does she see caesar? >> i don't know, sometime in the next couple months she see pregnant so she obviously sees him and they become allies. >> charlie: what does he think of her? >> there seems to be a great rapport. it is not obvious that he should have sided with her. she's at war with her brother, the brother would have been the obvious alternative, somehow she murst have convinced him that she was the more resourceful ally, there is a great debt to be paid, her father owed the romans money, somehow she must have convinced caesar that she was more likely to be able to cough up that mey than was her brother and t two of them should essentially go into business together as they eventually will. >> charlie: and then marc antony comes into her life. >> marc antony will come into her life at the death of caesar, caesar is killed when she's in rome. >> dan: march 15. >> and the world will will essentially divide between octaviarean, caesar's son and marc antony, his deputy and she will havy little choice but

to as a caesar. but very quickly, that notion of the united states becoming a money cheat -- a monarchy or empire was only abandoned, it was only with world war ii that the united states for ever abandoned isolationism and the real reason is the atomic bomb. once the united states had developed the atomic weapon, people talk about disarmament. but before you could disarm and somebody else would have the bomb. so really out of necessity the united states became not only a calmative, but the great democratic hegemony of the postwar. >> host: i'm wondering, you're a native brick. does that give you insight into the imperial mindset? and, in fact, was not one of the factors of the american century postwar the relative withdrawal of britain from that role? >> guest: absolutely. i don't think i could've written a book -- i certainly would not have the arrogance to undertake it because a lot of people said nigel, isn't this rather ambitious? i had written quite deeply about two american presidents, jfk and

and he refused to be called caesar, the adopted son of caesar, he did not want to be a dictator but he disguised himself, and he took the title of "first citizen." i am just like you. first citizen. the people of rome had gone from being citizens of a republic to subjects of an emperor and it happened without violence, without votes or without fanfare. didn't really know and they were actually happy about it. because they were bought off. where are we seeing this today? i will show you when we come back.ño >> we are so backed up i have so much to share with you tonight on ancient rome and the or things and this is from a book identity road we are traveling," and i only have a copy of it. a producer is standing at a xerox to copy it because we cannot get an old copy and i will show you what is happening in ancient rome and what happened in the 1940's and where we are headed now. we have so much information this is the first third of this book. i will give you a preview of chapter one, ancient history, modern lessons, if you can net get to the bookstore sign up for my free e-mail newsle

she heads back to caesar's palace in las vegas in march. and we're thrilled to welcome her once again to "larry king live" from her home in west palm beach, where she is nestled in with her new set of twin boys. what's it like? how are they doing? >> well, the weather here is very cold but i tell you, my twins and my big boy and my husband as well, they're keeping me warm, so that's the spirit of the holidays. it's so wonderful. it's just amazing to have all that love and it's wonderful to talk to you as well, larry. >> larry: when you were on this show in february, you said you and your husband, rene, great friend, would love to have another child. and you were trying. it turns out you may have gotten pregnant right after that show. >> larry: that's right. we had tried time after -- we've tried five times before this last try that worked out. and i guess when you try and you believe and you just -- we just kept trying. and we were blessed twice. and it's just amazing to have my 9 1/2-year-old beautiful boy and, now, we waited so long to ha

so i would read dick and jane all the way up to julius caesar. when i came to a word difficult, he would say work with it little sister. he wouldn't jump in and tell me. he would let me work it out so i did. i learned to jump into words. that built my confidence, grandmother and ggrandfather were from the old school. i can remember

as the rain continues to fall here in san fransisco, gathering a minor flood north of caesar chavez. the water getting deep there. be careful as hydroplaning a real problem on the roadways. and we're live where the flash flood watch is issued. jonathan? >>> reporter: one subject here in this here. just off highway 101. look over there. the sign says it all. observe no parking sign. if you observe over there, you can see the water gushing down from the freeway. that is indeed one of the spots where highway 101 is covered in water. if you look below it, you can see that sign once again subject to flooding. and we are not kidding. this parking lot has turned into a lake in the past few hours and has made it difficult for people to find their cars and not only that but actually get their cars out of the parking lot without driving through some of that lake. some people have not been expecting it because the roads have been made very dangerous. early reports warned of flash flooding near urban creeks like this one is san rafael. there was enough water coming out of the sky to make drivers

