numbers of civilians, the uss call, the embassies in tanzania and kenya, and then as we get into my nell irvin it became clear that there was no u.s. strategy at least executed on the ground against al qaeda. so it had a selective engagement

. >> reporter: irvine the golden retriever is not just man's best friend.pen doors. >> yes, good boy. >> reporter: turn on lights. and pick up your wallet. a dollar bill. or a credit card. >> way to go. >> reporter: irvine and other dogs such as 4-month-old puppy cadence are part of a three-year training course to help wounded warriors. troops back from iraq or afghanistan with debilitating injuries. now that in itself is not new. what is new is who is training these service dogs. other wounded warriors. such as sergeant brian bradley from st. mary's, ohio, who lost his right arm in battle in afghanistan in 2010. he says it helps for the dogs to be trained by actual amputees with prosthetic limbs to get used to them. >> and i can do a lot of things with this. and when i first got to the program last year, like some of the puppies were like, what is that? they see the hook moving around and stuff. >> reporter: private first class corey doan from vancouver, washington, lost his leg to an ied in afghanistan in july 2011. he says training these dogs has been a

. >> reporter: irvine the golden retriever is not just man's best friend. doors -- >> yes, good boy. >> reporter: -- turn on the lights -- and pick up your wallet, a dollar bill, or a credit card. >> yes, way to go! >> reporter: irvine and other dogs, such as 4-month-old puppy cadence, are part of a three-year training course to help wounded warriors. troops back from iraq or afghanistan with debilitating injuries. now, that in itself is not new. what is new is who's training these service dogs -- other wounded warriors such as sergeant brian bradley from st. mary's, ohio, who lost his right arm in battle in afghanistan in 2010. he says it helps for the dogs to be trained by actual amputees with prosthetic limbs to get used to them. >> you know, i can do a lot of things with this. and when i first got to the pram last year, some of the puppies, they were like, what is that? they see the hook moving around and stuff. >> reporter: private first class cory doane from vancouver, washington, lost his leg to an ied in afghanistan in july 2011. he says training th

robbery abatement team providing them with specific information about two incidents that occurred in irvine, california. an armed white male suspects driving a gray bmw had committed to armed bank robberies. the suspect had already proven himself dangerous and desperate when he attempted to run down responding deputy sheriffs in order to effectively escape from one of the bank robberies. using the gps, the getaway car was located in our city at one of this the park. -- beuna vista park. the suspects gray bmw was found precisely with gps. the car was legally parked and unattended. the robbery abatement team maintain surveillance of the -- of the vehicle for hours, but no signs of activity. park station please -- plain clothes officer under the direction of sergeant scott ryan and robert lieu adnd reyes observed. they noticed until lights were on and the sun roof was opened. officer lew quickly executed a u-turn and confirmed it was occupied by the suspect. officers immediately got out of the car, drew their weapons and began giving verbal commands. they identified themselves, told a suspect

. >> reporter: irvine the golden retriever is not just man's best friend., good boy. >> reporter: turn on lights. and pick up your wallet. a dollar bill. or a credit card. >> way to go. >> reporter: irvine and other dogs such as 4-month-old puppy cadence are part of a three-year training course to help wounded warriors. troops back from iraq or afghanistan with debilitating injuries. now that in itself is not new. what is new is who is training these service dogs. other wounded warriors. such as sergeant brian bradley from st. mary's, ohio, who lost his right arm in battle in afghanistan in 2010. he says it helps for the dogs to be trained by actual amputees with prosthetic limbs. to get used to them. >> and i can do a lot of things with this. and when i first got to the program last year, like some of the puppies were like, what is that? they see the hook moving around and stuff. >> reporter: private first class corey doan lost his leg to an ied in afghanistan in july 2011. he says training these dogs has been a life line. >> it's going to be depressing to

