but earlier i spoke with texas state senator bob hall, working to protect the texas grid. tor hall, thanks for being with us. there's no question that the grid system in the united states has been compared to one of a third world country by secretary of energy, actually, a balkanized system. but what you've done in texas is introduced legislation to try to make texas one of the three parts of the grid that is self-contained in your state and independent, hardened grid. why? >> well, the primary reason is that the texas legislature has a responsibility to protect the liberties and freedoms of its citizens, and the threat that we are faced with the possibility of either a man made or natural emp is a threat to those liberties and freedoms. >> and your state of texas is unique, senator, in the sense that the grid is all within one state, contained within the state. and you actual lly have the ability to harden it, but why hasn't the federal government done this ? >> well, the federal government has, the congress has made an attempt, but the power lobby is an extremely powerful

for hall of fame trainer bob it was the fourth win. a $2 win ticket paid $7.80.justice with judge jen ne janene. . >> earlier this week, anarchy and rioters overtook the streets of baltimore, burning cars, looting businesses to protest freddie gray's death. today, thousands gathered in downtown baltimore for a victory rally. with me now is the leader of the y.m.c. community leader organization who was in baltimore this week. good evening, jay. i want to start with a little history. >> you grew up poor? >> yes, welfare kid. >> you started dealing drugs and served prison time. >> yes, high school dropout. after i turned 18, ended up here in new york for drug trafficking and a handgun charge. >> how did you get out of it? >> well, the cops illegally searched my vehicle. that's the kind of aggressive laws we have. >> i don't want to talk about the drug laws tonight. i want to talk about you. you sit in front of me, you're pretty dapper there. how did you get out of a life of crime? >> hope, first of all. i believed in myself. at e at 25 years old, i asked myself in j

. >> bob redell is live at oakland city hall. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning. we're within the next hour expecting a large rally here at city hall. most will be longshoremen dock workers. you're probably wondering why are they not at the port. they've called for a work stoppage effectively shutting down the port at oakland. you can see they're marching and also protesting. what they're protesting today are instances of alleged police brutality that happened recently throughout the country. we counted roughly 300 people when they left the port not just dock workers but citizens activists who believe in the cause. they left around 10:15. they're marching from there to city hall for a rally scheduled at noon. within the past hour the longshoremen, some spoke their minds before the crowd. typically it's may day and they would be focusing on workers' rights. today they're calling for better police accountability and justice because of what's happened in places like baltimore and north charleston and tulsa. the instances strike a nerve with the local knowledge shoreme

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now, his trainer, hall of famer, bob baffert has four kentucky derby wins. >> the reality is, i can'tit again. to have my family, my boys here and jill, my wife jill. what they have to go through. the emotions, the stress to have a horse like that. i was so happy that, you know, he's the horse that everybody built him up to be. >> i can't believe it. i'm dreaming. i was living the dream. i don't want to wake up. now it's reality. we are beyond ecstatic. >> by the way, victor espinoza won last year on california chrome and wins this year. he came up short to win the triple crown. american pharoah has the chance that no horse has done since 1978. the preakness is coming up in two weeks. louisville, kentucky. >>> the big hats, mint juleps, we thank you for watching this hour. cnn news room. i'm george howell. i'll be back after the break. you are watching cnn, the world's news leader. rotected. nearly half a million cars were stolen in 2012. but for every car stolen, 34 people had their identities stolen. identity thieves can steal your money, damage your credit, and wreak havoc on your

hall of fame trainer bob baffert has the two top favorite american pharaoh and dortmund.post time is around 6:25 this evening. the live coverage of the 141st kentucky derby begins today at 4:00. and tonight is fight night in vegas. manny pacquiao and floyd mayweather weighed in yesterday. the two fighters are expected to split around $300 million. >> police shoot a pit bull that they say attacked a teen-age boy. we are checking on the victim's condition. plus you'll hear from a witness who saw the whole thing go down. >> and look closely. police say there's a gator lurking in this water and they're warning residents to be on the lookout. we'll tell you where the gator was last seen. who saw the whole thing go down. who saw the whole thing go down. your buddy ron once said he could install your ceiling fan. he couldn't. and that one time ron said another chili dog was a good idea. yeah, it wasn't. so when ron said you'd never afford a john deere tractor you knew better. now ron does too. introducing the e series. legendary john deere quality. unexpected low price. see your

