>> i know we have tons of questions, so all the way from tennessee, we have mark brown. how did you discover that the hannah montana body spray worked as a repellant. >> my girlfriend had some sitting on the table. >> why do you hang out with the co coons? >> they hang out with me. >> he has been coming around since he was a little fella, and sometimes he scratches on the door and he comes in the house an he has his way. he eats, bites me, and goes on his way. >> they're known to have diseases, aren't you afraid? >> he can't give me nothing i haven't already had. >> before i go, i want to do one more thing. this used to feel like barbed wire, now it feels soft, hannah montana shampoo. >> who knew this could be so fun? ♪ who knew? >>> you know kids are cute when they try to say words and they don't say them right. >> she's teaching her neighbor avery how to say popcicle. >> she has a couple versions that are not quite right. >> popacble. >> pop -- >> now cicle. >> now say it together -- >> it sounds like a bike. my pocacicle has a flat tire. i said popcicle. >> you got it

brown. details when we come back. >>> well, today marks what would have been the late chuck brown's 76th birthday. and mayor gray is marking that memory by declaring today, august 22, chuck brown day. the mayor unveiled plans to transform part of the park into chuck brown memorial park. we have seen some artistic renderings and there are perhaps a statue or a bust in that park along with an amp theater. a memorial focused on a performance venue would be an appropriate reminder of chuck brown's legacy. >>> virginia tech is shelfing the controversial plan to cut down 115 trees to build a new football facility. university president, charles, has accepted a recommendation to find a new place to build that facility. this after a panel of faculty and students asked the school in june to rethink the plan and reserve the woods. the facility would have required 117 trees, half of which are white oak. more than 300 years old to be chopped down. >>> tomorrow marks one year since an earthquake rattled our area causing damage to landmarks like the national cathedral and the washington monument. that quake was

. >> mark: right now the dow future is down 54 points at the opening bell. governor jerry brown says republican the for the kill campaign-- republican presidential campaign mitt romney should rethink his comments. >> if people think we will become like spain, italy, or like california [laughter] i am just kidding about that one, but people will have a hard time investing in america. >> mark: governor brown dismissed mitt romney's remarks as inaccurate. he went on to say that the comet was just silly. government brown noted that this is the ninth largest economy and california must have a balanced budget every year. we will be right back as the kron4 morning news continues. we are hoping for clear skies this morning and less fog than we saw yesterday. hey, there's barely a line at space mountain. you there ! i am looking for someone, hair black as night, skin white as snow ! yeah, yeah, i got that ! she is at the castle. dad ! honey ! but she's on the move. disney mobile magic, on verizon. you wouldn't happen to have an apple ? find characters, access wait times for the park you'

." >> brown: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> woodruff: science correspondent miles o'brien previews nasa's latest high-risk mission. it's mars or bust for their curiosity rover. >> how many things have to go right? >> a tremendous number. we have 79 different pyro devices that have to go correctly that all have to function. >> all 79 have to fire. >> all 79 have to fire. if one of them doesn't, game over. >> brown: plus, we talk with a new york times columnist whose hunt for his missing iphone got a lot of help from his friends, as well as a tech-savvy policeman. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪

>>mark: on to jerry brown to unveiled a pension plan that could save billions. it quiet -- requires employees to pay more toward the pension. the bill also increases retirement age by two years for of the employees. there would have to the work until the age of 67 to receive the maximum benefit. sacrifice. it is not easy. we had to make some cutbacks. that will require sacrifice. >>mark: the governor estimates the plan will serve the state's $7 billion of the next few years. >> here are the updated s -- top stories that we will be covering women come back. >> united airlines flights have experienced a nationwide computer glitch. many passengers had to stand in long lines. many of them said the hardest part >> they were told the the system was down until the system was back up the win was to move appeared. >> there was no one in control and no one to give you any direction. >>justine: the problem was fixed last night with the record is that the problem is widespread pin. the cause of the problem was not known and they're still looking into appeared >>mark: to enh

