again, i dismiss what p.j.wley and others have said about oh, they're just going to take it and get the message. no, they won't. we wouldn't. i think we have to look at presenting the evidence to the u.n. syria's not one of the signatories to the chemical weapons regime. i think you have to have united nations support in some order to make this a legitimate legal action by the world. at this point in time, i'm sorry, i dispute president obama. this is not us going with the world. this is us trying to push the world in a certain direction. if we do that, we have to -- i think we're obligated to show them the evidence of why we think we have to act as we plan. >> i'm glad you're pointing out we could increase the humanitarian crisis going on here. we would multiply the number of refugees within syria and other countries. something else you said really stands out to me. no plan survives contact with the enemy. anyone who really knows the military knows that's real. you know the military. you know the politics. you

that's handing over an awful -- >> that's a joke p.j. can appreciate. >> thank you, p.j. this doesn't solve the big problem but it sure solves some immediate ones. >> i don't want to get -- there are two conflicting sort of muscle groups here. one is the political calculus and one is the practical reality, which is chemical weapons are very hard to track to begin with, right? "the new york times" had a great piece about how the syrians have amassed one of the world's largest stockpiles of chemical weapons. they have done it piecemeal and without international observance. i guess the question is if it's that easy to procure them, is it going to be in any way feasible for the international community to somehow take over the oversight of assad's weaponry? >> well, yes and no. in terms of the stocks they have, you can look at whatever accounting syria offers up and see if that's credible. from an intelligence standpoint you can try to figure out what have they had in the past and does this match up with what we have assessed their capability is. it doesn't mean there's knowle

i actually think -- i'm going to put this to you, too, p.j. feel like that ad is actually working in our favor because people saw that and were so disgusted by it. that i don't think it had the effect they were intending. >> i think if anything it's reminiscent of why the republicans lost so badly among women this past election. because they went after a woman's right to choose. the idea of having that conversation between her and her doctor. this is all the sudden if you look at that ad without any -- without any background you actually think that's what they're talking about. i think this unfortunately is going to be something that's not only going to hurt them. yes, people are talking about it. not in the way they were hoping for. >> p.j., we've got ads like that running as the u.n. general assembly starts. we've also in all seriousness against the backdrop obviously the president has quite a few items on the list of meetings to talk about. one of the most important, obviously, is moving forward with regard to syria. how do we think those t

and p.j.ands that. >> reporter: wishgivers is holding a fund-raiser to help the staniscewski family pay medical bills. >> (laughs). >> reporter: heroism isn't always about rushing into harm's way. sometimes it's as simple as getting a little girl to smile. >> hooray! look of some of the bay ar's busiest streets. depending how u look at it - it could be a >>> they can't be doing that. it ruins it for all the working guys out here. >> it wouldn't just transform the look of some of the bay area's busiest streets. depending how you look at it, it could be a transit rider's dream. or a driver's nightmare. a big change coming to some big streets in san francisco. the idea? force people to change the way they get around. we can tell you right now, many are not going to like it. kpix 5's phil matier is live along van ness avenue where cars will take a back seat to bullet buses. >> reporter: that's right, elizabeth. here we are, van ness avenue. and as you can see, traffic is backed up, it's moving slo

and p.j. crowley was assistant secretary of state for public affairs during the first term of the obama administration. he's also a retired air force colonel welcome to all of you. general keene i want to ask you, because i understand you talked to senators mccain and graham after their meeting with the president. did they have a sense of some kind of plan on the table for what could be done militarily? >> yes i think they came away from that meeting a little more optimistic than they thought they would be. i believe they're encouraged by the fact that i think the plan is a little bit more robust and that degrades significantly assad's delivery systems to include air power. >>brown: what does that mean to degrade significantly? >> well the delivery system would be rockets, artillery and also his air power. those are the assistance he uses to deliver chemical weapons. and the command and control associated to it. there's a part 2 that they're encouraged by also and that is the commitment to upg

