neal karlinsky takes us behind the scenes at the casting calls and to the front lines of hollywood's war on plastic surgery. >> go to studio three please. >> reporter: at this casting session, actors like ashley davis are looking for a break. >> you just go in and be yourself i guess and your control is so little in this that, you know, all you can do is go in the room and do your best. >> reporter: in the past, hollywood's best may have included some surgical help. but more than ever, casting agents are now looking for something new in hollywood. actors who actually look like normal people. instead of the silicone filled, botox-injected, perfectly artificial beauties who fill some of the industry's goes sip magazines. >> 99% of directors don't want it unless it's specific. >> reporter: in recent years, hollywood magazines have made a sport out of spotting or speculating about who's done what to themselves. from teri hatcher and patricia heaton to melanie griffith and denise richards. some have come out to defend themselves against reports of surgery. >> action! >> reporter: it's no

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neal karlinsky is in california with our report. >> reporter: it was the most extraordinary of events in the midst of such an ordinary night. b.j. dugal was watching the nfl's opening game when he felt a rumble he first thought was cheering fans for the new orleans saints. >> like a bolting, shaking so bad, and like i say, the fireball like it was coming on my face. >> reporter: ricardo was watching the news when it happened. his 12-year-old son richard was doing his homework down the hall. >> a big bang and i saw a big ball of fire. and that's what scared me, so i went to my son and i told him there's flame -- i think a plane crashed somewhere and i told him, oh, we're dead. we have to get out of here. >> unbelievable. >> reporter: 72-year-old antoinette will never forget it cooking pasta for her husband in the house they shared together for 50 years. >> i was getting dinner ready. >> reporter: you were making dinner. >> that's when i saw the big blast, the big kaboom and said, oh, my god, oh, my god. that's when he came out to see what oh, my god was all about. >> reporter: they all

good evening, neal. >> reporter: good evening, diane. people in the neighborhood where i'm standing right now have just been let back in. but the real damage is just down their street here. take a look at this wasteland that used to be a neighborhood. now, people who live down there still aren't allowed to go back in. instead, it's filled with investigators who are still trying to figure out exactly why this happened. the natural gas pipe that leveled this neighborhood was packed up and trucked out by the ntsb today as their most critical piece of evidence, even as neighbors just down the street are finally returning home. >> what the [ bleep ] happened? >> reporter: the people who live on the street where this incredible home video was taken are still nervous, and the sight of pg&e workers using electronic sniffers to check for more leaks under their street isn't helping. >> i feel secure, but she's not. she's scared. she keeps telling me, "i don't wanna come home, mom, i don't wanna go home." >> reporter: investigators so far have two

neal, thank you. that's neal karlinsky tonight. >>> and in colorado, hundreds of evacuees were allowed to return to their homes in an area near boulder that was hit by wildfires. 169 homes were destroyed. now investigators are looking into whether a fire pit, a type of campfire, sparked this blaze, which could mean criminal charges are possible. the fire is now more than 70% contained. >>> congress goes back into session tomorrow, and issue number one is your taxes. in particular, what to do about those controversial tax cuts enacted under george w. bush. the white house and republicans have been sparring over this issue, but today, a top republican seemed to open the door to a deal. here's david kerley. >> reporter: in a week during which you'll hear a lot of this -- >> tax cuts. >> tax cuts. >> tax cuts. >> tax cuts. >> reporter: expect an earful on the bush tax cuts specifically. republicans want to extend them. the president says it's time to let them expire for the rich, those making more than $2

