. >> my name is mike powell. i have a proxy from about six people that are willing to give up my time if i can read a letter for about three minutes, 3 1/2 minutes. may i have your permission to do so? president mendoza: who are the folks that are not speaking? >> mike powell and i'm representing the inner sunset community group this evening president mendoza: who are the folks that are not going to be speaking then? beverly. >> mario. president mendoza: ok. go ahead. >> i'm trying to make your life simple. president mendoza: i appreciate it. >> you bet ya. my name is mike powell. i'm speaking on behalf of many members of the inner sunset community group. if you are an inner sun set neighbor here and express concern over moving of the principal center, could i ask you to please stand for the next two minutes. first, i would like to say that our neighborhood does support proactive and extensive professional help for these students. we agree that the goals of the principal center, its innovative curriculum and the

[reads names] and then we're going to have mike powell, mario ballard, hillary jensen and pam hoffman. [reads names] how many cec? where's maryann? just two of you? ok, thank you. [

[reads names] and then we're going to have mike powell, mario ballard, hillary jensen and pam hoffman. [reads names] how many cec? where's maryann? just two of you? ok, thank you. [reads names] come on up. state your name. >> my name is kelly, i'm a representative of the robert louis stevenson school. president mendoza: again, we will need to keep your voice is down. if you will have a conversation, step outside and be respectful to the speakers. >> as i was saying, i am representing all of the parents for the students that go to the robert louis stevenson school. we have a problem in the school because one of the teachers is absent 70% of the year. imagine what you would do if you have a problem teacher like that attending school. all of the parents are worried right now because she is coming back this year. all of the students, parents, they are scared that the students might be assigned to her class. students and parents deal with different substitutes [unintelligible] they deserve to be taught by teachers that are good role models. we're not sure if she is physically ill or mental

powell, live in afghanistan. >>> it's interesting jon because you talked to congressman mike rogers yesterday who said to us that he really believes, at least part of the pakistani government had no idea are usama bin laden was hiding. jon joond he's a former fbi agent. he knows something about intelligence. jenna: good point. jon: want to tell you about this, the severe flooding that is spreading across the midwest, as rivers reach record levels in at least two states. jenna: at least two states. in tennessee, the mighty mississippi is expected to rise to levels last seen nearly a century ago. jon joond in missouri, where i went to school, the army corps of engineers blasts through a levy to allow flood waters to pour out on the farm country and mitigate the damage downstream. >> that alleviated waters in the small town of cairo but there are other issues to deal with. jon: if your farmland is under water you're not happy with it. mike tobin is live in metropolis, illinois. >> reporter: this is a pretty typical scene you can find anywhere at the river's edge where kentucky, illinois and missouri meet up. the go

staff bill daley, the cheese champion mike mullen, center mark kirk and center amy klobuchar are some of their guests. evan williams and mira sorvina. colin powell brown, barry diller and white house vreau.writer john farro the new yorker invited jon hamm , and joel and ethan coen, film directors. now we are going back to the ballroom, waiting for the pre- dinner program to begin. [crowd murmurs] [crowd murmurs] >> ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. the program begins momentarily. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome david jackson, president of the white house correspondents association. ♪ ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the president of the united states of america, barack obama, and first lady, michelle obama. ♪ [applause] ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the presentation of the colors and the singing of our national anthem. ♪ ♪ >> present arms. [playing national anthem] [applause] ♪ ♪ hist ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> also said it, jelly mason -- julie mason, and henry, ed jay carney, press secretary to the , david jackson, usa today, seth myers, michael shearer and steep gully. >> good evening, and welcome to the annual white house corre

powell street station. apparently getting worse in both direction. getting more info. coming up in a couple of minutes. >> right now, we will check the weather forecast with mike.out there. >> there you go. without further ado, sun and clouds. the clouds are not dropping rain like clouds we have around tomorrow morning probably will. just to make your commute on an it from a little tougher -- a little suffer than what we'd like it to be. talk temperatures. we're still running in the low to mid-50s. san francisco, oakland, fremont, mountain view, antioch. everybody in mid-to-upper 40s. take it to half moon bay, 41 degrees. low to mid-40s for gilroy, watsonville and santa cruz. it's going to be dry and warmer than yesterday. this afternoon. scattered showers are possible tomorrow morning. once they pass, breezy and dry for the holiday weekend. let's start in the south bay. notice the temperatures again running five to eight degrees cooler than average. even with the sunshine, we'll have the temperatures struggling for upper 60s to low 70s in the south bay. same thing in mountain view and los altos, heading up the peninsula. you drop to mid-60s. we have the mid-50