>> alan: good evening. late this. >> san francisco's game of political musical chairs just got more interesting. the outgoing mayor selected his police chief, george gascon, to become the new district attorney. hill yap -- lillian kim is live at city hall. this is an unorthodox appointment. >> reporter: and a unique opportunity, which is why gorge gascon says he couldn't turn it down. >> the district attorney for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations. [applause] >> reporter: george gascon was sworn in as san san francisco's district attorney, it's been a whirl wind weekend for the police chief. he was asked to take the job saturday afternoon. he turn to his wife for advice. >> she immediately says, follow your heart? >> replacing kamala harris was gavin newsom0s last decision as mayor. he says gascon epermanented as the top pick after gascon approached him asking him for advice on the new da. >> as i was listening to him, it became clear to me that he was the choice. he didn't know that. he

>> alan: police open fiririririr >> alan: we begin in at the oakland hills where school district police officers have shot and killed a man and wounded another. we're live at the scene with more. tomas? >> reporter: we're here in the oakland hills, the crime scene is right behind me. there's police -- oakland police have the streets closed off, and there's a silver honda down the street, and that's where the situation occurred tonight. the information we're getting comes from troy flint, spokesperson for the oakland school strict. he says theirs two oakland school district police officers were patrolling the area because there was a party and a dance at the high school. they had to make a traffic stop. the made the stop, and when one of the officers weapon to the driver's window, the driver, according to flint, took a tool or a knife and tried to stab the officer. now, that's when all this started. the officer's life was apparently saved by the fact he was wearing a vest. the suspect went for a weapon, and that's when the other police officer fired into the car, killing the suspect. now

acknowledge we -- >> alan: on to shu.fs going on. >> mike: the green bay packers are the first sixth seed to advance to the super bowl. with three road wins wins in ph, atlanta, and chicago. packers opening drive. aaron rodgers, dealing. fires a strike over the middle to nelson. down to the two-yard line. two player preys later, what a fake. gets to the corner. packers lead. second quarter, more from the parkers. starks from four yard out. stretches, he's in. grebe greek -- green bay up 14-0. the bears can get back in at the game bought jay cutler picked off and it's 14-0 pack at the half. that would become his final throw of the game. he injured his knee at some point in the first half. didn't know exactly when, but did not return. his backup was ineffective but the third stringer provided a mark. takes it down to the one. on the very next play, chester taylor cop verdict it into points. we have a ball game. it's 14-7 packers. but hanie is a third string for a reason. a huge misstake. raji with the pick. game over. right

>> alan: good evening. preparations are underway right now for the inauguration of oakland's first female and first asian mayor. jean quan will be sworn in tomorrow morning, and then the real challenge begins. session -- we're live at today. >> reporter: just finished talking with jean quan. talking about getting off the ground and rung right after she is sworn in here at the fox theater. one of their first orders of business will be to meet with every member of the oakland police department to talk about the violence in the estimate jean -- in the estimate jean quan will be inside her family's building. the first expwom first -- first woman and first asian to lead the city, and supporters hope she can bring much needed change. >> we all have high hopes, and we believe she wail make the changes, and especially we're hoping she can work with everyone. >> this election season quan managed to pull off one of the biggest upsets in bay area politics. more oakland residents chose don perata as their first pick fo

we'll check out the forecast coming up. >> alan: thank you, leigh. police found a man shot to death early this morning in east palo alto, and now they're searching for witnesses to help track down the suspects. officers responded to a report of a shooting at 1:45 in the morning on capital avenue. when they arrived they found a 37-year-old man withgunshot wounds. his identity has not been released. >>> take a look at this. pacifica police say a suspected drunk driver crashed her pickup truck into a bar at closing time. you can see the result of the crash two customers inside the winters tavern were injured and taken to a hospital. the driver, karla andres, was also injured. among other charges, facing a felony dui charge. >> jackie speier introduced a bill to tess sig nice -- designate corner events in january. there was a noticeable police presence at speier's event. >> we can't let this horrendous act go unaddressed, and that we must move forward, making sure the democratic process -- it doesn't just survive but that it thrives. >> alan: the shootin

