captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> hello, i am linda gasparello, co-host of "white house chronicle." if you thoughts of my own. it is springtime in washington. for baseball fans, you know that means. the nats are getting ready for their season this year, and they have a new thing that is called natitude. for women it means something different. go out and buy something beautiful. i forgot to buy my hat, but in the meantime, i have one that has natitude. is not quite the nats hat, but it is pretty naty, would you not say? we will be back with a message from our sponsor and a surprise guest. >> many have spoken out on the need to transition to a clean energy future. we are acting. by 2020 we are committed to reducing or displacing 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gases by greening our operations and offering more low carbon electricity in the marketplace. we are taking action and we are seeing results. >> "white house chronicle" is produced in collaboration with whut, howard university television. and now your program host, nationally syndicated columnist llewellyn king, and co-ho

>> hello, i'm llewellyn king, the host of "white house chronicle" which is coming right up. today we have a remarkable program because i introducing two of the great experts in the world supply of oil -- not the theories, and the actual supply -- and the other, a leading person in technology, technology innovation, how technology applies to oil and to our lives in general going forward. there will be a lot of interesting things about oil supply at a time when it is very politically charged and about technology and how it has taken over and shape our lives. we will be right back with our technology special. >> many have spoken out on the need to transition to a clean energy future. at exelon, we are acting. by 2020, we are committed to reducing, offsetting, or displacing more than 15 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually from greening our operations, helping customers and communities reduce emissions, and offering more low carbon electricity in the marketplace. at exelon, we are taking action and we are seeing results. >> "white house chronicle" is produced

>> hello, i'm llewellyn king, the host of "white house chronicle" which is coming right up. today we have a remarkable program because i introducing two of the great experts in the world supply of oil -- not the theories, and the actual supply -- and the other, a leading person in technology, technology innovation, how technology applies to oil and to our lives in general going forward. there will be a lot of interesting things about oil supply at a time when it is very politically charged and about technology and how it has taken over and shape our lives. we will be right back with our technology special. >> many have spoken out on the need to transition to a clean energy future. at exelon, we are acting. by 2020, we are committed to reducing, offsetting, or displacing more than 15 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually from greening our operations, helping customers and communities reduce emissions, and offering more low carbon electricity in the marketplace. at exelon, we are taking action and we are seeing results. >> "white house chronicle" is produced

front page photo caption, san francisco chronicle june 14, 2005. after the bleeding the blood spattered walls draw the gaze of children wanting to see what has caused such a noise. how can they not stair. arms and legs, pieces of torso scattered, the smell of new death and feared hair. they must be asking the same question. a person who blows themselves up must believe in something. must believe in something or else not. hopelessness degreesed in apnigzs, righteousness disguised in a tuxedo of death much the children don't understand. i being of the dead dying man the bleeding bystanders who left to buy cheese or tobacco. in car bombs suicide bombs and we keep talking as though this will end like the final judgment of that black man who looks white and sleeps with boys but doesn't touch them. after the bleeding the children's shoes will be forever stained in the crimson color of death. who will set the doves free then. >> the next is sdaefrt on the horizon. i'm sure many of you have seen or heard regularly in the news. my father came from iran so e

the call building, the examiner, and the chronicle. and the three major papers at that time all wanted to be at this intersection. this building has been enlarged and a number of stories added so you can't see the historic character from this building from what it looked like in 06. it survived a fire as most steel framed buildings -- i'm sorry. survived the earthquake as most steel-framed buildings did. here is the chronicle building. it also survived the earthquake. the chronicle building is made up of two buildings in front. at the time of the '06 earthquake they were building the rear annex, which was the tallest building west of the mississippi. this building survived until the fire came. the fire did a lot of damage here. there is the examiner building. it also survived the earthquake, and the fire came. >> really interestingly, steel-framed buildings were a newish thing in the turn of the century. how many do we have in the city? >> from that vintage, that are actually still here, we probably have 30 or 40. but what was interest

national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> hello, i'm llewellyn king, the host of "white house chronicle," which is coming right up. we have a special guest for you today. we live in a time where there is a criticism of europe, and it is particularly apparent during this election season, people talking in a sort of rather appalling way about socialism -- socialist europe, socialist medicine, the european disease, whatever. of course, europe is an enormous place with about 30 countries, 27 of them in the european union. today we have the ambassador, the european union ambassador to the united states, and the -- we will discuss some of the ideas and the difference between what is said about europe and what is happening in europe today. >> many have spoken out on the need to transition to a clean energy future. at exelon, we are acting. in 2020, we are committed to reducing, offsetting, or displacing more than 15 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually through greening of our operations, helping customers reduce emissions, and offering more low-carbon electricity in the mar

