teamsters are working. uaw members are working. the auto industry is thriving. all the different people that work in plants are back to work. so we have hundreds of thousands of people that have had their jobs back, so that's good news. we're on our way back and basically need more time. that's all. for him to say they've been crushed, it's not true. his party crushed the economy in '08. >> are you concerned at all about labor? are those folks standing by you tonight still where they were 48 hours ago when it comes to president obama? >> they haven't changed one bit. they know the truth and can tell a liar when they see one. >> now, what about president obama saying he wants to lower the corporate tax rate on manufacturing to 25%? what does that mean for workers? >> well, whatever it does, ed, we can help create more jobs in this country. what i like what he said about basically, we're going to reward people that put jobs here in america and we're going to make sure the tax is an incentive for people who send american jobs overseas. something that mitt romney ha

james hoffa, teamster president. great to have you tonight on "the ed show."ppreciate your time. >>> onlying up, mitt romney feels the backlash for threatening to defund a cultural icon in america. i'll tell you why big bird made a big splash last night at the debate. >>> up next, mitt romney ruffled some feathers with his comments about cutting pbs. now the president is weighing in on mitt's big bird flap. >>> and in the big finish tonight, ohio is key to victory for both candidates. i'll ask ohio state senator nina turner if last night's debate was a game changer for voters in her state. don't forget, listen to my radio show on sirius xm radio channel 127 monday through friday, noon to 3:00 p.m. and follow me on twitter @edshow and like "the ed show" on facebook. we are coming right back. [ female announcer ] caroline penry began using olay total effects in 2001. and one wedding, 2 kids, 43 bottles of olay total effects many birthdays later, still looks amazing. thanks to the trusted performance of olay. >>> i'm sorry, jim, i'm going to stop the subsidy to p

james hoffa, teamster president. great to have you tonight on "the ed show." time. >>> onlying up, mitt romney feels the backlash for threatening to defund a cultural icon in america. i'll tell you why big bird made a big splash last night at the debate. email marketing from constant contact reaches people in a place they're checking every day -- their inbox. and it gives you the tools to create custom emails that drive business. it's just one of the ways constant contact can help you grow your small business. sign up for your free trial today at constantcontact.com/try. >>> up next, mitt romney ruffled some feathers with his comments about cutting pbs. now the president is weighing in on mitt's big bird flap. >>> and in the big finish tonight, ohio is key to victory for both candidates. i'll ask ohio state senator nina turner if last night's debate was a game changer for voters in her state. don't forget, listen to my radio show on sirius xm radio channel 127 monday through friday, noon to 3:00 p.m. and follow me on twitter @edshow and like "the ed show" on f

the teamsters boss vanished almost 40 years ago.ip about the prior owner of the property would worked for a detroit mafia cap -- captain led to the search. >>> the pope's former butler is taking the stand. he is accused of passing the pope's correspondence to a journalist. he also allegedly stole a gold nugget given to the pope. >>> police in ohio say they're officers acted correctly when they tasered, punch and kicked a suspect when arresting him. officers caught up with him and, as you can see right here, punched and kicked the man while trying to handcuff him. police say the actions were necessary to warm the man down and arrest him. >>> president barack obama and mitt romney gearing up for tomorrow's big debate. >> a skateboarder had quite an update with a deer. >> that doesn't look look a happy ending. >> no. >> let's get to the weather. we have rain showers approaching. i'll have the details on the forecast and julie has a look at the traffic. we'll do it right after the break. break. ♪ ♪ we werere skipping stones ♪ and lettin

i'll talk to teamsters president, james hoffa. share your thoughts with us on facebook and on twitter using #edshow. we are coming right back. >>> that's why i put up a five-point plan, that gets america 12 million new jobs in four years and rising take-home pay. >> governor romney's says he's got a five-point plan. governor romney doesn't have a five-point plan, he has a one-point plan. and that plan is to make sure that folks at the top play by a different set of rules. that's been his philosophy in the private sector, that's been his philosophy as governor, that's been his philosophy as a presidential candidate. >> welcome back to "the ed show." thanks for watching tonight. president obama came out swinging last night and gave the motivation that the base was looking the for. over 65 million people watched the debate. so don't you think that curiosity was a little high on how the president was going to recover from debate number one? president obama ended the idea of moderate mitt, by exposing romney's far-right policies and ac

