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in oakland, mark matthews, abc7 news. >>> up next, the president prepares to deliver the state of the union address. the concern some republicans already have about the speech. also, the new spy plane that flies longer and higher than anything else in the sky. and a new smart toy that takes a classic game and adds a new dimension of human/computer reaction. >> and there are clear skies, although the fog is already starting to redevelop out toward the east bay valley area. and even in the north bay we will show you where [ female announcer ] why settle for plain bread when you can have pillsbury grands! flaky layers biscuits? the warm, light delicate layers are like nothing else. ♪ layers of brownie and caramel, dipped in chocolate. ready to eat sweet moments. find them in the refrigerated section. >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >>> president obama will deliver his state of the union address on tuesday. in his own preview, the president says he will focus on jobs, but he also mentioned investing in projects to educate workers and that concerns republica

mark matthews abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> and still ahead tonight at 6:00 pros and cons of switching your iphone to verizon network there. is a down side you should know about before you do. >> and also tonight a report on safety of smart meters. turns out they're no more dangerous than warming up leftovers for dinner. >> a decision decision clears the way to trance form this facility into a housing development. >> and i'm sandhya patel. there is a a dry, milder >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> police released images they're looking for in connection with a fatal stabbing. police calling the man seen here with a black hat and jacket a suspect in the deadly altercation last month. the man in a giants cap at the front of the screen and the woman in the background are also two persons of interest. the three seen drive waig from the store in a green bmw. >> verizon will begin telling -- selling apple iphone meaning the strangle hold is over for years, customers have complained about dropped calls and coverage. and will verry son be better? >> mark your calle

mark matthews with more on the unemployment numbers and what they really mean. >> in west oakland, hehe has been out of a steady job for four years. >> in this economy, being laid off, i wasn't able to find the unemployment. >> he says he hasn't given up. he has enrolled in a job training program at cypress center, learning construction but there are hundreds of thousands of others who have given up. yes, it's true unemployment fell down do 9.4% but the number of new jobs is just 103,000, not enough to keep up with population growth, let alone bring down unemployment. >> how could the unemployment rating down, a lot of people have become so discouraged they have left the job force and you find there has been i know crease number of discouraged workers. >> goldman school of public policy says the jobless report is not good news. today ben bernanke says it's going to be a long recovery. >> it could take four to five years to normalize. >> the areas of economy that did grow the most jobs, leisure and hospitality and healthcare, not encourage foorg 30-year-old oakland trainee hoping to la

mark matthews. abc 7 news. >>> a historic day and night at the white house. earlier this evening a state dinner for chinas this president. an a-list of dig natairrys is on hand for the event that some have criticized because of china's record on human rights. the former secretary of state george schultz. the day began with president obama and the chinese president meeting on trade and human rights issues. more from jake tapper. >> reporter: morning broke with the pomp and circumstance of a state visit. >> anon behall of the american people welcome to the united states. president obama declared that the two super powers have enormous stake in each other's success but the issue of human rights was present all day in protests across the street about china's oh opression. >> and from the president in his opening remarks. >> societies are harmonious and the world is more just when the rights and responsibilities of all nations and all people are upheld. >> replied president hu. >> china and the u.s. should respect each other's choice of development path and each o

host: mark matthews, you have the last word.uest: the search for anyone else is out there is really another driving mission for nasa. one of the goals of the agency is to try to find water on other planets thinking that life will be up there. to go back to something i said at the top of the program how nasa is facing its most difficult point in its 50-year history is not limited to only its space flight program. the hubble space telescope, which i would argue is probably one of the other marquee projects that nasa does, they just found the most distant cluster of stars in the known universe, which is fantastic, but it will start to fail in a couple of years. the telescope they want to replace the hubble with is running into some of the same problems. the james webb is over budget, coming into problems for mismanagement, and right now is looking at being at least $3 billion over budget and maybe three or four years late. this is a >> mark matthews, talking about the future of nasa. thank you for being on "washington journal." >>

