mark twain's not cheap. he knows what they will do with it, they'll sell it, and they will get their $200 contribution. now, mark twain didn't always answer such letters, and when he didn't, he often wrote what he would have said on the envelope. [laughter] this was a good example of mark twain's sharpness matched up with his very tender heart. the idiots seem to be uncommonly thick this year. of. [laughter] wants god knows what, declined. [laughter] bid for an autograph letter, too thin. the excuse for autograph letter was, it didn't persuade him. from some bore who wants to destroy the death penalty with an eye to his own future. [laughter] from an unknown idiot in ireland, this is the worst piece of cheek of all. from a boston ass, and then two days later from that same boston ass. [laughter] from some unknown person who probably has brains and modesty in if about equal proportions. i could go on almost infinitely with examples like this. they're all through the papers. now, this is a letter that is part

. >> mark: he's got to get that initial call. that's a lot of contact. >> mike: nowitzki splits the defenders. lost the ball. haslem has played him so well. under four to play. miller. miller fires away. way short. and nowitzki the rebound. 3:30 to play. bosh right up on nowitzki. stripped. terry for three -- too strong. chandler tips it back out to kid. nowitzki for three -- that won't go. and it goes out of bounds. miami ball. >> jeff: those are good looks. i still like to see chandler and terry in more pick and roms. >> mike: nowitzki looks absolutely exhausted right now. as doris burke reported earlier, has a fever of about 102. he won't use that as an excuse, but he looks exhausted. >> mark: you have to recognize the moment and get more aggressive offensively. >> mike: wade, pucks up -- stevenson the rebound. both teams now missing some shots as we get under three minutes remaining in a two-point game. terry. to nowitzki. back to terry. a two-pointer -- in and out. miller, the rebound. >> jeff: they're getting great shots. g

. >> mark: he's got to get that initial call. that's a lot of contact. >> mike: nowitzki splits the defenders. lost the ball. haslem has played him so well. under four to play. miller. miller fires away. way short. and nowitzki the rebound. 3:30 to play. bosh right up on nowitzki. stripped. terry for three -- too strong. chandler tips it back out to kid. nowitzki for three -- that won't go. and it goes out of bounds. miami ball. >> jeff: those are good looks. i still like to see chandler and terry in more pick and roms. >> mike: nowitzki looks absolutely exhausted right now. as doris burke reported earlier, has a fever of about 102. he won't use that as an excuse, but he looks exhausted. >> mark: you have to recognize the moment and get more aggressive offensively. >> mike: wade, pucks up -- stevenson the rebound. both teams now missing some shots as we get under three minutes remaining in a two-point game. terry. to nowitzki. back to terry. a two-pointer -- in and out. miller, the rebound. >> jeff: they're getting great shots. g

we will talk more with mark fuhrman. there's no doubt she is a consummate liar who created a galaxy of reality of friends. >> i would like to talk to you about some of casey's imaginary friends. do you think eric baker exists? >> too many opinions. >> sustained. >> at some point in the months before she wept missing her mom begins a galaxy of imaginary friends. eric baker jeff hopkins and his son cole. >> tell me about jeff hawkins? >> she said she thought he was a nice young man and he was a friend and she was confideling ing in him about her relationship with jessie. >> jeffery had a child named zachary? >> yes. >> did you ever see a photograph of zachary? >> i took a picture of zachary and jeffery on casey's cell phone. the picture was of zachary and jeff and she had him listed as boyfriend in her phone. >> who now can ever forget jeffery and zac's nanny zonita. >> you met her through jeffery hopkins? >> i did. >> jeff hopkins use to do watch over zac. >> you have known h her almost four years? >> almost four years, y

