i want to thank lizzie hirsch, richard yee, marvin yee, our capital planning director. i want to thank courtney representing the parks alliance. steve courier is here. thank you for being here. i want to thank the rec and park staff, bill o'brien, our new gardner. perhaps the biggest thank you and acknowledgment is to our beloved retired gardener at the cayuga playground, demnny. he immigrated to the country in 1973. he worked in the law firm became a gardener and singlehandedly took over the park. you can see some of his work scattered throughout the trails and beautiful urban landscape. he crafted about 350 beautiful sculptures and characters. some of them have been safely tucked away for the renovation project. he will still see about 100. -- you will still see about 100 of them out here. you are a demigod to this park. thank you for being here. when the project is done, you will see a beautiful new clubhouse with a living roof. there will be landscape improvements. the street behind you will be part of the park. pavement to park. i want to introduce the park champio

[applause] [laughter] >> where do you want it, marvin? [laughter] chairperson nolan: good afternoon and happy new year. welcome to the january 3 meeting of the board of directors of the san francisco municipal transportation agency. please call the roll. director bridges: [resemt/ -- present. director oka: present. >> announcement of prohibition of sound-producing devices at the beginning of the meeting. pagersnd

by marvin gaye.e one saw you do not want to do. >> my two biggest musical influences from a boat reported year -- the two things that are important to me are the song and the voice -- i did not want to do that song because marvin gaye, i refer to him as a tone king. he does not have to do a whole lot of vocal gymnastics. he can sing one note and his whole dna, everything you want to know about that beautiful soul is in that note. it was pretty much hallowed ground for me. and also, from a single point of view, i think it is a perfect soul, -- from a a pointed you, i think it is a perfect song, so why do it. hopefully, what you will notice when you listen to it is that it is my take on it. it is not just me changing it for the sake of changing it. i have a passionate reason for singing the song. therefore, i had to find a justification for doing "what's going on?" how do perfect on a perfect song made by arguably the greatest male voice in history? why not take the first serve at the song, take out th

[applause] [laughter] >> where do you want it, marvin? [laughter] director kim: good morning and welcome to the transbay joint powers authority meeting of january 12.

[applause] [laughter] >> where do you want it, marvin? [laughter]

marvin gaye's land spark "what's going on" and his 1972 performance turns 40.gend is here to usher in the anniversary. >> we have young people here today, and young people across the country that this music still means something to. >> reporter: to commemorate the special occasion, the kennedy center is asking them to tell what's going on now by way the internet. starting today, the students can go to what'sgoingonnow.org and post their texts. >> we're going to select some of the work to be part of the performance. >> reporter: two lucky students will be picked to join legend in concert at the kennedy center and show off their work. this is just a sneak peak of what will be going on may 3rd and 4th. at the kennedy center, news 4. >> we know it was so very cool at the kennedy center. it was actually kind of warm outside. >>> john legend what a great guy, and a class act. nice outside today, 64 degrees outside right now, all three airports coming in with a high temperature of 66 a little earlier today, that's a record at dulles, but not quite at national or bwi.

[applause] [laughter] >> where do you want it, marvin? [laughter] supervisor kim: i am joined today by supervisor farrell and supervisor campos. we also want to thank the staff at sfgovtv. are there any announcements? >> the items on the agenda -- supervisor mar to the local agency formation commission. supervisor kim: it was previously held by a supervisor mirkarimi. motion? we will open up for public comment. >> we are part of the coalition a regular instead of alternate member. we have not heard back. i don't know if there is anything to do about it. supervisor kim: is there any other comment on this item? >> i would like to oppose this appointment. i feel that supervisor mar should be spending more time in his district. i think some people feel that way. i don't see them here. at least i am here to say so. he has consistently refused to help the chinese group of employees at san francisco general and he showed no interest at all regarding a dead game man named joseph. i think he needs to spend more time in his district rather than tak

