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historians and presidential biographers, they are doris kearns good wins, jon meacham, robert caro, james fallows. >> what about the president, obama is the living proof that, you know, we talk about a narrative, what is obama's place right now in the american narrative? that he is the first african-american president, so 43 years ago, blacks still did not vote in substantial numbers in the south. >> i mean, he made a lot of talk about theodore roosevelt and learned lessons from fdr and from the do nothing congress of harry fru man, you see right in this campaign, i think the most important thing that jim fallows talked about in the great atlantic piece is his ability to learn from mistakes and to change as time goes by and if he does get a second term, that ability which made fdr a much better president the second term than the first made lincoln a better president will have a chance to play out. >> rose: the american presidency when we continue. funding for charlie rose was provided by the following. >> additional funding provided by these funders. >> and by bloomberg. a provider of multimedia

congress of harry fru man, you see right in this campaign, i think the most important thing that jim fallowsalked about in the great atlantic piece is his ability to learn from mistakes and to change as time goes by and if he does get a second term, that ability which made fdr a much better president the second term than the first made lincoln a better president will have a chance to play out. >> rose: the american presidency when we continue. funding for charlie rose was provided by the following. >> additional funding provided by these funders. >> and by bloomberg. a provider of multimedia and news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: since 1789, 44 men have served as president, we have witnessed their successes and their failures, but what makes a great president? and what are the defining principles of leadership? george washington was our nation's first president and the father of our country, abraham lincoln ended slavery and preserved the union, roosevelt led us out of the grea

protesters fallowed orders to disperse at intersections. it sended with a rally. another protest is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. tonight. the intersection where kenneth harding died last year. protesters indicated they may block the six bus lines that go through that intersection. officials will reroute buses to make sure the evening commute flows smoothly. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> officials are trying to determine what sparked a morning fire that destroyed a home. the fire broke out in the three hundred block of sea wind drive at 4:00 a.m. investigators say the two occupies of the -- occupants of the home escaped thanks to their dog whose woke them up. despite winds firefighters kept the fire from spreading. no one was injured. >>> a wildfire that destroyed one home and four outbuildings grown to 2500 acres. treacherous terrain is making it difficult to fight the robbers fire that threatens 170 homes. 12 firefighters have been injured and the fire is 30% contained. >>> fog caused delays at san francisco international airport but the late

as the victim fallowed behind. 10 minutes later the suspect ended up at washington and davidson street. >> he said something to the suspect. he kept walking. she said something and he rushed her. >>> the suspect charnelled the officer with a -- charged the officer with a box cutter. >> he immediately fell to the ground. fell down on his side. >> the officer acted within our policy to defend their own life. >> reporter: some wonder if the man understood what the officers were saying. >> there is no question. he doesn't speak english. >> reporter: officers handcuffed the suspect but once they saw he was shot they uncuffed him and treated him and later he died. the officer is now on administrative leave. paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a new report is found that oakland police are still having trouble with crucial radio communications even after the new $18 million system. they installed the radio last year after years of complaints of service problems. a report finds this system could have poor reception, especially indoors. >> this is a big concern for us when it comes to office

. >> how every case must be fallowed, then next week reverend jerold linder better be in handcuffs in this courthouse. >> reporter: the district attorney defended the charges. >> he drove gift miles, put a fake name, put on gloves and beat up an elderly man. we charged william lynch for the crimes that he committed. >> reporter: the district attorney has a week to decide if it wants to retry william lynch on the lesser assault charges. more tonight at 10:00. live in san jose, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we have new information tonight in the shooting death of a man accused of being a pimp to a san francisco teen. two more team are now -- people are now facing charges. ktvu's ken pritchett is live where he learned about a video that shows the suspects together before the deadly shooting. ken? >> reporter: in this complaint, very detailed documents we obtained today, investigators say it was the father of the girl who fired the deadly shot and the father was with the two men who were arraigned. and the documents say there is fbi video that shows the three men together, one ho

