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here's a list of the proposed for closure by superintendent tony smith. they are lakeview, lazear, marshall, maxwell park and santa fe. the board is also set to vote on the possible relocation of burkhalter and kaiser elementary school. teachers, parents and students plan to march in protest before the meeting tonight. >>> if you liked that nice little chilly weather to go to bed in, it's perfect right now. >> and the next five or six days are chamber of commerce perfect. >> now, gorgeous. sunny and 70. back to you. [ laughter ] >> all right. go have coffee. >> i could go back to bed because that's pretty much the forecast here for the next week or so. we do have a little fire weather to contend with because that's not going affect the majority of our audience. what you are waking up to this morning, a few low clouds in the santa clara valley. you can see that here from the satellite perspective. we have coastal clouds, low clouds coastal fog if you have will along the coast. other than that, though, pretty much going to see a beautiful day. temperatures

tony smith. we have been working with creating those types of things. the city have been wonderful to build our capacity. if you are a principle, what do you do in a hundred different agencies come at you? you barely have the time at school. we need to create user-friendly. i think we're going to get there with our new strategic plan. how did your organization, what you do fit into the plan? it's got to be there to support what we're all about. improving student achievement. that's what we're about. i am proud to say, we've had lots of meetings, we are getting there. i am exciting working with margaret. our bureaucracy wasn't created to work with these. if you want the convenience business, stay the heck out of this business. we have to learn how to play if the sand box and model what we want our city to be. >> all right. we'll save one, yes, >> actually, i want to piggyback. this is a commercial and also an action item. i think we need to truly fund peer court youth court. they have stopped their services a few weeks ago because they don't have the mon

. >> tony smith tells the restless crowd he hearings they concern. and now district leaders have a difficult decision to make. >> we have to figure out how to invest in fewer schools. we have 131 schools for 38,000 kids. it's not sustainable. >> the parents aren't convinced the district is reviewing all of the options. >>> now, let's look at what happened here. there's the list of all five being considered for closure. jean was at lakeview. but lazear, marshall, maxwell park, and santa fe. the board is going to make a final decision october 26. >>> as of right now, residents being allowed back into their apartments. it happened in gill roye. pg me pg&e capped the line after they hit the gas line a few hours earlier. it's all clear tonight. >>> police are scrambling doing what it can to keep the tenth largest city safe after another officer involved shooting. it took place this morning. in a interview you'll only see this morning, it's a force that laid off 300 officers in the last four years. >> you triage and prioritize. to us, it's about gang crime

. >> reporter: superintendent tony smith recommended closing the schools and merging a handful of others to save the district around $2.2 million. >> the school board is taking a mighty big blow tonight. and you need to stand with us. they're not going to care about us. and you look at the violence on the streets, you look at the unemployment, you look at the racism that exists. we have an opportunity. >> reporter: gallo has sat on the district board for 18 years. he says he is one of the only board members who thinks the closures are a mistake >> i'm tired of oakland being the city of hope and dope. that's the way we all seem to lose our kid. . we lose too many kids to apathy, modification, and due to our performance at the school district. and that has to end. >> reporter: and the oakland school board is still hearing from parent, students and teachers before they make their final vote tonight. many of the statements made here are very, very emotional. they're going to make their vote at oakland tech. if they vote yes to close the school, they will go dark in june of 2012. >>> speaking

but superintendent, tony smith, says he needs to return investments for students. >> this conversation came agent too many schools in oakland. >> reporter: superintendent smith recommended the board support closing all five elementary schools under consideration. to save $2 million. but one board member says the numbers don't add up. >> i don't believe the budget numbers. >> reporter: the student school board representative urged board members to explore all options before closing schools. >> we have to look at all angles. try to see if we can get money a different way, if money is the real, main issue. >> reporter: emotional parents, teachers and students lined up to argue against the plan. >> i don't really want you to tear this down because, as my mom says, i really love school. and it's like the best thing that ever happened to me. >> but you really have to put yourself in the shoes of everyone here tonight. you can be creative. you can be brave. you can be bold. and say, maybe this process is not a right one. >> reporter: people are starting to trickle out of this meeting. they're

