here's hobbs and his new shoes. and he's hobbs trying to walk.he pup likes hiking in cold weather but his paws tend to take a beating. so looking for a solution here, his owners found -- >> he tried to kick them off. >> he doesn't know they're attached. hobbs, good stuff. >>> time now for an early look at the day ahead in this day in history. first lady michelle obama will be getting her hands dirty. students from around the country will join the first lady to plant vegetables and herbs in the white house kitchen garden on the south lawn. >>> on this day in 1968 nbc news anchor chet hutly announced the assassination of america's most famous civil rights leader. >> martin luther king jr. was killed tonight in memphis, tennessee. shot in the face as he stood alone on the balcony of his hotel room. he died in a hospital an hour later. >>> and happy birthday to a poet and an actor maya angelou turned 85. robert downey jr. is 48. >>> here's a look at what's coming up later on "today" show. kevin ware opens up about his injury and future and first lady

the current owners, the daughter and current owner helen hobbs. and lastly, i'll be moderating a panel on thursday as our general assembly for the association of bay area governments meets in oakland. but our former laborer secretary for the u.s. robert reich will be speaking specifically on how local areas can address the needs of the population given the huge federal cuts and sequestration cuts. and the panel that i'm moderating will be on planning for people and places, highlighting a lot of the great planning that's been going on in san francisco. the other panelists are a community oriented architect david baker, also u.c. davis professor michael rios and others how we in san francisco are planning for complete streets and better more sustainable future as well. thanks for listening. the rest i'll submit. >> thank you, supervisor. supervisor wiener. >> thank you, madam clerk. today i am introducing legislation to authorize the purchase of the noe valley town square site on 24th street from our recreation and park open space acquisition fund.

. >> dustin hobbs is with the california mortgage banker's association. only representative who agreed to talk to us on camera. >> is this a financial model to string them along? >> no, not at all. the financial model of it all servicers strive for is keeping borrowers in their homes, making their payments on time. >> hobbs says that servicers lose a customer. >> would you concede there's mistakes? >> are there problems? absolutely. but industry has made tangible, significant changes, improvements over the years. >> i believe them. i believe that i will get justice because i didn't do anything wrong. >> because he believes the bank foreclosed on him illegally, he is now suing bank of america. in early april, a counter cost judge signed an agreement between thomas and investor group that bought his home back in december. the agreement forces thomas, his wife and their three children from the only home they've ever known in america. the banks and investors now get their due while joe g. thomas and his family wait for their justice. while having to pack up a

and come thomas hobbes and john locke. there is profound reasons why the and had to be undermined for liberalism. that's a long story. but certainly christians can be blamed for not, for continuing weakening marriage to the point where there wasn't much left of it to defend. so that's, i want to see part of the larger trajectory and not talk about as we have a truly super healthy thing that is being attacked by people from the outside. we really, really blew it, and these people are saying, why not come why do we have a part of this? so it's much more mixed up that we were allowing in the public to be. >> host: i think it's break time. .. obviously that an all-too-familiar but i'm here. people have said that for some time to have it there but it didn't. the thing has a generally misdiagnosed were the problem took hold. we think that they keep 60s was the bigger radical break. the research is really the 1860s and the situation i'm about describes how liberalism came to dominate the culture intellectually. said to be educate

, thomas hobbs and john locke. there's profound reasons why the family had to be undermined for liberalism, that's a long story. but certainly christians can be blamed for not, for continually weakening marriage to the point where there wasn't much left of it to defend. so i want to see it as part of this larger trajectory and not really this healthy thing that's being attacked by people from the outside. we really, really blew it. and these people are saying why not, why don't we have a part of this? and so it's much more mixed up than we're allowing in public debate. >> host: i think it's break time. >> on the go? after words is available via podcast through itunes and xml. visit booktv.org and click podcast on the upper left side of the page. select which podcast you'd like to download, and listen to "after words" while you travel. >> host: so let's talk a little bit about academia. you were a professor and a student, and you see academia as part of the problem in establishing this secular liberal world view. >>

. >>> how about this app, go comics, gives you online to calvin and hobbs and our hometown dilbert and peanuts as well. fox trot, another one. good one, guys. i know people don't read cartoons much anymore. now youave them on the iphone when you're waiting in line. >> hi, scott. >> i miss that sunday mornings breaking out the funny ads. >> you can still do it. >> i still can. i'm just not able to read. >>> looks like it's chilly and windy. >> sea breeze pushing in cooler marine air for most of the bay area. exceptions to the rule, fairfield and livermore in the 70s. many locations in the north bay and south bay, anywhere from 10 to 20 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago. it's all because of that sea breeze which has been quite strong at times in and around san francisco. west winds 10 to 20 miles per hour. fairfield, seeing a southwest wind. low clouds west of the golden gate down the coastline today, probably not the best beach day. this is going to be the story for the next couple of days as the low clouds have come back and that marine layer is going to thicken up. we do have a giants

