in august and continued in october and as the mayor mentioned october was incredibly busy for us with america's cup and the fleet week activities we had going on, to additional exercises. we had a senior leader seminar and a disaster aid presentation on marina green. other things that took place that the mayor mentioned the bluegrass and castro street parade and a finer and giants game and lead to the playoffs and all happened on the same day so when we go we definitely go big. after those activities we had the annual shake out drill, one of the largest demonstrations of the public what their responsibilities are to be ready and we rolled into the playoffs and the world series and admiral you will be happy to know this facility is used on a regular basis and get the departments together and communicate and collaborate and make sure we're prepared of the future. >> you're kind and you keep my informed. you have to cut me off some time but right now i'm still getting it. >> good, good. >> thank you very much. next on your agenda we are going to have a brief powerpoint from our city administrator,

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news this morning in america this morning. >> stay with us for "good morning america." have a wonderful weekend. >> bad live and in hd, -- live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> the second time this month a man is killed after being shot in front of a subway train in new york city. searching for the person who did it caught running from the scene. president obama meets with congressional leaders to avoid the fiscal cliff. a nation members the man who led allied forces in the 1991 gulf war -- a look back at the light of retired general norman schwarzkopf. >> it is friday, december 28. i am scott thuman. jacqui jeras -- we have a good day ahead of usaheadright? >> -- and head of us>right? >> we will come back in just a second. what are the roadway's like their? >> at cedar lane, it is a water main break -- traffic is heading toward southbound. squeezing by to the right. water main work continues. southbound at cedar lane. you can see everybody moving over to the right. northboun

but even if we can solve this crisis, can we trust the grid to reliably supply us with electricity? america'swas created in new york city almost 120 years ago and then rapidly expanded to cover the whole of the east coast. but it's now old and prone to failure as it struggles to cope with ever-increasing demands for energy. >> if we lost electricity tomorrow, we would pretty much go back to almost a stone age existence. >> professor tom overby is an expert in the workings of the u.s. grid. >> it would be hard to imagine the modern world without electricity because we depend on it for everything we do. when the lights go out, pretty much nothing gets done. >> 180,000 miles of transmission lines have been grafted on to america's ancient infrastructure. to keep the electricity flowing requires constant care. our relentless dependence on electricity means cables can't even be powered down for maintenance. how do you repair a 500,000-volt line you can't switch off? very carefully. specially designed helicopters allow technicians to work on live lines. >> you might do it every day. can't get compla

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and still with us, paul barrett, author of, "glock: the rise of america's gun." t's start with christian heyne. talk about what happened thousand oaks california. what happened to your family? >> i come from thousand oaks, california, very much in itself similar to a new town. we are a community that is not often affected by gun violence. they said my parents for the wrong place at the wrong time. we are consistently rated the safest city in the country. i parents were returning a boat to my dad's best friend did he had a restraining order against a man. he came up to do with the judge thought he would do, he shot my dad's best friend in the back. he then turned the gun on my dad because he happened to be there. my dad tried to draw him away from my parents, from my mom. he finished my dad after shooting him two more times. my mom tried to keep steve alive rather than running away. he let her bed for her life, right about 10 steps, then shot and killed her in the back. he killed a mother in front of two children. but both of the children in icu. he wounded a polic

with us. making spirits bright. and after america the ugliest pictures of an american cadaver toe tag to. >> doom and the oven is the into debt. lou: at least some balance here. you know how much are presidenta taxes on our middle-class. >> the bill is passed. lou: the house passes the stem emigration bill. some democrats call it racist and pandering. how is that? and republicans also introduced the achieve act. other republicans taking the lead on emigration reforms? ♪ lou: in "lou dobbs forum" we will talk about illegal immigration and efforts to change our immigration laws. the house today passed the so-called stem jobs act that would provide 55,000 permanent residency visas to foreign students with advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. the republican measure drew fire from democrats, some democrats, some going so far as to level the measure racist. >> that is acist if not in its intent then certainly in its effect. republicans have received were just received historically low votes from minorities

america this morning. cheerie-o, everyone. >>> stay with us for "good morning america." have a great thursday. services, inc. >>> breaking news in oakland. search is on for a driver that hit a police officer and left the scene. >> amy hollyfield is live at the police department. >> reporter: i just got off the phone with one of my sources. he said a lieutenant was in the

