, if not idolizing chiang kai-shek as a personality. hoover thought that we had made a great error in trying to impose coalition government on two parties that were bound to fight it out until one or the other -- >> host: he was implicitly critical of general marshal. >> guest: yes. >> host: which is rare. >> guest: yes. he said that marshall was the instrument or the executor of the will of truman's left-wing advisers. marshall was appoint by truman to be a special ambassador to china for about a year in 1946, where truman sent him, and marshall labored unsuccessfully to bring about peace with the warring factions, and hoover came to the opinion that general marshal was naive about the communist, and some people argued that mao was a reformer and not a hardline communist, and hoover thought that was poppycock and the thought that marshall, solid military map he was, was out of his element trying to deal with that type of confrontation. >> host: how did hover -- hoover respond to initiatives like the marshall plan and nato and the truma

hoover was -- he and henry woo were joined at the hip in this romanticization of chiang kai-shek. >> it's not the opinion in the book he wrote a few months after pearl hash harbor where he says chiang was an -- and he has a thick chapter on china where he is more sympathetic to chiang kai-shek's predicament if not idolizing chiang kai-shek. >> he was at least implicitly critical of the general. >> yes. >> which is a great error. >> he said that marshall was the executor of the will of truman's adviseddors. marshall was appointed to be a special ad ambassador to china for a year in 1946, where truman sent him and marshall waivered unsuccessfully to bring about a reconciliation of the two chinese warring factions, and hoover came to the view that general marshall was naive about the communist, and as some people argued at the time, that mao was a reformer and hoover thought that was poppycock, and he thought that marshall was simply out of his element in trying to deal with that kind of a confrontation. >> how did hoover respond to initiatives, anticommunist initiatives like the marsha

kai-shek's predicament if not idolizing chiang kai-shek is a personality.oover thought that he had made a great error in trying to impose a coalition government on two parties that were bound to fight it out until one or the other side fail. >> host: he was at least implicitly -- which is later. >> guest: he said marshall was the executor of the advisers. marshall was appointed by truman to be a special ambassador to china for about a year in 1946, where truman sent him and marshall labored unsuccessfully to bring about a reconciliation of the two chinese warring factions, and hoover came to the view that general marshall was a naÏve about the communists. and as some if some people argued at the time that mouse hutong was an agrarian reformer and not a hard-line communist and hoover thought that was poppycock and marshall simply was out of his element in trying to deal with that kind of a confrontation. >> host: so how did hoover respond to initiatives and anti-communist like the marshall plan and nato and the truman doctrine? >> guest: he did support it an

john chiang docking paychecks last summer after democrats presented an unbalanced budget. it didn't make the deadline. voters approved the penalty in 2010 but democrats dispute the controller's authority to take away their money. taxpayers will end up-footing the bill for that lawsuit anyway. we always do. >>> 5:40. hot or cold? how your body temperature could be the key to losing a little bit of weight. >>> plus, no more ticket shock. the new government rules making the skies a little friendlier. , francisco police say she was >>> a 15-year-old tourist is recovering this morning after san francisco police say she was sexually tacked near fisherman's wharf. it happened yesterday morning. officers arrested 18-year-old christopher dutel of southern california. he is seen there with a bag over his head. according to witnesses, dutel was caught in the act in the bushes in front of the longshoreman's union hall. the teenager left her foreign tour group earlier and was reported missing by friends. >> officers conducted a search of the immediate area and discovered the missing ju

john chiang says $3.3 is needed by the beginning of march to maintain the state's cash cushion. lawmakers thought there was enough to make it through the fiscal year but tax revenues fell short of expectations while spending has exceeded them. >>> if you have an appointment at kaiser today, call ahead. employees across the state are staging a massive strike over an ongoing contract dispute. the negotiations actually involve only a few thousand workers but as lisa washington shows us, they got plenty of company on the picket lines. >> reporter: we have been here since this protest began at 7 a.m. and i can tell you that the crowd has certainly grown. what's happening right now is a rally. it was scheduled to begin at noon but it actually started a little early. there are a number of speakers that are lined up with the nuhw. they want better patient care and a new contract. >> we are the union! >> reporter: carrying picket signs and walking together, nurses and other workers protested outside oakland's kaiser permanente hospital this morning. >> they have strayed from their values

democratic leaders don't like the fact that john chiang docked their paychecks last summer after they presented an unbalanced budget. it was a penalty voters approved in 2010. but democrats dispute the controller's authority to take away their paychecks. so who is paying for the lawsuit? the short answer is you. >> we don't expect it to cost very much because we think that this is a very simple case that we hope the court will be able to deal with rather quickly. >> democrats don't want back pay. they want leverage. the ability to block program cuts without harming their own paychecks if they're late on budget. >>> i think walmart is taking over the world. >> walmart made a threat to cities they couldn't afford to ignore and it worked. the new kind of stores opening in the bay area. ♪ secondhand smoke affects everyone's health. it's not just irritating. it can cause heart disease and even death. speak up about secondhand smoke. your health and the health of your family depend on it. sell one >>> it's walmart like we haven't seen before. two new stores are opening in the bay area and t

