>> never to our knowledge has a the tennessee gov. done this. >> what about the attorney general? >> never in any of the cases that we have looked at. there might be some history that we're not aware of. >> what constitutes a constitutional office. >> secretary state, comptroller. >> i just wanted to get some clarity on those legal issues. the statement from outside counsel speaks for itself. what is happening here is indeed unprecedented. we know that a person who is duly elected has done what the mayor has decided to do today. we have heard that this is a case of first impression, and there is cases that can't be relied upon that in the years, those cases to not a treacly addressed the issues or the office of lieutenant governor and to not deal with the circumstances that are here with the california constitution prescribing 8 date on which the term commences. that is the unprecedented nature of what we are facing. to the extent that we find ourselves in this very difficult position. but we hear from outside counsel illustrates why this is so difficult, that we have faced this b

. >> starting now to the state budget battle, on the proposal from gov. jerry brown could save the state $1.4 billion a year. the plan which state prisoners to county jail facilities. however, as kron 4 reports one barry scher says that idea could compromise public safety. >> transferring state prisoners to county jail like them acquire correctional facilities see behind me may help gov. jerry brown reduce the state's budget deficit. however san mateo county sheriff says it may also mean their early release of inmates here because he says this facility just does not have the room. >> were actually overcrowded here. the building was built for 688 inmates today have over 900 inmates at assigned to 1100 in this facility. >> amazing cal jill inmates would have an impact on public safety perry had >> to promise the inmates we have now we have deemed it that we need to keep us need to protect the community. >> however share said the governor's ideas are not without merit carry >> in theory it's actually pretty good putting inmates back close to the community, g

accidentally she'd been looking for the file containing the case of nina's father said geary been the gov schoolboy who'd been purged along with many others. at first i really didn't feel like listening through ninnis diary three copybooks filled with barely legible scribbles but then i looked inside and when i began reading i couldn't tear myself away from it. typical teenage emotions for most of the three thick no books we see that nina was uncomfortable about her looks she thought she had a particular squint in one eye she was irked by the grumblings of her teachers and longed to have more fun we learned about her admiration of tolstoy and check and her belief in eternal love she worried about failing to become a decent person when she grew up sometimes she played with the idea of committing suicide it seems like a case study of teenage psychology but the diary was nevertheless used as evidence of her counterrevolutionary activity. his eyes always intrigue me when i can't see them he looks just like many other boys but when i see its eyes from a short distance they seem to be twinkling

gov. christie's effort, knowing that there are issues to be concerned of. coming from the states like maryland, we know what it's like to lose a governor's race because of cheating the reality for us at the national level have to be one of direct coordination, not dictation, at the state party' they know what the feel and the environment is on the ground. having them come to us and say, "this is what we need," and being able to provide that is critical. they know first and foremost with the realities are. lastly, coordinati with lawyers and individuals who can be a part of that team, particularly when you get into the cycle at the end, as we recently did with a recount, to make sure that the repetitions are there. >> i number of you have made the point that the incoming congress was elected on hopes that it would address spending above all other matters. how confident are you that the leadership will in fact do that? what specific government programs do you think will be dramatically pared

republican of michigan replacing gov. jennifer granholm. one idea, a two-year budget deal done without raising taxes. that story. shock is joining us from palm coast florida. -- chuck. caller: as moderator of hope you will draw me out a little bit. host: we will try. caller: like the lady from jacksonville -- i honestly feel like the federal government is illegitimate. i have said this before and i get raised eyebrows from the other moderator's. but the federal government has usurped the states' rights. it is not following the constitution. our congress is not set up the way they are supposed to. not doing the job the way it is supposed to be done. states are autonomous, sovereign and the federal government is an organizing principle. the constitution is the basic law and organizing principle of the various states. civilt know -- since the war the federal government has taken this position with the states are subservient to them. and they go about doing things -- unfunded mandates, like the lady from jacksonville was talking about, and the

gov. tim pawlenty was the speaker at the politics and eggs breakfast of 2011 in bedford, new hampshire. it is a regular stop for a possible presidential candidates. gov. pawlenty said that he is considering a teen presidential bid and is on a book tour that takes into caucus states. and this is 55 minutes. [applause] >> good morning. it is a delight to be with you. thank you for the invitation to be part of this important dialogue and i am honored to be here. thank you for the sponsors. i just wish my wife could do with me this morning, the former miss bausch first lady of minnesota. she is a big part of my life. she gives me pretty good advice and keeps things on the road. when i was thinking about running for governor in 2001, i was winding up my time as the majority leader in the minnesota legislature and i have decided that i was not going to run for governor. gov. venture was an office and had not decided if he was quick to run for a second term or not. it could have an uphill for a r

