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

it is ronald reagan's america that is a special city on a hill. i believe it is in that shining city 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 a famous prophecy of an english poet who margaret thatcher quoted ronald reagan as he headed to his california ranch in his retirement. not by the eastern window when they might comes comes into light. when the sun climbs slowly, how slowly but west would look the land is bright. thank you and may god bless you and your families and always bless the united states of america. [applause] >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you so very much. [applause] >> we have time for a few questions. the governor will be signing books until we get one. i can just ask one favor before u.s. your question if you raise your hand. we have a staff in each of the aisles. will of your hand and give you a microphone and introduce yourself. right here. >> i am john from burbank. i was wondering if there was any possi

. >>> today was a big day for one special baltimore city public school teacher. he was surprised after being named the teacher of the year. this year's winner chosen from dozens, bradley nornhold is a teacher at kipp ujima village academy. he is so dedicated that he gives his own home phone number to his students. he said the secret to his success is motivating students. >> just getting them to buy into what it takes to be successful. >> well, he is now the nominee for the maryland teacher of the world competition. the winner of that will go on to the national level. good luck to him. >>> mayor stephanie rawlings-blake visited a different baltimore school to make a plea for the city council to take a vote on the bottle tax increase. she said the money raised should be used for school renovation. the principal says the first thing she he had a like to see -- she would like to see is the removal of a portable classroom. >> we also need air conditioning. it's very hot. >> the city council hearing is happening right now to talk about the proposed bottle tax increase.

what makes our city special is that everyone of you have ideas that will change our city and change the world. our mayor is responsible for managing the 50 plus executive- branch departments that will be interfacing with many of the policy areas you impact. scott and i and our colleagues are in charge of legislating and adapting to new technologies you have that are changing the way we all live. one thing we like to say at city hall is that as goes san francisco, often times so goes the rest of the country. as goes the rest of the country, so goes the world. i believe we're starting something special today that will do that for the entire planet. thank you for being here. i am looking forward to working with you. [applause] >> welcome. my name is ontario smith. i volunteer is a member of the board of directors. i would like to welcome you for the dialogue on the shared economy. spur is a non-profit organization. we support good planning and government research and advocacy. we put ideas and action together to make a better city and region. please raise your hands if you are a member. on

ecstasies budget director says he is confident the government -- the city budget director says he is confident the governor will call for that special session. >> the city in the developer have agreed to split the million dollar project that has been a hot topic since 2010, when the city wanted a more permanent promenade, prompting a lawsuit. the claim the city went back on the previous easement agreement. >> baltimore city police are trying to track down the gunman who walked into an essex barbershop and shot an employee. shelton dutes joins us live with the latest on this story. >> police are looking for two suspects believed to be connected to that shooting in the barber shop behind me. even though the victim is ok, people who live in this area say they are shaken up by what happened. police said 39-year-old man who work here was a victim of an afternoon shooting in front of the shop. >> this is really scary. families go in there to get their hair done. it is scary situation. >> two suspects walked into the barber shop and confronted a man who was working in the barber shop. and there were some kind of words exchanged and he was

what makes our city special is everyone of you have ideas that will not only change our city but will truly change our world. our mayor is responsible for managing the 50 + executive- branch departments that will be interfacing with many of the substantive policy areas that you and i. my colleague scott and i along with my nine other colleagues, we are responsible for legislating and figuring out how we, as a city, addax -- adapt to the new technologies are coming out with. changing the way we all live, as "time" magazine said recently. one thing we say is city hall, as those san francisco, often times so goes the rest of the country. and as goes the rest of the country, so goes the world. and i really believe we're starting sending very special today that is going to do that for our entire planet. thank you very much for being here. looking forward to working with you. [applause] ♪ hi

." >>> a special milestone for new york city and world trade center. details ahead. >> a judge's ruling may have owners -- pit bull owners upset. what could be done in the event of an attack. >> if you are looking for the biggest threat to america, right now she is right there kim kardashian. >> it was a star studded event with a lot of laughs. we will go to the white house correspondence dinner. details on that just ahead. it's monday morning, hope you had a wonderful weekend. thanks for joining us. i am megan pringle. charley is out live and we will check in with him in a bit but right now lynette charles and it was pretty nice yesterday. >> it was gorgeous. we made it up to 70 degrees. but we are not going to do a repeat for today. so check out the satellite and radar. you can see the showers and thunderstorms off to the south and west of us right now. what we are getting in on is increasing clouds throughout the day. we won't see the showers and thunderstorms until overnight tonight into tomorrow. that definitely is a possibility. but what we are l

what makes our city special is everyone of you have ideas that will not only change our city but will truly change our world.

