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, martin luther king shows up. i would like to speak my celebration. what are you going to say? i'm going to speak out against poverty, injustice, the wars that are going on. well, we have invited these political leaders and they might be embarrassed if you talk about that. you just wondered if you'd be welcome. >> every year now, the 25 years we have celebrated the anniversary of king's birds -- birth, you get him transformed into santa claus. everyone is smiling, glad to see him as if he was not a freedom fighter who was not done nerving and unsettling. he made people shake in their boots and they were hunting him down every day from december of 1955 to his death. that is one of the ways in which they domesticate people who were on fire for justice. tavis: what became clear to me was how profound the influence people who came in contact with dr. king. whether or not they knew him personally or just came to know his words through the prism of history. >> what i have had to do is to concentrate on what he would wan

martin luther king, jr. we will look at dr. king's legacy more than 40 years after his death and his stance against the vietnam war. dr. king's commitment toward non-violence shaved his stand fed became one of the most controversial and -- shake his stance and became one of the most controversial. we will explore the roots of his anti-war sentiments and lessons we can still learn today. we are glad you joined us for part 1 of "mlk: a call to conscience." >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. know. boulevard, but a place where wal-mart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your >> at toyota, we celebrate its differences and the people who make them. toyota, a proud supporter of the washington, d.c. martin luther king, jr., memor

martin luther king.e begin by saying that i'm really humbled to be in the presence of so many people that i admire and really look up to. my career choice and life has been a bit different than most. in fact, i did not realize when i first contacted general motors back in the 1960's that they did not have black car designers. automobile design has been a part of my life since i was very young. i have been drawing cars since i was two and a half years old. i started reading car magazines when i was 8. it was through those magazines that i learned where general motors cars were created. at age 11, i wrote to gm and requested information about careers in design and the education that was needed to get there. their response was quick and very helpful. this information really created a path for me which eventually led me to howard university school of fine arts, where the professors and staff gave me great inspiration and great help. they understood what my goal was and really helped me form as a designer. up

martin luther king, jr. iii on jobs, justice, and his father's long legacy. he will be with me tonight. >>> welcome to the show, i'm al sharpton. tonight, we are all watching hurricane irene's path where it might make land fall and win. as preparations of being made all along the east coast, it reminds us of how essential our government is and how our front line government workers are to all of our safety. we will talk about that later in the show. but we start with tonight's lead. rick perry's troubling weekend bothers me. americans from all over the country will gather to honor martin luther king, jr. in the coming days. we will march on saturday. rain or shine. we will unveil the monument. sunday. but texas governor rick perry will be spending time with man who believes dr. king believes no credit for civil rights. despite receiving an invite as governor to the ceremony honoring dr. king this weekend, rick perry will not be attending. he will be at a retreat. among others, david barton, founder of the eva

martin luther king, jr.ves in our nation's capital. i look forward to welcoming members of my community to washington to visit our newest monument. we all know that dr. martin luther king, jr. was a man of great faith in that faith included his unshakable belief in our country. he reviewed the majestic documents of this great nation, the declaration of independence and our constitution. he knew that the path to equality and justice lay in embracing our country's most fundamental values and principles. in his iconic "i have a dream" speech whose anniversary we commemorate this week, he spoke eloquently about the declaration of independence. part of history, in fact, was that this nation would one day live up to that creed. we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. i believe that he did this in part to demonstrate that those core tenets of our democracy cannot belong just to a few or just to one party or just to one group of americans. they belong to all of us. i think there is n

martin luther king. he has known prison and house arrest and his social and political involvement happened faith driven. recognize with numerous honors and rewards for his humanitarian leadership and achievement, he founded the world for all operation. it is my great honor to introduce the hon. ambassador to the united states from south africa. [applause] >> thank you very much. it is difficult speaking in the shadow of the archbishopric almost five decades later, we all gather in washington to moralized in stone the values for which martin luther king stood and died. this is a long time in the memory of some, but it could not be more obvious that we do it in this era to memorialize those lawyers. we did in the world where the bodies of peace, compassion, rick consolation, and so forth are seen as witnesses. they are seen as an untreatable bodies. bodies of pragmatism, and harshness military's them seem to be on the out. these volumes of three consolation, peas, truth, forgiveness, and compassion are the

