additional support is provided by the park foundation dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide. at fordfoundation.org. the wyncote foundation. and by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler, and additional support from chris and lisa kaneb. support for "being mortal" is provided by the john and wauna harman foundation. (sirens blaring) >> atul gawande: i've been a surgeon for more than a decade now. in medicine, your first fear as a doctor is that you're supposed to be able to fix a problem, and our anxieties include wanting to seem competent, and to us competent means "i can fix this." in fact there's often a kind of implicit promise, "i'm going to be able to fix this, i'm going to certainly give you the best shot you can have. nobody could have given you a better shot." and then when things aren't working, part of your anxiety is, was there something i missed, was there anything else i could have done? when i started out in my training in su

additional support is provided by the park foundation dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide. at fordfoundation.org. the wyncote foundation. and by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. >> narrator: this is a story about business and war. it's a story about a small group of americans and the choices they made many years ago. a story about the cost of operating in a volatile and remote country. its setting is a rubber plantation in africa, owned and operated by the tire giant firestone. >> i am charles bradford pettit, and go by brad. i worked 31 years at firestone. i really kind of felt that we were above this war somehow, and that both sides wanted us there, so that they're gonna leave us alone. >> we were one of the largest, if not the largest, employer in liberia, certainly paying taxes to the government, certainly providing a lot of employment for locals. and we would hope that they would honor that and just leave us alone and let us

we do it through the national park foundation or the cuyahoga can use that mechanism as well. >> they do have a friends group. but how can they do it through the park service? >> i'm not exactly sure of the mechanics. >> i think they can. >> you don't think so? okay. >> i think that's something we should work on as part of this centennial. i'm already over time. i would like to issue, if i could, some questions for the record with regard to the permitting process. i think this is an area where we have a great opportunity to do some work on a bipartisan basis. again, senator king and i have introduced legislation in this. let me put a concern on the table, and that is how we're dealing with the issue of the normal long-eared bat. in particular, your folks at u.s. fish and wildlife who are proposing to list the bat as endangered. what that would mean for commercial activity. it has nothing to do with the issues with the bat. we'd like to work with you on that. i'm very concerned about it. >> may i answer that just very briefly? the -- it looks like the likelihood of the threatened listi

we doo it flu the national park foundation. or, if they have their own friends group, they can go through that mechanism, as well. >> they do have a great friends group, one of the best in the country. but how can they do it through the park service? >> i'm not exactly sure of the mechanics. >> i don't think they can. >> you don't think so 1234. >> okay, i'll look at it. >> that's splg that we should work on. i'm already over time, but i would like to i shall shoe if i could, some questions for the record with regard to per mything process. i think this is an area where we've had a great opportunity to do some work on a bipart san basis. again, senator king and i have introduced some legislation on this. and let me put a concern on the table. and, in particular, your folks at u.s. fish and wildlife who are proposing to list that that is endangered and what that would mean for commercial activity. so we'd like to work with you on that. and i'm very concerned about it. >> let me just answer that very briefly. it looks like the li

>> yes, we can do that and we do it through the national park foundation or the cuyahoga valley has its own fringe group -- >> yes. the woman in charge of it -- how can they do it through the park service? >> i'm not exactly sure the mechanics. >> i don't think they can. >> you don't think so? >> i think it's something we should work on as part of this centennial. i'm already over time but i'd like to issue, if i could some questions for the record with regard to the permitting process. i think this is an area where we have a great opportunity to do some work on a bipartisan basis. again, senator king and i have introduced legislation on this. let me put a concern on the table and that is how we're dealing with the northern long-eared bat and in particular, your folks at fish and wildlife who are proposing to list the bat as endangered and what that would mean for commercial activity. it has nothing to do with the issues at the bat -- with the bat. i'd like to work with you. >> may i answer that just very briefly? it looks like the likelihood of a threatened listing and the fish and wil

