preston called it. the clear cutting of the 1,500 rent controlled units. i'm still not convinced that it's not too risk withy and it's not a rock solid guarantee that those units will exist for the future. i feel that a lot of the speakers have raised questions about the need for rent controlled housing. i'm acknowledging the positive aspects of the project but i feel it's too risky for those units. so i will be voting against the motion and still feel we need more time to fully vet this project but i do appreciate supervisor wiener's proposal. if there are no other comments, could we have a roll call? supervisor elsbernd is here as well. supervisor wean summer >> on the motion of items two through five to the full board without recommendations. supervisor cohen? supervisor cohen: aye. >> supervisor wiener? supervisor wiener: iowa. >> supervisor mar? supervisor mar: no. the meeting at 2:00 p.m. today. thank you so much, everyone. any other items on the agenda? >> no, there are no further items. supervisor mar: so with no other items, the meeting is adjourn

. >> dean preston, tenants together. good afternoon, supervisors. a 30-year project to demolish over 1,500 rent-controlled housing units occupied by tenants. who decided this project was a good idea? as we dive into the details, let's step back and ask who decided this was a good way to develop and to create denialsity? who has approved it? certainly not this board, the voice of the people of san francisco. in fact, the three planning commissioners appointed by the board all vote thed against this project because they recognized this was a bad idea. this project is a bad idea from

paul, and kathy. >> dean preston, tenants together. good afternoon, supervisors. a 30-year project to demolish over 1,500 rent-controlled housing units occupied by tenants. who decided this project was a good idea? as we dive into the details, let's step back and ask who decided this was a good way to develop and to create denialsity? who has approved it? certainly not this board, the voice of the people of san francisco. in fact, the three planning commissioners appointed by the board all vote thed against this project because they recognized this was a bad idea. this project is a bad idea from conception. ask yourselves would you approve the demolition of 1,500 homes occupied by people living in your district? would you approve the demolition in a 152-acre area of your district to serve the purpose of densification? of course you wouldn't. this stuff was built 50 years after a lot of the housing in all of your districts. are we going to start knocking victorians down? that is what we did in the western edition as a prior speaker said. if they are old, submit a s

>> dean preston strongly opposed to this project and this mass demolition, this clear cutting of an entire neighborhood is unconscionable. i think you need to dig down deep and look at this not just on the technical issues that we have addressed and will address more, but on the fundamental choice, whether it is appropriate and a violation of city planning to give the go ahead on this. there's no way this happens on owned housing. it's only because we're talking about working class renters this is even on the table and it is absolutely outrageous. obviously spmps need to continue to matter to sprrs these amendments. i don't know of any way you can give these the attention on the fly today. they have to be fully evaluated. two, the other problem is that the amendments don't address -- rent control enforceability is a problem. these don't address that. in other words, you can't require the developer to build new rent control housing, imposing a -- impose a $200 million control if they don't. look at the palmer case where the court threw out an inclusionary housing law. they also threw out no

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. >> so let's bring in cnn's senior political director mark preston. so, mark, why is it important for the president to say this given the expected role of pakistan in the ongoing war on terrorism? >> you know, fred, i think there are certainly a lot of questions here in the united states and around the world. what did pakistan know and at what level of government did pakistani officials know that osama bin laden was, in fact, in their country? now, i will tell you this has become the main topic of conversation on this sunday. it seems to be the next step guard. osama bin laden is dead. the future of al-qaeda is, of course, on the line. but we need to find out what did pakistan know because they've become such a strang r strong ally, an important ally in the war on terror. while we heard from the pakistan ambassador today, he addressed this very subject about the u.s. raid. the united states, fredricka, as we know, went into pakistan. they did not tell the federal government they were doing so and it touched a nerve. let's hear what the royal ambassado

and preston mitchum headed to see how people are reacting with the news of osama bin laden. >> reporterthe city of aberdeen is a close-knit community where folks know their neighbors have a military connection. >> i have an uncle and cousin in the military. >> i have a grandson a marine in the marines. >> reporter: at the 24 hour super laundry on route 40, sandra johnson reflects on her grandson's service ants importance of a unified country. >> our country showed how good we stick together when we go through things like that when we have that 9/11 attack. >> reporter: from meat ball subs to steak salad town pub and executive was watching. >> when we saw people chanting, we didn't get it and on the news came the ticker that said that bin laden was killed and we were all just dumfound. >> reporter: with a 21-year-old daughter enlisted in the navy she understands the hard sheps of war but gratified justice has been served. >> i thought when i heard the news that they buried him at sea in how appropriate because he can live in a lost world forever. >> i am sure that if anything happens, we