it's been 40 years since marvin gay first performed his classic hit what is going on, at the kennedy center. today the kennedy center will launch a nationwide youth campaign called what is going on. the kennedy center will ask young people to show how the world has changed since 1972 using their own creativity. >>> when 111 million people tune into superbowl on sunday, many will be watching just for the commercials. and now seth don reports that some of the advertisers are showing ads ahead of time. >> reporter: well it is hardly a ferrari, but we all have to grow up some day, right? >> how can i handle work on a day like today. >> reporter: four days ago the world got the first glimpse the imagine rue brodderric and his 96 role as ferris brouler. he is the fast-driving high school hero. the 10-second clip part of a superbowl ad for the honda crv generated a ton of buzz. more than a million ferris fans viewed it online. >> it is tapping into the nostalgia of that character. everybody wants to be ferris when they saw that movie. everybody wanted to be that guy or date that guy. >> rep

marvin, get off the couch.if he watches the show in the afternoon, but he could. >>> when we come back, why there is more than meets the eye when it comes to the situation. well, maybe not this one. [ sniffs ] i have a cold. [ sniffs ] i took dayquil but my nose is still runny. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't treat that. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your runny nose. [ deep breath] awesome. [ male announcer ] yes, it is. that's the cold truth! prego?! but i've been buying ragu for years. [ thinking ] i wonder what other questionable choices i've made? [ '80s dance music plays ] [ sighs ] [ male announcer ] choose taste. choose prego. >>> there is quite simply more than meets the eye. that's what our next guest says in his new book and he's here to wake us up and make us look at the bigger picture. because according to him, life situations matter. and your ability to observe what those situations are and how you relate to them matters

marvin jones looks great right there. however, he would injure his ankle later in the game and did not return to action. comes up lame after that incomplete pass. a little bit later here comes the north. drive continued. that is a touchdown for you. your final north gets the win, 23-13 is your final. >>> all right. some of the best skaters in the world return to the ice at hp pavilion today. the home of the u.s. figure skating championships. who said you need nice shoes to dance? it's unnecessary. just grab your skates. we had the ice dancing competition today. meryl davis and charlie weis on their way to their second consecutive title. they're one title shy of matching the u.s. record for dance, which is shared by five teams. also nhl all-starses skills competition. logan couture, the loan shark represented. breaking ute the old ottawa 67 jersey from his youth. ducks forward corey perry getting in on some action. swaps out the proper stick for a mini version. and makes it. but here's patrick kane, hit it so hard as super

he believes money was the motive for the murder in marvin gay park. his money? >> yes. >> reporter: cash money? >> yes. >> reporter: he was a vendor so he made money. >> he make money. i still say take the money, why take their life? >> reporter: as for the safety of the park, people in the neighborhood had this to say. is it a safe park? >> it's relatively nice. it's not too bad. it has its moments. >> reporter: would you walk through it? >> i would walk through it. >> reporter: would you walk through it? >> not at night. during the day, it looks nice. >> reporter: police continue to investigate. no word of suspects or any arrest. i'm pat collins, news 4, washington. >>> in arlington county, not a single murder in 2011. that's the first time that's happened in nearly 50 years. julie carey talks to county officials and residents about why. >> reporter: arlington police officers arriving for role call hoping the trend continues in 2012 as 2011. they should average ten homicides a year. the past three years they have had one or fewer. four in 2008. boar

native son, marvin gay, called the young masses to get involved on nearly every social and political[ music ] today at the kennedy center, john legend was singing marvin gay's, what's going on. still relevant today, with students for the arts. ♪ [ music ] much has changed in 40 years since he performed from, what's going on in this building. much remained the same. >> too much unemployment in america. too many homeless people on the streets. >> students know the issues, many are living. >> i lost six of my friends. my senior year alone in my neighborhood. they were all murdered. >> we got to wear this. we have to sing this type of song. you know, we have to be somebody who we don't want to be. i think society is also changing and teaching us to be individuals. >> john legend hopes to inspire the students using the arts and social media and marvin gay's music. >> kids are very aware of their surroundings and the world is getting smaller and smaller to them. they need a little bit of catalyst. bruce johnson, 9news now. >> the kennedy center is encouraging young people to go to the webs

