the unit responding used the parlor as a location reference. from the security reports we received, the incident happened across the street from the venue. did not happen in their venue. it happened across the street. their security and park police intervened. they did everything right. they were able to identify this particular suspect. they were able to help police control the scene. this is a positive, not a strike against them. i think it is an important distinction. it could not be a good commission meeting without bringing upper [ -- up [ unintelligible]. when we get that compliant -- i have to do a bit of follow-up. my next commission meeting, i should have a pretty straight meeting of whether we want to bring them up for suspension, or revoke, or whatever. this commission asked me to keep them apprised of the particular situation. finally, we had the roger waters concert on the 11th. we had very few complaints on this particular event. there are people in the immediate area who complained, which prepared the much expected. as far as comp

the red light. a ordinance would crack down on massage parlors. it will regulate to make sure they are staying within the law. a decision hasn't yet been made but kron 4's reggie kumar tells us why residents are concerned. >> reporter: there will be 20 massage parlors in lafayette. this is still under construction. residents and business owners say the massage parlors are solicited more than just a rub down. i rang the bell here. watch what happens next. i rang the door bell here next door. the owner came out moments later and refused to go on camera but said he is running a legitimate business and there is no illegal activity. she doesn't buy that. >> i can tell you what people who go there are putting out on the internet. it is all the different sex acts. they are describing the breast size, the private areas. >>> the police chief says they have not discovered any criminal activity like prostitution. >> we haven't found anything. >> reporter: reggie kumar, kron 4 news. >> the businesses in questions would have to certified if the ordinance is pas

police while guest the proper state licenses at least 10 parlor operate in lafayette. >> any time we use the state listening board as the means of control of business saying 99 percent of the other business ins that field do you bring more credibility to the business. >> men are doing the walk of shame as i call it to the plac place, head down, sunglasses on. >> resident told police about the suspicions but the chief says he has no evidence that anything illegal is going on in the massage parlors. council will vote on the law on may 29. >> developing news tonight in the east bay after kicked off uc berkeley owned land this morning occupy protestors take thing another stand tonight. allen is live on campus. what's happening right now? >>reporter: several uc police officers have been waiting for a small band of occupy the farm members who took you have a and said they were headed to the home of uc berkeley chancellor around 9:3015 protestors left albany and marched to the campus. many of them still upset over today eviction and the arrest of 9 occupiers. around 6:00 a.m. uc police swep

police while guest the proper state licenses at least 10 parlor operate in lafayette. >> any time we use the state listening board as the means of control of business saying 99 percent of the other business ins that field do you bring more credibility to the business. >> men are doing the walk of shame as i call it to the plac place, head down, sunglasses on. >> resident told police about the suspicions but the chief says he has no evidence that anything illegal is going on in the massage parlors. council will vote on the law on may 29. >> developing news tonight in the east bay after kicked off uc berkeley owned land this morning occupy protestors take thing another stand tonight. allen is live on campus. what's happening right now? >>reporter: several uc police officers have been waiting for a small band of occupy the farm members who took you have a and said they were headed to the home of uc berkeley chancellor around 9:3015 protestors left albany and marched to the campus. many of them still upset over today eviction and the arrest of 9 occupiers. around 6:00 a.m. uc police swep

resident told police abuspicf sa no evidence that no evidencet anything illegal is going on in the massage parlorsl will vote on the law on may 29. >> developing news tonight in the east bay after kicked off uc berkeley owned land this morning occupy protestors take thing another stand tonight. allen is live on campus happeni what's happening right now? >>reporter: several uc police officers have been waiting for a small band of occupy the farm members who took you have a and said they were headed to the home of uc berkeley chancellor around 9:3015 protestors left albany and marched to the campus. many of them still upset today today eviction and around 6:00 a.m. uc police swept in and forced the occupiers off the land used for ag research. at least one occupier jumped the fence and made a daring attempt to water the crop they have been nurturing for about 3 week. cal officials told the occupiers they could tend thecrs crop as long as they didn't camp there but they say the occupiers turned them down. you. >> that's misleading in the sense it was offered they were not willing to naught in writing

