we have very specific numbers on this, we have presented this and i will repeat this here. for this particular project there have been 60 hazardous trees identified for removal and there is the additional entries removed for the park improvement, the tennis courts and that there. this is the net removal of 70 trees. the reforestation will result in an increase of new trees, of 94. this would be a compensation for the removal and a net increase on top of this. these are real numbers that are not ambiguous, or unclear to me. >> and this does not compromise the green space for the park? >> there are over 4000 trees. >> glen park canion was my backyard and i did not even know that there was a heating system >> thank you. seeing no other questions from the commission, let me just comment that i do not think there is a member of this commission that is ever happy about taking out a tree unless this is necessary to enhance the overall project. but we are interested in seeing a public process be followed with the people who use the parks and the associations around that me and cont

this is unacceptable to have this done. to our city. the next process is going to continue, with 120 trees removed. and they currently use a herbicide. this should be illegal. and the money should go to improvements and other situations. thank you. >> thank you. >> dolan? >> good day, laides adies and gentlemen. i have been a 30-year planter of growing and planting trees, not all kinds by just particular ones. i am rather familiar with trees and i really approved of the project as it stands, almost. i do have a serious objection to -- this, there are nine, beautiful, and exotic, and a strange sense of the word -- eucalyptus trees. in other parts of the park. these trees are twice the size of this podium in diameter. these are quite sturdy. in the original presentation. there was a tree that fell, but this was not a eucalyptus. this was another disease to monterey cypress. there are several in the process of being removed. something fell on the tennis court. the battle of one of the trees it did fall into the net, the side of the tennis

this is one sentence in this report and i have not focused on this. i had no problem with the gentlemen's amendment. if the experts can't figure out what the draft was doing, maybe we should pull this out. >> i would offer an amendment. mike wallace, from maine. we oppose the refugee status as opposed to immigration status on political factors. >> please repeat that? >> we oppose the granting of refugee status as opposed to refugee status on on political factors. >> you are proposing this amendment? >> i propose this amendment. >> and is there a second? >> your microphone is not on. >> it says we oppose the refugee status for non-political factors? >> as opposed to immigration status. >> immigration status is not in my revised draft. >> this is on the screen. >> this says we oppose the granting of refugee status for a non political factors. >> he is proposing an amendment to the amendment, adding that to the amendment that you have on your sheet, which is also on the screen. my question is if there is a second to that amendment proposal. is there a se

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but the best part of this video is the reaction to this waterspo waterspout. >> is it coming this way? well, check that door, can i get in? >> see what happens to some big ole scaredy cats. >> a high-risk rescue after a leopard -- >> is caught on top of a fence. >>> plus an update on the katy perry fan battling cancer who made an internet plea. >> katy perry, if you're seeing this -- >> now he's days away from seeing his wish come true. >> are you nervous? >> very nervous. >>> and talk about dodging a bullet. it's all coming up on today's rtm countdown. we're going to kick off our countdown today with a guy who's just hanging out, but not in a good way. >> i'm about to show you some dramatic footage from china. now, i want to say something very important. this man is not attempting suicide. but it was suicidal what he did. that man is identified a jiong and they say he climbed up on the roof to see if there was something leaking. he realized, i don't have my keys and so he fashioned a rope, put it around his arm pits and tried to drop down to the sixth floor. >> is he alive in this vi

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now this is really -- we all know this.with the plans of san francisco, we have the original planning for the south of market. this is similar to the north of market with the six squares aggregated together. the differences are that the block dimensions are much larger in summer than in the market. -- soma than in the market. a structure of lands has emerged. there we go. these are often closed at the end, giving them the unique urban structure with both through streets and the non- through lanes. these are opportunities to identify the intensity -- and this is not a slide. this is leading particularly well. you won't see this off of the marker. they have areas highlighted to show where all lanes are. what i would like to do is use a few other things to show the potential -- first as in boston. they have these narrow parks on the cross lines, and gateways and transition zones into the lane, built from the urban landscaping, with horizontal continuity between the two buildings and the intersection that you can see, one stree

