i'm anthony mason. all eyes turn to wall street monday morning as investors brace for the fallout from the downgrade of u.s. credit. stocks lost nearly a trillion dollars in value last week. that was before standard & poor's cut america's credit rating for the first time in history. and the head of the agency's ratings committee said today if the u.s. doesn't clean up its fiscal act, it could be downgraded again within six months. >> the outlook indicates at least a one-in-three chance of a downgrade over that period. >> mason: s&p has blamed partisan bickering in part in washington for its decision. but as witt johnson reports, the bickering continued today. >> gentlemen... >> reporter: following america's credit downgrade, more bickering, democrats and republicans taking their targets. >> it is a tea party problem. i think they have been smoking some of that tea, not just drinking it. >> if this president had failed to lead in any other private sector enterprise, he would be fired. >> reporter: partis

it is at masonic and we know where it is. the choice of what i think is -- there are too many of them, including the freestanding sign that we're discuss -- not discussing today, it is more than what i am prepared to support, including the facade treatment and the complete alteration of the building expression. it is slightly more toned down way to make a point. target has a draw as a location as sears does. everyone knows target. you know when you see the circle. it does not need all those extra loudness in order to be present. i'm prepared to support the project, but i would be asking that there is a significant rethinking and toning down of aggressive architecture. we have pantone coming up. that is another destination that will have to market self -- market itself along the boulevard. i think to harmonize, particularly with the fact that this is the rt

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this is a view looking at masonic towards geary. this would be the ground-floor entrance of the city target. you can see some of the elements we would like to address. you can see the typography and the steps of parking lots. we have a lot of exposed, dreary retaining walls. there are a series of strip windows in parts of the project which are interesting but for decades, they have been closed off because water retailers are not using them. they want -- they blank out elements in the assaad and we would like to address ways of making that more interesting. >> president olague: thank you. how much time do you think you will need? >> can i have five minutes? >> president olague: locating -- ok. negotiating time here. >> this is an after one of our proposals. we're looking at graphics and landscape treatment along the retaining wall. in place of the windows, we're proposing that you have some screens that would have colored panels, maybe glass that would glow and night as well as during the day to add some warmth and texture to the pro

i'm anthony mason. on a nervous day for investors, prices swing up and down before a late rally sends the dow ahead more than 400 points. look out exxonmobil. apple is challenging the oil giant for the title of most valuable company in america. britain floods the streets with police officers to try to head off another night of rioting. >> pelley: and i'm scott pelley reporting again from east africa, where refugees from the famine crisis are streaming into camps that have filled far beyond capacity. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> mason: good evening. scott will be reporting on the refugee crisis in east africa later in the broadcast. but we begin again on wall street. after yesterday's plunge, everyone was waiting to see whether stock prices would fall further today-- they did. or rally back-- they did that, too. it was not a day for the faint of heart as the dow rose, fell, and rose again before closing with a gain of 429 points, or about 4%, the best p

there was no entrance on geary and masonic, and i assumed there would be 1. there was a lot of exercise going up the stairs to wear best buy was. anything you can do to make it easier for people, not only on pedestrians, but for vehicles to get to the right places, there will be a lot less people searching for parking. this can be done in a peaceful way. the fact that the signs are higher does not mean it is less desirable. i would support the concept in general, and i would ask that we go ahead and approve as proposed by project sponsor without staff modifications at the height of the signs. president olague: commissioner fong? commissioner fong: thank you. i will take a littl different approach, commissioner antonini. i think we all looked at the sears site. my personal experience with that left-hand turn is the cars parked on the street would impede you from seeing which lot to go into. if we are serious about the parking spaces, if we shipped the parking spaces down, that will give more visibility turning in. i am ok with the proposed 15- foot, 17-foot si

it shows the signs we have introduced along geary, masonic, o'farrell. from some of your feedback we have heard two weeks ago, we're looking at a couple options we wanted to show you. these are some of the recommendations. we have approached the signs and we have reduced their scale as you go down geary. the main sign, the other as you go down is smaller in scale, hopefully tying into the recommendation of having more subordinate blades has to go down. instead of the panels that we have previously -- the place themselves. just trying to respond to your previous comments. the other comments, as it relates to the screens, the colors, that. we have shown you one other element where we changed it to a singular color. as we continue to work through with planning staff, i think there are a lot of different options in your. between the green, the yellow, and the orange, i think the intent was not to have something that would become more prominence than the building itself. the set its is to replace an update antiquated signs at the property. this is the sign pr

>> mason: david martin at the pentagon. thanks, david. flying helicopters in afghanistan is an extremely dangerous job. today in the east, a chinook was forced to make a hard landing-- though no one was hurt. seth doane joined a medevac team today aboard a black hawk helicopter in southern afghanistan. >> reporter: from the air, afghanistan's rugged terrain is simple and striking. but the view from a helicopter's flight deck is anything but peaceful. what specific dangers do you have in the air? >> just any kind of surface-to- air fire from the enemy, whether it be r.p.g.s, small arms fire, machine guns, anything like that. anything they can do to take us out of the sky would be our biggest threat. >> reporter: you've been shot at before? >> yup. yup. >> reporter: chief warrant officer zach martin and his co- pilot captain chris morisoli is part of task force thunder medevac unit. we joined them on a medical mission on black hawk helicopters in kandahar. compare afghanistan to other places you've flown. >> busy. i mean, it's busy, it's ho

