sullivan jail, the very jail named after him. miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >>> new fallout from the attack yesterday on the british embassy in tehran. today the uk ordered the embassy closed. they pulled their people out, ordered all iranian diplomats out immediately. >>> and a history-making visit by secretary of state hillary clinton to myanmar, the first visit to that repressive regime by a top u.s. official in more than half a century. there have been some signs of reform recently. secretary clinton says she is there to see how real they are. vice president biden is on a visit to iraq just a few weeks before u.s. troops there complete their withdrawal. among the more than 1 million americans who have now served in iraq over the past eight years, biden's own son bo and the delaware national guard. ann curry is with us tonight from baghdad. ann, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. vice president biden is marking the final weeks of the eight-year u.s. war in iraq. he's saying the obama administration is fu

so, emma sullivan, what have you learned?i've definitely learned the power of social media for sure. i've learned that people will see what i said and my words do have an impact and that everyone's voice will eventually probably be heard. >> emma, let's go back to your tweet. why did you tweet that in the first place? why did you think that about the governor? >> it was a decision on my own part to kind of joke around with friends. i didn't mean to get his attention or to cause an uprise like it has, just i wanted to, y you know, continue the conversation with my friends. we were all standing around joking around, kind of saying things they would like to say. it was kind of spur of the moment. >> so it was a joke with friends, but, guys, let's pull the tweet up again because given some of the words -- have you ever met the governor? did you have any kind of conversation with him while you were there last week to at all prompt you to tweet this? >> i follow his policies, and my sisters does regularly, too, and she keeps me upd

but sullivan refused she tweeted i've decided not to write the letter but i hope this opens the door for average citizens to voice their opinion and to be heard emma received tremendous support all across the internet for standing by what she said and i believe we can thank occupy wall street for that young people across america are becoming more politically conscience conscious which means whether that means camping out near city hall or just feeling the power to tweet that your governor blows and these people feel many for the first time but there are support networks which give them the power to say no to stand up for what they believe no matter how powerful those who believe the opposite are in the end eighteen year old high school student emma sullivan stared down governor sam brownback and it was governor brownback who flinched today the governor released a statement saying maher's stuff overreacted to those tweet and for that our apologize freedom of speech is among all our most treasured freedoms for the first time in a really really long time i think the future of america is

last week emma sullivan was on a school field trip.t that event sullivan tweeted that she just made mean comments at governor and told him he sucked. one of the governor staff members saw the tweet and called the school and the principal demanded that the girl write a letter to apologize. he said in a statement my staff overreacted. freedom of speech is among our most treasured freedoms. sullivan is off the hook on the letter for the apology. the school system said she does not have to write it. >>> i hope you enjoyed that picture perfect weather because you knew it wasn't going to last. when the weather takes a turn for the worst in the forecast. schools trying to help out food pantries have their donations denied. what one congressman is doing to try to change that. it's up next. >>> you would think that school programs to help a local food pantry would receive praise from county officials. instead they shut them down this year siting food safety guidelines. now as peggy fox reports the pantry is hoping an act of congress could help.

in reality sullivan made such -- no such comments. but it sparked a firestorm.overnor's office contacted the school. the principal ordered sullivan to write a letter of apology. >> he had to do a bunch of damage control. >> today the governor says his staff overreacted. the school does not plan to punish sullivan. >>> you can get a holiday experience in prime time. dr. seuss kicks off tonight at 8:00. >>> never to read about the governor. -- tweet about the governor. >> especially not words like that. >> good afternoon. we are learning new details about the weekend brawl outside the dupont circle restaurant. how police are trying to track down the suspected killer in the case and wide restaurant has become notorious. some items of interest in the race to the white house. we will take a look at how democrats are going after it mitt romney. >>> let's get an update on the weather. >> it is not going to come until tomorrow. cloudy skies moving and. very mild temperatures. this is the view from the top of the space lab in frederick. we will put the camera and a motio