we go to neal karlinsky in san bruno right now. neal? >> reporter: diane, even nearly 24 hours later, this neighborhood is still smoldering. the force of the blast was simply staggering. not only wiping out dozens of homes but sending more than 50 people to the hospital and killing at least four. a number they fear may go up. the blaze was like a huge blow torch, set off with an explosion around dinnertime, leveling homes and engulfing a peaceful san francisco suburb. >> a big bang and i was right there at the window and i saw the big ball of fire. >> reporter: ricardo and his 12-year-old son richard lost everything, except their lives. the flames were so close, they climbed a fence without even their shoes and ran as fast as they could, the heat searing them with second degree burns. how hot was it? >> it was hot. i got a burn here. just -- not from the fire itself, just from the heat from the fire. >> reporter: it was 6:24 p.m. when the explosion was called in. by 6:25, the first engine was on site. but there was no water pressure beca

i'm not tenured like stephen and neal. i didn't have any power to sway the committee, and melissa knows that. both of you were on her phd committee, so what we're afraid of is that one of you could be next. professor: i was melissa's advisor. i didn't want to see her getting kicked out of the program. that was their idea. it was a unanimous decision, bob. boa vista: well, does this symbol-- does this mean anything to either of you? fleur-de-lis. beyond that, no. melissa walls is not a threat. i don't need a bodyguard. take their protection, bob. i'll look out for myself. (elevator bell dings) officer: i checked the whole apartment. it's clear. (elevator bell dings) (chuckles) i knew they were putting uniforms outside, but i didn't know you were going to be inside the house. yeah. it's just as easy for somebody to get to you inside. that's why i'm here. true. you know, those aren't from, uh, just one woman. (scoffs) okay. no. what i meant was that they're not from a date. they're from a, uh... departmental party that i host

i'm not tenured like stephen and neal. i didn't have any power to sway the committee, and melissa knows that. both of you were on her phd committee, so what we're afraid of is that one of you could be next. professor: i was melissa's advisor. i didn't want to see her getting kicked out of the program. that was their idea. it was a unanimous decision, bob. boa vista: well, does this symbol-- does this mean anything to either of you? fleur-de-lis. beyond that, no. melissa walls is not a threat. i don't need a bodyguard. take their protection, bob. i'll look out for myself. (elevator bell dings) officer: i checked the whole apartment. it's clear. (elevator bell dings) (chuckles) i knew they were putting uniforms outside, but i didn't know you were going to be inside the house. yeah. it's just as easy for somebody to get to you inside. that's why i'm here. true. you know, those aren't from, uh, just one woman. (scoffs) okay. no. what i meant was that they're not from a date. they're from a, uh... departmental party that i host

tonight, new tape of that moment, and the harrowing moments after, from neal karlinsky. >>> reporter: the moment of the blast captured on a gas station's surveillance camera shows such a large explosion, it's no wonder first responders thought it was a plane crash. >> there's a plane down. we're getting multiple responses started. >> it appears we have a plane down in the neighborhood. >> reporter: in call after call, there are two constants amidst the chaos that are a firefighter's nightmare -- the fire is burning unusually hot -- >> we're trying to get close. we have extreme heat. >> we've got major heat. we're starting to move people out of these homes right now. >> reporter: and all of the hydrants are dry. >> we have no water in this hydrant. we think we've got a broken water main down here. >> it's a sinking feeling. if there was ever a time when you needed the water, it was there. >> reporter: captain bill forester was one of the first to arrive. the fire was so big even commercial airline pilots were calling it in. >> it was like you tipped a rocket upside down at the blastoff

tonight, new tape of that moment, and the harrowing moments after, from neal karlinsky. >> reporter: the moment of the blast captured on a gas station's surveillance camera shows such a large explosion, it's no wonder first responders thought it was a plane crash. >> there's a plane down, we're getting multiple responses started. >> it appears we have a plane down in the neighborhood. >> reporter: in call after call, there are two constants amidst the chaos that are a firefighter's nightmare -- the fire is burning unusually hot. >> we're trying to get close. we have extreme heat. >> we've got major heat. we're triying to move people out of these homes right now. >> reporter: and all of the hydrants are dry. >> we have no water in this hydrant. we think we've got a broken water main down here. >> it's a sinking feeling. to say the least. because you count on that water being there. and if there was ever a time when you needed it, it was there. >> reporter: captain bill forester was one of the first to the fire was so big, even g i fire was so big, even >> it was like they took a sat u

