farmers have faced less-than- ideal growing conditions: "(sot 1:15:19) (ron binaghi of stokes farm, nj) the ground was like powdered sugar when you walk on it. it was brown powdered sugar. // (1:17:28) no i don't think it s been worse. bay area firefighters took up the challenge today to raise today to raise money for some worthy causes. some walked, others ran up all 48 floors of the transamerica building this morning. they raised money for three local organizations that work on the treatment and recovery of burn victims. additional money was raised for their own toy drive. some climbed the stairs in full gear, which adds about 50 pounds to their load. climbers said it was worth the challenge. " i'm pretty sure i ...when i m done (laughing) 3:15:02 " although it wasn't a race, the first person to finish did get a trophy. they're not as popular as the x- games but the u- games might be catching on. about 100 unicyclists participated today in both fun and competitive rides around several downtown san francisco streets. a small group of fans cheered them on as they passed by. . top rider

there is not a morning hearing because of our live coverage of the nj summer meeting. in our conversation with darrell issa, this came up. >> michael steele, the head of your party -- the head of the national republican national committee. >> is this someone who should remain as the top executive of the rnc? >> michael steele is supposed to reflect a consensus of republican platforms and policy. if he does that, he certainly can remain. if he is not willing to do that and he wants to be a political leader on his own, there are plenty of seats open in november. i suggest he runs for one of them. i feel very strongly that he is not my leader. he does not make policy for me. the fact is that the national republican congressional committee is made up of elected republican leaders, 178 or so, and we elect our own leaders. we figure out what our policies will be going into november. we are figuring out how to get jobs going in america, get the government out of owning corporations, and distorting markets. that is what we're focused on. we are focused on jobs, the business of

this is the 102nd national nj meeting. governors are gathering today. the session is on redesigning state government. they will talk about what they are doing to streamline public services and restructuring the government to address budget requirements. the deputy managing editor of "the washington -- of the "the wall street journal" will moderate today's discussion. we will bring this to you live when it starts on c-span. again we continue to look like that the room where the national governors' association is holding its annual meeting in boston. our lives c-span coverage of the meeting continues tomorrow. it is a three day meeting with leaders of a task force created by president obama to find ways to reduce the deficit. in tomorrow's session former republicans co-chair the national commission on fiscal responsibility and reform. our coverage sunday morning, tomorrow, starts at 9:30 a.m. eastern here on c-span. we will look in for a few more moments year. -- moments here. we are going to bring you live coverage of this upcoming session of the nationa