when mitch was referencing -- it is interesting. i was elected mayor and one of the first stops i had was, literally, within 7 feet of where i am standing here today, but it was just dirt. that was the groundbreaking for this. here we are seven years later at the ribbon cutting. despite the delays, we are here. we are here as well in reference to what mitch was saying. a lot of it was not easy. the private commitments did not come in as expected. the money did not all materialize exactly as expected. but we call on someone who at the time could lead the way in terms of reconciling some of the concerns counties like san francisco had around their acute care facilities. we went to her many times to help us with san francisco general and to help us with laguna honda hospital. one of the big reasons we are here was the ingenious legislation that she appropriately and wisely introduced on behalf of not just this city but cities and counties large and small up and down the state, and allowed us to leverage federal dollars. it is appropria

mitch, what did you think of that food? (applause). usually the inspectors don't actually eat the food, so this is an unusual opportunity. we appreciate that. thank you. we look at other stuff. >> exactly. >> before it gets here. town hall just now celebrating its third birthday, november 6. a wee little thing, 3 years old. we are in this beautiful historic building here at the corner of howard and fremont. when was the building built? . >> 1907. >> right after the earthquake. >> one of the first five, that's what i was told. >> what do you know about the history of the building, what it was used for? . >> they worked on boat engines here. at the front of the building there's a hoist and you can see they would bring those engines up to the second floor and it was many things. we've seen some pictures of different incarnations of what it was over the years. >> one of those things was a restaurant. >> it was a chinese take out restaurant but it seems like it was more on this side then it was also a place called the old corner, which was

[applause] >> thank you, mitch. every time i stand out and talk about san francisco general, i feel humble and proud. i feel humble because what goes on is in a public arena, the most remarkable consensus of all kinds of groups all across the city working to make this hospital something that not only can we be proud of, but that is recognized all around the country as the very best of the best. our programs go nationwide. our research goes nationwide. every time i bring somebody here who has never been to the hospital before, they all go away just filled with energy and enthusiasm, thinking that this is the best place they have ever seen. that is why i feel humble. it is also why i feel proud. it is a remarkable thing to be able to stand up and say what goes on here because of the work of every single person involved here, and now, because of the work of 84.5% of the people in the city, is just unheard of. i know we are going to have a fabulous new hospital. i know webcor is going to do a wonderful job. i think the

s crisis is over, mitch jurisich's anxiety could go on. >> it's going to be very tough to get people'sfidence back in our product. >> reporter: no matter how good that product may be? >> no matter how good that product is. >> reporter: even for gulf coast residents, that perception battle will take some time. mitch jurisich told me, for instance, right now he wouldn't want to vacation on florida's beaches either. katie? >> couric: mark strassmann in grand isle tonight. mark, thank you very much. now as the oil continues to spread through the gulf, the damage grows by the day. at least 110,000 claims have been filed with b.p. so far and $183 million paid out. but as kelly cobiella tells us, tens of thousands of people are still waiting, running out of patience and money. >> reporter: 12 weeks into the oil spill, karen hopkins is desperate. >> for the first time in my life i applied for food stamps. >> reporter: in better days, hopkins made $4,000 a month working for blanchard seafood in grand isle, louisiana. because of the fishing ban, work here has come to a halt. b.p. paid her $2,500

mitch catts opposes this matter. i was actually trading phone calls with him earlier trying to understand what his opposition was based on. could you give the perspective of the department on laura's law? >> i can give the perspective of the department of psychiatry of san francisco general. i'm not sure that the doctor and i completely agree about some of these issues. in particular, i think in the item in the paper this morning, dr. catts, who i guess is not here, you know, i hate to contradict him in public, but my understanding is, for example, that medication is absolutely a part of this bill. the ability to give medication and i know mitch was quoted today as saying that medication is not possible as part of the treatment planning for these patients so that's -- that is one thing that i think is -- it's important to make clear because certainly the vast majority of the patients for whom this approach would be appropriate are people for whom medication is really the single -- probably the single most important a

