when you called ray, you cannot make small talk, you just get to the point. he knew about this because i remember i was with him when we were announcing another grant. he said, don't worry, i know about the transbay terminal. in other words, you do not need to talk to me about it again. he is a hero to me because he showed that we can work across party lines. lord knows that we need to come up particularly in times like these. i want to thank one more group of people and then i will sit down. i want to thank the people in the state of california who voted for nearly $10 billion in state funds to support high speed rail. that is why our state is so great, because the people of the state. we are going to keep the state moving forward. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, senator boxer. it is an honor and/or to introduce our next speaker, secretary ray lahood. i could not agree more with sec -- senator boxer. he is a breath of fresh air, a man of great courage and vision. when ray lahood became the secretary of transportation, he brought with him a visi

. >>> oakland, the a's looking for their fifth straight win hosting the rays. mark ellis, comes up with a clutch two-out double. barton scores, two-hit, two-rbi night for ellis. a's lead. next batter, davis, to center. falls just in front of b.j. upton. ellis beats the throw home. but the a's bull pen couldn't held the rays down. in the 8th. rod rodriguez goes deep. the a's will not pick up a game on the rangers, who get stung by the rays 5-4. are you ready for football? the raid is in chicago and jason >> mike: the raiders are starting to look like a team that will not have an 11-loss season of. through seasons the bears back into hiker hibernation. 7-0 raiders. the defense looking just as good. campbell, and the former seminole takes down cutler. but oakland still struggling with the run defense. the play is overrun. still looking for his job strap. the raiders own the second half. stevie brown, finds the ladder, picks off dan lafevor, the rookie out of michigan. and that led to a field goal and maybe a spot on the roster. raiders are 2-0 after a 32-17 victor

rays up, 5-4, win it, 6-4. lee saddled with the loss. >>> yankees and tigers. johnny damon returning to new york for the first time since signing with detroit. first inning, johnny with a shot right to the pitcher. johnny 0-for. can't say the same for ryan raburn. got all of that one in the second. two-run bomb. tigers win, 3-1. loss moves the yanks into a tie with the rays for first in the east. >>> the dodgers continue their late season implosion. ninth inning, 3-2 against the braves. bases loaded for melky cabrera, and melky does a body good. a single to left to score two. atlanta's won 20 games in its final at-bat. braves rally, 4-3. >>> almost a week after mets' closer franke rodriguez got into it with his girlfriend's father at citifield, he'll now need surgery to repair a thumb ligament that tore during the altercation. k-rod will miss the rest of the season. the mets may try to void the remainder of his $29 million contract. >>> things going much better for new york's football team. jets and giants opening up the new $1.6 billion stadium, and then the j

it is an honor and/or to introduce our next speaker, secretary ray lahood. i could not agree more with sec -- senator boxer. he is a breath of fresh air, a man of great courage and vision. when ray lahood became the secretary of transportation, he brought with him a vision of transforming communities through transportation. nominating him, then-president- elect obama said that fewer understand the challenge better than the man that i am asking to the department of transportation. ray lahood lead to an agency with more than 150,000 employees and a $7 billion budget. today, he is paving the way for sustainable and livable projects to move forward, such as the transbay transit center. mr. secretary, thank you for everything you are doing to move the safety and movement of people, goods, and for your support of the transbay project. >> thank you. good morning, san francisco. i am delighted to be here. i asked the mayor -- let me put it this way. i go to a lot of the bench, and i judge them by how many people show up and how much media shows up. this is a big dea

x-rays were negative. tied at 4 in the 11th, phillies lost their slugger, but won the game. 6-4. >>> now new york, diamondbacks manager kurt gibson told laroche that he was due. and he was right. laroche hit a three-run homer in the fourth, then in the fifth, again, a three-run homer to the right. diamondbacks won 14-1. >>> stuart appleby shot a 59, winning the greenbriar classic. just the fifth to shoot a 59 at a pga event. and finally president obama is a big sports fan. what better thing to do on a sunday afternoon than catch a game with his daughter. the president sat courtside with his daughter sasha. looking over, hey, mr. president, give me five. that's not the hustle. that's the signal for traveling. of course obama is no stranger to the hardwood. i think these wnba players could probably take him. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> where did they finish at the box office? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus a high school tenn

