♪ cathy: oh my, patty. did you find all your files? patty: finally! knew it would be this much work when richard and i decided to retire! cathy: well, what are you going to do first? patty: we're heading down to brooklyn heights and start in on that social security paperwork. cathy: why would you do that? patty: what do you mean? cathy: it's so much easier to log onto socialsecurity.gov and file online. patty: what if i need to know how much money i'll be getting? cathy: online. patty: what if our address changes? cathy: online. patty: what if i want medicare too? cathy: online. patty: so, how did you get so darn smart anyway? cathy: online! ♪ when cousins are my speech will argue differently. if i did get everybody to do their best, thank you for taking your time to be here. i will try to be as brief as possible, but i of so much to say that i recognize in may be a challenge. i have never sat in the front. maxwell knows this. sit in the back. i want to thank you all for coming down here. as you can see, this may not have been the obvious place for a

patty: hello? cathy: patty! i've decided to follow your lead and file for social security benefits online. patty: but cath, aren't you back in zanzibar? cathy: i just got on my laptop and went to socialsecurity.gov. it took less than 15 minutes! patty: wow! you are a miracle worker. cathy: well, cheers, patty. i'm off to film a baby rhino. ♪ when cousins are two of a kind! ♪ patty: a baby rhino.

patty: hello? cathy: patty! i've decided to follow your lead and file for social security benefits online. patty: but cath, aren't you back in zanzibar? cathy: i just got on my laptop and went to socialsecurity.gov. it took less than 15 minutes! patty: wow! you are a miracle worker. cathy: well, cheers, patty. i'm off to film a baby rhino. ♪ when cousins are two of a kind! ♪ patty: a baby rhino. [captioning made possible by california farm bureau federation] >> coming up on "california country"...meet the face of andy boy produce. yes, there really is an andy boy. >> who is this? >> yep. it's me. >> oh. >> then she's getting her goat, but that's a good thing for this talented farmer. >> you see how comfortable the baby is? you can't carry the big one. >> then as the weather heats up, it's time to get gardening and our expert has the tips to get you started. >> think of the best salsa you've ever had. it was the fresh cilantro, wasn't it? >> it's all ahead and it starts now. take a walk through your average produ

. ♪ [ female announcer ] high speed internet from at&t. from patty and richard yet?ck up a pie ... and richard was going to file for medicare... ross: filing for medicare!?!? we won't eat until midnight - tomorrow! cathy: richard's filing for medicare online at socialsecurity.gov! it takes less than 10 minutes. hey! poppo: you made it! patty: no problemo, poppo! i've got the pie... richard: and i've got my medicare... cathy: and i've got the turkey! poppo: did you get that online too? woman: so here are the keys. congratulations! it's officially yours. i'm sure you'll have many happy years here. except for you. because you'll be gone three years from now. struck down by the same disease that got your father. so you won't be around for them. and sadly, it could have been detected early with a simple test. but you didn't have it. ok! who wants to check out the back yard? announcer: for a list of tests every man should have, go to ahrq.gov. >>> we're back at z100's zootopia, where i caught up with soulja boy. he's been recording since he was 14. now he's a major star, k

although patti just said that they've gotten all the extras they need.t we do have information on our website, ktvu.com, just go to the news link section. >>> and an investigation into the pay processes of the town of bell has begun. bell has over 3,000 residents some of which protested. bell city manager was making $800,000. while the police chief had a salary of $450,000. city council members tonight voted to cut their own salaries from about $100,000 to about $8,000. >>> the question of whether controller chung must issue pay cuts for state employees will have to be announced shortly. he expressed concerned about possible work law violations. right now state workers are guaranteed their normal paychecks through september. the governor's wage order was in response to the state's budget. at a speech before the los angeles chamber of commerce, the governor said he would not sign the budget unless tax, pension and spending reforms are included. >>> a different way of investigating some crimes may soon be tested in san francis co. a new technology would co

