grew up on the eastside of flint. both of my parents came from irish catholic families, and my mom's family actually were pioneers in the area. they first came here in the 1830s in michigan. that my dad's family, you know they all went -- worked for factories and all that. they have all been great influences on me and feel very fortunate to have been. >> how often do you get back to flint? >> i am there every month. i live north of flint in northern michigan so my dad still lives down there. i am down there once or twice a month, spend a number of days there. he still drives and goes to mass mass every day, ghosted gym. clearly i did not obey him. but, no, i visit flint quite a bit and of course all of my friends are still there. >> a politically active family? >> i wouldn't say politically active? one of the first things i remember is my parents debating kennedy and nixon and my mom was for nixon and my dad was for kennedy. i can remember them out in the garage amid the boxes or whatever having this political debate

but there are one decision away from being the next flint michigan. i think the cities in america that are willing to rebuild themselves and not simply pretend that we are the city that we used to be ironically are the cities that are going to be best positioned for growth in the future. now it's a city that is built for twice the number of people that we actually have so we think the kind of successful city that flint can be is going to is going to require that it become cleaner smaller. more sustainable. but also not every you know ever again. become dependent on one company. we've got thousands of abandoned houses we've got more houses than we have people so rather than simply selling those properties off to speculators that's the whole idea is that we get the property into the hands of land bank turn to turn to the neighborhood you know and there were areas where. is one was we had gardens this spring i'm going to go more to southern food because i went to the farmer's market this year and the first day the i had crowd of peas black eyed peas purp

how fragile their economy was because it was always their general motors was actually born here in flint grew up here. people worked in the factories especially in the after the one nine hundred forty s. made very good wages. more than a college graduate would make. you look at. this house like thousands of others. was abandoned and when people leave they don't take their houses with them and they also don't pay taxes anymore on the property and so my office. is responsible for tax collection and when people abandon their property and stop paying taxes we take that to court we get a judgment and take ownership of the property so this house now is owned by the land bank we get those properties and we try to make a decision about what to do with them with with all these thousands of abandoned houses. that brings back a lot of memories and that heard that bell ring. really. funny because the the sounds that i remember. i remember the church bell ringing and then i remember the factory whistle ringing you know the factory whistle saying it's time for the shift to start because you don't hear

flint was a great place to grow up. it was a middle-class town. our guest and not have to have a college education to earn a good wage. it puts food on the table and a roof over our heads. my generation was able to go to college. we had vacations every summer that were paid for. we had health insurance, everything. it was a quite a good existence. and the rich, the general motors executives and the top brass, they lived a really good life. even though there were paying a lot of money in taxes, they were taxed duffel monte, a full load. they paid it all. and i seem to remember them living in really big mansions, having a great life. and for some reason, i guess that was not good enough for them and their class. they wanted more and more and more. and and of was the dirtiest word in their language. so they could not get enough and they still cannot get enough. growing up in that environment, plus the sit-down strike that started the uaw was there, and all of that played into -- i was very fortunate to grow up in flint. tavis: people know from fallin

valid criticism is that we have to rebuild every neighborhood and we have to somehow recreate the flint of the past it's not going to happen it's not going to happen no matter what we do in it shouldn't happen and so i reject that criticism that somehow by acknowledging that we should be smaller that that sounds like defeat. in the us we've had this. you know antiquated notion of our manifest destiny that will simply go west and get bigger and this has allowed us i think to make the mistakes of forgetting what's left behind. the notion that bigger is better is a fallacy a false promise it's not true it comes from the american west we're expansion it's primarily it's this american obsession with growth and expansion. in the u.s. most american cities have barely one hundred years of history in that the difficulty is that in many cases flint detroit both being prime examples we've had one period of growth followed by one period of decline in. we can't see far enough to realize that that's not the birth life and death of a city but it's the cycle. i think for a long time this notion in amer

now they don't work there any more. >> i'm sorry but -- >> can you come up to flint with us?cannot come up to flint, i'm sorry. >> a clip from yt roger and me" and the latest book is "here comes trouble: stories from my life." a catalog of trouble. back to your early days. you were a natural born mischief maker albeit driven by a sense of purpose. >> i wasn't just like putting gum in girl's hair or stuff like that. >> you were unusually mature. you were doing weird things. you were making firebrand speeches against racists and stuff at school. this was unusual behavior. where did it come from? >> i don't know. i honestly don't have a good answer for that. i was raised by very good parents. my mother and my father are irish catholic, good people, taught my sisters and i the difference between right and wrong, that we should always follow our conscience and that we should stand up for the little guy. if somebody was being bullied in the playground, i was usually the biggest kid in the class. so i'd step in and try and stop the bully from, you know, beating up the littler kid. i