perhaps we attach particular significance to hobbes' leviathan. it did seem at that time that she was a very, very hard-line communist and more so than mr. gorbachev. as i wrote in the book, it was much later that i learned that she had reason not to be a hard-line communist. her grandfather was a farmer -- what is known as a kulak. they were quite big farmers -- not enormous farms; not landed estates -- but they had bought other farms and were farming very well. he had quite a good-sized farm, and stalin came, as his officials went to other people with land, to dispossess them of it at gunpoint. mrs. gorbachev's grandfather refused. he said, "no, i have a wife and four children. i employ many people on this farm. we farm this farm well, and i am going to continue to do that." and in accordance with stalin's communism, he was therefore shot. mrs. gorbachev's mother was one of the four children, so she knew the awfulness of communism. c-span: did either one of them speak english? >> guest: mrs. gorbachev understood some english, mr. gorbachev didn'

and they've been described as massive hobbs' where amounts of data is collected essentially analyzed now are we going to see the role of fusion centers become more central in the fight against terrorism well i think that what we're going to see is an increasing. to an increasing amount of federal agencies amassing surveillance amassing data about what is protected speech protected action and there's no question about that whether it comes from the fusion centers whether it comes from this new as a massive hub that's been created in the southwest in some ways that they sometimes feel like academic differences because if the surveillance is happening at the federal level there's an incredible amount of data sharing that goes into that right but more specifically are we going to stevie's these centers actually aid in the fight against terrorism. while i mean i i'm not sure whether or not that will happen i would sort of say that what we've seen right now is not actually any has anything to do with terrorism other than in name only as a way to sort of demonize a group that they want to m

so she got rid of the correspondents and just hobb knobbed. >> number one, it did feel like wanna bees exercising the velvet rope that excludes the rest of america. and my velvet rope includes you. >> we can't scroll down. >> that is not a cigar. >> i want to make a point. nobody there got drunk. what was missing was people vomiting and what happened during the great party was people get [bleep]. >> they don't serve alcohol? >> i was there last year and the year before. but they don't get wasted. >> they were eating at my table. >> that is the whole point. if america would watch it, it would be the highest rated thing. >> did you see the dean martin roast where they are smoking and their shirts are unbuttoned? >> yes. >> the president's timing is actually pretty good. it must be interesting fort meade yaw to be there and say oh we never thought of making fun of this president before. >> exactly. he can do a better version than anybody. do i have time to go to this? from nerds to jocks. does earning a varsity letter keep kids from doing better? according to the university the dumb jock

hobbs brings us up to speed on the trade data, miners, so much. >> so much going on. german consumer products manufacturer, makes personal deoderants, say they think the eurozone situation will get worse. the economic situation before it gets better. mario draghi today suggested that the eurozone's economic problems still loom very large. now, clearly the sell-off that we've had in commodities has ricocheted right through the european markets as you see them here in the united states. big global miners, listed in london, has been hit badly during the course of the session. chilly in copper mine. anglo americans, look at the losses that you've had there. smallest second or third line miners that are exposed to places. for example, this russian gold miner in london has lost market capitalization. citi coming through with a recommendation there. the rotation continue out into other areas in the market today. despite the fact you're down overall, drug makers are doing particularly well and some of the utilities as people seek safety here. up almost 4% in response to what

been under attack and the family has been under attack from certain aspects going back from thomas hobbes and john locke there are reasons the family had to be undermined for liberalism and that is another story. it was certainly they can be blamed for continually weakening marriage to the point that there wasn't much left so i want to see that part of the larger trajectory and not talk about this super healthy thing as being attacked by people from the outside. we really blew it and these people are saying why don't we have a part of this? so, it is much more messed up the and we were allowing in the public debate. >> host: i think it's breaktime. >> host: let's talk a little bit about academia. you see academia as part of the problem in establishing the secular world view. >> guest: that sounds all too familiar. people had said that for some time. where they think that the 1960's was the big radical break and if you do a little research to find the 1860's and that's situation i'm about to describe is how liberalism came to dominatete culture and intellectually. so, that to be educated m

