and many directors of course are drawn to hitchcock.patterned something on very much like "psycho" and then created ways of characters observing others and following each other and learning specific hitchcock vocabulary. (loud, disturbing music) what is cinema and how do you express things in purely cinematic terms without trying other forms, which are, basically, me talking to the camera. (loud, disturbing music) it did become a limitation and even somebody like de palma would say later in the 80s, after working off good scripts,

and many directors of course are drawn to hitchcock.patterned something on very much like "psycho" and then created ways of characters observing others and following each other and learning specific hitchcock vocabulary. (loud, disturbing music) what is cinema and how do you express things in purely cinematic terms without trying other forms, which are, basically, me talking to the camera. (loud, disturbing music) it did become a limitation and even somebody like de palma would say later in the 80s, after working off good scripts,

lily hitchcock coit died without leaving a specific use for her bequest. she left a third of her estate for the beautify indication of the city. arthur brown, noted architect in the city, wanted for a while to build a tower. he had become very interested in persian towers. it was the 1930's. it was all about machinery and sort of this amazing architecture, very powerful architecture. he convinced the rec park commission that building a tower in her memory would be the thing to do with her money. >> it was going to be a wonderful observation place because it was one of the highest hills in the city anywhere and that that was the whole reason why it was built that high and had the elevator access immediately from the beginning as part of its features. >> my fear's studio was just down the street steps. we were in a very small apartment and that was our backyard. when they were preparing the site for the coit tower, there was always a lot of harping and griping about how awful progress was and why they would choose this beautiful pristine area to do them in w

it was lily hitchcock coit to give money to the city to beautify the city she loved of the park project worked to develop this south side and still that's the basis of our future project to address the north side. >>> good morning san franciscans. >> good morning. >> we will not be deterred in memory of sandy hook and boston. we are making chicken salad out of chicken bleep. so we are going to start with a great flourish from our san franciscans. [ applause ] >> nicely done. how about a nice hand? >> now because it is 5:11. it's time to remember 1906. we need a moment of silence. a minute of silence begins now. moment of silence. >>> there is our minute of silence. [sirens] >>> >>> there it is. to remember those who perished and survived the earthquake in san francisco. now we are going to remember a song from san francisco. do you remember? some of you can sing. here we go.♪ [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, in honor of the 24 th year of producing this event. here is the housekeeper. let's hear it for him. [ applause ] . >> in just a few short minutes, 107 years ago, this city was

. >> "north by northwest" is a classic movie thriller by alfred hitchcock.mactic chase scene that takes place on top of mount rushmore. actually, the actors never got to shoot on the famous presidential heads, but nicole did. grab your hiking boots. she's about to take us on a climb very few people get to make. >> every year, millions of visitors come from around the world to mount rushmore in south dakota to gaze in wonder, take pictures... [ camera shutter clicking ] ...and walk the trail. >> make sure you bring water to drink. we do have some high temperatures here. good comfortable shoes 'cause you'll do a lot of walking. our presidential trail is 1/2 mile long, 400 stairs, so you're gonna get some exercise. >> ranger ed had a treat in store for us. we had special p leave the presidential trail and climb the mountain. >> at first, there was only gonna be three presidents up there. as you look at the mountain, the order was jefferson, washington, and lincoln. believe it or not, jefferson was on the other side of washington for 18 months. after 18 months o

who have come before him, such as our first speaker, franklin roosevelt and artists such as alfred hitchcock. he is truly more than our guest. he has become part of our club and our mission. today at the time we would normally give you your eigth national press club coffee mug. [laughter] instead we want to make you an honorary member of the national press club. [laughter] [applause] >> i guess i am a card carrying journalist. thank you. >> you still have to answer one more question. >> in 45 seconds. >> this is the only film that does not have the ken burns voice in it. >> i never put my voice in the film. it is always narrated by someone else. all the films i have made is that they are not mine. there is a convenient in our society that get everything down to 140 characters. that a film by ken burns is a reductionist thing. all of my films share coproducers and directors of equal importance. they should be acknowledged. i wish that they were here with me now. thank you. [applause] >> thank you for coming today. i would like to say thank you to the national press club staff for organizing t

and bodega bay where alfred hitchcock in 1962 shot "the birds" 65 degrees today. 65 for stinson beach, 64 at daly city. he shot that with a film camera, not anything else. five-day forecast, numbers in the 80s by monday around the bay, going to be nice. a few low clouds nudged back to the shoreline tomorrow morning. other than that high and dry numbers reaching mid-80s by the early part of next week. so the heat's on in the bay area. and while weather looks good, traffic may be another matter. but elizabeth is here to tell us about that. >> thanks, brian. >>> we have some breaking news that we're watching now around downtown san francisco. the same area where the big great earthquake ceremonies are supposed to happen later on this morning. we have a lot of police activity and streets are closed off. you're looking near intersection of market and 3rd right now. market is blocked off between kearney and geary streets. they are telling folks to stay indoors there's a hotel in that area. a bomb squad is on scene. a reporter there has been seeing dogs sniffing garbage cans. everyone is on