we have a list of the elementary schools proposed for the closure by superintendent tony smith. they are lakeview, lazear, marshall, maxwell park and santa fe. the board is set to vote on the possible relocation of burkhalter and kaiser schools. teachers parents and students plan to march in protest just before the meeting. >>> it was cold this morning. i think it was in the 40s, right? >> still chilly this morning. >> i shut all my windows because it was so cold. >> did you use the heater? >> not yet. >> it's only october. come on. >> looks like it's warmer in the winter than in the summer. we are definitely off to a chilly start this morning especially in portion of the north bay where we're seeing temperatures in the 40s. santa rosa had 3. 45 san rafael, santa rosa 43. 46 napa. fog this morning. elsewhere coastal clouds pushing in like near san francisco at 50. 52 in pacifica. 53 mountain view and 52 in redwood city this morning. moving throughout the day we will see temperatures begin to warm. here's a look at what to expect for your south bay locations later today. plenty o

>>pam: the superintendent of schools, tony smith spoke with terisa estacio about what action he was takingo make sure that city's schools were safe. >>terisa: what were your first thoughts? >> how the kids were doing and to check in with the schools. so far everything is ok. there is no damage so far. >>terisa: it was pretty profound. >> it was a big jolt. it was not on going. we're just trying to make sure everyone is ok. >>terisa: ironic that today is earthquake awareness day. >> everyone practice, hopefully everyone knew exactly what to do. >>pam: so far there are no records of damaged. as soon as the earth's stopped shaking, people started focusing on our facebook fan page. kiberlee sakamoto has been monitoring all of the comments. kim >> many people thought that it was going to be a higher magnitude because the jolt was so strong. let's take a look at some of the comment that have been coming in. >>kimberlee: here is what deal wrote.--gail wrote. >>kimberlee: here is what read up wrote.--rita wrote. >>pam: state with kron4 for our continuing coverage on the earth quake. we will have t

superintendent tony smith says closing the five schools and merging others will save the district moren $2 million. parents and board members say the plan is a mistake and it will eventually hurt the students. >>> this morning, officers are looking for a man accused of sexually assaulting a woman at skyline college. they say it happened tuesday night inside an empty classroom. the woman describes the suspect as a white man about 5'11", between 25 to 30 years old. she says it looks like he has a scar or some tattoo on his neck. if you have information call police. >>> 5:37 now. our weatherman took a couple of days off so he could get a haircut and look fabulous for this wednesday edition. thursday edition. >> it took them that long to cut my hair. it's like barbed wire. [ laughter ] >> spa treatment, facial. >> yeah, taking it easy. good to be back, guys. good to see you today. and yes, out the door chilly in spots. we're looking at 30s and 40s around the bay area right now. 36 degrees in napa. 47 degrees in san jose. and we're looking at 53 degrees mostly clear skies into san francisco

. >> mexico city and puts up his handn the blacpower salute, he and tony smith they won the bronze and the gold medal, in the 200-meter dash, they put up their hands in fists. he also wore beaded necklace to protest lynching, and they didn't wear their shoes, and they rolled up their pants because they wanted to protest poverty in this country, he came to wall street, to the occupy encampment and saluted the people who were there, that there is a movement that continues. at the same time this is all going on, you the dedication of the monument of dr. martin luther king, in washington, d.c. whe would he be right now? would he have been standing with president obama as dr. king was being honored or would dr. king have actually been with rnell west in front of the supreme court protesting the contamination of politics by money? would he be in the middle of the wall street encampment with eveone se protting war and protesting poverty? >> re: he died in memphis where he was protesting poverty. >> that's right. standing up for unionized sanitation workers. >> rose: and you think clearly the

