i filled out an application for the peace corp. during my senior year because he had. he taught english in morocco. i taught math. we talked about the joys of living and working over seas. we spoke french together. later he helped me get an assignment with a pediatric a.i.d.s. group. now i work in a county hospital in stockton caring for patients from all over the world. like chris, i am genuinely interested in listening to their stories and learning about their lives. i was really hoping he would still be here. i dreamt of someday working as a detector in a country where he was ambassador. i was looking forward to showing off my growing new family. our daughter was born in april. chris got to hold her before leaving for his post in libya. as our father said best at 5 a.m. on september 12th, he made it to the top. he tried his best. he was a great brother. i couldn't agree more. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> good afternoon, steve mcdonald. chris and i have been friends since

she just dated me with that 9090 peace corps thing. okay. i want to say how great it is to be here. i have been looking at everyone's name tags and awed by the wide variety of people and i want you to in rolodex. email me. there are great stories i have been hearing today. we have amazing and large panel and it is an honor to moderate for them. real quickly you will have to take my word. i have read their full bios which are three pages here. i'm not going to read all of that but you have to my word these are award winning policy makers and leaders in our community. we will start with jeff rosen. [applause] he's the district attorney of santa clara county and the recognized leader in criminal justice reform. he oversees the largest prosecutor's office north of los angeles and prosecute about 40,000 cases each year, so he is on the ground. he sees it all. he is however a green bay packer fan but we will forgive him because they lost. >> you should be very happy. you won. >> next to him is richard carranza and the superintendent of san francisco unified, just started in the summer of

bartlett served as the peace corps country director in bulgaria and jordan and was a peace corps volunteer in the yemen arab republic. miss barbara strack is the chief of the refugee affairs division at the department of homeland securitiy's citizenship and immigration services. ms. strack's responsibilities include managing the refugee corps and headquarters to support the u.s. refugee admission program by conducting overseas adjudications and the related policy training, quality assurance, anti-fraud, and national-security efforts. miss strack came to dhs with both public and private sector experience, serving in the policy office of the former immigration and naturalization service, as a senate committee counsel, among other positions. miss dawn scalici is the deputy undersecretary for analysis in the office of intelligence and analysis at the department of homeland security. in this capacity, she leads the office's analytic efforts with a special focus on advancing analysis and developing intelligence products to support the dhs leadership and state, local, tribal, and private sector p

rather than go to vietnam, i opted for going into the peace corps. having said that, a lot of people --ive been involved in following africom from its inception because the bulk of the people in the domain don't feel africom is what it's saying it is. they're saying the real goal is militarization and not necessarily security. and so my question to you, we see an increasing military presence, we see the drone policy in somalia and elsewhere in africa, we see this joseph joseph kony exposition going on, and we see the american military increasingly involved in action around the continent. one question is how do you measure success, yeah, how do you say you succeeded in the mission? then the other part is, how is africom informed by civil society both in the united states and africa? how do you engage your diaspora here in the united states, the african diaspora in efforts to promote security in africa? >> great questions, all. and i would preface that by saying, um, maybe unusual for a guy in uniform, i'm a huge supporter of the peace corps and thank

. >> people in novato say she was a remarkable woman who once served in the peace corps.kind person. loved traveling. loved to fly. i remember that. i'm shocked. i can't think. >> bob patterson worked as the petaluma municipal airport. he showed us her plane. >> angel flight if someone needs a ride there are several planes that would take them there, free of charge. then pirks them whup it's time to come home. this is a marvelous person. >> she once worked for the u.s. foreign service. >> man police say stabbed her was arraigned today in court a cording to police this is the first reported homicide since 1999. 1999. so we're talking about 14 years. >> thank you. sky 7 is live over the scene today of breaking news in werk berkeley. it's a house fire, these are live pictures. you can see crews surrounding the house. looks like it's under control at this point as you can tell. we're going update this, so stay with us. >> right now, it's 49er time all week long. leading up to the super bowl this sunday we have a team in new orleans at the super dome. >> we do. half of the new