martin? >> thanks, very much, indeed, andrea. >>> and i'm joined now by my colleague peter alexander who's here in downtown manhattan, or midtown manhattan. peter, what's the latest? >> reporter: you know, we want to give you information we're just now getting, martin, coming from one of my colleagues across the hudson river in new jersey, where there's a small airport people in this region may be familiar with. reports that we have confirmed that one of the buildings across from that airport has some structural damage. 2,000 people have been evacuated there. 2,000 many employees. that is the quest diagnostics building just across from the airport that's been damaged. the good news no injuries reported. the workers are telling us, they saw cracks in the walls and some damage and the stairwells and other items knocked over. specifics of this area in manhattan and throughout new york city, the good news is, no reports of substantial damage. a news conference is supposed to start anytime now wit

martin luther king jr.ational memorial project foundation. [applause] >> good afternoon. all of these are tough act to follow. in the world -- words of our great maya angelou, who is beautiful pole will move us today, a call how important it is for us to recognize and celebrate -- "however important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she- roes." we are celebrating our movement, and leaders. their stories cry out to be told, and in telling we hear the courage, wisdom, and the resolve that are so important to every step of progress that we make. it has been an incredibly conspiring to listen to all of these stories. a big thank you goes to alexis herman, for her leadership with this luncheon, and to all of our esteemed speakers who are to follow. this week has been a celebration of a long, long journey to build this memorial, and not one step along the way it was -- would have been possible without the support of all of you today. thank you to our corporate sponsors, the gm foundation for

martin luther king.begin by saying that i'm really humbled to be in the presence of so many people that i admire and really look up to. my career choice and life has been a bit different than most. in fact, i did not realize when i first contacted general motors back in the 1960's that they did not have black car designers. automobile design has been a part of my life since i was very young. i have been drawing cars since i was two and a half years old. i started reading car magazines when i was a. it was through those -- when i was 8. it was through those magazines that i learned where general motors cars were created. at age 11, wrote to gm and requested information about careers in design and the education that was needed to get there. their response was quick and very helpful. this information really created a path for me which eventually led me to howard university school of fine arts, where the professors and staff gave me great inspiration and great help. they understood what my goal was and reall

martin, back to you?thank you, hampton. >>> while protests continued outside the courthouse, ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak made his first public appearance today since the february uprights. in what see as an encouraging sign of democracy and accountability, mr. mubarak was wheeled into court on a hospital bed to begin his trial on corruption and other charges. msnbc's martin fletcher joins us live from cairo. martin, what is mubarak facing in terms of potential punishment? >> well, ultimately a possible death sentence. he's being charged with three counts, corruption, strangely enough selling -- doing a deal with israel selling gas too cheaply to israel. that's also one of the charges. but the main charge, of course, is giving orders that led to the shooting deaths of 850 egyptians during the january-february protests. if found guilty, that carries a possible death sentence. by the way, his two sons are also being charged with corruption. they face between 5 and 15 years, martin. >> when i was

martin luther king jr. dream can become a luminous reality. thank you, and god bless you. [applause] it is now my pleasure to introduce, actually present, he does not need an introduction, a man who i am proud to call my ally and one of our partners in this movement, a man who has never backed away from the fight for workers' rights, human rights, or civil rights. you can count on him to be in the front lines, marching, and calling us to action around jobs and justice and the american dream, the president of the afl-cio, mr. richard trumka. [applause] >> thank you, martin, for the very kind introduction, but more importantly, so they q4 what you do every day and what the king family does every day. we all owe you and your family a tremendous debt of gratitude, and i just want to say thank you on behalf of all of us on that, and let me say good morning to everyone, and behalf of the unions of the afl-cio and are 12 million members, i want to welcome you all here today, and i want to take just one moment to g

yesterday the martin luther king memorial opened up here in washington d.c. it was the culmination of a twenty five year effort to have dr king and his influence immortalized in the nation's capital the memorial features a thirty foot high granite statue of dr king that will be known as the stone of hope president obama will be on hand sunday at the memorial for an official dedication ceremony today that marks the forty eighth anniversary of dr james historic i have a dream speech take a look. i have a dream. that run being. this major on the road ride thought. and live out of town meeting up in korea. we're all grieved through good news well ok but then i don't know man are created. however the dedication comes during a troubling time for african-americans in america who are questioning whether or not dr king's dream has been realized and we have century after his death according to a new washington post poll only thirty six percent of african-americans believe dr king's dream has been realized down from sixty five percent when president obama was inaugurate

