toronto blue jays jose batista received the most votes in an all-star game history, beating ken griffey jr.'s record 6 million in 1994. batista had 54 home runs last year and leads the majors this season. the new york yankees led the way with six all-star selections. >>> i thought i was going to have no excuse to talk about canada again, but we have a blue jay in the news. >> oh canada. >>> coming up on "american morning," street justice. the mayor of a city in the philippines unloads one on one of her employees. a sheriff in the police department. look at that. we'll tell you why she started throwing fists. >>> a first for thailand, years after a violent coup, why the country's latest election is one for the history books. >>> and a look from saturday's fireworks show in madison, wisconsin. the largest display in the midwest. this is incredible. >> who says budget cuts? look at that. >> seriously. "american morning" is coming right back on this fourth of july. wow. [ mom ] one of the challenges for kayla being gluten-free is actually finding choices the whole family will love. five fla

some of the things he has said over the past few weeks griffey us some idea of where he may be going. and one place i want to associate ourselves is his commitment to america's veterans because they make us safe and the home of the brave, the land of the free, the land of the free, the home of the brave. i have to sing it. [laughter] in any order. but in any event his commitment to our veterans, whether it's tax credits or encouragement to the private sector to hire our vets or whether it's the example set by the federal government or if it is, as i would like to see and as mr. clyburn has taken the lead on, mr. -- one of our members, sandy bishop, has taken the lead on, whether it's urging the federal government to honor its commitment to contracting for our veterans as we honor them, to women and to minorities as well. i think congress with do a lot in a short period of time. we stand ready to help. we stand ready to compromise. we hope we can all make a difference. yes, ma'am. >> i wondered what you'll do about chinese currency manipulation? do you have new legislation on that or h

question there were in the administration that preceded the new deal that wanted to nationalize and griffey radar screen to focus on the abuse of capital that is a good question. >> legislation passed. [inaudible] i think what you are talking about the. >> also the as of. >> data know as much about bad debt losses very controversial. it essentially the outflow of gold from the united states was bid for the economic policy makers. because roosevelt wanted to take america off the gold standard congress passed the law that abrogated all contracts to be settled in the cold. there was so much attention joe kennedy's office especially had an executive order with the supreme court ruled against it. of that was to happen that would affect the stock pushed the stock exchange but this was just before it at all the new deal initiatives. the supreme court said it is wrong in it is a legal with the contracts but those of reassert running on today silvery uphold that. [laughter] >> as a very important figure, if you present him in the context is that behavior consistent? >> we did talk about that. >> and

>> guest: i have two honorary doctorate degrees, one from brisbane, australia, griffey law school in 2003, and one from york university in 2005. so it's dr. ruben -- >> host: both in australia? >> guest: no, no -- >> host: oh, york is in canada. >> caller: that's correct. >> host: your book is called "eye of the hurricane: my path from darkness to freedom." with a forward by nelson mandela. >> guest: yes. >> host: and your co-author is ken klonsky. you want to share that you have discovered the truth. >> guest: to be the truth. >> host: well, it says -- yeah. [laughter] the love of truth is the spirit of man. given where i was and for how long i was there -- this is

but they became close later in their lives and griffey succeeded in getting the era discharge from the house judiciary committee during the time when elly peterson was assistant chairman of the republican national committee and when elly was in washington was the first time women were one of his generals but is it exit. and so she hosted a reception to mark the occasion and because she viewed it as a victory for women rather than of the tree for republicans commissioned by the counterpart of the democratic national committee to share in this reception. i bring this up only because the date the event happened was because it was the day i passed the house they were very surprised how fast they pass congress, which caught everybody by surprise. suddenly they tell the states passing, following into line and it was just the last these states that gave them fits. and of course, griffiths was blanchard's running mate when she came out and endorse blanchard, so she would've had an at the time as well. the >> is this your first book? >> this is my first nonfiction book. i have written a couple

