rebecca?> jan, the fact they did pass on that plea deal, does that indicate to you that they believe they have a really strong case here, and can win? >>. >> oh, absolutely. you heard greg craig his lawyer, say, this is unprecedented, this has never been pursued by the prosecution. and that's what they're really going to argue. there are no cases of really published directly on point. so they're going to say, listen, i mean, this case should not be brought trial. >> now, in the event the jury does buy the prosecution's argument, are we going to see john edwards facing jail time? >> oh, he could absolutely be looking at jail time. he is charged with six different counts, including conspiracy and making false statements. and if he's convicted on any one of them, he could face stiff fines, and jail time. it's obviously hard to say how much. there's a range, based on the amount of money that he allegedly misspent on rielle hunter. but it could be several years. >> it could be several years, you sa

. >> and i'm rebecca. erica hill has the day off. >> tim pawlenty spent a lot of time in iowa this spring and has only 6%. governor pawlenty will be here this morning. we'll ask him about his showing and what it means for his campaign. he spent 26 days there already and television, has spent considerable money in that state for little results at this point. >> we have seen other people go through this similar thing and actually pull ahead later in the game. we certainly will ask him about that. we begin with the latest on the midwest flooding. the situation starts to ease just a little in minot, north dakota. there are new worries for a pair of nuclear power plants along the flooded moss river. jamie yuccas of wcco-tv is in minot with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, rebecca. people getting welcomed news this morning that the river crested over the weekend and water levels are starting to go down. further south in nebraska, they're seeing water level rise on missouri river there, threatening two nucl

rebecca?tty nguyen, thank you. >>> joining us now a look inside the trial is criminologist casey jordan. great to have you with us. >> always great to be here. >> you've been following the trial and watching it as so many people are. this bug expert that is new information in the trial. >> right. >> what could that possibly do to change things? >> well what the defense is trying to do, they brought in their owne entemologist, the state's happened to be a professor of the guy we saw the stand yesterday. he's trying to refute the evidence, which came out with the state's case that it puts the body of little casey anthony in her mother's car, he wants to dispute the body was ever in the car and basically trying to say the body was hidden by persons unknown before it was transported to the woods where it was found but on cross-examination jeff ashton really skewered this guy and made him say things that were not helpful to the defense. >> jeff ashton of the prosecution made him say things, so it b

. >> i'm rebecca jarvis. erica is off this morning my, what a busy play iowa is as the presidential race gets into gear. michele bachmann went back to her old hometown to law firm her campaign for the presidential nomination. this morning, we are going to speak to her about the race and we will talk to her about jobs, her view of the economy, the debt ceiling, some statements she made over the weekend to bob schieffer on "face the nation." >>> in new mexico, a fast moving wildfire is threatening america's most important nuclear facility and forcing thousands of people out of their homes. david romero of our albuquerque affiliate krqe in los alamos, new mexico, with the latest on the situation there for us. >> reporter: this morning the flames remain dangerously close to this nation's premier nuclear research facility. the flames reached the los alamos laboratory yesterday. a small fire on the lab property was extinguished and radioactive material at the lab is safe. mandatory evacuation was ordered for the to

. >>> i'm rebecca jarvis. it is the 1st of june. that means hurricane season is officially under way. forecasters predict 3-6 major hurricanes. we will visit galveston, texas after hurricane ike did $30 billion in damage three years ago. mary so marysol castro is there. >>> the shuttle landed at kennedy space center overnight, closing another chapter in nasa's long running program. michelle miller is here. good morning. >>> good morning, chris. this was the last trip into space for "endeavour," which is being retired. the final shuttle mission aboard "atlantis" is set to lift off next month. the shuttle program has only done half the flights na 23sa intended when it began three decades ago. >> space shuttle "endeavour" is coming in for a landing. >> reporter: when "endeavour" touched down it was its 25th and final landing. >> touchdown. >> the program that has been through 134 missions, built the international space station and delivered the hubbell tell scone into orbit ends this summer. >> it is going to be probably five or six ye

i'm jeff glor along with rebecca jarvis.ill and chris wragge are off today. >>> a new showdown on capitol hill over raising the debt ceiling. republicans walked out of budget cutting talks thursday, saying that they had hit an impasse. we are going to tell you what is holding things up, also what the implications may be for getting this deal done in the future. >> first, betty nguyen is over at the news desk with a check of the headlines. >> good morning. >>> floodwaters specked to crest in my not, north dakota, over the weekend. water from the mouse river has broken through levees. city officials expect record high floods to swamp the city. some 10,000 people have evacuated. >>> there is new evidence of a possible link between osama bin laden and the pakistan government. a cell phone recovered during the raid on bin laden's compound had contacts to a militant group that bin laden used for support. >>> as the battle over raising the nation's debt limit rages on, republicans try a new strategy on thursday. walking out of the

