this is a look at the press conference that should begin any minute now. here is what we have learned so far. state and federal regulators have ranked the gas line that ruptured as high risk because it ran through a highly populated area we already knew one of the people who died in that blast was 44-year-old jacquelin greg who worked for the california public utilities commission. at the time of her death she was working on plans to upgrade another risky section of that same gas line 2 1/2 miles away. this new information raises several new questions of pg&e and federal regulators. we are working to get answers to those questions. we have new information tonight on the victims. investigators uncovered two more bodies in the rubble this afternoon. that brings the total number of people killed to six. nearly 60 others were injured and four are in critical condition tonight. the president sent his condolences today to the governor and we are waiting for this press conference to begin with federal regulators in san bruno. let's go to vicki wynn who was at the

everyone wants to run against the press.e are -- candidates of either stripe pick and choose where they're going to take their stand. >> they control access to the press. but to say i'm not going to talk about the -- not talk to the national media at all is a new one in terms -- >> you're right. that is new. essentially they don't just do it. >> they don't announce it. that was the -- >> that was the campaign strategy. >> the press conference -- >> right. this is the strategy, to announce that you're running again the press. i have a feeling you'll see that in a democratic candidate, too. progressives don't feel particularly loved by the media. i think you can run as a progressive candidate against the mainstream media as you run as a tea party candidate. >> as you know, bill marr had been reliesing tapes from christine o'donnell from his "politically incorrect" show in the '90s. they did another on friday. take a look. >> evolution -- ever solution a myth, and even darwin himself -- >> evolution is a myth. >> yeah, you know

when "press here" continues. dra" when "press here" continues. done somewhere else. k ne [ male announcer ] fiorina shipped jobs to china. and while californians lost their jobs, fiorina tripled her salary. bought a million dollar yacht. and five corporate jets. i'm proud of what i did at hp. [ male announcer ] carly fiorina. outsourcing jobs. out for herself. [ barbara boxer ] i'm barbara boxer and i approve this message. >>> welcome back to "press here." there is a famous margaret mead quote about how a group of people can change a lot of individuals. but my next guest, author of "the dragon fly effect" would probably amend that quote by saying can change social media. his wife and coauthor is a stanford business professor and, in fact, the book is based on her popular class, called "the power of social technology". laura seidel of mpr. let me start with a question that i even warned you i was going to -- and i don't normally give away my questions, but i thought it was such a tough question, i thought i would warn you about this. well, duh, is my question. isn't t

the press pass is your license to report the truth.o tell the viewer what it is that he or she was not able to be in front of, to be a witness to. and we are there, their representatives, for an event that happens. so to lower that expectation, that license, is to lower, again, a part of democracy, which is a full, you know, one of the elements of a full democracy is a complete, complete freedom of the press. and if you start watering it down, and in different degrees for different reasons, then i think we're diminishing what the founding fathers intended for the freedom of the press. >> very well put. let me lighten the mood a little bit. and i think this question is timely, given what's happening in arizona. tell us real quickly, if you can, the story when you decided to go back and help your buddies pick some crops and the border patrol arrived. >> i was picking pears where great america is today, and ins agents showed up, and started -- you know, with all due respect to those immigration agents who are reputable, the ones who showe

those are not official fatalities. >>> next update coming out of this press conference.will have another one at 2:00 p.m. >> to talk about homes, and services provided for those who still need shelter. >>> on to other news yesterday, the 9/11 anniversary played a major role at least at one annual bay area event members of armed services along with local fire and chief watched through the mountain view food and wine festival. they wanted to honor the hero ofs of 9/11. some were humbled by the honor. >> we are not here res we are just doing our job. >> the heros are those who have fallen we shouldn't forget them we are honouring you to at that >> chef >> members of the u.s. army, air fort, marine and coast guard. >>> time for a check of weather. yet los beautiful, will the chef >> gorgeous day in and around the bay, a few more clouds than another, summer like fall weather pattern. as we see a few more clouds sneaking through the folden gate spreading throughout the bay. lots of afternoon sunshine temperature wise a couple degrees cooling as we see cloud cover over the goad

he began to find it at friday's press conference. chris: he's got to sell the people between now and people when they vote and say the reason you're not getting your tax cut extended is because those republicans are nil bustering this. but republicans -- filibustering this but republicans have a reputation of cutting taxes and they're not in power. >> he's trying to turn the argument in that direction. the public is enraged and the energy behind the tea party movements is anger at the rich people on wall street who did these terrible things and got a bailout. if he could tap into that chris: there is a populous potential. >> there is. the democrats' problem is they've become the party of responsibility on fiscal mearlts. they're the party of wall street. chris: why doesn't he go out against the big oil companies that almost ruined the gulf of mexico, the wreet companies that were doing that cowboy business up on wall street, almost killed the american economy. >> they tried that after the scott brown election. but it's not natural to