with my wife my ex-wife were buried in the fact that i got brought up i never i never understood preston totally and then. i can go to a coffee shop and i would hear the big bands of night hundred forty five and i would weep like a baby in public i had no idea that what i was doing like a reply to was going back and try to fly that little boy all night and what happened. the fall of eighty four i was driven to go back to fly to listen to spend the night there to rent a car and file find the place where i was wounded on september seventh one thousand forty four. and when suddenly. i found the bridge that we crossed it had been blown when i had been shot. i discovered to the hour and the moment i had been moved to forty years before and i cannot explain it but that discovery began my feeling. my generation really were oppressed with the war was about we didn't want to talk about it we weren't allowed to talk about it and then slowly in the one nine hundred eighty s. and one nine hundred ninety s. this whole thing of the greatest generation occurred it was wonderful you know the greatest ge

the department of defense says 23-year-old army specialist preston dennis of redding died thursday indahar province. his unit was attacked with an improvised explosive device. he joined the army in august of 2008. started his second tour of duty in afghanistan last month. he is survived by his parents and wife. >> volunteers are bringing food and water and other necessities to communities damaged by the second deadliest tornado strike in u.s. hoyt. some people are still being found alive, including three people in alabama. here's more. >> reporter: seeing the toward damage across the south is like touring a battlefield, one that spans seven states. whole neighborhoods, in some cases whole towns, were obliterated. the worth tornado devastation in 80 years has left casualties and many who cheated death. >> i remember flying in the air and tumbling. and i was thinking to myself, i'm not going to die. god, i'm not going to die. i'm going to make it through this. >> it sound like at least a thousand planes in the sky. the noise like -- >> reporter: thousands of lives have been reduced to s

cnn's senior political editor mark preston joins us from washington with the president's interview to air tonight on cbs's "60 minutes." >> last week's lightning round that killed osama bin laden is being described as the single biggest achievement against obama. top administration officials acknowledge it's complicated their relationship with pakistan. >> reporter: a week after the u.s. killed enemy number one in a daring nighttime raid, the white house says it is pressing pakistan for answers about how osama bin laden was hiding in plain sight. just 30 miles north of that country's capital. in an interview with cbs's "60 minutes" president obama says the u.s. has delivered that message to pakistan. >> we think that there had to be some sort of support network for bin laden inside of pakistan. but we don't know who or what that support network was. we don't know whether there might have been some people inside of government, people outside of government. and that's something that we have to investigate and, more importantly, the pakistani government has to investigate. >> reporter: p

my meineke. >>> let's go to mark preston.rlier this week there was a special election in new york in an area that was traditionally republican. a democrat took that seat. and this budget business, this deficit business, and particularly what the republicans are thinking of doing with medicare may have influences. tell us about this for a second. >> sure. what we saw up in the special election in new york state is that democrats did a very good job of trying to convince voters that the fact that the republican proposal here in washington, that paul ryan proposal went really strict medicare as he knows it right now. he put the fear of god into a lot of voters. this is a traditionally republican district gally. republicans should have held on to this seat but were not able to. it has greater consequences on republicans talking about trying to fix things in the long term by really understanding what are the political consequences by doing things unpopular such as attacking entitlements such as social security, medicare. >> diane,

. >> mark preston is our cnn political editor. republican primary voters in new hampshire are giving us a glimpse at which candidate they would trust to handle the economy, basically look at those numbers. it's basically mitt romney at 44% and everyone else. mitt romney, can he gain the support of the tea party which is really driving the agenda for the republican party these days and make himself a viable candidate? >> well, mitt romney is clearly going to have trouble with certain segments of the tea party who are frustrated. they think he's a flip-flopper and they don't like what he did with health care in massachusetts. but for mitt romney, those are great numbers up in new hampshire. mitt romney sees new hampshire has a must-win if he wants to win the republican nomination. and unlike in 2008, ali, what we're seeing from mitt romney now is he is running entirely on the economy. he thinks that he can be someone who can come in, who can fix it and turn things around. while we heard a lot from mitt romney back in 2008 of social

mark preston, cnn, washington >> i'm hala gorani at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta.good night.