the flappers wore this down here for a purse. this is all woven and the women do this.andfather never made it. my goodness. with the condition-- cut steel is very nice and it does sell-- it's worth about $350. fantastic. if this was platinum, we're talking $10,000 to $15,000. wow. woman: i was at an auction in missouri in the early '70s. they had the hall tree and i thought i would like it. my husband was standing in the back row and i could hear him say, "who in the world would bid on that one?" and it was me. (laughing) one of the things i love about this hall tree is the fact that the back is open. most of the time they have a big mirror on 'em. in america, the hall tree was introduced a little bit later than it was in england. did you know that this was english? no. most people would look at something like this and assume that it would be later in the 19th century, like the 1870s or the 1880s. but this is actually before 1850. oh, it is? yeah, it's probably 1830s or '40s, and the reason that i knew that was the overall design, the quality of the carving. if you look

this is buena vista parks. this is quezar park. this is mount davidson. look out for the rock. this is on telegraph park. this is stern grove. this is a little known park above candle stick. here's my friend jake, standing by a wall. this was rosy play ground. they turned it into a park and it was also restored by wpa. i believe they torn down the house, which was unforgivable and the zoo is wpa. and here's the murals inside the mother's building. the marina sea walls and great aquatic park. the palace of fine arts. we wouldn't have and a little further in, lake merit, this pier. alva rado park and then, some of you my recognize this. the berkeley rose garden. did it have to be this beautiful. finally, i'm going to wrap up. san francisco is rich in the various kinds of arts projects. we have a fabulous collection of stuff here. there were four components. there was visual arts, federal theater, federal musics and federal writers. they employed many people. this is excellent to show the work. the visual arts project. it was especially important in san francisco because of dieggo

how easy is this for athletes to get a hold of this stuff? >> this is very easy. they get it over the internet. they buy knit many places. don't be surprised that there have been two connected to the dominican republic. it won't surprise me if you can see more here. this is something that is common place. many more players than you might imagine are qusing synthetic testosterone because it's easy to kirk come vent you mentioned dominican connection. and both are from the dominican repub rick, i have a feeling we're going to see you sooner as opposed to later, thank you. >> thank you for having me. >> and that is interesting insight. >> bay area baseball fans are shaken by news one of the stars cheated at the game they lost. nick smith is live tonight at the coliseum with reaction to the news from the fans. >> fans are sounding off about cologne being busted for using a banned substance but are quick to point out this should not stop them from making it to the playoff autos not surprised. >> and this is kind of stupid, i think. >> after learning former cy young awa

check this out.his is a real awesome part. >> you suddenly have long hair. >> and he's a person of color. how does this happen without after effects? >> i don't know. that's real. i think that's real to me. >> yeah, definitely real. >> is this like the first time in five years that you've had on business attire? >> everyone in this video looks like they're going on their first job interview. >>> check out this amazing video of this spider spinning a web. the person who captured it said it took about six minutes for this spider to spin the web and the spider is apparently the size of the head of a pin. he sped it up so what you're watching is about three minutes long. >> this is just crazy to watch. >> it's amazing to me how spiders can sense everything by feeling vibrations in the web. >> she is moving quick. i know that this is sped up, but still it's amazing to see such a tiny little spider creating this web so quickly an precisely, mind you, too. >> this is absolutely innate nature for these guys.

this entire herd of elephants, they're frustrated by this truck. i'm thinking it's because there were so many baby elephants in this herd. >> and is this window broken in the back? did they break that window? >> there's a big dent and the window is busted. >> i like how they're putting their trunks up, like in the faces of these people. >> like back up, back up. >> so this safari truck, they start to back up. >> a little white bird in the back. >> you know what makes me nervous is that these people are exposed here that are in the back of this pickup truck. they're right out there in the open. >> yeah. >> you know what, they're coming into the home of these elephants. imagine what it would be like if they were coming to your house to take pictures. i understand why they're annoyed. >> but all the other trucks go by fine and the elephants seem to watch them go past. >> there must be something about that one truck they don't like. >> the truck is colored similar. >> when these elephants were going up to that truck, they were kind of doing that same t