with the industry i think it was part of actual times a few years ago i had this article alfred hitchcock's the banks bankers and it was about how surely anyone who would have thought selling these complex financial instruments and placing all these bets than expecting bailouts anybody who thought this was a good idea has to be a psychopath i mean did you get any sense about him was that what force you out well i wouldn't call them psychopaths or sure i would say you know you have a whole range of personalities on wall street and i also want to clarify in my experience doing investment banking at morgan stanley on wall street in new york city was very different from say working in private equity at a smaller investment fund in san francisco like culturally the types of personalities very different so in my experience the wall street new york it investment banking was a very toxic environment and i mean you know there were times when i would leave my suit jacket on the back of my chair take the stairs up a level and sneak into the elevator to go all the way down to the lobby to leave for the

which really resembled something out of a hitchcock movie where it seemed like every car driving by isolice car. really, the city is a ghost town. if you didn't have to come to work or couldn't, that was one issue. a lot of people chose to close businesses for the day which made a great deal of sense and very supported by the officials. once you get into your building and you're told don't go outside now it's a whole different feeling. it is very bizarre. in contrast to what's going on in watertown, it's massive activity. it is very, very quiet for us right now. it's about four blocks from my office to the studio. i think i walked by one person this afternoon and i don't think i saw a car. we are talking about something that is literally bizarre. >> how would you say the people in boston are handling this at this point? >> this is something that you're very used to seeing in a lot of the reporting you have done whether it's riots in greece or things outside of the united states. i think people in boston are handling this as well as can be expected. the unknown is the hardest part of th

i've seen alfred hitchcock's film "north by northwest," where cary grant's climactic battle with the bad guys happens on the face of mount rushmore. it's exciting. but i much prefer the ending where we watch grant and eva marie saint start to make out in their train car, and then cut to the final shot of that awesomely phallic train penetrating a wonderfully vaginal mountain tunnel. i'm a lover, not a fighter." >> and we're all glad for that. sherman alexie, i really enjoyed this time with you. and thank you very much for sharing it. >> thank you, thank you. ♪ >> sherman alexei will be joining us at our website, billmoyers.com, for a live web chat this coming tuesday, that's april 16th, at 1pm, eastern time. you can submit your questions on the website or at our facebook page. i'll see you there and i'll see you here, next time. >> announcer: don't wait a week to get more moyers. visit billmoyers.com for exclusive blogs essays and video features. this episode of moyers and company is available on dvd for $19.95. to order call 1-800-336-1917 or write to the address on your screen. >>

these creepy crawley noise makers will make their way from deep underground in a phenomenon only hitchcockad's" erin mcpike is here with more of who could bear the brunt of the cicada brood. i hate these bugs. >> i thought it was an old wives tale that they came into our lives every 17 years but it's not. it's just that there are different groups of cicadas that come around on different 17-year intervals. i know i've experienced it more than one time. >> sure. >> including one big brood as we called them when i was 8 and i used to rip the wings off, isn't that nice? >> doesn't surprise me. >> i'm sure. but now only you and i have to worry about them flying into our soda pop at happy hour outside. i think it's really the only concern. if you hate the noise which i think you might you're out of luck. they're back. those giant orange bug-eyed winged creatures that sing. in just a few weeks states from connecticut to north carolina, watch out. you'll be swarming with cicadas. >> when some part of the country almost any given year there is a brood of cicadas. >> michael raupp is a professor of

our friends in texas thought they were living through the apocalypse, live in hitchcock, texas, overminutes baseball and softball sized hail. took out windows, damaged trailer parks. 7 of the 11 cars at the hitchcock police department have been destroyed by hail. i mean, it has been crazy. talking about hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage to homes, businesses and cars there. this is what the radar looked like last night as it came through, and you can just see this firing up, hitchcock just outside of galveston. let's go live and show you what we've got going on, again a lot more heavy rain making its way through the gulf coast, while we don't have severe weather alerts out right now we are looking at a lot of heavy rain, the flash flooding will be out there from new orleans into the panhandle of florida, we expect anywhere from three to five inches of rain. we're going to get to your local forecast in a moment but first this message. we just bought our first house, we're on a budget. we're not ready for spring. well let's get you ready. very nice. you see these various

let's face it, alfred hitchcock made movies of subjects like this for 50 years. >> two years later, followingramatic turn of events involving bad evidence, the convictions were overturned. >> thank you to everyone who believed in me. defended me. >> reporter: knox says i wanted to lay myself out in a completely honest way. it was you can judge me, but this is what you have to judge me on. >> she is settled in seattle, has a boyfriend, close to her family. >> reporter: run returning to regular life has challenges. had no idea what twitter was, had trouble use iphone and david letterman. >> top ten questions amanda knox would ask. and one of the things is who is justin bieber, and amanda turned to her family, and she is like who is justin bieber? >> back now to special govr rage in boston. since the naming of the boston suspects, one week ago today, investigators have been praised for turning this massively chaotic crime scene into a treasure trove of clues and the suspects themselves helped. they made mistakes that put authorities on their trail. >> from his hospital bed, this man scribbles so