. >> alan: parting wor from governor schwaenegger on his last full day in office. today brings a close to the governor seven years in sacramento. he admits that history will be the judge of his administration's accomplishments but says he is confident he did what is best for calirnia. lillian kim joins us with more on the governos final address to california. >> reporter: the governo was a bit sentimental when he delivered his final weekly radio address. the governor took office seven years ago, replacing gray davis, in an historic recall election. today hemarked the end of his term by thanks californians the honor of serve as govern. >> my family, my career, all my successes, i owe to california. the opportunity to give something ba as governor has been an immigrant's dream come true. >> reporter: the entire address is over four minutes. he talk about how california is still the golden dream by the sea and continues to be the entertainment and innovation pital of the world. he touted his accomplishments duringhis seven years in office. although he was unable to so

. >> alan: the stan is stanislaus sheriff's department is downafraiding an amber alert. it only includes the central valley and san jose. tonight divers suspended their search of a canal until monday in their search for the juliani. the sheriff said all leads point to that specific stretch ol' candle. >> we have witness statements and corroborating evidence at the scene. we just haven't been able to locate the car yet, and there's still more work to do. >> alan: divers have been using a sonar device to search for the gray toyota grin by the ex-boyfriend of juliani's mother who is suspected of kidnapping the boy. the car linked the kidnapping is a silver toyota crow la, 6hbw44 5. if you think you see it, call police. >> in san francisco, investigators are trying to figure out how a nine-year-old boy was shot in the stomach this afternoon himself -- afternoon. it happened on turk street. they're trying to determine if the boy was hit bay stray bullet intentionally shot or if it was an accident. despite his injuries, the boy is expected to survive. >> in vallejo, police dis

>> alan: looters break into the egyptian >> we don't want hosni mubarak. we don't want him. >> alan: tens of thousands of people take to the streets of cairo, and they're not alone. thousands more across the united states march some support. it's morning in egypt and people are waking up where thousands defied a can curfew imposed by president mubarak. the latest from egypt where protests and looting continued throughout the day. >> reporter: tonight, buildings on fire in could i row, as a nationwide curfew is once again defied. earlier today, police station in suez was torched. looters broke into buildings in cairo and broke into the egypt museum, breaking artifacts and tearing the heads off ancient mummies. citizen is moved in to protect the museum, forming a human chain around it. >> we wish the people all over the world that egyptian people protect the treasure. >> the death toll jumped in cairo, the body of a man killed today was carried through the crowd. these scenes are in stark contrast from other images. the army replaced the police, but they're

cheerios. [ bob ] squak. >> alan: oakland mayor jean quan walked a tough beat. she went door-to-door in a neighbor that is ranked month the top five most crime-ridden neighborhoods in the city. on tuesday, six people were shot, including an innocent bystander who was shot inside his home. 33x is the focus of mayor quan's new crime reduction and rejustify nation plan. >> having a council of residents who work together with the beat officer is i think absolutely necessary to keep crime going down. >> alan: quan's also encouraging neighbors to join a new neighborhood crime prevention council. it meets later this month. >> the mayor is the first asian-american woman to lead a major u.s. city. now san francisco is on the verge of having its first asian-american mayor. en[applause] >> alan: new members of the board of supervisors were sworn in, and the board re-elected david which chiu as interim president. lee is voted as interim mayor. it appears lee roz appointment is a lock. seven of the supervisors who voted for him will still been -- still be on the board on tue

>> an arizona congresswoman a victim of a >> alan: good evening. arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords is fighting for her life tonight. six people are dead and 12 others wound after a gunmap fired in a town hall gathering today. giffords was a figurative target of the right, and today she became the actual target of a gunman. >> reporter: we're here at the hospital where congresswoman give give giffords is being treated. she is being kept in a medically induced coma after a shooting that has stunned the nation, and members of the community are praying for the victims. >> the gunman shoot gabrielle giffords outside this supermarket point blank, and then just kept firing. >> i was three feet from her. i was shaking to my core. >> when it was over, 19 lay on the ground, gunned down, six of them killed, among them, three of giffords' staffers, a nine-year-old girl, and federal judge john roll who just came by to say hello. >> he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. i hope she will survive. this is a very very -- devastating wound. >> a tragedy

