from regulating mercury. mercury is an extremely dangerous neuro toxin. it damages children's developing brains, reducing their i.q. and their ability to learn. at low levels of exposure it causes insomnia, neuro muscular changes, headaches, disturbances in sensations, changes in nerve responses and impairs cognitive functions. hundreds of thousands of people have that. but at higher exposures it affects kidneys, causes respiratory failure and death. one gram of mercury, a tiny drop, can be enough to contaminate 200 million gallons of water, which is the size of a 20-acre, 30-foot-deep lake. all but one state, alaska, have issued health advisories warning their residents against eating fish caught in their waters because of mercury contamination. it goes up in the air, it rains, it goes into the water, it poisons the fish and ultimately it poisons human beings. two states, oklahoma and maine, have issued statewide freshwater advisories. think of this. despite this acknowledged danger, each year power plants release 96,000 pounds of mercury into the air. e

and the issue is not about mercury. the utilities do a great job of cleaning up mercury, and e.p.a. itself said its utility mact would only benefit the benefit of the utility mact would be only .004%, attributable to mercury because 99% of mercury in our -- in america comes from nature and from outside other countries that the trade winds bring in to our country. so utilities don't object to the mercury part of this, but they're now adding hydrogen floride and hydrogen chloride of which there is no technology available to achieve the standard that e.p.a. is setting. so because of the costs, because of the unique vulnerability of our economy today, 12 of these regulations we don't delay at all. we just say, let's stave the cumulative impact, which the president asked in his executive order that he issued recently. he said, we need to look at the cumulative impact. that's what we're trying to do so for that reason this amendment would basically say you don't look at the cumulative amendment. you just take the existing studies that have been made. and i would also say that e.p.a. didn'

>> mercury is a neurotoxin. affect developing brain cells and can affect those cells whether the child has been born or is still in the womb. lowered iq points surge generally the way impact are measured. epa's science advisory board. the data to show those impacts are real. >> thank you. it is our duty to protect our children against these dangers and the only way to argue otherwise is to ignore decades of science on mercury emissions. denying basic scientific facts seems to be a requirement for the other side of the aisle serving on the committee. i don't have to remind you march of this year every single republican member of this committee voted to deny the existence of global warming. is there any legitimate scientific debate about global warming? >> climate change, global warming has been reviewed by numerous scientific panels and the results remain the same which is the climate is changing and human activity particularly emissions of global warming gases are a primary cause. >> according to studies conduct

everyone of those years of delays more mercury. mercury accumulates in the environment. once it's there, it's deposited in stays the way the exposed mercury in the wake of faith that comes out of the air and deposit the entire lakes and streams. >> i wanted to also ask you about the cross air pollution rule. why did the epa find it necessary to act to ameliorate cross air pollution? would be the impact of the republican efforts to repeal this rule? >> as i mentioned, first we were compelled to do so by the courts. the courts overturned the clean air interstate rule, which was promulgated in the last administration and in the bush administration. it remanding, give it back to epa is that i let this will stand because i don't want to lose the health benefits of this rule such that they are in the market because it's a market-based program. and while epa fixes a coming across a pollution rule is replacement for that rule. the reason that's important is because of the 13 to 34,000 premature deaths avoided in 400,000 avoided as my text. those are two of the significant and se

opened in 8 50's to supply gold mainer with mercury.prt gold from earth. >> used for many different purposes from they are mm. ter the switches to the nuclear industry. >>reporter: when the mine close entered 1971 it left behind at least 30 miles of underground opportunity it that now leak water loaded with mark ri. that wasn't a site if new a syrup fund size. >>reporter: epa first started look in the early is in and called for super fun status last year. >> epa has super sites around the country meaning this is totion toxic of toxic site and committed to make sure it is cleaned up no matter what the cost. >>reporter: the cost is expected to be in the range of 10 million dollars and take decade to complete. clean up work is expected to begin this fall. >> initially what we are going to try to did is eliminate or at least minimize the daniel caused by some of the acid mine drainage you see behind me. brit orange water creeping around everywhere. >>reporter: the plan is to carve 2 channel to divert rain run off from mixing with the toxic

