they had the panhandle part. the panhandle was the same with as golden gate park, but there was dealmaking going on between park commissioners and they decided they would buy the land and cut off part of the panhandle. >> the development of lincoln park is interesting. you can see the cemetery. >> on the map, it is a cemetery. >> what happened to that and all of the bodies? >> they decided around the turn of the century the land was too valuable to bury people. where uss is now there were four cemeteries. they moved all of the cemetery's out -- cemeteries out. the heir did not want to move one of the places. there are two people -- two places where people are buried in the city. the other ones were moved out. >> the big scandal of lincoln park, someone wanted to build the legion of honor out there. she did and she got it done. they had to prepare the land, the golden gate cemetery, so the people they hired did not get rid of any of the bodies. they got rid of the headstones. they built a museum. when the renovate

it provides a key link between the panhandle and market street. this project was not recommended for tfca funds. the scandal showed construction starting in august 2013 the month before they use the debt binds the issue. we have worked with the sfmta to prepare prop k allocation requests, which you will hear during agenda item seven. this approach will said the construction phase of the project to be very competitive for future tfca cycles or other discretionary programs. publicly available bike parking facility on chavis as at minnesota street. this project exceeding the air district threshold and is an eligible for funds. we want to continue working with project partners and developed a plan to move forward with other potential funding sources. finally, the laguna honda hospital residents and visitors employee shuttle. this was a project connecting laguna honda hospital to the muni station and then adding new service to the glen park bart station. we did not recommended for funding because after funding higher priority projects and the bayview h

locations where you see this area of green here, right around west central virginia, western maryland, panhandle of west virginia. some of the high spots in west virginia in the low 50s. a mostly clear sky. a few high clouds drift anything from an area of some showers up into ontario. those were streaming down on upper level winds. high clouds with us from time to time. in addition, poor air quality this afternoon. code orange. if you have a respiratory ailment stay inside this afternoon. there's the first light of day showing up on the eastern horizon. washington monument under a clear sky. sunrise, 5:43. by 9:00, upper 70s. a peak of the low 90s by midafternoon. overnight tonight will be clear. a warm evening by dawn tomorrow, near 70. during the day, weapons and thursday, hazy, hot, and humid. upper 90s. a bit cooler friday with a chance of storms mainly in the afternoon. it looks cooler for the weekend. a chance of storms and thundershowers each day. how is traffic? >> in town, new york avenue looking pretty good as we get under way. very minimal traffic light delays through the work zone, b

parts of the roadway that we had with the very soft area of golden gate park to the pathways and the panhandle, and we really hit into traffic. that is the really challenging part, which i intend to work with our supervisors and supervisor mirkarimi to make sure we try to experiment with the ways we can have dedicated bike lanes. that would be wonderful to have, wouldn't it? and we need to calm that traffic down and make sure that we have state pathways, and then we went to the widow. that is a fun part. i know andy wanted to go directly on the hills. we pulled him back. but i know he is in shape. he is going to speak in a minute, but there are a lot of people in shape, and then there are people like me. we need that we go. and then market street, those really dedicated bike lanes. i am definitely in favor of expanding it from octavia all the way to the very building. we should have dedicated bike lanes there. [applause] we are experimenting with turn lanes so we can dedicate more sequential use of that street. and then there is an economic part of it. as you know, we have worked hard with the

and more rain in kansas, as severe storms stretch from the upper midwest to the texas panhandle. rain in northern california. showers and thunderstorms around atlanta, montgomery, and charleston, south carolina. scorching heat from texas to tennessee. >> and we're looking at dallas getting up to 97. new orleans, 91. atlanta, 96. 70s in new york and boston. minneapolis, omaha and kansas city hover around the 90-degree mark. near 70 degrees in seattle. 64 in salt lake city. >>> coming up, the deadly e. coli outbreak in europe has now sickened people here in the u.s. >>> and the new details of jaycee dugard's 18-year kidnapping nightmare, including the day she was tasered and taken away. >>> and the nation's new superspeller. her incredible preparation to become the champ. >>> overseas markets are holding steady, while they await the new u.s. job numbers this morning. tokyo's nikkei average fell almost 63 points today. hong kong's hang seng was down 183. and in london, the ftse opened slightly higher. on wall street, the dow fell . 41. 1/2 points. the nasdaq index was up four. >>> w

