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abc news, washington. >> alan: meanwhile, u.s. investors are waiting anxiously for the downgrade's impact tomorrow on wall street. earlier today former u.s. federal reserve chairman alan greenspan said he suspects the stock market to slide and continue. >> considering the momentum at which the market went down over the last week, it is very unlikely, if history is any guide, that this isn't going to take a while to bottom out. so the initial reaction in my judgment, is going to be negative. >> alan: there's still another big issue facing all street. the countries in europe and concerns the global economy is weakening. >>> we have new details emerging this evening about the helicopter crash that killed 30 americans, including 22 navy seals in afghanistan. u.s. officials say the american troops had just completed a rescue mission to assist an army ranger unit that was pinned down. the chinook helicopter similar to this one, had just taken off when it was hit by insurgent fire. everyone onboard, total of 38 people, died. two of the f
abc news, washington. >> alan: meanwhile, u.s. investors are waiting anxiously for the downgrade's impact tomorrow on wall street. earlier today former u.s. federal reserve chairman alan greenspan said he suspects the stock market to slide and continue. >> considering the momentum at which the market went down over the last week, it is very unlikely, if history is any guide, that this isn't going to take a while to bottom out. so the initial reaction in my judgment, is going to be...
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good evening, i'm alan wang. hurricane irene is plowing up the east coast. your looking at live pictures from new york city, where the full force of the storm will it in just a few hours. at least five people have been killed and nearly two million people evacuated. 1.8 million people are without power tonight. irene is packing wind gusts up to 100 miles-per-hour and is now a category 1 hurricane. we have this report from north carolina. >> reporter: irene continues to churn the waters on the east coast while moving toward new england. it first made landfall in north carolina, leaving in her wake a trail of destruction and four deaths. >> my heart goes out to the families who lost somebody. >> reporter: teams are standing by waiting to assess the damage on sunday. but it could take days for the flooding to subside. further up the coast, for those still in irene's path, officials advise them to stay out of harm's way. >> this is a good night to stay home. hopefully you're going to have the electricity. watch a movie. >> reporter: more than half a million home
good evening, i'm alan wang. hurricane irene is plowing up the east coast. your looking at live pictures from new york city, where the full force of the storm will it in just a few hours. at least five people have been killed and nearly two million people evacuated. 1.8 million people are without power tonight. irene is packing wind gusts up to 100 miles-per-hour and is now a category 1 hurricane. we have this report from north carolina. >> reporter: irene continues to churn the waters on...
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back to you. >> alan: she's talking to us via "skype". let's go do leigh glaser, who has been tracking the storm. this thing has paralyzed the eastern seaboard. >> leigh: it has and things are going to get worse overnight and particularsly tomorrow morning. irene, cat gore 1, winds 80 miles-per-hour. moving slowly to the north northeast at 1 miles-per-hour, and now it's centered 15 miles southeast of norfolk, virginia could be some strengthening overnight tonight. you can see just where this thing is rotating. the feeder band or rain bands very heavy at times, moving in towards virginia beach. virginia beach reporting wind gusts of 60 miles-per-hour. already heavy rainfall towards baltimore, up towards new york city, and even boston reporting light to moderate rainfall. here is the track of this system as it will continue to move very slowly to the north northeast overnight tonight. just off the coast here at 11:00, starts to move into the new york area. by 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning could be the roughest part of the system, and by tomorr
back to you. >> alan: she's talking to us via "skype". let's go do leigh glaser, who has been tracking the storm. this thing has paralyzed the eastern seaboard. >> leigh: it has and things are going to get worse overnight and particularsly tomorrow morning. irene, cat gore 1, winds 80 miles-per-hour. moving slowly to the north northeast at 1 miles-per-hour, and now it's centered 15 miles southeast of norfolk, virginia could be some strengthening overnight tonight. you can...
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>> alan: theres anxious anticipation as we wait for the impact america's downgraded credit rating will have on wall street. >> as the asian markets opened, world economies waited with anxiety about what the u.s. credit downgrade means. the white house spent he weekend pushing back, but standard & poors, the defended its move. >> we've been saying for some time about the fiscal trajectory of the united states was on a bad path. >> reporter: two of the three major agencies which highlight investment risk give the u.s. a aaa score. s&p issued a aaa-plus, siting the debt. >> the political gridlock in washington leads us to conclude that policymakers don't have the ability to put the public finances of the u.s. on a sustainable footing. >> many policymakers and analysts say that's wrong and question standard & poors' credibility. the agency said mortgage-backed securities, the same one that brought the u.s. economy to the brink, as safe. >> now they come in as if they're this bastion of contributingness when they're wrong. >> the government can't pay its debts. >> the government points out
>> alan: theres anxious anticipation as we wait for the impact america's downgraded credit rating will have on wall street. >> as the asian markets opened, world economies waited with anxiety about what the u.s. credit downgrade means. the white house spent he weekend pushing back, but standard & poors, the defended its move. >> we've been saying for some time about the fiscal trajectory of the united states was on a bad path. >> reporter: two of the three major...
