mark matthews abc 7 news. >> and if you know what you're doing the weather is great for sailing but winds have been heavy along the coast today. and the great highway on the western edge of san francisco has been forced to close because of the sand blowing ashore, you can see the problem, cal fire warning that dry, windy conditions increased fire danger for memorial day weekend and have responded to twice as many fires as last year. winds are going to continue to be an issue. spencer christian is watching and you're talking about snow in the sierra. >> there are winds and there are strong gusts, many inland locations have gusts over 30 miles per hour. novato, santa rosa and napa. there is 25 miles per hour in concord. windy conditions and showers maybe hitting us overnight and tomorrow. into the sierra, there is winter weather advisory in effect and we expect two to six inches of snow above 6,000 feet, possibly eight inches into higher elevations. this may impact travel on highways 80 and 50. very fushl weather for day leading into memorial day weekend. this is san francisco superior cour

mark matthews joins us with that. >> it's supposed to cut down on ticket scalping. you may be giving up some of your rights when you go with a super free concert ticket. what you need to know about paperless tickets, ahead. >> abc 7 news at 4:00 continues in just a moment. >>> mitt romney is apologizing for bullying other students in a prep school. >> former schoolmates accused him of taunts and attacks on classmates that romney thought were gay. >> mark matthews joins us now from the newsroom with that and another apology. >> mitt romney first apologizes and this afternoon, the vice president's turn. joe biden going to tell the president he's sorry for pushing the president into the corner over the support of same-sex marriage. >> i think vice president comments might have forced the president's hand on supporting gay marriage. the president admitted maybe just a little. >> there is out of generosity. >> was the president upset? >> would i have preferred to have done this in my own way? in my own terms without, i think there being a lot of notice to everybody? sure

and mark matthews will join us with a live report. >> another attack at napa state hospital seriously injured a nurse and several other staff members. workers tell us there is a hospital with violent patients and simply too few employees. it's a story only on 7. vic? >> last week a patient here described by staffers as violent and aggressive got into a scuffle with police, last night another incident here. a patient attacked staffers when he became agitated. those we spoke with, those workers today were too scared to appear on camera for fear of retaliation. they tell us the same thing they've been telling us for years that security is a big problem. attack happened in the early evening in a unit called compound 4, patients committed by their families or court ordered. it's not in forensics area of the hospital where criminally insane are housed in more secure units that. is where most assaults have occurred in the past. administrators released this statement saying only that a napa state hospital nursing employee was injured during an agressive incident. the patient arrested and the

in the newroom, mark matthews, abc 7 news. the death of the estranged wife of robert f.ppears to be a suicide. she hanged herself. her body was found high temperature a bedford new york home owned by her ex-husband. in 2010 the couple filed for divorce after 16 years of marriage. the 52-year-old had been battling drug and alcohol addiction. she was arrested twice in 2010 for driving under the in flew influence. >>> president obama honored an american hero today. >> we celebrate the soldier. the life that produced such gallantry, specialist leslie h.sabo o, jr. >> 42 years ago, lesscy sabo's platoon was ambushed. he charged the bunker using his body to shield fellow soldiers. today president obama presented the medal of honor to his widow. if baha to the arc particular. grey whiles migrating north and [ mechanical humming ] [ male announcer ] we began with the rx. ♪ then we turned the page, creating the rx hybrid. ♪ now we've turned the page again with the all-new rx f sport. ♪ this is the next chapter for the rx. this is the next chapter for lexus. this is the pursuit of

but the jury made the decision. >> reporter: reporting from the hall of justice, mark matthews, abc 7 news. >>> move out-of-bounds on to the weather now. meteorologist sandhya patel is in for spencer tonight. just spectacular. a little cooler today. >> it was cooler absolutely. we will give you more wonderful weather since you like it so much. it will be warmer the next couple of days. >> i don't mind that either. >> he doesn't mind anything. he is so easy to please. >> my wife might disagree. >> high definition sutro camera. of course, she wouldn't. a spectacular view of san francisco. skies clear across most of the bay area with the exception of some haze that we are seeing around the region. patchy fog around half moon bay and also around monterey right now. so here is how much cooler it was today. as we take a look at the high temperatures, half moon bay 57 degrees. a cool day. 64 san francisco. got up to 82 santa rosa. the numbers lower, though. 70 oakland. out towards the inland areas still with warm. antioch 89 degrees but a far [ crying ] [ crying ] cry from the low 90s of yes

