i want to read one more thing it's related to this but i just told you about pebble nine. it takes about four chapters in the book and there is a good reason for that. it's kind of the i believe it is the pride in this country, the prime conservation fight, and it's coming to the head of very soon probably before the end of the year. the epa is studying this mine and they're probably going to turn it down. and because of the fishery this is 50 million every year that are coming in that we don't have to do anything but besides not screw it up and basically the study says if there isn't one accident, not one thing goes wrong and in all of my travels i've never found a mine that didn't have an accident. these are big operations. no one is trying to have an accident it just happens. if they said nothing happens if it is run perfect it will destroy the fishery. that is pretty much like the end of the report to read the reports are 2,000 pages but that's all they need to know. anyway, want to read this chapter because it is a really tiny piece and there is a little village. this

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a little shower activity close to pebbles in the pay may be there are a few widespread hours. 33 san rafael. concord redwood city, everyone else is close but they are chilly at 46 degrees. the system will go right down the coast and split to go east as well. they are moving really fast. keep an eye on things because we can get come -- some frost -- we can get some frost and it will be chilly and breezy out of the north west and a little low will develop over us and even though we don't get much heat it could build up on the hills. it looks like late friday and into sunday. >>> a close call for a driver in the east bay. the frantic scene as the train slams into the suv. our news crew is now on the accept, we will have an update

i have washed the mountain, i have washed the stones and the pebbles that clings to the trees. i have washed the mountain. i have lit the paths and the back ways around the mountain. i have lit the caves and the stairs and the hidouts in the folds of the mountain. i have washed the summit and every crevice of the mountain so my loved ones might pass in the forenoon of the mountain day. this is called, lament for a market place in babylon, by abdul karin al karid and it's a reference to a suicide bombing. this one and the next one are both translated by salim yusef. on this grave stone are angels and people weeping. what are people waiting for, their ship? here it comes, borne by the deluge. in a market place now frequented by money changers with beards and baggy trousers, who restores the limbs and who throws open the gates for hollow-eyed gods coming in from babylon with red chests and white furious hair? i wonder who? on the day of march 1st in the 5th year after the second millennium, a massacre took place in babylon. it's my pleasure it introduce the next poet, george evans

." >> swift: and i got this pre- chorus in my head that said, "you were romeo, you were throwing pebblesyou were romeo, and you're just like, "oh, okay, well, that's that." ♪ you were romeo, you were throwing pebbles, ♪ and my daddy said 'stay away from juliet'... i had to fight for that song, because when i first played it for, you know, my family, a few people, they were just sort of like, "eh." >> stahl: but you believed in it. you trust yourself. >> swift: yeah, it's almost more fun that way when... when you have something to prove. >> stahl: "love story" went to number one on both "billboard's" country and pop songs charts, the first song ever to do that. proving doubters wrong is a big theme in the tale of taylor swift. she started singing when she was still a toddler. ♪ ♪ she fell in love with country music, and not as a coal miner's daughter from kentucky. she's a stockbroker's daughter from wyamissing, pennsylvania, who, at age ten, began nagging her parents to take her to the mecca of country music. >> swift: it was just on repeat, just like a loop, constantly. like, "how about

they're important to the harbor holders, probably not to the park and rec department, they call them pebbles in your shoes, and there's some more larger fundamental issues which we think we didn't get adequate due process. we think the best way is to have a calm discussion with phil in his office, go over these items and see if we can't get a happier new year. >> thank you very much. >> just as a reminder, this is only on items that is upeder the general manager's report. we do have general comment right after this. >> good morning, commissioners, my name is [inaudible] hernandez gill, i'm the community organizer with the san francisco bicycle coalition, i would like to thank the commission for their support last year for the jfk driveway, the city has ambitious goals with the yearly results we're seeing on jfk drive and with other projects, we're confident the goals will be met, although we at the bicycle coalition were very encouraged by the sfmta's preliminary evaluation as you heard, we at the bicycle coalition looks forward to seeing the final report to ensure the roadway is safe. i've