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i would also like to thank the gardening staff, the teamsters, the operating engineers, everyone who makes my operation possible, even down to the local vendors and everyone that keeps my organization running. thank you. as you all know, san francisco has hosted premier events, the charles schwab cup, the recent nfc championship games. these events put san francisco on a national stage. every employee, supervisor stepped up and made both events extremely successful. it was transparent to the attendees and the television viewers that there was a third team out there. that was the recreation and parks department. it is extremely proud of my team. add to this one of the most beautiful park systems in the world. i am extremely lucky. lastly, i want to thank my parents and my wife, vivian, and my two daughters, jennifer and some of the, for their love and support. thank you. [applause] >> steve castile. [applause] >> i started working for the public works department 15 years ago. we are like a family. it is a very close-knit group. i think, because of that, we get the best out of people.

what happened to missing teamsters boss, jimmy hoffa?oming up income, could investigators get a huge clue today? >> plus, hong kong's worst accident in well over a decade. the latest on the deadly boating accident. we are checking more headlines coming up. stay with us.  [ male annououncer ] we the people, the middle class, who move our country forward, work hard, raise families, and keep america strong. but mitt romney's budget plan will hurt the middle class, raising taxes on the average family by up to $2,000, while giving a tax break of $250,000 to multimillionaires. doesn't mitt romney understand we can't rebuild america by tearing down the middle class. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. >>> in hong kong, more than 30 people are dead and dozens more injured following a boating accident. a boat carrying 121 utility workers to celebrate china's national day collided with a ferry last night. officials say the boat sank shortly after. the rescuers are still working to recover more bodies

. >>> and after checking out a tip, police near detroit say missing teamster's boss jimmy hoffa is not buried in the driveway of a home. neither is anyone else. >>> well, now here as an early look at how wall street's going to kick off the day. the dow closed at 13,482 after losing 32 points yesterday. the s&p was up a point. the nasdaq gained six. taking a look at overseas trading this morning in tokyo, the nikkei fell 39 points but in hong kong the hang seng added 47. >>> well, a mixed day on the street could be the story for much of the week. on tuesday material stocks stalled the dow after the country's largest fertilizer company reported weak global demand. >>> meanwhile, news that spain said they won't ask for a bailout lowered things. >>> friday is the monthly jobs report. new congressional research finds almost 2400 people who received unemployment back in 2009 lived in households with annual incomes of $1 million or more. all right. back on the street, news that t-mobile parent dush tell com made by metro pcs sent the cell phone carrier soaring. auto sales were up 13% overall

. >>> the mystery of missing seems toster da -- teamster boss, they say they have tested the soil and the home was searched after he said he saw a man being buried at the time he disappeared. they found no evidence of human remains. >>> this is far from over. >> last night they beat the texas rangers 3-1, now on to the final day and if they can knock out texas, the a's will enter the western league division >> they trailed by 13 games. despite wanting to move to the south bay, they will stay in oakland until 2018. they are negotiating a five- year lease extension and the team does not want to pay a penalty for leaving early and it would take years to build one. how is it looking so far, sal. >> it looks good, so far so good, you mentioned the a's game, we will be reminding people of that. these games have been well attended and why not, if you want to get there, take part and if you are driving near the coliseum just remember there will be a lot of people leaving the coliseum. let's move along and look at interstate 880 as you move to the mcarthur maze, that traffic is moving well as

that we need to get out of, the conditions at pier 70 are not acceptable working conditions for the teamsters that work there or for the public that it serves, they're not commissions that i think any of us would find acceptable for any city employees or other employees. the timeline to find new space for an operation this size, this large, we have a 12 month notice period and our mou with the port, it's taken us 14 months to get here on this particular lease, and finally, as i think you heard last time, the total inventory of spaces available in san francisco and surroundings of this type are very, very limited and the type that are available are virtually 0, the real estate market is not getting softer as time goes on, prices are going up, so we don't see that we have an alternative, the fact that we're able to potentially with the board of supervisor's approval be able to execute this lease and make this move happen with only three months of overlap between the old lease and the new leases i think phenomenal, it's very good, and while, you know, we can all kind of wish in hindsight that we

president obama took his hunt for votes to the live free or die states where he told a group of local teamsters new hampshire's four electoral votes could make all the difference. >> it's very clear that the other side doesn't believe. >> reporter: governor romney spent the day in all-important florida, in pensacola, home to a major nave air station, romney brought up a sore spot from the final debate. >> i made the point our navy is now smaller than any time, well, in almost 100 years. and the president's response was, well, you know, we don't use bayonets and horses anymore. and in fact we do use bayonets. >> reporter: both candidates are accusing each other of failed leadership. president obama said romney hiked fees on everything as governor of massachusetts. >> he raised fees to get a birth certificate, which would have been expensive for me. >> reporter: he said mr. obama broke promises to cut the deficit and save medicare. >> he is shrinking from the magnitude of the times. >> you got these guys. >> reporter: and both sides are wary of the impact on polling locations. if prolonged power

