then ken burns is here to talk about his new documentary "prohibition." in his honor, i will interview him hammered. amazon unveiled its new ipad competitor, the kindle fire. i'm going to use mine to order the new iphone. this is "the colbert report." captioning sponsored by comedy central [cheering and applause] >> stephen: thank you very much. you're very kind. [audience chanting "stephen"] thank you very much, you especially. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. thank you. welcome to "the report." good to have you with us. thank you so much. thank you so much. thank you. please, please. folks, folks, you know what, if i were here, i'm sure i would do the same thing. and, folks, everybody out there in not-on-tv land, it must seem to you as though all us celebrities know each other. i bet you think somewhere jerry seinfeld is hanging out having cocktails with taylor lautner and magic johnson. kate winslet is whale hunting with tom hanks. i'm here to tell you, folks, it's all true. as famous person, i know all other famous people, except for one, george cloon

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that wouldn't have happened before prohibition. >> joining us is the great ken burn.unday on pbs. it's so great to have you. >> it's my pleasure. thanks for having me. >> you know from our off-line relationship that i'm obsessed with kerry nation. and prohibition, the idea there could be a successful political movement around their supposed superioralty and everybody else having bad morality. how do you you win a majority fight when that's your basic message? >> you start off with a real social problem, which is drunkenness, alcoholism we call it today, and we were drinking five, six times more then than now. people would drink it for breakfast like john adams and it was a big social problem. people wanted it. it was agency for women outside the home they could talk about it. but then it got hijacked by this incredible organization called the antisaloon league. they are the single greatest lobbying organization in the history of the united states. they make the nra look like they're still in short pants and need a lesson or two. it's a phenomenal thing. we're not told

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but coming up this morning, ken burns is here, a red sox fan. i'm sorry, we may have to rebook on that one. yeah, i don't know if he's going to make it here. actually he'll be here. and he's got an amazing documentary on prohibition, amazing film. later, academy award winner goldie haun, and lindsey buckingham will be here. >>> but first, here's a check on the forecast. >> let's get to the radar and show you that cold front moving to the east is another day of showers and thunderstorms and mild temperatures, starting out in the 60s and 70s. we don't move much from there this afternoon. bring the umbrella along. more "morning joe" after this. [ boy ] hey, i thought these were electric? uh, it is, yeah, it's a chevy volt. so what are you doing at a gas station? well it still takes gas to go farther. but you're not getting gas. true. not this time. uh, don't have to gas up very often. so you have to go to the bathroom? no. yes you do. thought these were electric? yes, it's a uh, a chevy volt. so what are you doing at a gas station? [ woman ] my hea

well let me see if you can guess i'm going to bait you your ken burns cd d.v.d. sets if you can tell me the name of the number one corporate sponsor of keep the s. own progress b.p. that's why pedia as he says drop the ball in covering the corporate crimes of b.p. crimes the left eleven men dead in the gulf of mexico last year was heard pallas went on to say. eleven guys didn't die because of bad cement they died because of a lie thank god you're here because you're not going to hear it on the petroleum broadcast system you're going to hear it here it's time for the rise of corporate media and our news dependent on turning a profit investigator it is investigative journalism just isn't profitable anymore especially when you take on profitable and powerful industries that may advertise on or sponsor or underwrite your network we do solos oil and gas ads for example recently and all the nuclear industry has been keeping their heads down and they are huge and influential as well for example did you see this protest over the weekend it was more than sixty thousand pe

ken burns will be here october 3rd to talk about prohibition, which is the subject of his next documentary on public broadcasting. before i get to that last question, secretary, i'd like to present you with a token of our appreciation. the national press club, thank you for being here. >> thank you. [applause] >> my last question is, someone told me that essentially you could write a book that could be along the lines of every i needed to know about government i learned in the state of california. >> california is represented -- representative of our country. you have inner city, you have suburbia, you have country. you have different geographical landscapes. you see different growth in silicon valley, napa valley, agr-business, manufacturing. some of the finest institutions of finer learning and also some of the challenges that we see faced by the unemployed. i recall i was a member of the house before i even took this position that i saw in my own district. at least before the recession was actually called a recession, high rates of unemployment. manufacturing jobs already leaving. and t

i tell you that because when the war came out the ken burns' film, i was in a room with a bunch of worldwar ii veterans of the premier of the film. post-traumatic stress that came out in those veterans after decades of not having issues, and i have seen it with individuals i've served with can out of the vietnam extremely strong individuals and as they get older the post-traumatic stress comes to be. so, our focus is the war is not over as it was in world war i when they got this charge for getting $50 a train ticket to go home. the war is not over until those individuals are fully integrated back home with their families, their friends and their communities back at war or on the college campuses. so, i guess we need to prepare for the next war. we need to look at our systems now to identify the lessons learned and work on building the system that is going to support the needs of our veterans in the future. thank you. [applause] >> thank you congenital adkins. i would like to turn now to talk about was, the wounded marine who is now in new york listening to those bankers. todd tristani t

