i work for edison international. we are honored to be here to celebrate the best that california has to offer. it is a fabulous partnership. all of us are working together toward the common good. southern california edison is pleased to be part of the partnership. this partnership promotes open an ongoing collaboration. it is critical to driving advancements in energy efficiency and green technology. you may wonder why a power company would be involved in a partnership that promotes reduced electricity consumption. the answer is simple. energy efficiency is the quickest, cheapest, and easiest way to extend our state's energy supplies. we work hard to get our customers not to buy our products. we have embarked on a program -- [laughter] we have embarked on a program to meet aggressive energy goals. we're the leader in energy efficiency savings. of the last five years, our program has saved 6.5 to lot hours -- kilowatt hours. with also reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 3.4 million metric tons. that is the equivalent o

based in large part on the representations of pg&e, and southern california edison, they would support our efforts to about with the feasibility of community choice. the board decided, rather than start the fight of municipalization, let's pursue community choice. we began a second round of communication with the local city councils and the regional board of supervisors. we ultimately form the the san what keene valley power authority in 2006. -- formed the san joaquin valley power authority in 2006. we brought two counties to the table. fresno county never made the final step. we worked closely with that board of supervisors as we developed our implementation plan. we have the somewhat dubious honor of saying we were the first entity to file an implementation plan and have it certified by the public utility commission for commencement of a community choice program for our member agencies. that initial certification was achieved in april of 2007. we worked through the processes as a result of a request for proposal process. we identified a potential full- service energy supplier. we al

although we overlie persons of both edison and pg&e, the latter brought the problems to our efforts. edison was lower-key and far more supportive in assisting us with our assessment of cca feasibility. we had to withstand and beat down an effort to undermine the structure of our joint powers authority as pg&e sought to enforce upon us a requirement that each member would be jointly and federally liable for all of the liabilities of all of the communities as part of that organization. we negotiated the initial bond requirement of $100,000. there were existing regulations for direct access energy service provider. we ultimately worked for resettlement of the bond methodology that is now a high topic of discussion. both san francisco and marin have expressed concerns about that methodology. we championed the exposure of a process and worked with the commission staff and the other parties you have heard from today to try to gain some clarity as to when and how pg&e can market for opt-out. i think we, through a complaint filed in front of the public community commission in june of 2007 in

and as for the bulb's inventor, thomas edison, i guess we can say it has been a good ride. the halogen bulbs are an alternative on the market and they're not as efficient as cfl's and they are expensive too. go to cbs5.com for more information. click on the logo. and then consumer watch. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,, 3q copd makes it hard for me to breathe. but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now, i can join the fun and games with my grandchildren. great news! for people with copd, including chronic bronchitis, emphysema, or both, advair helps significantly improve lung function. while nothing can reverse copd, advair is different from most other copd medications because it contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator, working together to help you breathe better. advair won't replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms and should not be used more than twice a day. people with copd taking advair may have a higher chance of pneumonia. advair may increase your risk of osteoporosis and some eye problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart con

the case is a limb and up with attorneys start and another attorney, with the california edison's project. both fuhrman took this case because they believe he is instead, and another convicted killer in nevada admitted to killing cost of. >> solid kill mr. lacoste about the wrong person is being held responsible. he was in apartment building was somebody else he was not outside at the time. he has been saying the same thing before he was convicted which is that the actual perpetrators were, and they did not include him. his own attorney phil to look at any of those other perpetrators or talk to them or investigate them. apparently needed to the police are disk drive to attorney's office. we have lots of investigation to do that nobody did. one of the actual perpetrators didn't confess that he was actually the person who shot mr. lacoste up and said that he had done with others and of those others included mr. caldwell. >> but the family of accosted believes otherwise, they say jury believed and convicted cobbled killing their family person. >> she was the perfect person, not be related in

