but one of the president's top economic advisers lawrence summers nixed the idea entirely in fact lawrence summers his name repeatedly comes up and so scones book is a person who is not only disrespectful to the president but also the kneecapped most of what the president wanted to do in those first few months in office as the white house tried to deal with the crisis on wall street for more on this and on the on the on the step tax and the this whole issue of economics in the white house as well as what might have happened if the president succeeded in putting in place a financial transaction tax i'm joined by sara anderson director of the global economy economy project at the institute for policy studies sarah welcome great to be here thank you thanks for joining us. first of all it looks like the president actually was in favor of a step tax or an f t t or would you however have. it do you know any details of what he particularly i mean he actually campaigned on that journey he did not campaign on it and we've always wondered what he did think it. because he's been quite silent on the i

brent scowcroft, zbigniew brzezinski and stephen hadley and rmer treasury secretary lawrence summers. >> overly strong states are profound threats to their own citizens and to others, but the vacuums are as well. so on the one hand, one wanted to dismantle this totalitarian apparatus that had meant so much that was wrong in the world for 70 years, on the other hand one did have to maintain an awareness of, as i say, the historical danger of vacuums. >> think the soviet union ended when it did because yeltsin pulled it right out from under gorbachev. >> if there was no soviet union he had no job. >> i personally think that put is an transitional episode it won't lead to some restoration of totalitarian or some person innocent aocracy, it is going to fade. >> what was the casualty of events we celebrate 20 years ago was not only the freeing of eastern europe and the end of the viet union but it was the death of communism and the end of communism as an ideoly. >> rose: i look at russia's past, present and future next. funding for charlie rose was provided by the following. >> every story

lawrence summers and treasury secretary, timothy geithner, it's reported warned white house officials about about potential trouble back in 2009. sumner and geithner say it was too easy. the company laid off its 1100 employees last month. >>> there's still a lot of questions after two dogs were shot while running loose in a san mateo park. kraig debro has spoken to the heartbroken owners of the dog and joins us live. good afternoon, kraig? >> reporter: good afternoon, tori. lori meadows park is clearly a park built for kids, two play structures and lots of grass. we spoke to several people who knew the jobs. the problem is no one who knew the dogs was here to stop what happened yesterday. >> we're sorry they scared anybody. but we don't think they should have been shot. >> reporter: jordan died at the park. bella was wounded but later euthanized. they are dogs but important to their owners. >> they were beautiful dogs. >> reporter: san mateo police shot both dogs yesterday at around 4:20 and lower -- at lori meadows park. jordan and bella slipped out of a gatant went to the park, frig

his administration maybe this would have had some traction he didn't but he had people like lawrence summers vising him so you see that whole you know it's not only it's an it's a spider web it's not black and white it's not you know republicans and democrats conservatives and liberals everybody's moral us on the same team it's just who's extreme on the seem to be these people in wall street or not on the team and they're and so but there are people who are throughout this thing to be sort of the referees and the leader. they're not on i really i think they're going to be kind of off camera we don't want to concentrate on them so i know what you're saying oh yeah and you know it's not just me thing that's i mean a lot of people have been tweeting about this i want to read you a couple comments truth excavator right there and then i think oprah went all the way to egypt to cover protests at tahrir square but won't go down to block going down the block to cover the occupy wall street protest. then you sarah says the only news the barkeeper wall street seems to be about the lack of any hash tag