bob ehrlich. we will learn where he stands on the issues. i will be asking the candidate some questions. after a break, our studio audience will ask questions in a town hall style format. before that, a quick look at his biography. bob ehrlich was born in 1957 in maryland and a small suburb outside of baltimore. he studied political science at princeton university and co-captained the football team. he got his law degree from wake forest university school of law. ehrlich move back to maryland to work for a law firm and ran successfully for the house of delegates. he was elected to the u.s. house of representatives and would serve for terms and d.c. as a congressman. in 2002, he was elected as governor of maryland. he enacted marilyn's first ever charter schools law. ehrlich continues to practice law and is considering running for president. ehrlich is married and has two sons. >> with that, governor ehrlich welcome to the show. mr. ehrlich: you got it all right. host: every now and again we get it right. you have been in the news this week because of what is taking place in your home state of maryland, particularly your home state of baltimore. mr. ehrlic

now, his trainer, hall of famer bob baffert, is now the fourth trainer ever to have four kentucky derby of it hitting, it was like, i can't believe i did it again. and to have my family, have my boys here, with jill, my wife jill what's to go through, you know, the emotions, the stress, to have a horse like that. it was just -- it's just -- i was so happy that, you know, he's the horse that everybody built him up to be. >> still i can't believe it, okay? i am just, i'm dreaming. i told everybody i was living the dream, and i don't want to wake up. and now it's reality and i still can't believe it. i won the kentucky derby. so, we are beyond ecstatic. >> reporter: by the way, victor espinoza, the jockey who won the kentucky derby on california chrome last year, wins it again this year with american pharoah. of course, california chrome came up short in his quest to win the triple crown last year. american pharoah now has a chance to do something that no horse has done since 1978, and that's win the triple crown. the preakness is coming up in just two weeks. laura rutledge, cnn, louisvill

they gathered at city hall and said implementation has been going very smoothly. at bob's liquors the manager says the soda tax is hurting business. city voters overwhelmingly axe proved a penny for all tax on sugary beverages. >> we see the difference and now the customers don't want to add that extra money on the taxes on the same time. they started complaining about it. >> reporter: city officials are cheering and they have their first data from march, $113,000 putting them on pace to collect as much as $1.5 million this year. >> it's good to have a solid indication of proceeds with not everyone paying the tax yet and it's just the large distributor. the money is earmarked for public health with half going to the school district. some of it likely to the cooking and gardening program like this bonn at malcolm x elementary school. it was the high rates of obesity in berkeley's children that led to the push for the tax. the beverage industry spent 3 million trying to defeat the measure. >> if the goal was to make it much more difficult for businesses to do business then t

hundreds of men and women shrieked as panama hats and pair hall -- and carousels and baby carriages bobbed about like corks. men clawed at women. tearing dresses to then sold after soul -- soul after soul disappeared into the murky river. ship bells clang the alarm. a tall man in an uncle sam costume flailed in the water. then it rained garbage. workers at warehouse companies along the river through crates a -- and all things wooden into the water but most were swept away by the current. from the deck of the roosevelt the crew tossed like preservers -- like preservers for those who were pleading in the water. the cries were pitiful for men and women clinging to wreckage and like preservers and chairs. a young woman was struck me to keep afloat by clutching one of the musician's violins. so, as i say, to demonstrate what the ship was doing, it's sitting at its dock like this. it begins to tip this way. toward the starboard side. passengers are boarding on the side. and so, it is a little uncomfortable. they have to climb a little bit to get on to the ship, but they are doing ok. and using a

hundreds of men and women shrieked as panama hats and pair hall -- and carousels and baby carriages bobbed about like coks . rks. men clawed at women. then soul after would just -- wsoul disappeared. a tall man in an uncle sam costume flailed in the water. then it rained garbage. workers at warehouse companies along the river through crates a nd all things wooden into the water but most were swept away by the current. from the deck of the roosevelt the crew tossed like preservers for those who were pleading in the water.t hethe cries were beautiful for men and women clinging to wreckage and light for servers and chairs. a young woman was struck me to keep afloat by clutching one of the musician's violins. so as i say to demonstrate what the ship was doing, it's sitting at its dock like this. it begins to tip this way. toward the starboard side. passengers are boarding on the site. and so, it is a little uncomfortable. they have to climb a little bit to get on to the ship, but they are doing ok. and using a stabilizing system in the base, the hull they straighten it up. they straighten the