mitch jurisich and his brother frank are third generation oystermen. more than half of their oyster beds are closed, but government inspectors have reopened these. and what did they find? >> nothing, the water samples are good. that's why we're open. it's coming out of good, clean water. >> reporter: and this is safe? >> safe. i'm still standing here. >> reporter: but will i be standing in 12 hours? >> you'll still be standing in 12 hours. i guarantee you. >> reporter: well, they taste good. >> they're clean. >> reporter: i'm going to be okay? >> you're going to be fine. >> reporter: most of louisiana's commercial fishing grounds are closed, but recreational fishing is gradually being reopened. we met these guys as they returned from a day on the water. that is one big fish. and look what they caught. a 28-pound red fish. you'll eat this? >> oh, yeah. >> eat it tonight. >> reporter: what about all the oil? >> there's absolutely -- we did not see a drop. >> there's not a drop out. >> reporter: there is oil, but federal scientists who tested 714 seafood

>> mitch landrieu wants the justice department to come in and do several things. create an early warning system for the department that will flag troubled officers, officers who are getting into altercations or shootings with citizens. to create a citizen complaint system, a legitimate citizen complaint system so people can say hey i had this problem with an officer, he verbally abused me or she physically abused me and i want to complain about it. and third i think the third thing you'll see is a push to create a real discipline system so you don't have officers who have been complained about and complained about and complained about 40 or more times and still are on the force and haven't been severely disciplined. >> and briefly because we're just about out of time, why can't the mayor and the new police chief do that on their own? >> well, what we've seen is wherever there's been major reform efforts and a major transformation of a troubled police department, l. a., cincinnati, these things have happened with the help of the justice department coming in and pus

. -- owner mitch, he has agreed to -- to -- this was his decision, to cancel the sunday events. because if -- it it, you know, the the crowds that are congregating in the area on that particular night and -- so i think that it was a good move on the owner's -- on the owner's part to to cancel these events. like i said, at the last commission hearing, anything we could do, if -- we're going to continue to work with icon and their security teams and -- the owners to insure that that the southern district is safe for everybody. that's our prime marry focus. whatever we could do to. it to help. help the people at the icon do this and accomplish this and this is what we strive to do. officer canyon, the closure of icon voluntarily on sunday has that improved the overall situation around in and around the neighborhood? it is yet to be seen. he just contacted me and those event that is were scheduled to sunday are now canceled. >> okay. we'll watch with you. thank you. commissioners comments and questions? just real briefly, i know we can't comment on the event that is were in today's

mitch mcconnell. [applause] >> speaker pelosi, leaders behner, congressman lewis, the senator lincoln, a distinguished guests and friends, we have come here to tell the rest of the story. we come tooacknowledge the profound indignity that the slaves to help clear this land and lady stones must have suffered in building this great monument to freedom. we remind ourselves that for nearly a century after the preparation of independence was signed, an entire race of people were not represented in that immortal document. we give the slaves in debt some dignity they were denied in life. for all these reasons we are grateful for the work of slave labor task force chaired by our good friend congressman john lewis and vice chaired by senator blanche lincoln. without it, we would not have these plaques paren we would not now some of the stories that have come down to is as part of the research. senator clinton has already told you the story of a philip -- senator lincoln has already told you the story of philli

or mitch mcconnell. that is how it would shake out. we have had these problems over the years where high-profile exhibits cannot -- cannot -- came up with any number of barriers between the funding and the practitioners. you will have greater government control over content. the issue that i wanted to address, sandy, you talked about being connected to the diversity. ron, you talked about the current toxic atmosphere. you'll mentioned -- several of you have mentioned that quality journalism is happening in this country. there is no question about that. the global post and in international areas, there is quality journalism. the question to me is not whether there can be quality journalism, but how as the news media becomes increasingly atomized around the country, how can anyone get a comprehensive view of the world? it used to be that we could pick up the chronicle and hope to find at least as close to a comprehensive review as possible. no longer. they will have a couple of stories per day plus a lot of opinion pieces and a map telli

