security, is their something in the geophysical on mars or on an asteroid that would help us kuran nurse? so it is a great day for us on america. it is a commitment that nasa, nasa is going to lead the pack. we've commercial getting the crew to the space station. that's great. we are committed to other parts of our science in nasa, but the leader is going to be the launch system that is being announced today, and the next thing that senator nelson and autrey and senator boozman and congresswoman johnson, congressman hall, everyone who cares about the vision for america to lead in space is going to be the timetable. the timetable for the contracts to start being modified so that our experienced people will be kept to help modify and design the vehicle that will take us beyond earth's orbit. so the timetable will be what i'm looking for i want to see the contract modify it right away, and i am told by all of those who can make it happen that we are in fact weeks away maybe one or two weeks away from modifying the contract and assuring that we are going to have the experience to take us to the next level. so, i am very pleased to

the eyes of the world will be on us for the america's cup. we need to turn that events into real opportunity by expanding our cruise ship terminals and ensuring the most green america's cup ever and turning it into long-term permanent jobs. that is the kind of mayor i will be. i humbly ask for your vote. thank you. >> the league of women voters and sfgov tv have collaborated to bring in statements from 14 candidates for mayor of san francisco. >> my name is cesar ascarrunz. i'm a businessman in san francisco. i lived here for the last 40 years. through my years, i learned and watched very successful and entertainment business. i went to college and i and hands my education at uc- berkeley. i opened restaurants and nightclubs which have been very successful. in the '70s, there where crime drives. people used to tell me this guy was going to grow but -- going to grow -- going to go broke in six months. [unintelligible] i am running for mayor because of san francisco is full of corrections. i have to clean all of this mess we have in san francis

us on every continent. and the journey starts here on freight rail america's freight rail companies.iver jobs across thiscountry and goods around the world. reinvesting billions of their own money every year to build a rail network that powers o economy. nobody moves more dirt than caterpillar. and we rely on freight rail to move us. >>> welcome back, friday morning. a check on our top stories. terrorism experts say it would be nearly impossible to conflict large-scale damage on buildings by using model airplanes. authorities say that a 26-year- old massachusetts man plotted to use remote-controlled model planes packed with explosives. he was planning to attack the pentagon and the u.s. capitol. >>> doctors testified that of virginia grandmother was depressed when she allegedly killed her granddaughter last november, but he also said carmela dela rosa did not show signs of psychosis. she is charged with throwing two-year-olds angelyn off of a walkway at tyson's corner center. >>> once again the crews will propel down the washington monument today looking for more damage from the powe

. >>> coming up on "good morning america," stay with us. ay with us. only on "good morning america," the live, cma nominations are a >>> it is a big morning for untry music. and with me is jake owen. and you'll realize when he sings for us a little bit, why he's barefoot and has the jeans on her. congratulations on the success of that huge single. we're going to walk and talk. this is our brand-new studio. we're here on the floor level. shall we walk outstse? we have people that are waiting. we'll be back inside for a little music. but we have the cma award nominations, that are coming out. and who do we find her, jake? >> the band perry. good to see you guys. all right. >> you never know who is going to be here in times square. reid, you're all the way -- >> they switched us. >> ty do it all the time. >> tell us about the nominations, right? >> yes. >> we're going to have jake go first. >> all right. >> the nominations for vocal group of the year. >> here we go. and the nominees for vocal group of the year are -- drum roll. the e band perry

on us. america's president left for his next meeting. the old song about new york says that if you can make it here you can make it anywhere. that does not apply to making middle east peace. there was nothing to sing about today. questioningly from u.n. headquarters in new york is our correspondent. -- joining me from u.n. headquarters in new york is our correspondent. what is the purpose ofñ going to the security council when they know the u.s. will veto? >> i think it is the most dramatic thing they can do to show how unhappy they are with u.s.-led peace negotiations. they have said they are ready to negotiate with israel, but the terms do not get them what they want. particularly, they are going to go back to talks, but israel continues to build settlements in land and what for the state. they need at least a basis for the kind of territory they will have in the end, and israel has not agreed to either of those conditions. palestinians say it does not make sense from their point of view to move into talks without that. they have been

