hello, ann. >> guest: hello. >> caller: i have a three-part question, i'd like to end with a quote from the philosopher. the question is, first, how important do you believe is consumerism to capitalism. then how important is mop mentality to consumerism, and thirdly, how important is demonic passion towards bringing about bestsellers? and the flosser which is a little elitist when he said bestsellers are ill smellers as they have the sticky feel of small people. thank you. >> guest: i don't know what you mean by consumerism. i don't think that's the beauty part of capitalism. the beauty part of captain limb is freedom. people do what they want with their own money. um, and if people are willing to buy enough tickets so that, um, as is often said some guy who can just hit a ball like alex rodriguez can earn multimillions of dollars, i think that's fantastic. that is what people are willing to pay for. we're not of our own volition going out and buying toilets that only have 1.7 gallons of water i

you're on with ann coulter. >> caller: hello. how you doing, ann? >> guest: fine, thank you. >> caller: yes. um, i have a couple of questions, but first i have an invitation for you. um, i would like to invite you to go to my web site. it's love god is love.org, or you can read and download for free a book that i co-authored, and the c in co is capitalized. and the title of the book is define 9/11 inter-- divine 9/11 intervention. i think you'll find it interesting, especially pages -- excuse me, i stutter. pages 31 and 32. >> host: all right, arnold. >> caller: here's the question. >> host: great. go ahead. >> caller: yes. are you familiar with what the bible says about liberals, you know, specifically what is in isaiah 32? >> host: arnold, what are you referring to? >> caller: a verse in the king james bible that talks about liberals. and if you'd like me to read it, you know, i could. >> host: does it use the word "liberals"? >> guest: no, it uses satan. demonic. >> host: very quickly, arnold, if you would read it. >> caller: okay. this is from i

ann marie theilen has heaps of material. artists and teachers like chris giorni have scrounged around her san francisco nonprofit "scrap" looking to turn someone else's trash into their treasure. >> walking through "scrap" is like walking through the cobwebs of ancient mines and opportunities for imagine nags to run wild. >> reporter: back in 1976, when theilen founded "scrap," people laughed. she was working with the san francisco arts commission and needed an inexpensive way to provide 140 artists with supplies for teaching. so she asked businesses to donate stuff they would otherwise dump. >> i was considered kind of a fool at the time. >> reporter: why? >> because we're into consuming in america. we consume. we don't reuse. >> reporter: from scrap's warehouse nestled in san francisco's industrial neighborhood, ann marie takes in 200 tons of donations a year that would otherwise pile in landfills. she has helped make reuse and recycle household words among dozens of people who shop "scrap" each day. and she has helped lau

anne makovec in san francisco where the losses were in the millions, anne.han $1.5 million she is accused of stealing. of course a lot of millions are exchanged here at at&t park. but if the front office, she ended up busting herself according to fbi affidavits. here's her picture. robin o'connor worked in the payroll department for the giants in charge of making changes to other employee direct deposits so the fbi thinks she was depositing some of the money into her account since last year even some of the players' money. red flags went up last month when she applied for a home loan. according to that federal affidavit in that loan application, she attached a letter that was supposedly from giants hr explaining a couple of mysterious extra payments she had received because she, quote, assisted us in accomplishing our goal of winning the 2010 world series. the bank called the giants who confronted o'connor and they say she admitted embezzling $600,000. when they when back through the record, though, the fbi says it was more than like $1.5 million. she is cha

i have been in ann's office on any given day. eventually, the calls can make it to the commissioners, but the word that the secretary does to support us doing our job is just essential. i have to say, i have not seen a secretary perform as well as you have anywhere in the city on a constant basis of providing us with what we need to get our job done. so i want to personally thank you for helping me as a commissioner, as a new commissioner and now as an older commissioner. you have really made it possible to make sure that the commission serves and provides the service that we know we can. without you, specifically, without our secretary and support staff, we would not be able to do our job. you have been instrumental in performing this department and setting us on the course we are on now, as frustrating and slow as it is sometimes, it is because of you that we have been able to do what we have. so thank you for your support and working for us to provide this wonderful support for the city. thank you. commissioner murphy: it was