look at this bed!ng way. this nightstand! this wardrobe! what are you doing here? you're in ikea.y dream bedroom is in ikea? yes. what's that bedroom over there? that's your husband's dream bedroom. whatever your style, take home your dream bedroom together. ikea. the life improvement store. >>> michael fish is called a climate warrior. he is an iconic british tv weatherman and he's decided to do something about climate change. >> a base jump. if anybody is going to raise awareness doing damn silly things like this. >> this dude is going to base jump. he's jumping off a building in london in association with raw panuey. >> could they at least get a helmet to fit the guy? >> no offense to michael but i thought maybe he'd base jump from like his recliner. >> oh, that is mean! >> the risk factor of this, about 100% death. >> he's got that great classic british wit and so he actually does it and he doesn't stall. watch him. >> i'm suspicious. i don't think he did it. >> really? >> i don't think he did it. >> you don't think that was him that jumped? >> no. i think it was somebody else

the first time this has happened in this area. it almost looks like there's a path for all of this drainage to come down. >> they call washes, where water naturally drains. >> did they say there was no sign of anything coming? there doesn't look like there was any rain or thunder or lightning to indicate something was going on. >> i bet you they heard it because they started filming before you could see it. >> you can hear it coming. >> oh, my gosh. >> there's a manhunt on in broward county for this portly fellow and his two accomplices that robbed a radio shack. now, as you see here, he walks into the store, he's on the phone, he's walking around. but there was a store employee, a young woman, who was in there. she doesn't look like she's scared. she goes to the counter, she goes behind it. he walks up to it and look what he takes out. he has a gun. he makes her go into the stock room, but watch what he makes her do. remember, i said he had two accomplices. she opens the door, she's scared and one of the other guys walks in. >> o

this whale that this underwater videographer filmmaker shot so up close of this whale, he nearly gets hit by its huge tail. remember? who gets this close? just amazing to see. >> spectacular. it wasn't just once. he was surrounded at one point by more. >> right. that was graham dwayne and he joins us from skype in south froik tell us what that sensation must feel like. graham, try to explain to us and our viewers the feeling of being so close to such a, a huge animal? >> yeah. i think it's like being next to a boeing. you know, you stand flonext to boeing or a really bill ship and the scale, it's really awesome and terrifying. i didn't mean to get that close. you know, when you get up to the tail, there's so much current that that animal creates around it. you get sucked into the water. >> did you have any idea what that whale was doing when he was kind of doing a head stand? >> we see them standing on their heads with their tails sticking out of the water and i never realized what they were up to, but the noise it was making, it has to be some kind of like calling gesture. i'm not qu

this is a perfect example of that. >> is this exercise or is cooneys just trying to bite this guy?> this is exercise for her. she lives at the second chances wildlife center in louisville, kentucky. when she came in, they said she had brain damage, she was not well, but they have rehabilitated her. she can't live in the wild now because of the damage done to her, but she does need her exercise. >> i bet you she's worn out after this too because she's launching herself all over the place, diving, falling down, trying to bite this guy. >> is it a little weird that cooneys looks out and adorable and fluffy? i actually want to play with her. generally i don't feel that way about raccoons. >> look at that face. >>> dogs are man's best friend but there are times when dogs do some really jerky things. there's a new trend on the internet, dog shaming. it's a particular tumbler account. people are taking pictures of their dogs with little notes in front of them. i stole a little girl's ice cream at the park. >> i love it. >> shaming these dogs. i bit a vet nurse who sat on my chair. even ca

