. >>> historians salivating over a new find in the donner party investigation. what the group was carrying then that would be considered priceless now. >>> wonder if it was a bike chain. i'm dennis o'donnell. we'll show you what happened at the tour de france and don't you hate when your car overheats? we'll see you in a few minutes. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, about 90 minutes before surrenderi >>> in sacramento, a man armed with an assault rifle held off police for about 90 minutes before surrendering. the suspect jermaine wilson is an iraq war veteran. his family says he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. and he has been struggling to cone. they say that he has been acting strangely and thought people were out to get him. he had been attacked at a light rail station earlier this year. wilson's family says they are hoping he will now accept treatment for ptsd. it's a condition that can be very differ to overcome. as sharon chin reports, a san francisco clinic is reporting success using an ancient technique. >>> reporter: >> people in the military are taught, suck

a military buddy of lincoln's carried these documents with the donner party 14 years later. >> in the whole story the donner party is one of the most difficult, painful, arduous journeys you could ever imagine in the history of overland travel. >> reporter: and now to know that these documents not only survived thanks to the efforts of james and margaret reid but also contain the original handwriting of abraham lincoln is -- >> just a wowee experience. >> reporter: these documents available for public viewing inside the california state library. >> very interesting. >> isn't that fascinating? beautiful handwriting. >> yes, he did. >> you learned penmanship back then for sure. >>> let's turn things over to jeff ranieri. a very nice day outside. >> yeah, it is. we're off the mark from where we should be but it is chamber of commerce weather as far as i'm concerned for a lot of the bay area today and even what we've got coming our way. the radar does show dry conditions. we had thunderstorms over part of the weekend for the higher elevations. it is also dry there but we are looking at a

it's a dick donner film.ll be right back. >> there are more things in heaven and earth, horacio, than i dreamt of in your philosophy. but come. here, as before. never so help you mercy how strange i art may bear myself as i will here after think meat to put a disposition on. never to note that mean more to me. this do swear. >> do swear. >> larry: mel gibson's made a lot of headlines this week. we thought tonight would be a good chance to hear from mel in his own words. here is more from our 1997 interview with him. >> larry: "hamlet." a major departure. >> yeah. >> larry: what made you take that on? to outstandingly surprising reviews. every reviewer was saying, this is good. >> oh, not every one. >> larry: there are some who didn't like it? >> can't win them all. >> larry: the ones that i read were good. >> i think it's that -- it's supposed to be the actor's acid test, isn't it? and it is. because you can't really come to any kind of final conclusion on that character. i mean, it's impossible. shakespeare

and i have worked with donner five times now.g into six soon. >> larry: so that helped a lot, having that director. you and glover had -- the rapport and chemistry you have with julia roberts, you also have with danny glover. >> yeah. >> larry: did that work right away? >> absolutely. and e reason is i think and donner attracts people who are basically creatively very generous. and they both are. >> larry: explain that term. everyone is interested in film now, and we hear it said a lot. generous means? >> generous means that they try their utmost to make you look good. and in return, that's the kind of a just a filial love kind of thing. >> larry: so if danny glover gives to you, he gets back from you. >> you give it back. oh, yeah, man. but it's not conditional. >> larry: there are giving actors who don't get back. >> that's right. but danny will always be like that whether he got it back or not. but i really appreciate that. and it makes a really nice atmosphere on the set. because there is love of the craft and love of the art

i mean i trust dick donner. he is a veteran. i wouldn't ever, ever presume to have a better way than he has. i mean, it's a different way, i'm sure. and at times -- >> larry: you never want to say do it this way? >> but we do. it's that kind of relationship. well can go hey, dick, what if -- and he'll go good idea, kid. that's what makes him good because he is wide open. he always says i'm just a traffic cop here. and i've learned from that. i think that's your function as a director, to take everyone else's talent and try to use the best of it and draw it all together. >> larry: jodie foster said she likes directing better in that it's easier. you're in charge, the ball of wax is yours, you're the signoff, that's it. acting is nor difficult. >> in a way, because you have to trust more. when you're the ringmaster there, there is -- it's pretty comfortable. i liked it. it's basically just storytelling. and if you can tell a good story and use those tools to do it, and have a lot of talented people to come and assist you do it, an