superintendent tony smith is recommending closing lakeview, lazier, marshall, maxwell park and santa fe -- santa fe elementary schools as part of a restructuring plan that would save the school $2 million. -- >>> also today, president obama will announce a measure to pay off student loans. coming up at 7:15 -- at 7:15, we'll have a report out about this. >>> the bay area transportation commission is moving ahead on extending toll lanes. is this -- this is video of northern california's first toll lane that stretches 14 miles. the tsa wants to extend this network by another 290 miles. in total, they hope to build 570 miles of toll lanes on all bay area freeways. the lanes are free for carpoolers but so low drivers are charged up to $4 to use them. the toll is charged to fast track accounts. >>> 7:09. let's go to sal. you have the chopper working. we have a mess at the bay bridge. >> yeah, we have what is described as a major injury crash on westbound bay bridge. our newschopper2 is rushing to the scene because this is going to be -- pardon me. there we go. let me just tell but this cr

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the same team that has tony dorsett, emmitt smith the leading rusher in nfl history.l is going to pick up demarco murray, soon. a doubleheader in dallas. cowboys first, then game four of the world series. rangers fans in texas were feeling good. manager ron washington giving the starter a pep talk before the game. it appears whatever he said worked. texas up, 1-0 in the second. strikes out david freese. one of seven strikeouts of the game. holland gives up two hits over 8 1/3 shut-out innings. holland getting support from the catcher. he hammers this pitch to left. it's a three-run shot. the rangers go on top, 4-0. top nine now. neftali feliz closes it out facing matt holliday. that's the game. they shut out the cardinals. the series is tied, two games a piece. a lackluster performance. >> this is a dream i have wanted to do. i wanted to pitch in the world series and win. after idolizing them, i felt like i was capable of going out and doing whatever i could. immaterialed to redeem myself and show i belonged here. >> reporter: i have to apologize. there was one fan th

he goes 95 yards for the first score of the game. 253yards neither emmitt smith nor tony dorsett ever red skins see their record even to 3-3 as they lose to cam newton and carolina. san diego led and gave it up in the third quarter. jets win 27-35. san diego now 4-1/1/2 ahead. >>> and london was the backdrop of the bears game. that's only good enough for third place in the nfc north. after starting out 5-0 the lions suffer their second straight loss this time to the falcons. >>> let the tim tebow era start. he then threw this screen with 17 seconds left. tewob threw a pair of touchdown passes in the third quarter. but the broncos still needed a two point conversion to force over time. they got it when tebow found the end zone. then in ot, matt prater connected on a 52-yard field goal. trailing 15-0 with 5.5 minutes left. the cowboys pull this one out as the tebow supporters get further accreditation. >>> the packers got all they wanted today from the vickings and new starting back christian ponder. but the packers have the ability to kick it into another deal. you could say the vickin

tony awards. jay-z and will smith back to this biography of a nigerian musician and a political rebel.o demanding that two actors rotate the lead. ♪ ♪ music buffs remember him as the inventor of afro-beat jazz and african rhythms, and gave him a voice to speak out against government corruption. on stage, he replicates his nigerian club. >> it is about standing up for your beliefs supporting family and not taking no for an answer if you feel things are unjust. >> he shares the lead in an exhaustive role which keeps him singing, dancing, performing without a break. >> the audience is with us responding when we say something, and they are just doing it. >> i was there on wednesday night with the full house. >> "dolphin tail" edged out "moneyball" for first place. and you can catch fela on stage. also opening "les miserables" through the end of the month. a lot of stuff going on in a think you will see a lot of people talking about "fela." >> what was the actor's name again? >> i do not know. [laughter] >> thansnks, arch. >> i thought i was going to go for it. coming up, and what more pare

smith, or tony roma?, but the point is he's been held in the same card right now as these big-name guys such as tony roma. >> a winning performance by him right from the get go. the first now and did extremely well from there. >> we always had confidence that and that his confidence level enough to hide. he believes enough, he knows the we have is back. we have been telling him that even when the has own little camp, which totaled alex, we have your back this year. you have taken us, we have a thing you and he got it. >> now this pointed out, aaron rogers will one day be in holophane tom brady will one day be in the home of fame and alex smith occurred behind drew grief will probably--drew breeze will probably be in the hall of fame. now we have a rumor heating up about the raiders they now may indeed be open to will be back--may be open to moving back to los angeles. we start with the memory of mr. davis. >> there is no question that he is significant. he was one of the significant personality to the nat

