i played for albany high in 1972. and by that point our team was probably 65, 60% white, the rest black. but it was not discussed that just a few years earlier that that was an all-white football team, and the color barrier had been broken in terms of that particular school. um, it wasn't discussed by the players that i played there, and the interviews i think in this book would help the reader understand that many of the white players and many of the black players who got to that football camp -- and it was a hell of a camp -- by the mid, early '70s just wanted to be a part of that team, and race didn't matter. >> what -- you write about how brutal the camp was. how much do you think the social challenges played into the physical challenges that they had to go through at camp? >> the social challenges if for blacks? >> yeah. >> oh, well, there's no question about it. grady caldwell, matter of fact, on january 27th -- tomorrow night -- grady will be in town speaking at the civil rights institute as one of the first bl

>> two women who live in albany, georgia, caught our eye.ow they treat their pets but for the nontraditional pets that rule their roosts. stephany springer from wlab paid them a call. >> normally i would buy a whole cantaloupe but this was easier. >> reporter: jenna starts her day off in the kitchen whipping a healthy and nutritious breakfast for her girls. >> give them a whole tomato since they have company. >> reporter: she has six girls, henrietta, gaby, rosie, patsy, loretta and lily, and as you can see, they're all red-heads. >> they're very spoiled very rotten. very doted over. >> reporter: on the menu today a mixed green salad with an assortment of fresh fruit and vegetables. >> they like bananas. they love grapes but they get a little expensive. >> reporter: but she admits her girls can be a little picky. >> usually chickens love watermelons. mine turn their beaks up at it. >> reporter: no smelly chicken coup for her girls. they live in chicken luxury. >> all of the walls are completely insulated. they're well protected. >> reporter:

deep in the stands of his favorite hockey team in albany, new york.his is as close as he'll ever get to that rink. never able to skate on the ice. he was born with neurofibromatosis, tumors growing on his nerves. a condition he shares with his mother, but his is far more severe. those tumors sometimes breaking his bones. 20 surgeries in his 11 years. he's now lost both of his legs. when his second one was amputated, it seemed his fighting spirit disappeared too. and it was that same team he cheered rinkside suddenly at his bedside. >> i was so happy. as soon as i got out of the hospital, i wanted to get out and go to the game. >> reporter: and he went to those games every week. and to the workout room too. their practice, grueling. but so was his too. >> i did it. >> reporter: his sister, so proud. >> he's very strong and, you know, never, never ever gives up. to zachary, they're his role model. and to the players, zachary is their role model. >> reporter: but just as zach was learning to walk again, he learned he was about to lose something else. his

i'm in a little town called albany, georgia. ready to knock on a door on a lady's home, by the name of mary tyson. this lady is so remarkable, what she has done for her family. you're not going to believe this. check this out. [ knocking ] [ knocking ] >> oh, my goodness. >> are you mary tyson? hello. how are you? i'm emeril lagasse. you're mary tyson, right? i have to tell you something. >> oh, my goodness. >> you know why i'm here? you have won my breakfast in bed contest. yes, indeed. can i put a mic on you real quick? can i come in? can i come in okay? okay. let's get a mic on. >> oh, my goodness. >> listen. you have a mic. are you okay? are you all right? we're all right. we have a mic. no, no. it's okay. it's okay. let me tell you something, my friend, george stephanopoulos, up in new york, he wants to show you something. check this out right here. check this out, mary. look. >> oh, my goodness. >> reporter: take a look at america's georgia, back in the '60s. a small city, struggling with racial strife. a community fightin

. >>> did you hear about the nbc station in albany, georgia, went to commercial, they missed the wholeerby. >> glad it wasn't us. >>> the weather today was stellar. we do have a lone storm or a lone shower popping up around pasadena, arnold, we're not looking bad. dry into thursday and maybe a few showers into the end of next week. >> very nice. >> not bad. >>> hey, mothers, your day is not over, we're going to do an 11:00 newscast just for you. see you then. >>> that's pretty nice 88xh

