. >> so in the old days, it was -- you can look at a spec, and some of the old specs, it will say quarter inch pp, which is a give away of how old the architect is. because if it says quarter inch pp that means quarter inch polished plate. at a time, there was a time when plate wasn't polished. it was just kind of rolled out and it would have a slight wiggle to it. and because it was poured one end of the glass would be a little thicker at this end, a little thinner at that end. so when we glaze these things you put the thicker end down because that would be the -- and the wife's tale is glass is liquid. thicker in the middle. and we have to explain, no, that's not the case. it was put in that way. >> can you tell us, when they pour it, what do they pour it on? >> well, the whole process changed, really

they also recovered the kia spec tra with a bent frame. it's not clear if the couple used the car to drive across the country. >>> prince george's county, three people were killed after an ambulance collided with an suv. police athe ambulance was respond to go a call when the crash happened early this morning in district heights. investigators say the suv was traveling on the road in the wrong direction and speeding and that's when the ambulance swerved to avoid it. the suv sideswiped the ambulance before crashing into a brick wall and a utility pole. all three men inside the suv died at the scott peterson. >>> a baltimore county couple is behind bars tonight after police say they severely assaulted a woman and locked her in the bath room. it happened in the 100 block of book berry drive in reisterstown where jeff haeger reports the alleged abuse continued for almost a year. >> reporter: they painted themselves as good samaritans, jermaine smith bay and kimberlay stacey king said a man called to tell them they could find one of their frien

i know this is not a spec house, so my intention has always been to compromise as much as possible. commissioner hwang: what about the tree? >> i went to a lot of trouble to measure mr. zheng's house. commissioner hwang: you are 10 feet short of what the neighbor wants. >> after my last meeting with him, he was on his way to his attorney to draw up some kind of a deed restriction, because he was worried that my clients, because they are elderly, they are going to pass away soon, and he was worried that some of the heirs or someone would cut down the tree again. our clients want the trees. they are not interested in looking down into his house. if you look at the site study, they are not going to be able to see in the first two floors. on the top floor, there are only two bedrooms. it is not a place where people congregate. commissioner hwang: is this tree issue not another area of potential compromise? >> we are planting the trees. commissioner hwang: so the answer is no? >> we never stopped compromising. commissioner fung: 20 say that it was that these trees were 15 feet, -- let me

actually got rid of that barrier, a drug san francisco and the bay area, we have paid to have those specs free of charge so that anybody can take a look at what is in those contracts. that has been really successful. the website has been great. we are using some innovations to hear directly from small businesses the are successful so that it is in their own words. note on contract number one, we are right now at 82% small- business participation. there are environmental contracts and other contracts, building stabilization contracts, so 82% of all go to small businesses. one brothers company has really set the standard. he had a $25 million construction contract to do all of the relocation. he gave 62% of that contract to small businesses, .and a large number of local businesses. statewide, , there are currently on a statewide level. statewide, they are getting to%. so you can see why our numbers are so off the charts. on a contract number three, we have only one hardball to go out. caltrans, that was 6.5%. contra four is the construction of tunnels,

the previous success specs stemmed from an incident -- suspension stemmed from an incident in phillies> they say golf say game of forgetting. what about hockey? last season a disappointing early exit for your washington capitals. but that's history and we're moving forward now. back on the ice today at the kettler iceplex in arlington, rookie catch concluded with a 4- 3 victory over the flyers rookies. the veterans took the ice this morning. they'll undergo physicals and off ice testing tomorrow. the team gets ready for training camp which begins saturday. alex ovechkin, what do you have? >> i have a pretty hard workout in the summer, so feel pretty good and ready to go. >> i think everybody is pretty positive and obviously had to put some things in the past, but guys are excited to be here and i think it was a long summer for us, a little too long. you know, i know as far as myself and a lot of the other guys, we're ready to get going this year. >>> football big east versus acc. cinci visiting new york state. follows the blockers, cuts inside and 31 yards later scores, nc state a winn