that is the mason-dixon line. not a line, but three. it was created or servite to have surveyed by and mason and dixon to as best they could mitigate conflicts in the colonial documents that created pennsylvania, maryland, delaware they don't quite know, but the phrase dixie comes from the named jeremiah, dixon. he was not a sevener. he was an american. based -- charles mason and jeremiah dixon or two very eminent british scientists. did mason and dixon to come over here to become surveyors of this line is the equivalent of giving mozart to play. they came here in 1763 before the revolution. in 1763 there was no prohibition of slavery in any of the colonies. in fact, this is most committed not all part of it. so the question becomes where do we get this phrase, mason-dixon line? referring to the free states. and the answer begins here. the louisiana purchase. president jefferson made this purchase, and very soon a question arose, what about slavery in this new region? it wasn't until 1820 that got resolved in what is called the missouri

there is a structure fire on masonic near waller in the 1200 block of masonic so lanes are blocked in area. use an alternate. we have a news crew headed to the scene to give us more information. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> all eyes on wall street once again after another tough day yesterday. right now the dow futures are negative losing 88 points. investors blame the international jitters on the european debt troubles. some good news though with the european markets. they rebounded after fears subsided that france's credit rating could also lose its triple-a status. as for the asian markets japan's nikkei fell by more than .5%. hong kong's hang seng dropped by a percent. south korea's kospi closed up more than .5% but it was down big time in early trading. a new report shows americans are losing faith when it comes to the u.s. commerce. a new reuters poll found 73% of americans feel the country is on the wrong track. 21% think the united states is heading in the right direction. survey also showed 47% believe the worst is yet to come. that's no fun. that's up 13 percentage poi

firefighters called to masonic avenue at 5:00 this morning. they found the fire was burning on height street. it spread to a business. christie smith is live at the scene gathering the latest. we'll have a live report in about 20 minutes. >> safeway is fighting a group of petitioners over claims the petitioners are harassing customers. the store chain wants to take the issue to court. but the petitioners claim they have the right to gather signatures where they want. marla tellez is live this morning with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, hau ra. certainly this is something that most of us can relate to. minding your own business walking into a grocery store like a safeway and stopped by a petitioner, somebody asking you for your signature. safeway wants to put a stop to this, they are willing to take everybody to court although petitioners are fighting back. as many as 50 political petition signature gatherers yesterday holding signs, one that red stop safeway's attack on free speech. their argue summit that safeway denies their

the house fire, two alarms going on in san francisco, masonic and haight.ore coming up. >>> san mateo county sheriff's office is set to present a plan for voluntary jet ski patrol. they allow them because it lies within the gulf of the farallones marine sanctuary. it was a photographer that rescued a surfer last january. supports say it's an essential safety net for surfers at half restriction. >> u.s. stock futures are following a day after the ninth worst day ever on the dow jones industrial average and second big drop this week. global markets continued their wild up and down swings. in asia and hong kong closed down nearly 1% in overnight trading. markets in europe were in positive trading territory but they are down right now. >> new foreclosure numbers nationwide fewer people are losing their homes but it's not the result of an improving housing market. they contribute the slow down to processing delays and reluctance of banks to take back properties right now. california as the second highest foreclosure rated just behind nevada. in napa county, fore

it is our wonderful pleasure to welcome the masons of the california masonic foundation. they have been a tremendous partner to our school district. on a personal note, it was jim durkee who brought them over. we have flourished into a wonderful relationship. they have in many -- have been in many of our schools and are honoring many of our students this evening. i would like to welcome alan to the podium. >> good evening, commissioners. it is a pleasure to be here tonight on what i know is an important night for the school district. as the grand secretary of the nations of california, i have the opportunity to work with school districts all over the state. i am proud to be from san francisco. there are lots of challenges facing schools, particularly in san francisco. but the leadership is exceptional. starting with your president and superintendent, they have provided not only good leadership to the school district, but to the community. your leadership has helped us find a way to help. thanks to the leadership of hydrogen and carlos garcia, we have a plan we are impleme

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as we move up we get to fort mason center. what do we know about fort mason? >> fort mason was dated back pretty far. most of what we see there was built during the first world war for troops and material. and it was expanded again in the second world war for the same purpose. part of the army base that's been there ever since, united states has controlled california. >> now it is used as essentially public use. >> yes. >> that is the golden gate national (speaker not understood). >> within golden gate national recreation area. and this little harbor here, is this gaslight cove, is that what the area is called? (speaker not understood). as we get even further north, we get up to federal lands into -- is this golden gate national recreation area part of chrisy field? it was the original airport in san francisco, is that right? >> yes, one of them. it was a military airfield. >> and since it's recently been claimed as a national history exhibit. >> habitat. >> habitat. this is as far as i go and all the way up at the other end we have fort point -- >> presidio.

investigation is still ongoing and intersection at masonic and hate remain closed.o delays with muni in that area. toll plaza before we leave you this morning, traffic is backed up to the west grand overcrossing. metering lights are on and earlier stall has been cleared. >>> do you think that was enough information? thank you for joining us. >> join us at the midday news at 11:00. we'll see you back here tomorrow.

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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

during an interview with anthony mason, mr. obama said the problems can be solved. >> it would be one thing if we had the kinds of problems that greece did where you potentially have to completely restructure your economy and your society. that's not the situation here. here we're talking about closing some loopholes in the tax code, making some modest adjustments in entitlements, paring back a little bit on programs that don't work. >> during his just completed midwest tour, the president said it will take at least a year for housing prices and sales to start rising. >>> florida state prosecutors are considering whether to charge a tampa teenager as an adult in an alleged plot to bomb his old high school. police say the plot could have been deadlier than the 1999 columbine masser is in colorado. kelly cobiella reports. >> reporter: according to police 17-year-old jared caino planned his attack for freedom high down to the minute, plotting to plant bombs in classrooms with the intent to kill 30 of his former teachers and classm