broadcast anger for network news.many of you know her from her daily live broadcast "the best defense. next is a local attorney who has handled a number of high-profile cases including a nationally publicized acquittals of actor robert blake and civil rights lawyer stephen bingham. to his left is a career public defender from washington state. she is a blunder and has her own -- blogger and has her own blog. so'. does the media contributes to a negative misconception of public defenders, and more broadly, criminal defense attorneys? >> no, thank you. [laughter] >> absolutely yes. i think for the most part, there is the lack of understanding on the part of the american public on more critical role of the public defender. it is laid down in our sixth amendment. we do not teach it properly in primary school education. the public learned of it through the news media and come to some extent, through the entertainment media. most of my colleagues, and it with a bias that is predisposed against the criminal defendant and cri

there is no major cable network backing a minority news anchor. and you don't see a lot of minorities after 2:00 p.m. and a lot of the women are very, very young on the air when you get to women who are seasoned veterans 40s and 50s in journalism, it's far few inbetween. you have katie couric and diane sawyer but it comes to the women core spendents and beat reporters, they disappear after a certain age on air. >> do you agree with her that it's worse for women than it is for persons of color in the media. >> it was interesting because i have a hard time separate to go out. it was interesting she felt she could separate it out. for me, being a black woman is very unique and it'sen trinsic to my experience. ky not speak to whether or not as a woman i only see things as a black woman. so it was interesting to hear her in the news industry but she right. it's quite sad cnn only hassle yacht spitzer but not a person of color at all. she is absolutely right. >> your experience? >> well,. >> as a latino woman. >> there's few of us but why is this a prob

of network news anchors. it is an exciting time. it is fraught with danger. with all that energy and that democracy, it is on manageable by anybody. the repercussions of its are completely unpredictable. but it has potential to unleash innovation, new ways of thinking and new ways of creating wealth for the country. it is mind-boggling to think of the potential. it is a very exciting time. >> i share the optimism. d.c. and politics is not as partisan as some people. we are showing that tonight. you can disagree on things and ill be able to have a civil conversation. i got a chance to teach at gw last year and i really enjoyed that. i grew u in a rule environment -- rural environments and the internet has allowed to people all across the country to have a sayn what is happening. that has made some people uncomfortable. people who never -- people from wyoming who are now online and participating and reading things in the did not he access to all this information. nobody is dropping off "the new york times at my

especially the cable news networks and you know when it comes to pushing they're using this story to push their own agenda i really notice it with fox news i mean it's really interesting because let's focus on glenn beck for a second glenn beck is a self proposed anti-government revolutionary right while the protests in egypt right now are very anti-government they want to democracy they want to be represented isn't it a little ironic that glenn beck is against shouldn't he be for a protest that's anti-government but no instead fox news has all of these islamophobia commentators like brigitte gabriel gabriel and michael scherer coming on there and spewing their anti muslim beliefs it's ridiculous so yeah i definitely see. using the story to push an agenda on fox news and a lot of people have been saying that this is really al-jazeera is moment to shine right here with the coverage of the event starting with tunisia now moving on to egypt do you think that really you know this highlights the need for alternative sources of news especially when it comes to international politics in amer

at this point you were on radio but eventually make the switch to tv and land at nbc news, the networkt experience in the first months there at nbc news. >> guest: at nbc, i had been nine years in the local news before i hit the networks, and they wanted to reporters. now they don't care, but you can see very young women giving the news that the wanted you to be solid and have had a lot of experience before you went to the network. so i had amine in chicago, and they thought i did a good job and they wanted to hire me and moved me to washington, d.c. which was my dream because now we wouldn't be reporting things on just involving chicago and the region, but national sings in a world wide things, so i had always wanted to be a correspondent in washington and that is what they offered me. i get to washington, my dream job, and i am not getting any assignments. i was assigned to cover apw which is the former name of hhs, the department of health and human resources. the hhs, health and human services. so i was coming up with story ideas and suggesting all of these things. nobody wanted th