the incandescent lamps in the seventy's using carbon filaments renowned american inventor thomas edison introduced improved filaments extended to the relatively short life of electric bulbs forty then to over one thousand hours by the early twentieth century the tungsten filament light bulb still in use today were already emerging and lamps appeared in the. lamps at the end of the one nine hundred fifty s. and high pressure sodium street lighting in the sixty's compact fluorescents or c.f.l. were pioneered in the seventy's and are still a popular option as we move towards energy efficiency. light emitting diodes may be seen in the ninety's with improvements in technology since then showing incredible flexibility and efficiency quite possibly making the lighting of the future. future that brought out the big shots the octagon factory opening. clearly understood the positive impact of having the company on and she was joined by top level dignitaries and investors from moscow and beyond it's a project that state high tech corporation is happy to throw its weight behind. in the field of hat

la vocera de la compaÑÍa edison seÑalÓ que sus cuadrillas trabajan para restaurar el servicio elÉctricouministro debido a los daÑos en las lÍneas de transmisiÓn. hasta arizona, nuevo mÉxico y nevada han sufrido por el frÍo. >> temperaturas muy bajas que han cursado que se forme hielo en las autopistas. esta maÑana tuvimos que cerrar la autopista 15 a la lÍnea de nevada debido al hielo. >> se pronostica que los fuertes vientos dejen de soplar a partir de hoy. sin embargo las bajas temperaturas habrÁn de continuar hasta el fin de semana cuando se pronostica que una nueva tormenta arribe al oeste del paÍs. >> las autoridades de nueva york se comprometieron a barrer la nieve de cada calle de la ciudad para hoy. era una forma de apaciguar a la lluvia de crÍticas. para conocer estas horas en la gran manzana nos quedamos con sofÍa. >> asÍ es, gracias etna. no siempre despuÉs de la tormenta llega la calma. ya han pasado varios dÍas desde que la ciudad de nueva york quedo arropada por la nieve y el panorama no se aclara. esto ha causado un mar de quejas y reclamos. >> poco a poco la ciudad de lo

inventor thomas edison introduced improved extended relatively short life of electric bulbs. then to over one thousand hours twentieth century the tungsten filament light bulbs still in use today were already emerging . at the end of the one nine hundred fifty s. and high pressure sodium street lighting in the sixty's compact. were pioneered in the seventy's and are still a popular option as we move towards energy efficiency. diodes may be seen in the ninety's with improvements in technology since then showing incredible flexibility and efficiency quite possibly making. the future. future the big shots the octagon factory opening. clearly understood the positive impact of having the company on and she was joined by dignitaries and investors from beyond it's a project that state high tech corporation is happy to throw its weight behind. in fact. all of this physical technical institute it's been a world class center for fundamental physics and cutting edge technology since the days of its founder. would soon. train the ranks of the soviet union's top nuclear scientists they al

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and as for the bulb's inventer, thomas edison, i guess we just say it's been a good ride. now, halogen bulbs are an alternative. they are already on the market. but they are not as efficient as the cfls and they too are expensive. >> all right. thank you, julie watts. >> can the war on terror be won? our special report puts afghanistan in focus tonight only on the cbs evening news. ,, ,,,,,,,,,, lightning fast. lightning strong. verizon 4g lte. rule the air on the most advanced 4g network in the world. dana king. here's what we're working on for eyewitness news at 6. is lebron ja >>> i'm dana king. here's what we're working on for eyewitness news at 6:00. is lebron james bringing his talents to the bay area? the television hocus pocus that is drawing a crowd. the largest bone out there, how did this man get one in his backyard? a whale of a story from the south bay. we'll have that and more at 6:00. >>> three california so lions, they got to go home for the holidays. the sea lions were brought to the beach at marin headlands after being released from the marine mammal cent

edison pena. the chilean miner, one of the survivors of the 69 days trapped at the bottom of a mine shaft. as i think it has been noted here, he runs six miles per day through the mine tunnels and one month after being rescued, pena ran the new york city marathon in five hours and 40 minutes. >> why not five hours and 40 minutes and 51 seconds as a matter of fact. >> it took too long? >> and they had to close it down after four, right? >> well, he did it. >> he has knee problems. and john, i would like to hear about clarence's honorable mention. >> the tea party, also. and they do share the goals with john bohner but different methods and interesting to see how well they work together. >> i'm looking forward to next year declaring the tea party the biggest loser of the year. they are already losing the ban on earmarks. don't hold your breath. they're not going anywhere. and they are now really mad because of the republicans wavering on the ear mark ban. >> i think we recognize the political contri

