arthur herman discusses his book "joseph mccarthy." professor herman reassesses cart these legacy and argues the senator from wisconsin was justified in arguing there was a real communist threat inside the u.s. government. this is about an hour. c-span: arthur herman, author of "joseph mccarthy," why do you think we needed to re-examine the life and legacy of america's most-hated senator? >> guest: well, there are a couple of reasons. one is that we now know a lot more about the times and the context in which mccarthy had his political career and built his career of notoriety. we also know a lot more about joe mccarthy, the man, and about his own life. and what i wanted to do was to really put it together in a book that would give people a broad introduction, both to the period, but also to joe mccarthy, the man; to understand who he was, why he has the kind of tremendous re--reputation and notoriety that he does and to understand where that came from, what the origins of it were and maybe to sort of rethink just what we really do--h--

sergeant sarah herman has come to talk to her about her behavior. >> your history says you can't copeeral population because you've had issues with everybody. >> i mean, it's not all my fault but i understand what you're saying. >> let's talk about fault. real quick, if you're not in it, it couldn't happen. so either own it or you don't. >> i take full responsibility. >> then nothing else needs to be said. once you get to that point, miss 20-year-old, happy birthday, okay? that tells me that maybe, just maybe in your future, all of this will change. i'm hoping for you, okay? am i confident? no, you've got a lot to learn at 20 years old. a lot. your habits have not changed. they have not. you are doing in jail, according to this report, what you are accustomed to on the street. the behavior is the same. >> i mean, what the report says is that i was selling pills in the pod. >> close that new york mouth for a minute, seriously. i said it. you are qualifying every freaking thing that comes out of your mouth with an excuse, which means you're not owning it. accept it as what it is. you ha

she'll be performing on stage at 12:30 here at justin herman plaza.ark b eenioff and the mayor wi say a few word and introduce her. mark looking beyond today and the effort to feed the hungry with the nonprofit tipping point. he's announcing sf gives, an initiative to give bay area companies to donate $10 million over the next 60 days, that money going to help anti-poverty programs and the sales force handed me an additional piece of paper here letting me know that $5 million already has been committed, that money coming from companies like job own, linkedin and zynga, wanted to mention all of those as they already committed to the project. katie marzullo, abc 7 news. >>> still to come, a scene that frightened beachgoers in florida after a pregnant mother drives right into the ocean with a van loaded with children. this morning, the charges just filed against her. >>> and an eyewitness captures a blind man's brush with death, right under a train coming his way. >>> and how about a live look outside on this beautiful day. checking out the embarcadero,

. >> sergeant sarah herman takes a personal interest in many of hillsborough county's female inmatesnd wants to discuss her plan to get back on track. >> i'm ready for a change and ready to be with my babies and my family. >> how old are your children? >> my daughter's 4 and my other one is 3 and my son just turned 14 thursday. >> what is going to keep you other than your kids, from not coming here again? >> i'm willing to change. >> what's your plan? >> to complete my ged and finish school and find me a job to keep myself busy and occupied. that's the key, i realize. >> she didn't start taking drugs until she was 24 and addiction quickly took after her life. >> each day you have to choose and decide, what is sonya going to do today? if it didn't feel right, if you feel it in your gut, leave. run, run, run. and i'm happy you have your mind set on doing the right thing. >> i thank you and appreciate it. >> no problem. >> thanks. >> she had a five-year suspended prison sentence and was in a drug treatment program when she took a methadone pill and failed a drug test. >> i threw it all

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in 6f, sergeant sarah herman has just learned that the agitated inmate is headed her way. >> i'm getting a new arrival from the booking area. my sergeant just called me and told me that this gentleman is not happy. taking one, two, three, four, five, six. so once he's out of their custody, we try to bring it down just a little bit emotionally so that he doesn't cause any disturbance in my area. >> thank you, gentlemen. we appreciate it. there you go. >> thanks, sarge. >> the inmate is brian singletary. he's serving a 30-year prison sentence for crimes including assault on a law enforcement officer, carrying a concealed firearm and possession with intent to sell. >> what is your complaint? >> my complaint is i have been getting treated bad since i got here. i have been singled out. >> what happened? >> my legal stuff that went through and tore up. you know, i mean, so i don't know what has been taken and what's not been taken. >> okay. we have no interest in taking your legal stuff. you do understand that, right? >> it is taking me out of my -- >> out of your element. you're here early. e

