david muir, abc news, syracuse. >> we want to know the success stories from your hometown. our interactive map at abcnews.com/worldnews. >>> tomorrow night, i'm going to take you back with me to louisville. we say louisville. see you tomorrow night. bob ehrlich pretends to be for the working guy... but he's not on our side. i thought i knew bob ehrlich, but then i found out... he raised property taxes on every maryland family... and business. he increased college tuition... by 40%. 40%. and i thought i knew bob ehrlich. he was against raising the minimum wage. made $2.5 million... working for a lobbying firm. $2.5 million? he's not really on my side. with this tough economy, we really need a governor on our side. captioned by closed captioning services, inc. this is "jeopardy!" let's meet today's contestants-- an online music teacher from pepper pike, ohio... a psychology professor from mckinleyville, california...

david muir, abc news, syracuse. >> we want to know the success stories from your hometown. our interactive map at abcnews.com/worldnews. >>> tomorrow night, i'm going to take you back with me to louisville. take you back with me to louisville. we say louisvi right here in this neighborhood, i grew up learning strong families and hard work means opportunity. and that starts with good schools. it's a tradition here in maryland-- and why in these tough times i've put education first. we've made record investments in our classrooms... doubled the number of charter schools... and we've frozen college tuition for four years in a row. and it's working. experts say we now have the number one schools in the nation. when it comes to expanding opportunity in every neighborhood, i know that we must do even better. in china, they're busy building wind farms and expanding clean energy manufacturing.

david muir and i are here to spend the holiday and labor with you. >> we're sorry about that. they'll be back tomorrow. it is a working holiday for the president too, on the road today talking about jobs, his plan to get the economy going. how will he create those jobs with an unemployment rate of

david muir, abc news, new york. >> simply amazing. send a message of encouragement to steve, or ask him a question, go to abcnews.com. he'll answer you when he's back on ground. >>> for all of us in washington, good night. america needs clean energy, and america needs jobs.

david muir, abc news, new york. >> simply amazing. send a message of encouragement to steve, or ask him a question, go to abcnews.com. he'll answer you when he's back on ground. >>> for all of us in washington, good night. man: let me see the map. just drive, we'll get there! adventure runs on dunkin', with our egg white breakfast sandwiches. hurry in and try one in delicious veggie or turkey sausage. i'm not the kind of guy who likes to hang on the sidelines. today maryland is in trouble. we're worse off than we were four years ago. dangerous debt, higher taxes, not enough jobs. we need real leadership to turn this state around. fix the budget -- honestly. grow small businesses -- really. excellent schools -- everywhere. protect the bay -- finally. it's why i'm running. to make the state we love not just good but great. now let's get down to work. captioned by closed captioning services, inc. this is "jeopardy!" here are today's contestants-- a mom from st. cloud, minnesota... a mathematics college professor from gainesville, florida

david muir, abc news, new york. >> simply amazing. send a message of encouragement to steve, or ask him a question, go to abcnews.com. he'll answer you when he's back on ground. >>> for all of us in washington, >>> more pain in san bruno. residents returned to see what is left. >> governor schwartzeneggar makes his first trip to the fire zone and is not pointing fingers but homeowners are. >> and who the shooter claims he was targeting. >> a brand new way to move your household items. no van no, movers. wait until you can see this. 7 on your side is coming up. >> another difficult day for the people of san bruno. for the first time all of the residents would lost homes were allowed to see their burned out properties up close and salvage what they could. there were a few surprising successes. and as you can see this, safe appears to have survived the fire. >> the governor paid a advise writ to the disaster site where four people were killed and 37 homes destroyed on thursday. the governor has been on a trade mission to asia and went st

