are you willie mays? >> there was little that was arrogant about a young willie mays.with the kids. enjoying the game at least as much as coming up to bat at the polo grounds not so far away. he seemed so easy to come around, especially for kids. he was like a big kid himself. meeting so many people so suddenly that remembering all those names seemed impossible. mays got around that problem by greeting folks with a simple, say hey. soon he was the say hey kid. in 1954, all the elements were on the baseball field for that singular play in center field that has been known in sports for almost a half century simply as the catch. before for the cleveland indians was at plate. >> way back, it is -- willie mays just brought this crowd to its feet with a catch that must have been an obstacle illusion to a lot of people. >> when you look at this sketch and you see me running as i'm running i'm worried about getting the ball back into the end field. i'm not worried about catching the ball. i have the ball already in my hand. i am worried about if i catch this ball how am i goin

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surprisingly, the danish lot did not really like willie. who gradually became more and more difficult. , williehat family gradually came to hate england. that's a very important factor in the whole lead up to the first world war. >> can you talk about the role queen victoria played in the lives of these three cousins? >> she played quite an important role, of course. was for important role her eldest daughter. she married the crown prince frederick in prussia. for theextremely keen countries to come together. it did not work because the prussians did not like the british and increasingly the british did not like the prussians. william was caught between the two. otherwise, he was ached -- she was a good grandmother. not a particularly good mother. booku mentioned in your that the king, the kaiser and czar failed to recognize the signs of this. i suppose they were caught up with their own lives. they had a wedding in berlin in 1913 which was the kaiser's youngest daughter. she was getting married. all three of the cousins were together for t

commander is here (clapping) and jorp general colorado nays he's here (clapping) and former mayor willie to recognize him he's here (clapping) i tell you i'd like to thank more than 2 hundred donors it the san francisco memorial that made this project possible the san francisco veterans memorial was funded entirely by private dpoomgsz and i'd like to recognize the leaders for this effort steven beck natural fund, the big one made this charlotte and george schultz and susan i didn't bechtel and her husband robert a day (clapping) charles and ann johnson foundation (clapping) the san francisco public utilities commission (clapping) and deedee wellscy (clapping) i am pleased and honored to welcome one of the co-chairs of our veterans steering committee and the honory chair of fleet week the honorable george p schultz (clapping.) first of all, mike read off a lot of people to get recognized but, you know who the driving force is michael so let's hear it for mike (clapping.) i'll tell you something in you put a marine general in charge things move this is a great moment and we're talking abou

margaret willie responded. she said that it's unfortunate that the university of hawaii is so dependent on money from the biotechnology companies now, that the professors have to become mouthpieces for the industry. never would have gotten a sent from monsanto, any of those companies. >> shintake says he and others were marginalized. the hearings debating willie's ban. 350 people signed up to speak on the first day alone. most were opposed to g.m.o.s. one was actress rosen barr, who owns an organic macadamia farm. she suggested demolishing g.m.o. papayas. >> for people that make their living growing g.m.o.s, everyone is giving, and they would probably bend over backwards to help you burn those papayas and grow something decent. >> shintako and two other scientists spoke - for about two minutes. he was dismaffed that anti- -- dismayed that anti-g.m.o. experts went on for longer. they had a conference call with jeffrey smith and talked with him for 50 minutes, an hour, asking him question after question. he doesn

as are willie and carson.art of our campaign to raise awareness for men's health. >> early detection, 95% cure rate. >> and we're tremendously proud of them and the awareness. it's really touched home. a lot of the tweets and facebook posts you've sent to us from home touch on this as well. >>> let's get a check of the top stories. natalie is over at the news desk. >> good morning to you once again. republicans in congress are pushing back hard against president obama's immigration reform detailed in a speech thursday night. nbc national correspondent peter alexander is at the white house. peter, good morning. >> natalie, good morning to you. those republican critics accuse president obama acting more like he's king than president. in effect these sweeping new changes will give legal status to the 5 million of roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants living here. the president will head to las vegas today to promote this program. the programs likely won't take until the spring to be up and running. in many w

