team but the original vikings. that doesn't seem to have much substance. we know for certain without question they're in newfoundland. we know they were trading with the inuit in the arctic and then it goes away. it goes away by 1500, roughly 1500 and the vikings are no longer either in greenland or certainly not in north america. so it is an astounding story about the accomplishment, of that there is no question. as historians we have to ask, so, what was the long-term impact? the answer to that is probably not much because no one else really knew about this. there was no sustained settlement, no big or important cultural interaction here, extraordinary achievement, yes, but in terms of impact upon the settlement and the evolution of north america, probably not terribly important. yeah? >> when did europe find out there was contact with the west? >> i am sorry? >> when did western europe or western powers have an understanding of the vikings establishments? >> that's a great question. when did or let me rephrase t

between columbus and the vikings. people knew what columbus had done, and people came after him. one of the things to consider that in columbus' world they had that they did not have in the world of the vikings that helped to spread information. what would be the most effective method that columbus and his people had to spread information that the vikings didn't have? what is it? not the internet. but what? what was available in 1500 that wasn't available in the year 1000? it could spread information. printing. guttenberg. remember. movable type. think about that. we think of books today. so ordinary. everything is online. the point is, now information can spread very rapidly, relatively, and it doe

dylan plays on the vikings soccer league. you've heard from the vikings. he has a unique perspective because this season he's played on the artificial turf, of course and also on the natural turf. he can share with you his images and the things that he's experienced and the fact that that he feels it's much safer to be on an artificial turf surface and why he supports it. so i'll let him speak. >> i agree with my dad because i don't want my leg broken and artificial turf is safer than turf because you just don't want your legs broken. and when i have played before, the ball goes straighter on artificial turf than nonartificial. and on nonartificial the geoffer holes have to make you weave out so you don't go as fast for the ball. it's different on the artificial. so i agree, let's make artificial turf. [belinelli] commissioner fong: next speaker, please? hi, my name is john manning and i'm a richmond district native and avid soccer fan and coach and i'd just like to reiterate what a few others have said. too many families have moved out of san francisco an

they use to set me on fire and threw me off the sides of viking ships. tavis: you really have survived. how did farrah fawcett change your relationship with lee? >> it ended. other restaurant he said does a bottle of wine. he is a good guy. tavis: how many years had passed before about bottle of wine? >> two. it was my turn. he had his. tavis: that sounds flippant. >> i am flippant. that is one of my charms. tavis: i know there are countless people watching this program who have had to endure losing a loved one to cancer, and i do not know if there is anything more excruciating than watching someone go through that process except going through the process. how you put into words what that process was like? >> for a while we pretended it was not happening. we did not talk in terms of the end. she was a survivor. it was in the cards that she would survive this, and there was a sudden realization that maybe she would not. the interesting thing for me was that i got closer to her because of her ways -- her poise was so magnificent. it was eating away. it was

the vikings soccer. and the lacrosse san francisco riptide and all my friends at marin country day school say why don't you live in mari in? there's so good fields and everything is so perfect but in san francisco all of the fields or most of them are like beaten up and rough or have gopher holes and stuff. >> i was going to apologize for not bringing more children to the hearing, but at this point i think that's not really an issue. my name is pam and i'm the president of the san francisco lacrosse club, the riptide, the club that sam plays for. we have 300 kids from every single part of the city. over 50 schools. our kids range if age from 7 to high school at this point. the part of the fields issues that concern me light -- right now, i wants to have as many boys like sam out there playing but the other thing nobody has really brought up in terms of lacrosse is the girls' lacrosse on the west coast. we have gone from one team to five teams in two years of all different age groups and the from having e

i coached for the viking club. i am also a player myself. i am in favor of having these fields artificially turfed. i have seen so many injuries, career-ending injuries from flying out at the beach chalet fields. if no other reason, safety issues. thank you very much for your time. >> thank you. >> thank you to all the commissioners. i am a native of san franciscan. all the team members represent many different zip codes around the city. we're talking about less than 1% of golden gate park. we had an amazingly city and i think there is enough space for everybody. this is not a nature preserve, it is a soccer field. we're just asking for the field to be upgraded. it will save gallons of water every year. the lawn mowers will not be spewing stuffed into the air. for many reasons, i think it is a great plan. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> thank you, commissioners. i live in russian hill and have been a resident for 15 years. my husband and i own a business in the city. we raised our three kids here. i strongly believe in the need for

i love you and the viking community. -- biking community. >> good morning, buenos dias. i represent district 9 which includes the mission and vernal heights, we had a great day writing to city hall. -- riding to city hall. i do want to go back to something president chiu said. if we meet our objective of 20%, we have to make sure that we are investing more money into our bike infrastructure. we have to make sure a higher percentage of the overall budget is spent on biking. i want to thank the coalition because one of the things they are doing in my district and other parts of the city is working with kids to get more kids on bikes. biking, to really be sustained, we need to make sure the next generation is part of that. the last thing i will say is that we need to take the message of what is happening here in san francisco to influence what is happening in the rest of the region. the supervisors wienr -- supervisor wiener and i are on the commission and we need to make sure that the objectives can be translated. we look forward to working on that. thank you very much. >>