it reminded me of a priceless letter he sent to me in law school when he was over there in the peace corps. chris wrote wonderful notes and told me when he went running in the village where he was staying, only to have locals come up beside him and say where is it, where did it go. where is what? your donkey. i don't have a donkey. >> why are you running? [ laughter] >> for exercise. >> exercise? are you nuts? if you want exercise, come work on my orchard, you crazy american. >> chris succeeded because he knew how to laugh at himself and relate to people around him. there are two more memories i want to share. one deals with government and jazz. chris always wanted to work for the state department. he always wanted to be involved in the foreign service. he took the foreign service exam when we were undergrads at cal. he came back the first time, pleased with results on the written but felt he didn't do so well on the orals. the question that seemed to trip him up and left him perplexed was the following. mr. stevens, please compare american government and jazz music. chris told us he didn'

the peace corps for geeks will build an app to help families connect to unused public assistance benefits. the group says the app will help cut red tape to get money to those in need. the city will help pay for the programmers who will create the program. the project is expected to be completed by this spring. >>> today was long rumored expected to become official. the sacramento winkings looking lock in a deal and move it to seattle. majority owners expected to announce they completed terms to sell controlling interest to chris hanson and microsoft ceo steve ballmer. the franchise right now valued at 525 million. the new owners expected to move the team to seattle and then rename them the supersonics. any deal would still have to be approved by nba owners and league officials. >>> staying on the topic of buying things, there's a reason it's called a retail therapy. today is often referred to as blue monday and some consider it the most depressing day of the year. many will be turning to shopping to cope with their mood. more than a third of americans say winter is the season they most li

rather than go to vietnam, i opted for the peace corps. having said that, there are a lot of people who have a conception. the bulk of the people in the public domain do not feel that africacom is --they are saying that the real googgoal is not necessarily security. we see the drone allah see in africa -- we see the donor policy in africa. -- drone policy in africa. one question is -- how do you measure success? how do you say you have succeeded in your mission? informed bothom in the united states and in africa? how do you engage? in efforts to promote security in africa? >> great question. i will say that maybe i'm usual for a guy in a uniform, but i'm a huge supporter of the peace corps. they are still looking for volunteers. if you want to come back, there are lots who are coming back. there are a lot of peace corps volunteers who serve as a young people. they did their service and went on and had successful careers and doing whatever it is that we were doing and they are now coming back for a second tour that is greatly appreciated. e

. >> from her work in the peace corps to our countless hours of volunteer service, she touched many through her words, her actions and her deeds. >> a motive for the crime is not yet known. >>> a frightening start to the day in the east bay after a gunman shot and killed a man at a gas station in front of several people, and then that gunman escaped. shooting unfolded just after 9:00 this morning south of highway 4. at one point, a man claiming to be the victim's father confronted police, demanding information, saying his son was just 20 years old. so far police have not identified the victim. investigators did use surveillance video to track the gunman to a house less than four miles away in west pittsburg. the s.w.a.t. team deployed but no one was inside. >>> san jose police say they're making progress in a string of home invasion robberies. a total of thee men have now been arrested. here are their pictures. police believe they're involved in a three-day crime spree, including last week's home invasion in the almaden valley neighborhood of san jose. in all of the crimes, police say the s

who once served in the peace corps and u.s.est service. >> always so community minded and a very kind person, loved traveling. she loved to fly mer than anything. i remember that. i'm so shocked. >> everyone is. she used her plane at petaluma airport to take medical supplies to those in need. >> a coyote is recoup righting -- recuperating tonight after being captured 10 days ago. it was found in the backyard in the mission district. animal being treated for an infection. wildlife experts asking for help in determining how she wound up in the city in the first place. >> that is odd. and let's talk about the weather forecast. another spectacular day around here its going to get warmer. >> yes. it is. january is in the middle of rainy season. that is what we have right now. just a fading glow now, after glow from sunset. occurred nearly an hour ago. clear skies at the moment. thin, high clouds. and you can see how clear of an evening we v no precipitation around. not much in the way of clouds, either. getting down to business to t

