means some farmers have faced less-than- ideal growing conditions: "(sot 1:15:19) (ron binaghi of stokes farm, nj) the ground was like powdered sugar when you walk on it. it was brown powdered sugar. // (1:17:28) no i don't think it s been worse. bay area firefighters took up the challenge today to raise today to raise money for some worthy causes. some walked, others ran up all 48 floors of the transamerica building this morning. they raised money for three local organizations that work on the treatment and recovery of burn victims. additional money was raised for their own toy drive. some climbed the stairs in full gear, which adds about 50 pounds to their load. climbers said it was worth the challenge. " i'm pretty sure i ...when i m done (laughing) 3:15:02 " although it wasn't a race, the first person to finish did get a trophy. they're not as popular as the x- games but the u- games might be catching on. about 100 unicyclists participated today in both fun and competitive rides around several downtown san francisco streets. a small group of fans cheered them on as they passed by. .

party anymore legitimacy in the eyes of tibetans, or will it still got more resentment -- or will it stoke more resentment? we were escorted by police while a huge military convoys rumbles along the mountain roads. it gives the impression chinese authorities are nervous. this is what they wanted us to say. disconnects beijing and it cost billions. -- this can? beijing and it cost billions. the economy has ground 10% a year. i tried to talk to ordinary tibetans. security men were everywhere. excuse me -- excuse me. excuse me. i just want to talk -- excuse me. the official line is tibetans are happy with their lot. >> all ethnic groups, especially tibetans, and benefited from the progress and any 60 years since liberation. people are enjoying the best position they have ever had. they love china and the communist party. >> when we went out of our hotel at night, we were followed. some tibetans said they did not like chinese rule and that ethnic chinese are taking their jobs and were not free to worship the dalai lama. but all were too fearful to show their faces on camera. >> [speaking chine

with a recovery appearing to be losing stream, today's gdp number is widely expected to stoke concerns the u.s. could be heading into a double dip recession. >>> consumer staples were hammered thursday. kellogg lowered its guidance after reporting a lackluster second quarter, shares fell almost 7%. colgate-palmolive shares sank thursday after posting revenue below expectations and a lower forecast, mainly thanks to its largest latin american market, venezuela, devaluing its currency. >>> on the plus side, southwest airlines, the nation's biggest discount airline, beat analysts' expectations. and elsewhere, walt disney is selling miramax films to film yard holding investor group for about $660 million, ending a 17-year association with the studio. miramax says the oscar film library is full of prestigious films like "goodwill hunting." elsewhere, citigroup will pay $75 million to settle civil charges that it mislead investors about its sub prime mortgages in 2007. >>> and toyota is recalling -- again, this time nearly half a million cars, most of them large sedans sold in the u.s. for p

you know, i just remember the highlights and being so stoked. >> look at that big front-side 540 snailch. oh, lands that clean with the grab! >> another olympic run from teter! >> i was basically like, i can't believe i just friggin' did that! >> hannah teter is the gold medalist. >> torino was amazing. i did everything i wanted to do. >> there's a 900! whoa, unbelievable! bleiler goes ballistic! gretchen bleiler, a silver medal. >> it was just -- it was magic. >> heading into my last run in torino, i was sitting in fourth place. i had just gotten bumped out of the medal position. i knew what i had to do to win that event. i knew i was going to go for it, and that's just what i did. >> front side 900 -- oh! kelly clark sits on her landing. >> yeah, she was just flying so high and doing so well. i would have definitely probably been a happy second placer if she had landed that. you know, watching hannah and watching gretchen stand up on that podium, that was an amazing thing to watch as a friend. snowboarding's such a different sport than any sport out there because you are competing wi

and very often, the very same commentators that are stoking that fear are also selling these coins. >> reporter: who are you talking about? >> well, you know, a lot of attention has been paid to my conflict with glenn beck on this and he's very big, a giant audience. but he's not alone. >> reporter: the goldline website features a who's who of conservative commentators who endorse the company. including former presidential candidate fred thompson. >> our choice for gold is goldline. >> reporter: former presidential candidate mike huckabee. >> the people at goldline will explain just how easy it is for you to buy gold. >> reporter: and most prominently, glenn beck. >> good enough for glenn beck, good enough for you. 866-goldline. >> there is an unholy alliance, i call it, between the commentators on fox news and fox news' advertising policies to sell ads to these guys. >> reporter: fox news says it has never received a single complaint about goldline. and on his fox program, beck said, wiener was engaging in mccarthy-like tactics and said the investigation he conducted was a joke. >> t