. >> and i'm david muir. it is monday, september 6th. and on this labor day, new details coming in this morning of the president's new plan to stimulate the economy and create jobs. america's unemployment numbers are getting worse and the president feeling the heat and so are the democrats. will they lose their jobs in november if they can't turn it around? >>> and new nears as the controversy heats up will mosques across america become places of terror with the anniversary of 9/11? >>> and this morning, a remarkable reunion as a daughter meets the father she never knew. the one in a million chance encounter that changed a family's life. >>> and many thing with kanye was heartless when he stole the spotlight away from taylor swift from this infamous moment from the mtv music awards. now, he's telling everyone how sorry he is. we'll tell you how he kind of trying to make peace with the young country superstar. >>> a lot of apologies on this broadcast. it could be about the power of forgiveness on this show, i think. but, you know, a lot o

and muir and flynn are also part of that grant. so being optimistic and hoping that we're going to get that magna grant, we would obviously want that program to be a k-12 so it would make sense to support that model to have muir and flynn feed into i.s.a., so it's a k-12 i.b. program, >> another area where you might notice it is in the bayview. in the meantime, we would look to open that up as a magnet school that would not have peter patterns, and the schools that are located near brown right now would be part of this plan and part of the feeder pattern, so we look to see -- where do the children who live in these areas currently go to school? what other choice patterns? what are their enrollment patterns? these proposals actually support that, when we look to see where the children request and where they go to school, so it is in line with some of the desire currently expressed by families through their choice patterns and enrollment patterns. there is transportation available, and we would obviously need to consider maintaining

and so we asked david muir to take another look at whether all this attention just encourages incendiary approaches. >> reporter: so many of you have e-mailed us, asking, why have we paid so much attention to this lone pastor in florida? not just the media but the white house, cabinet secretaries and american general. "the media needs to step off," wrote one of you. "they are blowing this whole thing up and giving this nut bag in florida his moment of fame." even worse, some argue, it encourages others. >> it's really disturbing to think of what other copy cat stunts we are going to be encouraging by having the secretary of defense call him, have general petraeus insert himself into this. the commander in chief discussing what he should do or not do. >> reporter: in fact, there have already been copy cat threats in kansas, wyoming, tennessee. but ignoring the story, and the pastor's rhetoric, others argue, would have been impossible. especially when you see how quickly it spread in this internet age, starting with a posting of his intent to burn the koran on facebook, picked up by an egy

hey, it's david muir in new york. how are you? >> good. and you?ou're just kind of hanging out. >> if you want to call it that. >> reporter: he's been climbing and sleeping on capitan for three days now. >> another 650 feet. so you're more than halfway there. >> yes. >> reporter: and none of this is surprising the woman who 15 years ago became steve's wife. >> at first i thought i bet he's having a really hard life. i quickly learned that nothing could be further from the truth. >> reporter: steve has taught everyone he knows disabilities don't have to limit you. this lesson, the tallest of all. >> your wife is going to see this on tv. what do you want to say to her? >> i love you. and i can't wait to get up the top, get off this rock. >> reporter: a laugh from the exhausted climber, still pulling himself up. so many of us now pulling for him. david muir, abc news, new york. >> and if you log on to th >>> selling sex on the web. >> i have not had a girl that was not marketed online. >>> tough questions for craigslist on capitol hill. >> then cathol

here's david muir. >> reporter: governor brewer signed the toughest immigration bill in the land. >>t's a good bill. we cannot afford all this illegal immigration and everything that comes with it. the kidnappings and the extortion and the be heheadings. >> which beheadings in arizona were you referring to? >> our law enforcement agencies have found bodies in the desert, either buried or just lying out there, that have been beheaded. >> reporter: now up for election, last night, the first televised debate, and during her opening remarks -- >> we have done everything that we could possibly do. >> reporter: the debate then turns contentious, when one of her opponents asks about the beheadings. >> i call upon you today to say that there are no beheadings. that was a false statement. >> and, you know, terry, i will call you out. >> reporter: she did not address it. and afterward -- >> please answer the question about the headless bodies. why won't you recant that? do you still believe that? come on, governor. >> okay, thank you all. >> governor -- >> reporter: the night was over. david m