. >> reporter: in aberdeen, preston mitchum, abc2 news. >> well, security is being beefed up at fort detrick. there is no specific threat, but the base points to military installations around the country are all on high alert. visitors may have to undergo more thorough vehicle searches and identification to get into the commissary. >>> when those planes hit the twin towers, heroes, men and women, police and fire didn't hesitate. tonight they're sharing their stories. >> the nation and for the world, a murderer is killed. just one more battle in the war, and this war is not over. >> fire trucks roared through times square overnight as word spread that u.s. forces had killed bin laden. ten years ago 9/11, 343 firefighters died at the world trade center. >>> closer to home tonight, firefighters in baltimore county talked about bin laden's death and what it means for them. >> i am sure it puts to rest a big chapter for everybody, not only the citizens of the united states but all the family members of the firefighters that passed in the 9/11 attacks. ime sure it springs sollis to their f

>> dean preston strongly opposed to this project and this mass demolition, this clear cutting of an entire neighborhood is unconscionable. i think you need to dig down deep and look at this not just on the technical issues that we have addressed and will address more, but on the f f >> the meeting of the entertainment commission. please call the roll. [role being called] we have a quorum. >> members of the public may address the commission on members of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission. with respect to agenda items, members of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes as such time as the item is called. is there anyone here that would like public comment? seeing none, review and approve the minutes of april 26th, 2011. >> i move that we continue the minutes of april 26th as we did not have a quorum to vote on them. we can vote on the minutes of may 10th. >> second. >> is there any public comment for commissioners comments on the minutes? same house, call. >> i want to identify if you have a proper quorum for the mi

. >> rose: kathy preston is here. her books and writing focus on healthy living and conscious eating. her new book tops the physical, spiritual and environmental benefits of a plant-based diet. it's called "veganist: lose weight, get healthy, change the world." i'm pleased to have kathy preston, my friend at this table. welcome. >> thank you, charlie. >> rose: so what is it your husband said? he said you were veganists? >> yes, i was giving him... one day i was going off on one of my spiels about why it's hell thoi eat vegan and he said "honey, you're the veganist." i thought, well, okay as someone who's obsessed with a violin and wants to learn more is a violinist and i'm obsessed with all things vegan so i'm a veganist. >> rose: what does that mean? >> it means i eat a plant-based diet. and i do it not only for health reasons because you lose weight, you prevent and reverse the major diseases like cancer, heart disease, type two diabetes b. but you are also doing the best thing for environment. you're also doing som

cnn's mark preston will read the tea leaves for us after the break. >>> mark preston joins me from washingtoniving signs that she might be interested in running for president. i know you're working on a piece on this that explores the subject. what do you think? >> i am, randi. first, something that has come in that is probably going to give a lot more credence to the idea that sarah palin is, in fact, seriously considering running for president. reporting right now that sarah palin plans to embark on a nationwide tour. it's called the one nation tour, going to start this weekend here in washington, d.c. it's going to come right around the annual pilgrim age of bikers who come to washington, d.c. to honor fallen soldiers and prisoners of war. from there, we're told that sarah palin will be visiting historical site as long the east coast. as you said, i am working on a story right now, analysis piece, looking at whether sarah palin is very serious about running for president. what we do know is that she has actually indicated that she's not going to close the door to it from her perch over at

european title at the scene of their first trial in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight when george preston beat benfica four one in extra time the first english team to win the title this time round united are the young. dog spit do you have a fully fit scored thirty somethings his players have the attacking prowess need is to avenge their defeat to boston in the final two years ago when roy also predicts the start of the two teams of the houston showpiece to remember. those appearing final in terms of we could help in the game in the second half of his game tomorrow it could be a lot of calls there could be a lot of excitement i remember a lot of good food or i'm sure that so at this apart from their. well i must have also by also have fond memories of wembley stadium it's where they were crowned european champions for the first time back in one thousand nine hundred two current coach brad guardiola was playing that day when baby tahlia inside some doria one will his castle on sea off favorites to lift the trophy again and says they're fully prepared or expects nothing less from the night