. >> the san francisco chronicle obtain what could only be described as unbelievable undercover video. that is the former head of the contra costa county anti-drug task force and that is former police commander privatbutler. and here he is weighing the methamphetamine that he is accused of stealing from a police locker. the chronicle reports that some state investigators knew this: methamphetamine was in his hands, they gave $9,000 to one of his own employees, carl marino. but neither knew that he was an informant. so with a spy camera that sits on his key chain, he recorded as he counted the marked bills. butler then appears to invite wealth over to verify his counts. if that is not surprising enough, then consider this twist. carl record the undercover video the same day that he recorded an interview with cbs five on a missing concord teenager. as of tonight they maintain their pleas of not guilty. but in another recorded interview with 48 hours mystery, welsh seems to have made another play. >> every day i go over it and wonder what happened, what was the deciding factor? what made

the chronicle is reporting this new development -- saying bronstein spoke with the prosecution's star witness that is ivory madison. she is the next door neighbor who investigators say ross mirkarimi's wife confided in. the chronicle is report that madison call bronstein at least twice before she went to police and the two spoke a day or two after madison took a video statement from eliana lopez and videoed a bruise on her arm. which she told madison came from mirkarimi when he grabbed her. the defense tells the chronicle they believe bronstein is a good witness for mirkarimi's defense even though the prosecution is calling him. they argue if the neighbor was concerned about lopez's statement why would she call a news man and wait four days before calling police? today attorneys are scheduled to start questioning potential jurors so the trial can get starred this week. but, questioning -- could be held up because of the issue of that video and whether it is going to be loud in court. the defense argues it should not be -- be allowed because of attorney-client privilege they said madis

to be recognized for his dedication to chronicling his community. every event that i attend a bat bites to african-american concerns. i believe that he should be recognized and honored for that. [clapping] >> black. [unintelligible] >> thank you, supervisor olague. supervisor wiener, you asked to be re-referred? supervisor campos? supervisor campos: many of the streets are named after european cities, like paris and madrid. munich. one of them is edinburg. i am not quite sure how to pronounce it. seemed like when the language was drafted, it was edinburg, without the age at the end. i am putting in a resolution that would change the street name from edinburg without the age to edinburgh with the h. we will still have the option of renting or mispronouncing it correctly. that is one item for introduction. the next is in except and spend item for the clubhouse in the amount of $710,000. i am happy to be ushering this through for a park that is very worthy of recertification. the rest i shall submit. supervisor farrell: today i remain incredibly excite

he has a book, "space chronicles: facing the ultimate frontier". good to have you on the program. let me start by asking the obvious question, what is the ultimate frontier? >> it is space. space, the ultimate frontier. when people thought of the frontier, it was where you were living and there was some edge beyond which no one had explored. and it took us -- a special kind of person, not everyone has the urge to do it, a special subset of the community that said, i want to know what is on the other side of the frontier. it could be the other side of a cliff face, a mountain, or a valley, a hill. some people go out and explore, not all come back. not all of them survive to come back. yet those who do survive and get to tell those stories, those adventures become epic stories in the culture of those who supported those acts of discovery. this has gone on in the history of our species ever since people left the cave. the final frontier now that all of earth as mapped is space, the ultimate frontier. >> to what extent is manned exploration nothing of the past? >> a lot of people felt

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the san francisco chronicle reported this morning that the mayor has a team of city attorneys weighing options. they've asked the district tone's office for a video of eliana lopez, mirkarimi's wife, showing her bruised arm to her neighbor. this weekend district attorney gascon says he may ask for the plea to be revoked because he questions mirkarimi's sin tery in the -- sincerity in the deal. >> if they don't accept a plea they go to trial. if that happens, the defendant's wife potentially his children, his neighbors, his friends are put through the expense the embarrassment and the trauma of a jury trial. in this case, a very public jury try >> reporter: johnson says mirkarimi can accept the plea for any number of reasons and doesn't necessarily need to explain those reasons to a judge. following the hearing it is not clear what happens next. mirkarimi has said he has no plans to resign and it is not clear what the mayor will do, following today's hearing or if there is a possible citizen recall effort in the works. this hearing is scheduled for 10:30 this morning. reporting live at