>> willie, willie, you want to talk to a doctor?[ speaking spanish ] >> the ninth floor of the miami-dade pretrial detention center is a world unto itself. as part of the psychiatric unit, these cells are reserved for inmates with serious mental problems. >> sir, you all right? >> dr. joseph poitier is the jail's chief psychiatrist. he's worked at miami-dade for the past ten years. >> jails have, in effect, become mental institutions. i would say that 20% of those who are incarcerated have a mental illness. a large part suffer from schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression, severe forms of mental illness. >> the mentally ill is a very serious problem within correctional facilities today. unfortunately, there's a growing trend. a lot of the mental state hospitals have closed down and the only options to the police agencies are to bring them to the jails. that's a problem for us because those inmates are a lot more unmanageable than the regular inmate population. >> come on, take your medication. >> while the ultimate goal of th

i am gerri willis. the christmas count down is underway and the rush is on for retailers to give your business. give them the many deals from countless retailers lose the willis report is helping you with our users guide to holiday shopping from winter shot to the hottest gift your loved ones will be asking for. we are showing you how to be a savvy shopper without all but stress. we're starting with a bulletproof strategy how to get the best deals from our experts, and personal finance expert segments. i will start with net you. doing a lot of research on this, a lot of reading and there are a lot of ideas out there. normally i would expect the best deals to happen at the tail end of the season when series markdowns come. there are a lot of markdowns right now. what is going on. >> it is more of a month-long event than a day. retailers know shoppers will spend on average 75% of their budget at the prestigious stores made budget. is a huge advantage for retailers to get the best deals out early and often

thank you very much, willie nelson.you show up, the painting on the side, you know where he is in town and it was so wonderful for him to set up shop and talk to us. again, hours before the salute to the troops event at the white house. >> tonight on pbs. >> yes. >> watch it. >> brooke baldwin, great to have you here. >> thank you. you're welcome. always. >> that's it for us at this hour and that's it for us this week at this hour. >> that's michaela pereira. >> and you're john berman. >> "legal view" starts next with ashleigh banfield. barriers are meant to be broken. ♪ lines are drawn to be crossed. ♪ introducing the first ever 467 horsepower rcf coupe from lexus. once driven, there's no going back. ♪ so ally bank really has no hidden fethat's right. accounts? it's just that i'm worried about you know "hidden things..." ok, why's that? no hidden fees, from the bank where no branches equals great rates. >>> hello, everyone. i'm ashleigh banfield. welcome to "legal view." president obama may have his pick for the next a

so like willis, the other runaways would not take no for an answer. now, professor andrew lambert gave a nice introduction about the reluctance of the british to engage in this war and they were slow to wage the war with great vigor because they hoped that it would end pretty quickly in its first year. and so it's only in the second year of the war in 1813 that they sent a major expedition into chesapeake bay with the purpose of punishing the states of virginia and maryland from a perception that those two states were the heartland of american resources and also the political home, principally in virginia. the british purpose in coming into chesapeake bay in 1813 is initially not to free any slaves of any significant numbers. their job is to punish the americans who lived along the shores of the chesapeake. to do so, primarily by raiding shipping that was vulnerable to this british naval supremacy, which was overwhelming in chesapeake bay. and secondarily, to raid exposed and vulnerable villages along the major waterways. what the british are very rel

willis originally thought the injury was just a muscle strain and that he'd be able to rerun two games being over mentally else still be here the part of this football team giving what i have i have learned a lot and improve the lot and everything that i've worked on got better at and i'm just working hard in the preseason to work card now and i've been keeping my body in good shape 49 7:10 a.m. start against the giants on sunday father daughter hockey night and know you don't have to get into a brawl the sharks really were up and down and they lose tonight for to one and their record is now eight to seven and two with the sharks struggling early in the season big ben says don't blame bieber the pittsburgh steelers have taken some criticism for letting justin beiber who took these photos with various team members to the team's worship service last week prior to their loss to the them 1-8 new york jets some have even gone as far as to say bieber jinxed the team steelers quarterback ben roethlisberger laughed off such talk saying there was plenty of blame to go around among the team with