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professional and he received a special award just before kick off the first half had little action but into preston the second and got their reward to starting high for thirty eight go with this. well with just six minutes left right my reverend is what we have is well directed at it that made it one that is how it states into three to one and i get and moved like i am i was in the final made its wednesday night but he's being held right in his study olympic oh and your study capital. world championship the czech republic stunned the usa for unable to reach the semifinals where they will place we beat germany five two one hundred three yummy yeah against sending the checks through to the last of all our modern thornburg got a brace for the swedes as they had a few problems against germany thursday sees russia canada in the last eight off in the day norway and. there was almost a major upset at the rome this is the world's top player rafael nadal has a battle from a set down to beat italian qualifier paolo runs in fact after losing the first five seven i would be games of defeat in the second set wh

cnn senior political editor mark preston joins me live from washington.mark, what are we hearing from mitch daniels? so, i guess that he has already said he is not getting in and what more does he have to say? >> well, you know, joe, maybe you can put this into would have, could have and may be should have category. yesterday mitch daniels was asked, could you have beaten president obama if you ran for president, and he said he could have, but went on the say why he decided not to run is because of his family. as far as his daughters go, he said that really, it came down to them, and at time when they are looking to build their own lives and start their own families, this would have been a disruption. you know, in many ways, joe, you have to give daniels some credit for being a good father, rite. deciding that his family really did weigh in on what he was going to do, and as you know, here in washington, that doesn't happen a whole lot. >> absolutely. it is very true and it is very clear that people are going to start digging around in his past, and might

senior political editor mark preston joins us from washington. mark, what are the numbers?, good news/bad news. looking at the macro number of what americans think about president obama and how he is handling his job. right now, 54% of americans in the new cnn opinion research poll say that president obama is doing a good job right now. only 45% disapprove of how he is handling his job, so that is a good macro number. and you know something, let's break the poll down a little bit and look at specifically the issues. first of all, look at the foreign policy. let's look at those numbers right there, and on the issues of terrorism, afghanistan and iraq, president obama rates well over 50% as you can see on terrorism, 65%, and of course, this poll was taken right after osama bin laden was killed. so good numbers, but where he does not do so well is that he is upside down on the domestic issues. looking at those numbers on the issues of medicare, the economy and health care and the deficit and gas prices -- he is well below 50% in those numbers right there which is remarkable wh

mark preston will tell me after the break. nderloin, don't you? nderloin, don't you?pecial dog food. [ female announcer ] chef michael's canine creations. chef inspired. dog desired. oh! [ both slurping ] ♪ [ female announcer ] the irresistible taste of cinnamon toast crunch. crave those crazy squares. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> well, time now for the cnn political update and for that we turn to our cnn political editor mark preston joining me from washington. good to see you, buddy. what is going on? >> well, t.j. i have good news and bad news regarding the economy and president obama. start off with the bad news. the new cnn opinion research poll just released today shows that 82% of americans believe that economic conditions in the country is poor. now we should not be too surpriseded by that, t.j. because we have gone through tough times in the last couple of years and tough economic times and things are seeming to get better and we saw a new jobs report today and i guess it was about 244,000 new jobs added to the roles today, but still, not what it was. and let's talk abo

mark preston, many thanks. we'll have your next political update in one hour. for all the latest political news go to our website, cnnpolitics.com. >>> let's toss it over to suzanne malveaux right now. i'll join you in a few minutes to talk about sarah palin and her dislike of the lamestream media. is it possible that she could -- >> she calls it lamestream? >> lamestream media. >> ouch! >> she's done that forever. but we'll explore whether she could actually never speak to the media and still win the republican primary. wouldn't that be something? >> yeah, that would be. and she has enough outlets to do it now, you know. >> yeah, especially one. >> well, we'll see. we'll see. thanks, carol. we'll see you in a little bit. live from studio 7, i'm suzanne malvea malveaux. i want to get you up to speed for friday, may 27th. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is in pakistan today to smooth things over with the government leaders. they are still angry over the secret u.s. raid that killed bin laden. sources say clinton told the pakistanis that american aid is on