i mentioned this in my last report, northbound 280, closer to ray street, two right lanes and ray street off ramp both locked. fire crews and chp on scene. no slowing on sensors once you get past, you have a camera close to 880 interchange. traffic moving along fine up towards highway 85. cupertino, now slow traffic highway four one of the worst bottlenecks in the by area. -- bay area. that is the case, 8th street to leverage, 17 miles per hour in westbound lanes. bay bridge toll plaza, so far traffic nice and light. slight delays couple cash lanes, metering lights remain off. that is your traffic. all right another check of this two week forecast. >>> chilly forecast. that is putting it mildly. elizabeth -- i called you olivia >> i like that name. you can call me that. >> we've got olivia making stew. she was so cold she made stew that is typically what you make in fall. low clouds, drizzle, fog out there for the coast, bay, inland. later on, seven-day forecast, temperatures lower 80s inland. that ain't bad. mid-60s around the bay, mid-60s for the coast. mild inland tuesday, wednesday,

it is an honor and/or to introduce our next speaker, secretary ray lahood. i could not agree more with sec -- senator boxer. he is a breath of fresh air, a man of great courage and vision. when ray lahood became the secretary of transportation, he brought with him a vision of transforming communities through transportation. nominating

infrared rays are simultaneously imposed on to the pages.rinted material's shape is determined by calculating how much the horizontal infrared rays curve on the page. the camera alternately scans the images and infrared rays in units of 0.001 seconds. the computer then processes the data and produces a three-dimensional image. to make it easier to read, it be can converted into a two-dimensional image. >> high speed processing is the main feature of our technology. a curved and distorted three-dimensional image can easily be converted into a flat two-dimensional image. it's expected that this technology which we're developing will contribute greatly to the digitizing of books. >> professor ishikawa's group is also developing a device that will automate turning pages in a book. they plan to team up with private firms to market and sell the scanner within the next two years. >>> time now to take a look at the market figures. >>> hi there and welcome to your world weather update. now across east asia, we're seeing quite a bit of tropical activi

rays win to split the series. lou piniella was supposed to retire at the end of the season but with his mother's failing health, sweet lou decided today would be the final game of his 22 year career as manager and 48 years in the majors. >> cried a little bit after the game. i get emotional. i'm sorry. i'm not trying to be. but this will be the last time i put on a uniform. it's been very special. >> lou piniella lost the final game 16-5 to atlanta. >>> a year ago will power was airlifted from infineon speedway. he didn't race. today he was in the pole position and dominated from start to finish. dan wheldon gets clipped from behind by baguette. he gets dumped on his head and that would be it for the afternoon. >> off the right front. >> that's never a good thing to be upside down. >> i guess not. six laps to go he gives power a scare but unable to pass. will power that lead all about two laps gets the chick kerred flag and cruises to win. 5th win of the year. david tom on 18 needs this putt to tie for the lead. y

the device that ray uses is more like a wristwatch. the creator says there are currently more than 1,000 mcq units in use. how does it work in a time of need? a police report needs to be filed first. once a case number is issued, m- finders will activate the device which will trigger a call to 911. >> someone with alzheimer's or someone autism or down syndrome or other form of impairment can't use the system. so we are allowing them to use the system that's built through our software through our technology. >> reporter: the little gizmo costs about $225 with the monthly charge of $25. but joy says it's well worth it especially after san jose police located her husband within 24 minutes. >> the two people who work for the san jose police department were so nice to him. i didn't get their names or their badges but they were really nice. >> reporter: as for ray? he says he will stay close to home. >> i never want to leave her. never. no. >> well, the san jose police department is not endorsing the device. but it did tell cbs 5 it does app

