that is the chemical used in a fertilizer bomb that blew up the federal city of oklahoma city building and used in the bombed in norway. under this proposal, anyone selling or transferring at least 25 pounds of chemicals would have to register with the government and be screened against u.s. terror of watchless. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> every weekend it is american history tv on c-span3. telling the americans corporatewatch personal interviews about historic events on "oral history." some of the best known history writers. revisit key figures, battles, and events during the 150th anniversary of the civil war. as a college classrooms across the country during lectures in history. go behind the scenes at museums and historic sites on "american artifacts." "the presidency" looks at past american presidents. they are complete schedule at c- span.org/history and it e-mailed overtime you. >> you are watching c-span, bringing you politics and public affairs. every morning it is "washington journal," our live call-in program about the news of the day, connecti

she is in charge of administering and conducting coordination with federal and city agencies. penalties, she was instrumental in facilitating that. she is a diligent individual. for example, in 2009, she worked with the information technology subdivision to streamline the scheduling process and leaving countless hours of human labor. the acting director is here to present the award. >> i have asked her to come up and speak a few words. >> i want to thank her for her hard work and dedication. she really is a work force. she does what ever i s curve. she compiles all types of statistical reports. she has run the program very well and i am lucky to have an employee like her. >> i want to say thank you to everyone and i appreciated very much. >> thank you for the very difficult job that you do. [applause] >> the next award is being bestowed upon walter. leaves that to them by -- will you step to the mic? walter is a transit car cleaner. his effortws working alongside workers and cleaning graffiti have produced half of the improvements in the appearance of articulated buses. they h

the residents of san francisco by agreeing to settle the lawsuit that the city stands a reasonable chance of winning in federal court. neighborhoods like mine and others around the city rely on, you our selected officials to represent and protect us in these types of situations to the fullest extent possible under law to proceed with the litigation until it is revolved by a trial and please vote to deny this lawsuit. supervisor kim: thank you. any over speakers on this item? >> good afternoon, supervisors. i live right next to 725 taraval street and t-mobile try to install and i what i want to say and those speakers have said already and i have a sheet of paper and i like living in the neighborhood because it's close to the supermarket, transportation, school, church, restaurant, everything, but except one thing. they try to install the antenna nd my hose areas. family and the neighbors. and i want you to stop me and install the antenna in this area. thank you so much. supervisor kim: thank you, mr. lee. and all members of the public that filled out speaker cards have spoken, please step up. if you have not fi

the fertilizer based bomb that devastated the federal building in oklahoma city and the human devastation it left behind. >>> and the attack on the center, nine years before 9/11. t are you reading, sweetie? her diary. when you're done, i'd love some feedback. sure. your mom and i read that thing cover-to-cover. loved it. thanks. would you mind if i cut the lawn this weekend? only if you let me talk to your mother on the phone for hours on end. done. [ male announcer ] u-verse brings peace to the family. at&t u-verse lets you record four shows at once from any room and play them back on any tv. get u-verse tv for only $29 a month for 6 months. in the network, everyone can get along. get u-verse tv for only $29 a month for 6 months. >>> the bombing a week ago in norway's capital reminded people of the attack at the federal building in oklahoma city. in part because both attacks used the same materials. officials would charge timothy mcvay of the crime. and we first brought you this report on the eve of that execution. >> reporter: it was too horrible to behold. inconceivable that someone w

. >>> and the city got federal help fighting crimes. why people in the south bay were cheering that decision. good evening, i'm dana king. >> and i'm ken. a silicon valley giant is calling it quits. nobody bigger than this guy, steve jobs stepped down as ceo of apple, saying he can no longer do the job. we have team coverage on the announcement that sent shock waves through the tech world. linda yee spoke with apple customers. we begin with kit in cupertino. >> steve jobs said he could no longer fulfill the duties and expectations as ceo. the news went viral and within minutes all of the employees knew. it was long awaited. long expected, but a shock nonetheless. the apple employees that were talking at the company's headquarters had nothing but nice things to say. >> he's a good guy, good boss. a good company. >> oh, wishing the best everything in life. >> steve jobs was last seen in public in june, coming back briefly from medical leave. but he didn't seem to miss a beat. no other ceo is aligned with their company's brand quite like j

