(john bailey) fritz lang did a trilogy of early gangster films, of the mabuse trilogy which had tremendous influence, not only in german cinema, but also in this country. even going back before that, "the cabinet of dr. caligari," the sets were built in false perspective. tremendous sense of light and dark contrasts. tilted angles, foregrounding of objects. these became very prominent, i think, in film noir. (abraham polonsky) objects are not things that happen to be in a room. objects are things that we deal with in living. so floors are objects. the position of people towards each other are objects. when you make a movie you pay attention to everything all the time, or you're not making a movie. what you're doing is just photographing something. what are you trying to do? i'm trying to strap you to the electric chair. we don't like innocent people blown away. (john bailey) noir photography was concerned with showing environment. i'm going to make you pay. they're trying to railroad me. i don't know why, i never stole dynamite. (john bailey) so the deep focus, foreground and background fo

i worked with him when i was with fritz institute. he has gone to fema. that's an important effort that fema has undertaken. something that the deputy administrator was talking about. i think the state should bring somebody in there as well. [laughter] yeah, right. i have toe say here in the state we are lucky to have the california resiliencey law and peter who has done a lot of incredible work with the private sector. so once again, so many good ideas, so many things have happened here. just remarkable. state of the art. now, the work that you have to do, we have some questions. my colleague prepared some questions. we don't have a lot of time. we have one mike there in the center, and we had way too many questions. we have 15 minutes or so. but i think maybe the best question to ask, jim, is the last one that we had which is like looking back at the last two-plus decades since loma prieta, you know, what concerns us collectively as a group, you know, most about our current response and recovery capacity and what do we think our greatest stride has been

all up against even old bundy and next up we are sometimes off sixty joel fred song of france and fritz. and roger federer is fine form is continuing the swiss claiming his twelfth the sixth of march have to come from behind victory mass baluchi three six six three six four next up for the world number three one mark. and gave us a ball where new york have won their first match following the surprise resignation of coach mike d'antoni and some style to the next russian portland just hours after the six. the dawn following three years in charge until he had signed a twenty four million dollar four year contract into the. eights which made him one of the n.b.a.'s highest paid coaches but the next are in danger of missing the playoffs this year they're currently tied for the final playoff berth in the eastern conference alongside the no walkie bucks decision to stand on left assistant mike woodson in charge for the notch but the portland trailblazers on what a response from the knicks. new york whipping the visitors hundred twenty one seventy nine to end a six game losing streak when comin

are we headed for doom i hope i don't know if you haven't heard sarah fritz when he first writes well the bottom line is although there are people who are still concerned about the effects of climate change the mainstream media is clearly not among them . so as global warming drifts back to the minds of politicians barack obama's fast tracking a controversial cross-country all pipeline in the states the fallout from but comes up of those of those showed six pm g.m.t. . thirteen seats in the midwest where the company believes that we will see increased prices enable the increase profits so then do you think that the president is going to win any political points of this new because on one hand i guess you could say. the people that really want the pipeline to go through sees that i can give you half an hour but they're going to say that's not enough and of course you know people like yourself have been advocating against the whole time this is a bit of a part of the fates well that well lobby is the most powerful lobby in america and what we're seeing right now is a political poison to

the tournaments the bells when sends him into the quarterfinals where he'll face freshman joe will fritz on go to end zone god was outstanding in his fourth round against germany's florian mayer as he played a near perfect match with controlled aggression and heavy hitting from the baseline some guy gets what is seven winners while mayer simply could not keep up with just five winners over the course of the entire match. meanwhile the top seed and defending champion the voc jock of each also cruised into the quarterfinals defeating seventeenth seed rashard gask a seven five six three. a rare will be the one standing in the way of jockey in the waters after the consistent spaniard won a breakpoint once in the first set and twice in the second to clinch a six three six three to ask for a duel against the defending champion. while that was andy roddick got from the defeating federer turned into a hang over when his next opponent won monaco capsulize on three of his five break point opportunities in the second set to secure his first win against that suits on miami champions seven five six t

police say 51-year-old scott david fritz died on thursday morning while skiing near the eastridge trail. they say he likely ran into a tree but no one witnessed the accident. when he was found he was unconscious but wearing a medical met. first aid was administered but he died at the scene. >>> a deadly industrial accident in berkeley has prompted an investigation. the contra costa times reports a worker was killed at berkeley forge and tool thursday night, when part of a metal grinding wheel hit him in the head. the victim is identified as 30- year-old ariel garcia, of san pablo. cal osha will be inspecting equipment and safety measures at that plant. >>> new this morning, in his weekly address president obama is urging americans not to believe in political rhetoric this election year. >> any career politician who promises some 3-point plan to $2 gas are knock look for a solution. they're just looking for your vote. >> the president says he has been watching the rising gas prices and he wants congress to end the $4 billion in annual tax subsidies for the oil and gas industry. mr. obama

