johns johnson's night is over. danica head ed to the pits and returned and she finished 28th. bizarre action while under caution. one montoy alost his car and hit a jet drier. a jet drier is a truck that cleans the track. the truck immediately burst into flames. thankly montoya and the driver of the truck was okay. who would have thought the biggest wreck of the night would be a service truck. tony stewart got loose four laps remaining. seven cars involved in that pileup. brought out the tenth caution. that set up a green white to checkered for all of the marbles. matt kenseth held off dalern hart jr. and it took about six hours but in the end matt kenseth wins the daytona 500. >>> no nba games last night. the kings will be kept in sacramento for the long term. that arena expected to be ready in 2015. >>> georgetown made quick work of notre dame. whitington run to perfection. he is a terrific threat from beyond the arc. the freshman a game high 15 and georgetown won aeeasley, 59-41. >> that is your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> jut tin bieber is n

. >> john johnson has been on death row for 20 years. >> i was arrested in 1984, convicted of murderin 1985. when i first went to death row, i was somewhat shocked. you can't really know in a prison cell until you get there. and you get to the point where you don't really think about it. every day when we get up, a lot of us, we work on our cases. it's like getting in a car every day out there. every day we get up and get in that car and we hope we don't get run over. we're all going to die sometime. so thousands of people get killed in automobile wrecks in many other ways while we're here waiting to be executed by the state. >> the fate of each man on death row will play out in its own time. but to fill this time, riverbend has integrated a unique incentive program for the inmates. those on levels a and b are given more privileges, more rec time, jobs in the unit, educational programs, and increased visitation. darrell holtom, like the other level cs, gets no visitation and is locked down 23 hours a day. >> we were the first state to have any such operation such as this level system

. >> john johnson. >> yes. >> did you try to get it published anywhere else? >> no, i did not. >> does johnson publish books all the time? >> no, he publishes books by authors, internal books by authors. primarily we publish several books outside, but primarily books by authors, people who work at johnson publishing company or who have worked at johnson publishing cny. >> has your book been reviewed by "the washington post," "the new york times," or "the wall street journal"? >> it has not to this date been reviewed by "the washington post," "the new york times." or some other journals we can name. it has been reviewed by a number of major journals in this country, and it has received, as i say, i think, enthusiastic reviews from radio people and television people. >> when did you first think about doing the book? >> there is disagreement in my family about that. i say seven years. my wife says i have been doing it for 10 or 12 years. we split on 10 years, maybe. what i started to do -- as i mentioned, i did the essay in february, 1968. and it was not being cir

john f. kennedy's assassination. lyndon b. johnson tries to control -- cancel the president's mother. take out [inaudible] >> the john f. kennedy presidential library is releasing 45 hours of secretly- recorded meetings and phone calls in the final months of his life. the last of more than two wondered 60 hours in meetings and conversations before his assassination in november, 1963. the nation's leading breast cancer charity is severing ties with planned parenthood, and that is striking outcry from abortion rights activists. they said they have adopted new guidelines that bar it from giving donations to organizations under congressional investigation. and because of that it will no longer give money to planned parenthood. a congressman is investigating planned parent to decide whether public money was improperly spent on abortions. >> a six-year-old girl got the ultimate wish come true. >> bailey was in the middle of her presentation about her favorite things when one of them walked right into the classroom her dad. adam page surprise her on her birthday, giving her a big hug. >> the

the postal service black heritage forever stamp features john h. johnson the man behind ebony jet and other mag steens he. he found the company with a 500 loan using his mother's furniture as collateral of the he was the -- was the first african american named to the forbes 500 list. >>> a 10-year-old girl gets a very special delivery sent to her school. >> afghanistan. >> oh. >> my dad. >> so jeffrey is brave jury of a details her father's adven tiers he has been a popular figure in her classroom but she doesn't know jeffrey is not alone. -- adventures. he has been a popular figure in her classroom but she doesn't know jeff riry is not alone. >> i miss -- jeffrey is not alone. >> i miss you. >> after he surprised caitlin master sergeant james reynold headed over to the high school to surprise his oldest daughter. what a day. >>> news time 6:18. and victims of the costnamed th price. >> how much those on board are saying the cruise line needs to pay up after the deadly disaster. >>> a casting call for a block buster in new zealand canceled. authorities wer

