propelled him to the third highest office in the land was his low-key good-guy reputation a reputation burnishedy his taste as a small town high school teacher and coach. now there are questions about whether or not he had a darker past. >> i never envisioned that this former teacher and wrestling coach would have the opportunity to lead the united states house of representatives. >> reporter: eight years after stepping down as speaker of the house, he is in serious trouble. in an indictment made public on thursday federal prosecutors say a near lifelong associate identified only as individual a threatened in 2010 to make public some quote prior misconduct that the 73-year-old committed before becoming house speaker. the indictment does not spell out what the misconduct was. to keep individual a quiet, it is alleged that he withdrew $1.7 million from his contracts. this money was part of $3.5 million he allegedly agreed to pay for individual a's silence. all of that is only the background. here is what he is actually in trouble for. first he faces one count of lying to the fbi. when investigator

. >> well, but the abraham ad, there's no need for her to burnish her law-enforcement credentials. everybody knows what they are. >> already has them, yeah. >> they're stellar. so to do this -- i agree with jim. i think this was -- it's a well-done ad. >> i do, too. >> she looks good. she's got a very authoritative presence. and i actually think there's warmth that comes through. >> and i like the fact that she throws in at the end "philadelphia is underfunded we'll try to change that in harrisburg, and if not, i'll sue them," reminding people that "i'm a tough lawyer. i'm aggressive." >> but how long would that take to ever resolve a case like that? >> but you know what? nobody cares about that. it's all about the sexy. >> she made this statement, so they liked that. the bottom line is lynne could be a spoiler in this race. >> now let's talk about polling real quick, because there really isn't any independent polling going on with this race because it's a city race. and then each candidate gets their own poll, and they're like, "oh, my goodness, i've just found out that i'm the fr

. >> to me it smacked of politicking and burnishing of political resume' instead of really trying to do what's best with the limited money that we have. >> reporter: many parents and students have mixed feelings. >> investing in our kids in that way is fantastic. >> i would rather be in education but i'm saying that way for it to be in education i don't think it's the best way. >> i would want to see money like that go to after-school programs, affordable child care. >> reporter: in oakland, i'm da lin, kpix 5. >> the city council is set to vote on the college savings account proposal next month. if approved, the program will go into effect in 2016. >>> netflix hit a milestone today on wall street. the los gatos company saw its stock up or top, rather, $600 for the first time and it didn't stop there. it closed at $613.25 up 4.5%. the stock surged on news that netflix may expand into china. the online streaming service is having a huge year. shares are up 77% so far. >>> pretty much a mixed day on wall street. the dow and s&p 500 posted modest gains. the nasdaq was off by a little mo

it is an unreliable kind of evidence that is taken and lovingly burnished and polished until it's presentedwitnesses from the stand who then appear to be unbelievably certain. >> by the time they get to thand, we should also say, first of all it's been a long period of time. they've also gone through a lot of rehearsals on what they're going to say and how they're going to act. and we know from the evidence the more times you tell a story to yourself the more certain you become of the facts, even when you're wrong. >> that's exactly correct. you get locked down and locked into a story. and by the way, that's the point. because prosecutors in particular don't want to put witnesses up on the stand who then have shaky memories. they want to be rock solid and they go over that testimony over and over and over again, until it sounds incredibly convincing. >> now, and so then what do we know about what the social science says about memory and eyewitness testimony? >> it says that basically everything you think is wrong. that in other words, we imagine that the eyes and the brain are like a camera

is this burnishing a public image for the russian public? the bare chest the hostback, all of it. >> guest: there are distinct periods. there was his early -- probably his first all years were all about driving. like flying a plane and piloting the submersible and then piloting a didn't an aircraft carrier and a submarine and so i think those were sort of -- he was king of the world and transportation. and then there's like the king of the jungle period, which was siberian cranes and the tigers tigers and the polar bears. these are always the largest animals of their kind. they're very carefully chosen. and then there was the bare-chested sex symbol period of virility. and now there's the war in ukraine. >> host: and he remains -- if we can talk about his popularity or his apparent popularity among the russian public, and i think lavada recently had -- which is an independent polling agency in russia had his approval ratings over 80%. >> guest: 88. >> host: obviously the state media, all of that plays a role, but at the same time there seems

providing instate tuition for children of illegal immigrants and insists it's not a magnet, but trying to burnishrvative bona fidas. >> i don't know if it makes him a hard liner in the context of a larger immigration reform. >> you've seen the country lining up for immigration reform. >> well, i don't know. i think if the country were lining up for it, i think it would become law. i think democrats ran the government all alone for two years, they would have passed it. >> wait, wait. polling on immigration reform overwhelmingly for the american public wants reform and wants our congress to do something about the 11 million women and men in this country that do not have papers. this white house chose not to take that up in the first two years when democrats ran the government. i don't think it's fair to say that was a proving point for immigration reform. >> gallup polling also says 32% of americans think animals should have the same rights of humans, which means there are a quarter of americans who think animals should have the same rights as humans who eat meat. >> animals should be able to carry

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