they fallowed all policies and procedures. >> all of the information, all of the investigation is not completed and i will share with you this is probably going to be a developing story. >> >>> we are learning ross mirkarimi wife ellana lopez is set to fly back to san francisco from venezuela to testify. she is expected to testify next wednesday to defend him. she said her husband should not have been prosecuted and that mayor ed lee's pursuit of stripping him is a political witch hunt. >>> supporters of proper 29 they want a recount. he says a recount request was filed by the monday deadline and ballots for 100 ninety one will -- 191 will be reviewed. >>> farmers and supporters of food are gearing up over proper 37. the right to know food act requires labels for all such food. polls show 90% of the voters are in favor of it. but food producers are preparing for a fight against it. >> by putting a label on food you are leaving consumers the impression something is wrong or they are unsafe. >> prop 37 opponents say it will create a california only law that will make it more expensive f

the fed has put the money in, it's lying fallow at the reserve banks.wing at the slowest pace in modern times. jobs and gdp growth, despite all this fed pump priming, they're taking credit for the stock market, as is rick mishkin, has done nothing for the economy, for the economy and ordinary people. >> i don't want to take credit for the stock market but i want to emphasize when you look at the way monetary policy works, the way it works is by affecting the asset price. in particular, it affects interest rates. that's the key way it works. the research shows it did have an impact in this way. now, has it been enough to overcome the problems of the economy? absolutely not. we're sitting with a deleveraging process that's brutal for the economy. we have crazy politician who is may send us over a fiscal cliff and creating uncertainty so people aren't investing as much as they should. these are big problems. the fed is doing what it can do. it's dealing with a lot of headwinds because of not only bad behavior in the u.s. look at the european politicians an

. >> reporter: the obama administration has said it would leave pot clubs alone if they fallowed law. but they became a target because they got too big. they said they obeyed all laws, paid taxes taxes and still threatened. >> if the u.s. attorneys are allowed to come after us, no other medical marijuana dispensaries will be safe anywhere in the country. >> reporter: we are back live. it is unclear if president obama will see the protesters but one demonstrator is convinced the president knows they are out there. reporting live, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >> president obama's challenger mitt romney campaigned today in southern california. mitt romney attended a round table in coasta mesa this morning. he touched on healthcare. >> i would like to get healthcare to become far more market driven. far more -- with more power in the hands of the consumer. >> yesterday mitt romney attended three fundraisers in the bay area. officials said today his two day trip through california is bringing in $10 million. >>> we are staying on top of the president's visit and the protesters facing off

. >> food production remains our priority. 10 years ago, 12% of our land lay fallow because europe was producing too much food, it must be possible to think about using that land to grow by amass -- biomass. >> researchers say wind and solar power are a more efficient and environmentally friendly way of producing energy, and they do not affect the climate. >> back to our top story now. we are less than an hour away from the opening ceremonies of the 2012 bullet the games, and it looks like the well-kept secret will stay that way until the big moment -- opening ceremonies of the 2012 olympic games. >> if you are wondering who will be lighting that olympic flame, we are all in the same boat there. 80,000 people in the stadium, hundreds of millions of people around the world will find out simultaneously which athlete has been chosen for that honor. let's go now live to london and our sports correspondent, who joins us from outside the olympic stadium. the atmosphere must be absolutely electric. what has been happening? >> you are right. it is wonderful. you might not be able to tell+ from

the business tax measure put forth by supervisors of fallows, kim, campos, and a lot gate is a clearof what is needed to raise the revenue for san francisco. itq:g- is targeted at the highet growth companies that do business here in the city. there should not be a fear of losing businesses that pay little or no taxes. there should be more concerned on keeping families in sf. i come from a small community, from district 10 and i am proud to say that the small business act i would like to support. and seeing small businesses thrive on community support brings the heart of the city. the city has numerous support when it comes to mom-and-pop stores and not to hear a flinn script on paying taxes is kind of disheartening. i hope the tax is the best we can come up with. supervisor chu: thank you. >> thank you for hearing me. i am city college student and also a member of students making a change. it is an estimate that many businesses for the past 10 years have not been paying their share of taxes. i am urging you guys to support the business tax measure put forth and it seems like it is th

