dr. brown. >> guest: i would agree it's a very readable memoir. i'm not sure how enlightening it is. i think really from my perspective i very much enjoyed reading it. i came away thinking much of what i've always thought which is george w. bush is a likable person. he is somebody i would enjoy having a conversation with. but i didn't get a sense that it was terribly reflective, and i guess maybe i'm comparing it to the many different books of richard nixon,ing things where there are really insightful moments into nixon's both psychology and ashe accessments of his -- assessments of his presidency. so so from my perspective it's a good, fun read, and i did appreciate the fact that it's not as sort of long or as seeking approval as i think president bill clinton's was. but i did very much enjoy this. >> host: now, one of the things that george w. bush said in his book, he wrote in his book was that he was told by historians to read ulysses s. grant's memoirs and to start there. >> guest: absolut

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fountain and joined members of the community and reverend brown studied under dr. king and said if he were alive today he would still fight for the rights of all americans. >> given what he taught me in school we must come to grips with this issue of homophobia and realize that every person whether gay or straight is to be respected. >> reporter: nancy pelosi told the crowd that the civil rights leader will be honored with a tribute usually reserved for presidents. >> issued in washington i am proud to say that we will unveiled a monument, a magnificent memorial to martin luther king jr. >> christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> someone thousand people gathered in sacramento to honor dr. king. this day is not just a day to remember his lessons about to serve as a reminder to put his ideals into action. he signed into law the bill to create a state holiday back in 1981. in 1983, president reagan signed a similar bill. for more coverage of today's events along with a link to audio clips, click the tab on our homepage at ktvu.com. >>> the california advocacy group

dr. murray ordered him to place several vials into a brown canvas bag before making the call for help, and how dr. murray asked if anyone knew cpr. >> the emotion that he displayed on the stand was genuine, was real and was authentic. >> dr. murray has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter. prosecutors are trying to prove murray did not meet the standard of care when giving jackson propofol and that he should face trial for his death. on tuesday the judge heard from some of jackson's other associates, including his personal assistant and head of security. muhammed described the chaos as dr. murray tried to revive the lying on the bed. today alvarez also testified dr. murray told him it was his first time giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation but that he, quote, had to do it because jackson was a friend. >>> well, new census numbers show the number of people living in poverty was higher than previously thought. the numbers show one in six americans, many of them 65 and older, are impoverished because of rising medical care and other costs. using census numbers, the overall poverty ra

. >> brown: dr. david walton heads the main partners in health cholera treatment center, a makeshift camp of tents just outside the small city of mirbalais. has the response that you've seen been adequate? >> i would say there's a strategy in place that i think is a sound strategy of community-based interventions, of treatment centers, of an architecture of a response. the resources and the rapidity of the response have been too slow. >> brown: one young man had just been carried into the treatment center. his aunt told me they'd come from a village ten miles away. >> ( translated ): i suspected it could be cholera, because this morning, the diarrhea took hold of him. we just see the sickness fall upon on us, but we don't know how we catch it. >> brown: one of the tragedies of the outbreak is that the disease is so easy to treat. cholera is a bacterial infection that spreads through human waste in contaminated water. its victims suffer intense diarrhea, a catastrophic flushing out of all fluids, that

dr. lubchenco, thanks for joining us. >> thank you, ray. >> brown: as we heard, scientists are still assessing the long-term damage to the gulf. "newshour" correspondent tom bearden recently caught up with researchers doing just that off the coast of alabama. >> reporter: on a bitingly cold december day, biology assistant professor anthony overton braved the wind and the waves miles off the coast of alabama, collecting microscopic baby fish. again and again, overton and his crew heaved a finely-meshed double net array over the side of a 27-foot aluminum boat. this is one of eight excursions to catch menhadden larvae-- the next generation of a species that is a prime source of fish oil for humans and food for predators. what happens to menhaden effects the entire food chain. overton and his colleagues are trying to find out if the b.p. oil spill and the dispersant chemicals that were used to break up the slick have done biological damage to this cornerstone species. overton says this particular fish is abundant in the gulf. >> the adults have been exposed much of the oil throughout the spill re

brown says political rhetoric has become too divisive and polarizing. he asked the group to remember the spirit of dr. king to solve problems. >> there's a vision that people parish. what is the and -- i know politics is always negative. but it goes beyond something usual. it's something really poisonous in there. >> governor brown told the group that his priorities will continue to be education and the budget so all californians will have a better chance for success. >>> moving as a remarkable pace, gabriel give fords preparing to leave the hospital where she's recovering from being shot in the head. tomorrow she's set to move to a houston rehab center. she stood up with some help, but she scrolled through an ipad, and she's been gading at her hospital window. her husband, mark kelly, made a bold promise, that give fords would return to tucson and soon. >> she'll be walking, talking, in two months, you'll see her walk through the front door of this building. >> she's considered several facilities but in the end chose houston because it made the most sense for their family because it's close to the j

