and if we lose somebody as talented and as good as john geddis, our managing editor and john landon who played a significant role in the jason blair incident, all of a sudden the wheels are going to fly off the cart. never happens. newspaper is -- it's an organic process that emerges from the space between people. and the "new york times", as i learned quickly when i got there, is certainly -- does not depend on any single person to be what it is. i've experience where had -- i've been up against -- they don't generally hand me deadline matters, but a couple of times i've been in tight corners and really up against impossible odds in terms of getting the copy and making sure it's effacacious and have people come and pick me up. >> there are always new people who can do that sort of thing. >> i would read it in the morning and think it's hard to believe that i was involved actually. [laughter] >> don't you think the reason that we've gotten to pay such close attention to things like what just happened at the times or the decision by time warntory spin off the time magazine group is becau

john goldman. he is taking off from sfo. he was whisked away yesterday to a cocktail party followed by a $30,000 a plate dinner at the geddy mansion. he spent the night in san francisco. we have a crew on scene this morning. we'll be bringing you a live report coming up in our next half hour. >>> the tsa's plan to allow small knives on planes is not sitting well with men and women that fly the friendly skies. today, the coalition of flight attendant unions will be out at airports across the country, including sfo, asking passengers to join the fight to keep knives out of airplane cabins. earlier this year, they announced they would allow people to carry knives with blades narrower than a half inch and shorter than 2.4 inches on to planes. >> an east bay city looking to get tougher on crimes by using electronic license plate readers. the piedmont city council hearing plans for the new system this week. license plate readers would be installed to record vehicles coming and going. now, that system would also be linked to a hot list of stolen vehicles, sex offenders or other suspected criminals police are searching for. the public saf