mr. tom purpose. mr. tho-biaz. miss williams. mr. errol wishom. ms. virginia wright. >> please speak and your microphones. we are being recorded and televised. we want to hear everything that you have to say. i would like to first acknowledge from the senator's office, miss erin keenan. we know that center -- senator yee is a strong advocate for mental health in san francisco and throughout the state of california. we appreciate him sending a representative here to witness the proceedings. thank you very much. i want to welcome you all to the public hearing on the impact of the mental health budget cuts. over the past 10 years, the severe reductions in inpatient psychiatric bed capacity has led to a crisis in san francisco. these cuts are a great threat to public safety. they expose the city to increasing costs in crime and homelessness while failing to provide humane treatment and the hope of recovery to residents with mental illness. when services are cut, we end up paying higher costs in our hospitals, streets, and jails. tonight, we will hear from

the iconic, the legendary, mr. tom jones is going to be here. the new album.live in our next half hour. we say good morning, america. here with george, i'm robin. >> also, 25 years later. we talked to them yesterday. we're going to find out the secrets behind those dance moves in this next half hour, as well. >>> and our next guest is one of the stars of the upcoming legal drama, "the whole truth" on abc. rob mora enjoys winning cases, playing hoops. he's here with us, as well. >> good to see you. >> we couldn't provide coffee for you? >> sorry. i needed the caffeine. >> get that outside? >> yes. >> this is fascinating. this new show. as someone watching, you don't know whose side you're supposed to be on. >> that's the trick. if we can get people to shift air allegiances throughout the episode, we're on to something that's new. that's what we're hoping. >> and mora tyranny, to work with her. >> love her. she's a dream. she's a great, cool, sexy, smart, funny, tough bostonian. >> tell us about your birthday. it was your birthday yesterday. how did you celebrat

tom. thank you, mrs. mcnerney. oh, you can call me pussy now. thank you. pussy? well, wonderful. ! peewee, my youngest daughter... you little rebel... and you... tom leezak... you're... well... wonderful surprise. thank you, mr. mcnerney. i... i just hope that i can be... all that i can be. in this... family. well... i love sarah. that's all i need to know. well, you really missed the boat, didn't you, prentiss? yes, i did, dan. you bet your ass, you did. i should've been courting sarah instead of putting in 19-hour days at the office. anyway, congratulations. to both of you. seriously, from my heart. thank you, peter. you're a lucky man. hey, i know that. grab a flute of bubbly and rise. everybody ready? why is peter prentiss here? dad's doing a business deal with him. all right, health, wealth, happiness! all: health, wealth, happiness! all right. peewee, 10-yard out. leezak, give me a 5-yard slant. you got this, man. don't worry about it. let's see what leezak's packing. ready? all right. and... break! break! peter: on one. ready? all: break! peter: you guys ready for this? dow

mr. smith. >> thank you, tom. eric smith. fresh and easy is a company from england. what i'd like to see them do is first become a union, which would be great, and also to hire from the community. that should be first and foremost. it is a food desert. we need a lot of different options and opportunities. you've heard about using our schools as a hub for farmers markets and the like. i do a lot of urban farming myself. we have some 85 geets out -- goats out there that we use. i think it's very important to do that. we'll see what happens. i'd like to encourage that. i'd like to see a supermarket there. it is a food desert and we need to do something about that and change that. thank you. >> now, ms. sweep? >> i'd like to say that right now there is a grocery store. it's inadequate in its current capacity. the redevelopment agency, in conjunction with our current sitting supervisor sophie maxwell, have worked out a deal to expand that footprint and turn it into a kroger. that's going to be a major impact on on what goes on in our district because we will have a full s

tom? [ laughter ] patrick? >> mr. gray, during the campaign you called for the dismissal of the attorney general. have you spoke on the mr. nickels yet and when do you plan on making a decision? >> no, i haven't talked to him directly. >> will you make a decision. >> we will make a decision on all personnel but i think i have made my position clear on the attorney general. they have to realize their client is the people of district of columbia and i don't think that has been evident in the recent past. i think the attorney general took the position that he represented the mayor and i think that is a different view than i have. one more question. let me make sure i haven't missed anyone. tim you get the last word [ inaudible ] >> let me say the following, tim temperature brown since he came on the council has been elected at large. he's represented the entire city since 2005. for the last four years, i have been the council chair. i had to be elected by the entirety of the population of the district of columbia. both o