on them we hear lindon johnson consoling john kennedy's mother after the assassination as johnson himself assumes the presidency. the just released tapes kept for year by john f. kennedy military aide recorded as they brought the president's body back to washington. >> we have reports quoting that the president is dead, that he died about 35 minutes ago. >> reporter: lindon johnson newly appointed as president of the united states and his wife attempted to console president kennedy's mother. >> i wish there was something i could do. i want to tell you we are grieving with you. >> that's very nice. ok. i know. i know -- >> reporter: lee harvey oswald was blamed for killing the president. investigators say oswald was a lone wolf yet for decades historians question whether he acted alone. >> i doubt the tapes will put the conspiracy theory to rest. they can't accept the proposition that a lone wolf, someone as dysfunctional as lee harvey oswald could have carried off this assassination of the president. >> reporter: a philadelphia dealer will sell the original box and tapes for $500,000. bac

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. >> this year, the postal service's black heritage for ever will feature a picture of john h. johnson, who founded the johnson co. and ebony magazines. he was also the first african- american named to the forbes list of wealthiest in america. every friday, but wbal is celebrating black history month. we will be highlighting the reginald lewis museum, one of the best in the nation. >> as the big game gets closer, the hype and the excitement in indianapolis is growing. >> coming up, we have a behind- the-scenes look at the super bowl. >> stranded on the shores of cape cod in just one month, two dolphins. scientists are trying to figure our what is happening with the standings. >> in baltimore right now, temperatures still in the low 50's and the windswi >> coming up on 11 news at 6:00 p.m., police have arrested four men in a deadly shooting outside a towson town center. the suspects are in custody, and more on their roles in the murder. unharnessing wind energy, new at 6:00 p.m., how the general assembly >> all of this warm weather has marine biologist in massachusetts looking into a st

johnson did? >> i absolutely do not. the evidence is, i think, growing all the time that john f. d not have been suckered into vietnam the way lyndon johnson was. i say that was mike forstel. i'd written the book of his father and i used to interview him. john f. kennedy had gone to him and wanted a plan how to get out of there. there was a feeling it was a lost cause. kennedy gave a world peace speech. he was starting a new kind of foreign policy. the generals didn't do john f. kennedy, as you know, chris, from writing your own book, they didn't do him well by the cuban missile crisis. so the thought he'd be so overwhelmed by what the military was telling him about vietnam, the way johnson was, doesn't seem very likely. we'll never know because there was an election in '64 that affected vietnam. we don't know if kennedy would have responded to a gulf of tonkin incident, on and on and on. but you cannot say that john f. kennedy wasn't looking for a way to get out of that mess. >> i absolutely agree with you. we don't ever know the future when someone has been killed. i absolutely

to drive through rain-washed crowd-flooded streets for a reception as john and annie glenn with vice president lyndon johnson greet distinguished guests, including alan shepard. god speed, john glenn. god speed into the future. into the hearts of all americans. welcome to washington. welcome back to this planet. from the nation's capital to the towers of manhattan to the ticker tape parade of new york, cheering crowds roar a mighty welcome shared by all americans, by free people everywhere. and across the land, the scene is the same and the heart is the same, as john glenn comes home to new concord, ohio. at the capitol, there is an introduction by the speaker of the house. john mccormick. >> members of the congress, it is a privilege and i deem a high honor to present to you a brave and courageous american. a hero in world war ii and in the korean conflict, who recently in the most notable manner, added glory and prestige to our country, the first united states astronaut to have achieved orbital flight, lieutenant colonel john h. glenn, united states marine corps. [ applause ] >> mr. speaker, mr. president,

