bob mckenzie will trace the restoration of the historic street cars. >> we have something here and they are fun. the public loves them. [ female announcer why settle for plain bread when you can have pillsbury grands! flaky layers biscuits? the warm, light delicate layers are like nothing else. add a layer of excitement to your next meal. ♪ and these are the ones you'll love on a friday. pillsbury crescent pizza pockets. with just a few ingredients, you have an easy to make dinner. they're crescents for the other 364. try them tonight. . >>> you know, every year millions of tourists ride san francisco's cable cars. but not likely many of them would want to live in one of them. yet that's what some people did in the early 1900s and a few still doing it today. ktvu's craig heaps first brought us this report in 2001. >> they are a part of san francisco's liquor, little cable cars that climb halfway to the stars. but their legend lies beyond the rails. a time when cable cars not only brought people home they were home. in the early 1900s scores of people lived in converted trolleys and stre

. >> reporter: many of those players would be on the giant's squad three years later when john mckenziend kathy ories gave up us this behind-the- scene look at the team on the road in 1986. >> re 1986. >> . ♪ chicago, chicago, that is my kind of town ♪ chicago, chicago, i will show you around ♪ i love it ♪ >> 14 days on the road sometimes getsing to be a long time, especially for the little kids who don't understand where dad has been and it's tough on the moms too. it kind of solidifies you and makes it more like home on the road. >> you come out to the ballgame and it put things into perspective and you know it's not the end of the world if you lose one bellingham and one game is not the end of the world. >> let's go! >> we're thankful that we can trust you to speak to us through your service. bless our time together, father and help us to hear you. >> what is on your mind before a game? >> winning. >> 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and no rests. ♪ hey, baby, what is your hurry ♪ relax and don't you worry ♪ we're going to fall in love ♪ [ music ]♪ . >> aa basehit! lee smith and maldonaldo, the out

ian mckenzie reports. >> we are free! >> freedom for the scott sisters after 16 years behind bars. their unusual deal to secure early release was accepteded by mississippi's governor. >> she brought through the kitchen do you remember and said jamie, you are free. all the inmates were beating on the door and said you did it. you're free! >> both women received life sentence for their part in a 1994 armed robbery. while in jail, jamie developeded a kidney condition. her dialysis was costing the prison service $200,000 a year. she offered her sister a kidney. whether i was released because i had to give her a kidney, i was going to give it to her anyway if i had to give it to her in prison. didn't nobody have to release me. when her kidney first failed, i would have give it to her without a shadow of a doubt. i love my sister. >> campaigners argue that the scott sisters' original sisters were too harsh. their release is proving equally controversial, with some transplant groups questioning whether the deal is legal. the question is what will happen to gladys if she doesn't donate her

from washington, ian mckenzie reports. >> it started with the black birds. 3000 of them rain down on the small town in arkansas. no one is quite sure what caused it. >> what makes that happen for them just to drop out of the sky like that? >> these birds all have the hemorrhages right here. >> scientists are hoping bird autopsies will provide some answers. the animal apocalypse also claimed the lives of 100,000 fish on the arkansas river. pestilence or some sort of disease is being blamed. test results will take up to a month. meanwhile, further down america's bible belt in louisiana, another play from the sky. this time, find hundred birds, some with a broken back and wings. -- 500 birds, some with a broken back and wings. >> they look ok and then die in a short time. >> mass animal deaths are not unusual and it is likely science will explain this one. in the meantime, there are some imaginative theories. where else but the internet? they blame government experiments in the end of the world, among the favorite. when commentator suggest the most likely explanation is that the blackbo

mckenzie barker and taylor wynn set up a fake facebook account and posted phony naked pictures of theirl.'re now being they're now being charged with aggravated stalking of a minor which is a felony. the page has now been taken down. >>> former hall of fame linebacker lawrence taylor will soon be listed as a registered sex offender. taylor pleaded guilty yesterday to patronizing a prostitute who turned out to be underage. in addition to being a sex offender, he will have to serve six years probation but no jail time. >>> more easy access this morning to the kennedy white house. the nation's first online presidential archive was unveiled yesterday. it features digitized documents, photographs and recordings from president kennedy's days in office. users can even see how kennedy tinkered with his famous ask not what your country can do for you speech. >>> michael douglas says he is feeling good after waging a successful battle with throat cancer. he received a lifetime achievement award last night at a film festival in palm springs, california. douglas also said his cancer has given him

