he got an associate's degree from bard. though he's up for parole next year, he intends to stay to get his b.a. >> this is my third time being incarcerated. each time that i was incarcerated before in the past i was always looking for the easy way out, some program that i could try to get out of prison so that i could just go back and hang around the same neighborhood and do the same things that i did that led me here this time. this time i'm committed to bettering myself. and to educating myself. >> reporter: would you choose to stay here if it meant that you would get your degree? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: even if you could get out of prison? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: carlos, sentenced to 16 years for robbery and assault, majored in environmental studies at woodburn. he has gotten out. he's now gainfully employed as a recycling engineer. here showing one of his former bard professors around. >> we separate the toner, the circuitry, the plastic. >> reporter: he's one of 158 grads now just trickling out of prison. but so fa

he's proof that a liberal education in prison, or at least bard's degree, can pay off. moreover, says his boss, he represents a hidden national economic resource just begging to be tapped. >> look, we've got a hidden workforce out here, i'm talking about you all. >> reporter: in a job-challenged economy, virgil fisher is looking to hire, as the company he runs we-recycle! he runs we-recycle! expands. impressed by the ex-con grads of bard college's prison program who already work for him, he's looking to recruit more of them at woodbourne. this is the current crop of matriculants. >> don't lose sight about what this is all about. it's about business. it's about competing. it's about being able to win in a global economy. we hear all the time that when you go to prison, the only thing that you're learning how to do is to be a better criminal. and we have people who are coming out who are able to run supply chain, who are able to run human resources, who are able to do our settlements for us. >> reporter: fisher isn't targeting everyone behind bars. talent inside, he belie

a home run by josh bard to make it 1-1 and it stayed that way into the 7th inning with justin smoak gettingble to right field. marijuananers win it 2-1. a's 12-19 in one run games. tour de france, stage 3 today. nice art work in the field there. yes. we will tell you that american tyler farrar slipped in front, over the line to take over the yellow -- his first victory and a first time an american won a stage on the fourth of july. there you go for tyler farrar from washington state. and you may have thought you ate a lot of tour de -- a lot of hot dog. nathan's hot dog eating contest. first ever women's division. sonya "the black widow" thomas. look at her go. downing 40 hot dog. she won $10,000. one hot dog shy of her record of 41. if you are scoring at home. congratulations to her. to the men's tide. there is joey chestnut out of san jose. trying to win it for the 5th straight year and win it he did. 62 hot dog in 10 minutes! 62 in 10 minutes. six shy of his world record. joey chestnut earned the $10,000. the bottle of pepto, but i am sure -- >> earned a stomach ache. >> i don't see -- i

muni won't get $27 million, bard is out 35 million, caltrans is not worried about losing $4 million becausen reapply next year. muni was planning use the fund for a subway project. once complete it will connect downtown san francisco to chinatown. it was just a small portion needed from $1.6 billion strong. the governor used the line item veto. he felt it was not be used for high speed rail project connecting the bay area to southern california. bart spokesperson said the funning is crucial to replace the transportation agency aging rail car system that's supposed to help those getting on to bart. when high speed rail is built, our train cars need to carry the excess passengers we don't expect. i don't think the governor realized that we were months into projects that may perhaps have nothing to do with high speed rail. he may be right. i think we got thrown in by accident. >> here at headquarters officials are planning meet with the governor and hopefully change his mind. until then they will look for other funding sources. >>> lots of new laws and regulations for the road go into effect t

after his meeting this morning bard newly created 11-person citizen review bard. will neat discuss the shooting. both the review board and the auditor report to the b.a.r.t. board of directors. i bring this up, that means each side could disagree and present their own conclusions as to what transpired. reporting lifrn, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> today students will be protesting a meeting by california state university officials over proposed tuition hikes. the board of russees will vote to consider a plan to raise tuition by well%. if approved understood graduate rates increase to more than $6400 which includes mandatory campus fees. the hike is necessary due to the state budget. funding was cut more than 20% eliminating $650 million. >> san francisco looks to get a new neighborhood a. judge tossed out most after legal challenge against the hunters point development. developers want to build more than 10,000 homes at the old ship beyond reasonable doubt and candle stick point. the judge says environmental concerns have been settled. >> stanford has gotten

police say the 3-year-old man got into an argument with the boy's mother at pierce and lum bard in the marina district. police say he said he was leaving and took the baby. police found them. they've not said anything about the relationship between the man and the woman. >>> some of the bay area fishermen who survived that accident in mexico, may be returning to san ramon, where many have left their cars. we now have video moments after the surviver were rescued. 35 people were thrown into the water along the baja peninsula early sunday morning after their fishing boat cap sized. this man is -- capsized. this man is one of the survivers. >> i'm still very hopeful as the rest of the people here. i was in the water for 16 hours. i was okay. so given maybe it's the third day. there's still some hope. >> the coast gather sent another plane from sacramento to help for the missing. >>> president obama described this morning's bipartisan session on the nation's debt ceiling as constructive. but they say the parties are still far apart on exactly how to redue the def -- reduce the deficit. >>