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with disabilities. >> we have a sort of "zen of the normal" in most of america. most of usship with people who are like us racially, economically, and physically, and so if we don't see people with disabilities we just don't think about them. it's not that we actively >> now a special report. music is a secial part in the holiday season. the saint olaf christmas eve festival. the saint olaf choir has earned international accolades. >> reporter: it's been a century of celebration. for the past 100 years, st. olaf college, a small lutheran school in minnesota, has put on a christmas concert that has become known and loved around the world. in a variety of ways, nearly a third of st. olaf's 3,000 students participate in the christmas festival, which combines more than 600 voices from five campus choirs, including the elite st. olaf choir. ♪ the repertoire showcases a variety of sacred music. there are classic holiday standards. ♪ songs that hark back to the school's scandinavian heritage. ♪ and some from other cultures as well. ♪ the program is designed to reflect the essentia

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but also in collaboration with code for america who has been working with us, with sf city as i mentioned earlier, spur, our department of technology, our committee on information technology, and then we have an open data working group which really tries to get volunteers from the different departments to work together and see what other kinds of data analytics that we could provide to the public. >>> i want to just say today, you're going to hear some demonstration projects that are already started with our open data. again, as a way to celebrate innovation month, not only are we opening up different companies throughout san francisco, but we want to also encourage, examples we're going to be announcing yoyo working with phil ginsberg to provide data where are small parks or where the events are happening. what is the cost? how to get there in the hours that they're operating? a smart phone application for all of our events in recreation and park department, that to me is going to be invaluable to visitors and to our neighborhoods. bronwin who is working with us on data information from

with our next guest. -@mallory factor, author of can the bestseller, "shadow boxes: government nioos control america and rob taxpayers blind." we are delighted to have you with uslet's turn first, if i may, to the president telling autoworkers that right-to work-laws don't have anything to do with economics, they have everything to do with politics. your reaction? >> that's absolutely absurd. i mean, just look at the economics. a business employment growth, if you look at the right-to-work states, they're up two points plus. if you look at the forced unionism states over the past decade, their employment growth is down three points or more. lou: we've got a graphic of that, and i'd like to put that up to just show everyone the percentage growth in i want to @all non-farm, private sector payrolls or business employment, if you will. there in right-to-work states, as we take a look at that, up 2.4%. enforced union states down 3.4%. that is a significant statement when it comes to right-to-work states in this country. >> it sure is. the real bottom line to it is people are voting with their feet. since 1990s -- since 1990 every time we've reapportioned the united

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made in america christmas, as "world news" issues a challenge to everyone to tell us something great you are buying this holiday, made right here at home. you've already answered the call withe amazing ideas and our made in america champion, david muir, is here to tell us what they are. >> reporter: tonight, in every corner of the country, viewers on the hunt. >> we're in. >> i'm in. >> we're in. >> we're in! >> are you? >> reporter: it's part of his homework. >> i'm a seventh grader at crestville middle school. >> reporter: his entire class. >> we're in! >> reporter: pastor bill at grace presbyterian church in ohio, with a divine idea. >> now, i'm in. what about you? >> we're in! >> reporter: viewers discovering there are great american finds, if you just look. >> hi, david. >> reporter: this is linda from georgia with her southern charm. >> no southern cook would be without cast iron lodge cookware. >> reporter: so many of our abc stations linking arms with our viewers. ksat in san antonio. >> do you check the labels to see where things are made? >> reporter: komo 4 in seattle. >> abc's great made in america christmas challenge. komo 4 is joining "world news." >> reporter

. >> stay with us for "good morning america" for the very latest on the blizzard. team coverage, live, from the storm zone. >>> and switching gears, now. we have shocking developments from washington overnight. that so-called plan "b," to avoid the fiscal cliff has failed. and president obama is delaying his vacation to hawaii because of the ongoing stalemate. nick ratner has the latest from capitol hill. >> reporter: in a stunning surprise, splits within house republican ranks forced speaker john boehner to cancel a planned vote on his tax cut bill. >> the house will call of the chair. >> reporter: in a statement, speaker boehner said his plan "b" tax bill did not have sufficient support to pass. the speaker said, it's now up to the president to avert the fiscal cliff. boehner, earlier, had said he hoped to revive stalled white house negotiations. >> the president and i are going to have to work together to solve those challenges. >> reporter: many house republicans told party leaders they would not support a bill that violated their no tax hike pledge to raise ta

saving us money, producing cleaner electricity, putting us to work here in america and supporting wind and solar. though all energy development comes withted to safely and responsibly producing natural gas. it's not a dream. america's natural gas... putting us in control of our energy future, now. >>> and now, we honor our fellow americans who serve and sacrifice. this week, the pentagon released the names of two service members killed in afghanistan. the names of two service members killed in afghanistan. >>> and when we come back, this question, of all of the american presidents, who would you like to interview? made a commitment to the gulf. bp has paid over twenty-three billion dollars to help those affected and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open, and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. and bp's also committed to america. we support nearly 250,000 jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. we're working to fuel america for generations to come. our commitment has never been stronger. music is a universal language. but when i was in an accident... i was worried the health care sys