father larson: it is both. he's looking at real world problems and is expecting and inviting us to meditate on real-world answers in terms of church teaching and the scriptures. katty: are you surprised to see the pope waiting in to this divisive issue? father larson: we knew that it was coming for a long time, but it is a surprise to the church. it is unique for the church to put its moral authority, which is what the pope is doing behind a topic that popes have not addressed squarely. john paul and benedict did in different ways. katty: this is the first document dedicated to the environment. what impact do you think it is going to have? father larson: a great impact. prior to this, the dialogue around the environment political and scientific language was used and now you have spiritual and religious language providing a different way of looking at things and it invites catholics to think about the way they consume and treat the earth. katty: the language is also remarkably blunt. he has not shied away from s

erik larson, line up and ask questions. you have to step up to the microphone. >> just shout your question. >> did he go to the family reunion? >> no. >> those are the kind of questions i like. >> i like historical books in general. doris goodwin and such. i love your books and you have a different style almost like a novel. i feel like your books have a theme. do you write to get a message across as opposed to getting history across? >> no. it will be great if we can take 50 questions in 15 minutes if every answer is no. >> no but i never set out to flog any message i really want to get across but invariable there is something that emerges in the course of research that is not intended but does come out, if you want it to be a message. like in isaac storm about the hurricane the story is about hubris guy who thinks he knew everything and proved him wrong. and you know i spoke with one that came closest to starting with the idea of a message was in the garden of beast. i had no intention of making any kind of -- like gettin

at larson. the >> we have a chance for the panelist to talk to each other ask questions for each other. would anyone like to converse? did you get the sense washington's approach to slavery was based in his personal morality or because he stood to gain, he lost his three laborer. >> washington had inherited a variety of slaves working on mount vernon. most of the slaves came through and married very well. >> we all did. he thought he would have to work for a living and by his brother's death he ended up inheriting land but then there is the richest widow in the state who brought many, many slaves with her. he couldn't create those ways anyway but deeper down secret is kept slaves and made them employees of some sort. he cut it for that out individually. in a larger sense he was in a slave state in many southern states oddly enough the only reason south carolina fought in the war it was protecting liberty to own slaves. he knew he was dealing with the citizen that pull together and deep down he b

drop your traps at a dock or go to larson's.. >> it's a sure thing you can't crab in the inland and lakes and stuff, it's a salt water thing. >> and low tide is a great time to cast your net. >> crabs come out of the mud in april from their hibernation and people start to catch them. the best season is late summer to early fall all you need is a plan and patience. just like kristin porter. >> that's a keeper. >> so we have got drone 6 flying high above the skies, it's a different and unique way to show you all the fun we have here in sea isle city wave to the camera everybody it's high above and that is chris and melissa in one boat and christine and her boys as well. look at the crabs we caught. there is a size limit if you go crabbing in jersey they have to be 4.5 inches and you can only catch one bushel of crab perfect day. we'll have more coming up at 5:00 a nice little spread for you, it's seafood. >> crab chowder, i'll bring you back a plate. >> she has the best job. >> she sure does. still ahead some call it cute and othe

you went from not painting to being a painter. >> larson has been teaching the current crop of youth tier inmates to draw, paint and express themselves through art. he is with a nonprofit called splashes of hope. >> their goal is to uplift and inspire and help heal through art. >> after weeks of preparation larson and inmates are painting a 78 foot mural in the jail. >> we have probably 25% of the wall covered. >> suffolk county sheriff vincent demarco created the youth tier initiative. he says it not only helps young people but has financial benefits. >> inmates are kept in jail out of sight out of mind but it is a very big portion of a county's budget to run a jail. our goal is to make them productive citizens so they don't come back. we reduce the jail population and don't have to build more jails. we don't have to feed as many inmates, and people become productive members of society and contribute to the tax base. >> we talk about that real stuff. >> they are at a very influential age. we think by having officers that want to work with the youth and give them vocational programs,

supervisor wiener want to thank the clerk andrea ashbury as well as the members of sfgovtv jessie larson and charles kremenak that madam clerk, any announcements? >> yes. completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the gin 16 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> okay. thank you very much so colleagues, we're to go in and out of order to get authorize those items items 4 to 7 quick prelim all item 4 for the jury room appropriation pro appropriate all receipts and expenditures for the city and county of san francisco as of june 2017 area item 5 the proposed sdprirm annual owners and positions if the annual appropriations ordinances for john 2016 to 2017 and item 16 the interim budget for the treasure island development authority for 2015-2016 and 478 or 2016-2017 and item 7 the interim budget for the office of investment & infrastructure operating as a series agency for the 2015-2016. >> okay. thank you madam clerk those are the jury room salary ordinances to continue to fund our city's oper