. >>> marvin gaye's classic song "what's going on" was about the 1960's and '70s. find out how the kennedy center is bringing that message back to life today. >>> let's check on traffic now. monika, over to you. >>> on the southbound side of i- 270, there are no problems to report at father hurley boulevard. a bit slow heading down at this point and straight down to the point where the lanes divide. coming up in my next report, more on area roadways at 6:30. you're watching 9news now. stay with us. >>> coming up on 6:30, howard bernstein on the weather terrace. i've got a fleece jacket on, light gloves. a little chilly, not cold but a little chilly. that will be the case early before we get to a very mild afternoon. really a very nice way to finish out the month of january if you like the warmer weather. here's a look at our day planner. expecting temperatures by midday to already be in the low 50s. by lunch time -- by the drive time 59 but an actual high of 65 to 6 -- 60 to 65. a southwest wind at 10. it is partly cloudy overhead. we had a couple of clouds here an

. >> marvin, you're naked. you want the girl to have sex with a cat and use whip cream. explain that. >> i was being stupid. okay... is this where we're at now, we just eat whatever tastes good? like these sweet honey clusters... actually there's a half a day's worth of fiber in every ... why stop at cereal? bring on the pork chops and the hot fudge. fantastic. are you done sweetie? yea [ male announcer ] fiber beyond recognition. fiber one. hey, i love your cereal there-- it's got that sweet honey taste. but no way it's 80 calories, right? no way. lady, i just drive the truck. right, there's no way right, right? have a nice day. [ male announcer ] 80 delicious calories. fiber one. this was the gulf's best tourism season in years. all because so many people wanted to visit us... in louisiana. they came to see us in florida... nice try, they came to hang out with us in alabama... once folks heard mississippi had the welcome sign out, they couldn't wait to get here. this year was great but next year's gonna be even better. and anyone who knows the gulf knows that winter is

it's not just the united states. >> marvin? last -- >> it comes back, of course, to what pakistan thinks is in its own interests. it is not, it is not supporting or choosing among terrorist organizations without reason. it has in it own objectives a sense that some of these organizations do work in etc. interests -- in its interests, do work benefit of what it seeks as the way of it strategic regional goals and global goals. until that changes i think we can expect that pakistan will continue to be selective among good terrorists and bad terrorists or good extremists and bad extremists. and it's only when the correlation of forces is such that it recognizes that these elements are a danger to pakistan itself and removes, moves away from the denial of this that i think we'll see real change in its policies. >> well, with that, let me invite you to join

marvin's grandfather even kept his eight employees during the great depression. now, at marvin's, when times get tough, the workers agree to give up some perks and some pay and so do the owners. as one owner said, you can't grow if you're cutting your life blood, and that's the skills and experience your work force delivers. [applause] for the c.e.o. of marvin's, it's about the community. he said, these are people we went to school with. we go to church with them. we see them in the same restaurants. indeed, a lot of us have married local girls and boys. we could be anywhere. but we are here. that's how america was built. that's why we're the greatest nation on earth. that's what our greatest companies understand. our success has never just been about survival of the fittest. it's about building a nation where we're all better off. we pull together, we pitch in, we do our part. we believe that hard work will pay off, that responsibility will be rewarred and that our children will -- rewarded and that our children will inherit a nation where those values live on.

después de un error de marvin cabrera, a los 86, javier cortez.io caliente, el club tijuana con un gol de último minuto se llevó una peleada victoria sobre monterrey 1-0. en fútbol europa, en españa el barcelona recibió la visita de real betis. iba ganando 2-0, después lo empataron, pero al final ganó 4-2 con goles de xabi, messi, y otro de messi desde el punto penal. en los playoffs de la nfl, contaron con dos para vencer a houston por 20-13. aprovecharon los errores para obtener su paso a la final de la conferencia amer inana, frente a los patriotas de inglaterra. con tres pases de ely manning, 37-20. el próximo será con los 49ers de san francisco por el título de la conferencia nacional. es todo por ahora, gracias por habernos acompañado. hasta la próxima. >> gracias. para la despedida, vamos a los Ángeles, donde se entregaron los premios del cine de oro. contaron con salma hayek y antonio banderas. salma hayek comenzó a agrad equernos en español. mientras otro integrante traducía sus palabras. así llegamos con las noticias más importantes. muc

