mr. baker's body. with cooperation from the residents in the building and evidence recovered from the scene, investigators were able to identify [ indiscernible ] as a recent roommate of the victim and a person of interest in this case. it. >> reporter: the suspect was already in jail arrested on a different charge, in marin county. investigators wouldn't say what evidence they collected makes them think he is the murderer. in san francisco, i'm simon perez, cbs 5. >>> double the price tag. it's the new estimate for expenses related to the deadly gas pipeline explosion in san bruno. according to pg&e, the total cost will now be $760 million. now, that includes the investigation into the cause of the blast, the lawsuits from it, improvements to the gas line system and automatic shutoff valve installation. customers could be asked to pick up the tab through rate increases a move consumer groups plan to fight. >> it's more than unfair. it's absolutely outrageous. pg&e needs to take responsibility for the

mr. jack baker. questions. we believe that he was yes. he was the current roommate of mr. baker and had and a roommate since october of the previous year. i'm not going to specifically talk about it but it was physical evidence retrieved from the scene. a minor criminal record i believe. out of marin county. a misdemeanor violation, he was arrested if prior to is locating in the day before. we're not going to discuss motive at this time. we believe it was probably around a week. that makes these crime scenes a little bit more difficult because you lose your 48 hour window of hitting the road. >>pam: that's a live news conference from officials with the s f p d they have made an arrest in the murder of the 65 year-old not hill resident in san francisco. we'll be back after the break. >>catherine: and world news tonight, governments and three arab countries under siege by protesters. there now charting their guns on the crowds. troops opened fire on the crowd. it's a small but strategically placed american ally. this is the scene last that is the government crackdown began. a

mr. baker's body. with cooperation from the residents in the building and evidence recovered from the scene, investigators were able to identify a recent roommate of the victim and a person of interest in this case. >> reporter: take a look at the picture. this is a picture of the suspect. he was already in a jail in marin county arrested for a different crime, a misdemeanor. back here live at the san francisco police department, investigators will not say, allen, exactly what it was that they found in mr. baker's apartment that led them to believe that this suspect is the murder in this case. >> simon perez in san francisco. thanks. >>> take a look at this. clearly not where this automobile was supposed to end up. firefighters tell us that a 69- year-old woman lost control of her suv, drove right into the side of that garage there. snapping the gas main in the process. the accident happened early this morning on oak street in hayward. the good news, nobody was hurt. but no word on what made the woman

mr. baker's body. >> he was the current roommate and had been a roommate since october of the previous year. >> currently being held in the marin county jail on unrelated charges. police say they served an arrest warrant and he will be extray dieted to san francisco. >>> rain here in the bay area and it's flying at this hour. i'll let you know how ñ [ man ] i was deciding what to do with my citi thankyou points when it happened... [ glass breaks ] ...again. ♪ [ child ] run! [ man ] first it was the mailbox, then my squirrel... and now, this. so i used my points to make a donation to get the park down the street built. when it finally opened, i also used my points for... car repair. [ male announcer ] use citi thankyou points for almost anything. and earn them fast with the new citi thankyou preferred card. what's your story? citi can help you write it. >>> now a look at other top stories covered by our kron news crews around the bay area today. >> the narcotics cops and former cop accused of distributing methamphetamine, marijuana, and steroids had their first day in court. neither one ente

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that also brings to mind, did manual ever, mr. baker ever sorted for you feel what might have motivated his trusted slave driver to turn against him. you know, it's interesting speculation, a great novel airports motivated. >> it'd be a great movie. if you know any film producers let them>> it'd be a great movi. if you know any film producers let them know. to answer your first question, there associate the haitian revolution and the ideology and the tremendous impact on the french revolution. the group called the society of the friends of blacks who played a major role in the revolution and they were conversant and in touch with the rebels in haiti. by about 18 a way to reaching 10, by the time the revolution was occurring, britain had become the number one anti-slavery umpire in the world. the research ships on the high seas as britain no longer had slave colonies. there is no slavery and plant. america was not isolated because they were huge slave plantation, which totally dwarfed what was going on here. new orleans was the slave atl