the mine opened in the 1950s to -- 1850s to supply gold miners with mercury. >> it was used for many different purposes from thermometers to switch autos when closing in 1971 it left behind 30 miles of underground tunnel that's now leak water loaded with mercury. >> this is a site wasn't regulated well in any way, shape or form. it's now a super fund site. >> the epa started looking into the levels in 1990s and called for status last year. >> there are sites around the country that means it's the most toxic of the toxic si.s we're committed to making sure it's cleaned up. >> the cost is expected to take decades to complete. work expected to begin in the fall. >> wheer going to try to do is to minimize some of the damage of the mines, orange water that is creeping around everywhere. >> this plan is to carve two channels to divert rain runnoff. then, work beginning on a pipeline that will funnel the mine's water into a pond. >> and we'll settle out before it discharges into the creek. >> water from the creek feeds into the san joaquin river and this is prolonged exposure can damage the

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caller: i have a question concerning the mercury. she says that mercury is so dangerous for us and yet we are told to take light bulbs into our homes and have murdering in them and if they prepare so much danger because there's mercury in the light bbulbs. we're not even allowed to make a light bulbs in this country because they are so dangerous. they make them in china. if it is so dangerous, why do they want to bring it into our country and into our homes? guest: the debate about compact fluorescent light bulbs is an explosive issue and that we have seen in this regulatory context. i'm not a scientist. i do know that it says on the package that you should not put them in the trash. households with pregnant women are supposed to carefully dispose of them. grandstanding generally is that the amount of mercury in one light ball is -- bulb is so tiny compared to the mountain mercury and that comes out annually from the smokestacks in major coal-fired power plants. it's a magnitude of difference of scale. that's my broader understanding

caller: i have a question concerning the mercury. she says that mercury is so dangerous for us and yet we are told to take light bulbs into our homes and have murdering in them and if they prepare so much danger because there's mercury in the light bbulbs. we're not even allowed to make a light bulbs in this country because they are so dangerous. they make them in china. if it is so dangerous, why do they want to bring it into our country and into our homes? guest: the debate about compact fluorescent light bulbs is an explosive issue and that we have seen in this regulatory context. i'm not a scientist. i do know that it says on the package that you should not put them in the trash. households with pregnant women are supposed to carefully dispose of them. grandstanding generally is that the amount of mercury in one light ball is -- bulb is so tiny compared to the mountain mercury and that comes out annually from the smokestacks in major coal-fired power plants. it's a magnitude of difference of scale. that's my broader understanding

freddie mercury, would have just turned 65 if he were alife today.n some ways mercury lives on through his music and more recently through a google doodle. in his honor nbc bay area journalist mark anderson talks to the local woman behind the birthday tribute to the rock icon. >> hi, my name is jennifer, and a i'm a google doodler. i work in california at google's headquarters. our job is basically to have as much fun as possible. we take our logo and change it to celebrate things important to google culture. right now i'm working on a doodle to celebrate freddie mercury's 65th birthday. i guess i'm just a queen fan in general, and freddie mercury is one of the greatest rock heros of all times. it's funny pitching it to the rest of my team. it says weird when i say it and no one understands the context. so considering how colorful freddie's career was, we wanted to create a doodle just as colorful as his personality and his lyrics and voice the music created. we decided to go with the song "don't stop me now." it's one of their top ten hits of all ti

estimate that the mercury -- estimates that the mercury in air toxics alone could eliminate 36,000 construction jobs and long-term jobs that could benefit pipe fitters, boilermakers and others. the economic value of air quality improvement totals $59 billion to $140 billion annually. that 25,300 lives lost to toxic air pollution. over 11,000 heart attacks. more than 12,000 asthma attacks, and a significant portion of them being children. over 12,200 additional visits to the emergency rooms of our country. and hundreds of thousands of missed work days. overall, the e.p.a. predicts that the monetary value of protecting americans' health through implementing the clean air act is projected to reach $2 trillion in 2020 alone. yet, this bill ignores those benefits. madam speaker, all of us know that times are tough, but this great nation has been through tough economic times before. environmental regulations are not the problem. the economy was really tough and we are reminded of it often by my colleagues uer president carter. yet, the e.p.a. at that time managed to set new national air pollution sta