what come to mind is a project i worked on at caesar chavez and gererroro. this house was delomolished. it was concrete and now it's a dumping ground. because in the absence of any plantings it as a freeway connecter came tire land and encampment and the cattate a rat and -- it built. so we pulled it down and planted it. getting resources in the neighborhood. there was a little old lady across the street that lived there forever. when she sees anybody out there doing something she yells at them. we passed the plate around and got a hose and sprayer. she waters and when she's on vacation she talks to her neighbors on either side. it's not rocket science. i encourage to you walk around your neighborhood and look at where there is too much concrete. there are a lot of ridiculous concrete things that are crying out for something. you know planters or garden spaces. those are the things that make neighborhoods liveable and the process of doing something with them also what makes neighborhoods liveable. go ahead. >> well, i would, the question is, where do you sta

so i would read dick and jane all the way up to julius caesar. when i came to a word difficult, he would say work with it little sister. he wouldn't jump in and tell me. he would let me work it out so i did. i learned to jump into words. that built my confidence, grandmother and ggrandfather were from the old school. i can remember borrowing $25 from my grandmother. i was taking out my checkbook to pay her. she said no, darling, don't give me a little piece of paper. what did i give you. i said a 20 and a 5. so bring me that. they went to the light company and paid their light bills. they went to the department store and paid whatever. they went there once or twice a week to take care of business. the process of going through things, my grandmother would take me to the library. all along the way there were places where we couldn't go to the andrew jackson hotel, we couldn't go to morten's cafeteria. there was a paramount theatre, we had to go in the back door, separate water fountains. it was a very negative experience. when i got to the library,

we worked on greening on san jose we have 9 blocks done south of caesar chavez and we are working to go north. the community challenge program has been retool indeed 2005 to encourage neighborhood involvement. that's me. >> this is david wincelow. >> i'man architect and urban planner and currently take into practice one. focuses of my research over the last 20 years is alleys. and i will talk about that as we get started. >> i'm director of kid serve an art program where we guide community and young people through the process of creating permanent permanent mosake art and transform a wall in the neighborhood. >> the panelists what were invieded here because they have received community challenge grants but they also have public processes in terms of for one thing, creating something oust nothing where nothing was possible previously but figuring out who the stake holders are in their community and involving them on going. hopefully with a view being able to channel that involvement into other issues. because that typically is the thing that sustained neighborhoods if you grow from a

and companies like maaco and little caesars and all the companies who have made commitments believe in that as well. mediocre football, maybe, 12, 6 and 6 teams this year but it is football. >> tom: and big business at that rick horrow, the c.e.o. of horrow sports ventures. >> susie: here's what's coming up tomorrow: we'll talk about the current lending environment, mortages and foreclosures, and consumer banking with brian moynihan, c.e.o. of bank of america. and, our "word on the street" is "uncovered." from new trucks to gambling, we'll look at some breakout stocks that are benefiting as their sectors experience a resurgence. kraft foods is turning up the heat on its battle with starbucks. kraft asked a judge today to stop starbucks from canceling its distribution contract. kraft now makes about $0.5 billion a year selling starbucks coffee to supermarkets and other retailers. last month, starbucks said it wants to end that deal and called today's move a "delaying tactic." >> tom: 2010 may turn out to be a better year for advertising spending than originally thought. several forecast

. >> thank you for calling caesar's palace. how can i help you? >> reporter: the seafood peddler in san rafael is a popular restaurant. one of its popular appetizers is escargo but two customers claimed that the tasty snails blew up exploding in their face >> this literally jumped at least two to three inches out of the plate and like small balloons just exploded hot grease. it got me in the tear duct. it got mr. righetti along the side of the nose. >> reporter: seafood peddler claims they did nothing wrong and like so much of our litigious society this whole thing ended up in court. the two plaintiffs are suing the restaurant claiming they were injured. >> we each reported to mr. camacho that we had been scalded on our faces by the escargo, exploding and spraying our faces and clothing with hot grease as soon as we began to eat it. >> reporter: the restaurant had something different to say of course. >> but they sat there for an hour and a half and continued on with their meals. so this scalding, i can't see where they were so scalded and scarred

