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additional funding is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and by tfrontline journalism fund, supporting investigative reporting and enterprise journalism. >> that should be good. >> "every year i bury a couple hundred of my townspeople. another two or three dozen i take to the crematory to be burned. i sell caskets, burial vaults, and urns for the ashes. i have a sideline in headstones and monuments. i do flowers on commission. apart from the tangibles, i sell the use of my building-- 11,000 square feet furnished and fixtured with an abundance of pastel and chair rail and crown moldings. the whole lash-up is mortgaged and re-mortgaged well into the next century. my rolling stock includes a hearse, two fleetwoods and a minivan with darkened windows our price list calls a service vehicle and everyone in town calls the dead wagon. i am the only undertaker in this town. i have a corner on the market." i think we have in some ways become estranged about death and the dead. we're among the first couple generations for whom the presence of

and additional funding from the park foundation-- committed to raising public awareness. additional funding for this program is provided by the colorado health foundation, the colorado trust, and the commonwealth fund. >> let there be no doubt: health care reform cannot wait, it must not wait, and it will not wait another year. ( applause ) >> narrator: tonight on frontline, as the federal government begins to grapple with health care reform, frontline travels the country to investigate our broken health care system. we meet americans whose medical bills have driven them into bankruptcy... >> so she says, "well, you're uninsured." and i say, "yes, i am." and she says, "well, how are you going to pay the bill?" i said, "you know, that's a real good question." >> narrator: ...and people who can't afford the treatment they need... >> there isn't any country in the developed world where you would have to put off major surgery because you couldn't pay for it. >> narrato ...and others who are losing insurance coverage just when they need it most... >> three days later, i receive

additional funding is provided by the park foundation. dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and by the frontline journalism fund, supporting investigative reporting and enterprise journalism. >> narrator: there was, after the horror of september 11, the inevitable question: did anyone in the government know? the move from chicago to headquarters in washington was a big promotion for special agent john o'neill. he drove all night from chicago and went straight to the office on a sunday morning. ( elevator bell rings ) he'd just arrived when the white house called. ( dial tone ) ( telephone dialing ) ( telephone rings ) >> it was a sunday morning. >> fbi. >> but i was in my office and i was reading intelligence, and i saw a report that indicated that the man who had plotted the world trade center bombing in '93, the ringleader, ramzi ahmed yousef, he was about to move within pakistan, and there was a small window, a closing window, to catch him. and so, thinking there might be somebody at the fbi on a sunday morning

additional funding is provided by the park foundation. dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and by the frontline journalism fund, supporting investigative reporting and enterprise journalism. >> 3407, turn left, heading 3-1-0. turn right, heading 1-4-0. >> right, 1-4-0.u >> miles o'brien: it was february 12, 2009. inside air traffic control at buffalo international everythin[ was running smoothly. continental flight 3407 was on final approach from newark.%;i ñ >> 3407 buffalo. >> delta 1998, turn left. left heading 3-6-0. >> o'brien: then at 10:16, controllers suddenly lost contact with the crew. >> delta 1998... of your right side about five miles. >> o'brien: they scrambled to locate the plane. >> you need to talk to somebody. either state police or sheriff's department need to find out if anything is on the ground. >> it's just blackened and charred wreckage... >> i had the tv on, but all of a sudden a bulletin came on and they said there's a plane crash. all of a sudden, they announced it was a commuter flight

additional funding is provided by the park foundation. dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and by the frontline journalism fund, supporting investigative reporting and enterprise journalism. >> one florida man is in the hospital with anthrax. >> ...is hospitalized with inhalation anthrax. >> narrator: in october of 2001, just weeks after 9/11, there was a chilling new wave of attacks. >> a 63-year-old man diagnosed with anthrax has died. >> anthrax reported at a florida hospital. >> the disturbing news from boca raton, florida... >> another anthrax case, this one in new york... >> five more people in florida have tested positive. >> narrator: five deaths, attacks in florida and new york. >> ...anthrax anxiety... >> narrator: tens of thousands of americans were given antibiotics. >> ...anthrax exposure... >> ...through the mailrooms of every major newspaper, television network... >> newsrooms looked like crime scenes. >> narrator: the nation's capitol was hit. >> ...anthrax scare has now reached capitol hill... >>

