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muir was a botanist. he wa talk plants and roosevelt was outplaying them on birds they had a friendly competition. roosevelt thought muir was a great figure, they had differences. tr was a hunter conservationist, muir thought only in hunger should you shoot an animal. roosevelt believed you had to constantly hunt that hunters were the great conservationists, at one moment by a campfire, muir said to roosevelt when are you going to give thaup boyi hunting thing of yours? tr uncharacteristically said i know i need to. i should. of course he didn't. he ended up going on to africa as ex-president and brazil collecting for science with you getting specimens, back to the tax determine my question before dna, before banning of an i halls, before radar the way our great ornatholagists would study specimens. you had to have a wide selection of them to study in the laboratory. roosevelt as resident collected for the biological survey for what is today's u.s. fish and wildlife wherever he went he would send specimen
muir was a botanist. he wa talk plants and roosevelt was outplaying them on birds they had a friendly competition. roosevelt thought muir was a great figure, they had differences. tr was a hunter conservationist, muir thought only in hunger should you shoot an animal. roosevelt believed you had to constantly hunt that hunters were the great conservationists, at one moment by a campfire, muir said to roosevelt when are you going to give thaup boyi hunting thing of yours? tr uncharacteristically...
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here's abc's david muir. >> reporter: tonight, nearly 33 years after that little boy, 6-year-old etan patz, disappeared on the walk to his school bus, a break in the case. pedro hernandez is under arrest for murder, seen here in this "inside edition" photo of hernandez. hernandez allegedly confessing to police he was the one who stole that little boy on that walk to the bus. >> we believe that this is the individual responsible for the crime. >> reporter: the day etan patz disappeared was the first morning his parents let him walk alone to the school bus. the suspect, pedro hernandez, now 51, was 19 at the time. allegedly telling police he lured the boy away, just steps from the bus stop, promising him a soda at the small corner store where hernandez worked. >> he then led him into the basement of the bodega, choked him there and disposed of the body by putting it into a plastic bag and placing it into the trash. he had worked as a stock clerk in a bodega for approximately one month. >> reporter: patz was among the first of the missing children to appear on a milk carton. the face tha
here's abc's david muir. >> reporter: tonight, nearly 33 years after that little boy, 6-year-old etan patz, disappeared on the walk to his school bus, a break in the case. pedro hernandez is under arrest for murder, seen here in this "inside edition" photo of hernandez. hernandez allegedly confessing to police he was the one who stole that little boy on that walk to the bus. >> we believe that this is the individual responsible for the crime. >> reporter: the day...
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my suspicion is that they jokingly said, hey, let's go cut his hair. >> that was david muir reporting. >>> up next we are learning new details about the double agent who foiled the latest al qaeda plot to bomb a plane flying into the u.s. sources say the hero mole is actually a british citizen of middle eastern descent who carried a european union passport that would have gotten him through security and recruited by british intelligence to take on thedangerous mission which included him posing as a suicide bomber. >>> this morning the deadly twin car bombings in damascus fueling new fears they're trying to take root in syria and taking advantage of that political climate. >>> midday television viewers got quite a surprise yesterday. the forecast called for rain and royalty. prince charles delivered the weather report while visiting the bbc. it was specially written to highlight the royal residences in scotland, the video, of course, has gone viral and the reviews are pretty good so far. prince charles may have a new career option as he waits to take the throne. >> may be waiting forev
my suspicion is that they jokingly said, hey, let's go cut his hair. >> that was david muir reporting. >>> up next we are learning new details about the double agent who foiled the latest al qaeda plot to bomb a plane flying into the u.s. sources say the hero mole is actually a british citizen of middle eastern descent who carried a european union passport that would have gotten him through security and recruited by british intelligence to take on thedangerous mission which...
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jim muir told me more. >> there were very violent scenes overnight just on the edge of beirut, betweens, one group which is a pro-syrian, quite close to hezbollah, who came under attack by the majority of sunni movement headed by the son of the former prime minister. and there was at least three people killed, maybe up to 20 wounded in those clashes. but the leader of that group slipped out of the area, the lebanese army came in, and it is now still transferred and traffic moving normally there. other parts of the country where there had been roads cut or blocked by people burning tires in protest of the killing of these two sheiks who were shot two, two sunni sheiks on sunday. the protests throughout sunni areas over that. but tensions being kept under control apparently by both the political and religious leadership, which are calling very strongly for people to remain calm and try to avoid further tensions. >> some of the problems surrounding dealing with syria as the west might see it have been based on how tensions could spread in the region. what do the weekend's events tell us?
jim muir told me more. >> there were very violent scenes overnight just on the edge of beirut, betweens, one group which is a pro-syrian, quite close to hezbollah, who came under attack by the majority of sunni movement headed by the son of the former prime minister. and there was at least three people killed, maybe up to 20 wounded in those clashes. but the leader of that group slipped out of the area, the lebanese army came in, and it is now still transferred and traffic moving normally...