martin luther king, j.r. he finished his voice didn't carry over the cries of the crowd who cheered on in tribute. king placed his prepared speech in the lectern and looked out over the vast assembly. he wore a dark suit and tie. he had a pin to his lapel and he had a small smile on his face, he nodded a few times and said thank you to the crowd. the applause kept going. king adjusted his jacket and looked down at the podium waiting for the audience to finish. then he looked up and it seemed he would begin to speak but a hip, hip came someone from the crowd and a hooray followed and king looked back down. the two cheers came again and the hooray seemed to surprise him because he looked up from his notes and he opened his mouth again but the hip, hip was out from the crowd and king had to listened to the final cheer and it happened again from a rolling collapse and shouts from the audience many people chanted king's name over and over. contrary to what some of the civil rights expected the television results h

martin luther king, jr. once said, our lives began to end the day it becomes solid about things that matter. tonight, as we celebrate that world vision and commitment to peace and justice and inspires the leaders here with us this evening, we are mindful of the fact that we stand on the shoulders of those and refused to be silent about things that matter most. truth, justice, equality, and opportunity for all. to that end, as we begin making our plans for the dedication week, we wanted to be sure that our celebration included time to remember dr. king as a leader with a world vision. for that, we owe him a debt of gratitude. [applause] my friends, it is truly an honor and privilege for me to introduce our next guest. he is a trailblazer in his own right. the former mayor of dallas, texas, our current united states representative, the honorable ron kirk served as the president's trade adviser, negotiator on trade issues. to me, he is a great friend. he told me once we were at the democratic national conventio

martin, back to you. >> thank you.n's box office mojo may show she is not quite ready for a run to the white house yet. [ man ] behind every business is a "what if." what if we designed an electric motorcycle? what if we turned trash into surfboards? whatever your what if is, the new sprint biz 360 has custom solutions to make it happen, including mobile payment processing, instant hot spots, and 4g devices like the motorola photon. so let's all keep asking the big what ifs. sprint business specialists can help you find the answers. sprint. america's favorite 4g network. trouble hearing on the phone? visit sprintrelay.com. >>> i'm brad goode with the cnbc market wrap. if you are wondering how the stocks are today, you may not want to look. the dow is down 225 points and down 28 at the s&p, and 64 at the nasdaq. plenty of uncertainty out there caused americans to cut spending in june for the first time in two years and barely growing incomes and gas prices an unemployment squeezed household budgets and put a brake on th

martin luther king, jr.effort for over a decade. we join you all in expressing that debt of gratitude and we stand here today on the brink of seeing an idea come to fruition. i am actually representing a generation whose lives remain a lot easier by our forefathers and the warriors of the civil rights movement were actually here today we did not face -- here today. we did not face some of the struggles that you talk about. you give us the opportunity to walking your footsteps by opening the door to offer to -- the door to opportunity. the call mine generation, a generation xers. we keep that responsibility alive. we're proud to sponsor this effort to help realize the first memorial of an african american on the national mall. on august 28, we are dedicating our entire day of programming to dr. king's memorial and legacy. and for those of us who are fortunate to be here this weekend, thank you very much, we know we have family and friends who would love to be here but can opt. we will be broadcasting live on

>> well, i'm not an economist, martin. i don't want to play one on tv. -- there's obviously some sort of political dynamic at work here that does affect not just american markets but global markets. and it sent a sign of uncertainty that we went right up to the edge. and so that does undermine confidence. so i think a combination of anticipation at these jobs numbers that are going to be released tomorrow will be depressing and a jolt to our confidence is, at least in some ways, related to this market punch. >> you think in some ways, this is the reverberation of what happened in congress and all the arguing and rowing that occurred. >> these are multifaceted. you have all these underlying problems in europe. so teasing out what's affected what. but none of it helps. the good news is the underlying strength of corporate balance sheets is still there. so we're so traumatized by 2008 and 2009 that we sometimes kind of fear that we're going to plunge all the way back into that. and i don't really see that as a concern right now because the fundamentals of t

