in church denies there's any political agenda in this ad the ads are cmpaign, and also denies that the ads are an effort to combat ce blow-back the church ceived after d diving so deeply into the fight against gay california. california. sure.dehlin isn't so sure. nonetheless, as an active is, on, he is, he says, hopeful. >> my hope is that this campaign set of values l, meaning that the leaders want to have a new set of values within our culture. w and if you want to see more ur faithaith coverage, you can go to abcnews.com/beliefs. >>> and when we come back, the man who captured musical genius, >>> and when we come back, the man who captured musical genius, in black and white. and i wonder. i found out that connected to our muscles are nerves that send messages through the body. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia, thought to be the result of overactive nerves that cause chronic, widespread pain. lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. i learned lyrica can provide significant relief from fibromyalgia pain. and less pain means i can do more with the ones i love. [ female announcer

running corker denounced the ad and ken melman defended the ad whos with the republican party chairman. there are no sour grapes. there's no crying in the book. i tell the story of what happened and talking about the lesson in politics is that i was elected at 26 years old and talk about my first race and how my dad at four years old i cut his first radio commercial for his campaign and all the lessons i learned along the way and everyone is going to face a knock down. everyone faces hardship and whatever pursuit or path you go down and in politics there's no doubt, negative campaigning is not a spectator sport, it's a live, rough and tumble deal and a looked at running for the senate here in new york several months ago and it was a combative environment there. >> charlie: you're getting way ahead of me. you got to be a congressman at 26 years old because i were the son of, in part -- >> no doubt. >> charlie: a very well known and popular congressman. >> when i ran -- >> charlie: i wish he was here right now. he's an interesting man. >> he loved the book. in a lot of ways the book cred

the ad he looks almost diabolical and the ad was run by all the mainstream musicians in the united states or at least a very large segment of this is who is pushing the american public to believe incorrectly that their iran is a threat to the united states that iran is a nuclear threat. coming up later in the program freedom of speech versus freedom of religion debates rage over new york boss adverts that oppose building a mosque near ground zero. and seventy years after of russian revolutionaries death many europeans are finding his ideas still relevant tom away. i'll take a look at some other stories from around the world in an american airlines plane has been grounded in san francisco moments before takeoff after police received a threat by phone it's not clear whether it was a bomb or hijack sarette two passengers were arrested the boeing seven six seven bound for new york remain on the tarmac for two hours before travelers were sent through security again. b.p. has rejected claims it is withholding key information needed for the investigation of the gulf of mexico oil spill trance oc

-- we have added the breadboard -- we have added the rent board at this notification, as i stated, on notifying the tenant. >> i'm very glad to hear that the city budget questions have been resolved, that a lot of the and banks have happened. and many of them, of course, address questions of senior housing. -- many of the ad backs have been happeneing. the issue of senior housing is going to involve many departments. the apartment building inspection, probably not going to be a major one, but there are certain things that you can do, and i think one of them is to try to remedy the situation of jose morales. it is just the tip of the icebergs, but it is a festering tip, and it should be resolved. thank you. commissioner murphy: thank you. next speaker. i see none. >> item 5, discussion and possible action regarding and what it is amending the san francisco building code by adding section 105a.3.10 to require that an agenda and packet of materials for each matter to be decided by the access of appeals commission shall be sent to the mayor's office of disability at the same time and in t

is the latest site of a religious battle over islam now muslim group put out an ad saying quote the way of life of adam noah abraham moses jesus and muhammad islam got questions got answers another group sponsored the campaign muslims for peace love for all hatred for now in response the group stop islamization of america put out ads reading this thought while on your head is your family or community threatening you leaving islam got questions get answers now muslim rights groups have called the ads anti islamic and some cities have rejected them altogether but here now to talk about them is pamela geller from stop islamization of america and author of the book the post american presidency also joining us from our l.a. studio is dr with same siad the national spokesperson for the madea muslim community now i want to start with you know your critics are saying that these ads are to incite fear about islam are islamophobia what are you trying to achieve with these ads what do you say to these critics. well first i'd like to say that as a way stop islamization of america is an organiza

