people have told me that my story had been inspiring to them so that's that's great and that was brian smith once a homeless homes college student now american success story. so we talk about homelessness the wars the economy real issues affecting the world and this country so because look at the mainstream networks why the hell are these channels obsessed with frankly where things to be out of fluff and the casey anthony trial that they can't seem to get enough of to we negate all those all the news these days real news these days seems to be hard to find so why well joining me now to decode this mainstream media mystery is question journalism professor at georgetown university hi chris you know i was so excited yesterday because this whole wiener gate thing blew over for i was looking forward to these puns going away. yesterday and. it seems to me that it's really not going away anywhere i mean our networks are covering this wall to wall as if it's some presidential resignation why well i mean. casey anthony there are part of that carnival paradigm i mean that's the one thing they have in

way to succeed despite all odds one of them joins us here today to share his story his name is brian k. smith and bryanna thank you so much for being here you know on the show so often we talk about issues that aren't really covered by mainstream media and a lot of times they're they're depressing stories but what you went through and where you are today is really quite an inspiration to a lot of folks and i understand you graduated last month you're here in washington with a great job you'll be enrolling in grad school but it's a little bit of a change from where you've come from. explain to your story what happened ok as a student across the long beach and the i guess we have a certain number of units and governments of that you cut off and financially since i was a foreign language major before i had plenty of units and then of course my french will financially but i didn't realize that when i had gotten loans as well that those certain loans were also stopped and so then when i came back to school i feel myself not getting the fifteen goals or so in front of the lead in and i was a long w

just terrific with the crowd rocking and brian wilson comes on and the whole place standing for the final out. seth smith6th save for wilson. 3-1 giants. third straight win. they maintain first place in the national league west. >>> the before mentioned busty posey being taken out by young cousins. you figured this thing it would be, indeed, over with. but bruce bocci had a few things to say. >> he's hurt for the club, for baseball, you know, it's very emotional time. >> all right. here it is, cousins response after sabian said he could care less but this kid's future as a major leaguer. read the last line, he says nobody outside of buster feels worse about his injury than i do. that's scott cousins of the florida marlins. >>> let's dance around see what the a's are doing there in boston against the red sox. 37,808. they sell out every night. people love the red sox. it's a religion. a's have a 6-5 lead in the fifth. if you're athlete and have people cheering for you, you go to a's game, if it's not yankees or boston you can hear conversations across the field. crawford delivers a good 8-6 red sox. a's h

brian stow. the father that they adore remains in a coma and they tell smith about the good times they shared with you can tell how much tyler- year-old shows his dad. he showed me this picture as he was a baby. he considers his bad his best friend and hero. >> he did special things for us. >> that included trips, bike rides, and beginning to games. life with dad isn't the same. >> i spent a lot of time with him, so it's completely different not going with him every weekend or every thursday. so it's really tough. >> hardest part is seeing his dog in a coma. after two dodgers cruelly attacked him, the beating happens almost three months ago. words can't express how much he misses his dad. his eight-year-old daughter is the same way. >> he smell like any other dad. it feels word not having them pay for my days. >> is that the hardest part of it. >> do you know to stay strong? also the giants have helped. take a look at this autographed picture with tim lincecum with photos. tyler and tabitha went to giants games with their dad. this plan they plan to may cay while there's a total clans. one thing i

gets 7 k's in the game and brian wilson with two men on gets set. smith swinging and that's your ballgame. the giants organization essentially apologized for the inflammatory comments by the g.m. regarding that buster posy injury. sabian went on thursday suggesting that scott cousins had malicious intent. >> i don't blame the kids. why not be hard nosed? if i never hear from cousins again, we'll all be happy. >> i mean, he chose to be a hero in my mind. if that's his flash of fame, that's as good as it's going to get. >> posy is out for the season. cousins is getting death threats as a result of all this. nobody is happy about what happened including cousins. it wasn't premeditated, one of the things that happens in sports sometimes. sabian was just frustrated. >> as we all know, brian was very emotional as well as i know, sometimes he needs time to let his emotions settle down and he's not out to demonize any player. >> beginning his rehab assignment in san jose took three at-bats and grounded out to second a couple of times and in his last at-bat got ca