here's a live look aside, in albany. surprising how my people upper up at 430 in the morning. we'll be right back >> >> his a live look up side, at the bay bridge toll plaza, traffic is moving pretty well for 30 a.m. this morning. but how about the weather,? >> we are starting up the tab warmer, the worry * this morning. ford is up in the north bay, 50 in redwood city, 86 and antioch. now this afternoon we're gonna warm up nicely, it'll be a tad cooler than yesterday, but so pleasant. 70 in mill valley, ocean beach 55, cooler along the coast. 68 in oakland, 70 in fremont, 74 degrees in pleasanton. down the south bay, we're looking at for temperatures in the low to mid '70's, 75 in morgan hill, 72 san jose. here's your 70 forecast look of the nice weather, class sort of role in force on sunday, will become a little breezy, the sprinkler two. monday tuesday wednesday thursday next week back in proper shape once more sunny skies back to the forecast. >> no hot spots in the traffic this morning, like traffic as you make your way from oakland san francisco no worries for you. you'r

i was going through all stories at the albany "herald."uilt in the mid 30's during the great depression. it did not close until the early 80's. there was one story i believe that came out of 62-63. of course this is the deep south. football is it, it's king. one story written by a local sports writer. he is talking about the upcoming season. great football teams. the one state in 1959, a lot of excitement, talking about this camp. he uses that phrase made a broken. he said the cuts will take the phrase out. they will either be made or broken. when i saw it that was it. >> and what other books are you working on? >> well, i have written to previous. one, a bit about the first two. one is about a sharecropper, cotton picking boy born in 1916 and became a mill worker. that came out a year or so ago. and then i have written a book called my mother's dream come baseball with the bankers. that story about a dream my mother had about watching my dad played baseball. but, my dad organized a baseball team in the late 50's in indiana, a story about

philadelphia it's just beginning to arrive from you and up through albany, new york, a cool, chilly daye the beginning of april than the beginning of may. you can see this is the newark, new york city area, you're dry for now. probably another two or three rs hours before the rain moves. in philadelphia, the rain will start over the next hour or so. the forecast, everybody has a chance of wet weather. i think the worst of it late today is going to push up into areas of northern new england. could see actually heavy enough rain that you get minor flooding concerns. in boston, new york city, maybe even hartford, possibility of a couple of areas of embedded thunderstorms along with the light rain. by the time we get to tomorrow, it does improve. we should still see wet weather in northern new england. at least it's going to be drier but on the cool side in areas like new york to d.c. the only trouble weather, just some light rain. we can deal with that. >> yeah. i heard you say nap. that is music to my ears. >>> which reality tv star ditched a baseball game after being given the honor of t

. >> partisanship is a problem and we see that in albany as well. in the two years i have been in the assembly i have worked very hard to work across the aisles and come up with the best solution that can be had to help the people in the community. i co-sponsored bills with assemblyman sam hoyt, working together to increase the raffle so that not-for-profit can raise money for themselves even more. i also helped with a bill to help local businesses in lockport to be able to expand and grow. those are the initiatives that we need to work on together, and certainly, that is what my track record in albany has been as well. as far as washington, and it's -- i am an independent thinker. for example, china and their policy regarding the manipulation of the currencies, i am very much a believer that we need to go out there and make sure our trading partners are trading fairly. that is one way to do it. >> your time is up. >> the next question comes from jim. >> over the past week, much attention has been paid to a videotaped incident between your chief of

they are in office building watching it go across a shopping center in albany in new zealand the countryargest city. look at the degree field kicked up here. estimated winds about 120 miles per hour. that would make that an ef2 and this one tore through a  shopping center and definitely tossed over some cars as if they were toys. unfortunately there were two fatalities. this is not the first tornado they have this year and the area is actually fairly prone to getting some tornadoes. but needless to say when it is rolling through a urban area especially in the office park, that's definitely impressive. i know we have seen impressive tornado video of our own. they are counting up the bodies in the deep south over 300 fatalities and hundreds still missing down there so unfortunately that tally alabama mississippi is going to continue to rise. yesterday, we were allowed to rise without 74 degrees on target with the two degree guaranteed high. 80s in richmond and norfolk and roanoke and charleston. that's the the warm airheading through today with a push from the south. although we are hang

we'll also have a slight chance of a shower, especially up there around albany and boston.y day today around new york city, philadelphia, all the way to baltimore and d.c. buffalo, 54 degrees. there is cool air out there and it will be a little breezy. definitely a jacket out there. maybe your spring coat will work just fine. as we look at friday, a little warmer. temperatures getting up into the 60s, near 70. slight chance of a shower or storm, d.c. and also around pittsburgh. other areas of concern, if you're flying today, going through o'hare airport late this afternoon, you could have a thunderstorm to deal with. also kansas city and eventually late around st. louis. much of the country is looking perfect. even into friday, the warm-up really continues throughout much of the nation. look at arizona, up to 100 in phoenix as we go throughout the day tomorrow. if you're wondering where the hot air is, it's in the southwest. it's not here. >> it's not right here. it's definitely not in the studio either. yes. bill, thank you. >>> well, which long-time tv and music star has