those establishments are putting out on the internet, it is very explicit. >> so far they have not discovered any criminal activity like prostitution at these parlors. >>justine: if adopted, the businesses would have to be certified. psst there are some local massage therapists that are in favor of this ordinance. >> i am very pleased that law fed is considering this ordinance. >> will are held to the same standard that other businesses in lafayette are. i think it is coming along an almost perfect. >> the lafayette city council, other organs is expected to be adopted. >>james: oikos university has been placed on probation. shooting. half the board says not enough people pass licensing exams after producing. the board also says oikos keeps admitting new students even of the state has not given its approval to do so. the university has two years to fix the problems or risk losing its license. we will take a break from the news and focus on the weather. >>erica: we are seeing partly cloudy conditions from our mt. tam cam. breezy as well. temperature wise, not too bad of a morning. flat right now, we are dealing with low cloud cover. here is a look at

the penalties and fees and registration. >> business is booming for one industry, massage parlors. the neighbors are worried about what is going on behind closed doors. the city is considering strict new rules to force out questionable shops. >> later tonight the city council will be taking up a proposal that they hope will close down some of these parlors that are really only front for prostitution. as massage a therapist heather prepares for a client there is only one thing that bothers her >> what bothers me is being treated like a criminal >> the city of lafayette will likely pass an ordinance requiring therapists like kerr east certified by the state and registered with a police department each year >> my practice is no different than physical therapy or chiropractor's so for me to have to go through that process is demeaning >> but she says she knows it is important to the community >> it is what people are talking about >> in recent months, massage parlors have opened in lafayette at an alarming speed. the city does not issue business licenses but expects there are 20 of them

five this letter, looking in the funeral parlor. the office atop so on the back. how could a guy possibly bet. turns out he had the undertaker will allow the coffin. and he walked from the block. any help. >> and the houses. his biggest mistake. a lot of the poor unfortunately have brought it upon themselves. he shut down the police lodging houses in february, march, march march 1890. a pretty bad time. one of the worst blizzards ever occurred the night that he shot him down. and then there were only two places other side of the aisle. the present houses scattered around. twenty-third street. >> remedial -- brutal. it was a discussion. maybe as bad as the great depression. you know, a lot of people. you had this feeling of this appalling josephine who was supposed to be a reformer but who is against even private philanthropy. >> the charity issues are just -- they wanted you to have to buy a ticket to get a lodging. they taught that people would just treat it. so you got a ticket. your clothes were fumigated. you have to prove you have no money any. if you have mo

it will add thousands of slot machines and the gambling parlor will feature virtual versions of row let, block jack, and back rat. the new casino was near the mall that is just south of the bwi marshall airport. maryland live will be one of the biggest gaming and retail destinations in the country. >> even if someone doesn't come in here and don't play the machines, will this benefit every marylander in every way or another? >> yeah. it will be the number one taxpayer but one of the top taxpayers in the entire united states. >> opening night for maryland live is next wednesday and the doors open at 10:00. >>> it appears the people of maryland will have the last say on same sex marriages in the state. opponents of gay marriage submitted more than twice the number of petition signatures yesterday to put that issue on the ballot in november. gary has more. >> reporter: some will get thrown out but the signatures turned in tuesday will be enough to put gay marriage on the november ballot. >> marylanders are engaged in the process. they are signing the petition and they want their voice to b

. >>> the lafayette city council is expected to discuss provisions on massage parlors tonight. the massage parlors must be certified and signed up with the police department to operate. >>>-- it may lead to a reduction in the consumption on those drinks. other lawmakers say it will hurt local businesses. >>> this weekend is the beta breakers race. but some are opting out because the price of the race does not include a t-shirt. that has left some runners leaving angry messages on the race website. we spoke to runners who said they would expect the registration to include a t- shirt. >> it's for the next race, the next year. it seems logical to have it as part of the base price not an add. >> reporter: a spokesperson said last year's registration did include a t-shirt however she says it did not include a medal. >>> a new play to attract the golden state warriors to san francisco. where a new basketball arena might be built and oakland's plan to try to retain the team. >>> newsweek's presidential news coverage includes president obama and his stance on gay marriage. it comes a we