. >> vikings. we wear these to football games all the time. >> there you go. >> my brother would actually love this. girls like it. 40-foot wingspans? >> and it's a dream works production. >> great. >> they're putting the effort into it. the show is going to come out if verizon center. we're going to enjoy the cookies right now. >> i can smell them. bright sunshine. beautiful this weekend. some added clouds by sunday. so otherwise, don't cancel any plans because of the slight chance of a sprinkle. off in the mountains late on mother's day but that's it. just a little sprinkle possible. west of the bludgeon ridge -- blue ridge, especially monday evening. we're going to have it pretty good with low humanity as well. -- humidity as well. dew points down in the 30's and despite warmer temperature, it's still going to feel great. monday and tuesday, we could run into a few showers and it could be it in terms of rainfall here all the way into the early part of next week. and temperatures, no big shift. 8

but we have big news for vikings fans everywhere. a new stadium is on the way. and darren rovell is tracking progress on a new place to play for the purple people eaters. darren. >> that's right, sue. governor mark dayton basically signing the bill that the state senate had approved late last week. $975 million stadium for the minnesota vikings. this took a very long time to get through. $477 million will be what the vikings will pay to make that happen. there will also be the taxpayers about $500 million. and they'll use -- try to boost the state gambling revenues to pay that off. minnesota really deciding to pay more recently for stadiums, target field of course a couple years ago for the minnesota twins, they paid $350 million, taxpayers did, out of the $480 million. by the way, the university of minnesota will make some money off this because the vikings will play at university of minnesota's tcf bank stadium until the new stadium is ready. sue. >> darren, thanks a million. all right. let's recap some of the other big headlines driving today's session. light

vikings soccer programs have over 7,000 kids in the city and combined with police activities league, mission league, bay area scorers, many of the kids are here today, it adds up to 9,000 kids, which still does not include the other 3,000 kids playing c.y.o. and san francisco unified youth soxer. we're spread out over the entire city, every zip code, every elementary school in thely -- city where the kids play soccer. the question everyone wants to know about the kids is do they play at beach chalet? the answer is that primarily from third grade on, all the leagues put their kids into each other's leagues and we do schedule them at beach chalet and all these kids are affected by beach chalet. the question about grass fields is will they suffice? and the grass fields unfortunately are locked. the better the field, the more it has to be locked. i know the concern here is will families be leaving and are families leave and is this one more thing? so our next speaker is a child who is moving to hills borrow in july over this kind of issue. ty swensson. >> yes, i am leaving to hills borou

>> i didn't buy the vikings. i had my chance. i didn't do it. what's up?caller: well, we finally got the new stadium. >> they would have thrown the stadium in too for me. i bet wrong that way. what's up? >> caller: i got a dilemma i hope you can help me with. i originally invested in a nontraded reit. it's now gone public, mid april, they call themselves retail properties of america. rtai. they went public, did a stock split. >> yeah, you know what? we're federal realty believers here. we're frt. we're going to say no to that one and yes to federal realty if you want that exposure. and that, ladies and gentlemen is the conclusion of the lightning round! >> the lightning round is sponsored by td ameritrade. [ male announcer ] if you believe the mayan calendar, on december 21st polar shifts will reverse the earth's gravitational pull and hurtle us all into space. which would render retirement planning unnecessary. but say the sun rises on december 22nd, and you still need to retire. td ameritrade's investment consultants can help you build a plan that fits y

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we have seen its worst, vikings, waldo, it has been a great time.pers are beginning to do their thing. it was a great start. south they are all headed towards he's street. >> for the front runners, it was easy. for those who followed, it was a different story. this is near the top of hayes held. >> this is a tough help. >> i am always hear from the ore. for your memo cheering takes a certain amount of effort and dedication. with metal are indicating in there. >> i'm going to hunt again after the hill. that is the strategy hot air with the >> i will tell you to people who are not big thing, the sisters. >> we wanted to be noticed. it was divine intervention. >> it was a great idea, but you have to be hot? >> it is warm. >> will warm weather did not stop some from wearing a lot of clothing were firmer for that matter. >> how did he end up with the gorilla costume is a 70 degree weather? ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ transforming sounds ] [ male announcer ] transformers. the ride. ride it at universal studios hollywood. real big deals of the week. or how to get great pric