. >>> i'm martin bashir. coming up at the top of the hour, the latest from libya as colonel gadhafi clings to what's left of his crumbling empire. where is he and what's next? the latest on irene. the latest on the hurricane swirling in our direction and that other storm facing the president when he heads home. now back to tamron. >> thank you, martin. will and jada pinkett smith, is that their whole name, fighting back against rumorses of a split, ladyga gaga guest stars on an iconic show and this year's mtv awards will be hosted by -- well, let's get the scoop. you'll have the answer to that. let's start off with the smiths. >> we weren't talking about the earthquake, talking about will smith and jada pinkett smith, the other earthquake that took place and whether or not they were splitting up. "in touch weekly" has indeed they are separating but it took hours and hours to get any real comments from reps from the family. >> maybe they thought it was silly, could that be? >> if you want to convince

martin luther king is ok. it would be better to see blacks, whites, asians, and indians surrounding him holding hands. there is still racism. the republicans against democrats, nothing going on. still there is nothing for the poor people. if you are not rich, and you do not even qualify as an american. that is wrong. we have a lot of work to do. we need to keep going forward and get rid of the republicans and democrats. there should be one union for one nation for the people. host: georgia, even on the independent line. caller: i think the taxpayers money should be spent on something more than the tax year. i know that martin luther did some good, but he would want to help out the people of the nation. host: turley savage in the kit you new york times." -- in the "new york times." wichita, kan., good morning on the republican line. caller: i like the statute. it reminds me of bringing people together. and that is what we need today. we have been divided by or political beliefs. -- how or political beliefs. it

erick erickson, roland martin, mimi swartz. thank you. >>> it's more complicated and the relationship is fascinating, take a look, reportedly there's been bad blood all around, jim acosta has "raw politics" tonight. >> amen. >> amen. >> amen. >> reporter: for rick perry a question keeps coming up, not whether he's running for president, but whether he's running from a certain president named george w. bush. >> i called him on his birthday. >> reporter: this week. ery told "time" magazine there's no bad blood with the man he replaced as governor from texas in. >> reporter: is there? >> not from my perspective and not between joornlg w. bush and i. >> reporter: go to youtube and you'll find a different story. four years ago speaking on behalf of rudy giuliani's failed campaign in 2008, perry slammed his predecessor. george bush was never a fiscal conservative, never was. wasn't when he was in texas. >> if washington won't protect our border, texas will. >> in his run for relocation in '06, perry brasted washington on illegal immi

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martin luther king jr.lause] >> and now welcome to the stage the honorable elijah cummings. [applause] >> good afternoon, everyone. come on. you can do better than that. good afternoon, everyone. it is certainly my honor and my privilege to be here this afternoon and on behalf of two great members of the congressional black caucus, congresswoman sheila jackson lee of texas and congresswoman donna edwards of maryland, and on behalf of our entire congressional black caucus, we thank you. first of all, i want to say to the organizers, all that is planned to happen this weekend, sometimes god has another plan. i know that it can get kind of discouraging when you lay out plans, but the fact is that sometimes god will create a situation that will make it even better the next time around. and so i'm looking forward to the celebration. but i also came to not just to thank all these awesome, beautiful women. i told someone, i'm so glad i am a black man in america. i don't know what to do. when i saw and i see all th

martin luther king is ok.t would be better to see blacks, whites, asians, and indians surrounding him holding hands. there is still racism. the republicans against democrats, nothing going on. still there is nothing for the poor people. if you are not rich, and you do not even qualify as an american. that is wrong. we have a lot of work to do. we need to keep going forward and get rid of the republicans and democrats. there should be one union for one nation for the people. host: georgia, even on the independent line. caller: i think the taxpayers money should be spent on something more than the tax year. i know that martin luther did some good, but he would want to help out the people of the nation. host: turley savage in the kit you new york times." -- in the "new york times." wichita, kan., good morning on the republican line. caller: i like the statute. it reminds me of bringing people together. and that is what we need today. we have been divided by or political beliefs. -- how or political beliefs. it br

ok and i could start off again with martin martin that led the interesting thing in jackson hall the informal meeting that was extremely formal it looked to me and i think it is a lot of evidence to bernanke is saying don't look at me anymore ok it's not my job it's you people in washington in your gridlocked politics this is why we have this problem and on top of that we have an election cycle going on right now is very lanky passing the ball and say look it's a fiscal problem too not just a monetary one. well it is by very clearly the federal reserve is that it is to blame for quite a bit of it you know that i mean there isn't there isn't a great difference between a different federal reserve. and if you look at alan greenspan he clearly caused the housing bubble by inflating the economy by keeping rates artificially low and i don't think those entertainers have done a lot of roads since inception of the federal reserve. and the united states so clearly a lot of the blame. should be going for them on the other end zone now or as we are already seeing this very high debt bargain and