go ahead, quickly. >> go ahead, mark. >> it does. ideally, they would pass the debt ceiling to sufficient degree so we get to the other side of the election, but i mean, the second best is give us a least a couple more months to nail this down. >> we'll have to leave it there. but david stay where you are. we'll ask, is there anything a president can do about the economic situation in terms of unemployment? does president obama have anything left in the tool box to save the economy and of course his presidency is on the line. stay with us. ♪ you love money ♪ well, you know i love it too ♪ ♪ you love money ♪ well, you know i love it too ♪ ♪ i work so hard at my job ♪ and then i bring it home to you ♪ ♪ i love money in my pocket right now, go to priceline for a sneak peek at recent winning and better than ever! hotel bids to find where you n save up to 60% on hotels. * we'll even email you other people's winning bids, so you'll know what price to name. *á with new hotel bid alerts, from priceline. >>> welcome back. fdr was the last ame

today, commander mark kelly announced he is retiring from the navy and from nasa, to take care of his wife. congresswoman gabby giffords. to help her fight for recovery from the gunshot wound to her head. and bob woodruff starts us off with their story tonight. >> reporter: after 25 years of service, mark kelly announced his retirement today on faceweek facebook, writing, "gabrielle is working hard every day and he mission of recovery. i want to be by her side." giffords will remain in houston while she continues her outpatient rehab. kelly says her comprehension is almost back to 100%. she continues to work on issues like vocabulary and mobility. after spending so much of his career flying high above the earth, mark's coworkers at nasa say he'll be missed. >> it's great to see that stability. he's a great role model for us. >> reporter: for this all-american hero, whose military career spanned combat

back up into the upper 70s, maybe touching the 80 degrees mark.san jose forecast high of 71, morgan hill 77 and san mateo 65 degrees. no rain clouds to show you, with temperatures cooling down a little bit this saturday. for sunday we're going to warm things up, not drastically but by a few degrees. and temperatures back up another warmer trend. so smooth sailing as we head into the weekend. >> i wonder when we will get to the point where we say, and no rain cloud in the forecast. >> i am just so used to talk about it. >>> and mark ibanez will tell us who aspired. >>> plus the big leaders to help tackle a deadly problem. >>> some baseball greats teamed up with safeway and ucsf to raise awareness. >> if we're going to get this done, we're going to have to do it. we're going to keep battling it with the help of people like you. just standing out there, we're going to make it happen. >> last year more than 32,000 men in the united states died from prostate cancer. >>> sports director mark ibanez is here, i guess a's fans could have seen tonight's gam

maybe mark would disagree.ut the federal reserve has just lowered the growth estimates for this year and next year, not increased them. >> is there any reason here for any kind of optimism? >> yeah, absolutely. i disagree with that perspective. i think the u.s. economy's incredibly resilient. we've made a lot of progress over the last couple or three years, righting the wrong that is got us into this mess. right now, i think our biggest missing ingredient is a lack of confidence. and it revolves around our inability to address what really ails us. that's our fiscal problems f. we nail this down in a reasonably graceful way, i think we're going to get that confidence and we're going to come back. the one thing i know looking at the history of the american economy is, don't bet against it for very long. there's talk that we're going to lose a decade, i think that's misplaced. >> but, mark, if your argue settlement we can bet on the politicians, is that -- does that give you a lot of confidence? >> yeah, that, too

during the time it comes it's what do you think explains the marks difference in its effectiveness from say nineteen forty one to for example the path that stalin got in which secured a stunning victory but of course there are technical reasons that the red army and the midst of war is is retraining. and of course it's the worst possible time to do it but they are doing it and to give them credit this because to make a difference they transfer their industry as they got them up and running and certainly by the end dystonic broad that are trained and better equipped but the germans still a formidable foe and i believe there too for it was just a science for the technical side germany could very well have not had either a nine hundred forty one on nine hundred forty two but it with love and it was this extraordinary determination to carry on fighting that the germans underestimated to hit once the short sharp shock and quick campaign was crucial but it didn't work out like that the told that he thought it would all be over and he was not alone and off to the will of the german general jus

