she said, 'oh, clare luce.' and i had just had the idea of the biography, so i thought, 'well, should i go and meet this person because i may not like her or i may like her too much and'--either way, it's not a good frame of mind to write a biography. you have to be somewhat--you have to like but not to be in love with and you certainly, like, have not to hate. but anyway, i went there, and the hostess said, 'well, she won't take any notice of you because she's only interested in men.' so she sat me at ma--at her table and i was across from her, and she sat next to the military historian, actually, alistair horne, who's just come out with a new book, i--i see. and sh--all the whole evening, she just concentrated on talking to him about the m--about military things because that was her--one of her loves. but then at the end of the evening, i was standing at the top of the staircase where she had to--to leave, and she put her hands on my shoulder and i thought she'd mistaken me for the hostess because, you know--a

and then he quickly sniffed out clare luce and he--clare brokaw in those days--and lured her away. and she g--she--she started to work for him, and she learned a great deal from her--the then-managing editor, a man called donald freeman, who was just a little younger than she was, and he fell madly in love with her, but he taught her all he knew. and she began to write stories of her own, as well as doing editing chores. and then when he was killed in a car crash--maybe a suicide over love for her, we're not quite sure--she we--she became managing editor. so really, she got the job in vogue late 1932 and--early--sorry, late 1929 and the move to vanity fair at the end of that year, and by 19--late 1932, she was managing editor. c-span: how long did she keep the job? >> guest: it's extraordinary. well, i--in her usual way, you know, she mastered a job very quickly and then got quickly bored and wanted to move on to something new. she loved to learn.

[narrator] clare swan is chairperson of the tribe. i just looked back at my roots and began to put them together and realized really how much of that was important to me, and i had tried to, like everyone else, change that because in order to fit-- there was a time when it wasn't fashionable to be native. you were lucky if you were blond and you were light enough that you could pass. no one was allowed to speak the dena'ina language. they didn't allow it in schools, and a lot of the women had married non-native men, and the men said, "you're american now, so you can't speak the language." so we became invisible in the community, invisible to each other, and then because we couldn't speak the language-- what happens when you can't speak your own language is that you have to think with someone else's words, and that's a dreadful kind of isolation. [narrator] today the kenai river has become a tourist destination. tourists are drawn here for the same reasons that the native alaskan inhabitants came-- the abundant fish and game. it was a

. >> leigh: clare sky right now.ortheasterly winds and that's the wind direction that typically warms us up. so get ready for that. clear skies across the bay area, and some folks holding heat from the day. livermore, cooled to 51. 49 in fairfield, 48 in napa. san francisco, you're at 53. and clear sky and san jose, 55 degrees. so we'll good clear overnight still breezy near the coast and the bay. we ail warm up probably foot five or circumstance degrees tomorrow, and then the outlook for at least the next four to five days mild to warm temperatures. satellite radar composite, the jet stream is to the north of us and that's exactly where the storm track will remain. napa overnight, 45. 57 for richmond. 49 oakland. and san jose upper 40s. now, here is the story for the next couple days. high pressure positioned off the coast will bring us slight offshore winds tomorrow and that means the continuation of sunshine and also temperatures a few degrees warmer. as we head into monday, we have this system right here that is

route clare's patrol i accompanied, did not find any bombs. went back to base unharmed. a few days later, they were struck by an i.e.d., insurgence follow that up with rockets and gunfire, and two soldiers were killed. >> the clearance like we just conducted has proven to be successful with the threat we see in afghanistan, with boots on the ground. our guys using their mechanical tools they have available and our eyes on the ground, we are finding more i.e.d's this way than any other way. this is a proven technique that we use. the disadvantage is there is greater risk. we have to change our t.t.p's to prevent the enemy for watching our habits and trying to attack us. >> you talk about dismantling the network rather than just going after the bombs. what does that mean? >> we have to go after the guys that are placing the i.e.d,'s, paying for these things. you can clear them all day long, but if we're not taking the guys off, the guys that are building them, then we are not having a great effect. we are living day to day, trying to clear out i.e.d's. >> how were you able

. >> i'm the director of the transportation institute in santa clare and i am very, very determined to see high speed rail in california and other places in the united states. >> the voters said let's do it. what is the problem? >> they are not doing it. the problem is that the idea is a great idea. it's a great supporter of -- rob is a great supporter of that, but designing and constructing and operating and managing the system, they are not doing a good job and i mean by they, the california high- speed rail authority, they are not doing a good job and it's either do it right or do not do it at all and unfortunately they are not doing it at all result. >> what do you think? >> i think that gary is not accurate in terms of all of the aspects on the high-speed rail program. the engineering firms are the best ones in the world and they are doing the work. unfortunately, we have had difficulty communicating with the community. sometimes they community in conflict with the board and the community and that has caused confusion, we still have to build the project and we have to work with th

neighboring communities like lafayette, muraga and oakland month clare district have seen an increase in residential burglaries. >>> napa county prosecutors say they will not seek the death penalty against the psychiatric patient charged with murder. jeff murd massy is accused of killing a nurse, donna gross last october. massy has pleaded not guilty. prosecutors say they consulted with the victim's family before reaching the decision. >>> and the west nile virus is making an early appearance in the bay area. a dead crow found in sunnyvale last week has become the first casualty of the disease in the area. and only the second of the year statewide. the state department of health says the wet winter could mean a difficult season if it is followed by a warm spring. >>> charley sheen is in the bay area tonight. his violent tore torpedo of truth tour plays tonight. sheen announced this week that the profits from the merchandise sold will be donated to brian stowe's medical care. he remains in critical condition after being beaten by dodgers fans in l.a. nearly a month ago. >>> well, they