on sunday new york time and gay rights activist cay lump bard and cheryl love were among the first to tie the knot. they had been together for a decade and grandmothers with 12 grandchildren and fighting for years for the right to marry. >>> 105 degrees in atlantic city and 101 in philadelphia and the heat wave baked the east coast with triple digits and cooler days are on the horizon. we have some grateful for the brutal heat. >>> saturday brought no relief from the relentless heat. >> the new york city residents took advantage of the city cooling center. >>> sidewalks outside sizzled like this one, 147 degrees. >>> we are getting heat from above and below. in fact every direction. >>> columbia university stewart gain says cities hold onto heat making the people vulnerable and miserable. in the shade the sidewalk was still 107 degrees. >> you can take a long time for concrete and granite and buildings to cool off. >> basically means that cities like this don't get relief or much relief. >> we don't get much relief. >> across the country the he's advisories have been posted in 27 stat

think there is opportunity for more coordination and planning for what is going on around the balboa bardstation, which, perhaps, this committee could help facilitate, but i think in terms of the land trade, which has been -- which has been in the works since 2002, we need to move ahead so we can get it will thing going. thank you. supervisor mar: thank you. is there anyone else you would like to speak? thank you. >> my name is davis. i in the interim dean at city college of liberal arts. i wanted to show you a drawing of the building we are discussing this is the building that would be in the middle of the block, the middle of the property that was referred to earlier. it houses our theater department and our music departments. it is approximately 5000 students. our students have been working in extreme, extreme difficult situations for decades now. we have almost 5000 music students and only seven rooms for them to practice in. as you can imagine, the expansion here to over 50 practice rooms is very exciting to our students, as is the possibility of rehearsals basis for our drama student

. >>> did the im ard -- did the bard smoke bud. did shakespear get high spear? they submitted an application for permission to dig up and analyze one william shakespearment the current dirt nap is under a local church. and it is whether or not he enjoyed weed. we all know what that means, or we think we know. back with us is the former new york city chief medical examiner. the fox news contributor and red eye's very own correspondent. welcome back. i have to ask you first off, why the interest in weed? there are so many reasons to dig up a famous dead person. why pot? >> i was involved with a group of other scientists that requested exhuming shakespear, and went up to queen elizabeth, and she didn't approve it. the reason the group involved me was the reason he was poisoned by his son-in-law. a vitner. the poison those days was arsonic and the answer was can you find arsonic 500 years later and the answer is yes, the arsonic stays there. if he were exhumed they would test him for arsonic. his casket is not underground. it is in the church itself in a marble cont

police didn't arrest anyone on monday but bard is saying they won't take it. zero tolerance for protests that go on. what bart plans to do is unclear. they are not releasinging details, that protesters could adjust their plans. that is at 9:00 near lake merit. live in oakland, today in the bay. >> thank you. the fight between dog lover and oak pand continues as they haggle for a new dag park. dog owners snapping at each other last night. the issue is some of them want to put a dog park where the city's old police horse stables stand. others think it should be in a more accessible location mainly at the corner of lake sher and mcarthur. that has been in the work for 10 years. >> the work in a park would take up 24% of the existing field at the park. that would leave more than an acre for soccer games and other sports. >> last night's meeting, in the end the vote was tied so no final decision. campers looking to get out may want to be more careful about washing hands. a high ris hit outside of yosemite. the parks and rec department they say 11 people reported sy

brandon mccarthy returns, he was nearly perfect through 6 until josh bard tees off his fly ball to right the wall and ties the game at 1. then in the seventh with a runner going justin smoak turns on one, lines it into the right field corner, brendan ryan comes around to score. the a's get a tying run, second in the ninth, but chris carter strikes out on a pitch in the dirt and is thrown out at first to end it. a's fall 2-1. >>> warm greetings from the french countryside. stage 3 of the tour de france, tyler ferrar becomes the first american to win a stage of the tour de france on the 4th of july. it's his first stage win. his teammate husav retains the yellow jersey. >>> san jose's chestnut took center stage in his super bowl. >> his dna is a blueprint for a modern version of an arc will angel. >> wow, the hype. >> chestnut going for his fifth straight title in the hot dog eating contest. first he had to wait for the first-ever women's competition. sonia thomas won easily by eating 40 in the first 10 minutes. he pulled away finishing with 62. that's it more that the runner- up to take t