mark matthews was at the memorial service for alexis at the ballpark this afternoon.>reporter: more than 500 people came to the bull park this afternoon to remember alexis bush. daughter of the team former vice president and first bat girl ever in the major league. >> i never forget l that when i hit my 500 home run to have her at home plate at that moment. to have one of your closest friends your little baby sister. i know l a lot of us up here today don't know it's like to lose a child. we definitely know it's like to lose a sister and family member. it hurts a lot. >>reporter: giants broader caster said bush was so full of life the family wanted today's memorial to be upbeat. well, >> you could have asked me to good to the moon. tl or maybe even more difficult to hit another home run. but i really would have a better shot at doing that than not shed ago tear today. >>reporter: comedian said the girl he knew as alex didn't do somber. and. >> hopefully we can chan that he will joy that she had and that maybe pass a little of it on. that's the least we can d do. alex,

abc7 news reporter mark matthews shows us what to expect. >> reporter: if you are thinking. watching from the mari net. headlands, that road will be one way only. >> people will only go one way. >> that means to access you have to take the tunnel road, turn left at mccullough and drive up the hill on the back side, then down on the bridge side. and parking, ranger larson said best get here before noon. >> the ranger also told me that section will be closed. >> traffic will be backed up into sausalito and same for capella point unless you are walk or on a bike. the bridge will be shut down for an hour for the fireworks. no pedestrian will be allowed on the bridge after six in the evening. the parking lot on the northeast side will be closed at 5:00 p.m., and reopened after the fireworks. the parking lots on the south side of the bridge will be closed all day. and the presidio will be closed to cars that don't have special passes. and there are also signs in the marina saying no parking on the many of the side streets. residents of getting ready. >> we are parked up here and w

more on that tonight from 7 news reporter mark matthews. when meg took over hewlett-packard in september she promised to make personal computer and reinvigorate the struggling division. in march she announced the computer and printer division would be combined and all over the valley analyst began predicting layoffs. >> whitman know that is hewlett-packard is selling yesterday goods. >>reporter: industry analyst says layoffs are significant because they save the company di also think it's more significant that she invests some of the money into new businesses. >>reporter: where. >> well i would say services to beef up the services industry. maybe try to get back that tablet. they were in for awhile and pulled out to. try to figure out what the next big think is and maybe even branch into some kind of web base strategy. >>reporter: they aren't doing much on line beyonsellingng in ink. he says that's another business that is drying up. on the street when you ask which computer are the most popular. >> apple. >> mack. dwell. >> apple. >> hp na

. >> mark matthews is live with more on this. >> dan, jared perkins and his wife were arrested last night for child endangerment after their child was mauled by the family dog. deputies say it was child endangerment because the house you see behind me isn't is a house that isn't fit to live n we're going begin with the news conference that concluded just minutes ago, then, you'll hear from neighbors. >> the child is going to have to have surgery to repair injuries. they're not life threatening. but... anything that occurs to the head is a serious injury. >> the bedrooms of the house. >> neighbors say they've live there'd 40 years and the little boy is their grandson. >> and jared and brandy are the parents, would be the parents of the child. >> jean poshman told me he has never had trouble with the dogs and has been good about having dogs respond to voice commands. >> oh, yeah. dogs are well behaved. as far as i know. >> chris irwin lives across the street and is friends with the perkins. he knocked don the door they let him n he came out and told me all is well. >> the child is okay. and

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. >> next on abc 7 news, mark matthews will be here with a new point of emfa sis in the president's reelectionampaign. >> today, karen in mill valley wants to know if our old parking ticket can keep you from getting a new car. >> and there is a mistake on a ballot voters will use. election officials don't want to you worry about this, though. >>> mitt romney's campaign continues to be on the dpeensive today over reports he bulleed a class mate in high school. and bruce cane says it is clear the obama campaign is going to try to make this a recurring theme. >> in 2000, the campaigns portrayed al gore, then john kerry as out of touch and unable to connect with the middle class. this report about mitt romney's behavior in an elite prep jol skool is just the first round, mitt romney said nothing about the story that broke yesterday, reports from former high school classmates that romney was a ring leader in an incident where a group of boys held down a class mate ask cutoff his long, dyed black hair because they thought he was gay. romney was allegedly holding saysors. yesterday he apologized. >>