>> reporter: yes. [ laughter ] >> reporter: we are right now at justin herman plaza. we are directly across the street right now from the port of san francisco and in fact, this is our eighth installment of "where's roberta?" and with the return of daylight saving time this weekend, we thought what a better time than to talk time with the clock at the ferry tower at the san francisco embarcadero. the san francisco ferry building is a terminal for ferries that travel across the san francisco bay, a marketplace, and also has offices located on the embarcadero. on top of the building is a 245- foot-tall clock tower. rarely is anyone allowed inside the tower. but we had the great opportunity to enter and meet dorian claire clockmaster. >> this one was installed in 1898 and it cost i think it was $5,043. >> reporter: how many dials? >> four dials each 23 feet made of a very fancy grade of plywood originally they were sugar pine so i changed the hands for plywood because the sugar pine hands that had been up since 1898 were quite dry rotted. >> reporter: how did the clock o

we have the critical mass bike ride at 5:30 from justin herman plaza. remember kcbs when you hit the roads at 106.9 fm or 740-am. these your latest "kcbs traffic." more on our weekend forecast here with roberta. >> elizabeth, rumor has it you're going to be searching for a dog this weekend. guess what? it's going to be raining cats and dogs, ah! okay. that's funny. good morning, everybody. a little jokes in weather and traffic here on kpix 5. out the door this morning, mostly cloudy skies. temperatures into the 50s. winds under 10 miles per hour out of the south. 50 degrees in redwood city. this is what we need to know as we're heading towards the weekend. first things first, mainly cloudy today for your friday. it will turn breezy towards the evening commute. south winds 10 to 20 miles per hour. north bay first ones to experience the rain showers by the tail end of the evening commute. wet saturday and certainly dry on your sunday. today it looks like our temperatures easily into the 60s and into the low 70s under again that mostly cloudy sky. we will

felt like spring for event at herman plaza.e spring like weather coming our way for one day. here's live doppler 7hd clear sky right now. may see a little patchy fog overnight tonight. skate wide conditions mainly mild dry sunny with exception of eureka that may get some showers and here in the bay area we have sunny sky tomorrow with high pressure in the low to mid 70's inland up to low 70's at some location right around the bay and mid 60's on the coast. here's accu-weather 7 day forecast. we get few cloud on sunday and rain comes in sunday night. spills over into early monday morning by the way set the clock ahead one hour saturday night or sunday morning as we begin daylight saving time. then all next week after monday we have sunny skies and mild afternoon with high pressure in the 70's. it looks lake early arrival of spring. >> all right thanks so much. >> this weekend is your chance to audition for wheel of fortune. the wheel mobile is in rohnert park the next couple days. give the whether he will a spin for prizes and a

i am sarah herman at the news desk. with 239an airliner people on board has gone missing on a flight from kuala lumpur to beijing. russia and the ukraine's standoff continues. the winter paralympics have opened in sochi, but they are overshadowed by the crisis in crimea. and rescue crews are scrambling to find a missing malaysian airline flight that disappeared over waters between malaysia and vietnam. some 239 people were on board the boeing 777. it has been over 13 hours since contact was lost. the families hope of a good outcome is dwindling. >> they waited for hours at beijing airport -- relatives and friends were desperate for news. as time passed, they were escorted to a nearby hotel. there is still no sign of the malaysian airlines plane, a boeing 777, the same as the one seen here. off from kuala lumpur shortly after midnight, due to land in beijing early saturday morning. and two hours after takeoff, close to the vietnamese coast, it disappeared from radar. no wreckage has been found in the cause of the disappe

level, wet pavement and windows were evidence of the rupture >> air fers employees took over justin herman plaza to celebrate company's 15th anniversary. the founder also used the occasion to challenge other companies to make philanthropy a priority. >> mark benihoff will tell you it's not easy convincing other companies to give. but the hope is to raise money for people in poverty. janelle monet walked through the party. they put together 15,000 meals for the hungry, and 15,000 pounds of canned food. >> i think it's just part of our responsibility to give back. >> air force founder wants to make giving a key part of the philosophy. announcing an initiative to raise $100 million for antipoverty programs in the bay area. >> this is the place this, is incredible. don't don't come to san francisco ask take from us be prepared to give back. >> a dozen tech companies are on board. and so is san francisco based if only. the company which sells experience was famous people, pledging $500,000 >> today, san francisco is like florence, in the renaissance. just an incredible place we're gifted and lu