whimpered a lot about mercury today. the department of energy says when it goes back and looks at mercury that even in 1995, coal- fired power plants in the united states contributed less than 1% of the world's artery in the air. since that time, we have actually dropped. i guess my question is, because we hear this all the time in this committee that we must be against clean air, because we do not support all the epa posses proposals we must be for dirty air. chairman waxman said this would dirty air week. i have to ask, even though i know the answer in advance, you would not submit that being opposed to some of your regulations mean you are get free -- you are against clean air would you? >> it would depend on the regulation, sir. >> you would not say the president is against free air because he opposed a proposal would you? >> no. >> or clean water. >> no. >> when people make blanket statements that because they oppose an epa regulation, that does not mean that we are necessarily in favor of dirty air does it? >> it d

now, according to the mercury news, the charges involve a 15- year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy and came after reports of alcohol and minors at the officer's gilroy home. he was arrested yesterday afternoon, but this is not the first time he's been in trouble. >> patrick d'arrigo was a patrol officer from 1994, he was terminated at one point for a botched dui investigation that was in the media. he was reinstated after his decision, his termination decision was overturned by an arbitrator. that was in december of 2010. in january that officer hit the streets again and today he was taken into custody at 3:30. reporter: the mercury news reporting he was also a school resource officer at leland high school from '96 to 2007. again, released early this morning from jail, no word where he is at this hour. san jose police still dealing with the impact this has on their department as this officer now finds himself on the other side of the law. live in san jose, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time now 6:03. a bay area youth pastor due in court today to face sex charges. 38-year-old

i think if that's what the "mercury news" is reporting, there's something to that. i also think the fact that he's become so visible. you hear him espouse the giants' way. and in public he's been the face of the giants and the face of their championship. i would imagine some of the members of the ownership group or the executive committee who own bigger stakes in the club, they're thinking, hey, this was a collective thing, this wasn't just a bill neukom thing so we deserve some love too. usually when you're dealing with this type of money and this high up the food chain, ego is definitely part of it. >> a surprising story if indeed it is true. thank you for your time. the giants yet to confirm it but they say they will issue a statement in a couple of hours. >>> it's a story we broke two weeks ago. today solyndra, which filed for bankruptcy while laying off 1100 workers, the subject of a hearing on capitol hill. scott budman tracked the hearings and joins us now with the very latest. >> jessica, it's the latest damaging news about what went on inside solyndra along

when we tried to stop mercury pollution from these power plants -- are kiri is a top pollutants -- mercurys a top lieutenant -- pollutant. there is a huge price that we pay. you would think that for republicans, the only price we pay for regulations is the price we pay to enforce them. but it is many more multiples of the cost of getting the job done. they want to repeal the regulations. they would like to repeal the clean air act and the protection of our environment. if the government does not insist that industries do what is necessary to protect the public from pollution from the sources that they control, no one is going to do it voluntarily. >> do you see no room for compromise? >> i am open for compromise. this is the most anti- environment house in the history of the congress of the united states. there have been 250 votes so far trying to block the environmental regulations. the republicans take the view that there is no climate change. every other day we hear about a whether it event that is causing enormous damage to our country and all around the world. they put their heads in

"mercury news" review of court records shows castillo has a long rap sheet including carjacking, auto theft and burglary >>> vigil is planned friday for 60-year-old cindy nguyen who was carjacked at the plant shopping center then later found dead. nguyen was active in the valley's vietnamese community. she worked in real estate and hosted a radio show, morning star, on kaza radio. >> anything that, you know, you need, you pretty much can go to her for that. and so, you know, the community's missing her greatly. >> nguyen was killed shortly after what turned out to be her last broadcast. >>> today crews in san bruno will begin filling a crater caused by in deadly gas pipeline explosion. the pg&e natural gas pipeline blew up in the city's crestmoor canyon neighborhood just a little more than a year ago. eight people were killed, 38 homes destroyed. the ceremony is planned on glenview drive at 11 a.m. >>> it's a big day. "don't ask, don't tell" no longer the law of the land. the policy ended last night at 9 p.m. pacific time. kristy seifkin is in san francisco where celebrations are plan

