and there both ericson and reesman were enormously helpful but also by someone i call a secret mentor, a mentor from a distance, albert kamo because in his great book, "the rebel," it's about a brilliant expose on totalism and he pretty much calls it that. and at the same time an insistence that we remain rebels. that we remain critical of the status quo. and that combination, that again tielectronic, call it what you will is very important to me and not always easy to sustain. further influence of mentors was just i would say briefly with ericson, i felt he brought -- he showed how one could bring psychoanalysis into history. it didn't have to be just in the clinic or the office or on the couch. and that was an inspiration to me. >> when you knew him, he was doing his studies of martin luther and others? >> absolutely. and my first encounter -- my first meeting with him, he talked for hours comparing 16th century athelectric training with chinese thought reform as he was about to write his book on luther and i was about to write my book on thought reform. and david reesman was an ext

what a way for ericson the former niner coach to go out there.guess one of those decisions in life only time will tell if it's a good one. matt barkley has decided to stay in school and shrugged off the millions of the dollars that might come his way. decided to take the trojans to a bowl game next week. we wish him well. i'm sure cal and stanford are not too happy. his stock just jumped. >> did the same thing luck did. >> he would have been the second quarterback taken after luck. >> and we'll see you the next time news breaks. >> join ktvu morning news tomorrow at 4:30. they'l [ monica ] i'm away on a movie shoot and it hasn't been going exactly as planned. cut. cut! [ monica ] i thought we'd be on location for 3 days -- it's been 3 weeks. so i had to pick up some more things. good thing i've got the citi simplicity card. i don't get hit with a fee if i'm late with a payment... which is good because on this job, no! bigger! [ monica ] i may not be home for a while. [ male announcer ] the new citi simplicity card. no late fees. no penalty rate.

what a way for ericson the former niner coach to go out there.guess one of those decisions in life only time will tell if it's a good one. matt barkley has decided to stay in school and shrugged off the millions of the dollars that might come his way. decided to take the trojans to a bowl game next week. we wish him well. i'm sure cal and stanford are not too happy. his stock just jumped. >> did the same thing luck did. >> he would have been the second quarterback taken after luck. >> and we'll see you the next time news breaks. >> join ktvu morning news tomorrow at 4:30. they'll be following the shooting we just told you about at the wal-mart in san leandro. we're always here for you on ktvu.com and mobile ktvu. this is an rc robotic claw. my high school science teacher made me what i am today. our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachers. it has four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education.

ison just can't believe it -- ericson can't believe it. 56-24, boise on top. graham steps in as the new arizona state coach. and matt barkley says he's going to forego the nfl, he's coming back to usc for a final year. he made that decision at a press conference today, much to the liking of all trojan fans all around. he'll be the golden boy next year. >>> here's something you don't see every day. from a soccer game in the netherlands. fan comes out and attacks the goalie! so the goalie says, all right, well, take that! >> you like that? how about that? okay, and then -- the team gets a red card. the red card was rescinded. thought you might want to see that. [ laughter ] [ laughter ] >> ok, you guys wanted a space for entertaining your friends, so, open your eyes and check out your new living room! [ gasps ] honey, the tv's over there! yep, we got you the new at&t u-verse wireless receiver so you can put your tv pretty much anywhere you want. and that stand... anywhere? like, we can put it over there? and that coffee... or we could t it on the patio for watch

joining us now is the organization's president, kirk ericson. thank you for joining us. >> matt, happy new year. >> you, too. you, too. seems like we hear about an accident every new year's eve due to some tone of drunk driving. is there -- research to prove it happens more on new year's eve? >> unfortunately, yes. at any point in the year, 31% of the u.s. traffic fatalities are alcohol related and jumps to 40% in december. by the time you get to now year's eve and new year's day, it can jump to 60%. a dangerous time of the year. >> reporter: what can be done. things that you can do to cut down on drinking and driving. what programs are out there so folks might just leave the keys in the car at home. >> one of the ones is the program that is offered since 1993, and of which 52,000 washington area residents have take know advantage of, called sober ride. a free cab ride service put on by the washington regional alcohol program and that is designed to take would-be drunk drivers off of the roadways and transport them safely home in taxi cabs. last

matt morgan and lauren ericson. >> thanks. >> thank you. >>> she's had a tunnel bat well drug addictionpregnant with twins and on top of that country singer mindy mccready is in violation of a court order to return her son to his grandparents. court deadline to give 5-year-old zander back came and went yesterday. a representative for mccready says the child has been with his mother the last month and she's fearful about his safety. we invited mccready to join us again tonight but she declined. the child's father, billy mcknight is here. billy, people sore curious about the story. when is the last time you talked to mindy and to zander and what did she say? >> i talked to zander about 7:30 last night and mindy later on about 9:00 last night. she sounded upset with the situation, she thinks she has a case against florida and that she was going to stay hidden, they'd have to find her. >> you said once you decided to talk to the press she decided, mindy didn't want to talk to you anymore? >> her phone has been off since last night so i haven't been able to talk to zander today. >> what's yo

matt morgan and lauren ericson. >> thanks. >> thank you. >>> she's had a tunnel bat well drug addictionand on top of that country singer mindy mccready is in violation of a court order to return her son to his grandparents. court deadline to give 5-year-old zander back came and went yesterday. a representative for mccready says the child has been with his mother the last month and she's fearful about his safety. we invited mccready to join us again tonight but she declined. the child's father, billy mcknight is here. billy, people sore curious about the story. when is the last time you talked to mindy and to zander and what did she say? >> i talked to zander about 7:30 last night and mindy later on about 9:00 last night. she sounded upset with the situation, she thinks she has a case against florida and that she was going to stay hidden, they'd have to find her. >> you said once you decided to talk to the press she decided, mindy didn't want to talk to you anymore? >> her phone has been off since last night so i haven't been able to talk to zander today. >> what's your understanding of

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in an interview publish in "usa today," president rodney ericson said that he wanted to transform the face of the university from being a football factory to that of an academic institution. we want that to be the front face of the university explained and hope that the sexual abuse scandal would add urgency to discussions about the role of big-time athletics and where they interact with higher education. universities are supposed to be centers of learning, renowned academic communities, where the brightest minds of the nation forge new and exciting ways forward for everything from the development of artificial hearts, to understanding global economics. both crucial to the-in going prosperity of this nation, but what do we find? we find that in colleges the best paid member of staff is not the president but the football coach. witness the extortion salary of $5.5 million a year that's just been agreed with urban meyer at ohio state university, and with money goes immense power. it has since emerge that had long serving penn state coach joe paterno repeatedly clashed with the universit

even eric ericson, who is certainly influential in some way, he's getting e-mails saying huntsman isn't >> yes, killed it. no, i think that's something we've been debating a bit among my staff. has huntsman sort of alienated himself from the republican base that is he is never going to this get his ride on the merry go round of front-runner status, or is it possible that the establishment of the republican party, which again generally does call the shots, i think the 2010 election was extremely atypical in that regard. usually what happens in republican primaries and the republican party is it's a fairly sort of establish mentarian party, and you think there's a chance he'll run. >> he doesn't have the policy problems with conservatives that mitt romney and newt gingrich do. >> it's an affect. >> hee seems to have have an inability to stop himself from poking conservative based people in the eye. i can relate to that. but i'm not running for president. >> the one problem he may have is he does say that it causes climate change. >> we should break up the banks to not pass the establishme