jimmy carter is, you know, look, who doesn't laud and admire jimmy carter? he's the greatest ex-president in american history, period. jimmy carter came into office, i would argue, wholly unprepared -- [laughter] one-term governor of georgia for the extraordinary burleds of the presidency -- burdens of the presidency. but probably even more important than that is the civil war that's going on in the democratic party. and jimmy carter, i think you could argue, was a new democrat before there was an institutional structure. and it just goes to show that one person, right, cannot change a party. you need institutions. you need to have allies. and the democratic party was at war in the late 1970s. it was the old-style true believers who would claim we lose elections because we're not liberal enough versus jimmy carter and a scattering of, you know, maybe hubert humphrey who passed away during the carter presidency who understood somehow that the democratic party had lost its finger on the pulse of the american people. and so carter, and i have a chapter on carte

jimmy carter, i love you. >> thank you very much. tavis: that's our show for tonight.he faith. >> ♪ he said young man ♪ you're too young ♪ ♪ i'm free at last ♪ ♪ i'm free at last ♪ ♪ ♪ yes sir all right ♪ are you free ♪ are you free now ♪ can i get a witness ♪ can i get one witness here do you want to be free ♪ ♪ do you want to be free ♪ do you want to be free ♪ do you want to be free ♪ free at last ♪ free at last ♪ free at last ♪ free at last >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a conversation with actress and playwright danai gurira as the new season of the -- of "the walking dead" begins. that is next time. we will see you then. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. you. thank you. begins. (♪ theme music ) (♪) matt elmore: welcome to imagemakers a weekly showcase featuring the best short films from around the world. stay tuned and enjoy the filmmakers of tomorrow today on imagemakers. imagemakers is made possible in part by a grant from

. >>> and former president jimmy carter in oakland and hard at work. what he's doing to help those in need. >>> good afternoon. i'm tori campbell. another possible b.a.r.t. strike is days away. we're now three and a half days away from the expiration of the governor ordered 60-day cooling off period between b.a.r.t. and the unions. after a one-day break, both sides are at the table. janine de la vega is outside the building where they are meeting. >> reporter: good afternoon, tori. they are talking about salary and benefits. we asked if they are going to give a 72-hour notice before the strike? >> we're just gonna continue to do the positive thing which is continue to negotiate and work hard in the feeling. we hope to give a report of a contract done instead of a notice. >> reporter: they a lived at the caltrans building before 10:30 this morning to begin talks. their focus will be on the economic issues -- wages and benefits. the union says they remain positive and hopeful. >> we had a 10% wage increase own the table over four years. we've increased t

tonight, a conversation with musician jimmy carter, one of the founding members of the great gospel group, the blind boys of alabama. they first came together back in 1939. that amounts to more than seven decades touring and performing, a remarkable achievement for any music group. they have just released a new cd called "i'll find a way." we are glad you have joined us. a conversation with jimmy carter of the blind boys of alabama, coming up right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ tavis: jimmy carter is a founding member of the blind boys of alabama and the only one of the original group to still tour regularly. over the course of seven decades, performing and recording, they have won five grammy awards. they just released a new cd called "i'll find a way." let's take a look at a clip of the group and guest artists performing the title cut. fool ♪ll play the ♪ just for a day i'll find a way ♪ to carry it all ♪ ♪ to carry it all good to have you back on the program, sir. >> good to be here. tavis: congratulations on the new project.

. >> and former president jimmy carter is visiting the habitat for humanity site in the east bay one week after volunteers were robbed at gun point at that site. >> the upset that had raiders fans up early into the morning hours. >> we take you live to the bay bridge, looks like there's some traffic moving along heading into and out of san francisco. despite how early it is on this monday, october 7th, this is "today in the bay." >> good morning to you. thanks for joining us. 4:30 now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> good morning. i'm marla tellez. jon kelley is off. looks like a clear morning so far. let's get a look at the forecast. >> good morning to you marla and laura, good morning to you at home. it's a chilly start but yeah, it's clear for now. we expect coastal fog and drizzle as we head throughout the next couple hours. right now looking pretty good. nice and clear along most of the bay area bridges. we're starting out at 48 in santa rosa, 49 gilroy, and 58 degrees here in san jose. we have a lot to talk about in the weather department, changing forecast, showers on the way. you