there is only one grant that you will be accepting stowed from the menage foundation in the amount of $20,000 for the recreation and park department scholarship program and no. 2 from big billy, inc., doing business as as slims is not on today. so i need a motion as amended with 5a. with that, is there any member of the public who would like to comment on the consent calendar? being none, public comment is closed. commissioners >> entertain a motion. >> moved with amendment. >> second. >> moved and seconded with amendment, all those in favor, say aye? >> a. >> so moved. >> we're now on item and although there is no presentation today, it's the san francisco zoo. would anyone like to make public comment on the san francisco zoo item today? being none, public comment is closed this. was discussion only anyway. we're now on item 7, the union square ada enhancement award of contract >> good morning commissioners. project manager, capital division. i'm here for a discussion and possible action to approve the award of a construction contract for the union square ada enhancement project, contractor no. 305av to apadana enginee

of the puc on helping to move forward with the recreation and park department and natural areas people and with the san francisco foundation the urban project that we're looking at, at at maclerin park and draw people in and i think that's been a a great partnership that's happened with the puc and a great example of how the commission is building projects that relate to communities in san francisco and i just want to say thank you for that effort. >> good and i would like to say thank you to you coming before us today it's a wonderful feeling that now we have a cause that we're working towards together and in a very strong way so i thank you for approving of our timeline it was very difficult to come up with the fastest way to do it and as you offered to give your help towards getting this through quickly that would be greatly appreciated. >> we're working on that and today will be a big step in that process by help filling the seat that's vacant there and we're moving forward and i'm pretty excited about that and i think he's very excited about being the commissioner for all of the work in the public utilityies commissio

parks collection tomorrow to researchers and the public. the exhibit is on loan from the howard g. buffett foundation to the library for ten years. the collection includes many of parks' personal items like family photos, letters to parks from presidents, and some of her writings during the time of the montgomery bus boycott. >>> hip hop mogul suge knight pled not guilty to murder charges in california just minutes ago. knight is charged with murder and attempted murder for allegedly striking two men with his pickup truck last week. knight's attorneys maintains his client accidentally ran over the men while trying to escape an attack. knight who has had several run- ins with police could face in prison if convicted. the judge has revoked his $2 million bail. >>> a detroit man who walks about 21 miles to and from work is getting help from total strangers. james robinson has been making the long trek for nearly ten years after his car broke down. but as vinita -- as vinita nair explains, his walks could soon become a thing of the past. >> reporter: he says his commute is physically and mentally grueling. >> you have to gear yourself

anniversary of her inauguration but park geun-hye has little to celebrate as she grapples with a slump in public support. >> translator: we have been trying to lay the foundations of economic and political reforms. now we have to start laying the bricks to build on it. >> park once enjoyed an approval rating of more than 60%. she won praise for her diplomatic work, including visits to the united states and china. but support fell sharply after a ferry disaster last april. park and her government came under fire for their handling of the incident. people are complaining that income inequality is growing and there aren't enough jobs for young people. her support rate fell below 30%. >> translator: she's too stiff. she should be more flexible. >> translator: i supported her because she's a woman. i once believed she could change our country. >> the president has been trying to inject new life into her administration. she nominated a new prime minister and last week replaced her chief of staff. park's low ratings could hurt efforts to build ties with japan. she's likely to find it more difficult to be flexible in dealing with issues dividing the two countries. >>>

february 21st, beginning at noon, the recreation and park department and its partners the california historical society, innovation hangar and foundation will host a free public event. come towards the ground and watch engaging permissions ing performances including the california historical society, the exploratorium, maker media, the tech museum and spark lab smithsonian. for more information the public can check out ppe1.org. we invite the public to join the recreation and park department in the san francisco parks alliance for a community design forum on san francisco playgrounds. the forum takes place 9 to noon at the clubhouse at 19th and linda, participants will have the opportunity to offer input to guide future playground renovations in the city. for more information see our website, sfrecpark.org. on the front table, each commissioner has a greened card, event hosted by the city park as license is coming to san francisco april 11 through the 14th. greater and greener happens every two to three years in big cities across america. it was last held in new york city in 2012 and welcomes approximately 1,000 urbanists urban park ad

