mrs. brandon. >> thank you for the presentation, and i have a couple of comments and you have worked hard and i appreciate that you do this in the living situation because i think that we go from experience to experience and we learn. and so i did have a couple of questions, one i guess for the port in terms of the cruise ships coming in. are those cruise ships aware they are carries passengers that are walking into a huge city of events and so on the one hand it is positive. but on the other hand that not shocked when they come in. >> yes, the deputy director, yes, good question, we are going to have two large ships pull turns after 35 on saturday and sunday. we have reached out to the cruise lines, months ago and did a couple of things, a, we informed them of the activity on the water front and part of them were of the marketing standpoint they thought it was great because the america cup races will be under way and when they depart the big, white cruise ships will be sailing right by the race course. that part was great. in terms of logistics, we talked about the cruise lines, mike and

mr. james. i had always sorts of crazy catchphrases, but it wasn't the catchphrase that stuck with me. at the end of my last class with them, he said, brandonr life. that really stuck with me and the moment that the light went off in my head, and thought, wow, i have to work harder than what i'm doing. it was that little piece of advice that led to all this. >> always great advice. >> and teachers, really, you just never know when you have an impact, a lasting impact on a student. so that's fantastic. >> that's "early start," 30 seconds before the top of the hour. i'm alina cho. >> and i'm zoraida sambolin. "starting point" starts right now. >>> good morning, everybody. i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. soledad is off today. our "starting point," the deal is done! hip hip hooray! experienced official refs will be back on the field beginning tonight. it is like christmas here. thank you! how they got there and what happens from here. >> someone's the got job security in america. >>> candidates coming out swinging. obama and romney both in the same state again today, hammering each other on jobs. but why does newt gingrich call romney

mr. james. i had always sorts of crazy catchphrases, but it wasn't the catchphrase that stuck with me. at the end of my last class with them, he said, brandonr life. that really stuck with me and the moment that the light went off in my head, and thought, wow, i have to work harder than what i'm doing. it was that little piece of advice that led to all this. >> always great advice. >> and teachers, really, you just never know when you have an impact, a lasting impact on a student. so that's fantastic. >> that's "early