march, which it sullivans march, just south of market. not only did it solidify and saddle, but when the ground slopes, and actually flows and moves latterly. some areas of mission creek and sullivan's marsh, that was on the order of 15 feet. it was significant. everything you see south of market was built after the 1906 earthquake. the longer the time between the 1906 earthquake and the time of construction, the more likely people forgot about all the damage that occurred in 1906. so they were not as sensitive and perhaps cautious as they should be. many of these buildings that we see south of market, while they appear to be in excellent shape and are performing well, have not been either seismically strengthened or had at the subsurface conditions improved, so they are waiting. there could be significant damage during the next major earthquake. >> that reminds me of one of the central questions i wanted to ask you. which is this example relief focuses on the point. that is, what would you recommend for someone who is considering purchas

andrew sullivan, welcome. >> thank you, howie. >> you are a conservative. wrote a book called "the conservative soul." yet, you've been vitriolic toward the republican party. what explains that? >> because i'm still a conservative, and they're not. >> they're not? >> well, no. i think if you -- if you look at what they're saying, which is that really the most of major institutions in this country and government should be exploded, i mean, should be sdproi be destr get rid of traditions like medicare, cut it off with a voucher system or preemptive war again iran which, again, violate most conservative ideas, the idea that you can't defeat and cut the budget deficit without raising taxes at all is not a very conservative position. i mean, it's a very anti-tax, anti-government position. it isn't a conservative one. if you define conservative as liking the status quo, as wanting it to be limited government but understanding there are two parties in the system, a little give and take, compromise. none of that is on display at all. >> you don't mince words. after

sullivan and the quantum levitator! [cheers and applause] this say quantum leavation device, correct. >> it is indeed >> stephen: nation, as i'm sure you know, "quantum levitation" refers to the phenomenon whereby the magnetic flux lines flowing through a type-two superconductor are pinned in place despite the electromagnetic forces acting upon them. i learned that from the inside of a snapple cap. [ laughter ] dr sullivan, can you confirm that if my ice cream quantum levitates, it will be the ice cream of the future? >> absolutely. that's just science. [cheers and applause] >> stephen: excellent! here we have some of my americone dream. it's available in mini cups which is jimmy's is not. okay? and i can confirm that it is delicious. now, are you ready to send my ice cream into the future? ice cream of the future, engage! it levitated. it levitated. oh, jimmy, look. look, jimmy it's levitating. [cheers and applause] eat it, falon. eat the future! we'll be right back. hit it! [cheers and applause] [cheers an] >> stephen

emma sullivan posted the message "just made mean governments to governor brownback and told him he sucked in person." on a field trip to the state capitol. on the governor's steps she told the school and now the principal she won't send him an apology. >> he said i needed to do damage control and i needed to fix this. >> sullivan is still deciding whether to write the governor that letter of apology. >>> a dramatic rescue on an l.a. area freeway. strangers rushing to the aid of three people pinned under a pickup truck that rolled over on i-10. the california highway patrol made it to the scene just as several drivers lifted the truck and pulled the female passenger out to safety. no word on her condition but a lucky woman. >> lucky they stopped for her. >>> the fresh grocer on the hunt for something green, coming up. >> plus, men behaving badly. what happens when an old football rivalry won't die. >> and reminder, if you have a consumer problem or question, call 888-5-helps-you, volunteers standing by. keurig has a wide variety of gourmet coffee and tea to choose from. keurig is the way t

if we're going to have a city that is safe, sullivan, and successful, we need to invest in our residentsnd our businesses right here in our city. what i am going to do is help the staff run through this. because if they can keep up with the slides, you will see pictures of the things i am talking about. hopefully that will resonate with you as i summarized the things we're doing in our business world and in our decision making good that is what jobs and business climate are my top priorities. that means creating and retaining jobs, and creating the conditions for businesses to start here, stay here, and took root -- and to grow right here in san francisco. in our current economic state, in august, the unemployed married in san francisco fell a little bit, to 8.8%, from 9.1% in july. this is still the third lowest in california, and we can and we will do better. the good news is that san francisco is resilient. and we proved that we are competing and winning businesses, even in these tough economic times. san francisco is home to more than 1500 technology companies. 74 life science compan