through rain-washed crowd-flooded streets for a reception at the white house as john and annie glenn with vice president lyndon johnson greet distinguished guests, including astronaut alan shepard. godspeed, john glenn. godspeed into the future. into even greater accomplishment. into the hearts of all americans. welcome to washington. welcome back to this planet. champions [ cheers and applause ]hampions [ cheers and applause ]ampions [ cheers and applause ]mpions [ cheers and applause ]pions [ cheers and applause ]ions [ cheers and applause ]ons [ cheers and applause ]ns [ cheers and applause ]s [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers] >> from the nation's capital to the towers of manhattan, to the ticker tape parade of new york, cheering crowds roar a mighty welcome shared by all americans, by free people everywhere. and across the land, the scene is the same and the heart is the same, as john glenn comes home to new concord, ohio. at the capitol, there is an introduction by the speaker of the house. the honorable john mccormick. >> members of the congress, it is a privilege and i deem a high honor

it features a photo of john h. johnson.nson founded the johnson publishing company and in 1982, became the first african american named to the forbes list of the 400 wealthiest in america. the stamp is now on sale at post offices nationwide. >>> straight ahead on wjz eyewitness news at 4:00. a dire warning from congress. from top u.s. intelligence officials. what they've learned iran is working on. >>> coroners' qualifications. >>> and our spring like weather is here for at least one more day. and bob is updating your first warning forecast coming up. ,,,,,,,, does your cable company keep charging you more... and more... and more? stop paying so much for second best. upgrade to verizon fios and get tv, internet and phone for our best price online: just $89.99 a month guaranteed for two years. you save $600. go to verizon.com/greatprice to sign up now and get $300 back with a two-year contract. fios is a 100% fiber-optic network that delivers superior picture quality, more hd, plus america's fastest, most consistent and most

think kennedy would have escalated the way johnson did, made this in an american war. >> i absolutely do not. the evidence is i think growing all the time that johnsuckered into viet nam the way lyndon johnson was. i say that make i had written the biography of james forrestal, i used to interview mike. john f. kennedy wanted to plan how to get out of there. there was a feeling it was a lost cause, kennedy gave a world peace speech, starting a new foreign policy and remember, the generals didn't do john f. kennedy, as you know, chris, from writing your book, they didn't do him well by cuban missile crisis. he laughed off the generals in the end. the thought he would be so overwhelmed by what the military was telling him about viet nam the way johnson was doesn't seem likely. we'll never know because there is an election in 64 that affected viet nam, we don't know if kennedy would have responded to a gulf incident, but you cannot say that john f. kennedy wasn't looking for a way to get out of the mess. >> i absolutely agree with you. we don't ever know the future when someone was killed, i think seeing the french war in indo-china, the use of fire

as john and annie glenn with vice president lyndon johnson greet distinguished guests including astronautenn. godspeed into the future. and to even greater accomplishment. into the hearts of all americans. welcome to washington. welcome back to this planet. from the nation's capital, to the towers of manhattan, to tap cheering crowds roar a mighty welcome, shared by all americans, by free people everywhere. ♪ and across the land, the scene is the same and the heart is the same, as john glenn comes home to new at the capitol, there's an introduction by the speaker of the house, the honorable john mccormick. >> members of the koccongress, is a p arivige high honor to present to you a brave and courageous american. a hero in world war ii and in the korean conflict who notable glory and prestige to our country. the first united states astronaut to have achieved orbital flight, lieutenant colonel john herschel glenn, united states marine corps. [ applause ] >> mr. speaker, mr. president, members of the congress, i am only too aware of the tremendou this joint meeting of the congress today. thi

experiences serving as assistant attorney general for civil rights in the kennedy and johnson administrations. >> john doar, when you think back about your life and your involvement in public service, what's the first memory that comes to mind? >> the time i worked in the civil rights division. >> in the justice department. >> in the justice department. >> and why? >> well, because i had the opportunity, it was a great chance to work on a very important problem in american government. we had a situation in the '60s where really we didn't have an honest system of self-government. and through the efforts of the -- everybody in the country, including the civil rights division, the voting rights act, came in 1965, and the power of that act has been established last november 4th when for the first time really every citizen in the united states voted or had the opportunity to vote freely. that was a great thing. >> what was your reaction when barack obama was elected president? >> well, i was -- it was just so rewarding because i think back what the situation was when i arrived in washington in 1960. countl