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and for the muir dorsch paper, he purchased those papers. it's always supportive for the conservatives and perhaps it did in '97. what i perceive of mr. murdoch's approach with the sun and "news of the world" was that he rec n reckoned that his political influence would be greater if as it were his support was available in return for what he thought he could get out of it. i don't mean some daily, because i've seen no evidence of a deal. he thought there was something in it. now, they might -- a benign view of this is that the people at news international took a ve very -- people at news international like other newspaper executives were very concerned about whether their readers and that they spotted between '92 and '97, their readers would support lake so she followed them. it's a more complicated set of relationships than that. i think that the per semgs i've had is mr. murdoch has enjoyed the fact he's been willing to play with political leaders in the way that the senior executives in the other papers that have not because their loyalty
and for the muir dorsch paper, he purchased those papers. it's always supportive for the conservatives and perhaps it did in '97. what i perceive of mr. murdoch's approach with the sun and "news of the world" was that he rec n reckoned that his political influence would be greater if as it were his support was available in return for what he thought he could get out of it. i don't mean some daily, because i've seen no evidence of a deal. he thought there was something in it. now, they...
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our david muir witnessing the devastation first hand.ht a new food crisis across the continent, stretching across eight nations in west africa. the u.n. said 18 million people are in danger, three million children on the brink of starvation. it took us two days to reach the people in need and our special coverage is called, a cry for help. >> reporter: getting here isn't easy, a series of plane rides followed by a difficult drive. when we arrived at the village, this is what greeted us. deathly silence. men, women and children, so hungry they are listless, losing a battle. mothers such as mariama can no longer feed her three children. today they ate leaves. >> is this all you have cooked for your family today? >> reporter: mariama is now eating so little, her body cannot produce enough breast milk to feed her six-month-old baby. all she can do, is place traditional charms around little conneda's neck, hoping good luck will ward off illness. families here depend on farming, but this drought has taken everything from them. it ruined last y
our david muir witnessing the devastation first hand.ht a new food crisis across the continent, stretching across eight nations in west africa. the u.n. said 18 million people are in danger, three million children on the brink of starvation. it took us two days to reach the people in need and our special coverage is called, a cry for help. >> reporter: getting here isn't easy, a series of plane rides followed by a difficult drive. when we arrived at the village, this is what greeted us....
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and daufd muvid muir is trackin story. >> reporter: this comes just 24 hours after president obama said he now supports gay marriage. so a lot of questions about the timing of this story. first reported in "the washington post" this morning. when you read the details, these are grown men, a lawyer, a dentist, a former principal who all went to school with mitt romney and remember more than just a prank. one of them telling us this was supreme bullying. mitt romney says he does not remember the incident. tonight, one of romney's former class mates tells abc news the incident but supreme bullying. and that the teenage boys, himself included, acted like a pack of dogs. that classmate, phillip maxwell, now a lawyer, offered more on the scene first reported today by "the washington post," saying that romney was a group of students that targeted a student that was thought to be gay. maxwell said it is a haunting memory. "i think it was for everybody that spoke up about it. when you see somebody who is simply different taken down that way and is terrify and you see that look in their eye, youe
and daufd muvid muir is trackin story. >> reporter: this comes just 24 hours after president obama said he now supports gay marriage. so a lot of questions about the timing of this story. first reported in "the washington post" this morning. when you read the details, these are grown men, a lawyer, a dentist, a former principal who all went to school with mitt romney and remember more than just a prank. one of them telling us this was supreme bullying. mitt romney says he does...
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and david muir is tracking the story all day. fast-moving, david. >> reporter: very fast-moving, diane. it comes just 24 hours after president obama said he now supports gay marriage. so, a lot of questions about the timing of this story, first reported in "the washington post" this morning. when you read the details, these are grown men, a lawyer, a dentist, a former principal who all went to school with mitt romney and remember more than just a prank. one of them telling us tonight, this was supreme bullying. mitt romney says he does not remember the incident. tonight, one of mitt romney's former high school classmates at the prestigious kracranbrook scl in michigan tells abc news the incident but supreme bullying. and that the teenage boys, himself included, acted like a pack of dogs. that classmate, phillip maxwell, now a lawyer, offered more on the scene first reported today by "the washington post," saying that mitt romney was part of a group of students that targeted a boy, another student, who most thought was gay and had
and david muir is tracking the story all day. fast-moving, david. >> reporter: very fast-moving, diane. it comes just 24 hours after president obama said he now supports gay marriage. so, a lot of questions about the timing of this story, first reported in "the washington post" this morning. when you read the details, these are grown men, a lawyer, a dentist, a former principal who all went to school with mitt romney and remember more than just a prank. one of them telling us...