we have press help writing press releases for them. there is a real value there. if you have a microsoft or even adobe that come back and launches at demo. it's not just startups. they want the strong production values. if you were going to market with a product and you need to get market share, jeremy liew who was just on with playdom and asked why he didn't hold out longer, because he lost to zinga. that's the front runner. this is the time where speed is of essence. you have to move quickly. you have to grab market share as quickly as you can. why not get to a conference where you have 100 reporters, not just you guys, but hundred reporters and have it propagated to the world immediately. that's what we offering. $18,000 doesn't sound too bad in that context in my view. >> there's the ability with the internet now to get a lot of popularity very fast. there are -- i can't think of a startup off the top of my head that starts one day and is talked about the next. it goes that fast. how do conferences deal -- i mean conferences in general, not just demo conferenc

all right, and, you, this guy-- you're the one who told the press.r. i saw it, and i also saw a quicktime movie of your little printer fire test on your hard drive. this guy's the snitch. he's the snitch. so that's it. check it out. - we're gonna believe that guy? - when i was growing up, there was nothing better than being a big ol' business tycoon. - mm. - and i thought i'd break that glass ceiling. i'd be a hero to all those little girls out there... and they'd make a barbie out of me. - hmm. - i hate that i sell cheap printers. i do. but if i have to go out there in front of the press and make one of them public-apology recalls, i mean... that's all i'll ever be remembered for. nobody will want to play with my barbie. - you know, i would be willing, under the right circumstances, to do that for you. - oh, honey, surely you don't want that. - i-i surely do. and don't call me honey. [both laugh] airplane ii. - i'm about to buy this building, you know. - you don't say. i own a 1/8 share on a rental property down in pittston. - well, i'm 1/8 proud of

he talked to the press in the archives when we were. there i wouldn't at this point bet against them, but i should point out that we have a program of hosted distinguished citizens. we're getting started if they're here in the u.s. they ought to come to the archives to look at some of the records of american history. >> you've also familiar with the role of heads of state. president bush gave a speech this week to prepare the population a realistic speech that was almost tinged with a little bit of not pessimism but indicating that our commitment, financial and military is going to be more prolonged than some people think. do you think he was successful in galvanizing a mess user support for himself? >> john, the archivist of the u.s. runs a nonpolitical totally professional operation. nonpart san. once a year i have the privilege of making a few comments and that will go on the fourth of july. those who would like to hear my comments are going to have to come to the archives. >> whales are you going to do -- whales are you going to do

so, i intend also for the consumption of the press, i intend to have regular press conferences. i'm looking forward to having weekly press conferences where we talk about the issues. i will be happy to answer questions as best i can. and i think it will facilitate us being able to, once again, being able to demonstrate we are open to an open and transparent administration. because i'm sure the press will work hard to help us get the word out of what is going on in our administration. and so finally, i want to finish where i started and that's i want to thank all the people who came together to make this possible. it was a long night last night. there was a celebrator moment, of course, and we had people here in the hotel until the wee hours, 4:00 or five welcome in the morning celebrating what i think was a great victory for the people of the city. once again, i want to thank the people and those that came together to make this campaign successful. we started this journey formally on march 30th an then officially had a kickoff on april 24th. not a great deal of time but obviousl

accusations of press bias have led to an explosion in media watchdog groups. they used to mostly have the power of the pen if they existed at all, but the internet has made monitoring, fact-checking, video compilation easier than ever. the groups are on both sides of the partisan divide. ask dan rather about that. can it keep the press corps on its toes? sonya has a few sites to show us on this. sonya? >> frank, a couple of sites that are on the left and the right that are critics of the media. first up, fairness and accuracy in reporting, or fair--it's a liberal media watchdog organization that offers documented criticisms of what they see as conservative media bias. you can access their works on a variety of different media platforms. the website fair.org e-mails a newsletter, and fair publishes a print edition of their magazine "extra," but you can use their online resources to read some of the articles going as far back as 1987. you can also use their web site to find out where their radio program "counterspin" is playing or listen to a podcast. fair is us

including press conference. we'll have more coverage. we're back. pg&e is expected to inspect the damage. we're trying to figure what building the road will do. pg&e has holes $1 billion byron insurance to cover incidents like this explosion however the l.a. times reports that that might not be enough money. an investigation finds that there negligent. day it smelt gas that area the days to get to the and the eight were viewing and contacts to seal the gas well. >> we have the ability to go back and catalog and now that (inaudible) >> documents by the associated press said pg&e it submitted paperwork about 2 1/2 miles away >> one of the positive stories in the middle of this catastrophe was the community reaction of helping and in all forms of this tragedy. many agencies and volunteers take their we can to help those in need. >> (inaudible) for the people have lost so much of an impact of well this. >> not as good but blood. you want to help with the urging you to donate blood. to limit the number on your screen. get in touch with them the number is

