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great to have you here b.j.. >> thank you mike. >> mike: what a pleasure. you had such a long string of hits in the 60s and 70s. your voice always one that people recognized, they knew when they heard it. what is the biggest thrill you have had in this career that spans now about four decades? >> today ranks up there pretty high. >> mike: oh come on. not that it shouldn't of course, but -- >> it is hard to pick within. regarding in -- recording in memphis with the american studio group and recording with bacharach and david that butch cassidy thing was cool. >> mike: did you have any idea it was going to be that big? >> when you record you hope it is going to be a big record. this had everything going for it, paul new man, burt and hall. the song got terrible reviews. it was very slow getting started. when butch cassidy came out over the christmas holidays it took off. >> mike: it is not only a great song. i've downloaded dozens of about thomas songs on my ipad. you can get it at b.j. thomas.com from there you can link to itunes. lots of music this is one o

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my average donation, mike, was $45. and we try to be very careful of those donations so we're going to keep them in anticipation of the next election that is coming up, assuming that i run for the house again. and so, we have that money there. we've got a really good start and we're grateful. >> and i also want to talk to you about the fact that the tea party is going to be, i think, looked at very, very cautiously, one thing is, are you willing to compromise. people have never been in the government, don't understand you don't get everything you want and don't get it all the time. what will be the learning curve for many of the new members of congress who have never served in any form of government in recognizing that you sometimes have to go for, you know, a 12 yard run, rather than an 80 yard touchdown pass every time you get the ball. >> you're exactly right, mike. you've been governor, you know how it works and you're right you don't get absolutely everything. i've been married 32 years and we have five kids and ra

the company's headed by mike mellace and mike runyon, who were living good lives in the corporate world until one day fate intervened in the form of a simple snack. >> he buys these cinnamon almonds that come in a bag. you see them at a lot of the festivals. i had never seen them before. and they're real big out on the east coast. and so we started eating them. he givese some, i say, "oh, my goodness, these things are great." >> we went back, he bought a whole bunch, and so then we started talking about how cool it would be to have like a little thing on the side doing fairs and festivals to make a little extra money. >> they agreed on the idea, but not much else at first. with one mike from the west coast and the other from the east coast, they quickly realized they quite possibly could be the odd couple entrepreneurs of the food world. >> i'm a happy-go-lucky kind of guy. you know, he's from new york. our families are totally different, you know. but it works out good because we look--everyone thinks we're brothers. and literally today, we dressed just alike. i go, "hey, hey, i'm glad

mike another one of those guys lifelong giants fans. he lives it, he breathes it, and we're going to continue our parade coverage. >> we are, we're taking a short break. back with the world series fans in san francisco. ah, focus group. so what are we testing here? that's our new pastrami grilled sandwich. oh, great. hey, are they happy we got rid of the rye bread? totally. they love our grilled artisan bread. they say it's the perfect compliment to the classic hot pastrami, melting cheese, deli mustard and pickles. awesome. hey, um what are we testing in that room? oh! nothing we were just hazin' the intern. >>> welcome to this special edition of ktvu channel 2 news at noon. we're taking a look at a picture -- i don't think we've seen this. >> gasia and sal, we're looking at an incredible sight. you can say it's amazing. but when you stop and think about this, it's incredible how many people are there and i'm with mike mibach and some of the estimates have it at about 100,000 people. i think that number is gonna get pushed up a little

caught up at the 40 yard line by mike wallace. they hustle up to the line of scrimmage and snap it as fast as they can. >> cris: so much of this offense is built around that three wide receivers to one side and one receiver down here to the bottom in mike wallace and hines ward is sort of that move guy. hasn't been quite the same in there without him. >> al: and, again, wallace working that route to its max. first down at the 42 of new england. >> cris: mike wallace is starting to show some real patience. funny watching him in practice yesterday. ben roethlisberger overthrew him on a go. i looked back at him like he would be disappointed on that one. he was jumping up and down and he was so excited. he was excited he missed him because he overthrew it. >> al: seven catches thrown tonight for 103 yards and ben with a little shovel. moore. mewelde gets to the 33 yard line. down to 3:30 left to play. >> cris: well, a lot of sort of late yards here for the pittsburgh steelers which are going to skew the stats of this one, but this has

