narrator: in the lab, lonnie's team analyzes the ice cores.xygen isotope ratios provide a proxy for the temperature when the ice was formed. these records are consistent with other studies that reveal, going back 1,000 years, a long-term warming trend, beginning about 150 years ago -- carbon dioxide measurements. taken directly from bubbles trapped in the ice reveal ever-increasing concentrations of co2 over this same time period. adding to this wealth of information, lonnie's team can detect droughts by measuring chemical traces in the ice, blown in from dry lake beds. dr. davis: well, that's what i was just wondering about. one of the easiest historic records to track in an ice core are drought events. so anywhere you see sulfates indicate that the environment got very dry. here it is. right here was a drought. in calcium, there was an increase here in the '60s. and then you go down. here's another increase in the '30s. it was contemporaneous with our dust bowl period. actually, you know what that is? that's these. thompson: we're now findin

. >> lonnie hancock, state senator. this is a unique approach to income and equality. what do you hope to achieve? >> we lope to achieve a positive incentive for corporate responsibility, for lessening income inequality in this country. starting right here in california. where soment things begin. >> -- where so many things begin. >> you would reward companies that pay their ceos less than 100 times the median worker's salary and you would lessen on asliding scale those that pay their ceo less than 100 times their workers? >> as you know, the average ceo makes 280 times the amount of the median worker and that's three 80 dimes for a standard & poor'standard &poor's fortune 5. >> what we've subpoena and it's of increasing -- what we've seen and it's of increasing concern, the great american middle class slipping away. and it not only is a social problem because the middle class is the bedrock of our democracy, but it's also an economic problem. the average worker canned afford to buy the goods and -- can't afford to buy the goods and services the american economy can pr

tells lonnie he's going to kill himself. grab him. don't let him go any further. i grabbed him around his waist and i held on to him and i just talked to him. you got one person right now that love you and want you on this side. >> lonnie holds on to him for two hours. he stays there holding him in place telling him about his life, his experiences, losing his mother, his stepson. the highway was eventually closed. the man was saved and like a lot of heroes lonnie doesn't think he is one. >> would you call yourself a hero? >> no. no. it was the worthy thing to do. that's what i was supposed to do and i think that's what anybody in the world would do. >> you are right about it being right. and you are wrong about everyone having done it and that's why you are a hero, lonnie. thank you for representing the best of us. you are the good stuff. and a good weekend to all of you. a lot of news to hear about. let's take you to the "newsroom" and miss carol costello, you're a hero, i don't want to hear anything about it. >> okay, i'll

. >> lonnie bunch: they decided that they would have a statue that would speak of freedom. >> pelley:nie bunch researched the project for congress. >> bunch: and they went to a young american in rome who was studying, and he came up with this idea to create a statue that had the look of america. >> pelley: describe her to me, in your minds eye. >> bunch: well, she is this beautiful woman who has some native american features, is capped by this beautiful headdress as reminder that this is a country that was different because it was built, first and foremost, around the issue of freedom. >> pelley: and one of the men instrumental in casting the statue was a slave named philip reid. >> bunch: philip reid was an enslaved man who was owned by someone who owned a foundry here in washington. and that when the statue, initially plaster, came back to the united states, there was a concern about how do you take it apart? philip was really one of the people who knew how to do this, and he came up with the idea of how to separate the model, how to then cast the model. he led the people who were m

. >> reporter: lonnie ruscito, a vietnam veteran, says it took him years to get one medical test at the v.a. hospital in phoenix. >> i have had seven aneurysms, as i said. i haven't had a ct scan in two years. where's my appointment? >> reporter: ruscito was among the dozens of veterans and family members at a town hall meeting in phoenix. they were discussing allegations the v.a. hospital here kept a secret list of patients who couldn't get appointments within the v.a.'s target time of 14 days. debbie valle says her husband, cecil, died of prostate cancer waiting for treatment. >> it took two months to see his prostate... his cancer doctor when they found out he did have cancer. >> reporter: we obtained this v.a. memo today, explaining the process of gaming the appointments system. it was written by david newman, a v.a. staff member, in cheyenne, wyoming. if exceed the 14-day measure for scheduling appointments, the front office gets very upset." he outlined a way to get around it. "when patients called for an appointment, they were not booked into the computer until an appointment cam

a research fellow at the hugh -- hoover institution, lonnie chen.iger mother now out with a controversial analysis about what traits determine success. the surveillance. -- next, on "surveillance." ♪ >> this is "bloomberg surveillance." let's get you some company news headlines, starting with directors at target, under pressure to do something the company has never done before, hire a ceo from the outside. as a casualty of massive data breach. warren buffett told shareholders that he is game to do another buyout. according to data from bloomberg, three food companies may fit the bill. kellogg's, craft, and general mills. buffett has said that he likes simple businesses with simple earnings power. credit suisse, finishing an investigation as to whether they help americans evade taxes. the deal could involve a guilty plea and a penalty of over one billion dollars. yesterday eric holder said the justice department would show that banks are not too big to prosecute. that is today's company news. theo me it is more about pressures from washington politic