it comes from a republican, tom watson. mr. watson is a retired employee from hewlett packard. he has a question regarding the outsourcing of jobs alt s at h. let's listen. >> carly, while you were at hp, you sent thousands of jobs offshore. you coined the phrase, "right shoring." also in a keynote speech in 2004, you said -- there's no job that's america's god-given right anymore. do you still feel that way? what are you plans to create jobs? >> any job can go anywhere. what worries me deeply is the jobs we have now could not come back. we have to fight for every job. the truth is that california has higher than average unemployment rate because we're destroying jobs. others are fighting for jobs. texas is fighting harder for jobs, north carolina, mexico, brazil, guatemala, china, india, russia, poland. i know precisely why those jobs go. i'll tell you why. china, for example, like texas, like brazil, gives companies huge tax credits. they help them cut through regulation. they reward r&d, they provide access to credit. that's what we need to do. i proposed a two-year payroll

and comes from a peninsula republican tom watson. mr. watson is a retired employee from hewlett packard. and he has a question regarding the outsourcing of jobs at hp. >> carly, while up were at h.p., you sent thousands of jobs offshore n. defense of your actions, you coined the phrase right shoring. also in a keynote speech in 2004, you said, there is no job that is america's god-given right anymore. do you still feel that way? orplans to create jobs? california? >> this is -- jobs in california? >> this is the 21st century. any job can go anywhere. and what worries me deeply is the jobs we lose now may not come back. so we have to fight for every job. the truth is that california has higher-than-average unemployment rate because we are destroying jobs and others are fighting harder for our jobs. texas is fighting harder for our jobs. so is north carolina, brazil, guatemala, china, india, russia, poland. i know precisely why those jobs go. and i'll tell you why. because chine afor example, like texas, like brazil, gives companies huge t

mr. stalone. guess what happened? nothing. at christmas i got a check from tom brocaw for a hundred dollars. i sold my car a buick for 500 dollars in a seedy area in oakland. by spring i raised 200 dollars. my marth was a principal at an elementary school. she invited me to talk to the kids. when i was leaving a fourth grader looked me in the eye and said, i have a piggy bank at home and i will help you raise money for the school in pakistan. i didn't think anything of it. 6 weeks later the school is raised 65,000 penes. >> main stage's loud efts performance was about bief the detroit native high strung. they had an energyic performance. the concert was a plash back to the kinks and the who and tv shows like hala blue. ladies and gentlemen. the high strung. [music] >> hope you enjoyed this look back at some of the entertaining guests that graced the stage of the main library. you can watch more highlights from main stage on you tube and new episodes on sfg. org. watch for more readings, speakers and performances during the next year. we leave you with a bonus performance from the high strung

mr. lee for years but never took his demands seriously. >> tom costello, silver spring, maryland, just outside the washington, d.c. border tonight. tom, thanks. >>> some mixed news on the u.s. economy tonight. first the bad news. auto sales plunged in august from last year which was propped up, remember, by the government's cash for clunkers program. toyota sales were down 34%. honda down 33. gm down 25. ford down 11. chrysler managed a 7% gain only because their cash for clunkers sales were so weak last year. the good news, manufacturing business grew in this country in august for the 13th month in a row. wall street was happy with that stat and the dow soared nearly 255 points on the day as a result. >>> overseas to iraq where today inside one of suddam hussein's old palaces, the official handover ceremony as u.s. forces stepped back into a supporting role now and let the iraqis officially take the lead in their own security. vice president joe biden, defense secretary robert gates were there in baghdad for today's ceremony. >>> having turned now to another front, president obama today becam

