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cooperate with people on making the flagpoles, the rainbow flag, and occasionally flying a new york state flag. they are not cooperating with us. and all but it is ok the public property has been handed to an organization. we are talking about harvey milk plaza. i assured that that symbolism around the world is a beacon of hope, a peaking of tolerance for gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgendered people. right now, because of --, nothing happened in the castro in solidarity with new york this weekend. shame. >> i have come to appeal to this body to get your people off of my back. they have been trying to incriminate me and criminalize me. my family has been under assault from my family has been under a major assault. i have a granddaughter to has been piqued, abused, neglected, terrorized. because of your people's decision that this person should be at the place that they were. this has been going on for two years. recently, they had to take that kid out of that house because of what was happening. i have been trying to relate to the people for the last three years. since it was me, it was over

as irene barrels towards the united states, flags now warn beach goers to stay away from rough waters. >> i heard it was going to be a dangerous hurricane. >> the impacts of a major hurricane as we well know many the carolinas down through florida can be really devastating. >> from the bahamas to florida, north carolina, and all the way to new england, the east coast is bracing for irene. >> up and down the eastern seaboard everybody has to be prepared. >> trying to get in a little bit of beach time before some rougher stuff comes in. >> it's already a major category three hurricane. forecasters say irene could reach category four status with winds of 100 miles per hour. >> we've gone through eight tropical storms this season. none of them became a hurricane. now we get a monster of a storm. >> north carolina governor warned people to get ready to get out. >> prepare, plan for the worst, and pray for the best. >> preparations on the island started this morning. the nation's capital is on alert for the storm. it could hit there over the weekend. so today officials are deciding whether

state. >>> six flags in vallejo is also hiring for halloween. additions for zombies, ghouls and other creatures to perform during the park's month-long fright fest were held yesterday. auditions continue next saturday. >>> clouds keep coming and going, and the next change should brighten things in the days to come. pinpoint forecast is coming up next. >>> plus, the music and dance of decades past. the big draw in one bay area city this weekend. ower p n]♪ >>> the unmistakable sound of power hour head lined the arts and soul festival today. thousands of people packed downtown streets to hear the oakland natives for the family-friendly festival, on about 10 blocks surrounding the oakland city center. >>> saw some blue skies out there, but it has been a cool summer so far. >> good news, those people were in short sleeved shirts, so warm enough to enjoy some of the sunshine and more of the short sleeved clothing over the next couple of days as we finally start to warm up. it's been cool all weekend long and gray. at the coastline, saw some drizzle.

. >>> back here in the u.s., it was a solemn day at the state capitol. flags flew at half staff to honor the soldiers when their helicopters was shot down including four native californians. one killed was 28-year-old petty officer derrick benson. he had within with the navy since 2001. in 2003 he became a navy s.e.a.l. 22 members aboard the chopper were s.e.a.l.s. a release the outpours of citizens from the government, community and the public is well beyond my ability to properly thaik. the naval special warfare community is deeply humbled and appreciative. >> topping our health watch, health insurance could bo lower for some californians on a new bill. the athe until would allow adults making between 15 and $22,000 a year to get health care coverage for $30 a month establishing a basic health care program in the state. a federally-funded program first introduced last year as the federal health care reform law. >>> millions of americans use mobile devices every day but a new study says reading text, watching movies and playing games on small, hand held scree

states. where flags are flying at michael strange's philadelphia home.fficer first class was serving his third tour in afghanistan. his father said his son loved his country, the service, and especially being a member of the elite seals. >> he was intense, he was funny, he had that dry humor, like seinfeld. >> reporter: aaron vaughn of tennessee was a member of the same seal team. he too was on that helicopter. his grandmother called him a proud father, and brave soldier. >> he was such a good boy and he loved his country enough to put his life on the line. >> reporter: john browne, a special forces medic, also grew up in the south. a childhood friend remembered him as a hero. >> i'm very proud of him, i'm proud to say that i'm a friend of his, and i'm gonna miss him tremendously. >> reporter: u.s. military sources say the seals were called in to help a team already under fire on the ground. though the taliban claims responsibility, u.s. officials have yet to confirm that. only saying the helicopter was shot down. drew levinson, cbs news. >> and the bodi