. >> i'm rebecca jarvis. new york's empire state building was lit up in rainbow colors last night in honor of new york's historic vote, legalizing same-sex marriage. governor andrew cuomo signed the bill after four republicans joined one democrat to pass the bill where the gay rights movement was born, is the sixth and largest state to allow same-sex marriage. for more on that, cbs correspondent seth doane joins us in the studio. good morning. >> good morning. as the legislative session dragged on this week, many questioned whether the bill would ever even make it to the senate floor for a vote. the state's governor andrew cuomo who championshiped the bill, called it a complicated, difficult task. but in a marathon session, gay marriage in new york passed just after 10:00 last night. >> reporter: celebrating late into the night, thousands of gay marriage supporters poured into these manhattan streets near stone wall tavern where the gay rights movement was sparked following a police raid in 1969. >> means tha

today that's new mom rebecca burn, she was diagnosed breast cancer just three months into her pregnancy. >> when there's a time when you're supposed to be celebrating being pregnant -- sorry -- you know, being excited about being pregnant, i was scared and not even enjoying my pregnancy. >> reporter: after giving birth to a healthy baby girl, she immediately had a mastectomy. >> she's a miracle baby. >> reporter: over the years, the group has created 100 outdoor sanctuaries, all filled with more than just flowers. >> every plant that was strategically planted with love, there was just this divine sense that came from my garden. >> reporter: back at the burns' home, rebecca is getting her first glimpse of the new backyard. >> oh, my goodness. >> wow. it's going to be a place that i can remember the struggle that went through this last year, but also see the future. >> we plant hope. you know, hope grows in these gardens. >> reporter: planting hope, blooming into happiness and healing. >> thank you so much. >> that's our broadcast for this wednesday night. thank you for being here with us

with that, i would like to introduce rebecca ryan. [applause] >> thank you so much. i want to acknowledge my colleagues standing beside me and behind me. i think it is important to understand what a difficult process consensus is. it is always preferable, but what it requires is a balancing of many different interests. people stayed in the room when things get difficult. people continued the hard work. we did not allow ourselves to get sidetracked or splintered. i think there is a myth out there about public employees, and what i am here to say is public employees are the solution in san francisco. they always step forward. after the election in november, where they said to the voters, if there is a problem, we will figure it out and we will not shy away from it. they came together. based upon the facts, they found a fair and equitable solution. and i think the message is, the employee -- coppell -- the public employees step forward and the right thing in the right way. that is what this measure represents. that is what we should be celebrating. these are real human

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>> no. >> jose malvar and rebecca guarde weren't the only ones to tell the green river task force about gary ridgway. in 1984 and again in '86, two other prostitutes told them they thought ridgway was connected to the disappearance of two of their friends who were working the streets. but it took until 1987 before detectives launched an investigation. they interviewed ridgway's former girlfriends and wives. and the picture that emerged was that of a sexually aggressive young man who had trouble with relationships from early on. police learned that gary ridgway was already 20 when he graduated from high school in 1969. that he joined the navy and got married that same summer. he and his wife moved to san diego. by the time gary returned from a six-month tour of duty cruise, his wife was romantically involved with another man. according to police documents, he accused her of being a whore and giving him sexually transmitted diseases, diseases navy records show he had before going to sea. ridgway acquaintances said he often complained that he gotten venereal diseases from prostitutes. his

