we are a very special city, of course. as you know, charlotte and i have been working together for the last eight months, celebrating this wonderful diversity in the city as we will and in so many international visitors that come in. every opportunity we have, we market, but we also say, if you what a great experience, go to the asian. see what we have. it is one of the few cities to have its own asian art museum. that is a wonderful reflection of our city's commitment to not only the history of the population and growth and ties to the far east, but also honors the diverse art we have in the city. so many museums are looking at how they can contribute to not only the residents here, but what i think the nation is on course to do, something that i know charlotte and i talk a lot about, that is promoting our international status, making sure that we have an art museum that appeals to the kids in the tenderloin, to the kids all over the city, to the families we have in the city, but also to be special to our international vi

my prior speaker was talking about, i'm asking all of you, san francisco is a very special city.issue is not an easy one, but please read keeping your heart because it is not really about money. we're talking about children, families, issues by the banking industry and by wall street. even though we have investigated many of the factors, the banks committed fraud. they have given loans to people, how they were never given to them. just a scheme for their own benefits. san francisco has always been the city where many movements have started. i tell everyone of you is asking inside yourself, what to do. all we're asking is for a pledge for the holidays. within the system, this has to be an answer. i am asking you, as family members, find that out. please. there is no need this time of the year. it is cold out there. many families have been involved. let's find together how to do it. let's make the banks responsible. let's just declare a moratorium from now until the end of the year. it would be really effective in a good way. >> next speaker. >> good evening, board of supervisors.

over now to my colleague and he said now in our special cities in the studio with all the latest developments and figures for you. thanks bill votes all over russia are being counted the preliminary results so far show that united russia is leading the vote but is just one percent short of fifty percent now it appears to be a significant drop in the party's popularity it is however gaining as more ballots are being counted the central election committee is publishing all the latest figures live in r.t.c. catherine mcgrath is standing by for us at headquarters to get through now what are the latest numbers you have for us the latest numbers we have as of now with more than thirty eight percent of the votes counted is the ruling united russia easily as you've just said with forty eight point seven percent of the vote coming in second are the commonest with just slightly short of twenty percent at the rushes more than thirteen point one percent well before the elections it was in question whether the party will make it at all to the newly elected parliament and now we see that there are number t

it is that a special city on a hill. i believe within that shining city where we may be to ronald reagan again one day. to be able to take his hand and take him for the nation that he preserved for us because the western governor i will use the same philosophy as a english call with one quoted to ronald reagan as he headed to the california ranch in his retirement not by the eastern windows only when daylight comes, since it comes slowly, how slowly but westward the land is a bright for coughing keogh and may god bless you and your family and may god always plus united states of america. [laughter] clap. [applause] [applause] [inaudible] [laughter] >> we have time for just a few questions then the governor will be signing books. before you ask your question if you could raise your hand for the stooges hold up the hand to give you a microphone to introduce yourself. >> i am from burbank and i am wondering if there is any possibility of using the resources to prosecute some of the people involved and "fast & furious"? [app

it is that special city on a hell. i believe that it is in that shining city where we might meet reagan again monday. peel to take his hand and thank him for the nation that he preserved for us. as a western governor let me close with the famous prophecy of an english poet, one that margaret thatcher quoted to ronald reagan as he headed to his california ranch in his retirement. and not by the eastern windows only when they let comes in the light. end the some climb slowly, but the land is bright. thank you, and may god bless you and your families and make up all is bless the united states of america. [applause] [applause] thank you. they accuse of very much. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> we have time just for a few questions. then the governor will be signing books for those of you would like to get one. if i could just ask one favor before you ask for question, raise your hand. we have stephanie to the aisles. all the pier hand and it will give you a microphone. >> and john from burbank. i was wondering if ther

it's that special city on a hill, and i believe it is in that shining city where we might meet ronald reagan again one day. and be able to take his hand and thank him for the nation he preserved for us. as a western governor, let me close with this famous prophecy of an english poet, one that margaret thatcher quoted to ronald reagan as he headed to his california ranch in his retirement. and not by the eastern windows only, when daylight comes, comes in the light and the sun climbs slowly, how slowly, but westward look. the land is bright. thank you and may god bless you and your families and may god always bless the united states united states of america. [applause] thank you. thank you so very very much. [applause] >> we have time just for a few questions and then the governor will be signing books for those of you who would like to get one. you still can get one. if i can ask one favor before you ask your question. if you would raise your hand. you see we have staff in each of the items. hold up your hand and they will give you a microphone and introduced herself and we will go fr

our community is a special part of the city. words cannot capture the magic of our part. it is a park in unique sanctuary. our community has been blessed by demi's vision, spirit, and artwork. we're blessed by community volunteers and residents. we're blessed to be served by our great city prepare to the park is at the heart of our city. -- request to be served by our great city. cayuga cairo the park is at the heart of our city. >> let's break some ground and cut the ribbon. marvin? [unintelligible] the shovel. [laughter] are we ready? all right. [applause] >> so exciting. [applause] [laughter] >> where do you want it, marvin? [laughter] the biggest issue in america today? segregation still exists... racism... the repression and oppression of women the educational system stem cell research homeless people cloning government health care taxation announcer: so, is there anything you're doing to help make a change? i'm not really doin' anything. ummmm [sighs] got me on that one...