bob ehrlich stands on key issues. i will be asking a few questions and after a break the studio audience will ask questions in a town hall style format but before that let's look at the candidate's biography. bob ehrlich was born in 1957 in maryland in a suburb outside baltimore, he studied political science at princeton university and cocaptain of the football team graduated princeton in 1979 and got his law degree from wake forest university school of law, moved back to maryland to work for baltimore law firm and ran successfully for the house of delegates. in 1994 the republican was elected to united states house of representatives and would serve four terms in d.c. is a congressman in 2002 he was elected governor of maryland served one term during which he enacted maryland's first-ever charter school of. today bob ehrlich continues to practice law and is considering a run for president because he feels the country has an insecure economy, culture and sense of national security. bob ehrlich is married with two sons. >> with that, bob ehrlich welcome to the show. every once in awhile it happens. you are here and the un

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bob ehrlich. we will learn where he stands on the issues. i will be asking the candidate some questions. after a break, our studio audience will ask questions in a town hall style format. before that come a quick look at his biography. bob ehrlich was born in 1957 in maryland and a small suburb outside of baltimore. he studied political science at princeton university and co-captained the football team. he got his law degree from wake forest university school of law. ehrlich move back to maryland to work for a law firm and ran successfully for the house of delegates. he was elected to the u.s. house of representatives and would serve for terms and d.c. as a congressman. in 2002, he was elected as governor of maryland. he enacted marilyn's first ever charter schools law. ehrlich continues to practice law and is considering running for president. ehrlich is married and has two sons. with that, governor ehrlich, welcome to the show. mr. ehrlich: you got it all right. host: every now and again we get it right. you have been in the news this week because of what is taking place in your home state of maryland, particularly your home state of baltimore. mr. ehrl

bob redell, "today in the bay." >> all right. one more we'll continue to follow. >>> 5:35. three years after domestic violence case rocked the city hallcandal involving sheriff ross mirkarimi is resurfacing coming from his wife. lopez, a starring in a spanish language play she says tells her side of the story. called "what's the scandal." mirkarimi was accused of grabbing lopez hard enough to cause a bruise. he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor false imprisonment. lopez says, the couple stronger than ever. >>> we're banking on the strength of more bay area weather here, especially as we get closer to the weekend. how are we feeling going into friday, saturday, sunday? >> valleys will start to see a warmup today. right now the bright screen b behind me, low clouds and fog around san francisco. 53 degrees. also 53 in oakland at oracle right now. you had misty skies nearby around the oakland airport and san jose, 55 degrees all locationing at the low clouds except if you're atop mt. hamilton, down on the low clouds this morning. yesterday at this time, a lot of heels were covered in the clouds. marine layer is squished down closer to 1,000 f

bob. >>> things getting back to normal for students at san jose state university after tense moments on campus last night. just before 7:00 someone said they spotted a man with a gun near duncan hall. police swarmed the campus as administrators sent out the text warning to students. after an exhaustive search no gunman was found. >>> palo alto police say someone is shooting paint balls at random people walking on the street. here is a picture from officers showing the remnants of one of the attackings. you can see the paint on the tree. there were three separate attacks focused in two parts of town. the first at newell and dana the other two near melville and parkinson avenues. tuesday night the suspects fired 12 to 14 green paint balls from their car at an elderly couple. a man in his 70s suffered bruises. a few minutes later the suspects hit two women in separate attacks. all of them will be okay but police want the suspects off the street. >>> two weeks after a brazen smash and grab robbery a suspect is still on the loose. if he thinks he got away with it he may need to think again because, once again, police have him on tape. nbc bay area stephanie chuang has the video. >> rep

bob thanks so much. it was a great night for former city councilman jim ken. >> i he defeated his five competitors to secure the democratic nomination for mayor of philadelphia. steve keeley is live at city hall with more on. >> this hi, steve chrissy hear from the photographers when they drive you to the stories you like certain radio station. which one was that. >> i switch between 93.3, right, but in the mornings it is talk, with preston and steve, god bless them, but i want to rock out. so i usually put on 102.9. >> did you listen to that on the way into work? >> , no the drive in typically i listen to news talk 1060, or big daddy graham. >> i wanted to make sure you weren't confused if you listen to 102.9 because the overnight dj, jim kinny jim kinny is the overnight dj. >> now i see where you are going with this, all right. >> long way to get to that by the way, but jim kinny he sounds like jim kinny when he says his name. so jim you missed him playing dance the night away, but jim kinny on the air at classic rock jim kenny on the air and on of mo -- move at city hall after ridiculous win. 57% to 24% over his closest competitor, and so i hesitate to even use the word close. because it w

