in russia, vladimir putin is defending his decision to stand in next year's presidential alexians. he says he is campaigning to keep his country strong and not for personal gain. 12 years after, he is a clear favorite to become president once again. critics to say that his influence is an increasingly destructive force. >> vladimir putin, for 12 years the face of russia. now, he has made it clear that he would like to come back as president next year and he could be around until 2024. if he can stay in power for so long on challenge, what has happened to russian democracy? there was a twins to quiz him face-to-face. meeting with foreign analyst over dinner, he denied he was driven by personal ambitions or a desire to stifle reform. he just needed longer to fulfil his plans to raise living standards and make the country stronger. it does not mean that the political system should stagnate, he told us but of course we're thinking of ways for people to have more influence on those in power. vladimir putin might not have it all his own way. yes, he is still the most popular politician b

it doesn't want to disrupt monday's alexian and is backing the new prime minister designate the poll was supposed to start a new era. that might make egypt's divisions more -- >> the arab league has given syria and to 1:00 p.m. on friday. is it doesn't agree, they will meet on saturday to discuss imposing sanctions. syria is suspended from the organization because of its violent crackdown on anti- government protesters. he said that the president's regime will fall soon. the world affairs editor was in the southeast of turkey. >> of the border between turkey on this side and to syria, a closed country on the brink of civil war. it looks quiet enough, but refugees said across all the time, among them, soldiers and rebel against the syrian government. under turkish protection now, they are not necessarily safe. there are seven refugee camps in this area. many people have been here for several months. a senior syrian officer that affected lived here until late september. then he went out by bus to do some shopping in the nearby town. >> somewhere around here, the colonel disappeared. th

we are having a -- having at alexian. after it two or three terms, i think that is enough for me. i also want to apologize for missing the meeting two weeks ago. one of the hazards of having a day job is that sometimes they actually want you to do something and not run away for things like this. i just wanted to kind of focus on some of the things we've been doing over the past couple of weeks as well as what we're doing, how we are planning forward in advance of the next chair. over the past six months, we've had an orientation and we will likely be doing some strategic planning with members to try to figure out some future agenda items, to try to be organized and provide you with our best advice to the extent we can. to that end, what i wanted to throw back out to you, you don't have to answer it so i will take the answer, what can we do or what issues should we approach to be of service to you? we are trying to line up our own agendas to the extent possible with yours and work with staff ahead of time to make sure these issues are brought to us so we can least provide some inpu

year-old woman was struck and killed by a driver while walking in a crosswalk at jackson avenue at alexian drive. so far there have been four serious crashes during the evening rush hour in three workdays since clocks were setback an hour over the weekend. >>> 6:06. let's take a look at traffic and weather. kick it over to lawrence karnow, who says today is going to be not all that bad, i guess. >> yeah. today is going to be a decent day. temperatures are still going to be very mild and the bay area today. still chilly in spots, 30s in some of the valleys. and we have a couple of patches of valley fog so watch out for that early on this morning. 34 cold in santa rosa, 37 livermore, and 43 degrees in san jose. this afternoon, though, we are going to enjoy some sunshine and a mixture of a few high clouds. doesn't look bad now though. mostly clear start. by the afternoon, some sunshine should bring temperatures up to the 60s and low 70s all around the bay area. that's a look at weather. let's check on traffic now with elizabeth. >> thank you, lawrence. we'll start you off with a live look at

most of the people that would endorse me before including other alexians have already made endorsements. why don't i take the high road and say that i refuse to accept the endorsement of any elected public official. as district attorney, i will refuse to endorse the campaign of any collective public official. i am free and independent from any influence. >> as a matter of fact, when i reorganize the office, i restructured our public corruption unit. i think it is very important for our office to look at public corruption. it is also important that we do not allow the district attorney's office to become a political tool for any one group just because somebody wants to impact somebody else's career. i tell you i will never do that. i you the authority of the district attorney's office as a very awesome, and i will be judicious about the way i use it and have done so already. we must be sure we use our authority ethically and legally. we do not investigate and prosecute cases because we can. we investigate and prosecute cases because we should. and a public corruption will be an absolute

it was done to win the election in 2012 and other alexian's because tennessee is a red state. it would take a parting of the seas for us to change our course. but tennessee did it, too. was 2300 people, we are not going to get it. i wrote dictum -- letter to commissioner gibbons encouraging him to do things. they are doing a registration, a first saturday or you get a photo id and it is free. in shelby county, there are two places on the extreme parts of the county. not easy to get -- get to. it is only one saturday a month. voting is the most important pillar of our society, and democracy. we have a lot of people talking about how we're spending trillions to get democracy in iraq but we're on the keeping drivers license and opened one saturday. it is sad. i got my photo i.d., too. when i was 60, i did not want to get my picture taken. i didn't. but then i realized i did. i had a passport. it took me an hour-and-a-half to go through the driver's license to get my picture. it took an hour and a half. it is going to be impossible for folks, people over 60, every day of my pictur