and former president jimmy carter pays a visit to oakland. what brought him here and what he said about the crime that happened last week where he was today. >> san jose state university is trying to figure out if they have rat problem. what happened inside thissed aatorium. >> after the break, no fog along the coast but temperatures are trending down. you will notice it. especially in the morning. the details on your forecast back here in a minute. . >>> fire investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a fire on yerba buena island last night. it broke out before 8:00 a.m. and took two hours to get undercontrol. fireworks were heard in the area but there is no evidence fireworks caused the fire. >>> emergency crews were able to remove a liquid propane tanker that over turned. it was one of two on a tandem trailer. it over turned at 3:00 a.m. this morning as the driver was turning. the tanker had just been filled. a small leak was patched. earlier gas leaking from the hull was vaporizes and a hotel had to be evacuated. >> we evacuated

jimmy carter has written a lot of books. >> jimmy carter has written 23 books which is more than any other ex president or president in their lifetimes. theeder roosevelt wrote a lot but most before he became president. jimmy carter's book library has developed since he became president. he mentions his growing up in georgia and has been very successful with his book sales. and it's part of his kind of shaping himself as people always call him the best ex president. i'm not sure i agree with the conceptualization. but it is part of his resurgence in his post presidential years that he has become this contemplative author. >> what kind of author do you think he is? >> it's very autbige graphical. home spun stuff. i've heard he has a lot of church-going ladies in the south seem to like it and they buy a lot of his books. so he has this built-in audience that worked well for him. >> what do you think of the story that has run for years that teddy roosevelt read a book a day or more? and is that really possible? >> yes. sometimes two or three. i know it's possible because when i was in g

thank you. ♪ tavis: jimmy carter is a founding member of the blind boys of alabama and the only one ofginal group to still tour regularly. over the course of seven decades, performing and recording, they have won five grammy awards. they just released a new cd called "i'll find a way." let's take a look at a clip of the group and guest artists performing the title cut. fool ♪ll play the ♪ just for a day i'll find a way ♪ to carry it all ♪ ♪ to carry it all good to have you back on the program, sir. >> good to be here. tavis: congratulations on the new project. >> thank you. tavis: my heart was broken when i discovered and realized that our good brother clarence can no longer tour. clarence fountain. >> clarence has some health issues now. every now and then, he might come out to help with an album, but touring, he doesn't do that anymore. tavis: how many years would you guess that you and clarence to this together on the road? about eight years. tavis: that is a long time. how have you made the adjustment to not having him on the stage? >> when he passed me the torch, he said, this is

former president jimmy carter and rosalynn carter were here last night marking 30 years swinging hammers and working with habitat for humanity. they will be at a new development where conditions are so difficult as you said the volunteers were robbed there just last week. that will happen at 8:00 this morning, that's when they plan to be there. this year they are celebrating their 30th anniversary with habitat. they had garth brooks and trisha yearwood celebrating as well. one of the things that the former president said is he recalls working with one family, they were poor, they needed help but in working with them he realized they had a whole lot in common. >> one of the primary things i've gotten out of habitat, that all people on earth are equal and a basic human right is to have a place to live. >> reporter: the carters are going to spend the day at an east oakland development south of the coliseum, it's called the brookfield court development. it's 12 units there. the nonprofit has built about 115 homes in east oakland. but it was last tuesday when eight volunteers were robbed of t

jimmy carter, i love you. >> thank you very much. tavis: that's our show for tonight. as always, keep the faith. >> ♪ he said young man ♪ you're too young ♪ ♪ i'm free at last ♪ ♪ i'm free at last ♪ ♪ ♪ yes sir all right ♪ are you free ♪ are you free now ♪ can i get a witness ♪ can i get one witness here do you want to be free ♪ ♪ do you want to be free ♪ do you want to be free ♪ do you want to be free ♪ free at last ♪ free at last ♪ free at last ♪ free at last >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a conversation with actress and playwright danai gurira as the new season of the -- of "the walking dead" begins. that is next time. we will see you then. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. begins. by generous support from... life can take you almost anywhere. fortunately, so can we. this program is brought to you in part by bread for the world, an advocacy organization working to end hunger and poverty at home and abroad. back with more of th

former president jimmy carter is waking up in the bay area. he will visit a habitat for humanity site in oakland. president carter and his wife and country music stars trisha yearwood and garth brook it ises will help build 12 homes. >> scientists on both sides of the bay celebrating a big accomplishment. they won the nobel prize for medicine. randy scheckman is a professor at uc-berkeley, thomas lñsudhof from stanford. they will help researchers get a better understanding of some diseases. >> this morning the u.s. supreme court starts its new term with a wide range of hot issues, those include prayer and government settings, abortion rights and the influence of big money in politics. >> new this morning in egypt now at least two people are dead and 48 others injured after a massive explosion likely from a car bomb hit security headquarters in a southern town today. the death toll is likely to rise as rescue workers search for victims under the rubble of the four-story building. that blast comes a day after dozens were killed and hundreds injur

