we also talked with pg&e's outgoing president, chris johns, about accusations that his company has been difficult for the victims to deal with. >> we apologize to the citizens and the victims of san bruno, and we know that no matter what we say or actions we take, it can never make up for the tragic losses that they have suffered. >> you'll hear much more from johns a little bit later as he talks one on one with our own vicky nguyen and responds to the scathing criticism toward pg&e. >>> there are families whose homes were not destroyed, but even so, their spirits were devastated. and moving back into that neighborhood is proving to be too much. >> the home's foundation may still physically be there, but for the ashley family, a fresh start allowed them to stay strong. semont street.somewhel. from the outside, it looks like a typical house in a typical neighborhood, and it was. until that day one year ago. >> all of a sudden the power went out. then there was this huge explosion. >> kevin ashley was at home with his two young kids, jaden and calia, when the pipeline exploded. >> i decid

chris john seen here is having the ripping, radest summer break after hitching a ride with the libyan rebel tz. said the 21-year-old student, quote, spring break i told my friends a sick vacation would be to come here and fight with the rebels. th is one of the few real revolutions. pooh >> [bleep] yeah, bro. at first the rebels well comed the young math student and giving him an ak-further 7 and an arab name. what does he bring to the rebel fight? he went 7 for 7 and won mcflannigan's weekly trivia tournament. more importantly, what do his parents think? he said "the national reporter"" whatever you do don't tell my parents. they don't know what i'm here. he also added "parents just don't understand." talking about kids out of their depth -- >> they let girls drive? >> that is shocking. >> this guy doing this thing is this fool hearty or cool hearty? >> first of all, you lose two points for the dj jazzy jeff and the fresh prince reference. >> i know! could cop out and say i didn't write that, but i am not going to do that because that's not my style. >> integrity. >> i think he is a

it let me tell you about chris john he is not libyan he's actually an american student he's twenty one years old from from l.a. and so he showed up at all these pictures with the libyan rebels and so what happened is that he actually made his way he had a one way ticket home from cairo made his way to tripoli to help the rebels and he told the the national that he came to live because it's the end of my summer vacation so i thought it would be cool to join the rebels this is one of the only real revolutions in the world should you be joining revolution just cause. you think they're cool and just i'm just not sure about that i wonder if you actually think you what's going on around a list internship over. but i guess i have to point out he's from your home area and it's just so i mean i'm just saying it's for me to be like oh my god like cool summer vacation i admire the washington d.c. people have decided that they should go be part of the revolution so i think they're more revolutionaries or want to be really you know you're from washington d.c. who have gone over there to be part of

turns out chris john has been in libya, fighting moammar gadhafi's forces. there on a whim, thinking, and, i quote, "it would be cool to join the rebels." but he might soon be heading home. al jazeera reports the rebels have asked him to leave. >>> and a note about the power of exercise tonight. researchers have found that a vigorous workout actually burns calories long after the actual exercise ends. they found that men riding a stationary bike for 45 minutes burned an average of 190 extra calories in the 14 hours after the workout, even while they slept. good news for us all. >>> and when we come back, the remarkable runner, teaching us all a very powerful lesson today. he is our "person of the week." do you have an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation, or afib, that's not caused by a heart valve problem? are you taking warfarin to reduce your risk of stroke caused by a clot? you should know about pradaxa. an important study showed that pradaxa 150mg reduced stroke risk 35% more than warfarin. and with pradaxa, there's no need for those regular b

today pg&e issued a statement from president chris john. >> we'll continue to look at the written report and make sure that we've embraced words and suggested actions within that report. >> the 72-foot wide crater was just filled in last week and will be another couple weeks before work is done on rebuilding the road surface, when completed intersection there of earl and glennview will reopen to the public and neighbor who's live -- who live here for the first time in more than a year. >> and a neighborhood evacuation on sunday appears to have been caused by a misunderstanding. police went door to door, evacuating dozens of residents on dover way after some people reported the smell of natural gas. authorities feared a gas leak that is the sound of the natural gas that spooked everyone. pg&e says it was not a leak but a scheduled release part of a maintenance project to replace 100 feet of pipeline. and the utility claims neighbors and police were notified and pg&e crews are continuing to work today but have now figured out a way to keep noise down. >> a natural gas explosion leveled a h