thanks mark, regina , and later pelosi. we have been able to access resources through the sba and the cdfi fund which helps get money to small businesses in this time of need. opportunity fund is not a bank or a government agency. we are an independent nonprofit organization with a mission to provide capital to working people to help them earn, say, and invest in the future. we focus primarily on businesses that are not yet bankable. most of our clients are themselves low or moderate income people or working in low or moderate income neighborhoods. but not exclusively. we will look at any business we think can bring about substantial community benefits. i want to talk about what type of loans we make and whatever products we have. that is important to note that in our case, they mentioned -- i mentioned some acronyms. the service corps of retired executives, women's business centers, renaissance and entrepreneurs should here in san francisco, women's initiative for self-employed -- those organizations offer classes often an

nitrate astronauts are back on the ground, commander mark kelly is -- now that the astronauts are back on the ground, commander mark kelly is getting ready to see his wife, wounded congresswoman gabrielle giffords. >> really miss her and can't wait to get back there tomorrow to see her. >> nasa has only one more shuttle mission before the 30- year space program ends. endeavour will be on display at the california science center in los angeles. >> how about some weather? >> we are on storm watch and it's june 1. >>> i'm starting to see an end two weeks down the line. >> two weeks? >> i mean, looking at the doppler, it is incredible. >> it's a squall line moving through the bay area today. we have thunderstorms popping up outside. we had some heavy rainfall out there. some folks telling me it felt like the dead of winter there for a while but now we're catching a couple of breaks in the clouds. but what's interesting is you get a break and you get a little heating from the sunshine and that could very well give rise to some afternoon thunderstorms out there. so we're not done with the we

the perfect lap in this is quite tough but i think my first run was quite good i was very happy and mark obviously the second run. meanwhile saturday was a race day for the latest moto g.p. stopping elson in the netherlands with american ben spies winning his maiden top flight race with some help from his rivals though and opening left crash involving world champion hurdle around so. mark the seam on shelley among all this propelling the yamaha rider to top spot spies opened up a full second advantage of a case of stone and never going back in the head of the australian and andrea in said still no extended his overall lead over the run so to twenty eight points.

mark grossman in kabul right now for these talks. i want to bring in tom foreman at the data wall for us. set the scene for us where this is and what's going on.

thank you for being here and mark's website is marks herguard.com.hank you for writing this. >> thank you for having me. >> thank you. >>> stay with us. more ahead. >>> welcome back. frame line 35 opens june 16 for ten days at the san francisco international lesbian and gay film festival. we welcome back casey price, the executive director with details of this year's fest. good to see you. >> thank you for having me. >> you are 35. any big -- i don't know, trends or a focus is that emerging? i would think as you watch all these things come in, if there is something that everybody is focused on, it would hit you. >> we have two this year for our 35th anniversary festival. a toes can on transgender cinema. we are seeing a lot of the most beautiful films coming from and by and about the transgender community right now. and our opening night film is going to be a transfilm called gun held road. beautiful film. we have films that are musicals. a lot of musicals this year. >> the glee factor? >> could be, could be. >> speaking of that, i want to do -- glee

we have talked about how to mark the ranked-choice ballot. now let's look at how ranked-choice voting works. initially every first-choice vote is counted. any candidate who receives a majority, more than 50% of the first-choice votes, is determined to be the winner. if no candidate receives more than 50% of the first-choice votes, a process of eliminating candidates and transferring votes begins. first, the candidate who received the fewest number of first-choice votes is eliminated from the race. second, voters who selected the eliminated candidate as their first choice will have their vote transferred to their second choice. third, all the votes are recounted. fourth, if any candidate receives more than 50% of the votes, he or she is declared the winner. if no candidate receives more than 50% of the votes, the process of eliminating candidates and transferring votes is repeated until one candidate has a winning majority. in this example, we have three candidates: candidate a, candidate b and candidate c. in this example, we have three candi