ad was pulled because the ad had an image of a leaf now the company says it is partly as classified as a tobacco product so therefore it's unacceptable under their policies and the just say now campaign is arguing with facebook saying that their ad is for marijuana not tobacco and therefore should be allowed on the site you know without a doubt the ad being removed from facebook is a blow to the organization's efforts to get pot legalized in california the group was using this site to gather signatures on college can't college campuses and to register young people to vote so what i think is a really interesting here is how and when facebook decides to be a progressive company when it comes to trampling on users' privacy well then facebook invokes its role of being on the cutting edge of privacy norms but then when it comes to allowing an ad for legalization or just say now calls at the end of probation with a marijuana leave in the logo a movement that is gaining a lot of traction in the quote mainstream america while that may just go back fifty years or so i think it's time to choo

the head of iran as extremely dangerous as really in the the ad he looks almost diabolical and the ad was run by all the mainstream organizations in the united states or at least a very large segment of this is who is pushing the american public to believe incorrectly that there iran is a threat to the united states that iran is a nuclear threat this is not the case and do very interested in the coverage of iran i think they're very complicit in the coverage of the muslims and arabs stepney them seeing dangers that make them seem into americans very gendered is to make americans fear and heat arabs and muslims and also i fear to me muslims in errors fear and hate americans coming up later the program here in our team freedom of speech versus freedom of religion debate rage over and your boss adverse that poll is building a mosque near ground zero. and seventy years after russian revolutionaries daf than a europeans are finding these ideas still relevant that's on the way. let me to court is to deliver the final verdict on the u.s. bid to extradite a suspected russian arms baron they a

oh, and it plasters those articles with ads-- ads about the topic the article is about. as long as the ads generate more money than the cost of creating the article, demand makes money. but you make money on ads on web pages when they're clicked, so demand's articles sort of need to be not as interesting as the ads. demand creates thousands of these articles every day. see? it's media dictated by demand. traditional journalists, writers and media companies think demand is brilliant. and the devil's spawn. it's anti-journalism, they say. it's turned writing into outsourced piecework. it's the tail wagging the dog. and it's how sections of some hearst newspapers and a portion of "usa today" are filled. yes, newspapers are now paying for something that contributes to their own irrelevance. i guess if you cant beat 'em, syndicate their content. i'm harry lin. >> susie: that's "nightly business report" for tuesday, august 24. i'm susie gharib. good night everyone, and good night to you too, tom. >> tom: good night susie. i'm tom hudson. good night everybody. we hope to see al

nbc bay area george reports. >> don't wait another day. >> reporter: the ads promise a cure for the uninsured. medical coverage discounts what seems to be legitimate health insurance plans, all in exchange for low monthly premiums. >> it appears that this is a government-endorsed program. a programses of discounts of 60 to 80% in health care expenditure. >> reporter: but the federal trade commission and attorneys general from 24 states say those claims are false and are cracking down on companies they say are scamming consumers out of millions of dollars. >> nearly 50 million americans without health insurance. these scams are targeted precisely to those people. >> reporter: the government alleged that companies including consumer health benefits association and tennessee-based u.s. benefits, formerly, uba, make false claims and use high-pressure phone tactics to enroll consumers. >> if they're just signing you up it's probably too good to be true. if they tell you it's only good for today, run. >> reporter: that was the case for martha who said she was pressured by uba telemarketers to enrol

and without the added increase cost calculated into the formula, what does that mean? vice president clyde: i'd like to add that job loss is not calculating lost hours. it is not calculating letting people go home two hours early, having them show up and letting them go home one day a week or closing an additional day of the week. people still show up as employed on the employment rolls but their incomes drop and we have seen this, i call it the slow drain, for the last several years. in fact, i think i pointed it out when i first started to come to the commission, that businesses were increasingly shortening their hours, closing for lunch, and closing on additional days. and this turns our little retail corridors, you know, we get these vacuums, we get these little geltos, these time of day ghettos and so i would like the record to reflect that, you know, businesses have been dealing with the accumulating costs by reducing hours, you know, and reducing employment. i did the math and, you know, letting somebody go two hours a day, $30 a day, five days a week, you know,