. >> let's turn now to abc 7's mark matthews live in the neighborhood where that happened. >> neighbors describing this as a war. a loud explosion, then another, then, gunfire went on several minutes and agents targeted that house. residents living around the house say that he eastbound woke to the sound of gunfire. >> there is a war in the streets. >> you hear gunshots going off. and they'll stop and go off. >> agents from immigration and customs enforcement cut through a door then stormed into the house. three hit coming from inside and two were seriously wounded. one was air lifted and another taken by ambulance. i was told both are going to be all right. for people living around the thousands came as a shock. >> it's been a crazy morning for us here in this community. >> the manager of the petaluma inn lives behind the suspect's house on hotel property. >> we're on lock down and didn't know what is going on. >> police say a man, woman and two small children live in the house that was raided. neighbors tell abc 7 news there were a lot of people coming and going from the residence. >>

and there is mark matthews in petta lum yachl we begin in south san francisco.ctments were announced today. >> this is the 37 page indictment filed in federal court listing 19 defendants. six were in custody befe

reporting from hillsborough, mark matthews abc 7 news. >> thank you, mark.the romney campaign saying oops today after an embarrassing typo. the campaign released a new iphone app called we'll admit, allowing to take your picture and turn it into a romney campaign poster. one slogan supposed to say a better america but america reads amercia. a spokesperson says the campaign submitted a corrected app. >> a web site aims to make government more transparent is out with a new service that tracks the deleted tweets of politicians. the foundation unveiled poli-tweets today, a growing collection of 3,000 tweets from minor typos to major gaffes and if you'd like to check it out there is a link on abc 7 news.com. just click on "see it on tv ". >> i no verdict in the john edwards corruption trial. the judge sent the jury home, and told the jurors they do not need to come back to the court house, it's not clear whether the decision meant the panel was closer to a verdict. the judge says she's still dealing with a note from one of the 12 regular jurors but would not say

mark matthews joins us live with details. mark? >> we're here because san francisco yacht club was the home yacht club of the slow -- low-speed chase. the yacht hit by a rogue wave in april washed up on to the rocks in the farallon islands. the coast guard pulled safety permits for two races and u.s. sailing began looking into what went wrong. the april race disaster that killed five sailors on board this chase. u.s. sailing began putting together a panel of experts to make recommendation on how to prevent an accident like this. >> interviewed quite a number of people involved from the race committee, competitors, the people that were on the boat. >> and the president of the u.s. sailing spoke with me today via skype from massachusetts telling me that the recommendations are a lot of common sense. they include enhanced training of sailors in seamen, ship and pilotting and understanding wave development in shallow waters and keeping a safe distance on the down wind side. two, once a training seminar in the use of mandatory skipper's

mark matthews abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> and still head here tonight on abc 7 news at 6:00 a district campaigning for a tax increase. a ballot measure containing an unusual promise to voter autos predators targeting consumer was phony offers to get rich quick. i'm michael finney and will show you what to watch out for. 7 on your side coming up. >> later tonight uncommon medical technologies. serious injuries can be treated by inhaling but it's not for the claustrophobic. >> and i'm sandhya patel. very warm days expected inland next two let's you know if heat is going stick around for weekend. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> sacramento cuts are forcing cities to put parcel taxes on the june ballot to fund local schools. hayward has measure g. and union city, hoping to pass measure 8. school districts warn without them, there will be dire consequences for education. here is abc 7 news leanne melendez these first graders in union city are learning about money. and the school district tries to operate with fewer state dollars. every year, the district has be