. >> reporter: sixth graders at edison charter academy. >> in a way, you have to make the food fun. >> reporter: after the school switched from a traditional food service to revolution foods, teachers insisted they saw a difference. >> the kids had more energy, their grades were going up, they were more focused in class after lunchtime. >> reporter: over a three-year period students testcores shot up 17%. the school lunch reimbursement rate is just under $3 and that includes the cost of labor and transportation to get the food here to the cafeteria. school sources tell us that's a dirty secret. schools can spend as little as $1 on frozen, processed meals. they say the food savings are then used somewhere else in the budget, even though that's not how the system should work. but at this school the investment is paying off, ak l academically and physically. >> i noticed when i ate the food here, my body changed. i've gotten lighter and taller. >> reporter: kristin richmond says the company has weathered a few food flops. >> we tried serving a wrap in our first year of business, and we g

the year before, an associate of thomas edison invented electric christmas tree lights. >> we're not used to this kind of weather. >> reporter: in north carolina, 5 inches of snow piling up in raleigh. asheville broke its christmas record with 6 1/2 inches. another 2 1/2 today. and all of this on one of the busiest travel days of the year. with 1 in 10 travelers taking to the roadways. >> if you can avoid being on the road, then don't travel. if you're flying, then try to book the next flight out. >> reporter: thousands of flyers have been forced to rebook. this family, trying to get to north dakota, slept in washington's airport overnight, for an 8:00 a.m. flight. >> we went to get our boarding passes and it was canceled. next one out was 8:00 p.m. we weren't so happy. >> reporter: airport boards are filled with cancellations. delta airlines cancelled 850 flights. continental, 250. and believe it or not, that means that some of those americans stuck at london's heathrow airport because of bad weather there still can't fly home. this classic nor'easter did veer a bit, just grazing wa

edison. franklin. the assembly line. genius. because they could do it.you cannot because of all of the regulations they say bill gate could not have started apple today? not apple, microsoft. what are we doing? what are we doing? we are extinguishing genius. and that's the only thing that will save us. the independent spirit and the joopious, those that explored the mountains and the west and those that said, the hell i can't do that. that is my land. my land. we have always been the most charitable people, not because everyone told us to or because they took it from us. but because it was the right thing to do. but this all led to the feeding of christians to lions. how do you, how do you start at a decent person and progress into feeding people into lions? how do you do it?;7 ♪ ♪ >> glenn: trying to find an old copy of stuart chase, of the book called "the road we are traveling." i have a photocopy of the book. the road we're traveling, 1914, 1942. 1914, progressivism, woodrow wilson. this is what he wrote. this is the guy who, you know, did the whole

his case eventually wound up with linda star, or northern california edison's project. both woman decided to take the case because they believe he is innocent. and say another convicted killer that serving a life sentence in the bottom of admitted to killing her. >> the wrong person is being held responsible for this. he wasn't even outside of the time, he's been saying the same thing since before he was convicted, who the actual perpetrators were in it did not include them. he did not have anything to do with this bill to look at the other perpetrators or investigate them. to see if in fact he can demonstrate they were the perpetrators. apparently neither did the police and district attorney's office. we do have lots of investigation to do but nobody had ever done. what the actual perpetrators didn't and fought confess that he was the worst in her shot cost of. and he said that he is done with others that did not include mr. caldwell. >> the family believes otherwise, they say that the jury found him guilty, and the only witness rest her own life by coming forward to t