for "good morning america," neal karlinsky, abc news, san bruno, california. >> our thanks to neal. >>> and we're going to have more on this story in our next half hour. just what kind of pipelines are running beneath your neighborhood? and how can you spot dangers? we'll get into all of that. >>> now, we want to turn into that homecoming that wasn't. iran was supposed to send american hiker sarah shourd free this morning. she and two of her friends have been imprisoned there for more than a year. but in a last-minute change of plans, they delayed her release. jim sciutto has reported many times from iran. he joins us now from washington. jim, this appeared to be a done deal until late yesterday afternoon. do we know what changed? >> reporter: well, it's an enormous disappointment for the families. they had been waiting for this for 14 months. and were told it was going to haen t it appears she's become a victim of internal political battles in iran. president mahmoud ahmadinejad has turned it into a personal case, saying she was going to be released due to his personal intervention.

neal. >> mr. chairman, ranking member shelby, members of the committee, thank you very much for the opportunity to testify about treasury's role in implementing the dodd-frank act. mr. chairman, two months ago against tough odds congress enacted historic financial reform. passing the dodd-frank act was a major accomplishment for this country and it would not have happened without your strong commitment and that of your colleagues. congress stood on the right side of history and with millions of americans who have lost their jobs, homes, and businesses as a result of a crisis caused by basic failures in our financial system. >> neal, i want to congratulate you, you brought us a quorum. let me move us into executive session. if i may without objection, we'll go into executive session. we have a quorum present. and so the committee will now be marking up two bills s. 118, section 202 of the support of housing for the elderly act of 2009. and s. 1481, the frank melville supporting housing investment a

neal: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. neal: thank you. madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. neal: madam speaker, more than 100 years ago the first u.s. mutual fund was started in boston. mutual funds have been a way of life for every man to invest in the market. with the benefits of pooling and diversification. it invites the term mutualization. today more than 50 million households invest through mutual funds with a median household income of $80,000. more than 50% of 401-k assets were invested in mutual funds at the end of 2009. h.r. 4337 was introduced last year by mr. rangel and i to modernize the tax laws regarding to regulate investment companies, better known as mutual funds. a technical explanation and revenue table f

those who are our top stories you know neal joins us next with all the latest in the world of sports stay with us here on r.t. . thanks for joining us this is sports today i mean only. slovak shock russian face a battle to qualify for euro twenty twelve following a home defeat to step back the. rising russian mikhail youzhny season of tommy robredo in four sets to move into the u.s. open quarterfinals. back on the ice with the concept of hockey getting underway and whedon stay we speak to th l. head alexander made fear of his own expectations for season. we kick off with football russia's route to euro two thousand and twelve has hit a rocky patch dick advocaat side losing at home to slovakia in the second game of their qualifying campaign richards on poor faith wasn't moscow has a lock on the stadium for us. following a less than perfect performance in an door on friday to count the count would have been hoping for much better when his side took on some back here with both teams among the favorites to seal the one automatic location for the euro two thousand and twelve championships

our neal karlinsky was able to get in to see that neighborhood for himself. >> reporter: at the site of the blast, investigators could be seen going over every inch of a 28-foot chunk of pipe that was blown a full 100 feet from where it started. the area around the pipe is a charred wasteland. google earth pictures taken before and after the blast show a neighborhood transformed. everyone describes it as feeling like an oven. you can get a sense of that right here. the way the paint bubbled up on the hood of this car and the way the windshield cracked from the intense heat. the dead include jacklyn gregg, seen here on a tribute page on facebook, she worked for the california public utilities commission, protecting consumers from dangerous pipeline expansion. >> that was my neighbor's place. two doors up. >> reporter: you're right there? where the chimney is? linda recognized the spot where her house used to be. in a photo we showed her from a brief media tour of the seen. she's lost everything. but is thankful any way. >> i can't be angry. i'm just happy that i'm not burned and that