. >>> the lafayette city council is expected to discuss provisions on massage parlors tonight. the massage parlors must be certified and signed up with the police department to operate. >>>-- it may lead to a reduction in the consumption on those drinks. other lawmakers say it will hurt local businesses. >>> this weekend is the beta breakers race. but some are opting out because the price of the race does not include a t-shirt. that has left some runners leaving angry messages on the race website. we spoke to runners who said they would expect the registration to include a t- shirt. >> it's for the next race, the next year. it seems logical to have it as part of the base price not an add. >> reporter: a spokesperson said last year's registration did include a t-shirt however she says it did not include a medal. >>> a new play to attract the golden state warriors to san francisco. where a new basketball arena might be built and oakland's plan to try to retain the team. >>> newsweek's presidential news coverage includes president obama and his stance on gay marriage. it comes a we

the question, the parlor game on wall street continues to be just how big these losses could grow after. the bank is saying last week that they could grow by more than a billion. >> is there any sense that there is worry regarding these two investigations that are ongoing? >> i think there is always worry any time you have the regulators at least from the bank's perspective when you have regulators looking into something that you are doing. but you know, that's what the regulators' jobs are. there are regulators in the bank. more than 60. every day. at what the bank does. so again there's always concerns. you dope want to be found having done something wrong. >> and jamie dimon on "meet the press" says he welcomed any of these examinations from regulators. we'll see what the next move is. thank you. >>> nbc news has been given access to trayvon martin's autopsy report. we're learning new details with the gunshot that killed the teenager plus another injury found on trayvon martin's body. today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's numbe

the proper licenses. 10 parlors currently operate in lafayette. >> any time we use a state licensing board as the means of control of a business of saying if you are in this business, this is what 99% of the other businesses in that field do, you bring a lot more credibility to the business. >> the men are doing the walk of shame, as i call it, to the place, head down, sunglasses on. >> residents have told police about their suspicions the chief says he has no evidence anything illegal is going on. the council will vote may 29th. >>> this morning president obama will make his fourth appearance on "the view" he discusses his commitment to legalizing same-sex marriage. >> >> the president: my justice department has said to the courts, we don't think the defense of marriage act is constitutional. this is something that historicallyally had been determined at the state level -- >> will you personally fight to repeal that act? >> congress is clearly on notice that i think it is a bad idea. >> you can watch the ladies interview the president this morning at 10 a.m. right here on abc7. >>>

the infections. >>> it would require a massage therapist be certified and establishments be certified and this comes after complaints of illegal sexual activity in some massage parlors. the issue was first decided last week. >>> facebook wants to have as many as 66 new workers at its headquarters. right now it is only half that many but facebook is offering to working with neighbors. >>> michelle obama is looking to sponsor a group of submarinessers. they will surf out of the -- serve out of the guided submarines and she will serve as a special link. >>> back over to sal, how is traffic, sal? >>> it looks good, we have a couple of minor things, we will start off with the maps 80 at richmond park, there is some police activity there, if you are driving to the freeway, it looks good and dumbarton and san mateo are both open at the peninsular. looking at the commute, that traffic looks nice, no problems on the upper bay bridge and northbound 101 traffic looks good approaching the 80 split, let's go to steve. >>> we start off with some low clouds, a little less but it is still there. temperatures will come up, but it is another cool down with 5060s and 70s. a little war