park mayor bloomberg points to our pain he says oh they're cutting their own cities funding and then albany points a finger at mayor bloomberg and says now this is your decision to make essentially what this comes down to is it's the at the elite politicians and their cronies on wall street versus average americans and on may twelfth is saying the on may twelfth movement is saying that justice doesn't look like closed schools or fire teachers just as looks like businesses corporations the paper banks paying their fair share. and now for the billionaire mare's and enough with the billionaires on wall street david we just have a few seconds left but a minute left. to what extent are the billionaires inserting themselves into california politics you know trying to trying to advertise against the thinks of the jerry brown is trying to do actually are trying very hard to influence the direction of the legislature they're trying very hard to see idea that enough is enough with the extension of these taxes that we're asking prosecuting you doing because we're doing it right now anyway but you know

he can see in albany some sunshine hitting the pavement. it is driving the sprinkles out to but it will be replaced by overcast cover. make no mistake about it to it, if you think you're going to have a dry day bring your umbrella. you will need it today. chances are very high that we could have it wed afternoon commute. satellite showing well to our north as the push higher we're expecting rain in the north bay by 9:00 p.m.. it is calling to get organized. look at this. the entire bay area is dealing with a light rain. watch as she pushed o'clock to 3:00 p.m.. a big pop of moderate rain activity. lookup big bed grows too. widespread moderate to potential heavy rain. if it affects your commute to it would be a wicked one. -- but one. 9:00 p.m., still dealing with it and i've been night some relief but not all lot. more rain coming tuesday morning. here is your current conditions. we are once again dealing with upper 40's, low 50s. fairfield is 40 degrees right now. 51 degrees in san francisco. 53 degrees in san clara county. all lot differe

and others faced the same challenges in an birmingham, albany tornado could forestdale. >> it is unreal third world war that hit our world. >> reporter: the carnage came out of nowhere. some say it's a wonder anyone survived. >> what were you saying? >> help, help. but they couldn't hear me. finally, they came to the back and then they called me and i told them -- they said, she's in the back. they said watch out because of the gas. the gas was seeping. >> reporter: you were under the stove and the gas was going? >> uh-huh. i was on the steps and all that was on me. >> reporter: did you think you were going to make it out? >> no, i really didn't think. i just asked god, i said, lord, if it's my time, let me come home and be with you. >> reporter: mohammed's house at the top of the hill was one of the first hit. >> it came in and stopped on top of my house. i was trying to get out but the wind was shaking the bathroom door so bad i was afraid and holding on, to stay inside. it's gone. it's destroyed. i moved from colorado to live here. i don't have anything left. most of this is my mothe

the funnel cloud cut a three-mile long path through auckland, a suburb of albany.tore the roofs off homes, flattened trees and tossed vehicles. tornados are not uncommon in new zealand, particularly on the north island. >>> mother nature is adding insult to injury in some areas suffering from the effects of last week's deadly tornadoes. jay gray reports now, more rain is just adding to the misery of people trying to pick up the pieces. >> reporter: dark clouds and heavy rains bring back painful memories of what happened here almost a week ago. and add to the misery and mess so many are dealing with right now. >> i'm getting a lot of water damage right now that wouldn't have happened if it were not for the rain. we've just really been able to get things out. >> reporter: lynn mcadams' foot was injured in the storm. doctors have told her to stay off of it, but she can't. there's just too much work to do. >> hard when you are going through your whole life, you know, shattered and dirt. thousands of volunteers have poured into the area. >> i don't know what we would ha

america is modesto or sacramento or albany. and so our view of -- and, you know, i work primarily in the world with business, so i understand what donny is saying in terms of return on investment. on the other hand, you know, you have to say who's electing these politicians and who's voting for these politicians and what does middle america think of -- think the moral compass should be and what do they think is acceptable? you have president mitterand fathered a child out of wedlock. the french say who cares, right? but -- >> badge of honor. >> correct. >> but the french electorate are not the same at the american electorate. and so -- >> i mean, i kind of feel that the yardstick here really ought to be left with the electorate. you know, i think that you should put all your cards on the table. it's the dishonesty. it's the hiding of information that in the end is people's undoing, isn't it? don't you think? >> of course. it's always the cover-up that is worse than crime. well, not always. but in many instances. and so what you