although patti just said that they've gotten all the extras they need.ut we do have information on our website, ktvu.com, just go to the news link section. >>> and an investigation into the pay processes of the town of bell has begun. bell has over 3,000 residents some of which protested. bell city manager was making $800,000. while the police chief had a salary of $450,000. city council members tonight voted to cut their own salaries from about $100,000 to about $8,000. >>> the question of whether controller chung must issue pay cuts for state employees will have to be announced shortly. he expressed concerned about possible work law violations. right now state workers are guaranteed their normal paychecks through september. the governor's wage order was in response to the state's budget. at a speech before the los angeles chamber of commerce, the governor said he would not sign the budget unless tax, pension and spending reforms are included. >>> a different way of investigating some crimes may soon be tested in san francis co. a new technology would c

our patty lee is live with the city with our live report. >> they say this is a major arrest because it sends a message, but it doesn't solve the problem that dates back decades. > >>at mission and 16th street in san francisco, nummi riders say that illegal of late night bus transfers are every-day occurrences. >> they offer it to you, and hey bus transfer. >> they sell the tickets for the bus, and they just sell it for $1. >> selling what is normally a $2 ticket for $1 might not seem like a big deal, but add up to a loss of thousands of dollars. >> the late night ticket allows you to ride the bus all day. usually when you get a transfer, they rip it off and give you 90 minutes to 2 hours. >> last week they had two arrests, 52-year-old ed monday king andmond king. nummi spokesman says that the transportation agency is trying to determine just how wide-spread the problem is and fix it. over the past three years, they have lost 180 million in state funding and facing $56 million budget deficit next year, and right now every dollar counts. >> we're going to look at our policies and the

patti lee is live now with the story. patti? >> reporter: well, last night's violence underscores the need for effective deterrence. today we witnessed two ways to solve the same problem. >> up and down! up and down! >> reporter: at this middle school in east oakland, more than 100 boys took an all-day crash course on how to man up. >> when you were younger, like just started to realize what you wanted to do. >> reporter: the event actually titled the manup conference is organized by the group and is designed to connect kids who may lack adult male role models. >> our goal is to plant seeds beyond today that younger brothers and older brothers can really help each other for the other 364 days of the year. >> reporter: conversations with participants reveal a lot of kids want violence -- >> there are people who want role models. they need to be bigger. maybe a role model for two kids or maybe the whole street. >> reporter: this kid worries about the violence. >> kids getting shot for no reason. >> reporter: a and he was shocked t

patty lee reports. >> up and down and to the -- back to the wallet. >> reporter: in east oakland, more than 100 boys took an al day crash course on how to man up. >> when you were younger and just realizing what you wanted to do. >> reporter: the man up conference was organized by hundred black men. it's designed to help kids who lack adult role models. >> our goal is to plant seeds that older brothers and younger brothers can really help each other for the rest of the days of the year. >> a lot of kids want guidance but have nowhere to turn. >> those role models need to be bigger. they need to be a role model for maybe two kids or the whole street. >> i have friends that don't have dads or they might not have a mom. >> 12-year-old says he worries about kids. he was not surprised to learn that a boy and children were shot and wounded in east oakland last night. >> they're both in the hospital. a peace vigil was held today to remember the victims of violent. >> we do need to get on the streets in these cities. >> she says her son was shot over a dispute on the basketball court. >> my so

patty lee reports. >> up and down and to the -- back to the wallet. >> reporter: in east oakland, more than 100 boys took an al day crash course on how to man up. >> when you were younger and just realizing what you wanted to do. >> reporter: the man up conference was organized by hundred black men. it's designed to help kids who lack adult role models. >> our goal is to plant seeds that older brothers and younger brothers can really help each other for the rest of the days of the year. >> a lot of kids want guidance but have nowhere to turn. >> those role models need to be bigger. they need to be a role model for maybe two kids or the whole street. >> i have friends that don't have dads or they might not have a mom. >> 12-year-old says he worries about kids. he was not surprised to learn that a boy and children were shot and wounded in east oakland last night. >> they're both in the hospital. a peace vigil was held today to remember the victims of violent. >> we do need to get on the streets in these cities. >> she says her son was shot over a dispute on the basketball court. >> my so