. >> mark matthews is live at the park this afternoon. >> this morning it was middle drive. as of two hoursing acrow, it's now nancy pelosi drive. the mayor unveiling the sign with recreation and park commissioner telling pelosi now she'll probably be able to get past city parking restricks. it is in recognition of her 25 years in congress. i asked her what events stands above the rest. >> nothing compares to health care for all american as a right. and that is something we had social security in the 30s and medicare and medicaid in 60s and health care bill that was historic. made a difference in the lives of american people. that is the job we went there to do. that is the proudest moment. no question. >> secret is that she's start and hard working and willing to go the extra mile. she does it every time. there is a person who dedicated herself so much, but now, reaping benefits in a different way. this is different. and it's good. >> and there is worth noting not only does it run between martin luther king and jfk drive but past academy of science and z.national aids memor

and we're going to begin with mark matthew autos just down the road from where the president will be dining with 60 guests. you can see people here are lined up and it's down this street that is the home where the president will be meeting and price tag is $35,800 per head this, is the goldman family home in atherton. lisa and doug goldman are part of a family descendents of levi strauss. they'll be hosting tech executives and venture capitolists tonight. and. >> i think you're going to see a lot of money from big employers going towards mitt romney this time around. because a lot of people were hopeful four years ago and voted and gave money to president ob yaum and haven't seen the change promised. >> pointing to the attack on mitt romney's record saying that is turning off wall street. a san francisco energy entrepreneur and supporter of the president. >> if the companies like apple and google and yelp that the president is rooting for all day, every day and there is a a difference between that and shutting down a steel mill in ind ind bruce cane says we'll probably see fewer pict

mark matthews abc 7 news. >> to the opposite end of the spectrum wh. facebook goes on the market it will be the third largest company and and facebook stocks will open tomorrow morning at $38 a share. there is a walk through what is going happen tomorrow. >> the number one thing we know is going to happen is that mark zuckerberg is going to be ringing the opening bell on the nasdaq from here at 6:30 in the morning then, we'll know whether or not investor like the price. sit too high? >> i'm excited and i'm mostly excited because very friends who work for facebook. they're excited. i'm on their coat tail autos it has to be a heavy time for management, employees and 900 million users. investors lining up to invest $38 a share, jason green says emotions may be overriding traditional investment judgment. >> it's something that a company that, and a product, that i love. i may be willing to pay a price that is not rational because i want to be part of the phenomenon. >> when trading kickoffs ipo will pump 18.4 billion into facebook pockets it could be a big

and mark matthews joins us live. >> mitt romney came here to point out taxpayers put $535 million into solyndra only to see it fail. the obama campaign was in massachusetts pointing out what they're calling mitt romney's bad record there. >> mitt romney's visit is perfect for the message that the spending was a failure. and the solar panel maker received a lone from the federal government before last year. >> of course just the business failed as it did and this is taxpayers getting stuck with losing a half billion dollars. so it is heads krob cronies win, tails, the tax payers lose. >> two years ago the president came to solyndra to pro claim it as stimulus success. >> you can see it's a symbol of something different today, it's a sill bomb, not of success, but failure. >> last october he defended it this way. >> this is a loan guarantee program that predates me. that historically had support from democrats and republicans as well. >> and there are those in the obama administration who raised concerns about the $500 million investment. the committee released this new ad. >> there are

drop and you have fodder for the campaign trail this election season. 7 news political reporter mark matthewsas the story. >> this week the white house has controlled the political discourse but with the osama bin laden killing and trip to afghanistan romney has been on defense. until today's jobless numbers giving him a chance to get back to talking about the economy. >> only 115,000 net new jobs created that was well beneath what it was expected to be. it should have been in the hundreds of thousands. but it wasn't. >>reporter: high school outside washington dc the president acknowledged he economic recovery has long way to go. but mess of his speech today was on the impending hike in interest rates on student loans. >> spokesman for the speaker of the house said that we were meaning me just talking about student loans to distract folk from his the economy. now this makes no sense because this is all about the economy. >>reporter: obama administration may take solace in the fact that swing states have unemployment numbers below the national average. ohio is considered a key battle ground st

the story tonight from 7 news political reporter mark matthews.>reporter: hidden camera video records an incount we are a planned parenthood staff at clinic in austin, texas. pregnant woman posing as patient tells the staff she wants to abort her baby if it is a girl is told an ultrasound will determine the fetus sex. >> so then would i want to schedule try to schedule an ultrasound with an o b around then, then i would still be able to come back here for termination with the girl. okay. >>reporter: the planned parenthood staff never objects to what the pregnant woman is proposing. but does warn her to keep it quiet. >> there are people out there that will face judgment. >>reporter: staffer conclude was a cheery hope you do get your boy. >> well good luck and i hope that you do get your boy. >>reporter: video repeats the last line 3 times for emphasis. live action lyle a rose who moved from san jose to washington, d.c. appeared this afternoon on fox news with bill o'reilly. >> group like planned parenthood pro women which is absurd groups lake the