i remember -- i covered chris smith and tony hall and introduced a bill to take away most favored nation from romania. romania was doing bad things for a lot of people. reagan's administration supported most favored nation status but ronald reagan saw this and it's in his diary, he pulled it back. reagan had that understanding and he knew that when we advocate, when we stand with solidarity, when we stands with those -- and we can do it by speaking out, by advocating, by writing your congressmen, senators, putting tough sanctions on, no law firm would have represented the soviet union during ronald reagan's time. now you have law firms representing china companies. obviously there will be differences of opinion and i respect that. host: congressman frank wolf of northern virginia suburbs, 10th district of virginia. in this book he talks about his journey to congress and also his work in human rights like ethiopia, iraq, sudan, romania and elsewhere. it's called "prisoner of conscience" and widely available. you've been at this congressional situation now for 30 years. 72 years old. still

>>gary: good evening everyone tony la russa is one trip away. at the end of smith'swon him out of the door to quick but i guess everyone has man-- -- but he says and he wins the war series everyone will have more donations for the car. now sunday at the coliseum you remember out davis? it was when the raiders host cleveland they will have a new man ready to help out. three days ago aaron was having to say you are right pete carroll. but seattle trade him to oakland for draft choices. this house the fourth overall pick in 2009. coming out of college they had high hopes. with all this al davis stuff going on, any chance the raiders as a team just may let down and come sunday against cleveland? >> this is not a trap, it is real. if we do not play right in is a trap. the bottom line is that our team has to go out there and play good. this is a huge football game for us because this is the next one. >>gary: a big deal on sunday. it opens at 10:00 the morning in detroit, and the raiders in cleveland play in the afternoon. on the suspect of al davis, there has been able bab

and a game called "rock smith" that teaches you how to play guitar, a real guitar. tony vice president of ubi soft, the company made a little less than a billion euros last calendar year. offices in 26 companies. joined by john forte of cnbc. my apologies. you do not make the two most popular gameses that are going to come out this fall. >> thank you. >> yeah. not only popular they're blockbusters. >> uh-huh. >> how do you compete against that? a kid's only got 60 bucks so many times. >> right, well hopefully we're getting beyond the kids with the holiday, because for us, they use the word counterprogramming there but that's definitely what we have going on right now. we're going to sell somewhere between 8 million to 10 million dance gameses this year. we also have something called assassins creed. that's one of our big brands which is based around a historical -- more of a pregun -- so we have a lot of things going on that aren't "battlefield" or "call of duty" but those products definitely bring a lot of excitement to the industry so a positive side to that. >> that w

tony ban drawer's house. and $35,800 a person, will smith, jada picket smith. a lot of money, what's it doing here? >> the campaign needs to raise the money. that's the big reason for this. but they also really do want to engage these high-profile figures, especially in the latino community. and they can go out and talk about the president's record. they can defend the president because there is some concern among latino groups that he's not done enough, that there is no immigration reform, that these deportations continue. so i think that it's an effort to really kind of mitigate the message and really get -- most importantly, really get them out there and get latinos to vote. part of it, a big part of it is the get out the vote effort. >> i know they keep these all very quiet and you can't take cameras inside and all that. but do we have a sense? are these going to be big parties? i mean are a lot of people responding to itsome. >> well, the development at melanie griffith's house was originally built as gala, but once they found that location, it was -- i th

