Next, a discussion about National Political party nominations, scandal, and comebacks, as well as rules changes for the 2016 election. This is part of the state of the parties conference. It runs just under two hours. We have four papers to be presented. We hope you will have great interest in what they present. More than anything else, we hope you will have Great Questions because this group of individuals have not only studied what has been, but are giving us perspective of what is to come. I think youll find their perspectives very interesting. About party a paper power and the causal effects of endorsements. Seth is at the university of denver and eric is at the public posse institute of california. I will shut up and let them talk. Whats were here presenting this on behalf of our other co authors. We are trying to come up with a measurement of the impact of a Party Endorsement in a primary, which is traditionally a tricky thing to measure. Study toing a fun case do this. This is t
september 10th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to today. it s 7:00 a.m. pacific time on a friday. i m matt lauer. and i m meredith vieira. it looked like hell on earth in the city of san bruno last night. firefighters are pouring water on the smoldering wreckage after a huge explosion on thursday night sent flames ripping through a residential neighborhood. it appears that a ruptured gas main is to blame for this disaster. at least 20 people were injured. some of those had critical injuries. and the death toll is expected to rise. one fire captain says by the time his firefighters arrived, dozens of homes had already been consumed by the flames, even though the fire station is only a few blocks away. i want to get straight to migu miguel almaguer who is on the scene. reporter: at least 75 people were rushed to the hospital overnight, some with critical conditions. we now know at least three people have died. that nu
alan: a seven-year-old girl is in the hospital after being attacked bay pit bull today. this is the second pit bull attack in just three days. amy holiefield is another children s hospital in oakland with more. report roirt just met with the girl s sauer, saturday sister and she says surgery went she was meeting the doing for the first time, and the owner was assuring her that the dog is okay, and after she was bitten, she kept saying over and over again, he said he would be fine. police don t know what provoked the dog but it bit the seven-year-old in the face. police handled the dog and talked to its owner while firefighters helped the little girl. she was very scared when we arrived. we tried to calm her and comfort her and tell her things were going to be okay. as a seven-year-old child, she doesn t understand. all she knows is a dog bit her. so we re trying to comfort her and get her the hospital. reporter: animal control officials now have the dog. this is the