the group's president refuses to say who put up the $3 million to buy air time for the ad, the a.ad tacks jerry brown with the same misleading claims we've seen from mig whitman's campaign. and this add is independent of the republican rival, being put forward by small business action committee. headed by joel fox. >> our mission is to have a business friendly california. >> fox says it's purpose is educational. >> if this ad doesn't call for someone to be voted for or against or a vote at all. >> and because it doesn't specifically say don't vote for jerry brown or do vote for meg whitman it's not a campaign ad, it's considered an issue ad. and don'tors may remain anonymous. >> this is an example of something that doesn't use magic words but is functional equivalent of a campaign ad. >> the professor says the campaign disclose sure laws have not kept up with requirements. and this dan schner plans to titan those rules. >> this is pure and simple about organizations who know that if this this were out there, they won't be credible and people won't believe them. so they don't want to ident

is not just a blob of tissue. >> reporter: what the ads don't say is that the centers are funded by pro-life agencies. they say the investigation found many clinics provide false information about abortion. nationwide, they outnumber abortion clinics 5-1. >> in one clinic they had a large jar filled with manipulateny fetuses you could take as a little token. >> reporter: 14 pregnancies in 4 california counties. they also called some 200 centers statewide. among the key findings, 60% advised women condoms are ineffective in reducing pregnancy and certain stds. >> any allegations that condom are not effective as preventing pregnancy or the spread of stds are false. >> reporter: she says if they're telling women this, they're wrong. >> many women don't realize they are at a place that is offering unbiased scientifically correct information. >> reporter: 70% told women abortion increases the risk of breast cancer. y a>>rtion does not lead to a bre breast cancer. >> reporter: also, abortion increases it is risk of infertility. >> abortion definitely does not need to infertility. >> reporter: vale

running these ads but what's behind the ads that almost have this public service announcement feel are they really trying to convince americans that they're normal they're cool just like everyone else are they sick of being the butt of jokes and want to end all the prejudice well the mormon church denies that they have any political agenda here but i'm wondering if all of this might just be an attempt to make two thousand and twelve presidential hopeful mitt romney who is a mormon more electable among the republican republican primary voters now keep in mind the ad is running in four swing states. sounds like the church is trying to pave the way for romney to run for president again but thanks for the really cool ads anyway i now think that all mormons are totally cool and totally normal. well federal reserve officials have suddenly change their tune whereas in june they felt that the recovery was moving along gradually this week they've admitted. that they've announced that they'll keep interest rates low and use the proceeds from their huge mortgage bond portfolio to buy long term go

a new political ad on the internet and the ad, like boxer's previous one, is notable for what it does not mention. what most people say is the most important issue in this year's campaign. >> the most important issue in this year's campaign. >> there are three, economy, economy, economy. >> reporter: most people we talked to said the same thing. >> economy. getting people back to work >>> it's going to be the economy. >> not one person brought up the social issue of abortion but look at the newest internet ad from barbara boxer. it criticized republican candidate fiorinna for being pro life. i'm a real pro life candidate. i absolutely would vote to overturn roe v wade. >> the abortion ad is the third since the end of the primary. boxer's first web ad attacked her record as ceo of hewlett packard. boxer's second ad tried to ding fiorinna for being endorsed by sarah palin. none of the ads mentions the issue most worry about. >> it's the economy and it's going to be the economy in the fall and that's going to be tough on the democrats because the democrats own that economy. whether that'

the a value added tax, other consumption taxes. in the people with more money on net, it is not clear -- if i make $100 and i pay $20 in income tax, it may not be different if i spend the $100. on that, along with bill have $80. the argument for that tax is, at least i made the choice to pay that tax. host: panama city, florida. independent line. caller: why is 50% of the nation paying no income tax, is that fair? guest: hope the numbers on those that do not pay taxes come from our tax policy center. we tried to provide data that can be used by everybody. we try to provide a fair presentation of the facts. some of that number, it can be misleading. some of that goes back to the fact that we have exempted a lot of people in the recession. another aspect of it is, a very large number of people who do not end up paying taxes, increasingly, these are people who are elderly. then we have an earned income tax credit, another one of these cut expenditures, so have you calculate income tax credit? if we would count all spending against tax

