tami, you make up a very good point. they self-medicate to lower the threshold of pain that they are experiencing. so parents really need to know, as well as the kids themselves, when they go through one of these episodes, is it wise for them just to stop and say, "why am i doing this?" and for the parents, when they're confronted, as justin was noting, "i need immediately to go to counseling and start getting some help for this child." i think early intervention is really, really important, so whether that's parents being able to pay attention and to ask questions if they notice something. if it's the school system or somebody else that the child is coming into contact with because the sooner that we can intervene with somebody the less likely its going to be a problem later on. so being able to identify that and seek support is really important. and kids struggle. they don't know how to deal with being adolescents and they need support from parents and from the community to help them through that period. absolutely, an

you know, tami used an important word, which was to have the conversation. i think that is crucial to begin to talk about what they see, what their concerns are and what is going on. it can be very challenging because, you know, as i think bridget and justin mentioned, adolescence is a time of experimentation. it's a time of risk taking. so, you know, one doesn't want to smother your kid or be what is referred to nowadays as a "helicopter parent," which my daughter accused me-but at the same time, one needs to have that conversation and begin to address the issues and point out what your concerns are and maybe set some parameters for what you are looking at and follow up. and see if things are not getting better, if you are seeing the same things that concern you, it's important to seek help, seek some kind of assessment. you know, what i am really troubled about is really the level of-among the 18- to 26-year-olds, that college age, the binge drinking that is taking place. we hear on the news time in and time out what it is doing, the number of accidents th

it says to tami butcher. you're right, tami. you are worth it. can't be a good mother and a productive woman in life. you are more than welcome to come and obtain the tools needed to change your way of living. stay focused, tami. you're worth it. good luck. so, yeah, i've been waiting for that for two and a half weeks now. yay. >> her acceptance into a drug rehabilitation program could enable butcher to set out on a new path. >> this is rad. it means i don't have to go to prison. that's the easy way. i'm not going to run -- take the easy way. i'm going to do the hard thing because anything worth it is worth working for. and i've been sober before. i've had three years. and my daddy passed away, and i ran. and i was running, gunning strong ever since. so i'm going to do it again and stay that way because if my mom was to pass away while i was in prison, i would never forgive myself. and she's not -- she's not healthy. she's sick. so -- and i want to regain the respect of my oldest daughter. i don't want them to be all, mom's just another convict,

i have a letter for each us, stating the clam bers' strong support in the increase of tami medallions. the unmet demand for cabs in san francisco is well-documented and well-demonstrated. this need is only going to grow as the citis a population grows as our business continues it rebound and tourism increases. as anyone who visits or lives or works in san francisco will tell you there are not enough cabs on the street and with all due respect to the drivers because i believe what they are saying about their own reality, it's true in their cases, but as a consumer, and someone who lives here, as i do in district 9, and works in the city. i will tell you treasvirtually impossible for me to get a cab most of the time. so in representing the chamber, we want to convey to you the chambers' strong support and urge you to increase the number of medallions. >> thank you. next speaker. >> peter witt. >> good afternoon, mr. witt. >> with all due respect to the chamber of commerce, mostly impossible. what does that mean? we do have a dispatch mandate. i would like to know whatever happened to it

yes, you lowered it down to 30%, but i want to tell you that the tami council voted unanimously it was not appropriate for someone buying a medallion for several thousands of dollars. lastly, i want to talk about the serious issue of these other on-demand services that are now proliferating in the city. we must do something about it. there is going to be crimes and there is going to be assaults when we don't know who is picking up the public. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> peter witt. >> ed haley. mark gruburg. >> i'm sorry, mr. healy is here. >> i'm beginning to sound like peter witt. i started out as a -- i started out as an inter center person, negotiating in the original pilot plan. i'm a very moderate and practical individual and the city did a great thing a couple of years ago when it didn't do that pilot plan. all of the members of community came together, regardless of their political leanings and made a plan that benefited everybody. and you people have basically taken that plan and thrown it in the trash. we had -- you mentioned transparency. there used to be tranc