it never contains mercury. cannot have a live vaccine with mercury because it would kill the vaccine. other vaccines did have mercury in them in small amounts in . other committees of specifically at the issue of mercury. the earlier committee found a lack of connection between mercury and vaccines and autism. that is a complicated answer to your question. it is a complicated, complicated issue. that is what our data was. we need to rethink how we're approaching the issue of what causes autism. the evidence is not there. host: next call is from tampa, florida. caller: i have a question. whenever a person has a reaction from the vaccine or a joint medication whereby they have joint pains, is that caused by the body making antibodies against the joint tissue? what is the exact mechanism going on? guest: that is a wonderful question. we address that in some wine at various parts in the report -- we address that. it can be also in chapter 3, exhaustive discussion of the various mechanisms by which vaccines or anyth

the mercury news says newcomb will be replace bid larry bear who is the president and chief operating officer. >> one person ended up in the hospital after getting burned while another suffered smoke inhalation. a fire broke out in san jose. the flames gutted two units today and spread to the attic area above four others in this building on bear valley lane that. is near the creek county park. the fire caused part of the building's roof to collapse. >> we called to vacate within 10 minutes and firefighters had to vacate there because that roof was collapsing. >> roof catching on fire. and this start r started to get wider and bigger. smoke getting blacker. >> paramedics took the victim to valley medical center, another person complained of smoke inhalation. investigators are still on the scene trying to figure out what started this fire. >> and police are calling them a crime family. a father and daughter accused of elder abuse and mortgage fraud. tonight he is in police custody, his 26-year-old daughter, carla is on the run. both accused of targeting spanish speaking victims and stea

test revealed that her body contained mercury lead cosmetics. i felt violated charlotte reported. she was upset about the pesticide. i never used them in my house, never on my lawn. i bought organic whenever i could. her body contained several variations of organic chlorines designed to attack nervous systems of insects. i never bought it. isn't that trespassing. i tell this in my story of mary broon. mary never felt called to be an environmentalist she was nursing her 6 month daughter olivia and a story had been done by texas tech where they looked at breast milk samples, all were contaminated with rocket fuel. i was stunned, i thought breast milk was as pure as it came for food source. i was up all night thinking about it. i tell the story about michelle from california whose family was the first family to be monitored in the oakland tribune. it stunned even scientists. the tests found many of the same chemicals they found in charlotte's 5-year-old mic ala, she had recently spent a lot of time in nail salons. the biggest surprise of what they found in 2-year-old rowland, chemica

in the front row is a media analyst, who publishes an was a key developer of the mercury center. next to him is an assistant professor of broadcast and electronic media at san francisco state university. next is the managing editor for local news at -- i'm sorry. he is not at yahoo!, right. he is editor-in-chief of patch.com, a division of aol that provides news to specific communities. very local. after him, we have the managing director for local news at yahoo.com, guiding the company's local coverage nationwide. last but not least is the senator who represents san francisco and san mateo counties, and he is the recipient of spj's freedom of information award in 2010. that is our panel. back to you, rose. >> before we start, i want to get a sense of who we have in the audience. how many of you currently work in the media? lots. how many of you used to work in the media? how many of you want to work in the media? ok, good. that will give us a sense of who we are talking with. great. every friday, we have a media roundtable and invite international, alternative, and mainstream jo

this is the fda's sixth town hall meeting on amalgon and mercury.g to people from across the country before deciding to ban those silver fillings. >>> a driver texting behind the wheels when she struck and killed a 2-year-old faces the judge tonight. >>> and we continue to follow this protest at uc berkeley against rising tuition fees. we will have an update on the student occupation of tollman hall in just 90 seconds. >>> life is continued on that way. but our life hasn't. >>> a young driver pleads no contest to the charge of killing a 2-year-old girl in a crosswalk in roner park. good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. there will be no trial for that college student from the north bay who was behind the wheel when that 2-year-old girl was killed. rob roth is in roner park with what the judge may do as a result that is upsetting the victim's parents. rob-- >> reporter: frank, this afternoon we spoke with the father of a toddler who was killed in this crosswalk nine months ago. he told us that he's not happy with what he heard in