i just think in general, this is a win for the entire city, and i look forward to supporting this on the november ballot with the recreation and parks bond. this will be a better place for everyone. the last thing, this is in companionship with the housing trust fund. $13 million of this gross receipts tax will go towards affordable housing. that means less people on our streets and in substandard housing. all of that is an incredibly important investment. all along with recapturing the redevelopment tax element that we put together in a housing trust fund that is also moving forward to the voters, so again, i am excited and proud to support this, and i just want to thank the leadership and all of the members of the coalition who made this happen. president chiu: supervisor cohen -- olague? supervisor olague: i want to add my support to this. they are coming together to really hold the bar at a certain level, and to the mayor's office for coming in meeting us half way, and the business community also for being able to work toward something that was agreeable to all, so i'd think this

this is currently going through sequa review and will move through this fall. the historic preservation commission initiated the first landmark district, and the initiation, for 2003 and the city of san francisco. the commission initiated the landmark designation of the continuous district, with the building's clad and bricks across the mid market area identified as part of the market plan. planning staff has conducted an extensive public outreach, with each of those buildings owners and we have support except for one building that we are still trying to contact for the landmark designation. because this is the initiation of a landmark district, a recommendation by this commission is required before it goes to the board of supervisors. we hope to have this for you by late september. we also improved to several entitlements, and one of them was 1355 market street. the twitter building at the old sf mart. there were a series of storefront operations and -- and outdoor space along stevenson alley. we also review this project, but the project design team with the j

>> look at this, look at this! >> what was that? >> a russian accent. >> kind of like a muppet. >> sounded like a muppet at the beginning of a muppet song. look at this, look at this. >> russian dash cam. >> accident happen. >>> a hospitalized young girl gets a tent full of very special pictures. >> my gosh, it has sound too. >> see what the pictures are all about, next. >>> and sometimes you just feel like laughing at turkeys. >> it's clearly obvious they're highly amused by what they're doing. >> they are. and see why they can't seem to stop, "right this minute." >>> in seattle's children's hospital, a 16-year-old girl had been stuck there for months waiting for a bone marrow transplant because she has cancer. so the staff there came up with a very special way of bringing a little bit of home to her hospital room. this is the cat immersion project and the one thing she really missed from home was her cat, mary. you see a lot of patients are in isolation, so they can't have many of the comforts from home, so they got an idea. they

of course, that will come out, the details about why this gunman did this. in many times in these situations we never find out the exact motivation. it could be just a disturbed individual. and obviously to do this one would have to be disturbed in some way. waiting on a press conference. the last briefing from the hospital from froedtert hospital. three people in the hospital. gunshot wounds range from multiple gunshot wounds to the face, multiple gunshot wounds to the abdomen. some to the extremities, as well. as we wait for all of this to play out we will cover it for you and bring you both of the press conferences live. >> what has transpired we went from a hostage situation or not so much hostage or an area where people were trapped in this guawara. police went in there and did a tactical sweep of the area which took quite a bit of time at the point where they were sure that there wasn't a second gunman there. they allowed the people to leave and seek medical treatment in some cases. that search went to the parking lot where police and s.w.a.t. teams we

so, this is not a suggestion box, this program is not a suggestion box, but this morning instead of complainingg lines at starbucks or parking spaces that you can't find, perhaps take a moment to read the piece and look at the pictures because they are your neighbors' sons, husbands, brothers and there is a war going on in this country, long war. >> weight it going to take? ed rendell, are we going to wait for the debates when they're forced to address it with carefully prepared statements? i would love to hear the candidates talk about our economy and about the wars that we're engaged in, truly on an honest level. it's not possible in this climate, is it? >> it's very difficult. politics has dsolved into name calling and there's one debate, mika, six questions, 15 minutes each, on each topic, six topics. i've written along with mayor bloomberg, written infrastructure be discussed. what's the plan for infrastructure from both candidates. one of several issues facing the country. i love the fact that the debates devote 15 minutes to a specific subject. hopefully they'll pick the six right subjec