. >> you might have noticed nicky mckenzie here.icky this day marks a return to freedom after a frustrating ordeal at the department of motor vehicles. an ordeal that began two years ago with a speeding ticket. >> i deserved it. >> nicky was driving alone from california to idaho for a family gathering and stopped in the middle of the night just outside of reno. the officer said she was going 97 miles per hour. >> it's a lot. way... too fast. >> nicky paid a fine and ticket was cleared or so she thought. she found out differently. >> i lost my purse. so i went over to the dmv at 7:30 to get a duplicate kit license. >> her license went missing she found out she was still wanted in nevada for that speeding ticket or at least that is what the computer said. and she told the clerk there was a mistake. >> took it over. and didn't do good. >> the dmv said it would take 30 days to investigate until then, nicky couldn't drive and couldn't do plenty of other thing that's require a license. like cashing a check or going to her doctor. >> i'm

some of them were puppies so you have a strange moment where the mckenzie soldiers were riding with puppies, just one of those weird moments in the west. anyway i don't know that much but the dogs were ubiquitous in the comanche camps. there are we stalks and in fact a dog is what their belongings when they moved. so, anyway. are we done? >> do you want to squeeze one more and? >> one more. >> i found my favorite -- in the book, where the maps? maps were all over the book. >> other people have noted that, duly noted. i think it could've used more maps. second edition. granted. i would like to thank you off for being here. [applause]

>> you might have noticed nickty mckenzie here is pretty excited. >> i'm free! i can drive! yahoo!y marks a return to freedom after a frustrating ordeal at the department of motor vehicles. an ordeal that began two years ago with a speeding ticket in novato. >> i deserved it. i said thank you for stopping me. >> nickty was driving alone for a family gathering when she was stopped in the middle of the night just outside of reno. the officer said she was going 97 mph. >> it's a lot. way too fast. >> nikki paid the fine and the ticket was cleared, or so she thought. recently she found out differently. >> i lost my purse. so i went over to the dmv at 7:30 to get a duplicate driver's license. >> after her license went missing and nikki applied for a new one, she found out she was still wanted in nevada for that speeding ticket or at least that's what the computer said. nikki told the clerk there was a mistake and she produced these documents proving that citation was cleared. >> took it over. didn't do any good. >> the dmv said it would take at least 30 days to investigate all of this.

spent time after graduate school, after getting my doctorate in oxford and the private sector at mckenzie & company, did consulting and was privileged to go under the white house to the national security council and to the state department under president clinton. >> rose: and then was a principal advisor to the campaign of president obama. >> yes. >> rose: but enough perfect record. >> oh, come on. >> rose: you do! we're not even talking about your athletic skills that are there as well-- tennis and basketball. >> let's not overstate the basketball. >> rose: (laughs) >> that's been hyped way out of proportion as many people can sadly attest. >> rose: but athletic, well read, a rhodes scholar. >> a mom. >> rose: and a mom, too. >> that's the part i'm most proud of. >> rose: and great parents who... >> i've been very blessed. and i love what i do and i can't complain at all, everyday i need knock on wood and hope that my health and good fortune and that of my family holds up. >> rose: sow what do you love about being the ambassador to the united nations and a member of the president's cabi

but there was one story that neither broke that was inside this series and that was by gene mckenzie who is our kabul correspondent. gene and i were having lunch in kabul, a big n.g.o. hangout. this kind of swartsdzy guy walks past, gives her a hug and says that guy has a contract where they pay the taliban protection money. so i drop my fork and say, excuse me? yeah. she says everyone knows that. and i said, jean, no, they don't. check, please. we literally started reporting the story. and jean began to dig in on this story and she didn't break it perfectly. this was not sort of a spotlight boston globe six month investigation. but she got the first story out that said u. aid gives hundreds of millions of dollars a years. when it gets to the subcontractor level, that's where their afghan contractors and those subcontractors are absolutely paying off the taliban for protection. it's a protection racket with a straight 20% off the contract. we begin to do the math on that. we begin to see we're talking about potentially hundreds of millions of dollars. certainly scores of millions of

