so as mike said, as a symbol of kempton's commitment to environmental stability, today we're inviting our public to come in and relinquish a standard lightbulb, and exchange, we'll replace with it a new energy-efficient lightbulb, on us. that's going on right now between noon and 2:00 at all 10 of our san francisco kempton hoe tells. that include the sir francis drake, the prescott hotel, the serano, the monaco, and the tuscan inn. to reward people for doing this, we're making a nice offer available from our restaurants in the city as well. little cards right there. pick one up. with that, i'd like to thank car are of kara's cupcakes who's helping us celebrate today by taking her caravan around to all of our certified hotels in the city and giving out free cupcakes. you might catch her before she leaves for the next destination, which i think is the prescott hotel on post street. so just chatting with kara and want to acknowledge the earth care commitment, the commitment to the environment that kara's cupcakes has made also is pretty substantial. now i'd like to introduce you michelle

as mike said, this has the complete, wholehearted endorsement of the port commission, all of us, of our staff, our planning staff, even all the way across to our maintenance staff, led by tom carter. i just want to say in closing and thanking everyone, who says we do not have ships down at this waterfront? [laughter] thank you. [applause] >> i also want to thank the opportunity thank thebcdc who helped us -- bank -- thank bcdc, who helped us get a permit for this. i told people that the cost of putting something up like this cost the city about the cost of a billboard for one month, and they had a greater ability to create community and space, and it has been a fabulous addition to the port of san francisco. people will talk about this rocket ship forever. the next person we have is our district supervisor, david chiu. when david first came to the board of supervisors, he had a conversation with the cultural affairs director for the city and county of san francisco, and he made art in san francisco a priority. he wanted to make sure the money we were spending was spent on artists from t

as mike said, there's a final wrap-up. there's a little bit on the scoring.we had some comments from one of our commissioners about scoring. i want to loop back with that commissioner and make sure that we're taking care of any of those issues. but i think we're pretty much done, with some final tweaks in the next few days. supervisor mirkarimi: and then how are we soliciting? i know that there's a routine process. but to make sure that in october we're not disappointing that we've had few bites by the community, the development community. >> i can talk about that briefly. one, there's areas of standard processes of publishing and advertising. in addition, we're going to go through making sure that in the relevant trade publications, which everybody in the industry that would be the types of firms that would be responding to this, that will be buying a half-page ad in that publication, which gets a lot of eyeballs. the last times we've done that, we've received cold calls from that. so i know that that works for sure. and also in the last few weeks, i've been

and also as mike said, today is a spare the air day.ansit systems are running on schedule; however, they're not free. no free transit but you are encouraged to take mass transit if you can. for the latest traffic update and how to observe spare the air day, go to our website abc7news.com and click on the traffic link under abc 7 extras. eric? >> megan, thank you very much. it's 4:53. the san francisco police commission will consider a new call to tend a 150-year-old tradition of the private security guard in the city. the patrol specials that wear uniforms even carry guns but they are not cops. amy hollyfield has more who they are and what they do. >> just the sight of him makes residents of glen park neighborhood feel better but city officials worry the appearance of these patrol specials is confusing and a liability. look at the uniform they wear next to a san francisco police officer's union form. they look very similar but a patrol special is not a police officer. glen park residents hired him to watch over their homes and businesse

as mike said, it's a spare the air day. take mass transit if you can. everything is running on schedule. for a complete traffic report you can always go to our website abc7news.com and click on the traffic link. eric, kristen. >> megan, thank you very much. our time now 6:19. >> time for must reads. let's start with the california governor's race. how meg whitman is targeting bay area voters with an ad attacking her rival jerry brown. a new 30 second spot that debuted yesterday criticized the record of the oakland mayor blaming him for failing schools and a rising murder rate. it's unusual to have a republican spends time and energy. but it shows how much money the ceo has to fight the battle. >> an interesting story out of japan where real men go to real hotels with virtual girlfriends. one resort town losing honeymooner business are getting creative. gamers are flocking to atommy because the setting for popular video game about romance. guys and romance? the real romeos will walk around local landmarks and hope their virtual juliets are not mad at the

