government's charges and a very lengthy piece for that magazine telling us district judge richard bennett finally heard the case he further school the prosecutors for their very meager attempts at trying to imprison a whistleblower and he ultimately sentenced to two hundred forty hours of community service and a year of probation so needless to say drake was very pleased with judge bennett's ruling. the experience will be for this to be the chemistry just. because truth is matter where you get the next target subject which. is which. i absolutely agree with drake the government is simply conducting a witch chimes in its relentless prosecution of whistleblowers something that puts all government employees willing to put themselves on the line in the name of truth in danger welcome back to drake's case a former n.s.a. worker was relieved when he heard a sentence i think he should not receive any punishment at all for starters or dre didn't leak classified information that the state and that he stood by for the past four years how the fact of the prosecution couldn't even form enough evidenc

democrat senator, michael bennett, member of the banking committee, senator bennett, nice to see you. let me start with what harry reid said, not enough time to get this done. how do you respond? >> well, i think harry has a huge challenge on his hands. once again, washington has left the hard work until the very end, so we're going to have to sprint to see what we can get done here to be able to express the will of, i think, a majority of the senate but certainly the will of the people that live in the state of colorado who have said to me for months that they want a plan that materially addresses the problem. they wanted to know that we're all in it together and they want it to be bipartisan. and that's why i like this gang of six plan, because it meets those tests. >> you know, it was interesting to watch yesterday, gang of six comes out, previews it for you guys. i believe there were 49 of you getting a preview in the morning. i know one of your colleagues, clair mccaskill was tweeting minute by minute. there was a huge, almost pent-up frustration. have you known what's going on i

we have senator michael bennett and carly, the former senate candidate in california. joining us on fair and balance and we continue to look at your green and what is at stake. stick around. c>> senator michael bennett, democrat from colorado has the shirt and tie on and working past midnight. i hear you guys will work well into tomorrow morning. >> nothing like waiting to the last minute to deal with the full faith and credit. >> you think it is the reid measure? >> i think so. i think there will be conversation all day longg to get to a bipartisan compromise that has to get through the senate and house. i would vote for it. >> and there is talk in order to stick to the number . make sure those debt targets are met. how do you feel about that? >> i think a trigger would be good. not on taxes but cuts as well i strongly supported the gang of six work and deeply disappointed. >> three republicans and democrats trying to find a middle ground . four trillion over a 10 year period. we are not getting there now. we could get a downgrade. >> we easily could and the display t

tony bennett.a special little girl here. >> i mean, how would you describe what she's really like? forget the media stereotype, the caricature. what are probably the biggest misconceptions about your daughter, do you think? >> i think that might be one in itself, is that -- she -- she really -- she's the real deal. what you see is what you get. i mean, she's for real. and, you know, she ain't perfect and i sure as hell ain't, you know. i mean, none of us are. but miley really, really has a good heart. and she loves people. she loves music. she loves entertaining. she loves -- there's a lot of things that miley does that i wouldn't go into right now, on a humanitarian basis. but miley is a great humanitarian. she really cares about her fellow man. and people and, oh, my goodness, the planet, animals. she has a great heart. >> i met her once. i was doing an oscars red carpet for nbc. and she came down. i did all these big stars and stuff. and i was struck by how confident she was. >> as i was doing m

owen bennett jones reports from beirut. >> investigators and lawyers working behind these walls believe they know who killed ravi rafik hariri. they handed over four names to the lebanese authorities. the names are secret but the process is not. lebanon is now meant to arrest and detain the suspects. the new lebanese prime minister has said he'll deal with the tribunal's accusations in a responsible way. >> today we are confronting a new reality. and call upon all of us to consciously and purposely unite, setting as a priority the greater good of the nation, our own safety and a determination to know the truth, despite everything. so we can deal with the situation realistically and responsibly. keeping in mind that indictments, regardless of their source, are not conclusive. and any accusations need solid evidence that cannot be doubted. that every individual accused is innocent until proven guilty. >> but the prime minister faces conflicting pressures. the big western powers want him to respect the tribunal. but hezbollah is a powerful force within his government. and it believes its m