additional funding is provided by the park foundation. dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and by the frontline journalism fund, supporting investigative reporting and enterprise journalism. ( phones ringing ) >> smith: the news broke on december 11, 2008, and within seconds, phones were ringing around the world. ( phones ringing ) michael bienes was in london when he got a phone call from his business partner, frank avellino. >> "and i said, frank, what's wrong?" because i could hear it in his voice. "michael, bernie madoff..." i said, "he died." in a nanosecond, "he died." "...was arrested..." i said, "oh, no," and then another nanosecond-- "...sex crime or some [no audio], you know?" "...for stock fraud." >> smith: phones were ringing in palm beach, too. >> i received a call from an investor in aspen who said that he had heard that bernie was arrested. and i called bernie's office, and i called his secretary. and i said, "gee, we just got this really strange call." and she said, "no, no, everything's fine." >>

additional funding is provided by the park foundation. dedicated to hghteningublic awareness of critical issues. and by the frontline jonali fund, supporting investigative reporting and enterprise journalism. >>hinojosa: these are the front lines of a new immigration crackdown in america, federal officers from ice - immigration and customs enforcement - on their way to arrest some of the millions of immigrants who are in the country illegally. >>first target, guys, he's got conviction of hit and run. also, he's got duis. he's a final order. he goes to work between 6:30, 7:00 o'clock. any questions? okay. >> hinojosa: these so-called "fugitive operations" are part of an immigration enforcement offensive... >> we're pretty sure the guy's going to be here. >> hinojosa: ...that has reached historic levels under the obama administration. >> the team's been doing surveillance on this house for the last few days. target's house is right here, right here on my right side. target's house. >> hinojosa: this year, about 400,000 undocumented immigran

with additional funding from the park foundation. committed to raising public awareness. >> tonight on frontline... for 30 years, americans have played a game with the banks, with the banks holding all the cards. >> changing the terms, raising interest rates, changing the rules of the games. >> consumers use plastic for 100,000 transactions a minute. it has produced billions in profits, and nearly a trillion dollars in debt. >> americans people simply cannot pay back the level of debt that has grown over the last 30 years. >> and the credit card industry even played a hand in the economic meltdown. >> you had consumers refinancing their homes to pay off all their credit cards... >> apply now... >> and then they went back out and filled their credit cards back up. >> now, as credit card losses are piling up, the government is stepping in. >> we need to fix the rules and make them tougher, with a simple, clear, single mission to protect consumers. >> bergman: why hasn't there been credit card legislation to control some of these abusiv

she served as executive director -- director of the original park foundation with a full range of boehner activities, rising more than $20 million from 1993 to 2010. she retired from that, and we were lucky enough that somebody convinced her to come in as board chair. rosemary, welcome, and police say a few words. >> thank you very much. it is might very late -- great pleasure to be here and to be able to meet you all as a group and looking forward to meeting all of you in person i want to say that on behalf of the entire 25-member board of the san francisco parks alliance, i want to let you know that we're truly committed to a full partnership that will really build on what president buell said about the wonderful attributes of the two predecessor organizations. we're very excited. everybody is very committed. i think we are going to have a very successful future here. partnering with san francisco recreation and parks to really make the system even more remarkable than it already is. commissioner buell: thank you very much. >> if you do not mind, one other thing i wanted to mention is t

today the state parks foundation said that that will hurt local businesses and reduce income for the state. >> every dollar that goes into state parks is invested by the state's general fund. $2.35 comes back to the state. >> the parks are expected to close next july. the legislature plans to make a second round of cuts early next year. >>> okay. movies and videogames have a rating. now some smart phone apps will be rated. an industry trade group and the entertainment software rating board worked with several wireless carriers and microsoft to develop a system. it would rate apps based on things such as violence and sex to determine how age- appropriate they are. how effective the ratings will be is in question because... apple and google have opted out saying they already have review guidelines in place. we'll be right back. it's all about jobs. it's all about respect. security. the american dream. [ jamaul ] good jobs in tough times. a chance to move up and do better. [ delaunta ] excellent healthcare. [ caletha ] beautiful benefits. what they used to call the american way. it still

