the public, august 5, which is tomorrow 6:00 to 585 charles drew. 28th at frons scott -- france scott key. august 1, 6:00 to 58 -- september 1st at marina middle school. we have opportunity to give fee back on line at the district's website. and also the staff and i want to -- and i want to thank the staff for this, is making themselves available for individual appointments, drop-in appointments, and we are facilitating meetings with school communities or others interested in talking to the staff about the work they have done that has brought us where we are today. i hope all members of the public will avail themselves of that. lastly, i want to repeat that commissioner kim said that the next meeting of the committee will be september 13 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. here in this room. >> thank you very much. i one-and-one to thank -- want to thank staff for the website. it is great. glad to be online. next is a report from the budget and business service committee. commissioner yee? >> sure. basically we had one discussion which would be consider an informational item. the discussion really was

our february teacher of the month is ken leon from francis scott key elementary school, and she teaches kindergarten. [applause] karen works on treasure island with many students who are homeless or victims midday or had a family member who was murdered. she found a connection with her students through knitting and taught them to be in patterns and math. gave his students the self- esteem and hope to be someone with a goal in life. the best part of all the -- the best part where all the hugs and smiles from students when they would come to school with a sense of peace and hope in a world that could be a better place for them to live. our february teacher of the month, karen. congratulations. >> thank you, everyone. like the other teachers have said, it is different talking to a group of adults. i'm mystified girls. anyhow, i want to tell you i'm very thrilled and honored to get this award. i could not do it without all the wonderful people i work with. our principal and all the teachers and our staff -- we have such great families at our school, and children that are amazing. thanks for

scott. >>> this morning, the results are in for key elections in five different states. the election featured u.s. senate house and gubernatorial races, but the two biggest contests were the senate races in arizona and florida. john mccain now one step closer to his fifth term senate, after spending more than $20 million to fend off the competition in the gop primary. critics argue the senator has lost touch with his conservative roots, but mccain says he's worthy of the job. also in arizona, the son of former vice president dan quayle won his nomination to fight to get to congress. 33-year-old ben quayle is running to represent parts of northern phoenix. experts are now trying to figure out what message voters sent during this first round of primaries. the main lesson seems to be, don't count incumbents out. despite voter anger over things like the economy, they may not be pushing washington insiders out. and democrats could keep their senate majority in november. >> i want to thank president obama for helping me with this victory. >> a new reuters poll shows only 45% a

scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> that satellite will likely help the military in the future but right now on the ground withdrawal deadlines are a keyubject in afghanistan. general petraeus, a new man in charge of the war in that country, is talking about it on tomorrow's meet the press in his first interview since taking command. >> are you in lock step with the president-will still stick to a july 2011 deadline the begin that transition? >> absolutely. he has been very clear on this, i think. i think there was great ert clarity even after the replacement and so forth. what the president very much wants from me and what we talked about in the oval office is the responsibility of a military commander on the ground to provide as best professional advice, leave the politics to him. >> the entire interview with general david petraeus will air tomorrow morning at 8:00 on "meet the press" here on nbc bay area. we'll be right back on the bay area saturday with our pet of the week. this is unlike any car you've ever seen before. this is power with efficiency. this is an interior that exceeds even the promise of the exterior. this is the al

scott mcgrew says basically the deal is why people will so upset about this is because they virtually scan you naked. >> yeah. the computer is keygovernment says, laura, that the images are thrown away. they are there for a couple of seconds. first the person was not going to be in the same room as you, so he couldn't see was you looked like in person, secondly the security company, the government will never keep the picture. just checking for a weapon or a bomb, and then your nearly nude picture is erased. but the federal marshall program has reportedly kept 30,000 pictures of people. several companies are working on body scanners. sort of split the difference. they are capable of seeing the detail of small wires of a bomb hidden on your body but not the parts of your body the average person would like to keep quiet. general electric makes several kinds of these machines, and ge, as you well know, at least for now, owns this television station. >> for the moment. >> times are changing, though. >> thanks, scott. >> as long as the paychecks keep coming in. we want to check in with mike. he has a look at the morning commute. how i

economy will likely remain the key issue for midterm elections not this but it is certainly a wedge issue as mr. obama makes his trip later today. live in washington scottcfarlane ktvu channel 2 news. >> 6:16, today is the start of the louisiana shrimp season but fishermen are worried consumers won't buy their catch after this oil spill in the full of mexico. seafood from the gulf has been declared safe by state officials who say there are no signs of oil in the fish in zone, however price are low and they say the spill has taken a big toll on their industry and say it is tough to keep track of which ers are open for fishing. >>> the president promises not to tore get the gulf region as it struggles to recover. they spent the weekend in panama city, florida. businesses there are happy about the publicity after losing most of to tourist season. they hope pictures like this will encourage visitors from around the area and around the country to make an end of the summer trip to the beach. >>> president obama by the way arrives in southern california this afternoon. he will be helping to raise money for the democratic cona campaign committee at a fund- rais

scott brown. it will be tougher for him, and he will weigh that in. he has taken some moderate positions on keysenate votes right now. the political junkie in the hopes she runs, because that will be a fantastic race. host: we conclude by asking about the survey. the polling to place between august 5 and august 9. what is the margin of error? guest: 200 were conducted by cell phones we were able to contact the proper universe. the margin of error was 3.1 percentage points. host: mark murray, thanks for being with us. we would like to take a look at how the events weeks are viewed through the creative pens of editorial cartoonists. here is that look. ♪ >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome sonal verma, the d.c. chapter chair of american immigration lawyers assocation. we want to go to the process of how those a become american citizens. what are the requirements for nationalization? guest: you have to be 18 years or older. you had to offend a legal resident for three years or far years.-- or five years. you have to provide continuous physical presence. you have to have cont

scott brown. it will be tougher for him, and he will weigh that in. he has taken some moderate positions on key senate votes right now. the political junkie in the hopes she runs, because that will be a fantastic race. host: we conclude by asking about the survey. the polling to place between august 5 and august 9. what is the margin of error? guest: 200 were conducted by cell phones we were able to contact the proper universe. >> now, a discussion on the process of becoming a u.s. citizen. this is about 40 minutes. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome sonal verma, the d.c. chapter chair of american immigration lawyers assocation. we want to go to the process of how those a become american citizens. what are the requirements for nationalization? guest: you have to be 18 years or older. you had to offend a legal resident for three years or far years.-- or five years. you have to provide continuous physical presence. you have to have continuous of physical presence. you have to have permanent residence for the five years preceding the time you file for citizenship. you cann