california state senator lonnie hancock, appreciate your time, thank you. >> you're very welcome. >> 60th anniversary of brown versus board of education. segregation by race and class are still rampant in america, especially here in new york new york state, the implementation of common core, students k-12, adopted by 44 states, that are meant to better prepare students for college, career and real life. my next guest says she supports common core standards but not the way they're being put into effect. i'm joined by randy winegarden, president of the aft, more than a million members nationwide. randy, glad to see you. you said you supported common core, that the standards had the potential to create deeper learning, that students need othrive as adults. but you also called for a moratorium on the consequence for failing oadhere to those standards. what exactly do you want to see? >> so we need to decouple these new tests from the implementation of the common core. which is essentially what montana's doing and california is doing. and you're seeing the implementation going far better

lonnie hutton walked up to the cash machine at a bar and pulled down his trower ises and exposed hisals and [bleep]. cops in iter veined and told him to wait at a picnic table. according to the report he pulled his pants down again and engaged inl intercourse with the wooden picnic table. ambassador -- >> why are you picking on me? why do i have to answer this one. >> you wanted to give the story. >> this has never happened in american history. it is something we need to examine. >> i know you would never, ever have sex with an atm. would you not go for something that had a little more curve to it? >> let me put it this way. it is a fact that the police were there to arrest the guy and it shows this must booy a real problem -- be a real problem or they have too many cops on the beat. >> andy, we don't want to trivial lies this. i get the atm for gnaw indicating. picnic table. the only hole is where the giant tent thing goes. >> i think a couple things here. first of all we don't know this guy. everyone is going oh he was drunk. maybe he does this when he is sober too. alcohol doesn't

today outlining the legislation sponsored by state senate democrats including darryl steinberg and lonnie hancock. >> there will be a gun violence restraining order co-authored by nancy skinner of berkeley. if someone threatens to harm others, law enforcement can be we contacted and take away their guns and third chance to purchase more is revoked. >> two new developments in the racially charged scandal involving l.a. clippers' owner donald sterling. his wife shelly sterling is move quickly to sell the team and could name a new own are bit end of the week according to the "los angeles times" today trying to sell the team before the meeting on tuesday when they will vote whether to take control away from the family. donald sterling says he is vowing to fight the league decision to force him to sell the team. he says he has received offers of more than $2.5 billion. more on the story with katie marzullo at 5:30. the state will take on whether to allow public access at half moon bay forcing a settlement of a venture capitalist to allow access to martin's beach which has the only access road

. >> thank you very much for lonnie to host this panel. have a great show.tioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] cable industry got some attention on capitol hill this the week with a hearing on proposed merger between comcast and time warner cable. david: and robert mark is both testified before the house judiciary committee. and roberthen marcus both testified before the house judiciary committee. this is from day two of the expo. it is about 20 minutes. all, thank you for joining me on this panel. a very timely one. we got a good-sized audience. let's address the elephant in the room right off the bat matt was telling me his rock band -- broadband speeds at home last week. by about half. midst ofs in the attempting a distort merger with time warner keep. from a communications month ago did not mince words describing how bad you thought the deal was for consumers. partly you said from the regulatory perspective it is difficult to imagine a transaction that could concentrate this more tha

why does lonnie davis need to go? >> we had plenty of great democrats in the room.ll handout what the facts are such as the origin of spontaneous demonstration came from the cia from the first talking points to the 14th. that's a fact we'll be reminding people of who try to say it was the white house political agaena that made up the phrase. >> lanny, great to see you. we know him. hey, hey, great to see you. >> thank you. >>> up next, breaking news until the scandal at the veterans administration as we learn of more staffers suspended and new e-mails surfacing, next. aflac. ♪ aflac, aflac, afc! ♪ [ both sigh ] ♪ ugh! ♪ you told me he was good, dude. yeah he stinks at golf. but he was great at getting my claim paid fast. how fast? mine got paid in 4 days. wow. that's awesome. is thalegal? big fat no. >> test. the performance review. that corporate trial by fire when every slacker gets his due. and yet, there's someone around the office who hasn't had a performance review in a while. someone whose poor performance is slowing down the entire organization. i'm looking