. >> william runs the william bennett gallery in new york city. it was his sketch that was found in lugo's apartment. >> none of our surveillance picked him up. >> in fact, he didn't realize the sketch was stolen for a day. >> it is really common for us to have art work off the wall temporarily if it's being shown in a private viewing rumor being photographed as the picassos were being photographed that day. >> when he looked at how the picasso may have been taken he found problems with the security system. >> we realize, if you hug the wall in a particular way, you could get downstairs into the picasso show we have going on downstairs and back up without anybody noticing. >> as to how the thief managed to get out it's unclear. as to how it go in lugo's apartment with a collection of other stolen works also unknown. >> everybody has shopping bags. he could have walked in with a bag in hand and filled it up and left and that's a possible. >> j.r. stone kron4 news. >>> that stubborn fog didn't want to clear out. temperature close to the coast line w

i'm michael bennett and a this message because i'm i'm listening to colorado. >> what did you think ofat ad? [ applause ] >> give me reaction. >> he sounded like an american. not some politician. >> what did you think? >> he gave concrete examples of what he would do. he would freeze congress' pay. the health insurance for everybody. those were concrete examples that i could look forward to. >> he was a normal american. he didn't come up here and be an elitist. >> family first. >> really positive. let me ask you. now you've been here another six, seven months. a year since you ran that ad. the place is a mess. what are you doing about it? >> place is a mess. the place is an absolute mess. and it is designed really in its own interests, for its own interests. it is not working well for the american people. from my point of view, what i've heard people say on the debt and deficit for example is that they want a solution that materially addresses the problem. they want to know we are all in it together. they want to emphatically know it is bipartisan, because nobody believes in either par

. >> let's dig deeper on this with the "los angeles times" national security correspondent, brian bennettwhat is the intelligence? sometimes they have little sketches in which they say it's serious enough to give a warning and sometimes they are more intelligence that raises the alarm level. what are they hearing? >> the intelligence officials vnts heard about a specific plot. they heard chatter that a terrorist group was planning to or thinking about surgically implanting bombs inside people. they didn't have specific information about a specific plan to target u.s. aircraft. >> but they take it seriously enough to warn carriers in the united states but overseas. what are they asking them to do? >> they sent out a warn to u.s. aircraft, air carriers and other governments. they're asking them to to be vigilant, and you'll see in airports more dogs and more swabs and also you're going to probably be asked more questions as you go through. as tsa agents use behavioral detection to see if someone is nervous or jittery. >> is this more of a risk for flights overseas or equal risk in the unite

tony bennett who just recorded a d duet with winehouse in march put out a statement calling her an artist of immense proportion. lady gaga said she was a pioneer. >> such a talent but also such trouble the last few years. it's a tragedy indeed. >>> we're going to start with the attack in norway. the queen and king are attending a service of sorrow and hope today. was have chilling new details about the suspect in the bombing and the shooting rampage that killed at least 92 people. the disturbing video manifesto outlined his twisted plan to blow up buildings. abc's miguel marquez has the details. especially harrowing for a country of such few people. >> reporter: the police are now looking at a third location for a possible bombing. we're learning more about the suspect and his possible motives. ♪ from the mind of a mass murderer a video posted by anders behring breivik hours before his murderous rampage. arace -- a racist cree. urging european conservatives to embrace martyrdom. >> he thought it was gruesome having to commit these acts but in his head they were necessary. >> reporter: we'

we'll ask colorado senator michael bennett. he's our specialist. that's next. @ó@ó@ó@ >>> there is no agreement in private or in public, and as the president said yesterday, we are this far apart. >> it's a gloomy day in washington with a bad jobs report out and speaker boehner denying any deal on the debt ceiling. both sides agree we need far reaching spendi ining cuts but disagree when it comes to reven revenues. the president said both sides should be ready to show their demands when they come to the table on sunday. with us to push the whole debate forward, our specialist, colorado senator michael bennett. welcome, senator. >> thanks, matt. it's great to be with you. >> great to have you. you're a fresh face in washington, which is a welcomed thing. only been there a couple of years. just off your first big actual election victory. where are we in this? we have the, you know, this whole mess heading toward what could be something that triggers a real economic meltdown. what's the way out of this at this point, do you think? >> well, one of the tragic thi