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abc-7 news. >> alan: thank you. there are other communities in oakland that came together today. hundreds of people organized for the first annual city-wide service day. volunteers took part in more than 25 service projects across oakland, including a cleanup along international boulevard. organizes say the service day is an opportunity for residents to take ownership of their neighborhoods and celebrate all that's positive about oakland. >> everybody can serve their community. take care of it, keep it clean for our children. do my part. >> you can see here we got nothing but love and energy here, coming out of our young people here in oakland. nothing but love out here in oakland today. >> alan: after all their hard work, the volunteers enjoyed a celebration of food and music at mosswood park. >>> home invasion robbery and kidnapping triggered a manhunt in one san france -- san francisco neighborhood. five armed minute stormed a man and kidnapped a resident of the home. the search covered the surrounding area, including the sunnyvale public housing project near the cow palace. t
abc-7 news. >> alan: thank you. there are other communities in oakland that came together today. hundreds of people organized for the first annual city-wide service day. volunteers took part in more than 25 service projects across oakland, including a cleanup along international boulevard. organizes say the service day is an opportunity for residents to take ownership of their neighborhoods and celebrate all that's positive about oakland. >> everybody can serve their community. take...
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>> alan: a deadly stage collapse kills four in indiana. and a tragic ending to a statewide amber >> alan: dramatic video of a deadly stage collapse just before a concert in indiana. good evening, we will get to that not a moment. tonight, developing new, tragic ending to an amber matter. police found the body of a missing girl and her father. police had been serve for the girl and her father since they went missing last weekend. the amber alert was issued yesterday. tonight, a vehicle was found in the town of grisly flats not far from placerville, the body of the father and daughter were discovered in the car. no details about the cuss cause of -- cause of death has been released. >> now to the strategic accident caught on video at the indiana state fair. you can see wind whipping tarps covering the stage, and then that canopy toppled on to the performance area and the first several rows of seats. it happens moments before sugarland was set to take the stage. fans jumped into action trying to rescue people. >> people trapped inside and the
>> alan: a deadly stage collapse kills four in indiana. and a tragic ending to a statewide amber >> alan: dramatic video of a deadly stage collapse just before a concert in indiana. good evening, we will get to that not a moment. tonight, developing new, tragic ending to an amber matter. police found the body of a missing girl and her father. police had been serve for the girl and her father since they went missing last weekend. the amber alert was issued yesterday. tonight, a...
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. >> alan: two fatal shootings overnight in oakland. at midnight, officers responded to a report of shots fired near 98th avenue and maddux drive. they found jesus rosos, jr. shot in a vehicle. he died the scene. an hour later a second shooting occurred at fairing ton avenue and ga lean dough -- ga linda street. a half a block away they found a second shooting victim. that person is in the hospital in stable condition. >> hundreds of people in oakland came together as a opportunity -- community for the first service day. there were more than 25 service projects, including a cleanup along international boulevard. organizers say it's an opportunity for residents to take ownership of the neighborhood and celebrate all that is possess tv about oakland. >> everybody can serve the community, keep it clean for our children, our children's children. do my part. >> you can see that we got nothing but love and energy here coming out of our young people near oakland. nothing but love out here. >> alan: after all their hard work, the volunteers enj
. >> alan: two fatal shootings overnight in oakland. at midnight, officers responded to a report of shots fired near 98th avenue and maddux drive. they found jesus rosos, jr. shot in a vehicle. he died the scene. an hour later a second shooting occurred at fairing ton avenue and ga lean dough -- ga linda street. a half a block away they found a second shooting victim. that person is in the hospital in stable condition. >> hundreds of people in oakland came together as a opportunity...
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. >> alan: b.a.r.t. is sending out a passenger alert today to let customers know about a possible rush-hour protest tomorrow. the hacker group "anonymous" is using social media to publicize the protest that is scheduled to begin at 5:00 p.m. tomorrow at the b.a.r.t. civic center station. the alert tells riders to be prepared and have an alternative way to get around. >> we're prepared for monday right now and we'll see what is in store. i don't think it's anything that we're anticipating out of the ordinary. we're expecting people to protest and hopefully they will do so peacefully and resuspectfully. >> alan: anyone mouse claimed responsibility for a roving protest last monday that shut down four b.a.r.t. stations. they did it in retaliation for b.a.r.t.'s decision to cut off cell phone service to thwart a planned protest against the b.a.r.t. police. >> libyan rebels raced into the center of the capitol city of tripoli today against minimal resistance from gadhafi's loyalists. >> out, out, gadhafi. >> a
. >> alan: b.a.r.t. is sending out a passenger alert today to let customers know about a possible rush-hour protest tomorrow. the hacker group "anonymous" is using social media to publicize the protest that is scheduled to begin at 5:00 p.m. tomorrow at the b.a.r.t. civic center station. the alert tells riders to be prepared and have an alternative way to get around. >> we're prepared for monday right now and we'll see what is in store. i don't think it's anything that...
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see you at 6:00. >> alan: thank you very much, >> alan: coming up in half hour. dozens of oakland police officers back on the job today. why they're patrolling the streets once again? and remembering a comic icon, celebrating lucille ball on her 100th birthday. join us at 6:00. >>> and tomorrow marks the 66th anniversary of the end of world war ii. and for some people it brings back memories of a famous life magazine photo. big band music played alongside the sculpture depicting the times square kiss at san francisco's fisherman's wharf today. the photographer never got the names of the sailor and the nurse, saying he was too busy capturing the spontaneous celebrations as people learned of the end of the war. at least 11 men have claimed to be the sailor and three women say they were the nurse. very iconic. >> leigh: all those people doing what they're doing in san francisco today. we have been unseasonably cool for the last four or five days. the weather pattern will change a bit as we head into the middle part of next week. but you know the old song and dance.
see you at 6:00. >> alan: thank you very much, >> alan: coming up in half hour. dozens of oakland police officers back on the job today. why they're patrolling the streets once again? and remembering a comic icon, celebrating lucille ball on her 100th birthday. join us at 6:00. >>> and tomorrow marks the 66th anniversary of the end of world war ii. and for some people it brings back memories of a famous life magazine photo. big band music played alongside the sculpture...