our community is a special part of the city. words cannot capture the magic of our part. it is a park in unique sanctuary. our community has been blessed by demi's vision, spirit, and artwork. we're blessed by community volunteers and residents. we're blessed to be served by our great city prepare to the park is at the heart of our city. -- request to be served by our great city. cayuga cairo the park is at the heart of our city. >> let's break some ground and cut the ribbon. marvin? [unintelligible] the shovel. [laughter] are we ready? all right. [applause] >> so exciting. [applause] [laughter] >> where do you

our community is a special part of the city. words cannot capture the magic of our part. it is a park in unique sanctuary. our community has been blessed by demi's vision, spirit, and artwork. we're blessed by community volunteers and residents. we're blessed to be served by our great city prepare to the park is at the heart of our city. -- request to be served by our great city. cayuga cairo the park is at the heart of our city. >> let's break some ground and cut the ribbon. marvin? [unintelligible] the shovel. [laughter] are we ready? all right. [applause] >> so exciting. [applause] [laughter] >> where do you want it, marvin? [laughter] >> of the meeting of the entertainment commission for the city and county of san francisco. >> hyde? newlin? cavellini indicated that he may be here. he is trying to do some work scheduling. >> item #one is public comment. members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public within the jurisdiction of the commission. members of the public may address the commission at a time such item is called. if you want

. >> for one day only the drug enforcement administration is putting up special containers in cities all over the bay area as drug take back day, drugs that end up often in the very young hands. >> a majority receive their prescription drugs from family or friends more so their own medicine cabinets. >> one in seven teenagers admit abusing prescription drugs and pharmaceuticals are easier to get. 6.2 million americans abuse medicine that is not prescribed to them. that is more than the number that use heroin and cocaine combine. if they are not found at home they are easy to find off the street. we saw for ourselves when we came to pill hill in the tenderloin. >> the drug of choice these days is vicodin, it's sold for $4 a pill. >> kids are very resourceful. we're doing whatever we can to get rid of it. >> just not a good practice to have medicines in the house that you don't need. >> last time the dea had a drug take back day they got 10,000 pounds of drugs in northern california alone. all the drugs will be taken away and burned. lisa amin gulezian, "abc 7 news." >> joining us the

our community is a special part of the city. words cannot capture the magic of our part.is a park in unique sanctuary. our community has been blessed by demi's vision, spirit, and artwork. we're blessed by community volunteers and residents. we're blessed to be served by our great city prepare to the park is at the heart of our city. -- request to be served by our great city. cayuga cairo the park is at the heart of our city. >> let's break some ground and cut the ribbon. marvin? [unintelligible] the shovel. [laughter] are we ready? all right. [applause] >> so exciting. [applause] [laughter] >> where do you want it, marvin? [laughter] tape 55 >> welcome, this is carl. >> great to meet you. >> great to me you, and i want to thank you for your interest and this is the city's animal shelter. and come in and a lot of people come here to adopt a animal or if they have lost their animal or looking for other animals. and we deal with other animals like birds and rabbits and you name it. this is more to see in this facility and more to see in the community. and i suggest you go w

as i think many of you know, are waterfront holds a special place in the city. from the 1960's to the embarcadero freeway, we have had many battles. early next year, we will vote on another controversial project. this entails 145 luxury condominiums, which can only be built if the board decides to increase the 84-foot height to limit on that side to 136 feet. this would be the first high increase on the northern waterfront in almost 50 years. as you can imagine, this proposal has generated significant debate, as well as along the city. as i heard more about this, i had growing concerns about it. there is a question as to whether it is appropriate to reach the consensus about heights on the northern waterfront. there are other questions regarding the policy change. for example, what kind of housing is appropriate. particularly as working families continued to lead our city. or, what kinds of benefits are appropriate. the community needs benefits, but what sorts of benefits, and what level of benefits are appropriate, particularly given the needs around open space