. >> mike: this is an interview with a guy name griffey. >> i left my leave of absence. i am a welder on the the ohio river for five years. i told them i would take a leavev absence to come down here and fight and protest. and i have been all over the country. where is the little man's bail out? out here in new york you got banners for stuff that is nice to have, but you don't need. but the moral is, you know, most of these people cannot live a simple life like this with the things i have on my back. they have to have all of that. if you are not in debt you are not happy. >> mike: one thing that grizzy said where is the little guy's bailout? in a way. i can sympathize. i was against tarp. i thought it was unconstitutional excess of government trying to create winners and losers in the market place and so he has a point. >> right. you listen to the folks. they make several valid points and the thing of it. we did bail out the banks and that's what tarp was about. >> mike: they got mon yenot loaning and helping small businesses. >> it is a tragedy what went on in 2007. i c

nationwide chain known for commercial featuring athlete such as hunter and griffey junior. looking at space at the ranch shopping center and san jose company that makes led bulb that give off a warm light is about to get big. switch lighting bulb could be in big box stores by next year. more on those stories and more as well in tomorrow edition of the silicon valley business journa journal. >> right now time for superiors and some hockey. >> great game tonight. >> warm glow emanating from the sharks. they went back to their man. l game 4 and it paid off. man they call nemo. 35 saves. sharks overwhelm la. paid off. man they call nemo. 35 saves. sharks overwhelm la. >> good evening. after the come back of the century, what could the sharks do for app encore tonight. they took a strangle hold on the series with the kings. no over time needed this evening. it's bec beck. david beckham and posh spice sitting on the glasses a they say. spark scored 5 goals in the sec period in game 3. 3 more tonight. ryan puts it on net. total fluke. bounced off the stick of martinez. 1 nothing s

he joins the club now of a-rod, bonds, mays, griffey, sosa, ruth and aaron. he is just the eighth man in history to hit 600 home runs. his family was there with him for the big moment. here's the best part, jim thome's 40 years old. >>> george duval has died. an invention he came up with years ago changed the world forever. he invented the first robot arm in 1954. and years later, it revolutionized factories and automobile assembly lines. his prototype is in the smithsonian. it's considered one of the great inventions of all time. george duval was 99 years old. >>> this seems like the space equivalent of jay-z and kanye. a nasa camera onboard the hubbell space telescope has actually recorded two galaxies colliding. that's vv 340 north on top and that would be vv 340 south on the bottom of your screen. we've really caught them, it turns out, at a good time. they will eventually merge into a milky wayesque mess, but don't wait up for it. it will take millions of years to come together. >>> up next here tonight, if you're one of those people who gets along with

chain known for commercials featuring athlete such as torey hunter and ken griffey junior. he's lacking at space at the shopping center here. san jose company that makes led bulb that give off a warm light is about to get big. switch lighting bulb should be in big box stores next year. more on those stories and tomorrow silicon vl business journal. >> passenger on cruise ship gets sick. nightmare unfolds after medic try to help her. that story coming up. after medic try to help her. that story coming up. >> ç jo real scare for one woman in britain. medic accidentally dropped a cruise ship passenger into the north sea as they carried her off the ship on a stretcher. here's what happened. she had gotten sick and was being transported to a rescue boat when the boat suddenly drifted apart. 2 boat there causing rescuers just to drop her into the water. now the woman floated in frigid water for 8 minutes before she could be rescue. she's now being treated at a hospital in norway. >> news out of britain. queen elizabeth turned 85. queen greeted visi

looking backwards you could say junior griffey is a hall of fame player. and by the way, you talk about him not making at top 25 team. it really was a top 30 team as i understand it bud sealing had planned it. the calvary came to the rescue in the person of bob costas and this committee that met on the one. >> he had appointed a panel, there were seven or eight of us, just in case there were any injustices and owe medications and we had slot spots to fill. >> when we got together on the conference call, i think there were others lefty grove, christy mason. and because the fans had those overidentities to our last rekrut incleed -- i was all prepared to put those players on til i saw where they had left off. >> talk about what you talk about in the book with the handling of comg to integration with baseball. >> he has gotten a really bad rap there. there's sort of a knoxious rumor going around that he was in favor of keeping jackie robinson out of baseball. the reity was, it was an all white te and there were some southerners on the team that were i aming.

