brooks, commissioner brooks, or president brooks, as he is now known, is the western region vice president of government affairs for cbs outdoor, a leading global media company and is responsible for government and public affairs from california to texas for that company. he is also a member of the california international relations foundation. he provides assistance to the california state senate in furthering economic, environment, educational and cultural exchanges with foreign governments and citizens. president brooks also served as director of administrative services for the city of san francisco where he was responsible for policy and planning for 14 city departments, managing over 300 employees, and a budget of $100 million.

brooks turns to her faith. you see, dr. ann brooks is also sister ann brooks. as brooks helps her patients, she looks for a little help from above. >> as i examine a patient when they're breathing in and out and i hear the breath of life, i pray for them. >> reporter: to brooks, she's answering a higher calling. but to the people of this delta town -- >> i would say she's an angel sent from heaven. >> reporter: she's been an answer to their prayers. thanh truong, nbc news, tutwiler, mississippi. >>> when we come back here tonight, our remembrance of the legendary elizabeth taylor. >>> next at 6:00, a wet commute ahead. we've got a look at the storm rolling in. and vandals cause a sewage spill at a popular east bay crick. >>> plus, no fun here. a popular area with snow gazers rolls back the welcome mat. >>> finally tonight, the news so many americans woke up to. as you no doubt heard earlier today, one of the greatest movie stars in the history of hollywood is gone. elizabeth taylor was a real star, glamorous and durable. also troubled and vulnerable. her career

tavis: david brooks is a good person too. his new book is called "social animal: the hidden source of love, character and achievement." of course we read him every day on the "new york times." thanks for being with us. >> it's good to be here. tavis: blair underwood next. stay with us. always pleased to welcome blair underwood in addition to his role in the nbc primtime drama "the event." he stars in "i will follow" from the african-american film festival releasing movement. here's a scene from the show than airs on nbc monday nights at 9:00 called "the event." >> unfortunately senator, all i can tell you is it's a matter of national security. >> those two words are so overused. and your government has been able to rid them of any meaning. and in the process this made the country less secure. >> senator, you've held public office for all of two weeks. you weren't even elected. you want to be outraged, your state has the highest unemployment in the country, the highest obesity. why don't you have the next 90 days to relieve th

-- the rational david brooks. you very much. >> we'll be back shortly with a report from inside >> suarez: we'll be back shortly with a report from inside syria by fred de sam lazaro. >> suarez: finally tonight, a rare look inside syria, an arab country where the street protests are just beginning. we have a report from special correspondent fred de sam lazaro, one of the few american journalists admitted into syria recently. >> reporter: the people of syria's crowded capital, damascus, face many of the same ills that have triggered street protests in so many other cities in the arab world-- high unemployment, widespread corruption, and authoritarian one-party rule. yet unlike egypt's hosni mubarak or libya's moammar qaddafi, syria's bashar al assad has faced minor and scattered demonstrations. but the situation is fluid and possibly escalating. scenes from youtube claimed to show protests across the country, including deraa, where there were deadly clashes. assad, who took power 11 years ago after the death of hi

the kids were removed pursuant to a court order that brooke mueller had gotten in an l.a.room just yesterday claiming that the kids should not be raised in that kind of environment with charlie's goddesses and what else is going on inside the house. as you mentioned, meredith, charlie sheen is here for a live interview. we'll get his reaction. but first a look behind closed doors. for charlie sheen, this was the perfect place to raise his twin boys, inside his los angeles mansion with the two women he calls his goddesses. >> we run errands, eat, play with the kids. >> we think up fun plans. >> we watch movies. i watch a lot of "two and a half men." >> reporter: do you love his kids? >> are you kidding? i was just up there. bob was like -- i didn't want to put them down. they're like, they're calling you. he's like, bye, saying bye to the -- >> the you say dad's busy he says, okay, dada's busy. he knows. he's fine with it. >> reporter: is this normal, pictures of the kids on the fridge? >> aside from the days we have the gold palm fronds and fan him. >> they'll run with tha