. >> secondly i'd like to call your attention to something that willy brown wrote in the chronicle over the weekend and it's kind of interesting and significant originally mayor brown was working for one of these ride service companies he was their lawyer or consultant for a company now called wings and now he's saying just take a look at downtown san francisco where an ever expanding fleet of ride sharing drivers no longer content to wait for a call for their perspective services we see it all the time you need to to take control of your streets. this is in your ballpark. lastly let me just say about the taxi insurance issue -- a company like yellow cab, self insured and doesn't technically comply with the regulations and a collection of companies and multiple companies is not allowed to write insurance. thank you. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. my name is mr. singh and i'm a board member of san francisco taxi worker's alliance and i have some documents. we're filing an application they are filing a petition because they can not afford to make a payment because we lose 40 percen

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meanwhile, the "the willis repo" is next. ♪ ♪ gerri: hello, everyone, i'm gerri willis. a major automaker break the law and then try to cover it up? honda admitting it failed to report more than 1700 injury and death claims over 11 years. but the automaker is blaming the major lapse on computer issues and a misunderstanding of the law. here to weigh in, doug drawner, the car -- brawner, the car czar show host. thanks for coming on the show. so i look at this, the actual number, 1,729 failures to notify the government, and i think is this a colossal oversight? or is the company claiming this is an even credible response coming from honda? how do you come down, doug? >> gerri, i'm stunned by the the admission that they underreported these claims, as you said, over ten years, and now they're blaming it on data entry failures by their own employees, and as you sai some coute codgrror 's aery we dfensf y. t boom lne ove 100 peop wer eitr vy serisly iuredrille by heir poduc, anhonds mitng ieve tol fdera gornme. th is bigrobl for th comny. gei: andofcour, hons the laeitse ur o

it's crowdsrise.com/willie. comforter. they were happy to have something. congratulations willie. all right, a lot of people talking about the latest video. this is the bill cosby interview that he did not want you to see. it's an interview done on november 6th. it was released from the associated press, though, yesterday. you will see in it, bill cosby is declining to ask questions about sexual assault allegations. the interview was done, we should say it was about hit art installation he is lending to the smithsonian. this is how it went down. >> with the persona that people know about bill cosbying should they believe anything differently? >> there is no comment about. okay. >> and i tell you why, i think you were told, i don't want to compromise your integrity, but we don't -- i don't talk about it. and i would appreciate it if it was scuttled. >> i hear you. i will tell that to my editors and i think that they will understand. >> i think if you want to consider yourself to be serious. >> mm-hmm. >> that it

el siete veces apoyador de pro bowl, willis, se ha perdido los ltimos tres partidos para san franciscote a los st. louis rams el 13 de octubre. deportes el partido de mexico contra holanda sera en poco mas de una hora, en holanda.....la sorpresa es que regresa carlos vela a jugar con el tri contra el equipo que elimino a mexico en el mundial con un penal...lo recuerda??..... ad lib vo el partido sera hoy a las 11:30 de la maÑana... ayer, el tri entreno y reconocio la cancha donde se disputara el partido. despues de la practiva del tri en tierras holandesas miguel el pijojo herrera platico con los medios y dio a conocer su once inicial... ad lib méxico se enfrenta a holanda en amsterdam este miércoles en un amistoso con sabor a revancha, por la espina clavada que representó la eliminación de brasil 2014 con un gol de penal que aún reclaman los mexicanos como revancha, por la espina clavada que representó la eliminación de brasil 2014 con un gol de penal que aún reclaman los mexicanos como inexistente. juanfra --- y mientras mucho esperan posar su mirada sobre lo que ocurra en el terreno

willie, what are we looking at here.. >> that's an artist's mockup of the mayor of new york city, mayor de blasio sleeping. >> "new york daily news" also has it on the cover right there. show some class. tell us about that one. >> well it was also in the "new york times," new york city mayor de blasio has a reputation of being tardy to events. what happened yesterday didn't help him. de blasio was cancelleded to attends a memorial service on the anniversary of a flight. he was supposed to speak at 9:05. he arrived after 9:20 angering victims relatives. his first excuse. the mayor's police boat got caught in fog. then he later said he had a tough night sleep and that's why he was late. so some fog. >> fog first. >> fog in the harbor. >> then tossing and turning. >> rough night. >> you're not 11. be on time. >> had a rough night's sleep. this from the "wall street journal," new yorkers held their breath wednesday and this just -- >> stood in the street watching for half an hour. >> oh, my goosh. two window washers found th