the 40th anniversary of -- the new campaign wants young people to explain what has changed since marvinalbum release. two participants will be selected and be able to attend legend's performance in may at the kennedy center. >> i love john legend. >> me, too. to tell you about a new edition to our news team. >> steve will be joining me here on the news desk starting thursday at 4:30 a.m., bright and early. and still thankful to you, natasha, for coming in here right and early. >> now i can sleep in. >> don't get too comfortable with that, because you'll still be here on days when i'm vacation. been fun. it's been a good ride. >> 4:55 your time. >> still ahead here on "good morning washington," the giants joined the patriots. ndianapolis for the super bowl. >> you will be amazed what some >> coming up, they head to the polls 40's republican presidential primary. are ndidates chris-crossing the state to get voters. and an occupy protester that says he was banned from mcpherson square by police. >> and it is lucky to be here. >> people brave the cold. >> "good morning washington" at 5:00 a

prince, marvin gaye, you pick some timely stuff to cover. >> that is the stuff to cover. everybody i usually sing those songs, i love them and the stuff they recorded. we were all sites. -- tight. we went on the road, and we knew he was going to be a star because he had the star attitude, but i always said, i want to do something he did, so all of a sudden he started doing it. i am one of those kind of people. somebody will do a great song, and i want to do it. >> everybody has their own reasons. what is it about that song that made you want to cover it of all the stuff martin has done? >> because it said, what is going on. i love those kinds of stories, so if it can tell you what is going on, i want to know about it, and and i want to sing about it. everything he has ever done, i wanted to do its. blacks i probably should not tell you this, given that i -- >> i probably should not tell you this, given that i am talking to etta james at last. we have these dinner parties with ridiculously stupid conversations, but we spend hours philosophizing about these questions, and t

from marvin louis to chuck pavano. promoted the d. by coach harbaugh. p. is the college positions coach at miami of ohio 20 years ago. been the line backers coach. elevated to replace pagano, a position he had with the new england patriots before he came to baltimore. >> it's an incredible opportunity to be a defensive coordinator for anyone in this league or at any level. but it's especially humbling to be one for the baltimore ravens. >> no change in the offensive coordinator. cameron keeps the job despite criticism from the ravens fans after calling for a change. he's seen great progress. his head coach agrees that staying the course is the way to go. >> he was a conclusion to me. you watch the way the players did this year with the offense and coaches did, i was excited about it. it was a good year. >> cameron said today he has a good working relationship with flacco. harbaugh said they're working on getting a coach to work with flacco. offensive coordinator this past season. proindoor soccer. another win for the baltimore blast. put away the sharks. t

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and marvin lewis deciding he will kick the field goal here. dan: fans disagreeing with this. but they are not doing the math that you just pointed out. ian: the formula obviously if you are this deep you feel we are so close i would like to get that out of the way. but because of the time restraints they have to take the field goal. 23-yard chip shot. nugent converts. it is an eight-point game with 2:39 to play. cincinnati has two time-outs remaining. for those expect to see 60 minutes you are watching the nfl on cbs. dan: two time-outs for the bengals. they don't have to onside kick here. they can stop the clock as long as they keep baltimore from picking up first downs. ian: the game has gotten a little closer between san diego and oakland. 31-25 now the chargers in front. cincinnati is not thinking about backing into the playoffs. the goal all week, this was a confident group that really believed they could go toe-to-toe with the baltimore ravens and win their way into the postseason. dan: i think that is the remarkable thing about this team. they are a young team. but the