jimmy carter making some comments that the middle class is now like the poor of old in the united states. and the reason is years of tax breaks for the wealthy. a minimum wage untethered from the inflation rate. gerrymandering with the districts. what happened was to narrow this, you need to spread

former president jimmy carter and his wife are in oakland right now helping to build homes for habitat for humanity. christie smith is live in east oakland. christie, the president and his wife not the only big names out there today, huh? >> reporter: no, there were quite a few. we also saw some country stars. i tell you, you could not ask for a harder worker than former president jimmy carter at 89 years old. he took a couple minutes to talk with the media, but right away he was back at it with his nail gun and saw working away. we asked him about the recent robbery here. he said he was disappointed, but then he just kept right on going. he handled the tools like a pro. former president jimmy carter in oakland today marking the 30th year of building homes for habitat for humanity. >> i think it's just great. these are going to be wonderful apartments at a fairly modest cost, at least for this area. you know, rent and homes are very expensive. >> reporter: just south of the coliseum, a neighborhood with more than its share of crime. just last week, a group working here was robbed. >> i

today he joined habitat for humanity volunteers in oakl kpix-5's mark ke >>> former president jimmy carter is in the bay area tonight. he brought his wife with him today. >> smart man. he joined habitat for humanity volunteers in oakland. mark kelly shows us at 89 years old, mr. carter rolled up his sleeves and fired up the skilsaw. >> reporter: they say a home of your own is the american dream. of course, not too many can say an american president actually built their homes but this family can. >> thank you very much for working for us. >> reporter: former president jimmy carter with former first lady rosalynn carter worked alongside hundreds of habitat for humanity volunteers. building this affordable housing in one of oakland's poorest neighborhoods. the family plans to pay $900 a month for this slice of real estate. >> this is going to be wonderful apartments at a fairly modest cost at least for this area. >> reporter: but for habitat staff, working this construction site hasn't been all lovely. wednesday, four gunmen held up habitat workers getting away with cell phones, wallets and t

jimmy carter and his wife are promoting habitat for humanity and celebrating the organization's 30th anniversary. today the carters will be working on a project in oakland at the brookfield court development. that's the same construction site where habitat workers were robbed last week. tomorrow the carters will be in east san jose helping on a project to repair older homes. >>> a minor earthquake hit parts of the bay area last night. the 3.0 magnitude tremor hit at 9:26. it was centered about two miles northeast of berkeley. despite the low magnitude, a surprising number of people called our newsroom last night to report they felt it. >>> it's been a busy weekend for firefighters in parts of the bay area. they have contained some vegetation fires including this one on san francisco's yerba buena island. it began shortly before 8:00 forcing the temporary shutdown of eastbound lanes on the bay bridge. investigators say there were actually two fires on the island. firefighters battled the flames from the ground and the air. >> we also deployed the fire

jimmy carter's book library has developed since he's become president. he mentioned the bible a lot. the growing up in georgia. but he's been very successful with his book sales and it's part of his shaping himself as the next president. it's part of the resurgence in the postpresidential year he's become a contemplating ar author. >> it's very ought to biographical. it's homespun stuff. i heard that he has a lot of church going ladies in the south seem to like it and buy a lot of his books. he's got a built-in audience that works pretty well for him. >> what do you think of the story that's run for years that teddy roosevelt read a book a day or more. is that possible? >> two or three. i know it's possible. i was in graduate school, i had to prepare for the oral. he was the president. i would have to suspect -- not sure, but when printing was more expensive, books were a little shorter. but still, two or three books a day. he was a fast reader. he only had one good eye but he could span through books quickly. he used to reach out to authors if he liked

style true believers who were claim we lose elections because we are not liberal enough verses jimmy carter and a scattering. they understood somehow that the democratic party had lost its finger on the pulse of the american people. and so carter, and i have a chapter on the welfare reform. welfare was incredibly unpopular as a program across the country. carter understood that and wanted to reform it. this is something the bill clinton does in 1994. he was lauded for it. carter wanted to perform welfare, then -- democrats controlled congress. does not even get out of committee. it is partially part of his inability to deal with congress, but it also shows the of the democratic party fundamentally divided. it was in the democratic party's interest to reform welfare, support is on president. jimmy carter's bill that he introduced on national television was one of the major hallmarks of the '76 campaign, it never even saw -- it never even got about. it is a revelation that liberals did not have the ability to reform themselves. the low point when reagan comes into office. liberals just cannot