customers in san francisco now lining up on just one end of the building near the panhandle. before, the office had two separate lines to enter. the dmv says the policy cuts the wait time to about an hour compared to two or three hours. but now, the line of customers stretches all the way outside. the department of motor vehicles says it is either wait in the weather or wait longer inside. >> been there before. >>> it is a break through in the fight against breast cancer. the drug shown to dramatically reduce women's chances of getting the disease. but does it really work? and is it worth the risk? dr. kim with the science behind the numbers. >>> a day of fun turns dangerous. a bouncy house blows away with the kids inside. the daring way one parent came to the rescue. accomplished something most ream of. meet >>> her paintings sell for thousands of dollars. she is just accomplishing something most artists only dream of. you will meet a 4-year-old painter taking the art world by storm. . >>> record-breaking rains in the bay area over the weekend. still some showers around the

stormy from the texas panhandle to colorado springs. scattered showers in the southeast. evening showers in the pacific northwest. >> 77 in seattle. 85 in sacramento and a scorching 113 in phoenix. mostly 80s from the twin cities to indianapolis, 83, very comfortable here inn new york. 93 in atlanta. >>> coming up -- a new study about the nation's doctors. >>> plus, the big launch from microsoft coming up tomorrow. that's all in your business news, straight ahead. >>> and another week getting under way in the casey anthony trial. the question is, just whose side is her family really on? >>> asian markets are mostly down today, this time amid worries about the state of banks in italy. tokyo's nikkei average lost 100 points today. in london, the ftse opened higher. on wall street, the dow lost 69 points last week and the nasdaq index gained 36 points. >>> microsoft office 365 launches tomorrow. providing a virtual environment for various devices to store and share software. 90% of workplace computers use versions of microsoft office. the company needs at least some of those

check out the video from the beach and the florida panhandle, and the shark is jumping over right thereaught on camera. that is a four-foot spinner shark that flew right over the surfer, and see it again. startling everyone who saw it, and the spinner sharks can grow to about six feet in length and they do prefer the shallow, they like the shallow water. fortunately, but that surfer is lucky, they don't like people, the spinner sharks like fish. >> and it is a time to sit on the beach and absorb the deep tanning rays. >> i would see that sucker out there and i would say i'm done. >> that fish could have done some damage. >> i would be paddling to shore. >> and we have changes coming up here. low clouds and fog still extending into the bay right now and it is slow to burn off today. and still we will try to break things up. the valley is looking good. and the sunshine there. an really some comfortable temperatures. around the bay area right now. except out toward the coastline. it is still staying cool in spots and that's the reason why, the low clouds and drizzle and out over the city o

residents in sdwreernl recycle and don't -- in general do recycle and don't smoke, homelessness and panhandlingthe streets less appealing. >>> our chief meteorologist lives in the city and keeps things tidy. >> yes, please pick up after yourself. i was looking through my wardrobe. the only tie that made sense -- yes, orange goes along with the heat. we head across the bay area, still very hot out here. how long has it been since it's been this hot? nine months since our last 100-degree day in the east bay with all this cool weather we've had throughout 2011. it has been a while. the average june high through the east bay, mid 80s. we're about 15 degrees above that. in some respects it's about time we've had hot weather because it has been so cool. where is it still warm? of course in the inland areas. 95 now in livermore. baking, 97 in concord. 94 in santa rosa. cooler here from san francisco to san mateo. still very warm for our standards, at least this time of the year at the immediate coastline. tonight we're going to call it mild. we'll see clear skies here. tomorrow, the hot weather stays

if you look right here you can see the panhandle, there is the park. you see cliff houses.s back in the forecast tonight. we will have a clearing tomorrow. that allows temperature come up. tomorrow is warm. extended forecast, nice weather. temperatures trend down a little bit. goofy upperrer atmosphere pattern right now. it's not classic june but there is still weak weather systems to the north of us. enough that they are picking up the fog and pushing it inland. morning low clouds next few morning monopolies temperatures near 90 tomorrow and again on wednesday. i us spect on wednesday we could see a low 90 degrees reading. tomorrow morning, fog moving in. this is right now. fog pushes in tonight, 8:00. sights of market, by the ballpark. fog at 8:00. fog towards montclair, walnut career, and here we are tuesday morning. fog foot print. that looks like this morning. it's very similar. it will burn back quickly. 9:00 a.m. temperatures back into the low 60s and there you go, back to the coast it clears. temperatures in the inland spots make it into the upper 80s. specifically