. >> her dream is to preform with tony bennette. three times she beat cancer. >> let's take a quick look, a code orange area alert. bad air, especially if you are in the sensitive group. hour by hour tomorrow. 86 by noon, 92 and humid by four. watch out for a few afternoon evening storms. if i were a customer, i'd like nonstop travel because it's quicker. because it's convenient. it's just the best way to go. keeps the cost down. [ male announcer ] southwest airlines has added new nonstop flights from bwi airport to south carolina. it means more time doing the things i want to do. it's easy. it's hassle-free. there's no headaches. [ male announcer ] fly southwest airlines' new nonstops from bwi airport to greenville-spartanburg and charleston, south carolina. i like nonstop travel because... you don't got any more stuff. [ laughter ] [ ding ] [ femawhere baltimore goesme to busch to get away.inia, maybe it's because baltimore loves the legendary coasters. or that your entire family will have fun, even the little ones. it could be th

at bennett college for women you will take a class called introduction to entrepreneurship. whether you are an art major, a science major, journalism major, a business major, i believe he will be in on trepanier read some point in your life. i believe that is unavoidable so therefore it is now a requirement for our students to do that. if you have not taken such a class, find a community college and take one and do your thing. [applause] >> thankthank you. >> good afternoon. my name is casey and i want to dovetail off of what the earlier gentleman said about the political parties, democratic and republican, and how they are basically failing us as a people and failing people in general. i think that the people in the communities, the people across the nation actually need to wake up to the fact that we are being gamed. so many people have said and it has been written in so many news articles that the democrats and the republicans are two wings of the same bird and we are being played like the monkey in the middle. right now we are having this discussion about the deficit cei

. >> for more information, visit sfartscommisis charles bennett's high school dream was to teach in the old neighborhood. but without the money for college, all he got was the old neighborhood. support the united negro college fund. a mind is a terrible thing to waste. >> welcome to the 2011 spj town hall. i'm here with my co-host to welcome you to what promises to be a fascinating discussion about the changes taking place in journalism today. tonight's program is presented by the society of professional journalists in collaboration with the san francisco public library and san francisco bay area journalists. after several years of difficulty, we are seeing a lot of activity, particularly involving new media organizations. we have seen patch.com open hundreds of bureaus across the country. yahoo! is expanding its staff across the country. aol bought the huffington opposed. in the middle east, we saw how citizen journalists are reporting on the uprisings, and in papers like the "san francisco chronicle" are finding ways to collaborate with groups like spj's journalist of the year in nort

for about a month he snagged pricey pieces in new york, including a picasso sketch from the william bennett gallery. police say they have cracked a pricey case. >> totalling up to $500,000 worth of stolen items. >> reporter: fairbanks says art dealers know when pieces are hot and selling the loot would be nearly impossible. he has stopped a thief before. >> i recognized the painting when the lady came in. delayed her while my staff called station one. they came down. >> reporter: luckily this stolen art can now be returned. tonight, lugo's attorney says he believes his client was having a compulsive episode. he said he's not sophisticated enough to sell a picasso. lugo will be answering to charges in san francisco tomorrow and expected to face additional charges in new york. reporting live in san francisco, jean elle, nbc bay area news. >>> happening now, a near disaster on the runway. two planes collide in boston on the tarmac. the passengers forced to find their way home on different flights. now the investigation on what went wrong. it happened at boston international. delta flight 266 h