future electability by crashing the economy here offer his take is conservative commentator david sullivan david welcome back program hey thanks for having me it's always a pleasure david i'm thankful that you're showing up tonight and thanksgiving tomorrow i'm curious what your thankful for well. first of all i'm thankful to have been born in america in the greatest country in the world and i'm also thankful to be on your program because it gives us an opportunity to engage in some spirit to discourse thank you thank you that's. there president obama said the people opposing his payroll tax cut extensions are grinches so why do you want to be a grinch your christmas or holiday season well by my very nature i am a grinch but that now would standing i don't think we should extend these payroll tax rates i think we should permanently lower them as i've said many times on your program we are already overtaxed additionally i think we should lower the corporate tax rate and increase our military spending i think we can cover a lot of this by slashing the non essential services that are just spe

an accident at solve and road -- sullivan road. leave early if you can. everything flowing smoothly on the west side. a nice start on the j.f.x. into town. we will check some of our cameras including 795. no promise although volume is building. the icc, a major portion opens today. so far, no problems to report. everything looks good. it is a free ride until december 5. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> no deal. the so-called super committee ended its work without accomplishing its mission. >> kate amara joins us live with what is next. good morning, kate. >> the key sticking points or tax increases and entitlement programs. it was created in crisis and ended in failure. the debt-cutting super committee giving up, admitting defeat in a written statement. "we are deeply disappointed that we have been unable to come to a bipartisan deficit- reduction agreement." >> this was a moment of important leadership. it was a real test. >> the congressional panel was tasked with trimming $1.2 trillion from the national debt over a decade. in the end, members

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she went on a trip to the state capital and while he was addressing the group, sullivan tweeted what said was a joke to her friends. >> i tweeted to governor brown and said he sucked in person. >> sullivan didn't actually say anything to the governor but somebody on the governor's staff saw her tweet and claimed it was disrespectful. now they want her to write an apology to the governor but she does not feel she has to write an apology as she feels she was only expressing her opinion. >>> president barack obama is meeting with top union rep tis with the -- union reptives with the white house and now they have more on what the president wants to accomplish, allison? >> reporter: in the last few months, president barack obama has participated in seven sum myths, he met with leaders earlier this month with france and at the white house he will continue to press to take more dramatic steps to deal with the european debt crisis. they have more momentum as greece is committed to unpopular budget cutting measures, and microsoft and intel released a letter with information on both sides, the

she is 18-year-old emma sullivan.eeted during this youth in government field trip a brownback staffer spotted the tweet, contacted the group. sullivan was with called to the principal's office. >> he started off saying he had to do a bunch of damage role and i need to do damage control and i needed to fix this. >> we in fact just got a statement from the governor's office. he says his staff overreacted. coming up next hour, emma sullivan is going to join me live. i'll talk to her about the tweets, the blowback over this story and her refusal to apologize. >>> also, the u.s. border patrol plans to replace and extend this surf fence. you heard of this? surf fence, 300 feet into the pacific ocean. this is at the westernmost point of the u.s./mefl co-border so this is between imperial beach, california, and tijuana, mexico. according to "the l.a. times" a new steel fence 18 feet tall will replace the barrier which has several gaps in it. >>> mitt rol ne getting ripped in a new ad from the dnc today. this ad here paints th

emma sullivan went on a field trip while sam brownback was addressing the group, ms.llivan treat -- tweeted. >> i tweeted that gov brown sucked in person. >> she didn't actually say anything to the governor but somebody in the staff called -- saw her tweet ended up calling the school and complaining that tas -- complaining that was disrespectful. now the school wants an apology writ be to the governor but she doesn't feel like she has to apologize. >> ten minutes before 9:00, the securities and exchange securities and exchange commission is investigating a now defunct investment firm that was run by two 49er ledges -- 49 legends. bloomberg news reports that the fcc wants to know if their firm -- s.e.c. wants to know if their firm improperly lifted -- shifted debt to investors. >>> bloomberg news also reports the federal reserve gave more than a trillion dollars in secret loans to banks in the u.s. and around the world as the banks were saying they were healthy. the report says city bank received 1.8 billion and bank of america had 1.5 billion in loans. wells fargo rec

