of the harvey girls. it was a great american journey for me. being from the east, this was my first trip to the west. i recreated the life of the west which easterners don't understand. they think of it as a whole other world. it was interesting telling the story of the west based on what easterners don't know. >> michael? >> well, thank you. basically, all of my book projects start the same way. i get interested in a subject and can't find enough published to satisfy my own curiosity, so i realize i'm going to have to write it myself. in this case, the case of my hoover dam book, i was writing a lot about water in the west for my day job at the "l.a. times" and i had a conversation with the head of one the largest water agencies in southern california, the metropoll tan water district, was telling me about where they get their water and some is from northern california and some from the ground, some from the colorado river, and they like getting it from the river because for them it's free. i said why is

is harvey weinstein back? >> let's hope so, for my sake. >> it was really an interesting story to watch, a movie about the british king. not necessarily the type of film that is a perfect fit for mainstream america. and yet it resonated hugely with the country. what is it about a story that makes you know or feel that it will resonate with an audience? >> it was emotional. and that's how i felt when i did -- the first best picture i had was "the english patient." the second one "shakespeare in love." you think about it. people used to say to me anything with the name shakespeare in it was a definite financial bomb. this film ended up grossing 300 million worldwide. "the english patient too." it's a period piece. to me it's about the emotions. this story about a king and a so-called commoner who is defiant to his king, and a king who learns to love life himself and gets over bullying. you can't miss with a story like that, in my opinion. and yet everybody always says to me make ironman. make some marvel comic b

harvey i know we spoke a few hours ago but i want to get the latest as the sun comes up in japan and the radioactive levels get extremely high can you tell us what's happening. now when last we talked about one reactor down it seems like there as many as three reactors that are under stress and japan in the wake of this earthquake and tsunami the radiation levels at one of the fukushima reactors where we've been talking about have risen as you said seem to be a thousand times higher than normal outside the reactor this is a very very troubling sign they may not have the capability of cooling this reactor they they've admitted that what appears to be the case is that the batteries and the even a backup generators are not working and if that's the case then they're going to have to flood the reactor core and if they do that it's highly likely they'll be major radiation releases i've seen also in some of the reports indicate that the pressure inside the containment is twice the design capability and that means that the only way they can prevent the containment from blowing is to release

wasserman he is the author of solar topia our green powered earth eighty twenty thirty of harvey i know you know all lot about these kinds of things in a looks like there are problems of several power stations in japan but it looks like the reactor at fukushima daiichi power station actually had more serious is it serious issues malfunctions with the coal it cooling for from there i can you tell us what this all means what we don't know yet what it will be that we do know that secretary of state hillary clinton has said that we're shipping in the united states the shipping in whose orders she may have misspoken we could she sending in batteries and a backup generators because this is a nuclear plant right fukushima loses power it's not going to be able to get cool enough to avoid a major disaster this is a very serious situation this is the second time in four years that six or more japanese reactors have been subjected to serious damage at earthquake we hope the japanese word for this there are fifty five reactors in japan. i feel glad you brought that up because i was so confused by t

my name is harvey cunningham. i'm a parent of a studented a bryant almostry. i just want to tell you -- elementary. i want to tell you i'm very impressed with bryant elementary and the help that i've received from them. i don't know what is going on between the other parents and the principal, but i'm here to say that she has done right by me. my kid has attention deficit disorder and since i've been at bryant elementary, they have helped him immensely. i'm a single parent. i have to work from 7:30 to 5:00. they have sent me in every direction to get me help and i have taken it and i have gotten it. he is in an i.p. program. he was at the boys and girls club. they now have an aftersc

my name is harvey cunningham. i'm a parent of a studented a bryant almostry. i just want to tell you -- elementary. i want to tell you i'm very impressed with bryant elementary and the help that i've received from them. i don't know what is going on between the other parents and the principal, but i'm here to

my name is harvey cunningham. i'm a parent of a studented a bryant almostry. i just want to tell you -- elementary. i want to tell you i'm very impressed with bryant elementary and the help that i've received from them. i don't know what is going on between the other parents and the principal, but i'm here to say that she has done right by me. my kid has attention deficit disorder and since i've been at bryant elementary, they have helped him immensely. i'm a single parent. i have to work from 7:30 to 5:00. they have sent me in every direction to get me help and i have taken it and i have gotten it. he is in an i.p. program. he was at the boys and girls club. they now have an afterschool program which he is excelling in and doing very well. i am very proud that my son is attending bryant elementary and that he is getting a good education. thank you. >> thank you, mr. cunningham. >> good evening. just briefly i just want to give you the perspective of our data. when two years ago, bryant elementary was 29 proficient in english language arts and 71% of our stude

