the gm disputed valentine's comments.ing to espn, the red sox are close to signing the 36-year-old ortiz to a two-year deal worth an estimated 25 million bucks. ortiz's also denies valentine's story. >>> coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," president obama hammers mitt romney for shape shifting at the boca debate, abandoning his past policies. with 13 days until election day, the fight for this win state is on. we'll knock it around with our "morning joe" crew. >>> when we come back, we huddle around the water cooler to watch jon stewart examine that third presidential debate. "way too early" coming right back. [ male announcer ] when it comes to the financial obstacles military families face, we understand. at usaa, we know military life is different. we've been there. that's why every bit of financial advice we offer is geared specifically to current and former military members and their families. [ laughs ] dad! dad! [ applause ] ♪ [ male announcer ] life brings obstacles. usaa brings advice. call or visi

valentine sparred with everyone from players to reporters. he now has the distinction of being the first red sox manager fired after one since since 1934 when bucky harris was let go. yesterday reporters caught up with valentine in the midst of a long bike ride he was taking after the news broke. true story. >> i'm disappointed, yeah. you know, this is not -- this is not the press conference i was expecting at the end of the season. >> how much are you going to miss the organization? >> oh, there are a lot of great guys. i've gotten texts from many of them already today. i'm sure i'm still going to be with them, at least in their hearts and minds. a lot of things didn't go well, but an experienced manager is supposed to put his finger in the dike and keep the water on the other side, you know. i just missed that. >> espn is reporting that according to sources within the boston organization, the red sox are looking at blue jays manager john farrell as valentine's successor. he served as the pitching coach from 2006 to 2010. >>> coming up at th

happy valentine's day, everyone. i like to wish my lovely daughter and my lovely wife, who are here with me today, a happy valentine's day. [applause] and thank you all for climbing out of your tents and sleeping bags to occupy the oakland convention center here this morning at such an early hour. it has been a tough year for the cities of oakland and san francisco. both have been handed some very large lemons to deal with. but before we get a feeling too sorry for ourselves, let's look at someone who has also been dealt a few lemons -- president obama. he has been dealing with record unemployment, the bankruptcy of general motors, osama bin laden, two wars to clean up. but somehow, in spite of all his problems, he is turning lemons into lemonade. lower unemployment, a new gm, no more osama bin laden, and an imminent end to two very pesky wars, which when complete, will have earned him his nobel peace prize. [applause] so let's start by reviewing the real estate metrics for oakland and san francisco from the past 12

but also happy valentine's day. i would like to know who we are talking to. how many of you are from san francisco? thank you and very much welcome. stay for lunch. how many from oakland? the rest of the east bay? i bet some of the work in san francisco but live in oakland or the east bay. how many of you are like that? thank you. i always like to know who we are talking about. mayor lee and i know we are friendly competition, but the bridge -- the bay bridge economy is one in many ways. i will talk about oakland accomplishments and take a fresh look at the city, because it is probably not what you think it is. it is changing quickly. i am a pretty out-their mayor, walking neighborhoods and the retail areas. i am always surprised by my own city. but for the rest of the world, the difference between oakland and san francisco in the great california economy -- we have slipped a little bit. we are now the eighth largest economy in the world. the rest of the world sees the bay area as one unit. in china, they see us as a golden triangle with san jose. there is th

sox announced that bobby valentine was fired. the controversial manager served only one season. boston finished 69 and 93, their worst record since 1965. yikes. the offense is averaging about game, largely -- he has the unique ability to find holes. they rushed for 113 yards. he is not putting too much stock in past production. >> i refuse to let one person talk to me. it is out of my mind. that is my desire. you cannot mess with a man's heart. i did everything i can to help win.am takes.r that >> there is no progress in the nhl lockout. the first seven caps games are gone. of the top recruits in the nation announced where they fall. to play next the harrison twins did not pick maryland. they went with kentucky and they will have to lexington. and cardinals face-off night football. >> bobby valentine gone, and other gross miscalculation. >> next year. [ female announcer ] who will raise taxes on the middle class? barack obama and the liberals already have. to pay for government-run healthcare, you'll p hgher taxes and more for your medicine. and their plan includes a trillion do

happy valentine's day.the ballpark. ♪ >> welcome to hamilton recreation and aquatics center. it is the only facility that has an integrated swimming pool and recreation center combined. we have to pools, the city's water slide, for little kids and those of you that are more daring and want to try the rockslide, we have a drop slide. >> exercises for everybody. hi have a great time. the ladies and guys that come, it is for the community and we really make it fun. people think it is only for those that play basketball or swim. >> i have been coming to the pool for a long time now. it is nice, they are sweet. >> in the aquatics center, they are very committed to combining for people in san francisco. and also ensuring that they have public safety. >> there are a lot of different personalities that come through here and it makes it very exciting all the time. they, their family or teach their kids have a swim. >> of the gem is fantastic, there is an incredible program going on there, both of my girls have learn