as you can see the streak is just under half the size of the ad had. the maid is small for people who want to keep their top with about all times. what people like i had but it never leaves home because is too big to carry around. will offer to take into restaurants. the streak runs on two goals androids system perry of access to the web. not as many apses apple but pretty close. biggest difference between the apple by pat is that you could use the streak as the full use cellphone. that's a major advantage over the ad had. compare this to the joy it's a lot bigger than most of the smart phones out there. locker to hold. you could use it with the hutus and it does come with a headset. one other thing that it has the i've had doesn't it has a camera can take pictures and video recorder. i like the size of a smart phone. but watching videos can be difficult but on the street to the screen is great. will catch on, will people think is too big? we will have to wait and see it is being sold online for doll for $550, or $300 with the two-year contract. >> it

with the usual phone calls, mailings, and tv ads all across the country. this summer, they're also seeing a flood of attack ads run by a shadowy groups with harmless sounding names. we do not know who is behind these or who is paying for them. this is happening because of the decision by the supreme court in the citizens united case. it now allows big corporations to spend unlimited amounts of money to influence our elections. taken by millions of dollars worth of tv ads. they do not even have to reveal who is actually paying for them. he did not know if it is a foreign-controlled corporation, bp, a wall street company, or a big bank. they can hide behind a phony name like "citizens for a better future," even if a better name would be "corporations for weaker oversight." the bill would have required corporate political advertisers to reveal who is funding their activities. when special interests take to the airways, whoever is running and running the ads would have to appear in the advertising and take responsibility for it like a company ceo or an organiz

emotional reaction to its inflammatory i think the ad. very offensive this ad has been slapped on twenty six buses in the big apple on the left a plane crashing into the north tower on nine eleven on the right the proposed mosque slated to rise two blocks from ground zero the red text ask why there isn't the latest offensive delivered by critics opposing the development of an islamic center two blocks from ground zero this woman pam geller reportedly paid eight thousand dollars for the process no i'm not trying to spread islam i'm trying to spread openness and you know what we are hoping to pander and criticism and and and so you know what does it mean in a country founded on religious freedom shows sixty three percent of americans of the development of an islamic cultural center so close to secret ground i think it's a great and i think it is an absolute disgrace that people would think about building a mosque with three thousand new yorkers and americans more than one hundred of those victims are muslim americans if you're saying. there

we get the heads up, so we tell the ad sales guys. the ad sales guy came in and said, "they cannot do that episode. they just cannot do it." i said, "it's probably down the line. it won't be a problem." i find out it's next week's episode, which is usually the case. see, they corner us a little bit that way. there's no chance to move. but see, this is to me the scariest thing. that's a good one. it's honestly the scariest thing, because here we have, "we love the u.s.a." we love to talk about our freedom of speech. we love to talk about it and what a free country we are. here we are, and we cannot put a show on the air that we want on the air because of a sandwich company. right? (ken) right. and you've got this big corporation who is dictating what people are going to see and not see. and they don't want people to think badly of their subway-- you know, subway sandwiches. so we can't go on the air saying, "subway sandwiches, "which, to me"-- you know what? we're indicting them. it's really us who are not letting them do it. we haven'

the dow rose 103 points, the nasdaq added 27, and the s&p 500 rose 13. we'll detail those deals in tonight's "market focus." that rally encouraged buyers. trading volume rose on both the big board and the nasdaq. adding to the rally, word builders broke ground on more homes last month. the commerce department says housing starts rose 1.7% in july, but permits for new construction fell to their lowest level in over a year. meanwhile, the producer price index-- a measure of wholesale inflation-- matched expectations with a 0.2% gain in july. it's the first time wholesale prices have jumped since march. >> tom: still ahead, when it comes to buying gold, the "word on the street" is "mistakes." alix steel of thestreet.com joins us with three mistakes to avoid in the gold market. >> susie: he may manage the world's largest mutual fund, but as you heard, pimco's bill gross calls a government guarantee in the housing market essential, and he has other ideas for helping homeowners that might surprise you. darren gersh spoke with gross after the conference and ask

