good morning, i'm kris sanchez. next on "bay area sunday," today is five years minutes hurricane katrina ravaged the gulf coast. we have a look at what's being done to make sure they're prepared, should a storm like that blow through again. plus, investigators are working to bring the man they say shot a bay area police officer to face charges. we'll show you the dramatic arrest just steps from the mexican border. and we'll show you how you can help the victims of the pakistani floods with a bay area fund-raiser, tonight. andtake a live look at san jose. clouds in the distance, sunrise coming up now, and a bit of a

warm-up in our future. thanks so much for joining us on this sunday morning, i'm kris sanchez. time for a look at that forec t forecast. >> good morning, folks. yes, we've got some fog hanging around, especially along the coast this morning. things are going to be warming up just a little bit, but stale way below average temperatures for this time of year. but the good news is, come tomorrow and monday, things will be warming up. i'll have more on that coming up in a little bit. see you then. five years ago today, hurricane katrina plowed across the gulf region, and today president obama will visit new orleans to commit continued support. the president's talk at xavier university is expected to focus on what work is finished and what work still lies ahead. 80% of new orleans was under water after the levees designed to protect the city failed there. 1,600 people died. coming up, nbc bay area jay gray has a look at what crews are doing to get folks back to

normal. here at home, our top story, the gang member accused of shooting a fremont police officer is behind bars, captured feet away from the mexican border. officers spotted andrew barrientos headed toward san ysidro, and he bailed and ran. nbc bay area garvin thomas shows us how he failed to escape this time. >> reporter: police, of course, take the investigation into any shooting where somebody is seriously hurt very seriously. but when the victim is another police officer, it appears there is an extra intensity to the search for the shooter. in the case of andrew barrientos, it involved not just the oakland and fremont police, but police in san diego. the chp, department of justice, and ultimately needed to help of the u.s. border patrol. according to police, it took andrew barrientos exactly almost 24 hours to travel almost exactly 500 miles. from the mini mart at 86th and

bancroft, where he allegedly shot officer todd young, to just this side of the mexican border. but if barrientos' ultimate goal was indeed to cross into mexico, he came up just a few feet short. >> everyone was on alert for this guy. >> reporter: oakland police say they had law enforcement up and down the state looking for barrientos. according to san diego police, the fugitive's cell phone signal was being tracked. that is how police knew he had traveled to southern california, and that is how they knew the exact right time to ask for the busiest border crossing in the world to be shut down. >> so we could start doing a car search, so they closed the border down, and they were actually going through, checking cars when he fled from the -- from one car and was later taken into custody. >> reporter: barrientos was armed and not alone at the time. still, police say they were able to arrest him, along with a male companion, without further

violence. oakland detectives late saturday evening were on a plane headed to son san diego, preparing to bring barrientos 500 miles north to face some very serious criminal charges. those charges include two counts of attempted murder of a police officer, as well as two counts of carjacking. now, the car barrientos is alleged to have car jacked to leave the scene on friday was found early saturday morning in hayward. and barrientos isn't the only one in trouble in all of this. the man he was with in san diego has been arrested, as well as a woman in union city. she is going to be charged with aiding a fugitive. reporting from oakland, garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. that fremont police officer who barrientos shot is fighting to surrender vial still this morning. he's at highland hospital in oakland, where he remains in critical did you stable condition right now. we now know 39-year-old todd young is married with two children. he's already undergone one surgery and received 60 units of

blood in transfusions. young was shot in the pelvis and in the groin, and doctors say he will need more surgeries in the coming days. as for his chances of survival, fremont's police chief says that officer young faces an uphill battle. >> it's critical, and it could go either way at this point. the longer he is able to survive, you know, the better his chances are. but he's still -- it's very much on the edge. >> young has worked in the fremont police department for six years. and before that, he worked as an officer in newark for ten years. this is the first time in almost 20 years that a fremont officer has been shot. because todd young will need more surgeries and likely more transfusions, a blood drive is being held in the officer's name. you can donate at bay area red cross locations in pleasant hill, oakland, pleasanton, san jose and fremont. to schedule an appointment, call the american red cross.