but today, pg&e did send me a written statement from company president chris johns and it states: overhe past year, we have had ample opportunity to reflect on and learn from the tragedy in san bruno which has changed us all forever. out of our sadness and regret has come an ironclad commitment to help the community rebuild and to refashion pg&e's management and operating practices to make sure we operate our pipeline as safely as possible." and we were talking a little bit about that earlier today, that there's still a lot of people, the majority of the residents that live in that neighborhood, have not been made whole yet. they are still dealing with insurance problems and with problems getting pg&e to pay attention to their needs. we'll talk a little bit about that for the rest of the week. >> we just did a story last week, and that the safety standard has not really been set for pg&e since the pipeline explosion, that there are still questions about where the pipes are and how old they are. >> yeah. >> and we can't forget the golden parachute that many of the top executives -- >> t

>>reporter: today pg&e relessed videotape statement from president chris john. >> we'll continue to look at the written report and make sure that we have addressed and fully embrace all of the words and all of the suggested actions that are within that report. >>reporter: pg&e was never required to do an extensive pressure test on the pipe that exploded because of law exemp exempting older pipe from the test. ntsb is calling on federal regulators to change that and representative has introduced a bill to do the same but she says it's an uphill ballots. >> i have got to tell you i feel in like i'm dealing with people that are deaf and dump because it didn't happen in their district and so they are not engaged and the gas operators have huge political sway. >> ntsb make recommendation. the recommendations now need to be put that law. >>reporter: assemblyman hill wants to give utility workers the same whistle blower protection granted state employees and also wants approval of utility profit tied to the performance on safety. on the testing of older pipe california is actually ahead of the

john heilemann? >> look, chris, the president has had that problem before. there is certainly overlap among the wall street titans, many of whom supportedengine o generously in 2008. and the jewish voters. there is overlap there. it's undeniable. and the president has had this problem. this is one of the reasons why it's hard to entangle -- to disentangle exactly what the problem is. there are a lot of jewish donors who are upset with the president on a number of fronts. one of them is israel, but another is the way he went after wall street in the terms of wall street regulation. another is more broadly in terms of his handling of the economy. it's a bunch of problems. not merely israel that is a problem for him, but it is a real problem. because people forget. back in 2008, before the huge internet fund-raising bonanza that the obama campaign eventually unleashed, the core of his support among -- i mean, the financial community, the core of his support in terms of fund-raising was among wall street donors. and this time around, president obama's trying to

i'm michael smerconish in for chris matthew. john boehner's refusal it allow wednesday jop speech is more than just the latest example of republicans just saying no to anything. anything president obama wants. what seems obvious is that republicans neither fear nor respect this president. it is not clear all of them even consider him to be legitimate. is it personal, political, in some cases racial? what can the president do to turn this around or push back hard? that's our top story. >>> also, rick perry is about it feel the heat. >> rick perry doubled spending in a decade. and this year, rick perry's spending more money than the state takes in. covering his deficits with record borrowing. >> that's not from the dnc. that's from michele bachmann's pack. the word is that sarah palin is about to good after perry as well. it is not easy being a front-runner. speaking of feeling the heat, eric cantor is getting it from all sides. democrats and republicans alike are taking it to cantor for insisting that fema money for hurricane irene vi

. >> i'm chris welch, reporting from new orleans. >> john: in addition to lee's heavy rains, authorities possible tornadoes have damaged at least five homes in alabama and mississippi. powerful winds rocked a mobile home off its foundation and flipped it over. no serious injuries reported. >> it was no tropical storm but severe weather did not dampen the spirits of football fans in iowa. lightning forces evacuation of the stadium of the game between the university of iowa hawkeyes and tennessee tech. despite the delays, thousands of fans returned to see the last 18 minutes of the game. good thing. the hawkeyes won 34-7. >> the same thing yesterday. a lot of teams. >> leigh: notre dame, the lightning straight at the schoolboard, so hopefully that will move out. a terrific day to head to the coast. the low clouds moved out and family and friends who headed to santa cruz saw a little sunshine. santa cruz, a live shot for you. current temperature there, 61 degrees. real quickly, i want to update you on a couple of tropical features. you see there hurricane katia, and that is 300 nautical mil