the america's cup is one area where do want to make sure we can put all that promise. that promise came and we had the america's cup agreement come before us that the board of supervisors and budget finance committee. there was a direct discussion on the number of jobs that would be provided, an economic benefit that would come to san francisco. the economic benefit was about to be $1.4 billion. the number of jobs that were assessed, to be traded, about 800 jobs over all. whenever we have big development prod to come before the board of supervisors, there is a lot of talk about local jobs. it is one of the big selling points we have. i think it is important that we do our work on the board of supervisors to make sure we are maximizing that promise. we want to make sure that local residents will be able to get a job in the industries we create, in this case, the america's cup, construction projects, and other non-construction related projects. our hiring ordinance has really focused on the construction aspect of this, and we looked -- need to look for the ways of filling the local workforce development plan. what helps us is that, in the ag

lavelle the nine eleven decade what has been accomplished what has been lost as america's so-called war on terror maybe us in the world a safer place and one of the huge costs and loss of innocent life has it all been worth a limb to. limb . cross-talk america's war on terror i'm joined by david ignatius in washington he's a journalist and author in rochester we have john miller he's a professor at ohio state university and in london we crossed the and as i said quickly he is c.e.o. of the cordoba foundation all right gentlemen this is crosstalk that means you can jump in anytime you want and it's i very much encourage it but first let's take a look at some of the questions facing america on this anniversary. this year marks a decade since al qaeda september eleventh attacks on the united states as america and the rest of the world commemorate the day it is the decade of the events that followed which poses the hardest questions and calls for a look back from the passing of the contentious patriot act to the war in afghanistan and iraq the answer to nine eleven has involved a vast effort to root out trans

. >>> and president obama says his job act will together us on rebuilding america highway, rail systemrts. also provides a major injection of money into building and updating the nation public schools. >> 1 year anniversary of the deadly pipeline explosion and fire in san brown 0is tomorrow. hard to believe it's already been a year. tonight state regulators let pg&e know things will be different from now on. heather explains. >> right after the san bruno pipeline explosion the c p uc ordered pg&e to reduce the pressure in all lines similar to the one that ruptured. earlier this year pg&e asked that the c p uc skawv director alone grant permission to rae store that pressure. today the commission denied the request. in favor of public process. >> number of parties said you know wait a minute. this is pretty high profile. people are concerned. we ought to have an open public process. >> there may not be a huge number of consumers who show up here to hear the actual details of what pg&e is doing but in the end what consumers want to know is that someone is mining the store and that that so

even on suburban america, everything seems to be on a larger scale than what i was used to in europe. big houses on large plots of land, not much gardening, but a lot of long. i thought of america as this larger-than-life kind of industrial city -- country, really. it was kind of further confounded by me living in britain where everybody seems to be accessed with gardens. this is what i was used to in britain. this is actually the garden of my best british friend. those of you who have heard me talk about the gardens have seen this already. i asked them to send me a picture, and she sent me a cd with 1302 of them. [laughter] had promised her i would show it again. this is what i was used in britain. in america i thought i most likely to see this rather than someone burning roses. how wrong i was because i think that america at its roots is as much a gardening nation as britain is, just of a bit different. when i researched i not only discovered how important american trees and shrubs have been for the creation of the english garden but how important plants have been for the making of

on the rich to cut the country's deficit. hwang sung-hee reports. us president barack obama has put forward a three trillion us dollar plan to cut america's deficit... by raising taxes on the rich. speaking at the white house on monday, the president called for 1- point-5 trillion dollars in new taxes,... as part of the 10-year deficit reduction package..., and said wealthy americans should pay their fair share. english "for us to solve this problem, everybody, including the wealthiest americans and biggest corporations have to pay their share." obama vowed to veto any effort by congressional republicans to cut medicare benefits for the elderly without raising taxes as well. his plan would end bush-era tax cuts for top earners and limit their deductions. the president's plan has been sharply criticized by republican lawmakers, who insist that tax increases should play no part in taming the nation's escalating national debt. anticipating the criticism, obama said the middle class should not pay higher rates than millionaires. english "it is wrong that in the usa, a teacher or a nurse or a construction worker who earns 50-thousand dollars should pay h

