i'm anthony mason. also tonight on this labor day weekend, the president starts to outline a plan to jump start the economy and create jobs while republicans say the problem is mr. obama himself. former british prime minister tony blair on his book tour, faces a backlash and protest. and drilling for natural gas in shale deposits. is it a bonanza for landowners or a disaster for the environment? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with jeff glor. >> good evening, jeff is off. we begin with a stunning turnaround by one of the web's most popular and controversial sites. craigslist, after months of pressure, abruptly took down the adult services section of its web site today. bill whitaker has the details. >> reporter: this is what greeted visitors to the adult services section of craigslist today-- censored. the online classified ads network apparently bowing to public pressure and mounting criticism that the site was little more than a high-tech marketplace for prostitution and hum

this is the first block of mason street. this is a catty corner to 34 mason st. and this is a very popular restaurant. if you have any questions otherwise, my clients are here to answer questions and we will grant this with conditions. >> any questions from the commission? does anyone want to make a motion to -- is any public comment? >> when the executive director of a alliance for a better district and we have to send in a letter of support for this daniel and we believe that having a positive space in our neighborhood and especially when the owner has had this at a previous menu that has been operating in a positive manner, i believe that this will do the same. i was lucky to support this position on the permit. >> thank you. >> good evening, commissioner. i represent the north market business association. the north of market business association promotes economic development north of market and we fully support an application of the permit. think you. >> thank-you. >> i am the former owner of -- and i'm here to support the gentleman that asking for the permit

fort mason is clearly high on the list. >> if these are successful, i assume that we could talk abouttem? >> yes. very interesting idea. in the short term, you should speak to larry ellison to see how this can fit into his idea of a preening and the world race to the city. in the long term, he also has the money to invest in the pier. he could even help this gentleman said of his thing because of his short-term needs, but it could last long-term, if you spoke to mr. ellison, find out how you can segue from the short term. if he has the race come here, he has the right to determine what he is going to do with a lot of the pier's land. these people should be talking to him, to see what happens in the short term. he has until 2013, getting environmental reports together -- that could work. >> thank you. any other public comment? thank you. >> item 10 a, a request approval of term sheet for seawall lot 351. >> good afternoon. my name is jonathan stern. çi would like to apologize that this item was calendar as an action item.

the winner of the mason dixon master chef is here. we've been featuring this for weeks leading up to whoever would win the competition so we have the winner in studio b apparently cooking us something here. i'll have to find out what it is and who the winner is. also on fridays, aleen gabey from the maryland spca comes in and brings an adorable pet up for adoption. we'll meet uda, 6 years old, needs a home. sweet as can be and very shy. first things first as you can see, i'm by myself. jamie's not here. he is on the go this morning because once again, he's somewhere in the state of maryland. this time he went west to visit the mountains of maryland. hey, jamie. >> reporter: welcome to cumberland! here we are. three, four ♪ [music] ♪ we'll play it for you on maine street here in beautiful cumberland. main street of the magic kingdom except for the? >> the mouse. >> look at this. cover lady boss singing hello. >> describe allegheny county. >> 60,000 acres of public land and this beautiful town right in the middle of it. >> reporter: we'

joe flacco goes up the right side to derrick mason. 31 yards for the touchdown. ravens took a 7-6 lead. later in the 4th quarter ravens trail 12-10. flacco's pass hits and picked by brandon johnson. led to a fifth cinci field goal. flacco with a career high four picks. the bengals defeat the ravens 15-10. >>> from the afc north to an afc east battle patriots visiting the jets, tom brady looking deep for randy moss and

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mason and in the same day being able to hear kila and angela mcnamera. it was a sonic history lesson in a day. the best thing was, you could talk to any of the people who were there and you could have that history lesson expanded for you. being able to interact with folks like photographer karen rich, who is sitting in the audience right now, being able to interact with kong on his album, bridge across the blue, these events i really don't think that can be taken lightly. for urban american indians we have powwow which are intertribal events that revolve around a shared repertoire of songs and dances like some of the singing you have heard me do here today. it's a time for people to be able to come together, not for the casinos, not for that part. talk about fighting stereotypes, that's a stereotype for us. yes, we have casinos, but that all of our culture? no. it's not all we are here to be defined by. for most people, especially in urban areas, powwows are places to go to reconnect. powwows are places you go to see people you haven't seen in a long tim