then dry weather come friday, but staying unsettled and pebbly wet again on saturday. >>> outside it is super quiet on the bay bridge. not expecting much of a commute on christmas eve. for the most part, the roads are drying out. a few problems from yesterday's flooding, highway 1 still shut down out in conoa county. for the next 15 minutes or so caltrans said highway 121 is going to be shut down between 116 and 37. both directions closed. flooding is the problem. a few rain drops on the lens across the bridge. traffic is slowing nicely there. wells 880 and 237. a quick look at the south bay. 280 moving at the limit. and out in the east bay, a quiet commute past the climb, up ward toward downtown. no service today, and muni and some ferries are on a holiday schedule. >>> a deadline looming to reach a settlement regarding the deadly pipeline explosion in san brew know. the san francisco chronicle reports that pg and e offered to pay a fine. but government and consumer groups rejected it report delay because pge would not admit it failed to safe the system. the explosion killed eight p

the well-worn pebbles near the landing site show this is an ancient riverbed. >> we're rolling on a surfacet one point in time water flowed ankle to hip deep. that's fantastic. >> reporter: the rover's main target is still on the horizon, 3.4 mile high mount sharp. its layers are a geological history book of the planet, but it will take "curiosity" a year to get there. john blackstone, cbs news, san francisco. >> pelley: now a curiosity among earth rocks. this is the largest-known cut aqua marine. it's going on display in its new home at the smithsonian in washington. 14 inches all the, five pounds. the gem comes from brazil. it was donated by a florida couple. the duchess of cambridge is in a royal family way. her story is next. next on cbs 5 >>> finally tonight, ever since william and kate said "i will," everyone has been wondering when they would -- have a baby, that is. mark phillips is in london with great expectations. >> reporter: judging from the way she was hopping around playing field hockey at her old school last week, kate the duchess of cambridge did not seem either pregnant or

lots of sunshine at pebble beach. 60 beaches, 60 around the peninsula. east of the bay anywhere from fremont to michigan, all the way up to walnut creek. and all these temperatures are pretty uniformed due to the northeast wind, 5 to 15 miles per hour. average high in san francisco, 58. but instead 53 degrees. you'll notice the numbers are already up to 57 in santa rosa. so there you have it. lots of sunshine. it will be cooler on tuesday. and about up to three quarters of an inch of rain anticipated throughout the day on wednesday. we'll dry out on thursday and call it partly cloudy. then the weather appears to be unsettled on friday and sunday with nearly a chance of rain at this particular time. i was actually looking at the extended long range computer models. rain up to christmas day, stopping on christmas day and pick this one from the 26th to the 31st, dry on new year's day. >> yes, i hope it holds out. thank you, roberta. >>> a group of women were shocked and appalled about their bill at a restaurant in the central valley. it had nothing to do wi

statewide sung the second half of the weekend upper 40s a stray shower in monterey all the way through pebble beach. we do have more rain showers around that northwestern quadrant of the state of california. upper 30s in the high sierra but no snow in the offing. clouds in the central valley forecast. the snow report is optimistic. 39 degrees tomorrow on the north and south shore with more snowfall. so far up to 8" down to 7,000 feet today. snow in the forecast also through monday, tuesday. wouldn't be too surprised if we see a couple of advisories in effect on monday so we'll keep a watchful eye on that, as well. now, we will see a little bit of a recovery in your temperatures tomorrow. we'll be on the other side of 50 degrees. anywhere from the avenue through ocean beach, pacifica, moss beach all into the mid- 40s. winds pick up from time to time but won't play into the forecast too much up to 10 miles per hour. 50s on the peninsula. 56 palo alto. these temperatures across the santa clara valley back in through gilroy into morgan hill and into salinas will be the warmest across the bay area

