it's only when you look back. >> hello, mitch. >> hello, george. >> reporter: mitch miller's real legacy may be the artists he discovered and nurtured at columbia records. artists like rosemary clooney and tony bennett. today bennett released this statement. "mitch miller was a great friend and a magnificent musician and he put me on the map." >> open the windows and let the neighbors hear you loud and clear. >> reporter: miller, who hated rock and roll calling it musical baby food, passed up the opportunity to sign early rock icon buddy holly and another buy -- guy named elvis. >> his tastes were definitely established. he was a man of strong opinions. not always in harmony with the times. ♪ oh, the times ♪ they are a-changing >> reporter: and those times were a-changing. mitch miller added a young bob dylan to columbia's line-up of artists. in an era when the boomers were grooving to the beatles, mitch miller was selling millions of records to their parents and leaving a lasting impact on the recording industry. george lewis, nbc news, los angeles. >>> and that's our broadcast for

mitch mcconnell is invisible because his job is a demolition expert. the guy blowing up the bridge doesn't want to be on tv. [laughter] >> he tried to destroy the effectiveness of the obama candidacy. obama came in and said change, change, change, mcconnell had made it difficult. the presidency is a different thing and i think we'll have to call for it and the republicans going to have a chance, a livelier character. chris: that's the problem. if you look on paper, who is the vice presidential nominee last time? sarah palin. and the republican party that promotes people to the top job, she is also, i looked at the latest number. 76% approval. very low disapproval and yet nobody -- among republicans. the experts would never say she is ever going to be the nominee. >> ihere no doubt if sarah palin wants to run for president she can be a formidable force, in iowa, skip new hampshire, win south carolina where she launched campaigns and could be a huge player. people love her. i have been with her on her book tour. people relate to her. she is the only woma

when mitch was referencing -- it is interesting. i was elected mayor and one of the first stops i had was, literally, within 7 feet of where i am standing here today, but it was just dirt. that was the groundbreaking for this. here we are seven years later at the ribbon cutting. despite the delays, we are here. we are here as well in reference to what mitch was saying. a lot of it was not easy. the private commitments did not come in as expected. the money did not all materialize exactly as expected. but we call on someone who at the time could lead the way in terms of reconciling some of the concerns counties like san francisco had around their acute care facilities. we went to her many times to help us with san francisco general and to help us with laguna honda hospital. one of the big reasons we are here was the ingenious legislation that she appropriately and wisely introduced on behalf of not just this city but cities and counties large and small up and down the state, and allowed us to leverage federal dollars. it is appropria

unfortunately, senator mitch mcconnell, oil state republicans are adamantly opposed to. to any change whatsoever. in the long run, our country will pay a huge price. there will look back and say and historical mistake was made by those generations of republicans to stop any progress toward a clean energy economy. >> at least in the senate you keep mentioning mitch mcconnell and others -- there are moderate democrats from coal-producing states who have also been reluctant. that is one reason the bill has not gotten through the senate. given that conditions in this congress are more favorable than ever with the democratic majorities, and your catastrophic environmental disaster over the summer, if not now, when, and how? >> senator mitch mcconnell has taught america lesson. that is the power of party votes to say no. that is what he has said on energy. the proportion of the problem is 95% republicans opposed to making any progress on these energy and environment issues. if any of them broke off and began to work with us and away that said let's pass a renewable energy cent

mitch me that his top priority, so he is staking his -- mitch made that his top priority, so he is sticking his career on that. tavis: politically, new white house administration, new gubernatorial administration, politically, is this city in better hands than it was? >> no question about it. wheae are at the best time of or history in the last 25 years. we were at the cusp, no question about it. we can only go up, but we cannot stand still, because if we do, we are going back, and we're not going back. we need the leadership to help us and we got it. this city did not wait for the government. the community was brought back by the people. new orleans i think, politically, the sense of ownership, this is the time. tavis: how has the student body changed over the last five years? when americans solve this city under water, i suspect a lot of parents who might have been considering xavier for their students, maybe some of your own all-night, fought, i cannot let my kids ago -- may be some of your own alumni, thought, i cannot let my kids go down to new orleans. how did they consider sending th