. >> former president jimmy carter is in the bay area right now, lending his hand to a cause that helps disadvantaged families rebuild their lives. good morning. >> former president carter and his wife, roslyn carter, are work marking their 30th work project for habitat for a humanity. >> what an amazing commitment. reporter: he says he is very impressed with the construction of these new homes here in oakland, and everyone he's irimpressed with him. at 89, he is in there working just as hard as everyone else. the federal government may be shut down, but former president jimmy carter is hard at work, grabbing the power saw like an expert, at habitat for humanity site in oakland. >> if they can see what happens on a habitat project and use that same pattern in washington, everybody working together toward a common goal, that would be a wonderful development in our national capitol. >> his visit is quite a morale boost for the crew here. workers were robbed at gunpoint while working on these homes last week. one man was pistol whipped during the attack. >> not only to steal from another p

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. >>> jimmy carter says the act is despicable but he will explain something good coming out of it in the long run. >>> temperatures is trending down in a warm couple of days, get ready for the cool down back here in just a few minutes. >>> san francisco ongoing efforts to help the homeless today. the homeless event was held on market street. homeless connects to programs that bring services to people that need them. >> part of homeless connected is really refining our out reach to populations at most need so this is one of those and where we want to come to the lesbian gay and transcender communitity. community. >> people came today can apply for housing and jobs and look for help, all in one place. >>> but, as david stevenson explains the notion of standard hours of operations is upsetting one group of park users. >> slash tree and broken windows and damaged playground, vandalism and illegal dumping and theft in the park cost the city almost a million dollars each year. >> police say much of what's called malicious mischief takes place between midnight and 5 a.m.. those are the hour

jimmy carter working to help fulfill a dream from a couple from ethiopia.he 39th president of the united states arrived with tools prepared to work, he turned 89 last week. for 30 years and he rossa lynn carter donated one week of their time this, video shows him volunteering 15 years ago. mr. carter focused on creating a new front door frame but his labor was inrupted when the couple who live live here arrive. the wife is a nurse's assistant. the husband, a machinist. they flif a one bedroom apartment its hard to buy a house in san jose. it's expensive. bur we're blessing just, i want to say thank you, habitat and thank you, jimmy carter. >> the couple can't believe this home will be their autos this is a dream. i don't believe it's true. >> their dream come true. many others are still struggling. i got to sit down with mr. carter asking if the government shut down and problems are making it difficult for low income families to achieve homeownership. >> the first ones get hit hard, i would say democrat and republican members of congress don't have lobbyist

long before jimmy carter was a politician, he was a nuclear engineer.an engineer, he understood the historic relationship between productivity, technology, and research and development. the effort to send a man to the moon consumed billions of dollars of american wealth and 10-plus years of single-minded commitment. even before john glenn orbited the earth, american consumers enjoyed productivity benefits coming from advances in metallurgy, communications, and computer sciences-- all developed by the space program. carter supported nasa's space shuttle program. he pushed for government funding of efforts to develop new energy sources. he saw the nation near exciting breakthroughs in robotics, electronics, and genetics. he discovered that his options were limited. technology expert jordan baruch explains. innovation for a space program, for defense, for anything where the federal government is the customer is easy to take care of. the stuff that's difficult is innovation where you and i are the customer. it requires knowledge of the market and an environ

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president jimmy carter and his wife, will be swinging hammers. security will be tight. president carter will be attending a welcoming ceremony in oakland on sunday night, a party. then, he will get to work at that housing site monday morning. security will be tight. the oakland police department is searching for the four suspects involved in that armed robbery. >>> police in redwood city beefing up patrols around kennedy middle school. after a boy was -- the boy was asked if he wanted pop before getting him to climb in the pickup truck. the boy ran right into the main office. here's a look at the sketch of the man who is described as being african-american, 30 years old, unshaven with a scar running across his right eye. >>> now, a follow-up. confusion over how many people tried to access california's health insurance exchange on the first day of inrollment. yesterday, the officials reported the number around 5 million. today a spokesman says it was more like 645,000. another leader said the spokesman was confused about the data and that the original estimate was correct