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happy valentine's day, and good afternoon, san francisco. [applause] i am so honored and thrilled to be part of today's celebration. we're going to have a great time as we salute a living legend today. it was 50 years ago, high atop noob -- nob hill in the venetian hotel that tony bennett sang a song for the first time, a song that would become a worldwide and the mind forever with our city. i'm talking about, of course, "i left my heart in san francisco." and what better way to celebrate valentine's day then with a tribute to the most famous love song ever dedicated to our home town by our city's most beloved troubadour, mr. tony bennett? [applause] and now, everyone, please join the san francisco symphony and our chief of protocol, charlotte schulz, here on stage in welcoming our host, mayor edwin m. lee and first lady anita lee, and the man of the our, our special guest, mr. tony bennett. [applause] -- the man of the our -- the man of the hour, our special guest, mr. tony bennett. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] that is the wa

the sox fired valentine.to the clubhouse after last season's fried chicken and beer debacle but it did not work out. they were plagued by injuries this year and wound up with their worst record since 1965. valentine went biking after learning his fate. >> the ownership of this team is terrific. let me tell you, john henry flew up from florida to make sure he was here in person, you know, to be with me and us today. and, you know, tom and larry, no one cares more than them. and i think they're doing what they think is the right thing to do for the fans. because this wasn't acceptable. and i get that. >> baseball's playoffs begin today with the first ever wild card game. win or go home. in the national league, the braves host the cardinals, first pitch, 5:07 p.m. eastern. the al game begins at 8:37 p.m. eastern. the orioles at the rangers. both games on our sister network tbs. >>> orlando cruz has come out as the first openly gay professional boxer. cruz is the fourth ranked featherweight in the world. he has t

bobby valentine was fired. >>> the rookie was 13-and-8, 3.47 era this season. the rest of oakland's rotation will likely be announced tomorrow. >>> bobby valentine. fired as a red sox manager today after one disastrous season. his press conference from his bike kicks off the top five. >> how did the meeting go, bobby? >> it was just at the river actually. wasn't a meeting at all. the river is beautiful. leaves are changing. it's a great place to be. >> the manager, good line. >>> remember the bloody saw from kirk in 2004 play-offs? he's having financial problems, he's going to have to sell it. >>> and jim harbaugh, willie mays, the kid with jim harbaugh, the owner in the background there, at practice. >>> back to the rams-cardinals. arizona might have lost but they did get a nice interception from patrick. did he get both feet in? >> absolutely. >> no. 1, the trojans, the touchdown! what a cash. usc wins. we'll go to a break. >> both feet in. >> thank you! ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

. >>> in baseball, the boston red sox have fired manager bobby valentine.aw this coming. the sox went 69-93 in his only year in boston. that was the club's worst season since 1965. >>> in hockey, the nhl has canceled all regular season games through october 24th. that is 82 games total. >>> world boxing organization latino featherweight champion orlando cruz has come out as the first active, openly gay boxer in the history of the sport. >>> and finally, former boston red sox pitcher kurt schilling might have to give up or sell that famed blood-stained sock he wore to the run on the championship. all of this in order to cover millions of dollars in loans he guaranteed to his failed video company. that has got to hurt. >>> now let's get another check of the weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. are you in the market for a bloody sock? >> i don't know. >> i can make one for you and sell it to you. >> you know, there was the curse from when the red sox traded babe ruth to the yankees. they said that bloody sock was what reversed the curse. maybe there's v

>>> and bobby valentine is out in boston after just one

accompanied by the supple valentin le désossé-- valentine the boneless-- she was the undisputed starn rouge. the new entertainment complex of stages, dance floors, gardens, bars-- and a plaster elephant acquired from the grounds of the 1889 world's fair. lautrec had first seen and painted the dancers at the moulin de la galette in 1887. he'd also seen something new-- the show theers, the latest craze in pasian tertainments lit from behind, the figures-- cut from zinc-- were operated by a team of stage hands. the poster's silhouettes inspired by the shadow theatre conveyed the modernity of the moulin rouge. lautrec had a fascination with performers off and on stage that drove his art for the rest of his life. the moulin rouge continued to attract him-- he caught the pensive side of the female clown cha-u-ka-o... dancers in the stage lights and their promenading audience... and the casual, commercial encounters in the shadows... in at the moulin rouge, begun in 1892, he depicted himself at its center. la goulue arranges her hair as a lady of the night cruises by. in a world of mirrors