they were flagged down by a citizen who stated, they are shooting up there right now. as they pointed west on sunday dale avenue, instantly, the officers looked west and saw the suspect armed with an uzi-type assault weapon on the 1800 block. the officers saw the suspect had the weapon in both hands and was firing in the direction of a crowd of people. as the suspect fire the weapon, numerous people began running in various directions. officers could hear the shots being fired and could see smoke coming from the weapon. the suspect fired at least -- approximate three to four shots and then fired in the air. officer trail broadcast over the radio shots fired and a suspect description as numerous units responded. officers pulled up to the suspect, at which point the suspect notice the officers, and while fully armed, began running from the officers westbound on sunday dale avenue. officer obot pursue the suspect on foot while officers peregoy and trailed initially pursued from their vehicle. officer obot parallel the suspect on foot, ordering him to stop as the suspect r

>> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. president mazzucco: thank you. we will be taking roll call. president mazzucco, vice president marshall, here. commissioner dejesus is excused. commissioner chan, present. commissioner kingsley, present. commissioner slaughter is excused. commissioner terman is an excuse. you have a quorum. president mazzucco: thank you. thank you for being here tonight and welcome to the wednesday, august 3 san francisco police commission meeting. as you see we have four commissioners, barely a quorum and we may lose our quorum at some point we have a lot of business to get through. i appreciate you being here. we will start with a line item 1. we do have members of our community ambassador program that has been given a big lease on life by the board of supervisors and we have a presentation about them. we will move that up after public comment period that will move to line item 3. let's move on line item 1, the consent cale

>> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands up one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. it's >> i will be taking the roll-call of commissioners. president mazzucco: present. >> commissioner chan. commissioner chan: present. commissioner slaughter: present. >> you have a quorum. you have the chief of police. >> thank you very much. ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the wednesday, august 17 police commission. we have a very heavy agenda tonight. the highlight of the agenda will be the 100-day report. we will see what the statistics are. we appreciate you putting that together. with that in mind, let's move onto line item 1. >> it is a consent calendar to receive and file the occ's status report of proposals. >> commissioners, this item is in your packet. are there any questions or concerns or anything you need to address regarding best? -- this? >> you need an oral presentation of this so that you can ask them where we are. i move to accept this. >> do we have a second? >> second. >> i agree with commi

pledge of allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> ok. item a, approval of board minutes of the special meetings of july 19, 2011. august 2, 2011, august 16, 2011. is there a motion? >> so moved. >> second. >> ok. any corrections? roll call, please. >> thank you. ms. fewer? >> yes. >> ms. maufas, dr. murase? >> aye. >> ms. norton? >> yes. ms. wynns? >> aye on august 16, and abstain on july 19 and august 2. >> thank you. mr. yee? >> aye. >> ms. mendoza. ms. fan and ms. tom aren't in the room. ok. thank you. >> so let's move on to item b, which is the presentations to the board of education superintendent's report. superintendent garcia? >> good evening. it's really exciting to start another school year, a rip roaring opening of the school year again. i want to congratulate all the administrators, teachers, staff, and parents of all our great schools for a smooth opening of schools last week. i also want to thank our facilitie

i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable, the speaker, house of representatives, sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on august 2, 2011 at 9:35 a.m. that the senate passed without amendment, h.r. 2715, that the senate passed senate 1466, appointments, united states commission on civil rights, with best wishes, i am signed sincerely, karen l. haas the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 4, no legislative business will be conducted on this day, pursuant to section 3 of that resolution, the house stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on friday august 5, 2011. 60 votes are needed to pass and pass on to president obama. we will continue to follow this story and will bring you updates as they become available. right now, we are going to the

i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communicae senate. the clerk: washington d.c., august 2, 2011. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable jeanne shaheen, a senator from the state of new hampshire, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, i'll make a motion to concur on the house message to accompany s. 365, the legislative vehicle for the debt limit compromise. the time until noon will be equally divided and controlled for debate. at noon the senate will conduct a roll call vote on the motion to concur on the house message with a 60-vote threshold. i ask unanimous consent that an intern in senator bingaman's office, trey debrian be granted floor privileges during today's