. >> and panhandle, the internet music service that went public at $16 a share is selling for 13.26 . the dow went up 64 points when weekly unemployment claims went down. s&p 500 only added to two. >> one elementary school is excited about reading gains made among the stunes. they credit the software with the difference. tonight a closer look at the software by scientific learning. >> it is leading the chucken. >> elementary students in the academ neoakland are working on fast forward. a software designed to strengthen literacy skills. >> on paper it looked exciting, but i didn't want it to take the place of instruction. >> the principal liked the idea of path ways in the brain to improve reading. with a grant from the district he made the program available to half of his students this past year before and after school and saw reading test gains on average of a year and a half from where they started. >> does that surprise you? >> yes, these are kids that a lot of them have had continued history of the not being able to catch up and it is not the kid's fault it is the system's fault f

off to our west, a little area of green in western maryland, panhandle in the 50s most locations there. and the view from space showing a few high clouds drifting from the north. there's a cluster of rain up there now crossing lake ontario bringing in some of the high clouds from time to time. in addition, stagnant air in place this afternoon. so we have an air quality alert. if you have a heart or respiratory ailment stay inside this afternoon. a little bit of haze. live picture from city can camera. sunrise is only 13 minutes away. by 9:00, upper 70s. lots of sun. a few high clouds. we peak in the low 90s. that is quite a bit above average. even hotter tomorrow. talk about that in a few minutes. night planner at 5:41. how is traffic? >>> for the most part, object. only major construction project still in the roadway. not causing that much of a backup. it is still out there. we need to watch it now that we're well into the 5:00 hour. barrels still in the roadway. wide open. no concerns there. smoke appears to be coming out of a manhole cover. crews are out investigating. i saw smoke o

there it is, east of denver, also into the panhandle of nebraska, there are several very large stormspecially along interstate 70. so be aware of that, be aware that sometimes tornadoes can and do occur within severe thunderstorm watches and we have had a few isolated warnings here across parts of the deep south as well. so be aware of that for the upcoming hours, we're especially watching stuff that's going on along the tennessee and georgia state line. it's going to be an interesting afternoon and evening. let's talk a little bit more about what's been going on with those wildfires, you saw the video out of arizona, the wallow fire is 38% contained now but 500,000 acres have burned. so it's still the largest wildfire in state history. red flag warnings are in effect here today, 35 to 40 miles an hour, but this area of low pressure is going to be intensifying for tomorrow, which means the winds are really going to pick up, so critical danger in this area for tomorrow. unfortunately no big breaks for these firefighters, 4,000 people on that fire alone. and there's 36 large fires natio

also stormy from the texas panhandle to colorado springs. showers and thunderstorms from the carolinas to the gulf coast. evening showers from seattle to northern california. >> 85 in sacramento. 96 in albuquerque. a sweltering 113 in phoenix. it was a dry heat you hope. mostly 80s from the twin cities to indianapolis. 83 here in new york. and 93 in atlanta. >>> do you still hail to the king? >> uh, sure. the king of pop we're talking about. not the king. >> the king of pop. saturday marked two years since the shocking death of michael jackson. what better way to pay tribute than bringing out your inner king of pop? >> that's right. his fans across the globe remembered jackson. a flash mob in san francisco danced to "thriller," "beat it," and some of his other mega hits. they say performing jackson's signature moves was their way of commemorating the anniversary and celebrating jackson's life. i guess they're kind of in sync. >> they did him proud. >> doesn't matter, they're just celebrating him. >> it's all in the name of celebration. >> ab