looking backwards you could say junior griffey is a hall of fame player. and by the way, you talk about him not making at top 25 team. it really was a top 30 team as i understand it bud sealing had planned it. the calvary came to the rescue in the person of bob costas and this committee that met on the phone. >> he had appointed a panel, there were seven or eight of us, just in case there were any injustices and owe medications and we had slot spots to fill. >> when we got together on the conference call, i think there were others lefty grove, christy mason. and because the fans had those overidentities to our last rekrut incleed -- i was all prepared to put those players on til i saw where they had left off. >> talk about what you talk about in the book with the handling of comg to integration with baseball. >> he has gotten a really bad rap there. there's sort of a knoxious rumor going around that he was in favor of keeping jackie robinson out of baseball. the reity was, it was an all white te and there were some southerners on the team that were i aming

>> i have a history in the griffey culture i see it as hypocritical they're doing the same thing that graffiti writers are doing >> you understand a lot of people hate graffiti is it understandable what these to graffiti artists are doing? >> it makes it more interesting it makes it interesting. the process of this who are these people covering up other people's work? >> they come from a specific demographic they are older middle class white man all about control and following the rules. >> does this strike you like a dog marking its scented? these artists are making their points and other guys come in and cover up? >> it can be a territorial situation people are trying to express themselves and others are being destructive people are trying to say something arid let's take a listen. >> of vigilante is so motivated by their values they begin to operate outside the confines of legality and mainstream network if that's what a vigilante is that i am a social they want to get rid of crude free and make it free of coffee in non not normal ways pierre >> itself parks where we can't find vig

comes after griffey was left on a bathroom wall. to read into violence. it was aimed at students and faculty members. the say the decision was after the shootings into some >>. and sampras is go reports showed union service is a sliding perry they showed up on time. it is compared to 75% at the beginning of the year. it was mandated. to try and meet 85%. a is a halt by 2010. christine connally for it kron4 news. >> the early bart part. it may soon become a thing of the past. san francisco officials are looking to enforce its mandate that all parking is in this city. caliber gun and several millions of dollars of revenue. there will be charged hundreds of dollars more. it will take place on this issue in march. >> at creek is coz say the damage to some homeowners. that is being done. and they're talking to a homeowner is says the state needs of fish. if it is a beautiful place with beautiful homes and beautiful natural scenery. nature is taking a turn and cutting off the table. normally it flows straight to the ocean. it is want the beach. you could see it

this is the first time that griffey has been in california and we are hoping that we will get to the national senior games as well. part of what the other sports? >> swimming, but with him.badmi. soccer, track games. archer. weightlifting. adamite your name it everything you can think of our to? (laughter) >> of road racing. >> isabel: road racing! i was thinking grand parade now bicycling. what dressy to participate? >> i started in 1975. >> isabel: not to the senior game. but no, not to the senior gives. as the com watershed. this plan to get out and play. we see guys that we know from years at these games and we've knocked heads a little bit. we have a beer afterwards. but if the 200 something athletes that there there i can envision that we will have probably a connection with 127 of them that we have known over the years playing either high school or as college kids >> isabel: are the bay of women? but no all males. we have not matured and have yet to allow women to play. woman read the only. they are not allowed. we have not gotten to the point that women in rugby are allowed t

. >> ken griffey jr. also. >> the big debate is, 80 a hall of famer? i think so. >> , i love trouble plays. milwaukee in miller park last night. triple play against the dodgers. out at second, first and home. pretty impressive. no. worse have played 60 home games this year. they have won 45. >> i am always on comfortable with a guy that knows more than i did. thanks a lot, mark. >> i am sorry. robi >> have a good date. we will be right back as the kron 4 morning news continues. >> holly ford we get to our top stories, let's take a look at wall street. the dow was down 44 points. 11,440. when we will continue to watch what is happening on wall street right here on the kron 4 morning news. >> buster posey and his wife krista announced that they have welcomed twins. a boy and girl. buster posey is out for the rest of the season with a leg injury. more entertainment but coming up in the next hour. we will be right back with more news, weather and traffic. stay with us. >> good morning, we begin this hour with a look at a hot spot. >> a major back up on hig