political reporter mark matthews has that story tonight. >> reporter: in the video, sarah palin cast herself as a victim of left leaning politicians, pundits and the press. >> journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to in cited the hatred and violence that they purport to condemn. >> it was the sheriff of pima county arizona that sparked the debate when called on politicians and pundits to dial down the rhetoric. hatered and, the hey dread, big gotry is getting to be outrageous. >> reporter: that led to reports that sarah palin targeted gabby giffords in the campaign. >> we heard from members of the jewish community that were upset by the use of the term blood libel. >> reporter: that is a term dating back to the 12 itth centaur. >> i it is the grotesque and untrue idea that jews used the blood of children for the religious ritual. >> a lie from the middle ages to the third rite. palin's use of the term defended by sean hannity. >> a lot of people use the term holocaust as in the nuclear holocaust or clobbering in the political arena. this is the

mark matthews, abc 7 news. >> if you wanna see the president's entire state of the union along with thed tea party responses they're posted on our website abc7news.com. look on our home page. >> the mayors of california's largest cities are meeting with governor jerry brown to tell him how his proposal to eliminate redevelopment agenciless throughout the state will harm the economy. the bay areas mayors are ed lee of san francisco, jean quan of oakland and chuck reid of san jose. the governor has proposed eliminating redevelopment agencies to trim the state's budget deficit and divert an estimated $1.7 billion to schools and puck lick safety instead. reid and the other mayors say redevelopment is one of the only tools the cities have left to increase tax revenues and generate economic growth. >> in orinda commuters should expect significant delays on a major artery to highway 24. one lane is still closed. it had to be closed yesterday after a suspect crashed a stolen s.u.v. into a power pole while trying to escape from police. one of two vehicles stolen from the same familiar in the las

about mark matthews spoke with him today. >> here's the letter. underlining the message voting to send tax increases to the ballot would violate the taxpayer protection pledge, written commitment that you made to your constituent to oppose any and all efforts to raise taxes. >> well most of the republicans in the state legislature have signed tax prayer protection pledge. >>reporter: he says the group just intends to make sure that those lawmakers bide by the pledge. >> they are voting for tax increase or place ago measure on the ballot that is a tax increase would violent that pledge. >>reporter: norquist organization is willing to spend millions of dollars in an election cycle to punish those who stray. >> we highlight the people who kept the word and people who have broken their word. >> reporter: in sacramento the republican leader of the senate is not bowing to the pressure but won't vote to put a tax extension on the ballot. >> voters elected me to make those decision. i have more information. i know the budget bet than the voters to. >>repo

mark matthews was there. >>> mayor gavin newsom told larry ellison when the cup came to san francisco the mayor didn't understand what it would mean to have the races here as well. >> we are talking about hundreds of millions of dollars that are going to be invested in the city and county of san francisco. billions of dollars of economic activity. >> reporter: for his part larry ellison talked about making it the biggest show in the cup's 160 year history. >> there will be the greatest sailing teams in the world. i can see paul in the audience. and it will be sailors of that caliber. the best sailors in the world sailing the fastest boats in the world in the most extraordinary place to hold a sailboat race. >> reporter: ellison told the audience 14 to 16 teams will come to san francisco and certainly one of the keys to financial success for the city is how many teams show up. right now, there are five. about half of the number that showed up in san diego. in valencia, the economic impact was 2 billion euros but the head of the swedish team says don't count on that big of a payoff here

mark matthews with more on the unemployment numbers and what they really mean. in west oakland bailey says he has been out of a steady job for 4 years. >> due to the economy and pj laid off. i wasn't able to find any employment. >>reporter: he hasn't given u up. he has enrolled at a job training program learning construction but the jobless rates tell of thousands of others who have given up. yes item true. unemployment fell in december to 9.4 percent but the number of new jobs is just 103,000. not enough to keep up with population growth. let alone bring down unemployment. >> you say how could unemployment rate go down. a lot of people so discouraged they have left the job force and so you find that in fact there is an increase of diskurnled workers. >>reporter: the dean of public policy says the jobless report is not good news. and today fed chairman ben told congress it's going to be a long recovery. >> at this rate of improvement it could take 4 to 5 more years for the job market to normalize fully. >> areas of the economy that did grow the most jobs leisure