. >> this is what you say on one page of your book, the universe and common spec cease a container for everything else but the universe of modern cosmol gee, you're also an astrophysicist? so you know about the quant um theoriet cell setra? >> yes. >> but the universe of more than cosmologiy is not just a container, it's a dynamic evolving being. the initial explosive expansion slowed down as it made most galaxies and stars but about 5 billion years ago it began expanding faster and faster. the universe exists in different ways on every size scale from the largest to the smallest. and all times are within it. and it's increasing in size as massive speeds, correct? >> correct. >> now, are you saying here that the universe is smou somehow divine? >> no. >> is thine verse god? >> no. >> you're not saying that. >> no. >> but it's living? >> living is a complicated word. >> it contains life t si the source of all life. >> we are inside it. >> and we are inside it. >> but the universe -- but we are the universe. the universe snpt something that is out there in the distance and we are somehow

they pulled out the building and rebuilt it to the same specs. >> after the 1906 earthquake the codes did not change and the standards didn't change and people generally rebuilt buildings as fast as they could without substantial seismic upgrades. can anybody tell us what is going on here with the building? here we have craig. go ahead. >> speak this way and loudly. >> what is going on here is an 8 to 14-story addition on the top of the historic building. first of all, you should know the original building here is steel and terra cotta building that in the '60s was clad with metal panels on little steel panels to give it that look. some of the terra cotta was scraped off. the current project will restore the facade of the historic building designed by burnam and root, a famous chicago architectural firm, with one of our most renowned architects working on the detail. the addition will be setback and made of a different color brick. the building will be changed from office use to a mix of hotel, time share and residential units. that is the story on the old chronicle building. >> we ha

and asian markets prices banks leading the my sex high with both feet to be on spec buying up around one of the hopper percent energy majors also gaining apart from lukoil down to half a percent at this hour. russia's national airline air afloat is to start its own budget carrier its part of the company's fifteen year development strategy it concentrates on increasing its domestic business while cutting the number of international flights out of thought to set itself a target of quadrupling passenger revenues are up by twenty twenty five. billion. may buy the rights to publish the russian version of newsweek magazine according to com the sun newspaper the current publisher axel springer allegedly doesn't want to extend its license agreement with newsweek as the magazine is losing money this spring and has declined to comment on the story. and lots of the business news for this hour but i'll be back with more for you in about an hour's time and of course you can always find more stories on our web site that's slash business. wealthy british style massage. is not on the president's sid

that since the specs of missiles have been killed into a separate account that's how peroration is in russia southern republic of dagestan turn of the killers terrorists for sale golf at a private housing estate where police had found a large bones relatives of the militants were. to persuade them to surrender but the insurgents open find stabbed please believe to terror acts were followed that in the last week suicide bomber blew himself up in the same region killing two policemen and wounding dozens of civilians there are no casualties among the police and the latest operation is three officers were wounded by a roadside bomb in the same region afterwards the biggest number of militants killed by security forces and doctors started day the latest in a series of continuing security operations which have been running for over a month now. and august neighboring republic of english facing a similar battle with militants and president back guru who himself nowadays caves after a bomb attack on his convoy last year says counterterrorist operations of vides hope for the survival of the so

for those with a headline specs were off to have some fun in the city of rostov on bone in southern russia talking. as one of russia's most important southern cities an industrial and cultural center with more than one point three million people this is a twenty first century town that's proud of its history where you can find cutting edge technology and people that still follow traditions that date back centuries this area is an agricultural jewel covered with rich fertile soil and blessed with a mild climate it's the second most productive region in the country but if you want to appreciate it properly you really need somebody to give you a list. never done this before live in the best way to see the sights and. quite. the weather was perfect and soon i was getting a panoramic view of the nearby farmland although it can be a little hard to concentrate with all the gadgets on display.

