like "star wars" and george lucas. will we follow our heart or follow the base instincts? >> host: think you. >> host: john jackson, jr. professor of africana studies at it ever since pennsylvania and author of "racial paranoia" the unintended consequences of political correctness". dr. jackson talking about "racial paranoia" who is paranoid? >> guest: we're all paranoid when it comes to race. for good reason. one point* that i make as a category itself is about the way we look at social life. some better so paramount we have to be on the lookout at all times. so race itself is about vera and social paranoia. but think about the country like the united states we could have 2 miles -- mottoes. try to build a community but the other is post ratio of the by oppression. don't say a word. that is a very different project but they're both under that umbrella. >> host: go to the second example to ignore or not talk about race. >> it is important not to make a fetish but the danger is to imagine that is not already in the room. so we have to be careful to bracket out serious discu

in a move that caught many by surprise, the star wars franchise creator george lucas sold his film for more than $4 billion. what's more, disney announced plans for three more star wars films. it's the superstar relation that has hollywood asking are they or aren't they? chris brown who then beat his girlfriend in 2009 said he has renewed his friendship. but are they more then just friends? >> they want to keep everyone guessing. they don't want to explain to anyone in the world. >> reporter: more turmoil for the jackson family as michael jackson's teenage daughter paris announced an twitter that her grandmother and guardian, kathleen, jackson, was missing. >> she's back home. >> reporter: michael jackson's siblings disputed it saying their mother was resting in arizona. katherine was restored as permanent guardian of michael jackson's children. whether this was a pleasure or guilty plerks audiences couldn't turn away from tlc's hit reality show "honey boo boo." rapper psy went from a relatively unknown performer to a worldwide phenomenon. it became the number one watched video on yout

just ask george lucas in "star wars" that has shown a lot of fighting scenes and no need for blood there. what are the policy loopholes? we know on the guns it has to do with the ammunition and the gun show and assault weapons. what about mental health? >> you mean what can be done? right. the application of the background check to more than purchase of a gun at a federal firearms dealer, but at gun shows it is very important. assault weapons are weapons created by the u.s. military for use in war and not by gunmakers for commercial and sports or hunting or target practice and unfortunately they are very widely used. when it comes to mental health, this is complicated and don't consider myself an expert. you have to find a way to create a society in which those closest to people in trouble mentally acknowledge that and are able to get -- i mean parents and family and friends and teachers get the assistance and make sure our insurance system and all the rest will make that possible. on the entertainment culture front, the end result because we are so appropriately protective of our freedo

lucas film founder george lucas is to receive about half of the purchase price in cash and half in newly-issued disney shares. he said he plans to donate much of it to charity. >>> wall street is reacting positively to news of a net fliks deal with disney. netflix stock jumped some 14% on word that the los gatos-based company has secured the rights to stream new disney movies shortly after they're out of theaters. that won't happen, however, till 2016. starz currently holds the right under a deal that expires in 2015. >>> a federal judge has refused to block california's ban on gay conversion therapy. the first of its kind law is set to take effect on january 1st. it forbids licensed therapists from trying to change the sexual orientation from minors. it's the second ruling in two days on the law. yesterday another federal judge handed down a somewhat conflicting ruling. he granted a request by two mental health professionals and a former patient to be exempted from the law while their case is being heard. >>> some middle and high school students in san francisco are being praised for their eff

government to build get this a death star you know like the one from the george lucas star wars films yup they want darth vader's technology and they want the obama administration to secure the resources to create it by twenty sixteen the petition says quote by focusing our defense resources into a space superiority platform and weapon systems such as a death star the government can spur job creation in the fields of construction engineering space exploration and more and strengthen our national defense. now twenty thousand and twenty seven thousand eight hundred thirty eight people have already signed the petition and as is precedent with all petitions that get more than twenty five thousand signatures president obama could decide to head over to the dark side and respond to the petition after all one technical point to point out to point out and not to get out on you but according to news reporter eric mack the moon size weapon would require just over a quadrillion tons of steel for construction meaning that it would take more than eight hundred thousand years to produce enough stee

this caught many by surprise this bar wars enterprise fiercely independent, george lucas sold it to disney$4 billion! once more, disney announced plans for three more star wars movies. shutter lens.. >> are they or are they? chris brown. and we all said that they are going to renew their friendship renewrhianna... the song collaborations. they have suggested otherwise. >> the want to keep everybody guessing or explain what is going on with the relationship with anybody in the world. >> the jacksons, with one big reality show. >> more turmoil, as michael jackson's teenage daughter, paris is announcing that her grandmother, guardian was missing. forcing a judge to suspend therdianship of the three children of michael jackson. >> katherine jackson the sense that she was home she was not kidnapped. >> the family is disputing that claim that she was resting in the however, reissued a garden. >> take a look he is tearing up my pants. >> if it was a pleasure, a guilty pleasure, they could not turn away from the is beauty contestant in their family. >> this relatively unknown performer and a world