who else -- oh, tony, you want to be just -- mitch, are you okay down here in the kitchen to answer questions and tom harvy, our fire captain, maybe you can be anywhere you want, tom, you can answer questions. . >> this is for breaking right here, sweet potatoes. . >> we're just watching where things are located. you have chemicals here. the contact surfaces, we're looking at if there's any vermin. vermin primarily like to be hidden, just like inspectors, we don't like to come out in the open. things like mice, which are the least intelligent we're talking about, they will be in the back area. you will see droppings. you see that? . >> oh, my god. >> nothing in this corner here. pretty good. these are rodent-proof containers. you conclude the rodents may be in there to eat the food. hard to get at. utensils are pretty good. there's eggs out here but they will be used quickly. >> that's right. >> bakery products, our understanding, have to be kept at room temperature for the dough to rise. we have to work with a lot of pastry chefs. these are storage containers. allowed by law. now, we have re

also, again, lots of history going on today, mitch morea zachaim, the author of the most influential book every written about coit tower, this book here, you have a rare opportunity to meet the author today and obtain a copy if you would like. this copy is for madame speaker. >> oh, thank you very much. >> judy irving, the producer and direct -- director of the document orie paris on telegraph hill, is here today and you can meet here. also we have arts and crafts. you can make a commemorative coit tower button. there is food in the back. all that is located in the southern part of the tower overlooking lily's lawn, and there's also information including the san francisco parks trust, ms. karen kid wel, who is right there, generously loan -- donated as part of being a diamond jubilee committee member. i'd like now to introduce mr. nick rause, san francisco native, saxophonist, who's requesting to perform "i left my heart in san francisco." ♪ ♪ [applause] >> there has been an acknowledgement of the special places around san francisco bay. well, there is something sort of innate in hum

but -- vice president goh: but mitch, much older you mean 100 years or 30 or -- >> i mean 60. i would say fairly easily beyond that. vice president goh: thank you. commissionter fung: is it fair to say that your recommendation would be on a replacement tree would be at least a 36-inch box? >> yes. i think that would be -- we would love to see as big a possible replacement tree. commissionter fung: and the magnitude of cost for that? >> the cost goes substantially higher when you get to a 36-inch box because it usually requires either a small crane or a forklift to be planted. but the cost of the tree itself is, you know, probably several hundred dollars more. and in some cases, you can get the tree delivered with a crane so if the site is prepared you don't spend that much more because they have to use the crane to offload the tree anyway. but the 24-inch box can essentially be planted by two strong people and so it's much less expensive when it's being hired out. and then beyond 36 you get even more expensive. vice president goh: what size square were you recommending this be

he's also been an important adviser to senate republican leader, mitch mcconnell. but in recent years, he has also worked across the aisle with democrats on a couple of big issues. an effort in the financial crisis of 2008, to craft bank rescue legislation. and a year earlier, to reform employer-based health care with oregon democratic senator ron wyden. >> bennett walked across the center aisle or the united states senate and said, "let's go to it." i like your idea of trying to get everybody covered. bob bennett is one of those special people in american politics who continues to believe that we ought to have ideas-driven government. >> reporter: on may 8, utah republicans let bennett know what they thought of his efforts at bipartisanship. he was defeated in his try for a fourth term at the state g.o.p. convention by activists who yelled, among other things, that he didn't love the constitution enough. >> the anger about what's going on in washington was simply too powerful to overcome. i am obviously not angry enough. one of the complaints about me was, "we don

and house majority leader steny hoyer, along with new orleans mayor mitch landrieu. i will see you sunday. "larry king live" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> larry: tonight the real mel gibson. we'll take an in-depth look at the oscar winner's career. what is it like? is it what you thought it would be? >> no. >> larry: what makes him tip. >> the broads. >> larry: not that easy? >> they're throwing themselves out of buildings on me. >> larry: how he rose to the top. >> you have to adapt to your life. >> larry: what he told me when we sat down together. >> i hate the tabloids. >> larry: mel gibson next on "larry king live." >> larry: mel gibson has been at the top of his profession for decades, despite the apparent personal problems that have been report monday in the past week. he has an incredibly successful track record as an actor, director and producer. i spoke to him in 1997. we were talking about the film "conspiracy theory." a little history of this film. how did this unusual script come to you? >> it was sent to me by the writer by t