neal, could you let the viewers know, you have been director how long? >> we are working on eight years. >> now you have the 75th anniversary. how does that feel? >> we opened this building in 1995. it was bought at that time as a move from the civic center and the veterans building 2 third street, into our new building, a much expanded space, better space. it will be wonderful for the museum for decades to come. and 15 short years we have been amazed by we have outgrown the building. the collection has grown to 26,000 works. >> was a challenging to decide what was going to be put on display during the anniversary year? >> 3 people on our staff spent 2 1/2 years of going through archives, the storage vaults, honor think all kinds of works that we have not seen -- uncovering lot of works that we have not seen but also history we uncovered about how we presented a television show produced by the museum, in the museum, in 1950. a lot of great stories that the presentation tells. >> the most recent news was the incredible decision on the part of donna morris

neal karlinsky has more from san bruno, california. >> it's so bad. i know. damn it. what the [ bleep ] happened? >> to be honest, i was not thinking. i was just making sure my neighbors were -- i could see my neighbors running up the hill. and i wasn't -- i was just running around the house, making sure everybody was out. >> reporter: do you feel safe or still a little -- >> not 100%. not 100%. >> reporter: the neighborhood, which was ravaged by a natural gas fire, is now under siege by utility workers going house to house to make sure the gas comes on again safely. and there was what some residents considered a less than reassuring sight. technicians with handheld electronic sniffers checking cracks in the road and manhole covers for more possible gas leaks. beverly mandel has lived here since the neighborhood was built a half century ago, but she won't stay the night. >> holy cow. >> yeah. >> reporter: thursday's explosion sent this meteor-like rock of burning asphalt through her roof. >> i went upstairs. i was upstairs in my bed -- bedroom -- >> reporter: that's s

. >> neal patel. community planner with the san francisco bicycle coalition. as you know, a lot of people choose to walk a ,bike, or take trended down market street. we all know that we need changes. whether in the greening, transportation changes, these changes have increased safety, i am very es comprehensive plan move forward so that we can make some larger changes to bring more people to market street. whether they are going to work, traveling through, or just spending some time. we are just one of many stakeholders. we are impressed with the cities of reached to bring a lot of people together. we encourage you to support this allocation and i look forward to working with you on this in the future. supervisor campos: thank you. any other member of the public would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor dufty: motion to send this to the board with all recommendations supervisor campos:. without objection. thank you. >> item 11. recommend adoption of a resolution approving a vehicle registration fee expenditure plan; making required

. >>> after a they of neal two years mid-east peace talks have begun again in washington, d.c. president obama this morning meet with israeli prime minister bet amin net net and is scheduled to meet later today with the palestinian president. they are scheduled to meet face- to-face tomorrow. after his meeting with the israeli prime minister mr. obama condemned yesterday's killing of four israelis open the west bank. >> the united states is going to be unwaiverring in support of israel's security. and we are going to push back against these kinds of terrorist activities. >> the palestinian group hamas has claimed responsibility for shooting the 4 israelis. >>> authorities in the netherlands have released two men taken into custody monday on suspicion they were carrying out a rehearsal for a terrorist attack. however investigators now say there is no evidence to support that. u.s. authorities had requested the men be held through a circumstances raised suspensions, both live in the u.s. and have been traveling to see family. >>> the oakland police chief is warning people who hel