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. >> alan: top officials at standard & poors spent the day defending their decision to downgrade the u.s.' credit rating and the obama administration says it was hasty and based on faulty math. the s&p decided to lower the credit rating from aaa to aa, after concluding the country will face difficulty getting its get under control. it follows the deal to extend the government's death -- debt zeal. >> the political brinksmanship was beyond our expectations. >> alan: s&p insists it had given plenty of warning they downgrade would come if congress and the obama administration did not produce a credible debt-cutting plan. the downgrade too have an immediate impact on interest rates, student loans, credit cards and mortgage rates could all go up. we're live in san francisco where we spoke with home buyers and sellers today. >> reporter: here's the potential domino effect here, because the s&p has downgraded the government's credit rating, it may now be that the government will have to pay more in its debt, and a hike in that interest rate might affect consumer markets which is a big dial
. >> alan: top officials at standard & poors spent the day defending their decision to downgrade the u.s.' credit rating and the obama administration says it was hasty and based on faulty math. the s&p decided to lower the credit rating from aaa to aa, after concluding the country will face difficulty getting its get under control. it follows the deal to extend the government's death -- debt zeal. >> the political brinksmanship was beyond our expectations. >> alan:...
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. >> alan: they deadliess day for american forces in afghanistan.evastating loss of nearly two dozen from an elite military unit. many of those killed were part of the elite navy seal team six. it happened in eastern afghanistan after insurgentses shot down a helicopter. we're in the news room with the very latest. >> the military is mourning the loss of 30 americans lost in battle last night. 22 members of the seals make up the majority of those killed. military officials say the team was on a mission to help down a unity -- unit pinned down by taliban units. >> the cashties clue 30 americans, navy seals, afghanistan commandos and a -- an interpreter and a dog. this afghan eye witness says he saw this helicopter flying very low. it was hit bay rocket and it was on fire. it started coming down and crashed just yards from our hose close to the river. bay area retired admiral has worked with navy seals, reached in florida by phone, he says we have lost some very special troops. >> they are different. they're different from the run of the mill soldiers
. >> alan: they deadliess day for american forces in afghanistan.evastating loss of nearly two dozen from an elite military unit. many of those killed were part of the elite navy seal team six. it happened in eastern afghanistan after insurgentses shot down a helicopter. we're in the news room with the very latest. >> the military is mourning the loss of 30 americans lost in battle last night. 22 members of the seals make up the majority of those killed. military officials say the...
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and another toddler shottttttttt >> alan: a violent night at candlestick park. fights break out in the stands and two people shot after tonight's niners-raiders game. san planes were dealing with scuffles throughout the game, about the most serious incidents appear to be the shooting and the beating of a man inside a stadium restroom. we're at the parky investigators on the scene. >> we're in the parking lot. that was actually filled with san francisco police an hour ago. right behind me is section v. in this section is where two men were shot earlier this evening, but right now what we have is three victims at san francisco general hospital in two unrelated incidents. the two victims arrived at san francisco general hospital's emergency entrance tonight, both are young men in their early 20s, they're both suffering from gunshot wounds, one is said to have life-threatening injuries. the shooting happened right after the game ended at approximately 8:05. police do not have any suspects in custody and don't know if the two men attended the game. the victims were s
and another toddler shottttttttt >> alan: a violent night at candlestick park. fights break out in the stands and two people shot after tonight's niners-raiders game. san planes were dealing with scuffles throughout the game, about the most serious incidents appear to be the shooting and the beating of a man inside a stadium restroom. we're at the parky investigators on the scene. >> we're in the parking lot. that was actually filled with san francisco police an hour ago. right...
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. >> that's right alan. i spoke with people who know these men as well as an iranian expert, and each person has some mixed reaction to news that a sentence may have been imposed on shane bauer and josh fatal. there is skepticism this is an annual court sentence. >> news they head been sentenced by an iranian court was posted on the web site for the iranian tv web site. >> it's unclear where l that's confirmed or not confirmed. there's obviously some movement happening again which is good news. >> the u.s. got is echoing a similar concern. we're working to confirm these reports and are in contact with the swiss protecting pour -- power to obtain more information. the united states is working through the swiss government because there have not been diplomatic ties with iran since 1979. according to the iranian news agency, shane bauer and josh fattal were sentenced to four years in prison for entering the country illegally and five years for espionage. he says there's a possibility this gigs -- is good news f
. >> that's right alan. i spoke with people who know these men as well as an iranian expert, and each person has some mixed reaction to news that a sentence may have been imposed on shane bauer and josh fatal. there is skepticism this is an annual court sentence. >> news they head been sentenced by an iranian court was posted on the web site for the iranian tv web site. >> it's unclear where l that's confirmed or not confirmed. there's obviously some movement happening again...