the network, the nightly news, the "today show", i thought what is going on and i was doing interviewsther people's packages for hour i had the best of the network so of this went on for about eight or nine months and i was miserable. i was not doing anything, i was not called upon. this is not what i imagined. by am i not at the white house? a friend of mine went to london and visited our old news director in chicago and said what is carole doing? the word is she went to washington and got lazy. thing god she came home and reported her telephone conversation to me and i went desert. you can call me ugly. [laughter] stupid. but do not call me lazy. that is not what i am. it was so pejorative and labeled with the black people i went crazy i immediately went into the bureau chief and said it is across the atlantic ocean that i am lazy and i do stand a whole network thinks i am lazy. i want out of the contract. i am leaving what you talking about? and he claimed to not to have heard any of this and said don't worry we do not want you to leave. i will look into this. that night at 9:00 i g

>> guest: at nbc, i had been nine years in local news before i hit the network. reporters -- now they don't care, but very young women doing the news, but they wanted you to be selling and have had a lot of experience before you went to the network. so i had an name in chicago. they thought i did a good job. they wanted to hire me and move me to washington d.c. which was my dream because now i would not be reporting on things just involving chicago and the region, but national things and worldwide things. i had always wanted to be a correspondent in washington. that is what they offered me. >> host: i get to washington. my dream job. i am not getting any assignments. i was assigned to cover a gw, which is the former name of hhs, the department of health and human resources. hhs, health and human services. and so, i was coming up with story ideas and suggesting all of these things. nobody wanted them. the network, the nightly news did not want them, the today show did not want them. i was like, what is going on? i was being sent out to do interviews on other peopl

we are not going to have another generation of network news anchors. we are going to have something totally different. it is an exciting time. with all that energy and all that democracy, it is unmanageable by anybody. the repercussions are completely unpredictable. it is the potential to unleash innovation, new ways of thinking and creating wealth for the country and for the world and raving -- raising living standards and fighting disease and conquering problems from clean water to clean air. it is mind-boggling to think of the potential. it is an exciting time to live in. >> i share the optimism, and i would set a couple of things. d.c. politics in general is not as partisan as some people think. i think we are showing that tonight. you can disagree on things and still be able to have a civil conversation, which i have witnessed since i got a chance to teach last year, and i really enjoyed that. i am very excited about the fact that -- i grew up in rural environment, and one of the best things is that the internet has allowed people all across the c

the stray animal was taken in as british news networks caught sight of the rodent scuttling past camerasrry is said to be adjusting well to his new role. i wonder if they let him inside, bill, or if he is just, you know, hanging out around -- >> he'll probably have the run of the -- the rats are inside, so he probably has the run of the house. >> pretty good gig. pretty good gig for larry there. >>> time now for an early look at some of the stories we'll follow throughout the day here on nbc. in new york, the somali man who pleaded to guilty to hijacking a ship off the coast of africa will be sentenced. federal prosecutors have asked a judge to sentence him to nearly 34 years in prison. >>> 25 lions rescued from bolivia will arrive at denver international airport. the animals have been living in miserable conditions, mostly in circuses. the lions will be relocated to a wildlife refuge in colorado. >>> and today marks the 43rd anniversary of the 911 emergency telephone system. the inaugural call was made on this day in 1988 in alabama. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very lat

