>> reporter: terry, twas another day of liquid gold.issy franklin and michael phelps win in the pool. and a fresh face to root for tonight and behind. 15-year-old katie ledeki won gold in the 800 meter free. american women's soccer team win. and team usa is atop the medal board. i have to an admit, i with was looking forward to phoning in the results from an iconic red phone booth, but as judy foudy tells us, times are achanging. >> reporter: never mind the queen there is another british icon that could use help from above. the red telephone booth, so convenient, to british, so red. seems like they are on every corner here in london. but their days could be numbers. we rang up on expert to find out why. >> this is julie foudy from "nightline" looking for richard. >> reporter: he was quick to correct me on one thing. >> they are called telephone boxes. >> reporter: they do all mel smel like this one. >> one of the things this london. they are calling cards for girls. >> so the iconic phone boxes turned into brothels. why is it such an ic

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booker twa many of you remember was born not too far from here on a small family farm as a slave as a child, and then with educate as hampton university, hampton substitute an it was there then. in 1881 he traveled to alabama he was invited to be the founding principal of it's key go substitute as it was then. us key go was created on the model of hampton as a school to educate teachers at the end of slavery, of course, education was very much needed by the freed month and very much wanted and to have education you have to have teachers. hampton had been created to educate teachers. it's key go was created on the same model. by 1900 it's key go was a very successful school. washington had several attributes that con tributed to. he was a good teachers a hard workers. he was a brilliant fund-raiser. he spent a lot of time traveling up forth making speeches and shrills iting donation. and tuskegee was a thriving institution. in 1885 he a opportunity that thrust him in the limelight he was invited to be a speaker at the atlantic cotton exhibition. he was a world fair. he was the only afr

the dow industaldos was wn a half percent for twa week. tenth of a point. and the s&p 500 fell 0.3% a but for the month of august: gains. the dow was up 0.6% this month. the nasdaq gained 4.3%. and the s&p 500 was up 2% with the federal reserve chairman talking about the possibility of future action, that helped feed some gains today in economically sensitive stock sectors. materials was up 1.1%. energy stocks were on the rebound, up 0.9%. and technology added 0.8%. the tech sector was the best sector in august and is the best so far this year. among the top tech stocks today was semiconductor giant intel. it was the leading percentage gainer for the dow jones industrial average. shares were up 2.3%. even though overall trading volume was low, trading of intel stock was heavier than average. speculation is building apple may be getting close to introducing a new imac computer, which would include intel chips. today's leading tech gainer was s.a.i.c. it does a lot of government defense business. shares gained 3.4% to their highest price since early july. the

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confident that the economic benefit to the regis absolutely in the ballpark of where it was reported twaing it was going to be. >>reporter: but early report on the economic impact found that direct expenditure from the team would be the biggest economic driver and they are going to be fewer than half the teams that were expected. in the past year the teams have struggled to get sponsors on board. tim jeffrey spent most of the past three years as director of communication for oracle team. >> as you can tell from my accent i'm from europe. european tv news bulletin you lack at any european national newspaper and the story is economy economy economy. none of it is terribly good news. >>reporter: it has been bad news for the economy. good news san francisco the men and women running the event this is not the first rodeo. we told but some of the stuff they have taken. there will be more. big x factor is the public response and the public the people of san francisco will get their first taste of the america cup about 3 week from his now when the smaller boat the ac 45 racing in the world series w

his father invented twa -- founded twa. >> wow. >> i didn't know that. >> while having an affair withaid the secret -- and for anyone listening, here is gor vidal's advise about the secret of a long-term relationship. >> hang on. let me get a pen. >> this won't be hard, steph, don't have sex. >> i thought he also said i never turned on an opportunity either to be on television or have sex. >> he did, but not with his partner. >> oh, okay. he was a swinger? >> he lived in a house in the 50s with paul newman he was godfather to their child and was quoted at the time always a godfather, never a god. >> wow fascinating stuff. the only last thing we want to know when you were 11 reading gor vidal, did your parent ever say are you a freak? go outside and play. >> my parents thought i was from mars. so they tried to keep clear encase i had a death ray. >> okay. love you david. >> i was just doing the gor vidal bit saturday night. and i thought i can never do that again but next time i can do a meeting in heaven that will turn out in hell. [ laughter ] >> we have to do the milk shake thing, d