anne makovec is in oakland where police are still trying to find that suspected shooter. good morning. looks like we may have lost her shot. there are people who are already showing up this morning paying their respects to the 3- year-old while police say they are very close to making an arrest. >>> the teenager accused of killing a 3-month-old baby in east palo alto is scheduled back in court today. 17-year-old fabian saragosa pled not guilty last month. the baby was shot in the head june 5 in his parents' car. police believe saragosa shot up that car thinking it contained rival gang members who had attacked him a few days earlier. >>> two suspects in the beating of that giants fan bryan stow in court today. 29-year-old louie sanchez and 30-year-old marvin norwood will face charges this morning in l.a. the charges include mayhem, assault and battery, and other counts. the 42-year-old stow is in a medically-induced coma at san francisco general. >>> let's go back to anne makovec who is in oakland following the happenings in the murder of a 3-year-old boy. good morning to

and ann halstead. thank you so much. >> one of the major components of this day being a success was the tremendous and spectacular support we received from one of our sister agencies, the saverp fire department. it is -- san francisco fire department. it is our great honor to introduce to you the chief of the san francisco fires department, miss joanne h air. kwhite. >> thank you and -- haiswhite. >> thank you and good afternoon. i would like to say thanks for the great coordination effort. rosie did a great job and the director plinlal. -- blumenthal. it's a great honor to be standing here before you,, a native daughter. what did you think of the 65-foot ladder race? pretty incredible. i would be certainly remiss if i didn't introduce personally each member. most of them are not working today and they volunteered their time to come here. just like the sheriff's department and police department that play a large role in the city, we're part of this -- the fabric of this great estimate so engine company 41, operating a ri

anne mulcahy. she tells us how companies are preparing and dealing with economic and market turmoil. one of today's biggest losers was bank of america. c.e.o. brian moynihan tried to reassure investors about the health of his bank, but they weren't convinced. he participated in a web conference call hosted by a mutual fund manager, and for an hour and a half he was grilled about everything from the bank's capital levels to its weak stock price. erika miller reports. >> reporter: investors couldn't see bank of america c.e.o. brian moynihan, but 6,000 people dialed into to hear him defend his business strategy. moynihan reassured investors there's no need for the firm to raise additional capital, because conditions are improving. >> the fundamentals are so much better in our country, and in our company, and in our industry, than they were four years ago, when the financial crisis hit. >> reporter: moynihan also tried to bolster confidence by pointing to the positives during his 18-month leadership. t

ann curry has more on the millions of people who are fighting for their lives and against the forces to keep the most basic help, food, away from women and children who need it so desperately. >> reporter: for millions of people mogadishu's front line separates hope from despair. in recent days, african peacekeepers say they are winning this battle for the city, seizing territory from the al qaeda supported forces from of al-shabaab. some of the fiercest battles were fought from this high ground from which african soldiers can see over a wide area to keep al-shabaab pushed back. just yesterday the peacekeepers also scored another critical victory taking an al-shabaab bomb factory. as our cameras were given the first glimpse inside, munitions experts were still making the facility safe, collecting evidence to be processed by the fbi. all for improvised bombs, potentially deadly to peacekeepers and civilians. as the peacekeepers gain new territory, they are making it possible for aid workers to reach more people in need. mogadishu's central hospital is overwhelmed with victims of the f

anne thompson from there. anne, thanks. >>> and continuing now our survey of the damage, as you know, if you were watching any of the coverage, the jersey shore got chewed up, and then, as we've been saying, on into the inner suburbs and upstate. michelle franzen, you may have seen riding the storm out on the boardwalk of asbury park. she's since relocated to manville, new jersey. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. residents are finally venturing out, and the water -- floodwaters are finally receding here in this small town. but not before, at its worst point, flooding a third of this town. record flooding here and all across the state, with the downed power lines and downed trees that are all leaving their mark. from above, you can see irene's destructive stamp across the garden state. >> it literally carved out the right shoulder -- >> reporter: a section of interstate 287 in northern new jersey washed away by the rising rockaway river. the roads were barely visible in parsippany, and flooded th

anne thompson is there tonight. anne, a heard a stat from the police commissioner today. average saturday night in august they make 434 arrests in new york city. they made 34 arrests last night. >> reporter: it was a big difference, brian. just take a look at times square tonight. the people, the noise and the traffic are back. all the things that make new york great. including the swagger. knowing new york took the best of what irene could give and made it through. i reen tried to bring new york city to its knees, pushing the east river into the streets under the manhattan bridge. burying railroad tracks that carry a quarter million commuters a day. littering streets with trees and branches. but in this well-prepared city, the mayor said the damage was far less than feared. >> nobody likes to shut down the economy of the city. nobody likes to inconvenience people. but human lives are much more important. >> reporter: new yorkers watched irene blow in with 67 mile per hour gusts on early morning tv. >> this is not exactly hunkers do down. >> reporter: two hours ago, i was