former chronicled for phil bronstein is called to testify in the trial of sheriff ross mirkarimi. the sheriff's attorney said ross mirkarimi's neighborhood called twice after the wife told her about the incident of abuse. the defense believes that could cast doubt on the seriousness of the incident. we've got big changes in the weather coming up. lawrence has the latest. >> grace, the sea breeze is kicking in bringing cooler air off the ocean water, fog too if you're headed outside. we'll see cooler temperatures

madison's husband wrote a piece in the chronicle saying that she did do that. lopez's lawyer said she only asked madison cannot show that to the police. there is a possibility that lopez after all she has been through could be facing an obstruction of justice charge. >> the people of san francisco are sticking with their message, they want ross mirkarimi out of office. 72 percent want him to resign and only 22 percent say he should remain as sheriff and the mayor is coming out on top in the fight, 66 percent approve of the way the mayor is handling the case >> is suspected serial killer in france is dead. that announcement came about an hour-and-a-half ago from the french interior minister's office. he died after jumping from a window during a shootout with police. two officers had been wounded in the situation. officers stormed the apartment today and reportedly found him hiding in the bathroom of his to lose apartment where he had been holed up for 32 hours. the 23 world is a suspected in the killings of three children, a rabbi, and three french paratroopers.

rachel gordon, "san francisco chronicle" city hall reporter. john meyers, sacramento bureau chief, will be with us to talk about governor brown. rachel, we'll start with you and a long-running story here in san francisco. that is about san francisco sheriff mirkarimi. seems to not be able to not have unwound himself from this case involving his wife and domestic violence. >> right, i mean, there always seems to be something new all the time. this week we found out ross mirkarimi, facing three criminal charges of misdemeanors stemming from a case of alleged domestic violence on new year's eve, he decided in a plea bargain with prosecutors to plead guilty to a lesser charge of false imprisonment. he had been facing domestic violence, battery, dissuading a witness and child endangerment because this alleged incident took place in front of their 2-year-old son. they decided to have a plea bargain agreement, he'll be sentenced monday. this case just keeps going and going and going. jury selection had been under way already. they had close to 450 pot

most of you saw the chronicle in "at the chronicle" about the appeals process. specifically, she dealt with the environmental part of it. i have pointed this out before and this is something i would like to get to and perhaps i can get something from counsel. this requires that the appeals for environmental documents be referred to the elected body in the but the killer county which has been an our case, the board of supervisors, but it don't -- it is not dictate the margin by which an appeal can be done. whereas, to overturn the approval, they need a super majority. that is one reason why we see so many environmental appeals because it is a low hanging fruit. if we make it a high-level after years of discussions, hearings, discussions, to repeat the whole thing of the board of supervisors, said is an extraordinary case, they should have a high standard to be unable to overturn what we do. i will look into that because i think that might help to expedite things a little bit and allow for the proper process and appeals where they are appropriate. >> i was in the

the chronicle reports five more billboards with the message in spanish will go up in the mission district tomorrow >> investigators in the bay area are trying to find the missing teenager's. >> it has been four days since sierra lamar was reported missing after she did not show up for class last friday here at a high-school in morgan hill. everyone we talked to in this small community and was aware of the disappearance. i went to her home where her family said they did not have comments today and that they are waiting for her safe return. across morgan hill, missing person signed with zero signed picture are posted at local starbucks and the neighborhood >> i only saw her briefly in the morning, maybe two or three times when she was going to school or in that direction to the bus stop >> this neighbor says he rarely talk to sierra but he offers condolences to the families >> i'm sure they are hurting pretty bad to know your child is missing and a young girl of that age especially. >> investigators found herself on less than 1 mi. away from her home saturday. it will undergo a forensic ana

news in neighboring ivory madison's has- beens wrote an op-ed piece in this morning san francisco chronicle also calling for a share frost's mercury news resignation in addition to that he made some serious allegations against the sheriff and his wife guiliani. lopez. in the article on average madison's has-been's claims that guiliani. and ross mercury any pressure him to destroy evidence and lied to police to hit her husband also claim that guiliani. repeatedly called ip madison demanding that to destroy the video and when they continue to refuse he tried to targets that have occurred at a character which included threats from shares at sheriff's where as a result of this the district attorney and she knew to publicly apologize in a statement she said in his article " it appears that ross thinks the legal system which he has sworn to uphold it is right. ross and his various spokespeople also claimed he pleaded that only because he wanted to be reunited with his wife as soon as possible in an apparent efforts to solicit money he claimed they mostly pleaded guilty since he is still responsib