in may he'll be back to pay tribute to one of music's great s marvin gaye. album inspired by poverty, war and drug abuse. his 1972 performance at the kennedy center turns 40. >> it's interesting to look at what's then and what's now the issues of war, the issues of veterans. >> we have young people here today and across the country that this music still means something to. >> to commemorate the album's anniversary, the kennedy center is asking young people what's going on now? and asking them to post their answers on what's going on now.org. two of the entries will be set apart for legend's may concert. >> whether it's music, a play, poetry, whatever it is, we're going to select some of that work to be part of the performance. >> the project will culminate with two concerts, may third and fourth here at the kennedy center featuring john legend, sharon jones and the national symphony orchestra. >> that's something for the students. >> john legend has been behind this sort of effort raising the social consciousness of the younger generation. this fits in with

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. >>> the senior bowl in mobile, russell wilson rolls out and hits marvin jones for the game's first touchdown. it was the cal receivers on the couch. >>> and tomorrow you have fantastic quex. >> that's right. you get to meet the new faces on the team. and i've heard a lot of them. it should be a lot of fun. they will have all that on game day. >> but does it for eyewitness news at 10. but what do you with one last look at the occupy protest in oakland. demonstrations have been going on all day now. police expects to make about 100 arrests. and remember, the news is always on at cbssf.com. goodnight. ,,,,

i grew up on motown, marvin gaye, diana ross, i always had love in the back of my mine, i grew up with with heavy d, the concept with him was let's take the eye off his weight and put your eye more on his style and his heart, and his swag. so when he was singing "i want somebody to love me for me" ♪ >> that was always the concept style and love and attitude. >> you gave us ghetto love, mary j. blige singing -- that is a great image. what happened to that stuff? >> in the 80s, radio, black radio especially was about rap. it wasn't necessarily a lot of love in rap. >> one of the things you mentioned was motown how the uptown sound becomes a response to motown and the critics said andre harrell was over his head, once he got to the big corporation he couldn't handle it. >> they knew me coming in the door they were this far in the hole and they could have said to me "we should do it this way" had to tell me i'll let you build the biggest record company. takes five years to build it. i was only there for six months before stuff started popping up in the papers. >> that is one of the reasons

right now he is helping to launch a campaign marking the 40th anniversary of marvin gaye's iconic performance of " what's going on" and young people are encouraged to say what has changed since then. bacon said more tickets admit art and music to the campaign website. could president obama be making an appearance on "american idol ?" >> i'm so in love with you ♪ >> the american and a producer it is encouraging the commander in chief on the show to do a duet with singer al green. he got a lot of buzz after singing part of al green's " let's stay together." still ah them a perfect day to have outside and enjoy lunch. >> instead of snow boots today. i could still use one big snowstorm -- please, that is all i asked for. it is not too late. we have seen it in march. here is a look at the forecast. areas of rain, mainly on thursday, the first half of the day. still uncertainty as we go into the weekend. maybe an isolated patch of sleet but right now it looks like mostly rain. >> enjoy the warm weather while you can.

marvin jones gets the touchdown. only catch of the game for the cal wide receiver who reportedly had a very impressive week of practice. the north beat the south 23-13. >>> u.s. figure skating championship at hp pavilion. ashley wagner was in third after the short program but she was nearly perfect tonight and the rest of the field struggled vaulting edwards to the first for her first ever gold medal. >>> nhl all-star tonight. cane put on the superman cape and he had enough strength to make the puck explode. check out the focus from canadian carry price, watches the reflection in the glass and makes the save. think these guys are having fun? carry drops the gloves and pulls out the mini stick. chara had a shot under 109 miles an hour. how would you like to be the goalie in the net facing that. no wonder they don't have any teeth. you could lose a few chicklets. >> thank you. we'll be right back. h is hard enough.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, medication, takes a lot of . . >>> finally, giving birth is hard enough. delivering a 13 p