>> reporter: in march this year, she recorded a duet with tony bennett.onight, he called her an exceptional talent and said that he had been honored d sing with her. but with the spectacular highs came desperate lows. tonight, she adds her name to tragic list of rock legends dead at the age of 27. janis joplin and kurt cobain. this is the track "rehab." ♪ make me go to rehab >> reporter: a defiaia answer about her refusal to get help. but they were taking her toll. this was her in 2004, this i i just three years later. with the physical decline came arrests for drug possession. seemed to spend as much time in police stations as she did on stage. soon the suicidal lifestyle affected her performance. just last month she was booed off stage here in belgrade. the tour was canceled. her own videos sometimes seem to echo the fears of friends and family about where it was all leading. her father said that he already prepared her eulogy. tonight, their worst fears came true. simon mcgregor-wood. >> the sad headline from london tonight. >>> we turn back to this co

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distant possibility of peace talks with palestinians even further well that's the view of hillel bennett a spokesperson for the solidarity movement. obviously this is not the only and only democratic law but it also shows that in a sense in a very deep sense settlements already lost a large part to their original raiser was in the international community only in israel because that is the only view that is the only reason why you need to search in search of such petitions as the boy that petitions your current regime in israel is not really interested in promoting a very big peace accord with. this move is not only another bash in the face. of the chances. to reach a peace accord but also all. services a very strong step forward diligent always being there for the israeli peace is fighting for if you're going to church we support. you with our to live from moscow it's good to have your company today let's take a moment to check out some other international headlines for you a suicide bomber has a type of memorial service for the. the native half brother of afghan president hamid karzai p

. >> reporter: when emergency calls come in, it's hard for matthew bennett to sit still. >> i've got got to sit on the sidelines, like the basketball player who has a bad knee. wants to play but can't play. >> reporter: for nearly five years, he worked as a firefighter in camden, new jersey. in january he was one of 60 to be laid-off. one-third of the department. >> i don't know what i'm going to do. i'm 36, i've got a high school education, i thought i had a career and now i don't. >> reporter: public sector jobs like his were along considered one of the most secure in hard times but that's changing. since september of 2008, 464,000 local government jobs have been eliminated. nearly 100,000 of those cuts have happened this year alone. larry burns is more. you thought a government job would be safe. >> absolutely, absolutely. >> reporter: four years ago, burns took a job as a new york city employee, helping to maintain the grounds at a hospital. >> i thought this was a sekrur job. i would have a -- secure job. i would have a future here. help us and we'll help you. >> reporter: four

manufacture terror plots like that they catch other people up in i can't see how that in any way bennett. it's the country that means they can pick anybody out from new york city or course the united states and make a plot you have to be very careful very aware of who you speak to who you are around because you have many f.b.i. agents you have many informants that out there that they are using the u.s. federal judge said outrageous government became there was a size in the case of the new park for expressing doubt the convicts who don't or would have planned an attack without the f.b.i. informant however the specific charges against the man require mandatory minimum sentence of twenty five years in prison prosecutors say a manufactured plot would have been up call the law so much that if carried out and quote the fact that it was fake doesn't matter. or not artsy new york. now let's turn to some other stories making headlines around the world. a new york court has lifted you don't any extras cons a house arrest and six million dollars bail after doubts over the credibility of the hotel r

with allowing illegally purchased weapons into mexico hoping that bennett would lead them to bigger criminals do you think that that's why he was fired you know i mean again there's a pattern here of people exposing these harebrained schemes on the part of law enforcement and intelligence agencies sending guns intentionally across the border knowing they're going to get into the hands of you know drug gangs and which ultimately did some of these weapons ultimately did kill people in mexico i mean that is just crazy stuff i mean that's the sort of thing you see in the movies there's another case of jeffrey sterling who was an analyst at the cia who blew the whistle on harebrained scheme of actually giving the uranium its information to help them build. nuclear bomb has all of this made you disappointed in obama because he hasn't fulfilled this promise absolutely did you vote for him the first time around i did i supported him i openly supported him are you going to vote for him again that remains to be seen i mean the politics is a different thing and you know you never know what your choices