smith joins us there. nick, he is showing some improvement? >> reporter: cheryl, indeed. good news indeed. brian is breathing without a ventilator. he is showing spontaneous movement with his left arm. he is responding to some commands. this is indeed encouraging news for family and friends who are praying for full and speedy recovery. bryan stow, the san francisco giants fan who was beaten and badly injured at dodger stadium remains at san francisco general. he survivored a severe skull fracture and bad bruising to the frontal lobe after being beatingen in the parking lot of dodger stadium. today, his doctors shared promising news. >> upgraded the condition of bryan stow from critical to serious. however, he is far from out of woods. >> reporter: as he struggles to recover, the investigation behind his attack continues. the prime suspect in the beating was given ten months in prison on monday for unrelated charges. 31-year-old giovanni ramirez had his state prole reked fo aegedgunposssion rarez sarreed i may. and police cled him the main aggressor in the march attack against stow. ramirez's att

gets 7 k's in the game and brian wilson with two men on gets set. sm smithwinging and that's your ballgame. the giants organization essentially apologized for the inflammatory comments by the g.m. regarding that buster posy injury. sabian went on thursday suggesting that scott cousins had malicious intent. >> i don't blame the kids. why not be hard nosed? if i never hear from cousins again, we'll all be happy. >> i mean, he chose to be a hero in my mind. if that's his flash of fame, that's as good as it's going to get. >> posy is out for the season. cousins is getting death threats as a result of all this. nobody is happy about what happened including cousins. it wasn't premeditated, one of the things that happens in sports sometimes. sabian was just frustrated. >> as we all know, brian was very emotional as well as i know, sometimes he needs time to let his emotions settle down and ea he's not out to demonize any player. >> beginning his rehab assignment in san jose took three at-bats and grounded out to second a couple of times and in his last at-bat got c

smith joins us there. nick, he is showing some improvement? >> reporter: cheryl, indeed. good news indeed. brian is breathing without a ventilator. he is showing spontaneous movement with his left arm. he is responding to some commands. this is indeed encouraging news for family and friends who are praying for full and speedy recovery. bryan stow, the san francisco giants fan who was beaten and badly injured at dodger stadium remains at san francisco general. he survivored a severe skull fracture and bad bruising to the frontal lobe after being beatingen in the parking lot of dodger stadium. today, his doctors shared promising news. >> upgraded the condition of bryan stow from critical to serious. however, he is far from out of woods. >> reporter: as he struggles to recover, the investigation behind his attack continues. the prime suspect in the beating was given ten months in prison on monday for unrelated charges. 31-year-old giovanni ramirez had his state parole revoked for alleged gun possession. ramirez was arrested in may. and police called him the main aggressor in the march attack agains

brian stowe's children. their dad remains in intensive care 2 1/2 months after being beaten outside of dodger stadium. reporter smith sat down with them tonight at their home in scots valley. >> you can tell how much 12- year-old tyler stowe loves his dad. he proudly showed me this picture wearing his dad's old helmet. he considers his dad his best friend and hero. >> we did special things with him, different from what other dads would do. >> that included trips, bike rides, and going to giants games. but tyler realizes life with dad isn't the same. >> i spent a lot of time with him, it's different not going with him every weekend. or every thursday. so it's really tough. >> the hardest part is seeing his dad in a coma at san francisco general hospital after two dodgers fans brutally attacked him. the beating happened almost three months ago. tyler said words can't express how much he misses his dad, but he accepts what happened. his eight-year-old sister, tabitha, a little shy, is the same way. >> he's really special and he's not like any other dad. it kind of feels weird not having him stay by our side. >> is that

smith, today in the east bay. >>> thank you. martinez police officer has died after a two-year battle with cancer. friends and family will gather to remember sergeant brian carter. carter died last week two years after he was diagnosed with non-hodgkin's lymphoma. he planned to return to the force after a bone marrow transplant but things took a turn for the worse. sergeant carter was 37 years old. this morning's funeral service will be held at 11:00 at the fairfield community center. >>> this morning an east bay family mourning the loss of a loved one, a decorated soldier on his third tour of duty overseas. the pentagon says specialist kevin hilaman was killed in afghanistan on thursday when insurgents attacked his unit. he joined in 2003, served in the infantry. during his three deployments overseas, he earned the purple heart and bronze star. the 28-year-old was most recently from albany. >>> dozens of people coming together to pray for an east bay teenager in critical but stable condition after a sand collapsed on him. he was with his church group at sunset beach near watsonville when the accident happened. members of creekside church have gathered e