he was the chairman of the kansas city federal -- i cannot think of it. >> can the city federal reserve. >> he is one bright man. a perfect ticket. i was impressed with mr. kcain. >> some views of the iowa state fairgrounds. some of the food items available, butter on a stick, pork chop on a stick. next phone call. stephen from highland, idaho. you are next. caller: i just do not understand these politicians. i do not understand where this is coming from. i lost my train of thought, i am sorry. >> next to jeff, from des moines, iowa. caller: the pentagon is eating up the budget. other than ron paul, nobody is talking about this. we did not have many journalists in this country anymore, with the exception of c-span. they are just stenographers to power. "the des moines register" just faithfully reports when these people said. that is not journalism, it is stenography. >> a lot of attention on the news item here at the state fair, you can see the sign for deep-fried butter. deep-fried butter getting a lot of attention. wonder exactly what it tastes like and how you deep-fried daughter. fr

as you know tom, every year, the kansas city federal reserve hosts this economic conference. the most anticipated event is a keynote speech by fed chairman ben bernanke. >> tom: susie, the kansas city fed has been holding this event for more than 30 years. its part brainstorming session, part social event. but last year the whole world was watching what was going on at this wyoming resort. that's when bernanke unveiled the fed's plan for a second round of quantitative easing known as q.e. two. under that plan, the fed spent seven months, buying $600 billion worth of u.s. i.o.u.'s >> susie: tom, now everyone, not just economists are hoping that bernanke will present a grand plan to boost the u.s. economy and stave off another recession. his speech is next friday morning. we'll have complete coverage and analysis. >> tom: here's some other things we're watching for next week. our friday market monitor guest is hank smith, chief investment officer of haverford investments. we'll also see the july reports on durable goods and new home sales. monday, with local municipalities in ca

latest weekly jobless claims numbers, earnings from big lots and krispy kreme, and the kansas city federal reseve bank kicks off its annual symposium in jackson hole wyoming. also tomorrow, our "planet forward" segment turns to floating houses-- a unique green solution to flood-prone areas. rock-bottom interest rates aren't boosting mortgage applications. the mortgage bankers association says applications fell last week to their lowest pace in 15 years, with refinancings accounting for 80% of the market. the problem? the lousy economy, high unemployment and tough credit standards making it difficult for buyers to qualify for a mortgage. economists think the housing market won't rebound until the job market picks up. >> tom: apple continues to drive growth in the tablet computer market. we'll have more on our breaking news on apple in a couple of moments. in the meantime the research firm upped its forecast for tablet sales. 60 million this year, 275 million in four years. apple's i pad dominates the market and that dominance has knocked out one competitor, hewlett-packard abandoned its tou

the explosive substance was used in the bomb that gutted the murray federal building in oklahoma city back in 1995. and reportedly also in the deadly bomb that tore through central oslo norway a few weeks ago. proposed rules would require anyone who buys at least 25 pounds of the material to register with the federal government. right now, no watches or warnings towards new england. the tropical storm is expected to gain strength and speed for the next few days. haiti's government is on alert for possible dangerous flooding and mud slides. wolf? >> thank very much. we'll check back with you. let's hope for the best on that front. the budget ax is falling and americans are about to pay the price. education, highway construction, food inspections, a lot more. they are all targeted in the newly signed debt deal. and if the debt deal didn't calm the financial markets, what will. i'll talk about today's plunge and what will happen for tomorrow. cnn's richard quest is standing by live. [ male announcer ] 95% of all americans aren't getting enough whole grain. but actually, it's never been e

the oakland mayor announced that the city has asked for federal help to try to swap the influx of gunsthe city. >>> vallejo police say two young children were tied up, left with cuts and bruises and not enough to eat. tonight, their mom's girlfriend is one of the two under arrest in connection with this case. robert lisles spoke with the children's mother who says her 5-year-old son is making it all up. >> reporter: vallejo police describe what happened inside apartment n2 in three words. >> it's definitely outrageous. >> reporter: they're charged with corporeal punishment but police say the reality is much more horrific. >> the kids would be caught lying and thrown in a tub of ice water. >> reporter: vallejo police arrested 45-year-old ferris. their victim, a 5-year-old boy and his 4-year-old sister say police who were strapped with ropes. >> and tied up inside the bathtub. the girl who's 4 was tied one time to the commode. >> reporter: paula perez tells cbs 5 the five and your-year- olds are her children and ferris is her partner of one year. >> brendan has a mark on his arm from wra