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we'll continue to watch that for you. >> alan: on to shu.he battle between the cheese steaks and the cheeseheads. >> mike: the biggest matchup wasn't philly but the eagles hosting the packers. first quarter. former cal bear star, desean jackson hurts his knee. he would be limited the rest of the game. a big loss. local connection, aaron rodgers firing a dart to former san jose state star, james jones in the third, eagles rally. michael vick to avant, cuts the packer lead to four. later in the third. packers' town. rodgers to jackson. weaves through traffic for six. now in the fourth, same score and the reliable david akerrs misses. those six points would be huge. eagles need a touchdown. vic to the touchdown, but williams picks it off. the two missed field goals a big difference, packers win and face the falcons next week. >> i got greedy, and took a shot at the end zone, and didn't throw the right ball i wanted to throw and got picked off. a bad way to go out. i went out swinging. >> i want my time being a football fan, never seen one playe

the company you keep. >> alan: robert deniro and ben still were the top pick at the box office.le fockers brought in over $26 million this weekend. a close second was "through grit" with $24 million, and rounding out the top three what another flick starring jeff bridges, tron, legacy. revenues were down 28% from new year's weekend a year ago. that's it for abc-7 news. thanks for joining us. hope to see you tonight at 11:00. captioned by closed captioning services inc. llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

crank up the flavor at subway. >> alan: a new milestone for apple. its app store hit 10 billion downloads. apple made the announcement today. the app store has more than 300,000 different programs for the iphone, the ipad, and the ipod touch. it gave the 10 billionth customer a $10,000 gift certificate to the itunes

. >> alan: bay area people with close ties to egypt have been watching these events up fold -- unfold in their native country and on tv. here's more on that part of the story. >> reporter: bay area egyptians say all they can do is wait for updates on television and monitor facebook around the clock. >> the protestors in the square. >> reporter: he and his wife came back from a visit to their native country just one day before tuesday's uprising began. they had a sense something big was on the horizon. >> taxi drivers were going on and on about how bad things are, can't feed their families, have to work two jobs. >> there is momentum and there is a general atmosphere of the possibility. things are happening. things are in the works. >> reporter: thousands of miles away from their home lean, this egyptian christians turned their concern into prayer during sunday services. >> for many of them, their family and freps back home are marching in the streets. this immigrants have a new home now but they understand the frustrations in their native country too well. >> corruption, everybody you

abc-7 news. >> alan: okay. let's turn now to our local weather. most of us got a good dose of rain last night, and now remnants half -- of the storm front are blowing throwsm -- through. let's going to leigh glaser. >> leigh: some pretty heavy rain moved crs the bay area, but almost completely clear. the system moved in brought us rain and then moved out. from san jose to gilroy starting to clear up. gilroy, a little rain to the north of you but all of this will move on rather rapidly. how much did we get? san francisco, over a quarter inch. close to a quarter inch for oakland. even san jose pick up a little over a half an inch. any rain in the work week ahead? we'll take a look at the seven-day forecast coming up. >> alan: the man killed yesterday by police in oakland's rockridge district has been identified. matthew cicels ky was shot after he pointed a replica assault weapon at police. neighbors say he was wearing camouflage and had been walking up and down the street with the fake weapon outside his girlfriend's house. when officers arrived he

. >> alan: good evening. we're learning more about the officer-involved shooting death of map last night in the oakland hills. oakland unified school district police say it start with a routine traffic stop. a school district official says the officer fired into the suspect's car because he was attacking another officer with a screwdriver. the officers kevlar vest protected him. a gun was recovered in the man's carment one day after the officer-involved fatility community members marched in a previously scheduled event geared toward ending violence in oakland. we're live at church where that march ended. >> reporter: the meeting here at the church is joust now -- just now breaking up. about 100 people marched here. they came down hyde street a street in oakland where the first murder victim of the new year was gunned down just nine minutes into 2011. the theme is "take back the streets." block-by-block. this is one of two groups marching down hyde street. >> we believe in a community that is safe to live in,