. >>> a space probe helping to rewrite what the science books say about mercury.is in orbit around the closest planet to the sun. among its findings mercury's magnetic field is lopsided contains more sulphur than thought and strange hollow across its surface. results in today's issue of journal science. >>> you know there was a problem with the soaring music chinese tv played to a company -- coverage of the company's latest space launch. while viewers watched the space station module blast off a famous patriotic song played along. that song was america the beautiful. it wasn't clear why that song was picked. or if the producers were even aware of its origin. so far there is no comment from china's state tv. >> i'm guessing they weren't aware. lost in translation, subtitles. >> the muss psych is so stirring and soaring, we'll use it. >> it is. the weather may stir you today. >> we have clouds all over the place in the atmosphere from low to mid clouds to upper clouds, system draws near that will keep the cooling trend going today and keep it brisk outside through t

mercury news reports that millbrae down the have the $410,000 it need continue funding a fully staffed police force. city is trying to find a cheaper way to keep the streets safe. millbrae city council has voted in favor of asking the san mateo county sheriff's office for a policing proposal. >>> everybody going the back to school today. so, of course, what do you get? a return to summertime weather. >> it will be warm and looking outside. >> wonder where it was the first three months of the summer. the dry air, symbolized in orange. a slight offshore wind that is going to bring us the warm heat this afternoon. the high pressure that is over us right now, inland valleys relatively clear and fog is forming up in the north bay. visibility is down to half a mile in napa and mile in santa rosa. flight arrival delays into sfo. i don't think they will last very long because the fog should be gone i would say about 10:00, 10:30. here is what happens. all that sunshine puts the mid to upper 90s in the east bay valleys, clearlake, cloverdale and ukiah. in the south bay, upper 80s to low 90s. 81

they determine or at least shape, you know, the level of mercury in the air that we breathe, how many kids are in a classroom in the city of detroit. so they have a huge impact that we don't always appreciate. >> and explain how that matrix of laws work, where did they start and how far down they go. >> well, one thing about the united states is that, you know, we don't have a central system in terms of election laws. we have over 4,000 different election systems. they all have different rules and laws. you know, people who administer them. there is not like one puppet master, some grand conspiracy. all these different systems, and most people are familiar with the most common example which would be gerrymandering where politicians draw districts that favor them. right now congress is about of 14 or 15 percent approval rating, maybe even lower than that. yet 85 percent of members of congress are safe because they have drawn their districts or state legislatures have drawn their districts so that those numbers are safe. as of that is the most blatant, but when we talk about photo id pr

the mercury rule is due in december. as we speak, people are trying to stop them from being finalized. extraordinarily important that we make sure that solution -- pollution is not given an advantage over clean energy, which is why we want it. >> you are here talking about exchanging ideas about green jobs, and on the state, the "washington post" has a story headlined "the green jobs hite." they're talking about how president obama has that made this a showcase of his economic recovery and that the result has been underwhelming. how do you respond to skeptics that say the green jobs technology, the industry, is a hype? >> you will continue to see a strong push back. everyone in the administration knows that. we see those jobs in supply chains across the country. everything from, yesterday, i spent time at recology. they're well over 1000 people working in this area, simply because the city has said we want to divert all of our waste out of landfills. those are green jobs. you have heard about the jobs that are recreated

it is never contained mercury. that is because you can't have a live vaccine with mercury in it because it would kill the vaccine. so, you know, other, you know, other vaccines did have mercury in them in small amounts, and earlier committee, look specifically at the issue of mercury. we were tasked with doing that so we didn't. but that earlier committee also found a lack of connection between mercury in vaccines and autism. that's a complicated answer to your question, but the fact of the matter is, it's a complicated complicated issue. but that's what our data was. and everything that we need to sort of rethink how we are approaching the issue of what causes autism. because the evidence that vaccines do it is really, it just isn't their. >> host: next call. we have about 15 minutes left by the way. at the florida. john, independent. >> caller: i have a question, whenever a person has a reaction from a vaccine or medications whereby they have joint pains, does that necessarily caused by the body making antibodies

