several fantastic books relating to arab politics and last but not least, we have another author lee smith a senior editor of the weekly standard and a fellow at the foundation for defense of democracies. he's the author of the strong horse, power, politics and the clash of arab civilizations published by double day in the year 2010. without further ado since we have so much to discuss, i'd like to turn the floor over to amar. >> well, thank you very much for this introduction and inviting me to this be event which comes at a very crucial time for syria as events on the ground continue to accelerate and the situation seems to be out of anybody's control. the remarks of senator mccain were spot and as far as i'm concerned and he highlighted a plan of action on syria that i think we in the syrian opposition can easily endorse because it corresponds to something that we've been talking about and the demands we've been making for quite a while now. we hope that finally this administration will become more proactive of the situation and will move faster than it has been in the last few months.

lee smith who is the senior editor at the weekly standard and the defense of democracies. he's the author of many books on arab. many were publied in 2010. without fur ado since we have so much to discuss. i'd like to turn the floor to amar. >> thank you very much, michael for the kind introduction and inviting note event which comes at the crucial time for syria as effects on the ground continue to ak accelerate and the situation continues to go out of control. it highlighted a plan of action on syria, i think we in the opposition can easily endorse because of the response to something the country has been talking about and the demand have been made. we hope that finally this administration will become more proactive about the situation and move faster than it has been doing over the last few months. if the current administration to wait until after the election, i'm not sure there will be a syria. it pains me to say that, but if you exam the situation on the ground right now, it is a situation that is seemed to be heading in the way of partitioning a country. plan a. is

lee. reporting live, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> 5:02. a suspected serial killer will ask a judge to review dna evidence linking him to murders. 77-year-old joseph nasois acting as his own attorney. the photographer is charged with killing women police say have identified -- who police, rather, have identified as prostitutes. nasohas been labelled the double initial killer because the victim's first and last names start with the same letter a. jury trial is set to begin in november. >> a 10-year-old boy in critical condition this morning after being shot walking home from squool his mother. police say somebody on a bicycle fired at car near 15th street and main avenue but instead that bullet hit the boy. he was taken to the hospital. good news he is expected to survive. police right now searching for the gunman. >> a peninsula man will be remembered. 30-year-old edmund beverly was found dead sunday. gun fire had been reported near glenn way but his body was not found until several hours later. no arrests have been made. tonight's vigil an

last but not least, we have another author, lee smith, the senior editor at "the weekly standard" and a fellow at the author -- center for the defense of democracy is. he is the author of a book published by doubleday in the year 2010. without further ado, since we have so much to discuss, i would like to turn the floor over. >> thank you very much. thank you for that introduction and for inviting me to this event, which comes at a crucial time for syria. of ben sun the ground continue to accelerate. -- the events on the ground continue to accelerate. the remarks of senator mccain was spot on. he really highlighted a plan of action that we in the syrian operation -- opposition can easily endorse. it corresponds to something we have been talking about for quite a while now. we hope that this administration will become more proactive about the situation and will move faster than has been over the last few months, because, if the current calculations and the administration -- i am not sure there will be a syria after the election. it pains me to say that, but, if you examine the situatio

lee. reporting live, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> 6:06 now. also this morning a suspected serial killer asking a north bay judge to review dna evidence linking him to the death of four women. 77-year-old joseph nasoacting as his own attorney, the photographer charged with killing four prostitutes dating back to the 1970s. he has been labeled as the double initial killer. the first and last names start with the same letters. a jury trial set to begin in november. >> some containment of that massive wild fire. the waldo canyon fire destroyed nearly 350 homes, morsing more than 36,000 to flee. only one death has been blamed on the fire and as few as 10 people are unaccounted for in the evacuation confusion. firefighters say they managed about 15% containment. president obama has issued a disaster deck ha rags for the entire state suffering the worst fire season in its history. the president is due to survey the damage in person later today. >> a lot of people worried about their homes, haven't been able to get back to them. 6:07. we check win chr

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lee, abc7 news. >> now to nick smith at the walnut creek bart station.a lot of confusion there earlier. >> reporter: absolutely. a lot of it had to do with language barriers. people were walking up not necessarily standing that bart cancelled service from here to san francisco through the transbay terminal. i want to touch on something vic mentioned. on how people were looking for alternative routes to the u.s. open. within gentleman we spoke with said he would -- one gentleman we spoke with said he would take the san mateo bridge to walnut creek. now things are dead, this morning it was a different story those making the trip to the olympic club were looking for alternatives. >> i think it will take less time to drive to candlestick park and park and their shuttle bus. >> cautious, little worried, little depressed. >> call my wife and have her come pick me up. >> we are from chico a 2 1/2 hour drive sounds like another 2 1/2 hours to get to the game. >> reporter: now the hanson family said that it if the giant do what they did last night they can get th