his wife, cora masters barry and longtime friend and spiritual counselor reverend willy wilson were here at the hospital when the official announcement was made. he collapsed outside his house after midnight, pronounced dead at the hospital about an hour and a half later. >> this morning at 12:15 council member marion barry was brought here to united medical center, and we are certainly sad to report and announce the passing of the honorable marion s. barry. >> cora masters barry wiped away tears at a pre dawn press conference as details of marion barry's final hours were detailed. >> the last conversations that we all had with mayor barry, he

david: willis report is next. gerri: hello, everyone. i'm gerri willis. the white house pulling a fast one over the american people. but now, their lie exposed. the administration so eager last spring to tout they reached the 7 million mark of enrollments for obamacare. it turns out, that's not the truth at all. debbie, th -- tebby welcome to the show. the obama people overcounted the number of enrollees by 300,000. when they hit that 7 million number, it was a huge celebration. this is the administration that promised transparency. what's going on here? >> yeah. gerri, thanks for having me. they appeared to double count the number of people who had dental coverage. those people were counted as those who had health insurance and dental coverage. it's a big problem. it speaks to the level of misleading approaches that the administration is taking. we saw recently in grubergate, that they were willing to tell not full truths when came to getting the law passed. in trying to promote the law and make it look good, they're relying on misleading approaches. ger

. >> willie robinson, is he distancing himself from his father's views? you'll only see it here. "hannity "starts right now. >>> welcome to "hannity." and the fight is on after the emperor of the united states unveiled his plans to act alone on immigration last night. president obama officially signed the executive order granting def facto amnesty to almost 5 million illegals. needless to say outrage from republicans is pouring in. house speaker john boehner responded with some very harsh words. >> the president has taken actions that he himself has said are those of the king or an emperor, not an american president. with this action the president has chosen to deliberately sabotage any chance of enacting bipartisan reforms that he claims to seek. and as i told the president yesterday, he's damaging the presidency itself. >> the speaker went onto say that the house intends to fight the president on the issue but did not reveal the details as to how. and while we've shown you again and again the blatantcrisy by the president when it comes to executive action and immigration, even

liz: "willis report" is next. see you tomorrow gerri: hellie, everyone, i'm gerri willis. more boasting from the obama care architect about lying to the american people. in the third released video from jonathan gruber, that is the mit intellectual, he brags about how democrats snuck the cadillac tax into obamacare. listen to this. >> we just taxed insurance companies. they pass on higher prices. that offsets tax break we get. end up being same thing. very clever basic exploitation of lack of economic understanding of the american voter. gerri: here we go again. joining us now, doug holtz-eakin, president of the american action forum. doug, i need your reaction to this. you know jonathan gruber. you are somebody who worked with him before. >> yeah you know how deeply involved he was in the obamacare legislation. has this guy always taking swings at the intellect of american people? >> no, this is a new aspect of john's personality. i haven't seen this before. he was deeply involved in the massachusetts health care reform and it was that expertise that the white house and a

david: meanwhile we have gerri willis to take you through the next hour with the "willis report."ll see you tomorrow. gerri: hello, everybody, i'm gerri willis. it's been six weeks since bill gross abruptly left the firm he helped build over 40 years ago. since then investors have been pulling money out of pimco's flagship fund. how much can this firm withstand before sustaining lasting damage? what about that damage to individual investors? "morningstar" has conduct ad top to bottom review of the company since gross left. its director of manager research active strategies, michael herbs is here with his findings. we're joined by fox business senior correspondent charlie gasparino. welcome to you growth both. michael, i will start with you. i will pose the question we asked in