[applause] >> thank you, mitch. every time i stand out and talk about san francisco general, i feel humble and proud. i feel humble because what goes on is in a public arena, the most remarkable consensus of all kinds of groups all across the city working to make this hospital something that not only can we be proud of, but that is recognized all around the country as the very best of the best. our programs go nationwide. our research goes nationwide. every time i bring somebody here who has never been to the hospital before, they all go away just filled with energy and enthusiasm, thinking that this is the best place they have ever seen. that is why i feel humble. it is also why i feel proud. it is a remarkable thing to be able to stand up and say what goes on here because of the work of every single person involved here, and now, because of the work of 84.5% of the people in the city, is just unheard of. i know we are going to have a fabulous new hospital. i know webcor is going to do a wonderful job. i think the

i would put indiana governor, mitch daniels in that category and put hailey barber frommy. i think those are three people with experience. >> and contacts. >> yeah. >> they know the scene. >> they lack national -- >> charisma. >> which one? you think barbra is ahead of all the others? >> i would say if i were to buy a penny stock, it would be tim pawlenty or mitch daniels. >> pawlenty doesn't think very highly. >> and people don't figure who he was. > i think these guys can start from scratch. obama started from scratch. >> if pawlenty stepped into iowa and won it somehow, came from behind and won that thing, he would suddenly clip romney. >> why are mike and john on this list? >> on the list because he is a u.s. senator. he's an attractive guy. a congressman and i don't know when the last time a congressman ran for president and got the nomination. >> mitch daniels has a lot of good ideas for government. >> who is he? >> he's the governor of indiana. >> what position did he hold? >> working in the white house. >> what position in the white house? >> officer management and

minnesota al franken has apologized for mocking mitch mcconnell for debate on the nomination. he made gestures and whispered under his breath as the kentucky senator spoke. it was distracting enough that he went up to the former comedian and said this isn't "saturday night live," al. >> anti-nuclear demonstrators here in the bay area will rally to mark the 65th anniversary of the u.s. atomic bombing of hiroshima. demonstrators use the occasion to call for an end to nuclear weapons. organizers say the lab is one of two sites of that developed every nuclear weapon in the u.s. arsenal. (bell ringing) >>> and hiroshima today bells rang to mark the world's first atomic bombing. this was the biggest memorial to date and the first attended by representatives from the u.s. britain and france. officials from 74 nations were

en algunas partes se reportÓ la caÍda de muros y viviendas. >> toda la tensiÓn se vivió en el mitch y se estÁ viviendo nuevamente porque el tÚnel no da abasto, las casas de abajo estÁn enterradas y la preocupaciÓn existe no sÓlo por perder los bienes materiales sino que esto conlleva enfermedades, virus.Ñ >> en el bulevar fuerzas armadas, las corrientes abrieron un crÁter que obligÓ a su cierre temporal. las tormentas llevan mÁs de una semana provocando millonarias pÉrdidas. las autoridades mantienen un alerta por los efectos de la lluvia que arrecia como consecuencia del efecto climÁtico la niÑa. >> el invierno que comenzÓ en mayo se extenderÁ hasta septiembre, estiman que en la capital 13 2000 habitantes viven en zonas de alto riesgo. >> los fuegos siguen expandiÉndose el de bolivia mientras las autoridades admiten que no tienen los equipos necesarios para hacer frente a las llamas. expertos indican que la situaciÓn en que hora por la sequÍa que afecta a gran territorio boliviano. uno de los sectores mÁs afectados es la ciudad de santa cruz. un grupo de empresarios

and the citizens of san francisco are mitch.-- much better off because of the work that she did. president chiu: chithank you. thank you, donna. the city and county of san francisco have lost a great servant, and the interim community and other communities feel that they have lost a great advocate. so i would respectfully ask that we adjourn the meeting today, and i have asked the clerk to send a letter on behalf of the board to joanie's partner in new york and to the two little girls. i have another item, but i do not know if my other colleagues want to add anything to what has been said. supervisor mar? supervisor mar: thank you, supervisor campos and chiu. i met joanie when she was a fairly new lawyer, and she had finished nyu a few years earlier, but i think she really understood how community organizing plays a role. community activists can really do not all. this is connected with the activist lawyers, and i always appreciated that about her. what she has worked on and helped to lead, workers, immigrants, and for health care just as, as well, but i think one of the points t

mitch katz. he asked the initial question i would ask, but following up, short of the of the cases treatment -- the efficacious treatment allowed in laura's law, is there anything else that remains in the application of laura's law where there is something meritorious in its effect? >> supervisor, i do not think so. i want to say, also in response to supervisor alioto-pier, your desire comes from absolutely the right place. i can talk about it in my own family. having someone with a serious mental illness is one of the most devastating things. it is incredibly hard and difficult, and i certainly, you know, can understand any but saying, "well, we have to try something. " but, still, we do not try things unless they will work. los angeles has chosen to do it through laura's law, and we are doing it through the court, where people are told by a