. >> you can see in oakland city worker cleaning with a power washer cleaning off the grime and griffey. this is one of the things being done to clean the plaza. you can see that there are about 30 workers breaking down tense and baggy upper personal belongings. those will be held by the city. they have been handing out fliers telling the protesters where they can go to collect their belongings. the workers are wearing masks, they have gloves on and there is a concern that there may be lice and bed bugs among the belongings. they will bring out regarding staff to check out the condition of the grass they also want to see if the tens pierced the irrigation system. they say this is the biggest homeless encampment that they have ever had to clean up. they said they will be here today all day and possibly back on wednesday. >>pam: there were more protests and arrests at the occupy cent of a protest. rob fladeboe has the latest there. >>reporter: a small but determined band of occupy protesters continued to demonstrate here outside of city hall. one protester remains perched high atop a two-

history to hit 600 home runs, a list that includes barry bonds, hank aaron, babe ruth, willie mays, ken griffey junior and a-rod and sammy sousa. the twins win it 9-6. thome did it in the second-fewest at bats. only babe ruth hit 600 home runs in fewer at-bats. a shoe-in for the hall of fame and a great guy, too. congratulations, jim thome, the 600 home run club. >>> other games last night. giants and braves, a scenario every kid dreams of, the bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, two outs, down a run, let's see how freddy freeman handles it, connects up the middle off brian wilson. one run comes in. there comes the second run. a walk-off win. and a rare blown save for closer brian wilson. last year's world series champs, the giants two and a half back on the d'backs in the nl west. the braves sit atop the wild card standings with a five-game lead on the giants. the yankees won last night in kansas city, the red sox had the night off. they are now tied for first place in the a.l. east. the nfl's first monday night preseason game of the year, jets and texans in houston, just mark sanchez was sharp

a list that includes hang aaron, babe ruth, willy mays, ken griffey jr., sammy sosa, a-rod, and bonds. one could take, if one were so inclined, sosa, bonds, and a-rod off of the list given some of the allegations and what not. he becomes a list of five people, one of whom is jim thome. that's a huge feat. the twins, by the way, won the game. nine saves. >> one of the best guys in all of sports. not just baseball, approachable, nice. >> did tid right way. >> some other games. giants and braves. this is the scenario you dream of. bottom of the the ninth, bases loaded. down a run. going connect off of the middle of brian wilson. the tying run comes in easily. here comes the winning run too. a rare blown save for brian wilson. the braves win in walk-off fashion. last year's world series champion giants 2 1/2 games back of the diamondbacks in the nl east. going to want to win that division because they're five games behind atlanta for the wild card. by the way, the yankees beat the royals last night in kansas city. red sox had the night off. tied for the american league east. the monday ni

here we can see the first griffey ever found on the territory of the urals that was back in one thousand fifty nine. they were discovered two thousand kilometers from the western european center of paleolithic art the discovery sparked a lively response. the graffiti picturing moments of course is fifteen thousand years they are a unique example of prehistoric such graffiti have been found only in caves in the south of france. scientists still unclear about how ancient people could make paints that have lost for thousands of years. these natural paints are made from clay. they either used a stick or their fingers to spread them across the wall. i speed eulogists you're really has come to bust curia for the express purpose of studying the cap of a cave he has seen it thirty times in his many years yuri has already examined almost every nook and cranny of its passageways this book took hundreds of thousands of years to come as a vast three take a for the stream or broke call it what you like a rose the way the rock to make its way under it. and comes out from the other side as a full fledg

title for wilson griffey cool million dollars. and in the cage shell finally look at my t.v. i have joined up on guard at the top of the standings following a big win at trucked our legs of the guy with a double in the six two victory elsewhere as long solved with one of the worst feelings shootout defending champions a farce beat up to mobilise while you brian barry secured more away victories on the day and also still of age doubt star pad zero three two. today for the moment stay tuned for the weather update coming up shortly after this . hungry for the full story we've got it first hand the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on r t. wealthy british style stock. markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy. financial headlines to name two kinds of reports on.