rebecca triltch hashe details. >> reporter: a few county drivers noticed something odd. >> i passed a 6-year-old car flying down the road. >> i thought no way. it's probably somebody else. >> reporter: but the chief and deputy quickly learned the driver they were chasing could barely see over the dashboard. he was 7 years old. >> i was in fear he would hit somebody or get hurt. >> reporter: along the country road there were close calls. >> he was traveling about 50 miles an hour in a 5 azone and he had driven off on the shoulder a couple of times. >> you can see the cloud of dust and that car is sliding when he's doing that. >> reporter: at one point the chief says the boy sped up. that's when they decided to try to slow him down by boxing him in. >> when i went past him, he was crying and i was just trying to get around him as fast as i could. >> reporter: the maneuver worked but the scary situation wasn't over just yet. >> the car lunged forward so my interaction with him shifted from trying to get him to unlock the door to get his foot back on the brake. >> reporter: he was in his

he says the average tester earns $100 to $200 a month from their home computer but for rebecca that's only a percentage. >> i started checking craigslist regularly. >> reporter: and that's where she finds other focus groups willing to pay up to $150. the perk, free products and extra cash. but she warnings the money is not always consistent. >> there are great months where i'm making hundreds and i just am doing a focus group every day but those are extremely rare. >>> julie watts on the consumerwatch. >>> it's not exactly filene's basement and grocery outlet might be the last place would you expect to find a wedding gown but the grocery outlet in oakland is offering more than 1200 design wedding gowns in a five-hour sale tomorrow. if it lasts that long. price start at $100. and that's when it might start to look like the rush at filene's basement. >> the sale starts at 7 a.m. i would come early. come early, get in line. we plan on having hundreds of people here. >> are you going to try them on? there will be seven changing rooms for brides-to-be. >>> coming up, smoke, they can see it

he says if you are tempted to listen to rebecca black you'll be disappointed. >> you know rebecca black, the friday, friday the teenager that made the song. >> thanks for putting that in our heads. >> as you know, hundreds of millions of hits. look at youtube this morning. wait. her video is gone. it is the second time it's disappeared from youtube. the message says it's been removed because of copyright violations at the request of rebecca black. which is a bit of a mystery since she is after all the one who uploaded. well, we'll never let you down. we always have a gadget friday. the nice weather, father's day. we talk grills. this is a portable grill called the element. very small grill. any small grill is portable. this is cool because it seals up. it has a big rubber band over the top. >> don't put that on when it's top. >> don't put it onto your lap when it's hot. it has this big rubber band. you think about it once it's cool and you want it back in your car, et cetera, it's got all of that hamburger gook in it. so by sealing it closed with this rubber band -- >> what's the bottom

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rebecca, what is the assessment there of how this talk of an agreement that would stop the dispute in region might affect the kind of problems of refugees being displaced in the central region? >> everybody is happy to see that the two sides are talking. but this idea that this agreement is going to fix the immediate humanitarian crisis just doesn't seem realistic. for people here it seems very far removed. >> reporter: we've heard a couple of different reports, one that the ethiopian army would comprise the peace-keeping force, if you will, and the other that there would be some sort of joint north-south operation. soldiers from east side. what's the story there? >> yes, there are two separate proposals under discussion. the ethiopians, it seems, have offered to... peacekeepers if a peace keeping dough ploiment goes into a town. separate of that is the discussion of how the new demilitarized zone along the border areas that may or may not include abiyah, it's unclear yet. they would be compriseded of representatives of both north and south. >> reporter: rebecca, the problem of the ra

[applause] >> thank you so much, rebecca. we are so lucky to have you here especially with everything going on in abia. it's great to to have your perfective -- perspective on it. there's several questions so we'll take two or three at a time. >> i work here on issues, and you've spoken about the international pressure, and you're absolutely right. i'm from sri lanka as well, and the genocide is near and dear to my heart in looking at around the world. i just my question to you is we were on a white house call last week where we talked about abia and talking about ways in which the u.s. is trying to put international pressure, of course, on the khartoum government as it relates to the ongoing conflict, and i guess my question to you, i mean, you touched on it a little bit, what should a country like the u.s. especially be doing currently to make sure that the cpa is realized, to be sure the issues surrounding darfur and abia comes to a resolution? there's a number of issues, you know, leading up to july 9th that don't look li