urging the governor to will the second special session to consider a bill to expand gambling to prince george's county. that session will also focus on granting existing slot parlors the ability to offer table games. the governor is expected to name a gaming commission to look into a sixth site later this week. a decision expected by late june. ♪ >> the sun is out in temperatures shaping up to be pretty warm. currently 80 degrees at bwi pirogen marshall. humidity at 48%. the winds are light and variable, mostly of the southwest through the afternoon. temperatures should push into the mid-80's later today with partly sunny skies. agents are an isolated thunderstorms, especially around 3:00 p.m. -- a chance for an isolated thunderstorm. ending at 6:00 p.m. it will be enhanced by this warm and humid weather. cooler tonight and the next couple of days behind the front. what will happen this week in, including for pregnant? we'll have details when we come back. >> thank you. police and federal agents raided baltimore county pain clinic that has been the focus of an i- team investigation. we first discovered the healthy life medical group a few months ago after neighbor

she is supposed to be neutral to determine when is heather in the diner and when it heather in the beauty parlormy mom used to say back in the day. >> it will show them down. >> it will slow them down to a certain degree. there are provisions in the law that provide for that. there are things called ex gent circumstances. if they have probable cause to belief you kidnapped a missing child they wouldn't have to get a warrant. there is the emergency doctrine. they need to do these right now. there's a big difference between that and we think heather may be involved in a drug ring that every saturday night goes to a nightclub to sell drugs. under those circumstances go to the judge. >> that is going on. are different law foreignsment agencies doing that? >> yes. they are tracking you without telling a judge first. i am going to make a joke but it is not a joke. someone like myself who is bald. i get miss identified all of the time for other bald guys. why should nine be tracked? another bald dude has been identified as a guy who is dealing drugs or stealing cars or burning up if is cars or whatever

the sides cannot decide who controls the simulcasting to off-track betting parlors. the horsemen want to continue to televise the technology to other racing facilities. the horses association in kentucky is signing an agreement with the arlington horsemen. that may mean no legal owner maybe on the field saturday. >> at junior seau was found dead at his home today, apparently the victim of a suicide. relatives are understandably shocked. >> i pray to god please -- take me. leave my child. >> seau played 19 seasons in the nfl, most with the san diego chargers. he made the all-pro team 10 times. he is similar to former bear dave durison. he was 43-years old. >> a hudson family member to be stand today at the balfour murder trial. he is accused of shooting to death three members of jennifer munson's family. a state police evidence analyst says his dna was not found on the murder weapon. the neighbor's -- the family's neighbor testified today. >> one attempt to reform the pension abuses that would expose several investigations was killed tonight by senate committee. but th

have had more little details in the movie to at least -- making people laugh that's in the audience, in a their parlor, i don't care where the tv is, in the kitchen, because i remember one scene that actually happened with me of course grenade, machine guns, whatever was required, and one of the guys come up, he had two ammo and he'd say, bill, i got -- bill and bob -- bill, i got two ammos here. what do you want me to do with them? give them to heffron. so he goes over and gives them to me. so i throw them over me. and then another guy

. >>> how the preakness is benefiting from some of the state's parlors! residents are still being overcharged for water by the city. in some cases, by thousands of dollars. desire and who is number 3 in the countdown of the 175 top athletes in maryland history? for these and more, read the baltimore sun. and remember to look for the updated forecast from wjz's first warning weather team. >>> the next time you have a million-dollar idea. think about what happened to jennifer tillfer. the california mom came up with a version of the stuffed animal that became a must-have toy in millions of households. teresa garcia has the story. >> reporter: jennifer tillfer was a full-time mother in southern california, when one of her young sons gave her a great idea. >> my oldest son always had a stuffed animal he was sleeping with. and he ended up flattening it out. and that's when the light bulb came out. thought, we can make plush animals. >> they fluffed them out to become pillows. they called them pillow pets. >> these are some of our original items. >> reporter: th