bill bennett has kind of gone missing. he talked about how great the '50s were. if you go back and read accounts, it was rebel without a cause. it was commies everywhere. it was growing up upsurge by paul goodman. it was a horrifying decade that was filled with a juvenile delinquents and slutty girls you are giving it up all over the place. the way politicians work is by motivating people with fear. they say we need to return to that golden age. that golden age. >> another thing about politicians, democrats or republicans stuffings or potatoes, stones or beatles, american politics is do all ballistic -- is duop-alistic. >> what is that? >> we split things. we make a huge amount of hay out of the grandiose elaborations of differences. the republicans and democrats, who among us if you pull the names off, obama is essentially governing as george bush and his third term. he is followed all of the bailout economics. he has increased the health care spending. he has kept us in two wars and added a third to the mix. in the end, look at paul ryan. he is the darling on t

>>according to relatives the boys sent this attends bennett elementary school on the far south side he loved working alongside his dad who raises him as a single father ... >>this boy got caught in crossfire and it is tragic >>members of the group cease- fire came to the hospital moments ago to announce that they were planning a march through the roseland neighborhood along with a prayer vigil at 6 this evening they say this is the second boy to be hit by gunfire in less than 24 hours ... >>police have no one in custody in connection with this shooting ... >>8 beating caught on video has people living in chicago's lakeview neighborhood looking over their shoulders. they say that mob attacks on the streets are growing problem. >>nancy loo has a live report. >>the victim of that attack remains hospitalized at illinois masonic for treatment of multiple stab wounds and a collapsed lung but his family said that he may be released tomorrow. >>the video of that sunday night attack is the talk of this neighborhood to boys were attacked as they walked along all halsted the incident was the focu

she even recorded a disk with tony bennett. >> but the suicidal lifestyle to begin to take its toll.04, and again in 2007. there were arrests for drunkenness and drug possession. last month, she was boo'd off stage here in belgrade and the tour was cancelled. she is in london trying to recover and put the final touches on what will now be her last album. >>> it may be near the end of july but believe it or not, hundreds of skiers and snowboarders hit the slopes this weekend. borreal resort had it open for one day, a record seasonal snowfall is behind the latest opening so far. >>> i guess anything goes these days. >> beautiful up there. lower 80s later on today. the snow as we head down towards the lake, temperatures around the bay a little cool today for a day or so and many areas start to warm up. we'll talk about the strange weather and look ahead. >> also coming up, niners celebrate the 30th anniversary of their first superbowl title with 2500 fans and former players including are own mike shumann with the festivities coming up in this morning's >> closed captioning brought to yo

one taken from the foreman gallery on june 21st, and other picasso was stolen from the william bennett gallery. there it is, it is kind of hard to see, but the very next day we are still in june and other one goes missing from the carlyle hotel on june 28th and on july 1st, a photograph is stolen from the gallery on west 20th street in new york. j.r. stone is on wine lugo may have been a wine before. >> you talked about how busy things were and how many different cases there were, these are just two of the paintings, pictures and sketches that were found inside of his apartment this is the picasso and this is another, but that is not all there are several other things according to the security guards in new jersey these are surveillance pictures of mark lugo according to those of the store he went there and stole three bottles of wine, that may sound harmless but when each bottle of wine is $2,000, that is $6,000 worth of wine that he is believed to have stolen. i asked the security guard what happened and we talk on the phone earlier this week in. >> i was having my morning coffee and

a lot of folks speaking out about, this including tony bennett who did a duet with amy not too long ago she was an extraordinary musician with a rare intuition as a vocalist and i'm truly devastated that her exceptional talent has come to such an early end. she was a lovely and intelligent person and when we recorded together she gave a soulful and extraordinary performance. just a lot of musicians chiming in on this. >> a lot of people touched by her career and her performance. >> and a great voice, , eat voice. sad. >> so unique, such a unique artist. all right, now a lot of people are going to be happy about this. remember "beavis and butthead"? >> oh, yes. >> well, they're back. do the little laugh for us. there you go. >> oh, man.. >> an updated version of "beavis and butthead" featuring "jersey shore" and the rest of it. this isn't the old "beavis and butthead," this is the new "beavis ananbutthead." mike judge hit comic con on thursday to discuss the revival of his one-time mtv staple. very, very excited about that personally. >> this was controversial when it came out years ago.

