if you have not entered their raffled yet, do so later tonight. comcast, walmart, verizon, moon star restaurant. >> we go from the greatest karaoke's singer in the house of congress to the self-proclaimed worst karaoke singing in public office. i would like to introduce california state controller, serving his second term. he takes a hard-line and took immediate action to weed out waste, fraud, and abuse of public funds. and to amend the state's finances more transparent and accountable to the public -- and to make the state's finances more transparent and accountable to the public. [applause] >> i will spare you what the distinguished council president requested me to do, which is to sing for all of you. we used to go out for karaoke, but he would sing and i would leave. this is a magnificent evening. we gather tonight in celebration of asian-pacific heritage month. we take a moment to reflect upon our past, to understand the heroic struggles, obstacles, hardships that so many people, including this evening's tremendous honor read, had to overcom

the raffle tickets are inexpentive. you're not -- inexpensive. >> reporter: it's 9:00 to 11:00 sunday. the red devils, you guys do great work. give yourselves a big hand. you deserve it. that's for sure. don and marty, be careful when i come backful i have my devil beads on. we'll see you later. >> how did you get those beads? >> um, a young lady here. this lady loaned them to me. >> blame it on her. >> reporter: thank you so much. good luck sunday. >> see you. >>> still to come on wjz. >> good morning. it's an event that's expected to bring hundreds of thousands of people right here to baltimore's harbor. what you can expect at >>> it's 26 minutes past 6:00. ships will sail into our inner harbor for the star spangled celebration. here is monique griego with more on the festivities to come. >> hundreds of thousands of people are expected to come here to the harbor for this year's event. many people are hoping it means for tourism for years to come. excitement ignited with a bank as the celebration of the bicentennial of

to give you an idea of the type of entertainment we will have, raffles, live performances, musicals, and once a month -- it is a gay bar. gsorry. [laughter] once a month we have performers from touring broadway shows coming in, so we haven'd five performance by an american indian. they will come and do a couple of songs, which the crowd loves. we would like to have these days and go-go dancers on weekends. it is not a club. we do not have a dance floor. it is a neighborhood arbar. >> i have one question. security must wear distinctive clothing. you find it is a deterrent? is that something you have staff saying there is security on the back? would that be negative for you? strikeus we have been wearing js that say security on the black. when we are trying to watch out for things like cellphone we prefer not to, but outside i prefer a they are identified. as there is a provision the states unless someone has a business there they cannot stand outside. i know people go outside to smoke. how do you control abouthat? vice we have an ash tray for them to use, and that is where our patrons

maybe i will have a raffle. maybe i will have a collection. if that does not work, the fallback position would be skype. what i am trying to get across is that i am trying to have it be that ms. lopez gets to appear before you. >> i appreciate that. i agree that her being live would be preferable. it would allow us to evaluate the testimony better than skype. i have done skype examinations. it is better than nothing. you have to work out the details in advance. >> maybe i can speak with the mayor's representatives, and at the break we can figure something out. i think that is what they would want as well. >> thank you. before we let you go, and there may be some other questions -- are you telling me that she could be available on july 18 or 19, either live or by skype? >> yes, commissioner. >> any other questions while we have heard? if you would not mind sticking around a few minutes? >> absolutely. mr. kopp, this is a witness from home you submitted a declaration on the sheriff's behalf. i do not know exactly how this would work, to share in

they are hoping to raffle and raise enough money for the kids so the kids know where with they are going home at night. katie is a teacher at woodside. what are you doing to try to connect one person who has a house with the family. >> and they said, they are willing to give our family a house, even pay the first month's rent, which is awesome. hoping tonight, we can raise enough money to help them with their rent for the upcoming months and money that they need for clothing or gas or food. >> four kids who shifted to your school and back home to dc. he's called the grandmother, is that right? >> their mother was incarcerated. their grandmother decided to take care of them. we decided to find out about the whole situation. we realized we're leaving our school at 2:30, and would wait until 8:00 at night waiting for their grandmother. we pulled it together and decided to do something. >> you're doing something tonight. how is the money raised here going to affect all the families at woodside, with homeless children? >> we're going to have an account at woodside to help them with any sort o