patrick willis is done for the season. he needs surgery on his toe. >> willis says his toe has actually been bothering him for several years. he has been playing through the pain but aggravated to such a point a few weeks ago it wasn't healing. willis deciding it was finally time to do the surgery that he had been trying to put off. willis departs as outside linebacker aldon smith arrives after serving a nine-game nfl imposed suspension for violating the league's policy on personal conduct and substance abuse. we will hear from both players right now starting with aldon smith. >> i've had a lot of time to get out in the community, spend time with my family, spend time with my son, and then just, you know, look at the game from a whole different aspect. you know, definitely just being happy for the chance that i have to play this game, and i'm excited. >> it just got to the point where i couldn't really put the torque on it. all that i need to grow and continue to be a better linebacker. i don't look to play this game for j

willy waiting. 50 kids and a bunch of kids.here we walk away from the cameras like we had a plan the whole time. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] great rates for great rides. geico motorcycle, see how much you could save. ♪ ♪ >>> i'm hanging out with don. he's the drill master for the marching cobras here in kansas city. what exactly are the marching cobras? you're about to find out. >> all right! [ applause ] you guys are amazing. but where's the -- where's the sheet music? >> they don't read music. >> i guess if you never write anything down, that's why rehearsal is kind of critical, because how else would you learn? >> exactly. it's like a football team. they must learn everything. i don't have any more fingers. after i get through ten, it's more of, you know, signals. and they must learn them signals to know what to do. so it's like a playbook. they must learn it. >> statues. >> that's what may must learn. it's all about following direction. >> can i see somebody with just the drums? >> oh, yeah. >> whoo! [ applause ] yeah, i'm imp

gerri: hello, everyone, i am gerri willis. welcome to a special edition of "the willis report." we will answer the question how do you do that from avoiding airline fees to tapping your home equity. with today being black friday, many if you braved long lines to snag the hottest deals and many of you will spend the weekend and this monday shopping online for more savings. make sure you do it safely. cybercrime replays were reported to the fbi did here's how to make you are not a victim. consumer advocate and consumer advocate adam levine. gerri: at them, thank you for coming on the show. great to see you. so we were talking in the break the numbers are far higher than what i just said. he said something like 200 million americans may have been hit in some of these attacks had major american retailers. >> the credit cards were compromised and contained names, phone numbers and e-mail addresses. gerri: let's go down to some real hard-core advice for people worried, concerned they are unsafe this holiday season. what is step number one to make sure will not have some of my identity

liz: "willis report" is next. happy halloween.paceship ii, that rocket plane exploded and crashed earlier today. those are the pictures right now. plane was designed for commercial space travel was on a test flight in california when the accident occurred. we're awaiting a news conference where we'll learn more information. here with more on this space.com managing director, and we have tom jones, veteran of space shuttle program and planetary scientist. welcome to you both. i want to update folks on a couple headlines we've gotten. two people aboard the plane, a pilot, copilot, one of them is dead tonight. that is according to the county sheriff's department, did not

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remind the public that a new middle school is opening up in the bayview and parents want to learn more willie brown middle school is the result of a lot of community input and expertise from hundreds of architects many had a as a thought school and the school is the status quo technology for students and full science labs and extorts sports in he a 21st century cafe and supports we want to encourage all families to consider the willie brown middle school for your child that will be the spear of our stem initiative in our schools here in san francisco so to speak the stem talking about the abraham lincoln the jebicly team who won a gold metal and massachusetts dispute of technology they beat teams from listens to this our high school team beat teams from harvard and princeton and mit and can you tell me bridge and 2 hundred other teams from universities around the world house that? (clapping.) i gem is an under graduate bio technical program, however, the lining up are recent graduates of lincoln secretarial 2013 and 2014 graduates that are partnered with the sfaufrts they're currently attendi

good see you. >> good to see you, willie.s going to come down, i'm quick to say and we did order a satellite and in those days you had to make it pre-arrangements. couldn't do it on the spur of the moment so when the wall started to come down we were in the right place at the right time and hex conclusive moment of one of the most epic events of the 20th century. it is difficult to believe the berlin of today was once ground zero for the cold war between east and west, but here history is everywhere if you know where to look. even the passing of a quarter century can't erase all the traces of an epic struggle for freedom by ordinary people who found their own extraordinary bravery. this wall has been converted now from a symbol of oppression to a monument to liberty and freedom and good times. now, 25 years later, the leaders of this country want everyone, the new generation especially, to know the lessons of the imprisonment of their fellow countrymen behind that stark wall. the popov family knows better than most. the mothe