. >> historian and author richard hobbs writes about the tacoma narrows bridge in his book, "catastropheo triumph." >> people would come out on a windy day when there was extra bounce in the bridge and walk across. the motion could be fairly dramatic. >> but some find that wave like motion harrowing. >> as you drove across the bridge you could look ahead and the car in front of you maybe 100 yards would absolutely disappear as you went down the bottom. it was unnerving to a lot of drivers. many who crossed the bridge swore it would be the last time. >>> and on that windy autumn day in 1940, it is the last time anyone crosses that bridge. >> about 10:00 the bridge began to move in ways it had not moved before. the undulations became higher and the ripples across the bridge were verging on dangerous. >> at 10:15 a.m. one of the bands holding the suspension cable breaks, causing the bridge to move not only up and down, but back and forth. >> once that started the bridge increasingly began to twist. there was a car that had been trapped out on the bridge. a car driven by leonard postworth, a

d dustin hobbs is with the california mortgage bankers association, the only industry represe representative who agreed to talk to us on camera. is this a financial model to string them along? >> no, not at all. the financial model that all servicers strive for is keeping borrowers in their homes, making their payments on time. >> reporter: he says servicers are increasingly helping borrowers make changes to their mortgages. >> servicers don't want to go into foreclosure because they're going to lose money and a customer. >> reporter: would you concede there are problems is this. >> absolutely. the industry has made tangible improvements over the years. >> i didn't do anything wrong. >> reporter: because he believes the bank foreclosed on him illegally joji thomas is now suing bank of america. in early april a contra costa judge signed an agreement between thomas and the investment group that bought his home at foreclosure auction back in december. the agreement forces thomas, his wife, and their three children from the only home they've ever known in america. the banks and investors now get

it's not simon hobbs, either. there's more of us. we launched this with first union last year. and it's a technology etf with a ciscos and the hps trying to increase that dividend. i like those type of names because the reits can't continue to go higher. soft in the seat. so i think something like a tvd is a good name. >>> up next on "the half," best buy may be this year's topper forming strock but what's the trade after the huge run this year? >>> plus, japan is the hottest trade on the planet. gemma godfrey says it is still time to get in. our favorite ideas is up next. >>> what is the best trade in high flier best buy right now? stock is up more than 100% this year alone and best performer in the s&p 500. >> josh, i'm over here. so just because you hear this story. in terms of what's going, in terms of execution, they're doing well. up 100% year to date. the management team is turning the company around. got 1.30 in cost cutting experiences that you can do over the next six months or so. i think the story throughout last week about samsung, i'm getting tickled, samsung last

>> well, it's called a hobbs act violation. there was sort of interstate involvement here.hen you have this amount of money, we're talking about 250 kilograms of cocaine, $1 million, interstate commerce drug trafficking, the feds get involved in that kind of case. >> all right. sunny hostin, good to see you as always. >>> kefb kevin ware, says he's doing just fine. this man from the ncaa louisville team broke his leg, had his bone actually sticking out of his leg just a few days ago, over the weekend. but the one thing that he wants now, he says, is another call from the first lady. we're going to explain. flying is old hat for business travelers. the act of soaring across an ocean in a three-hundred-ton rocket doesn't raise as much as an eyebrow for these veterans of the sky. however, seeing this little beauty over international waters is enough to bring a traveler to tears. we're putting the wonder back into air travel, one innovation at a time. the new american is arriving. uh, charles couldn't make it. his single miles card blacked him out here and here. he should have

go comics gives you alcohol's to calvin and hobbs there. peanuts as well. fox trot another good one in the app store. virgin america unveiling a new feature where you can use your seat back video system to order yourself a drink or order a drink to anyone else. >> really? >> you click the seat and you send a drink to the attractive person in 8a or 36c as it were. >> stop it. >> i can see it now. what's a nice girl like you doing on a show like this. >> only two seats you cannot send drinks to. do you know what they are? >> the pilot and co-pilot. >> richard branson says he is so confident of this, 50% of people will be able to hook up on flights. >> 50% works all of the time. >> putting on a show in denver last night. hammering the nuggets 131-117. next two games will be at the oracle arena. game three friday night at 7:30. >> great game for the warriors, great game for the sharks, locking up their spot in the playoffs. beat the stars 3-2 last night, securing another playoff birth. two games before the postseason starts, tonight's game down in phoenix takin

once you go back to somebody like machiavelli and go back to hobbs, or rousseau who says christianity was a mistake, get it out of here, you see what it means to be at the bottom fundamentally antagonistic to christianity, and very thoroughly antagonistic. understanding what is at stake here in rejecting christianity full force. so, that would be the kind of thing that i think is needed intellectually, to say, where did the actual modes of thought conflict? how were they self- -- how was secular liberally. self-defined, self-consciously defined against christianity? what whatever particular liberals may happen to believe -- they tend to mix and match and i go over that mixing and matching and mushing in the 19th century where people aren't clear about the pedigree of their thoughts so they end up with what il s from here and here and here. but in order to separate those and make them distinct we need to go back to the beginning. that's why i choose machiavelli because it's crystal clear there and run down through russo, and you see what is at stake and the essence of liberalism. that