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they did wit a live auction, raffles and other opportunities to donate.raduated from reardon in 1981. his brother says the scholarship is an honor for the family and the school. >> reardon high school was a place my mom always wanted us to attend. it was a school for her that meant achievement and honor. and her and my father would save their money to send us to this school. >>> and still to come at 11:00, we'll take you to the olympic club for a look at tiger woods today, as well as that hole in one at the u.s. open. >>> plus, we'll show you a special exhibit for kids there that's exploring the science and math of golf. [ banker ] mike and brenda found a house that they really wanted. it was in my sister's neighborhood. i told you it was perfect for you guys. literally across the street from her sister. [ banker ] but someone else bought it before they could get their offer together. we really missed a great opportunity -- dodged a bullet there. [ banker ] so we talked to them about the wells fargo priority buyer preapproval. it lets people know that you

months to plan this event, and we're going to have vendors with information, crafts, food, music, raffles, and we also have some eco friendly products that people can buy. >> what is this? >> these are magnets made from soda cans that were donated from someone in north carolina. these were made from little juice boxes and now they are reusable pouches. >> this is amazing. i'm so proud of you. i salute you. i congratulate you. a lot of times the media, we kind of have a tendency to down young people but i'm telling you, what a pleasure it is to meet you. >> thank you. >> i know we'll be hearing great things about you in the future. i wish you the best of luck. again the med star montgomery thrift shop grounds on saturday. what time, sara? >> 9:00 a.m. >> 9:00 a.m. congratulations. good luck to you. >> thank you. >>> coming up, howard will have the forecast. >> jc, it's kind of steamy out here. we've got some showers, a lot of humidity. a very tropical feeling. maybe this will clean the air although it doesn't need much cleaning. look at the allergy update as we go to break. we have the tre

able to sample our food who had not been to the restaurant and had a chance to get their cards and raffles and stop for dinner for two. it was really great. i enjoyed the whole weekend. i was busy. it was really awesome. to go to a distant -- different district from a different neighborhood. i had a good time. >> in closing, i want to thank for all his work with the board of supervisors' recognition and that we host, it is a lot of work. but the businesses are extremely pleased and one thing we did this year is we purchased frames to give to the supervisors so the business can immediately put their certificate of recognition of in their business, framed. the board of supervisors appreciated that. for those rewachand corridors that did take advantage, -- those merchant corridors that did take advantage of the sidewalk sale, it was a very successful saturday for them. they expressed appreciation that we continue to do the fee waiver for them. >> we had in the upper market in castro, that was our best sidewalk sale. every business i talked to who participated said their sales were up and that

it was thanks to a housing raffle at the housing fair.qualified were entered for a chance to get a $260,000 home at a deep discount. for the winning couple, this is just the news they needed to help navigate this tough economy. >> it was never that it was hopeless. it is just that i believe what god has for you, he has for you. so various areas that we looked into but didn't settle on have only brought us to this point and we're certainly thankful and elated about it. >> so nice. nbc 4 was a partner for today's event. >>> making it facebook official is the 21st century version of going steady. all that technology could cause trouble in paradise. experts say it is important for couples to talk about what they do want and don't want online. one person might think posting a picture from a date night is kind of cute. the other person might think it is a private moment and should be kept between the two of them. >> if you're wondering, i think that's private. i don't think my partner will worry about it. i think this is funny. make sure your p

and sarah jessica parker featured in a new ad, courting young voters, pitching a raffle to win a private dinner with them at her new york city home. republicans say the ad is more evidence the president is out of touch with the economy. >>> exciting news in the fight against prostate cancer from bay area researchers. they found a drug shown to extend their life when they have the disease. the researcher found it slowed prostate cancer that spread and delayed pain and deterioration of the patient's overall condition better than a placebo. doctors say the success was so meaningful, they stopped midway through the study to get all patients on it. >>> facebook may chapg its policy to allow children under 13 to register for accounts. scott mcgrew says they were doing it anyway. >> reporter: american law says if you're under 13, you need parents permission and have to send it in. most adhere to it by not allowing children under 13 to use their site. facebook may change rules to allow the tween set. "the wall street journal says they are working on a system where they can have accounts connecte