rookie mitch moreland had his first experience with the claw against the a's. after his first big league hit, look at the dugout. come on, rook. show us some love. we want the claw. and there it is. the a's fought the claw, but the claw won, 7-4. >>> that's your early look at sports on "early today." have a terrific weekend. i'm fred roggin. >>> well, can anyone knock off leo at the box office? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, when you buy a used vehicle, it's the engine that's supposed to purr like a kitten. we'll explain. you're watching "early today." here is a look at your friday forecast on the west coast. 91 in medford. a little warm but should be a very nice day in interior sections of california. not too hot. but cool on the coast once again. not much is new. as we go through the weekend, maybe occasional drizzle up there in the pacific northwest, the closer you are to the water. we're also watching warm conditions from salt lake city to boise to vegas. snowing is going to change there. even into sunday we'll cont

mitch mcconnell says they want to k kw where the $30 million to fund it is coming from. >> we are in a recession still. we are in deficit spending. we have two wars going on. i realize this is apples and oranges to some extent, but at the same time, to be talking of a continuing tax benefits for people -- tax benefits for these people is crazy. >> bernanke had an interesting thing to say. he was on capitol hill this week and he said that even though you have to get the long-term budget in control, he says he would be against spending cuts or tax increases rit now. which is sort of for the president is. but i think is going to put pressure on democrats as the year ends to extend the bush cuts for a least a year or two, unless it is coming from the federal reserve. >> charles is wrong on this. tim geithner says that there is no way in the world the tax for those over to -- the taxpayers were to order to be -- the tax breaks for those over to order to be thousand dollars would be extended. -- tim bender says there is no way that the tax breaks for those over to water to the dozen dollar

i will vote for mitch mcconnell to be leader.ed to changing the navigable -- deleting that word, adding these new regulations. the regulations are coming from the national democrat party. i know there are people here who are democrats. we have conservative democrats in kentucky, but the national party left you 20 years ago. jack may want to run as a moderate, but he will go up there and his first vote cast will be for harry reid. harry reid is not your friend on these issues. that is the problem. that is what this election will be about. you have to decide, who are the people wanting to change these regulations? who is talking about making the chesapeake bay agreement and nationalizing it? they're coming out of president obama's and administration. who are the people he is appointing? who are these 43 czars he is appointing? the person he has to head medicare, do these that is what this is going to be about. if he is truly for the epa, he has to vote with the republicans because that is our position and our policy. the summer rak

republican senate leader mitch mcconnell made that case on cnn yesterday. >> we're all for extendingunemployment insurance. the question is when are we going get serious, candy, about the debt. we recently passed a $13 trillion dollar cum lative deficit threshold. when are we going to get serious about this. this administration has been on an incredible spending spree. >> brown: tomorrow the senate will swear in its newest member clark goodwin of west virginia before taking up the measure once again. he will replace the late robert byrd and will likely give democrats the 60 votes needed to break a republican filibuster. >> brown: for more on how we got here and the politics at play we're joined by veteran congress watcher norm ornstein and the newshour political editor. norm, i'll start with you. you start with the democrats. they are saying this is a moral argument but it also, by the way, there an economic argument. >> there is, and it is in part that we have never before in extended unemployment benefits paid for them. because they almost always happen at times of difficult econom

mitch caps -- katz, director of the san francisco health department. we are very proud of san francisco general hospital. [applause] thank you. for 125 years on this side, this hospital has taken care of people, regardless of their ability to pay, no matter what their ethnicity was, whether they were a man or woman or transgendered -- would never came fourth, we took care of, and we are so proud to be here -- what ever came force -- whatever came forth, we took care of. we are so appreciative to all of you who helped us on this campaign. san francisco general hospital, when it went before the voters, received 84.3% of the vote. [applause] now, what i want you to think about is when did 84.3% of san franciscos agree about anything, that we got that high level of votes? we did not get that because of the campaign we ran, although we ran a very good campaign, and i'm very appreciative to all of the people here, from the labor unions -- especially 1021 -- who helped us -- [applause] thank you. through the business community, we were supported by democrats,

