the caterer, the florist, the photographer, the travel agent. i call that the wedding mafia. once they bring you in, they don't let you out. what you want to do is surround yourself with those kinds of professions, those that are simbiotic to yours. they're compatible, non-competitive. what happens is you can refer business to each other at a much more dramatic ratio than, you know, just the average business person that you might have a relationship with. so build out your power teams. >> all right. and you also talk about getting visible, and i imagine this is because if you are visible, people know that you're out and about, or they know the name of the your company. they're going to automatically trust you a little bit more and want to help you? >> yeah. you know, listen, the foundation of everything that i teach is this concept of vcp, visibility, credibility, profitability. it begins with being visible. you have to be out there. people have to know who you are and what you do. >> mm-hmm. >> then you have to establish credibility, where people know who you are. they know

that only 56% of pennsylvania businesses are online, and we know everybody goes online to find the florist, the caterer, the shoe store. if you're not online these days as a business owner, you're not found and the business can't flourish. >> reporter: the on line presence helps visitors find local businesses in the convention, but it's more than that hoping to yield dividends for the businesses long after the convention leaves. nbc 10 news. >>> preparation for the philadelphia convention, the democrats announced plans today to hold platform hearings on believes and ideas. sanders say they inch closer to the nomination. the hearings begin on june 8 in washington, d.c. >> voters in wilmington have a chan to hear from the candidates for mayor and other offices this evening at the rvrc center. you can register to vote at the town hall style meeting running this evening from 6:00 to 8:00. verizon workers on strike since april could be back on the job next week. they reached a deal with the union that represents 40,000 employees. upon workers walked off the job april 13 the when talks stalled.

. >> get that at the florist, right? >> anywhere. go to your neighbor's backyard.e are lots and lots of different patterns of china. go crazy. teacups, saucers. >> mix it up, right? >> mix it up. food. food is huge. it's a decorative item. get beautiful cupcakes. just go crazy. >> okay. w what about the kids? >> for the kids it should be totally mad, mad, mad. what we have over here is fun, color and you got to make the kids happy. we are using food as a huge decorative element here. we don't want to bust out the good china so i have paper products here. then we are using food while the kids eat their veggies, make it more exciting. >> ranch dressing in there? they love that. that's so smart. >> add a little p pop of whimsy. i printed these on my computer. food, look at these playing cards, rice krispie treats. >> that's so clever. >> just adorable. >> the hat won't stay on. i'm really sorry about that. i had nothing to do with that. then these little stickers i buy at the craft store, stick them in the sandwiches. have your kids help you make these things. this is

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court said same-sex couples have a right to recognize the relationship as marriage, we need congress and others to say that means bakers, florists, they don't have to help celebrate the same-sex wedding, they don't have to violate their believe that marriage is union of a man and a woman. >> host: what is your background? what drove you to write this book? >> guest: i was an undergraduate at princeton and most of my classmates disagreed with me, not just that they disagree but couldn't even understand the other perspective on this. they thought it was something inconceivable. i did my phd in political philosophy at the university of notre dame so i come at this from the question of political philosophy. many are from a political perspective, theological and ethical. i look at it as a philosophical question about public policy and the audience i have in mind is my former classmates at princeton, well-educated individual who is a secular liberal, this book is written for them to understand why half of america thinks the way i think and it is written for that half of america to better articulate what they believe. it is written for

consumer reports" ordered a variety of colored roses near another high-stress time for florists, valentine's day. the long stem roses were from popular online florists, fdd, 1-800 flowers and proflowers. when they arrived, they were assessed by staffers. there were some surprises. these boxed roses from pro flowers flopped out of their protective collar all but five of the stems were broken. a "consumer reports" editor called pro flowers and received a fresh bouquet the next day. later pro flowers gave "consumer reports" a statement that said, in part, we believe the damage occurred somewhere in transit between the farms and your doorstep. if you're not satisfied, all the sites "consumer reports" checked, offered a refund or a re'ses place, so be sure to ask your mom if her flower as rived in good shape. and as you are ordering, take into account the cost of shipping. >> you won't see this charge until you're checking out. we pay between $13 and $19 per bouquet for shipping. >> "consumer reports" found another surprise. >> we noticed that as we clicked around the three sites, either the prices began