about the riffraff, you know, the bobtail saying it would be better to sail between the new work and albany and take five days. he said when will the people rise up and put an end to this? it showed that radicalism, the way that the older settled elite did not like fighting for their position or sharing amenities with other people, the broad mass of people. but then you read the complaints about vanderbilt's cut rates steamship line to california. you know, you see that, you know, it wasn't always, you know, first class travel. cut rates, just like cramming aboard a plane, you could travel unpleasantly. >> i think low-cost airlines today certainly have never stranded s in a fever infested jumble tall with our own muscle power steamboat up over the rapids into a lake in nicaragua, which is what vanderbilt's company certainly did. and then on one occasion i love the idea, and you talk about the so cleverly. he knows that there is no transport from the pacific side of the california but still takes people down because he will make a profit on dumping them in nicaragua and leaving them. what a

. >> partisanship in washington is a problem and we have seen that in albany as well. the two years i have been in new york state assembly, i have worked hard to make sure i work across the aisles and try to come up with the best solutions to help the people in the community. i co-sponsored bills with assemblyman sam hoyt to increase the rubble proceeds though not for profits can raise money for themselves. i worked on another bill with him that would help a local business to be able to expand their business and grow. those are the initiatives we need to work on together and that is what my track record in albany has been as well. as far as washington, i am an independent thinker. there are issues i don't agree with the republican party on. for example, china and the manipulation of their policies, i am a believer that we need to go out and make sure our trading partners are trading fairly and that is one way to do it. >> the next question? >> over the past week, much attention has been paid to a videotaped incident between your chief of staff and jack davis, another c

albany through the ask for piquancy traffic coming down from the upper to the lorry shore freeway noack up or slowing even through this congested part of the freeway leading towards the off ramp. public transit looks good. >> mark: oakland police arrested the architect of a major identity that operation. michelle williams are restive for multiple ip fraud. she altered as of federal felony welfare fraud. she got information. this is the evidence that police found in her apartment photos of fake social security card and driver's license part of what they say is the biggest i didn't beat that's operation theft in the history. >> darya: police say they have made no arrests in that case of a medical student who was killed and night club back in jean-marie. the victims 30 year- old joe hernandez 22 year-old tracy attacked one of the victim's friends with the high heel but they believe she is part of a larger group which may be to blame. this is new surveillance video just released from the police. this is from inside of the nightclub where the student was attacked. we are getting a look in

quickly morning show you westbound 80 your traffic through albany in the transition from the upper to the lorry shore freeway no problems to tell you about here. -- lower-- >> justine: bay to breakers was a huge success of it would not be the same unfortunately without people behaving badly. some people say it was steamer than last year there were still a lot of people caught with their pants down. >> reporter: alamo square was filled san francisco cops and residents who took it upon themselves to patrol the area trying to prevent people from relieving themselves with all of the next rise it wasn't enough to stop public urination. guys were still taking care of business ambushes and by trees. yes dirl lines at times to use restrooms although many couldn't wait like these girls immediately took off their costumes like they're ride home and began to urinate on this hillside with a playground filled with children recall them. it seems this girl didn't think anybody could see her in this corner with her pants down. this woman walks by and says that's disgusting. thankfully for the girl sh

no problems making your way out of albany and berkeley and a maryville. 60 minutes from golden gate fields to downtown san francisco. public transit to leave free froe. >> justine: much more had including the latest in a world news including the efforts in libya and syria. problems from united states postal service why they are reporting such a big loss today. our roof cameron said francisco warm weather and traffic when we come back. hey, your high speed internet here, at home... ...and on the go... ...with some really big news. it's b-i-g -- big. high speed internet from at&t at home... ...includes wi-fi access on the go. whoo-hoo! [ both ] it's an unbelievable deal. [ chuckles ] well, gotta go. but wait -- there's more... [ female announcer ] go to the website below today and get high speed internet for the unbelievably low price of just $14.95 a month for 12 months with a 1-year price guarantee. it's all the speed you need at a great price. you can chill online at a park. here, pidgie, pidgie. [ coos ] and surf the web at your favorite bookstore. our internet at home includes access to