. >>> kyle larson from elk grove. he qualified fourth. will start in the second row.larson in the second full season on the cup series lost his power steering last year in sonoma finished 28th. he is only 22. apparently, he has the need for speed wherever he goes. >> what's the fastest you have driven in your own personal car? >> ha ha. [ laughter ] >> oh, i don't know. i did get a speeding ticket last week going 94 in a 65. i had no reason to be going that fast, either. i just was -- pulled out to pass somebody and bad luck with the cop coming the other way. i got busted there. >> take a good look at tom watson. third round of the u.s. senior open sacramento. watson with the lead after 18 and 36 holes but missed putts that cost him. tied with 7 other golfers at 4- under par just a shot off the lead. bernhard langer had a 66 yesterday 68 today and 31- footer at the 12th tied for the lead at 5-under par again outside of sacramento. >>> world cup defending champion japan in blue all over australia. and in the 86th minute, mana iwabuchi in the back of the net. japan play

eric larson. ed a all of his works. this is a great book, almost a minute by minute description of what happened to the lusitania. and it is very dramatic and it goes back and forth between what is happening in europe and what is happening in washington, with president wilson, and what is happening to the passengers on the ship. their stories. it's really a great read, well, well written and i think really brings that piece of hoyt -- piece of history in 1915 back to life and makes it very human. these are real human beings we can relate to, who lost their lives on lose takeny. -- lusitania. the illustrious jed is all about how typists actually really was responsible for destroing napoleon's army and the invasion of russia. people thought it was the cold or the russian army. those things didn't help but the real killer was typus. it was devastating. really devastating. napoleon lost more than 90% of his army in the invasion of russia and a lesson, by the way, that obviously a century and a half later adolph hitler did n

. >> first deadweight eric larson. i've read all of his works.s is a great book almost a minute by minute description of what happened to the lusitania and it's very dramatic and goes back and forth between what is happening in europe, what's happening washington and what is happening to the passengers on the ship. there are stories. it's really a great read well-written and i think really brings that piece of history back to life. and really makes it very human. these are real human beings we can relate to who often lost their lives sadly on the lusitania. a great story. the illustrious dead is all about how tight this really was responsible or destroying napoleon's army and name invasion of russia. a lot of people thought it was the cold war the russian army. all of those things didn't help that the real killer was ifas. the sanitary conditions of the day simply didn't allow them to protect themselves against this bacterium and it was devastating devastating, really devastating. napoleon lost more than 90% of his army in the invasion of russia

larson. i've read all of his works. this is a great book, sort of almost a minute-by-minute description of what happened to the lucetania. and it's very dramatic and it goes back and forth between, you know what's happening in europe and what's happening in washington with president wilson and what's happening to the passengers on the ship. their stories. it's really a great read, well, well written and i think really brings that piece of history in 1915 back to life. really and really makes it very human. it's not cold history. these are real human beings we can relate to who often lost their lives sadly, on the lucetania. great story. the illustrious dead is all about how typhus actually really was responsible for destroying napoleon's army in the invasion of russia. a lot of people thought it was the cold or it was the russian army. all of those things didn't help, but the real killer was typhus. the sanitary conditions of the day simply didn't allow them to protect themselves against this bacterium, and it was devas

erik larson, line up and ask questions. you have to step up to the microphone. >> just shout your question. >> did he go to the family reunion? >> no. >> those are the kind of questions i like. >> i like historical books in general. doris goodwin and such. i love your books and you have a different style almost like a novel. i feel like your books have a theme. do you write to get a message across as opposed to getting history across? >> no. it will be great if we can take 50 questions in 15 minutes if every answer is no. >> no but i never set out to flog any message i really want to get across but invariable there is something that emerges in the course of research that is not intended but does come out, if you want it to be a message. like in isaac storm about the hurricane the story is about hubris guy who thinks he knew everything and proved him wrong. and you know i spoke with one that came closest to starting with the idea of a message was in the garden of beast. i had no intention of making any kind of -- like gettin

eric larson and margaret lazarus eating. our festival coverage is followed by a new york times tour review. we continue our live coverage of the book festival with a three-hour in-depth program life from the stage. he will be taking your phone calls and questions from the audience. scott simon on his book unforgettable. kevin schultz on william f buckley junior. on american history tv, join us for several featured programs on sunday beginning on real america. the 1965 manned spaceflight and the first american to walk in space. his thousands of pictures capturing the war experience. we vis