we have been following an accident at caesar chavez. the good news is chp has been able to clear everything to the shoulder so it shouldn't slow you down too much. let's check out a live look at the north bay where mike says if you have wet weather this is where it's going to be now. no problems southbound in san rafael on 101 heading from 35 into 580 about a ten minute drive time. kristen. >> thanks a lot. there will be some respite from the storms expected to diminish. our weather whoas are predicted to be back again tomorrow. >> lightning strikes could be seen over san francisco bay. but it was this lightning strike in marin county that rattled green bay resident nina. >> like rolling back and forth, back and forth. >> nina was on her couch facebook.coming. >> all of a sudden i saw the crack of lightning and i posted, my god, did anybody see the thunder and lightning. my whole little apartment shook like it was an earthquake. >> the rain came down hard. this was the scene where shoppers were ducking for cover. it kept companies busy.

. >> the salads are pretty good, like the chef salad, caesar salad. >> reporter: sixth graders at edison charter academy. >> in a way, you have to make the food fun. >> reporter: after the school switched from a traditional food service to revolution foods, teachers insisted they saw a difference. >> the kids had more energy, their grades were going up, they were more focused in class after lunchtime. >> reporter: over a three-year period students testcores shot up 17%. the school lunch reimbursement rate is just under $3 and that includes the cost of labor and transportation to get the food here to the cafeteria. school sources tell us that's a dirty secret. schools can spend as little as $1 on frozen, processed meals. they say the food savings are then used somewhere else in the budget, even though that's not how the system should work. but at this school the investment is paying off, ak l academically and physically. >> i noticed when i ate the food here, my body changed. i've gotten lighter and taller. >> reporter: kristin richmond says the company has weathered a few food flops. >>

host: mitch caesar, executive board member with the committee. what are your thoughts? guest: i think he has been around a long time and is a very intelligent guy. he comes from the midwest. there is a lot of common sense there. i think he is basically poising a level of frustration of democrats in general. this public has a very short fuse, whether it is about republicans or democrats. i think it will come down to whoever has tried to really get results. whoever has -- whoever is perceived as faking it, i think will suffer in the polls. host: what will it mean in your opinion for the 112th congress as they move forward? what are your thoughts about the effects of the two-party? guest: i think that the party had both positive and negative results nationwide. some of the tea party folks in nevada and delaware and so forth were really, really out there. they were like sarah palin clones. they looked like her and talked like her. in florida, specifically, i think they have had some impact. i don't know if i agree with anything they say philosophically, but i would have to

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everything you need all in one bag, like garlic croutons, lemon pita bites, parmesan cheese, and caesar dressing. turn plain lettuce into a hidden valley salad. >>> maybe this sounds familiar, 3:00 a.m. feedings, baby blankets, teaching your children right from wrong. maria met one woman who's doing just that for dozens of babies. maria, good morning. >> good morning, and these are baby elephants, they're orphans and they're part of a very memorable extended family in nairobi, kenya. at six weeks old, she's waking up. nearby, 18 other orphans are in need of a stretch, a push and even a morning cuddle. their keepers guide them every step of the way. for over 30 years the davis shelter wildlife trust has been rescuing babies like these. and they're teaching them what their moms would have taught them had they not been victims of poaching. before he was rescued, he went by his dying mother's side for hours. those kinds of traumatic memories are one of the many reasons keepers stay with the elephants 24 hours a day, even sleep with them at night and feed them ever three hours. >> they all h

. >> larry: appearing at caesar's palace in las vegas november 27th and the gibson amphitheater in los angeles on december 16th and 17th. i might come see you november 27th. that's thanksgiving weekend. >> can you handful can? i mate mention you in the act. >> larry: i'll bring the wife and kids. >> i never met her. don't know where she lives or if she's an intern. >> larry: why are you here? >> it's a mystery. i thought suzanne somers fell out. let's talk about the first time i was booked and bumped. how can you face me? two words. kato kaelin. i will never forget that. larry made it. help was crying. hard to see him so emotional. kato kaelin is a bigger name than i am. that's what makes the show special. that after you get bumped several times, you get unbumped and then you're on the map. >> larry: did we help make your career? >> you made me and you can break me. you're like the gays. you made me and you can break me. and you've tried. got knows you've tried on this show. >> larry: wendy, why is she a good guest? >> oh, da! >> thank you. exactly. >> larry: no, i mean, there's no one