. >> one california gov. jerry brown released the statement today. i am deeply saddened on the shooting of congresswoman danner will give britain the others in tucson this morning. barbara boxer offered these words my thoughts got to the families of those who perished in this horrific and senseless tragedy. >> hwang well viki investigators are say much about lock there is a criminal history, we do know he has a troubled past he was arrested for years ago, for drug possession. but of was cleared of the charge after completing a diversion program. lock their release these videos a few years it weeks ago. government officials and the people who don't know this accurate information aren't aware brought control. >> " the majority of people who reside in district 8 our help lin and hilarious. this is where they say he lived in tucson arizona he kept to himself most of the time on his my account he posted a picture of a gun on a u.s. history books. the gun used in a shooting rampage was a plus to with an extension of a pistol with an extended clip. the maca

. >> gov. jerry brown will deliver his state address on monday, he and his fellow lawmakers face a $24.5 billion deficit. he plans to cut spending and borrowing and the rest could come through tax and fee increases. california voters will have the opportunity to choose from themselves by higher taxes or reduce services. it it looks like many would be willing to pay more for up taxes firm hired services. >> 34% of california residents still the most important issue governor brown faces for 2011 is jobs and the economy. while 23 percent said the state budget and taxes and 50 percent state education and schools. >> asked if they would like to have higher taxes and more services, 49 percent said they would pay for higher taxes compared to 46% to said they wouldn't. when asked about taxes on all purchases, most people pass say raising state taxes 69 percent over oppose the idea. 60 percent like the idea of raising state taxes for california corporations will only 36 percent are opposed to it. when a

according to the note -- the sf gov website, we have to work for our citizens. kusf has been here for over 30 years. they promote diversity and respect the exchange of ideas. be mindful of our past experience with the boom and bust industries, such as gold, shipping, and dot com start-ups, i urge you to not have this be part of history. many got their starts by playing in local clubs in san francisco. without them broadcasting, many broadcasts will go unannounced and unknown. a whole generation of emerging artists risks slipping into obscurity. we have been working with you, the board of supervisors, the entertainment commission, the california music and culture association, and many other groups. to revitalize entertainment in our city. we worry about our youth finding safe and healthy outlets for their energy, and yet we do this to one of the few outlets left to them. local music must be heard. the deeper impact of these event is to extend the reach of corporate radio from the south bay to san francisco, and in sanders a, another was purchased recently. -- and

[applause] ladies and gentlemen, gov. richard lynn scott. [cheers and applause] >> thank you, thank you, thank you. at least we have nice weather, now, right? it is florida, that's right. i would not complain about this with a. first off, i thank everybody for coming. the governor could not have been more gracious during this transition. i thank him very much. [applause] clucks mr. president, mr. speaker, members of the cabinet, members of the supreme court, distinguished guests, and my fellow floridians, thank everyone for coming. there are some many people that would have been part of my life -- ok. we gather together today to talk about the future of florida, assess where we are, define where we want to go, and to find how to get there. clear goals and hard work and can achieve great things. the trees that surround us for what they are because they have ground. once to take the right steps come i am convinced that florida will become will become the most exciting place to live and work. that is right. [applause] let us begin by facings fo

gov. waiting in the wings for gavin newsom to replace him one week from now, two weeks from now. that is not how she would be -- how we should be doing politics in sacramento. frankly, i am alarmed that we are at this state right now in san francisco. supervisor campos: supervisor alioto-pier? supervisor alioto-pier: i just want to make sure with our city attorney that this is in a corporate conversation to be having. it is not on the agenda -- supervisor campos: my understanding is these are items on the agenda. in the context of discussing these items, we can take into consideration the political reality we are facing in san francisco, which is exactly what supervisor avalos was referring -- >> not that we reject the people before us but that we continue the items until we have some sense of what is going to happen with the chaos being created here in california and san francisco. supervisor campos: if i may, let me first of all began by thanking you for coming to the committee. anyone who has watched the way you do your job and those that you are very careful about any stateme

the incredible support we received from gov. george naarnd schwarzenegger.r own secretary, secretary george shultz, who was so enthusiastic and supportive, and to our real leaders, with mark buell at the helm of the advisory committee. thank you. thank you to tom perkins. thank you to all of you for your hard work. to the business community that lined up strong support regionally and locally, and across the state. former mayor willie brown, who was my first phone call in encouraging the support for this race. he will take all the credit when he arrives. to the great leadership, and to my office, to my chief of staff, steve, who gave up a good portion of his christmas break. he is up your summer. steve, thank you. to the project manager -- [applause] [applause] they love you. she is going to be on the cover of "sailing illustrated" or something soon. and to jen from my economic develop office. thank you for your great leadership. [applause] most importantly, and sincerely, to larry ellison. a lot was said and a lot was written. a lot of words were exchanged.