. >> her name is ann timson. and cloaked in red, flying down the street with the greatest of ease, the 71-year-old british granny vigilante decides to take justice into her own hands. beating the armed bandits with the only weapon she has, her handbag. >> it was just instinct. and i'm just swinging my bag to the left and to the right. i was angry. i was angry that they dared to do it in daylight like that. >> she misses with her first few swings, but then as the would-be thieves try to get away, one of the scooters topples over. so i was able to whack him a number of times. i realized then he had a hammer in his hand, and he dropped it. i think he realized it was all over. >> and not a moment too soon for ann's 71-year-old arthritic legs. onlookers pounce on the would-be robbers, holding them until police arrive. now that ann's had a moment to c think about what she just did, reality starts to set in. >> mad. absolutely mad. >> ann was never scared but does worry what one person will think about her actions. >> i

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. >> ann aherne. i would just like to put forward sonya harris, who was my assistant for 6.5 years -- it seems like a long time. i know in the last couple of years i did not have heard very much. as far as continuity and keeping things going, having some history of what goes on with the commission, it is very important. when i took over, i had no one to train me. i did not even know there was a aac, boe, code advisory committee, until they came up. i think it is really important to have somebody that understands the department and how it works. thank you. >> is there any additional public comment? >> i am not speaking for the department as a private individual who has been within the department since 1990. i just want to commend sonya. i have to work constantly with the commission secretary office, and i just want to commend her professionalism and her protection of you commissioners, try to get information for you. as ann said, i do not think you could make a better choice. commissioner hechanova: in

ann? >> all right. so we can't say it enough -- hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. al, thanks. >>> first a check of the morning's other top stories. natalie morales is at the news desk this morning. >> good morning to you, ann. good morning, everyone. >>> about 4,000 furloughed federal aviation administration employees could return to work as soon as monday as the senate votes today to end the two-week partial shutdown of the agency. some 70,000 workers on construction related projects could also be back on the job soon. the bill extends the faa's operating authority through september and eliminates more than $16 million in service subsidies to some rural airports. >>> with the stalling economy president obama is urging congress to help america's 1 million unemployed veterans get back into the civilian workforce. the president will outline his proposal today that would give tax incentives to companies that hire out of work veterans. >>> warren jeffs heads to a sentencing hearing today after convic

>> reporter: well, ann, police say that during a typical 49er game, they make numerous arrests for drunken brawls. they eject a lot of fans for unruly behavior, but for whatever happened and why, last night's game, the violence just escalated. there were a number of fist fights in the stands. a cbs 5 camera caught at least three of them. but after the game, it got uglier. two fans were shot, one remains in serious condition. a man wearing a shirt with an obscenity directed at the 49ers was shot several times in the stomach, but managed to drive his truck to find stadium security. a second shooting victim suffered superficial face injuries. a man was also knocked unconscious and remains in serious condition. 49er coach jim harbaugh says the violence at the sporting event is sad. >> i was saddened by that. i'm sorry for those people that were injured. >> reporter: people who work in the area say drunken brawls are not uncommon at some games. >> our crowd tends to be a well behaved crowd and just when they have big arch rivals that they party a little bit more than normal. i did see them, you

ann ramsay was at the state fair on a ride and ann, you said you felt it shaking. was this weather, did a system come through you felt like? >> we were at the fair. i was with my kids and my sister-in-law back in the midway and all of a sudden is, the wind started blowing. things started blowing around. luckily, my son was ushered off the ride and people just started running and screaming. and i watched a mom and her daughter almost get trampled. the worker got her up and we got up to the front and tried to get on a tram to see if we could get to our car. and they shut the tram down and ushered us into a building for safety. and they said there were tornado warnings around. we had driven by the stage and you could see people emptying out and that the point, nothing looked like it had fallen. but when we got inside and they turned the news on to try to find out what the weather was going on, then they started showing from our local station that the stage had collapsed. and we could all stand and see. >> hey. ann, i want you to stand by. don't go anywhere. i want to