the primary season and then the general alexian. a lot of people are looking at the general election and sank to is it that we want on the stage with president obama defending our values. gingrich is looking like the person that people would like to have there. and so if he does well and the strongly in this of the primaries i think he stands a very good chance of being one of the two candidates that gets in to be later going. i also agree that it is a different kind of campaign this year, social networking, twitter, a lot of these kinds of things are beginning to have an impact on voters because they feel a personal relationship with the candidates, even though they have done very shaken the hand. i think that's going to impact new hampshire, iowa, and i think it's going to play a role throughout this campaign season in a way that it never has before. >> the debates have also played a key role. >> sure. that is one of the reasons why it is now coming up. who you want standing on the stage with president obama when you get to the st

. >> he lost the 1964 presidential alexian to lyndon johnson, but barry goldwater's ideas and candor galvanized the conservative movement. he is featured this week on the c-span series, "the contenders." that's live friday at 8:00 eastern. this weekend, on book tv, but their reaction remind author corey robyn. a discussion of the history of conservatism. the national security visor under president bush recounts for years. then bill clinton of spots on the current state of the american economy and his plans for recovery. look for the complete book tv schedule online. our "washington journal" series on the u.s. military continues with a look the role of the coast guard. >> tomorrow, we will focus on the demographic of who serves in our nation's armed forces. today, it is a look at the u.s. coast guard with prior admiral karl schulze. let's start with some numbers. how many members in the coast guard and what is your annual budget? guest: our numbers, about 42,000 active-duty members and a reserve force of about 8000. 7000 civilian employees with the coast guard. we have a unique all vo

they've had numerous local alexian's, presidential actions. for five years, the committee has been predicting this would depress the turnout of african- american voters are democratic voters. if you look at the actual turnout after the loss went into effect, it did not depress the turnout of african-americans. in georgia, the 2010 elections -- abolish not on the ballot. the number of registered african-american voting was up 7% from 2006 when there was no voter i.d. law in effect. organizations sued in federal court and their cases were eventually thrown out. the judges made a point in both cases of saying the plaintiffs claimed there were hundreds of thousands of people in each state that did not have photo i.d. and would not be able to vote. they could not produce a single witness in either case who either did not have a photo i.d. or could not get one that both states issue -- all of these states are providing free photo ids for those who don't have one. >> our first call is on the republican line from long island, new york. caller: i have

here is the basic data down here for how the presidential alexian work out in 2008. obama got 83% of the minority vote and split the white college graduate vote, which most people probably don't know. and lost the white working-class but 10 points. this is broadly consistent with the general pattern in the midwest which is that we have relatively low percentage of minority votes. minority votes. then you have white

what do you think about the impact of the citizens united on alexians? >> i had been a big critic for a long time of big money in politics. it is a whole nother level. i am not enough of a legal experts say the supreme court was wrong. i think they have a right to play their part. we have a lot of of the money that was pouring into the system. i have been covering this part to give a part of american politics since i began in california. they're looking at the records by some as a all the names. it is impossible to read pages of documents. money is the mother's milk of politics. some people who are not directly involved in the culture have come to it except that. it is hard to get the public aroused about the impact of money. we are talking about numbers. we have a couple billion dollars. it could be used in some any other ways. >> i came here in 2009. one was about half the country was ticked off. they did not believe anything they were hearing any more. that is the root of the tea party moment. they were worrying about holding their families together.

right now, the military is saying that civilian alexian's will come sometime next year.testers want a firm date. nearly two dozen people have been killed in this latest uprising. right now, things remain peaceful. this is the largest gatherings as the egyptian uprising earlier this year. justine >> 7:15 a.m., it is time to talk about the weather and traffic. it seems to be a rather chilly day, one of the last sunny days for quite some time. >>james: gear is what it looks like outside.--here is what things look like outside. a mild day with temperatures in the '60s. sunny skies, but that will change as we head into the overnight hours. a chance of showers, a 20 percent chance of showers that will grow as we have today tomorrow. a lot of people are traveling this holiday, course sacramento or any stretch of interstate 5 through the central valley, there is a lot of fog out there to deal with. as for temperatures, we are looking at temperatures in the mid- upper '40's although there are a couple of exceptions. fairfield in the livermore, still in the upper '30's. we do not