mike, you said there was a desperate attempt to paint obama. it would have been better two years ago when people believed that crap? >> yeah, but leave it to the germans to be a day late and a couple years short. >> greg-alogue, greg you noticed the census figure of 50.67 million uninsured americans and said mark perry is good at disseem belling: i think you meant disuh seem sh ad sh ad disassembling. >> and i think it is obvious what a proctophobe. and there is a band called procstophobic. >> mike, you said this is an important story in that it is a dirty little secret ma many uninsured people have chosen to not be insured. but when you are the president and you give a speech, you should be able to say, we need these things for jane smith would can't afford insurance. instead of saying john smith needs insurance, but doesn't want to get it. >> i think this is the dirty little secret i am glad is getting out there. >> it was weird to hear you say what we did was the most important story. >> cops to pastor jones. angela, you said he shouldn't pa

mike shanahan said the redskins involvement was just a rumor.eanwhile, albert haynesworth is back on the field getting ready for the rams. ostensibly, trent williams who injured his knee -- ostensib ffensively, trent williams will start. they are confident the running game will kick into gear. >> trent is a good player. we just have to get things going. >> whoever is called upon, you will have injuries. people will get hurt. >> deangelo hall is backing of his comments for throwing another player under the bus. he said he did not hear those comments until this afternoon. >> the big corner is all have that mentality. i would be disappointed if he did not have that mentality. >> he said what we already know. i don't think it bothers anybody on the defense. >> all is well in the redskins' locker room. what are you going to do if there is no nfl football season? how will you spend your sundays next year? the director of the nfl players association said on a scale of 1-10 the chance of a lockout next season is 14. >> nothing is changed. unless we get

mike snahan said quarterbacks with his talent come along once every ten years.ord is still a rookie playing in his third career game. the redskins should be able to take advantage of his inexperience. the redskins can shut down the running game. at this point he does not seem capable of carrying the team. the kid does have some tools. >> he does he the make-up of being a great arterback. you see some of the young rookie quarterbacks struggle, especially early in their careers. it's not the case with him. he has a big arm. he can make the throws. it is just a matter of just trying to take advantage of his youth right now. because later on, he is goingo be a die animal ig quarterback. >> i see a guy that is poised. he has great motion. he can get the ball out of his hands. he is unbelievably accurate. and i think the guy has, starting in the future. he is really, i love watching him on tape. he is going to be a heck of a player. >> that's the defensive coordinator. if you remember, mike shanahan the coaching staff, worked him out during the off-season. very intere

it's one that mike said will start to warm up a little sooner, right? >> absolutely.ore sunshine and quicker today. so areas, especially the north bay and east bay should be warmer while around the bay and up the coast close to yesterday's temperatures. some of that cooler air trying to move in and drier air novato 58. 51 menlo park. upper 50s to oakland, livermore with low to mid-60s there. 24 hour temperature change, livermore and los gatos warmer from 2 to 5 degrees. novato 13 degrees cooler. the lack of clouds in santa rosa earlier allows it to drop 8 degrees. seeing fog form now in san francisco. menlo park and concord 6 degrees cooler. all of us in the mid to upper 60s this morning or i should say upper 50s to lower 60s with patchy fog. that will quickly dissipate. by noon sunshine, mid to upper 60s around the bay to the south bay with low 70s in the north bay and east bay valleys and sunshine developing at the coast and 61 half moon bay. by 4:00 should be sunny just about everywhere. mid to upper 60s from half moon bay to san francisco. low to mid-70s through t

as mike said, the first day of astronomical fall. thanks for joining us. i'm eric thomas. >> i'm kristen sze. developing news in downtown orinda where commuters can expect a few delays maybe this morning as pg&e tries to cap a gas leak. a construction crew hit a gas main around 11:30 last night near camino pablo. about a dozen homes were evacuated but all residents have now been allowed to return to their homes. city officials say the leak is near the on-ramp to eastbound 24 but say a detour has been put in place. this is the third significant gas leak reported in the last 24 hours in the bay area. yesterday morning crews dealt with a gas leak on the cal state east bay campus in hayward and last night a small leak forced the closure of el camino real in millbrae for two hours. >> bulldozers head out to the san bruno neighborhood devastated by natural gas and fire. the goal is remove demolished homes. >> the cleanup crews will come in at 8:00 this morning to clear out this debris. they're expected to be here the next four to six weeks. the first job to remo