pebbles' owner invented it after the dog scratched the doors. after a year of testing he came one this portable mountable doorbell to be used inside and outside the house. business has been so successful, he is looking to expand. >> if you have a dog that likes to go in and out a lot that would drive you nuts. >> crazy. >> how about a doggie door? help himself. >>> 4:57 right now. feeling crabby? why crab fishermen are on strike this morning. >> plus a tech mogul's run from the law is over and there's even a tweet to prove it. coming your way. >>> a car crashes into a fire hydrant in downtown san francisco causing quite a mess. we'll tell you why roads are blocked off in this area and the new concern for firefighters. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,, weather ad libs captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald. >>> water gushing up to 40 feet high after a car crashes into a hydrant. we'll show you the damage and new concern for firefighters. >>> if you are a fan of fresh dungeness crab, you're right

the better way is to put a saucer of pebbles with water in the bottom. >> or a combination. misting twice a day? >> as often as you can. mine even get a shower once a week, every two weeks. we don't shower together but do shower. that keeps the humidity level up and keeps it nice. and when you bring plants in a house, they are stressed and tend to get scale that grows along the stems or under the leaf. the oil spray, spray this on the plant. cover furniture or carpeting or whatever. >> scale is an insect that suffocates them. >> it suffocates them and sucks the juice out of the plant and leaves a residue and it can be a problem. january or february, if it's nice a couple of days outside, i'll take mine out, spray it, let it sit a day and bring it back in. >> you brought this out. >> this is a plant food. you can use it for citrus and avocados. >> is this the kind you use? >> you want to use it to promote buds. i would use them late february, early march, but that will help get this going. two years ago i had 88 limes on my plant. they do the job. >> i'll come over for dinner

then a chance of showers continuing on wednesday and pebbly into thursday. then a break on friday before more storms. that's the latest. back to you. >>> thank you, lawrence. >>> just getting word of a new accident. a big rig and a car off to the shoulder. south of this traffic camera. it's southbound 80 pushing marina boulevard. a heads up. doesn't look like lanes are blocked. >>> elsewhere flooding is still the main concern out in snow ma county. highway 1 shut down. has been since yesterday right there by valley ford road, and highway 121 is dealing with flooding issues as well. outside one more live look across the golden gate bridge. things are looking good, nice and lightheaded to san francisco. and checking some other bay area roadways, here's a live look at the peninsula la. if headed toward san jose, 101 and 280 not looking too bad at all. a quick look at the san ma day yes bridge, things are moving fine, super light so far. >> it's christmas eve. >> we're not expecting a normal commute. >> thank you for that. >>> it is 5:17 now. >>> a bleak outlook

one of them sees a pebble that really needs to be packed on the ground and suspect in the pebble that is displacement behavior because you would just assume not be in a fight, so he has something else to do. having the lawyers think about what the laws of cyber war ought to be is displacement behavior. lawyers to may he asked a question like that in the abstract that would give you an opinion that is 100 pages long, full of doubts and body english and will take forever and that is where we are now. we are basically displacing all of the energy that ought to go into planning cyber war to a bunch of legal abstract debates. and the generals are sitting in the sideline saying, well, tell me what i can do. this is exactly the wrong way to treat government lawyers or maybe lawyers generally. much more effective if you say, we sat down and tell what it would take to win a cy reward. after we worked it through, the only way we can win is if we do this. is that legal? then you're going to get useful legal advice. probably they will find a way to say it is because most lawyers do not want to ca

a gain of 80 points and our old friend from "power lunch" days, chuck lovelle ringing the closing pebble and much more now from washington with maria bartiromo on the "closing bell." >> it's 4:00 on wall street. do you know where your money is? hi, everybody. welcome back to "closing bell." i'm maria bartiromo coming to you live from the white house. stocks rallying and closing off the best levels of the session after senate majority leader harry reid warned it will be tough to reach a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff before christmas. we all note deadline, december 31. take a look at how we're finishing the day. the dow jones industrial average up about 80 points today. it was higher, much higher than 100 points earlier today, up two-thirds of 1%. volume on the light side this afternoon. nasdaq composite picked it up. technology up better than 1%. s&p 500 also on the upswing. markets maintaining steady gains all day long. david kudlow and bob pisani and barbara from the street. welcome to all of you. what about coming off the best levels? >> hitting search-week highs. 13,245 is where we e

baker, but a pebble in the pond.e nothing but poor white trash." >> in rural louisiana, halfway between new orleans and baton rouge, is the second largest prison in the state, the elayn hunt correctional center. although the facility is relatively new, it opened in 1979, the look is anything but modern. armed officers on horseback, work crews farming the land, and no air conditioning.

