou ot you on the payroll . >> this in the afternoon chasing around drought santa clauses. -- drunk santa clauses. [laughter] >> it wasn't me. >> anit was quite the scene, i tell you. item number 4. >> routine administrative business. >> just a reminder that next week closing commission meeting will be a medal of

>>> quedarme en manhattan, pensaba regresar anoche a mi casa. > la peor parte de la tormenta fue parailes de pasajeros que desde ayer están varados en diferentes aeropuertos de la región, a causa dea tormenta tuvieron q cesar sus operaciones y cancelar los vuelos, incluyendo el de newark y el kennedy. >>> se cancelaron el domingo, y me dicen que no van a abrir hasta eves o viernes. >>> la intensa nevada que afectó a toda nueva inglatra dejó a miles sin energía, y interrumpió el sistema ferriario, incluyendo el confiable siema nueva york. >>> le pedimos que se abstengan de guiar, necesitan el espacio porque hay mucho trabajo por hacer. >>> enhiladelphia hasta las remolcadoras se quedaron atascadas debido a la acumulación. ra muchos como este inmigrante desempleado la tormenta cayó como mana del cielo. >>> esta haciendo su agosto? >>> sí, porque noenemos trabajo. y aunque varios cerraron, colás no tuvo másremedio que ir trabajar. >>> siempre nos mandan a hacer los deliberes. >>> para que engan una idea de la furia de esta tormenta, miren este video de un residente que muestra cómo la ni

along lobsters six feet long and oysters 12 inches within they days all the oyster beds in new york, manhattan, the harbor would clean the water. so, just getting people to wake up to what was just literally there 200 years ago, 150 years ago. you see the object and say what is that. you come out and hear these intriguing sounds, sounds like i have never heard in my life. and then you step closer and you almost have a very intimate experience. >> we could link to different institutions around the globe, maybe one per continent, maybe two or three in this country, then once they are all networked, they begin to communicate with one another and share information. in 2010 the website will launch, but it will be what you would call an informational website and then we are going to try to, by 2011, invite people to add a memory. so in a funny way the member rely grows and there is something organic about how this memorial begins to have legs so to speak. so we don't know quite where it will go but i promise to keep on it 10 years. my goal is to raise awareness and then either protect forests from b

at least 18 inches has fallen here in manhattan. there was more than seven inches of snow in raleigh, north carolina. that town had its first white christmas in history. >> we're getting a little break right now, but there are huge drifts up and down the east coast because of the wind, that's causing big problems at the airports. lots and lots of flights have been canceled. many of the airports are closed right now, they say call the airline or check online. >> all three major metropolitan airports here in new york city are closed at least until noon. we have got this business covered all up and down the east coast. we begin this morning with jeff rossen who's standing by, i think just a few blocks from us this morning. hey, jeff, good morning. >> reporter: getting out of the way of a tractor trailer. you never actually know where these trucks are actually going to slide. on some of the main avenues here in new york city, we're told actual buss are stuck in snow about clearing snow, but take a look at it. it looks like a plow hasn't

>>> quedarme en manhattan, pensaba regresar anoche a mi casa. > la peor parte de la tormenta fue paras que desde ayer están varados en diferentes aeropuertos de la región, a causa dea tormenta tuvieron q cesar sus operaciones y cancelar los vuelos, incluyendo el de newark y el kennedy. >>> se cancelaron el domingo, y me dicen que no van a abrir hasta eves o viernes. >>> la intensa nevada que afectó a toda nueva inglatra dejó a miles sin energía, y interrumpió el sistema ferriario, incluyendo el confiable siema nueva york. >>> le pedimos que se abstengan de guiar, necesitan el espacio porque hay mucho trabajo por hacer. >>> enhiladelphia hasta las remolcadoras se quedaron atascadas debido a la acumulación. ra muchos como este inmigrante desempleado la tormenta cayó como mana del cielo. >>> esta haciendo su agosto? >>> sí, porque noenemos trabajo. y aunque varios cerraron, colás no tuvo másremedio que ir trabajar. >>> siempre nos mandan a hacer los deliberes. >>> para que engan una idea de la furia de esta tormenta, miren este video de un residente que muestra cómo la nieve se iba acumu