>> p.j. crowley and bobby, gentlemen, good to see you both. good morning.st argument that this is in our national security interests? >> there are a number of arguments to be made. we have protection to care for and greater enemies in the region like iran who need a message to be sent but a larger argument is that we are part of the international community. this is a threat to the world. you don't want dictators and tyrants around the world to think that they can use chemical weapons willy-nilly. >> there have also been questions, as we've been talking to members of congress and members of the public as well, p.j., that terrorists are going to be inspired and both sides are using that argument that if the u.s. doesn't strike syria, it emboldens them because the u.s. is weak or looks weak and if it does strike syria, it just angers them and become as recruiting tool. is one argument stronger than the other? >> well, i agree with everything that bobby just said. but i would turn that around a little, chris. what happens when you have open-ended conflict like

let's bring in p.j. crowley, and the senior editor of "the new republic."what do you make of the comments? is he extending a hand or being the chesh shire cat. >> i think it's the latter. as one good friend said, putin doesn't ever exclude anything. >> i want to play something that secretary hagel said today that maybe you can give us clarity on. he was asked about the source of the chemical weapons that assad allegedly used against his own people. >> where did the chemical weapons come from? >> well, there's no secret that the assad regime has had chemical weapons, significant stockpiles. >> from a particular country? >> well, the russians supply them, others of supplying them with the chemical weapons. they make some themselves. >> the russians supply them, is that recently? have the russians done this recently? are these old stockpiles from before the ban? >> i think they've had them for some time. i would say this is probably not a new development. russia, like the united states, is eliminating its chemical stocks, but syria is one of a handful of count

and at the time they were having a changing of the guard, the look, they wanted new p.j. and fortunately i was in the right place at the right time. so that i became a vj 1992. >> host: how did that change your life? >> i moved to new york guy did not know what to expect. the night before i was shopping in a garage restore and i thought will i be mont the next time? i assumed it would be no light switch but that took a long time to be recognized and it was interesting and strangely and loan the i was far away from my family but i knew the grated ginger had begun if i made it great promise to myself i would maximize every moment to take advantage of every interview and appearance. >> host: were you a conservative at that time? >> self identified at that time i did dawn with a libertarian was. one of my co-workers introduced me to libertarianism. ayer heard it and knew it had great mystique that was strange and little understood in politics but i identified with a conservative republican. >> host: were you out? >> now that first. i went to a 13 week trial period i did not w

this first caught my pay attention is p.j. on mtv then on abc, world news tonight albeit midnight to 6:00 in the morning. [laughter] cbs, msnbc she must be a night owl like myself three thru 330amlpbr and nps console nl at p and p. [laughter] i now bring to you the former p.j., news journalist, the wife, mother , and could have been a model and now author, a alison stewart and her book "first class" the legacy of dunbar, america's first black public high school". [applause] thank you so much. >> than that lovely introduction. i will introduce myself to those who are maybe encountering before the first time. my name is alison stewart and my mom was in the class of 1947 and my dad was a dunbar class of 1946 and my grandfather was the m street class of 1915 if you are from d.c. you heard about dunbar from a mom or dad and if not the story could be not familiar someone to introduce it why are we talking about this high-school? the story goes something like this. dunbar his goal was a place where ashley educated teachers who had th

. >> i'm sure p.j. -- i have nothing against the parish. i really want to work in the community.g into the community with labor, immigration rights, a number of other issues that affect communities on the margins. my whole career, 23 years of working in this area, has been to work with people that are on communities that are somewhat ostracized. working at guadalupe, being able to live in the community, i'm still learning from the people. i'm still part of that community. but as a person trying to enter in and understand, living in the community and serving, coming in working, the culture, it's something i've always wanted to do. >> plus you survived about five drive byes in your tenure there at guadalupe. >> yeah, i did. >> a great concert this week september 12th, guadalupe in san jose. can you logon to a couple of websites. also our lady of guadalupe parish site. log on. it's a great concert. thank you for the work you're doing. [ speaking spanish ] >> if you would like to get ahold of us for next week, feel free to log on. there's my e-mail, twitter handle, pick up a copy of

