jeff johnson is in washington d.c., a journalist and social activist. and patricia vines is a democratic committee woman from ferguson. ashar quraishi, how did this unhold. >> we were based at the mobile command center, a few miles from ferguson, where a lot of protests took place. as we moved to the areas where the protests took place, there were a series of blockades. most of ferguson appears to be cordoned off. today we were able to get further in, until we were told to go on foot. that was as far as we could get. we stayed about a mile away from the activity, from the large contingency of police in riot gear. after that, an hour and a half ago we heard the sounds of flash grenades, we saw residents and protesters running into our direction, which is a mile down from where they were protesting and tear gas was fired in our direction. we also saw what appeared to be a rubber bullet go past us and the police continued to push people away from the area. again, this seems to be, appears to be an escalation from what we have seen, in a response to somethi

county commissioner jeff johnson wins a crowded republican primary for governor beating out three rivals. he will face democratic and take on al franken in the general election. congresswoman tom emmer easily beat out the county commissioner. connecticut former u.s. ambassador to ireland wins the republican primary for governor. he will take on democrat malloy. he did not face a challenger. former executive mary burke won the primary to face governor scott walker in the fall. >>> now to extreme weather michigan experiencing historic and deadly flooding. the state pounded by a storm that dropped rain in some places up to 14 feet high. so deep fork lifts were brought in to try to debt the vehicles out. divers searching through stranded cars. the state confirming two people are dead. >> in maryland flash flooding leaving this woman stranded. the storms now headed to the northeast. maria molina has been tracking this all morning. >> the storm system still on the move. we are expecting to see flooding across portions of new england. the storm system producing significant flooding across porti

. >>> moving on to minnesota where hennepin county commissioner jeff johnson won a four-way primary andill take on mark dayton in the fall. >> you know, i think that message of electability is a huge deal for republicans this year. we saw it at the convention. they wanted a conservative but it was very pragmatic convention. people are saying we want a conservative but we want a conservative who can win. >> dayton had primary opposition of his own but won nearly as many votes as all of the republicans combined. the general election also officially kicked off in wisconsin, where democratic businessman mary burke sailed through her primary. republican governor scott walker, who is running in his third election in four years, is doing his best to make 2014 a referendum on his democratic predecesso predecessors. >> does anybody remember how bad things were four years ago? we don't want to go back to the days of double-digit tax increases, of billion dollar budget deficits and big-time job loss. remember, jim doyle, jim doyle hand picked mary burke to be a part of his cabinet, to be his chief

. >> another key race tom emmer beating out the commissioner and county commissioner jeff johnson wins primary for governor beating three major rivals. he'll face the democratic governor in november. we'll keep watching these races. >> a storm sliding across the country and this morning leaving two people dead. we start in arizona with this dramatic video. a man sitting on top of his car forced to jump on to a fire truck to get out safely. look at this video out of detroit. that is a forklift. it had to drag cars out of the water one by one.ing in thee of that. in some places the water was 14 feet deep. heading over to detroit, a scuba diver swimming through the flood waters to see if anyone else is trapped there. finally in pennsylvania, the heavy rain there opening up this massive sink hole that swallowed a car. we had a lot of rain overnight here in the new york area. >>> in the west coast tragic details about the death of robin williams. investigators confirming he hanged himself with a belt while his wife slept in a separate bedroom. she says she last saw him alive sunday night. s

much, coryu very johnson and jeff mccracken. for more details on rupert insight -- rupert murdoch, i am joined by a journalist who spent interviewing associates and family for "the man who owns the news." whate get your action to has been going on with 21st century fox and time warner. warnerrt has put time and play and time warner will remain in play. rupert wants time warner. he will try to figure out how to get it. >> he will figure out how to get it and not pay more money. >> he obviously -- time warner wants as much money as they can get. rupert wants to pay as little as he can pay. between the ask and the bid there is -- that is where we sit right now. >> you spent nine months interviewing rupert murdoch my meeting with associates and family members. >> i was with him through a lot which he did in the dow jones deal. i have seen rupert do a deal. and rupert takes his time. he proceeds on his own pace and of course he gets the deal done. >> give us some insight into what a typical day is in a situation like us. -- like this

and the republican chose jeff johnson betting that the mild mannered political veteran is the best chance to unseat democratic governor mark dayton in november. and also in minnesota on the senate primary t "washington post" has the headline mcfadden wins the g.o.p. primary and will face democratic senator al franken. mcfadden advances to a november show down against senator franken. the associated press called the g.o.p. primary for mcfadden who easily defeated a field that included four other republicans. so those are some of the proi mare r so those are some of the primary results around the country yesterday. steve, scott said arizona, republican caller. a few minutes left. more thoughts on did inaction injury caused what we are seeing in iraq now? go ahead, steve. >> caller: i have a comment. i was wondering why you guys don't have like more of a question regarding like brainstorming session, where you know comes to the people calling in and complaining one way or the other, have people call in with their ideas on what we should do in iraq. like some of the other topics, instead of w