brown jr. [applause] senator mark leno. [applause] assemblyperson tom amiano. [applause] san francisco treasurer jose cisneros. [applause] the recorder of the city, phil. [applause] the president of the sentences court of supervisors, david ch iu. [applause] supervisor campos. [applause] supervisor wiener. [applause] supervisor cohen. [applause] and we're thrilled to have so many of the grand marshals at the parade. [applause] carmen carrera of ru paul's drag race. [applause] global grand marshal bishop christopher. [applause] [applause] gilbert baker award recipient, gilbert baker himself. he is the creator of the international symbol, the rainbow flag. [applause] individual community grand marshals rebecca, gary -- i do not know if he is here today because he has a very busy day. he hosts the pride run that is gone on in about 30 minutes. -- that is going on in about 30 minutes. and we are thrilled to once again have the san francisco lesbian and gay bad, the official bant -- band, the official band of pride week. [applause] we have the board chair, lisa will

. >> mark: gov. jerry browncking off his campaign for tax increases. >> mark: he said the proposition 30 is the only way to avoid it cuts in the school budget. it could include shortening the school year by two weeks. it will raise the sales tax by a quarter of a cent for four years. police taxes on people have $250 of four more in income over seven years. we will be right back as the kron4 morning news continues. we are watching the conditions around the bay. we have thick fog again, the traffic is looking light. >> mark: we are watching the truck was on the have formed the is oddly east of bermuda. it looks like it's headed out over the atlantic. it looks like it will strengthen to a hurricane and then we can back into a tropical storm. it looks like it will hit the canary islands as we headed to monday and tuesday. we have to watch to see if this will make its way towards europe. we will keep our eye on tropical storm cordon moving east. here in the bay area we are watching the fog. it is a lot thicker again

>>mark: governor jerry brown has unveiled a pension plan that is said to save billions. they say that it well as required employees to pay half of their pension costs. a will also increase the retirement age by two years for all new employees. >> it is very important to know the employees are making sacrifices. these steps we're taking because of what's happened in the market. we had to make some cutbacks. this will require sacrifice. >>mark: the governor is projects that this will save $30 billion of the the next three decades. >>darya: here are picks his life from call. mississippi as we are tracking hurricane isaac. >>james: they are experiencing dramatic and this said severe conditions. we will talk about that in a minute. here is a live look from our rules camera -- approved--- roof camera appeared near the conditions right now. today will be than last nice warm day. we'll have another sunny afternoon and then gradual cooling will take: friday and into the weekend. here are the temperatures for this afternoon and today's highs. this is but as we look into thursday a

mark. governor brown had hoped the state would get nearly 2 billion dollars in tax revenue when facebook began trading publicly in may. capitol correspondent annette reports from sacramento. >>reporter: in stunning fall since the i p o in may, facebook shares ended the day just above 20 dollars. record closing low compared to the opening price of 38 dollars on day 1. wall street is concerned about the social network expenses and whether company can grow or even hang on to the users given how awkward facebook is to use on mobile devices. >> with the huge push towards mobile computing there's some concern that there could be some user loss or not as rapid as growth on facebook due to the crunchy of facebook in mobile type setting. >>reporter: facebook plumme plummeting stock price send shiver around the capitol. theyi lion the stock price at 35 dollars a share. adding about 1 bill and a half dollars to the treasury. the price plunge was enough for the legislative analyst to warn hundreds of millions of dollars may not not come in. >> i don't think that's the way to run a state. >>reporter: repub

." >> brown: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> woodruff: science correspondent miles o'brien previews nasa's latest high-risk mission. it's mars or bust for their curiosity rover. >> how many things have to go right? >> a tremendous number. we have 79 different pyro devices that have to go correctly that all have to function. >> all 79 have to fire. >> all 79 have to fire. if one of them doesn't, game over. >> brown: plus, we talk with a new york times columnist whose hunt for his missing iphone got a lot of help from hisriends, as well as a tech-savvy policeman. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving o economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. anby ctributions to your pbs stati

