britain greenlighted an invasion by the u.s.. one-party here feels that it is very brave work by reporters to get samples out of syria. if that is not enough, what is? if you can't send in a ground invasion force, what can you do? i am not sure the diplomatic angles are being pursued with vigor. the russians are very adept foot wreckers and they feel bounced into the libya war. >> everybody is gaining time and waiting. they say they want inspectors to go, but it wasn't so clear when there was the security council. the regime does not say no or yes, everybody is gaining time. one thing reported by the newspaper, an option not reported by elsewhere is that there won't the any western troops sent there, there won't be a no-fly zone. but according to one of its journalists, there are serious rebels trained in jordan by americans and by israel that have supposedly crossed the border. >> the gas attack could be responsible. >> exactly. everybody is pretty nervous. >> that is unconfirmed, though. >> everybody is trying to buy time and h

people to aspire to that, to not only make the movies and to not only be in them but to direct, to greenlight them. we are not in a position now in hollywood or anyplace else. "the new york times" didn't even cover aristide's being taken off in the middle of the night to the central african republic. >> host: what about lydia fullgrain. did she try to get on the plane with you? >> guest: well, libya had gone to the bicentennial and described the hundreds of thousands of people, something close to 1 million people at the small but enthusiastic crowd. i do think it is often the case that black writers in publications do things that disparage the black community, facilitate upward mobility in their jobs. and i decided that she wasn't the right person to have on the plane. amy goodman was there from democracy now and the reporter from "the washington post." but by and large this story was an extraordinary story. it was not covered by "the new york times" at all. zip, nothing. how. how could they not cover it? what kind of journalism is that? >> host: gary post-on our facebook page, in lieu of sup

we are dealing with a dictator never been heard of, and killing with a greenlight from the west. the more extensions they give him, the more killing he's doing. >> president obama said last year the use of chemical weapons by syria would cross a red line. people at the vigil say the line has already been crossed repeatedly. >>> while outgoing san diego mayor bob figner is preparing to leave office. he is being investigated. 17 women, including a university dean and a retired navy admiral, have accused filner of inappropriate behavior. his resignation was part of an agreement. the city will pay his legal expenses related to a sexual harassment lawsuit and offer him up toed $8,000 if he chooses to hire his own lawyer. >>> visitors heading to yosemite can get in free today if the rim fire burning near the park doesn't descendents courage them. all 401 national parks will offer free admission today in honor of the 97th annual anniversary of the park service. it was created on august 25, 1916. >>> emirates new zealand is one victory aray from racing for the america's cup. the team set

so it was at that point he went to stalin and sally gave the greenlight and then the war turned into an international war. so that's where that sort of section. the cold war phase is really, i guess it's the smaller part of the book but it looks at the impact of the korean war on the cold war. so the impact of the korean war not only on u.s. policies but also on china and, of course, the two koreas. and then, so that takes us from 1953 and kill really the late 1960s. and then the late 1960s is what i call the local war phase. that'that's an interesting day because at the end of the 1960s there was tremendous geological -- geopolitical changes taking place in asia. first of course the tet offensive which turned the americans against the war in vietnam. there was sino-american -- of course identity. the withdrawal of american troops from vietnam in 73. and, of course, china and the soviet union are coming to butt heads. there's a confrontation in 69. so because of these geopolitical changes in the since the cold war in asia was sort of coming to an end but interestingly the fight betwe

now the federal government has greenlighted a quick fix for the faulty bolts. >> pam: the federal governmentary fix. for the new eastern span of the bay bridge. it's a move that could clear the way for cal- trans to open the bridge in a matter of weeks. >> pam: kron 4's charles clifford is live tonight on treasure island with details. >> pam: bridge open? >> reporter: in addition to that glenn caltran is also kill the temporary fix in the want to show you some video secundus explain what they're talking about. there are bearing there is a model of one of those bearings and to 36 involved. that will make the bearing strata of to support their role in case of the earthquake. they say that this repair work isn't something they what have the design is ready to go right now. >> completed an on-site not installed yet. installing them will not take more than a week. >>ning the bridge is not just in barstool preparing this fix their electrical work bristol need to be completed. and also have to close the bridge for couple of days just to connected to the toll plaza. so they're still allow the factor