in the newsroom, mark matthews abc 7 news. >> former are prince of iran committed suicide at his homed ton. he was the youngest son of the late shaw of iran. family says he was depressed about his situation in had homeland. the family moved to the u.s. s after the shah washington over thrown in 1979. >> and murdered filipino politician caught the can i recall on camera moments before he was shot dead. here it is. show it to you. you can sea the killer with the gun in his hand. he's pointing it at the man taking the picture. police say the gunman was angry at him after getting him arrested for stealing cars. now in the wider shot you can see the shooter look out on the other side of the photograph. family gave the picture to police. it led to the arrest of both men. >>> texas man wrongly convicted of rape and robbery officially set free today. 51-year-old duprey spent 30 years in prison for the crime more than any other inmate cleared by dna evidence. more now from janet st. james. [applause]. >> sorryth can't come close to making up for the 30 years duprey spent behind bars for a rip

mark matthews, abc 7 news. >> and if you want to see the president's entire state of the union addresslong with the republican and tea party responses, they're posted on our website. >> the mayors of california's largest cities are meeting with governor jerry brown to tell him how his proposal to eliminate redevelopment agenciless throughout the state will harm the economy. the bay area mayors include ed lee of san francisco and chuck reid. it difficult verts an estimated $1.7 billion to schools and puck lick safety instead. reid and other mayors say redevelopment is one of the only tools to spur job creation, increase tax revenues and economic growth. >> they will can have giving pay raises to employees while also trimming their budget but $12 million. the 2% raise for district employees including teachers will cost about $2 million. at the same time oakland school principals are being asked to cut school budgets by 7%. the president of the union says she believes the employers deserve a raise but is concerned about the economic climate, too. >> a partial closure of camino pablo at mi

mark matthews is here with a look at the speech. k, reaction from inside the chambers. >> sitting together changed the mood in the house. not the usual circus of one side jumping up to applaud when ever they can, and the other side was sitting on their hands. and the president's speech was far less of a laundry list of accomplishments and goals, and more of a framework. the president began by acknowledging the empty chair of arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords and called on congress to put aside the noise and ranker of partisan politics. >> what comes of this moment is up to us. what comes of this moment will be determined not by whether we can sit together tonight, but whether we can work together tomorrow. >> the theme of the speech, winning the future. >> this is our generation's sputnik moment. >> the president said the country must invest in biomedical research and information technology and in clean energy. >> and to help pay for it, i am asking congress to eliminate the billions in taxpayer dollars we currently give to oi

tonight political reporter mark matthews looks at the strategy. >> in had campaign jerry brown promisedno smoke and mirror budgeting and repeated the mental. >> the budget i present next week will be painful but it will be an honest budget. >>reporter: governor brown says expend tours will be matched with available revenue and up to californians to make some tough decisions. >> what level of health and human services are you interested in supporting? what level of k to 12 or higher ed services are you willing to support. >>reporter: fred silva is senior fiscal advisor at california forward. non-partisan non-profit aimed at government reform. he says the governor strategy depends on that dialogue with voters. >> we need to go through that in the february march april may period so that won we get to june then citizens are now well aware. >>reporter: that's critical because in june brown is expected to ask californians to vote to extend package of taxes that are due to expire. tax extensions are worth 8 billion dollars and without them the cuts to service is would be even deeper. get the t

and mark matthews talks to the crusader from washington, d.c.. >> many residents in oakland have nowhere to go, some of the neediest in the city and say they've been living in frightening conditions. now those people have been told they have just two days left to find a new place to live. all david edwards has to do is lift up his mattress. >> right there. a bed bug. >> it's an infestation. he and his girlfriend have photos and bites to prove it. >> there you go. there is a cousin. >> from bed bugs roaches and broken smoke alarms just some of the things tenants of the hotel have had to live with. >> it says please take notice that your ten nancy of the premises is terminated. >> deadline is saturday and this is far p a five star hotel but for many, it's home. the landlord did help some relocate. others have nowhere to go. >> and remember sh these are people that are disadvantaged, mentally ill, and have disability autos it has long been subject of lawsuits. suing managers again, he says tenants feel threatened. >> he's doing this to intimidate people. to just bully them out of the buildi

mark matthews joins us with reaction. >> there is an e mail saying it's official and minutes later had to retrikt that and so newport got the word and san francisco got the race. there is owner saying the races will be a boon. >> to bring people into the city. will be publicity for the city. >> and there is next door there are about 20% to 30% more. >> that much? >> yes. >> operators say months of racing in 2013 could interfere with the regular routes but who cares? >> i i think there will be people that want to get closer to yachts. i think the thi would it be good. >> horn blower party yachts figures it will be better than anything they've seen it will be huge. i won't be surprise fd it doubles our business. >> the westin st. francis figures business can increase 20%. a spokesman said 10%. >> it would bring a world spotlight on san francisco as a destination. this is priceless. >> and this there is is what san diego promised when the cup was held there and the figure was half that. san francisco native paul is a six-time america's cup veteran. he is the ceo of the team from sweden. >