. >> both to grow rather mosconi and harvey milk have been shot and killed. >> they needed a new mayort the time. the board got together and appointed dianne feinstein. >> we did not have much to go on and looked at 1978. there were no hints as to who put it on the board, if any discussion occurred about a process. >> what triggered san francisco's search over 30 years later was gavin newsom's election to the office of lieutenant governor. >> i put myself up as a candidate for the tenant governor, won, thanks to the overwhelming support of the city. >> that is when we try to look for someone to take over his final year of the mayoral term. >> it is clear we have to do something in san francisco. we have to pick a mayor. that job was not up to the voters but the board of supervisors. by a majority vote, supervisors are able to choose the interim mayor. that is when the fun began in city hall. who would he be? >> we needed to protect -- perfect the process so that once the board asked us for that process, we could actually have something in place that was well tested that we could provid

that is something ana harvey works on. what does it mean about the lives of women and what to look forward to? >> a perfect example, this policy in a good piece of legislation in society, start thinking about 1974. only 5% of privately owned companies in the united states were owned by women and then the legislation, that will allow women to actually seek loans without a male cosigner. then we all got off of this opening business. 30% of companies are owned by women. i am going to start to look at this report. 7 point gain, eight million and by women. in terms of $1.2 trillion is an economic force and talking about jobs all the time. 77.6 workers. women really became an economic force. are we where we want to be? of course not. we want to create more jobs. what do we need to do? women are finding difficulty. it is very difficult. we want to find out what it is. is it because they don't see this? is it because it is difficult and they are protected? we are focusing on women, opening their businesses and we have a wonderful

harvey had a surprise for him. vin tan.38 caliber police special. >> straight direction that he was standing fired one time bullet struck the wall at chest level so he was very lucky not to be injured or killed by that. >>reporter: it took just that one shot for the intruder to leave and in a hurry. mrs. harvey and son did not want to relive the experience today. but their friends are talking. >> she was scared. that somebody would come in there into her home. >> as a homeowner and citizen you are allowed to possess a weapon and you are allowed to defend yourself and your property. so these are all things she was well within her right the do it police didn't confiscate the weapon. suspect at large and neighborhood quite proud of the frightened 84-year-old woman who found the strength to not back down. >> if she probably not the only one that has something to protect their homes. i'm glad she did use it. because otherwise she would have been a victim. >>reporter: we do have one final note. it was late and it was dar

first appointment by president bush was harvey pitt and harvey pitt was selected because he was the leading opponent of securities and accounting regulation in america but now we have brought obama you thing up we're on our way towards recovery and we have this financial reform in place and then make a difference. that it was a joke well what do you think well it is in effect it certainly it doesn't address the real crisis and of course if you don't investigate you don't find the crimes and they're not investigating and therefore they don't find the crimes and therefore their alleged solutions have nothing to do with the things that caused the crisis in your last piece there was an interviewee and she said well the problem is the bankers were gambling i wish that were true it is not this is what the nobel prize. eyes winner george acker loft and paul romer in their article about the savings and loan fraud called looting bankruptcy for profit they said these fraud techniques are a sure thing there is no risk entailed from the standpoint of the c.e.o. he is guaranteed to become wealthy he can

pan and i think facing a critical situation harvey wasserman many thanks speaking to us from ohio thank you and wish you all the best of the state without any throughout the day for the latest developments in japan and you can also of course thought on to our web sites i want to come. again it's course they've thrown off the news and now and fourth is that loyal to colonel gadhafi it gaining momentum in the east and these international calls for him to step down when libyan needier reports say rebel groups that could determine alex and several key towns well it's clear how the latest from the region. libyan state television is reporting that forces loyal to the libyan leader moammar gadhafi have now retaken the oil town of great get in the east of the country according to state television this town has been to quote the maclean's to other arms games where it is the site of a major oil terminal and throughout the day sunday they have been hitting clashes happening there but we haven't as of yet been able to independently verify these state television reports in the past state television

it certainly worked during aftermath of mayor mosconi and harvey milk. >> so we may be seeing more of these successor issues coming up, certainly something we do not want to legislate. i hope that we can trust people to be grown up about it, but if that is not the case, we can spell that out. >> going through the first time with little knowledge and information was difficult. now that we have got our record of how to do this, i think the next clerk and the city will be much informed with having our process and having our archives to look too. >> and that is how san francisco government worked out the kinks, twists and turns, bombs in the road, to select its new interim mayor, ed lee. san francisco's first asian- american mayor. >> this has been an unprecedented and historic transition of power here in san francisco. i am so happy the board of supervisors came together to select an outstanding choice along many outstanding candidates to lead us over the next several years. >> over the past several months when this issue has come up, it had been agonizing. the board has been put into a