john chiang docked paychecks last summer after democrats presented an unbalanced budget last year. it was a penalty voters approved in 2010. democrats dispute his authority to take away their money. so who is paying for the lawsuit? you. >> we don't expect it to cost very much because we think that this is a very simple case that we hope that the court will be able to deal with quickly. >> democrats say they don't want back pay but they do want the ability to block program cuts without harming their own paychecks if they are late on the budget. >>> 4:37. a new legal fight may be brewing over a ballot measure on the fate of the new 49ers stadium in santa clara. the city council rejected a measure last night, more than 4500 people signed a petition asking city leaders to rescind the multi-million dollar stadium deal. ballot supporters claimed voters didn't agree to the rising price for the project. they say their lawyers are now getting ready to take the matter to court. crews are set to break ground on the new stadium next monday. >>> gianna has a traffic report. >> a new accident t

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. >> reporter: the state controller john chiang says he launched the new requirements after the financial scandal involve the city of bell and the financial disclosure information on his website is very popular. >> we have had over 5 million hits on our website so people are interested. we want that information on our website so that people can access it. >> that was mike laurie reporting. several other northern california cities have failed to file their disclosure forms. they include amador, ione and oakdale. >>> san jose city leaders are considering cutting their own pensions to cut costs. a committee headed up by mayor reed unanimously approved a proposal to eliminate pension plans for the mayor and city council members are. pensions of course have been a hot button issue as costs balloon into the hundreds of millions of dollars. >>> oakland recorded its first homicide of the new year. a teenager struggling to make a better life for himself. it comes just days after oakland's last homicide for 2011. christin ayers on how the city plans to reduce gun violence in the new year. >> report

john chiang docked paychecks last summer after democrats presented an unbalanced budget. voters approved that penalty in 2010. the democrats dispute the controller's authority to take away their money. taxpayers will ends up footing the bill. >>> apple hits the earnings projections. but a dismal report for yahoo. we have the numbers. >> protecting passengers in the skyway, airlines can no longer hide from you. >> the market just old. take a look at the early numbers. the market just opened. there they are. it was down yesterday heading in a negative territory today. we'll crunch the numbers with kcbs moneywatch reporter jason brooks coming up next. >>> good morning. at 6:43, we're following this developing story out of richmond. a fatal accident has shut down three lanes along west 80 near carlson. chp and emergency crews are on scene. we are getting reports of debris in the road, as well. again this is west 80 near carlson. the accident happened around 5:45 this morning. traffic really backed up as a result beyond highway 4 at this point. so give yourself some extra time

. >> at the time chiang said he reviewed the budget and determined it was not balanced and he blockedtheir pay. >>> happening right now, arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords is spending her last day in congress. this is a live look at the house floor. you can see senator nancy pelosi -- or that's congresswoman nancy pelosi, as has been -- has been recognizing give -- recognize -- recognizing girds. this is mark canter speaking. there was a lot of applause for gabrielle giffords at the state of the union. the president giving her a long embrace. >> that was one of the emotional things as they embraced last night. >> yes. that was an important day for gabrielle giffords. she will be back but she needs to tab dash it's a strong republican state. so it will be a tough fight for the primary election in april and the general election in june. >>> 7:23. we want to peek outside. there are cloudy skies in parts of the prayer this morning. look out the window. is it gonna stay overcast? stay tuned. steve will have the numbers next month. >>> if you bought a lottery ticket last month, you mi

john chiang docked paychecks last summer after democrats presented an unbalanced budget after a deadline. the democrats dispute the controller's authority to take money out of their paychecks. stay tuned. >>> traffic and weather, coming up right after this. >>> good morning. a trouble spot on 80. we'll show you some video we took earlier this morning of the fatal accident 80 in richmond. again, as frank said, all lanes are now open. but as we show you a live shot of traffic conditions right now, we have our friends from kovr stuck in the backup. this is traffic coming away from san pablo so very slow and go. the damage is done as a result of the accident even though the lanes are open. now, over on our maps you can see various slow speeds pretty much 18 miles per hour past 580 at this point, as well. so give yourself some extra time. looks good once you hit the bay bridge. a new wreck blocking lanes west 92 at 101. >>> it's a gray overcast start. by this afternoon, we should see some peeks of sunshine reaching partly cloudy skies. so yeah, low clouds to start you off with this morning. t