>> mark matthews reporting. arnold schwartzeneggar being sued taken to court over one of the final decisions made before leaving office to commute the sentence of a young man involved in a murder. and the family of the victim is furious. >> he missed with the wrong family. >> surround bid pictures of lieu ease sanchez, the family of the 22-year-old murdered college student said they can't let what they call injustice prevail, one of the men convicted of the murder got his sentence reduced to seven years just before he left office. the move sparked outrage because nunez is the son of a schwartzeneggar ally. fabbin nunez. the family says they've used his influence to call in a favor. >> it was the other father, the criminal's father that acted with emotion that interfered with justice this, was a political interference on the judicial system. >> the family filed a lawsuit claiming this was illegal under marcy's law passed to protect victims' rights. the family says they should have been notified before. >> he betr

. >> and mark matthew asks is the president walking a fine line. >> you can tell by the response fromegypt is an ally tonight at least mubarak is not stepping down. >> hungry, unemployed and tired of rampant corruption, pro testers are demanding mubarak step down after 30 years in power. at stanford university he has been watching it unfold. >> the report says that they're between 300,000 and 400,000 in the streets. >> he says protests have been building for years but turn against the government is knew. >> this is clearly, let's end the regime. >> that puts it in a tough position. >> the united states has needed egypt for intelligence and terrorism. and for a variety of thing autos today m san francisco, house minority leader repeated the obama administration call for egypt to reopen lines. >> and they should none of us wants to see violence whether in terms of protests or in terms of reacting to protests. >> she did not support the demonstrators call for the resignation. former -- homer just returned from he yipt. all line was communication have been cut. >> and there is a concern t

larry ellison and gavin newsom hosted the event late this afternoon where mark matthews is right now. >> reporter: america's cup was center stage here at city hall but it's the races that everybody is cheering about, teams coming from all over the world to race in san francisco bay and bringing them the promise of a financial windfall. >> mayor gavin knew newsom told larry ellison that when the cup came here, he didn't understand to what it meant to have races here. >> we are talking about hundreds of millions of dollars, nearly a billion dollars of economic activity. >> for his part, larry ellison talked about the biggest show in the 160 year history. >> it will be the greatest sailing teams in the world. it will be sailors of that caliber, the best sailing the fastest boats in the world in the most extraordinary place to hold a sailboat race. >> ellison told the audience 14 to 16 teams will come to san francisco and one of the keys to financial success is how many teams show up. right now there are five, but half the number that showed up in san diego. in have a legislation yeah the

. >> and mark matthews is here with a look at how it's impacting national politic autos lawmakers areomising legislation to restrict. >> at his home in martinez congressman george miller scans headlines and worries polarized speech may fuel acts of violence. >> there are consequence autos miller is talking about how gabrielle giffords was targeted over vote on health care. giffords talked about it during the campaign. >> there are cross hairs of a gun site over our district yu. got to realize there are consequences to that action. >> conservatives don't have a lock on cross hairs image ti. joe mansion used this ad in west virginia. these two maps are from democrats. targeting republicans. one democratic member of congress now promised legislation to make it a crime to use threatening language against a member of congress. abc 7's bruce cane. >> i think there is is a discussion that led to an overheated teen yait he says legislation isn't likely to pass and likely will be to restrict ammo clips like those used on saturday. >> it's hard owe to argue there is a place in civil society. an

mark matthews saw another sign of improving job market in south san francisco this afternoon. >> at theonference center, the signs of improving job market. there were more jobs than applicants. big time sporting goods is looking for management trainees with medical, dental vision spor their spouses and dependents. steve gomez has been looking for work for six months after being laid off at walgreens. big five says they are ready to staff three new stores and verizon wireless has hundred job openings. about half the companies here were offered commission sales jobs but the other hatch had salaries and benefits and employers were actually pitching. >> all our benefits begin day one. >> longest line at the job fair, manpower, the temp agency. >> they have a lot of option, hundreds of openings. >> temp agency hiring is another good sign because it means that more permanent jobs are on the way. >> it means that we are recovering. >> job fair organizers say the baararary area is doing better n some other parts of the state. there were thousand job openings here, about 550 applicants. in the c

