. >> i'm john myers in sacramento, this historic governor's mansion has history inside and nobody knows that better than jerry brown. we sat down for a conversation about california politics and why he wants an unprecedented fourth term as governor. >>> good evening and welcome to kqed newsroom. i'm thuy vu. many proportionals to france port crude oil on the railroad is proposing health and safety concerns. a train derailed in virginia sparking a fire and forcing hundreds to be evacuated. in 2014, 1.3 million gallons of oil were spilled nationally more than the combined total of every year since 1975. many officials and residents are opposing planning to increase crude oil shipments, proposed storage and transfer facility in pittsburgh raised further controversy. how much of a danger does crude by rail pose and are there any alternatives? joining me now for a look at the issue are tom, consumer editor with ktuv. yvonne with the california office of spill prevention and response and molly samuel. why is there so much concern? >> there are two on the table in the bay area. the pittsburgh

. >> i'm john myers in sacramento, this historic governor's mansion has history inside and nobody knowsbetter than jerry brown. we sat down for a conversation about california politics and why he wants an unprecedented fourth term as governor.

. >> i'm john myers in sacramento, this historic governor's mansion has history inside and nobody knows that better than jerry brown. we sat down for a conversation about california politics and why he wants an unprecedented fourth term as governor.

. >> i'm john myers in sacramento, this historic governor's mansion has history inside and nobody knows that better than jerry brown. we sat down for a conversation about california politics and why he wants an unprecedented fourth term as governor.

. >> i'm john myers in sacramento, this historic governor's mansion has history inside and nobody knows that better than jerry brown. we sat down for a conversation about california politics and why he wants an unprecedented fourth term as governor.

k.q.e.d senior political editor john myers reports f@om sacramento. >> reporter: it is part of california'sç for more than six decades as a governor's mansion. to the public, it's a museum. to jee jerry brown, it was a ho- briefly. brown was 20 years old and in seminary school when his father the late pat brown took office and moved the family into the sacramento mansion. but the younger brown refused an official home when he first became governor in 1975. a campaign he ran, thumbing his nose at tradition. >> i need add more modest apartment, which i got. >> reporter: it also fit 234 with theç times for you. >> it fit in with the times. >> reporter: but times have changed and so has jeer where brown.( now 76, he seems to take defendant in tradition and history and the old mansion has become a favorite hangout from private dinners have legislators to inviting in distant relatives to help celebrate his birthday. >> i find a certain strength, orientation and clarity by thinking about where we came from. >> reporter: brown made the long view of california a focus of his governing philosophy. t

chad myers has that for us. >> john and christine, good morning. had an ugly afternoon yesterday, although it's better today in the northeast. we have high pressure pushing some of that moisture away, pushing the humidity away, the heat away, and the potential for storms away, too. 90 in atlanta, 96 if you get all the way down south in south texas, down around brownsville. 88 in new orleans, 89 in tampa and 91 down in miami. for tomorrow, things look wet again across parts of the plains. this is your saturday afternoon in the heat of the day. that's why the showers pop up here. there won't be as many showers in the morning. then 72 for new york, 76 for d.c. and 86 in atlanta. for your memorial day weekend, not too bad. we go to 72, 76 and 82 for new york city. now, believe it or not, chicago's actually going to be warmer, and even san antonio 87, 85, 86, and orlando pleasant there, a couple of showers in the afternoon, as always. d.c., a few miles farther south than new york but significantly warmer, five degrees warmer every single day. st. louis

chad myers tracking the threat this morning. >> christine and john, some of the severe weather could move your way this afternoon, into the northeast. there is an area that will be warm very close to you in upstate new york and in parts of pennsylvania. that warm sector right through here is where those storms could pop up later on today. there will be some storms across parts of tennessee, and just like yesterday, storms into the front range. we're talking about denver, colorado, maybe cheyenne, maybe pueblo could see some of those storms. highs today, you'll notice a big difference up the northeast. the air 84 in d.c. that's the heat that's going to try to make it all the way up into the poconos and could cause that severe weather later on this afternoon into the northeast and even into new york city. the storm moves by tomorrow. the colder air comes in. the rain showers for tomorrow are still in the plains. heavy rain in some spots and even some, i don't want to say drought-breaking record rainfall, but certainly some rain across parts of the southwest that could really use it, be