they are the things that make our city special in some ways and also make our neighborhoods special.some neighborhoods offered to tighten up the situation. i think that is ok. it cleared the ground for a lot of the more neighborhood-serving restaurants for the neighbor. i have not seen the latest amendments and cannot speak to them, but it seems like they are headed in the right direction. i just wanted to knowledge that they did fantastic analysis. they met with a zillion groups and other stakeholders and should be commended, as well as supervisor mirkarimi and his staff. they really stepped up. so i think it is a great piece of legislation, and i would love you to support it. thank you. supervisor wiener: one of my co- sponsors, supervisor olague is here. would you like to make a statement proved this in corporate and mayans share of the positive feedback we have received. supervisor olague: no, i think your staff has been working hard. i just received some things on sunday, so i have not had a chance to fully review them, but i am happy to hear that many of them have been incorpor

while the other children were enjoying the benefits, what has made it different is the special relationship with our city, one i will make sure continuses to happen. we are never satisfied with the status quo. if we were,w e would have gone baack to when the mayor was suffering. we care for our kids, not just in precious hours of education, but success has to do with education. that is why it has never been about a rainy day fund. we can support what goes on in and around the schools. we are always experiencing the cuts at the federal and state level, and we are always challenged, and it is not only those cuts beginning in kindergarten. how many express that it is about continuing all the way to college, and then to have carlos working with the dept of public health, or as a member of my cabinet, so many other departments engaged in the need for our kids to be successful in and out of the classroom. it is those i believe to be mroe successful, and i know richard is going to inherit this as we meet new challenges. we are going to approach them in an enthusiastic way, that is the best way we honor your lea

city. we'll take you up next. >>> may this memorial offer comfort, strength, peace, hope, and serenity. back on 9news now with them here for the special ceremony in oklahoma city. a memorial to the lives lost about 17 years ago today when the truck bombed destroyed that federal building. 168 seconds of silence for the men, women, and children who died. and he was later convicted of the crime for you and executed. >>> well, lawyers for the murder suspect, they say that the jail has placed her under a suicide watch. he's accused of killing a woman and driving off with her 3-day- old baby which happened on tuesday near houston. he made a brief appearance in court today. and confessed to the kidnapping. they plan to look at her mental state. >>> two years after the big oil spill in the gulf of mexico, scientists say that they will be finding sick fish along the offshore reef. they say it's a small percentage of fish. they are not sure if it is the spill that is the cause or if it is normal for you. they said that the illnesses do not pose the increased health risk to people and they could certainly have an impact on those who will make th

special ferries to the city for the giants game? sold out! the snag in the plan could be the lack of parking, specifically? saucelito, where 25 ferries will be running each day. this is a google earth map of the terminal. here is the parking lot. the issue is less than 200 spaces, and free parking has a 3-hour limit. that's out. plan to circle the lot or get dropped off. saucelito is $3 an hour. the road may be packed with people still needing to cross the bridge and get to the terminal on seuss litto. sauce -- saucelito. it's also used as a short cut to get to the last exit before that bridge. >> people will know cutting through our -- be cutting through our city to get to the terminal as well as the golden gate. on regular weekend day, pretty impacted. >> reporter: you can see that flashing sign here at the golden gate, the doyle drive closure will begin at a lot clock on friday night, goes throughout the weekend, and the bridge is scheduled to reopen monday morning at 5:00. so several days where people need to come up with alternate plans,

this city really specialize in trafficking ecstasy during the investigation more than 45,000 shells are confiscated along with several pounds of heroin crack cocaine and marijuana. >>> it's a program that has been highly touted by oakland mayor gene klein and even though recent high-profile violence city leaders are sticking by their 100 box plan robert files shows us some of the drawbacks of the programs efforts. >>> at once to join in what they've done. to give them more than 90 days. did we have seen little girl and a guy shot so i am for every speaker the public safety during a pre the 100 block crime prevention program should remain in place everyone but councilman larry reed. did we do ask me a thunder blocked the plan will work no won't because is not sustainable why isn't the 100 and sustainable to read and considered chief jordan statements. debt which we made a decision to put officers back in the gates with a better opportunity to respond to nearly two dozen cops were pulled from traditional patrol last october to stop the 100 block plan now 911 wait times in 19 minutes and s

our local content vehicles next stop exploring the history and literary culture of oklahoma city with special bearings the weekend of may 5th and sixth on book tv and on american history tv on c-span-3. >> former u.s. rep virgil gould of virginia has been nominated to run for president by a the constitution party. >> the constitution party held its convention this weekend in nashville, tennessee. he gave his acceptance speech. this is about 25 minutes. >> let me call the meeting to order. thank you. thank you for coming back in here. it is now my distinct pleasure and honor to introduce the presidential nominee, a candidate for the constitution party. it is virgil goode. he hails from rocky mount, virginia. he was born in richmond, virginia, in october 1946. he received his bachelor of arts from the university of richmond. he served in the virginia national guard. he is an attorney by trade. he served as a legislator in the virginia general assembly and the state senate's. he served 12 years as a u.s. representative in the u.s. congress. he is married to lucy goode. and they have a daughter.