. >>> san francisco's biggest tech company took over justin herman plaza to celebrate sales force.com'smona. she took the stage for a free concert. the main goal was giving back. the tech giant check -- collected 15,000 pounds for the food bank. 15,000 meals. for stop hunger now. >> it really shows the soul of our company and people. definitely giving back, paying it forward. such a positive way to celebrate 15 years of success. >> the chairman of sales force also announced the support of fs give. >>> sam sung the latest company in the music streaming business. the new milk music app. samsung says milk features 200 stations spanned million song and nod advertising. the apple compete against established players including pan door rand apple -- pandora and apple itunes. >>> and calling on the federal trade in addition to investigate facebook's who's app. facebook ceo said last month nothing will change for users after the accusation. >>> a sudden downpour in downtown san francisco.  this one completely man made. we'll give you a look at the problem from inside the building. you can see

again, dottie herman is the president and ceo of douglas elleman.arket flash desk now. >> all right, as signs of strength appear in the housing market and appear to trickle in ahead of the spring selling season, not just the home builders you've got to focus on here. a number of these housing transactions are increasing and the ripple effects are in places like the banks. sure, lending standards are tighter, but mortgage lenders like wells fargo are helped by more people seeking loans. then there's the mortgage originators and servicers, the nonbank ones, young nation star mortgage. now, hedge fund manager boosted his stake in nation star mortgage and told cnbc he was bullish on the company's outlook. ocwen is still working to buy mortgage servicing res from wells fargo. but some of the nonbank aspects of this market could be plays in a benefiting environment for the mortgage lending market. back over to you. all right, back at hq, housing trades. lennar and kb this week raised optimism on where these housing stocks can go from now, the builders, ri

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herman becker, was actually sending notes for that u.s. air force manual from his prison cell at landsberg prison. >> the other question is leeing the responsibility of the nazis -- leaving the possibility of the nazis who we brought over and coming to the americans who made it happen, let's go to the top. is there anything you found about truman's awareness, approval or anything else? >> i'm sorry if i left that out, and here we are on presidents day. [laughter] you know, operation paperclip was a classified military program, but it had a benign public face. so the joint chiefs knew that if you started having, you know, upwards of 1600 german sign i terrorists running around finish scientists running around, somebody was going to catch on to the fact that this was going on, and so they propagated this myth that these were benign scientists. >> the myth that truman bought or was he in on the myth, is the question i guess i'm asking. >> i don't believe from my research that neither truman nor eisenhower really had access to the actual dossi

the trip starts today at 12:30 right here at justin herman plaza. live in san francisco, christie smith, today in the bay. >> what a cool idea. >>> for the latest on the situation in ukraine, both on air and online, go to nbcbayarea.com and search ukraine. you can also find important breaking news e-mail alerts. >>> a san jose police officer convicted for writing fake traffic tickets is expected to be sentenced later today. the 51-year-old, george chavez, plieded no contest last month to four felony charges. prosecutors say chavez issued tickets against two men who were involved in a lawsuit against him. he signed the tickets using a fellow officer's name. he faces up to five years in state prison. >>> foster city city council will consider possibly changes tonight to what council members calls a dangerous intersection. herb perez says the city should not wait for a tragedy before making a change to edgewater boulevard in point royal. a teenage girl was hurt earlier this year crossing the street. no stop signs or flashing lights warning drivers abou