the only black folks in a white neighborhood the party that they were at, they were playing salsa, marvin gaye, and we were hanging out after the birthday party. we got caught up in a situation where the police had been called for shots fired. we happened to be the only black people there, they got us and put us in jail. that was the first day that you mentioned. the long and short of it is, i was in my second year of law school at the time. i am reading all these things about criminal procedure, criminal law. the stuff that is on the books is not what is happening on the streets. don't i have some kind of rights? miranda or something? they just did what they want and it was the first time that somebody had taken my body and had physically done something with me -- except raimondi, a different category. [laughter] they put me and handcuffs and they did all of that. so i wrote about it. my lawyer, she was also a teacher. she encouraged me to tell my story. the next week, the assignment in class, it was to talk about -- writing about an experience of injustice. i was ready to send this. i d

wilson rolls out and hits marvin jones for the touchdown.was the only catch of the game for the cal wide receiver, who reportedly had a very impressive week of practice. the north beat the south 23-13. >>> and finally, winter x games, snowboard big air mark mcmorris completes what's called a backside triple cork. he's the first to ever land it successfully at the x games. the 18-year-old mcmorris also takes home the gold medal. >> stunning. kim, thank you much. >>> well, now to the developing story we've been following this evening. occupy protesters, back at it again. dozens have already been arrested and within this hour, protesters stormed the ymca building on 24th and broadway. officers are following their ever move and agressively keeping them out of buildings. earlier today, protesters threw bottles and improvised explosives at officers as they tried to take over a vacant building. three officers were also injured there. don knapp is following the march for us. he'll have more tonight at 10:00 on the cw and at 11:00, right here on cbs

he joins mike smith, rex ryan, marvin lewis and jack del rio. the colts are hoping pagano will bring his defensive skills with him to help the coats owls of their/colts out of their losing season. jim ersay took to twitter. >> reporter: the response has been positive from most colts fans. >> i think today's going to be the start of a new dynasty for colts fans. >> it's been a tough year. people are ready for colts football again. getting that defensive coach in here i think will be great for the team. >> reporter: chuck pagano will be formally introduced today at 3:00 as the 11th head coach. indy sportscasters are having a little fun at our expense. i think we'll get the last laugh though. we had the winning season. >> let's keep that going, thank you. >>> in this morning's health alert -- parents, new research shows certain chemicals may reduce the effectiveness of childhood vaccines. scientists worked specifically at certain compounds and found children with higher levels of pfcs in their bodies were not getting the full effect of the vaccines

he joins rex ryan, marvin lewis and jack del rio who left for the coaching jobs in the nfl. pagano received a phone call from the colts owner ersay. >> reporter: chuck pagano will formally be introduced tomorrow, 3:00. to be expected the sportscasters in indy are having a little fun at our expense with this story. they say he will probably hire mayflower from his move from baltimore to indy. not fun. corrine redmond, abc2 news. >>> one more time, we saw the fifth bump at college park. gary williams returned to maryland. duke won last night 61-54. >>> coming up, not just where you work but how much you work that can have a serious effect on your mood. a new studyma might make you -- might make you consider sticking to an eight-hour day and use all that vacation time. and alcohol may be good for you. ladies, yoke this story. are you crazy? i would never go out without my covergirl. i want to look natural, not naked! but look! with covergirl, all you need is 3 little things to make beauty powerful for you. lashblast for voluptuous volume, outlast -- to keep your lips beautiful

>> for the north london singer- songwriter, he is earning a favorable comparisons to artists like marvinge equipment to achieve a classic sound. the list is put together by asking more than 180 people ranging from music writers, deejays, bloggers to name their favorites. previous winners include jesse jay and adele. some have accused it of the coming too mainstream at the expense of independent music as a consequence of record companies deliberately promoting certain artists when the list is compiled. >> they are aware that this could help and it gives a boost to an artist's career. at the same time, people don't just vote for anything, they vote for things that are good. you have to be pretty good. >> with some many convinced of michael's potential, great things are expected from him over the next 12 months and beyond. >> stephen hawking will celebrate his 70th birthday this weekend. today, he was told by doctors -- it is a day that he was told by doctors that he would never see when he was diagnosed in 1970. he answered questions from bbc radio listeners. here are some of his answers.