baker, but a pebble in the pond. you are nothing but poor white trash." all my life i was a bad boy. i look back and i see all the stupid mistakes that i made, and i see the young people that's here at this prison, and i hear all the stories because i listen and i think to myself, you do not know how fortunate you are. you're going out there with another chance, whether it's five years, ten years, or what. you're getting another chance. i'll never get that chance. i would give my leg, my arm for that chance. i'm never going to get it. >> after assembling with their tools, inmates begin the long march to the field where they will spend the day harvesting vegetables and picking weeds. each inmate earns two cents an hour. >> we have 63 acres of vegetable gardens that we grow vegetables on, anything from squash, tomatoes, mustard greens, collard greens. >> inmates at elayn hunt harvest more than 1 million pounds of crops a year, all of it used at the prison. >> one hammond, two baker. three, sheaf. >> early in the mornings it's not so bad. we still have a lit

. >> ten minutes before the closing pebble. a market that's low but well off the lows of the day.back on the hools of the announcement that the president and speaker boehner will meet. what leaders did agree on before leaving down for the long weekend. i think you'll like this one. >> and then john mcafee's bizarre run from the law in belize has taken him back home to the united states, and now the anti-virus software firm that bears his name is warning a major cyber threat is also headed to our shores. details on both of these stories later on the "closing bell." andr made a retirement plan, they considered all her assets, even those held elsewhere, giving her the confidence to pursue all her goals. when you want a financial advisor who sees the whole picture, turn to us. wells fargo advisors. . >>> okay. once again evidence that wall street is fixated on washington. we were down 90 points when we came on the air at 3:00 eastern time on the "closing bell." now we're down 50. because? >> president obama and representative boehner have announced and boehner's office confirmed they

this is a pebble in the mountain that we're dealing with our fiscal situation, our debts and our deficits. if we actually get something that fixes it and that's on the table, i'll look at anything. >> and speaker boehner reportedly taking heat about his leadership position. harry reid said plan b wasn't going to pass in the senate. do you trust in his ability to find a compromise? >> speaker boehner is in a difficult position. if you make the assumption that the other side doesn't want to negotiate, it's a difficult position for him to be with. but the broader point, i do not see the speaker's position as being at risk. this was not just the conservative wing of the party. the opposition to plan b last night ranged from some of the most conservative to some of the most moderate members of my party. and the support was the same way. some of the most conservative members of our caucus supported this last night. this was not a leadership issue. this was not an us versus them issue. i think last night people looked at this bill and said this is not a good bill. i don't want to vote for it. th

at the same time, we're smelling oil and what appears to be some sort of oil product along sand pebbln paulo. but the department of public works is coming up to clean it san paolo l. on the rodeo, dan kerman, kron 4. >> there are three fire fighters after a chain reaction put them in hospitals. highway 24, sunday morning, the firefighters from the shoulder to live with a car crash with reconditions. another car lost control, and hit the fire truck. the reconditions cost this crash. most will need surgery etiquette be several months before they could return to work. justin waldman, kron 4. >>jacqueline: we can see that the weather cells believe it or not have it is not going to actually hit the ground for several hours. as we look at futurecast for tomorrow it will be concentrated to the north bay. lighter showers associated with this storm. you can see moderate rainfall tuesday evening. we could see more coverage for tuesday in the north bay. and have rainfall on wednesday. the cool front starting to sack south. and for the rest of the morning some spotty showers with moderate. for th