martin? >> kristen welker at the white house and luke russert at the capitol hill, thank you very much indeed. >>> for more on the agreement, with me is jonathan alter, and msnbc political analyst and author of "the promise" and joining me as well is analyst pat buchanan. and pat buchanan, no new revenues and the tea parties have won, and you must be happy? >> yes, and the hobbits are returning to nail the koonskin on the capitol hill wall. well, they got new tax revenues and the debt ceiling raise anded and some budget cuts, but i agree that the budget cuts are not significant in the early years and we have to do a lot more to avoid a default down the road. >> but, pat, how can you say they won when senator lindsey graham said this is a $3 trillion package to still allow $7 trillion to be added to the deficit over the next ten years, so that the deficit issue remains a problem will, don't it? >> well, that is a hellish problem for the united states and i agree with that, but whereas the demo

martin luther king, iii. [applause] >> good morning, and let me first thank god for the wonderful opportunity to be back at the afl-cio national headquarters. and first, to the president, mr. richard trumka, to our executive vice president, and thank you for your warm introduction, arlene holt-baker, and to secretary-treasurer elizabeth schuler. s boblso to moderator' herbert and maria elena salinas, to reverend jackson, to bill lucy. i am sure i will miss somebody, but attribute that to my head and not my heart, but also to my dear wife andrea king, to our king center staff that is here, and friends. it is a great pleasure to join you this morning in this symposium on jobs, justice, and the american dream. you might remember that at the time of my father's passing, that he and his team, reverend jackson and many others, were mobilizing for the poor people's campaign, to bring together poor blacks, whites, and native americans, americans from all walks of life, to say to our nation's policy makers that we dem

the dhaka central martin luther king jr. and his struggle told a non-violent movement together with this weekend marks the 40th anniversary of the i have a dream speech. this program is about an hour long. c-span: taylor branch come author if it were a fire 1963 to 1965, when did you first interested in martin luther king? >> guest: when i was in high school as a young fellow growing up in atlanta georgia high started the photograph of the dogs and the fire hoses in birmingham when i was a junior in high school and asked my first political question how can this be and what is it made of and my parents didn't have an answer. it became kind of the quest to find out about. it's an enormous power and the direction in my life. c-span: how many years of your life have you spent about these years? >> guest: i started after i got into a book career after magazine journalism i wanted to write about this but had no answer and started in 1981 what was proposed to be the history of the american and it's not in 60 years and i've got to v

martin luther king jr. once said our lives begin to end the day we become solid about things that matter. tonight, as we celebrate the world vision and commitment to peace and justice as they guided dr. king and inspired the leaders coming here with us this evening we are mindful of the fact that we stand on the shoulders of those who refuse to be silent about things that matter most. truth, justice, equality, and opportunity for all. and to that end, as we begin making our plans for dedication week, we wanted to be sure that our celebration included time to remember dr. bloom -- dr. king as a leader of the world vision. his concerns were for the rights of all people, not just here in our own country, but those who live across the globe. for that we own -- we owe him a continued debt of gratitude. [applause] finally, as i take my seat, it is truly an honor, and no doubt of privilege, for me to introduce our next guest, who like our other distinguished speakers is a trailblazer in his own right. the former m

erick erickson, roland martin, mimi swartz. good to have you all on the program. thank you so much. >>> reality it's a lot more complicated and the relationship is kind of fascinating. take a look. reportedly, there's been bad blood all around. jim acosta has the "raw politics" tonight. >> amen. >> amen. >> amen. >> reporter: for rick perry, it's a question keeps coming up, not whether he's running for president, but whether he's running from a certain president named george w. bush. >> i called him on his birthday. >> reporter: this week, perry told "time" magazine there's no bad blood with the man he replaced as governor from texas. >> not from my perspective and not between george w. bush and i. >> reporter: go to youtube and you'll find a different story. four years ago speaking on behalf of rudy giuliani's failed campaign in 2008, perry slammed his predecessor. george bush was never a fiscal conservative, never was. wasn't when he was in texas. >> if washington won't protect our border, texas will. >> in his run for re-election in '06, perry blasted washingto

