after toppling gorbachev from power eight elite party officials designated themselves as the state emergency committee all television programming was replaced with tchaikovsky's ballet swan lake and committee members addressing the nation. their proclaimed political program has faded into memory but the trembling hands of state emergency committee chairman get now d.n.i. if with the most symbolic sign of the coup. tanks on moscow streets a coup in the world's biggest nuclear state. cnn's moscow correspondent allan o'connor had taken that day off she spent a whole year gathering the correct paperwork to adopt a russian girl called marina from a moscow orphanage on august the nineteenth one thousand nine hundred one the final meeting was shuttled in the meantime of course there were tanks. all over the streets and there was a huge line between me and why office so i was literally ran that story had a happy ending marina lived in russia with her new moment till she was nine then the entire o'connor family moved to the us marina remembers well the primary school she attended in russia and dreams of visiti

she was active in the emergency care service program and appeared before the united states senate committee advocating training for nurses. she retired after 19 years of service and worked an additional 12 years at various clinics in the southeast sector of the city. she served the catholic church, the community in various capacities. she was a member of the institute. she was dedicated to her family and the family of san francisco. she will be missed by all. supervisor alioto-pier: i have an in memoriam for gladys, too. i would like to be added to that as well. i think it would be nice if it came from the entire board. president chiu: without objection. supervisor alioto-pier: i would like to adjourn today is not onlauren of marie nelson -- today's meeting in honor of lauren marie nelson whose life was taken. she attended school and received a degree in communications from the university of colorado in 2004. after pursuing a career in marketing, she worked for notable firms in san francisco. besides being passionate about her work, she took on new challenges. she taught herself graphic and

emerging economies. and here are the economic indicators due out in the united states this week. the fed on tuesday will release the minutes from the last federal open market committeeeeting held in late september. they should give us a better understanding of the fed's decision to continue maintaining rates near zero to support the economy. the trade balance for august will come out on thursday. the trade deficit narrowed to $42.8 billion in july mainly because the weak economy hurt demand for imports but the markets are expecting the deficit to widen. the producer price and consumer price indices for september will be released on thursday and friday. both advanced in august and are expected to move up again in september. >>> next is a recap of the latest market figures. >> and that's all for now in "biz news." next is the weather forecast with saki ochi. >>> hi there. welcome to your world weather update. we're starting with a look at australia, where queens land towards the east here saw pretty stormy conditions on sunday and monday. here's a look at the situation on monday. this was from the coastline here. rough sea conditions still impacting the coastline of q

jon: joining us now on the phone texas state representative aaron pena he serves on the committee on emergency preparedness. as we said, mr. pena the mexican authorities are calling into question her story. do you have any doubts about what she has told police? >> i have no doubts, jon. first of all the people that i know and trust who know her quite well tell me that she is quite credible. the circumstances are such that it appears as though she was in fear. there was a witness, an eyewitness who saw it occur. this is not something that is out of the ordinary. i mean, we've had these sort of violent attacks on the border for a while now, so i find her to be very credible. jon: well and the mexican authorities have not been able to find his body, and you get the impression that they haven't really looked all that hard. >> that is the impression that we're getting on this side of the river. we are imploring the mexican government, or the people involved to hand over the body to this young widow so that she can bury her husband and they can mourn. jon: because he was jetskiing with his wife, hel

state of emergency. the institution does not function, does not deliberate, and seems incapable of acting on the will of the people. from the floor to the committeeevel, the integrity of the house has been compromised. the battle of ideas, the very lifeblood of the house is virtually nonexistent. leaders overreach because the rules allow them to. legislators duck their responsibilities because the rules help them to. and when the rules don't suit the majority's purposes, they are just ignored. there's no accountability, and there are no consequences. whether we here in washington believe this or not, the people clearly do. >> reporter: to improve accountability, boehner called for a radical change in the way congress handles its bread and butter-- appropriations. >> most spending bills come to the floor prepackaged in a manner that makes it as easy as possible to advance government spending and programs, and as difficult as possible to make cuts. again, this is not a new problem. but if we're serious about confronting the challenges that lie ahead for our nation, it's totally inadequate. i propose today a different approach. let's do away with th

emergency transponders prior to the disaster. >> to meantime, more help can be on the way, to state senate committees will provide legislation to disaster relief for residents that are affected by the disaster. the bill will continue to allow property tax exemption for home owners who would have qualified for that exemption if their home had not been destroyed and tax payers can't deduct income lost and additional tax is applied to the county and the local school. the city leaders are wondering why the federal government says they will not give up more money for the cleanup and recovery effort and they're disappointed with the managers that to date will not deal to cover the cost. they have one rejection letter and it is insulting. >> there is for serious people burned in an hospital still. it bothers me. the monetary thing is one thing and on the other thing is an and emotional level. >> gov schwarzenegger does plan to appeal the finding as it is the city's bills that are rolling in. the disaster has so far cost $50 million in damage. >> what can be and they denounced and in face puckered will have details coming up. this is m

state of emergency. the institution does not function or deliberate and seems incapable of acting on the american people. from the floor of the house to the committeeel, the integrity of the house has been compromised. the battle of ideas, the very lifeblood of the house, is virtually nonexistent. leaders overreach because the rules allow them to. legislators dodge their responsibilities, because the rules allow them to. there's no accountability. there are no consequences. whether we hear in washington believe it or not, the american people clearly do. think about our constant flounding of the rules and compare it to a small business owner in arica who has to spend his or her day complying with all of the mandates and regulations that the government from here in washington sends down to them. this function in congress inot new. both parties share the blame for this. but the dysfunction has now reached the tipping point at a point at which none of us can crediblely deny that that it's having a negative effect on the people that we serve. and consider this -- this is the first time since the enactment of the budget resolution in 1974 that the house

state of emergency. the institution does not function, does not deliberate and seems incapable of acting on the will of the american people. from the floor of the house to the committeeevel, the integrity of the house has been compromised. the battle of ideas, the very lifeblood of the house, is virtually not existent. leaders overreach because the rules allow them to. legislators abduct their responsibilities because the rules help them to. and when the rules don't suit the majority's purposes, they're just ignored. there's no accountability. there are no consequences. whether we hear in washington believe it or not, the american people clearly do. think about our constant flounding of the rules and compare it to a small business owner in america who has to spend his or her day complying with all of the mandates and regulations that the government from here in washington sends down to them. this function in congress is not new. both parties share the blame for this. but the dysfunction has now reached the tipping point at a point at which none of us can crediblely deny that that it's having a negative effect on the people that we serve. and consider this -- this is

state of emergency. the institution does not function, does not deliberate, and seems incapable of acting on the will of the american people. from the floor of the house to the committee level, the integrity of the house had been compromised. the battle of ideas, the very lifeblood of the house, is virtually nonexistent. leaders overreach because the rules allow them to. when the rules don't supermajorities purposes, they are just ignored. there is no accountability, there are no consequences, whether we here in washington believe it or not, the american people really do. compare it to a small-business owner in america who has to spend his day complying with all the mandates and regulations that the government sends down to them. . . both parties share the blame for this. but the dysfunction has now reached the tipping point at a int at which none of us can crediblely deny that that it's having a negative effect on the people that we serve. and consider this -- this is the first time since the enactment of the budget resolution in 1974 that thhouse has not passed a budget resolution. this is the first congress in our history that has not allowed one bill to come to th