. >> mr. baker, always nice to see you. thanks four time this morning. it is 18 minutes after the hour. let's get a check of the rest of the morning's news stories. >>> good morning. in the news we begin with a positive sign for the economic recovery in the united states. the dow closed above the milestone 12,000 mark on tuesday for the first time in 2 1/2 years and posted the best january since 1997. for more on this we go now to cnbc's trish regan at new york stock exchange. what does this indicate for the economy? >> good morning p certain lay positive sign. the reason for that is that investors are always trying to anticipate what the economy will look like six to nine months before they are there. investors want to be ahead of the curve. when you see this bullish sentiment it is a good sign for the economy. that said, there's certainly a lot of head winds out there. mainly coming from the real estate market and also employment. the jobs report comes out friday. that's a biggie. >> trish regan this morning. thanks so much. >>> today republicans are p

the what to check on 65 year-old jack baker to find him alive and perhaps need help. instead this but they found. >> mrr had been brutally beaten and strangled. it happened a number of days prior to the discovery of his body. we determine that that is the route person responsible for the death of mr. jack butler. he was the current remain and have been the roommate since october >>jonathan: it turns out he was actually in jail in marin county on and on related misdemeanor charge. it's what did take time to get him extradited to san francisco where he will face charges in connection with this homicide. police did add they are still looking for a motive in the case. they say the two were roommates they don't know what at what of motivated him. they believe the victim in this case is gay but they say the down off that had to do with his reasons for being murdered. live in san francisco, jonathan kron 4 news. >>jacqueline: were still dealing with great all around the bay. how live look from san francisco. as the rain trucks are coming down fairly heavy. the mount tam cam, a pretty picture that snow see see

discussion on ronald reagan and egypt as well with former secretary of state james baker and the rest of our panel. mrn about egypt. you have heard the discussion here. why is the united states not doing more to provide the clarity we seek? why not lay out the plan? you were talking about ronald reagan speaking truth to power around the world. >> ronald reagan did speak truth to power when he gave the speech at the brandenburg gate but he was also willing to ask a tyrant to leave in the philippines. i think this is a different situation. we had a special relationship with the philippines. we had bases there. it was a different situation. this has to be done -- the clarity has to come from the egyptian people and egyptian government. it's not up to the united states to say, here's how you form political parties in egypt. here's exactly the way you ought to conduct this campaign and everything. we can lay out the principles and we should and i think we have. that's some of the things i heard senator kerry say. >> will broie brown, let's talk about politics. let's talk about the view of government. ronal

mr. secretary and the ability by the federal government to stop states from doing what they are doing with regard to funding. would be very very helpful at the local level. >> other questions? mayor bakernd then we will go down. >> mr. secretary, servlet mayor nutter is speaking to, i have for school four school districts in my city. we have no -- over anything about education. when you guys deal with the states only, we might as well just you know not do anything about education or anything else because the states have different priorities. it is not up to the governors so much when the general assemblies have different priorities than the governor and the battle begins. so if the cities aren't written into the legislative issues or initiatives, the care what it is, workforce -- our workforce money goes to the state. education money goes to the districts were to the state. the money for stimulus all predominantly went to the state and we are sitting there with the worst problems in the world, trying to beg for money. or even the ability to sit at the table. we can't compete with the power of the state. we don't have any way to overpower them as they give us the money. most the people