quienes querÍan dar a conocer el caso de edison herrera un prisionero de 24 aÑos. >> fue entonces que se conociÓ el caso de boris garcÍa,1 preso que fue sentenciado a 11 aÑos por asesinato, de los cuales se lleva dos con sus intestinos expuestos a causa de un disparo que recibiÓ durante una riÑa entre reclusos. >> acudimos entonces a la direcciÓn. la jefa de este organismo justificÓ el problema. >> en guayaquil no hay policlÍnicos. aizpeolea una obra que estaba paralizada para el nuevo policlÍnico. en este perÍodo se va a recibir este contrato para finalizarlo. >> el ciudadano se convierte en un objeto que estorba a la sociedad. y uno tira en una bodega lo que ya no sirve. >> los autoridades negaron el permiso para entrar a la penitenciarÍa de guayaquil. segÚn la directora de rehabilitaciÓn no hay nada que ocultar. >> escasas son las principales medidas, ser que los centros de rehabilitaciÓn social se administran con justicia transparencia y en base a los derechos humanos. >> el ingresÓ a la prensa sólo tener restringido desde hace algÚn tiempo, ocultando todo lo q

the electric light bulb that edison brought in took off and it replaced the use for oil so oil became reall really cheap t point where nobody wanted it and it was at zero and the demand started to ra ramp up and there were electric power at station and there was no electricity and they poured it back into the market. >> charlie: back to your question, if we can develop electric cars and vehicles we can then eliminate our dependence on oil. >> absolut absolutely. we import 4 billion barrels of oil into the united states every day. that's the biggest issue that's the stumbling block in our trade balance and our deficit and in the way we will conduct business and the economy in america. most people do not connect it as such a big item but all illustrate it for a second. in 2000 a gallon was a buck. >> charlie: right. >> by 2008 a gallon was already at $4.50. the cost to the american household, the middle class of effectively a chinese tax because the cars required oil was about $3200 per year. the tax cut that we got back, the are refund was $300. the government gave you $300 but the oil

who's their hispanic reporter, she walks in and she walks over to me, shakes my hand and goes, "hola, edisona miner. [ laughter ] we all have the same beard thing going on. she thought i was the miner. so sorry. >> jimmy: was she asking you questions, "like how did you survive?" >> i don't know! it was in spanish, i don't know what she asked me. >> jimmy: it would've been great if you went along with the story and started lying. like, "we ate one of the miners." [ light laughter ] >> like, "si." >> jimmy: there's great pics in this book. any fan of baba booey should look at this guy right there. a little "saturday night fever" there. that's pretty awesome. >> that's 1979, i was very heavily influenced by that movie. >> jimmy: was this "midnight cowboy" in this one? >> i don't know what. >> jimmy: which one was that? [ laughter ] yikes! >> my wife begged me not to put that picture in the book. >> jimmy: i love that you did that. i also love that you made a beer can pyramid over here, a beeramid, pretty awesome, just says class. >> that's what happens when you leave a bunch of guys in the wood

it's what they've been doing since electricity was invented by thomas edison in the pearl street station in new york city, he built it as the first one, trivia that's just in my mind, i apologize. it's actually kind of a cool plant. it's a national historic site too. but that's what they do. that's what the industry does. and i'm absolutely convinced that if they are, if the regulatory certainty is there and if epa succeeds, that the industry will get it done. so the question is whether that republican-controlled house will get the votes to pass something like rockefeller and say, no, epa, can't do anything for a couple of years. or yesterday i actually picked up a rag yesterday where the new chairman of the house energy and commerce committee said, hmm, he doesn't think that's the way they're going to go. this was not in your scenario because it happened yesterday. he wrote an op-ed in the "wall street journal" yesterday. he says he just thinks they should revoke epa's authority to do this because two years is not enough. so fred upton has thrown a little curveball in the middle of your

dollia lithwick, senior edison at slate magazine, thank you for helping us make sense of this. >> thankl. >>> lawrence o'donnell talks with white house secretary robert gibbs about the tax cut deal. the surprising story about how president clinton and president obama ended up at the white house briefing podium together on friday. >>> first on this show, news of a literally hot, new vacation destination and interesting and surprising news, unexpected news out of the senate tonight. please stay with us. [ male announcer ] 100 potato chips a white hot travel destination. still worried about their little accident? don't be. even the emergency situations ministry says go for it. the chernobyl zone isn't as scary as the world thinks. we want to work with big tour operators and attract person troorist from whom there's great demand. why wouldn't there be? there's so much to do like swimming, hiking, fishing. you can feel the history in the air. it may just change you at a molecular level. come to chernobyl, you'll go home glowing. >> that may sound utterly ridiculous, the prospect of vacationi