. >>> the man who came to fame with his television "sing along with mitch." mitch miller first went on in the air in 1961. ♪ >> miller would encourage his audience to following the balancing ball. he died in a new york hospital after a short illness. he was 99 years old. >>> you might have noticed more and more cleaning products showing up on store shelves with the words "green" or "natural." but a lot of consumers wonder if this can trust the label. now the national products association has developed a set of standards for temperaturing if -- determining if the products are safe. >> the national product association's criteria for the natural home care certification, the product has to be at least 95% natural. that means the ingredients come from renewable ingredients, such as plants or mineral-based ingredients. >> last year approximately 13,000 products were introduced with the word "natural" in their names, making things even more confusing for customers. >>> coming up -- passengers of a discount airline were surprised to learn about a new fee they will

senator mitch mcconnell is a graduate of the university of louisville. he received his law degree from the university of kentucky. he is married to elaine u.s. president bush's secretary of labor. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the longest serving united states senator in kentucky's history, my friend senator mitch mcconnell. [cheers and boos] >> welcome and thank you very much. it is great to be on the stage with the next united center -- u.s. senator from kentucky, rand paul. i see that jack conway is here, too. normally, i detest more regulation. we are on a seven second delay on jack conway's speech. i hope you will end by barack obama down to kentucky to campaign with you. i know you'll be proud about what obama has done. it did not work when he campaigned for martha copeley. she got run over by scott brown's pickup truck last january. i hear from people from kentucky oliver the state that they wanted to pass along a message to the democrats on the stage, when you stand with obama and nancy pelosi you do not stand with kentucky. he stood up he

and here in studio, senate leader mitch mcconnell. gentlemen, welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> glad to be here. >> good morning. >> chris: senator mcconnell, the latest fox news opinion dynamics poll now shows that republicans have an 11-point lead when it comes to the generic ballot question, congressional ballot question: who are you going to vote for in your district? it was 11 points. recently, up from four points two weeks ago. aren't expectations for republicans so high now if you don't regain control of the house or the senate, the democrats will be able to spin this as a victory for them? >> i'd love to have the election tomorrow, but obviously it's not tomorrow. your point is well-made. i think one of the things we need to do is remember that there is still three months to go. if the election were today, we'd certainly have a good day. but it's a long way until november. they have a lot of money. they outspent us for the last three cycles and i expect them to do it again. they're not going to go down easily. >> chris: co

i said not for a moment, and mitch mcconnell said we are planning and put together plans. i said this is good news. maybe john boehner is, too. the speech did not indicate to many thoughts about the future. it was much more centered upon of polarized political saturation. -- political situation. many are hopeful that if we have a republican majority, we will also have some ideas and programs and yet to articulate them. i will -- we will continue to work with senator mcconnell to do that. >> i am wondering if you heard from mitch daniels after publicly encouraging him to go in that direction. >> i had a good conversation with him in indiana just a week or so ago. he has made no commitment. this will not be the time in which we may get announcement that he will need to make at some point. i think he would be an outstanding candidate and a great president, but he will have to make that decision himself. >> senator, thank you for your time. we have just finished a wide- ranging conversation with the lead republican on foreign affairs, senator dick lugar. you mentioned this is

i would bring back george mitching and bob dole and howard baker and bill cohen and people like that and that's not possible. >> rose: speak to that. you say if everything changed or a lot changed i guess in 1970? '76, was it? >> i think in the late '70s and there's others who trace changes. when bill cohen came into the senate, you were almost the exception to the trend of what began in the late '70s which is extreme polarization. the southern conservative democrats began to die off, they were replaced by republicans. liberal republicans were replaced by more and more conservative remember republicans. jesse helms would be in center of the caucus compared to jim demant and tom coburn and maybe rand paul. so to be honest, we can talk about the responsibility of both parties in escalating the arms race of the filibuster, but what i see as the core ideological problem the the extremism of the republican party has pushed them to use these rules and these precedents in a way that simply blocks anything from happening. it does not improve legislation, it blocks legislation and too many mo

joining us now mitch rose former chief of staff to ted stevens. he's the stevens family spokesperson. and we're talking to senator nelson a democrat from nebraska he and ted stevens were good friends on different sides of the aisle. mitch rose good to have you on the program. i appreciate it. >> thank you. >> tell me the family. you obviously are the spokesperson for the family. i know this has to be devastating for the family. what can you tell me about the family. >> clearly it's devastating. they really have been heartened by the outpouring of support. president obama called mrs. stevens. alaskans have just been amazing in their support for the senator. the senate family has embraced him. i'm sure the former majority leader and others will speak to that. so it's warmed the family very much to have the support that they have and they know that alaskans love ted stevens. >> what's his legislative legacy going to be? >> well, i think all have to do is look at that 49th star in the american flag and that's his legacy. walk through the state of alas

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