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i'm alan wang. san francisco police are dealing with the aftermath of the violentout breaks after then 49ers-raiders game. two men were shot, and another man was badly beaten. we're at candlestick park where investigators were combing the scene earlier today. >> reporter: they were out here for a long time this morning, and those two men you mentioned who were shot were actually found different areas of this parking lot, and what police have not said whether those men attended this game, the shooting happened on candlestick grounds and just minutes after the game ended. this is just one of the many fights that broke out in the stands at yesterday's niners-raiders game. the youtube video shows some fans whistling and cheering as at least four men in niners and raiders attire pound on each other's heads and bodies. and it didn't end there. in the bathroom during the fourth quarter, 26-year-old san rafael man was beaten and knocked unconscious. he was rushed to the hospital and is in serious condition.
i'm alan wang. san francisco police are dealing with the aftermath of the violentout breaks after then 49ers-raiders game. two men were shot, and another man was badly beaten. we're at candlestick park where investigators were combing the scene earlier today. >> reporter: they were out here for a long time this morning, and those two men you mentioned who were shot were actually found different areas of this parking lot, and what police have not said whether those men attended this game,...
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. >> reporter: and then there's alan.takes museum quality photographs of the storms and lives part-time on the lake with the villagers. >> i try to put it into their minds that's something special. unique in the world. >> reporter: but to get to alan's hut, you have to motor out to the tropical jungle. once on the lake we pick up dinner. soft-shelled crabs. wow. just 25 cents a pound. and then these stilt villages, built generation ago, for a life on the water. no cars. no bicycles. just boats. for the villagers here in a place called congo, the lightning just became part of their lives. >> translator: there were some visitors that came here and spent the whole night on the water looking at lightning. >> reporter: did you think they were crazy in. >> translator: yeah, maybe. who will stay up watching stuff like that? >> reporter: but folks like the village elder wrote poems about it. >> translator: when the sun sets, the spirit of catatombo lights up the sky. >> reporter: what did you think when it stopped? >> translator:
. >> reporter: and then there's alan.takes museum quality photographs of the storms and lives part-time on the lake with the villagers. >> i try to put it into their minds that's something special. unique in the world. >> reporter: but to get to alan's hut, you have to motor out to the tropical jungle. once on the lake we pick up dinner. soft-shelled crabs. wow. just 25 cents a pound. and then these stilt villages, built generation ago, for a life on the water. no cars. no...
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so the thing about alan krueger, the upside of the pick is alan krueger.is a loy bore economist. he is a guy that studies the job market and one of the best in the country. he is known for with economist, a guy who studies the job market and he's good at it, one of the best labor economists in the country. he's breathed a lot of new life in the field when it fell a few years ago, but allen kruger is also a long time clinton and obama administration appointee, he served with geithner, summers, all these guys for a long time, so if you look at the way the obama administration has been picking for these positions, goolsbee following roemer, daly following emmanuel, people they know, they pick from inside the administration. when you look for an economist who's a good economist but knew these guys and served there before, that was alan krueger. the down side is you have another economist who is part of the administration team and thinks like they document if you want this to be a pick that broaden the administration's horizons, you didn't get that. >> it's not
so the thing about alan krueger, the upside of the pick is alan krueger.is a loy bore economist. he is a guy that studies the job market and one of the best in the country. he is known for with economist, a guy who studies the job market and he's good at it, one of the best labor economists in the country. he's breathed a lot of new life in the field when it fell a few years ago, but allen kruger is also a long time clinton and obama administration appointee, he served with geithner, summers,...
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mom to catch alan scott should support sixty two to secure the lead after day one of the big money bridgestone invitational. on take your pick with roy and nineteen getting underway tomorrow in the russian premier league get reminded of each and every strike that fell in the net last weekend in a cold spell the words segment. russian premier league team on g helping find over twenty thousand dollars for violence seems witnessed during a game last month with is a neat these are pictures filmed on a mobile phone from the july twenty fourth in much of the law the russian f.a. stating local files on police are visiting st petersburg spectators there one of the country's richest football clubs on the will also have to play two games behind closed doors for the us if similar scenes occur again in the next three months. things are beginning to heat up on the fire some golf course with alan scott claiming a one shot lead after the opening round in ohio the bridgestone invitational also marking the return of tiger woods who didn't disappoint sure in his first round in
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i'm alan wang. among the navy seals killed in afghanistan this weening end was a young man who grew up in napa county. abc7's lilian kim spoke with a friend of the family that is mourning him tonight. she is live in the newsroom. lilian? >> alan, that attack was the single deadliest loss in the war in afghanistan, and tonight we learn one of the service members killed was derrick benson. derrick benson was born and raised in a small town in napa county. he went to pacific union college prep. those who knew him were aware of how special his navy seal training was. of the 209 picked to enroll, only 19 finished and benson was one of them. he apparently was low key about it all. >> he was not the kind of person who talked a lot about himself. some people would have been really -- would have wanted everybody to know, but he was not that type of person. >> benson was one of the 22 navy seals killed when their chinook helicopter was shot down. eight other service members and eight afghans died in the crash
i'm alan wang. among the navy seals killed in afghanistan this weening end was a young man who grew up in napa county. abc7's lilian kim spoke with a friend of the family that is mourning him tonight. she is live in the newsroom. lilian? >> alan, that attack was the single deadliest loss in the war in afghanistan, and tonight we learn one of the service members killed was derrick benson. derrick benson was born and raised in a small town in napa county. he went to pacific union college...