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john muir out in california was the grand dureur of alaska and california. burrows said you've got a universe in your backyard, sort of the whitman school, in a blade of grass you can learn about nature. a brilliant writer. i've been working hard with the burrows foundation up in new york to try to make sure all the homes get preserved and library of america does the books of the great writers, faulkner, f. scott fitzgerald, and burrows belongs in the top tier. i would say he's one of the top 20 writers we've ever had and in my opinion the finest naturalist writer in the united states. t.r. loved him as president. he had burrows come with him out to yellowstone. they went hiking and camping together. he brought burrows on the trip out west. and when roosevelt would spend time in pine knot outside of charlottesville, it was only for his wife and kids and the only guest he would have in his country home was john burrows. they would go bird watching, and their correspondence is about what they are each seeing. there's no higher compliment than theodore roosevel
john muir out in california was the grand dureur of alaska and california. burrows said you've got a universe in your backyard, sort of the whitman school, in a blade of grass you can learn about nature. a brilliant writer. i've been working hard with the burrows foundation up in new york to try to make sure all the homes get preserved and library of america does the books of the great writers, faulkner, f. scott fitzgerald, and burrows belongs in the top tier. i would say he's one of the top...
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the 41-year-old died after being rushed to john muir medical center. this chase ended in an apartment complex. investigators say an officer chasing barett saw him take something from his pocket and thought the medal wamit was a gun. another officer daysed him. >> i can understand they're doing their job but come on now. have you to shoot a man that many times? then days him? >> you're talking about fractions of seconds there is not a lot of time to assess. they have to react or put themselves in harm by not reacting. >> they arrested barett's 18-year-old son and this shooting follows another on friday where police killed a robbery suspect. >> police say they made an arrest in the hit and run crash that left a 14-year-old girl seriously hurt. this teen was using the crosswalk when she was hit after 8:30 last night. today officers tracked down a white mitsubishi mirage and say the driver confessed to steling the car, hitting the girl and sleeving the scene. >> a scary moment for a firefighter battling a blaze that gutted two homes. investigators looking
the 41-year-old died after being rushed to john muir medical center. this chase ended in an apartment complex. investigators say an officer chasing barett saw him take something from his pocket and thought the medal wamit was a gun. another officer daysed him. >> i can understand they're doing their job but come on now. have you to shoot a man that many times? then days him? >> you're talking about fractions of seconds there is not a lot of time to assess. they have to react or put...
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and then on page 23, john muir schedule -- school. >> any items severed by the board for discussion tonight? >> hi wants to sever -- i want to sever k10 for discussion. item h? item i, member's proposals for speaker cards and action, and none tonight. item j, regard -- requests to speak regarding general matters. so, i will call individuals and you will come up and the first group had called in earlier. i want to remind the audience for this part of the board meeting, we have a general comments that when you make your comments and you have situations where you are not happy about them, we do not name people's names during this portion of the meeting. ok? carlos valentino, sam, destiny dickson, sheila opedia, mony casey, michael bradford, mark babbus, leslie. fatalua. ok. come up. go ahead and take one minute for each. >> a good evening mr. president, superintendent. board members. i am with the san juan american media service. i am here concerned about the safety of the civic center high school and middle school. we need to pay attention to the safety of our students. and as saying goodbye
and then on page 23, john muir schedule -- school. >> any items severed by the board for discussion tonight? >> hi wants to sever -- i want to sever k10 for discussion. item h? item i, member's proposals for speaker cards and action, and none tonight. item j, regard -- requests to speak regarding general matters. so, i will call individuals and you will come up and the first group had called in earlier. i want to remind the audience for this part of the board meeting, we have a...
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. >> jim muir with breaking news coming into us. fewer than 20 confirmed 80 the rest including the children were summarily executed. today two syrian diplomats -- the australian foreign minister bob carr ordered the syrian diplomats to leave. the australians saw the bodies and said anyone who could orchestrate the killing of the men, women and children, with the way they deal and the way to deal with it so expel the syrian diplomats from there. >> the olympic torch relay. these are the pictures on top of mount node at any highest peak in whales. even there, there is a crowd gathered, waving the welsh flag awaiting the torch. the mother flame in a miner's lantern. there they will take over the torch and carry it up the last leg. you can see there. there he is. right at the peak. surrounded by photographers. carrying the torch to the top of noden. it is a beautiful, sunny day, despite that this is northerlyly one of the wettest parts of the country, and people have made their way up right to the top to help welcome the torch after its
. >> jim muir with breaking news coming into us. fewer than 20 confirmed 80 the rest including the children were summarily executed. today two syrian diplomats -- the australian foreign minister bob carr ordered the syrian diplomats to leave. the australians saw the bodies and said anyone who could orchestrate the killing of the men, women and children, with the way they deal and the way to deal with it so expel the syrian diplomats from there. >> the olympic torch relay. these are...