park? how does that reflect on the difference between the foundation we're building for the economy of the next generation and what our competitors are doing. >> it's a great question. those numbers are in the ball park. you know, here is -- there's several challenges some of which you've pointed out. one of them is that our global competitors, they have the benefit of picking and choosing from the things that we've done with our system and figuring out which of those things they are going to engage in whether it's rail or highways or ports or whatever. and improving upon what we've done. it then becomes a matter of if you're a manufacturer, if you can get things from shop to port faster, some place else, it creates a competitive disadvantage for us. so one thing is that the rest of the world looked at what we've done and they are building new stuff that in many cases is better than ours. secondly we have an ageing system, you know? some of this stuff that you're talking about in china is relatively new. we have two problems. we have new things that we need to build that we're not building

the california fire foundation is paying for the gift cards. >> >> park district plans to install bigger warning signs telling people to keep their dogs away from alameda county lake. this after three dog deaths, the most recent happened on wednesday. officials say drought conditions have increased algae concentrations to toxic levels. a park district spokes woman said the district is put willing up bolder signs advising people to keep their dogs away from the water. >> >> two day walker talker con event. allie rasmussen was there with 10,000 other sci-fi fans >> reporter: the third and final day of walker talker con. >> having the time of our lives, yeah. >> reporter: convention was a place for fans of the show "the walking dead" to geek out an all things zombie. >> this is a sword that i have signed by a lot of the cast members. >> reporter: the main attractions here were the actors from the show that took pictures are fans. and answered questions about their roles up and signed thousands of autographs >> . it's unsane how much the show has taken hold. >> reporter: nick's character met

going to celebrate by formally opening the rose take parks collection to researchers and the public. it's on loan from the howard b. buffet foundationn loan for ten years. it includes many of her personal items like family photos, letters from parks written to presidents and some of her own writings during the time of the montgomery bus boycott. >>> we're talking clouds early. not as windy. in fact, not that windy at all today. the sun building later this morning through the afternoon, upper 30s. 50 tomorrow. back in the low to mid-30s with flurries or snow showers thursday and we're watching for the possibility of something next monday but that's a long ways off. >>> slow moving 066 trying to make your way from manassas to centreville. elsewhere not too shabby on 270. no reports of accidents but decent delays headed southbound on montrose. sky 9 is hovering over a bus accident in prince george's county. this one involves a metro bus and a single car. looks like at least the right lane is blocked on east-west highway. >>> cbs this morning is next. it's don't verse -- the controversy at an all girls school. outrage over an e-mail. >>

2012, my administration has worked with our partners at the national park service, the state of louisiana, the living history foundationups. they bring attention to this consequential battle and honor those who fought here. thank you for being here at st. bernard today. thank you. >> thank you, parish president peralta and mayor landrieu. the united states postal service has issued three postage stamps to commemorate the war of 1812. the stamps depict the nations sacred landscapes, national flag, and vivid images conjured by the u.s. national anthem. here today with a special announcement is peter argentine citizen stamp advisory committee member and district manager of louisiana, representing the united states postal service. please welcome mr. argentine. [applause] >> thank you. i am not the district manager, though. i have to say that. i am from pittsburgh, though, where it is 11 degrees today. i did not bring the cold, but it is warm here. this is a great turnout, and such a beautiful day. unfortunately, the postal service governor, who had planned to dedicate today's stamp, could not be with us this morning. and i

foundation. she joined the rosa parks civil rights women's movement for which he became a delegate in the city of havana. that same year she participated with the ladies in white is a lady of support. she and her family of experience numerous organized mob attacks and her house has been vandalized by government agents dressed in civilian clothing. as a result she has sought refugee status in united states. then we will hear from mr. jeff vail who oversees the washington office of latin american research and latin american policy and rights issues along with the specific on -- focus on specific issues. he led the team for recommendations in new directions in u.s. policy towards latin america. mr. fail has studied cuban issue since the 90s and travel to cuba more than a dozen times. i wish i could get that visa including organizing delegations of academics as well as advocacy of this issue with coalition of business agricultural and human rights groups. he favored lifting the general ban on cuba. i would like to now yield the floor to antunes. [speaking spanish] >> translator: honorable congressman