patty lee. >> new video of a pursuit near sacramento. an nba player at the wheel. >> a rally for three uc berkeley graduates. >>> a source of a lot of speculation, now we have details about chelsea clinton weekend wedding. >>> the highway patrol released video of an incident involving basketball player tyreke evan. he was driving the mercedes. he was going more than 100 miles per hour, weaving in and out of traffic on a sacramento freeway. westbound officers caught up with him and arrested him. last week, evans pleaded no contest to reckless driving. a judge gave him three years of probation and suspended his license for 30 days. vacaville police said today they made two arrests in connection with the shooting earlier this month. police say 25-year-old dandre moore was arrested. police arrested samuel young of richmond. investigators say twhoot men shot two people shortly before midnight on july 16th while the victim sat in a car outside of a liquor store in a rocky hill air aftervacaville >>> tomorrow marks the anniversary of iran's arr

patty: filing for social secury online, is so easy a beatnik can do it. with his laptop. in any malt shop! >> good morning. i am the executive director of the transportation authority. your emcee for the event. it brings me tremendous pleasure to welcome you all, notable visitors, elected officials to the event which is the groundbreaking for a contract 4 on the presidio park where project which will deliver the southbound battery tunnel and detour road that will bring everybody who uses the oil and dive into safety by the middle of 2011. we are delighted to be able to use this opportunity. back in october, we had a ground-breaking ceremony for the project as a whole. we had the speaker of the house nancy pelosi with us. the mayor was here, other dignitaries. at the time, we were looking at the oil drive -- doyle drive. we now have a different project for the 21st century. it is an example of what partnership and inventiveness and the full participation of the amazing community of san francisco residents can do to create a project that is really worthy of the amazing natu

patty: no problemo, poppo! i've got the pie... richard: and i've got my medicare...athy: and i've got the turkey! poppo: did you get that online too? one minute before fines after months of back-and-forth with bay major-league baseball he wants to push forward with the a's move. one such calls it a sickout the other one says that the

patty lee is in walnut creek with the report. >> reporter: we are live in front of the court building where barriers and yellow tape are up, preparation force the rally that has the possibility to turn into a showdown. bart police patrol the parking lot where a rally to support the officer is scheduled to start at 2:00 tomorrow an of an. >> its been a lot of police activity around here the past couple days. we will close at about one or two. >> reporter: more than 130 people have rsv p's to the event designed to show support for the officer and law enforcement general. with. >> we believe this is a racist protest. that anyone that sees those videotapes, that's not blinded by their own bigotly sees it as a racist murder and we think this protest should be -- this should be canceled. we are mobile eyeing people to shut it down. >> reporter: an organizer with the group by any means necessary, a driving force behind the justice for oscar grant campaign. two protests have turned violent in oakland and trouble in walnut creek is a real possibility. >> if there are two conflicting sides in a

memoriam for a union carpenter for 50 years, and he is survived by many of his siblings including patti, tommy, johnny, qe, -- huey. i am some morning and -- submitting an in memoriam for bill wilkenson. he lost his battle to parkinson's disease and cancer. for 17 years, he was the president of one of the most noted suppliers for some of the best restaurants, hotels, and other food providers in san francisco. it was known as an outstanding work place. bill was also president of the chamber of commerce in 2005, and was the first openly gay man to serve as president of the san francisco chamber. he had a career in the hotel field where some amazing institutions were founded by him. his partner, his spouse survives him. i also want to note that his longtime executive assistant, they currently reflected that bill was the individual that hired him to be the ceo of the chamber. bill had a great sense of humor who, despite some of the difficulties he had battling with parkinson's, i went on many chamber trips with him. he would always have the energy to go out in the night and have fine, commu