some bard has said that taxes are the price we pay for democracy. they should not be any higher than they need to be but we ought to pay for what we -- for what we buy. if people don't want to pay for it, we ought not to buy it. unfortunately, the reason we racked up $6 trillion in deficits in the reagan and both bush administrations is because we bought things and didn't pay for them. as you heard me say at the white house, we, beth parties, voted for some things and didn't pay for them. we've got to stop that. that's why we put in place statutory pay-go. you say, well, we've changed. you passed a budget that doesn't balance the budget for the next 27 years. you passed a budget you voted for that. i didn't vote for that budget. doesn't balance the budget for 27 years. almost three decades. very frankly, i don't think that does it. that's why we went down to the white house yesterday and almost everybody in the room said, we immediate to do a comprehensive, disciplined, courageous, honest, principled resolution of doing what you say you want to do,

that was an incredibly a partisan, aggressive bard's the -- broadside even before the votes were counted. so don't expect me to roll over with this guy. he wants me out. they have a sense about mcconnell's partisan angle. >> there is no doubt they are huge partisans. everyone in town is. they would not be in this position of the or not. typically presidents and top members of congress work harder to establish relationships with each other. >> we now know that next week will be a week with a filibuster about the debt ceiling and at least 12 senators are aligned in their desire for a debt ceiling raised that as a caveat like a balanced budget america -- balanced budget amendment. >> which you cannot pass in this set. >> 80% of senators are against it. >> thank you very much. >> on capitol hill, the senate was scheduled to take a weeklong break, but the majority leader announced senators will return on tuesday to continue talks on the debt and deficit. the government will reach its debt ceiling limit on august 2nd. lawmakers need at least a week to raise the limit and get it through the hou

some bard has said that taxes are the price we pay for democracy. they should not be any higher than they need to be but we ought to pay for what we -- for what we buy. if people don't want to pay for it, we ought not to buy it. unfortunately, the reason we racked up $6 trillion in deficits in the reagan and both bush administrations is because we bought things and didn't pay for them. as you heard me say at the white house, we, beth parties, voted for some things and didn't pay for them. we've got to stop that. that's why we put in place statutory pay-go. you say, well, we've changed. you passed a budget that doesn't balance the budget for the next 27 years. you passed a budget you voted for that. i didn't vote for that budget. doesn't balance the budget for 27 years. almost three decades. very frankly, i don't think that does it. that's why we went down to the white house yesterday and almost everybody in the room said, we immediate to do a comprehensive, disciplined, courageous, honest, principled resolution of doing what you say you want to do,

what they want is celebrity journalism and its driving -- i is driving newspapers at the bard and end of the market that had not a scooper to provide what they perceive that the blic will pay for. and you know, you could go on until you're blue in the face of cutler founded the 50s putting in special sections to explain politics and explain economics. it doesn't work. they want tits and ass. i'm sorry, but they do. i don't believe it does, but there is a big enough -- there is a big enough, you know, slow groundswell out there that it reacts with journalists. deeply younger and younger editors in charge with less and less background, with n controls around them. as long as the profits are coming in, it's a river of go >> i would agree with toby elliott because this is not the failure of the press completely. there is a culture, which allowed a sword at cheeky he to get completely out of control and brake or troll barn side of the law. >> the guardian

we're very proud of bard scientists and we will it be hearing from him later. also like to point out we have a full-size model msl on the display at the far end. you can look at that at a press conference as well as protecting the many programs we have going on today in our annual march day program. yes this is all of the museum talking about the research that our group does on mars and generally about mars. with that, i like to begin this discussion by introducing a message that -- an asset chief scientist. -- nasa chief scientist. >> thank you and thank you for hosting this event. i love this museum. every time i come in here, i am a kid again. i look around at all the incredible and exciting stuff. since i have become chief scientist at nasa, i even got to nurture that child that much more. is a great event and a wonderful venue and i really appreciate that. i want to start just by saying, a lot of attention has been given in the last week's, months coming years perhaps, even, to the event that concluded yesterday, with the landing of the space shuttle, the

some bard has said that taxes are the price we pay for democracy. they should not be any higher than they need to be but we ought to pay for what we -- for what we buy. if people n't want to pay for it, we ought not to buy it. unfortunately, the reason we racked up $6 trillion in deficits in the reagan and both bush administrations is because we bought things and didn't pay for them. as you heard me say at the white house, we, beth parties, voted for some things and didn't pay for them. we've got to stop that. that's why we put in ace statutory pay-go. you say, well, we've changed. you passed a budget that doesn't balance the budget for the next 27 years. you passed a budget you voted for that. i didn't vote for that budt. doesn't balance the budget for 27 years. alst three decades. very frankly, i don't think that does it. that's why we went down to the white house yesterday and almost everybody in the room said, we immediate to do a comprehensive, disciplined, courageous, honest, pncipled resolution of doing what you say you want to do, that your