a bart spokesman says delays were caused by equipment failures not by the rain the chronicle reports those problems involved breaks switches in the protective covering on the third electoral system estimates well weather can cause electrical problems but says that isn't what happened last week. a bay area at the baby was born in the fast lane. it is parents to neda. it happened in marin county on friday 32 year-old emily campbell started feeling contractions shortly after midnight that carson became a maternity ward on wheels that that the a daytime says the previous child took 23 hours to be delivered. the only cities, i can feel as head and i thought she meant the head of the birth canal no budget summit is to the freeway his head is out. >>> within a minute they arrive in the sun is in the hospital since with a bruised hand and is lucky lot better now. >>> he's coming around your not the only one who checks the sheets in the hotel room for stuff. >>> stains. individual loss angeles times reports 90 percent of people surveyed say check their hotel rooms for cleanliness. not surpris

some new information that the husband of the sheriff's neighbor just wrote an op-ed piece in the chronicle calling for sheriff's resignation so that continues his long political saw this morning. we know that the sheriff did meet with the mayor briefly yesterday. we know now that we all wait on the mayors next move. the mayor is planning on making an announcement today on what he plans to do regarding the share stay in office. if he decides to charge the sheriff with official misconduct the sheriff will need to appear in front of a commission which would make its recommendation to the board of supervisors which would require at least nine votes to remove a share from office. he was in court yesterday for his sentencing making an emotional apology to the public as he fought back tears >> a better public servant, when you can be proud of, someone who should not hide from their mistakes and demonstrate what it means >> he was sentenced to three years' probation, 100 hours of community service, domestic violence counseling and possibly even parenting class is. this was all stemming from the ne

this morning the chronicle is reporting the prosecution and defense have both listed former chronicleeditor phil bronstein and his wife as potential witnesses. phone records show bronstein was in contact with the prosecution's star witness ivory madison, before she reported the alleged abuse to police. >>> rush limbaugh apologizes for controversial made about a female college student that doesn't stop an eighth advertiser from pulling out of his radio program. we'll have reaction from that law student on limbaugh's apology. >>> one of the recall efforts against mayor quan great idea. so we'll switch to u-verse tv and internet... that's just what we need... i got accepted into juilliard. [ dad ] that's great! can we talk about wireless plans? now we can video-chat. and faster internet... [ female announcer ] with at&t u-verse, you can build a personalized bundle to fit your needs. even when they change. call now to bundle two, three, even four services. bundles including u-verse tv, internet and home phone start as low as 89 a month for 12 months. our lowest bundle price. switch and ge

the chronicle reports that is what police determined. it had been thought that a tear gas canister had hit an. his lawyer says that because it was a bean bag might have been fired intentionally. >> protesters in afghanistan are demanding that a u.s. soldier be prosecuted in that country for the shooting death of 16 civilians. yesterday military officials transferred the suspect to the country of kuwait. they told cnn it is because kuwait has the infrastructure to handle the situation. president obama emphasized the incident will not change our plans to hand over security to afghanistan in local troops by the end of 2014. >> our forces are making very real progress dismantling al qaeda, breaking the taliban momentum and training afghan forces so they can take the lead. >> meanwhile leon panetta is wrapping up his two day visit to afghanistan. former illinois gov. rod blagojevich set to report to prison today. he actually signed autographs outside his home yesterday. he will serve a 40 year sentence in colorado for those federal corruption

the report chronicles the fact that both mr. welch, then the chief of the public integrity section, and brenda morris, his deputy chief, abdicated supervisory responsibility for sorted reasons, some of which you, senator, just recited. so the report did not shirk from addressing the failures of management.senator, that the obt of our investigation as chronicled in our r to determine whether or not criminal contempt proceedings were appropriate with respect to any of the named prosecutors. we found no evidence apart from this failure of management, that either mr. welch nor ms. morris willfully engaged in any misconduct in the nature of concealing brady or giglio information from the defense. o the defense. >> this will be my last question, because i want to keep my colleagues going. integrity seem hapless, overwhelmed. at times, she seemed more interested in not ruffling feathers with the trial team. as an experienced prosecutor assign assigned to run the case, shouldn't she have risen above the concerns and she was tasked with?