my name is ray, i'm a veteran from the vietnam war, 1962 to 1966. probably served my con-- proudly served my country. from then until now i have been working in the community. there are many veterans came out of the vietnam war came directly to the community because regular jobs they could not hold down. and ptsd in my opinion, i'm being treated for ptsd. it has to be part of the orientation in the army, in combat troops even before they are deployed because you will get ptsd in combat because it's trauma. and trauma is happening when you are deployed. it's not like a big, big question. there's no question about it. you are going to be traumatized. start it at orientation, through deployment, through combat, and back as one seamless task. instead of you have to come and figure out five years later when you don't have no wife, no kids, you destroyed your job, that there might be something wrong. see what i'm trying to say? half the stuff in the beginning, middle, and bring the troops ready to go into treatment. not after. there's that whole big gap a

next speaker. >> my name is ray. i'm the president of media crew which is a youth program in san francisco. i offer you something for your files about -- basically i'll just read the programs description. mission purpose, media crew is a youth based digital media art studio dedicated to production, consciousness, creative, and quality media sharing, diversity, and -- sharing diverse and rarely heard youth perspectives or stories to audiences around the world. we promote lifelong learning, leadership among the youth in san francisco inner city communities. through our unique youth training program in media arts and digital video, youth participants develop education voice around community issues. gain technology skills and raise employibility while being involved in the community as being productive and new leaders. this is what i have been working on for the last maybe five or six years. this is our answer to community media. video, the video people here, i was there also in 1975. you guys may not remember me, but i

. >> my name is ray. -- next speaker, please. >> my name is ray. my concerns about the board, are there representatives on the board. there's a substantial amount of population of youth that uses the services of muni for going to recreation but mainly to get to and from school safely. they have a voice. i don't mean a token youth. something that's equal to the population that they have in san francisco. so i would really advocate for that, supervisors, and for the chair to look into that and look into the community and young people to be on that. and also will the board support community youth training and employment through its systems throughout the city? will they also support community events with their manpower and also they are just coming out with their clout and helping us raise money. and also i think that i have known muni all my life, too. i took it to school. so the youth is needed and should be on that board. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you very much. is there any other member of the public who would like to speak? why don't we

top seven, the rays have led now it's 3-3. jerry blevins let them go deep a. home run, the rays up 4-3. the a's happen to come back. they do. tied at four. cliff had a game winner. the grounder is an error but still safe on the error. a's win 5-4. they have four victories in a row. the raiders landed in chicago. tonight the preseason continues for the silver and black as they take on the bears at 5:30 at soldier field. not expected to last long so that gives limited time to come wake-up the first t.d. of this exhibition slaxt for the niners they wait until sunday but we know a couple of players who have to wait even longer. yesterday mike singletary and vernon crabtree are both out. both have been limited in practice, that's good for precautionary purposes but bad for slow. and training camps what they need right now. >> we have to get the work in. if we think we have names and we're going to show up and get it done that's crazy. we have to get out here and get the work in and continue to take strides. >> not only is the circus about to come to town but the ci

rays win to split the four game series.ubs manager lou piniella was supposed to retire at the end of the season but with his mother's failing health, sweet lou decided today would be the final game of his 22 year career as manager and 48 years in the majors. >> cried a little bit after the game. i get emotional. i'm sorry. i'm not trying to be. but this will be the last time i put on a uniform. it's been very special. cubs lost in the final game as manager. >>> a year ago will power was airlifted from infineon speedway. he didn't race. today he was in the pole position and dominated from start to finish. dan wheldon gets clipped from behind by baguette. wheldon gets dumped on his head and that would be it for him for the afternoon. >> off the right front. >> that's never a good thing to be upside down. >> you think? six laps to go he gives power a scare but unable to pass. will power that lead all about two laps gets the checkered flag and cruises to win. david tom on 18 needs this putt to tie for the lead. yes. then on 18