not a free society and one led by angel. >> host: next is albany, new york.onversation. >> caller: i have a question about what process congress could use and here's what i mean by that. because of the greeks and the success of western civilization we use argumentation and advocacy in our court system but it seems we're using that in congress to make decisions so because of an adversarial decisionmaking process is very different form of reasoning and argumentation that would be more productive and make congress able to get through significant problems we have. >> guest: there's a big difference between the role of the adversarial process and the law versus its role arriving at public policy conclusions in congress for bureaucracies and so on. there is a lot more to depend on when it comes to the forging of public policy than merely a hostile argument. in the courts, the courts start with hostilities out there. someone says you did it to me, i want some restitution or rectification. this needs to be heard out. so the onus of proof is on whoever accuses another

deep in the stands of his favorite hockey team in albany, new york. >> whoo!never able to skate on the ice. he was born with neurofibromatosis, with tumors growing on his nerves. a condition that he shares with his mother, but his is far more severe. those tumors sometimes breaking his bones. 20 surgeries in his 11 years, he's now lost both of his legs and when the second one was amputated it seemed his fighting spirit disappeared too and it was that same team he cheered rinkside, suddenly at his bedside. >> i was so happy as soon as i got out of the hospital i wanted to get out and go to the game. whoo! >> reporter: he went to those games every week. and to the workout room, too. their practice, grueling. but so was his, too. >> i did it. >> reporter: his sister so proud. >> he's very strong and you know never -- never, ever gives up. to zachery, they're his role models. and to the players, zachery is their role model. >> reporter: but just as zach was learning to walk again he learned he was about to lose something else, his team. the albany river rats had b

she has a double doctorate now and she lives in albany. now, what happened to me?y best friend. we met in medical school. now, i am mrs. mc"closing bell"land, but i am dr. thornton in honor of my father who didn't have a son to carry on the name, i'm dr. thornton. my husband and i have been married for almost 37 years. thank you. [applause] thank you. and he is my rock. and at age 47, at age 47 that's what education has been, has done for our family. we've always strived for education. at 47 years of age, my husband and i went back to school, went back to columbia to get our masters'. but what am i doing? i am here today to speak before you to say what have i done? i, hopefully, have changed stumbling blocks into steppingstones in order to achieve and to arrive at whatever you want to be. i have two children, they're wonderful kids, and i'm very happy that i have two children because that is really the best, the best publishment that i've -- accomplishment that i've ever done. now, let's talk about linda, the drummer. you saw the drummer who was nine years of age.

and it's why on tuesday i'm going up to our state capitol in albany to support legislation that would grant marriage equality to all men and all women. [cheers and applause] the freer we are to express ourselves as individuals, the stronger we become as a nation. earlier, i met todd belock who was expelled from the rotc program because of his sexual orientation. but because he and so many others stood up for change, including one of today's graduates, congress recently passed and president obama signed a repeal of don't ask, don't tell. [applause] now, let me give a perspective from somebody that's a lot older than you. it takes courage to stand up to power. to take an unpopular stand. to risk life and limb and a livelihood for your ideals. but that's the courage that led to lexington and concord, to fort summitter, to seckca falls, so sema, alabama, to the stonewall in and to this national mall where martin luther king shared his dream with america and forever changed the course of our history. today, thanks to all of those who had the courage to march and fight and speak out for fre

during the course of time he went to albany to levy tribute. i went to the majestic capitol building. we were shown into the governor's private office and i saw him for the first time. we three stood chatting. i was born lazy and comforted myself by turning the corner of the table into a seat. presently the governor said, i was up fellow citizen of yours in buffalo a good many months ago. during those months he burst suddenly into a mighty frame out of a previous long, continued, and no doubt deserved proper obscurity. i was nobody, and you would not notice me or have anything to do with me. now that i have become somebody you have changed your style and came here to shake hands and the social. how do you explain that? no, it is very simple. in buffalo you were nothing but a sheriff. i was in society. i could not afford to associate with sheriff's. your governor now and on your way to the presidency, a great defense, and it makes it worthwhile. there appears to be about $16. the 16 line up and stood in front of the governor with an back of resp