. >> mike: the other way, you're in the locker room celebrating. smith is deep. and they'll go with the squib kick. to keep it away from him. and maryland will only get -- the tight end back to the 40 yard line. now for today's big picture brought to you by sony. nc state has to beat maryland next week to clinch the acc's atlantic division and go to the conference championship game. if nc state loses to maryland, florida state would go in. virginia tech earlier today clinched the acc coastal division. they're undefeated in the acc. and they will play for the title. how about the job frank beamer and his staff did after that 0-2 start and a loss to james madison? regrouped. >> craig: you're talking about a football team that's a couple snaps away from being undefeated. the most, one loss and a top team. >> mike: frank beamer has gotten it down brilliantly at virginia tech over the long haul and if anybody could pull 'em out of that early season disaster, it was him. >> craig: and for coach wilson, i mean, this whole conference has been one this season where you're

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that, to me, it atomizes mike -- epitomizes mike. our community does not say go off to college and become a sacred man. our community just recognizes that when they see it. mike is that man. he never asked to be in the role he is in now, but the community has asked him. so it is with the greatest tumbled as, like i say, it is just an honor to be able to present him to you. but to me, he is a spiritual, special man. he will always say he is just an ordinary man, but he is, and he is my friend. [applause] >> please join us to be recognized, michael. let's give michael a round of applause. [applause] >> i was hoping that don would take up all my time. i want to thank everybody for coming out, sharing the day with us. thank you, kqed for giving me an opportunity to put a suit on because i hardly ever wear one. i also want to thank -- or actually congratulate mayor gavin newsom for getting elected to lieutenant governor and jerry brown and all those other people that ran. a couple of days ago, on november 2, a friend of mine was elected t

. >> susie: hi, diane, and hi, mike, how are you? >> good. >> hi, susie. >> susie: you heard our reports. let me begin with you, diane. do you think the fed's strategy will work? will it give a boost to the economy? >> nobody really knows. anybody who says they do know is lying. this is unchartered territory. i've listened to the smartest economists duke this out, among economists, and they're heated most of the time. i come down on the side of ben bernanke who says it is better to try and fail than not to try at all. the fed is the last game in town. it may not be the best game in town, but it is the last game in town. better to try and fail than to not try at all. >> susie: mike, we hear from so many economists who say interest rates are already low, the 30-year mortgage is historically low. it won't motivate consumers and businesses to borrow more and lend more. will this fed action really make a difference? >> by itself, simply lower rates, susie, the answer is, of course not. the logic is impeccable. having said that, we've alre

mike snahan says a long shot for portis to be back next weekend. >> check more out from mike on nbcsports.com with his monday ten-pack. the latest nfl news and notes. back to al and cris to wrap things up from philadelphia right after this. . what's your 99? introducing wendy's new 99 cent everyday value menu. ♪ my my my99 ♪ ♪ my my my99 ♪ how about a beefy double stack? or maybe a crispy chicken sandwich? ♪ my 99 ♪ now there are seven tasty choices for 99 cents. ♪ my 99 ♪ 99! my 99! my 99! how much?

mike story loves working out. he may look tough. but he melts when he talks about his wife kelly. >> you get goose bumps. i mean it is emotional. i met her when we were kids. >> reporter: mike and kelly's life together raising their daughter carly seemed like a dream. until kelly was diagnosed with breast cancer at 46. >> we knew she probably had a less than five year survival rate because of the breast cancer in her body and where it was. >> reporter: mike supported the love of his life during her struggle which ended before her a 2nd birthday. and mike could never have imagined what was in store for him next. >> i felt a lump in my chest. simple as that. and i checked the other side of the chest, no lump. >> reporter: in the cruel twist of fate, less than a year after losing kelly, mike was diagnosed with stage four breast canser that had spread to his bones. >> never in a million years would i ever have imagined that my dad would have breast cancer. >> is he going to get the script today? >> now it is carly's turn to support her

that, to me, it atomizes mike -- epitomizes mike. our community does not say go off to college and become a sacred man. our community just recognizes that when they see it. mike is that man. mike is that man. he never asked to be in the role

mike, rob? >> thanks, diana. >>> president obama leaves the meeting of world economic leaders today in seoul, south korea, and after some pretty intense negotiations the g-20 leaders have agreed to monitor currency fluctuations that can manipulate the world economy. that had been a serious sticking point between the u.s. and china. experts say currency imbalances can lead to the loss of millions of jobs here in the u.s. >>> and the president wraps up his tour of asia with a stop in japan. america's most important ally in that region. he's attending the asia-pacific summit in yokohama later today and spending the weekend in economic meetings to discuss regional free trade before finally returning to the white house sunday. >>> iraq's new government is already facing tough times days ahead of a deal that helped create it. some sunni lawmakers walked out of a parliamentary meeting when prime minister nuri al maliki was chosen for a second term. they say he's had his chance and has failed to unite i

