(applause) >> so, if you want to know how to do a garden tour, ruth wallace is your woman. up, ruth. (applause) [cheering and applauding] >> thanks. thank you. we'd like to take over the show. i just want to say it's a great honor and it's a really great event. if you haven't been to the portola garden tour, 2013 will be september 28th, mark your calendars. get your tickets early. and if i could, there are so many people involved in this, i'd like if all the gardners that have shown their gardens and the people on the committee could stand up for just a second so you could see how many of us there really are. (applause) >> thank you very much. ♪ ♪ >> wonderful, what a great award that is. i'd like to take a moment and acknowledge supervisor scott wiener has joined us here this evening. someone who we all know. (applause) >> has done an amazing job in district 8 and making that a wonderful place to live for thousands of residents there, including my father. so, thank you very much. he thanks you. fourth generation, you know? without further ado i'd like to invite someone who

(applause) >> so, if you want to know how to do a garden tour, ruth wallace is your woman. e) [cheering and applauding] >> thanks.

to that i will turn it over to ruth wallace.on't know what would be of the portola without ruth wallace. so, ruth, thank you so much for everything you do. (applause) >> thank you, david. well, i have the easiest job because jack's biois the shortest. he's 12. he's done a great job. * because of him, he's actually helped us to finance the portola garden district scholarships at city college of san francisco. and will continue. thank you. (applause) >> jack? ah, come on. >> i don't think jack wants to say anything, but i think that jack just basically said that actions speak louder than words. so, thank you. (applause)♪ >> jack, are your parents or your family here? yep? so, if we could ask jack's family to please stand up and be recognized. because this is a family effort. [cheering and applauding] >> thank you very much. thank you. ♪ >> you can see the user bringing back the bow tie. without further ado, i'd like to introduce supervisor john avalos to introduce our next award. (applause) >> thank you, daniel. and thank you all

ruth and his ancestors. coming up on radio, it will be -- in a little while, 9 to noon. we'll have chris wallace steve, you have a fox news alert that we got to meet somebody special. >> steve: indeed. thank you very much. it is a fox news alert. while you were sleeping, randy travis rushed into a second emergency surgery. dan goodwin -- godwin is at the baylor heart hospital in plano, texas. good morning to you. >> good morning. randy travis is out of surgery this morning. baylor, the web site for baylor hospital here in plano, texas, says he's in critical condition. doctors say the surgery last night was performed to relieve pressure on travis' brain after he suffered a stroke. apparently a complication from his congestive heart failure. the operation, as we mentioned, took place over several hours. during a news conference yesterday, travis' doctors had said he had been starting to show signs of improvement after being admitted to the hospital this past sunday. but then this stroke occurred yesterday and the emergency surgery. in recent months, travis had been involved in a number of high pro