the matthew perry is still in dry dock there. it's been -- didn't get my update in terms of power usage, but it's been hundreds of thousands of kilowatt hours, the equivalent of a couple hundred household use of electricity. it's been a massive amount of power. this came about, in part -- in large part, due to the fact we had previously constructed shore side power at pier 27. and i wanted to just touch on that for a moment because with the exception of commissioner brandon, this port commission hasn't been here during that project. that started way back in 2006 when we applied for our grant, which came through from the air district in 2007. we subsequently applied for and received additional grant funding which resulted in a project with a budget of 5.2 million, where we had $4.2 million in grant funding. so, we got a $5 million project for $1 million out of pocket. we got that done on time, got our first ship connected the end of 2010. by connecting at the end of 2010, we beat out the other california ports and had the first fu

. >>> well, just ahead, matthew perry jumps into the "two and a half men" controversy, plus an update on halle berry's thanksgiving day brawl. you're watching "early today." >>> here are scenes from southern california. orange county, huntington beach area. large wave ace head of the storm system moving in. great for the surfers and their wet suits. that's about all the storm is good for. here is a little different perspective on how bad your weather could be. our friends in fairbanks under the coldest air in the northern hemisphere, minus 29 degrees. that's where winter is. the forecast, each and every day pretty much the same. the good chance of heavy rain this morning and a little break later today. then another batch of heavy rain is going to come in saturday. then sunday it looks like it lingers over the region that spreads to the northern rockies. so not until monday it looks like the west will get an all dry day. >> a much-needed break, but not until monday. well, halle berry's thanksgiving day drama seems to be winding down. progress has been made regarding the holiday fistfig

richard burth is another very large project like the matthew perry, like the alan shepherd. there's only two dry dockses in the pacific basin that can pick them up, one is in guantanamo, one -- guam and one is in san francisco. i have to say thank you to the port of san francisco for the hard work and dedication of the teams there and the vision that they have for the shipyard and for the industry. i mean, monique's cruise, monique's teams are without equal. honest to goodness, it has really been a meerctionv you are to work with them and i look forward to the things we're moving forward on. the yard, san francisco, we're going to have one of the busiest years the yard has ever had, period, end of story. we're growing in a very tough market and we're growing in a tough market in no small part due to the vision and dedication of port of san francisco. i do appreciate it. and the guys who work at the yard appreciate it. good guys, doing hard work, getting union scale, making money, paying for their families, kids, and i mean, that doesn't happen by accident. that's a lot of ha

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dave matthews was here. katie perry rocked it. >> jon: aasif mandvi, what is it like where you are? >> a meatloaf sighting a couple of days ago. ♪ from sea to shining sea >> so i think he's not coming back until he's no longer in heat. >> jon: both candidates really look pretty exhausted at this point >> try broken. two years on the campaign trail will do that to you >> try seven years. when romney started running for president who had the number one record? and the guy still won't try coffee. >> yes, jon. no matter who wins tomorrow's election, one thing is sure >> that person will be a sad, empty 'em bittered husk of a man. god bless america. >> thank you, both. jessica and aasif mandvi with the campaign. ( cheers and applause ) it's not just the candidates feeling the clock winding down. tv pundits are scrambling to get their final predictions in before tuesday >> i think mitt romney will win obama could win big this will be a squeaker e president is likely to win. >> president obama will eke it out barely >> a sizable romney victory 277-303 nail biter minnesota to go for romney

dave matthews, katy perry rocked it.en not so much. >> the republicans will pick up the senate. >> wow. >> i base that on years and years of experience. >> of being wrong! >> i wanted to congratulate you, you moderated the vice presidential debate between joe biden, he didn't curse the whole time. and paul ryan who was very thirsty. >> he was. entirely. >> do you know why you missed that, martha? because you were moderating the debate. >> i want this over! >> all right, i think we all want this over by now. just so much, you see, nice to see comedians reflect how people think and talk in their living room outside political analysis. thank you for all the laughs, guys. who knows there could be more in store in the next 24 hours. >> "the mix" is next. >>. ♪ yeah, the mix how far will people go to relieve their sore throat? try these. new cepacol sensations cools instantly, and has an active ingredient that stays with you long after the lozenge is gone. not just a sensation, sensational relief. but first you've got to get h

he's had support from dave matthews and katy perry, to name a few celebrities out is there their?> reporter: yeah, president obama has been on a four-state odyssey today. started at the white house and he was in milwaukee and iowa, and now he's here in bristol, virginia, at jiffy lube live. it's been alive all evening. dave matthews from virginia got the crowd warmed up and president bill clinton told them several reasons why he thinks barack obama deserves four more years. >> he knows that an economy that builds the middle class and gives poor people an honorable way to work their way into it is a lot better than four more years of trickle down. we have been there. we've done that. and he knows that practical cooperation is better than all of this constant ideological conflict and we saw it, didn't we? we saw it in a way the president got off of the campaign trail and responded to sandy. >> yeah! >> reporter: and president obama is still speaking to the crowd here. i have to tell you jiffy lube live is packed and every single person in here is on their feet listening to him. they

perry. john mellencamp. dave matthews. while mitt romney's strongest surrogate, his wife ann, choking up. >>> there's a new storm coming to the area slammed by sandy. as a nor'easter bears down, free gas causes chaos. beer company delivers water. and how they're dealing with that dangling crane. >>> the rescue caught on tape. a hiker trapped for three days by sandy's record snowfall. he thought that he was near the end when rescuers risking their own lives, found him in his socks. >>> and party foul. pippa middleton defends herself against critics of her new book. on party planning. some calling it a royal embarrassment. >>> happy sunday to everyone at home. the final sunday before election day. it's hard to believe that this campaign has been going on for nearly two years now and now we're down to the last two days. the voters are already starting to have their say. take a look at these long lines for early voting. in many states. who has the edge? george stephanopoulos will be here to discuss it all. >> it's the big ques