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she was air lifted to john muir hospital in walnut creek. >> the search is on for an armed robber whoit a spa in mill valley. a man held up employees at the royal spa on miller avenue. a second man is believed to be involved. they robbed the spa, the employees, and took off with the worker vehicles, a white van and a black honda civic. >> ama: the self-proclaimed master mind of the 9/11 attacks was arraigned at a tribunal. caw lead shake mohammed is facing charges. >> reporter: this is called camp justice, and it is here that sheikh mohammed and four codefendants went before a military charge, each charged with 2,976 counts of murder for the terror attacks of september 11th. mohammed wore a white turn temperature ban and tunic. the two tried to upset the hearing by taking out their ear plugs providing translation. the judge said they won't be allowed to sabotage the proceedings. family members of 9/11 victims watched on closed circuit television at military bases. >> for six others who won a lottery to witness the hearing, it's an emotional relief. >> so many family members and every
she was air lifted to john muir hospital in walnut creek. >> the search is on for an armed robber whoit a spa in mill valley. a man held up employees at the royal spa on miller avenue. a second man is believed to be involved. they robbed the spa, the employees, and took off with the worker vehicles, a white van and a black honda civic. >> ama: the self-proclaimed master mind of the 9/11 attacks was arraigned at a tribunal. caw lead shake mohammed is facing charges. >>...
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here's abc's david muir. >> reporter: it was the $2 billion bombshell from jpmorgan.ey lost in just six weeks. one of those complex bets that spiraled out of control. and the first face to go, ina drew, 30 years at jpmorgan, gone. she made nearly $15 million last year and oversaw the division that should have stopped the bet from going bad. ceo jamie dimon trying to reassure investors and everyday customers. we made a terrible, egregious mistake. there's almost no excuse for it. he said. but american taxpayers who came to the rescue that bailout of the bank now asking, wasn't there supposed to be greater oversight after the financial collapse? retiree robert miner of dallas heard of this $2 billion loss. >> i think, not again. >> you really worry about the little guy, like us. us little people. >> reporter: the reality financial experts say is that the big banks in many ways are still at it. but it's nearly impossible for anyone trying to police them to keep up. >> it's like riding a tiger the way our financial system works. regulators, they were aware of some of thes
here's abc's david muir. >> reporter: it was the $2 billion bombshell from jpmorgan.ey lost in just six weeks. one of those complex bets that spiraled out of control. and the first face to go, ina drew, 30 years at jpmorgan, gone. she made nearly $15 million last year and oversaw the division that should have stopped the bet from going bad. ceo jamie dimon trying to reassure investors and everyday customers. we made a terrible, egregious mistake. there's almost no excuse for it. he said....
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that was abc's david muir reporting.lying victim has since died, but his family did issue a statement saying they are aggrieved that their brother is now being used to further a political agenda. >>> an fda advisory panel is recommending approval for the first weight loss drug in more than a decade. the panel said the benefits outweigh the risks which include the possibility of high blood pressure in diabetics or damaging heart valves. the fda does not have to follow the panel's recommendation, but it usually does. >>> and here's a look now at your weather on this friday morning. up to five inches of rain, flooding and also a chance of tornadoes from texas into louisiana. rain in the rockies from colorado to new mexico. also some pop-up thunderstorms around omaha, des moines and the twin cities. scattered showers in miami and the florida keys. >> 80 in new orleans. 70s from atlanta to new york. 75 in indianapolis. and 65 in fargo. phoenix inches close to triple digits. 77 in albuquerque, and 65 in salt lake city. >>> a r
that was abc's david muir reporting.lying victim has since died, but his family did issue a statement saying they are aggrieved that their brother is now being used to further a political agenda. >>> an fda advisory panel is recommending approval for the first weight loss drug in more than a decade. the panel said the benefits outweigh the risks which include the possibility of high blood pressure in diabetics or damaging heart valves. the fda does not have to follow the panel's...