gateway to five sees is located they know for its fast haul agricultural its soul is a base a high spec industrial hob watch i'll see today discover the multi-faceted city office the long ball not fall special or. the late. sixty's. while i bought quick update of state headlines all of the business days with the happy to go away. hello and welcome to the business bulletin russia's largest bank spare bank says it has billions of dollars to spend on mergers and acquisitions the bank wants to become a bigger global player and is looking to expand in asia eastern europe and c.i.s. countries c.e.o. herman graff says while spare bank has lots of money the problem is finding quality assets to invest in bust just acquired by the russian d.p.s. bank and is currently examining a takeover of cuz it stands at e.t.a. . bad debts that russia's top banks have reached twenty percent of the loan portfolio the highest level since the beginning of the crisis the international finance corporation part of the world bank says russia needs to develop a market for bad debts so banks can clear them from their b

three percent stake in spirit one happened this year turning to its operations he added the script on spec its retail loads up for it to grow ten to fifteen percent in twenty ten. the anti-monopoly service has approved the x five retail group buying one hundred percent of the big chain store if the deal takes place six five will control twenty five percent of russia's grocery market the owners of cafe car have a receptive want to sell up because he was also looking at an i.p.o. value chain at one point seven billion dollars russian exchanges promise to offer trade in the ruble and chinese yuan within months but businessmen say it's unlikely to have much impact for small and medium sized enterprises. really. recently it's really growing and we all know that it's all is to me yes two years dollars so when we get us dollar from our customer we are not sure how much we should pay to morrow to chinese vendors so this is a really big change risk for us frankly speaking i'm very skeptical they put into practice first to war and second into influence only big business maybe somehow we'll be utiliz

president disputes nine eleven and launches all of western domination of president will do the job spec connected that the us supported back time as a way to control the middle east and help israel broke their code into wrong to come clean about its nuclear program. and a russian ultranationalists to escape from a psychiatric hospital has turned himself into a no we should all store shoes on these amazing to be allowed to stay in the country which is slap down and say that's a history of governance unresolved when he showed up at immigration offices of his now in custody being investigated by organized crime police and also for his connection to find a wintery from russia. that's how i'll go back to our washington studios for the second part of that the republicans have just rooney's manifesto and the only investigates why they want to repeal so many posts is then replace them with the identical ones that's coming your way in just. it's time for tonight's tool time award and it goes to the orange man himself house minority leader john boehner now we've given john a hard time before on t

the political discourse that turn nude a national spec cal. issue of separation of church and state. >> we need to have the students compare and contrast some of this current view on separation of church and state with first amendment. >> this is a lie that there is no such thing as the legal dock trien of separation of church and state. enlightenment from john calvin and thomas jefferson. >> adding thomas jefferson back in is absolutely fine. adding enlightenment ideas is not. >> bring thomas jefferson back in. we had it right the first time. >> i cannot support the delusion of john calvin. if we could reach an agreement it would be expeditious. >> thomas jefferson reinstated his name after a list of names and starred arred of political philosophy. >> the question is fine with options. these books we don't want to read these. my gosh they deal with hispanic, hispanic issues and we are beginning to sound like germany. consider we have really put in minority figures than ever before. >> i will not report this travesty. >> i am proud to have my

some are spec lating she is being released as a humanitarian gesture coinciding with the end of ramadanbody inside the hercules home where a 73-year-old man was bludgeoned to death. so far there is no positive id on this second body but authorities fear it may be the body of frederick salas, the son of reds victim ricardo salas. >>> and the florida minister threatening to burn the koran and said he would not do it now says he is reconsidering. he said he only cancelled because he says he was told the planned site for a proposed mosque would be moved. now he essay in he has found out that is not the case. >> next to our -- back to our top story here. the deadly explosion in san bruno. we want to check in with the people evacuated. jade hernandez is there. >> reporter: good morning. just in the few hours we have been here we have seen many residents come out here to drop off items. we can show you we are at the rec center. this is the veteran's memorial rec center. this is just one of the several shelters set up by the red cross, volunteers started aarriving and got to work. there are pil