we asked should emma sullivan apologize? look at that. 1% said yes.t was a computer that almost generated that. 99% said no. the governor did issue a statement acknowledging emma's right to freedom of speech and apologized for any hassell she suffered. his campaign going after her. thank you very much for joining us. catch "news nation" here on msnbc. my dearest friend martin bashir is up next. in my teens. i'd never ride without one now. and since my doctor prescribed lipitor, i won't go without it for my high cholesterol and my risk of heart attack. why kid myself? diet and exercise weren't lowering my cholesterol enough. now i'm eating healthier, exercising more, taking lipitor. numbers don't lie. my cholesterol's stayed down. lipitor is fda approved to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients who have heart disease or risk factors for heart disease. it's backed by over 19 years of research. [ female announcer ] lipitor is not for everyone, including people with liver problems and women who are nursing, pregnant or may become pregnant

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and keith sullivan. nice to see you again. we have a problem. it was 2002 coach paterno became aware of an incident in the shower which we now know was, or is alleged to have been sodomizing of this little boy, 10 years old. the coach paterno did what is legally proper but you wonder if he makes it to the weekend, if what he is trying to do is figure out a soft landing here but i think a lot of people in nittany lion nation are asking, did he know a little boy was sodomized? if he did, did he do enough? if he didn't, do we want him at penn state? >>randy: yes. no. and unfortunately, no. what is going to happen now, we can pull back the curtain, do not be misled for one second and think that person stated on the one hand and coach paterno are not speaking every 30 seconds. the soft landing is to say i would love to talk about this and do anything that i can, but, the university has said, and my lawyers have said, i must keep my mouth shut. so, the soft landing is, distance, good cop bad cop and the school is the bad cop and the coach goes on to l

brian sullivan joins us live. this all predicated on what's happening in italy with regard to prime minister silvio berlusconi? >> apparently italy is the new greece, martin. with all due respect to any of your listeners and viewers out there, the reality is italy's a real economy. greece is the 35th biggest economy in the world, italy is seven times larger. if they have funding problems and their bond yields spike, in other words just like your viewers, they've got to pay more on their credit card. rising dramatically overnight. that is a huge hit to the euro zone. a lot of talk about where the euro zone goes because everybody admits if italy needs some kind of a bailout, the money doesn't exist. you can bail out greece to a point, nobody has the capital to bail out italy. not even the super committee. >> look at what happened with regard to greece when the germans and french had to agree a deal on that. if italy stumbles, i expect the eurozone is bust, isn't it? >> i don't know if it's bust. i don't want to use

it sparked a national debate and now sullivan has more than 10,000 followers on her twitter page.. the governor's office mentioned his name and called the program to complain to sullivan's principal. they ordered her to fire off a letter of apology and she had until today to do it. >> i don't agree with the majority of the things he is trying to pass or not letting pass. >> in the past hour, governor brownback has issued a statement and it actually comes in the form of an apology to the teenager. in the statement released, the governor said my staff overreacted to the tweet and for that i apologize. freedom of speech is among the most treasured freedoms. the governor deciding that heel do the apologizing and not the kid in high school. what does your gut tell you. was the principal over the line when asking her to apologize for her tweet? go to facebook to vote. take a look at what the "news nation" is saying about the billboard. they said it was anti-semitic and taken down. do you think the ad was offensive? 55% said yes and 45% said no. catch us every weekday here on msnbc. mart