. >> reporter: the idea that general motors is on its way back to running on all cylinders means preston bunts is about to be, too. he's been laid off by the auto giant three times and he's hoping any day now to get his third letter to come back to work. >> when you get that letter, you get a sense of ease, where you know you're going back to a place that can really provide for your family. >> reporter: according to the experts, gm's move today could create a ripple effect of 28,000 additional jobs. >> what we are about, in reclaiming this great company, is it benefits america. >> reporter: about half of those being hired will come from the pool of 2,000 gm workers who were recently laid off. >> this is a good example of a large company hiring thousands of people that result in smaller companies being able to offer jobs to hundreds of people. >> reporter: gm got close to a $50 billion lifeline from taxpayers, that kept them alive, since 2008. so far, the company has paid back almost half that. the government currently owns 33% of the company's shares. and today's announcement puts gm in

in this century following decades of animosity between the two countries however those opposed to preston's continue to rule they hide it test it some demonstrations try to break through the police court is protecting the queen but what brought on the control. all seemed fine is fine and many things that in fact had to be passed on the stand down itself the dominique strauss fund was refused bail and remanded in custody and he was arrested on saturday a video alleged sexual assault of a hotel maid a crime which carry the. jail sentence of up to five years. or returning to our top story now libya where support for the rebels by nato and the u.s. is killing suspicions over the west the true aims in the region are these guys you can experience. lushington perfect many lead. believe libya's transitional national council leapt and studied in the u.s. for years and on his latest visit to washington he didn't fail to show how devoted he is to american values we. really believe and we really aspire that our message will get across to the american public that we are really here to join hands to buil

discussion right after the assassination of osama bin laden and why you professor and author mark preston miller says americans are living in an age of creeping authoritarianism and scare tactics they use fear for any kind of government that creates more control over people's thoughts is that it makes people malleable it makes them obedient i mean you go to any airport today. you can see this in action people are taking off their shoes meeting they getting groped under the auspices of airport safety babies senior citizens and everyone in between must now endure pat downs or pass through body scanners before boarding in the case of muslim americans that may not be enough six days following the killing of osama bin ladin for a moms on two separate u.s. flights were illegally kicked off planes for looking suspicious and you have a few who who can can can and rouse you know you both emotions you know enough people who they play on people's emotions to play on people's ignorance about islam and muslims you see and also this was created a climate of fear you see if you see something suspicious

>> his real life wife kelly preston got the role. >> that's cute. >> look for them in the movie. >> lovealso mariah carey/nick cannon recently had twins and also spent $100,000 on their nursery. can you believe that? >> who doesn't? >> sidenote. name the twins moroccan scott and monroe. the girl's name is monroe. the little boy's name is moroccan. >> the little girl's name is named after marilyn monroe. the boy was named after a part of mariah's apartment inspired aesthetically by morocco. that's where nick proposed to her. good luck to those kids with those names. at least have the money to pay for therapy. y. [ female announcer ] if you want to just push messes around, dishcloths are just fine. for a better shot at getting surfaces clean, you'll want bounty extra soft. in this lab test bounty extra soft leaves this surface 3x cleaner than a dishcloth. even with just one sheet. super clean. super soft. bounty extra soft. in the pink pack. and try bounty napkins. >>> here's some stories to watch today on abc news. workers today returned to the damaged reactor at japan's fukushima daiichi

he has been identified as preston dennis from redding. the military says dennis died on thursday, when his unit was hit by an i advised explosive device. dennis who was on his second tour in afghanistan is survived by his wife and parents. >>> still recovering from surgery to remove a cancerous growth from his nose. the governor's office says brown had the growth removed from the right side of his nose, during an outpatient procedure in oakland. brown is now recovering at home, and will not make any public appearances until his stitches are removed. >>> the state department convention will wrap up in sacramento today. on today's agenda is san francisco mayor, ed lee. yesterday, senator diane feinstein gave the keynote address. trying to rally the party saying they need to work for president obama's reelection campaign. >> everybody who is incumbent, they may be running against each other, it is creating a little bit of turmoil up here, as well as angst. >> this weekend's convention comes after democrats swept every statewide office in nov

the military said 23-year-old army specialist preston dennis died on thursday when his unit was hit byied. dennis who was on his second tour is survived by his wife and parents. >> accident investigators have found the black box from the 2009 air france jet that crashed in the atlantic. it was recovered this morning from more than two miles under the ocean. the flight crashed and killed everybody on board. it was long believed broke up during a storm. >> mobs attacked western embassies and united nations offices today after the bombing that killed gadhafi's son and three grandchildren. we report on the different reactions in washington dc. >> reporter: the government of gadhafi is calling the saturday night air strike that may have killed gadhafi's son and three grandchildren a failedda sass assassination attempts. here in washington reaction has been mixed. >> in my view where gadhafi goes is a legit target. he is the command and control source, he isn't the legit leader of libya and the way to end this is to go after the people around him and his support network so i support what nat