jimmy carter and former first lady rosslyn carter are scheduled to visit on monday. >> new developments in the bart strike threat. the unions came up with their ter proposal and there appears to be some movement. >> a current proposal is 3.75, 3.75 and 4% over a three-year contract. >> we appreciate the movement shown in that proposal. we are studying the numbers. we are doing the research and we will be back at the bargaining table tomorrow. >> the cooling off period is at midnight on thursday, october 10th. if there is no deal the bart unions could go on strike next friday. >> san mateo county prosecutors say they are deciding whether to file criminal charges against a san francisco firefighter. it is in the death of a crash survivor. the autopsy obtained by the i team shows 16-year-old yi died of blunt trauma when a fire -- fire truck that was driven ran her over. they are considering an involuntary manslaughter charge. >> would it be a felony or misdemeanor? >> it could be a felony with gross negligence and misdemeanor without gross negligence organ nothing at all, a tragic accident

president jimmy carter, as we mentioned, along with his wife who are big-time supporters of that nonprofit, they'll be visiting that very site next monday and, of course, security will also be tight at that point as well. is expected to be in a san francisco courtroom tomorrow. 29-year-old ross william olbrict was arrested at the glen park public highway tuesday afternoon on drug and computer hacking charges. she's also accused of trying to hire a hitman. according to court documents, olbrict used a hidden website called the silk road, a black market site, to sell everything from high quality heroin to marijuana. all the transactions were paid with big coins. those are electronic currency designed to be anonymous as cash. >> because of the technology this guy was able to hide what he was doing and make it hard for the authorities to find him. big coin allows you to hide what you are doing because unlike a writ card, it's untraceable. >> the fbi says he ran silk road from an apartment on hickory street and from an internet cafe not far from his hayes valley moem home. the department of just

president jimmy carter and his wife who are big time supporters of the nonprofit, they will visit the site next monday and security will be tight then as well. >> police are beefing up security this morning around kennedy middle school in redwood city after a man tried to lure a boy into his truck. take a look at this sketch released by police. a 13-year-old boy says this man pulled up along side him in the staff park lot tuesday morning. police say he offered the boy some pot before trying to get him to climb into the back of his black pickup truck. the boy ran to the main office. here's another sketch of that man. another look. he is described as black, around 30 years old, unshave within a scar, unique, running down across his right eye. >> a wise warning. do not leave anything valuable in your car. that's the message palo alto police are sending out. more than 70 cars were broken into during september, that is the most in any month in five years. that's an average of almost one every 12 hours. investigators, they say these break-ins are happening at shopping centers, public parkin

we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, from former president jimmy carter.hat's being done >>> habitat for humanity volunteers robbed at gunpoint just days before a visit from former president jimmy carter. what's being done to keep construction crews safe now? that story and more tonight at 5:00. >>> finally, being king of the jungle is not such an easy job. being born into the role is not enough. you have to practice that commanding roar! >> roar! >> she is working on it, right? this female cub born at the belgrade zoo a week ago is yet to be named. her mother also a white lion is on loan interest south africa's krueger park. she is adorable! well, mom, i don't know. >> mom wants baby back. mom i'm afraid of. this one i would hug. >> cute, cute. >>> all right. good weekend, right? for a baseball game. >> should be a wonderful weekend. fire danger is running high but that sunshine, warm all the way to the coast, guys. >> go, a's, tonight! 6:30 game one against the tigers. >> have a great afternoon. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com

jimmy carter and former first lady rosslyn carter are scheduled to visit on monday. >> new developments strike threat. the unions came up with their ter proposal and there appears to be some movement. >> a current proposal is 3.75, 3.75 and 4% over a three-year contract. >> we appreciate the movement shown in that proposal. we are studying the numbers. we are doing the research and we will be back at the bargaining table tomorrow. >> the cooling off period is at midnight on thursday, october 10th. if there is no deal the bart unions could go on strike next friday. >> san mateo county prosecutors say they are deciding whether to file criminal charges against a san francisco firefighter. it is in the death of a crash survivor. the autopsy obtained by the i team shows 16-year-old yiof died of blunt trauma when a fire -- fire truck that was driven ran her over. they are considering an involuntary manslaughter charge. >> would it be a felony or misdemeanor? >> it could be a felony with gross negligence and misdemeanor without gross negligence organ nothing at all, a tragic accident. >> fire