chris? >> (applause) thank you, john and thank you for all that you've done for flight 93 national memorial. the national parks foundation is privileged to work with the dedicated group of partners. the corporations, businesses, foundations, and other organizatio organizations, the law firm of porter wright who did pro bono work on the land, are committed to protecting this hallowed ground, yet, none of this-- nobody has given more than the relatives and family members of the 40 men and women flight 93. they feel the weight of the loss and we admire you for your courage, your determination, your commitment and your persistence in seeing this national memorial becomes a reality. and we're very excited that today, the first step of that is being completed. this is an important endeavor to create a permanent place of recognition of the heroes, your loved ones, so that each generation knows of the incredible heroism, sacrifice and horror that took place here ten years ago. i would like to especially thank our honorary co-chairman, general tommy franks and governor tom ridge for first asking me t

chris. [ applause ] >> thank you, john.. thank you very much, john. as a fund-raising partner of the national parks service, the national parks foundation is privileged to work with a dedicated group of partners. the corporations, businesses, foundations and other organizations, the law firm of porter wright who did the pro bono work on the land, who are committed to protect thing hallowed ground. yet nobody has given more than the relatives and the family members of the 40 men and women of flight 93. they feel the weight of the loss and we admire you for your courage. your determination. your commitment. and your persistence in seeing this national memorial become a reality. we're very excited that today the first step of that is being completed. this is an important endeavor, to create a permanent place of recognition of the heroes, your loved ones, so that each generation knows that tin credible heroism, sacrifice and horror that took place here ten years ago. i would like to especially thank our honary co-chairman, gene

chris plant, did john boehner miss an opportunity.here is a lot of editorial saying the president made himself look small by doing this and john boehner should have taken the high road and said fine come on the night of the gop debate and would have won points as opposed to saying, no we have to have a security sweep, and we can't get that done for the president of the united states. >> they also are working with the speaker of the house to come to an accommodation so that everyone can agree to it. the president flu a political stink bomb down the hall to pick a food fight because they don't have a plan. they are struggling to come up with ideas, they will be the same tired old ideas that they did before. the natural operating environment for this white house is to be in a foot fight. they've got their guard in the press room warming up for today's briefing and they think they look good if they blame somebody else, picking fights and come out on top thank thanks to their friends in the news media. i think the president did this delibe

john was responsible for ollie north. chris argatis, who i don't think has prosecuted anyone but defends everyone. and other greats like patrick and nancy. our programs have historically been more a mix of social and educational gatherings. our history dates back to 1962. we had a judge's luncheon in 1962 and our list of ctla presidents goes back that far. i wish i had the time to list them all but i don't. we'll get that list on our ctla page soon. san francisco is lucky to have ctla to kick around. our shall i say, to have our ctla members to kick around. but seriously, i'm humbled by the ctla members who every day, every day defend their clients using the constitutions of the united states and california in support of great principles. every day our members show courage in bay area courts, and we do ok in the big battles as well. who will ever forget the extraordinary accomplishments of john in defending our college, patrick, from a crazy federal prosecutor in nevada? that level of talent and that level of courage is unique,

. >> john: he has been chris size forward imposing strict rules. >> they really want us to succeed. >> john: a teacher made this student do pushups in the hallway because he didn't follow directions. >> in the other school we didn't have as much homework. but in this school we have six subjects of homework but the teachers were a lot nicer meaner. >> john: but no students have been expelled. >> i love the kids that get in trouble. you can take a kid who is acting like a fool or gets in trouble and you use them as an example. >> it's kruirl your critics say, you have a sixth grade student that will be asked to sit on the floor in an eighth grade class. >> that is true. >> and to keep people in line whether we want to admit it or not. >> we play games in p.e. but here, we run or run around the block. >> john: you fired teachers have one day? >> yeah. she was incompetent. >> last year i thought i was going to get fired a few times. it can happen at the drop of a dime. >> that is not true for government run schools. union teachers are happy they can be suddenly fired but these charter tea

a forty one ten picture in the second half to win their second straight week we've gained johns a mate and chris crashed in speech two of their six tries on the long oddity trying . to log out if the all that's. where the world cups only debutantes russian have announced their squad for their second game against italy in nelson on cheese day and the bears starting line up in terms of australian country star made for changes to the team that lost thirteen sixteen united states in their opener on thursday with the rest up to coming on the substitution that. they will start at number eight which means thirty eight year old westerns love that show of the oldest playing that's one of its instant blindside franca now the off and started a couple of those dropped to the bench but one rave reviews for his performance against the americans and coach michael i know she explains why the least and probably isn't in starting fifteen. the russian girl who. is going on an arm injury so we've decided as we still have two big games to play dodge leaving the match that's one of the opted to keep him out of the fu

