[laughter] i'm not sure what becca thought of it. that was the first introduction. women to believe that public service in that we are here. because in the life of her family is always about living the gospel of matthew. she said she's a little in her family who did not run for office and she wanted journalism to be her public service and it was. and then to illuminate and that possible way for people across america. but just to tell you the woman behind the counter saw she was fromr washington and in the heartland of america said we lost cokie. we lost cokie. and that has been echoed across america. but over five a decades with that persistent pursuit of the unvarnished truth enraptured and enlightened millions of americans in greatness of the few of the prestigious and with excellence in journalism. and was named one of the 50 greatest women in history of broadcast during not just that year but in the history and was declared a living legend by the library of congress. as an american icon that we will forever that she will forever be in the pants and one of the gr

to meg and her partner klaus becca it feels like all they're doing is waiting for a donor. you have great if you think we have no quality of life was. going to we can't just go out for a pitts or to the pub for a beer or take a car trip and. we can't do anything. we're stuck here and you were here 1st that maggie just wants to be able to enjoy life again. from house to market for at 1st i was constantly waiting for the phone to ring. i was scared of the surgery because i know it's no picnic but now i know that is what i need i want to see my son get married i want to be a grandma my dream is to ride my motorbike a long leg a much shorter coach my men's dance troupe my men up i look like. they're all just waiting for me to be well again. today maggie has to go to the hospital for a long function test every 2 weeks her father drives her to the routine check up. you. know like for 6 minutes maggie has to walk as far as she can. she can't manage more than 4 metres it's obvious she's in desperate need of a new long obese not spy plane i was looking at this right i don't think i

carry out vital research in the arctic and antarctic over the next 30 year our science correspondent becca morelle has more. rebecca: it is heading for the lamost remote parts of ourt. the u.k.'new polar ship. on board, the duke and duchess of cambridge. and sir david attenborough, who lent the ship his name. >> it is my iyense privilege, and relief, to welcome sir david attenborough rather than boaty mcboatce. d rebecca: for sid, studying the poles is critical. sir david: i wasn't talking about the half of it. the speed with which we now realize things are happening is terrifying. and we know that we are only going to deal with it if we know what t that is what the ship will do. rebecca: this is one of the most advanced ships ever built. it contains one million pieces of steel. it is covered in 60,000 liters of paint. it has 450,000 meters of bling. it is set to transform our understanding of the rapidlyan ng poles. >> you will be able to look at things like the atmosphere, what is going on in the ice, and the deep ocean, all in one go. that way we will tacklthe really big global question

built it and shared their inventions online the 20 year old german twins phillip and johannes macon becca have gone in a massive following on you tube with almost 1000000 subscribers so they've actually been able to turn their crazy hobby into a full time job we went to see what else they've got in the works. philip macon baca is stopping by to pick up a few bread rolls at the bakery. and. 'd says the homemade flying past is just one of about 20 was wacky inventions by the hip to twins who call themselves the real life guys this time 22 year old philip in your hundreds making back i want to pit a children's paddle cart against a compact car 1st came out a motor on to the cart as always it's all to do with yourself you know going we've never had any training along these lines we've taught ourselves everything we know from you tube tutorials or google that our father helped out a bit 1st converting bicycles and stuff. there workshop is actually your parents' garage near frankfurt to fix the pedal card so it can carry the weight of an adult the brothers with extra steel frame the motor is ba

for the last six months texas, jackson, and becca's brother justice has been at boot camp.se family and not having their big brother justice, only 19, has been tough. so tough, justice, now a naval airman, had an idea to cheer up his family. how about a big surprise to start the school year right? here it is, reuniting with them right under old glory. >> i didn't even see his face, i just saw the grin, i knew it was him. >> reporter: it hit his sister tessa the hardest. >> i've been dying to see him for a long time. it's amazing. >> reporter: middle brother jackson had no idea what was going on. >> i just thought it was the teachers telling me to back up. i look around and then it's him. >> reporter: as for little brother beckett? he's a man of few words. >> good. >> reporter: justice telling us how he pulled the whole thing off. hiding inside the school with the help of the principal. >> i was very nervous. i could see out the window but they couldn't see me. >> reporter: he hid in her office until he got the cue. >> she said, all right, go out the back way. >> reporter: c