ken burns the documentarian filmmaker will be here in monday to talk about his new film, prohibition. on october 5, ron paul for the gop presidential nomination the fifth of october in that event is sold out. just announced october 24, at tmc harvey levin will talk about the changing landscape and entertainment so before i get to the last question if you will just come right over here. we present our speaker on a routine basis with our token of our pushy asian and thank you very much. our national press club coffee mug. thank you elon. [applause] >> thank you. >> we will see if we have time for more than one question here at again but these are on the lighter side as many of you know an audience. let me ask you first about what is the one great idea that you have seen from somebody else and is the slogan go i could've had a v-8. why didn't i think at that? of that? there are probably been more than one privilege of those loom largest in your mind? please stand up to the microphone. great idea that someone else had and you wish to have it your cell for x. rest of that idea. >> well, th

ken burns, documentary film maker would be hearing monday to talk about his new film, prohibition. on october 5, ron pollack candidate for the gop presidential nomination is the fifth of october in that event is sold out. we just announced october 24, tmc's harvey levin will talk about the changing landscape in entertainment news. before he gets the last question, if you come over here, we present our speakers on a routine basis with our token of our appreciation in thank thanku very much. our national press club coffee mug. [applause] >> we will see if we have time for more than one question on the yen. the piece on the lighter side as many people in the audience. first of all, what's the one great idea to you seeing from somebody else has the slogan goes, i could've had a v-8. why didn't i think about? there's probably been more than one. which of those loom largest in your mind? please stand up to the microphone. a great idea he saw someone else have any wish you do yourself or express that idea. >> well, there's lots of great ideas we come up with all the time. i don't necessar

this is at a time when our friend, the esteemed documentary producer, ken burnes, points out that the average teenager can name eight kinds of blue jeans but can't name eight american presidents. yet, federal support through civic education is not on the radar screen here in washington, d.c. this is not really any different than the other basic infrastructure that is falling victim to reckless budget knives and congressional indifference. the young people who participate in the page program and the classroom law project could easily construct a path forward for this congress and the president. these young people would craft a path forward that featured a balanced and fair revenue system that would raise revenue and reduce the deficit. they would accelerate health care reform, not put sand in the gears. they would right size and redirect our military involvement. and they would reform agricultural programs to help more family farms and ranchers while saving money. these alumni could figure it out. whole those who control the levers of power in the house pursue an extreme jearned that i

and i tell you that because when the war came out, the ken burns film, i was in the room with a bunchof world war ii veterans after that film and post-traumatic stress disorder came out of those veterans after decades of not having issues and i've seen it with individuals i've served with. came out of vietnam extremely strong individuals and as they get older that post-traumatic stress disorder comes to be. so, you know, we need to -- our focus is that the war is not over as it was in world war i where they got out and got charged and were given $30 and a train ticket to go home. the war is not over until those individuals are fully integrated back at home, with their families, with their friends and their communities, back at work or on the college campuses. so i think that -- i guess we need to prepare for the next war. we need to look at our systems now to identify those lessons learned and work on building that system that's going to support the needs of the nation for our veterans in the future. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, general adkins. i would like to turn to the wound

burned more than 1100-acres and is now 16% contained. >>> waterdrops and hard work by vacaville fire crews ken a fast-moving brush fire to 15 acres. the flames burned near pleasant valley road. homes were threaten ud but no evacuations. one injury, man trying to put out a fire by him with a hose after fire crews told him not to he suffered leg burns. >> it continues to be a bad year at yosemite national park. tomorrow morning crews resume a search for a man who disappeared on a backpacking trip. gene hall was last seen by a group of hikers. he was reported missing when he did not return to his car on thursday. >> two california indian tribes are planning to build new casino about opponents are betting on a fight. the two tribes are the enterprise ranch and the north fork. the federal government approved the tribes' plan to build the casinos, one in marysville and one in madera county. both would bev -- be off tribal lan. >> this is due to our tribe and due to you the county. >> condemning what is supposed to be on tribal land, and that's not the case here. >> supporters claim it would brick -- bring in more than 4,000 jobs to yuba

ken burns, the documentarian filmmaker will be here on monday to talk about his new film "prohibition." on october 5th, ron paul, a candidate for the gop presidential nomination. that's the 5th of october and that event is sold out. we just announced october 24th, tmz harvey levin will talk about changing landscape in entertainment news. before i get to the last question, if you'll just come right over here. we present our speakers on a routine basis with our token of our appreciation and thank you very much, our national press club coffee mug. [applause] >> so we'll see if we have time for more than one question here at the end but these are on the lighter side as many of you know in the audience. let me ask you first of all, what's the one great idea that you've seen from somebody else and as the slogan goes i could have had a v8. why didn't i think of that? there's probably more than one. which of those loom largest in your mind? please stand up to the microphone. a great idea that someone else had and you wish you had it yourself? or expressed that idea? >> well, there's lots of g