it's simon hobbs. if you look at apple, innovation is key. if you look at you, innovation is key. against intel and we kind of know the story. in that environment, how do you feel about the decision that was made with apple to have such a very big buyback to use cash equivalent to 13% of your equity to buy back stock. is that the type of thing that you guys tend to like to do if you want innovative space or do you feel pushed into it because of where the market is? your stock in particular hasn't done very well over the last year. >> broadcom's innovation is our lifeblood. so we look at cash. we obviously want to run the business, but our primary use of cash is to acquire new technologies and new teams that help us drive forward and we drive through dividends and they're our uses of cash through broadcom. >> do you feel the environment in which you operate the strains of being ceo are different now that you have to satisfy an equity market that is very focused on some sort of dividend return. >> it's a challenge. you have to satisfy your customers and you have to make sure your em

nobody knows how it's going to work for them and most people are concerned to good health care they hobbes they were in jeopardy of losing. this is something i hear all the time talking to small businesses and families who have health care that they have wrote concerns about whether they're able to keep that. are you out of touch with this or do you hear is wrote concerns? i talked to colleagues and i hear the same things. are you hearing these things? >> for the many millions of americans who have health care through employers than plasma and 50 people, they are unaffected. >> i met recently with the owner of whole foods. they afflict 30,000 employees, a well-respected company nationally have health care their employees really like. it's a highly successful plan you did manage to control costs. they beat the industry average and still provide a plan their employees like an under the current law, their plan is not even eligible. the 30 plus employees that have health care they like to write no high risk of losing coverage. don't promise if you like what you have u. can keep it was broken t

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joining david faber, simon hobbs, kayla tausche, and mitchell silver is the former commissioner of intelligencenalysis with the police department and he's currently intelligence as we continue to watch the marks as well down 28 and all of those losses and then some created by ibm which is lowering the dow by about a hundred points. mitchell, any sense having done this for the city of new york, as to how close authorities are? >> they're pretty close. i imagine this will be resolved in the next 24 hours at maximum. the fact that they've got it locked down to this close of an area, the only remaining question is are there other assailants out there, other people who reported his support network when helped them plan this, were there friends and family who knew about this, but didn't want to bring it to authorities and to some degree they played a passive role and that's one of the thing that authorities will try to find out in the next few hours. >> are you able to tell us what new york has been working on on this possible islamic russian chechnian link that has taken people by surprise that pote

i'm carl quintanilla with simon hobbs and kayla tausche joins us at post 9. david faber is in new york city where he will reset from obviously last week's tough week, david and get set for a busy week of earnings and insight from big investors, too. >> yeah, you know. carl, we talked so often about the lack of merger and acquisition activity, but not the lack of activism even when it comes to deals themselves such as southeastern on dell, for example, or some of the opposition to the pcs-t-mobile deal. activism has been bigger than ever and so we are focused today on a number of dint guests who will join u and barry rosenstein from janna amongst others and we'll have news as well very shortly. >> wherever you are, david, there generally is news whether people want to know about it or not so we'll talk to you soon. >> in the meantime, we're coming off a turbulent week and saw volatile markets and all of the developments over the marathon bombing in boston one week ago today. >> the tacit approval over japan's monetary easing policy and no one will mess with th

. >> brian shactman will keep us posted and simon hobbs joins us at post 9.of the fact that there's only one halt that we know of even though this apparently involves two clients and former clients and the statement for herbalife is much more complicated because people leadly assume this will not be true. normally when an auditor leaves it is not good for the auditor itselves. >> it should be a defendant in litigation or something along those lines. this is a reporting of the new york times because we haven't gotten a statement from herbalife and kpmg has stepped aside as a result of the partner. >> scott has more information for us. >> we do expect some kind of statement from herbalife some time soon, we would hope. i can add some color, though, on how this whole thing transpired and unfolded through a source that kpmg learned late last week about this issue that was going on. they were very aggressive right from the outset. they told the umps can involved, the two of them and the other one individually, the individual in question was out within 24 hours and

. -- itmy belief hobbs that is my belief that japan has a noble responsibility to bring happiness andemocracy in the world. that is why, ladies and gentlemen, japan must regain its economic power. that is why we are working hard to turn around our economy. make no mistake, we are pushing it not only for the sake of economic growth, we are doing aat precisely to make japan reliable ally. in march, we said we will be negotiations. last week, tokyo and washington reached an agreement about some of the issues we needed to solve. that we arech glad on the right track to enter the negotiations. it is about the economic continuation. it is also much more than th japan is still the second biggest democratic economy in the world. [laughter] , the americanher and japanese can make the world a much better place. the u.s. and japan bound mega -- can emerge as a think about our combined size. it is really mega. for the purpose of growth, japan must be stronger. i will spend the next couple of minutes to tell you about the ne simple, and pln, straightforward. the government comes in with fiscal pol