john johnson, chief help man. originally but one of us now, ed jekelek, storm chaser. dr. rusty johnson and a meredith member for more than 40 years in the punxsutawney groundhog club. ice man. and phil's governor, tom carbon and his lovely wife susan, a punxsutawney welcome for the governor! and his wife. and a special round of applause for thunder conductor dave gilatta. it's my pleasure now, i'd like to -- we have everybody? like the two gentlemen to come forward, our co-handlers and your host john griffith and ron plata. finally, i'd like to introduce the vice president, the gentleman who will explain a little bit more to you about what's going to happen today. and that's mike johnson. he'll be introducing -- jeff lundy, fair weatherman. thank you all for coming. michael? >> ok, guys. there's a lot of mystery that surrounds phil's prediction and we've been asked over the last couple of years to maybe take a little bit of the mystery away. we're going to leave some in place but take a little bit away. phil's pr

in addition, judges like elbert tuttle, john brown, john minor wisdom and frank johnson jr. were appointed to lower federal courts and played key roles in desegregating the south in the 1960s. to screen candidates for such posts, eisenhower relied on his attorney general brownell, who was instructed not to place a known segregationist on the list of judicial candidates, so true to greenstein's thesis, eisenhower gave considerable power to a man he trusted, who could make the president's objectives a reality. nichols also reminded readers of the other accomplishments of the administration that have received scant notice over the years. eisenhower was able to use his credibility as a general to generate compliance on military desegregation so that in less than two years all combat units were desegregated. he also desegregated schools on military bases in the south before the brown decision as well as veterans hospitals. he used the power of persuasion and prestige of his office to encourage integration of movie theaters and public accommodations in washington, d.c., and used t

johnson. at sfgtv, we have john and nona. we have announcements? >> yes, all persons attending this meeting are requested to turn off all cell phones and pagers. if you have materials, please submit an extra copy for the file. if you wish to submit speaker cards, please put them in the container in front of you to your left. items recommended out of committee today will be considered by the full board tuesday of next week unless another date is indicated. supervisor chu: thank you very much. can we excuse supervisor elsbernd? yes. we will do that without objection. >> item 1, hearing to consider that the issuance of the type 40 aren't-sell beer license to mark e. rennie for bart downtown, doing business as craft, located at 440 mission street to serve the public convenience or necessity of the people of the city and county of san francisco. supervisor chu: thank you very much. >> inspector for the police department. good morning. the applicant has applied for and the original type for the on-sell beer license at 440 mission street, located between

charlie wi has the lead over boston johnson and big upset davis cup john isner taking care of 16 time grand slam champion roger federer in his home country of switzerland. giving usa 82-0 lead over switzerland. chicago bulls overpower play. from way outside losing that game 2-1 in the third period. that is the news. blackhawks coming up. ♪

wants to be in the front. >> john: he has a new crew chief who has won one of these with jimmie johnson before. more bad news for hendrick motorsports as jeff gordon's gar blows up. >> michael: watch this impact, john. >> john: unbelievable to see that the safety vehicles are out on the racetrack. juan pablo montoya has something break in the car. he loses control. and a huge fire breaks out afterwards. very scary incident. but glad to say that juan pablo is okay and we hope the driver of the safety truck is oh day. he was helped out of that thing. look at the damage on juan pablo's car. >> michael: under caution. trying to get caught back up to the pack. finally broke and sent him out of control. look at leader board. >> john: dave blaney, raines, gilliland. now, here is the dilemma. we don't know what this has done to the racetrack. there was a lot of heat on the racetrack. a brand new surface. very well put together surface. some $10 million went into this thing to re-- are actually more than that. but we have to see what is going on with the racing surface and that could be interest

wants to be in the front. >> john: he has a new crew chief who has won one of these with jimmie johnson before. more bad news for hendrick motorsports as jeff gordon's gar blows up. >> michael: watch this impact, john. >> john: unbelievable to see that the safety vehicles are out on the racetrack. juan pablo montoya has something break in the car. he loses control. and a huge fire breaks out afterwards. very scary incident. but glad to say that juan pablo is okay and we hope the driver of the safety truck is oh day. he was helped out of that thing. look at the damage on juan pablo's car. >> michael: under caution. trying to get caught back up to the pack. finally broke and sent him out of control. look at leader board. >> john: dave blaney, raines, gilliland. now, here is the dilemma. we don't know what this has done to the racetrack. there was a lot of heat on the racetrack. a brand new surface. very well put together surface. some $10 million went into this thing to re-- are actually more than that. but we have to see what is going on with the racing surface and that could be interest