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welcome to the brandon alan. it is a smash, people. the second inning and crushing this pitch and only two balls have hit that high up. to the third and this is like a baby homer. the first career homerun. whatever brandon alan is eating, i want some. he says he never watches the homers. i just run around the bases like i have done it before. the a's build a cushion and then hang on for dear life. nick swisher with a three-1 -- run jack. bases loaded two outs and bailey walks robinson cano. they called that a strike? are you serious? 6-5 and swisher trying to be a hero and center field and cocoa crisp going back to the call and makes the catch. good night, game over. drive home safely. the a's survive 6-5. the raiders drafted terrell pryor. it could be another week before he is in camp. the raiders have to work out a contract and fly him west. when he gets here, hugh jackson says pryor will be a qb. >> he can throw it. he can run with. it she smart and tough. he played in big games. he is another young athlete we will add to the mix th
welcome to the brandon alan. it is a smash, people. the second inning and crushing this pitch and only two balls have hit that high up. to the third and this is like a baby homer. the first career homerun. whatever brandon alan is eating, i want some. he says he never watches the homers. i just run around the bases like i have done it before. the a's build a cushion and then hang on for dear life. nick swisher with a three-1 -- run jack. bases loaded two outs and bailey walks robinson cano....
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alan has described our response exactly right.n many sites around the northern and southern printers of the park to have an ambient reading for comparison of what the normal sound level is in those areas. we were able to compare that, as well. we will be looking at that in the future, as well. it is an art rather than a science in terms of sound in an open-air environment. commissioner lee: my question is really about the response. when people call in, do they get some sort of response? >> of course. we are diligent in advertising this number. as you know, we advertise in "richmond review" and others. we do a resident mailer to 18,000 people in the richmond and sunset district. we also have information on our web site in multiple languages. commissioner lee: that said, i do commend you on the festival. i'm glad you added friday. last year, we did not have friday. from what i observed, it went well, particularly on sunday. i did notice it was quieter. i lived not far from the festival site. i did note the difference in the sound le
alan has described our response exactly right.n many sites around the northern and southern printers of the park to have an ambient reading for comparison of what the normal sound level is in those areas. we were able to compare that, as well. we will be looking at that in the future, as well. it is an art rather than a science in terms of sound in an open-air environment. commissioner lee: my question is really about the response. when people call in, do they get some sort of response?...
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alan greenspan did. the federal reserve chairman is the most highly empowered, most unaccountable economic czar on planet earth. it's better than economic czar. he is master of the universe. well, the rest is history. an 18 year run as chairman. seems like it was okay for a while. a lot of bad things happen on his watch. it seemed like he always bailed us out. i remember seeing him on the cover of "time" magazine where the title is chairman of the committee saves the world. you see a shriveled little man who was wearing a sign saying broken. 85 years old, mind you still totally there. his spirit isn't there. easy broken man. but i would be broken, too, if i was all before congressman henry waxman. have you ever seen henry waxman? this guy looks like a combination of the original phantom of the opera with lon chaney senior and mortimer's nerd. waxman growth greenspan. i have to admit that all that self interest stuff, all the virtue of selfishness tough, all that self-regulation stuff didn't work very wel
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so what i'm asking you is how liable is alan dulles for all of this? [laughter] >> um, well, dulles, i don't think that cubans, cuban exiles would be upset with dulles. dulles was on their side. he very much wanted this to go through. he also very much wanted president kennedy to rescue them when it was clear that they were failing. dulles, for odd reasons, was not actually in the country when the invasion occurred, but richard bissell made a number of attempts to get john kennedy to approve air power. there was an immense amount of firepower just offshore including an aircraft carrier with a-4 fighter jets. so bissell kept saying let us have these to give a little bit of air cover to the brigade. the brigade is there pinned down, begging for help. and if you read the intercept coming in from the beaches, they're just heart remember. ing. please, help us. please come. we're dying here. rescue us. just send in one plane, send in some planes, please. well, kennedy never did, but the cia pushed for it. some people, some people think bissell didn't push qu
so what i'm asking you is how liable is alan dulles for all of this? [laughter] >> um, well, dulles, i don't think that cubans, cuban exiles would be upset with dulles. dulles was on their side. he very much wanted this to go through. he also very much wanted president kennedy to rescue them when it was clear that they were failing. dulles, for odd reasons, was not actually in the country when the invasion occurred, but richard bissell made a number of attempts to get john kennedy to...
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we talk with james lewis of the center for strategic and international studies, alan paller of the sands institute, and catherine lotrionte of georgetown, university. this is the final segment in a monthlong series on cybersecurity. >> host: well, this is week four in our look on "the communicators" at cybersecurity and cyber threats that face the u.s. and this week we've invited tree cybersecurity experts to join us to talk about some of these issues. first off, james lewis who is the directer of the technology and public policy program at csis. he also worked on the president's recent cybersecurity report. also joining us is catherine lotrionte, she is is director of the cybersecurity project at georgetown university. she served in the general counsel office at the cia and also worked on the president's foreign intelligence advisory board during the george w. bush administration. alan paller is the founder and research director of the sands institute, and he was also an adviser to both president clinton and president bush administrations at different levels. thank you all for being her
we talk with james lewis of the center for strategic and international studies, alan paller of the sands institute, and catherine lotrionte of georgetown, university. this is the final segment in a monthlong series on cybersecurity. >> host: well, this is week four in our look on "the communicators" at cybersecurity and cyber threats that face the u.s. and this week we've invited tree cybersecurity experts to join us to talk about some of these issues. first off, james lewis who...