basically library in a box, 25,000 books at a time, and we send some to troops in iraq, afghanistan, peace corp. volunteers, an arrangement with c-span, the review books you have, we get, we get books from schools, libraries, and we believe, no one's challenged us, we had the largest volunteer based book distribution project in the world meaning we ship very inexpensively. we ship $4,000 for a container, and some of the other groups, wonderful other organizations doing this sort of stuff, they walk in the door, and they want to ship at $16,000 because they use paid individuals. we're a bulk shipper. we, you know, bring them in, sort them out, put them in a container, and send them off. >> host: beside to american troops and americans abroad, but to other countries too; right? >> guest: 40 countries, most african countries, english speaking, but places you never expect, a lot of the stanes, ewe beck stan, kazakhstan, and south american countries, the philippines, places like that, british american colonies, and then to a lot of peace corp., anybody who wants to learn english, and so we send a lo

bartlett served as the peace corps' country director in bulgaria and jordan and was a peace corps volunteerin the yemen arab republic. ms. barbara strack is the chief of the refugee affairs acquisition of the department of homeland security's citizenship and immigration services. ms. strack's responsibilities include managing the refugee corps and headquarters staff to support the u.s. refugee admission program by conducting overseas adjudications and through related policy training, quality assurance, antifraud and national security efforts. .. and state, local, tribal and private sector partners. prior to joining dhs, ms. scalici served as the director for production and strategic program at the cia's office of iraq analysis. where she oversaw current and strategic analysis in iraq and led efforts to advance planning, analytic trade craft, and community collaboration. she earlier served as deputy director for mission management of the national counterterrorism center helping oversee national intelligence related to counterterrorism mission. this is the least is a 29 year veteran of the ci

peace corps is an executive order. there is precedent. >> there is but if you go back to the founding fathers if men are angels we wouldn't need laws. that's why they set up a checks and balance system of government and the president doesn't appear to believe that applies to him. >> i go back to our first president as i look at an inauguration, george washington said that political parties are likely in the course of time and things to become potent engines by which cunning ambitious and unprincipaled men subvert the power of the people to ue syrup for themselves the reigns of government for unjust tomorrow mignonute -- dominion. you leave the medical profession come to ush with aing ton you see that? >> i want to work to improve the quality of life of the american people. what you have now seen with that quote and we have seen with the president's campaign team, they have now moved that to a nonprofit. they are going to take money from unions and corporations, they will not say that they will report how much they get

he challenged to us join the peace corps. he challenged us not to see what government could do for us, but what we can do to make america a better and a brighter place for the generations who would come, america's strength has been not so much from what people have done for us, but what, rather, we have done for the next generation. i hope we'll take that to heart. from new york, good night.

he challenged to us join the peace corps.t to see what government could do for us, but what we can do to make america a better and a brighter place for the generations who would come, america's strength has been not so much from what people have done for us, but what, rather, we have done for the next generation. i hope we'll take that to heart. from new york, good night. god bless. ♪ so, i'm working on a cistern intake valve, and the guy hands me a locknut wrench. no way! i'm like, what is this, a drainpipe slipknot? wherever your business takes you, nobody keeps you on the rd like progressive commercial auto. [ flo speaking japanese ] [ shouting in japanese ] we work wherever you work. now, that's progressive. call or click today.

that program is known for being like the peace corps where young teachers work in struggling and underachievingears. the governor will ask them to bring the program to the commonwealth this fall saying it will close the achievement gap between students of different backgrounds. >>> a new report says the overall total of water main breaks of 2012 was the lowest in six years according to the washington post. 2211 pipes broke or leaked in d.c. fairfax, montgomery and prince george's countys last year. that's 20 fewer than in 2011. nearly 900 fewer than 2007. there was a small spike in breaks in december because of the cold snap. one break happened in arlington, virginia. crews spent the night working along washington boulevard. the westbound lanes were closed between kirkwood road and north lincoln street for a few hours as a precaution. they have since reopened. >>> when seattle comes to town this weekend, they will see a familiar face on the redskins side of the ball. corner back josh wilson was drafted by the seahawks in 2007. spent three seasons there. in that time, he led the team in intercep

peace corps. we incourage people to do something unselfish.way where you are going with planet shakers. this generation millennials want to do something. they want to be a part of a cause to change the world. make poverty history. >> into different aspects of society and be the answer and not be the problem. i think if we give young people a vision, you know, and see what they can be, and see what they can do. literally, we can change this world. we can shake the planet. for the good and not for the bad. >> you guys have children of their own. how do you help your kids disconnect from electric tonics and all of the devices that can enslave them and to become what your hoping all these young people will become? >> yeah. i think it's with my children they have some devices that they play from time to time. but we have in our family you can't be consumed with it. it's not to be the whole part of your life. let it be enjoyment for an hour or so. not go beyond that. get involved in life and youth group and church. i remember my son saying i want to