. >> plus a sneak peek at the newest gaming parlor about to open in maryland. we'll be right back. >>> good morning. welcome back to 9news now. 4:46 on this wednesday morning. working on the computer last night? the whole house went into darkness. thank goodness for the generator. it came back on. but the thunder and lightning incredible. >> an impressive line of storms. a lot more severe weather with inch hail west and northwest of town. but we certainly had the power outages, trees down. thankfully this morning much quieter. can't guarantee you won't run into a sprinkle or two over the next our or two or three. not as hot. we'll stay in the 80s. here's your bus stop forecast. hard to believe it's two weeks from today i think my son's done. many folks will be running around. isolated showers this morning. lows in the 60s and low 70s starting out here. sun is up at about 5:40, 5:45. we are going to look at some sunshine today. by the middle of the day, we'll have sun and clouds mixed together, about 80 for lunch time. as we head toward 5 p.m. low 80s. any time b

that's in the audience, in their parlor, i don't care where the tv is, in the kitchen, because i remember one scene that actually happened with me and my platoon. we were in the shed and putting on material to jump with, grenades, machine guns, ammo, .30s, whatever was required, and one of the guys come up, he had two vandaleers of ammo and he'd say, bill, i got two vandaleers of ammo here, what to you want me to do? he said, give them to heffron. he walks over and gives them to me. i throw them over me. another guy comes. he says, i have two grenades, bill, what do you want me to do with them? bill said, give them to heffron. i got the two grenades. i pin them right here. another guy come up and he had two grenades. so bill -- i know, give them to heffron. i say, yeah, give me them. i put one here, one there. another guy comes up, he has a small box, i don't know what's in there. he said, bill, what am i going to do with this? and i shout, give it to heffron. he walked over and he goes to give it to me and bill said, wait a minute, hold that a minute. the reason i'm telling you this stor

theft of the drug, running a massage parlor-prostitution ring, robbery and extortion. >> the crochendo came in selling drugs that had been in evidence. >> reporter: louis lombardi left after learning he would spend three years behind bars while on the task force. >> on his behalf i guess i would have to say there is no explanation. and that what he did was wrong and that he's prepared to pay the price for those wrong decisions. >> the remaining question mark is norman wells. so far he's indicated he won't take a plea deal despite butler and lombardi being ready to testify against him. >> as far as the drugs are concerned which is the core of this case it was mr. welsh who had access to that, mr. butler didn't. >> reporter: butler's sentencing is set for september. live in oakland, i'm john sasaki, ktvu news. >>> at this hour in san jose, police are deploying additional officers downtown for the start of the cinco de mayo celebrations. robert handa live in san somewhere -- san jose for the special cause for concern. >> reporter: those police efforts have just started in downtown san jos

as i am in the nail salons and the beauty parlors as my tbrapped ma used to -- grandma used to say i see a lot of people reading that. and my mom calls me and says this is what is happening to you. >> when you are at the nail salon do you bump into bill? >> all the time. but he is in the pedicure area. >> it is called being a pices. it has nothing to do with my masculinity. >> you are not a pices. >> i am an aquarius. >> i am an aquarius too. >> i am a sheep. >> do you have a handgun that i can shoot myself with? you know what, another part of the study shows a third of americans -- this will make you puke, a third of americans believe in astrology. >> my favorite part of the original is astrology, not to be confused with astronomy. >> it is true. they are entirely separate things. >> so i have heard. >> anthony, welcome to the show. >> thank you, sir. >> you are welcome. you says your chart says romney. what do you think his chances are of pulling it out in november? >> i think they are pretty good. people will come out to vote against obama and i don't think as many will vote for o

the favorite washington parlor game, guess the running mate is well under way.ight, running with romney, bret baier looks at the woman who may be on the presidential ticket this fall. up next, we are a little bit closer to judgment day for the accused 9/11 spor tors. conspirators. that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. fohalf the calories plus vgie nutrition. could've had a v8. a living, breathing intelligence teaching data how to do more for business. [ beeping ] in here, data knows what to do. because the network finds it and tailors it across all the right points, automating all the right actions, to bring all the right results. [ whirring and beeping ] it's the at&t network -- doing more with data to help business do more for customers. ♪ >>>. >> john: united nations envoy kofi annan says the peace plan for syria is on track but another day 6 violence. two universities, one teenager was killed on wednesday. four students died. activists say 193 people have been killed this week. >> egyptian troops fired water cannons today. it's the second week since clash