frances has some good news. >> yeah, mike. delay-free out there so that's great news for those of you getting ready to head to work. live shot of the san mateo bridge, traffic flowing well. eastbound for headlights moving into hayward. very light right now. just keep both hands on the wheel heading across the bay bridge. that's the only wind advisory we have at this point. the south bay the 101 and 880 interchange. headlights northbound 101. you see 880 right across your screen looking good. drive times as well as you make your way on 101 from the north bay from santa rosa down to novato, only 28 minutes. southbound 101 and northbound out of gilroy, highway 85 just 20 minutes right now. eric, kristen. >> frances, thank you. 5:09. >> they may be good for the environment but not for your health. the extra thing you may be carrying in those reusable grocery bags. >> the announcement expected today that could turn palo alto-based facebook.com into an instant e-mail giant. >> alarming news for women with stressful jobs. what a new

andrea and mike? >>> thank you, howard. 5:10 making news this morning. >> i'll go ahead and take it from there real quickly. 267 traveling eastbound finding lanes wide open from the dulles green way towards the toll plaza. coming up in your next traffic report more on your virginia roadways at 5:17. now back to mike and andrea. >>> now at 5:10 authorities in new zealand are saying 29 miners trapped since friday may have died. >>> toxic gases have prevented rescuers from entering the mine and there has been no contact with the missing miners. it's feared they may have died in the initial explosion. rescue crews are drilling holes in preparation to send a robot in the mine to take pictures. >>> the taliban is reacting to nato's plan to withdraw combat troops from afghanistan by 2014. a five-point statement from the taliban calling nato's plan quote irrational. the statement reiterated a taliban demand for foreign troops to leave afghanistan immediately or risk more bloodshed. >>> a slew of reaction to r

>> reporter: good morning to you, mike. not only the giants are going to be in the parade but past former giant breaks, like willie mays, willie mccovey, steve perry. when they get here they'll be greeted by some of the people who are already here this morning. watch yourself there, rob. there's a couple of hundred -- a few hundred out here who are showing up early. probably a smart move because there will be a lot of people out here. you came from where? >> arizona. >> reporter: just for this? >> yeah. >> reporter: did you go to the game in texas or just came for the celebration? >> no. i go to arizona state. i was born and raised in the bay area. >> reporter: why was it important for you to make the trip? >> what was it, 54 years since they won the world series so i figured i had to be here for this. >> reporter: have a good time out here. what's going to happen is the team is going to be on the front steps of city hall. they have got risers set up there. they have got big screen tvs. if you don't have a good line of sigh

mike and andrea? >>> thank you, howard. infere 12 hours, the redskins will kickoff monday night football against the eagles. the top priority for the burgundy and gold, protecting john don van mcnabb. through eight times he has been sacked 22 times, the second most in the league. to make matters worse, the redskins face a philadelphia defense among the best at getting to the quarterback. >> their top defensive scheme, you get behind you have to catch up they do a great job putting pressure on the quarterback, getting sacks and turnovers. to eliminate their amount of pressure you have to make sure you have a balanced attack and you don't get behind too much. >> the caps were on the ice putting a five game home winning streak on the line versus atlanta. they tied four, in the third period. and a game winner, caps win their sixth straight, final score six to pure. >>> college basketball, the terps off to a three and zero start to the season. maryland hosted maine at the comcast center. a game high 20 points, maryland would go

the offense they pieced together this year, let's go down to mike shumann. >>> put the mic as close to your mouth as you can. >> the last time the giants had a parade in 1954, there was only 48 and i tell you what, this reminds me, there was 48 states. there were 300,000 fans in 1982. this is a chance players can appreciate what they've been through and what it means to them. it's unbelievable and the players haven't even gotten here yet. these are all the employees. it's just phenomenal. >> i don't know if you can hear. i want to get your perspective you are one of the few people out of the hundreds and thousands who are out there who know what it's likes to be on the float side of a victory, your experience with the 49ers. the mind set of some of these players looking out at the fans? >> what it does, monday night they celebrated the world series as a team, yesterday they got back, they realized what they had done, today they are getting a feel of what it means to the city, to the fans and it it's just overwhelming i think for the players because when you are playing in the game you

