and a final question to you, marion. what is the one thing you could say to somebody today that's watching that is -- they're not on the right track. what do you tell them? >> i would certainly tell them, robin, that everybody, at some point in their life, gets to that point, where things are hard. where they think they can't go on. but if you keep the faith. and if you keep pushing on, that tomorrow will get better, it certainly could happen. i'm a living testimony to that. less than two years ago, i was in a much, much different place. and now, here i am, talking to you about, you know, using my experiences to help people. and playing in the wnba. i'm a mother to three, awesome kids. and wife to this awesome guy sitting next to me. things can improve and can get better if you keep the faith. >> this, too, shall pass. i know oba has said that over and over. you two look great. thank you so much for being there. and i wish i could be with you in new york. all the best going forward. you can read an excerpt from marion jo

we are marion that asset with 332, where we would never be able to make -- we are marion and those assets, where we would never be able to make that work -- we are marion -- marrying those assets. pier 50 is in a growing community. it is a sizable pier. while it would be great, it would be more difficult. if we can work with the access for pier 50, which does not have public access, that would be great. supervisor mirkarimi: with a value, the downturn, how has it been effected? >> as i said earlier, it is pretty much in negative valley. they had to put twice in in order to get to that. we do not have an appraisal on seawall lot 330, but we would need to do that moving forward. pier 50, it is harder to know what the value of that is. our capital plan calls for approximately about $60 million in needed investment just to continue its current use. that would be shoring up the @. supervisor mirkarimi: what about rehabilitating the piers so that they would not compromise the question or add a eventually that it is not ours anymore. " >> that is a great question. there is another name in the s

counties like marion cannot survive having 18% and 19% unemployment. i'm committed to this area just like i am committed to the rest of this state. >> while we have 11% unemployment. we also have 54,000 open jobs that our businesses need to fill. they are going out of state and out of country to get it. >> when we bring in jobs, we want to bring in good quality jobs. when you give businesses cash flow, the first thing they do is hire people. we have to take care of small businesses through a good business environment. the bill he is referring to gave a 60% tax relief for primary homes. i voted for that. he voted against that. the way to get to businesses and to support businesses through worker's comp reform. you cap non-medical advances. you give small businesses cash flow and bottom lines. >> senator, i'd like to talk about the looming state budget crisis. if it is not possible to cut without eliminating entire state agencies, that leaves raising taxes of some kind to prevent massive cuts or is any kind of tax increase off the table. my opponent has

i remember when marion anderson would sing, my grandmother made us be quiet and respectful before greatness. every once in a while a neighbor would come by and would excuse herself and come out with a pitcher of lemonade or ice tea. she had those tea cakes that i loved. most of the time children would say go on and play. you wouldn't listen to grown up's conversation. at that point we were all welcome. the stories were layered. seniors got something that the young parents and fathers learned, then teenagers and little ones. we all got something out of the story. they were layered. i try to do that in my writing. i try to layer so that the reader who is sharing the story with the young person will get something out of it or see something they can learn from as well. my mother loved to do poetry. i would sit in the hallow of her arm and begin resiting dunbar poetry. [inaudible] you as dirty as me. look at that mouth. him being so sweet and sticky, goodness. i would say momma, do it again, please. i would beg her to do it again, she would say, no, go to bed, now. i grew up listening to dunbar

fred carter here at francis marion, he has done a terrific job. [applause] let's not leave out the president of coastal airline university, dr. david divicenza. both universities and both university presidents have been instrumental in putting on this series of debates in the primary and during the general election. finally to our viewers we say this. you've heard from the candidates, heard a lot from the gubernatorial candidates, now it's time to have your voice heard. exercise your right and vote in next tuesday's election. for francis marion university in florence, south carolina, have a great night and please vote on tuesday. [applause] >> just one week remains until the 2010 elections. until then, c-span will bring you political debates from key races around the country. up next, indiana's senate candidates bebait, then our interview with the chief strategist for the tea party express. later debate between house candidates from nmp's first district and pefrl's third. . the indiana debate commission hosted this debate. >> the final of three in