to sardonic to engine trouble i would be the martin luther king late than the late martin luther king. it could soar with intensity. i've been to the mountaintop. i'm not fearing any man. my eyes have seen the coming of the coming of the lord and he could exhaust in a glowing praise song, i'm glad i didn't die. thank you. [applause] >> so i'm here to take any of your questions, observations, reflections about king himself or the legacy of king today. and certainly i've been feeling a lot of questions in most places about king and obama and jeremiah wright. any place where anybody would like to cut in, you're most welcome. now, i've been advised because c-span is taping they will sort of get a mic close to you. this gentleman here. i'm sorry. if you'll give me one minute to switch glasses, i'll even be able to see. there you go. >> i want to ask you because some of the things you were saying about king sounded like jeremiah wright. >> yeah. >> and what would king say about jeremiah wright today, do you think? >> well, i think you might want to separate jeremiah wright's -- i don't want

martin luther king jr. national memorial project foundation. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: a quick programming note. starting thursday, we will bring you a two-part special on the life and legacy of dr. martin luther king, jr. in advance of this weekend unveiling of the king memorial in washington. we will focus on dr. king pose a controversial stand against the vietnam war in the final years of his life and his most famous speech about the vietnam. dr. king drew a parallel between war and poverty and is an issue at the center of american life. i traveled around the country on a tour aimed at highlighting the plight of the poor. this fall we will bring you highlights from our trip during a special week of programming devoted to those suffering the most in our society. stay tuned for more details about that week on poverty in america this fall. last week, we got another sobering reminder of poverty whe

martin is right to a degree. we need to increase in infrastructure.hat by increasing spending overall. and that's a recipe for disaster when we're heading towards the trillions. you have to to the cut entitlements and discretionary spending. that's the conversation the president needs to have. we're broke in washington and cannot afford the level of spending. infrastructure, yes, and all the entitlements and discretionary spending, we can't afford it anymore. >> would you agree with that? doesn't an honest look in spending in washington include entitlements? medicare, social security? >> yeah, absolutely, i think we need a balanced approach. which is why it's so very disappointing, candy. >> but that includes cuts in these entitlement programs. >> it includes cuts, sure. and i think the president much to some of the ire in his own party has shown a willingness to engage in that conversation. but three different times members of the new era republican party have worked away because of their worship of tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires. we need

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martin luther king, jr.orial. while our focus is global in that 75% of our products are sold outside of the united states, we remain committed at home. i am proud to say that 75% of our products are still made right here in america. [applause] for over 40 years we have driven technological innovation that has changed how we live, work, and play. over that time we have continued to increase our efforts in education to close the gaps that we continue to see in science, math, engineering, technology for women, african-americans, latinos, and native americans. our over $1 billion investment in just the last decade alone is based in our fundamental belief that we cannot succeed until all of our people are fully participating in the growth economy. so i will watch with a tremendous sense of pride and be reminded of how far we have come and how much has been sacrificed so i can stand before you today as an executive of a fortune 100 company. i will smile with you and understand that there will forever be children w

let's check in with chief meteorologist bill martin. >> blowing at 15 miles per hour. it's a westerly direction so you are increasing humidity. 35-40%. temperatures in the low 80s and it's not a horrible fire day in terms of red flag warnings. nice moist atmosphere. if you look that smoke plume, it's breezy out there and those winds aren't coming off the hill, that's a moist wind off the bay. temperatures today running below the average. firefighters with these conditions hope efully will get a good chance on this. 15 acres and if you know that area, right by scandia. that's the reports on this fire. >> yeah. amusement park there with 680 joins interstate 80. if you look down wind you can see there are power lines, rooftops of buildings in that area so firefighters will work to keep the fire from reaching that. we will keep you posted on what is going on there. >>> a young mother and her friend became the city's latest homicide victims. >> lovely person, always go to church, happy. always take care of her kids good, you know? hurtful. >> rose mcfadden and her friend we

martin, appreciate the update. thanks very much. >>> a movie deal for the barefoot bandit.he man who went on a cross country crime spree and ended up down in the caribbean, stealing five planes and several boats, he's going to earn a big chunk of change. we'll tell you how much. he won't be able to keep it, though. >>> and tonight the ridiculous, the haters of paula abdul. the defense of paula abdul. the haters are in a spot of our ridiculous. we'll explain ahead. >>> hi, i'm isha sesay. ♪ [ male announcer ] this is our beach. ♪ this is our pool. ♪ our fireworks. ♪ and our slip and slide. you have your idea of summer fun, and we have ours. now during the summer event get an exceptionally engineered mercedes-benz for an exceptional price. but hurry, this offer ends august 31st. i thought i was invincible. i'm on an aspirin regimen now because i never want to feel that helplessness again. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. talk to your doctor, and take care of what you have to take care of. if you don't have facetimee, on yo