park, many of the people in pullman stayed. mike shymanski is president of the historic pullman foundation. >> as a city planning unit, still works come here from all over the country, all over the world and they study pullman. i think it was a very positive progressive experiment-- and that's what it was. >> reporter: and now it will be a national monument. dean reynolds, cbs news chicago. >> pelley: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> could bruce jenner face manslaughter charges in the crash that left a woman dead? >> see the blue car speeding. >> we talk to the man behind this recreation. >> she how closely it matches an account from the scene. >> then bobbi kristina's family meets with the doctors at the hospital. an update on her condition. >> plus -- tara reid today, how her transformation from '90s it girl to tabloid target changed everything. >> a prisoner in your house. >> is that how you feel? >> 100%. go out and get in trouble. >>> we do lunch with westminster's be

park, many of the people in pullman stayed. mike shymanski is president of the historic pullman foundation. >> as a city planning unit, still works come here from all over the country, all over the world and they study pullman. i think it was a very positive progressive experiment-- and that's what it waster: and now it will be a national monument. dean reynolds, cbs news chicago. >> pelley: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> a blast of snow strikes commuters on 270 north. i'm scott broom in the mobile news room. when i come back, the current conditions. >>> an accused child molester may have tried to hire a hitman to kill witnesses. >>> a man charged with soliciting sex acts from a preteen. the app he used to contact her. >>> dozens come together to say goodbye to a teen killed in a car crash last week. >>> another round of sweeping snow across the metro area. big fluffy flakes fell at the the white house, at a lacrosse field, and on roads across the region. >> luckily, it

park, many of the people in pullman stayed. mike shymanski is president of the historic pullman foundation. >> as a city planning unit still worksre from all over the country, all over the world, and they study pullman. i think it was a very positive progressive experiment-- and that's what it was. >> reporter: and now, it will bebe a national monument. dean reynolds, cbs news, ch chicago. >> pelley: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> now at 6:00 some catholics openly challenging the church on this ash wednesday. one group fighting new rules for catholic teachers. >> and parents asking, why details on adult sins were shared with their elementary school students? good evening, i'm ken bastida. >> i'm veronica de la cruz. on this holy day for the catholic church, new signs not everybody is following church rules. ryan takeo with how some catholics are trying to send a message to church leaders. ryan. >> reporter: veronica, there are a couple of hundred here taking a stand a

leadership, the family foundation has dedicated efforts in nurturing our communities through the arts and medical research and development and for us the san francisco recreation and parks commission, we're grateful to have known helen dillard as a park lover and champion for children and families in san francisco. she contributed her time energy and resources and more than 8 million to rebuild safe and uniquely fund playgrounds. she invested in a better future for san francisco and we're saddened by the passing of helen dillard and remember her for years to come. we adjourn in her honor. >> so moved. >> second. >> all those in flavor? >> aye. >> thank you. >> thank you, commissioners.

park police headquarters in the district jay korff, abc 7 news. >>alison: new fallout for brian williams as he is thinking of stepping down from the medal of honor foundationthe nbc nightly news anchor served on the board of directors for the group that is dedicated to promoting military heroism. williams was suspended without pay for a false account about a helicopter mission in iraq. leon: the pool of people that may get a one-way trip to mars is growing smaller. six of the finalists are from our region. >> it helps you look at the next 10 years like, what is important, what do i really want to focus on. leon: i guess one thing would not be college loans. if you are going to go, you are going to go. organized by a dutch nonprofit the plan is to send two dozen people to join a colony on mars in 2024. alison: i don't know, the debt collectors may still find you. it is just brutal outside. steve: it is cold, and it's only getting colder overnight. school delays and cancellations running below the screen, two-hour delays in a lot of places. i don't understand it, because when you see the hour by hour when chill forecast, it is not going to feel that much dif