with me today are kate and neal, who have prepared the study and are most familiar with it, so i will make just a few introductory comments. in early 2009, the port commission, at the request of supervisor chiu, commissioned the planning department to introduce the surf pretty surface parking points alongside the embarcadero north of market street, and that we consider for a writ areas beyond those immediate heists to more fully understand the context of the work we would do, and that constitutes our study area. we have completed our analysis and the policy recommendations, and that constitutes a study area. they regard design guidelines primarily for city pattern, for height, for urban form, for land use, and for open space. we are excited to presented to you today and to present the commission's resolution to you as well. we have conducted a series of community workshops in this process. we have attended a series of workshops held by the northeast embarcadero waterfront advisory group. that group was kind enough to hold quite a series of studies -- of meetings to discuss the work an

neal karlinsky is there for us. good morning, neal. >> reporter: good morning. home owners have begun to return home here. many of them say it doesn't feel like home. it's not guilty hard to imagine why. this is a wasteland. more than 80 home owners are still in the allowed to return to their homes. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: no single video captures the homeowner's-eye view of the terror in san bruno better than walter mccaffrey's. he shot this off the deck off his kitchen. >> to be honest, i was not thinking. i was making sure -- i could see my neighbors running up the hill. i was running around the house, making sure everybody was out. >> reporter: today, he's back home. but like so many here, he is not staying. in fact, homeowners may be outnumbered by the small army of utility workers and investigators. meanwhile, owners of more than 80 damaged or destroyed homes are stil they were given a tor, d, this surveillance localrcere sh the blast affected not just the neighborhood, but was felt by the local community. the pipe that caused so much damage is being s

neal karlinsky is live in san bruno, california, with the latest. neal? >> reporter: robin, good morning. you can see the neighborhood is still smoldering behind me. imagine this, it is still hot in there. too hot to get in so far to look for more victims. right now, we know that more than 20 people were injured in this fire. the death toll now rising though. reports of at least six people killed, a number that could go up. witnesses say it looked like a geyser of flames. and it exploded into this neighborhood without warning. incinerating homes with the dozens, just as residents were sitting down to dinner. >> i thought it was an earthquake. i looked out the window. and i saw what, to me, it was a fireball. >> the roar. it just shook your body. you could feel the intensity and the fire. and never felt anything like it. >> reporter: high winds fueled the blaze, which took over block-by-block, in an instant. reducing homes to ashes with only chimneys to mark the spot. cars were melted in their driveways. the fire was so intense, even the pavement was melte

now you know neal is here with us forces. good to have your company this is sports the day i'm going to go on these are headlines. final for the sole remaining russian woman left at flushing meadows. makes the semifinals of all the years in the last grand slam the very first time. serves on song serbia stone reaming champion spain in the quarter finals of the world basketball championships. last of the giants take to the last five or to seriously challenge the dominance of the heavyweight division samuel peter appears for. piers on the real world wander into unchartered territory on friday the last russian woman standing at the u.s. open booking her nor girl appearance in the semifinals flushing meadows now the wimbledon finalist this year taking care of business against each one was a straightforward affair for it's already over but. perked up in a second this point typically long baseline bottle the ball goes out eventually twenty sexual is into the seventies a far cry from last season when the rockets. nation. were trying.

as neal karlinsky reports, they're actually looking for natural-looking stars. >> go to studio three, please -- >> reporter: at this hollywood casting session, actors like ashley davis are looking for a break. >> you just go in and be yourself, i guess. your control is so little, all you can do is go in the room and do your best. >> reporter: in the press, hollywood's best may have included some surgical help. but more than ever casting agents are now looking for something new in hollywood. actors who actually look like normal people. instead of the silicone-filled, botox-injected, perfectly artificial beauties who fill some of the industry's gossip magazines. >> i would have to say 99% of directors don't want it unless it's specific. >> reporter: in recent years, hollywood magazines have made a sport out of spotting or at least speculating about who's done what to themselves. from teri hatcher and patricia heaton, to melanie griffith and denise richards. some have come out to defend themselves against reports of surgery. it's no wonder. a casting notice for the upcoming "pirates of t