special time for me. it warms my heart. >> more than 30 officers volunteered their time today. even though the ravens will not return to westminster for training camp, the cityts the team to know is still hold a special plate in the heart -- special place in the heart of the city. they held a pep rally today to honor the team giving them the heart of westminster award. the official ravens mascot was there with some former players. while the team has moved the train can away, they say the ravens are still number one. >> some people thought it might have a negative impact when they decided not to bring training camp here, but we want to celebrate the history baltimore football has always had in westminster and mcdaniel. >> they will now hold a training camp at the team headquarters. trapped in school. it happened to a seventh grader who cannot get out for hours. we will tell you where he was stuck and how he was found. suspended for tebowing. >> a 13-year old boy spent more than nine hours trapped in the stairwell at his school in philadelphia. he says he was looking for the way out of the middle school on thursday when the door in the emergency stairwell clos

city. so the third year they're offering a special promotion. you spend more than $150 in the city today or tomorrow, you can receive a special gift bag. the offer is good for the first 150 people to show their receipts at city hall on monday morning that that gift black include two free movie tickets are a gift card and gift card do other local restaurants. >>> it's an early holiday gift for drivers in oakland as well. the city is offering free parking today and next saturday in an effort to boost shopping there. drivers will not have to feed the meters but they are going to have to stick to the parking time limits. the parking holidays will cost the city $125,000 but the city believes it will be absorbed by business revenues. >>> berkeley's police and fire departments are teaming up with the marines to make this a great christmas for needy children. allie rasmus is live in berkeley now where a toy giveaway is just about to get underway. hi,alee. >> reporter: yes, berkeley police here behind us where you can see it a line of about 2 to 300 peop

a >>> i'm bret baier in sioux city, iowa, site of thursday's republican candidate debate here on fox. "specialom sioux city convention center. a few feet away from the debate stage. we look at how some candidates are not waiting for the debate to throw bombs at each other. steve brown is here at sioux city to tell us how iowanss in the western part of the state have been taken for granted so far. the clock is ticking down for a government shutdown and rhetoric is flying. mike emanuel is on top of that. ed henry shows us what president obama said at fort bragg, north carolina, there to celebrate the coming end to the war in iraq. plus, in grapevine, the politician sends out an unusual holiday greeting card. "special report" from sioux city, iowa, starts at 6:00 eastern. now back to new york and "the five." ♪ ♪ ♪ >> greg: welcome back to "the five." becausevy no life, i read the "new york times" columnist bill keller's blog where he confessed that something horrible. he was mad because he called them illegals. the short-handed phrase is now considered a slur. why is that? keller's cohort says th

city. a special called for those who serve, doesn't done for the battle friday 9:00 here on wusa. . >>> theals wrap up their current red trip north of the border taking on ottawa. the senators the only team the caps have beaten since dale hunter took over as coach. also mark furhman and the terrapins in action kicking off a home stretch hoping to regain their home-court advantage. they rebounded with a big win in the bb and t classic over notre dame. now they look to start a winning streak before acc action begins. >>> all right time for our high school game of the week poll. it's basketball season, thomas edison, tc williams on the list, hill versus stevens agnes, three yes deer roosevelt versus baloo. you can catch the vote at high school sports.net. >>> finally tonight it was the rams 49ers game on sunday. that's alden smith running to the side. >> he thought "i'll just go sit down and be a good boy." >> which he did. >> that's it for us. >> good night, everybody >>> >> pelley: tonight, a surprise decision from the obama administration. young teenagers will not be allow to the buy the mo

standard at citibank. >>> in san francisco today, the city's greenest block was dedicated in a special ceremony. this is video from the event. at neukom avenue where a new project transformed the neighborhood and made it the most ecofriendly in the city. of the project was paid for with a combination of federal and local money. including starbucks. it's the way to brew everyone's favorite cup in under a minute. way to brew! >>> we have breaking news to tell you about on the story we told you about at the top of this newscast. after long and emotional debate tonight, the oakland city council has rejected a measure which would have strengthened the city's ability to stop protests like this one at the port of oakland. the council decided to table the resolution until january the 17th. two previous occupy protests which you see here in this video in december shut down the port of oakland. the port brings in millions of dollars to the city. >> new at 11:00, keeping shoppers safe and happy. that means a couple of things. free parking this holiday, and more police on the streets while people

and see how the geology of the city affects the environment. their special problems and issues that arise we will try to answer questions as we go, particularly related to how the environment release to the underlying geology of the city. those are questions that rarely get asked. this is a chance for you to join us and ask your questions as well. welcome, frank. i see that you brought a big aerial photograph with overly geology. >> it is a big google map with overly geology. the different colors depict the different formations or deposits beneath san francisco. san francisco is a young environment. it is a relatively young environment. the basement rock beneath san francisco is known as the franciscan complex or formation. it is throughout the city, most notably twin peaks, edge hill, telegraph hill. every once in awhile, you hear about those who make the news with a rock fall or landslide. usually occur in the telegraph and twin peaks. . above the rock are the soil deposits. the most common is dune sand. it is nothing but rocks that has been worn down from