coach mike shanahan said he was hopeful at the beginning of the second half but the rams apparently just wanted it more. >> you like to come back from the second half. and i thought we did initially. similar to what we did a week before. we touched on drive. and this one obviously installed inside the 10. but after they they did the job. they played well. we didn't step up and do the things we needed to win a foob game. >> no. they struggled in the second half. portis had the only 44 yards rushing. miserable. >> we've got to win against the ramts. >> can't. didn't. >> all right. >> philadelphia and then who? vikings and then the colts. could get ugly before -- >> yes. >> could look better. >> 4 clp 38. a bizarre case of vandalism. targeting cars of a specific color. >>> and a nearly $2 million upgrade. >> a rough landing caught on tape. a plane scrapes th ground. >> and could be a msy monday out there. rain is on the way. rain [ male announcer ] antiques can be nice. but you wouldn't want an antique computer. or an antiquev. ♪ or an antique remote control. so why are you still using an a

what mike said in pennsylvania is absolutely true here as well.ing a lot of the republican candidates painted as wall street cronies. you're seeing the democrats being painted in a different way. and those themes are coming into play. the polls are showing maybe they're not resonating as much as they should at least if you're a democratic strategist you'd like to see them resonate. the other thing is in ohio early voting starts on september 28. so this idea of a labor day kick-off, we've been campaigning in ohio for a while because the early voting does start a lot earlier. we're not just going to polls in november. we're going in september. >> woodruff: we're seeing that in several states. we want to move to nevada now. ian, this is a race that is getting attention, has been getting enormous attention for months now. you have the senate majority leader harry reid running against a challenger tea party member, shar ron angle. what's the state of that one? >> well, in the spring it looked like senator harry reid was a dead man walking. but as soon

. >> the first day of fall and like mike said, both hands on the wheel this morning thanks to the strong winds. it feels like fall when you go out the door this morning. 47 in santa rosa, it's dropped to 44 in gilroy, 56 in livermore. oakland hanging out at 60. last hour you were 61 degrees. 55 degrees in san francisco. the winds are up this morning, especially through the passes and across the bridges. some areas are calm but if you're driving this morning going across the bridge you can feel the wind. today is the first day of fall. it's going to be another cool day. temperatures will feel a little cooler thanks to the winds that will be up through the day. then tomorrow and through the weekend things are going to heat up. so we get one day of fall and we're back to a summer-like weekend. here are the forecast highs for today. 73 grows in livermore, 74 in fairfield. 62 in san francisco. we have seen some low clouds around the coastline this morning but those will burn off to another mostly sunny day. speaking of sunshine, that sunshine this weekend is going to hear things up into the 9

raye would remain in his job the >>> following yesterday's 31-10 loss to kansas city mike singletary saidnsive coordinator jimmy raye would remain in his job the rest of the season. today he fired him. >> reporter: were you prompted at all by your superiors here to make a move. >> one thing i want you to understand. if i make a decision, it's my decision. >> reporter: ray was fired because the 49ers ranked second to last in points scored and because the team is 0-3 someone had to go. quarterback coach mike johnson takes over for ray. johnson is in his sixth year. well it's the sixth coordinator in six years t players said it was a good move. >> he is a little different than jimmy raye, he seems to be creative, seems like he is a creative guy, seems like he'll take chances, a lot of chances, and he is just, you know, he is young. >> uh-huh. >> he is sung agree. an oakland >> former raider quarterback and place kicker jorge gaslight saloon data died today after a brief illness. he was an oakland legend playing until he was almost 49 years old. >> here it is. snapped, spotted, kicked. it is