tom. what happened after the debate is raising some eyebrows tonight. >> mr. brown, could you just answer a few questions? >> jerry brown in an out of character move never stopped to aner questions. he did prompt that it was an exciting exchange after switching to whitman. whitman, on the other hand, says she's delighted about how thipgz went. our coverage begins at 6:00 p.m. followed by the debate at 6:30 which will be monitored by our tone tom brokaw. we'll also be featuring the entire thing happening on a rope. >>> police are looking for a suspect who beat, attacked and robbed a woman in east bay. he is 560 pounds. it happened at noon on capitol hill. the victim remaining in fair condition tonight. >>> he's been convicted, but after this round, we'll be staying there indefinitely. a federal judge caps he would his execution this thursday, saying his falt would be decided on the execution das of his execution drug. with all the legal wrang lynn folding, because the attorney general waentd an execution date a month after the murderer, arthur and his attorneys

everything was perfect at tom porteous' house. >> mr. gardener, from time to time, you also would give judge porteous money to gamble, isn't that right? >> from time to time, throughout our relationship before he was ever a judge, he would ask me for a few dollars. and you got thetranscript. we were out shopping for gifts at christmas season. he had had run out of cistmas money, i guess, and is i had some on me, he asked me for some money to buy glasses for his wife. when he became a judge -- >> mr. gardener, i'm not asking about christmas presents right now, i'm asking about gambling. this is a yes or no question. did you or did you not from time to time give judge porteous money to gamble? >> no, i gave judge porteous money. i told you already, if you re it, i don't know what he did with it. i presume that he gambled with it, because he took it, sometimes i would see -- he would come by, everybody would have supper and he would come by and say, you got $100 on you? i would give him $100. tom is a bummer. if he's out of cigarettes, he's

mr. kelley. thank you so much for your time and for coming on "nightly business report". >> thank you very much for having us. >> tom: we'll have more on today's other big deals in tonight's "market focus," including wal-mart's push overseas and unilever's deal to buy alberto culver. here are the stories in tonight's n.b.r. newswheel: stocks fell despite those big deals. the dow lost 48 points, the nasdaq was off 11 and the s&p 500 fell 6.5. trading volume dipped to start the week. 919 billion shares traded on the big board, under two billion on the nasdaq. 919 million, rather, on the big board. you've heard of sharing the wealth, now federal regulators want banks to share the risk. the federal deposit insurance corporation is requiring banks that sell things like mortgage- backed securities to keep at least 5% of the underlying assets on their books. that way, it's hoped banks will be more careful when screening borrowers. a federal judge says a.i.g. will have to defend itself against a shareholder lawsuit. the company had wanted the suit dismissed. now, a.i.g. will have to answer to claims it misled investors abou

mr. bernstein is going, waiting for returns. he will decide his next move. >> now, your 11 insta-weather- plus forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> we have picture-perfect weather outside. termperatures about normal. a high or around the 80 degree mark. that was close to the hyatt -- the normal high of 75 degrees. wednesday morning, most suburban areas dropping back into the 50's. down to 62 degrees in white marsh. edgewood. 60's in pasadena at 59. some of the western mountain regions will probably be in the upper 40 poesi's. clouds moving in. skies are clear across central and eastern maryland. mostly cleared towards morning. 63 at the inner harbor. sunrise at 6:48 on wednesday morning. it is out over the northern lakes. that will bring us another beautiful day tomorrow, under dry conditions. beautiful sunshine. our next shot of rain it should get here thursday night. until then, beautiful weather. 77 tomorrow. sunset at 7:15 waves in. wednesday evening. picture-perfect out in western maryland. the leaves will probably start turning up pretty soon. towards the end of september, and it will be that kind of weather.

mrs. sarkozy has complely distanced herself from the book. > our time right now is 4:51. time again for a look at traffic and weather on the ones. and tomre in udio. >> hi, tom. >> hey, good morning. we've got the much needed rain overnight. quite a bit more fell north of washington. we got less than half of 0.1. 0.5 fell in the metro area. an inch near the mason-don line. let's take a look at the temperatures. they're in the 60s from shenandoah valley to east of the bay. still in the 70s at the northern neck. reagan national in the low 70s. elsewhee, though in the 60s for the most part. look at theainfall totals we had. 0.9 fell in frederick. up farther to thenorth, too. certainly much needed. two-thirds of an inch in the panhandle of west virginia. that is a parched region there. out in the mountains, near 60. eastern shore, low 70s. there's then rain as of yesterday right around sunset. the rain picked up a bit. heavy storms came through the new york city area. now they're over eastern long island and southern new england. the tropics are very active. hurricane carl moving into southern mexico. this is a huge hurricane igor tracking