we've been saying that for years his policies are really on on work the ball and that all he did was stoke the biggest bubble in history and particularly after nine eleven they brought interest rates down to levels that increased the borrowing spigot to levels now that only finance this surveillance state top secret america fourth branch of government state and did absolutely nothing for the general population and now finds itself in the vast majority of states coast to coast in negative equity what they did with that borrowed money going to the housing market and now they're getting. the housing market was used to collateralize these debts into all these derivatives which were then sold to europe which. kept this ponzi scheme stealing from the american population going so american banks sold us junk to europe thus continuing the whole ponzi for another three or four years after tom olt debt worries ease in europe just two months ago europe's sovereign debt problem seemed grave enough to imperil the global economic recovery now at least some investors are treating it as the crisis that was

board member carol ward allen stoke about how b.a.r.t. is responding to the shooting. allen is the director of b.a.r.t. police review committee. she said the agency has learned from the oscar grant incident and is making every effort to make information about today's shooting out to the public as quickly as possible. >> we pro actively will put out press releases along with the oakland police department and we are working in concert with other agencies and making sure that we get the information to citizens so that we are accountable and transparent in our activity. >> allen also called the shooting, quote, a tragic event in every respect for everyone involved. its consequences are irreversible and she extended b.a.r.t.'s condolences to the man's family. >> next year oakland police will have more oversight on b.a.r.t. officers. the bill's author, assembly man swanson of alameda homes that he hopes that more oversight will help improve b.a.r.t.'s image. >> it's about restoring confidence in a b.a.r.t. system, b.a.r.t. police officers that serve b.a.r.t. >> the bill was

to stoke them. at first, hayward, an engineer gachs.ining, emerged as earnest, but prone to gaffes. >> i think the environmental impact of this disaster has been asry, very modest. ry reporter: but there was one o sealeems to seal his fate. >> no one wants this thing over more than i do. i'd like my life back. >> you need to be charged with a ack. ! >> reporter: after testifying before congress, open hostility >> r mosme epidemic. >> mr. hayward, you're not taking responsibility. you're kicking the can down the you're kic oad and acting as if you have have g to do with the company. >> reporter: hayward's dodging didn't help matters. didn't help part of the decision-making process on this f the ss on this : after that, he was eporter: after t front lines, sent back to england and promptly, sp promptly spotted on his yacht. if if forced out, he would take his salary and pension worth over $18 million. but here in the gulf, the anger lingers. >> i don't think he was the ight man for the job. wishyou kn

i thought i'd really think that thrilled you know why do you like you are getting bigger are you stoked on that i don't i don't think this is a debate topic i think we should all just go to the beach right now and. really explore why are we even talking about this like it's a national crisis all right somebody get a van together yeah we need to talk about this in person i think missing the beauty behind you know most of that was the grab it we all the lower this is a natural part of evolution perhaps is that women's breasts get larger and this is a graphic to weather but nicer to this if you ever heard of them or what it was but you didn't because this is a this is a great graphic when i was home can we put this out directors. like a lotus sticker on there and they're also being very well getting with that the entire world there's no wonder you would not want the negative angle on big breasts are right now in my segment and since jim since our right ok and enough of your thank you very much we're all done with you our direct tweet of the day we just discussed the report from australian

it is always something that gets stoked by hatred.eople that need to blame somebody, jews are a convenient target because they are very visible. very high profile in the city. >> reporter: via grash the director of the anti-semitic league. says it's all about education. more and more education at home and in the schools. reporting live here in san francisco, mike mibach. ktvu channel u channel 2 news. >>> a coalition has come up with the best strategy for global warming initiative. power plants and then extending to large industrial producers and transportation. the goal is to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 15% below 2005 levels and they hope to accomplish that within the next 10 years. >>> fire crews are battling an out of control fire which has already destroyed several buildings and is damaging several homes. the bull fire broke out yesterday north of corinville. firefighters say more than 5,000 acres have burned so far. six homes have been destroyed near the current river. thousands more and a near by juvenile detention center ha

