here in washington with us, laura brown from villanova and tevy troy of the hudson institute.e. one more question before we go to, to our calls. what president bush writes about and what he said, and, dr. brown, i'm going to start with you, is that 9/11 clarified his presidency.9/ >> guest: oh, i think that's right. thi i mean, i've often joked that i think that president bush actually had the presidency that dick cheney wanted, not necessarily the presidency that he wanted.k i believe that he went into the presidency thinking that he would be doing mostly domestic policy, things like immigrations reform, education reform. he had a strong record on those things in texas, and those were huge parts of of his campaign platform. and i think what you saw was that with 9/11 his entire focus of his presidency had to change> >> guest: i agree with that. the president clearly went in thinking this is going to be a domestic policy presidency. everything changed on 9/11, and i think his chapter is an interesting one.er one point is when he talks about the book he was reading to a bunch of s

brown is filling his old post. a bay area town is in the running for coolest. we will tell you where this town has travelers flocking to. brent and laura are coming up. >>> new this morning, no one is safe. jerry brown getting ready to take office. soon after he is going to release his budget plan and it doesn't look good. we will have a preview. >> which bay area city is up for a travel magazine's title of the coolest small town in america. >>> good morning and thanks for joining us. first monday of the new year. i'm laura garcia cannon. >> i'm brent cannon and we start with christina loren with a look at the hour by hour forecast. >> good morning to you. we will start you out this morning with mild temperatures. a little on the cool side, closer to cool than chilly. patchy dense fog as well, particularly around the north bay. 35 degrees and about a mile and a half of visibility. as we head out, we will warm up into the upper 50s. a couple of low 60s. we will talk about the forecast and a fairet

. >> brown will need the two thirds vote and at least some republicans to get the tax measure to the ballot. laura anthony abc 7 news. >> and k-12 education was spared by governor brown burke not higher education. he says he expects educators and parents to help gather voter support. uc and cal state will each lose $900 million. there may be talk of furlough days again. >> the program lasted a year but nudging is off the table. and we're going have to take a look at everything. >> he has given his chancellor budget reduction targets. they'll report to him in six week autos governor brown's sweeping budget cuts would impact some 400 redevelopment agencies run by cities, san jose is the second largest. that is where david louie is tonight with that part of the story. >> well, the redevelopment agencies across the state and in san jose are quick to boat they help to help businesses and the. >> thanks to redevelopment san joyce yi -- affordable housing and business that's create jobs. the governor says the state can't afford to help anymore. owe property taxes are taken by redevelopment. >> that amoun

brown thing going. 5:18. check your forecast with christina. >> good morning. i think laura look great 18 chocolate ferrari. let's take you through the next few days. we have changes on the way particularly as we head toward this weekend. we're going to see more sclouk temperatures are going to come down. toward the 70-degree mark. more on the way as we led to today and tomorrow and we drop off in time for the weekend. maybe it's been too warm for you. 65 degrees, starting out mild. then looking to 53 by saturday. a little fog on the way for monday morning. a possibility for rain on sunday. i will tell you if you've been missing the rain looks like it's on the way toward the end of next week. back to you. >> 24 hours after the oscar nomineeings were announced critics are coming out with their own predictions. >> a look at the actors and films to beat this year. >> hello everybody. good morning. >> the academy awards could produce upsets next month but not when it comes to best actor. colin firth of "the king's speech." >> he's someone that seems unbeatable at this point. >>

laura garcia-cannon. >> good morning, scott. good morning, everyone. coming up we're going to take a look at the first executive order from governor jerry brown. he's actually disconnecting some government workers. we'll explain. >>> and you may need to change your answer to the pickup line, what's your sign? we'll tell you why. those stories, plus more on the earthquake in the south bay is coming up a little later "today in the bay." >> aren't you glad you don't have to use pickup lines any more? >> brent makes me around the house. >>> taking regular breaks during the weekday could help your heart and waistline. rchers in australia tracked the movement of 5,000 adults. each person underwent a physical exam. those who took the most breaks from sitting had smaller waist lines, lower levels of a protein which is a maurker of inflammation. standing for one minute, anything that breaks a sedentary routine, can help your heart. >>> heart failure patients may benefit from omega 3 fatty acid supplements according to a study published. researchers assigned more than 100 heart failure patients to high doses of the supplement. some got placebo pills. th

laura garcia cannon. >> i'm brent cannon. the state's education system stans to lose more than $1 billion under governor brown's new guj et proposalhe must get california out of a hole. health care and education face the biggest hits and you could be paying more taxes. today in the bay's marla tellez breaks it down on what it could mean for the school system. >> i will start with the good news. most educators are applauding the biggest portion of the state budget, k-12 is one of the few areas to escape major cuts. kindergarten through high school is funded at about the same level as this year. this is only if voters pass a package of tax measures in june. if voters don't agree to extend taxes that are otherwise set to expire, schools would face an additional $2 billion in cuts. to put it in perspective, according to the mercury news, that's almost $11 million for a district the size of san jose unified. that would mean larger classes and more furlo days. on the other hand if voters approve the tax extension, k-12 would be spared. also the governor's budget does not include cost of living raises. when it comes to higher education,

laura? >> thank you, bob. 6:06 and schools all over california in a state of fiscal emergency this morning. in anticipation of governor jerry brown's release of budget cuts, the state spent of schools planned to help districts stretch their dollars. school leader appreciate the good intentions, but fear it won't be enough to counter the expected cuts. on monday govern nor brown will address a 28 billion shortfall. california cut $18 billion from budgets over the past three years. a news conference is preventing believe employees from having benefits. it applies to employee who is make more than $245,000 a year. jerry hill will make that announcement. the move comes after the highest paid executives in the uc system filed a suit hoping to fatten their retirement benefits. the news conference is set for 7:30 on the steps of the state office building. >> the san francisco board of supervisors will try to, point an interim mayor. during a meeting, supervisors couldn't come to a majority vote on any candidates. that is expected to change today. the city administrator is expected to be voted into office today. he said he is willing to se

. >> reporter: laura, this is not the first time he has taken the stage at the state capitol as the third-term governor. jerry brown has delivered a state of the state address, but perhaps never in such dire economic times. his speech is expected to focus on california's nearly $25.5 billion deficit. and 12.5% unemployment rate. to solve the deficit governor brown wants to cut $12.5 billion and raise $12.5 billion more with cuts to state services and programs. he also wants to extend the tax hike added during the schwarzenegger administration, including a 1-cent increase in sales tax and the increase in vehicle license fees. those were supposed to expire this year. according to the sacramento papers, he is going to keep his address optimistic. he has a lot of stake concerning the public opinion. the public policy institute of california shows that 41% of californians approve of the job he's doing while 39% haven't made up their mind yet. many believe his approval rating is sure to rise if they like what he says. we'll stream the state of the state address live on our website. log on to nbcbayarea.com to check it ou