it was very much dominated by henry stimson and william howard taft and some of the other republican elder statesmen. probably would have had theodore roosevelt in it if he hadn't been president. but fdr was part of that. and i've always thought it was interesting, and, actually, there's some fdr -- fdr did some writing in the 1920s both for small newspapers and for magazines, and almost invariably -- not almost invariably, but frequently on foreign topics. and a strong proponent of america in the wilsonian sense as a beacon of democratic enlightenment. we have this power, we have this great example of our people and our system, and we should be promoting this to the extent that we can around the world, that we're challenged by alien ideologies in russia and in germany and italy and elsewhere and that america is a beacon of hope. there's an interesting incident in 1932 right after, um, the election. you may know the story. fdr is president -- of course, in those days there was a four or five-month gap between the election and inauguration which was in march, not january. and fdr famo

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while this is great for surfers, it can be lethal for swimmers who brave the 58-degree water here at stimson. the waves are arriving from the quake from new zealand and australia last week. the danger is there is a gap of 10, 20 minutes before another big set of waves come in. >> if someone sees it looks calm, they will try to make their way out to the break and if a big set comes in when they are out there, they could be in danger because they are not sure it is coming. >> and that can surprise even the best swimmer. paula nash says her surfer husband doesn't want to miss this. >> we hear the big waves are coming so he will be out here. >> people are being cautioned if they are going out to the ocean this labor day kind, there might be some dangerous riptides. in pacifica, abc7 news. >>> in oakland, that city is investigating the homicide numbers, way ahead of last year's. the last murder happened yesterday afternoon in east oakland, a man found shot to death off 74th and bancroft avenue. police have not released any information about the victim. last year this time, oakland had 60 homicide

a little cooler, stimson beach at 62. daily city making it to a high of 60 today.ven-day forecast, you can see today's conditions, consistent with what we'll see tomorrow. wednesday we'll start to see more sunshine, and that will continue through thursday into friday, friday being the coolest day of our week before we see a slight warm-up for your weekend. that's a look at your forecast. over to elizabeth with a look at traffic. >> thank you, christy. word of a new problem. westbound i-80 out of the altamonte pass. right there by grant line road, two cars involved in the crash blocking the middle left-handed lane. it is slow going now as you can see from our drive time. it is a little sluggish from the accident scene through livermore toward the dublin interchange. then speeds improve from hop yard out toward 680. outside, a live look at bay bridge, toll plaza. no metering lights yet. overall all your approaches not too bad. 18 minutes your drive time. elsewhere golden gate bridge, fog not much of an issue this morning. can't say that often. right now your drive lo

for more, we're joined by charles stimson, senior legal fellow at the heritage foundation, and a former prosecutor, defense attorney and military judge. and vincent southerland, assistant counsel in the naacp legal defense fund's criminal justice practice, and a former public defender. has the debate, ben southerland, has the debate changed about the death penalty given these cases and given the political climate? >> i think the debate has changed about the death penalty given these recent cases. it's changed in terms of now we look at the death penalty as one of fundamental fairness, an issue that we all can agree, i think, is critical in the imposition of any punishment particularly the ultimate punishment, the ultimate sanction of the death penalty. i think what mr. davis's case and mr. buck's case and countless other cases have demonstrated is that the death penalty is not applied, is not issued, is not rigorously looked at in a fair and even- handed way. and the barriers to that fairness, prosecutorial misconduct, police misconduct, abuse of discretion by prosecutors and judges and