. >>> we're continuing to cover a fire burning at hayt and philmore. ken wayne is at the scene, what's the latest on the situation. >> reporter: you can see behind me a walgreens drugstore on the ground floor. this fire started about an hour ago. 145 firefighters are at the scene. fire officials very concerned about this fire spreading. but it looks like they've done a good job of at least containing the damage to this one particular building. there are two floors of apartments but fire officials say right now they are not sure exactly how many units are in this building. they say the fire started on the top floor on a corner unit which appears to be the corner unit that's facing us. there's a lot of heavy damage in that particular unit. then the fire spread to the attic. firefighters were on the roof battling the flames and they have been opening ceilings inside the apartment building to vent it so that they can get access to the fire and put it out. when we arrived about half an hour ago there was a lot of black smoke drifting through this year. and now

ken pritchett is live. >> reporter: usually when we show you the burning rubble of a home it is a tragic story. this time it was the fire department that set this fire and early on there were trainees and our cameras inside. before vallejo firefighters set this dilapidated home ablaze -- they used it as a classroom with new recruits sitting on the floor learning how fire in the real world behaves. >> they just don't realize how rapidly the fire progresses and the intensity at which it burns. >> reporter: captain dan sarnas says this demonstration shows how quickly temperatures rise and smoke fills the room. a lesson they and we learned in just a few minutes as we darted outside. >> we were inside and we just stepped outside when the smoke and heat became a little too intense. if you notice the firefighters are down on the floor. that's where it's cooling. they're told to stay down there because near the ceiling where the smoke is the temperatures are much higher. >> gases igniting dropping down almost to the top of our helmets. if you stand up in a fire and those hit you that's over 1,200, 1,50

ken and lynn conner arrived with only the clothes on their backs. their house burn down monday. >> we are going back. >> we're going back. >> we're going back. that's our property, our lively... our life out there. >> yeah. >> reporter: when you say you're going to go back, are you going to rebuild? >> we're going to rebuild. >> yes. yes. >> reporter: with the fire at least 30% contained now, scott, we're beginning to hear some optimism. one official expressed the hope by the end of the day he'd be able to say this fire won't get any bigger. >> pelley: dean, you have to wonder where are all these firefighters coming from? >> well, they're not just texans. they haven't even been able to tabulate how many states are involved but we do know they're coming from as far away as nevada, california, and even north dakota, scott. >> pelley: thanks, dean. there is a little bit of good news on jobs tonight. a new report from the labor department says employers post the 3.2 million job openings in july. that's the most in nearly three years. but it's still far below the nearly

the firefighter and the victim are in a burn center at this time and the cause of this fire is under investigation. in vallejo, ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a power outage is delaying the evening commute for some b.a.r.t. riders. news chopper 2 is over the west oakland b.a.r.t. station right now where b.a.r.t. says a power outage is causing major delays. i is slowing trains heading both into and out of san francisco. about 15 minutes ago, a b.a.r.t. spokesperson said that a generator had just arrived on site and should be up and running. the station lost power from a pg&e line that allows those trains to move offspeed >>> a 15-year-old boy will be charged with murder in the death of a restaurant cook last month. 20-year-old gas perpachek was killed in the mission district as he toad outside smoking. at the time, the investigators said that the gunman may have mistaken the man for a rival gang member. tips led to the 15-year-old. >>> and governor brown says that victims of sexual assault will get free medical exams. a legislation was written in response to the jaycee dugard case. convicted phillip guarda

a revolving door shielded ken from the fireball when the first plane hit on 9/11. the head, and hands were burned, after multiple injuries and skin grafts his hands still haven't healed. >> the movement splits it open. i don't leave it alone because it either inches or bothers me. >> many burn victims who initially survived the attacks ended up dying from their injuries. he credits a strange for saving his life. steve newman found him on the street and helped guide him away from the tower. the men remain in touch to this day counting themselves among the lucky ones. >> there is a terror warning out tonight concerning small planes. kiet do on what the feds are asking pilots to look out for. >> reporter: in a post 9/11 world here is what you can expect to happen if you're a stranger showing up at a private flight school. >> is this your airplane over there? >> reporter: the man in the white hat is the owner of trade winds aviation. he doesn't recognize the other pilot and investigates, turns out, he just parked in the wrong spot, nonetheless it still looks suspicious. >> yeah, 9/11 has caused us to