[laughter] now far be it for me to criticize former republican presidential front runner herman cain. [ laughter ] but food stamps cannot be used for fitness training programs. you are confusing food stamps with medicare advantage or state funded programs that provide vouchers for fitness which m.i.t. be cheaper than heart medication. food stamps can be used for food. this fact you can remember with the knew monic i used food, food stamps can only be used for food o-o dummy. [ laughter ] it's a simple knew dpnuemonic. is there anything else you have an issue with. >> from cradle to grave connecticut democrats pushing for government to pay for -- if they choose diaper what's is next toothpaste, car seats? [laughter] >> jon: if these poor children are safe and hygienic, how will be able to tell the street urchins from the normal other than their pockets bursting with government provided crab legs. obviously that pundit coming off relatively unsympathetic. watch the rest of panel remove the qualifier relatively. >> if you can't afford with new fanged diaper what's is going on going back

. >> his trip will begin at justin herman plaza, then head to santa monica, eventually new york city. he'll hand out cards and answer questions to people who show up here before he sets off on his cross-country journey in a custom porsche to raise awareness and generate support for his troubled homeland. he is 43 years old. he's a cirque de soleil performer. he says he watched news conference with clashes between police and protesters as it turned violent. he realized just lending his support was not enough. he set up a website about it called the help ukraine project and names this his mission. >> i detided to take this time, two weeks that we are off, and we going to new york. i'd love to make a cross-country road trip raise awareness of what happened in ukraine right now, raise fund to help financially to the families that lost their parents, their children that lost their parents and basically to help victims' families. >> reporter: now again the trip starts this afternoon here in san francisco, then he goes to southern california, then all the way across the country to new york a

. >>> live pictures from justin herman plaza in san francisco's financial district. thousands are expected for a big concert going on. if you want to see the show, bring a canned food item to get in. volunteers hope to package 15,000 meals for stop hunger now and hope it collect 15,000 pounds of canned food for the san francisco food bank. as for the show itself, it starts in 20 minutes. and that's when grammy nominated singer genelle monet will take the stage. just yesterday she performed at the white house with legends like aretha franklin in the women of soul concert for the president. >>> thieves trying to steal a part of california history. their target, the golden spike at california's railroad museum. the attempt failed. nothing is missing after the wednesday break-in. part of the museum is closed because display cases were damaged in the area where the spike is on display. >> this is the only area that currently is cordoned off until we can get everything in the shape that it's viewable to the public. >> this section will stay closed until the investigation i

i found out when i was researching the horton brothers, he had a boss, and he worked for herman gehrig. and in between the horton brothers and gehrig was goring, and this sigfreidy and he was one of the top ten pilots and flew on spy missions over norway to decide which is the best place to bomb. and he was also on incredibly talented engineer so as he rows through the ranks he caught the addition of goring, who made him chief of all technical and engineering development. and goring felt he was so important, he called him, my boy. now, i found out when i was researching him, that he came to the united states and worked under this program, which i at the time did not know anything about, called "operation paperclip." and i thought to myself, how does this work? how too you go from having goring as a boss to having the pentagon as a boss? and not only that, when he retired in the middle 1970s. he was given the garnished civilian service award, the highest award the department of defense can give to a nonunformed person. so, "operation paperclip." to understand, you really must go back to

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again, she's simply doing her thing, just watching herman racrac -- her man race. >> these four guys,en all over each other. but really, truly, the two, kurt busch and the 20, they've passed each other a couple times prior to this. this is where greg biffle runs up here and he gives kurt a shot right there. that's kind of a wake-up call to kurt, i've got to go. i've got to get by tony. so he gets underneath him and i'm sure right there the spotter said clear up, clear up. no! too late. >> in the garage with kurt busch. kurt, what happened on the racetrack and then on pit road? >> you know, pit road was just me stopping there to make a point and only making the situation worse, so that was my fault. but out on the racetrack with tony, we raced 10, 15 laps side by side and didn't give an inch, but mission accomplished. he wrecked it and tough day for us. >> here's a look at the spin and contact. he just gets down underneath just ever so slightly. tony comes down, no place for gordon to go, and here's tony on the front straightaway and watch this. and on pit road, stewart expresses his d