. >> we spoke to donner and we asked him how long that he thought schumacher would be able to compete and if he had a future in formula one? >> well, he is not known for being a patient presents. he is very determined. he has come back and done quite well. however, the environment which he ended up in had dramatically changed to the days when he was successful in formula one. nowadays, you have a key rebel drivers in a fantastic car and they are all quick enough to beat him. -- you have two red bull drivers. michael is up against a lot of other drivers, not just his teammates. >> there has been a lot of changes to for the one recently. have they made the sport more exciting? >> i don't think that the rule changes have made it better. what has made it better compared to last year is the fact that we have so many good drivers and cars. that is why the racing is so good. if you want to overtake each other, you have to do this on the track. that is a very good move and this improves to show a lot. formula one this year has produced the most spectacular races. the second half will be even

document is part of the james frazier reed collection and he was one of the organizers of the ill fated donner party in 1826. >>> coming up, it is that time of year for bay area music fans and chief meterologist bill martin will be here on what to expect the weather-wise. you can watch bay area news at 7:00 on your computer. we are streaming live on the web at ktvu.com. >> the white house announced a new strategy for ranging america's coast and ocean waters. the plan establishes a new national ocean council to coordinate the work of all agencies that oversee marine conservation. the council will bring together federal, state and tribal authorities to jordan plan for the future of the oceans. officials say the new approach will emphasize science based information and encourage public participation. >>> now to our chief meterologist bill martin who is our own expert on oceans and weather. >> yes, it cooled off a little bit today and the oceans and whether are tied together basically. i guess they know a little bit about water in temperatures are on the cool side. there is a bunch of fog out ther

and if i had the choice when the to land to make it private. >> the donner, just one final question. i appreciate you being here and sharing your thoughts and your insight. you just returned from the national governors' association meeting in boston. so there were governors that were of both parties, certainly the entire area of the western united states. a number of things you talk about when you say that applies over of the rocky mountain west and to the western part of this country and that this concern we have the war on the western jobs is something that is felt by the governors of both parties representing this greater part of the united states? >> it's true, and your governor made a couple of important points during the national governors' association as i heard him do on other occasions about the challenge we face as a publicly and state. again, he's a good democrat and i think i am a good republican. so there are certain issues that we as governors are very much similar on. when i talk abut collaboration i'm serious. i believe it as a need to get together for getting politic

the president of a lot with recess appointments as it relates to presidential appointees donner nonjudicial. but it doesn't work very well so we filed blocks and i can't put them into one filibuster. i have to do them one at a time and as i indicated during 22 of them a week at a time we can't do that. >> as we are wrapping up i wonder if you'd like to pick up a little bit about what senator byrd and senator kennedy meant to you and what the law means to the senate? >> i'm happy to do that. first of all, for me to think that ted kennedy is my friend is hard for me to say that because i was a person who so admired his brothers who were both assassinated. i can remember i was vacation and with my high school buddy with my family and when i saw ted kennedy offer the eulogy at the death of his brother bobby and in my office i had a letter from what had -- to use to come and look at that so many times and he would always say that your signature. but there was a letter to me burton after he had been elected but before he was sworn in as president of the united states singing thank you very much.

csis has had a long interest in working the caribbean and also working with international donner partnerso we're pleased you were able to train us today, and i will turn the panel over to my colleague and trustee, henrietta fore. >> thank you. we a very proud of your programs here at csis so thank you for doing this six month anniversary for the haiti earthquake. i just spoke to the ambassador we do not see on the panel today raymond joseph is in port-au-prince. he's just come from the ceremony of the palace honoring the six months and today was the ceremony to thank the world so he asked me o carry his thoughts to you andere they are. people say that there is no progress and geslin president clton today in haiti said that in his 30 years of experience haiti is ahead of where the tsunami construction was at this point. the haitian people, the ambassador people said have been very patient and we are asking them to continue being patient. but t first phase has been completed. the reconstruction starts now in the second phase and that in approximately six weeks we should see a lot more thing

miers' an expectation of america being donner, the government is moving more that way, and we have a situation now where we've got soldiers fighting and dying for a government that is left to their own devices, right for them in jail or even kill them from being on muslim, so after just listening to the conversation first of all, it comes back to what you said before and i was glad to hear you say the deadline the you don't agree with the deadline but the president even though his equivocated to some degree still left that of their that is the goal to get out and i agree somewhat with senator corker we have not said here is what we are going to achieve before we leave we're talking about a situation on the ground but what are we going to achieve before we leave? i know that's more of a question a perspective than a real question of privilege to hear your comment what appears to be a deterioriating situation brought on by the presumption that the u.s. will be gone in a year and a sometime period after that i have no doubt a report of your friends and associates is accurate perception