dr. stephen rail we so appreciate your time. >> thank you, katie. >> couric: the shooter's motivation is still unknown, but as karen brown just told us, this is not the first time that congresswoman giffords has come under attack. congressional correspondent nancy cordes is in washington tonight with more on the congresswoman and her career. nancy, i understand during the election campaign, as we heard, she did-- her office anyway, came under fire. >> that is right, katie. shortly after her health care vote. and she told us at the time that her main concern was for her staff. she is known here on capitol hill for a caring, bubbly personality, which may have helped her to avoid the fate of many of her fellow democrats and win re-election in her tough district. >> gabrielle giffords was sworn in for her third term wednesday- - a conservative, blue dog democrat who previously served as a state legislator, and as c.e.o. of her family's automotive tire business. >> and liftoff of endeavor. >> her husband of four years, navy captain mark kelly, is an astronaut who is scheduled to command the shuttle endeavor when it launches in april. his twin brother,

dr. conrad murray gave the singer a fatal dose of the drug propofol. today, alvarez testified that murray ordered him to place several vials into a brown plastic bag. he says all of these recent occurred before he was told to dial 911. a judge will eventually decide if murray should stand trial for involuntary manslaughter. >>> they have already set the date and they have picked the place. this afternoon we are learning new details about the upcoming royal wedding. elizabeth pomeron how they are breaking with tradition. >> reporter: prince william and kate middleton will be married in westminster abbey by the archbishop of canterbury on april 29 at 11 a.m. london time. that means americans who want to watch the extravaganza live will have to be up at or even before dawn. the couple will travel separately to the ceremony, which will turn commoner kate into a princess. >> the most terrifying moment of all will be when she has to walk down the aisle but she will be on her dad's arm and then prince william hopefully will be waiting for her at the altar. >> reporter: britain is struggling with its deepest recession in decades. so to keep public costs to

dr. alexander dromerick, we thank you both for helping us understand it all better. thank you. >> brown: next, making the grade where the pressure is on. margaret warner reports from south korea. >> warner: just outside seoul, high school freshman yoo jae won gets ready to study. his mom and dad, both doctors, already out the door; big sister, away at school. so that means all the more time to spend with the lovely miss lee. jae won's virtual teacher leaves this 16-year-old with virtually no time off, and that's the way he wants it. >> i think i need to study and work harder for my future. >> warner: that's a widespread belief in south korea, where extraordinary passion for education is the norm. have we mentioned jae won is on his two-month winter holiday? no matter. he began his day by walking in the biting cold, past a billboard touting perfect- scoring students, to a 90-minute math tutoring session and study hall. the tutoring was at a private cram school, or hagwon. from early morning until late at night, six days a week, nearly 60% of south korean youngsters look for a leg up by a

dr. conrad murray. he is accused of gross negligence in jackson's death. murray insists he did nothing wrong. his attorneys may even argue that jackson injected himself with the drug, committing suicide. >>> jerry brown has been sworn in as governor of california, returning to the job he held 28 years ago. the inauguration was a low-key affair. brown's speech lasted less than 15 minutes. the governor did have a bit of humor during his swearing in. >> without any mental reservation. >> without any mental reservation. or -- >> really. >> as for the larger than life outgoing governor, arnold schwarzenegger says he may write a book about his life. he's been a bodybuilder, action hero and political animal. so, he has an interesting story to tell. >>> two massage therapists have filed a sexual harassment suit against brett favre. they say they lost their jobs with the new york jets after complaining that favre sent them suggestive text messages when he played for the team. the suit refers to the jets locker room and training camp as sexism, and inappropriate behavior. favre was just fined by the nfl for failing to cooperate in an investigation in a separate scandal over lewd text messages. we'll hear from

brown rice is minerals, anti-oxidants, all kinds of stuff. >> reporter: dr.rice cereal. we asked gerber what they think of dr. green's campaign. they told us they're not aware of any scientific studies that support the theory that white rice cereal contributes to childhood obesity and welcome the opportunity to review any relevant scientific data. we dropped by the early chidehood center. what have you been told to feed your baby? >> white rice cereal. >> reporter: do you know why? >> i have no idea. >> reporter: why not try whole grains or avocado. >> we haven't decided. >> reporter: not all doctors are convinced, this pediatric nutritionist said blueprinting for kids is just a theory. >> obesity is really about an excess of calories. it's not about a particular food. and the idea of focusing so much on, you know, brown rice cereal versus an enriched rice cereal is taking the thunder away from strategies that would be more appropriate. >> reporter: it's one thing to demonize white rice cereal. parents are out there giving soda and sugar to kids at a very ear

this country is almost as bad as it was in '54 when brown versus the board of education decisi decision, the year i was born. whether it was economic, as drthat moment, in '67 talked about. the wealth gap and the gap in terms of employment is still a problem. so, we are trying to make steps tomorrow. secretary of education duncan and i will be with randy winegarten. it's not about teachers. it's not about that. it's about trying to find common ground much it's not about beating up on union workers. dr. king died in membphis going down for the afscme union. we're blaming the deficit on unions rather than the fact that all of us did not put the kinds of safeguards i think we should on the economy, to where some got away with huge amounts of money and the poor remain and the middle class started sliding to the poor. dr. king dealt with that as his last issue, and i think these are the kinds of things that if we're going to celebrate dr. king, we're going to deal with what dr. king was. don't take kingism out of dr. king day. >> the top 25 african-american leaders of all time, a survey coming out tomorrow, and it find that is president obama