it comes after the team's worse showing since 19656789 valentine took the reigns just this year afteron's epic meltdown led to terry francona's firing. the struggled 5u8 -- all this season finishing dead last. general management announced in a statement that no single individual was to blame. as for valentine, he said, quoting here: i understand this decision this year in boston has been an incredible experience for me. but i am as disappointed in the results as our ownership and the great fans of red sox nation. and they are great fans. the lockout in professional hockey has reportedly cost $100 million because it meant no preseason games and today the league has scrapped 82 regular season matches. that's two weeks' worth as the team owners and players' union fight over how to split $3 billion in revenue. the season was to begin one week from tonight. reps for both sides broke off talks on tuesday. if it all sounds familiar, it should, the nhl lost an entire season to a lockout just 8 years ago. well, one congressman says he he is only trying to update the fourth amendment for the 21

i would like to turn to valentin tachiquin, corrections officer, father of valeria "munique" tachiquinas killed by border patrol agent on september 28. can you tell us her story? >> yes, she was a loving mother, loving wife, just a great person. i just don't know what happened -- my daughter is not here today. my problem. >> what happened? tell us what happened as you understood it, valentin. >> as far as i know, and only to the media, because i have had no official story from neither the to list the police or the border patrol agency, it is just what i heard over the news, that she was killed because an officer felt he was in danger. as far as i know, i have not heard nothing official as far as what really happened. >> christian ramÍrez, your director of southern border communities coalition and human rights director of alliance of san diego. what you understand happened? >> according to the border patrol officials, there was a plant closed operation taking place near or at the location where munique seen driving. an agent was struck by the vehicle that she was driving, according to a

this valentine is part of this new effort by the nea.t else have you and the american federation of teachers been doing to mobilize membership ahead of the election. >> we've been working hard and talking to our members getting information out and comparing the candidates. we want them to be sure that there is more than one mitt romney running for president. from the primaries to the general election to the debates he seems to want to have it two or three ways. on the one hand, he says he loves teachers and knocks their unions. he says he cares about kids in school and says class size doesn't matter. every parent knows it does. he says investing in education lk build the economy and then to the des moines be register he said hiring teachers won't help the economy. but president obama has been consistent for four years and through this campaign. his commitment to education from preschool to graduate, increasing completely grants, fixing the loan program so money goes to striving students and not the banks and protecting class size and spe

but sunny valentine's day. >> thanks very much. >> pretty common to break a cell phone.ot but not so common the excuses given to insurance company. researchers in britain compiled some of the more bizarre ones. ready? farmer says he was helping birth a calf and inserted the i-phone into the cow trying to use it as flashlight. woman admitted to absent mindedly baking hers into a sponge kaichblingt one lost her phone after it was snatched from her hand by a sea gull. maybe the bird had to make a call. couple lost their phone reenact ago scene from titanic dropping it over the side of a cruise ship as they attempted to take a photo of themselves. pyrotechnician says his phone was fired 3000 feat natural air after left in the blast zone during a fireworks display. the. >> i believe the farmer. tibl that farmer. maybe the fireworks guy. >> next time i lose my company phone i'll remember a couple of these. >> don't use the cow. >> sadly not a lot to talk about in sports. >> except the giants. amazing. going good. on the night when runs really hard to come by the tigers run the

bobby valentine, the red sox by their manager after his first and only season, a disastrous year by any measure. boston posted its worst regular- season record since 1965. the red sox have begun their search for the next manager. that search began a long time ago. kansas city chiefs on sunday will lead to the defense to continue the early season trend of turning the ball over. the chiefs have 15 turnovers, the most of the nfl. the quarterback has come under fire. a few sacks and the defense could turn the kansas city crowd of the early. the ravens defense does not look all that great this year, ranked twenty third. giving up 390 yards a game. growing confidence to stop teams when they have to. >> i don't care about stats. it is true but not true. i do care. i don't want to give up yardage or write to low. the three steps to me most important is points, third down red area, and wins. >> they'll look for their fourth win in kansas city. >> a look tonight for a 11 news tonight. latest on the state health officials and what they are warning. what you need to know about possible exposure. th