. >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >>> a federal court approved the city of vallejo's plan to emerge from bankruptcy. the $50 million plan includes low interest payments to creditors, leaner employ econ tracts and reduced benefits to retirees. vallejo filed for chapter 9 bankruptcy protection in 2008 in order to deal with tens of millions of dollars in debt. >>> charges against the former international monetary fund chief may soon be dropped. that's according to the attorneys for the hotel housekeeper who accused dom niece strauss-kahn -- dominique strauss-kahn in may. she will meet with prosecutors on monday for an update on the case. a status hearing is set for tuesday. >>> tropical storm irene is roaming toward puerto rico, but its path is somewhat unpredictable. it could become a hurricane later in the week. it could be the first hurricane of the season to hit the state. >>> and lightning is striking the george washington bridge in new york. severe weather in the northeast is causing problems for travelers and delays at youportson the east coast. >>> i

city, state and federal efforts to try to reduce crime in oakland. police chief is saying that the u.s. attorney general is going to send special attorneys to the city. they will file heavier charges for gun offenses in oakland. that will be with help from more officers coming from the state. then decreasing crime has to come from the community. >> the biggest part, we have to get this community involved. here in oakland, we have a lot of programs. as a city, not just as a police department, a council or a city, we're going to have to retool what we do and look at what is work and not working. >> crime is up across the bay area. the chief plans to say with the department for his three year contract, because this work is not done. >>> two men fishing for crab had to be recued this afternoon. after their boat run into time prosecutorspeller problem. the boat left berkeley this morning and was stuck near the lighthouse. the net that there used to catch crab was tangled in the boat's propeller killing the engine. one man was able to jump into the rock. th

united states is two to three times what it was last year at the jackson hole meeting of the kansas city federal reserve which means his ability to do more monetary stimulus and i think i agree with you that would be of marginal impact is heavily curtailed by the inflation rate he faces today much higher than last year when access to place and revision is speculation here if president obama had tapped you instead of alan krueger to head has a council of economic set by economic advisers what would you tell the president at the moment you know we see if you as he has explained as you've explained there's not much that that congress has read lots of obama's let's announce his jobs plan next week what is your as an economist advice to the president. well i think the president obama has enough trouble with enough opponents that he had suggested me as economic advisory probably have one more problem and seem to have plenty on his plate that being said i think when you have a structural economic downturn which we have not the normal business cycle but a real sign that the structure of the basic functi

. >> city, state, and federal efforts to reduce crime in oakland. the police chief there today said the u.s. attorney general is sending special attorneys to the city. those attorneys will file heavier charges for gun offenses in oakland. that help will be in addition to more officers coming from the state. chief bat says the next step, decreasing crime, has to be from the community. >> the biggest part is we have to get this community involved. here in oakland, we have a will the of sophisticated programs. what we have to do as a city, not just as a police department, but as a city. we're going to have to retool what we do and look at what works and what isn't working and make some changes. >> the chief says crime is up all across the bay area. he says that he intends to stay with the department for at least the duration of his three- year contract because his work there is just not done. >> two men fishing had to be rescued this afternoon after their boat ran into propeller problems. the men set sail from beckly and then got stuck. the net they use

city. the federal buildings have been evacuated in washington, d.c. and here in new york. now we are getting reports that the government buildings here including city hall have been evacuated or are in the process. the lower downtown new york city federal courthouse was situation. hundreds of people were seen leaving the building there. and now we are getting reports from one of our fox edge reporters that j.f.k. airport has been shut down. he was on a plane when the quake hit. doug, are you with me by phone? >> reporter: we are next in line for takeoff. the pilot had to stop and shut engines down. we are just told the tower has been evacuated and everything is at a standstill. we are actually on the way to martha's vineyard. the pilot initially speculated the delay may be because the president was on the move. but it's because of this earthquake. megyn: how long did you feel the shaking? >> reporter: it's difficult to say. you are about approach, the engines king. you feel the plane itself shaking. i'm not sure if we felt any of that shaking in and of itself. but the pilot