and i wish mitch daniels was here because he can talk about it more clearly than i can. but most importantly, i think we have to eliminate or sharply curtail these things that are called tax expenditures but what they really are is just spending by another name. and if you look at the total cost of tax expenditures, they actually equal all of the income tax that flows into the federal government and they equal 50% of the revenue. i have put on the table that we ought to establish caps that keep revenue at or below 21% of gdp. i didn't just pick that off the ceiling. it's the number that we have had every time we balance the budget in this generation. i also have called for instituting a plan to reduce overall spending to not more than 21% of gdp by making some really tough choices. if you look at the forecast in the cbo's forecast, spending is projected to go to 25.4%. so that's a big, big jump to get it down to 21% of gdp. we can do that but we have to reduce discretionary spending, and we're going to have to make some tough choices. as i was telling one of the governor

host: mitch on our line for democrats. caller: yes, a registered democrat life-long.ut the direction of the democratic party i'm not happy with it at all. and i'm not the only one. so i don't think i'll be voting for democrats. host: when you say you're not happy with the direction that the democratic party is going in, give us a specific thing that you're dissatisfied with. caller: well, talk of cap and tax. also, this health care. but the one thing that gets me is democratic party at one time was for working people. and it seems like when you're a government today. we're not out here in the working class out here since the 70s we've been getting hammered. swrobs don't pay, the benefits aren't there. so they want to give government the best benefit packages that can be had. so the democratic party doesn't represent me as a working person any more. host: address that man's concerns, please. guest: that's a really big issue. republicans are looking for you because the case they're making is that the obama administration has been focused on the public sector, not the pr

siemens says it's going to help processor reach its ambitious energy goals that's after president mitch evans that have targeted forty percent cuts in energy use within a decade europe's top engine young group that it has declared war on coal blocks of the company three years ago siemens was convicted of paying bribes for contracts in russia. we are living in like we say high risk country. several not only corruption several risks for business we started the russian corporate tax addition to. the malls and eighty companies signed in code of conduct to make clean business only in russia some german business leaders here yesterday said the crisis is over in their country what's their impression for russia the c.i.s. zero times between two saws and five and two thousand and eight differently over it we have been tremendous closer than in russia so really are returning to. normal times but hopefully next year you see overall investment in the industries and infrastructure of it come back to zero two thousand and eight level what energy efficiency savings can russia make if it uses siemens t

i think the last person to chair it twice in a row was minority leader mitch mcconnell. correct? >> i think you may be right. >> do you have future ambitions to possibly one day be the leader of your party? >> well, you know, i don't know whether that's in the cards or not. what i do want to do is continue to be involved and engaged and try to make a difference. i did not get elected in this senate seat that was first held by sam houston to be irrelevant or to be window dressing. i'm going to do everything i can as a senator and help the cause and the party that i believe in and help my state. whatever capacity that is, i am fine with. >> last question. we learned this week that president bush's mem ware is -- memoir is going to be available really in mid october. people begin to be digesting. and i've heard it's going to be very candid. is that positive for your candidates to have president bush paused administration do this -- president bush's administration do this at this time? >> well, i was busy with president bush in his office in dallas about three months ago and he told

house speaker nancy pelosi joined mitch mcconnell at the bipartisan national conference of state legislatorsin louisville, kentucky. the lawmakers gave two very different assessments of healthcare reform. >> i know that many of you but not all of you supported the legislation. now that healthcare reform is the law of the land, we must work together on implement stationation -- implementation. >> we jammed healthcare through in spite of widespread public outrage. >> analysts say today's comments previewed potential rhetoric by both parties in the run-up to the november election. >>> a controversial study is prompting the society of dermatology to suppress the importance of wearing sunscreen. an environmental group asked the fda to review the safety of a sunscreen ingreet -- ingredient. the term tollage says don't toss out sunscreen based on animal studies in europe. doctors say stay out of the sun between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 in the afternoon. >>> some expert say it's a sign of the childhood obesity crisis now that a british clothesmaker is offering plus sizes for teenagers. health officials i