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brooke if she's able to get treatment.t's what's in the best interest of the kids. >> thanks to both of you. appreciate it very much. >>> you can see much more of charlie sheen's story on a special "datelaine" right here n nbc. >>> let's get a check of the weather now from al. >>> and good morning, everybody. got a good group. so the -- the herd is here. marshall university over here. and all the way over here. we've got fans from marshall. let's check your weather. and we've got some cold air here in the northeast. teens and 20s into new england. single digits up into southern new england. teens and 20s as well working their way up into the plains. 80s and 90s down through southern texas where they've got some fog along the coast. snow showers around the northern great lakes. we've got more wet weather moving into the pacific northwest with some snow in the mountains. sunny skies up and down the eastern seaboard. only 21 degrees in boston >>> well, we are going to see a pretty nice day today, bay area. we do have some lig

-- the rational david brooks. you very much. >> we'll be back shortly with a report from inside >> suarez: we'll be back shortly with a report from inside syria by fred de sam lazaro. but first, this is pledge week on pbs. this break allows your public television station to ask for your support. that support helps keep programs like ours on the air. >> brown: for those stations not taking a pledge break, we have a story about a fast-disappearing way of life in the midwest-- tavern culture. tonight's story comes from jo garrett of wisconsin public television. >> wisconsin's cultural identity has been defined a lot by the tavern. i think wisconsin by war is like the tavern state. >> these photos are part of an exhibit called "the wisconsin tavern." the artist is the nationally known still photographer carl core of hudson. >> i was in a coup of bars, one in milwaukee called "at random" and another one in frederick and the experience of going in there informed me or alerted me to the fact that there's something intere

brooks, talk about the power of the unconscious. tell me how the power of the unconscious can be influenced and what influence do i have on it? >> i'm glad you asked that because i never want to leave the impression that it's beyond our control. we have free will. it may be more bounded than we thought, but we certainly have the ability to change who we are. but we do it in... sometimes in indirect ways. you have the ability to choose your environment. so if you can choose going into the marine corps or going to berkeley, those would be different environments and they will influence you in different ways. you have the ability to choose what... >> rose: but that's like understanding the impact culture can have on you and choosing one over the other. >> right. and once you go into the marine corps, you'll be influenced in ways you may not understand. but you will be influenced. >> rose: because you have made a decision. >> a decision to go one way or the other. the other thing you can do is change your behavior. one of the lessons of

. >> ifill: and david brooks explores our inner lives in his new book, "the social animal." >> we're really good at talking about material things. really bad at talking about emotions, really good at stuff we can count. really bad at the deeper stuff that actually drives behavior. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> oil companies have changed my country. >> oil companies can make a difference. >> we have the chance to build the economy. >> create jobs, keep people healthy, and improve schools. >> and our communities. >> in angola chevron helps train engineers, teachers and farmers, launch child's programs. it's not just good business. >> i'm hopeful about my country's future. >> it's my country's future. >> you can't manufacture pride, but pride builds great cars. and you'll find in the people at toyota, all across america. pacific life, power to help you succeed. bnsf railway. and the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with

it was in response to an article written by david brooks. and brooks, whom i respect very much, is a conservative but a very thoughtful man that i read with a lot of interest. and brooks had written about what to do with the state and federal challenges when it came to budget deficits. what these two minnesota state representatives said, democrat and a republican, is that we acknowledge in our state and nation what we face. we face a situation where we have a weak economy and we face a situation where the debts that are being incurred by our levels of government are going up too fast. and so having acknowledged that, we've got to find a solution. i'm going to probably not say this as accurately, but i thought they said it so well. they said we've come to the conclusion that we just can't cut our way out of the problem and we can't tax our way out of the problem. we've got to think our way out of the problem. we can't lurch from one budget battle to another budget battle without looking at the fact that our challenge is a structural long-term

i'm eric brooks. i'm here representing the san francisco green party and the local grassroots organization. our city, as you know, and in strong opposition to this plan, as it is currently before you. so what we need to talk about is the actual meeting the true meaning of earthquake safety and hospitals. we need to remember back first of all in the 1906 earthquake, that it was not the failure of buildings that was the issue. it was the failuror water systems and the failure of access to transportation, especially of our emergency vehicles. so you saw on the basis of earthquake safety, cpmc present to you their plan for how to give good service in san francisco for health care is to centralize in one large facility the hospital services for san francisco and they plan to downgrade facilities like st. luke's and others. they will also be in competition with facilities like st. francis making it likely they will be downgraded as well. so imagine in the case of an earthquake that 80% of the people can't g