well, until north dakota fixes their constitution, they are not a state, so it is time to update the flag. just get out my official flag updater. take it out there. check the sampler lid. okay. alabama. arkansas. arizona. california, north dakota. there you go. all right. just one, two, three, four, put that right there. okay. to denote their non-official status, i have added an asterisk to this star right there. [laughter and applause] that means... that means it's either illegitimate or has taken steroids. i'm looking at you, alaska. who me? i've just been working out a lot. bull [bleeped]. next. i've said it before, weather men have a liberal agenda. why else is the weather map a gay pride flag? and now there is a whole new kind of subversive weather blowing into arizona. >> today's word of the day that you must know is haboob. >> official term is haboob. >> haboob. >> haboob -- h after h-b-o-o-b is an arabic name for an intense sand storm. >> stephen: haboob. this is america, bring us the forecast in weather. which brings us to number, two sharia weather. folks, i think it's bad enoug

conservative politicians or who embrace the religious right or of religion and we've the flags of the united states and christianity simultaneously and yet you just quoted from matthew twenty five it's the it's the core essence of christianity was the one time in the bible when the disciples came to jesus said how do we get into heaven you know feed the poor heal the sick if you visit those in prison tom one of the things you should know him in the book i wrote every time i use the religious right i always put the radical religious right or the conservative right there are a number of evangelicals who have read the bible literally enough to discover god cares about poor people and there are a number of evangelicals who have been heroes of mine who have discovered god cares about all of planet earth and once to be stewards of the fragile planet and that voice is very weak now the major denominations are so busy putting themselves together that they are failing really to stand up and speak out with with a moral voice so what we did last week and they returned the capital was simply get eleven religio

flag. this is libyan state-run television. for months they've been broadcasting gadhafi's haranging speeches against the forces and, yes, that is one of their news anchors brandishing a gun on television. warning the anti-gadhafi rebels they'll never win and never take control of that libyan-state run television. libyan state-run television is now effectively gone. this is the last thing they were showing before they went off the air. a libyan version about "the view." then it ended abruptly. went black. and later replaced by this. a pro-rebel news network in qatar, in the process of interviewing a rebel who claimed to be calling into the station from inside the libyan state tv building. part of what happened in libya over the last 24 hours has been the exaulting to the fighters who have been engaged in this uprising for five months now. >>. >> i don't know how to express myself but i can tell everybody who is free in the world, libya is free finally. and she's back for her son after 42 years of kidnapping. >> reporter: do you

flag? i'll report on the push for a 51st state. >>> i'll introduce you to four friends who've made an extraordinary agreement. >>> find out how a simple bottle of water can save your life.ws >>> don't look now, but you're under attack -- by advertisers. we'll show you how to handle the bombardment to buy, buy, buy. >>> and much more, next on "teen kids news." >>> welcome to "teen kids news." i'm mwanzaa. >> and i'm jessica. here's our top story for this week. >> a new state has not joined the usa since our grandparents were kids. it was a very big deal when hawaii came on board in 1959. will we see history like that made again in our own lifetime? nicole has the story. >> christopher columbus discovered it on his second voyage to the new world. spain claimed the land and named it puerto rico, meaning rich port. the spanish influence can be seen in the architecture and in the language spoken here. but the people of puerto rico have been u.s. citizens since 1917, even though it is not a state. >> puerto rico is a territory of the united states. we are american citizens by birth, yet we cannot vote fo

flag. this is libyan state-run television. for months they have been broadcasting moammar gadhafi's almost daily speeches against the forces who have been rising up against him. in this instance, what you see here, yes, that is one of their news anchors brandishing a gun on television warning the rebels they will never win and they will never take control of that state-run television station. libyan state-run television is now effectively gone. this was the last thing that they were showing before they went off the air. it is sort of a libyan-version of "the view." it's a program about women's issues, then it went black. it was later replaced by this, a pro-rebel news network based in qatar, a network that was in the process of interviewing a rebel who claimed to be calling into the station from a cell phone from inside the libyan state tv building. part of what has happened in libya over the last 24 hours has been the exulting you would expect from not just ordinary libyan citizens happy for the toppling of the dictatorship i