are the moment though griffey is wide open a loss for the russian victory for slovakia our under media in there against the night means choose the style notches are of par and most important for the automatic qualifying spot on the run a shop they are all of. those four sides can yet top the table and. elsewhere a number of teams can yield on their spots up to poland and ukraine finals next year tonight ignorance or one of them fabio capello's charge is a way to montenegro the english said top of group g. half a dozen points clear of their immediate opponents on lead only a single point to play in their automatic place of the championships wayne rooney confirmed to start this by his father being arrested in connection with an illegal betting on. germany have already qualified for euro two thousand and twelve after eight straight qualifying wins tonight's opponents turkey are themselves involved in a tie tussle with belgium for that crucial second place not just in the driving seat though sitting two points ahead of the belgians in group a with two games to go both. expand this. to tenn

the past ten years they haven't experienced anything like this and the worst that they felt has been griffey granted still wrong but nothing like this but knowing that something was wrong with that argument that she was talking about her place but there are examples after examples i mean we've heard of president's recent yet we chris we've had in the church because they were we've had we've had. a. bomb threats and attacks so it's a. little disingenuous because she was talking about her particular location and history is replete with individuals who have done terrorist attacks i as an african-american sitting here know of the history of the ku klux klan which use christianity as the basis of their terrorism or it would the largest terrorist and i would add is history right by launching this discussion the idea that this was a profile a white christian what you're doing is ideologically tying every white christian some sort of this like you would ideologically tie every muslim that could have been by point by anyone with a log stream of over a hundred yeah and these are question again this is

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at a controversial group of russian artists when the highest state award with a piece of college griffey evoking an argument over where is the border between art and obscenity. in moscow are going you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on our team revolutionary fever in syria shows no signs of letting up around seventy people were reportedly killed since friday in military crackdowns against anti-government demonstrations that's on top of some five hundred other deaths in two months of syrian up evil in the wake of the latest bloodshed the u.s. has tightened sanctions and intensified its rhetoric against the country's political elite meanwhile syria's neighbor is a real fears washington's role in the region's recent turbulence could backfire. by clearing the way for extremists or his power has more from television. these kind of mean mean business and they're upping the stakes just that little bit higher. is the egyptian regime in a me trying to stop us for interest in girls or but we always got the weapons we needed to fight the zionist enemy. and now they're ge

addition to a padlocked, which we deemed inefficient, because it caught the vandalism at the time, had griffey all over it. we approved this project. was a lot of work. there were specific implications -- >> at the time, when we did is we did not certify the environmental impact report. we never got to the project, so there was never a project approved. we never certified may impact of environmental report. there was some talk that the neighbors would work with the supervisor, developers, to look at other potential ideas for the site, like continuing its use as a bitter. >> thank you for reminding me -- >> sad day, nothing developed from that. >> if there was a no approved eir, the owners still cannot leave their property in the condition it is and it really detracts from the neighborhood. i find it really sad that we do not have an ability to do something about it. >> does this not follow supervisor chu's legislation on deteriorating or abandoned properties? >> i think supervisor chu's legislation requires vacant properties to be registered, requires certain minimal maintenance. we can look a

i in the vice chair of the mayor is griffey the advisory board. -- i am the vice chair. of the mayor's graffiti advisory board. i have been on the board for five plus years, and he has assisted us in making great strides in addressing that $20 million graffiti problem affecting san francisco. his work, in conjunction with the efforts of the d.a.'s office, has been crucial to our efforts to pursue vandals and hold them accountable for damaging our beautiful city. he is well-liked by the members of the board, who as you know, represent all areas of the city, but more important, he is well- respected. if you asked me to design the perfect police officer, it i would use christopher as a template. he is the man you want to have as your next-door neighbor and your friend. he is a man of character, and he is the consummate police officer. quiet, efficient, honest, and dedicated to serving his fellow citizens. thank you for recognizing his achievements and for honoring him here today. [applause] >> .-- president chiu: thank you. i believe our next awardees are making their way o

i in the vice chair of the mayor is griffey the advisory board. -- i am the vice chair. of the mayor's graffiti advisory board. i have been on the board for five plus years, and he has assisted us in making great strides in addressing that $20 million graffiti problem million graffiti problem affecting san francisco.