it's a park, a quarter of a million acres. the hearst family and foundation owns it, its's virtually unaltered. it looks the way it looked in 1769 when the spanish walked by except for highway 1 and a few buildings. that's a wonderful thing to look out and see that much land. and, of course, very little naturally grows there. because there's so little water. just oaks, chapparell, bay trees, that's about it. otherwise, it's grassland. yes? >> when i was there, still a victorian house at the bottom of the hill? >> the hearst family, comprised today of one of the five sons one of the descendents and great grandchildren and more. they do still sometimes stay at the bottom of the hill and yulz it -- use it as a family retreat. for a while they lived in the house i showed you last, casa del mar, they lived in that in the middle '70s. there were tours walking by, they did use the portion of the house that recently. >> are the descendents of the animals still roaming around? >> things like the polar bears are gone. can you imagine giving that up? he gave the exotic

park. this is the annual heroes and hearts benefit charity event. and what they do is those big giant hearts that you may see around town? san francisco general hospital foundation gives these blank hearts to different people across the bay area. they decorate them any way they want to raise money for the town days. in fact, i sat down and spoke to a couple of the organizers today and here's what they had to say. >> we have bags, candles, jewelry, last-minute valentine's presents. some of the proceeds go back to the hospital today so we are happy to be a partner with the general. >> reporter: so they are bidding on the hearts here this afternoon. if you want more information about either one of these wonderful charity organizations, we have made it so easy for you. just visit us online at kpix.com, click on "links and numbers." reporting from at&t park, it's a great day. roberta gonzales, kpix 5. looks great. thank you. >>> typing on the touchscreens can be challenging but a new high-tech keyboard for mobile devices might help. kara tsuboi shows us technology that tries to meld touchscreens and physical keyboards. >> reporter: watch this ipad screen closely as a

foundation. in 2009 she joined the rosa parks civil rights human rights movement and became the dell galt for the city of havana. that same year she began participating with the ladies of white. she and her family have experienced numerous state organized mob attacks and her house has been vandalized and searched by government agents throughout the dressed in civilian clothes. as a result she has sought refugee status in the united states. then we will hear from mr. jeff asayo who overseas the office research and advocacy on human rights issues. along with a focus on specific countries, he has led the team that authored forging new ties for new direction in u.s. policy toward latin america hfment he studied cuban issues and traveled to cuba more than a dozen times. i wish i could get that visa -- including he coordinates coalitions who favor lifting the general travel ban on cuba. >> honorable congressman christopher smith, good morning all honorable members. i'm a former political prisoner who spent 17 continuous years of political imprisonment for

foundation. came back. all the way up. oh snap. we've been trying to build league parks for 10 years. trying to build league park.he question is, why is the money going to the east side? why glenville have the same issues glenville have and connell wood. i do a class at connellwood high school. look at glenville. look at these schools and go to the casinos. look how that look. look at taj mahal, aka, juvenile detention center, know what i mean. the question is, the question is in this city, not just a black and white issue in this city. it's a little bit deeper in this city. and i think as adults we must bring to the table republicans democrats, and independents whoever does the best for us, that is our choice, not just go with a certain party because we've been going with it. [applause] >> the question? >> morgan freeman once did an interview, one of his questions was, how do we stop racism? he said, we stop talking about it. do you think this is rational? if not how would you have ends ad the question? >> anyone like to respond? >> so i'll start. that confused me. so i think it is irrational. what i would say i

foundation. and came back, it was all the way up. i said, we have been trying to build league park for 20 years. the question is, why isn't money going to the east side? i do a class at collinwood. look at collinwood high school and look at glenville. look at these schools and then go to the casinos and look how that looks. look at the taj mahal, a.k.a. the juvenile detention center. and in this city, it is not just a black and white issue. it is a little bit deeper in the city and i think as adults, we must bring to the table republicans, democrats, and independents and that is our choice, not just go with a certain party because we have been going with it. [applause] >> morgan freeman once did an interview and one of the questions was how do we stop racism and he said we stop talking about it. do you think this is rational? if not, how would you have answered the question? >> would anyone like to respond? >> i will start. i think it is irrational. what i would say is that we need to spend more time walking in each other's shoes. bashir mentioned the issue about schools. before i