tom brown. i live in san francisco parade -- i live in san francisco. i have done historical preservation is. i flew in in support of mr. hung's project. i was a sponsor until 2005, when the planning commission approved recommendations of the planning department. yes, it took a number of years and an inordinate amount of effort from my resources as well as from the staff here. i still recognize some of the names from back then. with respect to the issue, which happens to be with this narrow scope, as you put it, when we first went to dbi, we went before we made application. back then, we had the opportunity to make a presentation to the dbi, a pre application meeting that you could have for about $150. it was said here are concept drawings, giving your best shot as far as what issues may come about. there were two issues, one was the front of the building had an historical artifact that may trigger ceqa. that was the first issue, which it did, and that was the reason why we came in. the second issue is the other issue, which deals with the ideal of the window of time, or lack of effort between, say, 2005 and 2007, that

cast some serious doubted on testimony given by a guy name tom herez to the commission on civil rights and other instances that may have led mr. coates to realize it is finally time. >> bill: okay, there are two stories here. the black panther story itself, which isn't really a big story. they are thugs. they should have been prosecuted. they probably auto would have got minimum sentence if convicted. it's an interesting story but not huge story. >> just to correct something in your talking points, you said that eric holder failed to bring a criminal investigation. it was the bush administration that failed to bring a criminal investigation. they brought a civil investigation. afternoon that's what holder dropped after he won it. >> bill: but holder wouldn't bring criminal charges. >> neither bush nor holder would bring criminal. >> bill: okay. he could have? >> either one could have. >> bill: bush justice department could have too. how long did he have? two months. he wasn't thinking about that weighs thinking about his new house in dallas and getting out of town. >> bush administration brought civil charges. they won the ca

mr. begala, democrats outside the white house, need new blood. maybe the former senate majority leader tom daschle. this has been a relatively insular group so the expectation is they will pick from within. they may look outside. some say they could make this decision after the mid-term elections where the president might have a bit more sober view. >> want to weigh in who should be it? >> who is it should be up to the president. john's reporting is spot on as far as i can discern. hate to admit that. sam names, names being bandied about, including tom daschle, the former senate majority leader, tom donlon, one of the top aides on the national security council and two that alex mentioned before, john podesta, the final chief of staff for president clinton and leon panetta who preceded john by a couple of chiefs of staff, now the cia director. these are able people. we talk about this a lot in washington all the time. the truth is staff comes and staff goes. as a staffer, you know, i always pried myself in knowing the difference between the organ grinder and the monkey, right, and i was jus

mr. work, disability, and insurance as well as the years lost due to premature death. >> your 11 insta-weather + forecast with tom tasselmyer. >> all-around amid -- mid- atlantic, a cool day on this last day of summer. the first time below 50 degrees since june 11th. it had been a while. to the west, look how warm it was compared to hear. while we were in 40's, chicago was at 68. that warmer air to the west of us will gradually come in. while there were chilly numbers this morning, and will not hang around too long. we were almost in the upper 30's. temperatures dropped to around 40 degrees. even the eastern shore got a chance to cool off. easton was at 48 degrees. salzburg was a cool 49 degrees. in allegany and garrett county, cooler. a nice turnaround from low 40's to almost 80 degrees. westminster was 75. skies are clear. it would be cool except for the fact that winds are now turning to the south. that southern the breezed should keep temperatures milder than last night. about 60 degrees at the inner harbor. a nice night had a bus as the pressure drops off. as it moves further away, we will get the southern t

mr. clinton said brown would be an excellent governor. brown says he is honored of the endorse. don't forget, jerry brown and meg whitman will debate on october 12th here on nbc bay area. nbc's tom brokaw will moderate from dominican university in san raffaele. >>> governor schwarzenegger took a ride on japan's bullet train today. he and 100 california business leaders in asia promoting everything from tourism to wine to technology. it is also an opportunity to research the kind of major transportation investment california is planning. >> i'm very impressed with technology and also with the infrastructure itself, with the way the rails were built, the tunnels and everything. it is much more than just the rail, as you know. >> the governor wrapped up his asian trip in south korea, meeting with a pro-vichblgal governor, they agreed too boost scientific and technological exchanges, expand trade and strengthen their cooperation. >>> president obama went become to the future he's delivered today's back-to-school address. he got a rock star welcome at philadelphia's masterman school with screaming and a standing ovation. the speech was broadcast to schools around the nation. the pres