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alan? >> two quick points. one, alan may be sure that shotguns will be upheld, but he's got to explain to me why sawed-off shotguns are not upheld in terms of originalism. because that's what the court in 1937. the second, the question on standard review sounds lawyerly. and it is. but what's underlying at stake here is the question of how much deference should be given to legislatures when they are trying to make predictive judgments whether society as a whole would be better off with one law or another or one variation rather than another. and in general, we allow legislatures to make those kind of choices, when we think that the legislative process is likely to work reasonably well, that the affected interests are likely to be heard, and that for better or worse, the decision is one that's within the realm of reasonableness for most people. and it doesn't mean that the legislative choice has to be e same in arizona, or texas, as it is in the district of columbia or new york city. it seems to me that guns, an

and in the strangest way, jaguars helped alan rabinowitz survive.th a debilitating condition he suffered through, even before he knew what a jaguar was. >> rabinowitz: when i was a young child, i couldn't speak. i had a severe, severe stutter. >> simon: you literally couldn't talk? >> rabinowitz: i could talk, but i had severe blocks. my whole body would spasm. my... my mouth would close shut. and back then, unlike now, they thought it was completely psychological. now, we know it's more genetic. so they... they would put me in special classes. they would put me in what all the kids called "the retarded classes." and i just stopped trying. i stopped even trying to speak to the human world. what i could do... stutterers can sing without stuttering, and i couldn't sing very well. and stutterers can speak to animals. and every day, i'd come home from school and i'd go into my closet, because i loved being in the dark. and i'd speak to my green turtles or chameleons or lizards or garter snakes. if i was having a particularly bad week at school, which of

let's begin with alan gura. he began for the eastern judge for the eastern district of north carolina. after that, as a deputy attorney general for the state of california, he defended the state and it's employees from all manner of lawsuits in state and federal courts at time and on appeal. thereafter, he entered the private practice of law at the washington, d.c. offices of sidley and austin in february of 2000, he left the firm to serve for a year as council to the u.s. senate judiciary committee on criminal oversight. alan is admitted to the bars of the district of columbia, virginia, and california, and admitted to practice before the u.s. supreme court and numerous other federal courts. in 2009, he was named one of washington's top 40 lawyers under 40, and championed of justice by "legal times." he's a graduate of yale university law center, and where he earned his b.a. with distinction of all subjects. please welcome alan gura. >> thank you, roger, i'd like to thank the federal society and cato and all of

alan was getting -- alan was getting the two other of my fond childhood. >> host: windage of the alan? >> guest: 1994. >> host: first, second? >> guest: third. i am finally and blissfully california. >> host: where did you meet alan? >> guest: and the lions had power. it was arranged. he wasn't one of these things where i wandered in off the street. she at a friend, deborah was going with the kite who is a friend of mine. and the range day. it was a matchmaking and it worked. although, allen with a little wary of me considering my history and i don't blame your. >> host: what's your history? >> guest: i've been married twice before and i've been a wanderer. >> host: how many kids do you have? >> guest: one, from the first marriage. maggie from santa cruz. >> host: how does this all work out in the catholic church? >> guest: i don't care. i'm not going to get excommunicated because i was not made within the church. what you do doesn't matter. it simply committing the sin of adultery. so i haven't tried to transgress in holy matcher money. if i got married in the church they would take

>> alan: good evening. there's word the body of a missing north bay teacher has been found. 53-year-old debra some summit was last seen january 19th. her cousin told the san francisco con chronicle her body was found this morning. >>> there were some tense moments in oakland's rockridge district which ended with police shooting and killing a man today. it happened around 9:30 in a residential neighborhood near broadway and college avenue. wayne freeman is there. >> reporter: anytime a police officer shoots and kills someone on the city streets there's going to be questions, and that's the case in oakland tonight. we don't have a lot of lee tails, only police say the man had been acting strangely and he may haveen truitted into this house. >> rockridge residents would have been hard-pressed to believe this could happen around here. what happened remains sketchy. as oak loaned police explain it, they knew him and he knew them. >> now one man describe as being in his mid-30s or 40s is dead shot by the same oak