johnson and john son is recalling more than 500,000 bottles grape flavored tylenol liquid for babieser parents complained about the bottle's dosing system of the the company said today that it seen any illnesses from this over- the-counter medicine. >>> you might not get as much satisfaction out of your snickers bars. >> they are getting smaller. mars plans to reduce the size of most of its chocolate bars. they will have 250 calories or less per portion. large sized bars will be replaced with bags or two or even four smaller bars to encourage what the company case responsible snacking. mars aims to reduce all portion sizes and calories worldwide by 2013 so when you head to the theater for that foot-long snickers it's going to be smaller. >> responsible until you eat all four. >>> pretty cool here. a visitor to the memphis zoo learned why you never anger a monkey. >> you have to see this. at the staff's suggestion the man turned his back and boom! poor monkey. the they are swinging around on a rope before flying at the glass. it upset the baby. poor monkey. that's sad. apparently the

so the senate worked very closely with john kennedy and lyndon johnson on the great society, the civil rights acts. but the senate also was a check on -- attempted to be a check on lyndon johnson and richard nixon, on vietnam. and other excesses of executive power. the key is, it was a progressive senate. it was no longer the graveyard of progressive dreams, and you would find these senators i write about were involved in every piece of social legislation, moving forward in that period. deeply involved. >> okay. now, let me ask you this question. in 1980, as we know, ronald reagan won a handslide victory over president carter. and the democrats went from 58-member majority down to 46. a huge landslide, not only in the presidential election but in senate elections as well. i think many people might be thinking, when you look at the title of your book, "the last great senate." if these guys were so great, why did they get their heads handed to them by by public? you thought they were great but apparently in 1980 the american people didn't think they were so great, or is that not a fair q

. >> host: did president john soften have a national -- johnson have a national security adviser? >> guest: he had two. the first one he had was named george bundy. he inherited bundy, and bundy served him until ma of 19 -- march of 1966, so almost as long as he served kennedy. initially, johnson first of all was desperate to keep the kennedy people. he wanted it for legitimacy, he wanted it for continuity, and he needed them. he didn't have the background, he didn't have the staff people who had that sort of substantive expertise. at the same time, he resented them because he felt that they looked down on him whether true or not. and so sometimes things are self-fulfilling. if you think that and the relationship evolves, maybe eventually bundy did look down a little bit on johnson. anyway, early on he needed bundy very much. he even invited george bundy's mother to the white house when she was in town so as to help persuade bundy to stay on. but he then, but they came apart. bundy pushed very hard for expanding our involvement in vietnam which most of us feel was probably his mos

i am john avalos, joined with supervisor olague and supervisor mar. gale johnson, can you share your announcement? >> people attending this meeting are as to silence their cell phones. if you wish to submit a speakers card, but this in the container in front of the. if you submit the copies of the materials to members of the committee, please have another copy for the file. this will appear on the february 28 board of supervisors agenda. >> if you could please call the one item? >> the ordinance amending the san francisco environmental code, section 400, and adding 402, for the existence of the existing commercial buildings for bicycle parking that will allow the tenants to bring their bicycles into the building, providing that the ordnances operative date is january 30, 2012, making the environmental finding -- >> thank you. colleagues, at long last, this legislation was first introduced back in september, this has come to committee. i am happy to be moving this forward. this is up to 20% -- by bicycle. i fully support the goal. we want to get to this important g