more open all of this from mark matthews. >>reporter: president on very friendly terms as he walked out for his hour long visit. >> i like to hang out with women. whether can i say? what can i tell you. >>reporter: he revealed he considered announcing his support of gay marriage on the view. >> it was a possibility. it was. we had been discussing it for you know a few weeks. >>reporter: president support for same sex marriage is getting good support among women. latest abc news "washington post"poll shows 54 percent of women view the president announcement favorably. >> i think it's very important to make sure that everybody is treated fairly. everybody treated equally, latest poll shows men are going the other way. most of them viewing the president support unfavorably. independent split down the middle. 49 to 43 percent. >> look ultimately i just have to say this the is not an issue that as important as it is i think it's probably going to determine the election going back to your point. >>reporter: the president says it is

as of mark matthews explains this issue may help mitt romney more than the president. >> jedz joe bidend this i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women and heterosexual men are spwailingtsed to the same exact rights all the civil rights all the civil liberties. >>reporter: today the education secretary was asked does he support same sex marriage? >> yes, i do. >>reporter: but the president is vague. >> my feelings about this are constantly evolving. i struggle with this. >>reporter: and today the president press secretary struggled. >> simply saying i have nothing new for you on this. his position is what it was. thootion with regard to his personal view. >>reporter: 7 news political analyst bruce cain says the administration is trying to thread a needle. >> obama administration would like to say is that the president is opposed to gay marriage but his views are evolving. >>reporter: in other words, the president would like to neutralize the issue in swing states somewhere supporting same sex marriage could hurt him. >> it's a cake and eat it

and because of the time factor and some have to leave earlier, i would like to invite first mark levitt, matthew levitt who is as you know the director of the terrorism program at the washingtonian institute on middle east policy. >> good afternoon, thank you. and thanks also for accommodating my teaching schedule. the students aren't very understanding when you arrive as late as maybe i did here this afternoon. it's a pleasure to be here. thank you very much. if you read the papers this weekend, you might come to the cob collusion that we're done. that al qaeda's all but over and we're on the right trajectory. i might agree with the second half. we're on the right trajectory. but we're not yet where we need to be. we will be i believe at some point in the not too distant future where people won't be talking about al qaeda as such. maybe the al qaeda core as such. but the global insurgency that bin laden created. he was far more successful than he dreamed he would be in creating a movement that's an idea is something we're going to see for a long time. i don't lose sleep worrying if it's al qaed

incompatibility of the portrayal in the movie with basic science raises a point that mark describes it that the synoptic goss members, matthew, mark, luke and john, do not suggest the basis for the extreme, the savagery that we see in the motion picture, correct? >> not at all. you can really only find one lines in the gospels about jesus being lashed and whipped. and all that scourging that we see in the film and that takes about 45 minutes in the movie. >> spell that out a little bit. in matthew there is mention of being scourged before taken to the hill, that is the arduous process to get there, he was crowned with thorns, he was spit upon or smote or hit on the head. >> we certainly don't get a sense of the violence that attends the trial and the execution of jesus. we don't get that in the gospels at all. >> there's no mention -- let me clarify, there's no mention of scourging in john. and that brings us to another interesting question that we can raise with you and we're joined on the live line and he's actually been listening to us and he may choose to comment on what you've said thus far david brickner who is the exe

and then finally the third stage is the actual writing of the gospels - matthew, mark, luke, and john - each with their own direction, each to a specific audience. mark, obviously, to an apocalyptic community that felt that the world was imminently coming to an end. matthew presents jesus as the greater teacher, the interpreter of the torah. luke to a more gentile audience, and jesus becomes the savior for all peoples and all nations. and finally john, later, much more gnostic, much more holy spirit-oriented, so that the church becomes the vehicle in which the holy spirit will descend. so again, we have an interesting connection between myth in its earliest form, and how it concretizes into a full religious movement. >> you see how the doctrinal dimension moves in there in terms of the interpretation. i loved it - i figured this out - well, i didn't figure it out - as i studied the new testament, something people don't often realize is the different tone to the gospel, to each one of the gospels. and why? because they develop out of individual communities with a certain purpose and a