rays stay one game back of the yankees in the east. the rays fall eight behind texas in the west.will always be associated with the rays because of his perfect game in may. didn't think much of the odds of repeating such a thing. >> pretty insurmountable. like i said not a math major but pretty much add that up. and i was definitely not in favor there, to be honest, if you are thinking about that you are really not doing yourself or your team a favor. you might as well be out there day dreaming. we didn't win so it wasn't good enough period. >> giants are in another stretch where their bats have gone quiet. the latest example, the last two days in st. louis. former john kirk reider lives nearby. needed to make a play today even though he is retired. although it wasn't just the giant hitters having trouble today. barry zito threw a couple of shutout before the cards got to him for a three in the third. one run already in and matt holiday scores john jay after starting the season 5-0 zito has gone 3-8 before then. craig with a shot to left with a runner on. barry zito left trailing

twins and rays from st. pete's. rodriguez, to center field. seventh of the year. rays up 3-1.om seven. b.j. upton. come in long, send it long. top of the ninth we go. twins down, 6-1. delmon young, slow roller to short. that's your ball game. rays win, 6-4. they take sole possession of first place in the a.l. east. >>> to the national league. matt latos and the first-place dodgers -- padres, taking on the dodgers. dodgers down 2-0. and check out the dive by chris. that's off of russell martin's bat. dodgers lead 2-1. ted lilly, making his dodgers' debut. top of the seventh inning. strikes out hunley swinging. lilly only gives up one run. >>> that's all for your update. wac to you in the studio. >>> america's most infamous on again/off again teen parents, well, they're off again. >> bristol palin tells "teen" magazine, the engagement is off. h this is when levi johnston may have fathered another baby. he wasoing to a hunting show.thh >>> now, a look ahead to the stories we will be watching on this wednesday. breaking news out of iran this morning, where there are reports that p

. >>> well, the rays sting the rangers, the yanks tame the tigers, and a big-name player gets traded. >>> plus, another one of those outrageous trick basketball shots. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> your thursday weather headlines, thunderstorms in the southeast and a new 100-degree streak will start today in dallas. your regional forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." srisk for sudden cardiac death. i was 23 years old, i wasn't overweight. i never dreamed this would happen to me. when the doctor told me i had three blocked arteries, i felt like i was punched in the gut. i found out that one in three women die from heart disease. how did i not know that? >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." >>> and in sports, the first place atlanta braves aren't taking anything for granted heading down the stretch. they have just added a star first baseman to their roster. here's nbc's mario solis with an early look at all your sports headlines. >> hi, there. good morning. >>> with the playoffs right around the corner, the atla

rays up by one. bottom five, b.j. upton. get up and get gone. the rays win it 8-6. sweep the rangers. they're tied with the yankees for first place in the a.l. east. >>> phillies and giants. jimmy rollins, j-roll, going deep to right. giving back to the people at citizens bank park. the phillies take a 5-1 lead. bottom eighth, it's domonic brown, the rookie. that's a huge blast. that's to the upper deck. the phillies win 8-2. >>> i'm dan bell. now, back to you. >>> brett favre says his 20th season in the nfl will be his last. favre is back with the vikings to fulfill a two-year, $25 million contract. he says he came back for the chance to win another super bowl. favre's first preseason game action could come sunday night in san francisco. >>> and you just have to see this one to believe it. a bull in northern spain yesterday, gets a running start and jumps straight into the crowd. panicked spectators do all they can to get out of the way. 30 people were injured. and five had to be treated in the hospital. the bull was subdued and lifted out of the arena by a crane.