takes over george mason and now the wizards are back in action. plus go hands free or hang up. right here in this neighborhood, i grew up learning strong families and hard work means opportunity. and that starts with good schools. it's a tradition here in maryland-- and why in these tough times i've put education first. we've made record investments in our classrooms... doubled the number of charter schools... and we've frozen college tuition for four years in a row. and it's working. experts say we now have the number one schools in the nation. when it comes to expanding opportunity in every neighborhood, i know that we must do even better. i always feed in the fall. but, it's the best time. feed your lawn in the fall. the fall feeding makes all the difference in the world. what the fall feeding does is build the roots.. that's when the roots sorta want nutrition. i give my lawn scotts winterguard. it's like a root building machine. it builds your lawn from the roots up. next year you get this! the stronger the roots, the stronger the lawn. all year long. the best time to feed

with me the principal of mason high school in cincinnati.iness do you think those machines are going to get? >> we don't know. it's causing a lot of buzz, that's for sure. >> i understand the machine was turned on friday. did you hear at all from the students ahead of this? i know it's sort of a two-month pilot machine. >> correct, it's a two-month pilot machine. we knew as early as may when they would come out and we would possibly be a part of this program. and, you know, now that the machine is in, it was about maybe an hour before the kids were actually buying these carrots. >> it's going to be a novelty, anyway, to be able to buy vegetables that come in what looks like a little snack pack. how important is just the look of it, the opportunity to go to the vending machine and put something in and get a little package of carrots out? >> well, i think it's very important. you know, we're all about nutrition at mason high school, and one of the things about the pilot is they wanted it to be close to another snack vending machine to test whe

but before you feel completely deflated by this latest news, anthony mason tells us there are at least some signs of a turnaround, at least on the home front. >> reporter: in los angeles, so many of the 27,000 foreclosed houses have fallen into disrepair. >> we felt we needed to do something about it. >> reporter: today the city raised fines on banks that don't keep up their properties. >> it's $1,000 per day, per violation. and they can take up to $100,000 per property. >> reporter: with more than five million people behind on their mortgage payments, bank repossessions have hit record levels. >> we're on a pace right now to see about 1.2 million homes repossessed by the end of the year. that's simile unprecedented in the history of the housing market. >> reporter: the banks have taken possession of about 900,000 homes, only about a third of which are actually on the market. >> the banks could be flooding the market with a lot more distressed properties, and i think the fact that they're not is showing some restraint in trying to keep the housing market stable. >> reporter: americans

i saw perry mason when i was a child. my father used to take me to the court house to watch the lawyers practiced law when i was 8 years old. i believe in the mission. i believe -- i am a true believer. i think those images influence children. we have one here in the front row. some to serve as prosecutors first and then become criminal defense attorneys, but many of us want to defend the constitution and those rights from the very beginning, from jump. i think we do not just me to believe it in our hearts, we need to profess it publicly. i do believe, though, that jerry is right. it is not enough to talk about it amongst ourselves. it is a larger public dialogue that needs to happen in terms of the resources, the jury pool, and that means talking to people who identify more with victims. we now there are one in 100 people behind bars. that means one in 100 people knows somebody connected to the criminal justice system. that is a tremendous opportunity for us. that means there are people in every sector of society who ide

anthony mason, cbs news, new york. >>> president obama said the recession may be over but he realizes times are still tough for most americans. during a town hall discussion yesterday, he assured americans he understood their frustration with the slow pace of the economy. >> even though economists may say the recession officially ended last year, obviously for the millions of people still out of work, people who have seen their home values decline, people who are struggling to pay the bills day to day, it's still very real for them. >> the president also defended his administration's economic record and challenged republicans to come up with a better approach. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch," in asia stocks were mostly higher. with that is ashley morrison. >> asian markets advanced. japan's nikkei closed about a quarter of a% while the hang seng was higher. the dow added 145 points yesterday in it's highest close since may while the nasdaq gained 40. >>> and today's federal reserve meeting the slowed recovery for economy and double-digit unemployment numbers are likely to top the agenda.

