and you express your disappointment as you came in that-- people like fred thompson, who had a career as an actor, sonny bono, who was at one point a symbol of the counterculture long ago-- neither one expressed much support for n.e.a. did that surprise you? it did, because i think artists, even if they're very successful in the commercial sector, should understand that we all need to be nurtured. and most artists begin in the nonprofit sector or in arts education in their school systems or after-school programs. and i thought surely sonny bono would understand that, but he didn't. and he said a pretty, um, obtuse remark, actually, about the n.e.a. he said, "i never knew anybody who received an n.e.a. grant," ergo it wasn't important. that was just silly. he didn't get around much. well, in other cases, you had people who were champions that i think most americans wouldn't think of immediately when they're thinking about, sort of, heroes of free expression. possibly the least offensive musician in america, kenny g., steps up and takes a stand for the n.e.a. can you talk a little bit a

bleak's criminal defense lawyer, a well-connected future republican senator from tennessee named fred thompson to will pull down to a misdemeanor. blake pleaded guilty to lesser charges in the state jail. the hand of the eastland ring was prominent in the disposition of the case. blake early brief notoriety for the scandal and of remained a mystery in mississippi. no one knew how he gained such wealth. by normal standards, he should have been the stuff of a horatio alger dale. he grew up in a shack in a tallahassee county village in the mississippi delta and worked his way out of of security on the playing field but mississippi state. blake was a standout on the state's undistinguished football team for the 1950's and the leading receiver in 1959 was the total of six passes in an era of ground games and strong defense. for a while, blake played football in canada before resettling in the delta as a farmer. some time in the 1960's, he became prosperous, acquiring loans to buy a property while assuming a semblance of importance in greenwood as an officer in eastland's army. like his patrons, bla

to his staffer who grilled me for four -- for three hours under oath, a fellow by the name of fred thompson. great kinds of memories there. didn't realize i would come back to the senate myself and, as a political junkie, what could be better? i was involved in the debate. i had access to all of the activity, and they even gave me a vote. it was a great time, a great opportunity, and i have enjoyed it immensely. and say farewell to it with kind of mixed feelings. what have i learned out of all of this, both that past history and my own history in the sena senate? i won't bore you with all of the things that i have learned but i have picked out several that i want to highlight here today. the first thing that i have learned is this is, indeed, an extraordinary place filled with extraordinary people, and the caricature that we get from the press and the movies and other places, that this is filled with people who have self-serving agendas and very low standard of ethics, is simply not true. the senate has -- is filled with people with the highest standard of ethics. we have a few clunkers. i

include tripling the size of the food court, fred and restaurants on the first and second floor that will overlook the gardens. reporting in san francisco kate thompson kron 4 news. >> it looks like a lot of new restaurants which will be fun. san francisco loves the foods i think they're heavily bedding of people coming to this area. they're going to overlook the gardens of not only are they tripling the size of the food court they're also looking for one large tended to take up the fourth floor of the building. at one point have been on the green was going to come but they went bankrupt in new york city and lost the right to that so that one of the window. they have targets of the they have to keep building on it and westfield also owns the shopping center across the street which is huge. the really banking on making this a retail empire down there. >> a big destination. thank you kate think a lot. the city of east palo alto has a reputation in the past curbing a rough town and high murder ratel. as jeff bush reports things are changing the homicide rate has been cut in half this year. >> east palo alto police responded to 80 shootings in the year 2

and you express your disappointment as you came in that-- people like fred thompson, who had a career as an actor, sonny bono, who was at one point a symbol of the counterculture long ago-- neither one expressed much support for n.e.a. did that surprise you?