clearly that those irishman's were falsified and i was at nearly what we are still these judges i was neal it send back to poland where i was to go out are there stripping off powers accusing me of something which i never did. in reality it was a shock you. just. wish to not allow my government to become a real government and that's why i quit politics so badly with between seventy is it working or are we still in the middle of the twentieth century we had a muslim. regime and after this regime after world work to. get russia and allied forces russian on their light forces or u.s. forces liberated europe so our part of our lives of course if you have our constitution we're preoccupied with the possibility that we could easily come back to the same regime so they didn't like. a lot of far one to the chairman of our government but they run a little because people are distributing this power as this function between the head of the constitutional court who are in the parliament head of the speaker of the bones etc because of that italy faced a lot of problems because government was not in a p

is it's actually very straightforward it's been promulgated by a number of faults most prominently neal boortz has written a couple books on it but is there a complete replacement of the income tax estate taxes and capital gains taxes with a single national uniform consumption tax it's a retail sales tax that is applied once at the point of sale just as you currently experience in states that have state sales taxes and what it does is it makes the cost of government transparent puts it out in front of the american people and it stops punishing jobs productivity and income so as a trade off you know i think we can all agree that our government spends way too much money but in terms of trying to really redirect our tax system towards encouraging us to move from an economy where seventy percent of our g.d.p. is consumer spending we need to start building again we need to start producing again the way to do that is to get people focused on the rewards of production as opposed to just stimulating the economy if you're analysts consumption right now other choices before us the three bang and

neal karlinsky spoke to many of the other who left disappointed. you came here thinking you could go home and now they told you you can't? >> now they told us we can't. they changed the boundaries out. >> a document has surfaced showing that the pg&e determined three years ago that the gas line was at risk of failure. ntsb investigators plan to reconstruct the metal pipe and said to be questioning employees today. >>> crews are battling a second wildfire in the colorado foothills. by sunday the fire had destroyed at least one home near loveland. in boulder residents were allowed to return to their burned-out neighborhoods for the first time. there are reports that a blaze may have been started by a resident's fire pit meaning criminal charges could be filed. >>> another monste m is gaining strength in the atlantic. hurricane igor is a category 5 with winds hitting 150 miles an hour. igor is far from land and expected to be near bermuda by saturday morning. it is not forecast to hit the u.s. directly, but it could bring rough surf to the east coast.

you know neal joins us next with all the latest from the world of sport stay with us here on r.t. . to have you with us for this edition of sports today i mean you know. some of the stories we're covering this hour. russian rising chiefs his best ever result of a grand slam making the semifinals of the u.s. open. a net loss it's curtains for the world basketball championships with team usa advancing to the semifinals in turkey. on capital clash the first moscow darby of the kontinental hockey league season see sparks. he's been a top fifty player for the best part of a decade and earned some six million dollars in prize money but what really drives me reaching a grand slam final a prospect that's never been closer for the muscovite usually is into the semifinals. is the best ever singles placing a major tennis tournament tough a five set win over stanislaus for the way he did it in new york after breaking the swiss player serve in the second game of the fifth twenty eighth you will never. be able to resist the swirling winds to serve up an epic encounter but it was the russian finis

before that let's see what's happening in the world of sport we'll have you back to moscow and you know neal. to have you with us for this edition of sports today i mean you know. some of the stories we're covering this hour. russian rising mikail usually achieves his best ever result of a grand slam making the semifinals of the u.s. open. net loss it's curtains for the world basketball championships with team usa advancing to the semifinals in turkey. capital clash the first moscow darby of the kontinental hockey league season see sparks go to tell him. he's been a top fifty player for the best part of a decade and earned some six million dollars in prize money but what really drives me reaching a grand slam final a prospect that's never been closer for the moscow fight usually is into the semifinals. is the best ever singles placing a major tennis tournament a tough five set win over stanislaus for the way he did it in new york after breaking the swiss player serve in the second game of the fifth twenty eight there will never. be able to resist the swirling winds to serve often encountered