the pictures were taken last month using a spec camera that can focus on items the size of a beach ball from 180 miles away. >> that makes things exciting, doesn't it. >> it does. i wouldn't go though. >> really? >> radiation, come on. >> i'd love to go. >> you've run towards tornados. >> oh, yeah. >> exactly. be in this the middle and go, wow, this is cool. let's talk about what's happening outside. nothing that exciting but the weather is changing. some of the clouds rolling in with the sea breeze this morning. i hope we get to mars by the time you and i leave, you know, earth. >> oh, the other way. >> the other way, exactly. (laughter) >> all right. let's talk temperatures this morning. we're in the mid to upper 50s half moon bay, san francisco, oakland, san rafael, napa, santa rosa. low to mid-60s elsewhere. antioch at 73, monterey bay, the clouds are thicker and the temperatures slightly cooler with mid-50s. our highlights. it's going to be hot inland today. we have one more spare the air day. and that would take over the east by valleys and the santa clara valley. the bay and the

the city council is holding a spec meeting to decide if it should disband the city's police departmentservices would be contracted out to the san mateo county sheriff's office. the move would save that city about $2 million a year. none of the san carlos officers would lose their jobs. they would all become sheriff's deputies. the san carlos police chief says the average citizen will hardly notice a difference. >>> alameda's fire cheese was paid on paid administrative leave today. dave kapler's been gassing up his bmw convertible and honda truck on the city's tab for the past three years. he says it was part of his paid deal that he cut with the former city manager. but no one at city hall has been able to find a record of that agreement. kapler's salary is nearly $200,000. >>> if you ride a.c. transit, it has been a brutal summer. you know. the unofficial sickout delayed service for days on end. and now things could get much worse. more than half of all weekend service and many late-night routes may be cut to close a $15 million budget hole. the agency blames the union, the union blam

that's the same specs of the one here in san bruno that killed 7 people on september 9th, over 50 years and 30 inches in diameter. the corrosion being a possible cause came out in the san francisco chronicle. it's microbes that could be dormant in a tiny pool of water. all of a sudden they spring to life and start eating away on the metal causing it to corrode. pg&e told regulators last year there was concern for the potential of internal corrosion along the 46-mile pipeline that ran from san francisco down through san bruno and milpitas. the sign of corrosion-causing microbes has showed up in several tests. a biologist not associated with pg&e says a pipeline old as the one running under san bruno would have likely had microbes hiding inside and the only way to check is sending something in called a smart pig to detect cracking inside the walls and a cleaning pig which basically removes all the gunk along the walls of the pipeline. the problem is the pipeline is too narrow and too many dips and curves to send one of these robotic devices in the pipeline. another cause could be external

with adult stem cells and many of the other treatments, in quotation marks, they cite are highly specative are often not based on sound science and are prohibited from being sold to patients in this country by our food and drug administration. the reality is that many types of stem cells are likely to yield scientific advances and potentially new therapies. and it would be foolish to place all of our bets on certain stem cells at such an early stage in the development of this field. for this reason the international society for stem cell research has repeatedly recommended that all forms of stem cell research must be pursued and that patients should be cautious about claims regarding unproven adult stem cell therapies that are offered overseas. where would we be right now if you had taken the advice of opponents of embryonic stem cell research and directed the national institutes of health to focus their funding on umbilical cord blood cells or amniotic cells? promising research would be abandoned in favor of the alternatives, sacrificing scientific progress and the opportunity to develop

those are the exact same specs as the pipeline here in san bruno.he possible cause is called microbiological influence corrosion. this report came out in the san francisco chronicle this morning. it's basically micros that go undetected in a tiny pool of water inside the pipeline and then start eating away at the metal causing it to corrode. according to the article this morning, pg&e told state regulators last year that there was concern about the potential for internal corrosion along the 46-mile pipeline running from san francisco to milpitas. the sign of corrosion causing microbes had shown up in several tests along the pipeline. an environmental microbiologist outside of pg&e says the pipe as old as this one in the september 9th explosion would likely have microbes hiding inside it. the only way to check though is by sending robots to scape and clean the walls and detect any pitting and cracking in the walls. the problem is the pipeline is too narrow and too many bends to allow any device to go through the pipeline. it's highly unlikely microbe