and we are on the scene of breaking news right now. an apartment fire in san francisco. officers there -- or rather fire investigators say a burning mattress caused a two-harm fire in the tenderloin early this morning. one person was transported to san francisco general hospital after that fire. the fire started on the seventh floor of 888 o-farrell street between polk and larkin at 5:30 this morning. fire officials have not said what started the fire. we are still working to get details on that. but we do know that the fire is now out. six engines and trucks from were dispatched there. we're working to get the condition of the person transported and we will make phone calls and have more on that in a little bit. on to pakistan now. the devastation caused by the torrential flooding there is hitting home here in the bay area. pakistani american organizations will raise funds for pakistani flood victims at 7:30 tonight at

the computer history museum on north shoreline boulevard in mountain view. floodwaters continue to put many parts of that country under water. one city of a population of 250,000 people has been completely evacuated because of the flooding. and parts of pakistan's most fertile agricultural land is now wiped out. the floods have damaged roads, bridges, power plants, hospitals, schools and, of course, homes. the head of the u.s. aid efforts calls the flooding a huge-scale disaster. a deadly weekend in afghanistan has left seven u.s. troops dead after attacks in the embattled southern and eastern regions. two u.s. servicemen were killed in bombings today in southern afghanistan. and that follows the two killed in a bomb attack in the south yesterday. and three fighting in east. nato says these latest deaths brings the number to 42 in afghanistan. fighting is intensifying with the addition of 30,000 u.s. troops there. most of the new troops are being assigned to insurgent strong

holds in the southern province, and that is where major battles are fought every day. new this morning, word is secretive that the secretive trips kim jong-il took to china this weekend may be to secure his son's power. a motorcade was spotted at a train sdags station in china. he rarely left north korea before, but new reports suggest he was meeting with leaders to appeal for financial support forever a succession plan involving his youngest son. kim jong-eun is in his 20s and will likely be appointed a key position in the ruling workers' party next month. we have a lot in store on "bay area sunday." up next, never again. five years after hurricane katrina, we have an in depth look at what's changed about the levee system there that killed thousands in new orleans. >> we were really scared. the consensus was somebody is

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good morning to you. take a live look at san rafael on a very cool start to a day that is going to end up foelg feeling a little more normal, but not that dark. five years ago today, hurricane katrina ripped across the southern gulf, leaving a path of devastation and death. president obama will mark this solemn anniversary with a speech in new orleans today, as work continues on a project outside the city to make sure that this never happens again. nbc bay area's jay gray has a look at what they're doing to protect people from the storm. >> all right, you got it? >> reporter: as the recovery effort continues, later this

morning, president obama will travel to new orleans as the gulf coast marks the fifth anniversary of hurricane katrina. >> all you can see are the roofto rooftops. >> reporter: in the five years since the devastating flood, the army corps of engineers has been working to make sure it never happens again. >> you're really passing limits of the knowledge of engineering as we know it today. >> reporter: this massive barrier wall is the cornerstone of a new storm protection system that stretches out 350 miles around the city. it extends the first line of defense eight miles from where it was before in the lowerth ninth ward, twelve miles from the super dome downtown. >> the city is in much better shape than five years ago, from the standpoint of being able to reduce of risk of hurricane storm surge. >> reporter: all but one of the canal pumping stations has been refurbished, levees, razed, done by the work of crew members. >> people live behind this wall, children and grandchildren live

behind this wall, and they're very concerned it will work. and i guarantee you, they wouldn't be putting their children and grandchildren behind the wall unless they believed in it. >> reporter: a belief that so many on both sides of the wall will never be tested. jay gray, new orleans. this is eric butler. he has held on to everything that he had left after katrina, and that is just a little bit of mardi gras beads and a childhood photo. butler has come a very long way. he is now a youth counselor in oakland, but when the levees broke, his family was among those stranded on rooftops for three days, trying to avoid the floodwaters. five years ago, butler was desperate and hungry. and with no sign of help coming, he jumped into the water, and swam to a store to find food for his family. >> as we're swimming, there's people on roofs, and i can see people that i know or that i have seen before. some of them elderly, and they're begging for help. >> reporter: butler does have three children of his own, but

while he remains here in the bay area, the rest of his family has returned to the south. though his family says it's just not the same. for him, oakland and the bay area will be home, he tells us. brian williams is hosting a special edition of "meet the press" from new orleans coming up at 8:00 right here on nbc bay area. the city's actor and fill an throwist brad pitt will join him. still ahead, forget the baggage fees and cramped leg room. a new survey shows a bigger headache when it comes to flying and how it could change the way you fly with your family. and that jolt of java could be a shock to your wallet. with record coffee prices, we explore why some of us are will to go pay more at the local shop. and take a live look at oakland this morning, where they're licking their wounds after the niners beat them in the battle of the bay. sports is coming up, and also your forecast.