and the republican chose jeff johnson betting that the mild mannered political veteran is the best chance to unseat democratic governor mark dayton in november. and also in minnesota on the senate primary t "washington post" has the headline mcfadden wins the g.o.p. primary and will face democratic senator al franken. mcfadden advances to a november show down against senator franken. the associated press called the g.o.p. primary for mcfadden who easily defeated a field that included four other republicans. so those are some of the proi mare results around the -- primary results around the country yesterday. and steve got a few minutes left here. steve, more thoughts on did inaction in syria cause what we are seeing in iraq now? go ahead, steve. >> caller: and i have a comment and i was wondering why you don't have like more of a question regarding like brainstorming session where instead of people calling and in complaining one way or the other, and people call in with ideas on what we should do in iraq. and like some of the other topics instead of what obama did wrong or right or what b

jeff city. he's going to announce the plan for this curfew and how we'll bring peace back to this community. captain johnson >> please hold it down. >> good afternoon. i have been tacked to provide security for the people of this community. allow them the right to speak, allow them the right to express their feelings. as far as the investigation, that is not my task. that's not the task of the highway patrol. the governor has enacted a curfew to allow us to provide safety for the citizens of ferguson, but also to maintain the right of the people. that curfew will start today. it would run from 12:00 midnight is when the curfew will start to 5:00 in the morning. we will enforce that curfew in an effort to provide safety and security to the area. before i go on any further, there's some things that when i was out yesterday in a crowd that i was asked about. and i've been promising that i will talk. i will communicate the things that we talk about behind closed doors, il communicate with you. there was some talk about having more eyes on this investigation. and i can tell you this morning at about 9:00 this mo

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johnson. in new york, leslie picker who covers ipo news from -- for bloomberg news. in chicago, jeff cap. the number? take on how surprising are they? >> i think they're really good numbers when you take a look at them, especially the mobile side that had been at? as the company transition from being pc dominant to the mobile side. we saw the mobile take rates improve from .98% to one point 49% this quarter. that is really a tremendous improvement. numbers pretty much expected? every time we see new numbers they are quite impressive. >> if you remember, fourth-quarter numbers were a little bit of a disappointment. fourth quarter shares trending -- the shares of trending up only slightly. they are of course a significant shareholder. the fact that they are not moving extremely high to the upside would indicate it was not as much of a surprise. yet as you mention, very impressive. big businesseat growing very fast. so many weird one-time items. i have been reading up for the past couple of hours. i think the profit number is what is really going on is great gains in investment income. it wa

johnson's efforts on his great society talking about different elements. today a discussion about the environment, talking about air quality. two guests. we're joined by rob, with george washington university environmental law professor. also jeff former e.p.a. assistant administrator for air and radiation from 2001 to 2005. good morning. let me start by reading a little bit of president johnson and what he talked about when it comes dot environment and ssues we'll be discussing. what do you think about that statement? guest: i think lyndon johnson was a visionary in some ways. he was the first president to articulate an environmental program that didn't just focus on a traditional conservation, the kind that teddy roosevelt might have endorsed. e focused also on rest ration, innovation, how are we going to improve these resources rather than just preserve resources that have -- that are still pristine. host: so as mr. homestead what about his statement and to you has that beard itself out? guest: i think in many ways it has. he of course was prior to his times back in the late 60s is when i think the public at large began to be concerned about air pollution. it had long been a problem in southern california but it was an incre

. >> reporter: now, jeff, you can see right behind me there are several police officers and they gathered just moments ago there are hundreds more including captain ronald johnson and reving them sort of a pep talk as they prepared to go out on the streets of ferguson once again tonight to enforce the curfew. >> vladimir duthiers, thank you. >> president obama is interrupting his martha vineyards vacation later tonight and flying back to washington, for a series of meetings over the next two days. our chief white house correspondent major garrett joins us. now from martha's vineyard. a couple of major issues, the president says he has been watching ferguson, what is the white house saying tonight? >> not only has the president been watching, jeff, but able to confer all the time he has been here in martha vineyard face-to- face with the two most important administration officials dealing with the unrest in missouri. >> attorney general eric holde and senior white house advisor have been vacationing on martha vineyards and coordinating the response. >> holder has been working with the justice department, the fbi and taking steps as announced today to have that s