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well, you still don't see a wounded civilian on any of the network news programs whether in afghanistan or iraq. the pressure worked because all of these companies, you know, were depending on the bush administration to give them new legislation which they wanted, and namely to, you know, allow people to own a newspaper and a tv station in the same town. bush was about to do that when a few ngo's like free press and other organizations began to raise the alarm and the people on the right, interestingly enough, saw there was a danger here, and within a couple of months, there were 3 million letters sent to washington, not congress, which is unheard of in american politics, and bush had to pull back, and so the networks were not rewarded as they had hoped for the support they had given to the iraqi war, but that's, you know, that's ultimately -- that's, you know, the that's the end point when talking about the media in politics. you end up having a situation where horrible things happen because there's no one around to say, wait a minute, these guys are lying to us. there was a few papers

and so some of the things i'll just say, there are more efficient ways to build public safety networks. new york city put a paper in that showed it had 250 sites to cover the five boroughs. we have type times that. skies cost money and sites aren't free. you've got to spend a lot of capital lobby, but it's free in terms of dollars. to us spectrum sites cost so i would suggest we do a more rational allocation between the two, and we have a much denser architecture than public safety does because also we have more users on it. i mean, total public safety is what, 3 million tops, 4 million? it's -- it's -- you know, we have 34 million. the industry has about almost 300 million subscribers. actually i asked one of my staff, the president announced the goal of 98% wireless broadband coverage by 2016, and i -- i think the last fcc competition report said that 98.1% of the population has at least one wireless broadband provider so we won. we did it. >> david? >> the possible for this to get bogged down and take forever

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a mix of television, and social networking. it's got news, stats from the game, and, most importantly, a way for you to tweet while you watch. >> you don't want to clutter your big screen with a lot of information. you prefer to watch the big game there. and have our application and social experience on a second screen. on your lap. lit more personal. little more social. you've don't take way from the experience of the big game on your big screen. >> you'll watch them for 30 seconds at a tie. if they're good. you've will be chatting about them for days to follow. in san jose, scott budman. nbc bay area news. >> having so many chips i will not have time to tweet anybody. guacamole and chips. awe send a few tweets. >> too busy eating. >> jeff made a bold super bowl prediction. my goodness. >> based on the storm through the midwest the going with the steelers. stronger pun. from the latest system. who knows. and meanwhile, take a look at the rainfall totals for season so far the did have a quarter to 1/2 inch here across bay area. san jose. sou

america has sunk one billion dollars into al huda an arabic language news network author and professor phil sievert says the network's model is stuck in the past when american news was welcomed by sam the competition is within the arab world dominated by zero zero. zero. that there really isn't much of what audience outside of iraq. fifty three percent watch al-jazeera while only half a percent of arab viewers watch al korda here which is broadcast from suburban springfield virginia its credibility and the arab audience for the most war wants to hear about themselves from other arabs critics say that from day one there was a major disconnect executives who didn't speak arabic staffing the network with lebanese christians to broadcast to its overwhelmingly muslim audience. and audience that associates the channel with the u.s. the architects of the iraq war soon a new television service will begin providing reliable news and information across the region and supporter of unpopular and repressive regimes throughout the middle east but even now what has small viewership is a lofty goal fo

the networks, the nightly news didn't want them. "the today show" didn't want them. was like, what is going on? i was being sent out to do interviews for other people's packages. i had been on the network, working out of the midwest bureau for six months before and moved to washington. so i happened -- this one on for about eight or nine months. i was miserable. i was not doing anything. i was not called upon. this is not what i imagine. why aren't they at the white house? and so a friend of mine went to london and visited what had been are old news director in chicago. she said, what is carole doing? i don't see her on the air. he said the word is she has gotten lazy. she went to washington and got lazy. and thank god she came home and reported her telephone conversation to me. i just went berserk. lacy? you can call me ugly. you can call me stupid. but don't call me lazy. that is not but i am. and it was such a pejorative and so associated with black people that i just, i went crazy. and so i immediately went into the bureau bureau chief and said, it has crossed th