matthews? >> that's right. and we saw john cougar melon camp, katy perry, stevie wonder, jay-z will be appearing with the president as well. why are these big acts so important? well, the campaign believes, number one, it will bring people out to these events and energize them not only at the rallies but also to go back to their neighborhoods and encourage folks to go out and vote. that's the rb they have this star-studded lineup, to energize voters in the final hours of the campaign. >> dan lothian for us live in new hampshire. dan, thank you. one of our many correspondents all over the country for us this weekend. >>> with ohio being one of the key states, obama and romney are battling. ohio secretary of state john husted ordered experimental software patches to be installed in vote machines in 39 county. the software has the potential to affect more than 4 million registered voters including those in columbus and cleveland. the free press says the software was never certified or tested. cnn's don lemon spoke to husted last night and gave him a chance to respond. >> we have a new system, all we have to do is loa

over the weekend katie perry, dave matthews and stevie wonder warmed up the president's crowd.nother picture on the campaign trail, former president bill clinton. >> he's been a good commander-in-chief, a good decider in chief. >> reporter: publicly and privately obama campaign officials express confidence they will win. >> turn out for me, colorado. we will win this state. we'll win this election. >> reporter: bruce springsteen and jay-z will join the president on the campaign trail today and the campaign is sensitive about reports that romney supporters might be more enthusiastic than obama supporters and that's help explain why the campaign arranged this crowd to be behind us 4 1/2 hours before the president's rally is expected to arrive. >> governor mitt romney is just as busy in this final stretch. he campaigned sunday in des moines, iowa, cleveland, ohio, morrisville, pennsylvania. this morning romney holds a rally in sanford, florida. jan crawford is there. >> reporter: good morning. we're with the campaign all weekend. at one of these stops i think it was iowa, it's run

over the weekend katy perry, dave matthews and stevie wonder warmed up the president's crowds.nother fixture on the campaign trail, former president bill clinton. >> he's been a good commander in chief, a goods decider in chief. >> reporter: publicly and privately obama campaign officials are expressing more confidence that they will win. citing strong early voting figures in key battleground states and an election day get out the vote effort they have honed over the course of five years. >> we will win this state! we'll win this election! >> reporter: one top obama campaign official told me last night they'd now be willing to put money on a big victory. of course, confidence is half of the game in these campaigns. the president is going to fly to chicago overnight after a full day of campaigning. he'll watch the election returns with his family tomorrow. aides say he's very relaxed, mostly because this is the last campaign he'll ever run. >> mitt romney is just as busy in this final stretch. he campaigned sunday in des moines, ohio, cleveland, ohio, and newport news, virginia.

. ♪ you make me feel >> reporter: from katy perry in wisconsin -- ♪ >> reporter: to dave matthews ine virginia, the stars turned out for the president saturday. while nascar legend richard petty revved things up in iowa for mitt romney. ♪ kid rock opening romney's biggest rally in ohio on friday. but this weekend is all about closing arguments. on saturday the president made his case in ohio, wisconsin, iowa, and virginia, where he enlisted former president bill clinton to help had him close the gap with white working class voters, and to remind them about recent boone times under a democratic president. >> barack obama is a proven cooperator. >> everybody is doing their fair share, and everybody is playing by the same rules. that's what we believe. that's why you elected bill clinton in 1992. >> reporter: mitt romney made stops in new hampshire, iowa, and colorado can on saturday be and continued to push his key argument -- the economy will be stronger under his presidency. >> from day one, i'm going to go to work to help americans get back to work. >> reporter: and he took aim at p

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katy perry, bruce springsteen, the dave matthews band, stevie wonder, will.i.am, all of them gettingssage. >> and certainly leaning, as you mentioned, on bill clinton. how much weight does he carry for the president? >> i think bill clinton certainly still is considered a big surrogate for the president. it's been pointed out by the campaign that no one can better narrow down and crystallize the president's message than former president bill clinton, and so they consider him a very powerful weapon. he's also a big draw when he's out there on the campaign trail, he can pull in a lot of supporters. they also believe he could appeal to those yet undecided voters, if there are any of them out there still. they believe that he has a way of sort of boiling down the message that can appeal to them. >> dan lothian, thank you, dan. appreciate that. the president is expected to make those remarks just before noon eastern time. we'll be sure to bring those to you. the republican campaign making a last-minute play for pennsylvania. this weekend, both mitt romney and paul ryan are campaigning in

matthews band. today the president will visit at least four states new hampshire, florida, colorado, and ohio. pop star katy perry was sporting a president obama campaign slogan. perry initially came out wearing a red, white, and blue dress holding a microphone shaped like the status of liberty's torch. after she sang her first song she revealed her other dress which had the slogan forward on it. perry also paused to make a pitch for donations for victims of super storm sandy. >>> californians are hoping to gather support for candidates in the presidential election from voters in other states. volunteers have been calling voters in such swing states as ohio and iowa this weekend. some campaign workers called 300 people out of state. there are fewer volunteers at the contra costa county republican office believe romney has the momentum and will win. >> four years ago the enthusiasm was on the democrat side. this year the enthusiasm is on the republican side. and that is going to carry states like ohio, and iowa, and colorado. >> if you believe the polls is that the horse race is close in addition--- nation-wide. b