this is the third time this month. that's a lot of ohio presidential time. you know that ohio is such a critical swing state. if polls are any indication here those trips appear to be paying off. here is why. a new poll just released today gives the president a 50 to 44% load in ohio. the visit also comes on the very same day the romney campaign have rolled out this ad very critical of the president's auto recovery claims. here it is. >> started 1972 selling cars. >> in 2009, under the obama administration's bailout of general motors, ohio dealerships were forced to close. >> i received a letter from general motors. they were suspending my credit line. we have 30 something employees out of work. my wife and i were the last ones there. it's like the dream we worked for and worked so hard for was gone. >> the obama campaign already rebutting that ad today. we're going to be seeing the president speaking from akron, ohio in just about 20 minutes from now touting what he and his administration has accomplished in ohio. we'll bring you that live in about 20 minut

take a look at this building. your tax dollars, my tax dollars, phil's taxes, the mayor's taxes, our taxes paid for this building. we all should die in. every taxpayer in san francisco chipped in a little bit today for the beautiful new building -- we all should die in. what do you think and this use of our tax dollars -- we all chipped in appeared what you think about our tax dollars at work? [applause] we paid for this building through the 2008 parks bond. if you like this, just wait until what is coming in november. we have another parked bond measure, the green and safe neighborhood parks bond of 2012 that will be on your ballot this november. it is going to pay for more rec ce% neighborhoods all across the city. new swimming pools, new playgrounds, new trails, touching every neighborhood in san francisco. we're going to put $195 million to work improving our parks system city-wide. it will be the biggest single investment we make in our parks in a generation. vote for the parks bond is november 6. thank you.

this says, gas. this is a gas valve in the street. a water department shut off. >> 8 inch pipe. >> 8 inch pipe. over here we have a -- >> catch basin, >> how you fit the catch basins into the ramps is a big issue. all the utility pipes that go under is a big issue? >> absolutely. in certain cases for a lot of the bigger projects for the big are developments if there is an existing catch basin in the way of a projective curb ramp where there is a crossing, we require the developer or owner to move the catch basin at their cost. >> there is a nuance. if you are doing a project that triggers the sidewalk to be upgraded its the property owners responsibility to upgrade the sidewalk and potentially the curb rachlt. that's on the developer's niccol not the city's niccol. >> that's this thing down here you figure interesting piece of hardware. >> a valve you unscrew and there is something inside there. >> we don't know what that is. >> over here we have -- there is a valve for the firefighter to open ask close the supply to this. >> the brea

. >> i think this is a good point. what it reminds me of, part of the issue for me has been to think about this situation and the most extreme example would be to say that we will not teardown a single building. nothing will be demolished. but we have. knowledge that we substantially add to the density of the neighborhood. you do that by maintaining the fabric and assuming you can keep the majority of the fabric. >> around the city, there is what is expensive and what is an expensive. the whole thing is to set up the situation for slow change and not a drastic change. this is what creates the variety, because let's face it. we don't build neighborhoods. you can build a social -- there are networks of relationships. people develop that over time, by living there. so these things have to happen over decades. it is curious to me that so much has happened on valencia's street and 16, that for decades, people have wanted to happen on market street. after all the programs and the attempts at revitalizing market street, this

this tractor.nd i guess he didn't find what he wanted at the yard sale and he decided he wanted a tractor. this is a $13,000 tractor. as you watch this video, you see him checking it out, eventually, allegedly this man stole this tractor. >> i wonder if this is the tractor they use to dig the holes. >> i know. isn't this a bad omen? >> if it is, he deserves it because he shouldn't be stealing that tractor in the first place. >> this all happened on monday night. on tuesday the sheriff's department posted the surveillance video on their facebook page. tuesday night brings the tractor back. according to the sheriff's office, they received tips on this guy's identity. because of this video, it led them directly to cross, and cross apparently confessed. he told police that he is an ordained minister and that he planned on selling the tractor, but his conscience got the best of him. >> police have arrested derrick l. cross and he's been charged in this incident. >> well, maybe he just needed to go home