it is going to be a beautiful day. we have a look, and a sneak peek at your weekly forecast. >> good morning, folks. these are the temperatures from yesterday. things didn't get very high, as you can see. we were well below average temperatures by at least ten degrees. we only got to 72 in san jose, should be to 82. only got to 61 in san francisco, average about 70 degrees. and oakland, well, they were just 1 degree below. things are going to be pretty much the same today. cooler than average temperatures. we have plenty of fog and clouds along the coast this morning. inland not getting much above 70s if at all. we're continuing with these below average temperatures. the good news is on monday, things will warm up. we're even going to see some 80s. at 8:00 this morning, things aren't very warm. we're still in the 50s and 60s in some areas, barely in the 60s in san jose. but by noon, things will be warming quite nicely. 74 in san jose, 78, los gatos.

64 in san francisco. and when we look at the satellite picture, you can see the storms moving east, mainly getting out of our area and the bay area, and that is bringing the clouds and the cool weather along with it. things will be warming up, but just a little bit. we're still in the 70s in most areas. pacifica, 58 degrees. 66 in alameda. things aren't warming up much of anywhere. 63 in san francisco, 72 in benefit nearbia, and things aren't nearly as warm as they were all week long. we're 30 degrees cooler than we were in napa where it was 100 degrees just a couple short days ago, barely getting into 71 or so. but as the day and weeks go an, things will be warming up a couple degrees every day, starting on monday. by wednesday and thursday, we're at a nice, mid 80s and into 90s in some areas. so get outside and enjoy. i bet some folks are wishing that those warmer temperatures were here today. that's because they are making the way from alcatraz on over to

the shoreline. more than 1,000 athletes are getting a workout at the san francisco triathlon. so the folks are winning the shark-infested and very chilly waters between point a to point b. after that, they get to head out for a bike ride and a run. it is one of the most difficult triathlons in the world. the youngest competitor, by the way, is just 12 years old. of some of the competitors are folks who have disabilities, and they're competing, as well. that morning cup of coffee may soon spike your budget more than your energy level. coffee is the pricest it has been in more than a decade. as nbc bay area's business report shows us, that could be bad news for our morning buzz. >> reporter: it can be a grind for locally owned coffee shops these days. but the aorchard valley coffee in campbell, they're still making it and selling it. despite the highest coffee bean

prices in 13 years, these customers say their cups are half full. >> oh, man. well, i guess coffee is pretty important to me. so i would probably pay quite a bit of money for coffee. no. >> reporter: no way -- >> it's necessary. i will pay for it. sadly. whatever they charge me. >> reporter: no matter how high it goes? >> pretty much. that's called addiction. >> there you go. thank you. >> reporter: it's also called loyalty. unlike big chains that can absorb the higher bean cost, locally owned shops are more likely to get hit, which means higher prices on the way. >> customers are aware that pretty soon things will be going up, so we try to keep just a couple cents, but not that major $1.50 increase. >> i don't think i would stop coming, just because it's -- you get free wi-fi, and it's a nice area to be in. >> reporter: they keep coming back, because this is where we gather and how we work.

>> i mean, honestly, coffee shops to me are about environment. i don't want to be in starbucks. this has all the locals and everything i want to do. so i would rather pay $1 more for coffee and have fun at the coffee shop. >> i'll still pay t it's part of my entertainment, social network, and enjoying coffee with friends and still less than a margarita. >> reporter: a good point. but here is something the bean counters need to know. even die-hard coffee fans have a limit. >> once it got to 4 or $5 a cup, i would definitely start cutting back. >> reporter:s price is all the buds. scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> i don't think i can quit, either. a rough start to the weekend for muni riders. we'll tell you why and show you the accidents piling up on the transit agency's record. niners and raiders in preseason action. plus, the giants' starting