george lucas is to receive about half of that in cash and the other half in newly issued disney shares. he has said he plans to tea -- plans to donate much of the money to charity. >>> and yahoo has announced a plan to buy on the air. it's not clear if yahoo will continue to use on the air's product or if the company is just scooping up mobile computing specialists. >>> one month after bay area voters went to the polls, more than half a million votes were cast and the measure lost by fewer than 200 votes. the measure would raise the sales tax by a half cent. the money would pay for improvements to roads, freeways and public safety. >>> now to san jose where police are looking for a people who converted a rented home into a marijuana grow operation. officers made the find. >> see, look at this. oh my god. >> reporter: min wynn could not believe his eyes. >> oh my god, my house. >> reporter: when he saw how the inside of the single family home in san jose -- >> see the bedroom over here. >> reporter: had been gutted and convert into a full scale marijuana growing operation. >> oh my god.

george lucas is to receive about half of that in cash and the other half in newly issued disney shares. he has said he plans to tea -- plans to donate much of the money to charity. >>> and yahoo has announced a plan to buy on the air. it's not clear if yahoo will continue to use on the air's product or if the company is just scooping up mobile computing specialists. >>> one month after bay area voters went to the polls, more than half a million votes were cast and the measure lost by fewer than 200 votes. the measure would raise the sales tax by a half cent. the money would pay for improvements to roads, freeways and public safety. >>> now to san jose where police are looking for a people who converted a rented home into a marijuana grow operation. officers made the find. >> see, look at this. oh my god. >> reporter: min wynn could not believe his eyes. >> oh my god, my house. >> reporter: when he saw how the inside of the single family home in san jose -- >> see the bedroom over here. >> reporter: had been gutted and convert into a full scale marijuana growing operation. >> oh my god.

in a move that caught many by surprise, the star wars franchise's fiercely independent creator, george lucasis company, lucas film to the entertainment empire for more than $4 million. what is more? disney announced the plans for three more star wars films. it is the superstar relationship that has people asking are they or aren't they? chris brown has renewed his friendship with the singer. but is it more than just friends? song tweets from rihanna suggested otherwise. >> they want to keep everybody guessing and don't want to explain it to anyone in the world. >> the jackson family. >> reporter: more turmoil for the jackson family last summer as michael jackson's teenager daughter, paris, announced on twitter that her grandmother was missing, forcing a judge to suspend her guardianship. >> she says she was not kidnapped. >> reporter: michael's siblings were disputing the claim, saying the mother was resting on doctor's orders. >> tearing up my pants, mama. >> reporter: whether it was a pleasure or a guilty pleasure, audiences couldn't turn away from tlc's hit reality show, here comes honey

it's like the star wars moment in george lucas' are we going to follow our conscience and our heart, or are we going to follow our basic instinct. .. it. >> [applause] nothing deal. i told them do not worry about being too abusive. [laughter] sometimes i am very modest about the introduction. don't go overboard but just something simple like not since mark twain. [laughter] i am not here to boast but the only fault with the introduction he did not mention was the first novel ever written. i regret to say there has not been a bandwagon of people trying to right novels since then. i thought i would talk since "dogfight" is a result of what we call deadline poetry. talk about "deadline poet" poet", some years ago with an author's guild benefit there is a program organized in which 45 authors rejected famous works of literature. [laughter] garrison himself rejected on walden pond he said there was a lot of good axioms but the structure was weak and suggested making it into a calendar. [laughter] i rejected the wasteland by t.s. eliot. [laughter] it was with iambic pentameter and i know i

mort and i both got a letter from george lucas saying there should be an academy award for satire, oner, we get a letter from lucas' attorneys. we are suing you for your infringement of our "star wars" property. so i said to bill, the publisher back then and founder, what are you going to do? he said, i'm writing, gee, george liked it. and they sent him a copy of the letter. never heard from them again. >> and the height of its circulation, 2 million subscribers. this was a huge cultural force in the country. what do you think was the secret to its success and what is it like to be on the inside of that? >> well, you know what? it was the first magazine to tell people, don't trust anybody. that the government might be doing things behind your back. manufacturers are probably trying to not tell you the whole story. "mad" used to be anti-smoking, anti-drinking. we still are. but they were the first ones of the choking poster. this is one of the most republished things that i did, the choking poster. find out what the victim is choking on, do not order that dish for yourself. but it looks