american cities have barely one hundred years of history and the difficulty is that in many cases flint detroit both in prime examples we've had one period of growth followed by one period of decline and we can see far enough to realize that that's not the birth life and death of a city but it's a cycle. i think for a long time this notion in america that bigger was better was simply an on the street in fact for most people there was no reason to assume otherwise people didn't have. the long term vision to think that we could ever run out of space because we had so much of it people didn't have the vision to see that the smoke coming out of our tailpipes could possibly do us harm and today we're paying for that but at the time it was simply just this deep love affair that we had with space and this whole notion of the american dream having your own house with your yard in your own garage of a car that's of great but is unnecessary. the fact that g.m. was so out of touch with the rest of the world i think that's directly connected to the fact that the united states was so out of touch wi

use the former pastor of sacred heart church in flint. father was now retired but still volunteering doing work that the project, helping out the poor and volunteering at my alternative newspaper the flint voice. living in downtown flint i'd stopped going to massachusetts six years prior, so father george was the closest thing i had to a priest and i very much believe in the central tenets of the faith to love one another, to love your enemy, to do unto others as you would want them to do to you. i agree that one had a personal responsibility to assist the poor, the infirm, the imprisoned and the look down upon. but i wasn't much in favor of the churches edicts when it came to many issues including ones that hurt people or make other sacrifices citizens like women or use the fires of hell to scare people about sex. i enjoyed my weekly and monthly meetings with him. and i would even attend mass in some of the churches where he conducted it. he became my de facto pastor. but now he wanted to tell me something. i had only known him at this p

larry flint took out ads in a few alternative papers yesterday.f any kind of illicit sexual liaison involving perry. he says he wants to know about any kind of encounter, whether it's gay or straight and he wants documented evidence. the offer is similar to previous efforts by larry flint to embarrass public figures he does not like. >>> ten minutes now before 9:00. you can visit yosemite national park for free tomorrow. the park is celebrating national public lands day. entrance fees are waived for all visitors but you will still have to pay camping, lodging and activity fees. national public lands day is the nation's largest hands on volunteer effort to . [ stand by for captions ] >>> joints chief of staff chairman admiral mike mullen said pakistan's intelligence agency played a direct role in supporting the insurgents who carried out the deadly attack on theist embassy in kabul last week. pakistan's foreign minister condemned the allegations and warned the u.s. that it risked losing pakistan as an ally. >>> yemen's president is calling for a ce

. >> troy flint assured me contracts in place a some the hundreds of thousands of dollars scored the upgrades that could not be revoked and the wheels were in motion and right now there are no plann to make lake view a sharter school. >> school board of education meeting is slated to start in just minutes. nick smith abc sevennews. >> a bake sale is leaving a sour taste. it was sponsored by the berkeley college of republicans. it was in reponce to the bill on governor brown's desk that aloww universities to consider race, and gender and ethnicity. goodies were priced to the same criteryampt whites $1.50 and blackks 75 cents. i am offended. it is fine to make a point. you can't make it at our pence. >> right is not constitutional to discriminate people on race. as it would instill in the college admissions process. >> that bill would essentially cancel prop 209 that banned race as consideration for admission. voters passed that in 1996. >> a san mateo family is trying to cope with loss of their two dogs after being shot and killed by the police. >> the dogings escaped and were threate

it happened during the great depression when workers rose up in my town of flint, michigan, where theodern day union movement began because people took over the gm factories. this is what happens when people have had it. this is just going to build and build. what i see here, i don't think your cameras can pick this up. you see a variety of americans here shall the mosaic of this country. you have young people here. you have senior citizens here. you have teachers here. you have nurses here. you have unemployed people here. you have young people who will be paying off student loans until their 40s. if they lived in any other western democracy, they wouldn't be in hock for half of their adult lives. >> you don't want to miss the lawrence o'donnell show "the last word" on the biggest issues and most compelling stories of the day. it airs weeknights at 8:00 p.m. only on msnbc, the place for politics. >>> coming up, spills, chills, and th and thrills on the very last day of baseball's season. includes a dramatic two-out home run for the rays and even more drama to come. you are watching "

provides even more influence to the your already overwhelming flints of concentrated capital so it's harder and harder to distinguish between the elected officials and. economic concentration it never was easy to distinguish i should say this is not something novel but now it's sort of reaching the extreme level but what's left of america's democratic system if this is the process that has been cemented in place and what is really left if from every angle there's these very nicely just take a look at public opinion they'll tell you. about two thirds of the public thinks the entire congress would be thrown out. but that doesn't mean that it's going to happen no but it means that the system isn't working and the public knows it. the popularity of favor ability rating for congress and single digit president not much higher in the same month across all other institutions it's a very widespread sense that everything is going wrong that tells you the democratic system is just not functioning now in fact i don't want to suggest that this is totally new so you go back a century and you can s