cbs news business and economics correspond ebt rebecca jarvis has the story behind the numbers.d morning. >> good morning, consumers the heart, the lifeblood of this recovery and consumer confidence a key influence of the economy since our spending drives 70% of economic growth is slipping with higher gas prices and the jobs market stalling, that confidence is beginning to dip. for americans like lois mcclennon wnyx, high gas prices forced her to change her spending habits at the supermarket. >> we had a lot of brand loyalty and at this point some of those loyalties unfortunately we had to give up, loyalty of the own budget. >> reporter: cutting back on big ticket items like appliances down 1.3%. at gabowitz electronics in east brunswick in new jersey it hit their bottom line. >> they used to point to an item i'll take it. when can i have it. now they're asking, is this the best price you can sell it to them for. >> reporter: auto sales dropped 2.9% in may, the largest decline in 15 months. car companies say it's a combination of smaller inventory following the japanese earthqua

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rebecca. >> would it be possible will to have coordinate with muni where the bus stops are. the bus is going to be there within 10 minutes of the final school bell so they don't have to wait 20, 30 minutes for a bus. and kids have to transfer. it takes 45 minutes to an hour to get home. if it would be coordinated between the school district and muni that buses arrive and coordinate transfer stops. that would help kids on muni and maybe have a person on the bus stop. >> we have time, sorry just one more. >> okay. all right. peer pressure. >> my name is rudy corpus. give a big shout out. i think one good solution is to focus more on elementary school kids. educate them in a way they can comprehend. if they can recite a whole e-40. you know a first grader came to school with a gun. focus on the elementary school kids. that's a solution. thank you. and rudy corp >> i have 15 job openings for kids in foster homes. we currently serve 120 kids. we have the seneca center where we are building a family resource center so the parents who go to san francisco unified school district can

tomorrow morning, i will be attending a meeting put on by sf jazz director, rob beckert -- rebecca. we will see how we can collaborate in offering arts education. finally, what makes carnaval special? i know i am preaching to those who know. carnaval is participatory. in other words, it is open to everyone. this is the beauty of it. for me, it is the regional social networking platform. i do not care who you are. there is a place for you in carnaval. there is a zimbabwe saying that says if you can walk, you can dance. it will help you find your singing voice, and it will help you find your dancing feet. carnaval is open. the brazilian groups of many non brazilian participants. and so on. if you are into the culture and like having fun, you are going to be welcome. it is diverse. i know that word is used a lot, but i am at a loss for words. i have been to trinidad carnaval and brazilian carnaval, but i want to be in san francisco. finally, carnaval is good for you. dancing, building a float, they are good for your physical body and her spiritual happiness. so i just once again want t

. >> remember rebecca guarde, the victim who got away? the prostitute who struggled and ran?gway, you recall, had shown her his kenworth i.d. in an attempt to make her believe he was not the green river killer. of course, he didn't intend to let her live to tell about it, but she did live and tell police, just not soon enough. >> i thought for many years that he was out still looking for me. >> he later admitted to investigators that she was one of his biggest mistakes. >> she eventually told the task force and that was one of the reasons why they were investigating me. that was my downfall of it. the detective says if you would have killed her, we wouldn't have found you like this. >> after hours and hours of tough questioning, task force interrogators could not resist rubbing it in. they taunted ridgway about getting caught literally with his pants down. >> if you were such an accomplished killer, gary, how did rebecca guarde get away from you? >> i had my pants down around my ankles and i couldn't get them around her waist to hold her. otherwise if i would have, i would ha

rebecca? >> we have a question from brian from post falls, idaho.you expect to cut $2 trillion from the budget without sending the jobless rate through the roof? and representative west, why don't you take it. >> i think it's important for us to, as we said, we've got to get back to understanding what are the essential functions of the federal government? one of the questions i asked when i got up here, because i'm a newbie. i've been here since the 5th of january. never held any type of public office before, but once again it's a commonsense approach, a disciplined approach that the military teaches you. 13 appropriations bills come out of the house of representatives. what's the priority? no one could answer that. and that's why i wrote a letter over to the house appropriations chairman hal rogers, why don't we have a tiered program so that we say these are the priorities and then we can understand from the bottom up. we can start to refine, we can start to cut and get the federal government back into its essential functions. i think that we can h