john was devastated. >> he told me the day after, he said the house has betrayed me. >> paul myer has a tree farm next tohe bender's property. >> i remember ann very well, beautiful woman, hair up in a pony tail, white tank top, tanned, okay, i'm living next to lara croft, tomb raider. >> myers remembers his last get-together in 2009. six months before a bullet would end john's life. >> ann didn't look good. she looked pale, like she had lost weight. both of them seemed sad or depressed. >> the last six to eight weeks i was not eating or drinking or bathing or doing anything to take care of myself. >> john began talking suicide. ann says she had to repeatedly take part in what she calls dress rehearsals. >> we would gather all the pills in the house and put them on the table. and he would ask me what do i do with these? i had tried to commit suicide before myself. and so i would tell him this is what you do, but i could tell that doing these things would calm him down. and he would feel better. >> practicing suicide to calm him down. it seems an absurd notion. almost unbelievable. what about another extr

chad myers had a look at that. >> good morning, john and poppy. a decent day across the country. damper today in the northeast than yesterday. severe storms like the couple we had yesterday evening and overnight in the ohio valley and the chance of something popping up around denver and wyoming. the big storm spinning by itself, that type of weather in the high plains. not a lot of humidity or rainfall. impressive clouds and maybe a tornado or two. 75 denver today, 88 in dallas. 87 in houston. the rain moves really into your area for tomorrow. heavy rainfall for boston, philadelphia, d.c. and new york city by the afternoon and the severe showers and thunderstorms back out toward the southwestern part of the country. highs tomorrow, not a lot of change compared to today. damper for you in the northeast. not quite as warm. not as many hours in the lack of rainfall. 68 in new york city. 81 in d.c. 88 in atlanta and a hot one across the southeast. back to you guys. >> hot one here this morning. thanks to chad myers for that. we have breaking news overnight. the republicans beating ba

myers, florida. caller: good morning. i believe the nsa and the obama administration got caught red-handed as evidence by the letter that johnchambers put out saying that technology had productsported cisco so they were able to get exported to china. in order to the criticism, they had eric holder come out and show china is the bad guy even though we have been doing it all along. what is the extent of u.s. hacking directed at china? guest: this is the challenge that the nsa program. one of the snowden disclosures is legitimate and wise hacking. it also exposed less wise hacking. we have significant capability to hack into almost any country that would need access to using backdoors and other means. that is where it becomes important for the united states to say what we think is ok and what we think is not ok. we need to have a dialogue with other nations so we can set up credible for how we're going to behave and the actions associated with noncompliance. host: would there ever be frameworks for however when would behave? guest: it is going to take a long. of time. it is going to continue to change. this is empirical to the

myers, florida. caller: good morning. i believe the nsa and the obama administration got caught red-handed as evidence by the letter that john chambers put out saying that technology had productsported cisco so they were able to get exported to china. in order to the criticism, they had eric holder come out and show china is the bad guy even though we have been doing it all along. what is the extent of u.s. hacking directed at china? guest: this is the challenge that the nsa program. one of the snowden disclosures is legitimate and wise hacking. it also exposed less wise hacking. we have significant capability to hack into almost any country that would need access to using backdoors and other means. that is where it becomes important for the united states to say what we think is ok and what we think is not ok. we need to have a dialogue with other nations so we can set up credible for how we're going to behave and the actions associated with noncompliance. host: would there ever be frameworks for however when would behave? guest: it is going to take a long. of time. it is going to continue to change. this is empirical to the