it's not often the we have hot spots at this time but 880 is still about three the as curbs near albany back to pinole san jose traffic picking up a bit back up north bound and it is not often we see at this low at this time bridge check right now on toll plaza of of about 15 minutes not a bad a backup it is the cash customers better waiting rain now. san mateo bridge no problem right now. it's to know a new and we will take a break >> sent: the at right now and san jose police are still looking for who was responsible for killing i unman. witnesses said they saw the victim on the ground after hearing rapid gunfire >> it was like a pop, pop, pop. one of right after another. may she think hard times will make people do bad choices this all happened around 1130 last nine >> they have not released the name of the victim or. a live look outside at top lower some resorts there are struggling to be open for this memorial day weekend we also have a program note dr.phil is moving to 4:00 p.m. and news will be now at 8:00 p.m. we will be right back >> we have new reports coming out of this joble

portland, albany, washington, d.c., all in line for the storms during the day today.he storm reports will be popping. we'll be following. so will your local abc stations. we'll have all of the weather in a moment. >>> i know you mentioned joplin, as well, where 230 people are listed as missing, after the tornado that tore through that city 5 days ago. matt gutman joins us live from joplin. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, robin. over 200 names on that list. on this block alone, four families missing. we took that list and went to nine different addresses. our first stop went to zachary willi williams. 12 years old. he was confirmed dead. however, we kept going. knocked on doors. talked to neighbors. we found the sherrick family. four members of the family had been living down the street. i took all of this information to tommy sherrick. gave him the hotline for missing persons. he told the state troopers that he is absolutely well and safe and has been staying in his house. >> cell phone service has been down a lot. it's hard for people to communicate. o

in pencil on albani >> i was willing to come and honor these people.get a couple of hours' sleep i don't care. >> we are disappointed the gates are locked, everybody is celebrated in washington and new york, flight 93 and the gates are locked >> darya: what people did after he had been reported killed. officials open to the memorial early today, family and friends paid respects. >> mark: george w. bush who was in office famously said he wanted osama bin laden dead or alive called the death of momentous achievement. president barack obama called president bush and president clinton to tell them the new spirit in a statement released from president bush he says the fight goes on but tonight we send an and mistakable message, and how long it takes justice will be done. we will continue to follow the latest. we're also watching bay area weather and traffic >> james: we start off cool, 56 in san jose, 54 and oakland, this afternoon temperatures rise in mid-upper 70's. 70 is san rafael, 71 mill valley, san francisco popping out around 67, 70 in palo alto, oa

they actually go up to albany. they make their restrictions harder. you have to hire them to get them through this horrible situation. if you are not rich, cannot do it at all. even the drilling of oil the of such resources. today announced that they were going to have all of their transportation needs down and they wanted natural gas. they are going to sell the oil to the united states and other places. we have more natural gas than anybody. the wind is limited. i go up and build a building. i want to use solar. i am good at dollars. this will take approximately 22 years. i said that is not so good. maybe i will not use solar. it is going to get better. we have tremendous. we do not use it. you hear about of a dog a using natural gas. it is incredible -- abu dhabi using natural gas. if you look at bill o'reilly from a few weeks ago, i said osama bin laden is in pakistan. some of you probably heard this. it was loud and clear. as we are going to give them 3.2 billion. i said listen. i understand something about that. this is before the event took plac

. >> host: next is albany, new york.e on the air and welcome to the conversation. >> caller: thank you. i have a question about what process congress could use for reasoning. and here's what i mean by that. because of the greeks and the success of western civilization, we use argumentation in our -- in advocacy in our court system but it seems we're using that in our courts -- we're using that in congress to make decisions. and so instead of an adversarial decision-making process, is there a different form of reasoning and argumentation that would be more productive and make our congress be able to get through the significant problems we have with financial deficits, et cetera? >> host: okay, thank you. >> guest: well, i would say there's a big difference between the role of the adversarial process and the law versus its role in arriving at public policy conclusions in congress, for the bureaucracies and so on. i think there's a lot more to depend on when it comes to the forging a public policy than merely a kind of host