i want to work with harvey rose's office to see if they have any suggestions to send in addition to just our normal r.s.p. process. chairperson campos: and if anyone in the city family or anyone watching has suggestions about who might be in a position to compete for this study, i think they're free to provide that information to staff and we want as much competition for purposes of conducting this survey as possible along the lines of what we're trying to accomplish with the larger larger issues h. >> as i

look at harvey! >> harvey, is everybody in this play, are they men? >> that's me. a second. >> you know, he has to try and fool the parents of the girl. >> harvey, i hate it when you're prettier than me. >> in the theater, you can stand way back. on television you get right up front. >> look at the split screen. come on. come on. >> because the character wants to appear as the perfect mother. i'm thinking, who is the perfect mother? who would you want at home cooking and baking and all that? oh! >> that's love. all right, you guys. we're going to say good-bye. paula, thank you for joining us. harvey, thank you. come on down! i love you! >>> this is an nbc news special report. here is brian williams. >> good day from new york. the race to prevent a full scale nuclear melt down continues to escalate at this hour in japan. emergency workers at that damaged plant were forced out earlier today when radiation levels soared. officials have raised the maximum radiation dose allowed for the workers. they're back on the very dangerous job now. meanwhile, the plan to airdrop

harvey was not able to get a good description of her attacker.he did have one telling detail, however. she told police that when he left the scene, his pants were soiled. from richmond, wayne freedman abc 7 news. >> the f.b.i. is asking for your help fighting a man who's been impersonating bank customers and emptying their accounts. the man in his fifties or sixties, 5-9, bald and green eyes. he's wants in a string of incidents dating almost two years ago. officials have not released details of how he's able to steal people's identity. a lot of people are still without power in the east bay this morning because of one distracted driver. the chp says the driver was using his cellphone last night when he crashed into a power poll. the driver wasn't hurt but the power pole snapped. about 150 homes won't get power back until crews finish installing a new power pole. demonstrators disrupt a foreclosure process as a new batch of homes goes up for bid on the courthouse steps. the governor brings his campaign for votetetetetetetetetetetetete my diet? wel

i want to work with harvey rose's office to see if they have any suggestions to send in addition to just our normal r.s.p. process. chairperson campos: and if anyone in the city family or anyone watching has suggestions about who might be in a position to compete for this study, i think they're free to provide that information to staff and we want as much competition for purposes of conducting this survey as possible along the lines of what we're trying to accomplish with the larger larger issues h. >> as i mentioned to you last time i spoke to you, i am the vice mayor of saratoga. i have also served as a vice chair. as a company that does hauling, it is a chagrined that i say it is a good thing to go about. as i look to my peers around the country, citizens and cities are taking a hard look, especially those with long-term contracts. we want to make sure that we have, it is getting it done and moving it along. we really need to open this up. this brings additional services. we are getting additional services. competitiveness usually brings prices down. so i commend you for going forward

i know that the office of harvey rose had asked for an accounting and some apartments have responded. although i think it was a matter of timing, following up on the current status of expenditures. the main issue, as i recall, was that we had a significant amount of uncertainty at that part of the year and the bigger piece of that was related to the state budget. i think steps the discussion at that time was largely about if the state budget came in worse than anticipated and we had to make major cuts. with the response to that be that we would have to consider whether or not the ad that was on the table -- whether or not you or your colleagues on the board, as you said, wanted to have some leverage to create a trade-off discussion in that event. based on where we are right now, state cuts came in at a lower level than budgeted. the budget is currently in balance. and we did do some made-year reductions in december. $19.8 million. notepad -- no adbacks were included, they were not candidates for the midyear reduction. i guess that my overall response would be that we are past the poin

harvey, did you do the report? >> i have two additional comments if you would like me to make them now. supervisor mirkarimi had asked if there would be any additional costs regarding the mta. we did contact the mta and did a report on page 8. it would be a cost of $234,000 annually. finally, at the request of the tax collector, we have a recommendation on the bottom of page 8, to allow the tax collector to disallow the payroll tax exclusion, and if businesses do not maintain the records and documents in a manner acceptable to the office to objectively substantiate any payroll tax exclusion, claim, and provide such records when requested. so we have added that recommendation. we think that is a reasonable request from the tax collector. supervisor chu: thank you. i believe supervisor kim had a follow-up question regarding the tax collector. supervisor kim: i believe the treasury tax collector might have a few things to say to us. >> my name is david augustine with the treasury tax collector's office. we appreciate