but she came from this little town called moreland in the middle of nowhere. so i would go and talk to all of her friends that she grew up with trying to get a picture of her, and no one -- i have to say, i hope there's no one here from motherland, texas -- motherland, texas, no one would ever go to moreland. [laughter] except for any other reason. and i got a friend from a mutual -- i got a call from a mutual friend who lived in moreland who said bird -- in texas everyone called lady bird "bird," she knows you've been in moreland, so she knows you know about alice, and about -- i never stated i was interviewing mrs. johnson who was of immense help to me. wii was interviewing her at her office in austin, and all of a sudden her secretary was saying this saturday she'd like you to come to the ranch and do do the interviews there. so we sat down -- i'm talking too long here. >> no, no. [laughter] >> we sat at this table. she sat at the head of the table, i sat at her right hand with my stenographer's notebook. and without a word of preamble, she starts to talk a

the single-engine beechcraft went down in a backyard in upper moreland shortly after takeoff.y were headed to columbus, ohio. no word on a cause. killed in the crash were jesse khurana, a medical professor at temple university; his wife, divya, who was a pediatric neurologist; and their 19-year- old daughter, kiran. when wayne lapierre of the national rifle association wants to talk to the president, all he has to do is pick up the phone. hd cbs news has learned he's done that a number of times in the past two days to warn the president against calling for enhanced background checks for gun purchases. nancy cordes now with the president and the n.r.a. >> i'm looking to do background checks. >> reporter: as soon as the president said that the national rifle association began to push back tweeting today that, "none of the current background check proposals would have prevented tis weekend's tragedies." cbs news confirmed that longtime n.r.a. leader wayne lapierre called and spoke to the president several times on tuesday and wednesday. in a statement, lapierre claims such laws "

no one would ever go to moreland except for any other reason. and i got a friend - - a call from a mutual friend who said, bird - - everyone called lady bird, bird in texas. bird knows you know about alice. i was interviewing - - in her office. all of a sudden, her secretary was standing at my desk saying, this saturday, she'd like you to come to the ranch and to the interview there. so we sat down and i'm talking too long here. she sat at the head of the table. i sat at her right hand with my stenographers notebook that i take notes in. without a word of preamble, she starts to talk about alice glass and she talks about how beautiful she was and how elegant she was. i remember she said, i remember alice in a series of the most beautiful dresses. and me and dresses, well, not that beautiful. she said whatever alice taught lyndon, he followed for the rest of his life. when she met him he was a 29-year-old congressman and had long gangly arms. she said turn them to your advantage with very nice cufflinks. but she also said, at various times in his

point road and west of snyder and petaluma hill road scenic avenue right now is close between south moreland and liar avenue while crews worked to put out this fireane too help everyone involved in that crash. you can see some flames there in the bottom left of your screen and of course all that smoke which is causing unhealthy air. it's unclear wha led to it. but at this point it does not believe that that fire has spread to any grass or brush always a concern, especially this time of year will keep you posted there on that situation scenic avenue just south of the santa rosa city limits pam ken back to you all right grant thank you for that. >>coming up a fake mailman and in the east bay stealing packages instead of delivering them. >>plus a new bill signed by everything when it comes to es police use of deadly force. the new rules law enforcement will now have to. >>and the man who attacked the woman who was trying to get into her apartment building. made another appearance in court today, we'll tell you why he was there this time not with frogtape! frogtape is the only painter's tape tre

. >> west moreland said that it was a run by the army war college in 1970. >> i think i highlighted this in my opening comments but i do think in terms of morale there was a different perspective. they tend to be more conservative they have longer careers. military first time out late 60s and early 70s and tend to err on the side of being quite supportive. figuring out how can we make the situation better and improve morale not necessarily acknowledging there is a huge problem but how do we deal with this to improve overall effectiveness? i think that relates a lot to what is happening in the civilian world, to older generation african-americans who again are coming from a different generation and who may have been dealing with world war ii and korea afterwards. who just have a different perspective. >> i love the idea of the officer hotline, you know the commander of the post-. that's got to say something that they were trying whatever they could to at least open lines of communication literally but also any military organization that seems unfathomable to a large degree. jim? >> i thin

westmoreland gave an incredible latitude to go directly to west moreland if he had an issue in implementing the plans and the secretary of the army. a and -- between the two of them, they created the office which in turn created a test bed which became known as volar, the volunteer army where they came up in the process with what forscythe called 172 -- 670 jim dandy things that they were going to experiment with throughout the army. this included low cost a, no cost activities such as ending mandatory formations and allowing to partition barics and decorate them to taste. you can imagine what that resulted in. it addressed ending some things. up and down the army staff, westmore nd opposed it but accepted it because he realized this was going to deal with a major irritation to troops. and last ly five day weeks, enlisted men's council where the officer would sit in on a rap session. the army staff hated this because they said it amounted to a soldier's union where they would be able to question activities by the commanding staff. he also had a major upheaval and increase in funding for the

to add over $140 million for the production and preservation of affordable housing so we can buy moreland, fully fund more projects and preserve our much greater rent control housing stock. [applause.] all land through this bond our current budget, our previous spending and other efforts over the first year since i have been in office, we have identified $1 billion in new funding to build, preserve and support affordable housing. [applause.] thank you for your help in building housing. this builds on top of the over $900 million that we already have committed to build and support affordable housing throughout our city. however, our support for housing can't just be about funding. if we are ever going to make a difference on housing, we have to make changes to how we build housing. we can't fear solutions that make it easier and faster to build housing. if we say we support affordable housing, our actions have to follow our values. we have to cut the red tape to barriers not just for some affordable housing and not just for some homeless shelters but for all housing for everyone. [applause

firefighters and pg&e are on the scene of a house fire in livermore on buckskin road near moreland poundood park. neighbors tell ktvu they heard a large popping sound this morning as the fire was breaking out. about 7:30, the fire is out and a gas leak that was also reported has since been shut off. firefighters say everyone made it out of the home safely. christina wynn don't is on the scene right now and will bring us an update in a few minutes. >>> following developing news from the east bay, el cerrito police are investigating a shooting involving an off-duty san francisco police officer. sarah tendon on is live with an update. >> reporter: good morning. there are still a lot of unanswered questions that we are working to get information on but the scene right now is completely clear. it cleared a couple hours ago. we will take you to a video of what the scene looked like earlier this morning and will break down exactly what happened here late last night. the el cerrito police department says an off-duty san francisco police officer shot a man in his 40s about 10 pm last night big it