patty: filing for social security online is a lot easier than relearning the watusi! >> welcome to culturewater. in 2001, the san francisco arts commission and tampa does go public library established an arts master plan for the city soon to be renovated branch library. almost 10 years later, the san francisco arts commission has integrated a collection of vibrant new artworks by bay area artists into five new libraries, and there is more on the way. here is a closer look at some of the projects. >> the branch library improvement program is a bond funded program undertaken by the san francisco public library to upgrade each of the branch libraries throughout the neighborhoods. one of the great benefits of this opportunity is that each of these branches has a unique artwork that has been created specifically for that branch, based on input from people who live near that branch, in the surrounding neighborhood. >> trur- minded. there was a lot of community support for the project. i try to make it about the true hill and its history. they were something that natives use

patty: filing for social security online is a lot easier than relearning the watusi! >> welcome to culture wire i'm your host. san francisco's old mint is one of the most beautiful buildings in the city. for the month of july the old mint is being illuminated by the presentation of traveling light. every weekend in july audiences will be able to walk through specially staged scenes in the vault and move upstairs for a series of dances in the ballrooms and upper courtyards. the director of cultural affairs met with the artistic director during the last rehearsal before opening night. >> 2011 will mark the 25th anniversary of the joe good performance group here in san francisco and this year they were recipients of a cultural equity program grant that allowed them to restage one of their most significant works. and, joe, what prompted you to restage this performance here at the old mint? >> well, i think we made a piece in this beautiful architectural gem about, kind of about the economy and the fact that everyone is struggling and what would it mean to travel into our

today's event will include a performance by patti labelle and actress marley matlin. >>> and the national scout jamboree in virginia kicks off today celebrating the 100th anniversary of scouting. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. bp shakeup. how will the reported departure of bp's ceo affect the gulf coast disaster. >>> also, where is kyron? are investigators any closer to cracking the case of missing 7-year-old kyron horman. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm veronica de la cruz. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. the day today on your nbc station. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

meanwhile, the oil keeps coming as the first oil patty was found in the mississippi river today. now, with the weather picture uncertain, tonight bp is moving vessels of opportunity in to shore and some equipment and supplies to higher ground. brian? >> anne thompson in venice, louisiana. anne, thank you for that. >>> it happened last night in the skies over kansas, and it happened without warning. a united airlines flight bound for los angeles hit some very bad air. turbulence so severe some passengers became airborne in the cabin. more than two dozen were injured and the pilot had to make an unscheduled landing. the ntsb is now investigating. our own kristen welker has more on what happened and why. >> reporter: by all accounts united airlines flight 967 was terrifying for the 255 passengers and ten crew members on board. >> i thought the plane was going to crash. >> reporter: the boeing 777 took off from washington dulles airport at 5:27 p.m. headed for los angeles. the pilot flew around a line of thunderstorms, but hit turbulence over the midwest. all of the sudden passengers

tom, patty, everyone, thank you. >> amen. i also want to ask today's panelists to stand up. they works many hours before this to make this a success. come on! [applause] haight street beat patrol come on you guys were amazing. i want to thank the venders who came much the civic auditorium i loaned the stage to barack yesterday he owea me money. reason woo have this set up is because we are using and recycling. thank you to the bill gram team. they were helpful. lastly i want to thank sf safe they are our partner they have been in town for 30 years doing the work we are working on. they are our partner moving forward. lastly, again, sort of embarrassing some of the things that have been said regarding me. i feel like i'm following the footsteps of a lot of amazing people that have held my seat and my office like mrs. dufty and turk. all of us who understands what it takes to run a great city. a big round of applause for ed lee. ed this would not have happened today if not for ed lee. ed lee, thank you very much. [applause]. the only change today that i want to -- >> in this f