this does not at all mean -- mckenzie is validating that. thank you. this does not mean tampering with the allocation of resources, but creating a market in which business can thrive. this is the third meeting brookings convened bringing under the banner growth through innovation. the first of these two sessions were smaller brainstorming sessions of scholars, and today you'll hear brookings scholars talk about scom of the work these discussions imspired. in fact, i'm happy to announce today that two policy briefs produced are being released today. one by darrell west, one by martin daly. both touch on topics central to restoring u.s. competitiveness, technology, and skill transfer. it recommends from a family's first to a text skills first immigration visa policy and others increase manufacturing in the u.s. and there's a few people who know about that subject. these are important papers, and i hope we'll hear about them today. in addition to the brookings scholars just introduced, i'd like to thank the corporate leaders here who braved the weather an

as always, i'm pleased to be joined by senator mckenzie, and before i turn to an opening statement, i have one administrative matter. i request the record to stay open for statements to be submitted. >> thankyou, mr. chairman. i appreciate the secretary being here today. i was ve pleased at the state of the union that the president meiod that there are flaws in the health care bill that need fixing. he specifically mentioned tort reform. of course a year and a half ago at the american medical association conventio he promised that the health care bill would have tort reform and a permanent doc fix. neither one of those thgs wound up in there. today's hearing is designed as another marketing tool for the health care plan. i don't think we can fault the millions that have been spent on the marketing. it's been voluminous, but it's the policy that's flawed, not the marketing plan. it's easy to pick a few paragraphs out of a 2700 page law to find a few provisions that are popular. apparently the purpose of the hearing today is to identify those few issues in the law law that enjoy support

. >> reporter: arrested are 16-year-old taylor wynn and 15-year-old mckenzie barker.cused of aggravated stalking of a minor, a third-degree felony. one of the girls said she picked on the victim because nobody liked her and because she thought it would be a funny joke. police say for the victim the teasing at school was very difficult. >> this did cause extreme emotional distress for her. we have been staying in touch with her and her father throughout this process to take sure she was weathering the storm, if you will, the best she can. >> reporter: debbie johnson knows all too well the pain of cyber bullying. her son jeffrey hanged himself six years ago after he was bullied in school. >> eventually, you know, you just get better at going on. but it doesn't get easier. the pain doesn't go away. >> reporter: a florida anti-bullying law bears jeffr jeffrey's name. around the country, authorities say criminal prosecutions for cyber bullying are on the rise. in a recent case in connecticut two college students were arrested for allegedly impersonating a high school frien

as always, i'm pleased to be joined by senator mckenzie, and before i turn to an opening statement, ihave one administrative matter. i request the record to stay open for statements to be submitted. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate the secretary being here today. i was very pleased at the state of the union that the president mentioned that there are flaws in the health care bill that need fixing. he specifically mentioned tort reform. of course a year and a half ago at the american medical association convention, he promised that the health care bill would have tort reform and a permanent doc fix. neither one of those things wound up in there. today's hearing is designed as another marketing tool for the health care plan. i don't think we can fault the millions that have been spent on the marketing. it's been voluminous, but it's the policy that's flawed, not the marketing plan. it's easy to pick a few paragraphs out of a 2700 page law to find a few provisions that are popular. apparently the purpose of the hearing today is to identify those few issues in the law law that enj

second panel is composed of three government witnes as always, i'm pleased to be joined by senator mckenzie, and before i turn to an opening statement, i have one administrative matter. i request the record to stay open for statements to be submitted. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate the secretary being here today. i was very pleased at the state of the union that the president mentioned that there are flaws in the health care bill that need fixing. he specifically mentioned tort reform. of course a year and a half ago at the american medical association convention, he promised that the health care bill would have tort reform and a permanent doc fix. neither one of those things wod up in there. today's hearing is designed as another marketing tool for the health care plan. i don't think we can fault the millions that have been spent on the marketing. it's been voluminous, but it's the policy that's flawed, not the marketing plan. it's easy to pick a few paragraphs out of a 2700 page law to find a fewrovisions that are popular. apparently the purpose of the hearing today is to identi