[laughter] is anybody does anybody in here not know who erik larson is?[laughter] you walked in and said, well, that sounds like an interesting name maybe i'll go see this character. he is, without argument and you can argue david mccullough if you want to, the finest narrative nonfiction writer alive. [applause] he is also a terrific human being, and you unfortunately have to listen to larson and kogan. this is the first time we've ever had a conversation that did not involve cocktails. >> thats is true, that is true. >> so we may not be as wildly fun as we normally are, but we hope to be fun. [laughter]sa erik, right now the lucetania you describe as a

i would like to recognize jesse larson helping us with sfgov. tv and gym smith madame clerk do you have announcements for us? >> yes -- items may appear on the june unless otherwise stated >> thank you could you please call item number one? >> health, public works codes. mandatory use of alternate water supplies. >> supervisor weiner is the author of this item supervisor weiner? >> than you for scheduling this item to be heard today today is legislation i have authored to significantly increase water recycling reuse in san francisco. particularly by requiring water recycling in large new developments to require all new developments to engage in a water budget analysis, and to make it city policy within five years to use only recycled water for irrigation and cleaning of parks and public spaces i would like to thanks supervisors, breed avalos and christensen for cosponsoring this legislation as far as we know it's the first of it's kind another example of san francisco leading the way when it comes to environmental sustainability. colleagues auz

>> that question ate away at diane larson. >> i was glad i did the right thing. >> in 33 years as a ups driver in downtown seattle he is knew something was wrong with the woman she had been delivering to for decades. >> she was getting stacks and stacks of stuff. really? amazon really? i knew something was not right. >> the hunch was crucial for police. they say she was in her late 70s and in poor health as she lived out her final years. the care giver she hired to help took advantage, took her name and went on a shopping spree having dozens of boxes delivered for herself under her boss' name. >> like ten a day. i would say what is going on with velva. they said she has a new care giver. it didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out something is wrong. >> we tried to track down the care-giver. no luck. but after being tipped off by larson investigators dug deeper and say she raided the account to buy everything from botox to weight loss. more than there 30,000 worth of stuff in 2013. tonight the woman who helped crack the case says she is happy to now be able to deliver justice for th

i think a famous chicagoan said that, erik larson and me back to back a great history doubleheader. let's go for it. >> some of the themes of your book, and one of them i thought was, and just to explain how the book is constructed, and correct me if i get any of this wrong -- >> oh i will. >> it's six essays, the really interesting thing about book is how there are certain themes that go all the way through. one of them is who fights america's wars, and you talk about how in the american revolution the militia versus the actual members of the continental army and all the way to the iraq war you get into how at one point in time there were more military contractors in iraq than military personnel uniformed, which is kind of an amazing thing to think about. and so can you talk a little bit about who fights america's wars and why that matters? >> absolutely. let me just explain, first of all, that many people do know me from the don't know much about series, don't know much about history which was published 25 years ago. [laughter] i can't believe -- well i was a very small child when

clerk is andrea ashbury and recognize our talented people at sfgovtv that will be tics this jessie larson and jennifer lowe noichltd >> yes. completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the june 9th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated thank you so much item one. >> item one an ordinance ordering summer vacation of on easement important $6,000 at clown terrace. >> thank you for being here we have a presentation from the puc. >> good afternoon, supervisors i'm tony the assistant director at the puc the summer vacation of an unused agreement associated with the property on crown terrace in the twin peaks area of san francisco this easement was reversed in a quit claim deed by the city and county of san francisco in 1958 roughly two years ago the current owners of crown terrace that is part of the place contacted the sf puc about vaithd this unused easement the probation officer policy of the commission to dispose of property the sfpuc was happy to gig the property was declared vacant and agreed to