ann marie theilen has heaps of material.5 years, artists and teachers like chris giorni have scrounged around her san francisco nonprofit "scrap" looking to turn someone else's trash into their treasure. >> walking through "scrap" is like walking through the cobwebs ancient mines and opportunities for imagination to run wild. >> reporter: back in 1976, when theilen founded "scrap," people laughed. she was working with the san francisco arts commission and needed an inexpensive way to provide 140 artists with supplies for teaching. so she asked businesses to donate stuff they would otherwise dump. >> i was considered kind of a fool at the time. >> reporter: why? >> because we're into consuming in america. we consume. we don't reuse. >> reporter: from scrap's warehouse nestled in san francisco's industrial neighborhood, ann marie takes in 200 tons of donations a year that would otherwise pile in landfills. she has helped make reuse and recycle household words among dozens of people who shop "scrap" each day. and she has helped

hi, ann. >> reporter: look above that traffic signal. see the blue transmitter? it can tell whether there is a bicycle coming down the street. >>> reporter: as the slyke lists rode along foothill boulevard and got closer to the intersection, this traffic sensors picked up their movements and could do one of two things, change the light from red to green so they didn't have to stop or keep the green light green longer so they could pedal through. >> they are not going to get halfway across before the light turns green with peopling beeping at them. >> reporter: pleasanton is the first city in the country to take this one-time military technology and tuesday to change traffic flow. the transmitter send out a microwave signal and can tell if a car or bike is coming. >> it will delay the traffic signal if needed. >> reporter: if there is no bicycle it will stay the same for drivers. cathy thinks it will make her ride safer. >> a lot of times they don't stop. just like when we went down there the light was green for us and i was counting down and we almost got hit. >>

. >> ann-marie: note a rang low. the violence during and following the game between the 49ers and the raiders goes far beyond a simple rivalry. i'm an note a rang low. >>> a serious fight, two shootings, the violence following the game between the 49ers and the raiders go far beyond a simple rivalry. a bloody battle off the football field at candlestick park, one man shot, another severely beaten, both are in serious condition. >> oh my god. >> stop pulling hair. >> there were numerous fights both during and after last night's game. this one among a group of women happened in a parking lot. linda yee on everything that went down. >> reporter: there were a number of fist fights in the stands, a cbs camera caught at least three of them. in some cases, it's hard to tell who is fighting whom. these pictures posted by a fan on youtube show two men in red and white, maybe niner fans, punching each other. while a fan in black and white, possibly a raider fan, trying to break up the fight. but, after the game, it got uglier.

okay, anne makovec live in richmond. anne, thanks. >>> our other big story of the day, hurricane irene is expected to hit the eastern seaboard tomorrow. but already big waves are hitting north carolina's outer islands. at least 7 states have declared an emergency. this is live picture out of wrightsville, north carolina. the surf is churning up getting dangerous. there was already widespread danger in the bahamas with winds at 115 miles per hour. in the u.s. this storm could affect up to 65 million people on the east coast. irene is expected to hit north carolina first and then make its way north drenching states like virginia and new york before heading for new england. >> regardless of what happens, the best thing we in north carolina doon is to be prepared. and to take this very, very seriously. >> people are even preparing for the worst in the new york city area, which has not seen the full effects of a major hurricane in decades. >>> on to the nation's capital. the storm has forced the postponement of a major weeken

anne makovec in san francisco, thank you. >>> 6:57 on this thursday.e see the weekend and start to think, what's the weather going to be like? >> we should ask kristy seifkin. >> for the first time today let me tell you about the weather. [ laughter ] >> yeah, do, please. >> it's going to be good, pretty today. we are going to see sunshine inland and temperatures in the low 90s there. low 70s at the bay. 50s and 60s at the coastline, similar for friday. warming up slightly for saturday, sunday. and actually a cooldown by middle of next week. but beautiful weekend ahead. tonight going to the game astros taking on the giants going to be cool. partly cloudy conditions, 60 degrees. grab a scarf if you are headed out to the game. let's check traffic with elizabeth. >> the commute is not bad so far. we have had a few bumps along the road but nothing too major so far. here's our live look at our sensors coming out of the altamont pass, drive time 24 minutes towards the dublin interchange. slow approaching vasco road in livermore an accident eastbound 580, nea

anne makovec is in santa rosa this morning with more. >> reporter: if these employees' stories is true that means that two armed robbers are on the loose this morning. you can see these armored cars behind me none of them were taken but some money was according to these employees. they say the robbers locked them inside the warehouse behind a steel door last night taking off with cash. we don't know how much cash. one of the employees had a phone and called 911 and police arrived just after 10:30 last night. >> we arrived. we had to free the employees because the doors were locked, secured, and once we freed the employees, we found that they were unharmed and we have our detective crew out here right now in the preliminary stages of investigation. >> reporter: and they do have a lot of holes to fill in on this story. the suspects were armed according to police. we don't know with what. and police have not released any description of the suspects yet. but we do know there is a $2,500 reward being offered now for any information leading to an arrest of the suspects in this case. frank? >