congressman mike kauan from colorado. he said it coul save the government more than $5.5 billion. it has little chance of passing in the current congress but if republicans were to win control this fall, support for the plan could gain. kaufman's bill differs fro other gop cost-cutti measures, according to the "washington post," because it includes a 10% pay cut for lawmakers. >>> there is word this evening that the recession is officially over and ended back in june of 2009, in fact. but president obama got hammered on the recovery today in a town hall down at the newseum. they wanted to know when the economy would improve for them. the answer may be the key to the outcome of the november elections. steve handelsman has our story. >> i'm exhausted. i'm exhausted of defending you, defending your administration. >> reporter: self-descrid obama supporters laid into him live on cnbc's town hall. >> i voted for a man whoaid he would change thing in a meaningful way for the middle class. i'm one of those people and i'm waiting, sir. i'm waiting. i don't feel it yet. >> repter: the same

mike shanahan said he was surprised by that move. clintonfinished the game by 44 yards.nly had one carry in the second half. today shanahan revealed what clinton told him about why he went down at the end of that run. >> his right hand was botheri him, and he felt like he didn't have the -- he con secuuldn't s it and he felt like he wouldn't have contact on that side. i asked him that same question and that' what he shared with me. poor decision to go with ryan more on first and second down and clinton on third down. we didn't have the ball that many times so it wasn't as obvious as it probably could have been, but we always determine the game depending on someone's health and how they're feeling and how you're observing from the sideline. >> so clinton with a hand injury there, but he is recovering. terrain had a big day. but hey, they got the eagles next, right? >>> moving on to basketball. in 30 minutes, we will have midnight madness kicking off at george mason where the wizards will have their first practice, the first time coach arenas is back on the field with his

drop out of the euro is dating back to managing their own finances german economists professor mike ford said told me. to return the pursuit to return for a return and we still would have a european union it's not like it would be the collapse of the european union quite to the contrary if we allow those countries to set their own economic policy and to be sovereign in their currencies we would do europe a service we're doing europe a disservice by having this artificial currency imposed on it it can only lead to political tensions like in greece or the greece population greek population has to suffer the taxpayers germany has to suffer if the only one so didn't suffer and greece with a bang speak. rescued so that's to me is a deal that is not quiet approachable interesting a greek unions on taking part in wednesday's demonstrations even those sales taxes being raised to twenty three percent in an attempt to pay off one hundred ten billion euros from the e.u. and the i.m.f. but look theo will be processed saying it's nineteen percent unemployment rates and spain's unions will be out on the st

putting out rumors that mike castle is gay. >> are we talking about those rumors that mike castle is gay? who said that mike castle is gay? did you say that mike castle is gay? i didn't say that mike castle is gay? where might you have heard that mike castle is gay? gay. gay. have you heard that. and it's not just the same tactics being used in many cases, in many cases, it is the same exact people using the exact same tactics. >> when the world looks at america these days, all too often they see a moral swamp, a culture promoting sex and violence. no wonder our enemies think they can defeat us. this has been the equivalent of a cultural oil spill. it's not sea otters and ducks that are washing up on shore, covered with gunk, it is our kids. >> we have to have the courage to tell the truth and we have to have the courage to act on the truth. we are allowing a brutalization and a degradation of children in this country, a destructiveness. >> bureaucrats and politicians in washington think they should decide the what kind of lightbulb we use. what kind of toilets we flush. they'll buy your teenage d

. >> i said, i will get some peaches or something and mike bettes said, those aren't in season.u know? >> er that. getting it off the farm. >> i'm with you. >> a local bor. >> i never heard that. >> you want to talk about the weather? >> i think i will. you want to do gardening outside, it will be chilly throughout portions of the northern tier and the heat is still on in the southern tier as we head to the afternoon hours. it is a front for severe weather that will make its way northeast >> we will see a mix of clouds and some today, and a slight chance of some thunderstorms tonight, about a 30% chance -- a look at the ocean >>> thank you. >> coming up next, who's the next superstar from "america's got talent," right after this. ♪ [ female announcer ] the best way to tell how great you look is in your jeans. drop a jean size in two weeks with the special k challenge and enjoy a good source of fiber in many of your favorite special k products. ♪ jeans don't lie. go to specialk.com to design your plan. mmmmm... ( crash ) when you add velveeta to spicy rotel tomatoes and green chi

