even linden, and my research -- i was listening to some tapes that he had.e is talking with russell, his mentor. he is saying, i don't see how we can win this. why we are even there. we don't have any business there. why would i send kids off to die? for what? he was lamenting the fact that there was no rightful place for america to be involved in that war. the escalation was certainly on his shoulders. to hisened to it is -- advisors and generals and pushed forward. my theory is it was his political hubris that did that. >> political hubris? >> yes. he did not want to be known as the first president to lose a war. >> he said that. >> yeah. vulnerablewant to be to attacks by barry goldwater during the campaign of 1964. that he was weak, soft on military. scared. have the red scare come in and to be a factor in that election. >> he is an interesting guy. i know a lot of people think he is the most interesting president of the last -- after roosevelt. the most interesting guy to inhabit the office. the largeness of the personality. >> unbelievable. i think it

honor to have howard linden. stocky -- know him from twist. now.throw things at you >> it is too small of a team. no one can throw. opinion oflove your when you see a merger frenzy. what does the signal? >> it signals cheap money. it signals some kind of old market still. the rejection signals some kind of silliness by people that they are believing their own stuff. >> let me suggest the news item of the day. do you expect mr. dugan will go out the board? >> there has to be some fallout from an indictment. >> absolutely. talking about the importance of the institutions, someone will have to fall on the sword come a which would be amazing if that is all it is. arthur andersen was nearly criminally indicted. drexel was criminally indicted and had to go out of business. if they can still stay in business and be criminally indicted, that would be a new one. >> right now within the schedule, craig moffett joins us on a different non--banking transaction. at&t and directv. money is cheap. something we predicted. how large will the pushback the from

linden breed says it'she cell phone makers who have an economic incentive for opposing it. >> just take the phones that are just reported last year, 2400 phones, and times that by $500. that's a lot of money. >> reporter: it is a lot of money. i called apple today. they would not comment on the pending legislation, but i do know they are no longer opposing it. coming up at 6:00, we will hear from senator mark leno about what he had to give up in order to get that bill back on the senate floor tomorrow. on market street in san francisco, bay area news. >>> a nightmare in paradise. just ahead, harrowing new details about the moments before a bay area woman fell to her death at a zip line course. >>> also -- >> now your daughter is a commodity. she's no longer a person anymore. >> picking a prom date has never been so controversial. the high school scheme that has alove lot of parents outraged. >> reporter: plus, one of mountain view's hometown companies wants to build space for as many as 10,000 new employees. but the question is, can the city handle the growth? >>> good afternoon, i'm me

. >> brought my favorite one, the linden, the white one. so -- i'm in good now, when i go home. >> reporter: there you go. joe montana by the way, also tells us he's investing in a plan to put restaurants and a hotel here by levi stadium. reporting live in santa clara, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >>> thank you scott. students at a southern california high school have come under fire for holding a nfl type draft for prom dates. the off the books activity has been happening for years, but now the principal is condemning the draft saying it objectifies the girls and judges them. this is how it works. male students buy and sell draft picks in order to select girls for prom dates. a twitter account has been deleted and one tweet wrote many on the prowl tomorrow for free agents, so dress nice, ladies. >>> the gay rights fight heads into a virtual realm. the company under fire for saying no to equality. >>> and drivers have a reason to complain about traffic which is notoriously horrific. but what about road safety? i'm sam brock. coming up i

. >> brought my favorite one, the linden.he light one. >> you're good. >> oh, yeah, i'm in good when i go home. >> scott budman, today in the pay. >> speaking of flowers, a lot of stores are helping sons and daughters this weekend make mom feel like a queen. business is booming for flower stores. they had a steady flow of customer orders for last-minute bouquets for mother's day. >> mother-in-law, so all three of them. >> yeah. >> i think the economy has gotten a lot better. it is very busy in here. we have our regular people in and out all day long. >> the owner says that roses and lilies are the most popular flowers for mother's day. i would say those two are popular. they're my daughter's middle names. rob has a look at the forecast for mother's day. >> happy mother's day to you. a nice start to the morning, and lockly, the weather forecast should be fine for mother's day plans around the bay area. right now, sunshine and a gorgeous view. san jose, 48 degrees. we had cool air sweep into the bay area over night, and some lo