cnn's senior political editor mark preston is here to tell us about it.title of that hearing, threats to the american homeland after killing bin laden. he said the hearing is going to focus on the security of our homeland in the near and in the long-term future. and listen to this warning, carol, that peter king has. he says a victory in our war against al qaeda, as well as increased risk of retaliatory attacks against america's soil, even though we might have got bin laden, we perhaps could be seeing an increased amount of attacks here against the homeland, carol. >> well, mark, on the subject of the death of bin laden, it's sort of restarted the debate on torture techniques, especially from one potential white house candidate who seems to be quite at odds with a former colleague who kind of knows all about torture. >> sure, sure. and what you're speaking about is senator rick santorum. expect him to run for the republican presidential nomination. he was on the hugh hewitt radio show yesterday. hewitt asked him regarding the idea of enhanced interrogatio

our senior political power, mark preston, is here. who benefits from these dropouts? >> a couple people. let's look at donald trump from the race. if you look at this cnn opinion research corporation poll, taken a few weeks ago, it shows that mitt romney would probably benefit the most. mitt romney is considered the front-runner in the race, always has been. trump had been eating away at his numbers a little bit. you talk about mike huckabee being out of the race. it doesn't necessarily show in this poll. with mike huckabee, who appealed to social conservatives, especially in states such as iowa and south carolina, with him leaving the race, expect a lot of social conservatives to start looking at michele bachmann, a congresswoman from minnesota and brick santorum, from pennsylvania and herman cane, a little-known businessman from kcalifornia. a former ceo of godfather's pizza. >>> 10.25 million was an eye-popping number dropped on us. >> it is going to cause some folks to reconsider how they are going to run their campaigns. mitt romney announced he raised $10.25 bil

mark preston is with us. why did he decide not to go for it? ever in the race? he put out a statement today saying that his greatest passion is for business, and that is where he wants to focus all of his time on, but however, he said had he run, he is confident that he would have won the primary and gone on to win the general election. and randi, he does not endorse anybody in this statement, however, he did promise to continue to express his opinions, because he thinks that it is very important that he does so. randi. >> and in his statement, trump in true fashion talked about his success in the polls and how well he was doing, butut was he really doing well? >> well, he did do well in the first couple of months in the year, and the birther controversy helpeded to push the name to the top. if you look at the cnn, research opinion poll, you can see that he is right at the top with mike huckabee, and now both of them have decided not to run, so that opens up space for mitt romney and newt gingrich and maybe the indiana governor, gosh, mitch dan

the department of defense says army specialess preston dennis of redding died thursday in canada -- kandah a ar province. he joined the army in august of 2008. he started his second tour of duty in afghanistan month. he is survived by his wife and parentses. >>> starting tomorrow, the taliban says it will begin a spring offensive in a two-page statement the taliban says it will launch attacks on military bases, convoys, and officials in afghanistan, including members of the government's peace council. a nato spokesman calls at it pop began da employ to make the taliban look relevant despite recent set backs including high casualties and loss of extra diggal strongholds. >>> volunteers are working hard to bring necessities to communities in the south damaged by the second deadliest tornado strike in u.s. history. at least 341 people were killed across seven states. some people are still being found alive in the rubble including three people today in alabama. here's more. >> reporter: seeing the tornado damage its like touring a battlefield, one that spans seven states. whole neighborhoods,

mark preston, part of the best political team on television live from the desk in washington.on paul, the second republican to announce this week. tell us what this means. >> yeah, you know, it means that the republican presidential field is finally starting to gel. you know, back in 2007, suzanne, almost everybody was in, right? we already had some presidential debates where all the candidates were appearing. everybody was in, the field has been very slow to gel this time. ron paul up in new hampshire today making it official. the 75-year-old congressman from texas ran in 2008 unsuccessfully. he also ran as the libertarian for president back in 1988. but he says that his supporters, his republican supporters, are enthusiastic, and he is in it to win it. he's very successful at raising money, and so is michele bachmann, the minnesota congresswoman, also considering running. she just put an e-mail out a couple hours ago. i got my hands on it. let's take a quick look at what she says in this e-mail. michele bachmann who is considering run aning for president. i'm reaching out to