nobody saw the accident but sheriff's deputy say the 51-year-old scott fritz probably hit a tree. he was wearing a helmet at the time. >>> winter storm warning in effect tonight for the lake tahoe area. ski resorts could get another 3 feet of snow. and if you think of heading up there bring your khaips for the tires. they are required on highway 80 and interstate 80. george warren spent the day at donner summit. >> after a mentioned weighing of a little snow and a lot of rain. no one is complaining about having to yaw snow shove shovel. >> wednesday we got snow. yesterday it was all written all day. not trying to this is good. can't complain too much. >> happy to get real snow though. >> right. no matter how much we have been talking about it this weak, this the late season storm seemed to catch some people by surprise. people who really thought they might make it over the summit without tire chains. >> my dad is talking me through it. >> you are on the phone with your dad. >> yes. i keep calling him back after i pull forward and pull backward and get wet in the slush with my non-

next year, fritz says it will add about $550 more. that's an 11% boost.parents are telling principals to spend it wisely. >> i don't know that that boost is going to let her do everything she wants to do. you know? i think they're still going to have to make very conscientious decisions. >> reporter: with more money headed directly to the classroom, cuts must come from somewhere, most likely central office. >> we've had to continue to do more with less. and we still think, though, that there's still room there that we can become more efficient. >> reporter: that efficiency could help. because the school district is facing a $35 million budget shortfall. and the state has already told school leaders not to expect more cash. it has money problems of its own, to the tune of a $1 billion budget shortfall. >> we always have to live within our means. you have to live within your means. i have to live within mine. and the school system has to do the same thing. >> reporter: and school leaders say the budget proposal -- it's only a proposal, rather. and they hope

economy, and i think this is something that we saw that was despair on the totalitarianism, karl popper, fritzr as the starting point to drive people into these very frightening movements, and i think that this bear is prevalent within american society and very dangerous. >> in the 2005 book closing moses on the freeway, the mr. hedges rights half we watch passively as the wealthy and the elite, the corporation's rall auslin the environment to fraud consumers and taxpayers and create an exclusive american oligarchy that uses wealth and political power we watch because we believe we can enter the club is grease that keeps silent. good afternoon. >> i want to thank you for your thoughts and your look. they are very deep and they really open many of our minds to the important concept. and you try at least from my observation to present a lot of deep thought and objective reality. i was troubled when you talk about the middle east because you talk about your history in terms of the people there but i was wondering also of if you had an equal knowledge of the people on that side. snyder lived in je

big solar storms like this can disrupt power and put your gps system on the fritz, but it looks like dodging the bullet. wolf? >> the first thing you've got to understand is how old the sun might be. the sun is about 5 billion years old and since that time, with we've been dealing with different types of solar flairs. it's not something steady like with a 40 watt or 60 watt lightbulb. what we're getting pulse of energy that's been getting closer to the earth. that with the latest output from the sun. if you and our viewers can see, you'll notice a little sun spot activity which indicates places we've had these solar flares. the latest has been a glancing blow past the earth. because of that, noaa is telling us this is on the weaker side for the time being. still, we can be impacted in several ways. one, a high frequency of radio blackouts possible especially in the northern half of the spear. power grid outages and of course with gps and satellite interruptions, you're perhaps going to have some trouble. >> so, you might have some problems. but there is one cool thing and that is abo

at 5:00, laptops on the fritz.can fry your computer and many of them are the user's fault. liz crenshaw has some simple things that you can do to keep your laptop running smoothly. for all the day's news, join us for news4 beginning at 4:00 this afternoon. >>> time for a final check on the forecast. >> we've had lots of sun this morning but the clouds will be closing in. the latest satellite image shows that area in green, that's rain. east of there, clouds heading toward the shenandoah valley and will be moving toward the metro area in another three or four hours. right now it is near 60 degrees in washington. fredericksburg, up to 65 now. ought to hit low 70s there. here are the high temperatures expected around the region for this afternoon. a gorgeous day, glorious sunshine now but we'll have those clouds on the increase. a dry pattern into thursday, maybe more rain friday and saturday. a mild week coming up. see you tomorrow morning. >> that's "news4 midday" for today. thank you for being with us. tune in for

this could kick out electricity and put navigational system and cell upons on the -- phones on the fritzknow that did not happen? >> shepard: julie banderas live for us tonight in the newsroom. i'm curious, julie, not much happened. that is what always seems to happen. >> yeah. >> shepard: if you are tired of rising air fares, better get over it you can expect them to stay high for the rest of the decade. that's the word from the new federal aviation report. it shows air travel will likely double in the next 20 years. double. but thanks in part to airline mergers, passengers will have fewer flight options. executives say they have to raise fares to offset rising fuel costs. they did it in a dozen times in the last year and twice already in 2012. feds say travelers won't get much of a break until airlines get competition. there could be more than a hundred holes in that argue: live with fundraising milestone. first, some swanky restaurants are selling big beef, settling one. why a celebrity chef, this one, is serving up millions of dollars to his workers. we're approaching the bottom of t