according to the houston chronicle, -- houston chronicle, they are supporting mitt romney. just last week, floor -- former florida gov. jeb bush also endorsed mitt romney. >> the maryland gop primary as on tuesday. there is one day left of early voting. some marquee races should inspire a big turnout by the registered republican voters in maryland. >> i want to get our economy going again and i know how to do it. >> when it comes to the primary ballot in maryland, the gop presidential race has turned into a delicate hot. mitt romney, newt gingrich, and ron paul have all been on the stop here, vying for our 37 delegates. >> this is a long-term struggle for an elusive 1144 delegate votes, the republican potential nomination. it will certainly play out extremely well in maryland. >> did you get your sticker? >> early voting continues at 46 locations statewide. as of tuesday, 60,000 ballots had been cast -- 1.5% of eligible voters. it is what the state board of elections expected. the turnout improves each year early voting is available. >> we encourage people to come out and v

the chronicle editor phil braunstein may also be called as a witness. chronicles are calling the people and first called braunstein to tell him what happened. >>> he is charged with illegally performing procedures. a 49-year-old is accused of posing as a doctor while running a dermatology clinic in the mission district. he performed liposuction and an eye lift. he is accused of treating a woman's daughter using injections. >> union sit woman, killed nursing student michelle lay because she blamed lay for ruining her relationship. the trial is set for september 17th. >>> bart says they need to raise an extra $5 million a year. one plan woulded a dime to all rides too. in tomorrow's community meeting it meets at 6:30 at the transportation headquarters in oakland. >>> 5:07 let's check in with tara, it is foggy out there, it must be in patches. >> yes, steve has been talking about in this morning so be aware of that. even the bay and you will run into a little bit of fog. the fog hazardous pay thed and everything is from and there are folks headed towards t

put an ad in the chronicle or announce it. that is one. the one, the chronicle and other english papers, i think because they have new reporters that don't understand the context of immigration and the complexities, they go on and on stererotyping latinos unfairly and unwarranted. i would like this commission to call them or send a letter. that is what i think a lot of the spanish speaking people want from you to feel that you are there. and the last thing i want to say, and i want to say this with a lot of respect. and i do respect this commission. i so appreciate all of your testimony, but i am going to cry, and so too with my other meap friend because we didn't see any many testimony. hundreds of thousands of mexicans have been affected by these laws. mexicans, and others are affected. they are from latin america. representation is so key. that doesn't invalidate any of your stories. on the contrary, it makes us unified. whether it was logistics, or whether no mexican was available or whatever, but they are not here. so i really -- but

when i read "the chronicle." it seems like it's an epidemic, but maybe it just appear that way. of course i'm talking about the many allegations of police officer abuse and misconduct that we have been reading in the papers recently, along with, of course, misconduct by former governors and monetary fund honchos. but i divert. first, i think the first real scandal that broke several months ago was the theft of drugs from the police department drug lab. then we had the raiding of residential hotel rooms without search warrants. these, of course, are all allegations. we had lying on police reports. surveillance camera videos showing officers removing items from hotel rooms other than evidence that they were going to put into their report. we had drug theft by officers. we had the so-called dirty d.u.i.'s, the drunk driving setups. we've had officers selling stolen drugs. and the one that just beats all is the one of setting up a brothel. now, if i saw a movie that included all of these things in a movie, i would think, well, this is not realistic. it just doesn't happen this way.

the chronicle reports that a retired gees -- that a geologist said a section of pipe should be replaced in 1990. >>> vandals slashed tires on more than 50 cars over the weekend. all of the vandalized vehicles were in the area of ventura court. police believe it happened between 2:00 and 7:00 a.m. yesterday. the first call came in around 7:00 a.m. so far, they do not have any suspects. >>> coming up, we've got a plea for help on youtube answered. >>> and the star power that could soon lend a hand to an owe owe -- obese bay area man. >>> it could be a sneak peek of the most anticipated gadget of the year. what is in a video that apparently shows the soon to be released i-pad 3. >>> i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow in the cbs 5 weather center. the wind has switched directions. and that means we're looking at major changes around the bay area and there is a chance of rain coming through. more on that in a moment. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, indiana now have another problem to deal with. overnight snow is complicati >>> tornado victims in kentucky and indiana now have yet another problem to deal with.

the chronicle suspended her and may fire her. >>> what does google know about you? now there's a way to find out. shawn yancy has your fox 5 top five. >> up first tonight, brian, you want to know what google knows about you? no. 5, google has a brand new feature that will send you a monthly report about what you've been doing while signed into google services. it will include everything from the number of e-mails you received to the types of purchases you made. google says it's a way to help users get used to the new privacy policy. no. 4, you may notice some changes going through customs at dulles airport. renovations doubled the space of the newly expanded customs facility making it easier for passengers to get through. another bonus, plenty of public art now on display. no. 3 may be good news to your kids' ears. australian researchers found homework offers little to no benefit to elementary school students, limited results to junior high schoolers but said high school seniors should get at most a couple hours of homework per night. no. 2, get this. you have a one