my name is barry herman son. i'm a member of the san francisco green party. i'm attorney counsel. i stand here to support the request for the e-i-r briefly, as someone has had it before. it will cost less and what's not to like? i hope you will decide to support that request. thank you. >>> good afternoon. my name is mike the katz. i'm a philosophy student at san francisco state university and i have been a san franciscoes are department for the past five years. i am here to encourage the board to require a fuel e-i-r for the project. as highlighted by mr. later, the [speaker not understood] in its current form [speaker not understood]. mitigated water levels and acidity have impact on two federally protected species. red legged frog and garter snake. letting the water level rise is not omaha, nebraskav feasible but much more prudent. they would save a lot of money than would otherwise spent fully. thank you. >> next speaker. >>> hello, my name is [speaker not understood] oz good. i'm a resident of san francisco. and i urge the board of supervisors to consider the full environment

after 12:00 today, he's going to be here at justin herman plaza in san francisco and bringing flyers with him. he's trying to kick off the first leg of his cross-country tour in a custom-wrapped porsche, trying to educate people about the crisis there. it's in the colors and symbols of his homeland. he's a sirric desoleil performer taking two weeks off. when protests turned to violent clashes with police he stepped up his mission to try to raise awareness. but then he thought he should do more. now hey political crisis that keeps escalating. >> i changed my mission to make some fund-raising for children that lost parents into this turmoil. and suddenly changes with russia in the ukraine territory. >> reporter: he's bringing a flag that he says he wants americans across the country to sign to support freedom to choose. he says freedom to elect people that they want. he hopes that this will be displayed in kiev. he's also started a website, help-ukraine.com. there's also the help ukraine project on facebook where people can learn more about it. he's basically bringing about 1,000 -- 10

sales force will kick off the challenge at justin herman plaza at 8:30 this morning. ♪ ♪ >>> and r&bger janelle monet will perform live. they'll pack meals for stop hunger now. the public can attend by donating 15 cans of food. >>> 4:37. time for a check of the weather. mike? >> it's going to be a great afternoon. a lot of sunshine. you'll need to wear the sun screen if you're going to be out for a certain amount of time. the sun angle is getting higher and higher. you can see all of the temperatures. nevada for some reason, it's 7 degrees cooler right now than it was 24 hours ago. 10 in napa, 12 in concord, 11 in livermore. hayward and san jose, 9. oakland, 6. sfo, 4. you want to dress a little bit warmer than you did yesterday. here's a look at our day planner. notice, temperatures are cooler in the 40s. mid to upper 40s. low to mid 60s. by 4:00 it will be around 60 az the the ñrcoast. mid to upper 60s. 7:00 it will be a nice, quiet evening for your plans if you're heading out just for temperatures in the 50s. moving forward through the weekend, we're going to see another nice day

herman road in felt on-the-driver of the big rig said it was raining pretty hard when he crashed his rig and crashed on the hillside knocking out power to several nearby homes. he was lucky to walk away and the person in this car in san francisco not so lick. a tree fell right to the car on bush street in stockton sending that person to the hospital. chp reminds drivers all around the bay area that the speed limit is the place for the perfect condition and in the rain drivers have to slow down. stopping takes longer and youner know what's in your path. >> yeah, the speed limit on those black and white signs, that's established in nice and sunny conditions with ideal traffic. >> jeff ranieri says the next round of rain is coming just in time for your weekend, so the ground is already saturated from the rain that we got today. this is a good break in the weather to clean out your storm drains, clear out the debris from your gutters to make sure that that rain has somewhere to flow away, and find your umbrella, if you couldn't find it today. in the santa cruz mountains, chris sanchez, n

. >> his trip will begin at justin herman plaza, then head to santa monica, eventually new york city. we'll have a preview of his trip. stay with nbc bay area both online and on air for continuing coverage as this developing story unfolds. when we're not on the air, there's nbcbayarea.com. sign up for breaking e-mail alerts. >>> in south africa this morning, olympian oscar pistorius pleaded not guilty to murder for the valentine's day shooting of his girlfriend last year. this morning's plea marks the start of the high-profile courtroom in a pretoria courtroom. pistorius is a double amputee known as the blade runner. he says when he thought his girlfriend rieeva steenkamp was breaking into the home when he shot her through the bathroom door. police believe the shooting was intentional. the trial is expected to last three weeks. more than 100 witnesses are expected to testify. >> we expect the law to take its course. we've been waiting for this trial for quite some time now. the time has come, we want to hear the truth. >>. if pistorius is convicted he faces a minimum of 25 years in pr