that included rebecca ryan, roxanne sanchez, tom o'connor, tim paulsen, and we are joined by the fire chief joann hayes- white. i want to make sure i recognize throughout the process that our city attorney contributed to all the legal questions that came up. knowing how difficult these aspects were, they stepped up to help us review all these proposals. with that, this press conference is concluded, and we will move forward. yes, we will take questions. >> [unintelligible] >> first of all -- [unintelligible] in this proposal, we're talking about 35%. how can we afford that? mayor lee: it does, but obviously we have a long-term view on this. our talks relations indicates -- our copulations indicate this over 10 years. a lot will depend on how -- our calculations indicate the server 10 years. a lot will depend on how our investments do. we've always said employee contributions would be the major part and for a lot of current sacrifices are reflected. >> 35% -- it never gets to 35%. [unintelligible] mayor lee: it is a safety net. we have made the calculations just in case. >> [unintellig

reach agreement, i would like to call up the director of the department of animal care and control, rebecca katz. >> good morning, supervisors. i understand that the budget analyst's office recommended additional positions and salaries for some other departments. unfortunately, there was a recommendation for reduction of $10,000 for animal care, supervisors. the reason we are objecting to that -- we are running a very lean operation, as you know. we are 24/7, 365-days a year operation. we have calls for emergencies, calls for aggressive animals, people in harm's way, i injured animals, cruelty cases, and so on. we also house in our facility 24/7. we provide round-the-clock care. nonetheless, despite operating like public agencies or a hospital or, dare i say, like a jail, we do not have supervisors throughout the day. we have one supervisor for each division. the supervisor is called on on his days off, when he takes a vacation, at night to make decisions that range from whether or not to provide treatment for diseases such as potential rabies infections, to determine the care of the animal

my name is rebecca evans on behalf of the sierra club. i want to make it clear that the sierra club is not against development there. we have worked with the bikers on this board or work force and labor, including green jobs, so i do not want people to think that we are against this. land use

my name is rebecca evans on behalf of the sierra club. i want to make it clear that the sierra club is not against development there. we have worked with the bikers on this board or work force and labor, including green jobs, so i do not want people to think that we are against this. land use patterns to be designed for pedestrians and increase public transit, etc., the fact that all these cars are planned for this space is really incredible to think about it. i think what is happening is that the planning process for treasure and started before this born in the last century. you're now talking about a 21st century project that should be a utopia, but cars are so 20th century. we need to get away from the automobile. also, san francisco is required to reduce greenhouse gases. i ask you to prove this appeal. thank you. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> i am an intern with the sierra club, and i have here a statement from one of our members to was not able to be here today. her name is ms. campbell. she writes, "thank you for what

so, this is a lengthy question from rebecca at the lgbt center. san francisco has 8000, of whom 40% -- i apologize. in recovering from a cold. they are homeless are marginally house and face challenges including physical and mental health issues, unemployment, substance-abuse, hiv risk, and lack of access to services. the city has failed to provide adequate resources, either directly through city departments, or three city- funded services and nonprofit organizations. most recently, we had a proposal to eliminate funding for the lgbt transition aid services for the fiscal year 2011-2012. can you speak to your commitment for this hon. population -- vulnerable population? question mark. [cheering] >> [unintelligible] supervisor wiener: i am going to take this question as a member of the budget committee. excuse me? >> [unintelligible] supervisor wiener: ok. i am going to answer the question. it is an important question. i would like to answer it. so -- >> [unintelligible] supervisor wiener: thank you. it is an extremely important question, particula

i want to say thank you to rebecca crole and to the controller, we are again short staffed in the middle of the year and both stepped up to assist us. i'm in agreement with the budget analyst recommendations and i want to thank debra newman for finding extra savings in the department. here with me is our new director of administration finance ms. deborah barone and madeline lecuvelli, don duran. that concludes the budget presentation portion of my presentation, but if the committee would allow me just one more second to make introductory remarks about the other item on the agenda which is the exercising of the two-year contract, the option for the budget and legislative analyst. time has come to consider whether or not to exercise the two-year extension to the contract for professional budget and legislative analyst services held by the joint vebchur, harvey rose, associates. deborah a. newman, louie n. wong. they review the city and county's proposed annual budget. they analyze and report on all fiscal matters and legislation, they conduct audits as required. there is existing language