severe storms from kansas, nebraska, texas panhandle into the upper midwest.carolina. record heat along the gulf coast. >> 90s from dallas to atlanta. 77 in new york. little more comfortable. upper 80s in minneapolis. kansas city. 68 in boise. 72 in portland. 96 in phoenix. >>> well when cops in suburban kansas city saw an alligator lurking on somebody's lawn they did what any police officers would do, they took very decisive action. >> they shot the beast in the head. except it wasn't until their second rifle shot bounced off the reptile's head that the officers realized they were taking on a supercrocodile -- no. they had mortally wounded a concrete lawn ornament. >> the lawn is fine. >> does look sort of real. the homeowner said he put out the fake gator to keep children off his lawn. the police suggested maybe he post a no trespassing sign instead. >> hey, you kids, get off my lawn. >> don't make me take out the alligator. >> i mean i guess it's better than shooting a gnome, right? as far as shooting lawn ornaments go. or not. maybe you want to shoot gnome

san francisco customers now line up on one end of the building near the panhandle.eparate lines in which to enter the building. the dmv says the policy cuts the wait time to about an hour compared to sometimes two or three hours but now the line stretches way outside. the dmv says it's wait in the weather or wait longer inside. >>> our unseasonable weather of late has a lot of bay area winemakers feeling the squeeze. patrick sedillo shows us what all that rain could mean for your favorite vintage. >> reporter: is it really june? in napa, the locals have another name for it. >> it's called june u wary. it's when june behaves like january. in napa. napa is very dependent upon the wine business. >> reporter: a long rainy season equals mud. soft ground and fungus, as well. and in wine country that means -- >> we have to play the hand that we're dealt. >> reporter: john makes the weather his business because his business depends on it. >> could result in looser clusters, smaller crops. that said we are also getting rain. we are going to get a lot of moisture in the groun

i realized that i think panhandled in buckingham palace. should i sent one around? that would be nice. >> i did. you know? funny royals. >> yeah. just a little further back. >> my question maybe oxymoron, but as an american, do you have a favorite american author, either living or dead, and could you give the reason? >> why is that an oxymoron, man? favor america. wow. there are just so, you know, again i'm going to -- i'm goinged into the weany thing. there are different reasons to be passionate about different writers. i am a big mel vivian. i was talking about him as dinner. both in -- maybe in the form and also especially really in the bartleby kind of reform. throw yourself out of the window and see how the sentence lands style of actually melville attempts almost catastrophic failure in terms of the public eye that i find extraordinary. i think he does really change the language a bit in that way. we were just talking about prose are we? we were talking about poetry as well? really weirdly, because he says damn flinty. i do have a sort of deep feeling for robe

and i realized i'd been panhandled in buckingham palace and i should send my mom, that would be nice so i did a lot, you know. funny royals, yes. >> you sound like john cleese of the queen of england. a little further back. >> my question may be -- my question may be an oxymoron, but as an american you have a favorite american author either living or dead? and could you give the reason? >> wow, my favorite american wow, there are just so -- again, it's a weedy thing. there are different reasons to be passionate about different writers. i am a big melvillian. as i say, i was talking about him at dinner both in gargantion and big form and in the kind of form really. it's the sheer kind of mad throw it out the window and see how it stands, you know, melville attempts. it was a catastrophic failure actually in terms of the public eye that i find really extraordinary. i think he does really does change the language a bit in that way. we were just talking about prose. we were talking about poetry as well? i do have a deep feeling for robert loel who's historically rich and seems to go agai

louis, once again tomorrow you'll be under the b gun, and milwaukee, and texas panhandle might have storms>>>good morningbay area. this is meteorologist nick o'kelly. still looking at a beautiful day after the morning clouds. for some of us clouds will be very slow to clear. cool at the coast, beautiful inland with highs about the same as yesterday. forecast temperatures will dip after monday. clouds on the way, showers, maybe even a couple of isolated thunderstorms on wednesday. and the 8-year-old twins, happy birthday. lester, back to you. >> thanks. >>> now to the case against casey anthony. saturday's court session came to a sudden end, surprising end. the jury was never seated for the day's session and for reasons that remain a mystery. the judge put an abrupt stop to the proceedings. now, everyone, of course, wants to know why. nbc mark sanders reports. >> reporter: before the jury even entered the courtroom saturday -- >> he doesn't even know if this is new or not. >> reporter: defense attorney jose baez -- >> i've been handed slides. >> reporter: and prosecutor jeff ashton were at