the cherished flower festival draws local florists to celebrate spring. tors can taste local foods and there are a lot of flowers to buy. all money raised goes to the volunteer group, and it closes at 5:00 tonight. >> cool. >>> well, the sun is here to stay, but how long can we avoid the rain? tom's updating your mother's day forecast and the return of much warmer weather. >>> the story i've wanted to do a long time. thousands of you, you drive by it every day. even enjoy the sounds, we unveil the history and new effort to preserve one of the best views in town. >>> yesterday a crime scene. today the focus of grief. more on the victims of the shootingover the l as . >> announcer: and now, your storm team 4 forecast. >> finally, the storm system is wringing ste ining itself out. a few scattered sprinkles around the region. patches of green north and west of the metro area tracking down to the southeast, and might come into the metro area over the next few hours. then sun breaks out this afternoon. warmer temperatures for mother's day. a look at that and you

experts say if you're sending flowers to another city, check for a local florist, placing the order directly with them. and if you're buying a gift card for a tech-friendly mom, make sure it can be used online and not just in stores. time is running out to place those online orders. most shippers, including the post office, don't deliver on sunday. david? >> thank you. >>> and how they caught the guy. >>> and the powerball jackpot. that would be a good mother's day gift. it's growing tonight. where it stands at this hour, but then we do the math. what you get after taxes. that's always incredible. we'll be right back. i talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment with breo. once-daily breo prevents asthma symptoms. breo is for adults with asthma not well controlled on a long-term asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. breo won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. breo opens up airways to help improve breathing for a full 24 hours. breo contains a type of medicine that increases the risk of death from asthma problems and may incr

the intellectual community. but also they had labor union meetings there, they had a lot caused socialthat -- started outit there. while educational reform florist, the fear surrounding world war i and the subsequent red scare brought a whole to many of the efforts of progressive reformers. certainly, there was no longer the sense that the world was progressing to a better place. beyond militarism and towards equality. adams used to think that we've moved beyond war. i think today, progressives and conservatives would both agree that the reforms that adams and d were reforms that were necessary. are few educated people who lived in those conditions that would want to return our country to that state. in these ways, the progressive era changed our culture, and dewey and adams set the conditions for some of the ongoing debates we still have about progressive and conservative education and democracy. to. -- thank you. [applause] ms. whipps: time for question, and perhapss where you -- questions, 10 minutes or so, perhaps where you see the overlap. -- thank you i had for your presentations. i have a question for professor vandenberg. he talked about

experts say if sending flowers to another city check for a local florist placing the order directly with a tech friendly mom make sure it can be used on line and not just in stores. time is running out for placing on line orders, though. by and large most major shippers including the post office say they don't deliver on sunday. this is abc news, new york. >> up next. they say it will transform the movie experience. >> look at the revolutionaryktmó next generation laser projection system unveiled today in san francisco. today in san francisco. stay with us >> new time lapse video shows the revamp san francisco museum of modern art built from the o. 305 million dollar make it will reopen to the public2t n mayqu 14. we givezy you a peek8 inside ths with the reairing!u ofkp-i sf lr the new view on modern.:f aired at a&m a was host. >> call it christmas for comic book lovers. tomorrow is free comic book day.d shops around the country hand out free comic either special edition of reprint or all new stories. this is video last year. it has been around for a few years and usually in line with

experts say if you are sending flowers to at city, check for a local florist, placing the order directlyou are buying a gift card for a tech-friendly mom, make sure it can be used online and not just in stores. time is running out for placing online orders. by and large, most major shippers, including the post office, had say they don't deliver on sunday. abc news, new york. >>> i've already submitted my order for flowers for my mom. i won't get to go home this year but at least i'll get her something. >> looks like the weather is going to be cooperating. we are looking at a few showers not only this morning but throughout the afternoon. an area of low pressure to the east of us continues our unsettled weather pattern. 5 a on the coast and in the city. in the east bay. a mild start. it will be a gray afternoon. we will tell you about how much rain and what to expect for mother's day next. >> lisa, thanks. also ahead, all eyes are on steph curry as we look ahead to tonight's game in portland. this was him yesterday. you see why the trail blazers are getting ready for the mvp. larry beil w

we walk around the shopping mall. we have a florist right here. people were milling about. ing their normal things during the day. we have a michael's there, kohl's is here. this is the t-mobile. nail shop. i remember when he was arrested, there were all these women came to the window to see what was going on. if you look down here, this is the boston market where he sat down and we are told by a witness had lunch for an hour. we send it back to you. michelle: thank you. we want to go now to brad bell standing by with n investigation. what have you aking about what the motive was here. at the root of it was the domestic violence his marria falling apart. we are talking about mr. tordil. i learned from the sources more about what he had in mind with this whole crime spree. we alluded to it in the last time i appeared here. he intended to go out with a blaze of glory. that after he killed his wife, that he wanted to kill other people and then ultimately he wanted to be killed himself by police. and yet, listen to this. he was equipped with body armor. ultimately, when he did c