the challenges facing our neighborhoods and the special jewels that are the urban villages we live in. i ran for office because i wanted to serve the city and protect all that is so special about san francisco. >> what lessons did you learn after campaigning for supervisor? >> san franciscans are incredibly interested in their city government, local politics, and making sure that we remain the most amazing city in the world. i learned that san franciscans during campaign read everything they are sent in the mail. they love to meet the candidates and engage in conversations with them. i learned how important it is to build bridges between different communities, particularly communities of diversity that we have. i was incredibly honored to have been elected in november of 2008. >> where do you place yourself on the political spectrum? >> i consider myself someone who shares the progressive values that many sentences can hold dear. we have been a beacon to the rest of the world region that many sentences skins hold dear. we have been a beacon to the rest of the world for those. >> you are president of the board. describe the role of the o

as i think many of you know, are waterfront holds a special place in the city. from the 1960's to the embarcadero freeway, we have had many battles. early next year, we will vote on another controversial project. this entails 145 luxury condominiums, which can only be built if the board decides to increase the 84-foot height to limit on that side to 136 feet. this would be the first high increase on the northern waterfront in almost 50 years. as you can imagine, this proposal has generated significant debate, as well as along the city. as i

city. i want to give a special thank you to dennis normandy. thank you for your wonderful leadership on the sister city and for your great work on our commission as well. thank you very much. [applause] we want to recognize the incredible diverse accomplishments of all of our filipino-american contributors to our city and to make sure we look forward to continuing that strong relationship as we go forward in our city. so it is my honor to present today, on behalf of our city and county, the filipino american history month proclamation. you may join the council general, and please, the honorable hydra mendoza, president of our board of education, and of course, kyra rodriguez from our filipino channel. please take this problematic -- proclamation declaring this is a filipino-american history month in san francisco. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the highest ranking and only filipino-american elected official in the city and county of san francisco, president of the board of education and education adviser to mayor edwin lee, h

here is a special request tonight from the baltimore city sheriff's department. >> on behalf of sheriff anderson and the members of the baltimore city sheriff a office we want to wish you all a merry christmas. ♪ [ music ] we wish you a merry christmas. ♪ [ music ] . >> you can just drop new unused toys off, and you can also donate used instruments. donation locations, all the details waiting for you right now. we will be right back. >>> what's coming up tonight first, here is what we have been following. a tire truck driver changed their family forever. tonight we go with them to capitol hill as they try to get driving laws changed to keep other families from experiencing the heart break they went through. >>> a school accused of butting in to personal lives by exposing a secret to his family. . why the administration said it was done in the name of safety. >>> and wyatt's forecast. . >>> did you wear a coat today? >> no. >> you tonight need it. >> what's interesting, we are still above 60 right now. show you real quick, some of the real numbers, the weatherbug station across the state

city. they met this morning to pick up nearly 10,000 toys checked. then officers and firefighters made specialeliveries to underprivileged children across the city. >> when i pulled up and opened the car door, they were all shocked and happy and jumping up and down to see the toys. so, told them, pick what you like, and they picked what they liked and left with a smile. >> donations are being accepted at lefty o'doole's in union square until midnight tonight. >> the freezing weather will not return but we could be in for some rain. the forecast is just ahead. >> it's time for a check on the weather. >> good evening and merry christmas to you. hope you enjoyed your holiday so far. temperatures in the 40s. 55 in oakland, 49 in corn cord. a cold morning. overnight lows in the 20s most areas. it's not going to be as cold tonight. in fact, overnight lows drop off into the lower 30s, most areas barely seeing freezing temperatures overnight. more of an onshore flow developing. weak front moved through, and light precipitation in oregon and washington. we didn't see any of that. just a few cloud today

city, iowa. this is "special report." ♪ ♪ >> bret: i'm bret baier coming to you from sioux city, iowa, the cite ofsidential debate. numbers tell the stories. three hours until we begin. with surviving seven candidates in what will be the 13th and final debate. before the first voting next month. carl cameron has more numbers to consider. >> slipping in iowa and facial polls hours ahead of the final debate before the january 3 caucus. newt gingrich made his pitch. >> i need your help on januar january 3. go to newt.org to see answers to the negative ads but i'm not spending my time on that. he unveiled a second ad today. >> we want and develop solutions. others are focused on attacks, rather than moving the country forward. that is up to them. >> reporter: the latest rasmussen shows romney back to the lead and gingrich second and ron paul third. but 60% of those say they may change their mind. romney is expected to pound gingrich as zany unreliable leader. he released video of the cpac conference praising romney. >> governor romney in his business career created more jobs than the entire obama cabi