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so alan, i appreciate your willingness to take on this assignment. i am looking forward to working with you once again. >> thank you very much. >> thank you so much. >> thank you, everybody. >>> president obama there at the white house unveiling his pick for top economist, alan krueger. also, saying that heel be unveiling his economic plan next week. all right. the president interrupting our reporter, ron allen standing by in vermont. i am so sorry to have cut you off. please give us an update on what's happening there. >> reporter: where was i before the president interrupted me? that's fine. it is a beautiful place to be. this is vermont over there. that's new hampshire over there. this is the connecticut river. as you can see, it has become something of a place to be for the people who live here who are watching this incredible scene of this river. it is moving very fast, about 7 or 8 feet above where it should be. it is one of the problems here that's causing massive flooding, epic flooding according to state officials. they have never seen anyth
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alan krueger -- alan krueger might bring to the table? we're going to be talking about that later on in the show, just moments from now, what are some of the new ideas about jobs, especially when it comes to putting the country before the party, as the president just mentioned, as we get into this post-labor day period, and wonder what's next for the economy, what does the president have in store. a whole bunch of topics to explore in just a few moments. >>> well, the president also mentioned some storm recovery still happening, another big story for us today, we're so glad you're with us everybody, i'm jenna lee. gregg: i'm gregg jarrett in for jon scott, here in the fox news room and "happening now", people up and down the east coast are cleaning up after hurricane irene, that storm claiming at least 24 lives and it left millions of people without any power at all and caused billions of dollars in damage. jen still counting at this time. vermont, one of the last states to feel irene's fury, is now dealing with historic floods. take a lo
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alan has described our response exactly right.n many sites around the northern and southern printers of the park to have an ambient reading for comparison of what the normal sound level is in those areas. we were able to compare that, as well. we will be looking at that in the future, as well. it is an art rather than a science in terms of sound in an open-air environment. commissioner lee: my question is really about the response. when people call in, do they get some sort of response? >> of course. we are diligent in advertising we are diligent in advertising this number.
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alan, i appreciate your willingness to take on this assignment. i look forward to working with you once again. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, everybody. >> president obama again this morning nominating princeton krueger to be his top economic adviser. we'll hear more about him this afternoon during a white house briefing at 2:00 p.m. eastern. we will have that live on c- span. and more on dr. alan krueger, if confirmed, he would head the council of economic advisers. he is no stranger to washington. he served one year as assistant secretary for economic policy and chief economist at the treasury department 2009. he was to economist at the labor department. he received a bachelor from cornell university and his ph.d. in economics from harvard university. we hear remarks now from dr. alan krueger during an address of the center for american progress from april last year. >> in the first decade of the 2000's it has been nothing short of dismal. there are 1 million fewer jobs than there were at the end of 1999. that compares with 22 million job
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. -- alan krueger. he brings a wealth of experience to the job. he is one of the nation's leading economists. for more than two decades he studied and developed economic policy inside and outside of government for the first two years of this administration, as we were dealing with the effects of the fast-moving financial crisis, but the crisis that second -- threatened a second great depression, he proved invaluable. i am very pleased to appoint alan, and i look forward to working with him. as i told him, it will be tough to fill the shoes of austin goolsbee but i have nothing in the -- nothing but confidence in him as he takes on this role. i realize the economic council of advisers to provide valuable information based on the best evidence. based on what will do the most good for the most people in this country. and that is more important than ever right now. we need people in washington to make decisions based on what is best for the country, not what it is best for any political party or special int
. -- alan krueger. he brings a wealth of experience to the job. he is one of the nation's leading economists. for more than two decades he studied and developed economic policy inside and outside of government for the first two years of this administration, as we were dealing with the effects of the fast-moving financial crisis, but the crisis that second -- threatened a second great depression, he proved invaluable. i am very pleased to appoint alan, and i look forward to working with him. as...
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host: alan krueger.hen does the white house expects he will get a confirmation hearing and be confirmed? caller: he needs to be formally nominated, which they cannot do until congress is back in session. remember peter diamond and his nomination? senator shelby made a big point about being for the -- the cea has three people on it -- at the time the president was able to nominate who he wanted. shelby is talking about how cea should be a rubber stamp. getting things through quickly. there are no signs from the senate that they will have problems with alan krueger. host: thank you for your time. caller: thank you. host: "the washington post" writes this about alan krueger -- host: ronald, a democrat, cleveland, ohio. what do you think of the obama economic team? caller: hello? host: you are on the air. caller: his economic team will be able to stop well consolidation and its disposal. they are going to stop in wicked oppressors within our country. host: cons and nichols -- hans nichols mentioned the labor
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alan a political science professor at emory university and author of "the disappearing center."ens, polarization and american democracy. welcome. what's your argument? your case about why we need to look in the mirror a little more when it comes to who's to blame for what's wrong with u.s. politics? >> well, basically the argument is that the decisions we see in washington and many of our state capitals reflect decisions that exist with the american public and the american electorate. what's happened over the last several decades is that democrats and republicans have been pulling apart with the public, and this is particularly true of those members of the electorate who are most interested in politics care about it and participate most actively. they're the ones most divided. >> before i get in the panelists with questions, they're champing at the bit. is there a different between schizophrenia and the partisan division you talk about? a lot of folk are just confused or ignorant of the fact most of the budget, for example, is social security, medicare, medicaid, mostly health c
alan a political science professor at emory university and author of "the disappearing center."ens, polarization and american democracy. welcome. what's your argument? your case about why we need to look in the mirror a little more when it comes to who's to blame for what's wrong with u.s. politics? >> well, basically the argument is that the decisions we see in washington and many of our state capitals reflect decisions that exist with the american public and the american...