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dr. king is the only american who was not a u.s. president to be honored with a federal holiday. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown: and we turn once again to tunisia. a public uprising led the country's longtime ruler, president ben ali, to flee on friday. today a new interim "coalition government" was formed, but members of the ousted president's party still hold major posts, and that led to a new wave of protests. we begin our coverage from tunis with a report by jonathan rugman of independent television news. >> reporter: it was on this street last friday that thousands of tunisians ousted their president. today several hundred of them are back. they've tasted people power here for the very first time and they like it. and today's new government is not, they say, what this revolution was all about. police have been deployed in downtown tunis for the first time since friday when there was a revolution. the problem is that there were protesters on the streets again who fear that today's announcement of a coalition is a political fix. the army is still occupying the capital. it's far more respected than the polic

jimmy carter, pat buchanan, pat robertson, jerry brown, jesse jacksonner is, just to -- jesse jackson, just to mention a few, and just recently my good friend, dr. ron ball, gave them an opportunity to put forward -- ron ball, gave them the opportunity to put forward their -- ron paul, gave them the opportunity to put forward their ideas. for most candidates public funding from the presidential election campaign fund has been the source of sorely needed funds at crucial points in presidential races. to make matters worse, as has been pointed out by ms. slaughter and myself and others, the legislation we're considering today is a repeal or repeat of the disastrous citizens united decision which on january 21, 2010, unleashed massive corporate-influence buying expenditures in our national elections. in the face of the first anniversary of citizens united we know for a fact how essential it is to repair the presidential public financing system and provide presidential candidates with a viable alternative for financing their elections as opposed to having to depend on influence-seeking big donors, lobbyists, bundlers and corporate spenders. we cann

dr. john holcomb and the neurosurgeon, doctor brian ho. she will smile at me. she will do a couple of things she only does brown made like a slap me in the face. she used to do that before, very gently. you can look in her eyes and tell. she is well aware of who is around her. she is very aware of the situation. >> can you tell us exactly the moment when she stood and took a few steps on her own? >> i think standing and steps, what the general public or myself would think what that means and what physical therapists with a clinical definition of those two things -- i think they are a little bit different. she can bear her own weight, which is a big step. just speaking for the doctors here, i think she has made a remarkable recovery. >> [unintelligible] >> every time i enter at with her there is something quite inspiring. -- interact with her, there is something quite inspiring. i imagine the next that is she will be walking, talking, and in two months you'll see her walking to the front door of this building. >> thank you. >> if you have questions? go ahead. >> can you say specifically what they are going to do

during the clinton years a ron brown, an alex herman and a janet reno become members of a president's cabinet. he would have been proud to see that occur. but what would dr. king observed about this last decade that we have experienced in this nation? a decade of the 2000 florida recounts when the selection of the president of the united states ended up in the united states supreme court. what would his observations and comments have been had he lived during 9/11 when 3000 people of all races, creeds and colors lost their lives during an attack on this nation? what would he think had he seen hurricane katrina in 99 degree heat with 99 degree humidity? i can tell you, it is nothing you know in washington, d.c. what would he have observed? what would he had observed if he had witnessed the great recession and the subprime crisis? what would he have observed had he been on the mall in january of 2009 to see president barack obama inaugurated as the president of the united states? what would he have observed to walk through the front doors at 10th and constitution, in this building to look up and see those photographs on the wall and see barack obama and eri

ron brown, henry cisneros, a federico been yo, alexis herman, a rodney slater, and a janet reno become members of the president's cabinet. he would have been proud. to see that occur. but what would dre that we experienced in this nation? at decade of the 2000 florida recount, or the selection of the president of the united states ended up in a court case in the united states supreme court. what would his observations and comments have been had he lived during 9/11 when 3000 people of all races, creeds and colors lost their lives to an awful terrorist attack on this nation? what would he think? during hurricane katrina in 99-degree heat with 99-degree humidity. i can tell you, it's nothing you know in washington, d.c.. what would he have observed? what would he have observed that it would is the great recession and the subprime crisis? what would he have observed had he been on the mall in january of 2009 is a presidential barack obama inaugurated as president of the united states? what would he have observed? to walk through the front doors on 10th and constitution at this very building track to look up and see those photos on the wall and see barack obama, and eric holder their. i