what an honor it must be for those children to perform for mr. tonytt today, paying tribute to his great legacy. something they will never forget, i'm sure. we have many others who wanted to pay tribute to you, mr. bennett, an expression of their love for you and for san francisco. i like to read to you just such an expression. this is a letter inspired by you and your song, the winning entry in the love letter to san francisco contest, sponsored by sf travel. if i may -- "dear sf -- can i call you sf? i remember the first time i was in your presence. age nine. even on your surface, you enchanted me and i never quite recovered. i did not truly fall in love until i spent my 22nd birthday with you. i explore the depths of chinatown. i toured the rock and froze my but off at a giants game in june. i was hooked. unfortunately, i had plans. plans with that boy in missouri, but how i was wrong to leave you. when i found out he was cheating, i ran to you and you took me in without asking questions. i packed my bags and never looked back. every day, i love yo

what an honor it must be for those children to perform for mr. tonytt today, paying tribute to his great legacy. something they will never forget, i'm sure. we have many others who wanted to pay tribute to you, mr. bennett, an expression of their love for you and for san francisco. i like to read to you just such an expression. this is a letter inspired by you and your song, the winning entry in the love letter to san francisco contest, sponsored by sf travel. if i may -- "dear sf -- can i call you sf? i remember the first time i was in your presence. age nine. even on your surface, you enchanted me and i

we have mr. tony whitaker from the payroll -- from the tax office. >> i apologize. thank you for waiting. we were downstairs with the mayor and supervisor avalos. mr. president, i think you know that for afternoon we reached agreement on business agreements with president chiu and the mayor. that is with conclusion and input over these five many months from the members of the business community. it is only with the support of the business community that the mayor and the board president and supervisor avalos came to this agreement. i want to thank the commission for its longtime advocacy of ending -- ending the payroll tax. and your work in the last few months in particular as we have worked to develop these proposals. none of this would be possible without mr. davis's work and the controller's work. he can go into the rate patrik -- great package that we hope will be before the board of supervisors mar. a couple of key features for the business community, i know you have been following this. the consensus measure does preserve the $100 million for small business. yo

. >> mr. tony camera dash carpenter? >> i welcome everybody to our community. i am a lifetime resident. i was born in hunter's point in 1945. i think that it is important for us to understand what economic development is all about us because it develops our community. not only did it develop our community, it developed our city during the time i have lived here. the redevelopment process, i thought, when it came to hunter's point, it was to benefit the residents. but over the years i learned different. it wasn't a plan for the residents. it was a plan for the city of san francisco to upgrade, and modernize our neighborhood. but in the course of upgrading, they failed to give us an opportunity to upgrade economically. when i was listening to what they were saying about the housing authority, and they mentioned a preference for 25% hunter's point residents. when they were rebuilding the development area and remoleding -- remodeling, i stood up for the residents of west point. you can't divide a community along project lines. now i find that is being done. it sadd

mr. roth, tony kovaleski with nbc bay area. we've been trying to talk to you about how you're spending rate payer money. he's the ceo and the chairman of the board. published reports show richard roth earns more than $2 million each year. don't you think rate payers have a right to know how you're spending their money? but before he answers that question, let's understand what mr. roth wants from rate payers. the utility has asked for a 44% increase, including 21% next year. one of its reasons for asking for the increase, consumers are apparently conserving too much water, lowering water bills and lowering san jose water's bottom line. >> i rinse, turn the water off. it's all about conserve, conserve, conserve. i would say to them, practice what you reach. >> reporter: tina pays for san jose water bill. >> everything ought to be laid out on the table. what are they hiding? >> reporter: nbc bay area sent this request for records to san jose water. it asks the utility to provide all travel, entertainment and expense reports. we a