smith. in comes billy cundiff. from 25 yards out, yes, ravens rally back to win 30-27. >>> tony la ruse and a some of the world champion cardinals to be on hand to see the rams. what a week it's been in st. louis and it continues. a.j. feelly plagues for an injured sam bradford, the touchdown to brandon lloyd, 17-0, fourth quarter, new orleans down 10, drew brees and company scored 62 points last week, today they got beat up. as darian stewart took the touchdown the other way, the rams get the first win, they have done the same 31-21. >>> after last night's triple overtime win over usc stanford has moved up behind only lsu, alabama, and oklahoma state. the 16-game winning streak is the longest in the nation. >>> the giants are sticking to the pitching theme that won them the world series last year. san francisco has signed reliever javier lopez to a two- year contract worth 8 1/2 million dollars. they have also picked up jeremy affeldt's $5 million option for 2012. >>> kyle busch leaving the it's in a hurry. somebody forgot to tighten the lug nets, all the way down the track. he finishes 27th. tony stewart pace jimmie

we will not believe this, alex smith has a better quarterback rating than guys like tony roma, been rockeder took rivers, he is inching up the charts statistically. >> good for him and the team, and the raiders yesterday the kind of fell apart. >> first of all was the patriots. you cannot make a mistake against that team. and they went out and committed 10 till she's, you cannot do that against a great team and then expect to get away with it. >> we will see what happens in the weeks ahead. ellis check outside the san mateo bridge, the headlights are east bound and you can see how what it is on the pavement, traffic is moving slow as it should with this rainy weather will be back with more news ahead. ó??g÷p÷÷÷>>>>>8ç i couldn't afford my health insurance anymore so i just started wearing this helmet instead... which, you know, it's... to me it makes sense. i mean, it can get awkward sure, when you're meeting new people but i just explain to them that i wear it because i dropped my insurance plan, and they're like wow, this is a smart guy. i mean they don't say that out loud, but... [ male

smith. the price of admission is $35,800 a plate. and then from there the president will head over to ann tony owe banderas and melanie griffith home. that's a group organized by a group of latino obama supporters. the price of admission will be between $5,000 and $35,800. and as for tomorrow, the president will tape an appearance with jay leno in the morning. that's the second time the president will tape an appearance with jay leno since being president. the fourth time overall. from there in the afternoon he'll head over to your neck of the woods to san francisco. so that's the cliff notes version as to what's expected here in los angeles. again, the thing about the people who live here, no one likes to be star struck, but when the president comes into town it's definitely a different story. >> he is certainly making a lot of money in this state. thank you, andy. >> a lot of celebrities helping him. 5:50. a new warning for expectant mothers. details ahead. >>> plus, a new man vying to be the bay area's come pet iitipet eating champion. >>> a number of stocks set to pop. don't worry, tiny people. flo is a gentle giant. bundle home

smith, got it at the cardinals 5-yard line. billy cundiff comes on, bangs home a 25-yard field goal. boy, the ravens escape a major upset, 30-27. >>> tonysa and some of the world champion cardinals on hand to see the rams. what a week it's been in st. louis. and it continues. a.j. feely in for sam bradford, throws the touchdown to the former niner, brandon lloyd. 17-0 at the half. new orleans down 10, drew brees and company scored 62 points last week, different story today. sea ward picked them off, it's a pick 6, they get their first win stunning the saints 31-21. >>> marquis matchup in the afc. tom brady versus ben roethlisberger. the steelers had the upper hand today. second quarter roethlisberger out of the shotgun, by dantonio brown, touchdown. that puts the steelers up 17- 10, last chance for new england. 19 seconds left, tom brady, stripped of the ball, troy pal you male alertly punches the ball into the end zone, resulting in a safety, and the steelers would win the game 25- 17. pittsburgh now improves to 6-2. >>> after last night's thrilling triple overtime win over usc stanford had moved up to fourth behind lsu, alabama, and o

i remember -- i covered chris smith and tony hall and introduced a bill to take away most favored nation from romania. romania was doing bad things for a lot of people. reagan's administration supported most favored nation status but ronald reagan saw this and it's in his diary, he pulled it back. reagan had that understanding and he knew that when we advocate, when we stand with solidarity, when we stands with those -- and we can do it by speaking out, by advocating, by writing your congressmen, senators, putting tough sanctions on, no law firm would have represented the soviet union during ronald reagan's time. now you have law firms representing china companies. obviously there will be differences of opinion and i respect that. host: congressman frank wolf of northern virginia suburbs, 10th district of virginia. in this book he talks about his journey to congress and also his work in human rights like ethiopia, iraq, sudan, romania and elsewhere. it's called "prisoner of conscience" and widely available. you've been at this congressional situation now for 30 years. 72 years old. still

