it involved a woman with dementia named merle fall. merle went to live at emeritus at ridgeland pointe at the end of a long, happy life. >> she was a lot of fun to be around. our friends all loved her. she said whatever came to mind and she was always the life of the party. everybody always loved her. >> thompson: in the early stages of her dementia, merle lived with diane's sister, linda. but when linda felt she could no longer keep merle safe, the sisters called emeritus. the company sent a nurse to evaluate merle. >> she came in, she sat down right there on the couch with mother, mother was sitting there too, she reached over and held mother's hand, and she never asked any questions. as a matter of fact, it was only later that i understood she was here to evaluate mother, to find out whether she was suitable for ridgeland pointe, because all she did was talk about what a great experience it was going to be, mother was going to get a lot of one-on-one attention, she says she's going to get so tired of seeing my face, you know, "we're

merl is also hiding in the background because he is also humble. these two banks have been huge up the supporters of affordable housing over the years. [ applause ] silicon valley bank i think we want to mention also the silicon valley bank has been instrumental in helping us secure affordable housing program grant for this project from the federal home loan bank system and thank the federal home loan bank and anita adams and her staff and still con valley bank for making that possible. it's a huge grant and a huge part of closing the gap. so thank you. [ applause ] i have been given the inevitable task of thanking everyone. the department of health, they understood probably earlier than any other health department in the country that housing is health. and so they have been a huge part of the solution to homelessness in san francisco. here as they do in other buildings around the city, they are providing operating and service grants so that as people come into this building off the streets, we're able to help them stabilize, afford the housing tha

well it's from the avatar merle he was you know the great c.b.s. journalist who fought mccarthyism when they were rounding up people for merely knowing somebody body or speaking their mind he said a nation will be getting out of wolves and. the governor of wolves is here the subtitle of my book is the emerging american police state i've actually had some military people and secret service people said john you're subtitles misstated we're in a police state with the n.s.a. revelations that they're listening in on everything we're doing the f.b.i. admitting they're downloading our phone calls and again technology is driving the show for me said that the talking about how technology outstrips law i don't think law can actually control this technology we're seeing or the rise of the militarized police who are actually cracking down on people who are out there doing facebook posting things like that and this and stuff they're arresting them going i'm in jail those kind of things cases that we get involved in so not i want to pick your brain about a coupl

. >> host: interested in your view, and the review you wrote in the telegraph of the merle street movie -- meryl street movie. in a sen tried to belittle her and certainly glossed other and play down politics. what is your view? >> guest: it's someone that knew lady thatcher, it was distressing. because it wasn't a kind thing to depict in a living person. suffering from deminsha. i didn't like it at all. thing term. i noticed it for the wide audience who didn't know her personally and new less about her. if any way it had a good effect on the reputation. because it made people realize this crucial thing which they tend not to realize because she seemed so strong. she was also vulnerable. and her strength was to overcome the vulnerable. she felt she must be strong to succeed. when you see that, it's touching. i agree the policy for the film is -- interesting and it was so brilliantly done by meryl street. that was better than the script. the actual depiction was so good. i thought she met her. she hasn't. sometime it was uncanny. it was a very accurate depiction. so. detail were not accu

>> stephanie: travis did you see the movie "silk wood" with merl streep. >> that's what i do every night: don't come back nhl you book her and also shower and get deloused several times. love you, miss you. >> caller: love you, miss you. >> stephanie: we ought to do shower-con right next door. >> stephanie: beverly you are on with carlos. >> caller: hi, how are you? i live in florida and i just had something quick to said about george zimmerman's head injuries. i think they were all definitely bogus, does if you had your head slammed on the concrete your head would be mush. >> he would have a fractured skull. >> caller: last december i fainted and hit my head on the concrete -- well on my tile floor, and i had a two-inch gash in my head. and all i did was faint in my kitchen. so i think it was all bogus. i think he lied about everything. >> stephanie: speaking of bogus stories, beverly, you were drunk weren't you? come on. >> caller: no, i wasn't. >> stephanie: listen, time for a meeting. >> i remember the film of zimmerman when he arrived at the police station he looked fine and the nex

edward r merle -- you are neither of those, sir. host: ok, james o'keefe.st: i guess the question i am not edward r murrell and mike wallace, and i am not. i am james o'keefe, but we combine genres and influences. i do not understand the fight over who is a journalist and who is not. it sounds like a cartel. matt is a famous speech drudge gave at the washington press club about 15 years ago and i saw the same types of attacks launched at him and the pointed he he made is that plenty of journalists get their fact incorrect, and in fact, i have had defamation lawsuit settled. i have gotten money from journalists for defaming me. we have also gotten retractions and corrections. we have gotten over 200 corrections and retractions. i am being lectured about fairness and accuracy when i release the full, raw transcript and i have called on release their transcripts, and this week i confronted journalists and ask them to release the raw footage and they refused. higherists hold me to a standard than they hold themselves and i just want some consistency, some fairn

in money from prime time and soap operas, so the news departments could do programs like edward r merle's harvest of shame, which of --es -- edward armor murrow's harvest of shame, which exposed the plight of migratory farmworkers. today, trying to catch one viewer is so important to the bottom line. no one says to me, "you cannot do that story because it may not be sexy enough," but you get the message in the sense that the or die by you live them. look at shows now with the absence of poor tim russert, much lamented and properly so. as adjustments are going, are the ratings because it is money, advertising. you asked if we go back to the good old days where you can do anything you want without reference to whether it made money -- no, i don't think so. >> a final question i know you have been asked many, many times -- why are you a reporter? >> i became a reporter, i have to admit, selfishly. i thought it was exciting. i loved it. ifre's an old expression -- you love what you do, you never work a day in your life. i've may have worked a day or two. i think if you are serious about the b