and even though it was nearly a three-hour drive to get here, jerry bonds sr.it. >> when a person is down, you really have to be there for them. so what we try to relay back to jerry is that we hope he will get out of here sometime soon. and then when he do get out, you know, to pick up where he left off and show these kids they're not just coming up here for nothing at all. >> i'm just anxious, man. i want to see them so bad. i wish i could touch them and hug them. i guess it's better than nothing. >> finally, the waiting is over. >> what's up, man? how y'all doing? look at you. how are you doing in school? >> good. >> what grade are you going into, eddie? >> the hardest part is like seeing him behind the glass and he's in here and stuff. so i really want him to get out. >> when his kids can't hug him, like i told him, he's hurting his kids. you know, i can stand the hurt. sometimes the kids can't. >> what's going on, man? >> what's happening, dad? how you doing? >> staying strong? >> yes, sir. thank you for bringing them up for me, dad. >> i want to let him k

. >> jerry bonds, serving 85 years for holding up a liquor store and killing the owner is now on permanentnoncontact visits with his family. >> it hurts me. to come up here and know like my daughters, i have one 11 and one 12. my son, he's going on 9 and it's like, how can i tell you guys to be good, do good in school and stay out of trouble and every time you come and see me i'm on restriction, i'm in trouble. or i can't have visitors because i'm in trouble. and they're like, well, you're kind of a hypocrite, dad. you're telling me to be good but you're not being good. my father, i've never met a man like him. that's the rock of the family right there. a lot of times i feel i disrespected him by coming this way. everything he was trying to tell me, i needed to pay attention to and didn't. i'd like to say i'm sorry i didn't. i have to prove, too, that i have changed because if i can be half the man that he is, i'll be a better person. i'm just anxious, man. want to see them so bad, i wish i could touch them and hug them. i guess this is better than nothing. >> what's up? grab the phone. wh

the governor of california, jerry brown, had passed a bond that said we want more equitable funding for children in the state of california. we passed a bond to increase the funding for education to achieve a more equitable funding for each and every child, but it's the first step, right direction, where we have miles and miles to go. this journey for equitable funding for each and every child, is a journey we must start now in order to achieve the civil rights of each and every child in this country. and i thank you for this moment. mr. garamendi: representative honda, thank you so much. among the many pieces of legislation that the democratic caucus has put forth on this issue is when women succeeds, america succeeds is the issue of universal pre-k. head start is one part of that. but it is absolutely clear that if we have universal educational opportunities before kindergarten and beyond, that the chance of a kid making it in this economy is going to be substantially greater. this is part of the agenda. over the next several months, we will be talking about the other portions of the

. >> politically there seems to be ramifications already, governor jerry brown had been shying away from the idea of a water bond in this year's ballot because he presumably is running for reelection. and it's not something a lot of voters support. do you think this drought will now change that, shift the public attitude toward that? >> yeah, it will be interesting to see. this was an $11 billion bond written back in 2009. it didn't go on the ballot the last two times because it didn't seem to have enough support for it. it has projects for it, and on the state legislature, it's rewriting it. some people are saying we've got to get this thing passed because we need to invest in the water system. there's a lot of resistance. we'll see what happens this year. >> are there barriers to change the way people view water and use water? it seems like it requires a whole cultural shift. >> absolutely. we have a lot of problems in this state. one, we view each other as two different states, northern california and southern california. we also base our water rights on something called prior appropriation. the people who go

on paper, jerry jones raised most of the money but he raised it using tax-free bonds. so the bonds that the investors pay no taxes on. i don't like taxes, nobody does but jerry jones doesn't pay taxes, meaning average people have to pay more. in the case of new jersey, stadium authorities, most nfl stadiums have been -- the mechanism of their creation is the creation of a thing that's called the stadium authority or sports exhibition authority that's running it by a county council or via state legislature. those raise money. in the case of new jersey, the stadium torn down to build metlife, that was used by corrupt new jersey politicians. year in, year out, the amount of indebtedness increased rather than declined and the taxpayers of new jersey -- i don't know f-1 10 million is the current figure but the taxpayers of new jersey still owe money on this stadium that no longer exists and they may owe the stadium that now exists far into the future as well. hoich where is there a stadium in the united states that was not paid for in any way by taxpayers? guest: jude it gr

jerry willis.com for more information on morning star week-long special on 401(k). it's great stuff. >>> the cuts keep on coming. you heard about the program reserve announcing it will african-american the bondchases by another $10 billion a monday sending the dow down almost 200 points. take a look. ugly. here with more is peter barns. well, peter, looks like the fed it staying on course to wind down stimulus. >> that's right. the market is trying to figure out what it means. it took the additional step of reducing the major economic stimulus program saying because growth has been picking up as it expected at the end of the policy meeting today announced it would reduce the billions and monthly bond purchases that it makes. the so-called quantititive easing, and the purchases have been designed to help keep interest rates down on longer term loans before it announce the $10 billion cut in december. just announced another $10 billion cut today. and the move suggests that the fed is confident that the economic recovery is gaining strength despite some recent mixed indicators and turmoil in global stock markets. >> markets are normalizing and that normal station means we get volatility. we get

jerry pron is asking the california supreme court to overturn two rulings that are stalling the state's high speed rail project. two lower court rulings are preventing the state from selling $8.6 million in voter- approved bondsauthority to write a new financing plan. the governor is arguing the rulings could hurt the state's ability to approve other voter- approved projects in the future. >>> san francisco's dolores park will be getting a $12.4 million facelift. on thursday, the recreation and park commission approved the construction contracts set to begin in march. planned improvements include renovating the basketball and tennis courts, putting in a new irrigation system, and installing new rest rooms. about half of the park will have to be closed during each phase of the construction and the work is expected to be complete by spring of 2015. >>> an antioch couple is recovering after being attacked by pitbulls during an evening walk. as ktvu's rob roth reports it, took a sharp knife to fight off the dogs. >> reporter: his arm is torn up, his wife has cuts, and their poodle had the back of her neck ripped open. >> almost shell shocked. it happened so fast. >> last thing i expected was to have to, you know,