. >>> salesforce.com celebrated its 15th birthday with a concert by genelle monet at justin herman plaza. it's much more than that. the ceo is working with sf gives to help fight poverty. his goal is to raise $10 million in 60 days. coming up tonight at 6:00, how salesforce is challenging other tech companies to get on board. >> quite a bit of traffic down there this afternoon from what i saw, too. >>> you may extra for the perks. but tonight, consumerwatch found out a popular feature on amazon may be costing you more. ,, bulldog: bulldog: oooh! mattress discounters' $197 mattress sale! television announcer: get a serta mattress, any size, for just $197 each piece when you buy the complete set. the $197 mattress sale... bulldog: oh boy! television announcer: ...is ending soon. ♪ mattress discounters year gets you two-day shipp instant videos, and access free >>> millions of online shoppers pay extra for amazon's prime membership. 79 bucks a year gets you two- day shipping, instant videos and access to free online books. but kpix 5 consumerwatch reporter julie watts found out in some case

these idiots never let this is the journal welcomes and brian thomas did at you with us and i met herman coming up in the show. harsh criticism of russia from the g seven states. no more sanctions and lines of communication arts remain open. families of chinese passengers aboard the malaysian airlines flight demand more answers from milan. sounding the alarm on air pollution world health organization says it's time to act to reduce the number of deaths. here's the drop in the west of trauma tentative line under the ukraine crafts as improbable as that boy obama backed by his western allies has agreed to hold off on any more economic sanctions against moscow that is provided for us it is not an ex anymore territory in eastern ukraine of a new position was laid out at an international summit on nuclear security in the hay president barack obama takes the baton for nuclear security. the us coast. the next summit on the issue. i didn't think reading and have overshadowed the meeting in the hammock on its final day. obama again warned russia against taking more ukrainian lands he said moscow

. >> sales sores celebrating it's 15th anniversary employees were at justin herman plaza today puttingtogether 15,000 meals for the hungry and donated packaged foods. they want to make giving a big part of the philosophy. >> the business of business is business. that is what they believe fundamentals of business are. that is how to create a better society. >> he founded sf gives companies like zynga and google have been on board. >> a lot of people are asking. >> we're just so glad to have you back. >> it's a pleasure, feels gooding to bab in the swing of things. this hour today, six hours per day. iet moves your leg up and down. and one of our two dogs. that is ollie, wedging his way in there. i'm getting there. >> welcome back >> thank you very much. >> heading up to roof top now. >> yes. we'll get there. >> on the roof, sky deck seven. we're having a gorgeous sunset. is that stunningly beautiful? just so much dollar and richness. taking a look at clear skies and almost all of them are cloud free at the moment. there are 67 redwood city. mid-60s in los gatos. here is another live vie

. >> sales sores celebrating it's 15th anniversary employees were at justin herman plaza today puttingether 15,000 meals for the hungry and donated packaged foods. they want to make giving a big part of the philosophy. >> the business of business is business. that is what they believe fundamentals of business are. that is how to create a better society. >> he founded sf gives companies like zynga and google have been on board. >> a lot of people are asking. >> we're just so glad to have you back. >> it's a pleasure, feels gooding to bab in the swing of things. this hour today, six hours per day. iet moves your leg up and down. and one of our two dogs. that is ollie, wedging his way in there. i'm getting there. >> welcome back >> thank you very much. >> heading up to roof top now. >> yes. we'll get there. >> on the roof, sky deck seven. we're having a gorgeous is that stunningly beautiful? just so much dollar and richness. taking a look at clear skies and almost all of them are cloud free at the moment. there are 67 redwood city. mid-60s in los gatos. here is another live view of the sk