more tonight from mark matthe matthews. >> resident living around the suspect house say they awoke to the sound of sustained gunfire. >> gun battle. it was a war. a little war in the street at 4:30 in the morning. >> hear the gun shots go off. stop. go off. >>reporter: agents from immigration and custom enforcement known as ice cut through a garage door and then stormed into the house. 3 were hit by gunfire coming from inside. 2 of them seriously wounded. one agent was air-lifted to santa rosa memorial hospital. the other taken by ambulance at the hospital agents could not talk publicly about what had happened but i was told both of the wounded are going to be all right. for people living around the house the raid came as a shock. >> it has been a crazy crazy morning for us here in this community. >>reporter: manager of the petaluma inn lives right hyped the suspect house. on hotel property. >> called all the rooms to make sure they stayed in the room. at that point we were on lock down and didn't really know a whole lot of what was going on. >>reporter: people in the neighborhood say

mark barger has a sneak peek. >> are you serious? >> reporter: former friends star matthew perry is returning to nbc. his new comedy, go on, about a wise cracking sports caster coping with loss is one of six new series the network is launching this fall. >> he's a big star, great actor. not only a comic actor but great actor. >> reporter: following perry on tuesdays will be the new normal from glee creator ryan murphy, about a gay couple who enlists the help of a surrogate. >> all i could think is family is a family and love is love. >> reporter: family audiences are the target for two wednesday comedies, guys with kids and animal practice starring justin kirk who enjoys dealing with pets more than their owners. >> all human characters are great but the animals kind of kick it up another notch. >> reporter: nbc has new dramas for fall, revolution follows the aftermath. and chicago fire comes from law and order creator dick wolf about the exploits of firefighters and para medics. >> there's great action in fires and rescues but most of the drama is going to happen you know, between these characters in

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instant, the signs remain north of 54th street, blood and markings from the crash investigation including an f and an h, indicating where 22 year old matthew chess wick's feet and head came to rest on coastal highway. >> there is shoes, a shirt. >> i saw a shoe on the ground. i heard it was a hit-and-run. >> the driver that struck the man was in an isuzu suv. after the crash, the driver tried to get away. he took a left onto 55th street. and like all the other side streets east of coastal highways, in this part of ocean city, it dead ends at the georgia. >> and at that point, the driver had no way to go. he was stopped when he made a u- turn. by the time the police got there, he was stopped at coastal highway. >> police say the witnesses kept the man from leaving the scene until they arrived. they are reminds visitors there is no need to drive drunk in ocean city. the buses run 24 hours a day. they confirm that matthew chest wick did nothing wrong. it can be dangerous to cross the highway. >> we do all the kind. we tell people to be careful. there are always drunk drivers. and you have to be safe about it. >> a tragic end to the unofficial

in matthew, judge not lest you be judged. and in mark, love your neighbor as yourself.o you think it's fair for religious leaders to cherry-pick certain things from the bible to hold up, like they would in the argument against marriage equality but yet there is nothing being done to put a constitutional amendment in north carolina's constitution about adultery or divorce? >> well, let me first of all say that it is a misstatement to say that jesus never addressed the issue of marriage and actually homosexuality. in the same gospel of matthew that you just referenced in the 19th chapter, jesus was asked a question. in reference to that question, he went back to general chapter 2 and said, have you not read that the one who cated created them male and female? and he also quoted the genesis reference, jesus did wrshgs he said a man would leave his father and mother and a woman would leave her home and the two shall become one flesh. we believe that's what marriage is. and, in fact, jesus did speak to that. >> also in the bible, it talks about stoning for adultery. it talks