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reporter: $250,000 is earmarked for immediate repairs to the 1980s mural pointed in-- painted inside the muir a as for the ongoing sources -- >> 1% of all revenue will care for the ongoing maintenance. >> reporter: the san francisco voters will be deciding on proposition b on the june ballot. this new funding should not affect that bal measure which supervisor chu and the recreation and parks department pointed out would be a nonbinding advisory measure. back to you. >> thank you. >>> grass at the beach chalet fields will be replaced with turf. there's project that calls for new lights and seating. supporters say the changes could cut down on maintenance and increase playing time. but opponents say the project would hurt the wildlife habitat. >>> there is a new report card out today. m just seven minutes we'll gonna take a look at the list and see how many bay area beaches got passing grades or warning to stay out of the water. >>> a new poll shows supports for proposition 29. that's down from march. >>> there's more fallout from washington, d.c. over facebook's troubled ipo. congress and fed
reporter: $250,000 is earmarked for immediate repairs to the 1980s mural pointed in-- painted inside the muir a as for the ongoing sources -- >> 1% of all revenue will care for the ongoing maintenance. >> reporter: the san francisco voters will be deciding on proposition b on the june ballot. this new funding should not affect that bal measure which supervisor chu and the recreation and parks department pointed out would be a nonbinding advisory measure. back to you. >> thank...
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. >> the 42 year-old suspect died at john muir hospital. second suspect on the car is under arrest, a third still at large. >> a fremont firefighter was lucky to escape serious injuries today when he fell through the roof of a burning house. it was one of two houses that caught fire next to each other. and as patrick shows us now, the damage to the homes is severe. >> i will everyone up and tell them to get out. >> he realized that he had to act quickly, to protect his family. >> woke up to people screaming in the house cracking. i got up and everything was orange and i ran outside. >> there were multiple calls of a house on fire. the first company reported one fully engulfed house. >> fremont fire attack from the ground and rules and came close to losing one of their own. >> we had a firefighter on the roof. cutting ventilation holes with a backfire. and the roof collapsed while he was making that cut. and he went through the roof of to his waist. a fellow crew members pulled him out, and protected from getting hurt. >> with a swift respon
. >> the 42 year-old suspect died at john muir hospital. second suspect on the car is under arrest, a third still at large. >> a fremont firefighter was lucky to escape serious injuries today when he fell through the roof of a burning house. it was one of two houses that caught fire next to each other. and as patrick shows us now, the damage to the homes is severe. >> i will everyone up and tell them to get out. >> he realized that he had to act quickly, to protect his...
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toca el turno a la medida "e", del distrito de servicios comunitarios de "muir beach", que somete a votacÓn proteccÓn contra incendios. anoche una avioneta cessna-210 se desplomo en plena via en glendale...aparentemente el avion se habria topado con los cables de luz y el piloto logro aterrizarlo de cabeza en un jardin al lado del camino, dejando al barrio completo sin luz...el piloto alerto de problemas con el motor y la torre de control perdio contacto con el avion 3 millas antes de intentar sin exito aterruzar en el aeropuerto de van nuys... ---el servicio de ciudadaÍa e inmigracÓn de los estados unidos echó a andar hoy un sistema para realizar tÁ mites migratorios por internet. ---y como nos cuenta "osvaldo corral" el objetivo es facilitar el proceso y reducir los tiempos del papeleo. ---este servicio esÁ disponible desde ayer y los interesados pueden visitar el >>> va a ser mucho más ágil, más rápido el proceso >>> la portavoz del departamento de inmigración, se refiere al nuevo sistema, donde podrán realizar varias peticiones a ese departamento, sin embargo, no beneficia por el moment
toca el turno a la medida "e", del distrito de servicios comunitarios de "muir beach", que somete a votacÓn proteccÓn contra incendios. anoche una avioneta cessna-210 se desplomo en plena via en glendale...aparentemente el avion se habria topado con los cables de luz y el piloto logro aterrizarlo de cabeza en un jardin al lado del camino, dejando al barrio completo sin luz...el piloto alerto de problemas con el motor y la torre de control perdio contacto con el avion 3...
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from bay route, jim muir reports. >> the morning after the night before, this area just on the southern edge of brute, in a deadly urban battle as two sunni groups divided over syria fought it out. the army moved in, the fighting died down. after giving anxious residents a taste of the old civil war days. >> this is a real war. we were sitting at home with our children, then we heard gunfire. we did not know who was shooting at whom. >> the overnight marks the first time they have exploded into violence in the lebanese capitol since the crisis in syria itself began in march last year. but the fighting was restricted to the two sunni groups. near by areas controlled by he's bola did not get involved. the flare up was triggered by the killing of two sunni clerics at a lebanese army checkpoint on sunday. tensions were already high in the north of the country. angry sunnis block the main roads in many areas with burning tires to protest the killing of the two sheiks. the government has promised a vigorous inquirery into their death. in tripoli, the second largest si, there's also a protest
from bay route, jim muir reports. >> the morning after the night before, this area just on the southern edge of brute, in a deadly urban battle as two sunni groups divided over syria fought it out. the army moved in, the fighting died down. after giving anxious residents a taste of the old civil war days. >> this is a real war. we were sitting at home with our children, then we heard gunfire. we did not know who was shooting at whom. >> the overnight marks the first time they...