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. ♪ >>> a birthday party for san francisco's largest techcompany took over justin herman plaza today. the company celebrated is one step in reversing the belief that tech companies are taking over san francisco. >> reporter: no cake, just thousands of cans, donated as party. one of the goals was to collect 15,000 cans for the food bank. another was topackage 15,000 -- to package 15,000 meals. >> giving back, paying it forward. just such a positive way to celebrate 15 years of success. >> i love it. it is a good cause. nothing better than giving back. >> fantastic to watch the company i work for give back to the community and to know i am working for a company that cares about san francisco. >> reporter: tech companies come under fire lately. he said it is true, tech companies don't do enough. >> we can see the back lash. and they have not stepped up at the level they could. we need to change that. >> reporter: his company had a culture of giving back from day one. the mayor said more they give -- >> you get back. and we will give you the greatest city in the world to live, to work and

in san francisco a ukrainian crowd gathered at justin herman plaza. they waived signs, sang songs and asked for help. >> for president obama to make sure we create a plan and go into ukraine and real estate -- and really a provide economic stability. >> president obama will meet with ukraine's prime minister at the white house. >>> still to come on abc news at 11:00, it has been three years since the nuclear disaster. and now the experts say the radiation is closing in on the west coast. what you need to know. plus, it is like something out of a sci-fi movie and it could soon be the newest crime-fighting tool to hit the streets. and jimmy kimmle takes his show on the road. where he will be next week. and a look at live doppler 7hd. you can see the rain moving in. the full forecast when abc7 news at 11:00 ♪i am beautiful in every single way♪ ♪words, can't bring me down♪ >>> the southwest festival opened up this week in austin, texas. it has a uniquely quirky twist. and jimmy kimmle is showing off all of the action live from texas. abc news reporter elo

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site abc7 news.com and click on see it on tv >> sales force employees took over san francisco justin herman plaza to celebrate the 15th anniversary. >> the company's founder used this occasion to make a major announcement. we are live at sales force headquarters. lilyin? >> $100 million is how much mark benihoff is trying to raise for people in poverty he's persuaded a dozen companies to join him. sales force founder ask ceo made this a key part of his company's 15th anniversary celebration. employees put together 15,000 meals for the hungry, donating 15,000 pounds of food. >> you can work for a lot of different companies but this is what keeps me mere and makes me happy. >> he wants other companies to make giving a key part of their philosophy. so far a dozen tech companies, including zynga, linked in and google are on board. so is the company if only "that pledged $500,000. >> we want people to have a high-quality life style." >> having donated $100 million for the children's hospital, persuading others to give hasn't been easy. >> they went to business school that they believe that the b

former ambassador to uganda, herman cowan, says the new forces likely mean they are close to finding kony. >> with all the intelligence stuff from satellites, i think they have kind of found out where he is and need the helicopters and others to pounce on him. now is the time. >> the pentagon didn't go that far when describing the new mission. >> this is a mission we have been conducting for a year. it's been a consistent requirement and requests of the afghan union. we are in a position now to provide that air lift for a while, and we are going to do it. >> the barack obama administration, increasing assets in a popular cause - to find kony. this is not about helping the government of uganda. last month the white house press secretary said the relationship was under review, the administration pointing out that the changes have been made. >> we are shifting funding away from partners whose actions don't reflect our values. we are spending a survey. we are redirecting approximately $3 million in funding designated for tourism promotion there and shifting dod african air chief symposiu

. >> that was european council president herman van rompuy told .e reality is europe is very reliant on russia for much of its natural gas and other resources. could you talk about the gamble between the european union and russia as well? >> i would also say that gas goes through ukraine. one of the largest companies in ukraine takes care of the pipeline that takes the gas from europe into russia. so, everybody is tied together is -- in these knots that will be difficult to on time. one of the things that gets lost in the discussion of the standoff between russia and the eu and the u.s. and russia is ukraine. ukraine is being turned into a battleground for the aspirations on the one hand of the eu, and on the other hand of russia. this is not good for ukraine. thisof the problem is process started in 2004 with the orange revolution, which brought a strongesidency nationalist, who is also very anti-russian. he had an anti-russian presidency. relations between the countries were very bad and part of the reason viktor yanukovych was legitimately electe