as a dyed in the wool city boy from manhattan, it was my only real exposure to the burbs. and it caught something of the militarized movement of that korean war moment. we're talking about $51, '52, '53. as on that island so for most americans there, the worlds of the warrior and of abundance were no more antithetical than they were to military officers who were using a rising military budget and the fear of communism to create a new national security economy. an alliance between big industry, big science and the military had been forged during world war ii that blurred the boundaries between the military and the civilian by fusing together a double set of desires for technological breakthroughs leading to ever more efficient weapons of destruction and to ever-easier living. the arms race, the race that is for future good wars and the race for the good life, were then as on that island being put on the same war footing. in the 1950s a military keynesianism was already driving the u.s. economy toward a consumerism in which desire for the ever-larger car and missile -- elect

a family member found mark madoff hanged in his manhattan apartment just hours ago. mark and his younger brother, andrew, were under investigation but not charged in the ponzi scheme that fed their father billions of dollars and left thousands of investors pennyless including some here in the bay area. bernie madoff is serving a 150-year prison term. mark madoff was 45. >>> an antioch, police are trying to find a person who may have shoved a woman from a moving car about 5:30 yesterday afternoon. officers found the 42-year-old antioch woman on l street with massive head injuries. she later tiedied. they only have a vague description of the car, a newer podle purple or dark blue mini-van. if you saw anything on "l" street in antioch around 5:30 yesterday, you should call police. >>> a fairfield neighborhood is quiet after six hours of police activity. a cleaning crew called police to a home on 100 block of sparrow lane after finding suspicious newspaper clippings with glass jars of unknown powders. the findings amounted to a false alarm. >>> a cross-country search for

getting around manhattan proved to be a challenge. >> rough. didn't do a good job plowing. >>> weather back east and here in california. snow totals, 20 inches in central park in new york city. 19 in boston. a foot in philadelphia and snow drifts 3-5 fealt and there you see, snow. gone as well as the storm. back here in california, we are watching our own storm. heavy rain in the eureka area and we are expecting very heavy rain in the bay area tomorrow night. we will have the latest on our forecast coming up. stay with kron 4 as we continue to cover gyps. we have more resources including links to canceled flights on www.kron.com. >>> other stories. the dead body of a woman found hassine identified. jill marie abbott of richmond. police say they receive adenine 11 call from someone who found her body on the ground near a walking trail. a friend who did not want to show his face told us she was struggling with drug addition. >> she said she wanted help but when the help was put to her, she would deny it. she had a lot of pride and when you have a

>>>periodista: en 1984 este hombre fue arrestado en subo diga de manhattan por tener un arma de fuo ne sentenciado a 3 años de probator probatoria yos cplió al pie de la letra, sin embargo hace 3 meses las autoridades de inmigración lo apresaron. >>> tenía que sacar fuerza de donde no tuviera para demostrarle que teníamos esperanza que él iba a salir. >>> esto rompel al, de to el que se ha sacrificado aquí por una fracción menor. pirp pir inmigrantes legales piden limpiar su historial por temor a ser expulsados en el país, pero un cumplan caomunicado san del extranjeros peligrosos >>> esperamos que la administración obamaome esto en la agenda porque se ha quedado olvidado en el pasado. >>>periodista: en el nuevnueva "noticiero telemundo" >>>rogelio: vamos a méxo porque en este caso continúa la búsqda de al menos 50 inmigrantes centroamericanos que fueron secuestrados por hombres armados en el estado de oaxaca. nuestro corresponsal en méxico raúl torres tiene algunas noved novedades al respecto raúl buenas tardess?. qué tal rogelio continúan las investigaciones de la procuraduría gener

arts are going to revitalize this area, as it was the case in manhattan, as it was the case in those very difficult parts. of new york. there is one of four in the country. this became a national model. and i sincerely believe that we are here, where things are going to take shape. and people will learn more about what all of you are doing, because this is critical to get 900 of you, coming in and out of this building, completely changing the dynamic. and i am convinced that this will happen. i believe that you have those restaurants opening up, and retailers coming back into the area. this is one of the unfinished efforts of that goes backs and those with lanterns will pass by, and the legend has been passed by and i do not remember the order that they were in. brown, myself, mayor daily or -- daly or whoever is next. you are very interesting. i just want to remember this moment. this is a great moment in the revitalization of the city, in the heart of the city, with this 60 blocks that surround us. this is where the values are represented and the challenges are quite evident and vi