have the first headline here greenspan challenges critics to prove him wrong really tell me about alan greenspan so this is him on wall street journal your career at this point almost mind me someone of brett farve who was america's best love quarterback and now in retrospect his legacy looks somewhat target tarnished and do you feel that that need to defend your like to see what do you want to be remembered for. well on my bench and view that. through a lot of the facts to fall with your i have answered. my critics. on basic lucetta but if those can prove that i am wrong that if my analysis of what the criticisms were are accurate. which i think they were then i would prefer the people to manage their minds but. if they prove i'm wrong. which they would be as bipolar disease areas i'm still proving himself wrong where you are wrong. partially in other words your view of the world your ideology was not right it was not worth your precisely you're right that's precisely the reason i was shocked because i've been going for forty years or more where the very considerable evidence that it

alan? >> two quick points. one, alan may be sure that shotguns will be upheld, but he's got to explain to me why sawed-off shotguns are not upheld in terms of originalism. because that's what the court in 1937. the second, the question on standard review sounds lawyerly. and it is. but what's underlying at stake here is the question of how much deference should be given to legislatures when they are trying to make predictive judgments whether society as a whole would be better off with one law or another, or one variation rather than another. and in general, we allow legislatures to make those kind of choices, when we think that the legislative process is likely to work reasonably well, that the affected interests are likely to be heard, and that for better or worse, the decision is one that's within the realm of reasonableness for most people. and it doesn't mean that the legislative choice has to be the same in arizona, or texas, as it is in the district of columbia or new york city. it seems to me that guns,

alan? >> two quick points. one, alan may be sure that shotguns will be upheld, but he's got to explain to me why sawed-off shotguns are not upheld in terms of originalism. because that's what the court in 1937. the second, the question on standard review sounds lawyerly. and it is. but what's underlying at stake here is the question of how much deference should be given to legislatures when they are trying to make predictive judgments whether society as a whole would be better off with one law or another, or one variation rather than another. and in general, we allow legislatures to make those kind of choices, when we think that the legislative process is likely to work reasonably well, that the affected interests are likely to be heard, and that for better or worse, the decision is one that's within the realm of reasonableness for most people. and it doesn't mean that the legislative choice has to be the same in arizona, or texas, as it is in the district of columbia or new york city. it seems to me that guns,

the opposition labour party has been left realineling by the resignation of alan johnson. >> mr.ohnson, can you tell us why he resigned? >> the former shadow chancellor famous for speaking fluent human, chose not to speak at all about his shock resignation. his leader spoke for them instead. >> he has decided to stand down for a deeply personal reasons. he has been doing a good job to hold this government to account occurred >> mr. johnson does not spell out those personal reasons, but says, i found it difficult to cope with these issues in my private life. westminster is a buzz with rumors about his marriage. a former postman who rose to be a union leader and a rock and roll loving cabinet minister never expected to become a shadow chancellor appear. >> pick up the economics. >> that smile turned into a wince when alan johnson was targeted for getting his facts wrong. >> i know the shadow chancellor can not really do the numbers. ther eis nre is no point in asking gromit about that one. >> ed balls replaces him. >> i am sorry he is having a tough time. it is a great loss, but fo

alan turing, did he commit suicide?touring as we all know are as anyone who's interested in in computers knows, turing wasn't ultimately -- openly gay man. in the 1950s he became unemployable, partly because of his openly gay status during the cold war. so the question still arises, well, what happened to them? did he commit suicide? his mother believed that. so i don't know. i don't go too deeply into all of that, but it's just another aspect of the drama. and as i'm sitting having all my i have a come. no, here's a bit and apple which is a reference to the way that turing committed suicide. so it's would've liked iconic. >> host: can you explain to the audience a little more? >> guest: to ring was killed by an apple that was infused with poison. maybe he put the poison in the. maybe someone else put the poison in there. i don't know, but supposedly when apple was founded and they got their icon, that was a reference to the death of alan turing. >> host: are there any figures, moguls today in the tech world that you fi