out the how you feel about the father is more of a stretch but you see that even in -- i'm thinking patty hurst. people who have captors and love their captors sort of thing much you adapt to the situation in which you are placed, i believe. and i don't believe that i don't believe that my ancestors loved the people that raped them. i do believe that over the generations that my great grand mother emily did love a frenchman who courted her. and that was a different kind of relationship. but i wanted to show all of those relationships and i had 4 generations to work with. >> it's hard to judge or even understand something that happened then based on the way we look through things today. >> that was the most difficult things in the writing of this book. my first draft was so through 20th century eyes. how i would react if i was placed in those situations. i did a lot of reading, a lot of research, nonfiction and a lot of fiction reading to try to understand that era, that time, the relationships to try to get a sense of what it was like to live then. i transported myself back and tried to s

they approved the taffy and moved on to the next experimental food deep fried sugary red peanut pattys> that was good. >> it was great. >> reporter: oh, that's good. we'll look for abel's deep fried peanut pattys at this year's fair if we're still around to enjoy them. >> thanks for coming to the fair, bill. are you sure you want to eat another corney dog? >> reporter: who is that guy? hi, mom. how was school today? [ girls ] good. ♪ ♪ thank you! ♪ phew! [ ernie ] we make our cookies the way only keebler elves can: with a little something extra. so every bite can be uncommonly good. captioning made possible by johnson & johnson, where quality products for the american family have been a tradition for generations >> schieffer: we leave you this sunday morning in gainsville, florida. where pot bellyed pigs make no apologies. i'm charles osgood. please join us again next sunday morning. until then, i'll see you on the radio. captioning made possible by johnson & johnson, where quality products for the american family have been a tradition for generations captioned by media access group at

patti holland is a biologist with the u.s. fish and wildlife service. each day she and her colleagues patrol the bay looking for animals in distress. >> so what we look for in the pelicans in the adults is if they've been diving into the water, their heads are going to be that reddish-brown color. if they're sporting nice white tops, then they're looking pretty healthy. >> reporter: these are louisiana brown pelicans. they were threatened with extinction until very recently. in the early '70s, scientists found that exposure to the pesticide ddt caused the birds' egg shells to become so thin they couldn't sustain reproduction. after d.d.t. was banned in 1972, queen bess island is one of the places where nesting pairs were planted to re-establish the species. >> they brought birds to these islands to get them to start nesting in these areas once they got a suitable habitat for the brown pelican because the brown pelican was listed as an endangered species until december of last year. and it worked pretty well. >> reporter: does the spill cause the pelican

let me share reduce story of patti davis. for someone turning 89 in august, patti does not look a day over 60. she shines when she talks about her distinction as our oldest employee. she recently reflected on her life and her career as a nurse that continues today with her two-day a week job. she is also a regular volunteer for us in our gift shop. when asked about her career with the health system, patti said, i tried to retire, but soon after that, bon secours called me into work for them. we are committed to that culture and court named over the last 10 years by aarp as a top company for workers over 50. at the same time, people are starting to live longer and healthier lives. the majority of our workers are delaying retirement bid by offering phased retirement, flexible work schedules, and intergenerational program and, we have been able to successfully retained older workers. research shows that workers -- nurses leave because of changing interest, being called on to care for aging members, family members, and work that

the two republicans running against patty murray out in washington state are leading. that incumbent, long-time incumbent i think under a rasmussen poll. i mean, this is an extraordinary electoral environment and there are going to be more opportunities than frankly i think we're going to be able to take advantage of. >> north of $4 million. i know your committee was down. do you think this movement in cash on hand is due to republican donors channeling their money to the nrcc as opposed to the rnc? do you see donors avoiding michael steele and the rnc? >> well, we are where the action is. of course, in a mid term election the congressional races are where the action is. in a presidential year, the rnc is the party committee for the presidential nominee would tend to get more attention. but it's no secret the rnc has had some problems this time, and frankly we have reached out to major donors and said, you know what for this cycle we would encourage you to contribute to the senate committee because of the structure of the senate because of the importance of 41 votes. e