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increase puc oversight and management of the lake, pursue water level management, and address the john muir site issues. happy to answer questions. rec and park staff are here as well. commissioner moran: thank you. commissioners? we do have public comment. i have three people who submitted cards. mr. murphy is the first. he will be followed by mr. catagan. two of them are the same. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i represent the golden gate audubon society and its 10,000 members. i recommend that you approve the lake merced watershed report and reject the mou. i made a case previously for revising the mou, but i i am convinced it is necessary for the puc to assume full management control of lake merced. a couple examples why. around the end of january, i got a call from the puc staff member who wanted to get my it is about cutting bulrush at the lake and make access for crew racing and another pier for children's fishing access. two staffers from pc and one from dpw waited for me. we waited for some time for the rpd rep. while we were waiting, we checked the crew racing pier. we develop
increase puc oversight and management of the lake, pursue water level management, and address the john muir site issues. happy to answer questions. rec and park staff are here as well. commissioner moran: thank you. commissioners? we do have public comment. i have three people who submitted cards. mr. murphy is the first. he will be followed by mr. catagan. two of them are the same. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i represent the golden gate audubon society and its 10,000 members. i...
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jim muir has been following that story. he's in beirut for us now. quite a lot happening, jim. just very quickly on the diplomatic front. we know france is about to expel the syrian ambassador and it looks as if germany too. >> that's right. the australians kicked out two syrian diplomats and others are expected to follow to really show a concrete form to discuss what has happened. fewer than 20 of the 108 known victims and there may well be more, 10 more were found yesterday were killed by shell fire -- were sell fired and all the others were hacked to death or found at close range. it is a massacre in every sense of the world. that is why there is this wave of tangible revulsion going around the world. >> all right, jim. thank you for that update. thanks very much. let's catch up on the business news. let's start with spain because the figures for the 22nd month in a row, retail sales are down. >> yeah. i'm keeping a very close eye on spain for you, george. they're not good numbers. retail, very important for the growth of any economy. for the month of april, biggest drop on
jim muir has been following that story. he's in beirut for us now. quite a lot happening, jim. just very quickly on the diplomatic front. we know france is about to expel the syrian ambassador and it looks as if germany too. >> that's right. the australians kicked out two syrian diplomats and others are expected to follow to really show a concrete form to discuss what has happened. fewer than 20 of the 108 known victims and there may well be more, 10 more were found yesterday were killed...
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abc's david muir is tracking it all. david, those elections in europe could hit home as well. >> absolutely. >> that's right, wall street watching closely. with so many every day american investors and their 401(k)s tied to what happens there and here. in both france and greece, markets already reacting all over the word, in both cases, voters sending strong messages, france throwing out nicolas sarkozy and his super model wife. here's the concern. he worked hard on trying to stabilize the european economy and the greek debt crisis. he pushed austerity plans. to get the economy back on track. all of that in the air now. look at global markets this morning. japan down nearly 3%. look at the numbers, london 1.9 %. here in the u.s., the futures show the market down 60 points or so. not as steep as the middle of the night. >> we also saw the markets drop here on friday after the mediocre job numbers. what are they looking forward now to to reinstill confidence? >> i think investors want to hear from the new leaders and their
abc's david muir is tracking it all. david, those elections in europe could hit home as well. >> absolutely. >> that's right, wall street watching closely. with so many every day american investors and their 401(k)s tied to what happens there and here. in both france and greece, markets already reacting all over the word, in both cases, voters sending strong messages, france throwing out nicolas sarkozy and his super model wife. here's the concern. he worked hard on trying to...
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he resisted and david muir went out to find him and shows us what happened next. >> reporter: so manywers wrote in about that the lightning rod moment we saw an the popular show "shark tank." when one small town guy heard no to made in america, we asked why not? he's the small town carpenter who walked onto the tv show "shark tank," hoping to convince the judges to invest in his american idea. >> hello, my name is donnie mccall. my company is invis-a-rack. >> reporter: his invention -- a rack you unfold within seconds. instantly turning your pick-up truck into something bigger. able to carry ladders and lumber, canoes and kayaks. and more than that, he wants it made in america. >> i'm one man trying to do his best for this country. i know a truck rack's not going to save the u.s. economy, but i want to do something that can bring jobs and some hope to my small town. >> how much can the invis-a-rack hold? >> reporter: the sharks grilled him. and when the questions turned to cost, and where he could get his invention off the ground cheaper and faster -- >> you don't want to go overseas?
he resisted and david muir went out to find him and shows us what happened next. >> reporter: so manywers wrote in about that the lightning rod moment we saw an the popular show "shark tank." when one small town guy heard no to made in america, we asked why not? he's the small town carpenter who walked onto the tv show "shark tank," hoping to convince the judges to invest in his american idea. >> hello, my name is donnie mccall. my company is invis-a-rack....