jungle that you just work your way through until you have sticks stabbed into your ears and hair and tamis buds is what they call it, it's the stuff that rains down off these trees and it fills up the back of your shirt. i came up to this flat area and this cliff was there and i saw a piece of pottery on the ground, a broken piece of pottery. if you start looking around, you see broken pieces of pottery that date back 800 years, 900, 1200 years, and i dropped down on my hands and knees when i saw that one and i started brushing away sand until i could see others and i blew the sand away and i could see the rim of a broken pot. once i saw that, my eye was much sharper and i could see the details around me. i could see a small community, a family of maybe 12 had lived here. when i looked up into the cliff, i saw stacks of rock behind a little spall of the cliff that had stuck out and i realized there was a granary up there. i immediately started for it, climbing hand over hand up the cliff base. my breath tasted hot with discovery. i had found a secret. in past travels i had seen many granar

floor of the time warner cable arena tonight trying to get in and there are others and iraqi war dead tami duckworth. mr. romney had a chance to show his support for the brave men and women he is seeking to command but he chose to criticize president barack obama instead of even odder and the word afghanistan. she spoke to us earlier about what goes into a night like tonight. they assign you a speech writer who comes to and i spent a lot of time and the last few days saying not my voice this is what i want to talk about my whole reason here was to bring the concern of the people of my district her opponents i believe is an embarrassment to the united states congress and to the republican party. from our 1 on day one of their convention illinois democrats came out swinging. >> i am fired up and ready to go because i know what our purposes here this week our purpose is to set the record straight after what we heard coming out of the convention in tampa last week. i want to talk to you about a scary subject for many many republicans i want to talk about facts. gov pat quinn said that message

this time around, the national race,again, may all but depend on ohio tamy democratic constituencies again finding that trying to vote is a challenge. and i use the word challenge on purpose. as we reported earlier this month, the tea party group in ohio called the voter integrity project claims to have found 730,000 suspect names that it wants pged off the voter rolls in . 730,000. we've now started to get a better sense of who this tea party group is challenging in terms of their registration and their right to vote. look at this. "the names selected for purging include hundreds of college students, trailer park residents, homeless peop,nd riamannt president obama won in 2008." "the l.a. times" reporting today the tea party reporter vigilantes are hone in on college stents in particular. the ohio voter integrity project challenged the voting rights of colle studtstota oberlin, ken state, and on and on and on and on. you have to give your name and state some kind of rson why you think the person you're challenging shouldn't be allowed to vote. you have to fill in this form, sign it

tamy scooter said they were riding scooters unsupervised.d now suing for $7000 in damages. >> steve: meanwhile, the main stream media launched an all aught assault for mitt romney. fren percent of the people rote for the president no matter what. they are with him and they are depending on government and believe they are victims and government has a responsibility to care for them. >> brian: the government admits he was speaking off of the cuff. >> gretchen: but he stands by what he said. that too many americans depend on the federal government. >> the right course for america the government steps in to help those in need. we are a compassionate people. but we believe in free people and free enterprizes and not redistribution. the right growth for america is create growth and not redistribute. >> gretchen: he is a fox news contributor in the new book screwed and dubs for president. >> my dog is running for president. >> gretchen: i saw that. >> the hidden fren percent gets fine as long as there is tennis ball included. >> gretchen: how does

that's when police arred, handcuffed tape -- tamy, put her in a orange jump suit and locked her in ace? her son didn't want to talk to us. >> do you know why your mom called 911 that day? does she have something against her neighbor? >> and within minutes of our arrival, cops from the houston suburb of laporte showed up but they didn't want to talk either. tammy says bad blood has been brewing ever since she asked her neighbor to clean up after her dog. >> right here. and you asked her to clean it up. >> i asked her if she could come and clean up her dog's leavings and so she did agree to clean it up and she did clean it up. i thought that was the end of it. do you think this is revenge? >> i do think it's revenge. >> she says she was watching her children the whole time from a chair in her driveway. >> my daughter was hysterical. she had her arms wrapped around the police officer's leg. screaming, please don't take my mother to jail. it was beyond a nightmare. >> charges were dropped. mrs. cooper says she plans to sue the police department. we received a statement from city official