the debate over the building of a mosque there new york's ground zero site heats up as an ad campaign seen by many as anti muslims posted on buses around the city. and are russia close-up team takes you on a journey back in time to carve a bowl was held in the northern russia where the way of life for residents has stayed much the same for hundreds of years. two am in moscow thanks very much for being with us here on r t our top story russia has condemned the decision by a thai court to extradite suspected russian arms dealer viktor boot to the u.s. previously a lower court rejected the u.s. u.s. extradition bid but the appeals court overruled the verdict. artie's correspondent catarina brings us the details from the russian foreign ministry. moscow's very unhappy with this ruling because it believes that it was made under significant outside pressures specifically pressure from the united states the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov speaking earlier said that it is evident from the fact that the thai criminal court earlier refused to extradite mr billow and today of course the t

the dow gained nine points, the nasdaq added six and the s&p 500 was up a point. trading volume backed off a bit from yesterday's pace on both the big board and the nasdaq. new jersey and the s.e.c. have agreed to a settlement over fraudulent municipal bond sales. the s.e.c. says the garden state told the bond market it was properly funding pensions, back in the early part of the last decade, while it wasn't. as a result, it sold over $26 billion worth of muni's. new jersey won't have to pay anything, but it was ordered to cease and desist from future securities violations. a federal judge has signed off on a settlement between barclays and the u.s. justice department a day after rejecting it. the judge was concerned the bank was getting off too easy. barclays will pay $300 million to avoid prosecution on charges it did half a billion dollars in business with banks in cuba and iran, violating u.s. economic sanctions. >> tom: still ahead, is target on target with its billion- dollar store remodeling strategy? we visit one store before and after the work. >> susie:

for the ads. our republican colleagues voted to keep people in the dark. and right now as a result of the sueme court decision, foreign- controlled corporations can secretly spend as much money as they want in these elections and nobody would know. they are not looking after american interests. they are looking after whatever interest they may have. it is just common sense that the american people have a right to know who is paying for this advertising. one of the group's spending a lot is americans for prosperity. it is a group created by david koch. it so happens that his subsidiaries not long ago received the and outsourcing toward from a group that soucers.es great out sorcerer' but the message is americans need to understand the reasons out-of-state groups are standing -- spending millions is because they have an economic interest in supporting in this case the republican opponent. americans for prosperity is not interested in american prosperity. they are interested in the prosperity of corp

stocks started august with a powerful rally: the dow jumped 208 points, the nasdaq added 40 and the s&p 500 rose 24 points. the rally came on lower trading volume on both the n.y.s.e. and the nasdaq. today's gains come after a strong performance in july, but can the momentum continue? erika miller asks the pros. >> reporter: this is the time of year for winding down and taking it easy. but what's true for beach vacationers... is not true for the stock market. since the start of july, the s&p 500 has been blazing ahead, gaining more than 9%. strategist chris hyzy says there's one major factor driving momentum: >> the big news really is coming out of corporate earnings. corporate earnings are not only outperforming for the second quarter looking back, but guidance... guidance going forward across the board has been better than expected. >> reporter: he thinks the stock market is on the road to recovery and will end the year 10% to 15% above current levels. s&p's sam stovall also thinks stocks will end the year higher, but he sees plenty of reasons stocks could retreat in september and o

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the group had to sue the metropolitan transportation authority in new york to accept the ad. the ad was approved last week. >>> santa clara county supervisors are pushing a new law to crackdown on pit balls. he wants all pit bull type dogs in the area to be spayed or neutered. he says no one should wait for a tragedy before they act. there are an estimated 320 pit bull type dogs in the unincorporated areas of santa clara county, and an estimated 168 of them have been spayed or neutered. >>> muni is back on the lookout for free loaders. fare inspectors and san francisco police will team up to stop muni vehicles and ask riders for proof they paid. if you don't have proof you could get a fine of 75 dollars. muni started the program last summer but it is coming back now after a three-month break. >>> now to a story that people will be talking about. a flight attendant ran out of patience on a plan that landed at jfk. police say he cursed over the p.a. system, grabbed a couple of beers, pulled the emergency chute and just slid down and ran from the plane. steven slater was working