part of the anger and frustration i think the american people have across the ideological spec strumt they see as a failure of the government to make the tough decision. here they have to make the tough decision whether we are going to be serious about address the deficit and the debt. the notion of saying, you know, let's wait two years and add in other words 700 billion because in 2012, another election year, of course we are going to pass or stop these tax cuts. it is just not going to happen. i think we have got to get serious, hopefully both parties, but that doesn't seem to be the case. we need to get serious about getting our fiscal house in order. and this i think, and nobody likes tax increases, butthy, i think is part about getting the fiscal house in order and in this country and to kick it down the road is a political mistake and policy mistake. >> interesting thing, dave weigle in regards to tax poll sit past 15 years having very limiteded correlation in business development. would you have suspected that? >> it is an interesting thing. >> wouldn't v. >>> it is a reflect

they would give us some inside information on brees, some chink in his armor, a piece of dirt, even a spec of lint. >> jeremy shockey: he's a bad drunk. ( laughter ) >> kroft: he's a bad drunk? >> shockey: naw. >> vilma: they are going to keep that one. >> shockey: just as good of a player he is on the field, he's as good off the field. he's a better person off the field. >> vilma: i will say he's not the best loser. i'll give you that much. >> kroft: we saw it ourselves after a long practice session. we asked brees if he would give us a demonstration of his passing accuracy for our cameras, and he accepted the offer. >> brees: we got to make this good for tv, don't we? >> kroft: the challenge was to see how many times he could hit the eight-inch goalpost crossbar, which is ten feet off the ground, from a distance of 30 yards. on this day, brees wasn't perfect-- he hit the crossbar a number of times, and his misses were not very far off. but he failed to live up to his own expectations, and he wasn't happy about it. >> brees: low. not my day. >> kroft: that's all right. not bad. >> brees:

. >> early on, we had guys in iraq taking weather specs and getting them back.e. 1,000 guys were able to exit the aircraft and fland a place called basher air field and on they went. >> reporter: don't refer to them as just a weatherman. >> to be call just a weatherman gets under your skin but once you're in a position to prove yourself, they realize, this guy isn't just a weather guy. he's a special operations weatherman, and he's a soldier. >> i know what he means about not wanting to be called just a weatherman, but i'm not out there with guns and serving and protecting our country. these guys, kyra, there's less than 100 of them. they have one of the highest deployment rates in the military. they go out all of the time, seemingly, and over the 60 or 70 year history wince world war ii, they have 88 to lose a man. >> how are these guys deployed, as a group or individually? >> usual lif individually and sometimes with two-man teams, but they are linked up with a small special ops force. you are there with the green berets and navy s.e.a.l.s. these guys have bee

we will vow to their sharing their perspective with us -- we will value their sharing their specs -- their perspective with us. they have a special role to play in pushing north korea to be a more constructive player. >> for position [unintelligible] >> i did not hear the question. >> the ambassador has proposed another high-level meeting between united states and north korea. >> i am not here to be spokesperson.s i'll leave it to china to describe their view of the current situation. they were here at the state department today and shared their perspective on where they rested on where we are, their interpretation of what needs to be done based on their conversations with north korean leaders. we have our own ideas. we will be consulting further and sharing our ideas at some point with our partners in this process. together we will chart a way forward. i will leave it to china to describe its tube of the kurds' situation. >> they have frequent visits to china. >> at this point, we have just had china's perspective this morning. i am not reading too rigid willing to read tea leaves h

conference together, wayne thorburn, roger ream, richard viguerie, think the publisher of the american spec tater who was my boss at the times and is also a sponsor here. i want to think somebody owes the care. but through the 70's and 80's was one of the biggest friends that he asked could ever have and who was probly has not gotten the attention that she deserved for being a phenomenal leader and the u.s. congress for three decades, who's sitting right here in the front row. and i've just got to say how much all of it congressman phil crane has done for the cause. [applause] [alause] i've got to say one of the really early thrilled by head when i was enacted in politics as a young guy with cp had a guest there wasa young republican national convention in new orleans where i'm from and standing on a riverboat going down the river and congressman crane was there and was so approachable and he will remember it come up and i remember it to this day comes thathey're talking to me for the longest time, drinking a beer as if he had nothing better to do than talk to this college kid. and again, t