lee. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> 4:33. a suspected serial killer will ask a judge to review evidence linking him to the murders of four women in northern california. 77-year-old joseph nasois acting as his own attorney. long time photographer charged with killing four women police have identified as prostitutes. he has been labeled the double initial killer because the victim's first and last names start with the same letter. a jury trial is set to begin in november. >> 26 days after returning to jail the man who shot tray vn martin asking a judge for a second chance to set bail. the judge revoking george zimmerman's bail last month after learning he lied about how much money he had. zimmerman told the judge he was broke but as it turned out he had access to at least $130,000. >> prosecutors wanting him to remain behind bars but defense attorneys say that's not needed. >> jail is not supposed to be punishment before trial. it's only to assure that you come back to the courtroom and he has shown that time and time again. >>

lee, joseph johnson, james longstreet, and augusta smith. . union general george mcclelland had a 100,000 man army at york down. the confederates had maybe 10,000 on the other side of a forest. the confederate was john mcgruder, prince john. he was quite clever, an interesting, flamboyant, theatrical man. all qualities that served him very well during the siege of yorktown. magruder put on a show for george mcclelland. he marched his men in a circle around and around in front of a gap in the forest that separated the two armies. he told those men as they were marching around to be as noisy as they possibly could. he told them to shout out orders to nonexistent units. he had men in the back of the lines chop down trees, strip from branches, paint them black and set them up horizontally on hillsides so they looked like cannons. all this stuff worked. george and his spies were apparently fooled by these tricks being played on them by general magruder. they didn't move for a month, due in large part to these tricks. davis and his advisers were ple

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lee, joseph johnson, james long street and gus ta vary smith. union general george mcclelland had an army at yorktown. the confederate was john mcgruder, prince john. he was quite clever, an interesting, flamboyant, theatrical man. magruder put on a show for george mcclelland. he marched his men in a circle ndndin front of a gap in the forest that separated the two armies. he told him men to be as noisy as they possible could and shout out orders to nonexistence units. he had men in the back of the lines chop down trees, strip from branches, paint them black and set them up horizontally on hillsides so they looked like cannons. all this stuff worked. george and his spies were apparently fooled by these tricks being played on them by general magruder. davis and his advisers were pleased that magruder was holding mcclelland off but at some point, they knew they would probably have to faceis threat to richmond. they were discussing overall strategy, to do about this army that posed a threat to richmond and the confederacy. they discussed all sorts

lee enters. johnny rbi single to left. smith tied at 2. in the eight eighth.n facing miller and ryan wins this battle. right now 3-2 mariner and they are in the 9th there. college football administrators move at glacial pace but long overdue play off system coming in two more years. school president approved proposal today calling for 14 play off to crown a real champion. strap the bcs junk and have a committee to select a top 4 team no. pressure on the guy on the committee. the major bowl game like l rose sugar tied into the structure of the play offs starting with 2014. take season. true champion crowned on the field. >> we started out by looking at 16 team play off, 18 play off and neither one of those can conform l to the academic calendar. we felt that by making this change and playing just 4 teams that we cohen hans the regular season but at the same time provide about fans with the kind of post season that i think will contribute to the regular season and contribute to college football. >>reporter: progress. day after sister venus lost in the first roun

smith, abc7 news. >> thank you, nick. earlier this year abc7's vic lee showed us how brazen copper thieves can be. this exclusive security video shows them in a stolen truck crashing through the gates of a pg&e yard. it took just 13 minutes to crash through the gates, load up a 10,000-pound spool of copper cable and drive away. their take for the night? an easy $40,000 this copper. >>> fire gutted a vacant home on the southern slope of mount diablo this afternoon. this is video from sky 7hd. it shows the flames threatening a home right next door. nobody was hurt. the flames also burned about three nearby acres of grass including some land inside mount diablo state park. firefighters point out today's fire serves as a reminder of how important it is to clear brush away from homes located in wildland areas. >> we have been very aggressive in our district with getting people to clear properties, have defensible space and set up fuel breaks and some of the neighbors received those letters and received those inflections and they can see the importance. >> investigators have not determined what sparked

smith, abc7 news. >> thank you, nick. earlier this year abc7's vic lee showed us how brazen copper thieves can be. this exclusive security video shows them in a stolen truck crashing through the gates of a pg&e yard. it took just 13 minutes to crash through the gates, load up a 10,000-pound spool of copper cable and drive away. their take for the night? an easy $40,000 this copper. >>> fire gutted a vacant home on the southern slope of mount diablo this afternoon. this is video from sky 7hd. it shows the flames threatening a home right next door. nobody was hurt. the flames also burned about three nearby acres of grass including some land inside mount diablo state park. firefighters point out today's fire serves as a reminder of how important it is to clear brush away from homes located in wildland areas. >> we have been very aggressive in our district with getting people to clear properties, have defensible space and set up fuel breaks and some of the neighbors received those letters and received those inflections and they can see the importance. >> investigators have not determined what sparked