. >> we are finally on our way to antarctica, yeah, we are all stoked, yes. >> quite frankly i don'te what people think about what we do. they can criticize us all they want. but their opinions mean nothing to me. >> larry: bob, how did you connect with the whale group? i see you with animals, i don't see you with whales? >> well i have a dear friend, named nancy burnett, who is a leading animal rights activist in the country. she is a long time admirer of sea shepherd. she has mentioned them several times. but this year she heard that they needed a new ship and she called me, she said, you ought to talk with paul watson. and help them out. so paul and i met. and i was very impressed with him as i am sure you are. and i -- listened to what had to say about what he needed and he explained as he has to you today, he explained to me that he was trying to sink the japanese whaling fleet economically. and he said, if i had $5 million, i could do it. and i said, all right you, have $5 million. let's do it. and he has had a great year. they made no money. >> larry: the price is right. have

sharon wilson and james stokes, and dennis quarter.eeply and they invested so much pro bono in taking care of alex. and he also had such a bond. two of those attorneys have passed away. but sharon wilson is still doing great work in

sharon wilson and james stokes and dennis quarter. deeply, and they invested so much pro bono in taking care of alex. and he absolutely had such a bond. two of those attorneys have passed away. but sharon wilson is still doing great work in pensacola. >> larry: thank you. thank you very much. thanks, jayne weintraub. thanks, deepak. best of luck to you, alex. >> thank you. >> larry: keep in to

and those concerns were only stoked by publication of an abc news/"washington post" poll this week that said voters favored republicans over democrats in the battle for congress. as the story persisted, gibbs looked to reframe the matter, predicting at wednesday's press briefing that democrats would hold onto their majorities in both houses. >> there are a whole host of issues that will be worked on in the next couple weeks that will highlight the choices that voters will have. and i think... i think in that choice, we are going to do very well. and i have said throughout this, i think we will retain the house and the senate. >> holman: by thursday, it seemed the white house and pelosi were on better terms, although she still lamented gibbs's comment. >> the president's message that we are not going back is the message of the democrats in congress, as well. so i don't see a problem. i think the comment was unfortunate. >> holman: meanwhile, house republicans looked to take advantage of the spat. their leader john boehner went so far as to say a "full-scale civil war" had erupted among d

and patiently supported the families of our fallen with stoke grace.grew ever more difficult and deadly, anney's quiet courage gave me strength i never otherwise would have found. it's an axiom in the army that soldiers write the checks but families pay the bills, and war increases both the accuracy of that statement and the cost families pay. in a novel based objective history, steven press field captured pointianly just how important families were and i believe are today. facing an invading persian army under king zerk as i, a small force was stonet buy time by defending a pass at they are moply and were led by spartans. the mission was desperate and death for the 300 certain. before he left to lead them, the spartan king, explained to one of the spartan wives how hi had selected the 300 from an entire army famed for its professionalism, courage and dedication to duty. i chose them not for their valor, lady, but for that of their women. greece stands now upon her most perilous hour. if she saves herself, it will not be at the gates. death alone await

alumna abusaba de ella y le quitaba su merienda Ía tras Ía.algunos tambÉn se burlaban de "ziainey stokesuela siempre me ayudÓ pero ssiempre fue una dificultad conmigo. >> desde cuÁndo fue una parte crucial para la meta que tÚ tenÍas? >> cuando entrÉ yo nunca habÍa entrado a un lugar tan bonito, tan... tan grande. y bueno. me ayudÓ ver que hay cosas mÁs mejores en el mundo y me ayudÓ a superar todas las situaciones que yo habÍa visto cuando yo estaba mÁs pequeÑo. y ahora me graduÉ y feliz del mundo. >> quÉ terminaste? >> dos becas de historia y otro de etnicidad. >> tenemos a brenda lee que nos va a contestar algunas cosas. >> un gran porcentaje de alumnos hispanos abandonan la universidad y sin diploma. >> el cambio de la escuela superior a la universidad a veces le toma por sorpresa. tiene que tener mucho tezÓn para manejar el estrÉs y el trabajo y el estudio y las tentaciones. >> hay un factor asÍ que los muchachos cuando salen de la escuela superior se sienten un tanto intimidados por la universidad. >> totalmente, hay que verlo. hay que verlo como una oportunidad. conocer gente, desa