later today on nbc some of the best skaters in the world will showcase their talents on the caesar's tribute special, including six-time u.s. national champion todd eldredge. todd, good morning. great to have you here. >> thanks. >> you've got a lot of talent in this show. what makes this one so special? >> well, i mean, you spent so many different generations with this show. it's amazing. from dick button all the way to evan lysacek from the 40s to now, that's, you know, it's amazing to have all that talent in one place. >> you come down to this rink on any given day around the holidays it is filled with people. why is skating so synonymous with the holidays? >> it's one of those things. all the different norman rockwell pictures and everything you see skaters out there. you know, it's a fun activity for families when they get together, they can go and do and have a good time. >> this particular show is called a tribute to a golden age of skating. is this in fact the golden age? >> i think so. you know, with that show there were so many different national world, olympic, gold medali

this is caesar vargas. this is an extraordinary young man who came to new york at the age of five, brought here by his parents. when 9/11 occurred, caesar vargas went down to the recruiter's office and said, i want to sign up, i want to fight for my country. they said, mr. vargas, this isn't your country. you may have lived here all your life, but you have no place here. you cannot enlist. he was disappointed but he didn't quit. he went on to finish college. he is now in law school. caesar vargas at new york school of law has a 3.0 g.p.a. he's fluent in spanish, italian, french and english, and he's mastering cantonees and russian. when he graduates from law school, he will an i choice candidate at some major law firm. that isn't what he wants to do. he wants to enlist in the military of the united states of america. he cannot do it today because caesar vargas, who has lived his entire life, to his knowledge, in this country, has no country. the dream act will give him a chance to volunteer to serve america

. >> we're a wholesaler distributor on the san jose produce market by caesar chavez and bay shore. we work with the san francisco food banks. >> to get that food out there. >> yeah. it's a partnership that's been going on ten years. last year we donated over a million pounds of produce. >> we say it every year this year the need is greater than the need before. i think people know a lot of people displaced or underemployed there. people can go to our website at abc7news.com to find out more about the bay area organizations we're helping. thanks for coming out this morning. >> thank you. >> eric, i'm going to send it back to you guys. we'll be here all day. come down, make donations through our website at abc7news.com. >> nick, thank you very much. and the umbrella was a great idea. 5:49 now. >> yeah, for nick and all the folks going out there to help out today. >> let's correct one thing though. the website degrees is abc7news.com if you'd like to find out more about the food drive. >> so raining all day? >> off and on, i really think so. going to come in in waves. one health wave

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final shot into parts of the south end of the bay, that is san jose downtown plaza, caesar chavez and christmas in the park. a lot of the street closures are going on this morning in downtown san jose getting ready for the parade. be ready for a little bit of a delay or get there a little early so you get a good spot to watch the parade going through. it's a great one. we have the radar right now. look at the snow happening right up in lake tahoe and reno or outside of there, bringing t in chains if you're headed up. a couple scattered showers across the bay area but most across the valley. the struz mountains a couple light rain drops falling over the hills. as we go through the morning hours, if you're lucky you will get a couple rain drops in los gatos, over to saratoga as it comes over the hill. by the time we get closer to downtown san jose not really happening. this is the storm coming through today. one pass through yesterday gave us a little bit of rain. this is the next one coming through. it's going to take it times coming through later this afternoon. notice it's kind of sp

. >> apple is facing a class- action lawsuit accused of violating its caesars privacy. at still landed on the i pad some private information about the device's use third two advertising companies. the makers of several popular acts were named as defendants in the lawsuit. apple is not commented on the claim. >> i'm kimberly stock model right now were trapped in the storm on www.kron4.com. see where that rate is heading now where it's supposed to go over the next few hours. also take a look at our 7 day around the bay for the long-term forecast of when you had outside be sure to take a picture or video of the raid was reconditions and e-mail it to us on www.kron4.com. >> we continue to track the storm the bay area live look rain piling up we have a flash flood watch in effect for the north bay. backlash in the northeast and very snow residents and your commute years here angry over electric officials are cleaning up that snowstorm of the weekend. the streets are blanketed with snow leaving new yorkers like lance 01 are on edge. >> years and years i've lived here and neve