. >> jimmy: but george lucas just sold it to disney, right?" >> yeah, he sold every -- all of lucasfilm to them. he let me know the night before that it was announced, which was nice. >> jimmy: oh, he called you? >> well, he e-mailed me to let me know that he sold -- like, everything, i think, he sold to them. >> jimmy: really? >> and george had always said that -- it was kind of common knowledge -- there was always to be nine stories. and he shot the middle three originally, we shot the first three. and then, he told me that he wouldn't make the last three because he had other things planned, he wanted to do other things with his life. and if he made the final three, he felt that that would be it, you know? so, i just thought they would never be made. but now that disney have them, he's given them the stories, i think. >> jimmy: oh, he has the storylines already all out? >> i think he told them the stories, and he's off. >> jimmy: so, is obi-wan in the new -- >> i don't know. >> jimmy: no. >> but i don't know. >> jimmy: would you come back? >

. >> george lucas saving up to $200 million selling his company. so, you know, yes, we are seeing all that income going into 2012. that means the tax nan 2013 is going to get a lot less than they really expect. we don't know what it really means for the economy. >> more in 2012 than they otherwise would have gotten. >> absolutely. >> maybe after the first of the year with all these folk, see more spending on luxury items as well. people probably spend some. >> we hope so. >> sue, thanks. >>> guys, we are watching shares of facebook today the social media giant unveiling a new tweak to its instant messaging app. facebook up just about 2%. you don't even have to be a member to use this new app and julie boorstin is in los angeles with the three things you need to know this deal. hi, julia. >> hi, sue. well, facebook is continuing its big push to make money on mobile users by offering its messenger app to billions of people around the world with phones and no longer limiting that app to facebook users. here's the deal. first, mobile messenger is a fre

but jobs would be saved by a tiny company that he acquired from george lucas for $5 million. pixar studios would eventually revolutionize movie animation and make jobs a multibillionaire. apple hadn't done so well, and a decade after jobs left, it decided to buy next computer and the services of jobs as a consultant, but he would soon take over as ceo. and when he goes back, it's almost bankrupt. >> it's, like, 90 days away from bankruptcy. they're totally out of money, and it's lost its way totally. so he says, "here's the 27, 30 things you're making," printers or whatever. and he draws a chart that just has four squares, and he says, "professional, home consumer. laptop, desktop. we're gonna make four computers." >> he retrenched, firing 3,000 people, and launched a new advertising campaign. >> here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers. >> steve jobs helped write that himself. he edited it 100--he put in, "they changed the world." by the end, jobs, along with four or five other people, have written this not as ad copy but as a manifesto. >> they p

has seen three albums gone platinum, claim as many grammys and appeared several films, including george lucas >> congratulations, captain. >> reporter: but more to his story than silver screen debuts and platinum albums, success meet giving back, working with the boys and girls clubs of america and supporting the respect campaign against family violence but his most personal work has been helping kids who often get overlonged, children in the foster care system. you had such an incredible ride making a name for yourself. but at some point along the way, you made the decision, i want to give back. when was that? >> that was shortly after my first album. he was getting a lot of praise and you know, the money was rolling in. and i've always been told their given a blessing to be a blessing. so i know i wanted a way to give back, i just didn't know exactly what it was gonna be. >> and why foster care? >> well, it was brought to my attention by my business partner, because a lot of the people that were working for our production company came up through, you know, group circuit and foster care arou

lucas' films founder george lucas will get half of the purchase price in cash and stock.e says he will donate most of the money to charity. >> ya hoo has purchased another silicon valley startup. on the air which is based in severs his goal is now a part of diablo. the company enables users to hold on-line video chess in a talk-show format ya hoo did not say how much it paid for the service or whether it will continue to operate as is. the deal comes six weeks after yellow acquire mobile startup stamped. >> we will take a break it is for 12:00 a.m. when we come back at 4:15 a.m. we will have a full look of forecast. there is an live look at the bay bridge on westbound 80 you can see light traffic headed towards the toll plaza. a lot of reflections on the ground in the road is a little wet. we will be right back. we're back is 4:15. as promised to hand over to weather with erica. >> this storm will pick up when people are heading off to work and school. it is probably in the north bank. drier conditions for the peninsula and the south bay. we will look into your neighborho

the force is strong with disney in a move that caught many by surprise the "star wars" franchise george lucashis company, lucas film to the entertainment empire for more than $4 billion. disney announced plans for three more "star wars" films. >>> it's the superstar relationship that has hollywood asking are they or aren't they? chris brown who then beat girlfriend rihanna in 2009 said in october he's renewed his friendship with the singer. is it more than just friends? song collaborations and vague tweets from rihanna have suggested otherwise. >> they want to keep everyone guessing and don't want to explain what's going on with their relationship to anyone in the world. >> the jacksons family drama turning into a reality show. >> more turmoil last summer as michael jackson's teen ainged daughter paris announced on twitter her grandmother and guardian katherine jackson was missing forcing a judge to suspend her guardianship of michael's three kids. >> katherine jackson says she wasn't kidnapped. >> reporter: michael's siblings said their mother was resting in arizona under doctor's orders. ju