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irvin for the giants beat the marlins 14 to seven. opening round of the colonials and johnson had five birdies on the back nine and shot a six under 64 to take a one-shot lead the nba playoffs pacers called the team soft after they're blown off by in game 5 david west got the message and finish strong indiana led by 2 1/2 but they had no answer for doing away the at its best game of the post-season 41 points and 10 rebounds in the final three games of the series to advance to an eastern conference final and they will await the winner of the celtics and sixers game 7 is on saturday and they're saying they're going to the celtics. 14 runs by the giants. did we were the come from? >>> and offensive explosion that is supposedly a pitcher's park. so they're not free and as fences then there were talking up reedman to make it more hear from the other not. ,,,,

a company in irvine has been hired to compare the berkeley police department with others when it comes to media relations and how to improve them. >>> san jose will resume clearing out a few homeless camps temporarily. city officials agreed yesterday to cleanup three homeless camps over the next five weeks after dozens of residents complained. crews will begin dismanling a homeless camp by the end of the month also next month along coyote creek. the decision comes nearly three months after police stopped providing security for cleanup crews because of legal concerns on how to handle homeless people's belongings. >>> san francisco transportation agency meets this morning to consider expanding the use of forward-looking cameras on city buses those cameras have been looking out for vehicles that people park illegally in bus-home lanes. the program has cameras on 30 buses through chinatown and the financial district. they have more than doubled the number of citations issued to violators and that translates to a revenue increase from $187,000 in 2009 to the $314,000 this year. muni hopes t

and this does not include clark kent irvin's recess appointment to serve as ig of the department of homeland security, which was never confirmed by the senate. the fact that president bush had as many ig vacancies in 2004 as president obama does today does not mean we should ignore the current vacancies. similarly, we should not single out the current administration for purely partisan reasons. as part of our review today, we also acknowledge the role played by the senate in these vacancies. for example, president obama nominated michael horowitz to be the ig of the department of justice on july 29, 2011. until 2009, mr. horowitz had served as the presidentially appointed senate-confirmed commissioner on the united states sentencing commission, yet even though the senate had confirmed him previously, his nomination was held up for eight months. when the senate finally did vote, they confirmed his nomination by a voice vote. similarly brian miller, the current ig at gsa who will be testifying here today, had to wait nine months before the senate finally confirmed his nomination by president b

and they raised these concerns through representations originally to lord irvin who was handling the bill in the house of lords. it started in the house of lords, not in the house of commons. and then lord wakeham raised them on the floor of the house and he said in his written statement that he did that not as a representative of the press but to reflect his own opinions but he happened to be chairman of the pcc. and i was very anxious to achieve a consensus on this legislation. because i have a principle, which is that major constitutional change should only go through if there is some kind of greater legitimacy, either through consensus in parliament or through a referendum. the conservatives were opposing the bill, that second reading, and i was anxious to see whether we could reach an accommodation so we could get their endorsement to it. and also i thought part of what lord wakeham and the pcc was saying was reasonable. if i may refer you to paragraph 103 where i refer to the letter lord wakeham wrote to chris smith on the 12th of january, 1998. january 12th, 1998, he said ther

he has a doctorate from the university of california irvine and it is my pleasure to introduce don steury. [ applause ] >> thank you, neil. it is my pleasure to be the moderator of this panel. but because there are several federal employees on this panel, i have to start by reading the following. and i quote. all statements of fact, opinion or analysis expressed are those of the author and do not reflect the official position or views of the central intelligence agency, the department of the army, or any other u.s. government agency. nothing in the content should be construed as a certainty or implying u.s. government authentication of information or endorsement of the author's view. the material has been reviewed to prevent the disclosure of classified information. [ speaking german ] we are here on the 50th anniversary of the tank confrontation at check point charlie, the end of a bitter crisis over berlin which began with the vienna summit and came to the head with the construction of the berlin wall the following august. looking back, it is possible to see this as the turning point of

. >> reporter: jana bell soto is halfway through college at the university of california, irvine. he's worried he won't be able to finish. tuition went up 14% this school year because of state budget cuts. >> my mom already told my little brother he's going to have to go into the military so they can pay for his college. >> reporter: the u.c. system plans to raise tuition another 6% in july to nearly $13,000, that's more than double what students paid just five years ago because the state keeps cutting education funding. >> we're going to have to cut deeper, but cutting alone really doesn't do it. >> reporter: today governor jerry brown said the state's budget deficit jumped from $9 billion to $16 billion largely because tax revenues have been much lower than expected. the unemployment rate here is still 11%. >> there has to be a balance and day of reckoning. this is the type of day of reckoning and we've got to take the medicine. >> reporter: so the governor announced $4 billion in new cuts including a 5% pay cut for state workers. he wants to shrink their work week to four nine