the state of florida in my area, the panhandle was being controlled from mobile. it was a breakdown as the governor indicated earlier, from communications and processes, methodologies. it was completely broken. so the answer your question emphatically no. opa did not work on the ground level. it did not work at the state level and i think it failed the folks of our country. >> this is a management problem? >> yes, sir,. >> clearly. and your expense with storms is what? >> primarily living in florida and i guess growing up originally i was start i guess when i was four in mississippi. but with florida i've been elected since 2004 in 2005. you know the history where we crisscrossed our state for hurricanes in one year. had heavy damage. and as an elected official i have watched a process, and obvious he florida i think has mastered mr. fugate now being head of fema coming from florida. we know how to do it at the ground level. we make good decisions. we work with our partners but we work with our state partners to make those critical online decisions. this process w

also an area approaching a severe risk down along the gulf from louisiana, texas, into the panhandle of florida. expect half an inch to an inch of rain and a couple of cuties here. future "today" show coanchors. what are their names? >> anna and grady. >> we'll see >> we could see scattered thunderstorms develop later on this afternoon or evening. most of the day is going to be dry and warmer than yesterday. >>> and that's your latest weather. matt? >> a 16th birthday is a big moment in a teenager's life, but when one young girl sent an invitation to her bash and forgot to mark it private, more than 1500 strangers showed up. michelle kosinski has the details in hamburg, germany. good morning. >> reporter: hi, matt. kids today. they put out an invite on facebook and 15,000 of their closest friends respond to it. the girl put out an apology today in the newspaper for the super sweet 16 that was completely unwanted. in this quiet neighborhood full of elderly people she was so traumatized she didn't attend her own overgrown birthday party. [ chanting ] >> reporter: popular girl that thes

near the panhandle traffic looks good as well.101, mid peninsula headed towards palo alto, no problems there. >> we are watching national weather, the missouri river is overflowing in nebraska turning many towns into ghost towns filled with floodwaters. for calhoun and nebraska, people have been using boats to bring items from their homes to dreyer ground. residents are trying to salvage what they can. the red cross is opening a shelter for displaced people. we are getting a look at the massive tornado that hit joplin missouri. this is a 3d view being released from noa. one-third of the town was destroyed. this was an f5 tornado with wins over 200 mi. per hour. three more people have died from injuries sustained from the massive turn it. the death toll in joplin outlines at 140. >> a southwest jet had to make an emergency landing after a warning light came on. this happened in el paso texas, the jet was on its way from orlando to phoenix. it landed safely and turns out there was no fire or smoke and none of the 131 passengers on b

>> it's north of amarillo on the texas panhandle. >> you've been warm and way too dry.s. >> i wrote a book about the effects of war on my father and how i survived them. >> what was your dad in? what branch? >> vietnam war. >> army? >> marine. my dad was a marine. robin, are you upstairs? >>> i came running up here. it's been a trying year for our friend, sarah ferguson. she's rebuilding her life. had help from a very big mentor of hers, oprah. and fergie's transformation is chronicled in a new series, called "finding sarah," premiering this sunday, on own. the duchess of york. >> my friend. thank you for having me back. >> absolutely. i've been thinking about you. and this series is really going to shed a light into your struggles. and more importantly, how you are righting the ship. and how you're going to help others with this. >> you're very kind. i've been so lucky to go from a total disaster of last may, and oprah to open up her hand. and dr. phil, you know, to actually go and spend some time with dr. phil. >> has been just extraordinary. i seem like a big, gentle

we have a red flag watch or warning in effect for the panhandle to jacksonville, doesn't include officiallyorgia but all that heat helping. tallahassee 103 yesterday, saint simons island 99 degrees. folks probably dipping into the atlantic ocean there. we are seeing intense thunderstorms right now moving through chicago. that's going to create a problem as far as seeing delays there across chicagoland through eventually lower parts of michigan and the heat continues across the south. temperatures in the 90s. 82 in new york city and 67 with the rainfall in chicago. back up to you. >> fire, snakes and gators. >> want to take a break. when we come back where some of your hard earned money has been going when it goes to the social security administration after this break. >> also interesting, while more colleges move to a co-ed campus one college says no way. binge drinking is a problem and one university says the solution is to split up the guys and gals. the changes they're making. that's helping drive the future of business. in here, inventory can be taught to learn. ♪ machines have a voice.