a special election this september at this point he doesn't have an opponent yet about not stopping mark from going on the air with his first t.v. now is will see in just a moment marcus decided to scare voters in his district. one simple in time america became its own worst enemy there's a lot of money they have to spend it all to control their passion obama just kept raising the debt limit and their independence he can't buy new dependence to adapt to our fortunes and that is how our great empire rose again. it's not too late to stop this nightmare i mark emmert and i approve this message it's your cars on the tires a promise to. our. oh mark there's nothing like some lighthearted fear mongering to introduce yourself to the people might send you to congress really it's just classic you know the fake news report from a chinese t.v. anchor that tells the success of china's takeover of a debt ridden america thank you for warning us of the red marker army is a marching past the u.s. capitol as we speak by the way the t.v. anchor also had a really horrible chinese accent but great great wor

a one to start for red bull at the european grand prix in valencia sebastian vettel and mark webber securing the leading spots on the grid for henri's fernando alonso though only managed to post the fourth but this time on the day despite stopping friday's practice in some style. it will start right behind him in fifth while lewis hamilton was third fastest for an hour and russia reynolds vitale petroff was forced to settle for eleventh pullman vettel though aware that can be a temperamental truck. it's a tricky circuit there's so many corners we've got twenty five before we you know cross the line again and especially in qualifying to get every single corner right this is very very difficult so to get the perfect lap in this is quite tough but i think here my first run was was quite good i was very happy and mark obviously in the second run you know of saturday was race day out the latest moto g.p. stopping us and netherlands a joy for ben spies with the american thinking his maiden top flight win with some help from his rivals and opening up rush involving world champion for hillary and

i'm mark suppelsa i top stotoeses s snn ouou theououry t tigig on wgn america theheprpreed. . >> mark and mike it was just last week memorial day several people had been taken to the hospital with heat related injuries and many of us remember the deadly summer of 1995. chicago piece of belize dollar repeat of any of that and with extremely heat expected for three days and a row they're asking everyone to stay take extra caution sticky steamy, stifling, with temperatures surging into the 90s and expected to stay there for the next two days. for some, north avenue beach is the ideal place to wrestle with the heat. . >> chicago's the best city for the summer. . >> along with the summer fun comes this morning. . >> extreme heat and humidity are more than just an inconvenience they are dangerous and in some cases it can be deadly. . >> and a press conference today city officials reminded everyone, if you don't have air conditioning, you can always call 31 quantify the nearest cooling center. . >> of chicago police stations libraries are station's public buildings can be used as temporary c

the retirement system at its high water mark prior to 2008 was around $16.5 billion. to be honest, it trickled over $17 billion for a very brief time, but we gauge our financial numbers and after the major market declines in 2008, the pension-fund decrease to below $11 billion mark. i am very emphatic when i say this. the system did not lose money, it is simply that the value of the assets declined. as with most principles and the laws of gravity, the pension fund has been moving nicely. two weeks ago we thought $15 billion -- topic -- topped $15 billion. we are just short of the high water mark, or we were before the major market decline. this year the books do not close until 6:30 and the number that i will give you now has not been audited. a 20% return is astronomical. knocking on your wooden podium. that will have a significant positive impact on the actuarial reports when they are done later this year. >> if we take a look at where we were with the high water mark, $16.5 billion, and where we are now, one would say that we are $1 billion short. still not quite t

we can turn to our meteorologist, mark tamayo, for some answers. >> hi, claudine. we're locked in this weather pattern. right now, you can see some of the rainfall totals over the last six hours. we picked up most of the rainfall. that was associated with the potent cold front that raced across the bay area earlier this morning. san francisco .09. mill valley at .16. here is the latest on live stormtracker2. you will notice the coverage has been declosing quite a bit -- decreasing quite a bit. possibly a thunderstorm toward evergreen. we'll move the maps and shift them to the coast, here's livermore and tracy. right around 580, we still have some heavier downpours pushing into the region. we'll hold onto the variable forecast. and then into the weekend we have another storm to talk about. i will talk about that in a little bit. >> okay. thank you, mark. >>> adding insult to injury, a contractor is tied to the latest controversy in the aftermath of the san bruno pipeline explosion. jade hernandez has more. jade? >> reporter: well, this home was destroyed by the san