and up next, teamster's president james hoffa joining us.rive to turn out the vote in ohio. >>> well, folks you probably heard the rumor that ohio is going to pick the next president of the united states of america. >> in the battle for ohio beau sides are targeting union households. our new poll shows that mitt romney is gaining, union support grown from 34 to 43%. joining me is james hoffa, president the of the international brotherhood of teamsters, of course trying to mobilize union workers in ohio and elsewhere for president obama. what about the appeal of mitt romney, he says that day one he will beat up on china as a currency manipulator that president obama has not been tough enough on china and other countries. is there a broad appeal to union workers who are feeling this economic pinch, perhaps more than anyone? >> absolutely not. you have to remember that mitt romney is a guy that said let detroit go bankrupt, and he also meant let ohio go bankrupt. the auto industry's very important. we're out there working very hard in ohio. i'v

president obama took his hunt for votes for the live free or die state, where he told a group of local teamsters that new hampshire's four electoral votes could make all the difference. governor romney spent the day in all-important florida, in pensacola, home to a major naval air station. romney brought up a sore spot from the final debate. >> i made the point that our navy is now smaller than anytime in almost a hundred years. and the president's response was well, we don't use bayonets and horses anymore. >> reporter: president obama said romney hiked fees on everything, as governor of massachusetts. >> he raised fees to get a birth certificate, which would have been expensive for me. >> reporter: romney said mr. obama broke promises to cut the deficit and save medicare. >> he is shrinking from the magnitude of the times. >> reporter: both sides are wary of the impact on polling locations, if power outages or storm damage prevents voters from casting their ballots. president obama has adjusted his schedule to stay out of the storm's path. he is flying to florida half a day early tomorrow for

the former teamster's boss was last seen about 30 miles away from that area. >>> this morning the washington humane society needs your donations to help a dog that was stabbed seven times. the 2-year-old shih tzu was stabbed by her owner during a g domestic dispute and will need a lot of rehab. cocoa's owner was arrested. his name has not been released. more charges could be filed. >>> animal control removed 40 animals from a home in one of the most unique cases of animal hoards ever. last thursday officers seized a pig, snakes, a skunk, even a gold fish. many animals did not have food or water. the owner 21-year-old shane taylor says news 4 he is not a hoarder and he denies the animals were neglected. >> this is the lowest i've ever been in my life. for the size of the property that maybe there were too many animals. were they neglected? absolutely not. >> animal control says charges are pending. officers are now looking for rescue groups and foster homeses to take care of those animals. >>> a 22-year-old man is waiting to be sentenced after being found guilty of chasing down and beating a

. >>> after checking out a tip, police near detroit say missing teamsters boss jimmy hoffa is not buried in the driveway of a home, neither is anyone else. >>> starting friday night, magician david blaine is going to stan in the middle of 1 million electrical volts for three days without any food. his body suit and metal helmet will keep him safe inside the lightning storm. the real danger will come from sleep deprivation and deadly gases. >>> here's your "first look" at this morning's dish of scrambled politics. the president has recently been outspending mitt romney in a key swing state. "the new york times" reports that over the last two weeks in colorado, president obama's campaign and its allies ran seven television commercials for every five ads run for mitt romney. >>> seems free will is still surviving the 2012 presidential campaign so far. a poll in "usa today" finds that 18% of romney supporters and 24% of those who say they back president obama could still change their mind based on what happens in the debates. >>> and according to pugh research, more than six in ten voters ar

the latest search for his remains, for the former teamster boss in michigan came up empty.ice took soil samples from a home after a man said he saw a body being buried there when hoffa disappeared back in 1975. tests showed no evidence of human remains. >>> american airlines' investigation into those loose seats has turned up six problem planes. the airline identified 40 boeing 757s that needed to be inspected. so far it's checked out about 36 of those planes and six have had issues. the rest of the planes are already back in service. >>> a conference at morgan state university today is going to focus on minority adlessents and teenagers are being treated in maryland's criminal justice system. it's going to focus on whether minority use, whether they're disproportionately represent inside prison. >>> u.s. births have fallen forethe fourth consecutive year. the decline in 2011 was just 1%, not as much as in year's past. analysts say the decline is proof that the economy is making some people think twice about having children. >>> the secretary of education wants printed book