. >> police and other affluent east bay communities like lafayette, maraga and oakland's mount clare district have noticed an increase in residential burglary. >>> governor jerry brown has had surgery to remove a cancerous growth on his nose. the governor's office says today that brown had the procedure yesterday after test results showed evidence of basil sell carcinoma. brown had to have reconstructive surgery to his nose. it was all done with local anesthetic and he is recovering at home tonight. brown is scheduled to address delegates at the state democratic convention tomorrow. >>> police in several bay area cities teamed up today with a drug enforcement agency for a drug take-back event. this is the one in concord this morning. the goal of the event, to allow people to bring in expired and unused prescription drugs that could possibly get into the wrong hands, or be improperly disposed. >> well, i know you're not supposed to flush anything down the toilet anymore and i was a little worried to throw it in the garbage and it goes in the dump and it is the same thing, how do you g

. >> only clare who deposited money still had $191 in her account out of the $323 in deposits.nk didn't warn her about the fees. she assumed there would not be none. >> more fees and harder to avoid. >> that is austin price. the nonprofit is calling for new laws requiring banks to explainn all fees clearly to the customers. banks must inform only those who asked. >> i am sure she wouldn't have chosen the saving's account instead of them going. >> they asked bank of america about the kid's money. bank of america provides way to avoid fees. unfortunely we cannot verify what was communicated four yearrs ago and helped tod determine the type of accounts that the customer opened for the children. it is the responsibility for the customer to review statements and keep on top. >> however, bank of america restored the children's money. $310 in all and gave them $50 to help rebuild their savings. way cool. isn't that good of them. we bank of america restoring the kid's money. the kids learned a valuable lesson. read yourr statements . >> an astronaut from saven jose took part in the fin

. >> next question, senator clare mccaskill tweeted this week about her weight.s feeling fat and she had to go to the gym. and as you know, congressman aaron shock, he posed kind of half naked for the "men's health" magazine. do we have the picture of his rock-hard abs? >> oh, i'm getting the vapors. >> gathdear god, there it is. remember back in the days when we didn't even know fdr was in a wheelchair? okay, none of us were alive, but there were those days when we didn't know much about our politicians. are we getting too much information from our politicians? robert? >> look, we're getting too much information when family values, former senators larry craig and john ensign discuss their sex life. but when it comes to clare mccaskill and congressman aaron shock, i think there's great. i love their message. it's empowering. my worry, carol, is this. it's great for congressman shock to have abs like the situation, but when we discuss his right-wing policies, he sounds like the situation. >> dana. >> oh. well, senator mccaskill is my senator, and honestly, i would

. >> i think someone can clare theirs because you wouldn't expect to see the word momly on wines. --n wines. >> so she would be more likely to buy something with the word mommy. >> it's a unique pressure that we are under, like right now. >> as for the other side, as for the maker of mommy's time out. they say, the wine maker should stop to use the trademark and to cease their use of selective trademark. mommy is a word that big business, big dollars. a lot of clubs specifically for mommies and putting on jeans on everything. >> the legal argument to everything and there is a common sense argument to everything. mommies is a word that everybody used. >> but for wine specifically, we'll follow up. >> with the weather forecast, trademark the word weather and see how that goes. >> show you what is going on. we have 5:51 and sunshine. you see haze hanging around and that will start to break up once the sea breeze starts to kick in. let's take one more perspective, sun doesn't come up for 15 minutes but a beautiful picture from sutro all the way over to mount diablo. you see the clouds on

>>reporter: june, carol, clare. for everything she does what do you think mom is worth?ou think your mom deserve sns. >> fm 5 dollars? if important more accurate measurement this web site used government wage figure and identified 14 separate jobs mothers do. 40 hours of child care a week at just under 10 dollars an hour would run more than 20,000 a year. nine hours a week driving at 13 dollars an hour for a taxi more than 6 grand. cooking almost 7000. cleaning almost 5000. then how about party planning? 1500 and someone has to find the kid or private detective could cost almost 800 dollars. add it all up and they say mom is worth 61,000 l 4 36 dollars. now that's good money but it doesn't take into account the 77 percent of mother whose have jobs outside the house. it also misses the boat on mom because. >> more of an impact on anyone i can imagine. can't put a dollar value on that. can't put dollar figure on what my mother is worth. >> my mom is like my best friend. >>reporter: math doesn't take into account caring or love. >> i love you so much. >>reporter: until you