then eventually going into gymon all the way through what used to be called no man's land in the panhandle of oklahoma. these would be multimultimillion-dollar investments. it could be severely challenged by the listing of the lesser prairie chicken. so i will be offering that amendment. i already introduced the amendment and would look forward to explaining that further as time comes. in the meanwhile tomorrow i do want to get into the cost of the resmtion it is one that if we're reallyreally sincere of doing something to promote business and industry, the first thing we need to do is get the bureaucrats off the backs of the businesses that are planning to expand. we will be addressing that tomorrow. with that, mr. president i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from missouri. a senator: america is full of amazing americans and at the thai top of this lace is frankry muse freeman. she has been selected to receive the extraordinary honor called the spring arm medal the naacp's highest national honor. ms. mccaskill: each year the naacp selects only one person in this country

virginia in one winter and in the next winter the fungus that causes was detected in the oklahoma panhandle. a far greater distance than bats could travel in such a short time frame. there is no known cure for white-nose syndromes we must rely upon trying to limit the disease spread between the geographic regions and using the decontamination procedures. see the caves may have slowed the west were spread is likely to our early to tell. bye acting now we hope to substantially delay the spread for science to inform more effective ways to manage and contained on this. defender growing concerns over the viability of the bat populations and the awareness of the role of that's maintaining healthy ecosystems the research and develop and has established that research struck the united states for the past three years we've expanded research to address challenges posed by white nose syndrome. the current research efforts are aimed at the white knows syndrome and biological control planning for conservation and recovery of affected populations by evaluating the liability assessing and quantifying the

of the oil spill, individuals based in alabama who had never stepped food in gulf county or other panhandle that were using ten year old area plan maps were making final decisions regarding how gulf beaches and all of florida beaches would be protected. local resources were ignored as strangers decided whether to place oil protection booms near beaches and sensitive environmental resources. to compound matter, unify command was limited and rarely consistent with day to day. leaving my county and all of florida counties in the dark and concerned that any preparation and response effort would be too little, too late. with little information coming from unified command, local communities were force to expend significant financial resources gearing up and preparing for potential events that could be quantified or predicted. this came at a time when florida was laying off employees due to the economy. yet it took more than four months to see reimbursement. faced with these challenges, our coastal county themselves under the umbrella florida association of counties to address a range concern as w

it's a sign of a hardworking rancher in the texas panhandle, i always reflect back to those tough decisions and sacrifices my family made around the kitchen table. we had no choice but to live within our means. every day i remember these life lessons whether i'm balancing my family budget or making important decisions for my constituents. i must represent the best in terms of taking care of our country's fiscal health. we must make tough decisions on spending, on tax reform, and on reducing our nation's debt. we must remain committed to spurring economic growth and job creation. we must do this, most importantly, because we owe it to our children and grandchildren so that they are afforded the same american promise and prosperity and security that we were when we were born. mr. speaker, about three months ago my wife and i had our first granddaughter. we want that girl when she grows up to have the same opportunities to live the american dream that we had when we were born. mr. speaker, before i close, i'd like to ask our american people to remember our country in its prayers during these d

also looking at an area approaching a severe risk along the gulf from louisiana, texas, into the panhandle of florida. expect anywhere from about a half inch to an inch of rain. a couple of cuties here. future "today show" co-anchors. what's are their names. >> anna and katie. >> we'll see you guys in about 25 years. that's what's going on around the country. here is what's happening in your neck of the woods. >>> a pleasant morning now. temperatures in the 60s to around 70. then later today we'll continue to climb all the way into the low 90s. average high this time of year is 82. we'll have a few high clouds. not too humid today. sweltering humidity and higher heat on wednesday and thursday with hazy sunshine. friday partly sunny. cooler, highs around 90. might get a passing morning shower or afternoon thunderstorm. a risk of passing showers and storms over the we >>> and that's your latest weather. matt? >> a 16th birthday is a big moment in a teenager's life, but when one young girl sent an invitation to her bash and forgot to mark it private, more than 1500 strangers showed up. michel