this.sses have said the gunman has started firing at random. again, 10 people have been shot and two of them are dead including the gunman that the police shot and killed after he began to randomly shoe people outside of the empire state building. we are getting lots of new information on this story keep it to here for the very latest. >> mark: this is in 2012, mit romney and the camp say certain questions are off- limits to reporters this includes anything per 10tain--pertaining to senate hopeful todd akin. >> mark: mitt romney had for station that he was supposed to interview with but he told them they could not bring up akin so only one station agreed. so there was only one interview. >> darya: take a look at this usa today poll that fines, if you look, men, 53 percent have a view and this year is 53% and 200859 percent favored the republican john mccain and that is 40 percent favoring mit romney. here is a reminder that you can catch the on interrupted speeches at the democratic and rep

again, rob, this happening at about 10:40 this morning. rob? >> so at this point, do we know for sure if it was one person or more than one person actually in the temple performing this dastardly deed, or are we just relying on police reports at this point? >> reporter: yeah, no, it's really not clear. what they're trying to do is piece everything together. we've got the oak creek police department that's on scene. you've got the milwaukee sheriff's department that is also on scene. you've got hospitals that are on standby to remove the wounded if there are any wounded. and again, we want to let everyone know that this is happening now. we don't know what the situation is inside that sikh temple. it is a large facility, as you can see there. it was built about five years ago. wisconsin has a healthy sikh community there. and so right now the authorities on the ground, they are simply responding to see exactly what is going on, who's there. but you can see even, rob, by the manpower that you've got on the ground, that this is a serious situation

this time. we're down to 86 meters per second and sending. we've lost tones from earth at this time. this is expected. we're continuing monitoring. >> and ground solution equals 18 seconds. >> standing by for back up separation. >> we're in power flight. descending about 0 meters per second. 500 meters in altitude. standing by for sky crane. >> we've found a place to come in ready for sky train 40 meters altitude. this is about 7.5 meters as expected. >> this is stable. stable. >> woo-hoo! woo! >> going to see where our curiosity will take us. >> now we know the landing was a success, lots of celebrating going on right now from jet propulsion laboratory in pasadena. tom, we see celebrating but what does this mean now that the landing was a success. >> this just opens the next chapter in mars exploration, congratulations to nasa on this amazing feat. there is about a five-year mission to set the rover climbing a three-mile mountain looking for evidence of past hospitalable climates and looking fo

this is the continental jewelry and pawn store. this was just before closing time. at least two of the men according to reports, were armed. they come in, demanding money with their guns drawn. several of them have what looks like pillowcases, expecting to get lots of jewelry. maybe some cash. this yorkie belongs to the owner. something else belongs to the owner -- and she's about to pull it out. >> uh-oh. the 65-year-old female owner of this store pulls out her gun that she had for safety, and fires two rounds at these guys. >> no! >> and they can't get out of this store fast enough. when they get there, they can't figure out, they can't figure out you're supposed to pull, instead of push. >> she chased after them, too. >> she starts running after them with the gun still in her hand and still drawn. the thing that's making people want to stand up and cheer about this video is a 65-year-old woman protected herself, protected the other people in the store, fired at these guys, they got away with nothing. >>> police are still looking for these five suspects and they'r

happened this morning on this southern california flight to seattle.ire officials testified -- received a call the plane was in catastrophic electric failure and the cabin was depressurized. >> i was in pain. i looked around everybody else was grabbing their ears. that is what happens, i guess, when the flame loses pressure. >> it's scary. kind of -- we heard a sound and we knew something was going on. and there is a no passengers on board hurt they were put on to other flights. >> and there is a series of earthquakes have shaken southern california. dozens in just 24 hours, two were moderate quakes. and one hit about 9:30 this morning and another last night near yosha linda. this seismologist says it's the center of a quake swarm. >> there is approximately 30 earthquakes there is a 5% or one out of 20 chance that the fake is a shock. >> this knocked some items off local shelves. >> still to come here tonight the police agency that protects california homes for developmentally disabled now under investigation after taser attack autos money matters, hew