. >>> lap tops on the fritz? if your computer is fried, it could be your fault. the simple steps to keep it running smoothly. >>> plus, outrage from parents tonight when a department store markets shirts for kids with some questionable slogans. >>> we're talking lap tops tonight. if you think your lap top is to use in your lap think again. >> no, no. when it's running slowly, freezing up, it could be all your fault and the fault of your lap. not the computer. liz crenshaw is here to tell you how to avoid messing the thing up. >> hi there. you think lap top you think portable computer, convenience. experts say they're not meant to be moved around or used on your lap. geek support at best buy says half of all lap top troubles are caused by human error. how you handle it and where you use your lap top affects your computer's life span. >> they say on average the lap top should last you about three years. >> reporter: that's only if you care for your lap top properly. >> by not treating them properly we can actually damage parts prematurely and shorten the life span

. >>> if your cell phone or tv goes on the fritz the next two days do not blame your carrier. fire ball in the sky. we all like to call it the sun. two massive solar flares erupted yesterday on the sun. a busy day of storms in fact. both solar flares ranked as x class and no we are not talking about professor x and his mutants from the comics but x class the biggest most powerful flares that the sun is capable of unleashing. it put out a couple yesterday. so why should we care about the sun getting hot and bothered with the megaclass storm? well aside from the cool pictures we get to see, when the x class storms are aimed directly at the earth, they can endanger our astronauts, endanger our satellites in orbit. they are capable of disrupting our ground communications, even knocking out power grids. the good news on this one is that the scientists only expect we'll get a glancing blow. it is not a direct hit so to speak and so they say we're not really in any real danger of disruption which lets us enjoy this. the solar flares are expected to crank up the aurora light shows in

the party line has also been sounded by jerald fritz, senior vice president of allbritton communications. he told the fcc that making the information available on the internet "would ultimately lead to a soviet-style standardization of the way advertising should be sold as determined by the government." friends, i could not make that up. the industry leaves nothing to chance. through its control of the house of representatives, it got a piece of legislation passed this week euphemistically titled the fcc process reform act. reform, my foot! not only does the bill remove roadblock to more media mergers, further reducing competition, it would subject every new rule and every fcc analysis of that rule to years of paper work and judicial review, enabling the industry's horde of lawyers and lobbyists, "to throw sand in the works at every opportunity" as one expert puts it. there was a noble attempt to include in this bill an amendment that, like the fcc proposal, called for stations to post online who is putting up the big bucks for political ads. shocker, it was rejected. score another one f

. >>> if your cell phone or gps seems like it's on the fritz this morning. we may have the explanation for you. check this out. it's a massive solar storm. the largest in five years slamming into the earth. it a erupt frd the sun's surface this week. this cloud of charged particles could disrupt, utility grids, satellite networks and airline flights. >>> in the battle for control of syria, president obama is now asking the pentagon to study u.s. military options. that was revealed yesterday at a senate haerpg. republican john mccain criticized defense secretary leon panetta for not backing air strikes against syria's government. >> how many additional civilian lives have to be lost in order to convince you that the military measures of this kind, that we're proposing necessary to end the killing and force to leave power, how many more have to die? >> clarissa ward has been following the story. she's in beirut, lebanon this morning. clarissa, any talk of military action suggested by senator mccain in. >> well, i think certainly rebels inside the country will

not only by the new york review of books and the met, but also by our friends at the very generous fritz foundation, in oslo, which is often collaborate width the review in supporting meetings such as this one. i want to thank george soros for donating copies of his just published book which you have seen on the tables outside. and finally, i want to thank simon head of oxford, who has been the major organizer of this evening, and i should remind you that books by other panelists will be available following tonight's event. now, for this evening, we raised several issues with our participants. we thought the continuing problems of the euro and the tightrope being walked in greece as we speak. and the question of how the euro itself will fare as a common currency without a european treasury or a stronger constitution. we thought, secondly, of the shaky situation of the united states since the recession, and how its problems of high unemployment and stagnant income bill affected by our political situation here as well as the crisis in the eurozone. third, we raise the question of the chine

end of the world, folks, but some of our modern conveniences ie perhaps cell phones could go on the fritzur sun. i'm going to walk to reynolds wolf, hello, sir. >> on the face of this, this doesn't sound like the most daunting thing in the entire world. a solar storm. >> i'm not that worried. is that okay? >> i think we're going to be all right. originally no one believed it was going to be a bit stronger. they have a scale like a saffir-simpson scale that goes fres g 1 to g 5. they said in a statement earlier today, they think it's going to be closer to g1. this is the image from the pulsing effects we have on the sun, is unlike say a light bulb we have here in the studio, the sun is not a constant. it is a pulsating osh of energy. it changes quite a bit. these are some of the more grand fluctuations we'll notice. we notice in this image, get a mock-up of sun spots which show the unequal heating or cooling on the sun. these are hotter spots. if you're wondering what it can do, you're talking about the interference with the gps. absolutely it can happen. >> over the next couple days? >> p