i in the vice chair of the mayor is griffey the advisory board. -- i am the vice chair. of the mayor's graffiti advisory board. i have been on the board for five plus years, and he has assisted us in making great strides in addressing that $20 million graffiti problem affecting san francisco. his work, in conjunction with the efforts of the d.a.'s office, has been crucial to our efforts to pursue vandals and hold them accountable for damaging our beautiful city. he is well-liked by the members of the board, who as you know, represent all areas of the city, but more important, he is well- respected. if you asked me to design the perfect police officer, it i would use christopher as a template. he is the man you want to have as your next-door neighbor and yourri

i in the vice chair of the mayor is griffey the advisory board. -- i am the vice chair. of the mayor's graffiti advisory board. i have been on the board for five plus years, and he has assisted us in making great strides in addressing that $20 million graffiti problem affecting san francisco. affecting san francisco. his work, in conjunction with

i in the vice chair of the mayor is griffey the advisory board. -- i am the vice chair.

if the griffey occurs on a weekend, they shall remove graffiti within 72 hours following the next week day. our last condition, no changes to the interior without prior approval from the department. with these conditions, we are recommending this club licenses. supervisor chu: thank you. could you speak to the items, in terms of letters of protest -- what are the conditions you have laid out? >> absolutely. supervisor chu: the letters that i see show a general comment on how the licensing might lead to an aberration -- >> right. we are allowing this to go until 2:00 a.m. seven days a week. the biggest mitigation here is this is not open to the general public. if it was a place open to the general public, many of these comments we are looking at would make sense, but the fact that this is a club only, meaning is registered members of this hostel, they do have to maintain records. from an enforcement standpoint, this is big for us. but say they start allowing people from the general public in. it would be easy for us to walk in and make an enforcement case. if they are not part of the ho

these are the people picking up garbage, keeping the streets clean, abating griffey, trimming trees -- a bidding -- abating graffiti. those are the areas we have worked really hard to preserve services where we can. we only cut front line services after we have cut materials, supplies, managers, admen support, vehicles, workers' comp costs, which we do everything we can to preserve those for online services, but we are down to a point where it is getting more difficult to preserve those. a final note -- one of those services at risk are the maintenance of street trees. we're getting to the point where all we will really be able to do is respond to emergencies. one of the things we are contemplating is relinquishing responsibility of city- maintained street trees to the property owners, which is the case in most parts of the city, but in some parts of the city, some streets the city maintains the trees, and most parts, the property owner maintains. so it is not fair or equitable. it is not sustainable. that is one solution that we are looking at. i look forward to your comments, and fa

if the griffey occurs on a weekend, they shall remove graffiti within 72 hours following the next week day. our last condition, no changes to the interior without prior approval from the department. with these conditions, we are recommending this club licenses. supervisor chu: thank you. could you speak to the items, in terms of letters of protest -- what are the conditions you have laid out? >> absolutely. supervisor chu: the letters that i see show a general comment on how the licensing might lead to an aberration -- >> right. we are allowing this to go until 2:00 a.m. seven days a week. the biggest mitigation here is this is not open to the general public. if it was a place open to the general public, many of these comments we are looking at would make sense, but the fact that this is a club only, meaning is registered members of this hostel, they do have to maintain records. from an enforcement standpoint, this is big for us. but say they start allowing people from the general public in. it

if the griffey occurs on a weekend, they shall remove graffiti within 72 hours following the next week day. our last condition, no changes to the interior without prior approval from the department. with these conditions, we are recommending this club licenses. supervisor chu: thank you. could you speak to the items, in terms of letters of protest -- what are the conditions you have laid out? >> absolutely. supervisor chu: the letters that i see show a general comment on how the licensing might lead to an aberration -- how the licensing might lead to an aberration --