why are we talking about this this morning? >> my dad used to say a voteless people is powerless people. one of the most important steps we could take is the short step to the ballot box. as ambassador young said, out of 170 plus countries we're number 138. that is unacceptable. we have to find a way to make sure access and opportunity is available for all people and by virtue of the fact there are nearly 30 states or a little more who passed laws that might be perceived as restricting voting. i'm kind of disappointed that 47 years after the voting rights was signed on this day, that there may be some americans who may not be able to vote because what is perceived as restrictions. part of what we're doing is a campaign to educate and inform the public. and this is not partisan. this is about one party. this is not about a candidate. this is far bigger than any candidate. this is for every american to be able to participate and have access in this most important process that my dad and others gave their lives so that we may have

as you know, this was a big audible the romney campaign pulled in terms o pulling this together thisssible this may happen maybe a little bit after 9:00. but we think at the top of the hour, wolf. >> very soon. only moments away. a huge crowd, lively crowd there. tell us what we're seeing. we see a lot of people. give us your thoughts. >> this is definitely one of the most energetic crowds we've seen so far. from a standpoint not much better than having a battleship behind you, the romney bus there just in front of the ballots ship. on that bus, this is a brand-new wrap, on that bus, romney plan for stronger middle class. as james carville has been telling us, this campaign will be about the middle class. at the bottom of the bus, it will be about more jobs, mo take home pay. that is the message they are trying to drive home. voting for mitt romney will put more money in your pocketbooks. how will that happen? romney saying tax cuts. mitt romney is talking about tax cuts as part of his big economic plan. we're going to hear more about that this morning as well as paying attention to

this is typical for this time of weather. but it just never come up this fast and this high. >> shep: some of these neighborhoods, old towns, this doesn't happen really, doesn't it? >> correct. in my 28 years, this is the second time i known it to flood like that. the other time was katrina. >> shep: good luck to y'all. >> thank you. >> shep: one after another, we've been watching all day. we got on one of these earlier and went out for a rescue and we'll show you some of that in a little bit. the major concern, big picture across this region is transportation and how people are going to get around. we were going from new orleans. we were headed to mississippi this morning to go cover stories over there when slidell flooded and on the way here, we ran into this. so this is eastbound on interstate 10 coming right up on lake pontchartrain and they had a serious problem this morning. the water, because of the way the storm is rotating, the winds are pushing right up onto interstate 10. this is lake pontchartrain and all this wat

-- i got this on film.in the pool. oh. >> i lost my footing. >> oh, that's awesome. >> i think this is a great way to end the evening. >> oh! >> i knew that was going to happen. >> remember i showed you the video of somebody putting a ladder in the dumpster and the bear cubs climbing out? a ladder has gone back into a dumpster, but this time, it's not bear cubs. this time it's raccoons. >> you know how i feel about raccoons. >> gayle is a fan of the animal kingdom, but not of raccoons. >> now some raccoon videos i admit are kind of cute when they're acting like humans. but they're getting into your trash, they used to at my old home, i hated them. >> these guys are in a dumpster, but look how many climb out. >> two, three, four for sure. >> four, five. >>, these are not babies. >> i see seven. >> seven is not the end of it, beth. >> are you kidding? >> this must be an after-hours nightclub for raccoons. >> the dumpster den. >> they like trash. >> there were eight raccoons. >> eight raccoons at the dumpster

and possibly at this point this note that this must of the one at least at the freeway speed and dissevered the bottom part of the electrical post. right now it is totally cleaning and totally dependent on the cables. pg&e is out here the cables are out here, the coroner's office just left and they just took the body weight, at this point, the report is that chp is still doing their investigation on the scene. as soon as they are done with that, then pg&e will strategize on how to secure the post so that they can take the truck out of there safely and then try to repair this. they say they will be out here for the next seven hours trying to repair this post. in the meantime, it does not seem to be much traffic causing problems here on the rolling north bound sometimes on the south bound and i do see that the cars often slow down and that could be because of all the flashing lights that you see on the shoulder. >> george: the impact of the flashing lights may be diminished somewhat. the chp says that you can cut over to 37 and take lakeville to avoid the potential delays but i think the big