wasn't working, daniel patrick monahan was one of the first, ultimately became senator of new york, irvin crystal, daniel bell, there were quite a few others, and they were writers, primarily, magazine editors, and they began writing first about social policy and liberalism was actually doing more harm than good, this social liberal business, and then subsequently became concerned about foreign policy and our really lack of spine in fighting communism. and little by little, they sort of merged over into the conservative movement. many of them actually became republicans during ronald reagan's election, and he had -- there were, i think, probably as many as a couple hundred people that sort of fit this category that were working together, largely on foreign policy, there was an organization called the committee for the present danger that was formed and a couple of other related groups that these people would, again, write, do lectures on the fact particularly that the carter administration was giving it all away to the soviet union and that we needed to have a stiffer spine. reagan liked

networks abc, nbc and cbs covering these his tr i can hearings and a senator from north carolina sal irvin gaveling in the opening statement on may 17, 1973. >> today the select committee on presidential campaign activities begins hearings into the extent to which illegal, improper or unethical activities were involved in the 1972 presidential election campaign. senate resolution 60 which establishes the select committee while adopted unanimous by the senate on february 7th, 1973, and among the provisions every member of the senate joined in giving the committee a broad mandate to investigate as further as possible all the ramifications that the water grate break in which occurred on saturday, june 17, 1972. under the terms of the authorizing resolution the committee must convene a study and render its report on or before february 28, 1974. while the necessity of that report will reflect the considered judgment of the committee on whatever new legislation is needed to help safe guard the electoral process through which the president of the united states is chosen. we are beginning these he

bob irvins is the president of the american rivers.ng with us. >> thanks for having me. >> what direct impact would these cuts in the clean water protection act have on the potomac? >> well, if the bills that are in congress were successful, we'll see wetlands and streams at the river no longer protected by the federal government. we'll also see pesticides going into our rivers, not protected again by the federal government. instead, that authority will go back to the states, and they don't have the resources or the regulations in place to do the job. >> your organization released this report, calling the potomac emblem atic. >> it includes the green river in colorado, which is threatened by proposals to divert water from it. it includes rivers like the cole river in west virginia. the common element of all of these is we've made great progress under the clean water act over the last 40 years, but there are proposals to roll back those protections. and americans don't want to go back to the days of dirty water. >> bob, the potomac, whi

the company in irvine has been hired to compare the berkeley police department with others when it comes media relations and how to improve them. >>> san jose will resume clearing out homeless camps the city will cleanup three homeless camps in the next month after residents complained. crews will target a three homeless camps. the decision comes near three months after san jose police stopped providing security for cleanup crews because of legal concerns and now to handle homeless peoples' belongings. >>> transportation agency meets to consider expanding the use of cameras on buses icam have been looking out for vehicles people parked illegal in bus-only lanes. the program has cameras on 30 buses mostly through chinatown. they might not impact traffic yet but they have more than doubled the number of citations. that translates into revenue from $187,000 in 2009 to $314,000 this year. mimi hopes to have 1,000 buses he -- muni hopes to have 1,000 buses equipped with the cameras by next year. >>> investigators keeping within eye on menlo park and the other on wall street in anticipation of

want to go straight to irvine, california, bob formerly of the cia. good to see you again. this is something we hadn't heard, the idea of using wildfires as weapons of terror. question to you, is this a new idea? is this something law enforcement has considered? >> they have considered it, of course. arson is a very effective weapon. it is easy to light places on fire and attack at several places. you don't have to procure explosives. the rest of it, it doesn't surprise me. al qaeda is desperate to strike back. it has been a year since osama bin laden was assassinated. they do want to hit, and they intend to, and they will use any weapon they can get their hands on. >> just to follow up, if you say this is something certainly they have i want i don't want to say anticipated but thought about, also something they're prepared to prevent? >> i think so. i think we have to look at al qaeda, the problem for the fbi in this country is that they simply put their instructions out on the web and they tell people what sort of weapons to get and accelerants and things like that and th

numbers of civilians, the uss call, the embassies in tanzania and kenya, and then as we get into my nell irvin it became clear that there was no u.s. strategy at least executed on the ground against al qaeda. so it had a selective engagement strategy killing civilians and an enemy who had not identified it as a major threat that the illustration identified as a major threat. >> host: sinnott at home and taking it seriously. >> guest: from the 9/11 commission report that i talked to in the organizations like the cia including the bin laden unit in the cia that identified bin laden and identified great concerns about plotting attacks in the west including in the united states. we know that a range of individuals like clark had alarm bells at the level, but when we go back and look the administration at the plant was focused on things like the balkans and the kosovo war which was 1999, some issues other than -- >> host: putting out fires elsewhere in the national security arena. now, you talk about this wave of al qaeda violins and then they get beaten back. sometimes because of their own actions