the answer. on this airline, everybody wins. ♪ [clap, clap, ding] floristter. >>> ot filed by a female at fairfax firefighter alleging harassment and bullying. in the 40 page lawsuit, 20 year career firefighter patricia claims she was bullied and harassed as part of a conspiracy to try to get her to quit. as a plaque woman they were jealous and resented her because she filed complaints. >> she is complaining about colleagues that approached her at 2:00 in the morning and wanted to have sex with her. she has filed a complaint against us. so they realize she is not a team player and they realize they want to get rid of the bitch. >> she has previously sued the fire department in federal court but it was dismissed. the chief says he could not comment because he has not seen it. >> summer, people thinking about the beaching president some 300,000 cars will span over the bridge this week. increase over six percent. this comes as new state studies calling for the expansion of the bridge. a new 8 lane bridge could cost $7 billion. >> a lot of people use it and esp

very good to have healthy didst and said maybe we from the fact that we have educational institutions that really take care of this anymore floristic fashion these days. >> host: what was george washington's reasonings. part of it for washington and james wilson as well is the-- i mean, if you think of america at the time it was deeply important revolution particularly retrospectively and they seem to have an acute sense of the new world they were trying to bring about, but they were also really looked down upon by most europeans of the cheek or as not having the kind of cultural and educational institution you found in england or on the content, so that partly motivated washington, but washington was also as he puts it in his farewell address and in his attempts to call for banning of national university, he was also deeply aware that republican government he said would really need to cultivate a certain kind of knowledge and that you would have to speak not just to a leadership class that self-consciously thought about this knowledge, but it is just very that for these ideas and so education for him became a way of speaking to th

the memorial day sale. from classic to contemporary. havertys. wusa9 is proudly sponsored by johnson floristnd garden center. >> now, wusa9 game on sports with kristen berset. brought to you by xfinity. >>> the wizards bradley beal is a free agent. official negotiations can begin july 1st and he has said that he beliefs he deserves a contract., a max one. the way the market is going the deal would pay him 22 million next year. beal has a career high and has been an important asset. he plays a last season and wizards are expected to offer him, and maybe 7 million more than john wall. >>> dusty baker has provided a renewed spirit in the nationals clubhouse. a media darling and making the monday and press coerences much more entertaining. last night, this final out against the cardinals made dusty baker a happy man and added to his legacy. this is 1700th victory and after that game another baker press conference. >> my first victory in 1993 against the same cards. that is pretty ironic and taking about a couple years that i couldn't get a job so in my mind i am >>> bryce harper with his recent

and wine or send the photographer home an hour early and a final tip from the fletchers, when it comes to flowers, let your florist pick what is in season and they will be the least expensive. when it comes to planning a wedding you may hate the thought of reading the fine print but check every contract carefully and it found that caters found a built in tip. and one charged a $7 per person fee for cutting a cake that someone brought in from the outside. >>> finally at 4:00, hamilton the ground breaking hip hop musical about the nation's founding fathers is now making history of its own. the play was nominated for 16 tony awards the most in broadway history. acting, writing directing and design and a few categories and lead actors they will face off against one another. the show's creator, says he is excited that the creative team got so much recognition and they are already getting so much recognition from fans of that show. >> hope to see it. hope to get tickets. now for brian taff, adam joseph and alicia vitarelli. >> here is monica malpass with a look at what is next at 5:00. >> hi there, coming up next at 5:0

florist. all along the way, you're paying fees. service fees, shipping fees.hey're not going to be able to provide an extravagant bouquet because some of that money is fees. >> reporter: with her money back, she's able to take her mother out to a mother's day brunch. >> it's fixed. thank you, abc news fixer. >> did the flowers i ordered for you show up? i have to call the fixer. they didn't show up? >> no, because you didn't order me any flowers. >> if you have a consumer problem for the fixer, you find her at abcnews.com/fixer. she's already recovered $1.7 million for frustrated consumers. maybe she'll fix your problem right here on "gma." i'm going to talk to her about those flowers. >> i don't know if she can help that situation, dan. i don't want flowers. just, you know -- >> love and support. >> just love and support. that's all i need. i'm easy peasy today. >>> coming up on "gma," kate hudson showing off her singing voice. straight ahead in "pop news." is there really anything she can't do? (man) what i love most about tempur-pedic mattresses is that the