captain america the first avenger harry potter and the deadly a hollows' part 2 was to and friends with bennett tapes was in the third lot of people going to the movies this weekend much more ahead on the kron 4 morning news and we will have more information on that power outage in berkeley and we will tell you went lights will go back on and this is a live look outside at walnut creek will be right backup Ñoxw thousands of people are without power in the berkeley district. >> jimenez confessed to the attacks on the death of over zero hundred people there in >> lee have an update on the weather >> it is a little bit cooler than we normally have it this time of your this afternoon it is going to be mild 60s along the coast or 80s inland we will have a complete weather jacket in a minute >> good morning rather and we will start with an accident at the bay bridge we are not calling it on hotspot it does not have any impact on the west bound ride if it does it could begin to be a bad day. i will have a complete check coming up on >> are developing story our problems in berkeley and has been a power

president and i want to thank my colleague for joiningns myself and senator bennett in this discussion this afternoon.e gratitude to the cementer is from colorado continuing this conversation. up next conversation with pakistan's ambassador to the u.s.. the ambassador talks about the long term strategic relationship between the u.s. and pakistan and the raid on osama bin laden's compound in pakistan. this is moderated by senior national security correspondent for "the washington post" care and de young who stood by the group patricia ellis gives a brief opening remarks. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> good evening everyone and welcome. i am going to start again. sorry. good evening, everyone, and welcome. i'm patricia less president of the women's foreign policy group. we promote women's leadership and of places pressing international issues of the day such as our topic for tonight, u.s.-pakistan relations. on behalf of the wfpg and board members present tonight, don, gayle, theresa, donna, i want to welcome everybody here. we are so glad that you could join us for this the high end

utah, for example, 3,500 conservative activists managed to take the well-regarded senator robert bennett off the ballot. gop senators like match and mccain have moved farther to the right hoping to stave off similar assaults. changes in congressional rules have made it far more difficult to enact large, compromised legislation n. the wake of the watergate scandal, sunshine rules were put into place that required open committee meetings and recorded votes. the purpose wouz to make congress more open and responsive. it has become to lobbyists, money and special interests because they mobilize our position to any withdrawal of subsidies or tax breaks. political polarization has been fueled by a new media which has also narrow cast. representative darrell issa, republican of california, gave an interview to the "wall street journal" in which he suggested he might further the conservative agenda through an occasional compromise. that provoked a tirade from rush b limbaugh. issa quickly and publicly apologized to limbaugh and promised only opposition to obama. multiply that example a thousand

juan juan remember what happened to senator bennett from utah.ea party comes in and says you are not conservative enough. this is what i'm talking about. you get the far right extreme and now governing the republican party, so that everybody who says i can see what the best interests of the country is, is, in fact, not governing. they are thinking in weres of campaigning, and they are thinking of a threat not coming from the middle but someone saying i can do a better job in washington than you can, but they are saying i will be more conserve stiff, i will be conservative to an extreme, and i will fly a flag and say i can be more absurd that you are in terms of extreme right wing politics in the country. even to the point of pushing the country over the press pice and ruining my 401(k), my interest rates in terms of bying a house, buying a car, put all of this in danger but say, i'm standing on principle. is this whacky? >>shepard: this is dangerous to our nation. we face the real possibility of a downgrade in our credit rating no matter what hap