the san jose mercury news reports the bears were released and kill off during the early 1900s. a black bear hasn't been sighted in marin since 2003. >> a woman dead after an accident yesterday at the calvin crest conferences. according to00úrÑ the camp's website the 23-year-old died after falling 30 feet through a trapdoor on the rock climbing wall. she was an educational instructor at the camp. students did not witness that fall. >>> in sacramento, bart's police department facing tough questions regarding officers training and pedestrianers. demonstrators have been holding -- weekly protests calling for the disbanding of bart police since officers shot and killed a man in july.#i san francisco assemblyman opened the hearing this morning. the hearing is expected to include testimony from bart's general manager and bart's police chief. >>> tonight, the oakland school board will discuss a plan to close 13 schools at the end of the year. superintendent tony smith's plan include shutting down five elementary schools. eight other schools will be eliminated by merging them with other

executives told the mercury news that the best bang for the buck was with transit america.th the new company coming in to take over, we ask some of the riders, what would you like to tell the people in charge? >> the bathrooms on the trains need to be cleaned regularly, like twice a day. >> anything for the future? >> cars that have alcohol in it. and a quiet car. >> she had some pretty good ideas. the meeting that is going to include the vote for the new management company is going to go on at 10:00 this morning down in san carlo. back to you. >> you seem to bond with that lady there. >> she was a lady after my own heart. >> anne makovec live in san francisco. thank you. berkeley police want to find out who/the tires of more than 50 cards yesterday morning. it was all an area of california and king street. it appears the cars were picked up random. the damage was done with sharp knife or some type of play. investigators say this is the largest tire slashing incident in berkeley that they can remember. >> 6:34. let's kick it over to winds on what should be one great holiday

they determine, or at least they shape, you know, the level of mercury in the air that we breathe, how many kids are in a classroom in the city of detroit, so they have a huge impact that we don't always appreciate. >> host: and explain how that matrix of laws work. where do they start, and how far down do they go? >> guest: right. well, one unique thing about the united states is that, you know, we don't have a central system in terms of election laws. we've got over 4,000 different election system, and, you know, they all have different rules and laws and, you know, people who administer them, so there's not like one puppet master like a grand conspiracy. we got all these different system, and, you know, most people are familiar with the most common example of this which would be gerrymandering; right? where politicians draw districts that favor them. right now, congress is what? about a 14% or 15% approval rating, maybe lower than yet, and yet 85% of members of congress are safe because they've drawn districts or state legislatures have drawn districts so those members are safe, and

our media partner the san jose mercury news is reporting that giants managing general partner and c.e.o. bill newcom has been asked to step aside. according to the merc he made financial decisions that alienated members of the group. he has been part of the team's management since 1995 after serving as the top attorney for microsoft. he will be replaced by larry bear who is currently the giants president and chief operating officers. >>> after more than a month of weekly protests against bart's police, their media strategy is under fire because of e-mails that came to light recently. jonathan blume has that story. >> reporter: asked an ordinary bart rider to step up to a microphone at a news conference about the recent protest. >> kicking in windows of bart trains and acting like hooligans and not really accomplishing everything. >> he wasn't the only rider bart invited to speak. he is is the woman one who showed up. lyndon johnson sent out an e-mail asking h his staff to gather "a large group of customers together who are loyal riders to participate in the news conference." he told the

the mercury news reported that the pipe responsible for wednesday's blast was made of a specific type of color that was the subject of at least two federal saved advisories, a number of lawsuits and accidents across the nation in the past 10 years. pg&e plans to remove 6,000 feet of the pipe and also began a review of 12 human human miles of the same type of pipe across the state. no one was hurt in the blast that happenejust after the people who lived there left for lunch. be sure to tune in for an nbc bay area special report. remembrance and recovery airs at 4:00 p.m. that marks the first anniversary of the explosion. >> an eight-our stape off that started around 7:15 when officers responded to a report that a man was beating a woman in an apartment. the man went inside and armed himself with a hand gun and three children and a woman were still in the house with the man, but released about a half hour later. negotiators have been talking with them and the man throughout the night and at some point, he shot and killed himself. investigators are waiting to release the man's name at th