the national park foundation, we're the nonprofit foundation to support the national park service, weport educational initiatives for the park service, restoration projects, youth engagement proximate engagement projects and we do events like this like the lighting of the christmas tree and the easter eggs in the spring. reporter: of course the big star tonight is the big tree itself and it is just beautiful, amazing. it's not even lit yet and it's just awesome and decked out in l.e.d. lights. that's something you guys have been doing, i think it's the fifth year in a row. talk a little bit about that. >> one of the things we tried to do here is set examples and we try to make this tree green and green every year, and through energy efficiency and through our partnership with g.e. lighting, we have 65 sets of l.e.d. lights on here that make the tree both very energy efficient and green. reporter: and, of course, this tree is new this year, the last tree was toppled by strong winds, can you tell us about this tree? >> yes. it's a new tree, we call it our marathon tree because it's 26.1

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also want to thank minister rogers for the beautiful invocation and everyone at the national park foundationhe national park service who helped put this outstanding event together. i would like to thank carson daily and big time rush and all the performers who helped kick off this celebration at the white house. for 89 years, presidents and americans come together to light the national christmas tree. this year is a special one. this year we have a brand-new tree. the last one stood here for more than 30 years. until we lost it in a storm earlier this year. but we all know that this tradition is much larger than any single tree. tonight, once again, we gather here not simply to light some decorations, but to honor a story that lights the world. more than 2,000 years ago, a child was born to two faithful travelers who could find rest only in a stable among the cattle and the sheep. this was not just any child. christ's birth made the angels rejoice and attracted shepherds and kings from afar. he was a manifestation of god's love for us. he grew up to become a leader with a servants heart who

. >> reporter: the state parks foundation applauds these partnerships to keep parks open but says thereal need is long term stable funding. >> there were cuts passed in the budget by the legislature and signed by the government in march that led to the 70 park closure list. while it's possible, as many as half of these parks could be saved. many doubt many will still be shuttered. >>> more details now by the policy institute of california indicates a majority of voters support the governor's plan to temporarily increase the state's sales tax and boost the income taxes of california's highest earnings. 60% of voters say they support the proposal. the poll found 36% are against it. the new poll also shows the majority of californians support governor jerry brown. 42% approved the job the governor is doing while 30% disapproved. >>> officials in clayton met with parents to discuss the arrest of a teacher the áf arrested for having sexual conduct with a student. he could be charged with 17 counts of having sex with a minor -- arrest of a teacher arrested for having conduct with a student.

. >> reporter: the state parks foundation applauds these partnerships to keep parks open but says thereal need is long term stable funding. >> there were cuts passed in the budget by the legislature and signed by the government in march that led to the 70 park closure list. while it's possible, as many as half of these parks could be saved. many doubt many will still be shuttered. >>> more details now by the policy institute of california indicates a majority of voters support the governor's plan to temporarily increase the state's sales tax and boost the income taxes of california's highest earnings. 60% of voters say they support the proposal. the poll found 36% are against it. the new poll also shows the majority of californians support governor jerry brown. 42% approved the job the governor is doing while 30% disapproved. >>> officials in clayton met with parents to discuss the arrest of a teacher the áf arrested for having sexual conduct with a student. he could be charged with 17 counts of having sex with a minor -- arrest of a teacher arrested for having conduct with a student.

. >> we have other congressionally chartered foundations like the national parks foundation, for example, that make it easy for people to support the national parks. we don't have the same things for veterans. >> many existing organizations do good work in helping veterans. his idea would create a central clearinghouse to coordinate the opportunities and ensure vets don't fall through the cracks. >> young men and women who are on the three, four, five deployments, they're returning and bringing lots of problems back with them. they need help. their families need help. their children need help. >> this proposal is modeled after a fairly new program in colorado springs, a city there's home to five major military installations. it's created a web-based resource, one-stop shopping for both public and private assistance currently available to returning vets. >> the ability for them to look in one place to get whatever service they may need, whether that's employment, whether that's dealing with mental health issues, whether that's working through family challenges when they come back from bei