bob's opinion quick. there is a video of a representative saying in response to a question from a town hall meeting, saying effectively that representatives could not have access as they want it, that they were potential security vulnerabilities, which seems inflammatory. i do not put that on the committee. that is a political actor with a political statement. bob, from your perspective recognizing that there is a level of transparency, is this too far, or there could be more transparency, access to classified information for at least one person in the 435 offices in the house -- do you think that is too far? mr. litt: i do not have a particular view on that. when the church committee made its recommendations, there was a need to strike a balance between congressional oversight and secrecy of intelligence operations. the balance that was struck at that time in both houses was to set up an intelligence committee. we are required to keep the committee informed of all intelligence activities, and by and large we do that. and they have got ample staff, and not all of them are cleared into every compartment. th

bob's opinion quick. there is a video of a representative saying in response to a question from a town hall meeting saying effectively that representatives couldn't have access as they wanted because they were potential security vulnerables which seems a bit inflammatory. i do not put that on the intelligent committee by any means. that is a political actor with a political statement. bob, from your respective recognizing there is a level of transparency that is too far and recognizing there could be more transparency access to classified information for at least one person in the 435 offices in the house, do you think that that is too far? >> i do not have a particular view on that. when the church committee made its recommendations, there was a need to strike a balance between congressional oversight and secrecy of intelligence operations. the balance that was struck at that time in both houses was to set up an intelligence committee by statute, we are required to keep the intelligence committee fully informed of all intelligence activities and by large part we do that. and they have got ample staff, an

bob: hats off to john chambers. bo: a great run. betty: number two, the incredible rise in u.s. oil production is over according to one crude traitor. andy hallhe's known for making aggressive bets and has said that we have three citrate point and called for a rebound in crude prices from here on out. -- said that we have reached a turning point and he called for a rebound in crude prices from here on out. bob: he was a $100 million for one year by citigroup. remember that? are you going to listen to him or to me? that is a make any sense. i want -- low oil prices because i buy gasoline for my gas guzzling minivan. betty: is it a subaru? bob: no, it is a minivan, japanese made. every guess that comes on your show that i'm on with, i say, what is going on with oil prices? and none of them seem to know. if they don't know, how are we supposed to know? listen to andy hall, i suppose, and make lots of money. bo: it make sense to me. betty: a quick check of where futures has settled and they are slightly higher on this monday morning. the opening bell is next. ♪ just because i'm away from my desk doesn't mean i'm not working. comcast business unde

hall style format. but before all of that let's get a quick look at the candidate's biography. >> bob ehrlich was born in957 in maryland in a small suburb just outside of baltimore. he studied political science at princeton university and co-captained the football team. he graduated from princeton in 1979 and then got his law degree from wake forest university school of law. ehrlich moved back to maryland to work for a baltimore law firm and then ran successfully for the house of delegates np. in 1994 the republican was elected to the united states house of representatives and would serve four terms in d.c. as a congressman. then in 2002 he was elected as governor of maryland. he served one term during which he enacted maryland's first ever charter schools law. today ehrlich continues to practice law and says he's considering a run for president because he feels the country has an insecure economy culture and sense of national security. ehrlich is married and has two sons. >> and with that, governor ehrlich, welcome to the show. >> got it all right. >> every once in a while it happens. you're here under

bob costas said about legacy for tom brady this morning. see what you think about that. >> do you think this tarnishes golden boy image? >> a little bit. still a first bhal lot hallhave done pretty much what he did with inflated or deflated footballs. this is not barry bonds using steroids. >> so when he becomes hall of fame eligible will we care about this, steve? >> reporter: well, some people will. in terms of like his eligible for the hall of fame his selection, i don't think it will affect his ability to get in there on the first ballot. but it is certainly fair to say that this plus spygate a number of years ago plus a number of other things about the patriots and how they always under bill belichick kind of play close to the edge, maybe a little bit over the edge sometimes. there are an awful lot of people out there who will always put an asterisk next to this era in the history not just of tom brady, but the patriot. where the salary cap era of nfl the era of parity, so much evenness in the league for the pair yots over the last 15 years to win four super bowls, to win their division every year, to be a contender every year for the super bowl title it's p