patti lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >> you will final continuing coverage the aftermath of the mehserle trial at ktvu.com. >>> walnut creek police identified a 57-year-old woman killed by a suspected drunk driver. kathleen joan moorhead was walking home from the grocery store when police say 70-year- old sasser of concord lost control of his pickup truck and swerved onto a sidewalk, hitting her. moorhead died a short time later at john muir medical center. sasser was treated for minor injury and taken to jail where he faces vehicular manslaughter and dui charges. >>> a fire profited aporder for some santa clara residents to stay inside. fire began in piles of plastic bottle and cardboard being stored outside of lynx recyclers on norman of avenue in santa chara. people living down wind were warned by a computerized system to shelter inside for more than abhour because of the potentially toxic smoke from the punishing plastic. no one was injured and the cause of the fire is being investigated. >>> a report finds that fire alarm systems in some san josi schools are outdate order provide minimal

patti lee is live with the report. >> reporter: this is one of those, it can happen to you story.his is a man who went to a garage sale, spent $45 on a box of art equipment, and turns out they could be worth millions and from anzel adams. >> i just happened to go to the box and saw the glass negatives which i had never seen glass negatives. >> reporter: he might have stumbled across some of anzel adams earliest work believed to have destroyed in a fire. matt adams, head of the gallery in yosemite tells us the find should be exciting news. >> here is her handwriting. >> you look at the handwriting samples, here's douglas glazer,i-a-r. >> what i saw was $200 million. and i thought, isn't that interesting. >> reporter: scott williams says he's never heard of the experts and the art world is a small place. >> what i think we in the arts would like to see is that indeed they are anzel adams negatives. >> reporter: scott nicoles says there's a definitive source to originate the art work. >>> a high speed crash caught on tape. coming up, pictures of a truck race that ended in a spectacul

patti lee is live with the report. >> reporter: this is one of those, it can happen to you story.is is a man who went to a garage sale, spent $45 on a box of art equipment, and turns out they could be worth millions and from anzel adams. >> i just happened to go to the box and saw the glass negatives which i had never seen glass negatives. >> reporter: he might have stumbled across some of anzel adams earliest work believed to have destroyed in a fire. matt adams, head of the gallery in yosemite tells us the find should be exciting news. >> here is her handwriting. >> you look at the handwriting samples, here's douglas glazer,i-a-r. >> what i saw was $200 million. and i thought, isn't that interesting. >> reporter: scott williams says he's never heard of the experts and the art world is a small place. >> what i think we in the arts would like to see is that indeed they are anzel adams negatives. >> reporter: scott nicoles says there's a definitive source to originate the art work. >>> a high speed crash caught on tape. coming up, pictures of a truck race that ended in a spectacula

patty, good morning. >> reporter: this fire moved so quickly one evacuee had to drive through flames just to get away. right now you see just the billow of smoke. it doesn't look too dangerous. wait until this afternoon when the winds pick up. then look out. this fast-moving fire fueled by rapidly changing winds has already destroyed more than 30 homes. and threatening another 150 structures near the small town of tehachapi. george has lived here for 25 years. >> lost everything. including animals. watched my barn burn to ground. may boat. cars, trucks. everything i own. >> reporter: 200 firefighters are battling the blaze along with four aerial tankers. 60 miles due north, 700 firefighters are trying to contain a second fire near the town of kernville. >> grab the dogs and go down the street. i thought i was going to lose my house. >> evacuate! i'm going -- i ain't going nowhere. >> reporter: governor schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency for kernville. this fire is 0% contained. however, there is good news. no injuries in either of the fires. patty kaufmann, cbs news, tehach