for the ortega families, they have managed 11 properties including your wouldst -- including muir woods. lastly, the stow lake corporation has done improvements to the boathouse, they have rebuilt the boat quist system. the proposed improvements, they propose a cafe, outdoor patio seating, the existing snack bar window would be retained and the existing office where it would be converted into a kitchen. for or take it, they proposed to run as a sense all portions of the building. -- for ortega, the proposed to renovate all portions of the building. they would make the available to the public as a lounge area, comfortable seating for people to read or relax. they would also build an accessible bathroom. also the creation of a new indoor dining area and this would upgrade existing kitchen and also replace the floor. there was not too much disparity between the different respondence for the meal prices. as for the proposed menu, we have order established that all of the respondents error error. -- fair out there. this would feature predominately soup, salad, sandwiches. the ortega corp. wo

i went to muir woods to the other day to look at their cafe. this was a very understated, very simple. i found the menu which was wonderfully affordable. there were several things under the price of $8. i was pleased with the message in that cafe. this is about history. the take away for me in that cafe was that this is a historical space, this is a space that is mindful of the environment that it serves. it did have a lot of souvenirs' and frankly moving forward from this process, we will be doing public meetings and i understand the process, that is a valid concern. i don't want to see their -- there a lot of -- in stow lake. there were three very good proposals. this is extraordinary. this hit on a lot of things that are important to the department and san francisco values. this is affordable, this is enjoyable, i think if we can improve upon a treasured place, we can enhance the experience and they will preserve and respect the historical nature of that place, why wouldn't they do it? we don't have the money to restore the boathouse. we jus

they are a wonderful company and i think that if you look at the job they have done at muir woods, they are extremely sensitive to the environment. it is hard to see where it changed at all with the takeover of the group. the other thing i will say is that they cannot compromise at all on the quality of food that they order from us. we are an organic bakery and cafe and everything that we make is local. price has never been an issue. they have always said that quality comes first and they have always treated us very fairly. i am here to support this concept and have them involved in snow lake. >> i am one of the other owners of rusted bakery. i also want to endorse this project. ortega has been wonderful to us. we have been using the delivery items in all of our packaging. the price range is between $3 to $8 and this appeals to all. we hope that you approve this. >> i'm not affiliated with anyone here. i am a regular to the lake. i think that the corporation has a lot of good ideas and we all agree that the boat house and the concessions could use an upgrade but i am opposed to having a

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happened near the season end of lake merced and john muir drive. a honda crossed over into ongoing traffic and was taken broadsided by a white toyota. the two men in the honda, a 19-year-old and a 20 yeecialgd died at the -- 20-year-old, died at the scene. three people in the toyota are in critical condition. no word on what causeled the honda driver to veer off course. >> alan: the "wall street journal" quotes unnamed sources as saying the oracle founder is interested in finding a spot for huard. huard resigned from hp amid a an investigation that uncovered unauthorized expenditures by huard. larry ellisson criticized theboard of directors for letting him go. >>> the california supreme court is set to hear arguments whether the governor has the power to fewer low opportunities of thousands of state employees, 144,000 workers have been ordered to take three unpaid days off a month. the high court will hear arguments in three lawsuits filed by worker grounds who say the furloughs violate union contracts and state law. the governor argues they're emp

we know that suspect was transported to john muir hospital. why that person they believe was a wanted suspect, they're not revealing those details right now but in this neighborhood it is a residential street, ashbury. anybody going to work on clayton will see a lot of police activity out here. but as the morning carries on, we'll certainly bring you more details what has gone on, how the injuries of that suspect are and why perhaps they stopped him. live in concord, theresa garcia, abc 7 news. >> thanks a lot. san mateo county and state officials will hold a news conference in san bruno today to try to prevent homeowners affected by the gas explosion and fire from falling prey to scams. terry mcsweeney is live in crestwood neighborhood. police have already made a few arrests. >> they have. and they're afraid they have to make more but today the san mateo county d.a.'s office, san bruno p. d., the state contractor's licensing bort, state insurance representatives all getting together here in san bruno to put out the very same message: watch ou