foundation and miller center. it is a little over one hour. >> please welcome msnbc contributor jonathan k parks and the economic policy panel. [applause] >> thank you very much. as the voice of god said, i am john [indiscernible] from "the washington post." when president clinton took office on january 20, 19 93, the american economy was in bad shape. unemployment is high. the deficit is high. the national debt was climbing even higher. the man who campaigned on cutting the deficit in half had a seemingly impossible task. the longest economic expansion in u.s. history a narrowing of the income inequality gap in the first budget surplus in generations. how did it happen? how did the budget deal of 1993 get done or the 1997 budget deal that balance the budget and secured these historic surpluses? how did the child health insurance program that helped the poor and working-class families and untold millions fold into the middle class and get done? gene sperling and erskine bowles are the perfect people to answer those questions. bowles joined in 1993 as the administer of the small business administration and then moved ov

royalty in which people take a book like the innovators and that is fair for the foundation here is what happened is xerox parknnovator, with supercomputers at mit or carnegie-mellon. all the people who have written saying here's a story you had written in but somehow have a way to crowd source but let and author curate a living and growing. i hope that is an innovation we will have in five years especially if there is a way to have the bit cooling or cybercurrency allowing anyone to create something for a book like that to get a piece of the royalties for a piece of payments for the book. >> host: one vote so far for da vinci. we will see how this goes in the next 40 minutes. alan, you are on booktv with walter isaacson. >> caller: thank you for taking my call. thank you for the wonderful books and for the people who are shaping the way we live. look forward to the next book. in your opinion, is it and other characteristics that all the innovators share something that in your view transcends time space, background gender? i feel they innovate in spite of all the turmoil going around they challenge that. what

parking lots that could be flipped into the city's newest mini malls. >> there is a lower barrier to entry. >> reporter: the idea has big supporters including the knight foundation the downtown association. >> it's got promise. we can see this happening really easily with some of the open space that we have. >> reporter: retail has been one of the big missing links in downtown san jose. for about the last 45 years. ever since big suburban shopping malls like valley fair started gaining in popularity. there are blocks and blocks of vacant storefronts in downtown san jose and the stores that are open are often spread out making window shopping difficult. >> the nice thing about the concept is you can move it from location to, you know, where you need it. the downside is that it looks like a container. >> reporter: not the most attractive but backers say they have to be better looking than the blighted storefronts that are there now. in san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. >> san jose experimented with pop-up retail over the holidays with a half dozen stores and two of them have since evolved into brick and mortar businesses. >>> four million dollars for an elevator that

the surf foundation has been fighting for years to regain access, say this ruling is another victory. >>> "today in the bay" is back in two minutes. coming up, thousands show up at at&t parko kick off the baseball season. the road weary run into some trouble. could they hold off the knicks at madison square gardens? >> this morning, a race between congress and the fcc over net neutrality. a former pixar ex exec creates start-ups for kids. >>> a live look outsoid rigide now. a micro climate weather alert right here. that is oracle arena and o.co in the background. >>> baseball season is upon us. giants fans done their original and black to meet their baseball heroes at this year's fanfest. thousands waited hours to meet buster posey, madison baumgartner and hunter pence. they got to pose with all three of the world series tro physical. players say the excitement is getting them revved up for the new season. >> we miss it. we are excited to get back. >>> the giants first game of the spring season is in march against the oakland avenues >>> to new york city, the warriors taking on the knicks. a battle between the best team in the west versus the worst team in the east. it di

foundation has distributed nearly $9 million worth of aid to local charities in the past 20 years. the new coats were purchased in an arrangement with costco. >>> isn't it frustrating trying to find a parking spot in d.c.? don't you wish you could park anywhere and not get a ticket? a special few, can but are they abusing the privilege? wusa9 investigates tonight at 11:00. >>> still ahead the very controversial procedure that allows couples to make babies with dna from three different people. >> also ahead she's known as the mother of the civil rights movement, but artifacts reveal a personal side of rosa parks live that takes us beyond the bus. >> reporter: using shame to stop shoplifters, i'm scott broom in eastern thank you, cable for the slower internet upload speeds. for fewer video on demand titles. thank you cable, because if we never had you... ...we wouldn't know the incredible difference verizon fios makes. in customer satisfaction studies, fios is rated #1 in internet speed and reliability - 8 years running. plus, fios has the fastest wi-fi available from any provider. period. see the difference for yourself. get a fios triple play online at an amazing price guaranteed for two f