. >>> being investigated area the prophecy of solyndra, former council lawrence summers and treasurybout potential trouble with that program in 2009. the selection process for a loan was too easy according to the report. they secured one of those loans about $527 million. the company laid off 111 employees last months. >>> president barack obama is scarring off about taxes. yesterday he had a town hall meeting and former google executive pleaded with the president to raise the taxes on the wealthy. the former tax rate had not been this low since harry truman was president. they pay 1 5% about the same it was in 1950. >> rather than argue it would be much better if we were having a frank discussing about the best way to raise taxes in a way that will not hurt the economy and it will be fair. >> taxes have to go up for pay for social security and med -- social security and medicare costs. they are simplifying the coast as part of the code. >>> there are new whooping cough rules for students and the new law requires they get vaccinated against whipping cough. some students were sent hom

obama's decisions were routinely relit depated by the chairman of the national economic council, lawrence summers. carried out sluggishly or not at all by a resistant treasury secretary, timothy geithner, according to the book. a copy of the book "confidence men: wall street, washington, and the education of a president" published by harper collins was obtained by "the new york times" before it officially goes on sale next tuesday. the white house declined to comment on mr. suskind's account which he said was based on interviews with more than 200 people, including the president. house republicans ripped into democrats for failing to perform one of congress' most basic duties, providing money in a timely way in the operations of government. but republicans acknowledge thursday that they would miss the deadline they had promised to meet, they began to rush a stop-gap spending bill through the house because, they said, congress could not finish work on any of the 12 regular appropriations bills before the new fiscal year starts in two weeks on october 1. the stopgap measure maintains spending for t

. >>> summer is right on time. lawrence has the steamy forecast coming up next. plus a student who hasn't stopped rising above. >> i knew something good is going to come out of east palo alto and it was coming out might have family. >> the amazing accomplishments of a young man we first met a decade ago. we'll have an update when we come back. ,,,,,, ah yes. there it is. the "mystery spot". not a mammal in this household is willing to lay claim to its origin. we may never know. let that sink in, people. we may never know. but now? now is not the time for blame. now is the time for action. ♪call 1-800-steemer. it's a one-ton crocodile captured in the philippines! villagers spent weeks hunting >>> do not adjust your set. this video is for real. this is a one-ton crocodile captured in the philippines. villagers spent weeks hunting this monster amphibian but the celebration may be short-lived. here's why. authorities suspect that an even bigger croc still lurks in the rivers in this remote southern region. this is the kind of stuff lawrence is going to catch when he

it claims the president's decisions are routinely relitigated by lawrence summer, chief economic adviser or not at all by his resistant treasury secretary tim geithner. carol? >>> at a time anyone with a computer and opinion can start their own blog a new book is looking back at the time when a newspaper column was still considered and arm form and the writers who showed their wisdom through times of war an depression. cnn contributors and co-authors of "deadline artists." here's the book. america's greatest newspaper chronicle. welcome to you both. before we talk about the book we have to talk about class warfare in america. as you know, president obama's going to give a speech at 10:30 eastern time, talk about the buffett rule. raising taxes on millionaires. already republicans are fighting back. this from senator lindsey graham yesterday. listen. >> when you take one area of the economy and say we're going to tax those people, because most people are not those people, that's class warfare. >> okay. so is it class warfare or is it sharing the burden? >> i think, you know, the bumper st

as your president knows, lawrence, assisted by a team of enthusiastic in turns over the summer, have put together a draft work plan, taking the 17 recommendations and breaking them down, plotting out how we best go about implementation. it is a 30-year implementation plan horizon that we are looking at. there is a very detailed timeline. many of these things that you see in phase 1 -- it is listed from being from 2012 until 2015. many of those things are now in process. we are working closely with dbi staff to work on these processes. we are well on our way, but obviously, it is a long-term project. a lot of things will happen over the course of 30 years, we anticipate. we are very fortunate to have strong support for mayor lee, as well as key members of the board of supervisors. we are certainly moving ahead as fast as we can, but in a very deliberate if manner -- delivered iberative manner thats the public informed. we are working on this draft. we were fortunate to have input from the president at a meeting this week, so we will be making some changes to this initial version. we w