he was taken to john muir hospital with undisclosed injuries.e spokesman says he doesn't know if the man is the robbery suspect they were looking for but he was suspicious because he wouldn't answer questions and ran away. a big investigation is ensuing here going for days, i presume, contra costa county sheriff's department and district attorney's office as they try to determine whether or not the officers were justified in shooting this man in his early 20s now at the hospital. >> thank you, anne makovec in concord. >>> meg whitman has now spent more of her own money on her campaign than any politician in u.s. history spent on a campaign. the former head of san jose- based ebay just contributed another $15 million to her run for governor of california. the running total of her personal donation is now $119 million, more than the previous record set by new york city mayor michael bloomberg. >>> and checking the roads pinole west 80 at pinole valley road, a two-car crash, the left lane blocked. expect delays. over to the bay bridge we go lights

a rescue highlighter rescue the woman and she was taken to john muir medical center for treatment of her injuries. she suffered various cuts and a possible broken ankle. >>> a san jose teenager was rescued at the kern river. the 19-year-old grabbed a rock but was stranded there. kern county sheriff departments were not able to reach the teen by boat. a helicopter was brought in to lift him out of the vehicle. >>> if your schedule this afternoon includes a trip to the dmv, you might need more time. that's because some time of system failure shut down operations at all of the dmv offices statewide. it's still unclear what caused the problem which began about 9:00. the dmv was up and running again about an hour later. it is feared the backlog could slow things down for a while. >>> coming up next -- hp gave him the boot. >>> and a man climbs a skyscraper. >>> the dow just dipped down a loss. the main reason, the european banks down. >>> hewlett-packard says not so fast to mark hurd. hp is suing him to stop him from taking a job at rival oracle. the company filed suit in state court, one

it happened 30 minutes ago at lake merced boulevard and john muir drive. the accident involved two cars that collided head-on at that intersection. >>> authorities in christchurch new zealand are assessing the damage from the 7.1 earthquake that rocked that city yesterday. 120 inner city buildings were badly damaged in the quake. they're being inspected to see if they're safe to enter. residents were ordered to stay in their homes to prevent looting. rescue workers set up shelters for people forced from their homes. >> 95 people turned occupy and out of that, 60 are staying here overnight. police have evacuated certain areas of the town and they can't go back. >> alan: the prime minister says it's a miracle no one was called. it could be months before the full extent of the damage is known. initial estimates.the cost of the quake at 1.4 billion decide. >>> tropical storm earl packed a rainy and windy punch as it hit the canadian coast. the storm maind landfall in nova scotia. it's being blamed for the death of a man who was trying to secure his boat. anoth

this is lake merced boulevard a quarter mile from the intersection with john muir drive. this morning, relatives with flowers were showing up. an aunt and two cousins of one of the men who was killed, along with a 19-year-old passenger. they were apparently high school buddies. thisas the scene last night shortly after 10:30. the young men were in a honda. police are saying a toyota crashed into the passenger side of their car. it's unclear how the cars ended up perpendicular before impact, whether the honda was turning or which driver was at fault. >> aood kid. veryoving, and dependable, and helpful. he love everybody. sad thing can happen to a person like this. >> he is too young. he is only 19. >> rorter: that was an aunt. the people in the other car were seriously hurt. a mother, a father, and a daughter in the back seat, believed to be 13 years old. they're at san francisco general hospital. it's unkno if the victims were wearing seatbelts or the speed volved. autopsy and toxicology tests will be done on the victims. this stretch has a speed limit of 40-miles-an-hour

patrol officers teamed up with park rangers in the north bay inspecting tour buses coming through muir woods. they checked on the vehicles and drivers as well. a similar check found plenty of problems last year. >> last time we did this we had to take several buses off the road. a total of three. one driver was without a chauffeur's license. we basically ensure the buses are compliant with state law and our permit system. >> the inspection was funded by federal grants awarded to the cpp. chp will have maximum enforcement through labor day weekend. there will be as many officers on the road as possible. in the first night dui arrests are up, but traffic deaths are down. in the bay area 77 drivers were arrested on suspicion of drunk driving or drugs. up 43% from last year. no one has died. statewide officers arrested 436 drivers statewide four people died in traffic accidents. >>> thousands of conservative christians descended on the state capitol to pray for a religious revival in america. call to conscience is leading the 12-hour event which started at 9:00 this morning. organizers exp

