he wrote and directed movies like "pleasantville" and "sea biscuit." i'm pleased to have him back at this table. welcome. >> nice to be back. >> rose: this is a surprise. when i realized you were doing this i said "really. " how did this happen? >> well, you know, i don't think it's that farfetched in a lot of ways. "pleasantville" begins utopian and becomes distopian pretty quickly. so... and there's a lot on its mind. it's a fable in a lot of ways but it's... what suzanne wrote was really a cautionary tale that interested me and captivated me the way it captivated everybody else. it's not too hard to imagine where we might be headed and that there's... there's... you know, there's seeing entertainment devolve into spectacle which becomes the instrument of political control fascinated me. and then underneath this there was this girl struggling to be human and preserve her humanity and how human can you be in the face of a dehumanizing process and they were all ideas which interested me in this novel that my kids and everybody else's kids were just lov

also this morning a woman hospital under arrest after smashing into a fire hydrant in pleasantville less than a contra costa boulevard police said car went out of control to a hydrant and land on top of a parked vehicle there police arrested: this on suspicion of dui but they say they don't think she was speeding. >>> there is actually a video of the event from the hotel nearby issues are going offered in the car going on the fire hydrant at a moderate speed of 30 mi. per hour. >>> after the accident she complained of internal pain and she's not the medical center also there was a dog inside the car at the time of the accident but he was not hurt. we're today is the final day for free medical and dental care of a temporary clinic in oakland. the service is wrapping up and said the east side of the oakland coliseum of all places, and national volunteer group called remote area medical using local professionals were willing to donate their time to help people up. but that by the end of today that more than 35 and people will have adequate health insurance will get treatment. starting tomor

in pleasantville, cbs five. >> we would all keep working because we have story's coming in. >> i would buy my own high- definition doppler radar and have it in my house. good evening everyone, it is our high-definition doppler radar located on top of mount vaccaville. you can see the precipitation in the bay area. the backside of the front is stepping through the north bay after saturating portions of it all day long. we have seen pockets of yellow, that is a moderate downpour. as we go further downstream we see that we have plenty of precipitation from south san fransisco into san mateo. because of all this, three and half hour delays on its flights at sfo. we have light rain fall in the santa clara valley where all day long said " what rain? ". the bulk of the day was dry until 3:30 p.m.. here in the east bay, this corridor is always hazardous when wet but behind me we have pockets of heavy rain around oakland international airport. but no reports of delays. the bottom line is that we have had a soaking today but 12 mi. to the west of hillsborough has picked up 5 in. of rain. santa r

the city of pleasantville designate an area for an emergency shelter. one proposed spot is on the concord hill border. where the facility would be too close to a park and elementary school. we are very concerned that this area might become a hangout for people who are homeless. it has been in the past. >> i believe in homeless shelters and i don't have a problem if you know, if it is in our backyard. >> pleasant hill's planning commissioner would not comment on camera but said nothing is decided yet. a study session is scheduled for march 27th. a public hearing is going to be completed. >>> whether they should use wireless devices during meetings. a councilman read staff reports off his personal ipad last month. the democrat reports there were concerns about transparency and what constitute as public record. local governments are divided over the issue while some city's restrict messages in meetings. they provided members with ipads. >>> your time now is 720 p. after decades of holding out hope. one last home in a hawaii subdivision is swallowed up by l

>> i love pleasantville as much as t"the hunger games".nomena to all this but you're attached to all of them. >> all of them? >> yes, of snook when yu look at this move and its appeal to kids, was there a sense you could go so far but not further? did you have to edit yourself at all? >> only for the purpose of the actual story telling. it wasn't annish of restramt for ratings purposes. this was shot from her point of view, so the perception of the violence is what counts. it's how she sees and feels this. it isn't popping wide. i don't need to luridly show some blood bath. >> fortuitous violence, but it is kids killing kids. >> yes, but it is her perception of what's going on around her. in other words, i don't need to pop wide and show the petal of waterloo. i need to know what she's feeling all around her. it was fortunate in that respect. >> no. and you certainly took us there. you did. i thought your choice of shots was very interesting because a lot of times there were really, tight, tight shots that i felt i was with jennifer, katni