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brownback's staff got wind of it and they called the principal of sullivan's school.rincipal told her that she had to write a letter of apology to the governor. well, brownback has apologized in a statement yesterday saying that his staff overreaction and that freedom of speech is still alive and well in the country. >> you think maybe he had a pow would you with some younger staff members and said you can't do that? you know. >>> time now 5:50. paying by phone. how a pair of quarters can save you $55 in parking tickets. >>> three men, one ticket, $254 million. how some powerball winners are going to spend a large chunk of their winnings. we could help. >> we're already rich. don't worry, tiny people. flo is a gentle giant. bundle home at progressive.com. is as easy as... making breakfast. omelet? sure. scrambled eggs. [ male announcer ] actually, it's easier. citi financial tools. easier banking. standard at citibank. [ beep ] hi. dave here. [ male announcer ] for dave, using citibank's online bill pay is as easy as setting up voicemail. hi, it's dave. [ male announc

the governor's office reported the tweet to sullivan's school.of support. twitter following has jumped from 65 people to 3,000. >>> newt gingrich is in south carolina today, but it's in iowa where he's taking a lot of heat for his controversial immigration comments which are being called toxic by some. during the gop debate gingrich said the gop should treat illegal immigrants who have been here a long time and have deep ties to the community, quote, humanely. joining me, mitt romney's former press second in iowa, in 2008. tim, nice to see you. you were quoted if "the washington post" as saying that gingrich's comments could be toxic to his campaign. what are you hearing from conservatives in your state that could back up the toxic claim? >> i think it was an unforced error and one that was recognizes right away by his opponents as one that they could bounce on, especially in iowa. four years ago, immigration was one of the top, if not the top, issue here but it hadn't been talked about until rick perry, who is now breathing a big sigh of relief,

sullivan, who is a thoughtful person with whom i have had some thoughtful discussions when i was coming up to speed about muni work, i would suggest to you that this might be one topic that you could reach out to him as you get to know him, because he and his organization care a great deal. director nolan: anyone else on this? >> secretary -- secretary bopo -- boomer: there are no speaker cards on this. director nolan: a really informative discussion. at some point, on a day like today, when we do not have a lot, to have a report from them. the director of the project is very impressive. i think it is important for us to know all of this because we would certainly be impacted by this in the years ahead, so with members consent, do you want to say anything about that? >> i think that is a wonderful idea. eventually, the terminus of california high speed rail is really going to change downtown for the better. it has been an amazing project. i think we are aware of it and ready for it. some of the challenges that are still faced by high-speed rail and the downtown extension. there is a goo

"the chicago tribune," clarence paige, katty kay, kelly o'donnell and "the daily beast"'s andrew sullivan. the supercommittee was the last hope for a bipartisanship this year but the men and women on both sides seem to be playing escape from washington. they gave up and surrendered to our poison politics. you see it at every level all the way to the white house. doing a cover for a magazine, would you maybe come up up with this cover? is politics in america dead? kelly, tough question to you, but is it our leadership class, our political class, they can't seem to do what they're supposed to do, which is strike a deal. >> part of that is because they always give themselves a parachute. unlike the debt ceiling crisis or the possibility of a sutdown, here they've given themselves an out. they knew all along that there would be another way to handle this later. they could suffer the embarrassment, that's ok. your clip is great because i talked to staffers who said that their bosses had two or three flights booked getting out of town, a big tell there was not going to be a deal. >> they really

in our first floor exhibition space, we have an exhibition on the work of charlotte sullivan. was a young artist in berlin. the nazis came into power. her parents sent her to the south of france to live with her grandparents. she put herself in a room for about 18 months and created 1200 small paintings telling her life story through a kind of reflection. it is another example of the way we try to bring a wide range of art and experiences to our public. we want them to find something meaningful to them. >> your institution has been in this neighborhood for three years. how do you like the neighborhood? >> this is the best neighborhood. we are the luckiest city in the world to have this kind of cultural district, to have so many museums and cultural institutions. the center of our tourist life is here because this is where the convention center is. people from near and far can be introduced to the richness of the bay area. it is so wonderful and unique. >> the city thanks you for providing such wonderful leadership and vision. >> we're so happy to be part of the city and so hon