these guys want to go to the tech side, want to go to silicon valley because that's where the real lonnie is. melissa: righ >> if you're a business school grad right out of school this is where the opportunity is at. melissa: why isn't jpmorgan stealing them back? will they open a wallet of their own? what do you think? >> if you do banking on your phone and mobile is the future. and in addition to that, banks always want to cross sale. they are getting people to go in and data mine who the customers are. >> i don't think it's a trend. melissa: no, i don't think it's a trend. it reveals something that jpmorgan is planning. are they looking at getting into a google wallet type thing? are they getting ready to launch a different people? they're stealing all these people. they see it as competition. there is that too. >>> whopper of all news today, this one really got me. reports that burger king is bringing out the big buns, burger and fries for brake fast. you don't like this? i love this idea. there is time of day when you don't want a cheeseburger? not me. i can't think of an hour of the

why does lonnie davis need to go? >> we had plenty of great democrats in the room.out what the facts are such as the origin of spontaneous demonstration came from the cia from the first talking points to the 14th. that's a fact we'll be reminding people of who try to say it was the white house political agaena that made up the phrase. >> lanny, great to see you. we know him. hey, hey, great to see you. >> thank you. >>> up next, breaking news until the scandal at the veterans administration as we learn of more staffers suspended and new e-mails surfacing, next. nineteen years ago, we thought, "wow, how is there no way to tell the good from the bad?" so we gave people the power of the review. and now angie's list is revolutionizing local service again. you can easily buy and schedule services from top-rated providers. conveniently stay up to date on progress. and effortlessly turn your photos into finished projects with our snapfix app. visit angieslist.com today. ♪ trwith secure wifie for your business. it also comes with public wifi for your customers. not so with

. >> reporter: lonny, a vietnam veteran, said it took one year to get one test. >> i have had seven aneurysms. i haven't had a ct scan in two years. >> reporter: rosito was among the dozens of family members at a town hall in phoenix. this hospital kept a secret list of patients who couldn't get pointments in the v.a.'s appointment time of 14 days. >> it took two months to see his cancer doctor when they found out he did have cancer. >> reporter: we obtained this v.a. memo explaining the process of gaming the employment system. it was written by david newman a staff member in shycheyenne, wyoming. he outlined a way to get around it. when patients called for an appointment, they were not booked into the computer until an appointment came up no later than 4 days away that way the memo says you get off the bad boys' list. the v.a. responded by launching a new investigation in cheyenne and by putting author of the memo on leave. the revelations from this scandal are expanding. brian turner a veteran and v.a. worker in san antonio told our cbs station kens said the list existed in texas and the fo

and you are wrong about everyone having done it and that's why you are a hero, lonnie. thank you for representing the best of us. you are the good stuff. and a good weekend to all of you. a lot of news to hear about. let's take you to the "newsroom" and miss carol costello, you're a hero, i don't want to hear anything about it. >> okay, i'll accept that. >> there it is. >> have a great weekend. thanks so much. >>> "newsroom" starts now. >>> happening now in the "newsroom," your job, your money. a major new report just out. on just how healthy our economy really is. >>> i did not kill my friend. >> amanda knox in a cnn exclusive. >> i did not wield a knife. >> new revelations and new details. >> this judge believes that this fight was about money and that you stole money from your roommate and that that is what started this violent night. is there truth to that? >>> the clippers take the court. as reports this morning team owner donald sterling has prostate cancer. >>> this is the closest thing to a smoking gun that i've seen. >> benghazi and a white house on defense. >>

. >> from booktv's recent trip to mobile, alabama, lonnie burnett recalls the work of confederate propagandistjournalist and editor henry hotze. >> very, very strange case. he lived 53 years but we know nothing about his first 20 years nor his last 20 years, but for a decade from 1855 to about 1865, tremendous record of confederate military foreign service, mobile politics into all kinds of different things basically. he has been studied a little bit in compartments as a military man and as a propagandist but i wrote this book to connect the two. basically a journalist at heart but he is foreign born yet comes to the south where he is a very prominent speaker of racial issues, military issues. he uses his journalistic style during the war as a propagandist which we get into later but basically he's in europe trying to convince european powers to join the war effort against the union. he came to america at about age 15. we don't know if he is by himself but we don't know why. he's in alabama by the early 1850s. this man has a knack for meeting important people and using these people in his care

. >> lonnie, the stuff that he might not like is some of this malaise, and you are stim concerned aboutonomy, is because no new policy approaches in washington since 2009. i don't know what you think of zandi's $800 billion. i want the money back for that stimulus. >> you got it back in the jobs, stock market. >> we need a shovel. what do you mean by that? >> well, i think the approach has been fundamentally the same. with the reelection in 2012, there's been no new effort to grow the economy. the one potential bright spot was trade. even there we have been stalled. >> we have -- this is the world we're living in now. raising the minimum wage, they will tell us that's pro growth policy. i've heard the republicans have balked all the policies. we had that long argument about raising -- letting the bush tax cuts expire, et cetera, et cetera. those are anything short of more stimulus. they don't really consider any of those things pro growth policies. what else would make sense? >> well, trade certainly the keystone. xl pipeline. fundamental tax reform. dave camp has his plan out. not sure