tony la russa--and also a little bit saying that they are not together anymore will add to this mat-b. smith'sd jada. and on the with am surprised that you would leave will smitht know. >> lawrence is fantastic, the best public relations guy. when we return the, a young man who is really has football fans smiling. mcintyre is next! [ dennis ] allstate wants everyone to be protected on the road. whether you're an allstate customer or not. all you have to do is call. [ female announcer ] call allstate now and you'll get a free lifetime membership in good hands roadside assistance. [ dennis ] shop less. get more. make one call to an allstate agent. [ female announcer ] and if you call now, your first tow in good hands roadside assistance is free! simply get a quote on any allstate insurance policy. that's a free lifetime membership in good hands roadside assistance just for calling, and a free tow just for quoting. call now! [ female announcer ] starbucks via® is planted the same... ♪ ...harvested the same... ♪ ...and roasted the same as our other premium coffees. ♪ it only makes sense it would taste the same. so, try it for yourself. buy a pack of 100% natural s

smith at the zoom. >> we've had a very, very patient audience here and in just a minute we're going to start taking questions from you as well. but we have a very patient tony from pleasantville, new york, who has been holding. you're on c-span and the contenders. >> thank you for this series and c-span. i've been watching for over 20 years and this -- i think if more people would watch c-span we would have better presidential candidates. but you beat me to the punch. i wanted to ask you about belle mosskowitz. i wonder if they could expand on belle mosskowitz's role and the job she had for governor smith. and also earlier you mentioned al smith didn't speak for two years. eighth grade education. didn't speak in the asem establish, timmed by all the other lawyers there. can you tell us what al smith did at night while the others went down on state street to boos -- booze it up and carouse? how deeducate himself to become majority leader and speaker in >> we're going get john to answer those questions. but i know you are a new yorker. is that the reason for your interest in al smith and your knowledge something >> i read a great book called empire statesman.

smith at the zoo. >> we've had a very, very patient audience here and in just a minute we're going to start taking questions from you as well. but we have a very patient tony from pleasantville, new york, who has been holding. you're on c-span and "the contenders." >> thank you for this series and c-span. i've been watching for over 20 years and i think if more people would watch c-span we would have better presidential candidates. but you beat me to the punch. i wanted to ask you about belle moskowitz. i wonder if they could expand on belle moskowitz's role and the job she had for governor smith. and also earlier you mentioned al smith didn't speak for two years. eighth grade education. didn't speak in the assembly, intimidated by all the other lawyers there. can you tell us what al smith did at night while the others went down on state street to booze it up and carouse? how did he educate himself to become majority leader and speaker? >> we're going get john to answer those questions. but i know you are a new yorker. is that the reason for your interest in al smith and your knowledge? >> i read a great book called empire statesman. i worked in albany for

smith at the zoom. >> we've had a very, very patient audience here and in just a minute we're going to start taking questions from you as well. but we have a very patient tony from pleasantville, new york, who has been holding. you're on c-span and the contenders. >> thank you for this series and c-span. i've been watching for over 20 years and i think if more people would watch c-span we would have better presidential candidates. but you beat me to the punch. i wanted to ask you about belle moskowitz. i wonder if they could expand on belle moskowitz's role and the job she had for governor smith. and also earlier you mentioned al smith didn't speak for two years. eighth grade education. didn't speak in the assembly, intimidated by all the other lawyers there. can you tell us what al smith did at night while the others went down on state street to booze it up and carouse? how did he educate himself to become majority leader and speaker? >> we're going get john to answer those questions. but i know you are a new yorker. is that the reason for your interest in al smith and your knowledge something >> i read a great book called empire statesman. i worked in alb