county is given the greenlight to disney to build a blockbuster high-tech production facility in santa will have multiple soundstages, producing film and television projects. the word on when the ground will be broken. shares of disney up right now. seattle drivers among the worst in the united states according to a new annual study released covering 200 the largest cities across the country finding seattle drivers crashed every 7.8 years. national average is only once every 10 years. the advice, drive better in seattle. las vegas fans have resulted $47 million laundering case results of a highrolling gambler who turned out to be a major drug kingpin. being held in u.s. custody after gambling with cash raking in a lot of wins and losses. the government accused failure to report suspicious activity in transactions. there is now. that is your "west coast minute." miley cyrus performance at mtv's video music awards giving the term twerking some unofficial recognition. oh, good god. oxford english diction at in the word to the list defining it as "advanced to popular music and essentially

an important current problem which is that after the kelo case, it crave a aeen light -- it gave greenlighto takings in a fair number of localities. local officials are working hand in glove with re-developers, re- developers come up with i he is for parcels they would like to redevelop at a profit, they point these out to the local officials, the local officials then save the land is lighted and, in many places, there were low standards for blight. there were things like an efficient street layout or too many parcels in the neighborhood. it is grounds for condemnation for blight. so the city condemns the land and transfers it free of these obligations or interests to the favorite re-developer. this is a really egregious example of crony capitalism. there is her stories, an emotional attachment to both of those pieces of property. it sounds like any amount of money cannot really solve. this is really what public use has to be limited. it is not simply a matter of dollars and cents. you are talking about people's homes and their families. host: wyoming, on our democrats line. government --e

they are preparing military air strikes as soon as the president give gives the greenlight.ox" john mccain lined out what they would do. >> we would crater out the runways and prevent the air p power and get the right supplies to the right people, and turn it arou around. it is not difficult. these are good people. i was in syria with them, and to say that we can't get the weapons to the right people, frankly, it is a cop out. >> for more on syria, we will bring in nbc's richard engel live outside of syria, and in antukka, turkey. >> well, a lot of people are trying to make sense of what the united states may do. what senator mccain was talking about is the more maximumist option. not only bombing, but giving the rebels the support. this is the faction that the united states wants to support, but it is not the only rebel faction on the ground, there is the nose ra front and so many other fronts and so will the u.s. carry out limited strikes or help allies on the ground actually win. then the whole international aspect. is there a legal basis? is do we wait for the u.n. insp

one is to have very particular websites that you greenlight. for example, there was a site called e-pass, which was an amazing community of classrooms. it was classrooms network. you knew it was classrooms. the team that does youtube.edu has stuff that has been look that by people, blessed and green labeled for use in education. you can think through very cleverly how to do that. craigslist was good early on in having simple buttons next to the pages that said, this is in the wrong place, this is inappropriate, this person is doing something commercial, and letting the immunity help you police. with kids, you just go an extra step. one of the best teachers in our country is in palo alto, california. she is a journalism teacher. she teaches 500 kids. she has completely flipped the classroom. she has a proposal for a media literacy course, a six month lass, think of it as freshmen english, that is really reading and writing for the web. kids would be able to have a blog or a twitter account to learn how to use this medium in school. i think both

have very particular websites that you greenlight. for example, there was a site s, which was an amazing community of classrooms. it was classrooms network. you knew it was classrooms. team that does youtube.edu has stuff that has been look that by people, blessed and green labeled for use in education. you can think through very cleverly how to do that. craigslist was good early on in having simple buttons next to the pages that said, this is in the wrong place, this is inappropriate, this person is doing something commercial, and letting the immunity help you police. with kids, you just go an extra step. teachers in our is in palo alto, california. she is a journalism teacher. she teaches 500 kids. flipped theletely classroom. she has a proposal for a media literacy course, a six month lass, think of it as freshmen english, that is really reading and writing for the web. kids would be able to have a blog or a twitter account to learn how to use this medium in school. i think both more fencing and policing type ideas, but also educat