, 4, gates, -- edison, ford, gates, zuckerberg, who would not dream of filing a grant application, who drive an enormous amount of the economy's progress. we have maintained a culture where it is still true today that, with all of our financial systems failures, and there are many, we're the only country in the world where you can raise your first $100 million before you buy your first tie if you have a sufficiently good idea. that is a great strength of our country. at the same time as maintaining a culture that supports the entrepot nor, that sluice the rubble -- supports the entrepreneur, that salutes the rebel, that establishes major figures in business without college being complete, we also recognize that fundamental an ovation and progress will not happen without the public sector play its essential role. there would be no internet pa, not dar pharmaceutical industry without the nih. maintaining and increasing our american capacity for innovation thus requires both fundamental support for entrepreneurial innovation and for the key foundations of science and technology. that is w

it's what they've been doing since electricity was invented by thomas edison in the pearl street station in new york city, he built it as the first one, trivia that's just in my mind, i apologize. it's actually kind of a cool plant. it's a national historic site too. but that's what they do. that's what the industry does. and i'm absolutely convinced that if they are, if the regulatory certainty is there and if epa succeeds, that the industry will get it done. so the question is whether that republican-controlled house will get the votes to pass something like rockefeller and say, no, epa, can't do anything for a couple of years. or yesterday i actually picked up a rag yesterday where the new chairman of the house energy and commerce committee said, hmm, he doesn't think that's the way they're going to go. this was not in your scenario because it happened yesterday. he wrote an op-ed in the "wall street journal" yesterday. he says he just thinks they should revoke epa's authority to do this because two years is not enough. so fred upton has thrown a little curveball in the middle of your

and the last time atlanta had a white christmas was in 1881, the year before an associate of thomas edisonnvented electric christmas tree lights. in north carolina, five inches of snow piling up in raleigh. asheville broke its christmas record with 6 1/2 inches. another 2 1/2 on sunday. and all of this on the busiest travel day of the year with one in ten travelers taking to the roadways. >> if you can avoid being on the road, then don't travel. if you're flying, then try to book the next flight out. >> reporter: the holstrand family trying to get home to north dakota slept in washington's airport overnight for an 8:00 a.m. flight. >> we went to get our boarding passes, and that one was canceled. the next one out was 8:00 p.m. we weren't so happy. >> reporter: they're not even sure their plane will arrive on time. >> just to keep a positive attitude because there's not that much we can do about it. >> reporter: the experts said delay your travel by a day but it appears monday is going to be just as bad. folks may be stuck for a couple of days. david kerley, abc news, philadelphia internati

, 4 gates -- edison, ford, gates zuckerberg who would not dream of filing a grant application who drive an enormous amount of the economy's progress. we have maintained a culture where it is still true today that with all of our financial systems failures, and there are many, we're the only country in the world where you can raise your first $100 million before you buy your first tie if you have a sufficiently good idea. that is a great strength of our country. at the same time as maintaining a culture that supports the entrepot nor, that sluice the rubble -- supports the entrepreneur, that salutes the rebel, that establishes major figures in business without college being complete, we also recognize that fundamental an ovation and progress will not happen without the public sector play its essential role. there would be no internet without darkpa no pharmaceutical industry without the nih. maintaining and increasing our american capacity for innovation thus requires both fundamental support for entrepreneurial innovation and for the key foundations of science and technology. that is wh