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really our best glimpse into what the regular season will bring. and last night, it was all about the bay. as the raiders opened up the coliseum for another season, and the niners crossed the bridge to pay a visit. but michael crabtree did not dress, because he still has a sore neck. first quarter, the raiders' opening drive, cruising. jason campbell finding darius heyward-bey. the 22-yard pickup led to this. michelle bush, one-yard plunge. 7-0 raiders right off the bat. but second quarter, scary moment for the raiders' offense. campbell get s taken down, and would get in on his own power. it's a stinger, but not serious. before the half, the niners working the two-minute offense. alex smith to morgan. 17-7, niners. smith, 9 of 15, 11 yards, and that td. the niners get the win, 28-24. now 3 and 0 in the preseason. well, when the giants began

the season, it seemed the biggest thing standing between them and the playoffs would be their lineup. but now, with just over one month left in this postseason push, the liability has become the starting rotation. who saw that one coming? last night, barry zito struggled. he's still looking for his first win since july 16th. not coming last night. top one, bad way to start. the bases loaded. miguel montero promptly clears them with that double. 4-0, d-backs part of a six-run-inning. zito, nine runs, seven earned, six hits, five walks in 3 2/3, his third loss in seven days. the giants fall 11-3. and in texas, the a's facing the rangers. braden had never pitched a complete game in his career until the season. last night, he's got five.

top three, derek is up with one on. launches that ball. suzuki would score, 3-0, a's. braden, the complete game shutout, four hits, no walks, as the a's win 5-0. and tiger woods' opening round at the barclays starting to look more and more like a fluke. yesterday, struggling all bus of the first hole tee shot isn't good. you hear the kraud groene. putting for double bogey, rolls around the cup. he triple bogeyed the hole, shot a one over yesterday, three understand for the tourney. and that's your morning look at sports. have a great day. much more ahead on "the bay area sunday." coming up next at 7:30, geeks to the extreme. the faa targeting one dangerous gadget-friendly trend that is making some bay area skies treacherous. plus, the day's top stories,

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if you're wondering whether to get up for your morning run or walking the dog or sunday services, here is your answer. >> good morning, folks. yes, there is clouds along the coast, and that's hugging the coast, keeping us at those cool 60 degree temperatures. inland only getting up to 70 degrees. we are still well below our average temperatures. things will begin to warm up on monday. let's take a look at the temperatures come 8:00. and things aren't going to be very warm at all, still in the 50s and 620s throughout. and is by noon, things will be

warm warmer. looking at 64, san francisco. 74, san jose. and let's take a look at our seven-day forecast. today is the coolest day of the rest of the week. and things are going to be warming up a couple degrees. monday through wednesday. >> well, the search is over for the fugitive suspecting of shooting a fremont police officer. authorities in san diego county found 20-year-old andrew barrientos in a car approaching the mexican border. oakland police say law enforcement statewide was looking for him. san diego police say his cell phone signal was traced and that's how police knew he was headed south and that's how they knew when to shut down the border crossing. oakland detectives are in san diego preparing to bring barrientos back to the bay area. and he faces two counts of attempted murder of a police officer and two counts of carjacking. and we're checking in on our breaking news situation in san francisco right now. where at least one person is dead after a fire in an

apartment in the tenderloin. we are looking live at the scene on o 'farrell between polk and larkin. the fire was reported around 5:30 and quickly knocked down. it was put out 15 minutes later, but not before one person was taken to the hospital. and as we mentioned, we were able to confirm that at least one person is dead. no estimates on the damage to the building right now, but the scene remains secure. you can see some of the street is blocked off. we will bring you updates if we need to. parts of southern california are in a state of emergency because of a fire that has now burned more than a mile and a half of land in two days. 30 homes are evacuated, but no structure has burned. the fire was reported around the afternoon time on friday, and it is burning in the tahoe national forest areas north of grass valley. if you took municipally to where you were going yesterday, and muni made you late, you might wonder why.

turns out there were three separate incidents. one pedestrian was struck and killed, and several other passengers were injured. it was a bit of a stroke of bad luck for muni, because there were the three major incidents that tied things up, and made folks late throughout the city. but because they were isolated, you can expect to get to muni -- use muni to get where you're going on time today. the obama administration is taking on deep water drilling this weekend. apple is getting ready for another upgrade. cn cnbc's sue herrera takes a look at the coming week in the world of business. >> reporter: the labor department releases its august unemployment report this week, and it is expected to show more job losses. some estimates say as many as 100,000 americans may have lost their jobs in august, and fear the national jobless rate may rise above 9.5%. august auto sales are released this week, and experts think more cars and light trucks were sold, giving recovery u.s.