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the ex toronto skipper replaces valentine, who like guillen, was fired after just one season.bby valentine, he went on nbc sports networks "costas tonight" taking blame for the red sox abysmal season but also pointed a finger at sox slugger david ortiz. this is the quote. david ortiz came back after spending six weeks on the disabled list and we thought it was going to be a week. he got two hits, drove in a couple runs and we're off to the races. then he realized this trade meant we're not going to run this race, and we're not even going to finish the race properly, and he decided not to play anymore. i think at that time it was all downhill from there. and don't you know it, the red sox are now working to sign ortiz to a two-year contract. red sox gm ben cherington rejected valentine's remarks, saying he has no concerns about big papi's commitment. it's a soap opera in boston. that's a look at sports this morning. >>> on to our talkback question. do candidates' comments on rape and abortion influence your vote? facebook.com/carolcnn. i'll be back. anncr: every president inher

red sox gm has disputed valentine's account, telling reporters, "i wouldn't be trying to re-sign himany concern about david's commitment to baseball or the red sox." what's going on here? why is bobby out speaking? >> you know, i'm surprised at his comments because no one was more supportive of bobby valentine in a tumultuous year than was david ortiz. and also, he had a severely strained achilles tendon. he's an older player. and he was advised by the medical staff not to risk rupturing the achilles tendon, especially after the big trade. what sense does it make having him rupture his achilles tendon and be out for a year, take it easy, chill out. i'm surprised that bobby v. spoke to that. >> do you feel like this relationship was doomed from the start when he called out those guys at the beginning of the season, now he's doing it after he left? >> not doomed from the start, doomed from about june 1st, though. >> yeah, but, i mean, the fans were trashing him from the second day, willie. from the second day. they were trashing bobby v. the sports radio talk shows up in boston, mike,

accompanied by the supple valentin le désossé-- valentine the boneless-- she was the undisputed starrouge. the new entertainment complex of stages, dance floors, gardens, bars-- and a plaster elephant acquired from the grounds of the 1889 world's fair. lautrec had first seen and painted the dancers at the moulin de la galette in 1887. he'd also seen something new-- the show theers, the latest craze in pasian tertainments lit from behind, the figures-- cut from zinc-- were operated by a team of stage hands. the poster's silhouettes inspired by the shadow theatre conveyed the modernity of the moulin rouge. lautrec had a fascination with performers off and on stage that drove his art for the rest of his life. the moulin rouge continued to attract him-- he caught the pensive side of the female clown cha-u-ka-o... dancers in the stage lights and their promenading audience... and the casual, commercial encounters in the shadows... in at the moulin rouge, begun in 1892, he depicted himself at its center. la goulue arranges her hair as a lady of the night cruises by. in a world of mirrors wh

. >> bill: this is a valentine from ben affleck to the intelligence community. same people who water boarded, the same peter who rendition, what are your liberal friends going to say to you? >> i don't worry too much about what my lib rap friends say. today i made a movie that my friends who are democrats and republicans can both watch. it's not a political movie. >> bill: you didn't in the back of your mind, you didn't say look, i'm glorifying some people who may be did bad things in the name of the country to protect it? >> i've been to the c.i.a. i met general david petraeus. these are extraordinary honorable people at the c.i.a. make no mistake. >> bill: sounds good to army now, iran, again, influencing presidential election because of the nuke thing. >> i'm worried about it in the sense that everyone has a trouble spot. this is the same regime in my movie in 1979 can khomeini, the same mentality. we're still dealing with them. if they got a bomb, i think everybody thinks that would be trouble. i'm just an amateur pundit, but my feeling is that one has to al

>> you know, i had such hopes for bobby valentine.'m still just in wounded mode on that one. >> stick around. should he be given another chance or be fired? this is the back page of the boston herald we're talking about tomorrow morning. you have to commit. >> then i give him another year. >> give him another year. >> senator. >> i remember in the beginning of the season that professor warren said the red sox would win 90 games and that hasn't happened and it's very, very disappointing. i'll leave that up to the red sox management, but we need to do better next year. >> you won't commit one way or another? >> there's a lot of problems they need to work out for themselves. >> there's a bit of martha coakley history as well. she incorrectly said curt schilling was the yankees fan. this is touted as the reason for the explosion of the campaign. elizabeth warren has to deal with gotcha red sox questions. it doesn't matter. that was the last moment in the debate, and it's one thing if you throw it out like a puffy, ha ha red sox we all lik

and on february 15, 2003, the day after valentine's day, this valentine arrived at the arkansas democrathere in the holy bible have i found a word of condemnation for the operation of slavery, old or new testament. if slavery was so bad, why didn't jesus, paul or the prophets say something? and there, there is the most perfect illustration of the problems of governing by bible. because that is the one thing in all of this crazy man's letter to the newspaper that is actually true. no where in this book, nowhere in the whoholy bible is there a word of condemnation for slavery. nowhere. and that yet is another reason why this statement about the bible is so very, very wrong. >> it teaches us how to run our lives individually. how to run our families. how to run our churches. but it teaches us how to run all public policy and everything in society. >> if we allowed the bible to teach us how to run all of public policy an everything in society. we would still have slavery. people who didn't observe the sabbath would get the death penalty and all adult terers would be stoned to death. so in th