this was a raffle all to support the believe in tomorrow children's foundation. the foundation provides help for families of sick children giving them a place to say while they are in the hospital. >> we see this miracle growth from small acts of volunteering to very large facilities and today we have eight facilities that provid accommodations. >> he does a great job. tickets cost $100. >> we are working for you tonight. we have good news for people who want an i-phone but don't want to sign a long contract. sprint said it'll offer it with a prepaid monthly plan out of it's virgin mobile unit. you can get the four or 4s and pay $30 a month. if you use the phone it'll cost you more, if you use it more often. they say there won't be any roaming fees and no contract. this new offer starts june 29th. >> when you book a ticket do you go to the airline website because you have always heard that's where you find the lowest price? >> that's not necessarily the case. john shows us how thousands of travelers may be over charged by doing that so you don't wastey money. >>

there has been a sea change, that the very phenom than that raffle reid predicted to me in 1996 whene first met, when i came to washington, that there would be a surge iing and coalescing of conservative catholics, pro-life catholics and the evangelicals who had already entered into the political process, that there would be a vast national merging is happening. and it's happening because we have, as tim so eloquently said, an administration hostile to faith. i want to bring up a flip side issue, you know. what has grabbed the headlines and deservedly so, is the hhs mandate requiring catholic institutions to offer health insurance that contains coverage for birth control and sterilizati sterilization. so, what is the crime there? the crime there is that you are forcing by law, by power of government, to do something that goes against the moral teachings of your faith, what we call against your conscience, but, you know, i think there's even a more serious violation, more heinous going on. and it's one that that particular crime is premised on, because you will recall that barack obam

sarah jessica parker doing the ad for the president, supporters can compete in an online raffle to earnicket to the fund-raiser at sarah jessica parker's home. a similar contest at george clooney's california pad netted the obama campaign several million dollars. go online with sjp. yesterday britain's queen elizabeth, maybe you saw this, traveling by barge. not just any barge, a totally iced-out, tricked-out barge. the river thames as part of her diamond jubilee, she's celebrating 60 years on the throne, she led a 1,000 ship flotilla. up to 1 million people expected to line the route in what was the biggest flotation celebration, if that's a term, in hundreds of years. since the 1600s apparently. crowd thinned out a bit when another british tradition, gray skies and pouring rain. the big celebration kicking off a busy summer for london that includes the olympic games. and they came out by the millions in lining the river to watch that festival. still ahead on "way too early," why are you awake? your royal tweets, texts and e-mails are next. [ male announcer ] if you think any battery w

>> someone is going to win $10,000 tonight all while child the children's foundation is holding a rafflewing and participants will have one in 225 chance of winning $10,000. all proceeds go to helping children and their families who stay at johns hopkins childrens center. >>> five things this morning. lawyers for former nfl players plan to file a single lawsuit today. they're consolidating complaints from thousands of retired players accusing them -- the nfl of concealing information linking head injuries to permanent problems. >>> the florida a&m university president gives the board new measures as part of the noints hazing plan and a new initiative to restructure the marching band. all of this comes in the aftermath of the hazing related death of a band member. >>> today medical treatment for the acoup shooter will end. jared lee loughner is charged with killing six people and injuring gabrielle giffords. >>> a busy day for president barack obama. he has fundraisers in los angeles and las vegas. he'll then go to the university of nevada las vegas talking to students there about college

frederick douglass traveled the country at the time, he was a free black man, but he raffle d traveled at great personal risk. and he proved ultimately that he was the living breathing example that in-tellect and leadership could come from a recently freed slave. >> we're back and we are with another guest. alicestyne turley is a history professor. welcome to our discussion of henry clay. before we get into the area in which you have spent your scholarship, which is slavery in that time period, talk to me in the general sense about your impressions of henry clay and his legacy. what are your views of this man? >> i think the image of him as a rock star and popular candidate, political figure is very impressive. he is a lightning rod. he seems to be able to get people fired up for or against him. and even on the abolitionist issue, he takes more heat than senators who were actually more, john c calhoun 37 philosophically he was against the idea of slavery. i guess for his time period, he would have been considered extremely liberal. and for a long time, he was touted he also didn't thin

