. >> former governor pat brown was asked how he made appointments to the california supreme court. he said he called the chief justice and asked him who he should appoint. i doubt that the way his son will operate. do you think sitting judges should influence the appointment of their colleagues on the court? >> i think a sitting justice has something to contribute if they know the candidate. i would think the governor might be interested in hearing that with all the other voices he is hearing about appointments to that position. the california process is well known. the judge is vetted and collegiality is a question in review for appellate and supreme court justices. it is important to ask only because judges sometimes know things about judges. it is something that should be considered. whether it rises to the level of influence by itself, i hope not. i think that is too much authority, too much power for a sitting justice to influence the career of another candidate. i say that with caution. differed governors have used what the vetting committee is, the judicial selection advisor

fortunately, we had a governor by the name of pat brown in california who build the best university system, the best transportation system in america. and i know that this person right here standing before you today because my father got to work, work in construction and made a decent living. and so i suspect there are millions of americans today who are looking at america wondering will we invest in ourselves so i can get back to work? so we thank you for everything you're doing to try to make it clear to the policymakers and leaders of this country that we must make an america we invest in ourselves. so thank you for your testimony, i yield back. >> ms. edwards? >> thank you all again for your testimony. i heard something that was actually really disturbing as we've gone through today starting with governor o'malley, and each of you has pointed to the need to reauthorize our surface be -- surface transportation act, faa authorization, water resources development act. i'm on the transportation committee, and i think part of what we've heard from the republican majority is that we can do t

enduring a very hard-fought campaign, ronald reagan unseated the two-time governor of california, pat brown, to become the 33rd governor in california's history. during his two terms as governor, californians enjoyed a smaller, less costly and more efficient state government. governor reagan returned $5 billion to the taxpayers and used his line-item veto authority 943 times to ensure that the state's budget matched its priorities. ronald reagan had once again proved himself a determined and capable leader in difficult times. but soon the american people would learn that his best days were very much ahead of him. after an unsuccessful republican presidential attempt in 1976, he knew that he wanted to be president but would only enter the race if the people of the united states actually wanted him to run. in the years following the 1976 primary, ronald reagan became increasingly concerned about the direction that the country was headed, especially in the areas of national security, unemployment, and the economy. more than anything, reagan sensed that americans had lost their sense of confide

enduring a very hard-fought campaign, ronald reagan unseated the two-time governor of california, pat brown, to become the 33rd governor in california's history. during his two terms as governor, californians enjoyed a smaller, less costly and more efficient state government. governor reagan returned $5 billion to the taxpayers and used his line-item veto authority 943 times to ensure that the state's budget matched its priorities. ronald reagan had once again proved himself a determined and capable leader in difficult times. but soon the american people would learn that his best days were very much ahead of him. after an unsuccessful republican presidential attempt in 1976, he knew that he wanted to be president but would only enter the race if the people of the united states actually wanted him to run. in the years following the 1976 primary, ronald reagan became increasingly concerned about the direction that the country was headed, especially in the areas of national security, unemployment, and the economy. more than anything, reagan sensed that americans had lost their sense of confide

. >> former governor pat brown was asked how he made appointments to the california supreme court. he relied, i just called the chief justice and asked him who i should appoint. i doubt that's the way his son is going to operate. but do you think sitting justices should influence the appointment of their colleagues on the floor? >> i think that a sitting justice has something to contribute if they know the candidate, but i would think that the governor might be interested in hearing in all of the other voices that he is hearing about appointment to that position. you know, the california process is well known. of course, the judge is vetted. and collie quality -- collegiality is a question on the form for review for appellate and supreme court justices. and i think it's important to ask only because judges sometimes know judges. they know things about them, they know the history, it's something i think should be considered. whether it should be -- whether it rises to the level of influence solely all by itself, i hope not. i hope not. because i think that's too much authority, too

enduring a very hard-fought campaign, ronald reagan unseated the two-time governor of california, pat brown, to become the 33rd governor in california's history. during his two terms as governor, californians enjoyed a smaller, less ctly and more efficient state goverent. governor reagan returned $5 billion to the taxpayers and used his line-item veto authority 943 times to ensure that the state's budget matched its priorities. ronald reagan had once again proved himself a determined and capable leader in difficult times. but soon the american people would learn that his best days we very much ahead of him. after an unsuccessful republican presidential attempt in 1976, he knew that he wanted to be president but would only enter the race if the people of the united states actually wanted him to run. in the yea following the 1976 primary, ronald rgan became increasingly concerned about the direction that the country was headed, especially in the areas of national security, unemployment, and the economy. more than anything, reagan sensed that americans had lost eir sense of confidence not just

enduring a very hard-fought campaign, ronald reagan unseated the two-time governor of california, pat brown, to become the 33rd governor in california's history. during his two terms as governor, californians enjoyed a smaller, less costly and more efficient state government. governor reagan returned $5 billion to the taxpayers and used his line-item veto authority 943 times to ensure that the state's budget matched its priorities. ronald reagan had once again proved himself a determined and capable leader in difficult times. but soon the american people would learn that his best days were very much ahead of him. after an unsuccessful republican presidential attempt in 1976, he knew that he wanted to be president but would only enter the race if the people of the united states actually wanted him to run. in the years following the 1976 primary, ronald reagan became increasingly concerned about the direction that the country was headed, especially in the areas of national security, unemployment, and the economy. more than anything, reagan sensed that americans had lost their sense of confide

brown aaddress at ktvu.com. hook for the state of the state tab. >>> in addition to everyone going into koi stadium, the security guard personnel will be patting downhose individuals leaves the stadium. sunday's crowd is expected to break the super bowl attendance record of 104,000 people. that was set at the rosebowl in 1980. you can catch super bowl xlv right here. coverage starts sunday right after "mornings on 2" with a pregame show at 9:00 a.m. the game itself kicks off at 3:30 in the afternoon. >>> physical education teachers will honor the memory of fitness guru jack lalanne by stretching and doing callie stennics today. -- callie stenicks today -- dash jack la main died -- jack lalanne died at the age of 86. he was a bay area native who opened a gym in oakland. >>> 8:19. a mother in the north bay is deeply upset after visiting her son's grave to put flowers there. instead, she found cemetery workers relocating his cuffen. this is -- coffin. this is sa photograph of martina alvarez and another son the -- at the shilo cemetery in windsor. that's where her son was buried back in december. the cemetery said they buried him in the wrong plot but