joining us now, jason brooks with kcbs and cbsmoneywatch.com. jason, good morning. >> reporter: a bullish report from adp. there were 217,000 new jobs added in february, they say. that was much more than expected. it could be a good signal before the labor department tells us what happened last month although adp has tended to be a little rozier in the report than what we have seen follow from the labor department in the past two months. now, we are seeing a little bit of tug of war on wall street this morning. a lot of support going for that adp report but again, oil prices are the big story. they are up over $100 a barrel with the increased fighting in libya. and the continued unrest across the middle east. and outplacement from challenger gray and christmas says if oil prices continue to head higher that may shelve some hiring plans from employers that will be cautious. after a big drop by the dow yesterday, its third triple- digit loss in the past six sessions, markets somewhat flat. right now the dow is up 1. nasdaq up 3. s&p up a fraction.

brooke's lawyer confessed to the court that brooke is in a day treatment facility for substance abuse the kids four hours a day while the restraining order is in effect. and her mom will provide the care the rest of the day. george. >> andrea, thanks very much. >>> if all of you missed the "20/20" special last night, you can watch it at abcnews.com/2020. now let's get more on this with senior health and medical editor, dr. richard besser and kristine wandzilak. an addiction specialist and founder of full circle intervention. rich, let's start with you. you said yesterday when you first saw this, you sent us an e-mail. if you see someone acting out, the way charlie sheen is acting out, you would recommend immediately they go see a psychiatrist. what stands out there? >> there's two types of bipolar disorder. one called manic depression. one where you're seeing depression. you're seeing a full-fledged manic episode. with that mania, you see delusions of grandeur. talking about having tiger blood. having a brain and party that can handle all these drugs. you see pressured speech. he's ta

i want to give a big thank-you to linda brooks burton. [applause] because linda brooks britain last march invited me to plan this program, and i want to thank helen, who i work with in san francisco unified because she introduced me to bryonn bain, and she always introduces me to the various artists that come in to work in the school district. as i learned about bryonn and experienced his presence and i was thinking about putting together this program, it just clicked -- why not bring the two together to bring this link from the past unsegregated jim crow to what is happening in the 21st century and that has been happening? i think i was inspired by michele alexander's booke." >> it is my pleasure to say, ms. colvin, without you we would not be where we are. [applause] thank you for sharing your story, and keep telling your story because we need to know, and our children need to know, and our children's children need to know your story. and we want to thank our sponsors today. we have the san francisco unified school district. we have mar

and we'll hear more from jason brooks in just a few minutes about what's happening on wall street inhe early going. >>> good morning. it is tuesday, the 15th of march. i'm sydnie kohara. >> hi, everybody. i'm frank mallicoat. the time is 6:29. let's get a check of the all- important traffic and weather. weather, the song remains the same, it's going to be wet. >> break out the umbrellas, you will need them all week off and on, although today won't be a total rainout. we are seeing showers and moderate cells in the morning commute. in fact take a look at this just to the south of palo alto, as you head up the peninsula this morning, keep that in mind. showers stretching all the way up 101 and 280 through redwood city, san carlos, belmont, foster city, san mateo, burlingame. we will continue to see shower activity of this nature throughout the day today. i'll time it out better coming up in a bit. but first a check of the roads with elizabeth. >> we now have a problem heading into san francisco. southbound 101 near the ninth street civic center exit we have an accident there sounds lik