over more on this growing volatility i'm joined now by becca waters an analyst at the rand corporation specializing in u.s. policy in the middle east she joins us tonight from washington ms wasser it's good to have you on the show i want to pick up on that story we just saw there in iraq for having me it's good to have you here iraq is getting more attention since last weekend's attacks in saudi arabia because of the strong influence of iran in the country are we looking at a future with iraq torn in 2 between tehran and washington. well there are some of these tensions that preexists and have existed for some time there has been longstanding iranian influence in iraq at the same time that there's been strong u.s. influence based on you know the 1st gulf war as well as continue to us force presence in iraq compounding that there's also influenced by other actors such as russia and china both of which are noted as strategic competitors for the united states so there are all of these different actors that are existing in the iraqi political and diplomatic space and you know the jockeying

wheel, it's a 20 minute drive time out of the north bay and then into san francisco james sorry for becca thank you. >>there 3 is the time in our top story this morning. the massive recovery operation that's now underway in southern california to retrieve the bodies of those who died in that dive boat fire. several dozen people were aboard conception when it caught fire early monday morning. proffers sackey has the very latest now on the investigation. >>mayday calls after 5 people escaped the flames of the conception diving boat off the channel islands, the captain and 4 crew members were on the upper deck at the time while searchers believe 34 others were sleeping below the deck, one witness on a nearby boat says the surviving crew will come up can guess where us sleeping below in their box. >>and their main exit out of work through the galley. when they open the galley door, they said it was a totally of a engulfed in flames that the ceiling tiles were falling off the ceiling. and they couldn't get to him at all. >>afternoon tea signs of survivors, the coast guard transition from rescu

steve, becca for the honor of joining you in this historic holy place.kie it was always about family. about the lovene she has for steve and the love and pride she takes in her beautiful children and and children. she loves you also much. than 100 here today that so many others have joined you to ane and share in extraordinary outpouring of love and remembrance. nothing surpasses the honor of paying tribute to cokie's memory. today is a sad day for america. the passing of cokie roberts is for all who are blessed to call cokie a friend. it's official and deeply personal. our parents came to congress around the same time. he longingly read -- longingly represented louisiana. wasink that's why cokie always so protective of me. i met cokie. she had star power even then. tradition of friendship continues in the third generation. i like to tell the story because it's a little bit embarrassing. she lives in san francisco. off as the himself first to congratulate them. you are -- you were our first introduction to the next generation. cokie acted upon those valu

launched this back this 2007, the leadership of director forbes and the support director and mike and becca and phil and all of the staff members that worked for a decade. a partnership at this complexity requires smart, dedicated people and we have this on this transaction. i think it shows in many different ways. i think it will manifest in what we build and the community that we have. at mission rock. i want to say thank you to everyone and including our neighbors. i saw bruce speak. i know alice is here and a special thought to corrin woods and she was insistent about the park in phase one and won that battle. thank you. >> any other public comments? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner? >> well, i think that i have been here not for the entire journey, but since 2011, sit hat has been a long journey and we've had many discussions as phil can attest to at the commission and its staff and with the executive directors in the past, as well as the current one. so it's taking us a lot of effort with the giants and jack and now tishman buyers. so i want to commend to everyone t

replaced by esta becca salamander will take over in september of next year. struck this morning, we are gearing up for an exciting season from san francisco op, from performances in the park to the stage.>>> plus, an upgrade to the meat alternatives of years past. we are sampling the new family of plant-based burgers. >>> debunking some of the myths about a smart home, and how compatible devices can help you through the day. >>> a morning. it is thursday. we have made it this far. most people work a monday through friday week. is one of my former colleagues used to say, it is friday eve. it is our favorite time of year, we are getting into fall. >> i was saying a little earlier that the weather around here is going to start feeling a little bit fall like. that doesn't mean that is how it's going to be in late september. >> i think on the 22nd it is official. >>> we want to get to breaking news we've been following all morning long on interstate 80 where a big rig of live chickens crashed and caught fire. we are live in san pablo dam road where the westbound l