>> my name is alfred hitchcock, and i'm so tired of that joke i could stab you to death in the showerrnc until they grow a backbone. yes, tony i support you in this. don't let them push you around like that. you have all your life to live all your love to give. perkins said don't send them a dime. yes! right? >> right. >> stephanie: think about it, tony, how many times the rnc has done you wrong, right? >> don't let them push you around. >> stephanie: yes, they are chris brown. uh-huh. do not do it tony. ♪ i should have changed that silly lock ♪ >> stephanie: until they grow a backbone don't send them a dime of your hard-earned money. ♪ go walk out the door ♪ >> stephanie: he said give directly to candidates who reflect the values that you trust. that's right. push them farther to the right! >> they are a bunch of wuss. >> stephanie: they need to hire that rutgers coach to whip them into shape. yes, screw the young! they don't know what they are doing! homo-fashionist young people. with their stupid gay tolerance. wuss. republicans should try educating them on why marriage matters, ye

relationship of your characters, this is a clip from the 100th episode, which is also based upon alfred hitchcock'sworking together, but you're -- >> living together. >> smooching, take a look. >> i know that you're lonely and that you miss me, i miss you, too, but you don't have to keep making up things to have me come back here. >> you think this is a ploy to get you here? >> i don't mean -- >> i know what you mean, and i know what i saw. >> you know what, i have to get back to the precinct. >> wow, you really don't believe me. >> i'll be back later. >> you know what, don't worry about it. i'm fine. >> now in real life it's very typical to, you know, smooch someone, work with someone. >> i love smooching people. >> smooching is fun. can your characters pull it off, that's what everyone wants to know. >> yeah, people seem to really enjoy this season. like i said, the best season thus far, so i think it's working. and it's really fun kind of navigating what does it mean to work together and be in a relationship. >> it's delicate. >> it is a delicate dance, but it also plays into the comedy and dram

in hitchcock, texas, they had hail the size of softballs last night that blew out car windshields and windows on homes. more storms possible today in south texas. we're watching san antonio into around austin, corpus christi, large hail, a couple tornadoes can't be ruled out and tomorrow this moves across the gulf coast. florida is really the state we're watching in particular. southern georgia too. could see several tornadoes tomorrow. if you're in orlando or tampa, you'll want to watch this storm very carefully. we track all of the rain across the south. a cold rain for many tomorrow. this moves up the east coast for friday. the end of the workweek if you are traveling i-95 corridor new york down to raleigh. that is where the heftiest rain is going to be found. it's rain and not snow at this point in new york city. it's almost cold enough we could talk about snowstorms here, joe. >> you feel better probably when you make a bad call. if punxsutawney phil can be this wrong, right? if he can be this wrong -- >> if you are going to a rodent for your seasonal forecast, i got nothing for

alfred hitchcock said famously when he was asked about the film the birds he said how can you do this projector off and go home. it's only entertainment. this ♪ entertainment. we need to look at this in a way where we have a positive view. i think it's been handed to us. do you know what it is? no i want to ask you about that. we think it's so terrible and nra negative and terrorizing. >> the fear not bombs. set off a bomb but the rest of us panic. they are courage. they are the courage of the medical responders that came and saved people. brought them to the hospital. they are the courage of the surgeons who worked through the night and saved these people. how about the cops? how about the fbi? what a great story about what happened yesterday. they caught the second guy. they brought him in alive. what a great narrative that is we have been featuring that on tv. the more we feature that the better. the same center of the brain that processes fear, courage, caring, laughter and faith. we should bring in our faith in a time like this. >> alisyn: that's beautiful. you i saying any of us

before him, such as our first speaker, franklin roosevelt, the artists such as the renowned albert hitchcock. mr. burns owners our tradition of being part -- our tradition. he is truly more than our guest today. the house through spoken word become part of our club and our mission. so today, at the time we would normally give you your eighth national press club coffee mug -- [laughter] -- we decided we are not going to give you another coffee mug. instead we're going to recognize your contributions to this organization by making you an honorary member of the national press club. [applause] >> i guess i am a card-carrying journalists. thank you. >> you are supposed to answer one more question. >> in 45 seconds. >> this film of course as a ken burns film that a ken burns films a dozen of ken burns' voice in a. will we hear your voice again in your next production? >> well, i've never put my voice actually in the field. it's always been narrated by someone else, but that narrators a voice in the editing room has been one. i think what's important, not only with this film but all films i've made

come before him such as our first speaker, franklin roosevelt, two are just like -- to artists like hitchcock. he is truly more than our guests t today. part of oure club and our mission. today at the time when we would normally give you your eighth national press club coffee we have decided you not going to give you another coffee mug. you are going to recognize the contributions i make an honorary member of the national press ng to-- we are goiu recognize the contributions you by making you an honorary member of the national press club. clack >> thank you. >> we still have to answer one more question. this is the ken burns film without ken burns'voice. the retail -- will we hear your voice in the next production? >> i never actually put my voice in the film. it is been narrated by somebody else but the narrator's voice in the editing room has been mine. do as a convenience in our society that gets everything down to 140 characters. this is a film by sarah burns and david mcmahon and also ken burns and all of my films share coproducers and directors of equal importance and they should be ack