police promise and arrests soon, the mayor asked for state and federal help. one city official warns >> you only see the insanity on the streets of oakland worse and not better. >> a vigil for three year old carlos is happening right now in oakland. we are their lives. >> over 400 people were on the sidewalk and poured onto the street at one point. there is still a large crowd gathering where the memorial has been set up over there. ticket to the video from earlier, you can see people sitting in all day they have been dropping of stuffed animals, candles, signing a peace of paper with his picture on it. the city of oakland call this a call to action to stop the violence. among them was a woman that was in her car when she heard the gunshots and came to little boys aid. >> i just heard the lady screaming my son, my son got shot and i just ran out of my car and i just started helping her and we just laid him on the floor because we cannot move him and he was being strong trying to open his eyes the cannot open his eyes anymore. that is when the ambulance got here but i t

city says it will pay off. >> it's appear expensive installation but they can generally get tax credits from the federal government>> the city estimates that the businesses will make around a quarter of a million dollars a year. but supporters say the push to go green is just as important. the program is expected to start as early as next year. >> as long as we bring on the sunshine, right, roberta? >>> i'm looking at the stats. if you wanted a record high temperature in san jose for this date would you have to go back to when dana was a little girl in 1933. >> now it starts. >> actually that's when my mother was born. >> ah! >> yes. >> okay. >> don't talk about my mama. [ laughter ] >> that's off limits. this is going to get real ugly, nah-nah! dana is my sista! >>> on with the weather, roberta, before we get fired. >> you have there the clouds moving into the bay rushing into the bay. we had temperatures today of 65 degrees in san francisco to 90 degrees for the warmest spot of our inland areas in morgan hill, livermore and in concord. this is your pinpoint weather and you see that the clouds are now -- this is

council just set aside $800,000 to hire five criminal analysts to stop oakland crime but the city needs federal help and brooks is lobbying for shotspotter technology. >> i think will address the problem. >> reporter: but it's costly when oakland's police force is diminished by budget cuts. the d.a.'s office says it's that fact that may have emboldened yesterday's shooters. >> not enough officers on the streets contributes to the feeling that i can do whatever i want on the streets. i can shoot people in the middle of the day in a business intersection and nothing will happen to me. >> reporter: guys, again hearing some late breaking reports of a possible arrest in this case, information that again still needs to be confirmed. but hearing that there may be an arrest out of town, you will remember if you saw our coverage yesterday that there was a of lawmakers to solve the case -- there was a large group of lawmakers to solve the case. they were confident they would have an arrest. unconfirmed reports of an arrest in the case. >> thank you. >>> it was a somber day in delaware as the bodies of 30

federal law. when we look at what we can do as a city, we are bound by the state and federal law. we have taken creative approaches and eliminate the accessiblity of fireman it is. we have more work to do >> i think one of the most damaging lines. one youth told us. he is more scared of getting caught without a gun on the street than caught with a gun by the police. it's a direct and general order, we will accept any gun. no questions asked. it's booked as found property. you know brothers and sisters and people who have guns. make the call. we have hot lines. we have to get them off the street. we talk about these injunctions. i often wonder what's going to happen. now that we have done all this enforcement. the next wave is the next wave the kids. are we protecting them? i have been doing gang work for 20 years. it's embarrassing that we are arresting grandsons and grand kids. we have to stop that trend. it's not like if plea and mr. adachi get in a fight. here we go. you are gone. we better stop that trend. cheryl. >> i was just go to ask cheryl. her viewpoints on use with guns