the former alaskan gov., sarah palin, posted a video offering condolences to the victims in defending herself against the criticism that she created an atmosphere of political criticism. >> gabby giffords husband is by her side as she lies in her hospital bed. doctors say she is breathing on her own and making a good recovery. in tucson, a mass has been set for all of the victims. sarah palin has spoken out in a video. >> journalists and pundits should not a manufacturer of blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence that they purport to condemn. that is reprehensible. >> she points out that when she spoke here in arizona last year, she even spelled out then that when she said take up arms, she meant at the ballot box. this has unset some -- upset some. >> this dates back to a very dark era in our history. it is inappropriate to use the analogy is an everyday political discourse. we hope the lessons of the past week will take a step back in their discourse and give more meaning to the implication of our words. >> in tucson people are already paying tribute at t

thing that is true regardless of what side you are on is that chris daly is a formidable person in what gov. role he is playing -- whatever role he is playing. i think of the government in terms of how it addresses the concerns of all people, and i often think about my parents, because as immigrants, i feel that often times government's white san francisco are not responsive to those needs and those concerns, and i think even though my parents lived in l.a. and do not live in san francisco, there are many people who have benefited tremendously from chris daly's advocacy, so on behalf of those people, i want to thank you, because you have given people who at times did not feel like they had a voice of voice. [speaking spanish] what i said was that on behalf of the latino community, i want to thank you for always being there for their concerns, and it is not just those communities. it is every benefit in san francisco that has benefited, and as an attorney and someone who really appreciates intellectual discourse, i always enjoy and appreciate having a discussion with chris daly and seeing ch

many critics are now questioning the language used in a video posted on facebook if by former alaska gov. sarah pailin. if our internet reporter has a look at a clip. >> in the eight minute video pailin offered her condolences to the shooting victims but she also used a term that many in the jewish community if i found offensive. take a look. >> if you like a person's vision for of the country are free to debate the vision if you like the idea as if your free to propose better ideas. but, especially with the hours of a tragedy unfolding journalists and pundits should not manufacturer of blood libel if that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence if that they purport to condemn. there are those who claim critical rhetoric is to blame for the despicable act, if they claim political debate has gotten more heated just recently. when was it less heated? >> pale and actually use the term floodlight which is the whole store in reference many jewish people find offensive. if they hope to attract the common apologize. if take a look at the video much of her video posted today was used

the violent acts on the road but the meaning of all this violence and it's here on this point that gov breaks with an entire tradition. is a document signed by six of the major public health organizations saying that the violence in the entertainment to a level that we've been tamed today is causing increased aggressive behavior among some children they depict the emotional effects on television and indeed most of the media questions and discussion about effective television can be exemplified by the notion that people ask about violence they say does it create more violence there is something else that the experts we talked to say about this increase in teen violence and crime they say it may be caused by the messages that are being sent to the teens the effect is supposed to be an imitation and a kind of a monkey see monkey do effect in indianapolis monday off four year old told police he shot his sister in the head because he saw someone do it on the t.v. when you see it was she going to conduct violence are you going to commit violence does anyone disagree with their conclusion tha

his word about how gov. jerry brown's proposal to eliminate we develop and agencies will affect the economy. it from oppose taking $1.7 million from the redevelopment fund help pay for schools and public safety run the state. mayor reed said doing so would have a harmful effect on the already tough job market. coming up at 5:00 we will take a look at once in as a project that was created with help from the redevelopment fund. look at cited traffic this is in san francisco the top of your screen traffic headed toward the lower deck of the bay bridge is moving quite slowly the bottom of your screen southbound 101 traffic looking good. will be right back. california should be proud. we were the first to ban smoking on airplanes. the first to have smoke-free bars and restaurants. all while saving over $86 billion in health care costs... and over a million lives. we've done a good job. but even if you were born today, you'd still grow up in a world where tobacco kills more people... than aids, drugs, alcohol, mur

before george washington was sworn in as the first president he received a fascinating letter from gov. moore's, reporting for the first time on the sudden madness of king george iii. in the king's delirious state he, quote, conceal themselves no less a person than george washington marching at the head of the continental army and added facetiously you have apparently done something or other that sticks terribly in the king's stomach. washington indeed had. who is this commodore judge who was such a legend in his own time and ever since. that he actually managed to engage the feverish world of the royal george. and hamilton after a quarrel lake in the war that led to hamilton quitting washington's staff. in these letters hamilton described working for washington saying he was moody, irritable and temperamental and a powder keg. he said the great man and i came to an open rupture and he shall relent his ill humor. ill humor? that hamilton meant to imply this saintly father of our country was the sulky, volvo boss? this was in -- and lavish phrase to washington's courage and fortitude, i