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. >> alan wang is in the newsroom with the story for us. alan? >> carolyn, democratic progressives are on a mission, gathering stories of struggling americans with the intent of drafting legislation to create jobs. today they headed to one of the hardest hit cities in the country. oakland. >> i was laid off in 2009 from my in home care job when arnold schwarzenegger was in office and i had to get on welfare. >> it was a chance to tell four members of congress of unemployment and hardship. >> i filed for bankruptcy and almost lost my house. without health insurance we rarely go to a doctor. when i need dental care, i go to tijuanna. >> oakland is the hardest hit city west of the mississippi. >> at cal state east bay in hayward where i teach we have 14% fewer faculty than we did two years ago. >> representatives nancy pelosi, barbara lee, mike honda and arizona congressman hosted the speakout for good jobs now tour. it is a traveling town hall sponsored by progressive congress .org. >> no, we don't want to cut taxes anymore. we want to make corpora
. >> alan wang is in the newsroom with the story for us. alan? >> carolyn, democratic progressives are on a mission, gathering stories of struggling americans with the intent of drafting legislation to create jobs. today they headed to one of the hardest hit cities in the country. oakland. >> i was laid off in 2009 from my in home care job when arnold schwarzenegger was in office and i had to get on welfare. >> it was a chance to tell four members of congress of...
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so what i'm asking you is, how liable is alan dulles for all of this? >> dulles -- i don't think that cuban exiles would be upset with dulles. dulles was on their side. he very much wanted this to go through. he also wanted president kennedy to rescue them when it was clear that they were failing. dulles was not in the country when the invasion occurred. he was in puerto rico. richard biffle made a number of attempts to get john kennedy to approve air cover. now, to go back to the point that was made earlier there was an enormous amount of american firepower including an aircraft carrier with fighter jets. biffle kept saying just let us have these for a little bit of time. others were saying this as well to give us a little bit of air cover to the brigade. you have to remember the brigade is pinned down begging for help. if you read the intercepts coming in from the beaches, they're just heart-wrenching. please help us, we're dying, send in some planes, please. well, kennedy never did and -- but the cia pushed for it. some people -- some people think he
so what i'm asking you is, how liable is alan dulles for all of this? >> dulles -- i don't think that cuban exiles would be upset with dulles. dulles was on their side. he very much wanted this to go through. he also wanted president kennedy to rescue them when it was clear that they were failing. dulles was not in the country when the invasion occurred. he was in puerto rico. richard biffle made a number of attempts to get john kennedy to approve air cover. now, to go back to the point...
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i'm alan wang. san francisco police are looking for suspects tonight after last night's violent niners-raiders game. two people were shot, and one man was badly beaten. abc7's lilian kim is live at san francisco general hospital with the latest. lilian? >> alan, one of the three men is said to be recovering from nonlife-threatening injuries, but the two other men attacked last night remain in serious condition. investigators went back to candlestick park to look for more evidence 24 hours after violent day at the stayed um why. -- at the stadium. this fight involved a group of men in the stands while another involved a group of women in the parking lot. the violence only got worse as the night went on. one man was beaten unconscious in a bathroom while two men were shot at different sections in the parking lot. all three were taken to san francisco general. >> you can hear constant yelling from the stands. niners. raiders. >> andrew crowell and john mckenzie attended the pre-season game between the
i'm alan wang. san francisco police are looking for suspects tonight after last night's violent niners-raiders game. two people were shot, and one man was badly beaten. abc7's lilian kim is live at san francisco general hospital with the latest. lilian? >> alan, one of the three men is said to be recovering from nonlife-threatening injuries, but the two other men attacked last night remain in serious condition. investigators went back to candlestick park to look for more evidence 24 hours...
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alan wang live in san rafael. back tow. >> thank you. >>> the standoff caused countless traffic headaches in the north bay and beyond. cars have been inching along for hours ever since the chp closed more than a mile of interstate 580 and began diverting westbound traffic off the bridge at sir francis drake boulevard. lessee brinkly checked in with some of those frustrated drivers, and she is now live in albany with that part of the story. >> i can tell you east bay, north bay, the best advice of the night is to stay away from the richmond san rafael bridge. westbound traffic is still at this hour at a stand still. a virtual parking lot, chp reports motorists are running out of gas on the span. they worked one road rage incident. this is a view of sky 7 before the fog moved in. even motorists who dodged the bridge found that alternate routes were subject to pretty severe back ups. >> they were trying to get to the class in san rafael. and because they had only gone one mile in an hour, and so we forgot class. gett
alan wang live in san rafael. back tow. >> thank you. >>> the standoff caused countless traffic headaches in the north bay and beyond. cars have been inching along for hours ever since the chp closed more than a mile of interstate 580 and began diverting westbound traffic off the bridge at sir francis drake boulevard. lessee brinkly checked in with some of those frustrated drivers, and she is now live in albany with that part of the story. >> i can tell you east bay, north...