national christmas tree, we're joined by neil mulholland, the president and ceo of the national park foundation. neil, thanks so much for joining us this morning. >> good morning. happy holidays. >> happy holidays to you as well. so, we have the tree already decorated. of course, we took a look at it this morning. the lights weren't on. but what should we expect today? >> well, first of all, we're going to have a wonderful family show here tonight. rodney adkins will be singing, big time rush one republic. we're going to have the first family here to light the tree. it is a new tree. it is a colorado blue spruce from the great state of colorado. >> and what about the lights on the tree? this is -- again, we're continuing to green tradition, l.e.d. lights, how many? >> we have 65 sets of lights on the tree. they are l.e.d. lights. we continue to make the tree greener and greener every year to express energy efficiency and show people at home how they can light their trees in a more efficient way. >> for people who have not been on the ellipse for the tree lighting or experienced the pageant of p

rogers for the beautiful invocation as well as neale mullhillen and everyone at the national park foundationho put this outstanding event together. i like to thank carson daily and big time rush and all of tonight's performers to kick off the holiday season here at the white house. for 89 years presidents and americans have come together to light the national christmas tree. this year is a special one this year we have a brand-new tree. last one stood here for more than 30 years, until we lost it in a storm earlier this year. but we all know that this tradition is larger than any single tree. and tonight once again we gather here not simply to light some decorations, but to honor a story that lights the world. more than 2,000 years ago a child was born to two faithful travelers who could find rest only in a stable among the cattle and the sheep. but this was not just any child christ's birth made the angels rejoice and attracted sheppards and kings from afar. he was a manifestation of god's love for us. and he grew up to become a leader with a servant's heart who taught us a message as simpl

. >> we have other congressionally chartered foundations like the national parks foundation, for example, that make it very easy for people to support the national parks. we don't have the same sort of thing for veterans. reporter: many existing organizations do good work in helping veterans. bennett's idea would create a central clearinghouse to coordinate the opportunities and ensure vets don't fall through the cracks. >> young men and women who are on the three, four, five deployments and near returning and bringing a lot of problems back with them and they need help. their families need help. their children need help. reporter: this proposal is modeled after a fairly new program in colorado springs, a city that is home to five major military installations. it's created a web-based resource, one stop shopping for both public and private assistance currently available to returning vets. >> and the ability for them to look in one place to get whatever service they may need whether that's employment, dealing with mental health issues, working through family challenges when they come back

. >> we have other congressionally chartered foundations like the national parks foundation for example that make it easy for people to support the national parks we don't have the same sort of thing for veterans. >> reporter: many existing organizations do good work helping veterans, bennett's idea would create a central clearing house to coordinate opportunities and ensure vets don't fall through the cracks. >> young men and women on three, four, five deployments returning and bringing a lot of problems back with them they need help their families need help their children need help. >> reporter: this proposal is modeled after a fairly new program in colorado springs a city home to five major military installations, it created a web based resource, one stop shopping for public and private assistance available to returning vets. >> the ability for them to look in one place to get whatever service they may need whether that is employment, whether that is dealing with mental health issues, working through family challenges when they come back from being overseas. >> reporter: veterans and

senator bennett says it would be similar to our national parks foundation, and it would provide resourceshe public and private sector working together and have in essence a clearinghouse for jobs and assistance. >> the idea really came from the vets themselves who were saying that we know better than anybody else that there are plenty of people that want to help our vets, but we are not very well coordinated. we would like structures that don't reinvent the wheel here, but would allow us to coordinate ourselves better, and that's what we're going to try to do. at the federal level -- >> reporter: as you can imagine when this was announced there was some surprise that something like this wasn't already on the books. with the hand over in iraq it's become much more urgent. heather: the senator, we heard him talk about not reinventing the wheel. is there a mold in place to base this on? >> reporter: there is. there is a fairly new program in colorado springs that the bill has been modeled after. that city is home to five major military installations, and they have launched there what is call

they are set to close in july because of budget cuts to the department of parks and recreation. a non-profit foundation is launching a campaign to raise half a million dollars to keep the park open. three other groups, are also joining the effort. >>> 4:51. time for a check of the weather. >> i think we are going to see a nice day. much nicer start this morning with temperatures in the 40s. here's a live shot. a few 30s out there. enjoy this live shot, there are low clouds out there some of the clouds are starting to clear up, we'll see warmer temperatures as well. we are looking west towards the bay bridge and san francisco in the background and totally different today, not a lot of fog at all. we'll take a look at temperatures right now if you are heading out the door shortly. there are a few 30s out there, mountain view, los gatos, livermore, napa and fairfield 39. 51 half moon bay a very mild 48 in san francisco. so we have a cloudy morning. with the clouds that is preventing us from losing a lot of heat that's why temperatures are milder. we are not ruling out fog, but it is going to be patchy in