. >> marion murphy has boxed up many of repossessions even though she swears that she has never seen any of the bugs. >> i have packed all of my clothing. >> some units have not seen any of the bugs. >> it is negligence. they just keep switching management. >> residents will have to pay a fee if they don't move out during the fumigation. >> that is not going to solve the problem. >> that is a hassle. more still a lot ahead in the next half-hour. >> a murder-to grab the the nation's attention almost a decade ago. the accused killer faces a jury today for the first time. >> republicans and democrats both say that they will take a dose next week. which one is correct, coming up. >> victory for the burgundy and gold. we will tell you how the fans are reacting this morning. good morning washington at 5 begins right now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> welcome back, good morning, washington. i'm scott thuman. >> i am alison starling. it is a new fresh work week in the nation's capital. lisa baden is standing by with the latest on the commute. we start

. >>> about 1,000 local women have gone from dependence to independence, all thanks to baltimore's marion house. tomorrow, hundreds ever people will participate in their 5k run and walk. andrea fujii explains how you can help these women rebuild their lives. >> reporter: after years of addiction, monica rice feels most comfortable in a kitchen. >> i love to cook. [ laughter ] >> reporter: and she's learning that skill, along with dozens of other women at the marion house, a residential rehabilitation program. >> we are trying to help the women get gak into the work -- into the work world, get their children back, full rehabilitated citizens. >> reporter: and tomorrow, they are highway patrolling to -- hoping to raise $50,000. >> really rally together to raise money for the women and the agency. so we can continue to provide the services that we provide here. >> reporter: 1,000 women have lived here. all homeless, previously in jail, or addicted to drugs. >> they teach you how to be productive again and society. i wanted to give myself a chance. >> reporter: about 80% of women who come thr

i'm marion rafferty. now back to geraldo at large. for latest headlines go to foxnews.com. [dogs barking] [gunfire] >> the door is open. they are going. in how many rooms, one? >> keep going. him down over he. >> [speaking foreign language] >> i borrowed from somebody else. >> whose weapon did you borrow? >> she is a nurse. >> name? [speaking foreign language] >> geraldo: what did you find? >> chest rack. normally the insurgents are using these, especially if you start to see well worn ones. ones that are in good shape. got his knife, got some batteries in here they could possibly use for ied's. got pretty good shape ak-47. and a shotgun that's like a multiple round magazine fed shotgun. >> geraldo: so what do you think about this location and what you found so far? >> so basically we have confirmed that this location is probably associated with some insurgent activities. the individual we are looking for as of right now he is not here. i'm still interviewing to see. but this is definitely indicators that they use this home at least as a safe house. so, this is a good find.

it is located off of marion drive off of northern parkway in the business park. congratulations to them. five years, wow! >> that is a great congregation. we know the pastor. you can see the sanctuary from the space station. it is phenomenal. >>> good day if you want to go outside and do anything for your church services or outdoor activities. it is a nice day. we are on target with the average temperature. 66 was our high today. average 67. 46 overnight low going into this overnight. on target for the average of 43. nowhere near records. currently bwi marshall we are 48 degrees. 73% humidity. winds calmed down. barometer is rising. 46 oakland. 50 on the shore. 53 washington, d.c. winds have calmed down across central maryland. highiest gusts reported today is 33 miles per hour at bwi marshall. that was around 3:00 this afternoon. since then things have calmed down. wind gusts have not been a factor. we are dealing with a pesky nor'easter that moved up the coastline. it is the rotation around that that's pulling in cold air and bringing us streams of cooler air m

. >> the sons of jewish refugees, rauf and marion milliband. when the boys were growing up in the 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, and 1990's, their home was one of the great political homes of north london, a kind of socialist-marxist south laalon. >> someone, i remember meeting there, a marine who visited the foreign minister of brazil. >> one new year's eve we celebrated, i got them seeing a radical song. we were singing that and, suddenly, i noticed that the only two who had not joined in -- they were quite young -- were edward and david. i still have this memory of them standing underneath the staircase, looking bewildered at these crazies, wondering what on earth was going on. >> but the childhood was not all politics. david loved football. ed love computer games and puzzles. >> i sorted out the rubik's cubes in 20 minutes. >> ed followed his brother precisely, by doing philosophy in college. where did it got a first, ed got a 2.1. many knew about his semi-famous father. >> wheel had colleagues who were dr. neri followers of rauf and edward. -- wh

