mayer is playing the best he has ever played. let's see if he can keep it up in the quarter finals. >> an epic tale of human resilience coming up. >> it has been a year now since the dramatic rescue of 33 miners who spent two months trapped underground in a chilean mine. the ordeal was closely and anxiously followed by millions of well-wishers in countries around the world. after the mine where -- after they were returned to the surface, they were praised for their tenacity and courage. today, they are simply struggling to earn a living and raise a family. they are also thankful for what they called god's merkel that saved their lives. here is more on their story. -- they are thankful for what they called god's miracle. >> these children are dressed as miners in a cramped plastic cage. kevin and his sister are playing a game. this is the mine rescue. they are probably too young to understand what the story means for their family. their father was one of the 33 men trapped in the mine last year. who is this, asked kevin. he was he

and low taxes. >> jane mayer, staff writer for "the new yorker." congratulations on getting him to talk to you. thanks for joining us tonight. i really appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >> we'll post a link to jane's article on our website. i'll encourage you to read it, specifically to seek out one detail you will not hear anywhere else which is that art pope left the libertarian party and ended up with the republican party, something having to do with sass quach as in the yeti. >>> michael lewis is here for the interview tonight, from "money ball," "the blind side." his new book is called "boomerang." >>> and how republicans have turned the "n" word surfaces from rick perry's presidential campaign into bad news not for rick perry but bad news for the one african-american candidate in the race. that is ahead. let me tell you about a very important phone call i made. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement insurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but it doesn't cover ev

mayer and our chief on this auspicious occasion. all the kind and generous words have been said. if you look on this wall, joanne, you can see the threshold to get on this wall is rather high. with some exceptions, we have got police chiefs, fire chiefs, mayors. i have been discriminated against because i am gay, jewish, but never for being estate center. i asked, how and why going to get on the wall? -- when am i going to get on the wall? he said soon. it is my pleasure to join in with the celebration and take a moment to recognize your unique accomplishments. chief hayes-white is the only chief to have served in all 42 different stations. i think that says something for your hands-on leadership style, that you have not only earned your stripes, made your way up the ladder in the department, but also have brought to us a motherly touch that is uncommon. congratulations to you on this wonderful distinction. i would also like to thank john and john crow for supporting this tradition, which i aspired to at some point. >> thank you. [a

i served eight years on the board of supervisors and five years for mayer brown. i ran the complaint department. my approach to running for mayor is a look at the big picture by making the things that we rely upon every day better, serving the interests of the people that live here and work here. school is important as well. i am a public school parent. for the future of san francisco, we have to have great schools for the children of today and the workers of tomorrow. i was proud to work on a by attacks credit, creating synergy. thank you. [applause] >> mr. hall? >> good evening, folks. i assume you are here to see the different candidates. by m. tony hall. i am not a member of a political party. i am running to be a working mayor offering serious solutions. fraught with programs that will cost the taxpayer down the road , we all need a serious solution to pension reform to bring all of these pension benefits. i am talking about keeping expenditures in line with revenues, cutting special- interest deals. we are talking about a san francisco income-tax. city hall

mayer, please. >> good morning, everybody. i want to thank all of the supervisors, my posse for being here. thank you for the introduction. hall also want to give special thanks to tony and kiko for your leadership. p j from the commission is also here. we are a very special city, of course. as you know, charlotte and i have been working together for the last eight months, celebrating this wonderful diversity in the city as we will and in so many international visitors that come in. every opportunity we have, we market, but we also say, if you what a great experience, go to the asian. see what we have. it is one of the few cities to have its own asian art museum. that is a wonderful reflection of our city's commitment to not only the history of the population and growth and ties to the far east, but also honors the diverse art we have in the city. so many museums are looking at how they can contribute to not only the residents here, but what i think the nation is on course to do, something that i know charlotte and i talk a lo

and low taxes. >> jane mayer, staff writer for "the new yorker." jane, congratulations on getting him to talk to you. and thanks for joining us tonight. i really appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >> we'll post a link to jane's article on art pope on our website. i'll encourage you to read it, specifically to seek out one detail you will not hear anywhere else, which is that art pope left the libertarian party and ended up with the republican party because of something having to do with sasquatch, as in the yeti. seriously. you have to check it out. all right. michael lewis is here for the interview tonight. you know him from "moneyball" and "the blind side" and "liar's poker" and "the big short." his new book is called "boomerang." that's coming up. >>> and how republicans have turned the "n" word surfacing from rick perry's presidential campaign into bad news not for rick perry but into bad news for the one african-american candidate in the race. that is ahead. [ male announcer ] drinking a smoothie with no vegetable nutrition? ♪ [ gong ] st