am so proud to introduce you today to the acting associate attorney general of the united states, mr tony west. ♪ [applause] >> good morning. thank you for that very kind introduction and for reminding us about the vital work that is going on in ojjdp every single day. let me thank our partners at the department of education and particularly secretary duncan for hosting the summit and for inviting me this morning to participate. it is quite a privilege for me to be with all of you. i know that many of you have been instrumental in efforts to raise awareness about bullying as well as how to prevent it and intervene to stop it and how to deal with it once it occurred. you remind us that bullying is not simply just a part of growing up. it is not just a matter of kids being kids. remind us that it is unacceptable and it is wrong and all of us, each one of us, we share in the responsibility of preventing it. many of you are helping to give us the tools that we need, the data will reference and strategies we will use as we seek to change policy and improve young lives. i join you today not onl

mr. larry bvaer -- baer. >>thanks renel. tony's part of not just the city tradition but the san francisco giants tradition. since we have been in the new ball park, it has been played a total of 573 times after giants wins, including playoff wins and including world series wins. [applause] importantly, you know, we almost lost the giants. in 1993, we made some desperate calls to tony when the team was saved, and we asked tony -- there is only one person that could kick off the new generation, the new era of giants baseball on opening day in 1993, and that was tony bennett. he sang "god bless america" and "i left my heart in san francisco" on that date. it was an unbelievable day. it brought down the house, as did your performance at the all- star game. as did your performance at the world series. you are a huge part of the san francisco giants. as we all know, you have not arrived until you have your own bobblehead. [laughter] last year, we created a created abobblehea -- a tony bennett bobblehead for tony bennett night. it has a v

mr. perkins. >> tony perkins from louisiana. the amendment seeks to interject something that is not completely true when we look at the issue of marriage. government extends benefits to marriage because marriage benefits society. the social science as well as the experience of marriage is that it benefits children which in turn benefits society. children who come from marriage do better from -- from intact marriage do better economically, culturally, socially. they do better in their school. this would move us away from a party that recognizes the benefits that marriage extend to a society. historically, marriage has been the cornerstone. we, we dealt with this in the health committee as well, and very clear that this party has stated something in clear contrast to the other party. we recognize nature, we recognize history, that marriage is the union of one man and one woman. this would move the party immensely away from the position that this party has held. >> yep. i think, listen, i think everybody understands this issue. i'd

mr. ipod himself, tony fidel says there is more work to be done. >> are you telling me we have come to ange when my thermostat needs software updates? >> these are definitely complicated products and there may be bugs in them from time to time. >> fortunately, all of these remote controlled interconnected artificially intelligent thermostats have one really great feature. >> when all else fails, you can still use them the old-fashioned way by turning them with your hand. >> osgood: till to come remembering hamlisch. >> first the olympian who became a hero. [ alicia ] i snack all the time throughout the day. i love fruit. grapefruits, pineapple. i put lemon in my water. these are all highly acidic. the acid can affect the enamel. i think lemons are good for you. [ laughs ] just not for my teeth. my dentist recommended pronamel. he told me that pronamel would help protect the enamel of my teeth from further acid erosion. now that i use pronamel, i feel more confident about having these acidic foods in my diet. i really care about these things, and i want to be doing what's best for my body

am so proud to entities you today to the acting associate attorney general of the united states, mr. tonying. well, thank you for that very kind introduction, and for reminding us about the vital work that is going on in ojjdp every single day. and let me also thank our partners at the department of education, and particularly secretary duncan for hosting this summit and for inviting me here this morning to participate. it is really quite a privilege for me to be here with all of you. i know that many of you have been instrumental in efforts to raise awareness about bullying, as was how to prevent it, how to intervene, to stop it, and how to deal with it once it has occurred. you remind us that bullying is not simply just a part of growing up. that it's not just a matter of kids eating kids. you remind us that it is unacceptable, that it is wrong, and that all of us, each one of us, we share in the responsibility of preventing it. and many of you are helping to give us the tools that we need, the data of reference and strategies we would use as we seek to change policy and improve young l