more your forecast is still ahead also that over a becca. >>alright, i'm just we've got everything was going to be easy this morning while we do have a traffic alert now this in the east bay, it's a in the lafayette area looks like it happened it happened a little bit ago about 2030 minutes ago a crane, knocked down a power pole so the power poles actually on the freeway it's also chp now closing wesnund 24 right and oak hill road. all those lanes are shut down the good news is traffic is so light in the area right now so they're just going to have you get off of the freeway and then back on but in the meantime though there is no estimated time as to when lanes will be reopened but for now in lafayette westbound 24 right at oak hill completely shut down because of an earlier accident where they had a power pole across the freeway so crews are going to have to clean that up. i will keep you posted on that, but so far traffic in the area again because it is labor day holiday. a very light and speaking of light traffic. it's a nice a trip into

ahead of us, good for you for getting up early to get ready for it, but will you be on the roads for beccaplanning on doing just that what you're going to hit the roads that nothing really going to be in your way this morning. no major accidents, no hot spots to. >>tire drive up really nothing there's hardly any folks out there on the road so far you're bay bridge toll plaza approach looks great look at that mania couple of cars, trickling through to time, but it's very lightly traveled. a minute drive time across the upper deck coming out of the macarthur maze into the fremont street next and getting into downtown a traffic tracker we're tracking a your drive time along the east bay for going to be taking the nimitz this is obviously a real busy drive normally, but this morning, it's very light and it looks great from san leandro through fremont through union city trying to get into milpitas only 19 minutes right now to that to 37 connector and the southbound 80 side. i will check your highway 24 commute and your 6.80 right coming up in just a bit james all right rebecca, thank you. >>bac

. >> to offer commentary it's important to look for increased competition becca wood has been a few years since i was in grad school that those competitive markets with those duopoly's and it's hard to believe bringing competition in the market will result in anything but lower prices that's a strong amount of evidence with other sectors across the economy there's pretty good evidence. >> conceptually make a point that if you get that evidence we would love to have that. how about community banks and credit unions? mimic we have to make sure we have to be treated fairly that's an important part of a future plan. >> that's key. we have been working with them and to provide education about high on - - housing financial managers. >> mentioning earlier the control that we have done in conservatorship is to eliminate the volume discounts fannie and freddie gave two large lenders countrywide made a lower price they drove consolidation on the origination side. it's important for me to have the authority to limit fannie and freddie have it - - ability to drive consolidation. >> there is no discus

.>> ralph thomas will be replaced by esta becca salamander will take over in september of next year.ng, we are gearing up for an exciting season from san francisco op, from performances in the park to the stage.>>> plus, an upgrade to the meat alternatives of years past. we are sampling the new family of plant-based burgers. >>> debunking some of the myths about a smart home, and how compatible devices can help you through the day. >>> a morning. it is thursday. we have made it this far. most people work a monday through friday week. is one of my former colleagues used to say, it is friday eve.

now they have gone becca for seven years -- gone back up for seven years.guess they are too high. we will see how all that plays out. host: i will get back to the calls in a second. a lot of republicans are saying they are focusing on this reform because of the growing risk to the housing mortgage system. do you see another crisis coming imminently? guest: we are always surprised. we are surprised when we think it is imminent and it turns out to be later. we are surprised when we think everything is fine and the next thing we know the government is doing bailouts. i think there is definitely a risk in the very high level of house prices. in the very low level of interest rates together. if interest rates do normalize woulde, and what normalize mean? a 10-year treasury rate of 4% or 4.5%. if that happens, house prices will fall. what nobody can be sure of is credith, and how much damage that will do. what we know is that the higher the leverage in the system is, the more risk there is relevant to the capital, the more damaging the bust will be. it is always