later, we continue our look at president johnson's vision for a great society with a discussion on the air quality act of 1967. our guests are jeff homestead, a former e.p.a. assistant administrator for air. and robin juni an environmental law professor at george washington university. washington journal is live every morning at 7:00 eastern on c-span. texas governor rick perry is in washington, d.c., thursday, for a discussion on the new politics of immigration. we'll be live at this event. hosted by the heritage foundation and the national journal. starting at 11:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> i'm greta brawner and this week on the washington journal we'll be focused on president lyndon johnson's vision for a great society. and its impact today. tune in at 7:00 a.m. eastern team and also join the conversation by calling us or sending us an email, and you can also send us a tweet and join the conversation on facebook.com/c-span. >> tomorrow night on c-span, we examine opposing views on the issue of climate change. we'll hear from greenpeace co-founder patrick moore who challenges the idea that humans are the cause of global

will the time warner ceo jeff bewkes revealed a growth plan that is more viable than murdoch could have? and will murdoch take another shot at this down the line? cory johnsonill with us in the studio. jon erlichman also joined. did we hear anything that gives us any indication about how he is feeling, and how they are feeling about m&a? talked a lot about their business, but this is a story that will not be settled for a very long time, because this is jeff bewkes's bet on the and squeezingness more value out of them. m&aaguely talked about opportunities, but he is using this more than opportunities to say, we like the prospects of hbo as a global business, and the cable networks, and the turner operation as a global business. we don't have to be bigger. we are a leader in a bunch of categories, in movies like warner bros.. and this is my case to you, the analyst and the investors, that of a loan is a better proposition than us as part of fox. but obviously, we talk about the stock selloff that has happened since fox pulled the plug on its pursuit. this? is itu see not in play in the near future? >> yes, inasmuch as it is not still in play from fox. if we

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johnson and olivia sterns. going to the morning brief. >> nothing reads about this. starting with signs of we -- weakness across a jeff. drops. gdp -- weakness across europe. contraction since the tsunami. >> half of america. >> meanwhile, in china property eight .2% causing loan growth to slow. growth only half of what they had forecast in china. different story in the u.k. where it turns out more people are working. unemployment falls to the lowest. we are at 6.2 but 6.4 is pretty good. curious wrinkle, bank of england cuts the fourth-quarter estimates for wage growth to 1.2% versus 2.5. curious because unemployment is going down. >> aim store here in the u.s.. -- same story here in the u.s.. >> we will talk about the stanley fischer speech in stockholm that addresses better and if i met, better wages. weaker pound sterling is what we got. what else cap go >> 7:00 weekly number jobless applications. retail sales. very big deal, not a big number. looking for up .2%. business inventories. >> we call this ambiguity. about weird word segue. it is like debut. i digress. >> princeton. . am feisty today >> dear and macy's were poo

johnson and olivia sterns. going to the morning brief. >> nothing reads about this. starting with signs of we -- weakness across a jeff. drops.eakness across europe. contraction since the tsunami. >> half of america. >>

johnson says they expect peace tonight. and we all hope that that's going to be the case. but i want to talk right now to democratic state senator jeff rorda, the business manager for the st. louis police officers association and a former chief of police. i want to get the police perspective from you. ferguson police are not talking to the press. i got some flack from your fellow men in blue yesterday for saying the scene looked like something out of bagram. why do police officers in this day and age feel that that's necessary? >> you know i've never been through a situation like this and i'd say that most police officers of my generation haven't either. this is the sort of thing we saw at kent state in the '70s and the remarkable restraint and professionalism that the police officers involved in these protests and in in civil unrest have displayed to bring as a result of no serious injuries to protesters, no serious injuries to rioters, no serious injuries to folks in the neighborhood here and most importantly no police officers hurt. that's an incredible performance. and i'm not going to question the tactics. the tacticians on the

captain ron johnson, the police commander here is now urging protesters the peaceful ones to demonstrate during the day and stay home at night. jeff guard comes in yesterday. nothing changes overnight, what does happen next? >> right. and as they were saying overnight, that if some of these agitators last night were from out of town new york and california, and were arrested. >> and we'll keep watching that of course. >>> and a big shake-up on the cell phone industry on friday. sprint will launch a new share pricing plan for 100 bucks a month. you can get up to ten lines of unlimited talk and texting. customers will get $350 bucks for switching to sprint. verizon is fighting back 60 bucks a month with unlimited tox and text. cbs contributor mellody hobson is here. good morning. >> good morning. >> if any industry was set for a shake-up, maybe this was this. why is sprint doing this now? >> they are trying to stop the bleeding there's no question about it. in the last two quarters they've lost 2.8 million subscribers. they saw their market share drop this year. they know they have to offer a compelling package of data. budget frien

later, we continue our look at president johnson's vision for a great society with the discussion on the air quality act of 1967. d, aguests are jeff holmstea former epa administrator, and robin juni, a professor. "washington journal" live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. texas governor rick perry is an washington, d.c., thursday for a discussion on the new politics of immigration. we will be live at this event hosted by the heritage foundation and the national journal starting at 11:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> this week on "washington journal," we are focusing on president lyndon johnson's vision for a great society and its impact today. you can send us an e-mail, tweet , and join the conversation on facebook.com/c-span. ,> tomorrow night on c-span greenpeace founder and humans being the cause of global warming. here's a preview. even they do not subscribe to the belief that extreme weather events are tied to global warming whether it is human-caused or not. they say there is no evidence of an increase in extreme weather events related to the warming that has occurred. gore,t, bill mcgibbon, al they perpetuate

