Feet underground. The water was gushing into the middle of the intersection. Some of it collecting in the basement of the Moscone Center. They have been trying to pump out that water. Public works crews have been able to reroute the water fro though so no Service Disruptions right now. Now they are trying to get ready to repair that 12 pipe. We have to keep the water going. Once they open the street they determine where the leak is. Then they shut off the water and begin making repairs and moving the damaged section of the pipe. Reporter again, this operation will likely last until the afternoon. They have to figure out the cause of this break, as well. We have a lot of old pipes running through San Francisco and the puc thinks thats likely the cause, simply age. They dont believe its related to the subway construction. This is right along the route of the central subway so they have been doing some underground construction but it doesnt look like it is related to that in any way. Bott
Vacancies including our communications director. Women seeking input from individuals for ideas. Weve been meeting with potential people that may be service to this initiation. No surprise. We are always looking for ways to seek a better job of articulating the president s message and his agenda. Well continue to have those discussions internally. We have an announcement of a personal nature, we will let you know. Debbie hla in iowa in light of tomorrows visit. Your dimension at the president and longtime governor and alabaster to china will be with there with him. The president has already phrased the investors longtime relationship with the chinese president. As you know, the president has certain style, the way he tweets and talks, and that doesnt exactly mirror the way Harry Branstad has had his career. In light of that, i do see this dynamic plane out ambassador Harry Branstads role with china . Thank you come a day. Tomorrow, the president will be joined by governor Harry Bransta
reporter: thank you shawn. two questions. he met with the governor of kentucky and speak i thought you said connecticut. kentucky. reporter: he s needs good quality aluminum. and softwood lumber. it surprised me that this argument in respect to canada? i think in the department of commerce has made a very clear with the softwood lumber company when you get a better deal for our country. i understand the governor s point. we re going to continue to work through the proper channels and dispute resolution settlement to get that to achieve our goals in maintain our goals through the mechanisms that exist. speaking of kentucky, yes
channels to create solutions. speaking of kentucky, i will go to will. reporter: thank you for taking my question. my question is about demonstrations position on coal. during the campaign, they said they wanted to bring back coal jobs to eastern kentucky. now there s a lot of coal miners in that part of the state that are saying that they want tech jobs. they re going back to college to get the skills for those jobs. does the administration still support the return of coal to those portions of eastern kentucky and into west virginia? what is the president s relationship to the governor? i know he was at the white house last week and was also at the nomination in cleveland. he has been here a few times. they have an excellent relationship. he is been a great advocate. he has done a lot in kentucky to grow jobs. he really fought for innovation on there. his ideas and input have been
there s no one else to do it, i believe we should do this. we ll show you how plausible it is for palin to win the republican nomination if not go all the way. also, time to break out the crystal ball. now, it s time for predictions. can the democrats hold the sena senate? will republicans win the house and who will surprise us on election night? all that in our lightening round today on hardball. plus, president obama s appearance last night on the daily show. why did he do it and what did he get out of it? and when you hear a politician say the only vote that counts is on election day, that lets you know he s a goner. and wait until you hear what the three alaska senate candidates said when they were forced to answer my favorite question. is sarah palin qualified to be president. first, let s check the numbers. pennsylvania, toomey is peling away from sestak. in colorado, michael bennet has a slim, one-point lead over ken buck. 43-42. now to florida an the new q