of network news anchors.n exciting time. it is fraught with danger. with all that energy and that democracy, it is on manageable by anybody. the repercussions of its are completely unpredictable. but it has potential to unleash innovation, new ways of thinking and new ways of creating wealth for the country. it is mind-boggling to think of the potential. it is a very exciting time. >> i share the optimism. d.c. and politics is not as partisan as some people. we are showing that tonight. you can disagree on things and still be able to have a civil conversation. i got a chance to teach at gw last year and i really enjoyed that. i grew up in a rule environment -- rural environments and the internet has allowed to people all across the country to have a say in what is happening. that has made some people uncomfortable. people who never -- people from wyoming who are now online and participating and reading things in the did not have access to all this information. nobody is dropping off "the new york times at my

the company has two outdoor wi-fi networks, one in new york city's times square and the other on a stretch of embarcadero. the city council will consider the proposal next week. on to leigh glaser who has a lot to talk about. >> leigh: we do, but much of what is out there is sagging to the south, and we're going to actually see clearing, and a little more in the way of sunshine by sunday afternoon. those of you who may be going to the parade tonight, it's still going to be rather drippy out there and cool. keep that in mind. this is a live shot from the high definition watermark cam. there's treasure island in the background, and the rain continues to follow. live doppler 7hd showing you the moderate rain still falling. up toward vallejo, down towards san francisco, and you notice the counterclockwise spin and that's bringing the showers from east to west, and you can get a good indication in the north bay. vallejo, hercules, those showers are going to be rotating back, endown towards mill valley. a little precipitation now toward diablo there all of this is slowly sagging south, but it wa

of network news anchors. it is exciting time. it is fraught with danger. with all that energy and that democracy, it is on manageable by anybody. the repercussions of its are completely unpredictable. but it has pential to unleash innovation, new ways of thinking and new ways of creating wealth for the country. it is mind-boggling to think of the potential. it is a ry exciting time. >> i share the optimism. d.c. and politics is not as partisan as some people. we are showing that tonight. you can disagree on things and still be able to have a civil conversation. i got a chance to teach at gw last year and i really enjoyed that. i grew up in a ru environment -- rural environments and the internet has allowed to people all across the country to have a say in what is happening. that has made some people uncomfortable. people who never -- people from wyoming who are now online and participating and reading things in the did not have access to all this information. nobody is dropping off "the new york times at my g

new friend today. in fact, an entire city. scott budman is here to show us what the social network giant is moving to. >> they're moving to a new headquarters. the former sun microsystems campus in menlo park. now, the campus is going to get a new occupant. facebook. the social network had been bursting at the seams. should be all moved in by the end of the year. >> facebook and its culture is right in our wheel house in terms of the history and identity of menlo park. we have always been about innovation and science and high-tech. >> they're about to get a big client. facebook has been growing and raising money by the ton. company officials say they'll use some of that money for the new dugs and to hire new employees. facebook bought 22 acres near the new headquarters, so obviously, a lot of room to grow. no details on how much facebook is paying for the facility, but speaking of that growth tonight at 6:00, some local construction workers who showed up today to tell facebook they want some of the action. you'll hear what facebook told them at f:00. >>> now to egypt where an executive from the bay area company has become the f

if the avid fox news viewers have formed an opinion on the upcoming congressional hearings on the american muslim community eighty two percent of conservatives who most trust this network believe that these hearings are a good thing but only fifty six percent of the general public agree like i said right shocking statistics now i get that people tend to follow one news station over another but come on conservatives you can't really believe that murdoch's baby is fair and balanced and i think that these stats say it all and frankly i'm not surprised and while the study doesn't say whether people influence fox's show or fox influences the people one thing is for sure basically everything that the rest of the world has been trying to set straight about us the. muslim population just falls on deaf ears for diligent fox viewers. you know yesterday the f.b.i. urged members of the house judiciary subcommittee on crime terrorism and homeland security to make it easier for us to eavesdrop and wiretap internet communications and the communications assistance to law enforcement act was passed in one thousand nine hundred four and it requires telecommunications companies to design