in a move that caught many by surprise, the star wars franchise's fiercely independent creator george lucasment empire for more than $4 billion. what's more, disney's announced plans for three more star wars films. it's the superstar relationship that has hollywood asking are they or aren't they? chris brown, who beat his then girlfriend rihanna in 2009 said in october he's renewed his friendship with the singer but is it more than just friends? song collaborations and vague tweets from rihanna have suggested otherwise. >> they want to keep everyone guessing and don't want to explain what's going on with their relationship to anyone in the world. >> the jacksons, the family drama turning into one big reality show. >> more turmoil for the jackson family last summer as michael jackson's teenage daughter paris announced on twitter that her grandmother an guardian, katherine jackson, was missing. forcing a judge to suspend her guardianship of michael's three kids. >> katherine jackson is back home. she says she wasn't kidnapped. >> michael's siblings disputed the claim saying their mother was i

. >> lucas film no longer owned by george luca. the deal with disney is wrapped up.hey paid $4 billion in cash and stock for the production company. sky walker sound, industrial light and magic and lucasarts. the buy out was announced back in october and a new movie is already in the works. >> there is an underground bakery in oakland that only sells to the public a couple days a week and they usually have lines out the door and are especially busy this time of year. as part of the holiday in focus special. we introduce you to gregory's gourmet desserts. >> gregory's. started off just from one person knocking on the window asking what the smell was, can i buy some cookies and from that day forward i mean -- word of mouth just grew. >> the first few years. i used to stay up for three days because it was -- me doing everything. three days in a row and then my wife would carry me to the car because everything was sore. i don't tell many people this. i used to cry on this side because nobody would buy my cookies. >> [inaudible] ♪ [ music ] >> rich,. >> delectable. >> rav

you know, george lucas i'm sure one of the factors in his selling his company was because he saved potentiallynies, it's real estate. it's stocks. we're seeing that in the market. so, this is the tip of the iceberg. there's so much money being front loaded from next year to this year that i do worry about next year. >> it's why you need longer-term solutions, things that aren't the band-aids. >> and the simplification. a lot of the complexity tends to benefit those at the top, because they have the accountants, they can manage their incomes and i think simplicity would be better for everybody. >> thank you for coming in. governor perry will be with us for the rest of the show. clark kent. >>> more of becky's interview with bank of america ceo brian moynihan. >>> customers hate fees on higher -- what do you do with no phone booth? what does the cell phone mean? >> it's hard to hide behind with the ipad. especially with the minis. >> you have to buy something to use a bathroom. that's why there's so much -- >> that's what taxes are for. >>> moynihan on walking the tightrope, next. >>> and the st

in a move that caught many by surprise, the "star wars" franchise's fiercely independent george lucasinment entire for more than $4 billion. what's more? disney's announced plans for three more "star wars" films. it's the superstar relationship that has hollywood asking, are they or aren't they? chris brown, who beat his then-girlfriend, rihanna, in 2009, said in october that he's renewed his friendship with the singer. but is it more than just friends? song collaborations and vague tweets from rihanna have suggested otherwise. >> they want to keep everyone guessing, and they don't want to explain what's going on with their relationship to anyone in the world. >> the jacksons, their family drama turning into one big reality show. >> more turmoil for the jackson family last summer as michael jackson's teenage daughter, paris, announced on twitter that her grandmother and guardian, katherine jackson, was missing, forcing a judge to suspend her guardianship of michael's three kids. >> katherine jackson, she's back home. she says she wasn't kidnapped. >> michael's siblings disputed the cl

george. >> good morning anny as we're taking a look at the ride through marin county. i received a report of an accident or stall. it was the first report located on lucasy road. chp says there may be ailing block that is why we are taking a look at the rose censors. it appears everything is fine. let us get back to our bridge check. >> the bay bridge and your westbound commute still very light traffic here with no problems as you work your way in from the macarthur maize. as you head on interstate 580 and highway 4. we would normally seeing slow traffic things are moving beautifully. in the south bay peninsula we are problem free on one 01 at the 92 and 84 interchanges. >> thank you george. two boys, a 13 year old and a 12 year old have been arrested for allegedly breaking into a vallejo home distilling a gun. >> off yesterday afternoon police got a call that two boys were spotted running across columbus parkway carrying a rifle case. >> officers chased them down. they found a 22 caliber rifle and saw bullets. >> police said the boys broke into a home on irene drive an hour on their way to shoot at a home. >> they were taken to juvenile hall. >> a suis