states like florida, which are very large, and contain very mixed populations in the north in the panhandle tends to be republican. in the south around the miami-dade area tends to be democratic. along the famous i-4 corridor that stretches from tampa and orlando and beyond. [laughter] >> it goes to the ocean somewhere. but that's where the population centers are. you can find all sorts of differing demographics. the reason i say be cautious about demographic shifts -- and in texas, the democrats are hoping that texas finally becomes -- i'm talking about only in the presidential race. finally becomes a blue state, a democratic state because of a growing hispanic vote. i'm going to back up here a little bit. in 2000, massey dowd, who's now a democratic pollster who's recently taken a job at abc, so maybe he's neutral now but started out as a republican pollster for the bush campaign. his polling -- he's very good. his polling showed george bush beating al gore by a comfortable 4 to 6 points. as we know, al gore won a popular 4,000 votes and only lost the election by a 5-4 vote of the supreme

also an area approaching a severe risk down along the gulf from louisiana, texas, into the panhandleida. expect half an inch to an inch of rain and a couple of cuties here. future "today" show coanchors. what are their names? >> anna and grady. >>> our neck of the woods, boy oh boy. you just can't beat this day we have on tap for you. good morning, bay area. 57 in hayward. we are headed toward the 70s at lunchtime. we are going to round out the day in the mid to upper 70s. inland, 76 in fairfield. 72 in los gatos. 67 in oakland. i think you will touch on the 70s tomorrow. temperatures climb to 80 in the morning. big moment in a teenager's life, but when one young girl sent an invitation to her bash and forgot to mark it private, more than 1500 strangers showed up. michelle kosinski has the details in hamburg, germany. good morning. >> reporter: hi, matt. kids today. they put out an invite on facebook and 15,000 of their closest friends respond to it. the girl put out an apology today in the newspaper for t super sweet 16 that was completely unwanted. in this quiet neighborhood full o

of the oil spill, individuals based in alabama who had never stepped food in gulf county or other panhandle counties of florida that were using ten year old area plan maps were making final decsions regarding how gulf beaches and all of florida beaches would be protected. local resources were ignored as strangers decided whether to place oil protection booms near beaches and sensitive environmental resources. to compound matter, unify command was limited and rarely consistent with day to day. leaving my county and all of florida counties in the dark and concerned that any preparation and response effort would be too little, too late. with little information coming from unified command, local communities were force to expend significant financial resources gearing up and preparing for potential events that could be quantified or predicted. this came at a time when florida was laying off employees due to the economy. yet it took more than four months to see reimbursement. faced with these challenges, our coastal county themselves under the umbrella florida association of counties to address a

the next winter the syndrome was detected in the oklahoma panhandle. a far greater distance than that could travel in a short time frame. there is no known cure, so we must rely upon trying to limit the spread between geographic regions. our two closures may have slowed the western spread, but it is likely to early to tell. we held to delay the west would spread enough for more effective ways to manage and contain the fungus. given the growing concern over the viability of the bat population and the awareness of the role of that's maintenance in healthy ecosystems, research has been developed throughout the united states. we have expanded research to address challenges posed by the white knows -- and white nose syndrome. including potential biological controls, planning for the recovery of the attempt -- populations and assessing the ecological importance of bats in agricultural systems. finally, the effect of forints -- forest management on baths. we understand the impacts the closures are having and will continue to have on the recreational public. w

the state of florida in my area, the panhandle was being controlled from mobile. it was a breakdown as the governor indicated earlier, from communications and processes, methodologies. it was completely broken. so the answer your question emphatically no. opa did not work on the ground level. it did not work at the state level and i think it failed the folks of our country. >> this is a management problem? >> yes, sir,. >> clearly. and your expense with storms is what? >> primarily living in florida and i guess growing up originally i was start i guess when i was four in mississippi. but with florida i've been elected since 2004 in 2005. you know the history where we crisscrossed our state for hurricanes in one year. had heavy damage. and as an elected official i have watched a process, and obvious he florida i think has mastered mr. fugate now being head of fema coming from florida. we know how to do it at the ground level. we make good decisions. we work with our partners but we work with our state partners to make those critical online decisions. this process w