smith, abc7 news. >> thank you, nick. earlier this year abc7's vic leein a stolen truck crashing through the gates of a pg&e yard. it took just 13 minutes to crash through the gates, load up a 10,000-pound spool of copper cable and drive away. their take for the nig night? an easy $40,000 this copper. >>> fire gutted a vacant home on the southern slope of mount diablo this afternoon. this is video from sky 7hd. it shows the flames threatening a home right next door. nobody was hurt. the flames also burned about three nearby acres of grass including some land inside mount diablo state park. out today'ss points fire serves as a reminder of how important it is to clear brush away from in located in wildland areas. >> we have been very aggressive in our district with getting people to clear properties, have defensible space and set up fuel breaks and some of the neighbors received those letters and received those inflections and they can see the importance. >> investigators have not determined what sparked the fire, and so far they don't know if it started i

from four strokes down means he's overcome the largest deficit since 1980 and lee janson and for nbc bay area, i'm john henry smithantastic weekend at olympic club and they have a new u.s. open champion and things not so fantastic in the emerald city for the giants. seattle wins on a walk-off. 2-1, the final so a tough weekend stretch up in the pacific northwest. coming up at 11:00, more highlights from the olympic club and the u.s. open and giants highlights. we'll tell you what the a's did as well. that's at 11. diane, back to you. >> and jim, happy father's day to you as well. >> thank you so much. thank you, i do appreciate that. enjoy working. it's been a great weekend. >> i'm glad. >>> coming up on nbc bay area news, a new study released in time for father's day reveals men can gain important health benefits from fathdood. good morning! wow. want to start the day with something heart healthy and delicious? you're a talking bee... honey nut cheerios has whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol. and it tastes good? sure does! right... ♪ wow. delicious, right? yeah. it's the honey, it makes it taste so.

those who don't know and probably most people don't know, will smith's character goes back in time and you play a younger version of tommy leead-on impersonation of tommy lee jones. it is unbelievable. were you studying him? for years? how does that happen? >> no, i mean, like johnny depp doing hunter thompson, he hung out with him 24/7 for three months. tommy lee jones is not the kind of guy, you want to sleep in the same room for three months? he's a little tougher than that, i guess. no, i studied. i watched movies. >> jimmy: when did you meet? >> i met him in santa fe. i've done three movies with hip. we have never done a scene together. >> jimmy: wow. >> so, the first time -- i always looked up to him, all the great roles he's done, amazing actor. so i was sitting in a bar with barry corbin in santa fe hotel. then, tommy waddles up, does this whole thing, doesn't look at me, talks to barry, literally for 15 minutes without looking at me. i said, i'm sorry to interrupt, mr. jones, my name is josh brolin. and he looked at me -- "okay." i aid, "i'm here, i'm going to play li--" and he looks at me f the most long, awkward p

mays, governor jerry brown, san francisco mayor ed lee, from here it is off to los angeles for an lgbt event there. reporting live a at sfo, christie smith. >> a look at the forecast, in store for good things today. >> yeah. the president getting chamber of commerce weather here in the bay area. it is beautiful conditions for the president. temperatures on track with our seasonal averages go figure. after all the swings we have over the past couple of weeks, finally getting a day with temperatures in the upper 70s which is what year used to this time of year. 50s to start. cold enough for a jacket. and bit of a windchill factor with building breeze throughout the day today. gusts 35 miles per hour. gusts from time to time right at the coast. then as we head throughout the remainder of the week we are going to warm you up a little bit even more so towards this weekend and next week. ing heat wave in the bay area. temperatures coming well above averages as of this sunday. 72 degrees a in an for today. inland, 77 degrees. another warm day for you inland. meanwhile, mild conditions return. you are going from cool to mild from the bay to the

smith, top of the second inning that's all the a's need. they take this one by a final count, 1-0. >> pitch a perfect game, get a key to san francisco. mayor ed lees pitcher matt cain with a key to the city at tonight's game to celebrate pitching the first perfect game in giants history. it was beautiful. a lot to celebrate. the historic event came against the houston astros earlier this month. we showed you the highlights. pretty cool. >> i wondered with that key to the city, can you open up things? it's huge. put it under your arm. there have to be some big locks that matt cain can have all access. >> he holds the key to a lot of fans' hearts. >> my man. don't desire respect. he got a samurai sword as well. don't mess with him. 5:49. coming up, mile high pups. >> plus, first you see them, then you don't. a wedding day photo opp, boy, does that get waterlogged. >> those dresses are going to shrink. this is the close as i get to a director. triple threat. this is san francisco, then we flip the switch, oakland. that's a nice shot. one more. the sunol grade. that's right. we triple your pleasure "today in the bay." [ female announcer ] irritated,