and often, the same commentators that are stoking that fear are also selling these coins. >> reporterck told us, he believes in goldline. and points to its a-plus rating from the better business bureau. fox news says it has never received a single complaint about goldline. and goldline remains a prominent advertiser on the network, despite the ongoing investigations in los angeles and by congress, which now plans hearings in the coming weeks. george? >> brian, thanks. >>> we're joined by the executive vice president of goldline, scott carter. thanks for flying in for this. >> thanks for having me. >> let's begin with the two allegations at the heart of the investigation. that your salespeople made false and misleading statements during the pitch. a and that that steer people to buy the gold coins instead of bullion. brian ross talked to someone who said that's how they're trained. >> that's not accurate. we sell tens of millions of dollars of not only gold bouillon, of coins of collector value. and the ultimate decision is to the consumer that is calling us. there's features and benef

around 1992, when i was doing one of my appropriations hearings with congressman stokes, who i believe was the chairman at the time, brought to my attention he felt this was incorrect at arlington cemetery and asked to us change the head stones from flat markers back to upright head san antonios, which we d at the same time, he asked us to look at the trees at the cemetery. the trees had been loy allowed to grow all the way to the ground. so you had branches that want ground over head stone, covering head stones and such and we changed the maintenance cycle at the cemetery and lifted the trees up to about a six foot height so could you walk under a tree and tree limbs would no longer be bowing down over the headstones. so all that was accomplished between 1993, 1994 in section 27 today receives every bit of maintenance as any other section of the cemetery. >> thank you for those response. >> you're welcome. >> madam chairman, thank you for holding this hearing. >> mr. higginbotham, when did you first realize there were mismarked graves, unmarked graves and improperly marked graves at a

familiarities of the case, but it just seems to be something i find repugnant, as we are trying to stoke the fears of white racism because we have a black president and it is really, really repugnant and abhorrent, what we republicans are doing. host: they initially said that the person resolved -- involved should resign at the naacp, but now that they have reviewed the full tape, smoking -- spoken to the speaker, "we believe that the organization that edited document did so with it the intention of deceiving millions of americans fear " vernon, tuscaloosa, alabama. -- americans." vernon, tuscaloosa, alabama. caller: every time that something like this happens, especially the talk shows in the mornings, they never, ever ever look for anything truthful. the first live that got everything started was the police in cambridge. when they found out they had lied about it, another word was not spoken about it. no. 2, this man from the tea party made up, made his own tape that was a lie. everyone jumped to a conclusion. i know about black farmers who have lost their land. this woman was part of

is it stoking up tensions? >> we are very worried about it. the secretary and others have made clear they were very concerned about the transfer of weapons from syria to lebanon. we made this point to the syrian and the lebanese government that the transfer of weapons can only to stabilize the security situation, and that we very much they it is not in either nation's interest to add fuel to the fire. and transfer weapons that may lead to greater instability and security in the region. this is something that concerns us. and we raised it in our diplomatic discussions with both the syrian and lebanese governments. >> ok, let's go to the audience. three requests. first, wait for the microphone. identify yourself. and actually ask a question, which means you have to have a question mark at the end of year sentence. >> thank you very much. you said something that was very compelling. [unintelligible] for the strategic interest of the united states in having a very strong relationship with israel and security, your also twice referred to the compre

iran's pursuit of a nuclear program undermines stability and stokes fear across the region. the brutal tactics and human rights ases of the government of iran in its efforts to silence the voices of the people of iran are also of deep concern. as the new bilateral and multi-lateral sanctions regime are implemented, it will be critical to continue to work th other countries in the region on robust sanctions enforcement. we expect general mattis to keep us informed on a regular basis of events occurring relative to iran. general mattis, we appreciate the sacrifices that you have already made in the service of our country. we thank you in advance for your willingness to bear the burden of continued service. senator mccain. >>hank you, mr. chairman, and thank you, mr. chairman, for holding this timely hearing, and hopefully we can move general mattis' nomination as quickly as possible so he can get to work. we're pleased to hear testimony from general mattis as we consider his nomination to be commander of u.s. central command. general mattis is one of america's most accomplishe