. >> tom has a question. >> mr. chairman, treasurer of the corporation and the president of the national association of corporate treasurers and we along with u.s. chamber, the business roundtable -- [inaudible] >> yes, sir. >> members of our coalition for the dividend end users and the concern that we have had all along has been to seek clear exemption from not only clearing but marketing for the end users and the reasons david gave in the beginning i would echo, but just from the corporate treasury standpoint, i can tell you that the concern is in order to meet the variable in some cases multiple times a day margin calls to be required the treasury have to hold a slight cash for the committed credit to meet the margin goals, and we have estimated for instance my company is a member of the business roundtable and that group, the members of the business financial roundtable have to hold aside $269illion on average to meet the mrgin calls, and the consequences of th is that its $259 million not available for investme

mr. lee's complaints, but never really took his threats seriously. natalie? >> tom costello in silver spring, maryland. thank you, tom. >>> two sides that have been at odds for generations are coming together today in washington, working towards the ever-elusive mideast peace. benjamin netanyahu and mahmoud abbas are holding face-to-face talks after meeting with president obama at the white house on wednesday. the president is hoping for a peace agreement within a year and says he is cautiously hopeful. >>> we're following a developing story right now out of the gulf of mexico. there's been another oil rig explosion, this one about 80 miles off the coast of central louisiana. everyone on the rig is accounted for, but there are reports of smoke and fire. the rig is owned by mariner energy. >>> and do you know what day today is? it is 9/02/10. and the beverly hills show is celebrating the day. the city and fans of the series are throwing a huge party with big-name celebrities and a food and wine festival. >>> now, seven minutes past the hour. let's go back outside to

mr. obama's presidential run. rouse also has strong ties with congress which is important for a white house chief of staff. he was tom daschle's chief of staff for 20 years, so if the president hires him as interim, he might not be in much of a hurry to find a permanent chief of staff. >> shepard: all right. wendell goler on the north lawn, thank you. >>> facebook, changed the communication habits of half a billion people and it could soon change their portfolios as well. tonight is talk of a facebook stock offering a a buy or a hold in how big might it be and teachers can help students learn a different language, but so can interactive software. that's what some public school officials are saying as they search for ways to cut costs. that's next. while you're waiting, quick commercial break. you can head to the web site for the latest poll. ahead of the midterm elections, click on the politics button on foxnews.com. >> shepard: you can like it, tag it, but you can't own facebook. at least not yet. one of the company's more prominent board members telling "fox business" network that the social network site is still a

mr. scott. - any time we make some kind of reduction or change in this budget, it's very difficult to do. your living that every tom davis. i think it's especially important to do so in a way that prose seed rally conceivable in every respect. the concern i would express having heard about the joint forces command is you know, a decision announced august ninth. given the cycle of when congress considered appropriations bills and authorization bills is unfortunate. when you're going to make decisions you should follow traction. doing it in the budget presentation so the normal process can work it's course or you should call for another bracket and as perfect as that it. it's gained credibility. the hard decisions you have ahead i think will become more achievable if you follow some regular order. second. my friend from texas said, the legislation he and i worked on together that the committee unanimously approved the floor. which hopefully, will be enacted as part of the authorization bill does place great emphasis on the financial audits. i think you'll gain credibility with the public and congress when the audits

mr. obam is planning four rally to energize the young voters who rallied for him two years ago. >>> 6:21. time for traffic and weather on the ones. >> nice morning, tom. >> it is. temperatures in the 60s under a mostly clear skies as we look at the four-day forecast, pleasant weather the highs in the 70s to near 80. chilly start tomorrow morning many warming up wednesday and thursday. chance for rain wednesday ght. friday and the weekend looking dry. partly cloudy each day. 80s on frid. cooler saturday and sunday with highs in the 70s to near 80 and partly cloudy. let's check traffic on this monday mornin jerry,ow is it looking now? >> we're getting clogged up on interstate 66 as well as other interstates. despite the loaded up volume, no accidents to report. at least interstate 66 volume headed eastbound. if yu're headed elsewhere this morning, check downtown. 395. right now we do have reports of a broken down hicle on the westboundside. report of a broken down vehicle near the exit for 6th and 7th streets southwest. no delays there. metro rail doing fine. fredericksburg, two dels. 302 and 304. mark rail camden, 809. that train now 21 minutes behind