>> 29. >> reporter: mason is a musician by training. played in a rock band. worked on some struggling websites. then came up with a killer app for one that sells coupons to groups of people. so groupon was born in the fall of 2008. >> it's really simple. every day we e-mail millions of people around the world one deal on a great business in their city. it can be on a restaurant, a spa, theater tickets, sensory deprivation tank, just about anything that's interesting to try. and if you like it, you can buy a voucher, usually for half off or 60% off or 70% off. and take it to the business and use it like cash. >> really nice job. >> reporter: on the day we visited the groupon deal in chicago was a $12 coupon for $25 worth of children's cooking lessons. >> perfect. >> reporter: at a store front school called the kids' table. how many calls are you getting compare to a normal day? >> um -- [ phone ringing ] at least, you know, 100 times more. [ phone ringing ] >> hello, the kids' table. >> reporter: another groupon? >> yes. every single phone call has been a grou

it begins tomorrow at george mason university. runs through friday. and most of the events are free. for more information or other stories from where you live you can go to wusa9.com. find your community and our where you live section and keep up with what's happening in your neighborhood. if you have a story or news tip, we want to hear from you. be part of the wusa9.com team. >>> hey, nice out there today. no complaints. >> picture perfect. temperatures this time of year should average 78, 79. dulles to reagan national, we were on the money today. going to get warmer but nothing to worry about, as we have a big game going 4:15 in the afternoon, picture perfect for it. we won't see any chance of rain. the next three days, it will be a little warm you can call it for this time of the year. 78, 79 is our running average, so we'll be above that. still it's pretty dry. 79 on monday. there's the slightest shot we might see a sprinkle or something coming in. monday and tuesday, back shld b get beyond that and i've got big news middle to end of the week. ou

they beefed up the military bases like fort mason. my 1943, they are all killed. the war did what the new deal couldn't do, full employment. there were reports, it's still with mind numbing statistic. we have to rely on other people to do it. the these projects enriched the lives of millions of people and does so today all the time. i have become aware of it, but very few people are. i have also become aware extraordinary people. here's a dedication of roosevelt. on the left, who painted the murals in the social security building with her husband and steph an kennedy. it's been a privilege to meet these people. just recently, i found this statue of roosevelt. is over looks oslow harbor. they revere roosevelt, because of what they learned from the new deal about how to build a civil society. they didn't get rid of it, they expanded it. just like other scandinavian countries are consistently rated as the happiest in the world. the new deal continues to live on there. thank you. [applause]. >> foreign language speaking. [applause]. >> foreign language speaking. [appl

here's our senior business correspondent anthony mason. >> you know, unless it was an air bubble.... >> reporter: in south salem, new york, 53-year-old chuck tater has been working overtime at the garage he owns but still earning less money. >> between shop work, answering the phone and, you know, answering tech questions on the internet, i put a good 70 to 80 hours in. doesn't work very well that way. >> reporter: tator says he's barely keeping his head above water. >> yeah, the middle-class has been taking the brunt of it. that's what it seems like to me. >> reporter: across the country, americans are losing ground. the new census data shows median household income dropped in 34 states last year and rose in only one-- north dakota. and the disparity between rich and poor is growing. >> most people thought that inequality would decline in a recession, it didn't. it's still ticking up. >> reporter: the top 20% of earners in the country now make more than half of the income generated in the u.s. that's up from 49.7% in 2007. and the poorest 20% earn only 3% of the country's income. th

because in the case of mason street, in fact i don't even believe there was an assembly permit at that location. but ultimately the discussion goes to how do we identify those underground, if you will, places that don't have proper permits and make sure those people, if they are to engage in events know how to safely do that and which permits they should have. so we obtained a really useful list of all the places of assembly from the fire department. i got it this week in a format that we can shuffle around online to sort in ways that will be real useful in that capacity. and then we also discuss the possibility of producing a tv special for sgtv for maybe wider consumption on the topic of throwing a safe event in san francisco. probably won't be like an hbo special but that will be fine, too, actually. >> i love that idea. that's great. >> we'll see if we have the resources. i got in touch with sgtv and they do obviously charge money for services for production services so if we can find a way to muster up a couple bucks we may be able to do something or maybe the fire department is r