. >>> hi, i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow in the cbs 5 weather center. finally getting the weather right. summer is almost over but we got the heat going on now. how long will it stick around? we'll talk about that coming up. >>> closed captioning of eyewitness news is brought to you by shreve & co. jewelers, a san francisco original. ,, [ cow mooing ] ♪ [ female announcer ] there's no need to produce foods yourself to be sure they're 100% natural. ♪ now there's open nature foods from safeway. no preservatives, no artificial anything. all within budget. a wide choice of natural foods that meet your high standards. ♪ open nature. only at safeway. 15. after a single >>> an explosion rocked the turkish capital of anakara today killing three and injuring 15. this after a single car detonated. several vehicles and nearby buildings caught on fire. the country's interior minister says he believes that this was an act of terrorism. kurdish rebels and islamic militants are suspected in the attack. >>> a vacationing iranian judge has delayed the release of two long-held american hikers. just one more sign

back to you. >> thank you. >>> it took lawrence about three months to finally bring summer to the bayrea. [ laughter ] >> but is he delivering! >> the weather guy when walk around, are people nicer to you on days like that? >> absolutely! >> free food? >> and come wintertime it will be a whole different story. >> can i buy you a cup of coffee today? >> see, look at that! i like that! you will have sunshine and warm temperatures. take it while we can get it. soon things will cool off. we have patchy fog at the coast. otherwise mostly clear skies around the bay area. aand we're looking good right now. starting off warm in spots already. 65 degrees in san jose. it's currently 62 in concord and oakland. patchy fog at the coast. this afternoon, mid-90s in the hottest spot inland. 70s and 80s inside the bay 60s and 70s at the coastline. let's check traffic with elizabeth. >> we are just hearing about streets blocked because of a structure fire out in vallejo. the intersection there is at wren court and redwood parkway so if we go to the maps you can see it is just east of the freeway. it's

responses were are you teenly relitigated by the chairman of the national economic county critical, lawrence h. summers. another article next to it. republicans push stop gap spending bill. last year's campaigns, republicans ripped into democrats for failing to provide money in a timely way -- host: that was from "the new york times." we're talking about speaker boehner's speech yesterday at the economic club of washington where he calls for an overhaul of the tax system. up next, garfield heights, ohio. greg, good morning, from our republican line. caller: good morning. we have to stop looking at trying to fix this problem around the edges. we need to get rid of the income tax. we have fewer and fewer jobs trying to supply more money to washington, which isn't going to work. we need to institute the fair tax, which is a progressive tax because of the prebait feature that it has on it. which pays the poor up to the poverty level and then you start paying the -- tax to the government. so i would get rid of this. it's ar cake and from the early 20th century and doesn't fit today and i wish our politician

lawrence. >> it should be a fantastic day ahead folks. enjoy that summer sunshine. we are going to watch the temperatures getting cranked up outside. a couple of patches of fog out to the beaches this morning. that's about it. otherwise, we've got clear skies in the bay and clear and mild already in many of the valleys. some of those temperatures pushing into the 60s at this hour. and as we head toward the afternoon. it will be hot in spots, near 100 degrees in some of the hottest spots inland. inside the bay, sunshine and 80s there and out to the coastline, 60s and 70s and it should be a beautiful beach day if you can get in that direction. starting out with a couple of patches of fog right out at the immediate coastline, this is just a thin layer of fog. and it is a spare the air day. pollutants are being trapped near the surface. but still a beautiful day outside. if you like the summer sunshine and the heat, enjoy today. 90 in camp bell. and 92 in los gatos. and 87 in palo alto. 72 and beautiful in half moon bay. in the east bay, some of the hottest temperatures

. >>> i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow in the cbs 5 weather center. high pressure is holding on now. the summer, it is almost over. but you know what that means? you get some of the best weather of the year, you have more on that coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, britain has led to the arrests of seven people. west midlands ce said today... six m >>> an anti-terror operation in great britain has led to the arrest of seven people. west midland police say six people were arrested in birmingham overnight. they're all suspected of preparing or instigating an act of terror in the united kingdom. and in addition, a woman was arrested this morning. accused of failing to disclose information. >>> meanwhile, the death toll from a strong earthquake in india is now ris ton at least 50. -- risen to at least 50. the 6.9 quake happened in the north eastern part of the country yesterday. rescue workers have been pulling bodies out of the debris following the 6.9 quake. mud slides triggered by the quake have blocked roads and made it very difficult to prove -- to reach this very emoat -- renote area. >>> dominique s