a vigil was found for jadianna larson. the girl went missing on thursday, her body was found in a burned field on friday but they don't know how she died. her mothers girlfriend -- boyfriend was charged with her murder. >> it's rough to hear about the situation. the girl's family is focused on raising money for the funeral. rivera is scheduled to be charged in court tomorrow. >>> the search is on for more suspects linked to a car burglary scheme targeting gyms in the south bay. officials say one person is distracted front door employees another would take key fobs using them to locate and steal cars. alert staffers are the ones that helped to unravel the scheme, thus far three people have been arrested and officials are having a difficult time tracking the suspects. >>> happening today, ed lee will introduce his proposal to the bode of surprisers, budget increases for the police department and san francisco muni. 400 new police officer and new transportation workers. there will be more money for housing for the homeless an

despite being 0 for 20, larson rarely misses an opportunity to run. suddenly hears a crash. >> guards think it's a bomb. but the explosion is actually the sound of a 25 ton bulldozer ramming into the prison wall. reducing it to rubble. >> when the wall crushed i say freedom, freedom, freedom. i run as i could. >> larsen and other inmates go through the gaping hole spilling out of the prison like air from a punctured balloon. kyle herman has never seen anything as strange as this. >> when i got here, it was total chaos. all the officers were outside running around searching for the inmates. >> a nationwide man hunt begins for the escaped inmates, five murderers, four bank robbers, and three drug smugglers. >> definitely not people that we would like to be on the outside in a society like this. >> detective herman says that the escape was well planned. a former inmate on the outside steals a bulldozer and talks to inmates on the inside with a cell phone. tossed over the walls. larson, the escape king, runs 12 miles to his girlfriend's house in copenhage

supervisor wiener want to thank the clerk andrea ashbury as well as the members of sfgovtv jessie larsonand charles kremenak that

. >> concludes our meeting for today, >> i want to thank sfgtv, staff, jesse larson for their work. meating ismea -- meeting is adjourned.

. >> concludes our meeting for today, >> i want to thank sfgtv, staff, jesse larson for their work. meating ismea -- meeting is adjourned. >> well, good morning and thank you for coming to the new public safety building our police headquarters in san francisco over the past month i've had the privilege with each of the supervisors of going through budget meetings and in many of the district we have one more to to complete all of them it is consistent that public safety is on the minds of many of our citizenry in san francisco today, i'm joined by the police chief and staff and suzy love tuesday our office of complaints joyce is here as well and also by the board president london breed and several members of the board of supervisors that are academy with our public safety and, of course our human resources director as well budget season is with us and as we've gone around the different district of city not having implemented all of them but clear a resounding message that safety will be also a great foundation for any city that wants to be successful and make sure that while we've ha

kyle larson is in his second full seasoned and will start in the second row. he lost power steering last year in sonoma and finished 28th. he is only 22 years old and apparently has the need for speed wherever he goes. what's the fastest you have driven in your own personal car? [ laughter ] >> i don't believe i got a speeding ticket last week going -- i don't know. i got a speeding ticket last week going 94. i don't know. i pulled out past something and a cop coming the other way. i got busted there. >>> in golf, tom watson third round of the u.s. senior open sacramento. watson with the lead after 18 and 36 holes but missed putts that cost him. he is tied at 4-under par just a shot off the lead. bernhard langer followed a 66 friday with a 68 today and a 31- foot putt that pleased the crowd. langer is tied for the lead with jeff maggert at 5 under in sacramento. >>> world cup quarters defending champion japan in blue all over australia. scoreless 86th minute. oh, mana iwabuchi buries it. japan advances to play the winner of england and canada. of course those

and on lap 135, kyle larson had to go into pit row. so kurt busch takes a lead. two laps later, another caution flag. they would call the race with rain and 62 unfinished laps. busch picks up his second win of the season. >>> and right now, steph curery. lebron james working on another triple double with 20 points 8 boards and 8 assists. the warriors lead the cavs by one at half. and the nba finals game five. it has been exciting. this has been an aggressive game terry and peggy. we have seen a lot of flagrant fouls already. it's been crazy. these players are going after it. >> and you're getting paid to watch it. >> it's been great. and i'm going to get dinner so i get paid to eat and watch it. >> all right. >> i'll be back at 11:00. >> looking forward to that. >> i'm working, i'm working. >> she is, for sure. mindi, thank you. >>> of the solar system. . >>> well, a message from the edge of the solar system. today's spacecraft is sent to land on a comet by german scientists woke up from seven months of silence. the comet lander which is called philae was able to