also mark himself has been in charge of taking her to the therapy at the hospital. he's now on his leave of absence from nasa. his official retirement, diane, is actually in october. >> and it's wonderful to have medical professionals, but you were telling me, bob, having your family there in charge of your recovery is everything? >> reporter: it is so important for coming back physically and mentally and all that. but your major frustration, depression, and if you have family around you, you have your kids, your parents, your husband, that's very, very helpful. >> nonetheless, it is a big decision and we both talk to commander kelly often, but i was thinking back, when he told me before the last space mission, about the choice he was facing between taking care of her and his joy being up in the sky, here it was. >> just to see our planet as this big blue marble floating in the blackness of space -- you know, there aren't borders between nations, and that's the only place we have. i mean, we can't go anywhere else. we need to be able to work together, as a nation an

. >> thanks, mark. >>> actor russell crow is apologizing for remarks he made about circumcision.an asked crow if she should circumcise her son. and he said, circumcision is stupid. he later apologized for criticizing the religious practices of some. >> we eat together, we live together, and sometimes we die together. i know you're worried about making your savings last and having enough income when you retire. that's why i'm here -- to help come up with a plan and get you on the right path. i have more than a thousand fidelity experts working with me so that i can work one-on-one with you. it's your green line. but i'll be there every step of the way. call or come in and talk with us today. >>> the president of mexico will address the graduating class. mexican president felipe calderon has promised to give a -- >>> warriors new head coach mark jackson may not have any basketball coaching experience but he not only played the game he's also an ordained minister. today jackson delivered a new gospel of golden state. mark jackson is still a commentator for the nba finals but he took

mark and ron know the pilot is going to crash the plane.re. >> he was scrambling to find a place to land that. he didn't try and start the motor anymore. it was done. it was over. we're going to land this baby. >> you see the baseball field and we were headed straight for it. >> on the ball field, the hometown bucks are taking a beating, down 7-zip in the top of the third. bucks pitcher andrew cowan is in the radio booth when he notices something strange. >> there was a plane that was flying unusually low coming over the right field fence, and the prop on the plane was no longer moving. it looked initially like the plane was going to land directly in center field. >> i'm standing over here, kind of playing around, watching the action. all of a sudden i see a plane coming out of the sky and like whoa, man. >> the umpire sees the falling plane and waves off the pitcher. >> i'm looking at that right fielder and kind of an unreal moment, just wanted to wave to him and say hey, dude, how's the game going, you know. then it dawned on me i'm about

prices still remain over the $3 mark.n oakland base company is hoping they'll be able to cash in with cost conscious drivers. they make biodiesel. the company collects the oil from schools and restaurants. recently, the company opened up their pumps to the public and so far the demand has been overwhelming. >> in the ten days, we sold over a thousand gallons of fuel to all new customers. as the price goes up, the more people are going to switch over. >> biodiesel isn't for everyone. >>> the battle over california's budget continues. democrats say the ball is now in the governor's court. >>> let's take you outside for a live look at the golden gate bridge. a little foggy this morning, but in both directions we have traffic. keep that in mind if you are headed in and out of the city today. q >>> a beautiful shot, san rafael, good morning to you. >>> foster parents in california are about to get bigger paychecks. starting july 26, a boost of up to 26% in pay, depending on the child's age. this comes after a u.s. district jud

