pleasantville 60 degrees a-62 san -- 62 san jose, 59 for san bruno, 52 in red wood city. upper 60s along the coastline, we begin abundant sun. we could call it a gradual warmup. by thursday and into the weekend temperatures sit something into the mid-and upper 0s for some of cooler -- 30s for some of the cooler spots and temperatures sitting in the lower 60s for the afternoon, pam? >>> ed lee is asked to keep the 49ers within the city limits and a showdown on the roof of an oakland apartment building that ended with the suspected shooter crawling towards police at gunpoint. >>> good morning. traffic on the sunole grade looks good, we will tell you more about the morning commute straight ahead. gasps ] honey, the tv's over there! yep, we got you the new at&t u-verse wireless receiver so you can put your tv pretty much anywhere you want. and that stand... anywhere? like, we can put it over there? and that coffee... or we could t it on the patio for watching the game with the guys. or in the kitchen? but, these curtains are... i can't believe you moved the tv. it's like a wh

upper 50s lower 60s, pleasant afternoon in store. 61 in danville as well as pleasantville and as we checkwith san bruno 59 in the city, san mateo upper 50s and 60s for the coast, winds will be light, sunny skies overhead. extended forecast, you can see we could use the rain, not feeling too guilty just -- guilty just yet, dry conditions through the weekend temperatures sitting in the lower 60s overnight lows will gradually warm just a bit and we will be sitting in the lower 30s for the second half of the week, back to you. >>> standard importers are sending stocks down in the region today. lowering the ratings will compound the debt problem. a european summit is taking place right now. >>> worries about the instability prompted metal can to change -- metallic a. it has been scheduled for 2013 and it will have them pay the group in euros. >>> u.s. investors are hoping the downgrade will force budget changes at that european summit right now so our numbers were up. dow jones industrial average up about 12 points. >>> time now 6:51 a front hers are buzzing -- astronomers are buzzing after th

from pleasantville, new york. tony, you're on the air. >> hi. good evening, susan, how are you? >> great, thanks. >> when ross perot in the spring of 1992, when ross perot was at about 32%, they had -- there were three books written about ross perot before most people even knew him. one was you mentioned wings of eagles. there was an autobiography by a dallas news reporter called ross perot and the best of the three at the time was doron leven's book irreconcilable differences, ross perot versus general motors. in may as i said, in may, after he had announced when he was at 32%, i watched sam donaldson on "this week with david brinkley" make a statement about ross perot, the conversation around the roundtable was basically this guy is at 32%. do you think he can win? and donaldson made a statement something to the effect of what do we know about this guy? he came out of nowhere. now, at that time, the three books were in print already. donaldson noted for being a big mouth covering the white house, making probably $500,000 a year to make a statement like that about ross perot, h

but we have a very patient tony from pleasantville, new york, who has been holding. you're on c-span and "the contenders." >> thank you for this series and c-span. i've been watching for over 20 years and i think if more people would watch c-span we would have better presidential candidates. but you beat me to the punch. i wanted to ask you about belle moskowitz. i wonder if they could expand on belle moskowitz's role and the job she had for governor smith. and also earlier you mentioned al smith didn't speak for two years. eighth grade education. didn't speak in the assembly, intimidated by all the other lawyers there. can you tell us what al smith did at night while the others went down on state street to booze it up and carouse? how did he educate himself to become majority leader and speaker? >> we're going get john to answer those questions. but i know you are a new yorker. is that the reason for your interest in al smith and your knowledge? >> i read a great book called empire statesman. i worked in albany for a while and i knew the al smith building was there,

from pleasantville, new york. tony, you're on the air. >> hi. good evening, susan, how are you? >> great, thanks. >> when ross perot in the spring of 1992, when ross perot was at about 32%, they had -- there were three books written about ross perot before most people even knew him. one was you mentioned wings of eagles. there was an autobiography by a dallas news reporter called ross perot and the best of the three at the time was doron leven's book irreconcilable differences, ross perot versus general motors. in may as i said, in may, after he had announced when he was at 32%, i watched sam donaldson on "this week with david brinkley" make a statement about ross perot, the conversation around the roundtable was basically this guy is at 32%. do you think he can win? and donaldson made a statement something to the effect of what do we know about this guy? he came out of nowhere. now, at that time, the three books were in print already. donaldson noted for being a big mouth covering the white house, making probably $500,000 a year to make a statement like that about ross perot, h

. >> our next call comes from tony in pleasantville, n.y. tony, you are on "the contenders." >> i was 21 years old in 1968 and just out of the navy. i am 65 now, but over the years i supported george wallace, ross perot, ralph nader, and currently a ron paul supporter. i went to a rally in 1968 at madison square garden. george wallace and his vice presidential candidate, curtis lemay. a 21-minute standing ovation by a sellout crowd. during the presentation, there were some hecklers way up in the far reaching seats, about six or seven of them. you could see the lights from the cameras. when the event was over, the local news -- they only had three networks in those days -- the only thing they reported were the three hecklers. outside madison square garden, there were 50 mounted police expecting riots by the people. what i learned at this rally is how unfairly the media treats third-party candidates. c-span was not around in 1968, but if c-span was around in 1968, george wallace would have done better. in 1972, if he was not shot, he had a goo

from pleasantville, new york. tony, you're on the air. >> hi. good evening, susan, how are you? >> great, thanks. >> when ross perot in the spring of 1992, when ross perot was at about 32%, they had -- there were three books written about ross perot before most people even knew him. one was you mentioned wings of eagles. there was an autobiography by a dallas news reporter called ross perot and the best of the three at the time was doron leven's book irreconcilable differences, ross perot versus general motors. in may as i said, in may, after he had announced when he was at 32%, i watched sam donaldson on "this week with david brinkley" make a statement about ross perot, the conversation around the roundtable was basically this guy is at 32%. do you think he can win? and donaldson made a statement something to the effect of what do we know about this guy? he came out of nowhere. now, at that time, the three books were in print already. donaldson noted for being a big mouth covering the white house, making probably $500,000 a year to make a statement like that about ross perot, h