foundation. in 2000 she joined the rosa parks civil rights women's movement for which became the delegate in they of havana. that same year she also began participating with the ladies in white as a lady of support. she and her family have experienced numerous organized mob attacks and her house has been vandalized and search by government agents. as a result she has sought refugee status in the united states. and we will hear from mr. jeff thale who oversees the washington office of latin america's research and advocacy of latin american policy. along with a focus on specific countries mr. thale led the team that offered 14 new ties as well as recommendations from directions in u.s. policy toward latin america. mr. thale has studied cuba issue since the mid-1990s and has traveled to cuba more than a dozen times. i wish i could get that these up. including organizing delegations for academics and members of congress and coordinated advocacy of this issue with coalition of business agricultural groups who favor lifting the general travel ban on cuba. i would like to now yield the floor to antÚnez

foundation. >>> six flags in vallejo is hoping to hire for employees before spring break. a spokesperson from six flags says getting a job at the theme park college students but the application process can be pretty competitive. >> that's the thing about applying for six flags, it's interesting, and i actually have been through all the rides and i always wanted to know how it operates. >> we can hire with without experience. we like to say that working here at discovery kingdom is a great first job and we even have opportunities for 15-year- olds. >> the jobs that are available include everything from roller coaster operations to guest relations and food services. six flags will be holding another job fair at the university of phoenix in fairfield this coming saturday. >>> time now is 8:48. during christmas mike got me this really -- >> my gift? >> fancy schmancy ring game because i'm the only one here who didn't have i should say -- put it in my yard. it's empty. >> etc. been empty. >> i tonight know. maybe there's a hole in it. i'm not getting rain. >> i want to be here and be cool and say i checked my rain gauge this morning. i have fa

that's there you know, as the foundation, but they write are other chapters like ornaments that they put on. they say, you know here's what happened at bell labs or xerox parkat happened you know, with this innovator i worked with who was doing supercomputers at mit or carnegie mellon. all these people have written in saying here's a story you didn't put in and then somehow or another have a way to crowd source but also let an author cure rate a living and grow book. i hope we have that and i hope that's an innovation we'll have in five years or so especially if there's a way to have a bitcoin or cyber currency that allows anybody who creates something for a book like that to get a piece of the royalties or a piece of the payments for the book. >> host: and there's one vote so far for da vinci. we'll see how this crowd source goes in the next 40 minutes. alan in fullerton, california you're on booktv on c-span2 with walter isaacson. >> caller: thank you. thank you for taking my call. >> guest: thank you. >> caller: thank you mr. isaacson, for the wonderful books and helping us understand a little bit more about the people that are shaping the way we live. l

park in los angeles very close to people with no dangerous incidences. if we allow animals to be wild and give them their habitat, that is the message of the national wildlife foundationtarantula. no tap rant la has venom strong in you have to hurt a human being. >> say that again. >> no tarantula has venom strong in you have to hurt a human being. >> then why are people terrified of them? >> people have arachnophobia. >> don't you remember "the brady bunch" scene? it was crawling along -- it was scary. >> they do have fangs and any would bite if i would harass him. >> but you would never hand him over to me. >> no. they're actually surprisingly delicate. >> he's beautiful to look at. the symmetry of them is gorgeous. >> and the fur. any are amazing predators. they have a role. if you see them don't squish them. you guys mentioned this at the top of the hour. raccoons are very common in our cities an towns. >> that one is huge. >> yeah. he's well fed. >> he is. >> but here is the thing. you don't have to fear these animals as long as you never feed them or try to make them pets. >> what if it's rabid? >> just because you see a raccoon does not mean it is rabid. >> i k