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jim muir is our correspondent in lebanon. jim, perhaps you can just explain for us where the free syrian army lies at the moment in its approach. we had talk of laying down an ultimatum. we've had words of that not being the case. what is the situation? >> well, the free syrian army is very fragmented, and they're on the ground inside syria. it's quite localized in different areas, and then there is voices between people inside and people outside. that seems to be shown up right now, because late on wednesday, we had word from a colonel, who is the commander of the f.s.a. in central syria and has overall command inside the country, him saying that they were setting a 48-hour deadline expiring midday and friday local time for the syrian government to implement kofi annan's plan, especially calling for it to pull troops. but now the overall commander of the f.s.a., who's in turkey, is saying that that's not the case, there is no deadline, and that the f.s.a. is committed to the cease-fire and to kofi annan's peace plan. so, dis
jim muir is our correspondent in lebanon. jim, perhaps you can just explain for us where the free syrian army lies at the moment in its approach. we had talk of laying down an ultimatum. we've had words of that not being the case. what is the situation? >> well, the free syrian army is very fragmented, and they're on the ground inside syria. it's quite localized in different areas, and then there is voices between people inside and people outside. that seems to be shown up right now,...
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david muir, abc news, new york. >> occupy protesters hit the streets yesterday re-emerging in dozensf cities across the country and the world. things got violent in some areas. police fired tear gas at anti-wall street demonstrators in oakland, california, before making several arrests and there were also clashes here in new york but thousands later gathered for a peaceful protest. >>> a florida couple has been arrested taking their granddaughter on a dangerous joyride. sarasota police officers spotted paul and belinda maloney towing the girl in a toy car attached to their suv by two dog leashes and say both grandparents were intoxicated. the little girl was sitting in the hot wheels car wearing a bathing suit. she wasn't even wearing a helmet. the grandfather was driving about ten miles an hour on a paved access road. fortunately, though, the child was not hurt. who spiked grandma and grandpa's prune juice. >> the grandparents were intoxicated. >> it's a crazy world. are you kidding me? oh, man. >> thank goodness no one was hurt. >>> here's your wednesday weather, hail, gusty winds
david muir, abc news, new york. >> occupy protesters hit the streets yesterday re-emerging in dozensf cities across the country and the world. things got violent in some areas. police fired tear gas at anti-wall street demonstrators in oakland, california, before making several arrests and there were also clashes here in new york but thousands later gathered for a peaceful protest. >>> a florida couple has been arrested taking their granddaughter on a dangerous joyride. sarasota...
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abc's david muir met some ingenius americans who cracked the code how to do that. >> we've reported so much about made in america. but about the exploding middle class in china? so tonight here are the everyday americans including one dad from memphis, cracking the code. he bids his family farewell and heads to work. if you look at the label on the suitcase, made in america, this time he's on his way to china. off to sell his american invention, dermo flaj, tubes upon concealer for the skin, hiding scars and blemishes. he knows there are 1.3 billion people in china who have never heard of it. >> here we are in beijing. we're in business in communist china. >> and when "world news" traveled to china, we were struck by what so many people told us. when you think of america, what do you picture? the technology, the products. there's a hunger for made in america. and american giants know it. this skipy plant in arkansas, they say they make the world's greatest peanut butter and they mean it. more than 70 countries and all those peanuts from the fields of little rock. they changed the flavo
abc's david muir met some ingenius americans who cracked the code how to do that. >> we've reported so much about made in america. but about the exploding middle class in china? so tonight here are the everyday americans including one dad from memphis, cracking the code. he bids his family farewell and heads to work. if you look at the label on the suitcase, made in america, this time he's on his way to china. off to sell his american invention, dermo flaj, tubes upon concealer for the...