. >> brown: ray suarez marks a milestone in the afghanistan war as the death toll for u.s. troops hit 2,000 this week. >> woodruff: while delegates gather for the g.o.p. convention, paul solman is on the ground talking to business owners about taxes, regulation, and the party's platform. >> in tampa florida, the republicans make their economic case. at thunder shirts, accoustablock and the convention hall. >> brown: and mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: bnsf railway. carnegie corporation >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: new concerns were raised today that iran is expanding its nuclear weapons research and fuel production, and international monitors pressed the islamic republic to explain its actions at meetings in vienna. today's talks

>>mark: record order is heading to governor brown's desk. -- a court order. e shutdown sparked the glove will's free speech. >>mark: a lot of luxury cars to not make the grade. a lot of luxury in and near luxury cars jane that hold up to safety standards pi. take a look at the test outcomes. the institute institute says that the air bags may not off in time or may not extend far enough into the vehicle. >>darya: credit reporting agencies, trans union says that average credit-card debt was close to $5,000. it is a 6% more than the previous year. a new survey finds that checking accounts are getting more expensive. banks are encouraging all kinds of -- banks are increasing all kinds of fees. that includes a minimum balance to avoid a service fee. you have to have a lot of money in your account if you're going to get free checking. >>mark: and in the energy now accounts for 32%. -- wi8nnd power is about twice as expensive as natural gas. white house officials say that extending the credit is something that they're looking for president obama to do because it is a

investigators said >>darya: may and is being held on assault with a deadly weapon pin >>mark: governor jerry brown says the proposition 30 is the only way to of lord -- of the way--avoid deep budget cuts. if it passes in zero races state sales tax by one- quarter of a sense and for four years. >>darya: the man in the armored car heist please not guilty. prosecutors say 37 3 mi. away. -- the treaty meant--men were meeting 3 mi. away. >>mark: we will be right back. this is an rc robotic claw. my high school science teacher made me what i am today. our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachers. it has four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ isn't that cool? and that's pretty cool. ♪ >>mark: welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. there was a helicopter crash in afghanistan. 11 people were killed. seven were american troops. we're waiting to find out he shot down the helicopter. >> suspende

>>mark: gov. jerry browneil his pension plan is to save the state billions by requiring public workers to pay more toward their retirement. ice on the plant's future and current employees would pay half of their pension costs. fenton salaries would be capped at 110,000 and increases the retirement age for state workers by two years. they would have to work until age 67 to receive the maximum benefit. >> it is important to note that employees are making sacrifices. it is not easy. because of what has happened in the market and how things have turned out we have had to make some cutbacks. that will require sacrifice. we recognize that. >> the governor estimates the plan would save the state up to 30 billion over the next three decades. the new terms would take effect january 1st tariff >> the governor would also consider a bill that would raise the fine for illegally using a cell phone while driving. the fine would be raised to $30 off, but the real cause for the first offense, a first offense would be $200 aft

>>mark: gavin gary brown says the california is facing a $16 billion budget fall.he the tax increase needs to be passed in the fall other wise major cuts will happen across the state. income-tax would go up on individuals making 250,000 plus per year. >>darya: despite the down housing market and makes for a financial sense to buy a home than to rent one. take a look at a new survey. they sent you could break even on the home purchase if you buy 11. this of be in certain places like miami. compare all the costs to the cost the pay the rent. they say that buying isn't always the best option everywhere but they found their renters actually have the upper hand and some big cities including san francisco. >>mark: stockton police say that they found this picture on a cell phone. this a-6 year-old son and his boosters scene reporting a handgun at the camera. when they went into the hall they found assault rifles. >> for a pair to take a picture of their child holding a gun in the car seat is very disturbing. >>mark: police say that the child is now in custody. >>darya: cy

mark. governor brown has declared a state of emergency in three northern california counties after the ponderosa wildfire destroyed dozens of buildings. the lightning sparked wildfire has burned more than 27,000 acres in the counties. cal fire reports this morning the fire is 57% contained. be the flames -- but the flames still threatening 900 homes and 3,000 people have been evacuated. a state of emergency is also been declared in lieu miscounty due to a wildfire in the national forth. we'll have a live report later in the newscast. fires across the west are stretching the budgets of many states, washington state projects it will spends $19.8 million on wildfire costs this fiscal year. that far surpasses the $11.2 million the state already allotted. wildfires in colorado, montana and idaho are also expected to strain tight state budgets. >>> will a colorado judge will decide if the college records of accused colorado theater gunman james holmes should be released. prosecutors want to show that a notebook should be allowed into evidence. now holmes said that notebook to a university psychiatrist