lawrence. >> elizabeth, i think you will enjoy the weather. summer sunshine outside.ntrol. a hint of patchy fog toward the beaches but i think that is the worst of it. as you get in the bay, clear skies and temperatures not too bad and mild in the valleys as you're seeing 60s beginning to show up. by the afternoon, yup, that ridge of high pressure will warm the temperatures up quite nicely and 80s inside much of the bay and out toward the coastline, it will be sunny and 60s and 70s and even at the beaches, and it is going to be hot in spots and inland, near 100 degrees in some of the hottest spots and 99 topping out in some of the hottest spots inland. patchy fog toward the coastline early on this morning. not much. and a thin layer that i think will be gone. a spare the air day and high pressure holding on as it is trapping some of the pollutants near the surface and get the idea it is a gorgeous summer day outside and enjoy it and not too many left. and 89 degrees and the expected high in san jose and 8 in millipitas, and 87 -- 88 in millipitas. and 8 7 in mountain

the unofficial end of summer, and it is looking good, lots of sunshine, and some very toasty temperatures. 90s in the valley. >> perfect for barbecues. >> yes. >> thanks, lawrence. >>> well, when this week's jefferson award winner wanted to do something to support young people in her hometown, she didn't have to look far for help. as kate keller reports, she turned to other oakland natives and together they are helping students tackle each new school year. >> reporter: binder paper. pencils. backpacks. just some of the items needed for oakland students going back to school. and these volunteers are helping make sure hundreds of kids get everything they need for that first day. >> dictionaries go over there. >> leading the effort is oakland native dyesha dewitt and shows how important academic support can be. >> i mow it can be frustrating and daunting for young people and their parents to overcome some of the challenges that you experience in high school. but i feel that if we really engage at a younger age and start to let parents know some of the pitfalls and challenges that they should experience, they could overcome some of that. and achieve more. >> she dr

lawrence? >> yes. taste of fall though over the weekend. here it is back to summerher outside as we are going to enjoy lots of sunshine out there starting out with some patchy fog and temperatures running into the 40s and 50s right now. watch out a little thick into santa rosa reporting visibilities down to a quarter mile. still, by the afternoon, we'll find plenty of sunshine and we will start heating things up today. much more so than yesterday. highs expected in the mid-80s in toward antioch, about 72 in oakland, 77 in redwood city, and about 69 degrees becoming mostly sunny in san francisco. next couple of days more sunshine, temperatures heating up and looks like next weekend, grace, we could be talking about more showers here in the bay area. that would be something else if we got showers once again. a little early for the rainy season to begin. back to you. >> a lot early, lawrence. thank you. >>> josh fattal and shane bauer waking up in the u.s. today for the first time since they were released from an iranian prison. the uc-berkeley alumni held a news confe

lawrence to break out those white legs? >> oh, my. i have been pretty hidden all summerong. >> i wouldn't do it. [ laughter ] >> i wouldn't do it just yet. not ready for that one. folks, if you are heading outside, another hot one around the bay area. high pressure sitting overhead and really most of the bay area is fog-free right now. we have a couple of small patches right out toward the immediate coastline but you get the idea, it is going to be another one of those beautiful summer days outside. temperatures already warm in spots. 62 right now in concord. also into oakland. 55 in pacifica. and you're looking at 65 degrees right now in san jose. great weather today, 90s inland, 70s and 80s inside the bay, and 60s and 70s at the coast. let's check traffic with elizabeth. >> thanks, lawrence. and now, the road are great as well in our traffic department. we checked the chp reports constantly throughout the morning and they have been unusually quiet so far for the start of our morning commute at least. here's live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. so far no delay at all