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stocks soaring to a four-year high and david muir was on wall street for the right. >> we were all watching this today. the dow was at its highest level since 2007 at one point. the workers on the assembly line are picking up the pace there and also in our 401(k)'s too. >> wall street hit a four-year high during trading today. why? inside americans factories, now numbers revealing the pace of manufacturing in the u.s. rising to his highest level in nearly a year. with factory strength again, economists and wall street hope for something else. >> this is better than anyone thought it would be. >> yes, absolutely. >> reporter: the numbers deliver job security and the hope that more workers will be added, like in charlotte, north carolina. they're choosing americans to manufacture their turbines and power plants all over the world. saudi arabia, venezuela, thald. two of the new hires able to support their family again. a challenge he and so many other new workers were desperate for. 6 50 new hires in the last year, they still need 825 more. appliance maker eelectrolux, 500 new hires in the las
stocks soaring to a four-year high and david muir was on wall street for the right. >> we were all watching this today. the dow was at its highest level since 2007 at one point. the workers on the assembly line are picking up the pace there and also in our 401(k)'s too. >> wall street hit a four-year high during trading today. why? inside americans factories, now numbers revealing the pace of manufacturing in the u.s. rising to his highest level in nearly a year. with factory...
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david muir has been tracking the fall-out. >> even if the president was talking first about this, there were fast-moving developments down on wall street today. in that $2 billion blunder. one of the most powerful women on wall street, out. and tonight, so many american taxpayers wondering -- after bailing out the big banks, how does this happen again? >> it was the $2 billion bombshell from jp morgan. the money lost in just six weeks. one of those complex bets that spiraled out of control. and tonight, the first face to go. ina drew, 30 years at jp morgan, gone. she made nearly $15 million last year. and she oversaw the division that should have stopped this bet from going bad. ceo jamie dimon trying to reassure investors, and everyday customers. >> we made a terrible, egregious mistake. there's almost no excuse for it. >> reporter: but american taxpayers who came to the rescue -- that bail-out of the banks -- now ask, wasn't there supposed to be greater oversight after the financial collapse? >> robert heard of this $2 billion loss. >> i think not again. >> you worry about the little
david muir has been tracking the fall-out. >> even if the president was talking first about this, there were fast-moving developments down on wall street today. in that $2 billion blunder. one of the most powerful women on wall street, out. and tonight, so many american taxpayers wondering -- after bailing out the big banks, how does this happen again? >> it was the $2 billion bombshell from jp morgan. the money lost in just six weeks. one of those complex bets that spiraled out of...
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economy, reaching right into american 401(k)s and david muir tells us what happened and what happens next. >> good evening. you know when it comes to the economy, we live in a very small world, which is why when voters speak across europe, americans are looking to protect their 401(k)s and they're now listening too. >> reporter: voters revolt in greece and in france, and in both countries, send the same message. punishing leaders who pushed through austerity plans, drastic cuts aimed at saving europe's economy. >> the vote in france and also in greece was a thumb's down on austerity. >> reporter: it was not long ago we were all trying to pull out of a recession/ the u.s. taking one path, while it seemed the uk, france, greece taking another with those steep cuts. here it seemed the opposite. bailing out banks. the stimulus package. taxpayer help for the automakers. those automakers now posting profits. we slowly pulled out of recession. and unemployment ticking down, certainly not quickly, but still downward. overseas and those cuts, the uk slipping back into recession. france's unem
economy, reaching right into american 401(k)s and david muir tells us what happened and what happens next. >> good evening. you know when it comes to the economy, we live in a very small world, which is why when voters speak across europe, americans are looking to protect their 401(k)s and they're now listening too. >> reporter: voters revolt in greece and in france, and in both countries, send the same message. punishing leaders who pushed through austerity plans, drastic cuts...
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we return to abc's david muir and the made in america team who have been looking for solutions, ways to create jobs at home. david? >> this has been about jobs from the very start. we all remember that turbine builders posed a challenge to people all over. he said use 5% more american when buying materials and we'd create 200,000 jobs right away. so many of you at home have yet to weigh in until tonight. >>> reporter: we couldn't forget what we discovered 2,100 miles from new york, clear across the country in bozeman, montana. that home that started it all. >> here's the house here. >> reporter: the builder convinced his all-american blueprint could not only build this home, but hundreds of thousands of new jobs in america. >> so just about everything that i'm looking at is american. >> more than just. >> reporter: we inspected every corner of the house. the nails. >> reporter: the staples. so this staple came from here? where's the tub from? >> i knew you were going to ask that. >> reporter: aqua glass from oregon. the fixtures? moen from north carolina. >> reporter: literally from
we return to abc's david muir and the made in america team who have been looking for solutions, ways to create jobs at home. david? >> this has been about jobs from the very start. we all remember that turbine builders posed a challenge to people all over. he said use 5% more american when buying materials and we'd create 200,000 jobs right away. so many of you at home have yet to weigh in until tonight. >>> reporter: we couldn't forget what we discovered 2,100 miles from new...
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and david muir will be right here tomorrow night. i'll see you on monday. good night.
and david muir will be right here tomorrow night. i'll see you on monday. good night.