thing that is true regardless of what side you are on is that chris daly is a formidable person in what gov. role he is playing -- whatever role he is playing. i think of the government in terms of how it addresses the concerns of all people, and i often think about my parents, because as immigrants, i feel that often times government's white san francisco are not responsive to those needs and those concerns, and i think even though my parents lived in

in san francisco dent german kron 4 news. >> another big story gov.8,000 state employees like those work at the state building in san francisco to hand over their cell phones. the governor's office said by doing so they could save the state $20 million. and you pay for. in san francisco trees of kron 4 news. >> you're in san francisco city hall city administrator ed lee is now mayor ed lee. he took the oath of this in the rotunda with hundreds of people watching from the floor of the balcony. and we will be san francisco first asian-american mayor. he was welcome and after the ceremony with a reception petrine asian food from all across the pacific rim. he was voted in by the new board of supervisors all of them sang the looking for to merely. at city hall jonathan blum kron 4 news >>. in san francisco on the to do last hadley is closing at $360 million deficit this year. he said it's one of the first things he's going to tackle. in a final budget mayor gavin newsom is and suggested ways to balance a budget including cuts to departments and extracting

gov. richards and said he thought about it but the historic and record it is unclear. your looking at the san mateo bridge. the headlights' rather east bound from foster city and hayward. again a lot people are headed this way. i shot of the waldo bridge. the wall " tunnel i should say. this is one of oneself and again look at all these people had into the city. some undoubtedly for tonights big parties. stay with us. layoffs could be cutting too much space is the latest problems for the social networking site. internet reporter kimberly has the details. >> sources are sank 50% at that base of 1100 employes that my space has the majority of my space employe is also have the entire last week of december. in order to save money for the company my space is not put any official statement on the layoffs. >> catherine> 2010 was a big year in technology. tech reporter gabe slate gives us a look at the big winners this year. >> thanks to the i pad 2010 was definitely the year of the tablet. apple sold over four. quarter of its existence. 4 the galaxy tab was also a big hit bec

he is not going to run for anything again other than gov. bridge here of the choices, and you pick, but we cannot go into bankruptcy. we are bigger than most countries in the world. >> without mental reservation, that is the last word. see you next week. for a transcript of this broadcast, log on to insidewashington.tv.

if a person would like to learn more about the reports that can go to the sf gov and go to courts, you will find civil grand jury. the advice i would give to anyone trying to understand and short on time. i would go to report and each one has an executive summary in which we tried to explain what we're looking at and then i would go to the back and read the summary of the finding and read the recommendations. if you read those 3 sections, you would have a fairly good idea of who we looked at, what we found and what we recommended. >> ok, let's get started. good morning, everyone. i am happy to see so many city leaders here as well as students from local schools. welcome to the asian art museum. my name is jay shee, the director of the asian art museum. on behalf of the staff and board, we welcome you in the backdrop of the upcoming exhibitions, ritual performances. it will be open to the public february 25. this is the first time in history of the united states that the indonesian culture, particularly the island of bali, will be presented to our public. this is a wonderful example of

begin with she was born into the family of an opposition ist his father said again to have been the gov school he was a communist but his interpretation of the word different from how the bolsheviks of the ruling party understood it. he was in favor of the people's power and against the dictatorial power of one man despite repeated harassment and arrests mina's father managed to set up a prosperous enterprise cooperative of the bakers it was called the end colony all of its four hundred staff from director to floor sweeper. were paid the same salary they had free meals at the local canteen and the cooperative ran its own hairdressing salon in theater it was a veritable communist paradise. when some members of the ruling bolshevik party asked his father to allow them to join the prosperous cooperative he turned them down he was arrested in one thousand thirty seven and executed shortly thereafter. if you want to weigh into diaries were discovered when her flat was searched on january fourth one thousand nine hundred thirty seven. nina's mother knew both you and her two sisters who were a

the energy and lore -- gov. dan brewer stressed community and the suspect made his first appearance before a federal judge. >> eight of the victims, including the congresswoman, are still in the hospital tonight. doctors report no change in her condition. they say that is good news. sergio is like to give us the update. >> take a look behind me. there are still people out here showing support, not only for the congresswoman, but all of the other victims. doctors tell us that there are two people still in icu while others are still in serious, but good condition. they are optimistic that everyone will come out of this ok. >> after congresswoman deferreds, her doctors tell us they are concerned about brain swelling, but are cautiously optimistic because the swelling has not increased. she is still in a medically induced, and being monitored very closely. >> the cat scans show that there's a progression of the swelling. we are not out of the woods yet. swelling can take three days or five days to maximize. but ever