ann? >> miguel almaguer, thank you very much. jim cohen is special agent in charge of fbi's denver office and jim taylor is from pueblo, colorado. good morning to both of you. >> sheriff taylor, first let me ask you, it's not every day that you get that armed and dangerous fugitives are in your jurisdiction. what did you tell us about the tip and how you responded? >> the whole investigation was a combination and collaboration between all of the law enforcement agencies here in pueb pueblo. the citizens giving us the tip -- our initial contact with the individuals in southern colorado and obviously the state patrol's incredible xhas and stoppage of the vehicle was all put together by collaborating together with each other. >> on that point, how was it that you were able to take these three in without having any officers hurt and being able to take them in alive when one had already threatened to go down fighting and when profilers had predicted a shootout. sheriff of? >> well, quite frankl

. >> nielson rodgers and his wife carol anne founded their company above the west in 1979 and started worksing at it full time soon after. >> i used to have a real job. after the merger and acquisition of either you pay too much or you know too much, you get fired. >> this he began, there wasn't much competition, only one other company. today there are six. and any tourist looking to book a ride can find a bunch of flyers that frankly don't look that different from each other. >> carol anne says she works very hard at making above the west stand out 679. >> i actually think that's one of the hardest things to do from a marketing point of view. >> early on, the rodgers decided they were not going to compete on price, that ha was just a losing battle. >> we realized that if we lowered our price $5, they would lower theirs 5. >> the problem with having price being the only think that differentiates you is that there will always be someone who is less expensive than you are. >> today they are the most expensive company in the area. they charge one flat, nonnegotiable rate, doing things a

anne selgtser who correctly predicted the outcome of the 2008 iowa caucuses.olitical analyst. charlie looking at the debate, what did you find surprising? where was jon huntsman, is mitt romney flying over the field? >> i think mitt romney and michele bachmann held their own at the top tier. i think pawlenty did well enough to survive where his candidacy is really on the edge. he did well enough to survive. i thought jon huntsman and herman cain were just awful. i thought they didn't help themselves at all. i thought it was kind of fun to watch newt going after fox. it was sort of out of character, but interesting. >> by the way, right now we see mary pawlenty introducing her husband tim pawlenty out at the state fair. he's about to get up on that soap box. he as you can see is much more casual and relax laxed. he was terrible at breakfast this morning. he was wowing the crowd. a sense of humor. a little stiff last night. took some jabs at her. and you say, held his own. >> i thought pawlenty did as well last night as i had expected him to do in previous event

anne hathaway. young lady. (applause) how are you? >> i'm good. i'm good. can i help with you something? >> jon: no, i was looking, i thought i had had pens down there but i have this one. hold on. >> so these are the nerds? (cheers and applause) my people! >> jon: they notice the world of war kraft font like that's stunning to me. >> it was a really good font. >> jon: its's very well done. how will you doing? now when you say nerd, what would you consider nerdly pursuits, do you have nerdly pursuits? are you -- >> i'm a scrabble fiend. i'm social sighted to be here. >> jon: so am i. >> excited to be here. >> jon: i love it here. >> i can understand why, it is a pretty cool place. >> jon: we are two weeks off. i'm staying right here. >> i will hang out. bring a sleeping bag. >> jon: how much scrabble, on-line, scrabble versus the van el community on-line s it more of a board game family situation, talk to me. >> board game, family and friends. and then a lot of iphone passing. and then you know play

good morning, anne. >> reporter: good morning. a robber or robbers are ripping necklaces off people if they think they are made of gold. this has been increasing. so oakland police are doing extra patrols here at the fruitvale bart stations and other areas around the city trying to get warning out to people before they become a victim. this crime can be lucrative for the robbers with the price of gold at an all-time high over $1,800 an ounce. the necklaces range in value many worth hundreds of dollars. the robberies have been reported all over the city but mainly into the fruitvale and lake merritt areas. the majority of victims are women targeted by men during commute hours in the early evening. simply snatching the necklace off the person and taking off. also it's been going on in the early evening. police have seen up to four in a single day. the best advice from state police to try to hide your gold, wear your jewelry under your clothing until you get to your destination. there is a $5,000 reward out for any information that w