the city has hired an irvine based communications firm to do a six-month audit of the department's policies and procedures on releasing public information. >>> the big event is coming up for a little girl in san jose this weekend. >> friends are organizing a fundrai-raising fund for a 5-year-old who has a rare genetic condition. she is surprising her doctors with the progress and winning hearts along the way. >> reporter: sammy and cali green play together like all sisters but 5-year-old sami has special needs. diagnosed wi diagnosed, this bundle of energy has a small head and simplified brain patterns. that's not her only challenge. >> she has cerebral palsy, which makes her muscles really tight and hard for her to balance and walk. and she also is diagnosed with epilepsy. >> reporter: medical experts didn't give them much home for sami's future but she is proving them wrong. >> i know how special samantha is, and our family has felt her big spirit. >> reporter: sami is walking on her own, even forming words. parents, marcus and jenny, say special physical they arapy in h is making a big d

. >> susan horn established a scholarship in her husband's name, irvin horn, in his death. >> my husbanddenly. and it's very hard for us. but he was such a giving person. and i said, you know, i know we need to do something to continue his legacy. >> reporter: now, harrison lee is headed to the university of maryland college park because of it. >> it says a lot about who he was and who i strive to be, you know, every day. and it's just -- for me, it's just so incredible. >> reporter: the baltimore ravens award as well. and former college kicker matt stover. >> basically taking responsibility and not looking back with regrets. so many of us make mistakes along the way. so what i'll do is challenge the students to not look back with regret. >> last ye, the bcf awarded $170,000 in scholarships to 66 students. this is a nonprofit that helps people carry out their charitable giving. to. >>> a gorgeous thursday night. lots of sunshine and perfect temperatures outside. but are there storms in the forecast? bob turk has a look at what we can expect tomorrow and through the weekend. bob? >> big c

next up is dwyane in irvin, texas. dwyane is in our line for democrats. go ahead, dwyane. caller: liposuction. host: dwyane, are you there? caller: yes. host: talk to us about your thoughts regarding the obesity rate hitting 42% by 2030 according to the c.d.c. hey, dwyane, turn down your television. we're getting feedback and that's causing some confusion there in irvin, texas. caller: really? i just called in. host: all right, dwyane, you know we're talking about the obesity rate. -- caller: this isn't dwyane. host: who is this? caller: this is ron. host: hi, ron. how are you? caller: in eagle river, wisconsin. host: nowhere near irving, texas. caller: not a clue. [laughter] host: ok, ron. the c.d.c. released a report yesterday saying that the obesity rate may hit 42% in 2030. what are your thoughts about that? caller: i think it's a situation where we cause our own problems. we're being fed foods that not necessarily nutritious. our food inspection system is just -- it's a crime that we've allowed our legislatures to let food inspection to go as bad as we have to not eve

next up is dwyane in irvin, texas. dwyane is in our line for democrats. go ahead, dwyane.: talk to us about your thoughts regarding the obesity rate hitting 42% by 2030 according to the c.d.c. hey, dwyane, turn down your television. we're getting feedback and that's causing some confusion there in irvin, texas. caller: really? i just called in. host: all right, dwyane, you know we're talking about the obesity rate. -- caller: this isn't dwyane. host: who is this? caller: this is ron. host: hi, ron. how are you? caller: in eagle river, wisconsin. host: nowhere near irving, texas. caller: not a clue. [laughter] host: ok, ron. the c.d.c. released a report yesterday saying that the obesity rate may hit 42% in 2030. what are your thoughts about that? caller: i think it's a situation where we cause our own problems. we're being fed foods that not necessarily nutritious. our food inspection system is just -- it's a crime that we've allowed our legislatures to let food inspection to go as bad as we have to not even trust what we're eating in the grocery stores anymore. as of the c

. >> peter navarro is an economist at california irvine. >> you cut muscle to the bone and you still got a big debt in california. the only way we get out of this mess is to increase our economic growth. >> california has largely lost its manufacturing base to china. the markets meltdown continues to hurt the state's tax revenue. the university's system, once the crown jewel of the nation, has cut so much tuition has nearly doubled in the last five years. lester hayes is looking at another 6% increase. >> our tuition went up the last quarter and the quart e before. so it's ridiculous. >> governor brown says tax increases are needed. higher sale taxes and income tax on those making more than $300. >> i know what the hell i'm doing. i'm a truthful guy. this is the way it is. if anyone has a better idea, i'll take it. >> he says if it's not passed, another $6 billion in cuts will need to be made. on "cbs this morning," ben tracey. >>> john edwards' daughter may have to testify in her father's case. >> anna werner is in greensboro, north carolina, and a good morning. >> reporter: good mo