schieffer: if you had to make just a guess-- and we'll label it as nothing more than that, john-- do you think chrisistie is going to get in? >> boy, i don't know. you know, there is inklings that he's maybe inching back towards. he said i'm not getting in. the thing everybody should keep in mind is rick perry is is showing us how hard it to just jump in a race. it is is a grueling thing. you get attacked all day long. you have a lot of people who want everything from you. when you start getting specific, it turns out you start disappointing people. >> schieffer: we have to let it go right there. i'll be back in a minute with some final thoughts. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. executor of efficiency. you can spot an amateur from a mile away... while going shoeless and metal-free in seconds. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle...and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. now this...will work. [ male announcer ] just like you, business pro. just like you. go national. go like a pro. [ jennifer ] and

get close to a grand bargain john boehner. >> chris: are you willing to go back there? >> we are willing to evaluate any sound proposal. i will make this point. basically you are at a upon where roughly 30 tea party members of congress, are -- the republican leadership is putting their demand as head of the needs of 300 million americans. that has to stop. we are not going to make progress on our deficit, on things we can do for jobs, tax cuts, unless those 30, 40 tea party members of the republican house stop being the focal point of our discussions. >> chris: you are saying they are holding congress and the government hostage? >> i think what they are doing is -- you can see any number of things that will get support that the president would sign, 1 five -- 150, 160 house republicans, how do we keep those tea party members happy? the country is tired of it. we are not going to move forward as a country unless we do so in a bipartisan way. >> chris: three issues this week the chairman of the join chiefs admiral mullen made an astonishing statement that pakistani, intel

. >> george john bishop. >> chris romeo bashunda. >> jeffrey donald. [bell] >> president lincoln not only understood the heartbreak of his country, he also understood the cost of sacrifice and reached out to console those in sorrow. in the fall of 1864, he learned that a widow had lost five sons in the civil war and he wrote her this letter. dear madam, i have been shown in the files of the war department a statement of the general of massachusetts that you're the mother of five sons who have died galoreuously on the field of battle. i feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from a grief of a loss so overwhelming but i cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the republic they died to save. i pray that our heavenly father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost and the solemn pride that must be yourself to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the alter of freedom. yours, very sincerely and re

john seigenthaler. >>> the republicans versus president obama. is it personal? rets play some "hardball." >>> good evening, mime michael in for chris matthews, leading off tonight, dising the president of the united states. john bainor's refusal to allow a wednesday job's speech was more of an example of the republicans just saying no to anything that president obama wants. it's not clear all the republicans consider him to be legitimate. it's personal, political or in some cases, racist and what can the president do to turn this around or push back -- hard. >>> and also, rick perry is about to feel the heat. >> rick perry doubled spending in a a dick aid. and this year, rick perry's spending more money than he takes in. covering his deficits with record borrowing. >> that's not from the dnc. that's from michele bachmann's pac and word is that sarah palin is about to go after perry as well. it's not easy being a front-runner and eric cantor is getting it if all sides, democrats and republicans alike are taking it to cantor by insisting that fema money for hurricane irene victims has to be offset by spending cuts elsewhere. and no n

good morning, john. >> good morning, robin. chris christie said no. he said he's not ready for the job. but sources close to the new jersey governor say he's getting intense pressure from donors and republicans to get in this race. now a big, high-profile national tour kicking off today is raising eyebrows. for months and months, his answer about whether he'll run for president has been no -- >> no chance. >> reporter: -- no way. >> apparently i have to commit suicide to convince people i'm not running. >> reporter: no how. >> the answer is no, i'm not doing it. >> reporter: now his no with exclamation point is lower case with a question mark. listen to christie last week. perhaps sounding less no-ish. while on the subject of discussing ways to fix the economy. >> the fact that nobody yet who is running for president, in my view, has done that effectively, is rye you continue to hear people ask daniels if he'll reconsider, and ask me if i'll reconsider. >> reporter: sources tell abc news that christie is listening to a stream of supporters who say he

chris matthews. leading tonight dissing the president of the united states. john boehner's refusal to allow a wednesday jobs speech was an example of the republicans saying no to anything that obama wants. republicans neither fear nor respect this president. is it personal? is it political? is it in some cases racial? what can the president do to turn this around or push back hard? that's our top story. also, rick perry is about to feel the heat. >> rick perry doubled spending in a decade. and this year rick perry's spending more money than the state takes in. >> that's not from the dnc. that's from michele bachmann's pac. the word is that sarah palin is about to go after perry as well. it's not easy being the front-runner. democrats and republicans alike are taking it to cantor to say that fema money for hurricane victims has to be offset by spending cuts elsewhere. and the new jobs report, no new jobs created. as we head into labor day weekend, some say let's remember who got us here. george w. bush and dick cheney. and finally, let me finish tonight with the ca