>>reporter: as for willis he has surgery on sprained toe not healing. veld today he's actually bothering him for quite some time. willis the heart of the nineers rock solid defense but problems with the left big toe gotten to the point the only which toen shawr he can play in the future twos get the surgery done now. the rookie has been filling it. >> if tell you stuff if you like to get on the pedal a little bit can't do that because if you do, you are going to blow the tire out. that's how i have been playing the last two years. >>reporter: this week college football play off rankings were relessed early tonight. mississippi state still no. 1. big manufacture at 2. oregon jump from fourth to sec. florida state dropped from second to third. tcu is fourt fourth. sixth last week. they jumped over alabama at 5:00. all right the warriors got firsth team. they would like to be some day. world champion spurs came to town showing precisely why so good for so long. this was teacher versus pupil. steve of with old coach. a lot of affection between those 2. grea

. >> reporter: also, the great willy mays. >> tremendous, i think. because every year or three years they do something for the fans and come out. and this is very, very awarding to the fans. >> reporter: to the fans, it was one confetti shower after another. >> it was awesome! great. >> just hanging out, seeing all my best players come. it's great. >> reporter: and some like former san francisco mayor willy brown are all ready to do this over again. >> third time in a row. and that means we need to work on no. 4! we need to work on no. 4! >>> continuing our coverage here at the parade, well, this was a family affair. you can look at this family behind me. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: a lot of kids attended the parade and a lot of kids -- don't tell anybody. shh. they cut school to attend! it was worth while and history in the making. reporting here in san francisco, terisa estacio, kron 4 news. >> reporter: while they awaited the parade, they had a fashion show on the sidewalk. there were fan jackets, jerseys galore and even custom made items.

liz: gerri willis is next. gerri: hello everybody. candidates are making to sway midterm voters before they head to the polls. the stakes are high. democrats and republicans are battling it out to see who will take the senate. and there's ten senate races still close enough to be called a nail-biter. lou dobbs. lou, welcome back to the show. always great to see you. lots of anticipation that republicans will have a big night. will they take the senate handily? >> handily, i don't know. it does right now. as we look over all the vulnerable states they look like they'll take control, and the white house they're certainly acting as though this were a wave election. i don't know to what degree that reflects their concerns that it might be or whether they honestly believe republicans are going to do that well. gerri: is this going to be over wednesday morning? how will it play out? >> i think it's going to be over for the most part. you know, offcourse, we're going to look at louisiana. that looks to be a questionable matter and it's going

i said, willie, he is your son and he has a right to be the book or not.e was completely against the idea that i should show the manuscript to people. thank god he doesn't write memoirs. it would be awful. >> isabel allende, the chilean american novelist. we will return to my interview with her in a moment. ♪ [music break] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. as we return now to the chilean american novelist isabel allende . on november 24, she received the presidential medal of freedom at the white house. she is most well-known of all of her books for "house of the spirits." earlier this year, i interviewed her at the american society council of the americas. i asked her about her decision to write her latest book, a mystery novel. >> it wasn't my idea at all. in 2012, 9/11, i wasn't feeling that great, feeling age was weighing on me. i decided i was going to retire and have a great life, finally, you know, instead of working all day. and my agent said, no, you can't retire. why not you write a novel with

but i figure, you know, because nobody else is going -- >> willie -- >> i did watch at home. >> willie cheating on me with jim cantore. >> that does hurt. i'm with you now, al. >> for those who don't know what we're talking about -- >> last night. >> -- skyscraper live. natalie and i co-hosted nik wallenda walking twice between skyscrapers in the great city of chicago. first walk from merina city tower west walking up hill across the chicago river at a 19-degree incline. >> you can really see that incline. >> you were waiting on the other side and you had the coolest view because you could see how steep it was. >> almost 100-foot difference. it is steep. it's eight stories. you see right there as he's walking up, that took effort. then he goes from being cool as a cucumber, he was chatting casually with all of us. he looked like he was ready to celebrate. then, of course, he had the second part, which was a little more difficult because it involved taking away his sight, wearing a blindfold. >> he was always worried that was the most difficult as hard as that looked, this time, complet