fred carter here at francis marion university. he has done a great job. [applause] at let's not leave out the president of coastal carolina university. [applause] both universities and university presidents have been instrumental in putting on these debates in the primary and the general election. finally, to our viewers, we say this. you have heard a lot tonight from the two gubernatorial candidates. exercise your right and vote in next tuesday's election. my name is bob juback. have a great night, and please vote on tuesday. [applause] >> thank you very much comet is a great pleasure. -- thank you very much, it is a great pleasure. >> counting down to the midterm elections, now just six days away. each night here on c-span we are showing debates from key races around the country. here's our lineup for tonight. we start at 7:00 eastern with live coverage of the candidates vying to be rhode island's next governor. at 8:00, the candidates for florida cost next senator. an hour later, the first of three house races being the focus of -- west virginia is thi

including the united states penitentiary at marion, the first super federal max. that is on a marijuana convention. -- conviction. i spent most of my time in solitary confinement. you do not know this, but if you plead not duty and you get a jury trial and then you have an appellate case, you go directly to solitary confinement. were you do not have access to the law library. you do not have access to your attorneys. i spent most of my time in federal prison in solitary confinement because i had an appellate case. if you do not know this. when i came out of federal prison, i went to graduate school, directly into graduate school. my first semester in grad school as a master student, i remember the chair of the department asked me if i could teach criminology. i said, "sure." [laughter] the first day i taught class at the university of wisconsin, i had 500 students and an entire front row were milwaukee police officers. i told them that i just got a federal prison. they looked at me, and i said, "we are going to have a good time." [laughter] hey, it is real. that i

. >>> former olympic star, marion jones, is out with a new book today, in which she details her state in federal prison. jones spent six months behind bars for lying to investigators for her use of performance-enhancing drugs. she says she feared for her life after fighting another inmate. and her trip to solitary conf e confinement was the worst part of her life. jones said she unknowingly used designer steroids before the 2000 summer olympics. she'll share more of her story later on "gma." >>> world series preparations are moving right along. it starts tomorrow night in san francisco. as for last night's nfl showdown in dallas, we get the highlights from espn news. >> good morning. i'm don bell with your espn news update. and we start with "monday night football" from big "d." the cowboys hosting tom coughlin and the new york football giants. first quarter, giants down 10-0. second and goal, eli manning to hakeem nicks. giants trail 10-7. second quarter, same score. first and ten. tony romo back to pass. he gets smashed on the play. completes it to miles austin. but look at romo. he

. >>> a boy in marion, south carolina can't seem to stay out of trouble. monday, a police dash camera showed the 11-year-old boy leading officers on a 45-minute chase after he allegedly stole a pickup truck. the next day, the boy drove off in an suv outside a restaurant. the fourth grader has been charged with grand theft out -- auto. >>> meanwhile there, is some good news for young drivers overall when it comes to safety on the road. a study found a 36% drop in fatal crashes involving 16 and 17-year-old drivers from about 2200 in 2004 to 1400 in 2008. jim axelrod has details. >> reporter: the stories are horrifying. in brooklyn last weekend, a 16-year-old with just a learner's permit crashed a minivan killing a 13-year-old passenger. but scenes like this are actually now less common across the country. one reason for the 36% decline in fatal crashes involving 16 or 17-year-old drivers are gdl laws, graduated driver licensing policies, which limit those with new licenses from driving under high-risk conditions like at night or with other teens in the car.

marion ross, who played his wife on "happy days," released this statement. he was my husband of 11 years and the father of the company, in many ways. he was so smart, he could make up a new end to fix a scene on the spot. we made a perfect couple. i played pick low to his tuba. this is george picocchio, reporting for abc news. >> recently, tom said, when he knew he wanted to act, the decision was l.a. or new york. he came to l.a. but i thought breaking into the filmnd

now, it's important to note that even if california votes to legalize marion for recreational use, it would still violate federal law to use it in this country. but still, for all purposes, the federal government not going to prosecute a minor offender. so for all practical reasons, this would mean that the legal use of marijuana for recreational use, it would be legal in california. now, voters will have a chance to change the laws on marion in several states next month, not just california. let's let cnn's joe johns get us caught up. >> reporter: not one, in the two, not three, but four states have initiatives on the ballot this fall that would change their marijuana laws in big ways. and one of those initiatives, the one in california proposition 19 it's called would pretty much legalize retail sales of the drug for recreational use. that's right, if the voters go for it, what once was called the gateway drug, the so-called evil weed that led to cocaine, heroin, ruined lives and sent thousands upon thousands to jail could suddenly after all these years become okay to do for fun in