this is an exciting time. we are in a new phase of this campaign. axelrod at the top of the program. there is this new intensity. let's go back to basics here. why did mitt romney make this choice? >> he needed to relaunch his campaign. i think that's clear. he made that decision. if you think about what they thought this race was going to be, you know, the chief strategist would argue this for months on end, this is going to be about president obama, and it's going to be a referendum and it's going to be about the economy. i think they made the decision that wasn't enough. and what this pick does is it gives romney some definition beyond just being the rich guy, which they were struggling with. the president had spent the summer beating the daylights out of him personally. you've seen it in all of these polls. you know what opened up in the polling -- >> show the polling as you describe it. >> what really opened up this summer was romney at bain. >> a new political poll has him closer. in the fox poll and the cnn poll you were starting to see some

this is basically out of control at this point in time. i think nothing suggests they're getting a handle on it. there are fire trucks coming in other areas. this is a very specialized fire. it's very special equipment to deal with it. in some cases you have to let it burn out. there's a how long supply of volatile all over the place as they are in all refineries. having said that there are another cutting the supplies off, moving the supplies away from that just depend on how bad this has been damaged. once these get really hot, it become immovable or they become uncontrollable unless you have to live with the consequences so you can get it out. >> tom, thanks so much for that information. if you can stay with us a little bit here we want to go to resident. her name is denise she lives in el soiree toe, denise can you hear me? if we can get denise, we want to ask denise what she's seeing or hearing from where she is. >> hi. >> hi, thanks for joining us and calling and giving us information. you're -- tell us what you're seeing. >> i'm up

this isn't -- this isn't -- you know touch football. this is the nfl. and republicans have got to pull out a nuclear bomb at this point. we tried to wait until 5:00 p.m. yesterday. that didn't work. i really think -- i mean, there are other possibilities that he could switch seats or races with anne wagoner-- >>> i don't care if this happens. if you want to put in kit bond's name, but i don't want to lose focus. everybody has to understand this. we have 1 in 6 americans in poverty. 25 million underemployed, 45 million needing food stamps from barack obama. 15 million more than when he took office. and hundreds of thousands fewer americans working. so while this is happening, we can't lose focus every time barack obama and the democrats, you know, find some other issue that they want us to feel outraged about, which i don't believe this is real. this is selective moral outrage once again. if they were really outraged, joe biden wouldn't be on the ticket after saying they want to put you all back in chains-- the way he said it last week. >> joe biden?! wh

similar build as this young man. this reenactment video. this is jonesboro, arkansas.ns stills of several officers reenacting the same incident. it does not address a very big concern about his death. on the case with us today legal analyst lisa bloom. she's the author of "swagger." lisa, we see this officer. he's able to bring his right hand up to his right temple with a gun. the question though really also is, how did he get the gun? >> that's right. we don't have a video of how somebody else could have shot him and that's also a possibility. we don't know what happened here. what we know is this is a very suspicion situation. you mean to tell me a 21-year-old young man who is being pulled over for marijuana possession is going to pull out a gun and kill himself in the back of a police cruiser. it's possible but it's extremely unlikely. the fact that the police are releasing this video as to how it could have happened really sheds no light on it at all. this is a hypothetical example of what could have happened among many hypotheticals. >> police say they searched hi

this is the first time i have stepped into this building as well. everything you see is going to be the same as for me. i am going to last questions, -- to ask questions, and i am going to try to figure out where this water comes from. i am going to have the same questions as you have because i am excited about this building, and i am thankful to the public utilities commission, to the wonderful staff, and the others on the team. i am thankful to the commission as well that they have been guiding this process. some years ago when i was an attorney, i was working on this side. this used to be the site of the workers' comp hearing room, and i had to go to court to represent workers who were injured, and over the years the state abandoned it. it became an abandoned site. and we were a little embarrassed because we did not know how to deal with it for years, and the idea came from others. after so much effort, why don't we stop paying rent for all the offices? why don't we consolidate but of the same time use our devolved intelligence about building the