mr. obama plans to campaign in ohio tomorrow. >>> famed director tony scott died after jumping from a los angeles county bridge. he directed top gun, beverly hills copii and crimson tide and produced the series the good wife. investigators found a suicide note at his office. scott was the brother of producer and director, ridley scott. tony scott was 68 years old. >>> overseas now, in the political scandal in china over the murder of a businessman. the wife of the politician was given a suspended death sentence early today for the murder of neal haywood. media reports she confessed to poisoning haywood. she suffered a mental breakdown and that haywood threatened her son she said. a suspended death sentence is usually commuted to life in prison. her husband was once on the fast track to chinese leadership, lost his job. >>> julian assange remained holed up in london. foreign ministers from 12 south american countries condemned his -- assange wanted for questioning in sweden on a sex assault case isn't giving in. he shifted to the u.s. and says he's the victim of a witch hunt. here's the re

mr. perkins. >> tony perkins from louisiana. the amendment seeks to interject something that is not completely true when we look at the issue of marriage government extends benefits to marriage because marriage benefits society. the social science, as well as the experience of marriage, is that it benefits children, which in turn benefits society. children from an in tact marriage do better economically, culturally, socially, they do better in their school. this would move us away from a party that recognizes the benefits that marriage extend to a society. historically marriage has been the cornerstone. we dealt with this in the health committee as well, and very clear that this party has stated something in clear contrast to the other party. we recognize nature, we recognize history, that marriage is the union of one man and one woman. this would move the party immensely away from the position that this party has held. >> i think -- listen, i think everybody understands this issue. i'd like to call on mr. bopp to ask what was t

. >> tony said crying along with conde when mrs. romney talked about the cancer in the fairy tale .nd the remarks about her husband were unforgettable. condi set the bar high. but paul ryan's was the best of the night. please keep the comments coming into us. >> while mitt romney prepared to deliver his proposal to the country, this convention goers is offering his own. can you figure out the word of the day? stick around we'll tell you the answer. and we'll head to the break. if he can take credit for government building small businesses, then he can accept responsibility for breaking his promise and adding five trillion dollars to the national debt. because he did build that. >> and here is another highlight from the convention. a fairy tale love story unfolding right on the stage at the rnc. >> i love you. >> and i love you. >> will you marry me? >> yes. >> will you marry me? >> bradley thompson proposed to his girlfriend of three years lara. both are convention staffers and they rigged the monitors to spell out will you marry me. he got down on one knee to pop the big question a

mr. barton. >> may i offer a friendly amendment there that would have a parenthetical, which upholds the right of citizens to own and possess guns in washington, d.c., or something to that effect. tony, something that would explain that parenthetically. >> mr. perkins. >> knowing mr. barton's affection for firearms, i will accept that amendment. [laughter] >> can i suggest, i think or talk about the second library the fundamental right is to keep and bear arms which bears the land which of the second amendment. we can put that in place of self-defense, will that work? >> yes. >> do you want to make that amendment? >> i will make that a part of my amendment. >> so the language, the fundamental right to keep and bear arms. will be the new reading of the amendment. is there further discussion of the amendment? mr. schoenbohm. >> yes, to answer previous objections for mentioning the supreme court cases. would it not be better, friendly amendment, to say with the supreme court decisions, rather than mention heller and mcdonald? i'm not an attorney but i believe they are certain law, correct? >> yes. >> i'd like to call the question, please. >> okay. question has been called. all of those

mr. perkins of the family research council. thanks very much, tony. thank you for being with us today.ere you at this meeting, were you aware of this meeting last night? what can you tell us about it? >> there was a private meeting that took place with todd akin, just to talk with him and encourage him and the stand that he's taking. >> and were you at the meeting? >> i was at a later meeting with him. i have spoken to him, and, you know, this is a challenge for him. obviously, you know, it was a biden-ism that he made. it was inexcusable. it was inappropriate. he has acknowledged such. and he's moving on. now, there are some in the republican party that want him to get out. he has made his decision that he's going to stay in. you know, and from my perspective, as i, our organization endorsed him in the primary, we endorsed him based upon the totality of his record. he has been a strong advocate for national defense. a strong advocate for life and for the family and for all americans. and so our position on him and his candidacy has not changed. >> will you come up with enough money to