mark matthews is in the newsroom to outline the plan after tack here. >> effort on this law is strictlyepublicans know if they pass this repeal, it will die because democrat stilz control the senate but it's more complex than next wednesday's vote. the speaker in indicating is talking up repeel. >> we believe it will bankrupt our nation and needs to be repealed and replaced with common sense reforms to bring down the costs. >> on the democratic side, nancy pelosi is promising repeal will be defeated. >> we'll work to ensure children with preexisting conditions can continue to get coverage. young people can stay on their parent's plan until age 26. >> pelosi listed pro visions that most people like. but ask but what they think of it as a whole a poll shows support for the law at 43% and all-time low. and two thirds said they'd repeal all or part of it. why? >> people i think are happy with courage they have. >> this doctor in san francisco points out most people have health care coverage about 85% of the population. and says they're worried about stretching courage to other 15%. >> they'

more now from mark matthews. >>reporter: on fisherman wharf the owner of grotto no. 9 says the cup races will be a boone. >> bring a lot of people into the city. it will be a lot of public lists ty for the city. good for the wharf. >>reporter: next door kevin imagine patron lining up for the window table to watch the action. >> about 20 or 30 percent more. that much. >>reporter: operators in the bay tour boat say months of racing in 2000 13 could interfere with their regular route but who cares. >> i think there would be some people that want to go on the boat to get closer to the yachts. so i think it would definitely be good. >>reporter: horn blower party yacht figure item bet than anything they have ever seen. >> it will be huge. i wouldn't be surprised if it doubled our business in 2000 13. >>reporter: st. francis figure business could increase 20 percent. spokesman for the fairmont said at least 10%. >> bring the world spotlight on san francisco as a destination which is priceless. >>reporter: projected reve

host: mark matthews joins us to talk of the future of nasa. we are on the 25th anniversary of the challenger disaster. what has nasa learned in those 25 years that will propel listen to the future and hopefully not have to relive that kind of disaster ever again? guest: there were a lot of tough lessons that came out of challenger. a lot of them were not learn until there was another disaster 17 years later with columbia. i spoke with columbia university few days ago and she discussed one of the difficulties in the culture. in the drive over ambition about safety kamenetz is a very much "get this done agency -- nasa it is very much a "get this done agency." some early warnings were ignored. this happened in the challenger explosion. by the time columbia happened again, let the same concerns were raised that the culture had come back. i will not say it launched at all costs, but maybe perhaps to that listening to some of the safety concerns. nasa is trying to balance that with trying to find a rocket that will work cheaply and effectively. host

mark matthews, abc 7 news. >> the mayors of california's largest cities are meeting with governor jerryown today to tell him how his proposal to eliminate redevelopment throughout the state will hurt the economy. the bay area mayors include ed lee of san francisco, jean quan of oakland and san jose's chuck reid. the governor has proposed eliminating redevelopment agencies to trim the budget deficit and diverting an estimated $1.7 billion to schools and public safety instead. reid and the other mayors say redevelopment is one of the only tools the city has left to spur job creation. >> 6:46. wall street is searching for clues about yahoo's future and that old child's car seat or stroller may be worth something. >> jane king joins us live with our "moneyscope" report. hi, jane. >> hello, eric and kristen. my little baby girl about ready to grow out of the crib so maybe something for me. investors responding to all the headlines out of yahoo are here today. way below analysts' estimates. microsoft hurting yahoo's profits. ceo carol bartz say it's not producing as much revenue as expected.