that month p.j. o'rourke presented his thoughts on the american economy with a focus on wall street to the he spoke of politics and prose bookstore in washington, d.c. for about an hour. >> well, i wrote this book about economics, and i was trying to find out what to read from this book of economics that would introduce it to you. and it occurred to me that perhaps the introduction might make some sense because if that kind of explains why met to about this. so, i had one fundamental question about economics. why do some places prosper and thrived while others just suck? it isn't a matter of brains. no place is dumber than beverly hills. [laughter] the residents are waiting in gravy. meanwhile in russia chess is a spectator sport and they are bewailing stones for soup. education can be the reason. fourth graders in the school system no about nine times seven. natural resources are not the answer. africa has diamonds, gold, uranium. scandinavia has nothing to it may be culture, but wealthy regions suc

what this officer p.j. newsome told us that the police chief will be here to update us on the situation. i got the disposition of the shooter and he didn't have any answers, just that the situation is still very fluid. not clear whether they've apprehended the shooter or not. we have multiple victims. there are at least ten victims here, including two law enforcement officers. a lot of police activity just in this intersection over the last few minutes. >> and i don't know how many minutes ago now but there is a description of the suspect. can you lay that on us right now? >> reporter: well, we were asked by some others to maybe not describe that suspect at this time. we had a description earlier. i think suffice it to say, we have one suspect that's been described to various news agencies and we're going to probably hold off on that for the moment, carol. but what we can say is that this is still a very active situation. that's what we were just told. we can go down the street here and look at some of the

let me give you the quote of a conservative commentator, p.j. o'rourke. he said, not that long ago, republicans run for office claiming that government doesn't work. then they get elect and prove it. -- then they get elected and prove it. this is one of those moments where it's hard to believe, if it weren't so serious, it would be absurd. but that's where we are. and we are ready to vote, to pass a budget, as we've been ready, and we hope our republican colleagues will stop their internal political feuding and give the american people a chance to see their representatives and vote for a clean bill to continue to move forward our government and not shut it down. thank you all very much. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> after that briefing the house debated and passed two amend ams to the federal spending bill meant to fund the federal government past the deadline of september 30. the first of those amendments was a measure that did away with the tax currently imposed on med

p.j., the newhart show was the best.is crazy little town in vermont. >> and of course because that show did that, that it was all a dream, no other show could do that again. >> that's right. what was it, "dallas" there was a rumor that was going to be a dream, too. who shot j.r. and all of that stuff? that's going way back. sorry. >> raymond writes us, he says -- chip writes us, he said "raymond" was the most satisfying finale. the whole family was shown settling down to eat. it was like the famous painting of the last supper. here's that. >> getting a little too crowded in here. >> yeah, it is. you know what, we need a bigger table. >> all right. so we've been getting so many of these tweets and i actually got one that said, this one came from bud williams "roseanne" finale, thank god she is off the air. >> there was "cheers." remember that one. >> let us know what you think, ffweekend on twitter. does one stand out to you, janice? >> i don't remember a lot of them. the one i do remember is the "sopranos" because i thou

he's a dedicated family man to his children, a beloved grandfather, and wonderful companion to p.j. schaffer. jim founded impact product and upon his retirement in typical jim finnly fashion he gave the company to his employees. the company's name impact is a testament to the impact that one person can selflessly make on the lives of so many. we the family of toledo and northeast ohio are blessed and honored to know and pay tribute to our dear friend who in good times and times of great struggle teach us by way of his courageous and generous example. may blessings flow to jim now and his loved ones. we love you, jim. now and always. and we thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? without objection, so ordered, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. we are five days away from what the "chicago tribune" today called a massively ambitious redesign of national health care, echoing what we've been saying here on the house floor since it was passed. but the details of illi

[laughter] i read an article this week's people know that the p.j. finishes in atlanta and with the development you have felt tom cousins with the development work he does with communities because that is a little different. >> but the same theory of loving the people who put their own time and energy taub cousins is a remarkable man living in atlanta. he took a terrible terrible neighborhood called eastlake against a lot of community opposition crime-ridden, nobody did well in school and he decided to apply the holistic approach so he worked about 10 years to develop this entirely new community at of a disaster and we said every betty will say it could only be done because you are tom cousins so he decided if we could replicate this and other communities and it seems to me that new orleans was a great place to do it so we tested there we have hundreds of people it is mixed in calm community. we want to create a new kind of committee that people of different communities work together it has been successful so tom cousins he is a fantastic human being