matthews, cnn anchor john king and univision's maria elena salinas. that's saturday starting at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span. >>> up next, author and syndicated columnist mark steyn. the theater critic turned political commentator discusses free speech, america's debt and the growth of muslim populations in the west. mr. steyn's best-selling works include his 2011 release, "after america." >> host: and, mark steyn, in your 2006 book, "america alone," where did that title come from? >> guest: i ought to confess that title came from the publisher, from my editor at regnery, a gentleman called harry crocker. i had a far more artful and elusive title that he thought was for losers and would guarantee we sold, you know, 2,800 copies.as [laughter]er he thought that was, he thought "america alone" was a hittite l, and he proved right on that. a e proved right on that. >> host: what was your original title? >> guest: i'm keeping that to when i'm in a multibillionaire and i can afford to indulge myself by writing books with oblique titles that sell 204,000 copies. >> host: what is the book about? >> guest: the book is -- my original title was on the same theme as "a

mark kelly will join us. david gregory, "meet the press," will be here. and chris matthews will be here. >>> but first, let's go to bill karins for a check on the forecast. bill, please tell me we're going to have a nice weekend. >> joe, a perfect 10 for mom and everyone else this weekend. so many areas. there's going to be a few exceptions. it's a big country. usually we have a few trouble spots. that right now is down along the texas coast, headed for louisiana. heavy rain overnight around houston is ending. but lake charles, beaumont, that's where the worst of it is. also light rain heading up into oklahoma. as far as the forecast goes, it is a beautiful morning on the eastern seaboard. a little cool. it's a little crisp. it feels like a beautiful start to your spring morning. as we go through the afternoon, what an afternoon it will be. washington, d.c., 75. low humidity. southeast looks great. middle of the country looks nice. just a slight chance of a storm in minneapolis. and the west coast, not just today, but even saturday and sunday, you are perfect. let me take y

matthews in washington leading off the pursuit of happiness. the declaration of independence says we're endowed by our creator of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. republican strategist mark mckinnon points out that the pursuit of happiness was exactly what president obama was protecting yesterday when he came out for gay marriage. surely those are fighting words. not everyone agrees. tonight, tony perkins is a researcher that says why he thinks president obama got it all wrong. >>> also, is gay marriage ultimately going to the supreme court? >>> plus a story that's fwegett a lot of attention. it's about bullying, and a program that mitt romney took part in when he was in boarding school. romney said he apologized but said he didn't remember. >>> a man who is likely to become maine's new senator may become the most important person in the senate. why? because he's an independent and the right he chooses could give chances to someone. we have barney frank and tony perkins. tony, thanks for coming on and you've been on many times before. let me read something you said recently. you were asked about this. what would you say if one of your kids said that he was gay? and you s

mark barger has the schedule. >> nbc officially has a fall-line-up. three new ones. matthewking sports announcer. >> i like that he has some sort of dark emotional stuff to deal with but doesn't want to. he sort of masks that by being funny. >> there is monkey business afoot. an iracible veterinarian. >> are you about to have the most talked about co-star of the season? >> i could choose to be jealous or i could ride this monkey to the top. >> "the new normal" is about a gay couple that hire as a surrogate to have a baby. >> let's hold a mirror up to what is so devicive in our society now. let's do it with love, tenderness, and humor. >> while the fall schedule emphasizes comedy, there are two new dramas in the mix. 0 firefighters and paramedicics in the windy city. >> there is a lot of heart and personality. >> and the futuristic city after decades of a worldwide loss of electricity. >> i think it is a return to a world where we will see humanity rediscovered on the backdrop of great action. >> action the network hopes reap big ratings. mark varge, tv 11 news. >> after week

staffer matthew nelson will testify about key events attended by donors including the been a fktser who provided the secret donations. and good news today from the office of illinois senator markirk. the freshman senator who suffered a stroke in january is now able to move back home with his family and is maintaining contact with his staff, they say. his team thanked everyone for thoughts and prayers during this recovery. >> the first official release of documents found in osama bin laden's compound during the raid a year ago. in bin laden's letters he expresses frustration with his network's dysfunction, indicating he is still hoping, was hoping to kill president obama and general petraeus then the commander of u.s. forces. jim miklaszewski has been briefed on those and joins me now. you had briefings, this is fascinating stuff. tell us what you learned about the mind-set of osama bin laden during those final days. >> first of all, there are only 17 documents but it amounts to 175 pages or more in english translation. of course the one thing that jumps out at you is bin laden's desire to assassinate president obama or general david petraeus as their government planes landed s

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