the last story i want to tell is about a young man from new york, caesar vargas. he was brought to this country at a very young age. when 9/11 occurred, he was so mad at those who attacked america, he went down to the marine corps recruiter and said i want to sign up, and they said you can't. you're undocumented. so he went on and continued. he's at the new york university of law school now. he speaks five languages. he's had offers from the biggest law firms for a lot of money. turned them down. his dream under the dream act is to enlist in the marine corps and serve in the judge advocate general corps. these are the faces of the dream act. and the people who stand before us and try to characterize this as something else don't acknowledge the obvious. these are young men and women who can make america a better place. mr. president, i understand this is a difficult vote, a difficult vote for many. as a matter of fact, i'm not asking for just a vote for the dream act today. from some of my colleagues, i'm asking for much more. i'm asking for what is in effect an ac

. >> caesar chavez brocking the fast lane. that just came in. use 280 instead for now. traffic is not doing well. southbound is on the right. northbound looks okay, though. if you are going to the bay bridge, westbound, as you come up to the toll plaza, no major problems although it's still a little bit slow. this morning's commute in livermore, some slow traffic, 84 is also very slow leaving the livermore valley and then the south bay i would say 280 is slow and so is 101 getting up to sunnyvale. let's get to steve. >> a lot of information, a little ktvu shout out to captain harris of the berkeley police d. cynthia's husband. [ applause ] >> very good. thank you. courtesy of nelson. we have a little bit of rain still holding on. it's about time we had some decent totals. all of these systems that came in in november, yeah, they left a little bit of rain. this system packed more of a punch. >>> ben local hundred, an inch of rain. santacruz, .82. not too bad but there were some heavier amounts to the north. including middletown up in lake county which had two and a half.

for people running out of benefits caesars on certain times, those we talked to say they don't know what the future holds. >> when you are single- parent and your to teenagers and you're trying to make ends meet, pay the house payment, make sure you are paying all the bills the house, water, put food on the table. he ran out of money. it is a struggle. every day. >> of course you're never as i think everyone is nervous it's never been this busy year. i don't know what they're gonna decide, or to decide on something different. >> it is very hard. as pressure on my spouse and myself. we have to do what we have to do. so, hopefully everything will turn out fine, and mr. obama will take care of his promises. >> very scary times for millions of americans as much as 500,000 californians to get the benefits and a couple weeks. national headlines coming up tell you what's going on in pennsylvania as well as buffalo. we'll tell you what's happening here in the bay area in terms of whether louisa will have a full weather update in a few minutes. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay., 101 sh

caesar chavez, and we have seen some heavy rains. as we shift gears toward the south, we are also seeing some rain falling moderate to heavy around san jose and the santa cruz mountains. this will continue for the next couple hours. a flash flood watch continues until midnight for the north bay. still expecting heavy rain. localized flash flooding is possible. a flash flood advisory until 1:00 a.m. and one last wind advisory to talk about and this covers the entire bay area and the monterey bay. southly wind gusts to 50 will continue until tomorrow morning at 4:00 a.m. downed power lines and trees are a possibility. we have already seen it. wind gusts are currently over the hills and they continue in the 40 to 50 mile an hour range. sfo is reporting three-hour delays now due to the heavy rain and the gusty winds. we have a possibility of a few snow flurries in the higher hills. dan, i will be back to let you know when the storm will finally wind down. >>> as sandhya suggests the north bay will get the worst of it. thomas roman is liv

little caesars, getting a free pizza today and tomorrow. go to little caesar's.com print out the coupon before you go. one per customer. snowy headquarters in new york. >> courtny we're glad you made it into work this morning. if the traders have as much trouble as you have and they can't get into the new york stock exchange, what happens then? >> well that's why we're going to probably see volumes very very light today. i was talking to some of my colleagues down there and they were trying to figure out alternate plans of trying to trade at home or other ways sending it out through other places throughout the united states. but it was definitely a challenge. i'm sure it's going to be difficult for tons and tons of people to get there. but there were questions earlier today whether or not they were going to open on time the exchange. >> we're glad you made it, courtny. >> we'll see if i can get home. (laughter) >> well, you heard about her being lifted over 4 foot snow drifts to get to it the car. >> thank you. >> there's people walking and