just one more minute, i don't want to halt the time, but a classic example of this is thomas edison. when he was working on the light bulb, he spent time on 1,384 filaments. the little park that glows. none of them worked. he was the laughingstock of the scientific community. who could ever think of creating an electric light? as he walked down the street, people laughed at him and he was written up in scientific journals as a buffoon. 38th filament worked. he became a hero. >> a reporter came up to him and said "thomas edison, how does it feel to have failed 1,384 times? he quickly answered, i never failed once. creating the electric light was a 1385-step process. that is how we need to look at the process to get going. the children the of the world are my heroes, and they are doing that. >> thank you. i trust you are listening not only through your ears and your concrete mind, but through your heart, and you are taking in some of these concrete values. you name date couple of them -- empathy, cooperation, responsibility -- what else did you hear? perseverance was named by roger. re

. >> i don't want to break this bubble but with respect to thomas edison the light bulb puts out 60watts, wi-fi gives you 100 mili watts, cell phones, 120 mili watts. i think we should be studying the light bulb. jenna: the light bulb puts out more radiation. >> a thousand more times of radiation out of a light bulb than wi-fi. i'm really not concerned. this study was kind of humorous, because it shows that the trees, the bark was bleeding more, and the trees themselves weren't doing as well, but leaves were dying but you know that -- what, that could have been -- >> jenna: they're saying that was connect to the wi-fi. >> there were more wi-fi areas, areas where there's more wi-fi. what i'd like to say about the smog in those areas. there's another study presented at the american society of reproductive medicine they think is more scientific, that raises the question that a lot of exposure to wi-fi could have a fertility problem, that it could make sperm move more slowly, could lead to more damaged sperm. that's come out before with cell phones. the question is if you're really exposed t

hand, we have recognized, venerated and acted on the observation that it is individual leaders, the edisons, fords, gates, zuckerburgs, who with a uniquely anti bureaucratic temperament and who would not dream of filing a a rent application, and drive an enormous amount of the economy's progress. we have maintained a culture where it is still true today that with all of our financial systems failing and they are many, we are the only country in the world where you can raise your first 1 hundred million dollars before you buy your first tied if you have a sufficiently good idea. that is a great strength of our country. but at the same time as maintaining a culture that supports the entrepreneur, that salutes the rebel, that allows people to establish themselves as major figures in business without bothering to complete a college degree. at the same time as we have that support for the individual, we also recognize fundamental innovation and progress will not happen without the public sector playing its essential role. there would be no internet without dark but, no car industry without highw

in fact, let's take a look at the exit polls conducted by edison research, the exclusive provider of the national election exit polls for all of the major tv networks and the associated press. in their poll, they found that roughly 60% of americans wanted to end tax cuts for income over $250,000. and more recently, a quinnipiac poll said that only 5% of americans wanted the bush tax cuts extended for those for income over $250,000. and, of course, the american people feel this way. they know what's been happening over the last 20 years in this country. according to the economic policy institute, during the past 20 years, 56% of all income growth went to the top 1% of households. even more unbelievably, a third of all income growth went to just the top .1%. the wealthy have done extremely well for themselves over the past 20 years.unfortunately, the middle class has done decidedly worse. when you adjust for inflation, the median household income actually declined over the last decade. during those years while the rich were getting rich,the rest of working america was struggling to kee

. >> a reporter came up to him and said "thomas edison, how does it feel to have failed 1,384 times? he quickly answered, i never failed once. creating the electric light was a 1385-step process. that is how we need to look at the process to get going. the children the of the world are my heroes, and they are doing that. >> thank you. i trust you are listening not only through your ears and your concrete mind, but through your heart, and you are taking in some of these concrete values. you name date couple of them -- empathy, cooperation, responsibility -- what else did you hear? perseverance was named by roger. responsibility. as we are able to name these and inculcate them through our education and culture, we learn to live together in a just and peaceful society i said to the right -- society. i said to the right, which brings us full around the circle. i think so. >> how to educate? i came into this subject -- this subject found me. i did not find it. i come to you as a filmmaker. the beauty of being a film maker is i do not have to answer any questions, i just have to ask them.