when you called ray, you cannot make small talk, you just get to the point. he knew about this because i remember i was with him when we were announcing another grant. he said, don't worry, i know about the transbay terminal. in other words, you do not need to talk to me about it again. he is a hero to me because he showed that we can work across party lines. lord knows that we need to come up particularly in times like these. i want to thank one more group of people and then i will sit

the rays had a lead. bottom of the ninth, there was a rally. the rays end up winning the game and the series 3-2 is the final. a quick note from the indy racing league in sonoma. will power is the champion. when we return, we go back to candlestick. last-minute line-up changes. we'll check in with both teams -- niners and vikings. we count down towards kick off right here. [ male announcer ] when meg whitman arrived at ebay, they had 30 people and an idea. meg's job was to make it happen. it took leadership. focus. and the ability to bring people together. meg whitman delivered. named one of america's best ceo's by harvard business review, she grew ebay 15,000 strong and made small business dreams come true. now meg has a plan to create jobs. fix sacramento. and deliver results. meg whitman. for a new california. >>> welcome back. we are counting down to kick-off on nbc bay area. 49er and vikings. craig, where is the camera? >> san bruno mountain. >> looks windy. >> i would ask the weather but lara's hair was blowing in the wind. i can determin

>> ray: you know... >> stahl: you were warned repeatedly. >> ray: lesley, there were red flags that haven noticed all through the years. and we recognize that those red flags should've been addressed. but yes, we missed them, and we don't ever want to miss them again. >> stahl: the spilled ash is now being loaded onto trains and sent off to a dry landfill in alabama. right now, coal ash disposal is regulated by the states, some of which have strict rules, some hardly any at all. >> lisa jackson: e.p.a. can be a force for good. >> stahl: lisa jackson heads the e.p.a.. she's been reviewing whether the federal government should get involved by labeling coal ash a hazardous waste, which would mean much tighter regulations and oversight. why wouldn't you, right now, this minute, on "60 minutes" declare that coal ash is a hazardous waste? >> jackson: e.p.a., in making a regulatory determination, has to look at a number of factors, including the toxicity of the material and how it's currently managed, but that's done according to law. >> stahl: the industry opposes calling coal ash hazardous wa

. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the "newshour" tonight, economist lisa lynch of brandeis university and "new york times" writer david leonhardt assess the latest numbers and the prospects for recovery. >> woodruff: then, paul solman has a report on america's long- term unemployed those out of work for more than 99 weeks. >> i try and survive. i try to find a job in an economy where there aren't jobs that is what i do for a living. >> suarez: cull up nist ruth >> suarez: columnists ruth marcus and michael gerson sitting in for mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> woodruff: and, betty ann bowser has the story of two, classically-trained chefs giving public school lunches a healthy makeover. >> the issue is not the kids won't eat it. the issue is the adults think the kids won't eat it. and it is almost universal that we see the kids really do eat it >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and the william and flora hewlett fo

rays, the kind that we see coming off say roadways or water. >> it blocks the horizontal rays which will result in a reduction in annoying glare and sometimes dangerous glare. >> reporter: >> the specially lamb nationalled surface is microscopic. you can't see anything different when you look at them but when you look through them you are looking through a horizontal light filter. the effect can be kind of dramatic. >> people say well i don't like polarized sunglasses because it kind of makes it look like 3d or dizzy or. >> there is a small percentage of people that do get nauseous or from a polarized lens. >> they are not for everybody. >> not everybody. >> just cool people. >> i need your good questions. send them to me at cbs5.com. >>> we know the mystery. who will be backing up alex smith. and an offensive explosion at at&t. the air show is next. . >>> the cw sports minute is brought to you by 76. fill up for your chance to win gas for life. >>> the giants have not had two consecutive 10-run games since may 2006. wayne start the clock please. this is the calm before the storm. t

one causing a slowdown on northbound 280 at rays street.e lanes blocked because of this earlier vehicle fire but apparently the driver burned his foot. reis street off-ramp blocked and flowing right at the scene at rays street. the second injury accident came in northbound 85. so we have chp crews and emergency crews rather heading to that scene. now, let's go outside and check what it looks like near the area. this is northbound 280 just past -- a little more than just past race street but right at the 17 interchange. traffic is light enough once you get past it. we'll check out 101 and 880 for you in case you're heading that way. northbound 101 there fine out of morgan hill at the peninsula and that's 880 right across your screen. we'll head up the peninsula and check out the ride across the san mateo bridge. no delays either direction now. that's westbound traffic on the right and interstate 80 in berkeley also looking good although more crowded. drive time still 20 minutes from the carquinez bridge. 680 walnut creek is fine and a live s