the quicken loan. are we going to see tiger woods in june? we will hear more a away a new mercedes benz on wakeup washington. tune into find floristenter. >>> now, wusa9 game on sports with kristen berset. brought to you by xfinity. >>> this june marks the 10th anniversary of the quicken loan return to the congressional country club. are we going to see the tournament host tiger woods out here on the golf course. he was here today with the director of the tournament and congressional country club answering those questions. he says he is working hard and getting back and his game is getting back to where he wants it to be but he can give us a timetable of his return. he said if i could, i would love to because i would love to be back out there. i spoke with tiger before we all went out and played a round of golf. >> i look forward to just competing again. i haven't competed since august of last year and that's a long time. i have played all right for three days and didn't play on sunday. it was a tough year and wasn't feeling physically well and i want to get to where i can be consistent physically. when i am consistency. i won fiv

the city has nearly 85,000 small businesses with a hundred or less employees. they are dog walkers. child care providers. marketing consultants. mobile food operators.íîc manufacturers, massage practitioners. lawyers, architects, accountants. floristsesigners and many others. joining small businesses this year are short term rentals and drivers for transportation network companies. the assistance center at city hall is here to support and guide small businesses that comprise 09s more of all businesses in san francisco. the sbac as it is known along with invest in neighborhoods deliver a range of services including 1-on- 1-on-1 assistance in multiple languages overview for multiple considerations for starting a business and customized checklists for license requirements for doing business in the city and county of sphwrx. in 2015 the office assisted nearly 3,000 business complients. first the second quarter they 800 complients. it appears that new business starts are alive and well here in san francisco. the business portal team is presently working on streamlining materials to assist owners in navigating the process for starting a business including on line permit applications customizeable foarlsd save forms on line and custom che

the couple determines how much they will spend. >>> mother's day is next sunday, that means you ever one week to get those flowers ordered and delivered on time. big holiday orders can put a strain or florists, so consumer reports decided to do a test during valentine's day. flowers were from flowers flopped out of their protective collar and the stems were broken, pro flowers sent a new bouquet the next day. they offer refunds if something like this happens. >>> we noticed as we clicked around the three sites, the prices dropped or we were offered discount coupons. taking your time paid off. >> reporter: you may want to send mom flowers a few days early to save more. >>> captain america civil war is a hit over seas, although the latest marvel film won't hit america until friday. the super hero flick brought in $15 million on its first day alone in 15 countries including south korea and the philippines and france. analysts say it puts it on track to growth $200 million. captain america civil war is from disney, the parent company of 6abc. >>> there's much more to come on monday morning edition -- sunday morning edition of action. comedian and chief, we'll look at the president at the corres

as we're seeing now without encouraging more affordable housing and prevent all of the artists and teachers and florists from leaving town and i hope there is a way not to prevent small business from dying out in san francisco and thank you for listening and thank you very much for this honor. [applause] >> and gary thanks for the help in saving the flower mart. >> thank you gary and congratulations and thank you so much for acknowledging that we must do more for small businesses in the city and county of san francisco. i couldn't agree with you more. thank you and congratulations. okay colleagues it is now time to do our asian pacific american heritage month honorees and i know that each member of the board of supervisors has someone very special that we would like to honor today. we will be going in the order of roll call but at this time i would like to acknowledge supervisor mar to provide opening remarks to set tone for the occasion. >> thank you president breed. i'm going to be extremely brief, cut to the chase. thank you. thank you. thank you to clateen chang and the members of the heritage plann

as we're seeing now without encouraging more affordable housing and prevent all of the artists and teachers and florists from leaving town and i hope there is a way not to prevent small business from dying out in san francisco and thank you for listening and thank you very much for this honor. [applause] >> and gary thanks for the help in saving the flower mart. >> thank you gary and congratulations and thank you so much for acknowledging that we must do more for small businesses in the city and county of san francisco. i couldn't agree with you more. thank you and congratulations. okay colleagues it is now time to do our asian pacific american heritage month honorees and i know that each member of the board of supervisors has someone very special that we would like to honor today. we will be going in the order of roll call but at this time i would like to acknowledge supervisor mar to provide opening remarks to set tone for the occasion. >> thank you president breed. i'm going to be extremely brief, cut to the chase. thank you. thank you. thank you to clateen chang and the members of the heritage plann

the city has nearly 85,000 small businesses with a hundred or less employees. they are dog walkers. child care providers. marketing consultants. mobile food operators.íîc manufacturers, massage practitioners. lawyers, architects, accountants. floristsesigners and many others. joining small businesses this year are short term rentals and drivers for transportation network companies. the assistance center at city hall is here to support and guide small businesses that comprise 09s more of all businesses in san francisco. the sbac as it is known along with invest in neighborhoods deliver a range of services including 1-on- 1-on-1 assistance in multiple languages overview for multiple considerations for starting a business and customized checklists for license requirements for doing business in the city and county of sphwrx. in 2015 the office assisted nearly 3,000 business complients. first the second quarter they 800 complients. it appears that new business starts are alive and well here in san francisco. the business portal team is presently working on streamlining materials to assist owners in navigating the process for starting a business including on line permit applications customizeable foarlsd save forms on line and custom che