. >> it's a beautiful yellow, made by john moore texas dress designer. and it's actually -- mrs. johnson, well, who's of course the wife of the senator, a wife of a member of congress, used to do constituency tours to the smithsonian institution. so she was very familiar with the exhibit and she says at one point that, you know, the beautiful embroidery and the light fabrics, they're beautiful. but they won't last. so she purposely picks a dress that she thought in style and in construction would stand the test of drive. it's a beautifully simple dress. we thank mrs. johnson because it has held up very well. >> what happens when a woman would be -- if a woman would be elected president? we came close in 2008. we'd like to say when a woman is elected president, not if. we take it as a given. it's just a question of when. but it is an interesting question. people ask a lot. will we put her husband's suit in the exhibition? it takes us back to the beginning of the smithsonian definition of first lady. we'll have to wait and see who in the administration plays the role of the official hostes

. >> john, this is bob johnson.ons to the layoffs or were the layoffs pretty much across the country? >> the midwest saw the heaviest number of cuts this month, more significantly than others and yet it wasn't the industrial sector driving that. seemed to be particular companies driving that change, some of the retail stores that were closed. >> john, if you wanted to predict, what do you think we'll see tomorrow, friday, friday jobs numbers? >> i think we're seeing ongoing growth in the private sector, steady growth. we've been averaging almost 160,000 jobs created a month and that does drive unemployment slowly down. the question will be though, is government going to continue to see the losses to offset those? i think we're in fairly positive territory. the layoffs are up some so there will be pressurpressure. >> john, thank you for the numbers. >>> let's turn to guest host, bob johnson of the rlj companies. have you come one a different name for what it is that do you? is it a private equity firm? >> no, it's re

john quincy adams, franklin delano roosevelt -- i don't want to see any of these guys naked -- calvin coolidge or lyndon b. johnsonfranklin had physical problems. >> i'm going with john quincy adams. >> coolidge because he was a whack job. >> go. john quincy adams! >> naked? >> yes. >> i don't believe it. all right. i don't believe this for a minute. i've never seen anybody who's better with people than you besides me. >> they say if your name is difficult to pronounce you are not favored in work, in your personal life, in school. >> who did you sleep with to get this job? >> ha. here's the thing. when people don't know how to pronounce your name, they don't ever say it because they don't want to be wrong. >> he doesn't care. how's by koda? most people go heeyyyy. >> some people are name injectors. >> both ends, so to speak. hoda and then kotb. you know? i mean -- didn't you add an "e"? what did you add? >> an "e." for a few minutes. to help people out. but people kept saying vowels, but it didn't work so i took it back off. >> be you and be proud. >> people with easy to pronounce names were more likely to be favo

. >> while dempsey searches for a solution for madden military officers rick johnson, dwayne cooley and john have their hands full interviewing other offenders who want a shot at being in the future soldier program. >> cite the pledge. >> i pledge of allegiance -- >> 150 of pendleton's 300 inmates applied. currently, there's only room for three more. >> it's a tight unit. we have to be very careful who we let into the unit. today is the selection interview process. we're going to do our best to screen out any people that might be detrimental to good order and discipline in the unit because we have to protect that. >> why are you requesting to join e-15? >> i would like to get away from negative peers. a lot of negative peers on the unit i'm on now. so i know if i come here i have an opportunity to go home. >> we get up at 4:50 in the morning, will that be a problem. >> no, sir. >> it's a very structured environment. go to bed at the same time. there's no horseplay, absolutely no horseplay. is that going to be a problem? >> no, sir. >> 2100 is lights out, taps. there is no talking. if you wer

john f. kennedy. >> uh-huh. >> rose: because you believe that things happened differently because lyndon johnson was president and not john f. kennedy. >> that's not why i chose it but we can come back to that. i chose it because the day before john f. kennedy's assassination was sort of a good place to take as the baseline for a culture that was pretty well in place. and things changed dramatically after that. i have very little in this book about causes. and there's a reason for that you know, i wrote a ookcalled sing ground which argued and i still believe that the reforms of the 60s jump-started a lot of the trends that i defloor. -- deplore. but we are where we are right now. and that toothpaste is not put back in the tube just by reversing a couple of policies here and there. so i run it in this book to address people without don't agree with me politically but who are going to be sympathetic to the nature of the problem. whether i succeeded or not we will find out. >> okay but so what is the impact of lyndon johnson being president? >> lots of rules got changed during the 1960s. lots of signals were cha