. >> sarah bennett says the belief about mosquitoes being attracted to some people more than others is mosquitoes are drawn in by co2 and a general skin smell we emit. to protect yourself outdoors from mosquitoes, the health department says remember to wear the three ls. light colored, long, loose clothing. because if it's too tight, mosquitoes can actually bite you through the material. but experts say one of the best repellents is to actually use bug spray. but make sure to spray it all over. >> it actually puts a barrier on your skin and they know you're there but don't want to land on your skin and if you miss a part of your skin, they'll land there and feed. >> reporter: she says the best bug spray is one you'll actually use. fairfax county, john schriffen, news4. >>> for more information about mosquitoes and how to protect yourself, visit our website, nbcwashington.com and search mosquitoes. >>> the egg industry wants to end the suffering of its chickens. in a historic move, the united egg producers has teamed up with the humane society of the united states to ask the federal gov

also, the bennett of -- benefit of my fiscal conservative friends. it cost $4.2 million in fiscal year 12 appropriations. a $4.80 million last year. it has a staff of 40. i did not get elected t come appear and have some commission was something that is a notional at best. come back to us before december 11 and say to us that i have got to vote up or down with no amendments and two hours of debate. atou have 12 people have decided is what we should be cutting. i do not have any way of going about representing my constituents i am not in that 12. say what my overall feeling is regarding what we should cut. that is extremely dangerous in addition to the fact that what it is doing is passing off our responsibility as if we are doing something. and everybody else i hope the american people are loong and number one, we didn't get into this mess overnight and we're not going to get out of it overnight. weidn't get into this in the last decade. i get so tired of hearing each of us point backo who caused whatever it is that we are in right now. we all know h

postponed a vote thursday night to cuts federal spending by nearly $1 trillion because house speaker john bennett did not have the votes to pass the measure. mr. boehner left will -- but last night with a number of members to support the package. legislation is being reworked and they will be back on the floor today. senator reid said the measure will be tabled or voted down in the senate if it passes the house. >> this cspan networks provide coverage of politics, public affairs, nonfiction books, and american history available on television, we take c-span on the road with our digital bus, local content vehicles. bringing resources to your community. it's washington your way. now available in more than 100 million homes. created by cable, provided as a public service. >> coming up next, "washington journal" will take your phone calls. and the house is back in this morning and will try again to pass the house g.o.p. measures to raise the nation's debt limit. live house coverage h o

jacqueline bennett is here to tell us and we will ever see summer again. >> the temperatures struggledrm out there but summer will return, not for a while. and we could see this weather for the rest of the work week. take a look at our satellite picture. fog is clinging to the coastline and pushing into the bay shore. temperatures are pretty cool out there this afternoon, especially compared to yesterday's. here are your current temperatures. our warmest spot is antioch at 77. the valley should be in the upper 80s for this time of year. we are below average for the entire bay area. his killer is a look at the difference over the past 24 hours. price temperatures will stay on the cooler side all the way through the week. dense fog in the morning and drizzle on the details coming up in just a minute. >> in the news around the bay, police say that a triple homicide in richmond this week and started as a drug deal. they say that three men inside an apartment got into an argument. several shots were fired from several weapons and all free men died. there were two people taken into custody f

tony bennett.t seems like everyone has sung the songs of jimmy webb. >> linda ronstadt, way lon nelson, kristian stoferson, joe cocker. a few big names in there. >> and he had a few big songs in there, songs that dominated the charts back then and are considered classics today. ♪ didn't we >> do you remember first song you wrote? here's how precocious jimmy webb was. his first song, which he wrote when he was 12... ♪ it's someone else i've known it all the time ♪ >> was later recorded by art garfunkel. ♪ webb wrote that song growing up in oklahoma. his father was baptist preacher. jimmy played piano in church. when he was 18, his family moved to southern california. a year later his mother died and his father decided to return to the midwest. but as he told an audience at new york university, jimmy informed his dad he wasn't going back. >> he had $44 in his pocket and he said, i can't believe you're doing this to me, son, and he handed me all his monoand got in the car and drove off. >> young jimmy