alliances, and now the slave trade was continued almost solely by the united states because they all flew the american flag>> guest: -- >> host: this book has got a huge kaleidoscope of characters from every level of society, from the queen, prince albert, the british government, american government, down to ordinary soldiers, people in both societies, and one of the interesting groups -- it's an amazing piece of research. i commend you for that and somehow keeping track of it and putting them together in a good story. the narrative is fascinating. one of the groups in here, little known, i suppose, to most readers is the british correspondents or journalists who were reporting the war. i guess the first question is today we have the internet, everything is instan tape yows. something happens in the world, within ten minutes, everybody knows. how long did it take news from the civil war in america to get to great britain? >> guest: in general, it took about two weeks. >> host: two weeks. it was not instantaneous at all. >> guest: no, it wasn't. in an emergency london get get a message to washington by 10 a

meant that the slave trade was o now being continued almost solely by the united states because they flew the american flag. >> host: right. one of the things that our conversation, i think, will reveal to those watching is that this book has got a gigantic kaleidoscope of characters and people both at every level of society from the queen and prince albert to the british government, the american government down to ordinary soldiers and people in both societies. and be, um, one of the interesting groups -- so it's an amazing piece of research. i mean, i commend you for just -- >> guest: oh, thank you. >> host: and also for somehow keeping track of them and putting them together in a cohesive story. so the narrative is fascinating. one of the groups that pops up in here, little known, i suppose, to most readers will be these british correspondents or journalists who were reporting the war. i guess the first question is, you know, today we have the internet, everything is instantaneous, right? something happens in the world, within ten minutes everybody seems to know. how long did it take news from the civil

. >> reporter: nationwide, they tore moammar gadhafi's old green flag and paraded the rebels tri-colored banner. nearly all signs of state control here on gone. libyan government tv is off the air. but away from the celebrations, tripoli is still at war. >> there's many snipers from gadhafi. >> reporter: the rebels hold about 90% of the city but don't control gadhafi's compound, fortified like an army base. we're just about 300 yards from zbad dafgadhafi's compound, it't the end of this street. loyalists inside have been firing tank and mortars to defend it, making a final stand. its unclear if gadhafi is still inside, his whereabouts unknown. >> even his big corps and his army, they lose control. >> reporter: rebels are preparing to take the compound and have it surrounded. a day that began with such joy, ended with the realization these rebels still have fighting to do. and, brian, the rebels here are already changed the name from green square to martyr square. >> richard, gadhafi has said, actually rather recently, that if it came to it, he would die in libya as a martyr, is there any reason not to take him at his w0r

tim, alienated him so that he is now in an embittered peridots state, criticizing our country's strategy, undermining our appointments, flaggingreign ambassadors. we continue to give him money. he does not have to be a great -- what you should be doing in this situation is deciding whether you think the guy should be president or not. if you think he should be, you trust him and support him, a delegate and let him run it as he wants to. and if you doubt you get rid of him. but the worst of all is to keep him and let him keep running for elections while potentially undermining and so you end up with the situation that the central core of the afghan government is not with our program. i went in with the british ambassador to see president cars i recently. he basically sat there for 25 minutes saying the counter insurgency strategy was a waste of time and we were alienating the afghan people and he could understand why people joined the taliban. he might be tempted to, too, if people went around behaving like that. the ambassador said to me, well, it seems like we agree. [laughter] so i don't really have an answer to that questio

states, canada and israel. they're medically supervised adventure will take them to six flags discovery kingdom, ranging waters, belly factory and circus show and more. fire department will welcome them this afternoon with water salute. it's free and sponsored by kids of courage. >>> a little bit of exercise could go a long way. the government recommends getting at least 2-1/2 hours of exercise week. for most of us that is a big job. study in journal "lancet" finds half that time offers significant benefit. researchers in south korea found 15 minutes of exercise a day can increase life expectancy by three years and cut risk of dying by 14%. they say every additional 15 minutes cuts risk of dieing from cancer by another 1%. while researchers have long known that physical activity has major benefit for the heart, until now no study had broken down exactly how much exercise was necessary. >> get up and move in the commercial breaks. we're all set. >> okay. >>> 4:56 now. next on abc7 news at 5:00 -- the swat team in the north bay under fire for letting children play with an assault weapon. >>> oakland police made a