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in san francisco, patty lee, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> the cell phone industry is suing san francisco's law requiring cell phone retailers to post how much radiation each model emits. the tele communications industry association already has retaliated by moving its annual convention out of the city. the lawsuit claims san francisco is overstepping the federal communications commission which sets limits for phone radiation. but city officials say the law gives consumers important health information. studies are incon exclusive about whether cell phone radiation poses a health risk. >>> a $2,000 reward is posted for information to whomever is killing trees. some are uprooted others with their bark torn off. this week more than one dozen elms and sycamores were cut down. the trees cost $500 each. >> i don't understand it. i just don't understand why someone would do something so stupid as this. >> someone that's very sick. someone that's very sick that doesn't care about society, doesn't care about life. >> reporter: police say they are also uncertain why someone is cutting the trees. it a

in san francisco, patty lee, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> the cell phone industry is suing san francisco'saw requiring cell phone retailers to post how much radiation each model emits. the tele communications industry association already has retaliated by moving its annual convention out of the city. the lawsuit claims san francisco is overstepping the federal communications commission which sets limits for phone radiation. but city officials say the law gives consumers important health information. studies are incon exclusive about whether cell phone radiation poses a health risk. >>> a $2,000 reward is posted for information to whomever is killing trees. some are uprooted others with their bark torn off. this week more than one dozen elms and sycamores were cut down. the trees cost $500 each. >> i don't understand it. i just don't understand why someone would do something so stupid as this. >> someone that's very sick. someone that's very sick that doesn't care about society, doesn't care about life. >> reporter: police say they are also uncertain why someone is cutting the trees. it app

. >> reporter: wu says the formula is to make it taste homemade with fresh not frozen patties, crisproduce and lots of extra toppings like jalapenos and mushrooms at no extra charge. there are free peanuts while you wait but no drive through. >> absolutely not. no drive-through. we are just concentrating on walk-ins and having the atmosphere you see here is fun, pretty hard to do it on drive- through. >> reporter: most of the burgers are stacked high often oozing not for the camry conscious but you knew that walking in, not for the calorie- conscious. >> it's a great ham bigger. project the best you can get for your money. >> reporter: speaking of your money, that last burger that you saw, it was a double bacon cheeseburger with all the toppings on it. that runs about $6.19 here, dana. but if you walk in and you want that burger, don't come in and say i'd like it with everything. they won't know what you're talking about. you have to say i'd like that "all the way." >> how are their fries? >> reporter: oh, the fries are excellent. there's stacks of potatoes around here and you walk t

federal biologist patti holland says a rock wall would try to force too much water into too narrow apace. >> from the fish and wildlife services standpoint, we're concerned that the rock barrier will neck down the passes to the point that the velocity of water going through the pass will cause tidal scouring and possibly cause breaching of the islands. because the water is going to want to go to the place of least resistance. when it does that, it could blow through an island. >> reporter: but governor bobby jindal says that risk is hypothetical. the oil is not. >> i'll say it again, rocks in the water are much more preferable to oil in the water. oil is doing much more damage to barataria bay. i wish the folks in d.c. could touch the oil, smell the oil, see what it's doing to that nursery. barataria bay, the gulf's nursery. >> reporter: after the wall was rejected, state and local officials once again took matters into their own hands. >> because the corps of engineers wouldn't give us approval for our rock wall plan, we've stacked barges at a 45 degree angle coming from the east, h

this is by the way one of the things that the gates foundation -- i know that foundation quite a bit, pattytill an amazon board member. i think they are geniuses at figuring out that distinction. let me give you an example of what i mean. they are always looking -- they want to invest philanthropically in places where there are clear market failures. vaccines need to be refrigerated. in the poorest places, there is no refrigeration. there is no electricity for refrigeration. how do you distribute vaccines -- can you invent vaccines that don't need to be refrigerated? can you invent battery-powered vaccine refrigerators? they're exploring a multitude of things along those lines but because there is no money it's not the thing pharmaceutical kuchlsz are going to jump on because the bills are going to get paid in the developed world where they do have refrigeration so there is no up side to developing that kind of vaccine. >> charlie: right. >> kindle would be an example of something where the for-profit model is driving down the cost, increasing the convenience of reading. one of the great th