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since bill clinton or linden lyn johnson or any of the other models cited. the republican is a much more conservative party and it's become a different thing. sounds like a white house talking point, but you can't underestimate the extent to which an opposition party that decided from the day that he got in -- that president obama got in office that it was in his short-term political interest to oppose -- >> charlie: but he was not a member of the tea party. >> yes, that's true but they're dealing with the republican electorate that's changed. the example -- and, so, he's not had a partner on the other side. bill clinton at various times, brilliantly but opportunistically could find cooperation with the republicans and times when republicans opposed him in lock step but when he had the opportunity he seized it. president obama has not had that many opportunities. >> he hasn't chosen to kill with kindness his political opponents, and i think that's hurt his ability -- >> charlie: so he didn't kill them with kindness? >> he may have tried, we don't know. >> he

joining us in their home in linden hurst new york are diane and phil sabino and their son and daughter, laura and anthony sabino. diane, what's the speed on that treadmill that you are talking about being on right now? how are you feeling? >> i am still running. still running and now the car that i spoke about is done. the engine cracked. and we are working on one car, and now he has to get another car. and we are in trouble with that. >> well, phil, you said something to our producer, and that is that the tires on that car were going to need to -- cost you 600 bucks and you were hoping it would last you several more months but even if it did, where would you get that 600 bucks? now you have a problem. this is a typical problem i think a lot of people face, expense you didn't need and now you have got. tell me how you deal with that. >> well, i would just have to sacrifice from another bill i would pay unfortunately, or dip into my retirement, sell some stock or something. that's all i can do. >> yes. >> you are ready to embark on your life? >> yes. >> how do you -- how do you look at

i knew linden johnson a tinied by too. him as being a killer over the whatter in vietnam. >> so when they're sitting there. >> when they are sitting there in this room then and people are making fun of them over something that may be personal to them are they really laughing inside? they may be laughing on the outside but what is going on the inside? >> i think they have real feelings. somebody said to me once about the famous billionaire michael milkenen. does the king care when someone calls him an idiot? i've never met a person yet who doesn't have feelings. maybe mr. putin doesn't. but he probably does. >> that huge barrel chest, it's all feelings in here. >> yeah. and i would love to see an event where the politicians start roasting the journalists. i would love to see an event -- >> that would be so horrible and unfunny. >> but, ben, the joel mchale or whoever the comedian usually is they will hit the press sometimes and the president always hits back at the press at these events. >> but nobody is calling the press b

my name is lindene patton and i will talk about why the private sector should care about the nca basedon my experience with risk-management insurance and serving the customers and communities in which they operate. when climate change vulnerabilities become actual impacts they can disrupt normal economic and social functions depending on the severity of the impact of businesses, their supply chains, their employees and communities can be merely inconvenienced such as experienced with recent heavy phone calls and of washington d.c. area or disrupted or destroyed such as experienced by recent drought and wildfires in the western u.s. which cause destruction of homes, businesses and crop losses. the nc a provides information about climate change vulnerability is and impact to water, energy, transportation and agriculture sectors just to name a few enabling the private sector and secretions to develop cost-effective options for coping with the climate change today and in the future. the extremes are often the focus of private sector because it is those extreme events that tends to swap exi

you are a libertarian which is a clothing.eep's you represent linden, those brothers with economic dysfunctionwe were looking at the nuclear our economy, not some abyss during that time. tell you, there were a lot of mistakes to be made, a made. be we are very, very fortunate to be getting out by the skin of teeth at this point. yes, there are not enough jobs created. but guess what, even during the good times there's never enough jobs created. ofstill had a level unemployment during the heydays of clinton. ok? made then?es yes. all right? has been the bane of our economy. host: thanks for the call. response.a guest: there was a poll that came out a few weeks ago, steve, summarizesk really where we are today. 52% of americans, americans say the u.s. economy is still in recession. incredible an statistic. because officially this recession ended in june of 2009. fifth year ofe what is supposed to be a recovery and you are talking everything is going. and for the american people, they're not feeling it. they don't feel that there's at all. recovery i'll give you one statistic. to indicate just ho

. >> he was in the middle of linden avenue. >> reporter: a bus driver comes to a halt as the driver sees>> reporter: bill clark hits the brakes on the bus with this boy in the streets with a diaper and t-shirt. >> he made a b-line for me and the bus. i asked him several questions. i realized i would not get any response, that is when i took his hand and headed toward the bus. >> reporter: after calling the police, clark and the passengers patiently waited with the boy who did not speak until clark said the magic word. >> when i finally got the hot chocolate, he came back with chocolate. >> reporter: police say james wandered out of his apartment while his father was asleep and mother at work. the toddler was eventually reunited with parents who reported him missing. as for clark, he says he is no hero. >> i just think that it is my place to do whatever i can to help out in this world when i can. >> boy, did he ever. >> well done. child services interviewed james' parents, but they are not facing charges. clark said he hopes they put better locks on their doors. >> frantic time for that m

. >> thank you, lindene. >> good afternoon. my name is ed, professor at george mason university and a member of the federal advisory committee that authored the assessment. i contributed to help with a chapter as well. so you heard from a number of my colleagues earlier today several times that two of the most important findings of the assessment is that climate change is happening here now in every region of the country and that it's affecting many, many americans in important ways. administrator sullivan challenged us to think creatively of how we are going to get it off the loading dock, into the hands of people who need this information in order to make better decisions about how to run their lives, how to run their communities, their businesses. and what gives me hope is that i actually feel like i had the privilege over the past four years to meet a really special community of americans who are going to play an important role in getting this information off the loading dock and into the lives of americans ave cross the na