alan tratarÍa. >> asÍ es, buenas tardes es un dÍa trÁgico para la policÍa de miami, dos de sus oficialespadres de familia murieron mientras estaban cumpliendo con su deber. cabe destacar que la primera vez en dÉcadas que dos agentes mueren asesinados en el mismo incidente. la comunidad por supuesto estÁ muy preocupada. >> fue una escena caÓtica en pleno miami, varios departamentos de policÍa respondieron al llamado de oficio los caÍdos. >> hay mucho movimiento de policÍas, y de helicÓpteros y perros y todo. >> algunos oficiales en la escena no pudieron esconder su dolor ante la muerte de dos de sus compaÑeros que fueron baleados cumpliendo su deber. >> nos despedimos de nuestras familias y no sabemos si volvemos en la noche. el trabajo es muy peligroso pero cuando algo asÍ sucede la comunidad tambiÉn estÁ de luto. >> segÚn las autoridades varios

wang, abc7 news. >> as alan mentioned, blaine's family sold everything to bring her to san francisco including the 40-year-old delivery truck they used to make money. doctors giving back is raising funds to help blaine and her family recover once they get home. you can find contact information at abc7news.com. look under see it on tv. >>> lawyers for a famous artist sent a letter to a san francisco store asking it to stop selling a bookend in the shape of a balloon dog. park life in the richmond district received a letter. he created a giant shiny balloon dog that was shown at versailles and museums in new york. it raises an interesting question. can you copyright an image that is seen and used in many different ways? >> party clowns. they make balloon dogs for kids at parties. does that mean they have to stop making balloon dogs? >> they stopped selling the bookends who says they will fight the cease and assist letter. >> former governor -- >>> former governor schwarzenegger offered his $20,000 bond grizzly bear to jerry brown. it has become a big tourist attraction. he likes that i

that's where alan wang is live for us tonight to walk us through what happened. alan?lyn, as close as we are to san jose, this is a very rural part of the east hills with livestock and barbed wire fence around us. not much happens, but today police shot and killed a man. >> about noontime midday, i was feeding the animals down at my ranch. i heard what was a couple of gunshots, pops. >> it is not a big deal to hear gunshots in the rural east hills overlooking san jose. but after brian van wagner saw a swarm of police officers racing by, he learned a san jose officer had shot and killed a man in a ravine near his home. >> yeah, i was questioned by one of their deputies. "did you see homelessen camp ment's, vagrants or suspicious people walking around? " they knew the person didn't belong here. >> reporter: the suspect was shot on the property of ardel johnson. they say a neighbor chased him to the house. a neighbor knocked on the door and said johnson stole something from his home and he asked johnson for his address so he could tell police where to go. he told johnson

friends and alan, of course, became one of my great teachers.you never know how you're gonna meet one of your great teachers. >> rose: and sam shepherd. >> sam shepherd i metz... i saw him perform with the holy modal rounders at the village gate and it was just like a hillbilly psychedelic hillbilly band and i thought this hillbilly guy behind the drums, this guy could be... is what rock and roll needs, purity. he was american but like... he seemed like he was from the coal mining fields or something and he was also very handsome and i was writing for crawl daddy and i... i went up to him and i said you know... i was telling him i could make him a big star. i was gonna write the greatest article about him and he's playing along, told he his name was slim shadow. and we... we just developed a great friendship and just went on and it took me quite a while to find out he was sam shepherd and i didn't know who sam shepherd was. i didn't know anything about the theater. so sometimes people say there's a lot of famous people in your book but back then

alan wang is live where the bomb squad destroyed the devices. alan? >> dan, the bomb squad detonated the bombs along i-680, and they had to take precautions, so they shut the highway down. and tonight they believe at least one of the three people arrested here knows more than she is saying about those pipe bombs. the bomb squad detonated four of five pipe bombs found in a storage unit this afternoon. >> one looked like it was about two and a half to three inches in diameter and eight inches long. >> rush hour traffic along i-680 near concord avenue came to a complete halt. -- halt. >> we could blowup the entire building. that's why we ended up shutting down the freeway. >> the contra costa enforcement team says an informant lead them to a storage unit where theyen unit could erred a young woman from the martinez area. she let them search her unit and then denied knowing anything about the backpacks filled with pipe bombs. a fifth one was nearby. >> she was clean looking and nicely dressed and nice car. had no reason to believe other than the woman was