. >>> bobby valentine showed up on his bicycle today the day after the red sox' season ended. not enough. fired by the red sox. and curt shilling, a major playoff contributor once upon a time, said all the money he made from his career, remember the bloody sock, he pitched with blood all over him? dan hurd: when i was a child, california was a leader in education funding. erika derry: and the fact that california isn't making it a priority frustrates me. dan hurd: i'm ashamed of that, and i don't want this to continue for my daughter. brenda kealing: prop 38 is going to bring a lot of money to our schools. suzan solomon: the money stays at the school site. cade derry: what i would really like to see is that the teachers... that were laid off come back to the school. navaz hurd: a smaller class size. navaz hurd: as a mom i want that. as a teacher i want that. prop 38 is an opportunity of a generation.

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miles north of half moon bay, dan quarrels and his fiancee, betsy forman, are planning a romantic valentine's weekend when they get word of mavericks. >> my fiance and i had decided to take turns with who was responsible for the plans of february 14th for valentine's day, and this was his year. >> betsy is a surfing fanatic. dan knows that taking betsy to mavericks will be a dream come true. >> she had never got to see an actual surf competition before, so this would have been her first competition to actually be a spectator at. so she was really excited to get to go. >> on the day of the contest, betsy and dan hit the beach. >> the ocean was quite turbulent. i remember being rather fascinated that waves were coming to the left and waves were coming to the right. it definitely was an active ocean that day. >> hundreds of spectators and media are setting up, including tyler short. >> i was just standing behind the podium, looking around for a place to watch. >> the surfing competition takes place about a half mile offshore and tyler can't get a good vantage point. soon he forgets about the com

bobby valentine was fired. he oversaw a six month minnie at fenway. finished with the boston finished with the worst record in almost half a century. if what the ravens did on offense in september carries over, people will start to notice. the ravens, the no. 2 offense in the nfl. this sunday, joe flacco has the first chance to become the first ravens quarterback ever to throw for more than 300 yards in three consecutive games. the ravens have not forgotten about ray rice. he ranks second in total yards in scrimmage. september was impressive, but there are much higher hopes for october and beyond. but all our guys would agree we have not played our best offensive football yet. we have not played as well as we are going to play. early in the year, that is the important thing. we just keep getting better. >> the ravens in kansas city, the orioles in texas. yu darvish the picture. >> tom is up next with a look at the seven-day forecast. david smallwood: maryland money needs to stay in maryland. it's just that simple, i mean, it's a no brainer. anncr: eve

at valentine high school at 693 vermont street. >> our efforts have included the discussions in terms of being in almost a continuous state of reaching out to the public to inform them with the opportunities to come and to be heard and to give input. currently if you check the police department's website, actually specifically under police commission, you will have notice of the meetings themselves. and the draft, work and policy of the electronic control weapons general order, as well as a listing of the identified less lethal options that are being evaluated currently. so additionally, each district station captain has sent out, along with their daily newsletter and update and crime updates as well as their weekly newsletters, notices of these meetings and the opportunity for people to come actually and be heard and to give some input as to what direction they would like to see the department move in. ultimately, in evaluating all of the less lethal options. any recommendation will be made, one that is most effective as well as the most hum main. that is where we are at this point.

. >>> to baseball now where the boston red sox have fired manager bobby valentine. the sox went 69 and 93 in his only year in boston, that's the club's worst season since 1965. >>> in hockey the nhl has canceled all regular season games through october 24th. that's 82 games. >>> world boxing organization feather weight champion orlando cruz came out as the first active openly gay boxer in the history of the sport. >>> finally, would you buy this, curt schilling might have to sell or give up the famed bloodstained sock he wore on the team's run to the 2004 world series championship. all of this in order to cover millions of dollars in loans he guaranteed to his failed video game company. >> announcer: early today sports is broit to you by new jest for men auto stop. dre is over. >>> another star behind bars, and which film will audiences be taken with this weekend? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> flus an update on the sachb diego zoo's cutest 9-week-old. that's true. you're watching "early today." >>> well, let me take you through y