. >> reporter: for volunteer tom irvin he says isn't just a healthy meal. >> we are the only people theyhole day so i think it's good that we have a chance to meet with them. >> reporter: hunger is a growing reality for millions of senior citizens across the country. many who are isolated behind closed doors. >> a lot of older people don't speak up. >> reporter: enid oversees the meals on wheels across the nation. serving more than one million meals each day. for seniors, it's just one hot meal a day. a new study by the group shows how much more needs to be done. >> what we have found is we have 8.3 million people in america, seniors in america, who are in fact facing the threat of hunger. it's an incredible amount of people. and of that, 60% of them are women. >> reporter: so borden enleyed the help of celebrity seniors to bring this message to capitol hill. >> we are trying to spread the word that people don't know, i didn't know. >> these women and these men may be stuck in their homes and not be able to go out but we'll be their voice and we will speak loud and clear for them. >> you

. >> peter navarro is an economist at the university of california irvine. >> he cut muscle to the bone and you still got a big debt here in california. the only way we get out of this mess is to increase our economic growth. >> reporter: california has largely lost its manufacturing base to china. the housing market meltdown and 11% unemployment continues to hurt the state's tax revenue. the university system once a crown jewel of the nation has been cut so much that tuition has nearly doubled in the past five years. freshman lester hayes is looking at another 6% increase. >> our tuition went up last quarter and the quarter before so it's ridiculous. >> governor brown says tax increases are needed. a higher sales tax and higher income tax on those making more than $250,000. >> i know what the hell i'm doing. i'm a truthful guy. this is the way it is. if anybody has a better idea, i'll take it. >> reporter: governor brown's tax plan will be on the ballot in november. he says if it's not passed, another $6 billion in cuts will need to be made. for cbs this morning, ben tracy, los angeles

let's hear from tom irvine on twitter - john edwards is in "the washington post" along with a former.c. council member harry thomas who has pled guilty to charges here. this is the headline -- next is a phone call from massachusetts, good morning, an independent. caller: i got an article from " or edwards was outsourcing business is to go to china. i don't care what he did personally. i am 30 years and engineering and all the stuff is gone. it is funny that elizabeth left him out of the well. host: if you suggest he was interested in helping companies move out of the country, remembered a histheme was talking about the dichotomy in america between the rich and the port. what do you think about the article you have and his official slogan? caller: that wasn't mentioned. he was tied up with china. i have all the articles going a ways back. host: saginaw, mich., you are on. caller: 94 cspan. i think this is a campaign funding issue. when the draft was an order in the vietnam days, your constitutional rights were suspended and you did not choose to do that yourself. that was done by a la

officers arrested 18-year-old irvin sanchez last week and found eight bikes inside his home on charter avenue in the terrace neighborhood. that discovery led officers to a pair of storage lockers in oakland and dozens more bikes. in all, police recovered 114 stolen bikes. check to see if your bike is among those recovered by going to our website, nbcbayarea.com. the key word is search for stolen bikes. >>> it is graduation day at san jose university, and sjsu alumni will be there for the graduating class of 2012. about 8,000 students will graduate this morning. the commencement starts at 9:30 at spartan stadium. >>> coming up this morning on "today in the bay," there are several big events happening in the bay area this memorial weekend. we have a rundown of what's happening where and how you can plan, whether you want to be there and whether you can avoid it. all the day's news is coming up at 7:00. more local news coming up for you in just 30 minutes. >>> we're back on saturday morning, may 26, 2012. it is the unofficial start of summer. memorial day weekend. it sure feels like sum h

when you're willing to lie. [ applause ] >> these are people who ridiculed the train from vegas to irvineney over the long-term. >> stephanie: one quick celebrity stack before we go. justin bieber is wanted for questioning by los angeles county sheriff's investigator. he complained of being roughed up by the pop star. >> this is my favorite part. >> stephanie: he's justin bieber. i think right away -- he would be -- >> the guy was complaining of chest pains when he went to the hospital. he didn't have a fat lip or anything. i think getting your ass kicked by justin bieber would -- >> stephanie: is he trying to look like rachel maddow? is he trying that hard? seriously. i don't understand it. hal sparks.com for all things. we'll see you tomorrow on "the stephanie miller show."