ken summers from the fire ball that exploded through the world trade center lob biafter the bi -- lobby after the first plane hit. his hands have still not heeled. >> it either itches or bothers me. >> many burn victims ended up dying from their injuries but he credits this man, he was a stranger and saved his life. he found him on the street and helped guide him away from the towers and they remain in touch to this day counting themselves among the lucky ones. >>> it is less than a week until the 10 year mark of 9/11. there's a terror warning out tonight on small planes hawaii plane -- what the feds are asking pilots to look for. >> here's what you can eck picture to happen if you're a stranger showing up at a private flight school. the man in the white hat is the owner of trade winds aviation. he doesn't recognize the other pilot and investigates. turns out he just parked in the wrong spot but it still looked suspicious. >> for us to look around and make sure everything is safe. >> reporter: last week the fbi and department of homeland security issued a warning that terrorists were considering renting planes and packing them with explosives. it was intended to highlight the need for continu

burning embers on to others. good evening everyone i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm frank somerville. it all started when a home under construction went up in flames. ken wayne is at the scene and tells us the homeowner might still not know tonight that his home is a total loss. >> reporter: firefighters dodged a bullet here tonight. all the conditions were here that firefighters thread. heat, wind, dry grass, hilly conditions. even though the fire did destroy this property it was stopped before it destroyed an entire neighborhood. it started at 4:40 this afternoon and quickly turned into several fires. >> we had a grass fire on the easement from the embers as well. we had our hands full. >> reporter: quinonez called 911 as the fire reached her neighbor's home and the embers reached her. >> it was burning my hair and burning through my father's shirt and mother's shirt. >> reporter: the father tried to keep the flames in check with a garden hose. >> the grass was catching fire. if i wouldn't have stopped it then, it would have burned. >> reporter: neighbors say the homeowner is out of town and may not find out about his property until he returns. anoth

burning embers on to others. good evening everyone i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm frank somerville. it all started when a home under construction went up in flames. ken wayne is at the scene and tells us the homeowner might still not know tonight that his home is a total loss. >> reporter: firefighters dodged a bullet here tonight. all the conditions were here that firefighters thread. heat, wind, dry grass, hilly conditions. even though the fire did destroy this property it was stopped before it destroyed an entire neighborhood. it started at 4:40 this afternoon and quickly turned into several fires. >> we had a grass fire on the easement from the embers as well. we had our hands full. >> reporter: quinonez called 911 as the fire reached her neighbor's home and the embers reached her. >> it was burning my hair and burning through my father's shirt and mother's shirt. >> reporter: the father tried to keep the flames in check with a garden hose. >> the grass was catching fire. if i wouldn't have stopped it then, it would have burned. >> reporter: neighbors say the homeowner is out of town and may not find out about his property until he returns. anoth

burned a portion of san bruno to the ground. with the commemoration come remembrances for the victims and a government report on the disaster. tonight kenastida begins our coverage of the san bruno explosion with a look back. >> reporter: allen, dana, over the past year, the national transportation safety board has investigated every aspect of this pipeline explosion as you can imagine. concluding last week that it was completely preventible. they determined among other things that a combination of substandard welding, inadequate quality control with respect to maintenance, and recordkeeping contributed directly to the pipeline failure. the ntsb stated in its report when the approach to safety is lax, the consequences can be deadly. and it was deadly in san bruno that night. >> sitting at the light waiting for the light to turn green and the earth sort of rising and dirt being thrown in the air and the -- i guess there's a road that runs along there that all the asphalts was being thrown up in the air and next moment there's a huge explosion just came from nowhere. it was pretty intense. >> i couldn't believe the sounds. i thought it wa

ken pritchett ktvu. >>> and back now to the breaking news, a fire in tuluome county, happening in the ranch area there, from what we understand, so far at least 50 acres have been burned. but as you can see there the fire is really moving and will be spreading in the coming hours. we understand that they have asked for an attack, we don't know if the air -- attack has actually started. there are engines on the way. you can see the flames going from tree to tree, there are structures threatened. this is a relatively remote area but there are homes there in the area. and they're ordering evacuations on some of the streets though. the big concern is that the fire could spread. we'll talk to our chief meteorologist to find out what the conditions are like, specifically, the wind and heat and we'll keep you posted on this fire. the headline at this area, the mountain ranch of tuolumne county, by the looks of the pictures the fire is continuing to spread. >>> and there will be increased security on the golden gate bridge this weekend because of the 911 anniversary. we asked about the security changes made on the bridge since the attacks. we learned more. rob? >> reporter: f