legislation, i want to thank you for your support as well as eric maurer, supervisor of a los, and mercury me. a lot has been said about this legislation, but the one thing that is clear in the last few weeks since we introduced this is the importance to close this loophole. what we have found speaking to so many people of san francisco is that they understand the importance of health care, that something that is so basic to the lives of all people, and we are proud of the fact that we have led the way on this issue, and closing this loophole is important to make certain that we can have meaningful, universal health care. the matter has been heard before and we're asking that the 30-day rule be waived, and depending on the schedule of the different committees, we ask for them to be given to the government oversight committee. depending on the time line, would be better in terms of expediting this legislation. i don't know if my co-sponsors would add anything. and i want to thank all the members of the board who have added their thoughts and comments on this very important issue. i would li

the san jose mercury news reports the bears were released and kill off during the early 1900s. a black bear hasn't been sighted in marin since 2003. >> a woman dead after an accident yesterday at the calvin crest conferences. according to00úrÑ the camp's website the 23-year-old died after falling 30 feet through a trapdoor on the rock climbing wall. she was an educational instructor at the camp. students did not witness that fall. >>> in sacramento, bart's police department facing tough questions regarding officers training and pedestrianers. demonstrators have been holding -- weekly protests calling for the disbanding of bart police since officers shot and killed a man in july.#i san francisco assemblyman opened the hearing this morning. the hearing is expected to include testimony from bart's general manager and bart's police chief. >>> tonight, the oakland school board will discuss a plan to close 13 schools at the end of the year. superintendent tony smith's plan include shutting down five elementary schools. eight other schools will be eliminated by merging them with other

i mean, come on freddie mercury and queen. >> jimmy: ah, freddie mercury and queen.er. >> i learned a lot from lou, yeah. [ talking over each other ] >> jimmy: absolutely, yeah. oh, i love that guy. >> and all my best habits, i might add. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: all these pictures are in the book. you've got to go check out this book. mick rock, folks. you're a genius. i love you. [ cheers and applause ] our thanks to the legend mick rock. check out mickrock.com for the whole story. coming up next, dierks bentley performs a pink floyd classic! oh, it's going to be great. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] movie buffs! this film is tres bien, but the interest rate on your checking account is le pew. interest on your checking? earn more with new high yield free checking at capital one bank. your interest rate will be five times the national average. five times the interest! and free atms at any bank. show's over folks. make your way to capital one bank. what's in your wallet? were you crying? yeah. >> steve: tonight's tribute to pink floyd

the powers released eight cocktail of carcinogens including asbestos and mercury. as a direct result, thousands of people are seriously ill. many could die from the conditions. david shukman has the story from new york. >> an image of terror that is horribly familiar. the attack on the twin towers that killed nearly 3000 people. less well-known is the impact of all the dust, much of it highly toxic. coughinger's from fits. he was a police officer that worked on grounds 0 and is suffering serious respiratory problems. >> the attacks have not stopped, because they left as a weapon at this dust, the contaminants, all the injuries that go on and on. >> a police helicopter from the moment of the onslaught. it took a while for the scale of the atrocity to sink in. only later did the dust emerge as a threat. >> the police pilots witnessed the collapse of the twin towers and a great cloud of dust rising into the air to about this height or even slightly higher. much of that dust blew away. a lot of it descended over lower manhattan. a toxic legacy from a nightmare day. >>

[cheering and applause] mmm, mmm, mmm, a snifter of mercury, mmm, mmm, mmm. besides, the post office's financial crisis is the post office's own fault. what kind of business model is the forever stamp? that's like chili's with their bottomless coke. by the way, i'll be back tonight, chili's. daddy's still thirsty. [cheering and applause] besides, we do not even need the post office anymore, right? >> people aren't using the post office. >> they have post offices all over the place. close down some. >> our money, the taxpayers' money, let the post office go. >> fedex and blackberry do a much better job anyway. >> stephen: yeah, blackberries are way better. you can't play brick breaker on an envelope. stupid envelopes. and if grandma really wants to send you $5 on your birthday, she can fedex it. although she -- you may want the send her the $5 back so she can cover the $15 minimum. there is one down side to the united states becoming the only civilized nation without a postal service. i have not yet appeared on a stamp. [audience reacts] >> i know, i know, i n