more tonight from political reporter mark matthews. >>reporter: today republicans in the house argue for repeal. >> democrat job stifle cost increasing freedom. >> this new law is a fiscal house of cards and health care house of cards. >>reporter: while democrat held their own hearing. calling witnesses to describe how the health care law had a helped them. >> i wish i could explain to you what it is like every day with the knowledge that your breast cancer could come back. >> i will lose the frame to keep my job if effort to repeal my protection are successful. >>reporter: congressman miller. >> however you want to slice this pie there are millions of people who now have protection. >>reporter: in oakland a grass roots organization spawned by the obama campaign held its own local version. julie's daughter needs medicine costing 400 dollars a month and under the health care law she can now remain on her mother's insurance. >> i was so happy because i wouldn't have been able to afford to keep her onher medication. it is vital for her to

mark matthews was there in court this morning for the evidence hearing. >> barry bonds is facing 10 countsof lying to a grand jury back in 2003. grand jury was investigating steroids distribution from the drug lab in burlingame and police seized records from bonds personal trainer greg anderson indicating that anderson was supplying steroids from the lab to a number of other players. today federal district judge said she's inclined to let the other players testify. >> the judge said that some athlete can testify and we all figured that would be an item of interester to this group. that's fine. >>reporter: bonds attorney slugged it off. legal analyst dean johnson. >> the government is going to say that greg anderson distributed steroids to athlete. he told them they were steroids. athlete knew they were steroids and they were in fact steroids. and the government is going to ask the jury to infer if anderson did that with all the other athletes, he must have done the same thing with barry bonds. >>reporter: prosecutors say they intend to call anderson to testif. but anderson so far refused s

political reporter mark matthews explains why. >>reporter: outside the federal knowledge at seventh an mission california fair trade coalition director tim robertson is beating the drum against the proposed free trade agreement with credit 8. bad for workers. bad for the environment. >>reporter: he says it will kill u.s. manufacturing jobs while growing job in china. >> the deal allows up to 65 percent of korean product to be source from chin eric's according to him the agreement gives china a back door to ship more goods to the u.s. open his trip to korea in november the president said the agreement would create jobs at home. >> for america this ace job strategy. because with every one billion dollars we sell next port 5000 jobs are supported at home. >>reporter: the deal calls for south korea to cut the tar i have on u.s. made cars in half. 8% down to 4. and to eliminate it completely in 5 years. u.s. tax on korean automobile remain at 2 and a half percent until the fifth year when it too would be completely eliminated. u.s. int

mark matthews with more on the unemployment numbers and what they really mean. >> in west oakland, baileyout of a steady job for four years. >> the economy and, you know, being laid off, i wasn't able to find the employment. >> he hasn't given up. he has enrolled in a job training program learning construction. but the jobless numbers out today tell a story of hundreds of thousands of others who have given up. yes, it's true, unemployment fell in december from 9.8 to 9.4%, but the number of new jobs is just 103,000, not enough to keep up with population growth, let alone bring down unemployment. >> so then you say how can the unemployment rate go down? you realize what's happened, a lot of people have become so discouraged they've left the job force. in fact there's an increased in the number of discouraged workers. >> the gold school of public policy said it's not good news. ben bernanke told congress it's going to be a long recovery. >> at this rate of improvement it could take four to five more years for the job market to normallize fully. >> the economy that did grow the most jobs, le

in the news room, mark matthews, abc 7 news. >> the white house wants to see long-term job growth righton valley and yesterday they brought in a high-level team to help local entrepreneurs help grow their business. david louie got an exclusive interview with the u.s. commerce secretary on the effort. >> we want economic growth. we want job growth. >> commerce secretary gary lock thinks people in this room are key to making that happen. they're silicon valley entrepreneurs engaged in startups and small businesses. this is a kickoff event by the white house initiative on asian americans and its presidential advisory commission. it's designed to link potential job creators with government programs and services. cofounder of a new clean-tech firm called sun hydrogen. >> there's so many programs out there, you know. and if you really don't know the right person in the department, if you don't have the right connections, you really kind of get lost. >> there are 1 million asian american-owned businesses employing 2 million workers. many don't know about tax credits or loan programs or help th

the story from political reporter mark matthews.: as republican led committee considered repealing the health care law he made sure they understood what it would mane. >> we hold in the palm of our hand pa life of every human being in this country. >>reporter: peninsula congresswoman says repeal would lift the current ban on capping health care benefits. for usc medical student josh it would be a life changing event. >> i was diagnosed with testicle cancer during the first year of medical school at the end. >>reporter: his medical bills exceeded hads life time benefit cap in a couple years. only because the medical school was willing to switch insurance companies was he able to get reinsured. >> i'm lucky enough that i'm in a position that item an institution can help me but most people aren't so lucky. >>reporter: consider novato c p a reid. >> currently i take a very expensive drug to control a cancer tumor. >>reporter: the pills cost 6 60,000 dollars a year. she has been on them for almost 10 years. if her insurance company could