the day he disappeared he was supposed to meet with a teamsters boss. >> do they fix that guy's driveway or do they just leave? i don't know. >> there's an app for that. >>> 4:38. morning fog is expected to clear by the afternoon. howard is back in two minutes with a look at the forecast. >>> at 4:42. samsung can claim a victory over apple inside the u.s. >>> new research subjects fewer teenagers are getting behind the wheel drunk. >>> we're back in two minutes with your weather first. you're watching 9news now. i don't spend money on gasoline. i am probably going to the gas station about once a month. last time i was at a gas station was about...i would say... two months ago. i very rarely put gas in my chevy volt. i go to the gas station such a small amount that i forget how to put gas in my car. [ male announcer ] and it's not just these owners giving the volt high praise. volt received the j.d. power and associates appeal award two years in a row. ♪ >>> welcome back. 4:40. your wednesday first on this foggy morning -- your weather first on this wednesday foggy morning. rather damp an

the day he vanished he was supposed to meet with a new jersey timesters boss and a de- -teamsters boss a detroit mafia captain. >>> a former penn state graduate student who testified he saw jerry sandusky showering with a boy in 2001 is suing penn state. mike mcqueary is seeking millions of dollars in damages. he claims his treatment by the university has caused him distress and embarrassment. mcqueary was put on administrative leave in november. his contract expired in june. sandusky was convicted of molesting boys but maintains his innocence. >>> a food alert that can make your stomach turn, but this next story will really gross you out. a chinese restaurant in kentucky accused of serving up road kill. you heard me right. road kill. in fact, a customer saw them hauling in a dead deer during lunch and quickly called 911. >> there was like a tail this big, a fuzzy tail and a leg sticking out of a garbage can. they were wheeling it in really quick like trying to hurry. one of the other employees were like mopping up the blood dripping out of the garbage can on to the floor. >> i knew th

the teamsters boss vanished 40 years ago. a tipster pointed police to the driveway, but it looks like the mystery of his disappearance will continue. >>> check this out. a poodle is recovering after one wild ride. the rode for 11 miles stuck on the front grille of a car. the dog ran in front of the car in massachusetts last week. the driver never saw it, kept going. another driver finally signaled for the car to pull over. had it not ended this way, we would not have told you about this. as you saw, the poodle is doing well. now they have to figure out who she belongs to. after all this attention i suspect they will. >>> it's been a few months since construction ended in adams morgan. now residents and business owners are complaining about another eyesore. how the city is explaining that problem coming up. >> the pictures are telling the story tonight. this is the oxon hill camera. hello, it's a little bit foggy out there. we also have heavy showers moving into the warrenton area. i'll have your forecast. >> check out the run

. >> afternoon, my name is david rodriguez, teamsters local 665.s that represent members at auto concern. as he said it is the working conditions of members. conditions with plumbing, conditions outside. it's raised concerns in the past. that is why we would support this -- the decision to move to another property, thank you. >> thank you. any other speakers who wish to comment on this item number 6. >> just want to take one more minute to address some of the comments that were made earlier. when you talk about virtually guaranteing that there's no this or no that in the future, you can't guarantee this billing is not going to fall down tomorrow either. just as a point of reference, prologis -- what i do for a living is talk to owners, so i could almost guarantee -- not 100% guarantee but maybe 99% guarantee that there are no other sites that fit as well as this property does. i work with a lot of the companies looking for properties as well as developers, owners and investors. i talk to property owners every day, asking if they would sell their pr

. >> missing teamster boss jimmy hofffa is not buried under a michigan driveway. they say soil samples show no evidence of human remains. officials began drilling through the grounds of a home last week after receiving what they called a credible tip someone was buried there around the time hoffa went missing in 1975. >> early voting is underway in two states some camped out overnight to cast a early ballot. michelle obama made a stop in cincinnati to kick off early voting. >> there is is a worker at the local board of election that's notice aid problem, signatures didn't match up and some had information simply made up. >> and last week, the election workers in florida noticing similar problem was voter registration forms, many submitted by a firm hired by republicans and the florida g.o.p. fire that had agency and now, north carolina g.o.p. is following suit. >> there is american airlines says it's found the cause of tests in major jets. >> retailers hoping for a green christmas. holiday shopping outlook, ahead. >> taking a look at traffic now in san francisco.