using a small plane. >> reporter: terrorists are intend on using small planes to carry out an attack on america. that's the word tonight from the fbi and homeland security. it's a warning that pilot jena wells is taking seriously. we caught up with her today as she got her plane prepped for take off at the san carlos airport. wells says she always keeps her eyes out for anything unusual when she flies. >> if you see anything suspicious at the airport, go up and talk to them. where are you flying, where are you going. so if you did hear something suspicious, maybe that might be something you bring out. >> reporter: al-qaida operatives are still trying to get flight training so they can fly these small cessnas. wells is certified flight instructor believes there are a good number of safeguards in place to keep terrorists out of flight schools. >> the process for that is so intense. just going to the tsa background checks, they get fingerprinted. you have to do a bunch of paper work around that. >> reporter: still according to this latest law enforcement bulletin, al-qaida operatives believe securi

one put asunder your actions. the message has helped us to remember one september and many septembers more than america is and will always be a brazilian nation -- a resilient nation. we know you would expect of your country nothing less. tragedies' teach us but they do not stop us. we're still the freest most blessed nature in this treasured world. we will honor that role with the memory and guidance of 40 great shepherds. speak of me with tears. laugh and speak of me as if i were there. 40 heroes as you sit beside us, we pledge to you that we will ensure that future generations know your names in your remarkable story, just as we have been privileged to do. we're honored to share the legacy of the men and women who made a difference, whose lives had great meaning and to remain deeply missed. may god continue to bless you, the beloved families endure grateful nation. it is now my pleasure to introduce the president of the families of flight 93. in addition to the loss of his brother edward, he has been a very strong and compassionate presents for many other flight 93 family members. he lives with his own family i

on about it. >> please do. >> so chocolate have a more restrictive domain in the americas than tobacco. it was used by groups we know today as aztecs and other groups in the broader region. many different concoctions, but one of the favorite ones had the cow, essential ingredient mixed with water and a whole host of spices. chili peppers i gave it a kind of spicy bite, the redness is really actually very central to the experience because it reminded people of blood. and then floral flavorings such as vanilla, and two other common ones we don't use anymore that were restricted to the americas for the most part, but that gave the kind of a cinnamon, clove experience. in consuming chocolate, for instance, it was really a whole censorious experience. so wasn't just about the taste but is also about the texture. there was a foam on top. that was important as they consumed it. special drinking vessels made out of ceramics or courts that were lacquered. so important that these vessels were part of the treaty that the aztec ruler, montezuma, had. so that was sort of the fiscal composition, but it was also

one has taken exception to that. he used to. be. the. balkan these are the main stories here on r t america marks a decade since the tragedy of nine eleven which united the nation brought about two of the bloodiest war of the twenty first century. which was invaded by the us shortly after the atrocity the real world let's talk about stage another deadly suicide bombing those are two discoveries on the ground of most afghan civilians don't even know why their country was ever occupied by pulling some. brush out of the sports world say goodbye to the country's top nationalized hockey team wiped out in the blink of an eye forty three people died on wednesday when. plane crashed on takeoff in. moscow calls on the international community to take sides in syria's internal violence.

the number of people being kept behind bars however one group of people has a vested interest in keeping prisons us full as possible. found out. america's financial crisis has been something of an unsafe monster swallowing up millions of jobs homes and businesses throughout the nation yet amid this ongoing economic armageddon one industry has remained recession proof. private prisons. with more than two point three million people behind bars the united states trumps china russia and the rest of the world in both the number and percentage of people doing time where it falls short though is being capable of containing such a large population it's a political dilemma turned cash cow for dozens of corporations creaming profits off punishment private prisons make money off of incarceration the more people they lock up and the longer they keep them the more money they make so they have the same perverse incentive to expand our justice system and increase our number of people or our number of citizens who are behind bars because it increases their profit margin. the profitability of private jails depends on the prison population continues to g

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on these stories when it becomes available. >>> if you use the atm card at a store checkout a year from now, think twice about it because it could be costing you a bit more. bank of america will start charging customers five dollars every time you swipe. and we have more on everything you need to know on the new fees. >> if you use your bank of america atm card to just get cash, you won't see new fees. but starting in january, the nation's largest bank will begin charging customers $5 in any month when they make at least one purchase with the debit card. bank of america has about 57 million customers. and 20,000 atms. the big bank announced it will add the new fee which will cost customers $60 a year. the new fee is expected to generate billions in new process fees for the bank. bank of america says it has to compensate for a federally mandated cap on processing fees for debit card transactions. many customers say at this point they are frustrate and will look to switch banks. >> i think things are hard enough right now, and banks seem to be not taking very much, or very god -- good care of the little people. >> this is debit card usage that we will see more in the weeks