all the same people who said mike castle, this awesome politician, elected statewide so many times will blow her away, he lost. and so if you're a democrat sitting out there and you somehow think this is going to be a cake walk, she's going to be hitting the ground, hitting those doors, and so i just don't make that assumption. i would say you better get your folks out or you know what? o'donnell might very well be the u.s. senator. >> seems every few years we learn this lesson in tv land, pund ipts, no offense to you guys, don't get it right. i remember pundits predicting john kerry would be the president. >> count the vote. >> it's up to the american people, we're reminded of that every time, and thank goodness for that. >>> carl paladino rocked the republican establishment primary night and is promising to shake things up if elected. he's also making a stink with new campaign mailings that smell like garbage. we'll talk to him about that and a lot of his other positions. >>> she claimed an attacker threw acid in her face. tonight police say that story is changing and the bottom line

redskins coach mike shanahan said it was a disappointing way to lose but he was happy with the way the team played. >> bottom line is they got it de and we didn't. so you haveo go back and be pretty tough on yourself. the thing i was pleased with is our football team played hard throughout the game. just made a few too many mistakes at crucial times. >> donovan mcnabb and matt shaw both had impressive showings on offense with more than 900 yards passing combined. >>> coming up, a major traffic alert. a busy intersection at tyson's corner. >>> the american woman freed from iran comes home and anoer anticipated visit to thenited states. >>> 6:08 is your time. 67 degrees in the nation's capital. nice weather to go with it. >>> time for weather and traffic on the ones. good morning. it's 6:11 this monday morning. got a mostly clear start. we're in the 60s throughout most of the region. afternoon highs, near 80 with lots of sunshine. tonight, chilly by daup. down into the 40s throughout most of the area. upper 70s tomorrow and sunny. increasing clouds wednesday and warmer. upper 80s to near

i said, this is about those kids or boys or something like that, isn't it? >> remember what fbi agent mike mccomas said he saw when he got to the scene? >> saw a black male. he had on a baseball hat. >> this is the sketch provided by the witness who saw lubie geter talking to a man the day lubie disappeared and died. mccomas had never seen this until we came back to show it to him nearly 30 years later. >> this is a real strong resemblance to the person that i talked to, wayne williams. he had on a baseball cap. his hair was in an afro. so this just looks like him. >> williams agreed to let mccomas search his stationwagon. on the floor, in the front of the back seat, he saw -- >> there was a nylon cord. the best that i could describe the nylon cord was a ski rope type, the woven type. and it was -- my guess, about 24 inches long. >> no. >> williams denies there was any such cord. >> because if that rope had have been in the stationwagon that night, i'm sure they would have taken it. >> the fact that i didn't confiscate it doesn't make it go away. it was there. >> the nylon cord would never

this is a different workout than i had on the football field. >> mike: you said being quarterback isn'times presenting itself for a concussion. i'm not sure some of us would look at this and say it's not that tough. it's doggone tough what you have been out there experiencing. i want to ask about your family. i'm thrilled to hear your story. yours is one of the great american stories. you were working at a grocery store in iowa, stacking shelves. a few years later you're the most valuable player in the super bowl and n.f.l. how do you get from sacking groceries to the most valuable player in the n.f.l.? >> you have to believe in yourself and a lot of work goes into it. god has a plan. i didn't play out like i thought it would. i thought i'd go from college to the n.f.l. and everything would be great. but what i've seen through the process is guys used all these different steps to really give me a story. give me a testimony that can impact a lot of people. we have been in the situations where it seems like we're down and out and it doesn't seem like there is much hope. my story is one if

mike shanahan said he sprained his ankle yesterday. good news for moore, he wore pads and went through drills and could possibly play next week. he suffered a torn acl in his right knee in the second preseason game. back to you. >> safe to say he saved himself thousands of dollars by keeping his mouth shut. >> i guess if you can't say anything, tape your mouth shut. >> probably listened to his mom. >> can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all. >> that's right. >>> tonight a simple over-the-counter medication might be the key to prevent cancer. >>> caught on camera, a mother training her toddler to smoke pot. it's a story you have to see to believe. we'll be right back. . >>> we have a health alert now that could help prevent cancer. researchers in scotland say taking a low dose aspirin could reduce your risk of colon cancer. people who took aspirin daily for up to five years were 30% less likely to develop cancer. the study was not controlled and relied solely on people's recollections. the american cancer society does not rec