next morning, a great tribute to the president with the keynote address by secretary james baker, a flyover, and mrs we have a series of partnerships with four great american universities. last week we were with the university of southern california that focused on leadership by biography of the president and what made him over the course of his life a great man and a great leader. yesterday and today we spent with the university of virginia, which focused on the international accomplishments and achievements of the president, and later this year will be at the university of notre dame and then the u.s. naval academy for additional conferences. we also opened a renovated museum at the library. you have never been our have not been recently, now is the time to come. it is an incredible place with interactive exhibits and a true trivia to president reagan. there is a tribute to the president at the super bowl on sunday. next week we are at the daytona 500 where they will give a tribute to president reagan. the most important aspect of this centennial is not reflective ornis doubt it. we also everyone

mr. congressman, for a stimulating presentation. i am a political scientist. i prefer the congress of lyndon johnson, tip o'neill, or howard baker. you are giving this presentation in 2011. if you're giving it was noted years ago in 1911, it would have had some of similar tones. if you would have been railing against a powerful speaker, joseph cannon. all the other hand, if you had given this presentation 50 years ago in 1961, he would have been going again sam rayburn to prevailed in a vote to expand the house rules committee. that gives you the bracket of the extremes. i wonder how one square that circle. these are extreme forms of legislative organization. >> thank you for the question. i know it is frustrating for profs because we never get it right. i think it is the saving grace of our democracy. our government is like an antique grandfather clock. the giant pendulum is allowed to swing back and forth. it does two things. it provides energy and gives us something to watch. [laughter] democracy is a spectator sport. we want the people to be involved. congress today is becoming a channel on reality dvd. -- reality tv. there i

mr. dreier: if i could reclaim my time, i'd say to my friend, obviously that kind of partisan debate takes place regularly but what secretary baker was talking about was first the issue of social security, where president reagan did work with tip o'neill to try and bring about an effort to save social security in 1986. president reagan worked on the 1986 tax reform act. it's true, i mean, in fact, i thank my friend for raising this issue because this sense that somehow everyone at the end of the day loved each other during that period in the 1980's is a mischaracterization of the way it existed. but president reagan, as secretary baker pointed out, did at the end of the day when it came to those important issues of economic growth, dealing with social security, and even on the issue of foreign policy, in dealing with both afghanistan and central america, while not all democrats joined, there were more than a few who with his encouragement did this. remember, were it not for bipartisan support, these policies would not have been implemented because we had 192 republicans in the house of representatives and were in fact in the mino

of the bay and will baker, the head of the chesapeake bay foundation, described the approach as something that may well represent the bay's best and last chance depr restoration. as mr. moran pointed out if we don't gdo that, the watermen, the sports fishermen and the tourist industry will be badly hurt. i'm not sure the gentleman from virginia who introduced this amendment recognizes the impact it might have on farmers. what it does, it says none of the funds in this act, including e.p.a. and agriculture department, may be used for a number of purposes, including watershed implementation planners in chesapeake bay watershed. we spoke to usda's general council -- counsel. their office told us this could well deprive farmers of some of their valuable agricultural conservation funds. last i checked, maryland received in fiscal year 2009 $28 million and the state of virginia, the farmers in virginia, reseved about $16 million to help them with their conservation efforts because as good stewards of the land, they have been part of the team effort to protect the chesapeake bay. as mr. moran said if you take these funds away, you're denying them some of the tools they've

mr. congressman, for a stimulating presentation. i'm a political scientist that's not in love with parliamentary systems. i prefer howard baker.the fact that you are giving this presentation in 2011. if you had given it exactly 100 years ago in 1911, it would have had similar tones. you have have been railing against a power speaker, joseph cannon, and there was a revolt in that year against him. on the other hand, if you would have given this presentation on 1961, you would have been on the side of sam rayburn to expand the overly powerful house rules committee. that seems to bracket. powerful speaker and decentralized. we seem never to get it quite right. i wonder how you square the circle. how do you balance the two extreme forms of legislation organization? >> well, thank you for your question. i know it's frustrating for professors that we never quite get it right. i think this is a saving grace of democracy. our government is a whole lot like an antique grandfather clock. it's 200 plus years old. that's a giant pendulum that swings back and forth that does two things, not only provides energy, it also gives us something