anyway last night in an interview with kbk which 'twas first radio station paul ryan was questioned about his role in legislation including the term forcible rape. that was a phrase that came out of his mouth, ryan. he invented that one. term nbc's kelly o'donnell reports amendment back in 2009 and supported again the next year. let's watch him deal with this one. >> do you sponsor legislation that has the language forcible rape, what is forcible rape? >> rape is rape. rape is rape, period. end of story. >> so that forcible rape language meant nothing to you at the time? >> rape is rape. and there's no splitting hairs over rape. >> these dies are on talking points now. they have been -- gagged, they can't think what they say what they think. he, that guy talking right there, was the guy that came up with the phrase back in 2009 with an amendment to ways and means bill. it was beaten, used it again in 2010, 2011. his phrase and now he is saying it doesn't mean anything. >> rye. rape is rape. >> why is he play thing game of working the edges of abortion rights? you know what he is doing. li

the next morning the film was put on a commercial plane to rome and it had to be shipped to pan am or twa to new york. when i got to new york film had to be unloaded and taken to the headquarters. it had to be processed and edited. so my big scoop of fri appeared on the abc news on sunday night. by that time, there was a cease-fire in the middle east and instead of a big scoop, it was just a feature story. compare that to 25 years later during the first gulf war when i was able to do live reports from the roof of my hotel incoming missiles into saudi arabia. in those intervening 25 years, the cameras had gone from black-and-white films to color films to color videotape. the cameras became smaller and smaller so they could be handheld, and satellites made direct distance dialing much more possible and cheaper and there were enough satellites and operations so that these could be used almost anyplace in the world. so even by the time of the october 1973 war which really wasn't that long after the 67 war i was able to get my reports on the air each night by using the satellite facilities loc

in 2007 it 'twas globalization and real estate would never come down. in 1999, it was all growth stocks, all the time. new national pastime. >> is this a bottom now? >> it is not about a bottom or fop. how do i know? what this is really about is what else are you going to do n think about it. what are you really going to do with your money? i think that's why you are seeing flows over fundamentals. people are buying stocks, pick the sector and the name. they are trying to figure out if i don't buy this what else will do i with my money? when you look -- >> bonds. >> can you really be putting it into bonds? has anyone done the math in terms of what the ten-year would do to you -- >> i'm not saying it is a good trade. i'm just saying that that's -- >> bond trade is starting -- you are right. bond trade is starting to fall apart, though. that's why mega-caps are outperforming. because that's the first place bond money goes. very large corporations. >> i think the answer to that question is what happens when interest rates back up 1% on the ten-year treasur

in rome and had to be shipped to pan am or twa plane to new york. when it got to new york the film had to be unloaded, taken to the headquarters. it had to be processed and then it had to be edited. so my big scoop of friday appeared on the abc evening news sunday night. by that time, there was a cease-fire in the middle east and instead of the big scoop it was really just a feature story. compare that to 25 years later during the war when i was able to do live reports in the room from my hotel of incoming scud missiles into riyadh saudi arabia. in those intervening 25 years, cameras have gone from black-and-white film to color film, to color videotape. the cameras became smaller and smaller so they could be comfortably handheld and satellites may direct distance dialing possible and much much cheaper. and there were enough satellites and operations so that these could be used almost anyplace in the world. and so even by the time of the october 1973 war, which really was not that long after the 67 war, i was able to get my reports on the air each ni

. >> the owner said charlie 'twas an off leash area and suggested that the police horses should avoid the area. court officials will decide if the pit bull will be put down. >>> city college of san francisco is trying to save the accreditation. back in july, the board found that several school violations. now it has to submit a report by the middle of october. it halls has to have an improvement plan. they are thinking of having a trustee to work on improvements. >>> we want to go to sal and see if there are any problems. >> it is a decent commute out there on this friday, better than the other days of the week. we'll start off with an example of that. you can see traffic is moving along well, and getting into the valley f you have doubts let's look at the 237. and is there a slow down a lot of people will be happy 167- 8901 is looking good. and highway 4. slow traffic there is usual. and the drive from pittsburgh to pay point. 80 not a lot of slow downs here getting out to the richmond area. some pockets of traffic. filling in for steve. >> a cooler pattern shaping up for the weekend

management officials in plaquemines parish reported overtopping of a levee on the east bank from brai twa ith to white ditch. they're not usinged word wreeching. they're using the word overtopping of a levee. sfwl >> reporter: the wind has picked to. that would be an 8 to 9 foot levy, so if it's overtopped, that's a prettyignificant thing to note. last night they were having some problems. one of the floodwalls wouldn't close and they had to bring in a construction company really at thlast minute to put down some of the massive mesh baets full of sand and then they covered it over with gravel because they wanted to be ableto get out of the parish if they had to or get emergency vehicles into the parish. so literally at the last minute creating a wall. i'm not surprised to hear that news. let's talk about what's happening here. >> at least 12 intersections in the city and probably more now are experiencing significant flooding. we've had debris flying off the trees, so we have to be careful. violent surges in the jackson square area. i can kind of wlk you back. they're warning people to st