automakers another list. retailers hope back to school shoppers are giving them a boost this month. august chain store sales will show us if new shoes, calculate tors are bringing up the profits. earnings reports are due. profits are looking to rise, while campbell's soup expects flat returns, and zals is looking at more losses as consumers pull back. the obama administration goes to court to appeal a federal judge's ruling that overturned the who is moratorium on deep water drilling in the gulf on the heels of the oil disaster. apple holds a news conference in san francisco, and some predict the company will unveil its newest ipod, including an ipod touch that has a video camera. and flushing meadows served up the final grand slam tennis tournament of the year, with the u.s. open starting this week. i'm sue herrera, get all your business news on cnbc. and you can get your business and tech report before the markets open would scott

mcgrew weekdays start agent 4:30 morning of in the morning. some flyers are telling passengers to keep their problem children away. "usa today" polled and found that 60% want a kid-free section on their plane. nearly 20% say they would rather just keep kids off their flights all together. could become a reality after a kwan 'tis airlines settled a lawsuit with a woman who claimed excruciating plane after a flight with a screaming tot. maybe their parents didn't take them anywhere when they were kids. right now, the con ankle's mommy blog has feedback. most people seem to be in favor of making a kid-free section and easier time for everyone involved. one mom says would be if there was a family section back by the bathrooms. i could get on board with that. is it a case of smart people doing something very dumb? faa says two bay area cities, oakland and san jose ranked near the nation's top in cases of

people shining lasers at planes and helicopters. one theory is that folks are getting carried away with their new powerful gadgets. garvin thomas shows us it is a trend that law enforcement says must stop. >> reporter: there is hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of equipment keeping the santa clara county sheriff's department helicopter in working condition. almost every cent of it, though, worthless if one very important thing isn't working. the crews' eyes. >> you can't see where you're going, you can't control the aircraft. >> reporter: this issue is top of mind for leo gonzalez, because he was just in this helicopter on tuesday night when someone shined a laser at him. a laser that could have temporarily blinded the pilot or even worse, caused permanent vision loss. >> it's scary to the part where you know if the pilot gets incapacitied, or i could also be incapacitied, now you have an out of control aircraft. >> reporter: this view from a

few years ago shows just such an encounter. it is something that is happening more and more often. nationally, there were just 300 recorded cases in 2005. by last year, that number tripled to 1,500. and that total has already been surpassed this year. >> in some of these cases, pilots have had to give up control of the aircraft to another pilot or they have had to abort a landing and come out -- come around for another attempt once their vision clears. >> reporter: the increasing cases could be due in part to unawareness about the problem. it could also have something to do with lasers themselves. lasers, like so much other technology, continue to get both stronger and cheaper. and what once was a toy that maybe worked well in a dark room, these green lasers are being used by astronomy professors to point out features in the night sky. and you can now by one for less than $10 that boasts a range of eight to ten miles. and as for who is doing this,

deputy gonzalez says to him, it appea appears split between those intent on doing no good and some very smart people who find thepss with a new toy that end up doing something very stupid. in mountain view, garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. the big tea party rally on the lincoln memorial got a lot of people riled up. and not just in dc. it is one of the top google trends. larry gerston is joining us, and we will ask him about that, coming up next. and from vampires to rough competition, things could get fierce at tonight's emmys. we have a preview coming up. [ woman on tv ] if you won't let me in, you can't really love me. i know about gayle.

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blood, blue bloods, and even some true blood, but hopefully no spilled blood. >> comedy is going to be a bloody battleground. >> reporter: that's because 30 rock is facing a stern test. >> glee had more nominations with 19 than 30 rock did with 15. and then modern family was very close behind with 14. so you have a real three-way race here. >> reporter: glee's first season success could also mean an emmy as best actress for lea michelle. >> she is so undeniably tal ended. it's impossible not to vote for her if you're a glee fan. plus, emmy day is her birthday. is that not the best reason to give someone award. >> reporter: best actor in a comedy could swing from all electric baldwin to "the office's" steve carell. >> he has actually never won a single emmy, despite being nominated the past four years, and he's leaving "the office" at the end of this season. >> reporter: the final season of "lost" makes it the dark horse choice to beat out "mad men."