nieve que están acumuladas en las calles de new york sobre todo en la zonas fuera del centro de manhattanimpiados y hamuch como este, que siguen con montañas de nieve. la gente se queja que esto es insoportable, de que esto es inaceptable. hasta los vehículos de emergencia se les hace difícil transitar las calles. y poder recorrer a las personas que necesitan de ayuda, poder escuchar las sirenas. ha sido una odisea, el cal de ha tenido que admitir que la operación limpieza ha sido un poco lenta, pero que le pide a yos neoyorquinos que, por favor, te r tengan paciencia, rogelio. >>>rogelio: es difícil tener paciencia, así está la situación,n new york gracias isolda peguero, nuestra corresponsal en new york. ha dejado historias alentadoras y vamos a presentar un hombre hispano que arriesgó su vida. pero mientras tanto, vamos a cambiar de tema con el polémico caso de un médico argentino que estuvo fugitivo. y ha caído preso. se le acusa de ma bert robado o bulls deujeres sanas para implantar ls a otras paciente carlos botifoll con la historia. >>>carlos: hoy ricardo está tras las rejas en mé

beautiful in manhattan, monday december 27th. about 20 degrees.w overnight and the sun's coming out. imagine that? >> it feels like it's about 13 degrees below zero. a big gust of wind went off just as we were kuking back. >> we call that the hudson hawk. it comes down and hits you. welcome back to the "early show." i'm russ mitchell along with rebecca jarvis. the blizzard is slowly leaving new york. as we say,donned about 13 inches in central park but more in some spots. some got as much as 20 inches. >> expecting to get anywhere between 12 and 20 inches of snow, and we already can see a lot of it right out here. there you see it in cambridge, massachusetts. >> yes. >> still going. >> snowy day. by the way a very nice hat. very frances albert. >> i like your hat. >> working for me today. >> good. >> betty nguyen doesn't have to wear a hat, because she's at the newsdesk. >> lucky girl. >> where it's nice and warm. sure is pretty outside with all the snow. thanks, guys. good morning, everybody. >>> a large part of the east coast is buried under sno

. >> young, old, teenage -- >> south chicago, manhattan -- >> what did you find out? >> there's a theme. one question, and i will -- one question was when you need good quick energy, what foods do you want? i asked parent what they think the kids say? soda, energy drink, granola bar. the number one answer was apple. the kids' number one answer, but they had a ho-ho for breakfast. >> son only a state university, i sent them the videos, almost far analyzing, but the number one answer was apples. >> we had to talk to them. >> because they like apples, and -- >> they want apples all the time, across the country. i just started to laugh. >> what are the surprises from the process? >> i thought i would see more regional differences, but no, number one answer, favorite, was pizza. >> steak, believe it or not, the rest of the plate better be veggies. i ask what vegetables you ate yesterday, sometimes it was let lettuce on my sandwich. >> how kids eat healthier food is to have them be part of the process. >> everybody likes choices. >> they have soccer practice and don't have

she lived and wrote in manhattan for years and became very well known as a writer of the beat movement. for the past 34 years, she has lived and worked, wisely, in northern california. 68. that is about when i started life. [laughter] so, for the past 40 years, she took part in political activities with the diggers. she studied zen and tibetan buddhism, sanskrit and alchemy, raised five remarkable children. unbelievable. an author of remarkable 43 books. there on my desk, as well, including "pieces of the soul. " her language has been translated, and she received an award of lifetime achievement in 1993. congratulations. well done. in the spring of 2000, she was a master poet in residence at columbia college in chicago. in 2002, issue as one of three finalists not just for this position but the primary position in our great state of california. allen ginsberg wrote a wonderful few words about it. i struggle to read it. i want to appreciate it. how revolutionary activist, 1960's beat literary renaissance, a road in life and politics. humorous, both union -- bohemian, 20 century radical,