special playground places that have gone into disrepair. those are being addressed in the 2012 parks bond. i still think it is an under- utilized hub in the city. it's a special place. what types of improvements? if you talk to 10 different people, they will tell you 10 different things that are needed. i will tell you that i think the park will definitely benefit from more signage. i think it will benefit from something as mundane as more trash cans. i think the amphitheater could see some structural improvements. that area is particularly important because we suffer from a lot of play fields with serious irrigation and drainage problems. we would like to see some more robust trails. we think is important that we kept the diversity and natural areas as well. supervisor kim: thank you. bringing up parked patrol, i only ask because i got a bunch of e-mail's regarding overtime. could you address that issue? and when do we use over time? >> the issues that were covered by "sf weekly," they come from -- in fact, the origin of those challenges with how overtime was assigned, it is important, particularly when you don't have enough resources. it has

there's a special city commission meeting this afternoon to formalize his resignation. first stepped down back in march after the controversy over the no arrest decision was, first came to light. we're also getting new documents about george zimmerman just hours after he was released on bail, and they give us a closer look at the prosecution's likely case against him. zimmerman's past arrest for assault. joining me no to discuss it, kimberly guilfoyle and fox news legal analyst, and mark ieg lahr,. so it appears that they have posted online a couple of the arrest documents and supporting evidence that was used back in 2005 against george zimmerman when he had a dust-up with his girlfriend, with his then-girlfriend, kimberly. my question to you is, what was her beef? what did we learn, and is this going to come into evidence against george zimmerman in this trial? >> if you do a comprehensive search into george zimmerman's criminal history and the background, there was this complaint filed against him, and a restraining order was requested by his fiancee against mr. zimm

. >> watch our local content vehicles next stop, exploring the history and culture of oklahoma city. special airings the weekend of may 5-6, on c-span2's book tv and american history tv on c-span3. >> an inspector general's report this month found excessive spending at an $800,000 general services administration conference outside las vegas. gsa administrator martha johnson resigned and was replace bid dan tangherlini. they both testified before a committee last week. >> mr. tangherlini, you're the new guy? >> yes, sir. >> i see no reason that you will not tell us the truth, therefore, we'll forego the swearing in. i'd ask unanimous consent our witness's full statement be included in the record without objection, so ordered. since your written testimony has been made part of the record the subcommittee would request that you limit your oral testimony to five minutes. mr. miller, since we've received your statement, unless you have anything further you would like to add at this time, we will ask mr. tangherlini to begin. mr. tangherlini. >> good morning, chairman dean ham, ranking member nort

. >> but the union president says that replacing truck sex with the city's only specialized rescue unit will leave this peninsula in south baltimore .nmanned and exposed progres a match to your backside for extra five minutes and see how that feels. >> it will close three fire companies, fire squad 11, truck 10, and truck 15. >> to permanently disband these companies is more efficient and easier to manage for the chiefs who have to do it day to day. >> no fire stations will be closed and there will be no layoffs. instead, the plan calls for a complex three deployment of resources, including reassignment for some 72 firefighters. >> we are taking some firefighters assigned in one company in one part of the city and placing them in other fire stations. >> but wreck hoffman and his rank-and-file are absolutely opposed. >> i think it is a ludicrous plan. i think we're playing a numbers game with people's lives. >> hoffman says he will fight to keep the rotating closures, calling the permanent plan a dangerous proposition. >> we are planning on the citizens' lives and the firefighters' lives

city. a special prosecutor in florida revealed today that the trayvon martin case will not go to a grand jury as originally planned. and today protesters outside of the police department in florida demanding that george zimmerman the arrested after completing a three march, many of the demonstrators said they were willing to be arrested to get their point across. >> to have a young man killed and 45 days later no one is held accountable, that is indicative that the system is broken. >> the decision to forgo the grand jury was unexpected but the federal prosecutor assigned to the case says that she is still pursuing the investigation. and this morning a judge set bail for the two suspects in the tulsa shooting spree. more than $9 million a piece. investigators believe that the two men were the gunman that killed three black victims last friday. one day before the incident on posted a racial slur on his visit patients at " i am gone in the head ". a deadly violence in syria now spilling over into neighboring countries. stray bullets hit homes in a refugee camp in turkey as government troops cla