lying fallow as it were doing no harm on the balance sheet of the fed out this takes just a moment of explanation so you mentioned in your question that in order to purchase these treasury bills bonds and mortgages the fed must print the money to do so that's central banking one hundred one it does that it prints it materializes money that didn't exist before in order to buy the securities with which which through which purchases it manipulates our financial system so the question you ask is a very good one namely what happens to these bills bonds and mortgages that the fed and other central banks have accumulated in such unimaginable volume what will they go and do they have to have to sell them so that the feds idea is that it will it will immobilise the dollars it created to buy these things by dexterously raising more manipulating the interest rate on the dollars that the central the commercial banks have a deposit at the fed now that is perhaps partially intelligible but the central point is that the central banks believe that they have the the nimbleness and the judgment in the

. >>> researchers fallowed 4,000 woman and asked them about the amount of coffee they drink. 5 or moreps of coffee had their chances of becoming pregnant cut in half. >>> a sacramento man says he found a way to stop the hick aupsups and now he -- hiccups. it is called the hiccup stick and you place it across your mouth, bite down and drink a glass of water. >> i had a pen in my mouth and drank water and i noticed a change. enough to say what happened. >>> our forecast, lot of people thinking about fog. let's turn new mark tamayo in for bill tonight. >> right now it is fine but the fog is too close for comfort near the golden gate bridge. as you can see on the maps, there is the coverage out there. the fog from pacifica, half moon bay, towards marin headlands, i used to go there to watch the fireworks. few patches into the bay. san francisco clear skies downtown. as far as the winds, winds gusting to 25 miles per hour. there is still quite a bit of chop out there on the water. as far as temperatures from today, they ranged from the 60s in san francisco. warmest location's inland, lower

for more, we turn to james fallows, national correspondent for "the atlantic."his latest book is "china airborne." >> my pleasure. >>. >> what do you make of this announcement, it's significance and it's typing. >>. type-- timing i think the announcement she has been formally indicted for murder. we have seen that coming. the story has a whole nobody hs considered this. her lawyers are not able to argue her innocence. and no one knows if she will get the death penalty or not. >> this won't be an american-style capital case where you have lawyers and pleadings and trials and appeals. >>. >> there are no judges. the lawyer will argue rrow grounds. they will say she was concerned for her son's welfare and that is why she should be punished in some other way than sentenced to death. what has been the political fall out from this for the communist party and for china? >> it's enormous. six months ago or a year ago most people would have thought the husband of the gu kailai was a rising politician. he had been expecting to be one of the members of the standing committ

it sort of continued to play out as farce with a visit to the googler's vegetable patch which was fallowbecause it was winter and then this delicious lunch of salmon, these great greens and peanut butter cups. and the invitation for each person in turn that had been invite inside lunch to tell me how much they liked working at google. and the degree to which this was the outlier among the dozens and dozens of places i visited was striking, and even more striking begin google's mission statement of organizing and distributing the world's information and the sense that i had that they should be held to a high or standard. that given how much we end trust them, that trust wasn't returned, and there was a sense that, don't worry, we'll take care of you. all of you don't need to understand this. unlike the dozens of other network engineers who made sure that i understood this and could then share that. and then when i said, oh, i'm disappointed not to have gotten the chance to see inside these buildings, the response was that governors and senators have been disappointed too. which was a pres

as jim mentioned, we were colleagues back when and i have been a jim fallows fan for my whole career. it was a great privilege to have him work and what i appreciated was that when i managed to convince jim to come on board one of my hopes was that he would be a bit of a role model for the very young staff that we have there and he accomplished that in and i greatly am appreciative of that. >> the magazine went from being the baddest magazine in the history of the world to not being around a year later but it was great while we were there. [laughter] >> that's right, rapid rise and fall. there are a lot of kinds of topics we could discuss and i thought i would start out by asking what i think is one of the core questions relating to american relationships with china and especially business relationships with china and it's certainly a core part of the book. and that has to do with how american companies and especially high-tech companies with intellectual property can and should relate to their chinese counterparts. you talk a lot about boeing's enormous role and the role of certain i