. >> reporter: troy flint also said it's not just budget constraints forcing the districts to close schools. ice also declining enrollment. three weeks ago, the district posted a list of eight elementary schools and two middle schools slated to close, so now the list is down to just five elementary schools, and many parents and teachers, i imagine, are breathing a sigh of relief. again, a final decision on all of this is expected at tuesday's school board meeting. live in oakland tonight, monte francis, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, monte. >>> investigators in richmond are trying to find a hit-and-run driver who killed a man in a wheelchair. the accident happened yesterday evening near 34th street and esmond avenue in richmond. 52-year-old david cox was struck from behind and thrown from his wheelchair. he was pronounced dead at the hospital. neighbors say he had been fighting to make his neighborhood sidewalks handicap safe and that he was on the street side because his wheelchair couldn't get through all the curbs. >> everybody's really down about it and just doesn't understand how, yo

that as a nation we've got to get serious about teaching our young people about how to eat i was in flint michigan a couple of years ago and the kids there were telling me that eat hot cheetos and drink mountain dew for breakfast and that's what they're going to school on which is not it's not going to work they're not going to get educated that way so as communities and we need to teach our children how to eat we need to make sure that communities have fresh fruits and vegetables and they have access to fresh fruits and vegetables safe places to exercise access to quality health care across the board that's that's absolutely spot on tanya louis lee thanks so much for the great work that you're doing and for being on the program and i'm sure it with us thank you so much for having me it's in our frankly it's an embarrassment for the richest country in the world to have so many symptoms of true pardi. it's time for the good the bad of the very very. locks so goal the internet is that way. anyway good mark kidding the north carolina based advertising company created a new online video game

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addiction for the metal has him laughing all the way to the bank joins me from my discussion with gerald flint. the images the world is seeing out of syria a country seemingly on the brink of revolution but in a country where foreign correspondents are few and far between is there serious manipulation coming from the mainstream media we'll hear from our reporter inside the country. he and i really. mean i do believe that people have the right to do whatever they want. even the right to watch for in a public library it's a hard questions during a passionate debate we'll take you to the big apple where debbie does the library legally. good evening it's friday september second seven pm here in washington d.c. i am lauren lyster and you're watching our t.v. well new jobs numbers came out today showing that for august for the first time since nineteen forty five. the u.s. has created literally no jobs zero was the net job creation now the unemployment rate that means is unchanged it's nine point one percent which it has been and guess what folks as obama gets ready to roll out a new jobs plan next

troy flint says that many lockdowns only last man is not our duty as oakland crime comes closer to the50 locations, a matter how long they last the situation can be scary for the students a special the younger ones. >> with little kids is more destructive and we tried to emphasize that they're safe. they're not in any danger, which is taking precautions to be safe. >> schools and high crime neighborhoods can experience 5 courier put me in the students have their fair share of exposure to violence. >> this is a reminder of some of the problems that we face the week and upper hand in san we have to be realistic. this is the city to oblivion. he has many of assets but these are also a lot of problems, problems that our kids do with every day and we have to provide them with as much support to work through these issues as possible. >> after the lockdown extra counselors are brought in to help the kids, pete-- teachers and parents do with their fears. >> and the police and the vandals slashed tires on within 50 cars in the span of just 24 hours less than that actually. calls started coming

candidate mitt romney will be holding a fund- raiser so expect to see plenty of traffic around the white flint mall. the latest poll puts romney in first place with 23% of prospective voters. texas governor rick perry comes in second at 19%. while fellow republican newt gingrich is hitting the reset button on his campaign hoping to shake things up. many eyes in the gop seem to be on new jersey governor chris christie. danielle nottingham has more on whether he'll run or not. >> reporter: newt gingrich is in iowa looking to use the new contract with america to jump- start his presidential campaign. the former speak of the house is unveiling a revised version of the plan that helped republicans win the house back in 1994 to try and break out of the gop field. >> we can get back to a balanced budget if we have the right reforms, and government will be smaller, leaner, and more effective. >> gingrich says he believes his campaign is gaining traction. a new poll puts him in front of romney and perry. >> i think the idea, the solution, the positive approach is beginning to work. >> reporter: republi

it happened during the great depression when workers rose up in my town of flint, michigan, where the modern day union movement began because people just took over the gm factories. this is what happens when people have had it. and it's not -- it's not about policy wonkness and beltway bull shit -- nobody wants to, nobody cares about that anymore. they are just going to descend on whether it's new york, whether it's in d.c., whether it's in los angeles, san francisco, this is just going to build and build. and you're going to see what i see here -- i don't think your family probably can't pick this up. you see a variety of americans here. you see really the mosaic of this country. you have young people here. you have senior citizens here. you have teachers here. you have nurses here. you have unemployed people here. you have young people who will be paying off student loans until their 40s. and if they lived in any other western democracy, they wouldn't be in hawk for half of their adult lives. this is -- i thought somebody put it best the other day when they said, the main reason peo