host: we will go to albany, oregon. caller: hello. i am a little disappointed with c-span.t seems like you've been turning off the comments from people that disagree with the government's line about what happened. you ask about why do people doubt this? well, the cia is involved. it is not a very trustworthy organization to us americans. host: why do you feel that way? caller: it is a secret organization, for one thing. the government seems to run a lot of secret organizations that we as americans do not really consent to. it does not feel good. i have to agree with the christian lady. it does not feel good to have killed someone. taken prisoner, what ever. but it is not something to celebrate. how do we know he has not been dead for years? host: what would help, if there's more transparency? caller: absolutely. but the many other secret organizations. the various organizations in the u.s., we just do not have a government we can trust because of these secret organizations. host: atweet -- go ahead, marcus. caller: speaking to the former mayor of new york city would be inte

audience vote on which one they anted to be asked and the winner was a fellow named kent letcher of albany oregon and the question is why is there so uch focus on reducing the indolent programs as opposed to the military or other forms of spending? >> welcome for the same reason the sat and weigel banks. that's where the money is. >> i think you do have a point. let's talk about it. non-defense discretionary spending is only about 13% of the budget. and that's -- there are savings to be had. the gao did a study i am ure a lot of you have seen which determines for example all the different programs i think like 19 different adult literacy programs. that is just a small example but there is a few billion dollars. it's not -- it's not a significant amount and in terms of reinvestment in the future personally if it were me i personally would favor looking at that study, implementing all the things we did in the government plan which saves $136 billion over a ten year period and i would like to see that money reinvested in the non-defense discretionary spending that its future oriented and gree

those are the initiatives we need to work on together, and that is what my track record in albany has been as well. as far as washington is concerned, i am a very independent thinker. there are issues i did not agree with republican party on. china and a policy regarding the manipulation of the currency, i am a believer that we need to make sure our trading partners are trading fairly, and that is one way to do it. >> thank you, your time is up. next question? >> ms. corwin, over the past week, much attention has been paid to a videotaped incident between person of your staff and jack davis. as some have called a day set up. did you authorize the actions of your chief of staff and have you considered firing him? >> i did not authorize that activity. my chief of staff was acting after-hours on his own time, not taxpayer funded time, acting as a volunteer on behalf of the gop, and to be quite frank, i had no awareness of it. i was preparing for a debate the night before. i was not aware of anything going on. as far as i am concerned, look at the video and it speaks for itself. it is up

. >> i agree with you that partisanship is a problem and we have seen that in albany. the two years i have been in the state assembly i have worked hard to make sure that i work across the aisle and come up with the best solution that can be had to help the people in the community. i co-sponsored bills, working together to increase the raffle proceeds. not for profits can raise money. i also am working witon a bill t will allow them to expand their businesses and to grow. thate are the initiatives a we need. i am an independent thinker. there are issues i do not agree on. china and their policy and the manipulation of their currency. we need to go out there and make sure our trading partners are trading fairly. >> much attention has been paid to a videotaped incident between your chief of staff and jack davis. some have called it a set up. did you authorize the actions of your chief of staff, and have you considered firing him? >> i do not authorized that activity. my chief of staff was after hours and on his own time. i am -- not taxpayer funded time. i had no awarene

audience vote on which one they wanted to be asked and the winner was a fellow named kent letcher of albany oregon and the question is why is there so much focus on reducing the indolent programs as opposed to the military or other forms of spending? >> welcome for the same reason the sat and weigel banks. that's where the money is. >> i think you do have a point. let's talk about it. non-defense discretionary spending is only about 13% of the budget. and that's -- there are savings to be had. the gao did a study i am sure a lot of you have seen which determines for example all the different programs i think like 19 different adult literacy programs. that is just a small example but there is a few billion dollars. it's not -- it's not a significant amount and in terms of reinvestment in the future personally if it were me i personally would favor looking at that study, implementing all the things we did in the government plan which saves $136 billion over a ten year period and i would like to see that money reinvested in the non-defense discretionary spending that its future oriented and gr

ahead of these testimonies, 86 in albany, 86 in pittsburgh. 54 in flint. chicago 52. we've got a risk of strong storms from new england all the way to the gulf coast. beautiful in the southwest, although we are looking at cool temperatures in los angeles. only 74. plenty of sunshine. sunny skies back through the northern plains. that's what's going on aro >>> good thursday morning to you. so close to the holiday weekend. the temperatures are cool this morning. take a look at this, 40 degrees in gilroy. close to the 30s. before we hit the lows this morning, one more hour of cooling. 71 in los gatos today. holiday weekend looking good. 74 on monday, memorial day. we are going to keep the 70s in the mix. nice, fair weather for the next few days. arly nine years in the making for kidnapping victim elizabeth smart. for the first time she faced her former captor face to face on wednesday. nbc's miguel almaguer is in salt lake city, utah, with the details. good morning. >> reporter: her words were brief. she only spoke for about a minute and a half. she was in court to see t