the supreme court said same-sex couples have a right for the state to recognize their marriage and we need congress to say that means bakers, florist adoption agencies don't have to celebrate and violate beliefs marriage is between a man and a woman. >> host: what is your background? >> i was an undergraduate at princeton and there most classmates disagreed about marriage with me and couldn't understand the other perspective. they thought it wasn't conceivable. i did my phd in political philosophy from the university of notre dame so i am looking at it as a philosophical question about public policy. i had my former classmate at princeton in mind. a well educated individual who is a secular liberal and this book is written for them to understand why half of america thinks why i do. it is really written for all americans. >> host: so right now is it a truth that it is up to the congress, it has to be on a national level, correct, if any changes are made to the status of gay marriage? >> guest: the supreme court itself would have to reverse the decision very much like the roe versus wade. the court might strike down the laws unless t

the city has nearly 85,000 small businesses with a hundred or less employees. they are dog walkers. child care providers. marketing consultants. mobile food operators.íîc manufacturers, massage practitioners. lawyers, architects, accountants. floristsesigners and many others. joining small businesses this year are short term rentals and drivers for transportation network companies. the assistance center at city hall is here to support and guide small businesses that comprise 09s more of all businesses in san francisco. the sbac as it is known along with invest in neighborhoods deliver a range of services including 1-on- 1-on-1 assistance in multiple languages overview for multiple considerations for starting a business and customized checklists for license requirements for doing business in the city and county of sphwrx. in 2015 the office assisted nearly 3,000 business complients. first the second quarter they 800 complients. it appears that new business starts are alive and well here in san francisco. the business portal team is presently working on streamlining materials to assist owners in navigating the process for starting a business including on line permit applications customizeable foarlsd save forms on line and custom che

the city has nearly 85,000 small businesses with a hundred or less employees. they are dog walkers. child care providers. marketing consultants. mobile food operators.íîc manufacturers, massage practitioners. lawyers, architects, accountants. floristsesigners and many others. joining small businesses this year are short term rentals and drivers for transportation network companies. the assistance center at city hall is here to support and guide small businesses that comprise 09s more of all businesses in san francisco. the sbac as it is known along with invest in neighborhoods deliver a range of services including 1-on- 1-on-1 assistance in multiple languages overview for multiple considerations for starting a business and customized checklists for license requirements for doing business in the city and county of sphwrx. in 2015 the office assisted nearly 3,000 business complients. first the second quarter they 800 complients. it appears that new business starts are alive and well here in san francisco. the business portal team is presently working on streamlining materials to assist owners in navigating the process for starting a business including on line permit applications customizeable foarlsd save forms on line and custom che

the city has nearly 85,000 small businesses with a hundred or less employees. they are dog walkers. child care providers. marketing consultants. mobile food operators.íîc manufacturers, massage practitioners. lawyers, architects, accountants. floristsesigners and many others. joining small businesses this year are short term rentals and drivers for transportation network companies. the assistance center at city hall is here to support and guide small businesses that comprise 09s more of all businesses in san francisco. the sbac as it is known along with invest in neighborhoods deliver a range of es including 1-on- 1-on-1 assistance in multiple languages overview for multiple considerations for starting a business and customized checklists for license requirements for doing business in the city and county of sphwrx. in 2015 the office assisted nearly 3,000 business complients. first the second quarter they 800 complients. it appears that new business starts are alive and well here in san francisco. the business portal team is presently working on streamlining materials to assist owners in navigating the process for starting a business including on line permit applications customizeable foarlsd save forms on line and custom checklist

the state recognizing their relationship as a marriage. we need congress and other state bodies to say but that means bakers, florist, photographers, don't have to help celebrate the same sex wedding and violate their beliefs of marriage being a union of men and women. >> what is your background? >> i was an undergraduate at princeton and most of my classmates disagreed with me on marriage and don't understand the other perspective. i did my phd in political philosophy at the university of notre dame. i am looking at it as a fi philosophical question. a former classmate in mind, who is a secular liberal, is written to explain why half of america thinks what i believe. it is written for all americans. >> so right now, is it a truth that it is up to to the congress. it has to be on a national level if changes are made to the status of gay marriage. >> the supreme court itself would have to reverse the decision. like the roe versus wade decision. the states can make laws but the court might strike it down unless they say roe is wrong. same thing with the marriage issue. they would have to say we got it wrong or we need to have something for same