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despuÉs de mensajes, una tragedia a conmocionado al brooks en estados unidos. fatal desenlace fue anunciado por el alcalde. este accidente cobrÓ la vida de mÁs de 12 de personas y cÓmo han reaccionado las autoridades. >> el autobÚs quedÓ a un lado de la vÍa, partido en la mitad luego de que se penetrarÁ por la parte delantera cortando los hierros hasta la parte trasera, matando asÍ a 14 pasajeros. el conductor que saliÓ con vida del sangriento siguiente dice que un camiÓn con carga le hizo perder el control al cerrar la vÍa mientras se desplazaba con 32 pasajeros por la salida 1 >> el comisionado de policÍa de nueva york dice que el conductor maniobrÓ hacia la derecha, luego el ser golpeado por un camiÓn que siguió su camino y que sigue siendo buscando por las autoridades. el autobÚs habÍa salido de un casino cuando las 5:30 de la maÑana se produjo el fatal accidente. algunos familiares de las vÍctimas llegaron a los hospitales donde fueron atendidos los sobrevivientes. funcionario del consulado de chile a nueva york, dice que ha visto los familiares muy triste

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. >> it's interesting brooks' attorneys was actually involved in the service.he order highly unusual. grandstanding. >> soon to be ex-wife brook meuller allegedly said he made death threats against her. this morning on the today show she denied those allegations. cbs is finally reacting after shutting down production after two and a half men. >> on the air quite a bit. wish she had worked. >> but he also suggested that the sitcom may not be finished. >> going down the road i don't know what's gonna happen. i hope it's back. we'll see. >> after watching sheen's wild interview on abc, several doctors suspect he may have bipolar disorder. >> what you're seeing here is a full pledged manic episode. and with that mania you see delusions of grander, precious speech. he's jumping topics, doesn't make sense. >> isn't that the guy crashes, lace in the corner, all my mom's fault. shut up, shut up. stop, move forward. feed your child, get back to your job. >> last night he joined twitter and instantly had thousands of fathers, gaining about 2500 a minute. >> prosecutors w

. >> it's interesting brooks' attorneys was actually involved in the service.he order highly unusual. grandstanding. >> soon to be ex-wife brook meuller allegedly said he made death threats against her. this morning on the today show she denied those allegations. cbs is finally reacting after shutting down production after two and a half men. >> on the air quite a bit. wish she had worked. >> but he also suggested that the sitcom may not be finished. >> going down the road i don't know what's gonna happen. i hope it's back. we'll see. >> after watching sheen's wild interview on abc, several doctors suspect he may have bipolar disorder. >> what you're seeing here is a full pledged manic episode. and with that mania you see delusions of grander, precious speech. he's jumping topics, doesn't make sense. >> isn't that the guy crashes, lace in the corner, all my mom's fault. shut up, shut up. stop, move forward. feed your child, get back to your job. >> last night he joined twitter and instantly had thousands of fathers, gaining about 2500 a minute. >> prosecutors w

mark shields, "new york times" columnist david brooks. david, on libya, how would you describe the president's approach, based on what he just said. >> he's never going to an caused of being rash. the president doesn't do things rashly. he does things deliberately but i thought the press conference was significant because it showed the dynamic of his approach, which is a steady racheting up. i think he's been a little cautious, a little behind. but you saw in the tennor of his remarks a continuing process, yes, we will continue to tighten thes into and i think that metaphor is kind of important because it really does suggest final solution solution,-- that say bad phrase, it suggests he wants to do something serious at the end of the day. and when you say tighten the noose what you really are saying is we really are uncomfortable with letting qaddafi a massacre people or b stay in power. how quickly they will move it is unsure. i'm sure he hasn't decided but you saw the dynamic of his racheting up of pressure. >> lehrer: do you agree, you

here's jason brooks with kcbs and cbsmoneywatch.com. >> reporter: good morning.nother good sign when it comes to the job market. we saw first time weekly claims drop for the further time in five weeks down 5,000 to 382,000. the four-week average edged a little lower to 385,000. these levels indicate that we are seeing an increase in hiring in the economy. that four-week average the lowest it's been since july o 2008. a recent survey in the bay area found 31% of the employers in the bay area said they will be adding workers this year the strongest percentage since july of 2007. and this is where oil prices do play a factor. we have seen a number of surveys recently because of higher gas prices, people are going to cut back spending. that could cause concern for businesses out there wondering if they may have to cut back in their expansion plans if consumers are not spending. yet another auto part issue to talk about besides what toyota is going through. hitachi makes 60% of the world's air flow sensors a key component for car engines. and gm and peugeot citron say