[applause] >> this is for mayer leave. you regularly rely on a private you regularly rely on a private automobile to get around.

and the surgery that sidelines john mayer. get the scoop in "the skinny." it's all coming up. on a concert stage. >> you are not going to want to miss that. and the surgery that sidelines john mayer. get the scoop in "the skinny." it's all coming up. i will join you. ♪ skinny ♪ so skinny ♪ skinny ♪ so skinny >> this is the reason we come to work on a monday morning. it is time for "the skinny." i am going to kick it off with a very bizarre video from ashton kutcher. he took off his wedding ring or maybe that wasn't deliberate. without his wedding ring he made his own video talking about the truth, obviously all the rumors about demise of his marriage, perhaps, has he been cheating, saw the woman come forward, say she was with him in a hotel room. take a listen to what he had to say. >> there is no gatekeeper of the truth. we are our own editors, and we are our own publishers and our own printers. we really have to take it upon ourselves to instill a level of honesty in the works, in the media that we create and share with one another. >> what? >> i have no idea. that is ashton

but bemoaned that mayer was out of control and, in his words, blowing it big-time.he book reportedly does not say why jobs felt that way. jobs also meditated on his legacy, saying, i've done a lot of things i'm not proud of. but i don't have any skeletons in my closet that can't be allowed out. and the book also reveals that jobs dec that might have helped him in his battle against pancreatic cancer because he thought the operation would be too invasive. nine months later when he was dying, he did have the operation. but it was too late. and he told isaacson that he always had a sense that he would not live a long life. so, he was always in a hurry to accomplish as much as he could as fast as he could. and he did. >> ron claiborne, thanks again. we're going to have much more on monday on "gma," when george stephanopoulos sits down with the author of that new book, walter isaacson. for his first live interview. >> i just downloaded that book to my kindle yesterday. looking forward to it. >>> turn to another story. after so much family turmoil, sadness and grief, a da

mayer, please. >> good morning, everybody. i want to thank all of the supervisors, my posse

. >> jobs also complained about rock star john mayer, playing the guitar virtuoso but bemoaning mayer was out of control and, in his word, blowing it big-time. the book reportedly does not say why jobs felt that way. jobs meds indicate -- meds tated on his legacy, saying i don't have any skeletons in my encloses september it can't be allowed out. >> you can learn more about jobs on monday out good good morning america. >> a law firm but up a "got drunk" sign. the firm said it was minute to advertise it could help people that got into trouble drinking and driving. the sign has one removed. >> you can see employees running out of the way after a river of one flooded a store. the weight of 7,000 bottles of wine became too much for 78 feet of shelving. it took 15 employees and a professional cleaning crew of ten to clean its up. the store's insurance covered everything, including sturdiest shelves. >> when you're insurance company agrees to pay for damage for your home you might think your troubles are over but it can often be tricky to collect the money. michael finney explains why. >> p

john mayer has undergone throat surgery for inflammation.is performances on hold. and he says he looked for an alternative to surgery. there was no way. he canceled a number of concerts including appearance, tony bennett. his album pushed back to next year. we wish him a speedy recovery. >> out of commission for a little while. all of the women of the world, get a slight break. lorettacountry singer, 76 years old in the hospital with pneumonia. needed to cancel performances. needed down time. had to cancel in kentucky, north carolina while she recoups. she is in our thoughts. 76, looking good and strong. hoping she will be better soon. >> congratulations to will farrell, honored at kennedy center with the mark twain prize for american humor. he joins the likes of funny folks like, tina fey, bill cosby, whoopi goldberg. our congratulations to him. >> catch the ceremony october 31st on pbs. check it out. we'll be right back too. ♪ oh what a night you know i didn't even her name ♪ >> got rhythm at the desk tonight. >> little bit. finally this h

i do not know if mayer brown is here, but it is important to it knowledge him. after all, he started the project many years ago. you will be hearing more about that in a moment. it will include thousands of new residential units, parks, open space, shops, retail, restaurant, and so forth. you will be hearing a lot about that from the mayor and jane. in addition, the men and women working on our construction site. you can see some of them here today. they are very dedicated and have been working hard on the project. i want to thank them for their hard work today. i am thrilled to report the project is on budget and on schedule. with respect to the demolition, over 55,000 hours of work completed without any accident or injury. so thank you for such a great job. in addition, we recycled over 92,000 cubic yards of concrete. that is enough to fill 28 olympic-sized swimming pools. in addition to that, we recycled 200,000 tons of steel. so we are really doing our job. when we reopening, we will be lede gold certified. without further ado, i want to introduce district 6