john heilemann writes for "new york" magazine. gentleman, let me just go to you. steve, you're the republican here. heilemann, you cover this party as well as the other party. chris christie, my hunch, my premise tonight. i think he's got something. it's irritability. it's like, don't mess with me. you take a shot at me, i'll shoot back at you. it's the angry guy or woman in traffic. life is congested today. we're angry. he's got that sense. >> he's real. he's tough, he says what he thinks. and i think the american people, who as you accurately pointed out, they're in a very bad mood. they think the country's going in the wrong direction. and they look at washington and they see a giant weasel pack. you know, in the senate, the house, politicians of both parties. he's someone who has approached the problems of his state with utter fearlessness, unafraid to take a position. and i think that people are just absolutely craving an authentic leader. and i think that's why he's resonating. >> that's why i think there may be something in this for president obama.

. >> george john bishop. >> chris romeo bashinda... [bell tolling] >> president lincoln understood the heart break of his country, he also understood the cost of sacrifice and reached out to console those through sorrow. in the fall of 1864, he learned that a widow had lost five sons in the civil war. and he wrote her this letter: "dear madame, i have been shown in the files of the war department a statement of the adjutant general of massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. i feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming but i cannot refrain from tendering to you the constellations that may be found in the thanks of the republic they died to save. i pray that our heavenly father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours, to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the all tar of freedom. yours,

chris christie? it's just incredible to me how people get to -- so attracted to bright and signny object of a new candidate. when that candidate falls short of perfection. remember, johns straight talk, you know? >> they run for the hills. >> yeah. >> beth, how much could really be this chris christie being polite, you don't want to dismiss these folks but you have to show them their due respect and say i technically have two more weeks if you look at the proe process, i'll give it two more weeks? >> certainly it's in his interest to keep these donors in his corner. but i don't know what favor he's doing them. it's another two weeks the party spends tossing and turning over the people that are actually in the race. >> liz, you and i were joking before. on the one hand he said no, on the other hand he actually never said no. he seemed to play a little bit. he's either playing the game or being polite or a little bit of both. >> it's exhausting for all of us here watching this. and i would argue that it's probably a little bit unfair to the republican voters who are really ready to find a candidate. what i find interesting in all this is that you actually have, you know

. >> sean: i feel like joe lieberman or john edwards in the debate even chris matthews you wrote about in the book what he said. we'll talk about that and more. also, why vice president cheney says condoleeza rice's controversial apology about iraq wmd's never should have been issued. that and more, straight ahead. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the most headroom per dollar of any car in america. the all-new nissan versa sedan from $10,990. innovatiosized. innovation for all. what if we designed an electric motorcycle? what if we turned trash into surfboards? whatever your what if is, the new sprint biz 360 has custom solutions to make it happen, including mobile payment processing, instant hot spots, and powerful devices like the motorola photon 4g. so let's all keep asking the big what ifs. sprint business specialists can help you find the answers. sprint. america's favorite 4g network. trouble hearing on the phone? visit sprintrelay.com. her morng begins with arthritis pain. that's a coffee and two pills. the afternoon to begins with more pain and more pills. thevening guests arrive. back

. >> sean: i feel like joe lieberman or john edwards in the debate even chris matthews you wrote about in the book what he said. we'll talk about that and more. also, why vice president cheney says condoleeza rice's controversial apology about iraq wmd's never should have been issued. that and more, straight ahead. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the most headroom per dollar of any car in america. the all-new nissan versa sedan from $10,990. innovatiosized. innovation for all. >> sean: welcome back to this special edition of hannity. tonight joined by the former vice president of the united states dick any and his new book -- in his new book hex takes us behind the scenes of the bush presidency detailing his contentious relationship with condoleeza rice who served as national security adviser and later as secretary of state. at one point he talks about 16 words of the 2002 state of the union address that describe add attempt by saddam hussein to acquire yellow cake uranium in africa in jewel of 2003 dr. rice apologized in his memoir vice president cheney describes the disastrous affects of th