minneapolis because a wonderful friend of mine, bill water, who is very active in the national park foundationas organized an event and wants me to come and do it. c-span: philadelphia and then harvard bookstore and the tours i have listed is closed on later on in june at portsmouth new hampshire. how do you feel about this? >> guest: i love it. c-span: why? >> guest: i like to meet the people they read my work. i like to see what is going on in these different places. i enjoy talking to audiences. and particularly audiences that are a mixture of generations, and i guess it's the irish in me. c-span: maybe i missed it there, but you didn't answer my question about whether you are going to do another book. >> guest: no, i didn't. [laughter] c-span: what is your thinking? .. >> if i knew about it, i wouldn't want foe -- to write the book, because to me, the pull is the adventure of it, learning. i think about how much i'm going to learn by taking on this subject, and i don't want to be surprised -- i want to make discoveries, not just discoveries of some collection of letters in some place you d

go up, the center place for a planned park, putting the park back in park heights with funding from the state, cal ripken foundation and others. >> 100,000 square feet of recreational space. over time we will create a seven-acre park that will include a new playground, circulation path. i'm shower that means running path or walking path. we know that everything will do. basketball courts and other amenities. these playing fields will make park heights one of the greenest and healthiest communities in our city. >> the city hopes to have all the land cleared by the end of the year. we'll have more on the neighborhood reaction coming up at 6:00. roosevelt leftwich. >> put the park back into the park heights. >>> for all of you wondering where are the single people, where are the married people? fewer people are saying "i do." more are saying "we don't." >> marriage isn't the priority it used to be. the latest data shows the number of people getting hitched is at a record low. 51% had a ring last year, down 10 years ago when r5 7% were married. it's a sharp drop from the 1960s when three quarters of the population had

. >>> new skate park is coming courtesy of tony hawk. the tony hawk foundationis donating $10,000 to help build the skate park at mission street. construction should begin next spring with the grand opening scheduled for the fall. the city is hosting an event this afternoon to celebrate the donation. a local skater and youth group will perform this afternoon. >>> 4:56. next, a life or death decision. the medical test expected this morning on a one-year-old shooting victim that will leave his family with an agonizing choice. >> reporter: i'm terry mcsweeney live in san francisco, a big story just got much bigger. hundreds of supermarket customers who swipe their atm cards may have had their information stolen. the story coming up in a live report. >>> we'll give the occupy movement new momentum what it reveals about the taxes several multi-billion dollar corporations are paying to california. cxcxcxcxcxcxcxcxcxcxcxcxcxcxcxcx

we also enjoy the support of the author binding davis foundation, the park foundation, and a new group called the better angels society. more on that later. to attract new donors to public broadcasting, and in this phase, the montrone family. we have long time support in this film from the national endowment for the humanities. they were instrumental in us finishing the film on the brooklyn bridge way back in the 70s, and they were instrumental ensuring we were able to finish this film, but two other sponsors deserve special note because without their long time support, i literally would not be standing here. the first is the public broadcasting service itself led by my friend paula right now, who made a long term commitment to our films, so not only this, but others in store and others dating back more than 21 years, but the corporation for public broadcasting takes the cake. they have been supporting us since the very, very first film, and i think they have been involved in all but one of the films that we worked on since we started making film, and i'm so very grateful to the corpor

and they're set to close in july because of budget cuts to the department of parks and recreation. now, the foundations have announced a camp dwrin raise half a million dollars between now and then to keep the park open. and three other groups have joined that campaign. >> and this is the season, tree recycling about to get underway in san francisco. the two garbage companies will pick up christmas trees from january 3-13. all have you do is put your tree next to your garbage can on the regular pick up day. and wood chips get used for bio fuel in tracy. >> and governor jerry brown has money on his mind wrapping up his first year back in the governor's office how he rates his own performance and what he says about running for reelection autos and the growing gap between members of congress skpefr one else. why some say they should be paid more. >> more retailers want to e mail you a receipt. but should you let them? 7 on your side is coming up. c >>> in sacramento governor brown had the state capitol to himself during the break to talk about a plan to tax high income earners. he wants to raise the sales