. >> i play soccer for the viking week. i think the beach chalet should be turned into a turf fields because there is only one big turf field in the city. it is all the way down on the south side of town. we need a turf fields in the northwest part of town. turf is way safer than normal grass. it would be much more beneficial to soccer teams if we had a turf field, to buy. >> together, with his brother and sister, they are soccer players. during that time, we watched our friends leave this city, move to the suburbs, they have more fields to play on, they do not face some of the injury challenges. it makes my heart is heavy to see that. i would love it if you all could do something for all of us families in san francisco. we're driving across town to crocker, which is a great facility. to make it easier for those of us committed to the city, and who believed in the public- school system year, help us with some of the after-school activities and bring as a field in golden gate park. it is a centrally located place for familie

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. >> caller: the vikings are staying.re all so happy we don't have to worry about the roof falling in. they're building a nice one now. >> now all you've got to do is start winning. that's probably harder. >> caller: that's a little harder. >> all right. >> caller: my question is, since sara lee is splitting into two companies and paying a $3 per share dividend, special dividend, wouldn't it be wise for someone like me who has some sara lee to buy more shares? and then which spin-off company would you recommend? >> well, first of all, i totally, you know i recommend -- you've got to go on cnbc.com archives, i agree with you, sara lee is good. and we did a very complicated breakup analysis that i'm going to refer you to, but you are right to be wanting to buy. let's go to cory in colorado, cory? >> caller: hey, jim cramer, boo-yah! >> excellent boo-yah back at you. >> hey, was just calling today about hershey, hsy. i've noticed that the stock is up over 10% from the start of the year and, tell me, will it have room to grow

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idea would be since we have perilous streets to san bruno, like gerard street, maybe some of the viking lanes can be transferred over there. -- the biking planes can be transferred over there. it is kind of done remote- control. but that is on them. but that is resulting from bicycle coalitions -- maybe we had two, but we had a couple in castro, some on market street, and a couple in the financial district. in talking about the bicycle lanes, we need to keep in mind that as a result of the bicycle coalition. you can only do that if you are prudent and you do good design work. i travel a lot and i will travel again, go to europe. and i see a lot of changes in that design. we need to have some creativity here regarding the bicycle lanes. >> thank you very much. is there any member of the public who would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. item 13. >> this is a new information item. >> colleagues, any new items to introduce? any member of the public like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. please call item 14. >> public comment. >> this is an op

viking mums are used and the blanket is a simple every year of the old york giant's store. who make itself never loose their excitement at seeing it displayed. >> i think get goose bumps because i feel i'm a part of history now. i think it's neatful i think ours looks better than it the rose ones hats at the kept ñn kentucky derby. >> it has almost 3,000 flowers in it. a smaller one made for friday. >>> it was standing room only at lexington market for the 22nd crab derby. the announcer had the crowd hype entertained. a water bottle and a ping-pong ball on a stick. no matter how hard some of them just wouldn't budge but check this out. last minute my crab took off to the finish line. i was excited, unfortunately somebody else beat me. you know what they say. there is always next year. that's the fastest it's ever moved. >> need aid little --. >> faster crab. >> encouragement. >> once he backed it up he backed it up. >> good job. >> great weather. >> i think we will ride the ñn good streak into preakness saturday. by saturday night and sunday things could cloud up. the secon

vikings, jesus, cars. every prison flesh you can think of, i have.'ve got like a seven to ten-day wait. i look at the calendar and the first chance i can get you in, is that cool with you? if it is, i'll put your name down. >> it was interesting to talk to ronnie. because in prison everybody gets tattoos. even though it's illegal in every prison, the fact of the matter is oftentimes they get away with it. he would only show us certain things because he didn't want to get caught. >> i don't have my tattoo gun out right now. because of the lockdown. i don't know if they're going to come, shake me down. they're not going to take any of my inks. i can order them out of the catalogs. but the only they would take them is if they found my tattoo gun. and i got it put up. >> like, where? >> a good hiding spot that they've never found it in. since i've been locked up. i would show it to you but then they'd know where it was at. >> like most prison ink, some of shephard's tattoos tell a story. in this case, it's about his past membership in a supremacist gang.

reportedly pressured him to resign minnesota vikings football stadium. house hold voted to cut back the state's contribution to the proposed 975-million-dollar construction project and a require require the vikings to pick up more of the tab proceeds naming rights for the stadium. mark dayton rallied fans and construction workers. the governor says building a new stadium would create thousands of jobs. some supporters warn if the deal is not reached, the team could leave minnesota. the house that ruth built. the original yankees stadium is long gone. the house where babe ruth lived could be yours. the former major leaguer's estate up for sale. the 5,000 boston. the great bambino lived there mainly during the off season 1922 to 1926. home plate farm they call continue 00 market for 1.6 mill more money than baseball ruth earned during the entirety of his career. one trillion dollars and growing. that's how much one american owes on student loans. all of american loans a trillion. and if congress doesn't act fast. it's about to get much worse. the partisan

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