rays, the kind we see coming off flat rhodes or water. >> it blocks horizontal light rays which often-times result in a reduction in annoying glare and sometimes dangerous glare. >> especially lamb nateed surface is microscopic. according to jewels wednesday keen you can't see anything different when you look at them but when you look through them you're looking through a horizontal light filter. the effect can be kind of dramatic. >> people ever say i don't like polarized sunglasses because it looks like 3d or makes me dizzy or. >> there is a small percentage of people who do get dizzy from polarized lens. >> they are not for everybody. >> just cool people. >> cool people. >> very cool, ken bastida. >>> back up alex smith, and it's been 10 years since this happened at at&t. the air show is next. ,,,,,, we're headed up to oregon to visit my parents. the riveras are taking their first family vacation. [ dad ] hey, do you guys want to see the largest artichoke ever grown? [ kids ] artichoke! artichoke! they needed some tools to help them keep track of their spending along the way. wells fargo

they like to ray their eggs in dark, cozy spaces. if you buy a baby chick you can expect fresh eggs starting in about three months, and they will ray an inning a day for the next up to two years, they taste delicious, you know exactly what they have been eating, so there is no question. you can see the difference, you can taste the difference, it's hard to go back to eating store- bought eggs after having fresh ones from your yard. >> those are some happy chickens. >> yeah, good to build a co-op. feed 'em. >> then they fly the co-op. >> got to build a little area they run around. >> eh over there, you done. >> that's a lot of eggs. >> got some business to tend to over here. okay? take a look at this, earlier today the leading edge of the marine layer is beginning to make a move toward the bay. a record 74 today, night fall in the city and, yes, it feels like winter outside. in san francisco right now, cold, blustery, drizzly. today we had three record high temperatures. santa rosa 103, san jose triple digits, oakland for the third co

. >> repter: ray kzweimay n be a household name, but the blind know who he is. he invented the first reading machine and then reduced its size to a hand-held gadget. kurzweil will be remembered more as a man on a mission to tell the world what life will be like in the age of technology. microsoft billionaire bill gates said he is the best in the world at predicting the future, and what a world he predicts. >> this is a design of a robotic red blood cell. we are going to put these technologies inside us, blood-cell-size devices that will augment our immune system, make us a lot healthier, destroy disease and dramatically push back human longevity, go inside our brains and actually enable us to remember things better, solve problems more effectively. we are going to become a hybrid of machine and our biological heritage. in my mind, we are not going to be transcending our humanity. we are going to be transcending our biology. >> reporter: kurzweil has written several books. one of the most recent, called "the singularity is near," predicts that by the year 2050 no

the rays, first place rays. should say 7:05 first pitch.re runs around 64 and drops to about 60 at the coliseum. there's the drizzle. you see it tomorrow morning, saturday morning, sunday morning. that's going to deepen the coolness of the air mass. temperatures by saturday should be 4 to 8 degrees cooler from the coast to inland neighborhoods. we could be even warmer than today, tuesday and wednesday of next week. hi, frances. >> hi, mike. we'll take you back to the peninsula where we have some lanes blocked on southbound 280 until about 7:00 this morning in san bruno. everything is green as well as southbound 101 from millbrae to san mateo. keep that in mind heading towards sfo. we'll check out some of those low clouds mike was talking about. you can see it here across the span. the traffic flowing well in both directions. the toll plaza, a little backup for the cash-paying lane. that seems like it's a little slower than normal. but the fas trak lanes look good. get fas trak if you don't have it yet. check out 680 in walnut creek. really