in the united states so now comes news that one english professor auburn university in montgomery alan greenblatt approached publishers with the idea of changing the literary work to make it more reader friendly the n. word will be replaced by slave the word engine over placed by indian parents teachers anyone else out there who's trying to protect the nation's children from offensive words they don't like the two hundred nineteen times of the n word was used in this book despite its historical context the social commentary that it provides and critics are now. now foaming at the mouth they're calling it censorship the destruction of a literary masterpiece but is this just another sign that political correctness in this country is going too far or if not even political correctness than perhaps simply a fear of truth well joining me to discuss it is christopher chambers georgetown university professor and author of the blog as revenge chris nice to see you in there happy new year i want to get your take on this whole huckleberry finn have you think that mark twain will be turning in his

was startling and deadly, with trees crashing onto trapped cars, killing one woman and just missing alan. >> i was just about to leave and the next thing you know, the tree fell right on top of my head. >> reporter: this morning the digout began. thousands of abandoned cars and power lines down across the region, with 400,000 homes in the dark. >> worried about the house getting cold and pipes freezing. >> reporter: local utilities under fire for poor service in recent years say repairs could take another day. >> we've actually had more outages, and it's because the snow has been so heavy, it's wet, it's staying on the lines. >> and those outages are extending all the way up into delaware. you know this storm in d.c. might not have been so bad but it was preceded by rain that washed away all the chemicals they put down on the road. by the time the storm came, the chemicals were all gone. >> we had thunder here last night and i jumped as high as you did. tom costello in d.c. and peter alexander in new york. gentlemen, thanks. >>> there is increasing evidence the world is changing, in spot

>> i spoke with alan blinder about that.is a former vice chairman of the federal reserve and currently an economics professor at princeton university. first i asked him how the obama stimulus packages will help americans. >> well, i'm sure we're going to see more jobs. some, for example, i mentioned the payroll tax. some substantial amount of that 120 billion is going to be spent on consumer items. there will be some investment stimulus on business equipment items. and that will lead to some jobs. now, housing has been dead in the water in our country for some time now, and i wouldn't bet on a big revival this year. >> professor, what more do you think the fed can do? >> for example, i have been urging the federal reserve -- they're not listening to me, but i've been urging them to routes interest rate it pays banks to hold idle reserves to zero at least or preferably to actually go negative, start charging them a service fee for holding them. the fed is paying them 1/4 of a percent annualized as an interest rate. which is v

alan miller is the chairman and chief executive officer of universal health services. u.h.s. runs more than 100 hospitals and medical facilities. he joins us from philadelphia. welcome to "nightly business report", nice to see you. >> thank you, tom. >> tom: so far health care reform has required insurance companies to cover adult children up to 26 years old, a limited lifetime limit and provided tax benefits for small businesses offering insurance him have these changes meant more patients for your firm? >> no, not immediately. we're seeing some, i guess, from the children that have been added. but the big number will come when the mandate comes in and 31 million people will have to have insurance who don't have it currently. >> tom: there's a mandate that continues to be fought in court. supporters say this reform ames to get more people health insurance grooing for instance that individual mandate and limit the growth of spending. which is the big tub or maybe the bigger threat to u. h. s.? >> well, we obviously would be very happy to see 31 million additional people have

. >> reporter: you know alan there is an old saying in politics everyone is your best friend until you have to cast your first vote or make your first tough decision this afternoon looks like governor brown is enjoying his friends back to you. >> even if there was austerity off the bat, the hot dog feed. >> reporter: that's it from hot dogs to this we will see what comes tomorrow. >> phil matier in sacramento thanks so much. >>> former san francisco district attorney kamela harris was sworn in today >> discharge the duties. >> discharge the duties. >> upon which i am about to enter. >> upon which i am about the enter. >> harris is the first woman and first person of color to be elected to the statues top law enforcement job he took the oath of office in a private ceremony for museum of history women and the arts. >> jean kwan became the first woman and first asian american to hold that office. linda gee is in oakland where kwan says she is ready to tackle the city's biggest problem. >> reporter: right now i am in the oakland mayors office a rare look inside the center of power here at