. >> marion wright edelman, speaking at the one nation working together rally in washington, d.c. we will come back to richard trumka of the afl-cio, and get some criticism of the rally from danny schechter. >> this is democracy now!, decracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are in washington for the one nation rally. colin wetted of gallaudet university, who is a student who is hard of hearing. after being introduced to rally organizer deepak bhargava, he delivered his speech through an interpreter. >> i am deaf, i was raised in a deaf community, and i go to get into it university. this call -- the school does not view this ability as a culture. i consider myself deaf, but not disabled. i will not rest until all disabled people can feel like i do. because they, too, are not disabled. with one nation working together, leading the way, we can accomplish that. commitment to education means making colleges affordable without having lots of debt. increased access to higher education by having decreased of portability's -- depending on the resources of loans. and m

will pay more than $600,000 to settle two lawsuits over secret photts taken on school issued lower marion school district took thousands of web camshots claims the picture were taken in computers. student robins said he was unknowingly photographed 400 times in tto weeks. with pic like this one snapped. robin said he neeer reported a missing computer and doesn't know why he was being atched from is laptop. as part of the settlement he will receive $175,000 trust. another student that filed a suit against the school district will receive a settlement. the fbi declined to bring a criminal wire tap case. school district is no longer using the trackiig program. i am judy kurtz, and that's tonight's "word on the web". >> the ravens pummeled the patriots last year in the playoffs. how will they do in the bob ehrlich says he wants to fix maryland. but he increased state spending by record amounts. ehrlich raised $3 billion in taxes and fees... including property taxes... and a 40% increase in college tuition. and now he's made over $1 billion in new promises...

. >> we had marion cotillard come on with tiny breasts on her forehead. this is an academy award-winning actress. david mamet shot this for us. consistantly amazed when people show up. >> reporter: when john mccain compared barack obama to paris hilton during the 2008 campaign, funny or die became part of the political discourse. >> first off i saw the commercial, and couldn't believe he even mentioned paris hilton -- i was like what are you doing? now your wo on the phone. here's the idea. we had the thing shot in two days. >> hey, america, i'm paris hilton and i'm a celebrity too. only i'm not from the olden days and i'm not promising change like that other guy. i'm just hot. >> the thing hit and got millions of hits. and then when we heard his campaign responded, we're like, first off, that is the saddest moment for american politics ever and second off, oh, my god, that's hilarious. >> reporter: that brings up the one famous sonm wou we'd we' to no immediately. the wasiner barack obama has been on "letterman," he's been on "leno." he does these shows.

. >> colonel marion mcgovern, the head of the state police, was stopped at a red light in shrewsbury yesterday, when her unmarked suv was hit from behind. the driver, 51-year-old scalamo was allegedly under the influence. she was arrested for the dui, as well as driving with a suspended license. >> obviously has an alcohol problem. we'll see what happens with that today. >> colonel mcgovern has made the fight a priority for the state police. she spoke about the issue at a press conference this summer. >>> one of our initiatives. we have drunk driving initiatives every single weekend in the state. we target areas for that reason. and i'm sure sergeant whittleton was a performer in those initiatives. because his heart and saul was in it. >> the last drunk driving charge was 12 years ago. she will return to court november 1st. >>> chief operating officer enjoyed a seafood spread from a restaurant in alabama. turns out, the crabs were shipped from baltimore. and the oysters from texas and the shrimp was frozen before the oil spill occurred. >>> after living in the u.s. for more than a ce

the lower marion school district admits it took thousands from student laptops. the reason? they were trying to find missing computers. one student said he was photographed 400 times in a two- week