the roads have been reopened the wreckage of the plane completely removed but there are still career marks evidence like this for us that reminds people of the tragedy that struck on monday night and for those who had been here to witness the horrific scenes they say that those memories are unlikely to go away. i didn't sleep for two days i couldn't even fall asleep i can't recall and people screaming and pulling forty's away from the plane. you'd get me was one of the first that the scene his house only metres away from where the plane came down. i heard the explosion and ran outside the lights went out i ran to the site and we started rescuing people trying to weigh a man two women and the pilot that he was dead the firemen arrived and we helped them the man we dragged away called his wife and he asked me to get his phone from his pocket saying he's still alive but still in the hospital. while all the bodies have been recovered the relatives of the victims still have the tough task of identifying their loved ones investigators say all possible scenarios are being looked into but initial

thank you, mark. we'll meet you and your crew on 5-3. >> you know, john, we don't want anybody out there that is watching to worry about that, what they're seeing there. you know, as leroy chau, who is probably still with us can testify, that's just a burn off of some propellants. you don't see it during daylight launches. it's not a fire. it's not significant thanything has to worry about as we see "endeavour" sitting there. >> let's go back to leroy who can tell us exactly what happened, exactly what we're watching with "endeavour." leroy? >> right, john is correct. it's nothing to worry about. what you're seeing interest exhausts from the auxiliary power units. you can think of them as small jet engines. and they're burning hydrozine. supplies the hydraulic pressure for all of the systems i aboard the "endeavour." >> when i saw the "endeavour" coming in, i heard the communications and the talk between mark kelly and mission control, it was a real goose bump moment for me. what was it like for you,

all the check marks. he is an addict.that the biggest example and the biggest proof of it is anthony weiner is a very smart guy and a man with a lot to lose. he's not this stupid. there has to be another dynamic at work. i believe that dynamic is his inability to control his self-destructive impulse which is the definition of addiction. >> we've had this conversation before, television conversation as a matter of fact and you mentioned something about a quick hit. whether it's a drug, whether it's, you know, through the sexting, it's a quick hit. >> you can define addiction. addiction is an impulse that you can't control, that gives you a quick hit of pleasure, but invariably results in long term pain and incomprehensible demoralization. i think this is something he's probably struggled with privately. i don't think this is something he did. he's way too smart to think oh, this is just innocent fun. there were reported exchanges over all over various papers and it's very graphic. he's purportedly suggesting a cyber sessio

once we do that, i think our next goal is to tackle the traffic markings. it's a similar type of situation. we have a manual software to keep track of that information, but not to the extent that we like. again, we are fortunate because we see from years ago that we have a synergy with public works. a lot of the pavements are in such poor conditions, the surface is so rough that the markings would not adhere to them. so in some ways, we're tied in with t.p.w.'s work program. so we take advantage when they repave the streets and we go in and remark the markings on fresh, new pavement. and that's last anywhere from eight to 12 years, although we decided several years ago to ask that we turn over the striping every eight years. so on the average, we are doing that. of course it's not perfect because there's certain small areas that we might miss, but we rely on staff and also the public to give us input to fill in those little gaps. that would be the second area that we would tackle once we have the inventory system for the signs in place. we need some additio

after spending so much of his career flying high above the earth, mark's coworkers at nasa say he'll be missed. >> it's great to see that stability. he's a great role model for us. >> reporter: for this all-american hero, whose military career spanned combat missions during desert storm and command of the final mission of the space shuttle "endeavor," speculation abounds about what's next. we know that the couple will be co-writing a book, and a question of politics still lingers, as mark kelly told diane five months ago. >> reporter: do you want her to go back into congress? after this? >> that's a tough, touch decision. probably not. but i know that's probably not going to matter to her. >> reporter: if she didn't, would you ever go and run? >> you know, i -- probably not. it's a lot harder job. the way she does it, the way she does her job, which would be the standard that i would have to live up to, i'm not willing to