he's at john muir hospital. back to you. >> thank you, jade. >>> police in baltimore say a gunman in john hopkins hospital killed himself after he killed his mom, a shot a doctor and then barricaded himself in a room. the doctor was rushed into surgery and is expected to survive. police say a s.w.a.t. team isolated the gunman. >> portions of the hospital were isolated. this area was not. we are encouraging people to come here if they have police -- if they have business. >> police say the man was distraught over a situation with his mother. >>> san francisco's hosting a best in the west right now for law enforcement s.w.a.t. teams. the two-event is closed to the public due to safety concerns. but newschopper2 gave you a bird's-eye view of what's going on out there. events include the jungle trail, the sniper course and a real ammunition contest called live fire. >>> you see employees staged a noisy protest over a labor dispute. >> what do we want! >> they protested outside ucsf, they are upset over mark yudof's

>> they are mainly in the bayview and mission, but we have two schools that are not -- john muir and paul revere. commissioner yee: could i follow up on my question about the cross pollination? >> we absolutely decided to do that back in june. we have not started to do it yet. right now, we are using our tsas that our experts for doing professional development and not counting on teachers within the zone to do it. >> another important way we communicate our efforts across the district -- the deputy affords us opportunities to meet regularly with our colleagues assistant superintendents and teams so we can share practice there. president kim: just one more thing about student assignments. i suggested this earlier, but it would be great to have parent leaders. they understand each other's frustrations and can communicate with one another around the process. i think we really need to have zones dedicated to those families. i know that is additional work. i think our reach is so important. >> last night at the meeting, chablis was there. she and emily are going door to door along with so

i had the privilege of working with the mission district and john muir school. at the center of our effort is the instructional course. our deputy superintendent often starts there with an essential first question -- what are students expected to learn? you heard earlier a successful counter a narrative from one of our teachers about the outcomes we can expect from teaching and learning. in the lessons we provide when we collaborate with our colleagues and share in engage parents and community members about what we expect from students, with our progress along the way we create opportunities to share best practices. the instructional corporation -- we have been doing exciting work on articulating a framework for those expectations around content and standards. our superintendent zone schools hope to lead that work in implementing those facets and begin to work their way through this draft of the courtroom come to offer suggestions and to make sure our students are meeting those standards. at the core of instruction is making sure we are approaching effective rea

the teachers -- we have a variety of other goodies which include a bike rental, muir woods, beach blanket babylon, tickets to the opera -- we had so many gifts. a special thank-you to the world community benefit district and pier 39. they solicited for us and got a lot of wonderful things. without further ado, the awards are named after somebody who has really care about public education, somebody who has stepped up to the plate, who has made public education a priority and makes it easy for me to work for him. i want to introduce our mayor of san francisco, mayor gavin newsom. [applause] >> thank you, hydra. the guests get bigger and bigger every year, and more exciting. remember, last year we did this as kind of a pick and choose. some folks were left very happy. some were left wanting. that was not lost on us. we tried to have a stronger base line of gifts this year, which is appropriate because you deserve them. we are very grateful. that is the spirit that brings us together -- gratitude, the spirit that defines excellence. the work that you do continues l beyond your tenure and stew

the suspect was wounded and transported to the muir medical center in walnut creek. his condition is unknown. the officers were not injured as a result. >> this just happened how long ago? >> just before 2:30 this morning. we are early into the investigation and we don't have a lot of details to release at this point. >> does this affect the neighborhood now as you investigate any traffic rerouting and that kind of thing? >> it's a residential street off of clayton road. that is cordoned off to do analysis of the crime scene to have the crime lab come out. that will be cordoned off for several hours today. >> thank you for joining us. >> you're welcome. >> also police hunting for a killer offering a $17,000 reward for information. a doll foe saladon was heading home from a party with his soon to be wife when he was shot several times while they were trying to rob him. he is a uc grad student and celebrating his 35th birthday. if you have any information, call the berkeley pd. >> safety alerts will be sent by text to people living in livermore. they will send out comm