republican congressman mike pence said it would prove that the democratic majority wasn't listening but that republicans will. house republicans will listen and then we'll have an exxon lobbyist write it down. as part of that we're listening to you spin, the whole basis of the republican campaign pledge was their big america speaking out website, giving the impression to anybody visiting that website, whatever suggestion got the most thumbs up votes on the website would become part of this republican agenda. republicans were merely a vessel for the desires of the american people. but it turns out the desires of the american people as expressed at americaspeakingout.com were for legalizing pot and ending the outsourcing of american jobs to other countries. those are some of the things that turned out to be the most popular ideas, the most thumbs up on the america speaking out website. these stated desires of the american people, that americans aren't going to ignore like that democrat majority does, those desires were not, in fact, beamed directly from americaspeakingout.com through the

the make-up of the audience may have been in his favor, mike emanuel said the subject matter had the president on the defensive. >> national bureau of economic research says the recession ended in june 2009 lasting 18 months but did not say economic conditions have been favorable or that the economy returned to operating at normal capacity. with unemployment still at 9.6%, president obama at a town hall meeting on cnbc did not find a reason to celebrate the end of the recession declaration. >> obviously for the millions of people who are still out of work, people who have seen their home values decline. people who are struggling to pay the bills day-to-day, it's still very real for them. >> with a sluggish recovery, there is a fierce debate over extending the bush tax cuts. the administration is pushing for extension of the cuts to the middle class. a growing number of people including connecticut independent senator joseph lieberman say raising taxes on anybody right now could lead to a double-dip recession. mr. obama is still opposed to extension for those making more than $250,000

joint chiefs admiral mike mullen is said to say his deputy went behind his back on matters. and robert gates reportedly fumed about possible moves of mr. obama's security staff, which he calls a disaster. the current commander in afghanistan, general david petraeus is quoted as telling an aide he doesn't like talking to david axelrod. in the book, it describes axelrod as a complete spin doctor. and it talks about a cia 3,000-man covert army. and it has intelligence in a afghan president hamid karzai suffers from manic depression. president obama also takes politics into account, as he sets that withdrawal deadline for next july. he says in the book, a deadline is needed because, quote, he can't lose the whole democratic party. this is all based on "new york times" reporting on that advanced copy of the book. all this just breaking this morning. so far, no comment from the white house. rob and vinita? >> interesting details. emily schmidt in washington this morning. thank you. >>> and more shakeup at the white house. president obama's top economic adviser is now stepping down

mike said, i assumed they did in college beginning with the s.a.t.s and had they not passed they would have been hired as teachers. we should give them the benefit of the doubt and stop trying to politicize the education system. to educate the children, the parents have to take responsibility and look at the classes that ri in and make them study and turn off the tvs and the video games and demand that your brats behave. jeff in hawaii writes i think it is a great idea. growing up in california, hayed a soccer coach who taught government and a football coach who taught health and a chemistry teacher who majored in english and a history teacher who only knew what was in our outdated textbooks. testing teachers makes sense. and meghans says, i taught for 30 years in high school and i was effective and competent and took time to get there, but i did. tenure and sen yoor ti rules have to go, i agree, but there are factors that teachers can not influence, and that is student readiness and parent support are two of them. frankie says, well, it is a no brainer, there should not be a single sc

he said, mike i just can't believe it. he's so hurt over what happened. he -- that's the part that he can't live with. >> reporter: if your younger brother is found in a dumpster somewhere tomorrow, you suspect your father -- >> no. i don't suspect that. and it will never happen, because my brother's not important enough. >> reporter: were you able to broach the topic that you had hoped to? in terms of his owlsoul? >> actually we were. i got to go easy with him, you know? but i really -- you know bill i've seen something in him recently that i've never witness witnessed in my dad, and that is humility. and i they's aink that's a big first step. and my dad did 30 years for a crime that he did not commit. >> reporter: you got to admit, he got away with an awful lot of crimes that he never got tried for, so -- carkarma kind of evened out. >> i agree with that. is it justified in the moral respect, maybe, but i'm not god, i don't play god. so this is where i live now. kind of a million miles away from brooklyn. >> reporter: when was the last time you were app