. >> raffle from american principals project and column ni ni ist for forbes.com. i'm pleased you talked about reform, as veteran of the reagan revolution, there were two things that took the stock market up to 1,000, back when you were still a kid, to 14,000 at its peak. and it was a mondel laugher, it was cutting marginal tax rates and restoring health care to the dollar. i'm pleased that kevin brady has proposed the sound dollar act, with 42 co-sponsors, are you one of them? >> i cannot tell you, i may be. >> the republican party has a wonderful opportunity to move forward a healthy dollar. okay, glenn hubbard, who is an adviser to govern romney is on record as calling for a rule-based monetary policy rather than discretionary activism, there's a clear distinction between republicans and democrats on this. there's been no growth in ten years because we had tax cuts and increases but we have had a sick dollar. so putting a healthy dollar into your agenda is wonderful, i commend you for it. >> yeah, i agree. it's no secret what has to be done. you have to have a f

adding to democratic angst, this obama campaign raffle of a fancy manhattan soiree with fancy stars likesica parker. >> president obama and michelle are coming to my house to dinner on june 14th. i want you to be there. >> reporter: and "vogue" editor anna wintour, en event they've been mocking as tone deaf since so many are out of work. diane, president obama is hitting the fund-raising circuit this opening, in fact, this opening at an event in manhattan former president bill clinton told assembled guests that it would be "calamitous for the nation and the world if mitt romney were elected." diane? >> jake tapper reporting from the white house tonight. >>> and now we turn to healthy living and news that has a potential to touch virtually every american family. more than 1.2 million americans will suffer a heart attack this year, and today a new report declared one state, north carolina, is showing the rest of us how to save lives. a pioneering idea that could reach your neighborhood too. here's abc's medical editor dr. richard besser. >> reporter: heart doctors have named the enemy -- i

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. >> we're going to have food and a giant raffle and some sessions and shirts and stuff we're selling's great to come out and donate and it will be a fun event as well. >> it's called shootout for soldiers. >> being involved in this is huge for me because my brother- in-law is currently in the military. anything that can support our troops i'm 100% behind. lacrosse is behind the event too. >> when they reached out to us, it was a natural opportunity to get involved and give back to the community. >> reporter: last summer he brought his game to uganda. about a thousand players will take part. >> it seems in baltimore, lacrosse is something to bring the community together. what better way than the make a difference for the wounded warriors. >> reporter: wjz eyewitness news. >> a great event. the goal of thursday's benefit is to raise $10,000. for more information on how to get involved, i know there's a lot of people that want to, log on to wjz.com. >> the rain moving out of the area. pretty steady all day long. that's the inner harbor. it looks good now. bob takes a look on what to exp

red eye" had some suggestions and i decided to put together my top choices if i happen to win the raffle. >> i don't even know what the algonquin table. i just hear people talk about it. it is much like this, allen. welcome to the show. here is the thing that makes me feel sad about america. dinner with the president isn't enough. you have to throw a movie disar in. would only din gnaw joked say you could have dinner with me and the equivalent of the iranian george clooney? >> is there an equivalent? >> yes. >> it is pretty sad. but you could have dinner with president obama and gary busey. >> that would be fantastic. >> busey wouldn't remember it. >> if it was at busey's house at some point he would start screaming, who are you, and why are you in my house? >> it is cheapening your intimacy with the president. it is like a three some. why put gary busey into it? >> i will go with it, why should it just be dinner? he needs to make some money. why not sweeten the pot? >> i am in favor of obama. i am just not in favor of dinner. it strikes me as desperate. is it reminds me of working at a