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with a video we have posted on our website our series on first and it starts in february, runs for twa to zero years -- for two years. i will say thank you for talking to us about the speech tonight, and to our audience. we will show you this video that will introduce you to our first ladies project. >> a thank you. >> thank you for talking to us. ♪ >> if we turn away from the needs of others, we align ourselves with those forces which are bringing about this suffering. >> the white house is a bully pulpit, and you ought to take advantage of it. >> obesity is nothing short of a public health crisis. >> i think i had little antennas that went up and told me when somebody had their own agenda. >> there is so much influence in that office, it would be a shame to waste it. >> i think they serve as a window on the past, to what was going on with american women. >> she becomes the chief confidante. she is the only one in the world he can trust. >> many women who work first laterdies, they were writers. >> error in many cases more interesting as human beings than their husbands, because they

the first shooting happened yesterday afternoon on oakland road and charles street, twa hours later policend shooting near tully road. then a woman was killed with what appears to be a samurai sword. >> i seen the dude start hitting her over the head with the sword. i guess he hit her over her head and slit her throat and he comes back and started stabbing her more. >> police were forced to call in officers from home to work overtime. we're learning there were close to 50 calls coming in but because the department was stretched so thin, officers called not get to the calls right away. so far no arrests have been made in the shootings or the sword attack. >> turning to weather, the quote of the day from meteorologist christina loren says this week we're going from sizzle to drizzle. i like that. >> thank you, thank you. i like to rhyme. and you're on time this morning if you're looking for a cooler start. 7:27. yes, i'll do it for me. you can see from the picture we have more low clouds to start with, that natural cooling is going to keep us a touch cooler. you'll notice the difference alon

sound that saved a wretch like me i once was lost, but now i am found was blind, but now i see ♪ 'twasce that talked my heart to fear and grace my fears relieved how precious did that grace appear the hour i first believed ♪ been there 10,000 years bright, shining as the sun we've no less days to sing god's praise first begun ♪irst believ >> please give a big hand to welcome to the stage congresswoman cathy rodgers of washington state. [applause] >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. i am proud to represent eastern washington in congress. tonight, we are going to do things a little differently. i have the pleasure of serving as your host for the evening, guiding you through the next few hours. i am delighted to report, we have a wonderful line up for you. each speaker will be joining together to send a message to president obama. that message is three simple words. we build it. -- we built it. before i ran for congress, i ran the family's business for 13 years. i work hard every day, and i can assure you that my family built that business from the ground up. today, that hands-on exper

. ♪ i once was lost ♪ but now i'm found ♪ was blind ♪ but now i see ♪ 'twas grace that taught my heartce my fears release ♪ how precious did that grace appear ♪ the hour i first believed ♪ ♪ when we've been there 10,000 years ♪ ♪ bright shining as the sun ♪ we've no lessays to sing god's praise than when we'd first begun ♪ >> god bless! [ applause ] >> the oak ridge boys performing "amazing grace." appropriately enough on a night like this, with what's happening on the gulf coast. anderson, what's happening now? >> we got word isaac has made landfall. i want to quickly go to chad myers in the severe weather center. chad, at what point did it make landfall and where? >> really, land and fall down across the mississippi delta is an oxymoron. it's a part of the delta where just the sludge that comes out of the mississippi river gets poured down in here before it gets into the gulf of mexico. but there's one little west arm down there that the center did pass over. obviously, not a road down there, nobody lives down there, it's just the last thing you see before you hit the gulf of mexico

this test was done at terrestrial pressure, it 'twas done in los alamos national lab, and the plasmase more confined in a terrestrial atmosphere than they are on mars. so if we show the next image, you'll see the difference. on the left, you'll see what a plasma looks like in a terrestrial environment, but this was in a chamber so then we evacuated it down to mars pressure, which is about 1% of earth's pressure, and on the right you can see the size and brilliance of the plasma at mars pressure. so open the right is what's actually now happening on mars. the short of this is that we're getting great signals so far. so basically kem kem also includes a remote microimageer so this imager is designed to take close-up high resolution images to provide the context with the spots we hit with the l laser. until we pull out the mass kem 100, and start using this, this is the highest image resolution on the rover right now. basically, in the next image we'll show the rock that we first analyzed on the surface of mars. this was a rock called correspond coronation. the rock itself is only about