the d.c. parlor game about what is going to happen with national democrats here is useless to us.t care. we'll do this thing one way or another. scott walker -- six of his aids have been charged or convicted already. his best friend has been charged. his own spokesman has been immunized. and we have a governor who can't answer the question truthfully hey, governor, are you being charged with a crime? he won't say yes or no. so he has got to go before the grand jury, i fear. >> yeah, and you make a good point about the whole sarah palin factor, because if scott walker wins -- let me give this to you alex, if he ekes out a win does that make him a hero to anybody who hates collective bargains for public sector unions, we have heard it said before on fox, maybe even a possible vp candidate? >> i think it's fair to say he is already a hero in the conservative movement regardless of how the recall effort goes a lot of them have long thought that collective bargaining rights are a big problem and the fact that he -- you know upon taking office, rescinded them already makes him a hero, a

. >> reporter: it took a little bit of guessing, but the parlor game eventually turned to solyndra. > lot. >>> okay, up next, a rare moment. three presidents at the white house. and it made for a lot of laughs thanks to former president george w. bush. >>> plus, new york mayor michael bloomberg's latest move to make the city healthy. but it's making a lot of people angry. what's with you? trouble with a car insurance claim. [ voice of dennis ] switch to allstate. their claim service is so good, now it's guaranteed. [ normal voice ] so i can trust 'em. unlike randy. are you in good hands? >>> at the white house today, some laughs, a few tears, and not much politics. the bush clan returned for the unveils of george w. bush's official portrait. and the former president stole the show. watch this. >> from time to time, those of us who have had the privilege to hold this office find ourselves turning to the only people on earth who know the feeling. we may have our differences politically, but the presidency transcends those differences. we all love this country, we all want america to suc

the new regulation would require massage parlor to be state certified and registered with the city police department. >>> you see police move in and move out protesters at a farmment we'll explain why the area still has not been totally cleared. get ready to pay the price if you text and drive. >>> relatively cool day around the bay. i'll have the number of what you can expect for your area coming up. gp >>> new york city college an all women's school. he urged the 600 graduates to become a deacon of light to the world. he talked about the powers and possibilities of being a woman called on students. >>> mitt romney remaining rival ron paul announced today he'll no longer be spending money on his campaign but he is not giving up the fight. at a web site message paul said he won't spend money on the party's eleven remaybing primaries it will take tens of million of dollars we simply do not have. however the small campaign said it will urge supporters to attend state convictions an effort to get in august. so far paul had 104 delegates. romney had 973. >>> piece of farm land owed by uc berk

. >>> how preakness is benefiting from the state's slots parlors. >>> being overcharged for water by city. in some cases, by thousands of dollars. >>> and who is number 3 in the top athletes in maryland history. >>> for these stories and the baltimore sun, remember to look for the updated forecast from the wjz first warning weather team. >>> you may do a doubletake when you see the next edition of the newsweek magazine. take a look at the cover of the may 1st issue. it calls them the first gay president. it was written by an openly gay blogger in response to the president, declaring his support for same-sex marriage. >>> women's issues are front and center. as president obama gives the commencement speech. alison harmelin reports on what he told graduates of the all- fee female college. >>> president barack obama looked out over a sea of cap and gowns. >> hello class of 2012. >> the president gave the commencement speech to the graduates of all women's school as he works to curt female voters. >> whether it's the salary you earn or healthditions that you make. >> reporter: the presid

the library tonight. they want to be able to close down some of these massage parlors that they believe are fronts for prostitutionas of this massage therapist prepares for a client, theres lemonte thing that gets riled. >> what really bothers me is being treated like a criminal. >> the city of lafayette will likely pass an ordinance requiring such therapist like her to be certified by the state of california and register with the police department each year. >> by the practice is no different than a chiropractor. so for me to have to go through that sort of process is very demeaning. >> she says that she knows it is important community. >> it is what people are talking about and read about. >> in recent months and massage parlors have opened at an alarming speed. the city does not issue business licenses but expects that there are 20 misogynist thises and there's a new one opening up. at this one it would not answer the door. at this one the woman said her boss was not around. but neighbors say that they only see male clients and they're convinced something shady is gone on. >> i believe it is prostitution. i bel