on that. thanks to you for staying with us the next hour. we begin tonight with something brand new in america today. it is day one. >> five, four, three, two, one! >> i'm 31 years old. i'm a woman. i'm a united states marine. and i'm a lesbian. and pardon me, prior to today if i had said that, i could expect to be discharged from the military. >> don't ask, don't tell is dead. >> this is history. thank you so much. appreciate it. it's not just a victory for me but everybody who's serving their country today who can't speak out for themselves. >> it's the morning of september 20th. i could not sleep. it's 2:45. and i am probably as nervous as i can ever remember being. i'm about to call my dad in alabama. he has no clue nor do any members of my family. >> hello? >> hey, daddy. >> hey, bud! >> can i tell you something? >> yeah. >> will you love me, period? >> yes. >> like you always love me, as long as i'm -- dad, i'm gay. >> yikes. >> like always have been. have known since forever. and i know i haven't seen you in like a year, and i don't know when the next time i'll be able to see you. i did

bush of the ministration told us he that america things that holds one challenge both place in the world and abuses that power is no longer. after nine eleven america did not just go after those who perpetrated that tragic vicious attack only if they campaign on nations that had nothing to do with nine eleven we're talking about your back where hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians have died since two thousand and three america's been in constant wars since nine eleven in different countries are we talking about one of the most profound overreactions in military history to talk about that i'm going by colonel lawrence wilkerson who service collin powell chief of staff colin powell secretary of state under george w. bush colonel wilkerson thank you so much for joining me thanks for having me more than six thousand american servicemen have died in the last decade of war spawned by the nine eleven attack. tragedy worth remembering and knowing no doubt but why in all of those speeches delivered by american officials i never hear about hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians dead in

i hope you join us on most of these pbs stations on education in america. it is called "too important to fail." it focuses specifically on the plight of american boys and how we can all make the system better. we are glad to have douglas jones and a preview of our prime-time special "too important to fail." >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it is not just a street, a boulevard, but a place in the community. make every day better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide is proud to join tavis in helping literacy and removing obstacles to economic and power meant one at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station by viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- tavis: doug jones is a former u.s. attorney who helped bring justice in one of the country's most heinous crimes, the 1962 bombing at a church in birmingham, which, of course, took the lives

us to washington in the first place. the rest of america is way ahead of us on this.dy here tonight, keep the heat on me, keep the heat on nancy pelosi and the rest of the democrats. we feel good about where we iraq. -- at. if we're being honest, we know the real problem isn't the members of congress in this room. the members of congress that the party before country. i have news for them, the american people do not have the luxury of waiting 14 months. [applause] some of them are living paycheck to paycheck, month to month, day to day. others want to go to college right now, they want to defend their country right now. that is why i am asking everybody in a latino community, lift up your voice, make yourself heard. if you think it is time to pass the jobs bill that will put millions of americans back to work, call on congress to do the right thing. if you think it is time to get businesses to hire, make yourself heard. if your congressman is on the right page, talk to somebody else in congress. if you think it is time to stop the political games and pass the dream ac

determined as america draws conclusions and learn some lessons come this anniversary marcia chardonnay for across the uk our team. and us from london first an attorney resign. fighting this war on terror and still the term is still used and it's what are you thinking about most ten years on is the world a safer place is america safer place. well before i answer that question or not wanting to put a downer on this particular theme i think we ought to avoid falling into the you know the the mistake of making out as though the events of ten years ago as tragic and as momentous as they were as being the most tragic events all the most important point of our more modern history or indeed the beginning of history as many politicians and particularly within the american administration of past have made out to be nine eleven was indeed a very momentous events because of the implications and because of the implications carried out in the actions carried out. specifically by the american administration what's high record ten years ago peter and i'm sure that most people also recall this there was a particular moment immediately after the fall of the towers when i had the feeling that the

on sunday, september 11. thanks for joining us. >> it's a day of remembrance in the u.s., in the bay area and around the entire world marking ten years since the worst terrorist attack on america> president obama and former president george bush honored fall ant the world trade center just hours ago and drew levinson joining us where thousands of victims and relatives are gathered. >> reporter: a very emotional day as we listen to every one of those names being read out aloud, the victims of 9/11, all this ten years later. family members clutched photos. for the first time they gathered at the newly completed national memorial at ground zero. president obama and former george w. bush accompanied by their wives stop to view the reflecting pools. one by one the names of nearly 3000 victims are being read down here at ground zero. some family members delivered a special message. >> my sister melissa white, we love you. we miss you and we'll never forget you. >> dad, mom, jewel and i miss you. you are forever in our hearts. rest in peace. >> reporter: there was also a remembrance at the pentagon and in shanksville, pennsylvania. on monday the 9/11 memorial opens to the public in n