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it is 7:44 now. and with the lincoln memorial as a backdrop, hundreds of thousands of people gathered for a rally led by conservative commentator glenn beck, and former alaska governor and candidate sarah palin. the so-called restoring honor rally yesterday was so popular that it remains the number one topic this morning on google trend. yesterday's rally took place on the 47th anniversary of dr. martin luther king jr.'s "i have a dream" speech back in 1963. so some rifl rights leaders accused beck of trying to derail dr. king's day and his dream. but some of beck's supporters hear important he can co's in dr. king's words. >> not the color of their skin but the character that makes a difference.

and that's what this is about. >> organizers say that about a half million people attended yesterday's rally. nbc bay area political analyst larry enginegerston is here to about the budget. but we want your take. glenn beck said it's not the date, just a coincidence. but how could you possibly have a coincidence that big is this. >> you can look at this several ways. on the one hand, fighting a message, who are they honoring. but on the other hand, it's really the summary of discontent. people are unhappy. the economy is a mess. and when that's the case, the worst in awful us comes out in lots of ways. we express ourselves, say things we don't necessarily feel, and in some cases, organize to come together to express our grievances. a lot of that is going on all over the country. some of that happened in washington yesterday. >> right. >> and you know what, freedom of speech is freedom of speech. people need to say what they have to say, and people can talk about whether this was good, bad or whatever. but it does reflect an awful lot of discontent. >> right. and you can't disagree with the message -- i don't agree or

disagree, i'm just saying, to say it's a coincidence seems silly -- a little naive. >> you have to believe that when the organizers put this together, for this august rally, they knew what this day was all about. . right. >> and, you know, whether that's a good thing or bad thing, people can -- clearly, one thing is coming out of it. people are not happy. and who can be happy when the economy is as bad as our economy has been over the last over the last 18 months. >> speaking of the economy and how things are here in california, we still don't have a budget, and we are months overdue. i understand that there are going to be a couple votes coming up this week. >> yeah. >> but what's going to happen? >> look, this story, as you know, has been going on for a long time. we have got to begin at square one, though, obviously. it's real simple. imagine if you had a situation where you over the next year that you only had 75% of the money you needed to pay your bills. it begins that simple. you either have to cut back drastically or get a second job or maybe a little of both. so you look at it and that's

what we've got. that's what's happening in sacramento as we speak the last 18 months. we've got more money committed than dollars coming in. it's that simple. the state doesn't have a budget because leaders haven't agreed on how to close a $20 billion gap between the expected expenditures and the expected revenues. that's a lot when you're talking about a budget of $85 billion. that's a big chunk. >> no kidding. obviously, we talk about this every single year. we've had this problem, overcome this problem, but it seems like this year, it's particularly sticky. >> and you're right. it's getting more and more dfl. look, the governor and the republicans have said no, no, no. to new taxes. okay? and we understand some of that, given this economy. what that means is, that all the cuts have to come on the expenditure side. now, that might be okay. except for over the last 18 months, the legislature and governor have cut out $64 billion already in other expenditures. so we're talking about that fat

gone, skin gone, a lot of bones gone, as well. now the question is, where do you take it and that's where the crisis gets serious. >> okay. so in the midst of this, governor schwarzenegger says he's going to take a week-long or mission to china to talk about trade. is this responsible, and what does this mean for his legacy? if he's, you know, entering the end of his term. >> couple ways to look at this. first of all, some people i talked to got upset, said oh, my goodness, a $500,000 trip paid for by you? no, it's paid by a chinese company, okay? so that's covered. no problem there. and you say so, okay, so why is he going anyway? well, here's the deal. the governor, you know, has certain levers that others don't have. and he is saying, i'm going to go on this six-day trip. you give me a budget, you don't give me a budget, but i'm not here to deal with you in case you do not have a budget. so he's trying to say to these guys, i'm putting pressure on you. and you can't blame the governor for doing this, because if

nothing else, he wants to try to get something done. as to what it means for his legacy, we'll have to see. >> and, you know, and -- that movie, "the expendables," he has a cameo role in that, and i think people were frustrated by that. how do you have time to be in a movie and we don't have a budget. that, of course, was shot a long time ago. but still, it raises a question of where is he for a lot of folks. >> i think it's hard in some ways to understand the kind of frustration that the governor feels. look, in the end, the fact is, the governor is the most important and powerful person in the state. that's all there is to it. he is trying his best to move things around. what makes it a little bit difficult is that he has taken the tax issue off the table. so basically he's saying, you're going all cut out expenditures and nothing else. it's like tying one hand behind your back. and that's what's lead leaving a lot of people frustrated about him. but to make a movie, who knows, it might have been comic relief for the governor, if nothing else. >> i know a lot of state

employees were boycotting it, not happy about itful. >> i don't think they'll be going to that movie. >> thank you very much, larry, see you soon. and still ahead on "nbc bay area," we will give you another look at your forecast and more.

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