later we continue our look at johnson's vision for a great society with a discussion of 1967.r quality act our guests are jeff homestead, a assistant.a. administrator, and an environmental law professor at washington university. "washington journal" is live every morning at 7:00 eastern on c-span. bar association holdings its annual homeland security law institute today, in d.c.ngton you can see the discussion on live security challenges starting at 2:55p.m. eastern c-span. >> here are some of the this weekend. friday on c-span in prime time, we'll visit important sites in history of the civil rights movement. saturday night at 8:00, highlight from this year's new forum, including cancer biologist andrew his el. q and a with new york congressman charlie wrangle at 8:00 p.m. friday night on c-span 2, writer reza aslan. at 11:00 p.m.ht eastern, lawrence goldstone on the competition between the brothers and glen curtis to be the predominant name in manned flight. on friday, a look at hollywood's slavery. of saturday night at 8:00, the 200th anniversary of the battle of blade ends burg and the of washington. and

jeff former e.p.a. assistant administrator for air and radiation from 2001 to 2005. good morning. let me start by reading a little bit of president johnson and what he talked about when it comes dot environment and ssues we'll be discussing. what do you think about that statement? guest: i think lyndon johnson was a visionary in some ways. he was the first president to articulate an environmental program that didn't just focus on a traditional conservation, the kind that teddy roosevelt might have endorsed. e focused also on rest ration, innovation, how are we going to improve these resources rather than just preserve resources that have -- that are still pristine. host: so as mr. homestead what about his statement and to you has that beard itself out? guest: i think in many ways it has. he of course was prior to his times back in the late 60s is when i think the public at large began to be concerned about air pollution. it had long been a problem in southern california but it was an increasing problem in other parts and i think he responded to that kind of public pressure. i think clearly the clean air act that had kind of its initial b

jeff city, missouri. the trait of a good leader is recognizing the resources that he has to put at play when problems come up. two days ago i placed captain ron johnsonations here in ferguson, missouri. he is the most outstanding resource that i as the colonel of the missouri state highway patrol can bring to this problem in ferguson, missouri. i think you've seen his actions over the last few days. i think you've seen what he's capable of, and i'm going to turn this over to him. he's been here for 12 years as a troop commander in this area. he grew up in this community. he knows this community. he can far better solve this problem than i can from jeff city. so i'm going to turn the podium over to him and we'll talk about how we'll bring peace back to this community. >> why is it taking so long for this investigation? >> good afternoon. i have been tasked to provide security for the people of this community. allow them the right to speak. allow them the right to express their feelings. as far as the investigation, that is not my task. that's not the task of the highway patrol. the governor has enacted a curfew to allow us to provide safety for the ci

jeff holmstead, former epa administrator for air and radiation, 2001 to 2005. good morning. >> guest: good morning. >> host: letat me read what president johnson talked about thenvironment and issues we are discussing. by destroying air that gives us life? i think we do. done it with science industry and progress. above all we've done it with our own carelessness indifference and repeated negligence, contaminated air began in this country as big city problem but few years the great pal of pollution hangs everywhere and spreading today. we're pouring at least 130 million tons of poison into the air each year. 2/3 of a ton for every man, woman and child that lives in america. robin juni, what do you think statement? has it bared itself out? >> guest: i think lyndon johnson was visionary in some ways. he was the first president to articulate an a environmental program that just didn't focus on traditional conservation, the kind of conservation that teddy roosevelt might haveed endorsed. he focused on re tore race, innovation. how are we actually going to improve these resources, rather than preserve resources that that have, that are still pristine. >> host: mr.

jeff davis and joe johnston. that quarrel runs like an angry scar through the history of the confederacy, and arguably one of the key reasons for a confederate defeat in the war. johnson an absolutely crucial to confederate mitt tale history. you know, when you were there just barely for the skren tenial, i think i'll live that to them. but johnston is a man i was trying to understand and i want to off a few thoughts about i think hi most important military alexander, which was that here in georgia. president davis did not want to appoint him. by that time he and johnson thoroughly loathed each other. johnson had convinced himself that davis was trying to destroy his military reputation. but he had no choice. because there really was nobody else he could appoint to that post. all the other high ravens confed real general were either obviously failures or unable to exercise command in the field or in the case of lee, couldn't be moved from where he was. so very reluctantly in decent 1863, he picked joe johnson from on cured. davis had consigned him to -- doubtless hoping an alligator would give him sometime, the union army that was opposing johnston was based in chatta