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you know the key for him was whether alan krueger would have a voice within the administration so my contacts of the news are actually telling me that i went through as a great relationship with president obama so i think right alan krueger is a moment in history is as calm as it has arrived the question for me is how he moves forward and advising the president on a number of key policy issue right now and that will happen and that will likely have to wait and see but one thing that came out friday bernanke gave ben bernanke in his speech he didn't hand it more quantitative easing which a lot of people thought that he was going to instead he said that long term unemployment is going to remain a challenge have to be a priority but he passed the buck back to political leaders for fiscal solutions so is he right our fiscal policy is really the only thing to deal with the country's economic problems at this point. well let's let's just take it a step back really quickly so the problem right now is that we're in what economists call a balance sheet recession right households borrowed too
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haven't they been through enough, alan colmes? >> have your way laura ingraham locked away in the rose garden so he could lose like jimmy carter did. few months. look, this is planned before, you know, all this campaign stuff. is he meeting the people and doing what he should be doing. if he did the opposite, you say why he is hiding in the white house. certain republicans doesn't have a problem mixing it up with people and talking with people with whom he disagrees and answering directly the question of the american people tea partiers question there, mondayca. >> line about terrorists. joe biden never said the word terrorist. >> laura: that's not what at least a few people in the room said. >> that's not true he never said it. >> laura: president goes on this bus tour. all presidents do during election season. they go on the tours and criticizing the right and left. however, the thing that we remember most i think so far is the fact that he was confronted by the tea party or how is it doing so far for him? is it achieving some o
haven't they been through enough, alan colmes? >> have your way laura ingraham locked away in the rose garden so he could lose like jimmy carter did. few months. look, this is planned before, you know, all this campaign stuff. is he meeting the people and doing what he should be doing. if he did the opposite, you say why he is hiding in the white house. certain republicans doesn't have a problem mixing it up with people and talking with people with whom he disagrees and answering directly...
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without further ado, i would like to welcome up alan scott, who wants to make a few brief remarks.missioners. i think phil has said it all. we are very thrilled at another planet. it's very difficult and it takes time to build an event of this caliber that's not only a local festival but internationally renowned. this year, in our fourth year, we feel it has been a watershed year. we have hit our stride, especially after the last couple of years with the economic downturn and attendance and that was less than ideal for us. it is important to note that when we started this festival in 2008, there were five north american festivals that began that year. one in denver, michigan, new york city, british columbia, and i'm forgetting the other one. we are the only one that still stands at this time. it's very difficult to put a festival on of this caliber. working with rec and park and the city has been -- ajoy might be too strong of word, but it has been a great partnership. san francisco's outside lands is not just a music festival, but it is a celebration of san francisco and northern
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. >> alan: the orinda moraga pool association held its 55th 55th annual swim meet this weekend. nearly 2,000 swimmers between ages 4 and 18 competed in one of the largest champ shop meets in the country. over the year they have produced a number of olympic swimmers. winners from today's meet advance to the county championship meet on august 13th and 14th. it was cold out there until noon. >> leigh: finally did come out, and inland locations actually warmed up into the 80s. at the beach, though, nice clear patch around santa cruz, sitting at 65. but you enjoyed a high of 69. beautiful day there 86 is the high in antioch today. plenty of sunshine for you. napa, you warm to 74. 64 in oakland, 60 for san francisco where the polling just sat -- fog just sat there, and
. >> alan: the orinda moraga pool association held its 55th 55th annual swim meet this weekend. nearly 2,000 swimmers between ages 4 and 18 competed in one of the largest champ shop meets in the country. over the year they have produced a number of olympic swimmers. winners from today's meet advance to the county championship meet on august 13th and 14th. it was cold out there until noon. >> leigh: finally did come out, and inland locations actually warmed up into the 80s. at the...
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. >> reporter: adriana gonzalez of the mexican consulate -- >> all right, that was alan wang's story about today's memorial for little carlos nava. we'll have more on the story including the court appearance by the second suspect arrested coming up in a little bit. right now, we want to tell you about fire investigators in daly city. they are looking into what caused a deadly fire. the late afternoon fire destroyed a detached rear unit on los alavos avenue. after the fire was extinguished they found a man inside the unit. his identity has not been released pending notification of his family. flames were contained to the rear unit. no firefighters or other residents were injured. >>> federal findings just released show pg&e still can't find key documents related to last september deadly pipeline explosion in san bruno. national transportation safety board investigators hampered by a lack of information about the section of substandard pipe where the blast occurred at a flawed well. the "san francisco chronicle" reports pg&e relied on faulty or non-existent data to vouch for safety of
. >> reporter: adriana gonzalez of the mexican consulate -- >> all right, that was alan wang's story about today's memorial for little carlos nava. we'll have more on the story including the court appearance by the second suspect arrested coming up in a little bit. right now, we want to tell you about fire investigators in daly city. they are looking into what caused a deadly fire. the late afternoon fire destroyed a detached rear unit on los alavos avenue. after the fire was...
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>> starting doesn't happen, alan. this is the problem.u have potential default, and yet what does this congress do and the administration? you create another super committee. 17 months after this uber commission and the recommendations that were tough were not acted on. >> they eventually will be. there's going to be a solution to this. the great irony and sadness about this process is that the bowles-simpson recommendation is going to be the core of the final result. but there's another issue here, with all of this bickering going on, the economy is slowing down. you can see it in all the data. i don't see a double dip, but i see it slowing down. this deficit problem that is out there is much larger than we calculated. the actual numbers employed by those calculating the deficits are based on a level of economic activity, which we are not achieving. >> is a solves -- in other words, if we're going to be aggressive about deficit reduction, there are questions about how aggressive we are going to be, even if we are, does does that get grow
>> starting doesn't happen, alan. this is the problem.u have potential default, and yet what does this congress do and the administration? you create another super committee. 17 months after this uber commission and the recommendations that were tough were not acted on. >> they eventually will be. there's going to be a solution to this. the great irony and sadness about this process is that the bowles-simpson recommendation is going to be the core of the final result. but there's...