. >>> the volunteer group robbed last week, and hosting jimmy carter today. >> how much temperatures are expected to drop where you live. >> and next, facing eviction from their waterfront community. ready? happy birthday! it's a painting easel! the tide's coming in! this is my favorite one. it's upside down. oh, sorry. (woman vo) it takes him places he's always wanted to go. that's why we bought a subaru. (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >>> a new tactic in albany. happening now, heather holmes. >> reporter: city officials have said sometime this moment, they will start forcing people off of that property. if that happens this is what will happen, tents set up on city sidewalks. many of them had been there for years. >> we've been in the same spot 6 and a half years, it's home. >> reporter: fighting to start enforcing no camp laws. she says the action will force them and others onto city streets. >> they should have somewhere else for their homeless people. >> this is an ongoing situation, that we're trying to find caring, and compassionate solutions for. >> rep

we will continue to follow this situation. >>> former president jimmy carter and his wife are helpingelebration the 30th anniversary of their service project. jana katsuyama has more on mr. carter's call and what we're doing tomorrow. >> reporter: 15,000 people were here to celebrate the partnership between the carters and happen -- habitat for humanity. a warm welcome for former president carter and his wife. carter says one of his greatest pleasures has been working with volunteers to build homes. >> we try to have enough volunteers to finish a home on a week. but that week on tuesday brad pitt as a volunteer. we finished all of our houses by thursday. >> reporter: in recent years the carters have helped build homes in haiti and minnesota. >> all people on earth are equal and a basic human right is to have a place to live that's why i love habitat. thank you. >> reporter: habitat says it's an honor to have their biggest volunteer here in oakland. >> we really need to have more people learn about the need in those communities. >> reporter: the carters plan to help in oakland. one vol

jimmy carter is coming in now, look, who doesn't laud and admire jimmy carter? is the greatest ex-president in american history. jimmy carter came into office i would argue, wholly unprepared, one term governor of georgia for the extraordinary burden to the presidency, but probably more important is the civil war that's going on in the democratic party. jimmy carter you can argue the senior democrat, meaning that bill clinton sort of democrat before there was an additional structure. it goes to show that one person cannot change a party. you need institutions. you need to have allies. the democratic party was that war the late 1970s. it was the old-style true believers who would claim of the selections because we are not liberal enough versus jimmy carter and the scattering of maybe hubert humphrey, who passed away during the carter president d., who understood somehow the democratic party has lost its finger on the pole for the american people. so i have a chapter on carter's welfare reform. welfare was incredibly unpopular program. carter understood that. he w

and security will be even tighter monday when former president jimmy carter, his wife and 300 volunteerse to help finish these homes. >> and the carters are number one volunteers in terms of how hard they work. >> reporter: the presidential visit is a nice boost. brad says the biggest reward comes when they see the families' reaction. >> always nice at the end to hand over the keys and see them move in. >> reporter: in oakland, i'm da lin, kpix 5. >> those 12 townhomes will be move-in ready early next year. an opening ceremony for former president jimmy carter and some famous singers will take place this sunday night at the oakland paramount theater >>> bart's negotiations with its unions are coming down to the wire. we are now six days from the cooling-off period ending and a second strike by workers. the two sides resumed contract talks today and are still going on right now with the big hang- up remaining on wages. the union proposed a contract that would amount to raises totaling 1 1.5% over 3 years. bart contracts for four years with an annual salary bump of 2.5%. they are $89 milli

thank you. ♪ tavis: jimmy carter is a founding member of the blind boys of alabama and the only one ofgroup to still tour regularly. over the course of seven decades, performing and recording, they have won five grammy awards. they just released a new cd called "i'll find a way." let's ta a look at a clip of the group and guest artists performing the title cut. fool ♪ll play the ♪ just for a day i'll find a way ♪ to carry it all ♪ ♪ to carry it all good to have you back on the program, sir. >> good to be here. tavis: congratulations on the new project. >> thank you. tavis: my heart was broken when i discovered and realized that our good brother clarence can no longer tour. clarence fountain. >> clarence has some health issues now. every now and then, he might come out to help with an album, but touring, he doesn't do that anymore. tavis: how many years would you guess that you and clarence to this together on the road? about eight years. tavis: that is a long time. how have you made the adjustment to not having him on the stage? >> when he passed me the torch, he said, this is your gro