mayer brown, thank you very much. i know you are out there somewhere., thank you for being here as well. i am is so happy, because we have a lot of things to celebrate. and i want to first and foremost thank one of the people that i have had a chance to work with, and i think she is a proud member of the filipino-american community here in san francisco, and that has been my chief adviser on families, children, education, and of course she is the president of our school board. hydra mendoza, thank you. thank you for being here. [applause] you know, as we celebrate filipino history month, we recognize the filipino history that is inextricably a part of our city's history. and during the historic struggle that we kept seniors -- remember those years where we stood on an alliance to protect our senior residence of the international hotel. we still had that legacy here, as we still a contract with residents of that hotel south of market. even today, i am proud, having stood on that that line and still fighting for justice and social causes to help with our

whether lady gaga, norah jones or john mayer, they're on an equal level.ry nervous and has a lot of trepidation. in two minutes he's making them relaxed because they feel equal. and he treats the artist -- he has such a respect for the artist. >> the one thing that always strikes me about you, tony, is you have effortless style and you're very chivalrous and polite, courteous, all those kind of old fashioned values. do you think they've slightly gone out of fashion, do you look at young people today and think i wish they were more respectful and polite. >> it's humorous to me that the empire room on top of rockefeller center, years ago the empire room was glorious when it first opened. and it was so civilized that fred astaire and his sister adele opened the empire room. and in those days -- and this is before my time -- you could not get in that room from monday to sunday without a tuxedo. >> right. >> you could not get in the room. now to see these great halls and people seeing symphonies and operas and they have blue jeans and all that with their knees

mayer for being such a great mayor of san francisco and your commitment to veterans. we're proud of the work that is done in the community here, and it serves as a good example nationally. bobbi is a wonderful person. her persistence in this i know has been paying off for our veterans and will continue to do so. i am pleased to be here with mark leno, another member of the official family in san francisco as well. thank you for your leadership. i join my friends in welcoming you, mr. secretary, dr., thank you for coming, honoring us, dr. jesse, for honoring us with your presence. and sheila cullen is relentless when it comes to veterans, and thank you so much for your leadership. she knows how many issues we have been involved in an overtime, and she has been a tremendous leader. i want to would knowledge two more people. one is a veteran of the 21st century, serving in the early part of this century. and another one from the 1970's, a veteran from the 1970's. as we acknowledge them, let's have all the veterans who are here on the audience stand so they can be acknowl

the mayer and the police chief were unavailable for comment. in oakland, reggie kumar, kron 4 news. >>> now more news from around the bay, oakland's historic grand lake theater was robbed last sunday but they left empty handed. they brought tools with them to crack open the safe. they damaged the safe but weren't able to break through. the manager joked maybe they were just stocking up for halloween. >>> a girl softball's coach plead no contest to charges she had a sexual relationship with a minor. she faces up to eight years in prison for molesting a girl on the softball teams she coached. she moved in with the girl's family and that's when the relationship began. she is now awaiting sentencing. >> we have rescue video from a firefighter's helmet cam. the blaze hammond this morning. you can see the view. firefighters were able to pull a woman and her care taker to safety. both of them survived. the damage to the home is estimated at $100,000. >>> still to come, the martin luther king memorial in bosch d.c. will be dedicated this weekend. we ar

ya no me vas a decir nunca quÉ es un mayer!nemos la gran visita de shaila durkal, hermosa, preciosa. estÁ en nuestro estudio. nos presenta su nuevo disco de balada ranchera. cuando regresemos! >> miren nada mÁs quÉ bella ciudad, los Ángeles, siento que es mi segunda casa. >> tenemos buenas noticias desde california. vamos con la chiqui del oeste! me cuentan que recibieron buenas nuevas! ¡muy buenos dÍas! chiqui. >> ¡muy buenos dÍas! a ustedes y a todo el auditorio de despierta amÉrica. desde los Ángeles tenemos muy buenas noticias. fÍjense que en junio muchos campesinos estaban muy tristes porque les vetaron una ley que les podÍa dar la oportunidad de sindicalizarse. pero este fin de semana el gobernador jerry brown realizÓ una medida que permite que se pueda intervenir cuando se sospeche que los empleadores quieran intervenir o boicotear a los sindicatos. es un avance significativo para que no haya polÍtica y los jornaleros puedan trabajar mÁs a gusto y no se cometan ilegalidades en su contra. quÉ les parece e, compaÑeros? >>