>> brown: now, marking child's 100th birthday, pbs digital studios has released a musical remix of herrs on the air... >> you can't define these in a recipe, you can only know them by knowing how the food should taste. >> brown: and today the national museum of american history celebrated julia child, unveiling a new showing of her t.v. kitchen. some thoughts on julia child's impact all these years later. it comes from her great nephew, alex prudhomme. he co-wrote with child the book "my life in france" which, among other things, documents her early years, her passion for french cooking and her struggle to get published. alex, welcome. >> thanks. >> brown: i wanted to start with those years in france that you and she wrote about because that's really where she discovered herself, right? >> it's true. before paul took her to france in 1948, julia hadn't traveled much at all. she'd been to mexico. and although she studied french her whole academic career, she said to me she could never really speak french until she arrived november 3, 1948. paul was in the diplomatic service. he brought

brown. it marked the last day of the three summer performances on the plaza.ekend his daughter will perform a special concert in honor of her father and tomorrow she and her brother nicko will join us live in studio at 5:00. >> and more drama for the jackson family. tmz producer joins us live. katherine jackson is once again a guardian of michael jackson's grandchildren. what happened today in court? >> today in court katherine was given back her permanent guardianship of the kids. she is still going to share with tj and he will still help her out. they do go back to court i believe on august 2nd to figure out if this is going to be a permanent with just katherine or tj and katherine sharing the responsibility. >> i understand in court today documents reveal a different story than she originally told about her trip to arizona? >> correct. katherine filed a document today saying she did not realize she was ending up in arizona. an unnamed doctor came to her house and said it was better for her to fly and when she got there, she had her phone and ipad taken away

. >> mark: gov. jerry brownays that the republican presidential candidate mit romney should rethink his economy about california here is what mit romney had to say. >> if on to consumers and business people around the world and here at home think at some point that america will become like greece, or like spain, italy, or like california. i am just kidding about that one, but they will have a hard time investing in america. >> mark: he may have been kidding but the governor was not happy about the he dismissed his remarks as an accurate. --as inaccurate he went on to say that the comet was silly. he says unlike nations that run deficits, california has to adopt a balanced budget each and every >> mark: the major veterans' charity is now being sued by the state. prosecutors say the group's to help hospitalized veterans use private donations including more than $80,000 for golf memberships for their workers. they say only about 35 percent of the money raised the went towards veterans to help them. they raked in $4

brown. >> thanks so much for that. marks the one-year of the east coast earthquakes. people felt the 5.8 magnitude quake all the way from florida up the coast of canada. damage in theof washington area. jummy olabanji joins us live mall wheretional are still under way a year later. yes, repair is still going on at the washington monument behind us. its clients to take several years and tens of millions of dollars. during a news conference today, also talked about what everyone should do to get ready. onn though we don't live coast, an earthquake could happen again. >> in a sense, this earthquake and washington was in path >> . on the anniversary, city and leaders held a news conference to talk earthquake case another act of mother nature happens again. to manyolast year did the wrongdoing when started to shake. officials say you should drop to ground, covered, and hold on to something stable. leaving your building is probably not the right thing to do, especially in this case. we will be working very closely with the earthquake consortium, the federal emergency manage

that mayor lee and all the leadership he brings with him is with us to mark -- is with us this morning curvet willie brown started it with his legislation way back when. gilbert baker, you decorated many of our homes with your rainbow flags. and again, this of, welcome. we are like family to each other. i said, this is not about tolerance. it is about respect, taking pride. that is what this weekend is about. [applause] as was mentioned so well, the history of this, it was a symbol of discrimination. it is now a source of pride. i want to take a moment to say to the bishop that i had the occasion to meet with the speaker of the parliament of uganda. a woman. she came to my office and we had a foreign policy cooperation. we give them aid. we talk about that. i think she was coming to talk about that. but i was coming to the meeting to talk about the legislation in you gotta. -- in uganda. i told her that was such a deal breaker for us that a country would even consider this legislation. she said that this is not what you think it is. it is just about protecting children. that is what she said. but i made i