and jimmy carter will be in oakland today for habitat for humanity. elopment in oakland. today, the carters will be joined by hundreds of volunteers and tomorrow they will help renovate homes in san jose. the carters are celebrating 30 years of work with habitat for humanity. >> dozens of people backed by a brass band played chess in downtown san francisco to defy a recent crackdown by police on the public games that have been a staple of the city for years. earlier this month, police confiscated chess deer, tables and chairs used by mostly homeless players. police said that the games had been to attract illegal gambling and drug sales to area that is adjacent to a cable car terminal, which is popular tourist destinations. nearby merchants also complained about an increase in illegal activity or around the games. >> this morning, u.s. secretary john kerry is defending the capture of a terror suspect in libya over the weekend. he is anas al-libi , he is suspected in the 1998 u.s. embassy bombing and africa. he was captured as he returned home from morni

carter are here to kick off the jimmy and rosalind carter project. added security for them. this follows a robbery here at this work site in oakland earlier in the week. there were eight workers robbed at gunpoint on tuesday. gunman stole wallets, phones and tools. but the president east basilly con-- east bay, silicon valley, they are not be deterred. >> we were shaken by it. that's an anomaly. we've been here 20 years. nothing like that has happened. it was bad. it was unfortunate. it really brought us to our knees. emotionally and then we got right back up. >> reporter: the carters will be here throughout the afternoon pitching in, helping out the volunteers and they just begun work at the site. later on today, i should say tomorrow, the carters will visit a habitat for humanity website before they leave town tomorrow. alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alex. >>> 8:34. pg&e crews are in the middle of shutting down a natural gas line in san carlos that's raised safety concerns. by the end of the day, they will shut down line 147 which

jimmy carter malaise was a different animal.ne i equate this to is august 11th when we had the debt ceiling debate that time around and being held hostage, keith, and the market saw unprecedented volatility of 4% each day. now we have nothing. >> we're not seeing that this time. i think there's a great deal, sense of deja vu, been through this sort of shell before. we don't know where this is going to be resolved. i'm not sure it's going to last as long as larry says. the president getting involved, meeting with business and congressional leaders, that's a sign there will be increased pressure on members of congress to do something. i don't think john boehner wants this to go past october 17th. >> john boehner wanted a clean cr. >> sure did. >> two weeks ago. >> the reluctant leader in all this. >> i' gri wet keith's point, the president meeting with leaders is a step in the right direction. his position of not being involved was not sustainable. if he's going to involve himself now that's going to help a lot. this thing could b

it's expensive but we're blessing and just i want to say thank you, habitat and jimmy carter. >> the can't believe this home will be theirs. >> this is a dream. >> the dream has come true. others are still struggling. i got to sit down with mr. carter and asked whether the government shut down is making it difficult for families to achieve homeownership. >> first of all they get hit hard with the present, democrat and republican members of congress don't have lobbyists and big money to pay during the campaign. so average person in trouble is the one good that gets hurt. >> it's the recession and subprime loan crisis helping meet growing demand for affordable housing. banks donate repossessed homes habitat will build, or rehab, 100,000 homes this year. carters now off to denver, then new york city and new jersey. and are says carters inspired three million others to join the cause. >> bloomberg news reports president obama will nominate janet yellen as chairman of the federal reserve. announcement planned for tomorrow. yellen was president and ceo of the federal reserve bank of san fr

it's expensive but we're blessing and just i want to say thank you, habitat and jimmy carter. >> the le can't believe this home will be theirs. >> this is a dream. >> the dream has come true. others are still struggling. i got to sit down with mr. carter and asked whether the government shut down is making it difficult for families to achieve homeownership. >> first of all they get hit hard with the present, democrat and republican members of congress don't have lobbyists and big money to pay during the campaign. so average person in trouble is the one good that gets hurt. >> it's the recession and subprime loan crisis helping meet growing demand for affordable housing. banks donate repossessed homes habitat will build, or rehab, 100,000 homes this year. carters now off to denver, then new york city and new jersey. and are says carters inspired three million others to join the cause. >> bloomberg news reports president obama will nominate janet yellen as chairman of the federal reserve. announcement planned for tomorrow. yellen was president and ceo of the federal reserve bank of san

in fact, he may even be weaker than jimmy carter himself.e is a sense of american decline on the world stage with the obama administration. that is simply a terrible development for the world superpower. >>elisabeth: margaret thatcher on leadership: a lesson for american conservatives today. it is here. they did a movie, now they got your book out. congratulations. next on our rundown, should you be worried about your 401(k) this morning? and how the shutdown could impact your wallet. stuart varney's got a money clip. we'll find out how much he's got with him and what it means to you. >>elisabeth: there's something missing from the obamacare website. wait till you see what was just removed. >>brian: but first happy birthday to julie andrews. she's 78 and has a very good voice. ♪ me ♪ a name i ♪ call myself ♪ fa ♪ a long, long up in alaska, we find the best, sweetest crab for red lobster that we can find. if i wouldn't put it on my table at home, i wouldn'bring it in. [ male announcer ] hurry in o crabfest at red lobster, the only time you ca