anthony mason has more. >> reporter: across the country, the arrow went up for home prices in june.hicago, minneapolis and detroit led the rebound, according to the case-shiller index. among 20 major metropolitan areas, only las vegas fell. nationally, house prices are up nearly 7% from the lows in 2009 with some cities showing double digit gains. >> notably, san francisco, our best-performing city since 2009, it's up 21%. that's -- that's booming. >> reporter: but ominous signs still loom for housing. sales of existing homes plummeted 27% last month. and some economists believe house prices are about to drop again, too. >> we're not quite through with the housing crash. we've got another 5% or so to go on house prices. >> reporter: because the first time home buyers tax credit which fueled much of the growth has expired and foreclosures continue to mount. hundreds showed up for a workshop for distressed homeowners in west palm beach, florida, this past weekend. >> we've been here all night. >> reporter: like raquel and robert turner who have fallen three months behind on their mort

stonewall jackson at george mason. this is anthony peacher. going to break his stride. ain't nothing going to slow him down. whoa. he's got to keep on pushing. he'll score 12 straight to take a 12-9 lead but they couldn't hold off george mason. they win 16-12. great stuff. all right. if you like those highlights, you're going to love this. our new website for high school sports is dc.highschoolsports.net. if you want to get up-to-date on everything high school in the metro area, check it out. stats, scores and some great features on student athletes like bishop mack namaras, it's on our website right now. and there's more. if you want to join our team, we'll give you a flip cam and you can capture pep rallies, interviews and earn scholarship money as well. that's an awesome deal. you can log on to wusa9.com. click on sports. and apply. all right. that's going to do it for this week. thanks for all of the people behind the scene who made it happen. we leave you now with our band of the week. the flowers making funky sweet music and take us out

the victim said she was at club slide, located at 430 mason.he saw the club proceed metor, christian, who was her -- promotor, christian who was her friend and gave him a hug and was in the accompany of two females she didn't know. after she gave christian a hug one of the females became aggressive and pushed her and started name-calling. as she was walking away, the female then smashed a bottle over the left side of her head so she ended up having to go to the hospital for that. one of the things -- the clubs decided not having the glass to begin with. just take the weapon. there's always a bottle that can be thrown. in fact there was another incident with a bottle as well. but if the staff and security can get rid of anything that can be used as a weapon, especially if people are about to get into a fight. and later on it talks -- we're still trying to find out, apparently the victim asked christian for the suspect's name but refused to give her the information. that might be when we were talking about having the promotors be registered and t

as far as tonight is concerned, though, areas along the allegheny front, mason dixon line, we're talkinga little shower activity possible with the passage of that frontal system, very isolated and as we have move through to the later part of the week, we'll also end up seeing an upper level disturbance and that will set us up for some much needed rainfall. in the meantime tomorrow we won't be too bad at all, sun and clouds, by midday around 75 degrees and we are talking tonight once again about just seeing partly cloudy conditions with mostly the clouds starting to wane their way out in the overnight hours, 63 degrees for our overnight low and for tomorrow plenty of sunshine, not bad at all at 80 degrees. here's a look at our five-day forecast for you. that ump level disturbance looking at bringing up -- upper level disturbance looking at bringing up a chance of thunderstorms wednesday and thursday. right now it's a 30% chance mainly to the north of us, but we'll have to watch it closely. we are peaking up to 90 degrees wednesday and will, i know you don't like that humidity i'm always t

>> listen, i think mason is making a little bit of a jump here.in mind the beer and beverage distributors are the folks who deliver beer and beverage products. the truck driver, the forklift drivers, the warehouse workers. these are folks who have traffic safety and employee safety issues, first and foremost. the fact is, under prop 19, there are no -- you're allowed -- you're not allowed to smoke marijuana while you're driving but there's nothing that says you can't smoke marijuana right before you get behind the wheel. that's a safety concern. they're concerned from the employer side about testing. under this initiative, it creates a protected class for marijuana smokers and basically says you cannot test for marijuana and/or fire a worker unless you can prove actual job impairment. those are new legal thresholds -- >> aren't those the same rules as alcohol? i don't see any different that you said about alcohol. >> no, because what you do under prop 19 is it creates -- the prop 19 says you cannot discriminate against people who are participating