supervisor wiener brought about the federal courthouse in san francisco. the city has been renting them off for 40 years and as one reason why the 49ers are leaving. the middle class no longer lives in san francisco. that is reason why the forty- niners are leaving. over the years, i have used the a fiction defense initiative. -- the fiction defense initiative. they helped me on a dispute, on a piece of property where they were doing the best of the abatement with no guidelines. the city has only one error controller. this will stand on campaign financing, running for the mayor, and other city officers. as an employee of the city and county of san francisco. i think that has to come to an end. either resign your position or run for mayor. we are financing you on the public payroll to become the mayor we're getting a salary and pension with no risks whatsoever. this has to come to an end. i think you for your time. >> my name is nancy and i am asking for for an agenda of out auden's and a situation about the local homeless coordinating board. we have been reading ab

federal officials. now this comes as the city ends a collaboration with the feds. stephanie chuang is in san jose where some are concerned that the recent headway against gangs may not last. good afternoon, stephanie. >> reporter: the feds are wrapping up a two-day visit here in san jose to figure out how the city has been fighting gang crime. but this comes just 48 hours after police here dropped help from federal immigration agents a move that has some people here a bit concerned. >> represents where i was raised at. >> reporter: art mendoza's tattoo reminds him where he grow up in the meadowfair area. >> it's one of the northern gang hubs for san jose. >> reporter: a gang hub, he believes, will thrive again after san jose police cut ties with federal agents two days ago. >> i think it's going to start surging up after a couple of months when they actually see things going you know -- calming down. everybody's hiding right now. >> reporter: there hasn't been a homicide here for more than two months. police chief chris moore credits his plan of reassigning 38 metr

murrow federal building in oklahoma city.eople bu, selling or transferring at least 25 pounds of ammonium nitrate should have to register with the united states government. so the feds can check their names against the terror watch list. a spokeswoman for the vertizer industry says that industry supports the move. quoting here. this provides for an added layer of public safety while preserving this valuable fertilizer for its intended use. well, after weeks of bitter fighting over the debt limit. last night lawmakers on both sides found something they could all celebrate. [cheers] it was inyesterdayable will. seven months after she suffered gunshot wound to her head. reaction to her surprise appearance coming up. more blood shed on the streets of syria. situation is escalating now. the question will the united states get involved there? as it did in libya? a live report straight ahead as fox reports live tonight. but, first, a man credited with the technique that saved thousands of lives is dead tonight. and you're probably f

the city's insurer says the flash flooding was not caused by a drainpipe failure which would have been covered. capitola was also turned down for state and federaldisaster relief. the city says it plans to the l >>> coming up next, paul mccarney gets caught up in the british phone hacking scandal. what he's saying about it next. ñççe". >>> former beatle paul mccartny has been put into the british phone hacking scandal. a journalist working for murdoch said he had been spying on their messages. >>> kind of back to normal. eight runs yesterday apparently merely an aberration. giants scorers have trouble hitting mediocre hitters. cliff lee delivers another reminder this ain't last year. sign that guy. look at the shoulders on those guys. pat burrell wondering around out there. disappears spared down the left field, way gown. baumgartner a hit later. and gone solo shot 2-0, baumgartner seven strong. cliff lee beaten twice last year. not this time around. gets some defensive help from ryan hunter. seven hitter, wins his 11th and burrell lighten up out there. i guess they'll sign him after all. >>> it is a hard knock life in the nfl always a huge coll

and it was rusty before installed. >> a state highway through a federal national park connecting an independently managed bridge to city streets. this is a prescription for complication. >> it became clear unless there was one catalyst organization that took it on as a challenge, it wouldn't happen and we did that and for people to advocate. and the project has a structural rating of 2 out of 100. >> you can see the rusting reinforcing in the concrete when you look at the edges now. the deck has steel reinforcing that's corroded and lost 2/3's of its strength. >> this was accelerated in 1989 when the earthquake hit and cal came in and strengthened but can't bring to standards. to fix this road will cost more than to replace. and for the last 18 years, we have been working on a design to replace the road way, but to do in a way that makes it appropriate to be in a national park and not army post. >> i would say it's one of the most ugly structure, and it's a barrier between the mar sh and presidio. and this is a place and i brought my dogs and grandchildren and had a picnic lunch and it was memorable to use them when we