mercury would have been 65 years old today.e died of pneumonia back in 1991, one day after going public that he had aids. now, the song and video will be on the u.s. page of google tomorrow. >>> best buy is reportedly expecting an iphone 5 product launch in the first week of october with pre-sales possibly beginning by the end of this week. bgr, an on-line technology website reportedly got its hand on the best buy documents that allegedly detail the basic first steps and prep work for the launch. but the document appears to be doing nothing more than that speculating about the launch date. it notes the proposed release date could change. the document also notes that sprint is expected to launch the iphone 5 during the first week of october as well. there's no comment from apple at this time. >>> i found an iphone 5 at a bar in san francisco. >> you did, huh in a prototype? >>> still to come, they're responsible for the sounds of summer. we catch up with the california born and bred band, the beach boys, on this 50th anniversary

. >> police tell our media partner mercury news that the shooting could spark retaliation in san jose or somewhere else in california. >> and coming up, the common drink can help women chase away blues. >> and from 7 on your side, designing to help you resolve biggest financial hurdles. >> get ready for some warm afternoons. i'm sandhya patel and will show you how much temperatures rise incoming day autos thank you and sesame street's new format plans to focus on the subject where american children need to make gains. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> hollywood stars are joining the wall for governor brown to sign a bill banning shark fin soup. today several mayoral candidates were joined in support of the legislation. estimated 73 million sharks have their fins cutoff every year z left to bleed to death in the ocean. >> this is a practice that should not continue and that are not sustainable. they have to end, today. >> supporters dismissed accusations the measure unfairly attracts chinese culture. the governor has until october 9th to sign or veto it. la

nasa will discuss new data from mercury obtained by its messenger spacecraft helping unravel the planet's history and evolution. the spacecraft captured a historic image last march. the first take in orbiting the inner-most planet. >>> there will be a status hearing in the case of the long-time girlfriend of reputed gangster whitey bulger. she has pleaded not guilty to a charge of conspiracy to harbor a fugitive for allegedly helping bulger evade capture for more than 16 years. prosecutors plan on bringing additional charges. >>> and pioneer rocker jerry lee lewis turns 76. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. witnesses recount michael jackson's final hours during day two of the trial of jackson's doctor. and matt lauer reports live from italy where amanda knox's sisters talk about how their family has dealt with the international scandal. >>> and now keep

i mean, come on freddie mercury and queen. >> jimmy: ah, freddie mercury and queen.er. >> i learned a lot from lou, yeah. [ talking over each other ] >> jimmy: absolutely, yeah. oh, i love that guy. >> and all my best habits, i might add. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: all these pictures are in the book. you've got to go check out this book. mick rock, folks. you're a genius. i love you. [ cheers and applause ] our thanks to the legend mick rock. check out mickrock.com for the whole story. coming up next, dierks bentley performs a pink floyd classic! oh, it's going to be great. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: tonight's tribute to pink floyd is brought to you by budweiser. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: our next guest has scored eight number-one hits on the billboard country chart. we're thrilled to have him here tonight to perform "wish you were here" as part of "pink floyd week." please welcome dierks bentley. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ so you think you can tell heaven from hell blue skies from pain can you tell a green field ♪ ♪ from a cold steel rail a s

our media partner mercury news says the police spotted an suv just reported as seen in a burglary. police closed in, the driver sped off and into oncoming traffic hitting a cyclist on bay road. three men are under arrest. the cyclist has not been identified. police are investigating the accident. >> u.s. customs and immigration officer as rested nearly 3,000 convicted criminal illegal immigrants dubbed operation cross check. the sweep was the largest of its kind. detainees had been convicted of fell niz. officers made 186 arrests and in santa clara county, 35 people were taken into custody. >> there is a is a guy for a rape conviction and drug offenses and assault. many ran the total gamut. >> 1900 ice officers take part. >> five major public employee unions put forth a plan they say would save san jose half a billion in pension costs submit bid police officers, firefighters and engineers and middle managers and maintenance supervisors. it's a proposal intense negotiations reducing the cost of pension benefits and increases retirement age. >> the police officers association is prop