mr. obama is expected to talk about the economy and housing market. it will be moderated by john harwood, cnbc's chief washington correspondent. you can watch beginning at noon today. >>> all right. tomrein joins us with a look at the forecast. good morning to you. >> after a beautiful weekend which is now a disassistatant m. good morning. no travel problems weatherwise. mild temperatures from the shenandoah valley to the atlanticbeaches. in the 60s right now near 70 in washington. near the bay. and elsewhere out of the mountains of western maryland, west virginia, chilly morning there. down into the low 50s throughout much of that region. over the last 12 hours we have had a weak front come through. just a few sprinkles. pattern continues. off to a clear start. the clouds off the atlantic seaboard are from igor, a minimal hurricane. here isbermuda. it passed the center of circulation. unloaded a lot of rain. thankfully the winds have diminisd. winds 75 miles per hour. it will continue on a northeasterly track. there could be heavy surf at the beaches the next couple days. farther north and east is a weakening tropical storm. we may have a new tropical storm lisa perhaps in the next

tom wilkinson arranged to have one of his close friends, mr. gardner, and to the case. gardner, as you will hear, was far closer in either of the plaintiff's attorney's. he not only promised $100,000 for just appearing in the court room for this case. he promised him an additional $100,000 if he could get porteous to recuse himself or leave the case. under this bounty agreement with a federal judge, he had just promised another lawyer a total of $200,000 for just appearing in the case and getting this judge to remove himself. what is remarkable, senators, is that this unethical promise was put into a written contract and we have the contract. in return, gardner gave the magistrate's brother, tom wilkinson, $30,000. the problem was that porteous was not going anywhere. while the conspiracy should have been the subject of the investigation, the house decided to call him as a witness on the alleged unethical act of judge porteous. he ruled against his close friend, gardner, and cost 10 the $100,000 bounty and other possible fees. with a gift made years after the refusal he

mr. veggielution himself. you're not often, i can't even remember what's happening. >> reporter: i know. i miss you guys, too, but i'll bring you back vegetables. it is all about veggielution, jessica, tom, and everyone. they're doing extraordinary things out here. thing of veggielution as kind of like evolution. they're growing all kinds of things. even though we've had a cool summer they have tomattomatoes, squash, tomatillos and cucumbers. they taste pretty sweet. we are about 15 feet from the freeway but it's not impacting the taste of these vegetables that are all going to do some good across the community. with us now is joseph gaudette. tell us about this veggielution benefit dinner on saturday. >> you can get tickets. it's going to benefit our veggie youth program as well as all the other programs that help our community here. >> and the youth program helps -- >> it's show casing our produce and it's special to me as a chef because it's really awesome to be able to work with great produce. >> reporter: yeah, all this fresh stuff. >> all this stuff. >> reporter: tell us a little bit -- >> i know. >> reporter: right. tell us what we're going to be making on saturday. >> right now

tom recall of motrin in which johnson & johnson hired contractors to buy adult motrin to remove the product from store shelves. the ceo for johnson & johnson william welden testified this morning. >> mrrman, i know that we've let the public down. we did not maintain our high quality standards and as a result children do not have access to our important medicines. >> this past summer johnson & johnson also recalled some other products such as hip implants and contact lenses. fisher-price has issued a massive recall that involves 10 million children's toys and high chairs that can cause injuries or post choking hazards. the recall includes triks and little people wheellies, infant toys with inflatable balls sold under baby playzone, play wall and kick and crawl. fisher-price is recalling more than 1 million easy clean and close to me high chairs because of a protruding peg can cause injuries. i suggest you go online and get a full list of those toys. >>> mcdonald's calls the wall street journal report completely false that says mcdonald's may drop health insurance for 30,000 hourly workers because of the new health care law. we just got the statement from mcdonald's. these reports are