anthony mason, anthony, thank you so much. the economy is the number-one issue as the battle for control of congress heats up and here's where the battle stands now 43 days before the elections. our cbs news election team has analyzed a variety of factors, including what we know about the voters' likely turnout and poll numb tabors determine the critical contest that will decide the fight, first, the house. all 435 seats are at stake. republicans need a net gain of 39 of them to take control. and 84 may change hands. since 77 of them are now held by democrats, republicans have a very good shot of taking back the house. it will be a lot harder, though, for them to take control of the senate where 37 seats are up for grabs. the republicans need a net gain of ten. and where to get them? cbs news considers 13 seats now held by democrats to be in play. that includes a race in pennsylvania which is why the president took a campaign trip to the keystone state today. our chief white house correspondent chip reid went with him. chip, a

>> smith: anthony mason, thanks. a report out today says the bad economy is a big reason the number of illegal immigrants in this country has dropped for the first time in two decades. beefed-up security at the mexican boarder is another one. last year there were about 11 million immigrants living in the u.s. illegally. that's a million fewer than in 2007, an 8% drop. few issues have dominated the world's attention as much as the middle east peace process. every american president since harry truman has tried in vain to work out a lasting peace between israel and the palestinians. today, president obama opened a new round of talks, but as senior white house correspondent bill plante reports, hope once again collided with reality. >> reporter: president obama's entry into the treacherous thicket of middle east peacemaking was marked by bloodshed. four israeli settlers gunned down yesterday in the west bank by hamas, a palestinian faction which opposes peace talks. >> our goal is a two-state solution that ends the conf

anthony mason is keeping an eye on all this and, anthony, what's this designed to do ideally? >> reporter: simply, katie, to give the economy a quick shot in the arm and even some republicans are applauding the proposal. if passed it would give businesses that buy new equipment an immediate tax break in the struggling economy. david campbell has been holding off buying new forklifts for his connecticut lumber business, but the president's tax incentives could make him change his mind. >> we're still being very cautious and we don't really want to be replacing a lot of equipment so this might tip the scale on some of our purchases. >> reporter: the obama proposal would allow companies to immediately write off 100% of any new investments in plants and equipment through next year. businesses can currently write off those investments, but only over a three to 20-year period. so this would allow them to keep more cash in what the administration says would amount to a $200 billion tax cut affecting 1.5 million businesses. does this kind of stimulus have immediate effect? >> it can.

anthony mason, cbs news, new york. >>> shifting gears now.s to dancing, this dog has talent. kerry, the golden retriever is seen dancing with her owner, decked out in full costume. she appears to know every move of the three-minute choreographed routine. my goodness, that is wild looking. by the looks of it, she seems to enjoy every bit of it. her enthusiasm may be contagious. the video has gone viral in the last few days with about 1 million views. i'm betty nguyen. this is the "cbsthorning news." ning news." it's almost tee-time... time to face the pollen that used to make me sneeze... my eyes water. but now zyrtec®, the fastest 24-hour allergy relief, comes in a liquid gel. zyrtec® liquid gels work fast, so i can love the air®. comes i♪ a liquid gel. hurry in and load up on great savings during the petsmart labor day sale. this friday through monday, save up to 50% on select items. and select varieties of tropical fish are $1 each! petsmart. we love to see healthy, happy pets! you know she always finds out. oooh! you ruined mom's tableclot

>> so you can play the drums and watch perry mason at noon at the same time. sounds good to me. ladies and gentlemen, mr. joseph hsu. [ringing bells] [applause] >> joseph hsu, ladies and gentlemen. joseph hsu. now, all those six men are competing against this man, ladies and gentlemen. we left him for last simply because he was the 46th annual cable car bell ringing champion. ladies and gentlemen, he's been with muni for nine years, eight years on the cable car. let's hear it for two-time winner mr. leonard oates. [applause] go -- good to see you, leonard. up got the gloves on. i see you are ready. you and i have a city in common. where were you born? >> new orleans, louisiana. >> new orleans, louisiana the yeah, let's hear it for the 504. how do you prepare for this whole darn thing here? >> practice. >> ok. that will get you to broadway but here you are in union square. ladies and gentlemen, two-time winner, mr. leonard oates. >> this is what i do every day. [ringing bells] >> leonard oates, ladies and gentlemen, reigning two-time champion mr. leonard oates. that completes the