jimmy carter was president. democrats held both houses. amazingly it was resolved by both sides coming together and working on a medicaid ban. then there was the shutdown of 1977. jimmy carter was president, democrats in charge of both houses. they signed a temporary bill because they came together and worked something out. the 1977 shutdown under jimmy carter, democrats were in charge. and they were doing what they thought they needed to do. hey're elected by their people to do the work of this house. but they came together after eight days and they resolved it. the next one, 1978. jimmy carter was president, the democrats controlled both houses. 18 days. 18 days. but they resolved it after they got together. the president, the senate, and the house they got together. 1979. jimmy carter was president, the democrats were in charge of both houses. 11 days. what resolved it? they got together and -- they got together and they talked. nothing happened here and nothing will happen here if we're not going to be willing to be civil to one anothe

. >> what is being done oo avoid -- to avoid a sap bruno situation and former president jimmy carter visits and how officials are preparing and covered california leaving people vulnerable,ing the warning on thew -- the warning on how to avoid becoming a victim of a scam. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00 p.m. >> good evening. i am ken wayne. >> i am heather holmes. we begin with new developments about the state of a pg&e pipeline. the -- safety of a pg&e pipeline. that line runs in san carlos. ktvu's eric rasmussen talked with the mayor of san carlos and pg&e officials about what is next. >> reporter: pg&e had said it would begin the process of shutting down the pipeline tomorrow or tuesday in san carlos. moments ago i received a text message from pg&e confirming that work has already begun tonight. >> reporter: a normal send of soccer -- sunday of sucker in san carlos. -- soccer in san carlos. she learned about pg&e e-mails questioning the safety of a gas line running. >> that is a huge -- houses here. we are sitting on it righ

in 1976 texas went them at tadic for jimmy carter. california went republican for gerald ford. hings have changed politically in that last forty-year period. now the carter ford election in some ways is a little red of a misleading president because each party in that case happen to nominate somebody who was for a party's historic homeland. ford from upstate michigan the yankee diaspora and jimmy carter from south georgia where they still hate the memory of general sherman. they don't call him general sherman. they call him sherman and so forth. one of my favorite was the coast statistics is the fact that the number two state for john f. kennedy in 1960 -- the number one state in percentage was rhode island in the number two state was not massachusetts his home state. the number two catholic state. it was georgia. why did george about happily for john f. kennedy? because sherman had marched through only 96 years before. the imprint of the civil war lasted a long time. we have got different cultural parameters today and why do we have a country that went into the 2012 election cy

this is all happening just days before a high profile visit by former president jimmy carter. the attack was in east oakland. here's the map. it happened yesterday afternoon after 880. police say eight people were work on the town homes when four men approached them and demanded their cell phones, wallets and other valuables. one victim was shot at and pistol whipped. oakland police tonight are offering a $25,000 reward in this case. they're now working with the secret service to make this area secure. jimmy carter has been a strong supporter of habitat for humanity. >>> a san francisco prosecutor so determined to keep a homicide suspect from getting bail today, he brought surveillance video to court. the man is accused in the deadly shooting of a college student last week. his attorney spoke to him pleading not guilty. the prosecutor brought in a laptop with surveillance video of that shooting. the prosecutor told the judge he was willing to play it in court the defense insisted on bail being set. but there was no challenge. >> students are also impacted by this government sh

. >>> former president jimmy carter and his first lady in the bay area today.he former president is working on installing a front door and the former first lady was vacuuming. this is all for a nonprofit organization, habitat for humanity. yesterday they were in oakland, today in the south bay. the couple who own the home say it's a dream come true. >> [ inaudible ] we live in a one room house. this house is big. [ inaudible ] >> the carters say they love helping out and doing what they can to give people a home. >>> the united states said they are preparing to cut off aid to egypt. us military said all of the aid will not be cut. the obama administration cut some aid the august and some has been an accumulation of events. the united states has not yet officially notified egypt of its decision. >>> you may have noticed it was cooler out there today. it's going to cool off even more. we're see agriculture little bit of cloud cover out there now. it continues to move down to the south and will pick up more moisture. it looks like it will stay to the south and eas