the most unhealthy looking people. >> bob: absolutely. they looked skinny. i worked at a funeral parlor'd close the casket and it reminded me of the vegetarians. >> kimberly: you worked at a funeral parlor? >> bob: i did. biggest one in new york city. i was fired after 86 funeral -- >> kimberly: don't tell me what you did. >> greg: spandex and euro uniforms doesn't make sense. >> bob: lycra. it doesn't make sense. >> andrea: memorial day barbecue, wonderful spread on the table. it's not that bad for you. burgers aren't that bad. it's not fried. baked beeps. corn on the cob. >> bob: kimberly ate half of the bowl. >> kimberly: i'm going to finish the rest later and put this in the microwave. >> bob: they say don't eat the food. >> greg: i have another theory. in the age of declining morality, where we are replacing religion with a food morality. instead of the body of christ, it's like head of arugula. >> bob: have you ever seen whole foods? i have been there once. >> greg: i love whole foods. crazy. >> bob: all the vegetables look dirty and disgusting. not good for you. >> greg: i like t

the day. it is used as a parlor with an office on the first floor, two dining rooms on the second, and a veteran on three and four, secret service and of it -- secret service in the basement. it is unmarked. it is beautifully done on the outside, and the only sign you would know it is a former president's death house is there is an office with all the president's papers -- president's guest house is there is an office with all the president favors. -- president's papers going back to hoover. >> there is a presidential seal. >> and a bedspread. >> somewhere you allude to the president's club. and having a seal. is there an actual seal? >>but i do not think we allude to that. you may have misread that. >> let's go back to another thing for people who like to hear about writing. when did you get your first interested in writing? >> in third grade. >> you remember why? >> i loved to read. once you are reading books, the idea that you can write them, too, i thought that was cool. >> did someone introduce you to a reading? >> a great first grade teacher. good >> what was his or her name? >> mrs. flana

the government press service. actually, what he did was to pro philadelphiaize and modernize it. when we arrived it was in a parlor state. by the time we left it, it had regained its confidence and become far better at what it did. >> the seamyer side is the domain of special ministers special advisers and, of course, of ministers themselves. would you agree with that? >> that's the point i made earlier, whenever anything appeared in the press from the government, people assumed it was me, but often it wasn't. i would certainly agree that will the government communication system that we inherited was not fit for purpose. a lot of change had to be made. robin butler, the cabinet secretary, was very reclear with me that i had the authority to make change. he then set up the manfield review which led to substantial changes, changes for the better. most of them kept by gordon brown and david cameron. and other people got up to all sorts of stuff. no doubt about that. that is part of politics, it's part of life. i tried to control at the center. i tried to keep a grip of things, but the reality is there are hundreds of

the pregnant and drunk houston woman was arrested after she stopped at a tattoo parlor at 2:40 in the40 am. apparently it's an all-night tattoo parlor. she wanted to get a piercing. she's kind enough to mention to them, like how fast will this go, because i have my kid in the car. >> right. >> tattoo parlor employees called -- except for the drinking thing and the kid in the car thing alone. but the tattoo employees called the police, found the 1-year-old girl asleep in the vehicle, surrounded by beer bottles, apparently, and prescription xanax pills. 7 1/2 months pregnant. let's list, shall we -- >> i wrote it down. >> can you? where is your chart. >> it's not a chart. it's handwritten scribble notes. drunk, 20. >> underage drinking. >> okay. seven months pregnant. >> and drinking. >> bad, bad. >> with one child already. >> going for a piercing. lot of people -- >> lot of people have their kids close together. >> 2:00 am, interesting detail with 1-year-old girl sitting shotgun in the car. >> shotgun. >> kicker -- >> shotgun, 1-year-old in the car. >> and beer bottles and xanax found