the pebble watch which connects to the android phone, blue tooth has received sec approval hitting shelves, $150 is what they are selling it for but what do you think of the idea? [talking over each other] dennis: i worry that apple is in danger of going from incredibly hip to incredibly geeky because any guy who wants the phone on his wrist watcc instantly as social adjusting problems. shibani: my dad loves calculator -- i think that -- [talking over each other] shibani: nobody wants them anymore. there is the target audience. dennis: typical 27 apple customer doesn't know who dick tracy was. even a youngster like you didn't know. this product is aimed at old guys like me. obama at here is $20 for calling me a youngster. dennis: make or break time. two hours from the crucial white house meeting between president obama and congressional leaders. a imus: big apps for the big apple. the 108-year-old subway going high tech and we have adam shapiro coming up next. dennis: how do you is an apps in a subway when you can't get a signal? this i have got to see. ♪ >> the dow still down 68 points, 1

cannot afford to forget, and we have to stay aware and active and black children are being killed es pebblyn florida and we have to keep raising our voice, and it is "jet's" job and has been historically to make sure that the community is inform and active. >> i want to ask you about that, because there are some viewers who may not get how central jet is to many african-american communities in terms of being an information source. you know, my grandmother's coffee table always had it, and any barbershop or beauty salon has had "jet" but some critique over the years that beauty of the week is the most familiar aspect to black leaders and this history of "jet" and you know, but we want to know what she likes to walk on the beach, right. >> listen -- >> is this a turning point to get back to the civil rigthts history? >> well, you know, i think that it is definitely a turning point. we are definitely trying to do more to balance the enterta entertainment, and the important news reporting. we have been doing that ever since i started about two yeas s ago, we have been working to find the delica

they bought the pebble beach golf course in california and bought rockefeller center in new york. various other properties and paid huge dollars for them and lot of their shirts. this time around with china is not the case. you can't say they're paying a lot of money for aig's plane leasing business or a123. martha: stuart, thank you. see you coming up on the business channel. bill: here is the question for you. how much american debt does china actually own? as the largest foreign owner of u.s. debt it owns more than a trillion dollars in treasury securities. china's holding of u.s. debt has increased 56% over the course of the obama presidency which comes out to about $400 billion more. it has bought or invested in more than $15 billion in more than 100 u.s. companies going pack to january of 2010. that is influence. martha: new numbers raising fresh concerns here at home about our economy. the u.s. consumer spending numbers showing signs of weakening after four months of gains. experts blame things like very high unemployment of course and the prospect of increased taxes as we

you drop a pebble in the water, just a splash and it is gone. but there's half a hundred ripples circling on and on and on. spreading, spreading from the center, flowing on out to the sea, and there's no way of telling where the end is going to be. drop a pebble in the water and the minute you -- and in a minute you forget, but there's little waves aflowing and there's rippling circling yet and those little waves aflowing to a great big wave have grown. you've disturbed a mighty river just by dropping in a stone. drop an unkind word or careless, in a minute it's gone. but there's half a hundred ripples circling on and on and on. they keep spreading, spreading, spreading, spreading from the center as they go. and there's no way to stop them once you've started them to flow. drop an unkind word or careless in a minute you forget, but there's little waves aflowing and there's rippling circling it and perhaps in some sigh at heart, a mighty wave of tears have stirred. and disturbed a life that was happy, err you dropped that one unkind word. drop a

problem is displacement putting to roosters in a small pen say size each other up and one sees the pebble that needs pact and opec it that is displacement because he would rather not fight. that theory is displacement behavior we would give you an opinion that is 100 pages long and will take forever we're displacing the energy for cyber war to legal abstract debates generals are on the sidelines tell me what i can do? this is the wrong way to treat lawyers. their effective use say we thought would take to win the cyber war. the only way to win is due this is a viggo? then you'll get useful legal advice they will find a way to say yes because most not want to cause us to lose but if you wait you'll never know where you can do this is where we are today. >> what is the baker p.o. of the rooster matches? [laughter] >> thank you for putting this together and this book so many issues that we have a very complex we have to access to us by the fact we have a better shot to access the broader audience and they do have the stars there and want to congratulate the chief cat to herder to get people