i grew up watching his work on flint, and this actually shows his life before he was a film maker. so i'm really looking forward to seeing these stories from his life. >> bob? >> i was going to say he is, we did a short interview with him in the paper, i think it was actually today which would be by the time you see this, last thursday, and he describes it as -- he says it's not a memoir, that's sort of an anti-memoir, just some stories including, um, i think he was 13 years old wandering around the capitol and got lost, and he ran into bobby kennedy. >> now, gentlemen, a book by michael moore, will that automatically be a large print run? >> i would say, yes. >> i'm sorry, jason, go ahead. >> oh, he has such a big following online already. if you go to his web site already, you can see all the people that are talking about this book. i think it's going to sell a lot of copies. >> well, two other well known authors who might generate automatic large print runs, and they're economic books. sylvia nasser and michael lewis. sylvia naser's coming out with grand pursuit: the story of ec

. >> capitalism destroyed my town, flint michigan. >> i'm talking but personally. >> that's me personally. that's my town. those are my family. that's my friends. people have suffered as a result of the greed from corporations like. >> you have earned a lot through capitalism, right? >> i have actually done pretty decent because people come see my movies. >> michael moore hopes the day comes when he doesn't have to promote a new book or movie. >> i totally reject the system. >> that you have made a lot of money. >> you won't give back all that money. >> happy day for me is when i will be unemployed. >> bill: me too. joining us now from san francisco fox news anchor juliet huddy. you think moore is a little disingenuous here, juliet? >> i think he ask a hypocrite? yes. i do. dick brennan is the reporter there and cheers to him because he went after moore exactly the way he should have. michael moore makes films. documentaries, so he doesn't have a huge staff like most films do but he sends those films to theaters. people decide to go to the theater and pay the price he is charging them the

i grew up watching his work on flint. this actually shows his life before he was a filmmaker. i'm looking for a to seeing these stories from his life. >> we did a short interview with him in the paper today which would be by the time you see this last thursday and he describes it as not a memoir. it is sort of an anti mark, just some stories including i think he was 13 years of wandering around the capitol and got lost and ran into bobby kennedy. >> sentiment, a book by michael more. will that automatically be a large print run? >> i would say yes. >> i'm sorry. go ahead. >> he has such a big following online. go to his website and you can see all the people that are talking about this book. i think it will sell a lot of copies. >> well, two other well-known authors who might generate automatic large print runs, and economic books. sylvia nasser and michael lewis. grand pursued, the story of economic genius and boomerang, travels in the third world. what can you tell us about these two books, bob minzesheimer? >> well, probably best known for her last book which was a beautifu

now they're going to the troy flint. the a's are now guaranteed in a losing record for the season. we will be right back as the kron 4 morning news continues. a live look at the golden gate bridge. fox >> 9:43 a.m.. new details in the release of two uc- berkeley grads jailed and on. we're still waiting for their release. iraq is now involved in the negotiations to set free shane bower and josh fatel. a delegation of lawmakers is antron right now in an effort to free the two on $500,000 bail each. yesterday's private plane from beaumont was sent to tehran from our and the tall for if and when they get out. they were jailed two years ago for spying on the iran and iraq border. they say that there were hiking and got lost but they were charged and convicted of spying. there is no timetable for the possible release the just the latest actions. >> we are keeping our eyes on wall street. the dow jones industrial average on the rise 140 points. let's get an update on the bay area traffic. drive times are still running about 19- 21 minutes. one of the worst is the approach from 880. the ri

will keep you posted with a flint homes-a flu. ♪ >>jacqueline: taking a look at the fog is of no where supposed to stay in the south bay. it came out from the south. moving along the san mateo coast and now it is moving over the golden gate and into our bayshore. thames is to go towards tomorrow are going to be cooler. temperatures and-- temperatures >>jacqueline: 80s in los gatos. 80s and lwith 90's in antioch, pleasanton. a few degrees cooler you will see five, seven degrees cooler in the east bay shore because of the fog expected in the morning. the same for san francisco, and will along the coast with 60s because of a fog. the north bay temperatures in the 80s with fog in the morning until 10:00 a.m. slot the courts more and that trend will continue on the south bay. >>pam: many people leaving the where are they going? drivers the top destination is napa. and that is according to triple advisor, lake tahoe and monterey are parrounding out. the top flt destinations. >> dinosaurs have invaded the bay area's. now through january the science in berkeley is showing this exhibit dinosaur