i remember i used to write a lot about, kind of, the supposed cultural decline of america andbill bennettho has kind of gone missing from public discourse, thankfully, he used to talk about how great the '50s were. and it's like if you go back and read contemporary accounts of the '50s there was "rebel without a cause." it was "why johnnie can't read"" it was commies everywhere. it was the beats, it was "growing up absurd" by paul goodman it was a horrifying decade that was filled only with comic-book crazed juvenile delinquents and kind of slutty girls who were giving it up all over the place. so, again and again, when you go back -- the way politicians work is motivating people with fear, and they say we need to return to that golden age by giving us more power and more money and more control. >> and now there's this thing about politicians. you write, "democrats or republicans stuffing or potatoes, yankee or red sox, beatles or stones, american politics, it would seem is inherently manikin and duopolistic." >> yes. >> what does that mean? >> i'm not exactly sure, i might have been chan

joining using right now, espn soccer analyst, roger bennett.lftime, the americans easily should have had five, six goals by at that point, shouldn't they? >> absolutely. the bandwagon rolled into frankfurt. we all thought they were going to dispel the legacy of the sports team and add their name to the pantheon of great american winners. they played against japan. the coach called them the short little ladies and they of barcelona, they passed beautifully. first half, this is abby wambach thundering the ball. five or six goals after halftime, they should have been. it was 0-0 until the 69th minute. alex morgan, merks's sweamerica sweetheart. and in the 80th minute, relentless japan. they spring wone back. slapstick defending. the u.s. dig deep. they're a gutsy team. here is abby wambach, 5'11", she's a veritable godzilla against the tiny japanese. >> godzilla! >> unnecessary. >> if you're abby wambach, are you selling excedrin by tuesday morning? >> abby got a headache this big. >> if you're abby wambach's agent, you're working the phones now.

and for a be- roy bennett >> how is your soul saw?ll learning. >> how did you want to come with the idea of doing this festival? >> i wanted to of a soul's the contest salsa-- >> it was such a big success that we decided to continue. with 14 bands, >> the details of how that is going to work. where does salsa come from? it is ancient and in view? >> it is primarily from the caribbean and it infiltrated into the latin american regions and with the combination of guitars it grew from there. >> the partner in this project is going to give her a break for a little bit. >> and salsa, in terms of a modern development of where it came from. >> many people of ideas of where it became what flee are known for today is it was not called salsa in pr, cuba. to mix it with the jazz. so what exactly is so saw? >> proponents of an the other influences? >> also rebecca perhaps could show us. >> what is so sof--what makes salsa salsa >> it is the couch it is the count--it is the count. much like music. on an eight count. and a step, 1, 2, 3, 4, and wal

here's nelson mandela, bob dylan, even tony bennett. >> muhammad ali. >> they have known you.or your epitaph, he was just enough to have the courage to stand stand up to his convics no matter what problem his action may have caused. he was just enough to escape the universal prison of sleep to remain the humanity in living hell. he was just enough. >> just enough. why when people hear this, just enough, i'm sure they are thinking just enough to get off? escape, survive, why not to make something bolder? >> universally, we are all just enough. we are all unierer sally just enough. we are born with everything that we need to wake up and become conscious. that is just enough. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. we asked what are you reading this summer? here's what you had to say. >> good morning. it's my honor and privilege to morning to introduce our distinguished authors. the american indian resource center and tulsa county libraries have done a fantastic job bringing this panel to us. i'd like to start with a question from the first distinguished gu

so here's, nelson mandela, bob dylan, even, tony bennett, you say, big supporter.speak about yourself and your ephithet should be just enough to have courage to stand up for his convictions no matter what problems his actions may have caused him. just enough to perform a miracle to wake up to the escape the unreversal prison of sleep to escape humanity in living hell. he was just enough, just enough. >> just enough. >> so when people hear this just enough, i'm sure they're going to be thinking to themselves, well, just enough to get off or just enough to get escape or survive? why not to making is bolder? >> universally we are all just enough. that's what that means. we're all universally just enough. we are born with everything that we need to wake up and to become conscious. that is just enough. >> you can watch this and other programs online at "booktv".org. we asked what are you reading this summer. here is what you had to say. >> send us a tweet at "booktv" using hashtag, summer reading. e-mail us at@book tv.org. >> up this is just under an hour. >> good morni