he started off in the peace corps in morocco and was a fluent speaker.ad served with distinction throughout the arab world and when i asked if he would be interested in going to benghazi where we had nothing and he bunked up in a hotel and didn't have support to speak of, he was thrilled. he understood what it would mean. in the wake of this traj doe, this terrible terrorist attack, i think one of the most poignant events has been overlooked. that is what happened after the libyan people from benghazi to tripoli learned that chris stevens, someone whom they had got tone know and trusted and admired had murdered. they went out into the streets and protested themselves. tens of thousands and far more than the dozens of highly armed invaders of our compound and annex. they made it clear that that was not the kind of country they were trying to build. in some way chris's faith after his death was certainly validated. >> thank you. >> mr. smith of new jersey. >> thank you, mr. chairman. we deeply mourn the tragic loss of four brave americans, including our di

the peace corps for geeks will soon build an app to help families connect to unused public assistanceefits. the group says the app will help cut the red tape to get money to those in need. the city will pay for programmers that will complete the program. >>> today it is expected to become official. sacramento kings locking in a deal to sell the team and now likely moving to seattle. the team's majority owners expecting to announce they completed terms to sell controlling interest to a seattle group led by hedge fund manager chris hanson and microsoft ceo steve ballmer. the franchise valued at $525 million. the new owners are expected to move the team as we say to seattle and then rename them the supersonics. that's what the seattle team was previously called. any deal would have to be approved by nba owners and league officials. >> if you want to watch the inauguration but you don't have time to sit in front of the tv and rather keep moving around, good news. there's an app for that. a mobile inauguration app letting you watch the ceremony on the go. you can stream the event live from

i actually begun my public service for years before that, working for the peace corps and the department of state. frankly, i was in search of a clear and powerful purpose. i wanted something that was so compelling and obsessive that it would fill me out completely. i did not necessarily wanted to be complicated, but i wanted it to be hard. and living in west virginia, you gave me what i wanted most. it is strong today and 10 years ago. i found my calling. it was here. it is so incredibly hard- working, never shy away from physical tasks or of the old battle. like the proud work of a coal miner with a mind for a better future. that is what i found real peop. real people, skeptical of me for a long time. and truly giving. they gave me more than i ever could have given them. every day and every minute cents. since. west virginia has my home and the people of west virginia has been my life's work. it deserves nothing less than everything you have to bring to bear, and that is what i have given it. i have been driven to make life better for people. it is not a slogan for me. it is the truth.

moving toward the desegregation law, a man on the moon, the peace corps, the idealism of that period got on top of that a life cut short by the assassination. all of which allows you to imagine what might have been had he lived longer. >> the torch has been passed to a new generation of americans. >> jack kennedy colorized american politics. he took it from black and white and made it a technicolor movie, he made it exciting. and from that moment on, every guy that's come up through high school has said, i want the be jack kennedy. so with it all, the total picture, still arouses the country, the whole picture. >> our thanks for the insights of three authors who have written about former president kennedy. doris kearns goodwin, richard reeves and chris matthews. that is our broadcast for this week. your local news begins now. gabrielle. >>> how students can get a college education for just $10,000. >>> and local technology giving a music legend a second chance. the news is next.

. >> we once had things like the peace corps and encouraged young people to do something unselfish.'s kind of where you're going with planet shakers? >> yeah, i believe that this generation, they call them the mow litt millenniums, they want to be a part of the world and make history and go to a different aspect of society and be the answer, not the problem. and i think if we give young people a vision, you know, and see he what they can be and what they can do, literally, we can change this world. we can shake the planet for the good, and not for the bad. >> you guys have children of your own. how do you help your kids disconnect from electronics and all the devices that can display them and to become what you're hoping all of these young people will become? >> yeah, i think it's, you know, with my children, they have some devices that they've played from time to time, but we have in our family, you can't be consumed with it. >> yes. >> it's not to be the whole part of your life. let it be an enjoyment for an hour or so, but not beyond that and get involved in life. get involved in