mrs. obama aren't be asking about tony resco. >> that is six years old, come on. >> romney's taxes are ten you know romney's father set the standard for release of taxes. romney himself, his campaign just said we'll release 2011 on october 15th. ryan did a media dump late friday afternoon, you know, in august to release his tax returns. they are making this front and center. they are talking about medicare which is a nonstarter for a republican campaign. they will not win on the medicare issue. >> mark hal principa halperin says you're wrong. he says they are doing what the obama campaign wants to do. >> i disagree with him. can i have your permission to dis disagree with him please. jon: what about the president's quote when he said you make a big election about small things. on balance aren't mitt romney's tax returns a relatively small thing. >> you can easily solve the problem by doing what every other candidate has done. i guess he gets asked about it. you have got the document dump friday afternoon. the statement about october 15th. you've got him saying, he's bringing up -- you have

mr. chairman. fp102amfp102 are my amendments, and i would draw the. >> all right. both have been withdrawn. the next amendment i have is fp 104. >> that's correct. >> that has been submitted by tony perkins of louisiana. >> mr. chairman, with all due respect to the gentleman from missouri, i disagree with the current platform and believe it is leading to a two-stage solution. i think it should be up to them. the will of this body, we have done with this matter, i withdraw this amendment corrects all right. fp104 has been withdrawn. fp105, and i'm sorry, but i cannot read the zimmerman's last name. fp105. >> why. >> yes, sir. >> this amendment in no way alters the support for the two state system, but recognizes some reality in the middle east. i would propose that online 29 we had the following, recognize that this will not be possible so long as hamas is part of the palestinian government and so long as the palestinian authority refuses to this date in arabic that israel has the right to exist as a jewish state would secure insensible borders. >> is there a second? >> second. >> there is a second. >> again, i have read the point submitted. it is a superb piece of writing. fair,

mr. romney is 49% 42% has grown slightly i think since last month. a new book about gov rod blagojevich says tonyto his senate campaign for him. the former governor said that he heard he paid $25,000 federal authorities did not deem the claim credible. the book is scheduled to be published in september. city council examines the boundaries voters will know where to vote and to their new representatives will be. when election day comes first of all they go to the right place and a vote within the right political boundaries and they know who their representatives are. voter registration notices will be mailed this week. american airlines pilots rejected a new contract. the allied pilots association says close to 3000 pilots voted in favor of the sensitive contract and nearly 5000 voted against it. two other key labor groups and the approved contract agreements the airlines tentative contract relies on the cops for profitability. tax company's plans to bring jobs to chicago. and a bear gets into some trouble in colorado. details on the newest edition of your chicago bears. this is the plan for back

tony, over to you. >> allison, how great is that, mr. lewis and nobel in the studio.derful, thank you. >>> the nationals front office is showing a little national tude even in the face of a two- game slump. we've talking post-season on the "fox 5 morning news." later where the celebrities shop when they come to washington. holly morris is live in middleburg, virginia with a sneak peek where to find the best bargains with a little help from a special guest. we'll be right back. it's 8:22. [ male announcer ] olympic tennis players bob and mike bryan are always on the move. so they can't get to the bank to deposit a check. instead, they use citibank mobile check deposit. it's easy. they just snap a pic... ♪ hit send... and their checks are deposited right to their account. well almost all of their checks. stand back. seriously? [ male announcer ] citibank mobile check deposit. easier banking. every step of the way. if you've got a business, you didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. my father's hands didn't build this company. my hands didn't build this compa

you started the don cornelius foundation, and i understand, tony, that the person who actually gave you the idea was mr he died, and i just want to play part of that interview. >> it's a heartbreak to know that he's gone at 75. what do you do? you hear about these things and your heart aches and you wish that you could have been there for that person, for those in the past who have lost their lives in that kind of way. but no matter the way someone loses their lives, you wish you were able to prevent that the from happening in some kind of way, to encourage and to inspire them. we have to give them as much love as we can and let them know that, listen, no problem is so big that it cannot be solved. >> do you agree with that, tony? and tell me more about this foundation you've started. >> yes, i totally agree with that. and thank god for stevie wonder. stevie wonder was one of the first people that i spoke to after my father's death. and he gave me words that i'll never forget. and those words were that life is worth living. and from that, the don cornelius foundation was started. it's basically to help