tonight, honoring those who were taken from us on this day that will always be with us. >> america remembers. this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. reporting from ground zero. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. just a few hours from now it will be september 12th and we'll be beyond this awful day on the calendar for another year. it's a gray evening here in new york city. of course, this september 11th was different. it's now been a full decade since the morning when hell rained down on earth from the sky and changed all of our lives forever. so today in the places where it happened back then, here in new york and in washington and pennsylvania, tens of thousands of people gathered to mark the darkest day in modern american history. that field in pennsylvania has regrown. the pentagon was fixed a year later. here in new york, however, it still looks like a bit of a crater even though now this space at least contains a proper memorial that the families got to visit just today. and that's where we begin our cove

question should be when will bankers stop committing terrorism against us because those flames right on that bank represent americasavings they represent interest rates at zero percent yet present a club talk or see that while the cops is there a new sense of police oppression in america as a come to that you're living out there in los angeles so that the cops really everywhere wouldn't the reports that we hear as that's become a bit of a police state. i'm not really feeling that you know what i took a trip to new york city and i went to wall street just to visit because i remember going there is a kid in the eighty's and you know you can get a ticket and watch the the the trading floor and going back there just a few months ago it felt like you know the gaza strip or some. i think it was submachine gun police officers and surveillance vans now there i haven't noticed any locations like that in l.a. . but with this encounter with the police i really thought that was it i thought ok these officers approached me they talked to me they you know it's funny because one of the officers said well do you know do you hate

america. [applause] what brought us here today out in this field? why are we not watching the hawkeyes or grilling up some of venison or corn on the cob on this labor day weekend? what brought us together is a love of country. we see that america is hurting. we are not willing to sit back and watch the demise through some fundamental transformation of the greatest country on earth, we are here to stop that transformation and to begin the restoration of the country that we love. [applause] we are here because america is at a tipping point. america is facing a crisis. it is not a crisis like a midwest summer storm -- it moves in and then it moves on -- this kind will relentlessly rage until we restore all that is free, good, and write about america. he -- right about america. [applause] it is not fear of a double-dip recession or a credit downgrade, it is deeper than that. this is a spit -- systemic crisis due to failed policies and incompetent leadership. we are going to speak truth today because we need to start talking about what has not worked and we are going to start talking about what will work for america. we will talk truth. some of us saw th

another hand in their pocket. >> we have credit cards from bank of america that they gave a lot of interest from us. now adding it on does it stop? >> i'm going to have to seriously consider pulling my money out of bank of america and looking for another alternative or bank that won't charge this monthly fee. it's ridiculous. >> doing that might prove difficult. wells fargo and chase are also testing the idea in select markets. analysts think it's only a matter of time before others follow suit. >> all right, ines ferre, thank you very much. >>> we all love a bargain. take a look at this. wearing a gray baseball cap and sunglasses, that would be first lady michelle obama. she went incognito on thursday. she pushed her own card around. casually dressed secret service agents were with her. the first lady was recognized only by the cashier and apparently the person who took this picture, an ap photographer. >>> in sports, getting ready to play ball in major league baseball's postseason play-offs. we'll be right back. in sports, getting ready to play ball in major league baseball's postseason play-offs. and love that it

almost one point five million dollars a number of players also lost their spots on the presidents cup to use where sport america grew up against world select tiger woods really didn't play with a weekend but the californian could yet be one of us captain fred. couple pics from that. let's they would call finally where the biggest event on the russian calendar teed off this past weekend sir correspondent constantine but top off kept track of all the goings on in the moscow region including sunday's final day. little had made a big move up the leaderboard on the third day of the russian challenge cup as the englishman climbed sixteen places to take his share of the lead with swede bel-air medic and austria's florian pregnant the thirty six year old was in search of a third challenge to a win on the final day which would secure him a place in the on poor and top twenty and a card to return to the european tour and the londoner mixed five birdies in two more years on the front nine to extend his lead meanwhile lils compared to a down to johnston who was fourth before the final round dared to build some pressure on