commander mark kelly says it was sad to see it land for the last time. endeavor's first mission was in 1992 and a shuttle is now bound for a museum in los angeles. >>> a physics teacher is in southern california is about to have her dream come true. maureen naylor caught up with her just hours before she left. >> reporter: this is not your typical science projects. more than 30 juniors and seniors paddled around the swimming pool in homemade cardboard boats. >> that was hard work. >> i think it says a lot about people. we had 15 layers. >> reporter: making physics fun is the goal of their teachers. >> i wanted to encourage more young women to pursue careers in science and engineering. >> reporter: she has one of only six teachers chosen to fly on sofia, and observatory for infrared astronomy. it has a side door that opens, revealing the largest telescope in the world. >> is part of a mission. it is kind of like an "i'm going to disneyland!" kind of experience. >> the students had better test scores, and that is what we are trying to do. >> reporter: she

for a bull in qualifying ahead of the european grand prix in bali on sale with sebastian vettel and mark webber securing the first two spots on the grade ferries fernando alonso posted only the fourth weakest time on the day despite winning friday's practice in style his teammate philip baum also will start right behind him from fifth while lewis hamilton was third fastest for mcclaren russia and renault was vitaly petrov settled for eleventh place only tell now hoping to hold on to his advantage in sunday's response as it's a tricky trick. it's a tricky circuit there's so many corners we've got twenty five before we you know cross the line again and especially in qualifying to get every single corner right this is very very difficult so to get the perfect lap in this is quite tough but i think my first run was quite good i was very happy and mark obviously in the second round. meanwhile saturday was a race day for the latest moto g.p. stopping all sun in the now belongs with american ben spies winning his maiden to life race with some help from his rivals though and opening less crash i

so congratulations, mark and deneane. well, coming up next, we're hitting the produce aisle and finding out how to pick the tastiest tubers. that's next. ok, sure, what's not to like about guacamole? i mean, we do eat a lot of it. ifact, more than 49 million pounds of avocados in the form of guacamole will be consumed on super bcwl sunday alone. but at hawks restaurant in granite bay, they're exploring different ways to use the alligator pear, otherwise known as an avocado. >> we like using california avocados because they're grown as close as an avocado can be. these are from the simi valley. they're really versatile. they're rich. as you can see, we puree them. we serve them somewhat chunky. we can wrap things in them. they're just real versatile. and they're tasty. >> but chefs like michael are just part of the equation of educating consumers on the many fabulous attributes of avocados. the real groundwork begins just there, on the ground of the 6,000 farmers across the state who now grow avocados. california farmers p

this began marks one hundred years since the founding of the russian olympic committee celebrations are occurring throughout the country but especially in moscow as constantine to top off reports. russia has a massive olympic tradition there's been many ups and downs throughout the boss century for sports in the country but the biggest achievement is behalf that the russian olympic committee has not been going for one hundred years and delusion hysteria and that housed in the moscow olympics in one thousand eight hundred became the center of celebrations marking that fact russian olympic champions and famous athletes turn up giving everyone the chance to talk to some top sports stars . and i think an event such as this one should be held every year as it is an important occasion for all the current former and future russian olympians and of the population see that athletes give it their all during the games the exposure would increase regardless of the results. it's. just i consider this special day to be a personal holiday for me since i'm in the olympic champion i'm going to employ of

this is probably for myself or mark. what impact will be cuts in the sba budget have on the sba program? it seems the small business committee is try to make drastic cuts. from our perspective, the new majority leadership is looking to make drastic cuts, many of the program will hold near and dear to our hearts. the question the leader is continually asking is, show me the jobs. she wants to see house bills come to the floor that create economic opportunity for middle- class -- all of americans. if the small business committee is looking to cut funds from the sba, we see that as a detriment. we do not believe in cutting to create more jobs. we agree with the idea of the recovery act, putting more money out there to get people employed. >> on congressional action, that is not my role. in san francisco, we have been the beneficiary. all small businesses should be aware that we have been the beneficiary of a lot of good resources for small businesses. we have more nonprofits that are funded through micro lending here in the