mark matthews. >>reporter: lee was unanimous vote. it was a whirlwind. on a trip to asia when the name raise entered nomination. i want to thank you for giving me this tremendous and historic opportunity not only on behalf of me and my family, but on behalf of the asian community and all san francisco. >>reporter: that was a reoccurring theme for lee toda today. he pledged to serve the entire city. >> i want to say to all of you i make that pledge that i will do my very, very best to represent all of the communities that you live in. that we cherish. that make this city a great city. >>reporter: but who will he lack to for guidance. veteran city hall campaigner don sal em says a couple stand out. >> rose pack is chief amongst them. she's the one who brought him to the dance. >>reporter: chinese community organizer rose pack was at today's swearing in ceremony but decade at city hall have already prepared him. >> he has been in the trenches working for the last 35 years making our community and this city a better place. >>reporter: another long time suppo

host: mark matthews, you have the last word. guest: the search for anyone else is out there is really another driving mission for nasa. one of the goals of the agency is to try to find water on other planets thinking that life will be up there. to go back to something i said at the top of the program how nasa is facing its most difficult point in its 50-year history is not limited to only its space flight program. the hubble space telescope, which i would argue is probably one of the other marquee projects that nasa does, they just found the most distant cluster of stars in the known universe, which is fantastic, but it will start to fail in a couple of years. the telescope they want to replace the hubble with is running into some of the same problems. the james webb is over budget, coming into problems for mismanagement, and right now is looking at being at least $3 billion over budget and maybe three or four years late. this is a very, very difficult time for nasa for sites and exploration. host: mark matthews from "the orland

mark matthews looks at how nasa's message is changing due to the end of the space shuttle program. it is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> this sunday, we will stick with former president bush about his life. here is a portion of the interview. >> a lot of the actions of harry truman took mainliner easier. many of the decisions i made are the most controversy ill. it became the law of the land. i went to congress and said we need to ratify that which i had done within the constitution. the congress passed a law that now enables a president to have certain tools. in some cases, it might be too hard politically for a president without an executive order. if that were law, the land passed by a legislative body and might be easier. >> and a former ambassador to the 19 nations criticized the obama administration on dealing with iran and north korea. this was at a luncheon on capitol hill. his speech on national security challenge is sharply criticized. that obama's policies on everything from the new start treaty with russia, chinese president hu jintao's visit to washington, rela

>> certainly both -- matthew specifically and luke more subtly claimed that she is a virgin. mark says nothing. and john says nothing about it. and the reason that both matthew and luke introduced that particular aspect or they have a tradition that states that about mary is because they're reading the jewish bible in greek. >> the jewish bible in greek. what was the language that the -- that was translated, the original language? jesus spoke in aramaic, correct? >> probably. >> and that was first transnsted into hebrew? >> the jewish bible is, for the most part, in hebrew. there are a few parts in aramaic. >> then it was translated into greek for the common man. >> for the greek-speaking common jew in minus 200. >> ok. now, it's your contention, is it not, that when the translation occurred between hebrew and greek there was a mistake made. what was the mistake? >> you know, that's augustine's contention too, i'm in good company. >> you mean the saint? >> yes. yes. >> of hippo? >> yes, one of my favorites. this is something that greek-speaking christians were aware of as early as

>> certainly both -- matthew specifically and luke more subtly claimed that she is a virgin. marksays nothing. and john says nothing about it. and the reason that both matthew and luke introduced that particular aspect or they have a tradition that states that about mary is because they're reading the jewish bible in greek. >> the jewish bible in greek. what was the language that the -- that was translated, the original language? jesus spoke in aramaic, correct? >> probably. >> and that was first translated into hebrew? >> the jewish bible is, for the most part, in hebrew. there are a few parts in aramaic. >> then it was translated into greek for the common man. >> for the greek-speaking common jew in minus 200. >> ok. now, it's your contention, is it not, that when the translation occurred between hebrew and greek there was a mistake made. what was the mistake? >> you know, that's augustine's contention too, i'm in good company. >> you mean the saint? >> yes. yes. >> of hippo? >> yes, one of my favorites. this is something that greek-speaking christians were aware of as early as