these guys go to albany and make the restrictions harder. the consultants working for use of it you have to hire them to get them through this situation. in many cases, you cannot get through. you cannot go through the process. i could tell you job after job after job. even the drilling of oil where abu dhabi, they have such resources, they went out and announced they were going to have all of their transportation needs done in gas. they wanted natural gas. that is that. they're going to sell the oil to the ad states and other places. we have more natural gas than anybody. wind is limited. solar has not been perfected. it is expensive. i know them all. i want to use solar for my building. i am good at dollars. i look. they come back. seller will take you 22 years. that is not so good. maybe i will not use solar. it has not been perfected. it will get better. we have tremendous, we are the king of coal. we are the all-time of natural gas. then you hear a country like abu dhabi using natural gas to sell their oil. it is incredible to me. i loo

audience vote on which one they wanted to be asked and the winner was a fellow named kent letcher of albany oregon and the question is why is there so much focus on reducing the indolent programs as opposed to the military or other forms of spending? >> welcome for the same reason the sat and weigel banks. that's where the money is. >> i think you do have a point. let's talk about it. non-defense discretionary spending is only about 13% of the budget. and that's -- there are savings to be had. the gao did a study i am sure a lot of you have seen which determines for example all the different programs i think like 19 different adult literacy programs. that is just a small example but there is a few billion dollars. it's not -- it's not a significant amount and in terms of reinvestment in the future personally if it were me i personally would favor looking at that study, implementing all the things we did in the government plan which saves $136 billion over a ten year period and i would like to see that money reinvested in the non-defense discretionary spending that its future oriented and gr

struggled to figure out exactly where it was, but i gather it's sort of halfway between new york and albany, right? sort of straight up the river. i know they've got a great view of the new york countryside, so i can see why he took flight there from washington. you're still also, are you not, the henry kissinger senior fellow? he was until recently the fellow for u.s. foreign policy at the council on foreign relations. now, i have a special affinity for walter both because we write about similar topics, largely from a similar perspective, and because we were both obscure analysts, academics, scholars in the 1990s writing books for the century foundation in new york. now, our respective books were published in 2002, and that's where the affinity stopped. walter's book became very well known, and walter became famous, and i remain an obscure professor. [laughter] but walter's 1992 book is a real gem. i assigned that book and have assigned it since it came out every year to my graduate foreign policy course. it is one of those books that has a timeless quality to it. i'm speaking, of course,

albany, georgia, with a high of 93 today. >>> good back to work monday to you. well, spring is going stick around here for awhile. we have a gorgeous week ahead. temperatures in the 70s, right about where they should be for this time of year. winds sustained throughout the day. breezy in the wind prone areas. watch for that. the numbers are going to climb each and every day. 73 in los gatos. we are talking the low 70s today. tomorrow, the mid-70s. thursday, the upper 70s. hope you have a fantastic monday. weather. meredith? >> al, thank you very mu it's taken almost three years but jury selection is set to begin for the murder trial of casey anthony, the florida mother accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter caylee. kerry sanders is in clearwater, florida, with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, meredith. the big issue in a high profile case like this is usually finding an impartial jury, but there is a double whamy here. the 12 jurors and eight alternates will have to move about two hours away to orlando where they will be squeserred for up

[applause] and it's why, on tuesday, i'm going up to our state capitol in albany to support legislation [cheers and applause] the freer we are to expressing ourselves as individuals, the stronger we become as a nation. earlier, i met todd belok, who was expelled from the rotc program because of his sexual orientation. but because he and so many others stood up for change, including one of today's graduates, michael komo, congress recently passed, and president obama signed, a repeal of don't ask, don't tell. [applause] now, let me give a perspective from somebody that's a lot older than you. it takes courage to stand up to power, to take an unpopular stand, to risk life and limb and livelihood for your ideals. but that's the courage that led to lexington and concord, to fort sumter and to seneca falls, to selma, alabama, to the stonewall inn, and to this national mall, where martin luther king shared his dream with america. here forever changed the course of our history. today, thanks to all of those who had the courage to march and fight and speak out for freedom, there is no road that