summer will like the middle part of the week. >>> coming up, the ground-breaking change in saudi arabia this weekend for women. >>> plus -- >> good evening. i'm lawrence scott. coming up, the arts and sports come together. we interview the stars of "moneyball" and bring you the 49ers super 9 b built the athletics department at the academy of art university in san francisco. oh, those shoes are amazing. i just want to be her. really? she was married for like three hours. well, she's efficient. look at that color. wait a minute. didn't she name her kid hawaii? maui! yeah... she built a yacht for her pug. >>> saudi arabia took a major step forward today in terms of women's rights. king abdullah announced that for the first time in the ultra conservative nation's history, women will be able to vote, run for office and even serve on the king's advisory board. experts say the move will likely enrage religious conservatives but advance at least the semblance of change in one of the world's most repressive states. women are still banned from driving, leaving the house with their faces uncovered, traveling and getting medical operations withou male male relati

another summer when fifteen years from now the mean time the decade that followed the nine eleven attacks was marked by wars fought under the flag of ridding the world of terrorists while lawrence wilkerson a former u.s. official in george w. bush's administration has been telling r.t. that america thinks it holds an unchallengeable place in the world and abuses the power it no longer has that some special interview next. i. after nine eleven america did not just go after those who perpetrated that tragic vicious attack it only for the campaign donations that had nothing to do with nine eleven we're talking about iraq where hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians have died since two thousand and three america's been in constant war since nine eleven in different countries are we talking about one of the most profound over reactions in military history to talk about that i'm joined by colonel lawrence wilkerson whose service collin powell is chief of staff colin powell secretary of state under george w. bush colonel wilkerson thank you so much for joining me thanks for having me more than six thousand american servicemen have died in the last decade of war spawned by the nin

lawrence. the rachel maddow show is up next. >>> good evening, thanks to you at home for staying with us for the next hour. happy monday. in the summer1992, a texas businessman named ross perot was taking the country by storm.

lawrence. >> thank you so much. >> there you go. hey, no. it has been fantastic over the last few days, really finally getting the summer going here. looks like things are going to start to cool down a little today. right now, clear skies, 57 in concord, 54 degrees partly cloudy into oakland. 53 in pacifica. we have clouds there. santa rosa looking at half mile visibility and 50 degrees right now. by the afternoon, though, we'll see plenty of sunshine in most spots again, just some low clouds, thicker this morning and going to take longer to burn off but breaking back to the coast leaving lots of sunshine in the valley, still hot inland. 94 degrees in fairfield, 93 in livermore. about 85 and sunny very nice into san jose. 72 and sunny in oakland and 68 degrees in san francisco. we have subtropical moisture coming our way. we'll have more on that in a moment. right now let's check the roads with elizabeth. >> reporter: live towards the san mateo bridge the right side of your screen westbound 92 is actually lightened up a little bit in the last few minutes. it was busier earlier actually. but so far, so good. 13 minutes your drive ti

lawrence. the rachel maddow show is up next. >>> good evening, thanks to you at home for staying with us for the next hour. happy monday. in the summeri

lawrence karnow has weather. >>> we are dealing with some big numbers here today. we just haven't seen a lot of these in the bay area this summer we are cranking up the temperatures today. 89 degrees and sunny in san jose, 89 in cupertino, same in milpitas, 90 in santa clara and 59 in morgan hill. it gets hot in the east bay. triple digits as we look toward livermore and pleasanton. walnut creek checks in at 96 degrees. sunny skies and some very nice weather even inside the bay. 70 into san francisco, 76 in oakland, and 83 degrees the expected high in hayward. all right. let's check traffic with elizabeth. >> thank you, lawrence. we are going to start with a live look now at the bay bridge toll plaza. as you can see, everything is easy breezy heading into san francisco. in fact, traffic is great across the east bay. slight delays maybe in a couple of the cash lanes but it's definitely been the back-to- school back-to-work commute for this week and even much of last week. you can definitely see it because it has been backed up well into the macarthur maze by usually 8:00 in the morning for most of our commute. so let's go toward