the details in a minute. >> mike, thank you very much. topping our news this half hour, california's largest university system is set to approve a massive increase that critics say will force thousands of students to drop out. >> sad news for cal state university's 433,000 students staywide. the board of trustees today expected to approve a tuition increase that's going to set students back another 15% by next fall. now, csu has already raise the tuition four times in the past three years or so. the new increase hikes tuition 5% the rest of this school year, 10% more in the fall of next year. tuition rose 30% in the past year and is going up 76% in the past five years. the previous increases have resulted in student demonstrations, a building takeover and in some cases arrests. cal state student association say the problem stems from a massive state spending cut and they have furloughing of the faculty and reduces courses. we have a graph tick to show you that puts you clear what students are up against. they have seen these again a numbe

mike allen has got a look at the morning playbook. hey, mike? >> good morning, willie. as we start out, we have to give a shout out to mark brzezinski who was appointed yesterday to the fulbright scholars board. >> what a friend that is. >> you've got to story up on politico making waves in washington, suggesting that republicans cancel this planned meeting with president obama and the white house. senator mitch mcconnell's office pushing back on that saying actually now clarifying that this date was never set in stone. they now have a date. they say there was no conflict, nothing got ugly. they couldn't get a date. now they have one they can set in stone. what are you reporting this morning? >> whatever they say, this could not be more remarkable. the president went out in front of cameras and said tomorrow he was going to have this summit with house republican and senate democratic leaders, having them over to dinner. right away the house republicans started to complain. they said they had a conflict. the whout says, come on, the president is inviting you to talk abou

>> mike: he picked the right game to bring his mom to. >> craig: you said it, mike. this ball could have gone 65. i mean, the height. great snap, great hold. drilled it! >> mike: like a golfer, he knew he had flushed that thing. >> craig: go back to the time-out jim fisher called. why is he doing that? because he went and told the quarterback, we will hope for pass interference to get us back to the middle of the field and one more ball that they throw in replacement of injured christian ponder. >> mike: that's why he's the coach and we're going, why did he do that? >> craig: he earned it there. >> mike: what a remarkable finish, considering the last two games for florida state, heartbreaking fashion. florida state has regained the lead by a half gain in the atlantic division, they will play at maryland next week, with a chance to knock off the terps and temp terps have the chance knock off florida state. nc state is this wild card. they control their own fate. >> craig: what do you say we go to that? >> mike: once again, florida state wins so long from tallahassee.

a couple of winning streaks came to an end mike mike already. >> mike: they were ugly. ed the raiders' three game win streak came to an end in ♪ [ female announcer ] keurig has over 200 varieties of gourmet coffee and tea to choose from. ♪ keurig is the way to brew fresh, delicious coffee in under a minute. way to brew. [ female announcer ] so with keurig, every cup tastes like it's brewed just forou. ♪ because it is. choose. brew. enjoy. keurig. >> mike: the raiders' three game win streak came to a screeching halt in pittsburgh. second quarter, 3-0 raiders. first and gol, mendenhall powers his way in. 7-3 steelers. then pittsburgh on the move. roethlisberger rolling left. all sorts of room. stevey brown, right there, lungs to the end zone, 14-3 steelers. the rout is on. jason campbell to murphy, but murph fumblesle one of three oakland turnovers, sets up ben roethlisberger to sanders. 21-3. big ben threw for 2 270 yards and also did a little talking. richard see more takes evening, punches thrown, richard gets ejected. the quarterback switch to bruce. bruce picke

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. >>> typhoid mike joins us. the producers are a little panicked because i'm going to go off script. i did your job, as did lower avmt we can read computer screens but what the viewers are getting out of you honestly, and this is a dead serious compliment, is context. we can say it's slow and we're so glad you're back. >> thank you very much. thanks for holding down the fort while we held in the fort at home. oakland 880, the coliseum, traffic is light but we're looking for construction, scheduled construction on the northbound 880 on-ramp from high street. don't see any active lights but i'll show you on the map where it's supposed to be happening and this may affect a little north of there. no problems for 880 for that area and 580 equally as smooth. you can see the speed sensors. and then back on 580 through livermore there's scheduled construction from airway to hacienda. you might find one or two lanes blocked but not a big issue at this point in the in the morning. >>> the search is on for the person who sh