parking. so they elected to dig down to the dents supporting soil and build a foundation on the dance material below the bay mud. so that is a rock site, rock expedite -- rock excavation. this is part of the temporary shoring system that retains the walls of the excavation and prevents the building, other buildings from falling into the hole. >> where were we? >> we were driving around in the marina. we were looking over the perfectly flat marina green, at the whole marine area, which is also perfectly flat because it was artificial filled from the 1915 exposition. >> that is correct. it was hydraulics and pumped in from the bay. same principle, they built a dike on the outside it, and then pumped in the sand. and as we all know, in 1989, a lot of damage. lawrence can speak to the concept of soft story problems with the buildings, and the look of viable soil. in perfect concert with each other, you get major damage, sometimes collapsed. that is the subject of -- i guess we did a video of that about a year ago? >> would try to pick up all the hazards. >> this is recreation of the natural landsc

the parks are set to chose in july because of budget cuts to the department of parks and recollection. the non-profit foundationaise at least a half million dollars between now and then to keep the parks open. three other groups are joining in the effort. >>> apple, google and europe on wall street's brain this morning. >> jane king is live at the new york stock exchange with more on this brain work. >>> good important. let's start with what going on in europe. italy's government being able to borrow money for half the interest rate it was forced to pay around thanksgiving. a lot of people scratching their heads about that but they did have a successful bond sale that's one of the things helping to give us a lift at least to the start. we have turned lower on wall street for the moment. setting up to be a quiet trading day. so far, in the bloomberg silicon valley index trading down, a 10th of a percent. google shares, unofficial -- reporting a sharp rise in the popularity this month almost a quarter of google's total user base just joined this month as more get -- [ unintelligible ] as for apple so many rumors

officials have officially removed the famous lake from the list of state parks scheduled foreclosure next june due to budget cuts. a foundations agreed to collect fees to keep the salt lake and limestone rock formations open. the lake is a million-years-old teaming with shrimp and births this is the fourth state park taken off the closure list thanks to public-private partnerships. >>> i remember it was a small puddle, now look at it. >> you are not that old. >>> next, tension on the rise at occupy san francisco, after protesters skirmish with police. >>> a milestone for camp victory in iraq. [ female announcer ] today...is the day best foods and holiday leftovers become irresistibly creamy turkey casserole. real delicious best foods. make it real. make it different. [ male announcer ] on subway has a deal ♪ have a better day this flat-out delicious -- the $3 flatbread breakfast combo. a toasty flatbread breakfast sandwich and a 16-ounce cup of seattle's best coffee or 21-ounce fountain drink. all for only $3.

. >>> new skate park coming courtesy of tony hawk. the tony hawk foundation $10,000 to help build the park. construction should begin next spring with the grand opening scheduled for the fall. the city is host ago event this afternoon to celebrate the donation. -- hosting an event this afternoon to celebrate the donation. >>> just ahead, the new video that has turned the cold case of a missing fbi agent into a hostage crisis. >>> the man posing as a pilot who tried to fake through sfo security. >> reporter: i'm terry mcsweeney in san francisco with the story of the bay area-wide supermarket scam. hundreds of customers have bank information stolen. the story coming up in a live report.@a .

also, the national golf foundation notes that regarding staff from sharp park two other golf courses and result in more revenue. lastly, studies that were cited in the hearing yesterday show that many people like recreational activities but golf has a certain universe of people that are -- that take it up as a hobby or sport. there are many other types of recreation and different options that supervisor avalos has put forward. hopefully, we will look at how golf would be one option, but also many other options like hiking and biking and other activities that many more people can access as well. i will be supportive of this legislation. i hope it is done in a way that we help improve our other golf courses, not just the ones in my district but the ones throughout the city. thank you hit president chiu: supervisor avalos, you wanted to make a motion to amend the entire document. i want to take that as a motion to amend. seconded by supervisor campos. any discussion on that? supervisor elsbernd. supervisor elsbernd: i did not support this amendment in committee for the following reasons