they included two americans-- james foley of "global-post", and clare morgana gillis, a freelance reporter. a british freelancer and a spanish photographer were also freed. the libyan regime said all four entered the country illegally. each received a one-year suspended sentence. wall street rallied today, boosted by a rebound in commodity prices. the dow jones industrial average gained 80 points to close at 12,560. the nasdaq rose more than 31 points to close at 2,815. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to gwen. >> ifill: now, to the latest on the arrest of the head of the i.m.f. and the reaction here and in france. dominique strauss-kahn sits alone in a cell separated from other inmates at new york city's notorious riker's island jail. the 62-year old international monetary fund chief stands accused of grave sexual offenses and is now being guarded against harming himself. >> he is in protective custody, he has a suicide watch on him done by a mental health evaluator. >> ifill: strauss-kahn's status as a titan of global finance and a top contender for the french preside

there is no claring among the democratic -- among democrats right now.here are lower level support for a primary against obama than there was against clinton at this time in his re-election cycle. so i think not. as you mentioned, by the way, to the earlier point, you mentioned preparedness to be president, i don't think so, unless birthrights preparedness for president, if you want to ta about george w. bush. >> i think gas prices are $3.0. it is going to go well above $4 this summer. democrats proposing to end subsidies to the good -- big oil companies is an entirely liberal proposal of the past. we need to increase our domestic oil production. if you increase taxes, the more you tax something, the less of it you get. increasing taxes will include less production which leads to more foreign imports. you talk about off-shore oil companies in the gulf. increasing taxes is not going to increase production. it will not help anyone pay lower price at the pump. >> miami, florida, carl on the line for democrats. you are on "washington journal." go ahead. call

the suspect rob high speed pharmacy on the mccarthy boulevard and mount clare follo on >> a witness was credited for getting the license plate number. after he robbed, the high-speed pharmacy. >> reporter: police are still looking for some possible suspects of involved in these robberies. kron 4 news has learned that some of these items stolen how with cough syrup with a coating. known on the street as " drank " this is-with coaticough syrup with codeine >> if he is associated with the sexual assault? there will contact the victim and then it make the determination if there is enough information. >> reporter: there was a sexual assault investigator at the scene but it is not unusual to see one more than one a different crime has occurred on the same day. in oakland, reggie kumar, kron 4 news. a closer look. >> the woman was sexually assaulted. it happened on an early morning home invasion robbery at 6800 of wilson avenue in oakland hills. haazig madyun was at the scene. >> reporter: armed oakland police officers canvassing the area with crime scene technicians taking photos our rumpus g

check out this tweet from missouri senator clare mccaskill. i'm tired of looking and feeling fat. maybe talking about it publicly will keep me on track as i try to be more disciplined. off to the gym. it worked for new york senator kristin gillibrand. they took to "vogue" to show off her slimmed-down figure. it's not just a woman thing. male lawmakers also seem obsessed with their political body, so to speak. take aaron shock, proud owner of these six-pack abs on the cover of "men's health." and while we're at it, do we really need to know that barack obama is stinky and snory in the morning or that he hates picking up his dirty socks? it's hard to believe when there was once a time that americans did not know that franklin delano roosevelt was in a wheelchair. we didn't want them to be like real people and certainly not sex symbols. but now it's a topic that carries a lot of political weight and one we can't get enough of because, frankly, they won't let us. so the "talk back question" today, are politicians revealing too much? facebook.com/carolcnn. i'm eager to read your commen

>> as county clare, received 8% of the vote and i am always fighting for -- as county clerk, i received a 80% of the vote, and i am always fighting for this 20%. i think people have known, i have had the conservative party endorsement every time i have run for office. i subscribe to keeping costs under control. also, although these people may be conservatives and registered republicans, there with me 1/2% of the issue of medicare. they cannot support the idea of it -- there with me totally on the issue of medicare. all i need to do is tell you have talked with hundreds of people, hundreds of conservatives and republicans, and there with me on the issues. >> ms. corwin? >> there is another political scare tactic on the part of a career politician. a website says that missed hochul's claims about the decimation of medicare was given a rating of "liar, liar, pants on fire." i work hard to represent all the people in my district. i would absolutely do the same thing as a member of congress, picture i represent everybody. >> thank you. the final question? >> you have said that support a plan

. >>> back now with the dramatic story of journalist clare gillis.ignment as a journalist in libya when she was captured and held 44 days before she was released a week ago along with some other jourmists. she joins us exclusively. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> first, welcome back. second of all, you are a ph.d. in medieval history. >> yes. >> you go to libya on your first reporting assignment, your first time in a war zone. what were you doing there? >> well, you know, you could say the middle east is kind of medieval in some senses. this is a joke we make. what was i doing there? i had been studying history from a distance of 1,000 years for a number of years to write my dissertation. i was really excited to see what looked like pro democracy uprising in the middle east which is a region people have been so used to seeing autocracy and corruption there. to see this historical change happen in front of my eyes it seemed a precious opportunity and one that i was, in fact, in a certain way well trained for. it's the same basic procedure. th