. >> mark: a bill is heading to governor brown's office it is the transit phone jamming bill. >> markw test by the entrance of highway safety shows that a large number of luxury vehicles do not measure up to safety standards. the test was to replicate what happens when a car's front end strikes and another car or a fixed object like a treat this happened at 40 mi. per hour. they say only the following vehicle earned good or acceptable ratings from the institute. >> mark: the following vehicles - marks. >> darya: f-bomb makes it into the collegiate dictionary today, dictionary editor said they have traced back 1988 it was actually printed gary carter was talking about how he had given all of that along with many of the profundities. some sites already have the f-bomb listed. other words that are making it into the dictionary this year are sexting internet--and life coach. >> mark: researchers soundest python that is not native to south florida it was the largest they have found. the recent--those of the university of florida are trying to study the carcass to help stop the spread of th

that's very troubling, and we thank both of you for talking with with us pete simi, mark pitcavage, thank you both. >> brownues his series about the changing energy picture in this country. tonight, he visits colorado, where natural gas is taking center stage, prompting questions about the future of both coal and alternative energy resources. >> suarez: for a long time, it was simple and straightforward here in colorado: the coal sits in big fat seams close to the surface. strip off a layer of soil, pull out the coal, burn it right next door to make electricity and sell what you don't burn right here. >> federal regulations have made it tougher to meet e.p.a. guidelines burning only coal. at the same time, the price of natural gas has been dropping, and we're finding it in more and more places, setting up a tough battle between coal companies and the natural gas industry. when the new regulations are fully phased in, colorado utilities are going to burn a lot less coal, converting some plants to burning natural gas, shutting others down all together. >> we went in and reformed all the rules. >> colorado's f

mark shields and david brooks, thank you both. >> brown: next: a mission to mars filled with high-stakes challenges. among them: nasa's new rover will have to successfully execute a very complicated landing procedure early monday morning or else. "newshour" science correspondent miles o'brien previews what's ahead. >> and lift off of the atlas 5. >> they are the most accomplished and intrepid explorers of mars yet as they home in on the red planet with their biggest, most complex, most expensive mission ever, they are running themselves through brutally tricky simulations. >> the approach 2,000. criteria are active, rt update rate. >> and lossing a lot of sleep. >> so i have this terrible experience where i will awaken and go down the list of all the things that i could worry about. it's a very long list. >> reporter: for engineer adam steltzer and other mars mavens at nasa jet propulsion laboratory in pass dena, california t is a 2.5 billion all-in bet on a safe arrival on mars. >> it is the result of reasoned engineering. >> the entry, descent and landing is known as 7 minutes of terro

. >> on that note, we're all american, lowry, mark shields, thank you both. >> thank you. >> brown: we'llrtly with analysis of the moscow trial for the punk-rock band members. but first, this is pledge week on pbs. this break allows your public television station to ask for your support, and that support >> woodruff: finally tonight, back to today's sentencing of three female punk rock band members in russia, and what it says about that country today. margaret warner has that. >> warner: the white house said today it was "disappointed" by the verdict, and had "concerns about the way these young women were treated by the russian judicial system." to explore the trial's broader implications, we turn to stephen sestanovich, professor of international diplomacy at columbia university. he served in the state department during the reagan and clinton administrations. thank you for being with us. fair o to say this trial is about a lot more than what three young women did in an orthodox cathedral in moscow? >> absolutely. the political context is all here. this prank, protest, demonstration, perf