and in this series of more glory martin arrives in georgia as he prepares to defend his p.g.a. championship title. but russia says he will pick his best eleven for tomorrow's friendly against serbia adding there's no time to experiment with crucial euro qualifies fast approaching however he will have to deal with that. he picked up an injury during their win over the weekend serve we will miss a couple of plays and branislav advantage. but despite that applecart told r.t. there are a tough team and russia need to play well to the september's euro qualifies against macedonia and. well that tells them the proposal goes to those three goals to go for the final matches. the pros are sold. to do something well for city of what you're going to serve the national teams play in a very similar to go your mother a very good side defensively was going to. be oh well we are still. playing linda to see if you gave. because you are going to play because it's a misnomer time for experimentation is it really just trying to solidify your stance and eleven and you're going to get. to play was. i

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de martÍn berlanga.os con la tormenta extra tropical irene. obama dijo que lo peor habÍa pasado y que ha que obrar con cautela. >> buenas noches, como si no hubiera pasado y tiene pora ciudad de nueva york, recobra su normalidad sobre todo en esta Área de times squere esta imagen contrasta con la que vive miles de recientes en nueva jersey. >> represas se desbordaron y dejaron bajo el agua a miles de hogares. el gobernador asegurÓ que el reto es hacerle frente a esta emergencia. >> tendremos severas inundaciones, algunos rÍos se han desbordado y tenemos todavÍa lluvias en parte del estado pero estamos preparados para esto. 15.000 personas permanecen en refugios alrededor de 400.000 se quedaron sin electricidad, entre ellos esta familia que lleva mÁs de 12 horas si luz. >> no tenemos nada, comida el agua estÁ caliente, nos podemos baÑar. >> reportaron Árboles caÍdos, clareando en el suelo y destrozos de esta casa mÓvil. familias latinas regresan a inspecciÓn sus hogares. >> no pasÓ mucho como pensÁbamos.

and in pursuit of more glory martin arrives in georgia as he prepares to defend his p.g.a. championship title. but. says he will pick his best eleven for tomorrow's friendly against serbia adding there's no time to experiment with crucial qualifiers fast approaching however he will have to deal with that as any midfielder. he picked up an injury during their win over the weekend serbia will miss a couple of plays themselves. thank you. but despite that applecart told r.t. they're a tough team and russia need to play well to the september's euro qualifies against macedonia and. no other tells them the proposal. to go for the final matches. the players are showed. great people to do something well also if you know what you are going to do people serve the national team to play i mean a very similar macedonian over a very good side defensively point. we are still. playing. because you are going to loop play because of the time for experimentation is it really just trying to solidify your stance and eleven and playing together. to play with the engine used. to sort. we don't wa

let's go to martin savidge live in aruba. martin, you got this big scoop. you got exclusively this police transcript. talk to me a little bit more about what you learned about this exchange and show me yourself on the cover of the newspaper because of the scoop. >> reporter: right. okay. let's start with the document itself. this is a transcript of an interview that was done with gary giordano on august 5th that would have been three days after the disappearance of robyn gardner. he's not being detained at that time. he's still cooperating with authorities. but it is a day that later he is going to be detained. what's clear about that document is that early on, authorities here in aruba began to zero in on the issue of whether money was the motive. they questioned him at length about debts he may owe, what his alimony payments are, the mortgage on his home and whether or not he owed debts to anyone else. he said that he was in good shape financially. then they go on to start talking about this insurance. two insurance policies, both $1.5 million each. one f

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our chief meteorologist bill martin has this report on one of this years nominees. an east bay woman who is creating open spaces for people to enjoy. >> reporter: with the crunch of earth beneath her and a song in her heart, 68-year-old susan schwartz and a team of weed warriors is scanning for new species. >> working in the dirt is like play for schwartz. their goal is to create public space where is people can enjoy the outdoors and nature can flourish. schwartz along with an army of volunteers have spent 4,000 hours a year on 15 different projects in the east bay. >> when we started, there was no walkway there was just a dirt rut. >> reporter: that was back in 2001. today albany hills has a park, a paved walkway linking homes between san pablo avenue and home to. >> deer, hawks, owls. >> kind of a mother earth. >> reporter: bob case has been toiling the land with susan for the last ten years. >> she cares about what is out there. >> susan's success can be seen in those enjoying the outdoors. >> a lot of what we're doing is having beautiful places so that people d

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