and author eric larson about the last crossing of the lusitania.d out about those books at c-span.org. >> coming up next, washington journal is live with your calls in the morning's latest news. then we take you live to central south carolina where senator lindsey graham is expected to announce his candidacy for president in 2016. >> coming up this morning on washington journal talking about the congressional agenda, including actions in the senate including talking about expiring patriot act. and james thurber, director for the center for presidential studies at american university. and the university of maryland center for homeland [video clip] >> the patriot act will expire tonight. it will only be temporary. they will ultimately get their way. i think the majority of the american people actually believe the government has gone too far. ♪ host: that was republican senator and presidential candidate rand paul on the floor of the u.s. senate last night after it became clear his effort to force the expiration of the patriot act and its bulk collect

. >> the civil rights attorney areeva larson is injoeing me. i want to bring up something that the judge said yesterday that raised a lot of eyebrows. roll that. >> there are victims on this young man's side of the family. nobody would have ever thrown them into the whirlwind of events that they have been thrown into. we must find it in our heart to the some point in time not only to help those that are victims, but to also help his family as well. >> reporter: areeva presumably he's right in regards of the shooter's family being victimized but were they timely? >> i thought they were incredibly appropriate given that the victims' families were about to give statements on how they felt with respond to the bond issue. and i also thought they were insensitive. you know you have nine individuals who were shot brutally murdered. their families are there still grieving and to talk about the family of the defendant, particularly given that there's still lots of questions about how this young man became involved. now we know it to be this hatred and t

rent a boat every week at larson's marina.e to see you down at the shore. >> so drone 6 is high above the sky, as we are looking at a beautiful shot of sea isle city and don't forget to smile while you are in sea isle-and had is a different view at drone of giving you a beautiful birds eye view, back here live at mikes we have quite the spread i know that nydia and rick, you guys are quite hungry, we have the crab ball they are delicious. and the stone crab. what do you like to eat? >> the crab balls are awesome. >> we'll bring this back to you when we are done, and if you want to go crabbing by the way, head over to larsens or any other fishing location, 24 hours a day you can get your crab on. have fun this weekend, dig in. >> rick wants the crab balls. >> and nick wants the corn on the cob. >> check the storm tracker 6 app on your device to fine the hourly forecast and conditions for your location. >>> how crabby are the drivers that is the question. people trying to get home perhaps? >> definitely not cracking up. as they

could be pores natural larson leaves the lead to bush. mcdream me's dream has come true. driving an endurance race placing second. >> mcdreamy. i like that. >> the time is 11 minutes after the top of the hour. a big game hunt. in the middle of the street where dpef stating flooding has had lions and tigers and other live animals in the middle of the street. >> danger in the water. back-to-back shark attacks leaving a beach side community on edge. >> that is really scary there. >> renters verses residents. they are pushing for an end to pool privileges for summer beach visitors. if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis like me... and you're talking to a rheumatologist about a biologic this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my joints from further damage. this is humira helping me reach for more. doctors have been prescribing humira for more than 10 years. humira works for many adults. it targets and helps to block a specific source of inflammation that contrubutes to ra symptoms. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, in

hearing yesterday. 25-year-old juan rivera faced a judge for the first time since the burned body of larsont after rivera was arrested his mother came in in handcuffs. >> the mother is charged with being an accessory after the fact to a homicide. >> court records shows she has a long criminal record including misdemeanor petty theft, driving under the influence, and giving out hyper determinic needles, as well as prostitution. as for jade january that's mother deputies say she was getting medical treatment when her daughter disappeared and that she is cooperating with the investigation. >>> still not clear if this was just a bad prank or someone trying to send a hateful message but take a look at this. the vandal or vandals used field tiles designed to protect the turf to create the symbol in the middle of the football field. police suspect it happened sometime friday night after the graduation ceremonies. school officials say it did not leave a lasting mark on that field. >>> yes a second student is speaking out what they call gender expression discrimination. be one wore a tuxedo, the oth

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