of network news anchors. it is an exciting time. it is fraught with danger. with all that energy and that democracy, it is on manageable by anybody. the repercussions of its are completely unpredictable. but it has potential to unleash innovation, new ways of thinking and new ways of creating wealth for the country. it is mind-boggling to think of the potential. it is a very exciting time. >> i share the optimism. d.c. and politics is not as partisan as some people. we are showing that tonight. you can disagree on things and still be able to have a civil conversation. i got a chance to teach at gw last year and i really enjoyed that. i grew up in a rule environment -- rural environments and the internet has allowed to people all across the country to have a say in what is happening. that has made some people uncomfortable. people who never -- people from wyoming who are now online and participating and reading things in the did not have access to all this information. nobody is dropping off "the new york time

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news." the afghan network is taking control of the shelters for abused women accusing them of wasting money. staggering inflation figures emerged from china. prices rose nearly 5% in january. >> inflation here is much higher than the government wants. doing what it can to try to stabilize prices. this latest data shows the scale of the problem. food is nearly 10% higher than a year ago. prices of some daily staples are rising faster. fruits are currently more than a third more expensive than last year. egg prices are more than 20% higher. bad weather is somewhat to blame for the pushing up of prices. the government says that it is trying to boost production. it is not easy. food is not the only expense that people have to worry about. heighten costs of living, electricity, gas, and water were lower than economists expected. people still feel that there are problems. >> i feel pressure from the increasing problems. the rent on my apartment has increased. this puts pressure on ordinary people. >> and this helps farmers, some of china's poorest people. >> i hope that the price never goes down.

news network in the country critics accuse far good c.e.o.'s that it did were getting more aggressive but i fear that it might be some problem with fear of being tinged peaceful protesters as rioters and the safety of state lawmakers cannot be guaranteed while it may be true the struggles people face from the midwest to the mideast can't be painted with one broad brush because we do have a higher standard of living each not as bad as what we're seeing overseas in the third world developing world but it is a manifestation of the same global move that manifestation is received very differently by u.s. press and politicians depending on where it's happening american media that shared in the excite. many of egyptian protesters all day long in cairo the anticipation and excitement were growing villainize the ones in their own backyard these protesters are some of the signs aren't so nice a little bit nasty are you feeling any aggression there on the ground the president sided with the democratic demands of egyptians on the street and called for thi

. >> in fact we were getting calls from the network in new york wondering where our snow video was were trying to explain we don't have any because there wasn't any snow >> i don't know why that is. two things in the bay area, watch storms rarely happen and traffic back ups that rarely happen. every day is a different story. >> we can only hope. murphy is alive and well as in forecasting as well as all the ingredients were in place for snowfall down to sea level, just missed us. >> lots of cold air as you noticed flurries, but didn't stick more measurable snowfall for the south around san jose, monterey yesterday afternoon they had snow on the ground there. not today, clear skies, very cold start to the day here as we set some records around the bay, with lows in the upper 20s. to low 30s at this hour, freeze warning just came down, as the red boxes disappeared here, until 8:00 a.m. was the freeze warning we will warm up next couple nights, temperatures around the bay as mentioned upper 20s. north bay, back to mid-to low 30s as you approach the water on the peninsula, in the 40s. this

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today the social network officially announced its new world headquarters would be in menlo park.ompany has outgrown its current campus in palo although. it will be settling in the giant in currently vacant old sun microsystems campus. as tech reporter gave slate shows as both facebook of menlo park are getting something out of this. >> if there's any doubt about how big facebook is and will become just look at what the moving into. the the old campus is 1 million square feet, occupies 57 a.. it can accommodate 3600 employees in its nine buildings. facebook currently has 2000 employes and says a tiring more this year. >> we were looking for a place that would be good needs but our current employees to give us the opportunity to continue growing. we wanted to be in a community that we would be pleased and proud to be a part of for a long time. >> the leasing the property it was five years with an option to buy after that. city officials are thrilled they will make a big tax dollars from facebook and hope it will draw in other businesses. >> many companies that would find a promisin