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topping our news this noontime we're waiting the start of a pg&e press conference in san bruno for an update into the cause of that deadly san bruno explosion. we do have team coverage on several develop stories in san bruno now. what you're looking at is a live briefing inside that senior center are residents who lost their homes. ktvu's christian katharine is there but first we'll go to ktvu's craig devereaux. >> the investigation is moving outward from ground zero on glen wood drive. a pg&e news conference as you mentioned just about to get underway at a fire station in san bruno on el camino real. this morning very important work is being done this morning on glenview drive. pg&e cut into three pieces of that ruptured gas line and put it on a truck. next stop is the ntsb headquarters in washington, d.c. this afternoon we've got something investigators might need too. it's a videotape of last thursday's deadly explosion. >> when i got here probably was half hour after the incident by the time i -- i still can feel the heat and the roar of the fire. >> reporter: the tape also shows

yet he will have a press conference after that 8:00 a.m. service.o do you have any thoughts on how bishop long is handling these allegations in such a public way when he's the leader of a mega church, when it seems as though his word would be out there for his congregation to hear, yet now many of his i guess followers who are outside the church won't be able to hear him immediately respond to those allegations. any thoughts on that? >> i think bishop long, being a savvy professional leader that he is, and he knows that he has to control the message, control the brand. there's no better place to control your message than at your own church, where people love you, where there's going to be support and applause. i think we have to watch for the tone in the sermon and the way bishop long approaches this. because if he wants to survive, he's going to have to make a fervent, rigorous attempt, so i think his tone, his temperament, if he's defiant, cocky as he usually tends to be, we're going to have a long fight. if he decides to step down, if he comes wi

all i had with these press reports. as i was about to go into this event at the hotel, was handed a telephone by someone at the embassy. the telephone on the other and was hand -- held up to a television where the president was saying something to the effect that this act of terrorism will not stand. he used the phrase, "will not stand." i turned to my colleague from the pentagon and said that was exactly what the president's father said when saddam hussein invaded kuwait. he was not famous for coining phrases. he made one or two. "no new taxes" was one of them. [laughter] i remember his extremely strong and and characteristic statement that the invasion of kuwait would not stand. a said to myself it was a remarkable coincidence the president would use precisely that phrase. it was a phrase that connoted war. i still did not confirm anything to the press. the president's statement made it clear that something terrible had happened in new york. what happened then was my team spent the evening -- it is a typical thing in

you can find it at nbc bay area.com, and as tracy grant reported, a press conference at 8:00. we will put the latest information up for you as soon as we get it. >>> also new this morning, daly city police are looking into a shooting near the cal palace. those shots rang out around 1:00, and police say they think the shooting was connected to an event at the cal palace. we are working to get more details for you. rapper juvenile performed last night, and a motorcycle group called the bay area desperado sponsored the event. >>> we know at least one person is dead after a driver went the wrong way on highway 101 in san mateo. the chp tells us the accident happened around 3:00 this morning. apparently, the driver went the wrong way on 101, and we're told at least seven vehicles are involved, including a limousine and a motorcycle. california highway patrol closed 101 in both directions for more than an hour while they investigated that crash. >>> also new this morning, we are trying to find out more about a shooting at a berkeley b.a.r.t. station. the shooting happened at the ash

and -- >> joe, you said he handed some sort of a press release before he even started? >> reporter: yes, there was a page and a half press release, it was iraq at rambling at points. he draw attention to the fact that high-rises are vulnerable to terrorism and second to draw attention to cancer which he apparently had a personal battle with. >> hmm. >> in the press release he talked about everything from the fact that the "spiderman" creator of the "spiderman" comics, stan lee, has mentioned him in a book, it's -- from that to, you know, having tried in the past to work with police and firefighters to show them how to scale the outside of buildings to rescue them, they thought that that was too dangerous and that in fact they denied him that, and he worries that, you know, another 9/11 happens and people won't be able to escape down fire escapes. >> joe, i want to give you an update, you're on the ground, he is 60 floors above you. he got to the ledge, there is a formulas wind break around part of that building, an outdoor patio. now he has to get the suckings cups back

>> reporter: he did so on "meet the press." he called barack obama, then of course the senator, a transformational figure. he's not really backing away, he's saying let's wait and see, i did it in election year, i made the endorsement which incidentally angered people within his republican party. i'm going to wait and see. let's at least guest past these midterms. and when that election year does come up, we'll look at both nominees and make his decision. but it was interesting, alex, because he had a lot of advice that he wanted to offer president obama. no one needs to be reminded of his standing in the polls. the situation that democrats are facing on capitol hill. and while colin powell endorsed a lot of the initiatives that the president has undertaken like health care reform, although he does think there needs to be tweaks to that, he advice on other ways the president could regain his popularity. >> i think he has lost some of the ability to connect that he during the campaign. and it is not just me picking on the presid

press the number one for yes, press the number two for no. i'll bring you the results later on in the show and i don't mean to be tough on the president. hey, we have to buck up, get after it, be inexcusable not to get involved. i get all of that. but mr. president, from a lefty, and from someone who has done a lot of town hall meetings, i really do, i think you need to talk straight to the unemployed, a special message that, whereas the congress has given up on them, you haven't. it'll make a difference. joining me now is senator who is fighting for the 99ers from rhode island, senator sheldon whitehouse. good to have you with us tonight. >> thanks, ed. thanks for what you're doing. >> well i think it's important to speak to 15 million americans who don't have a job that are wondering, now where do we go? what would you say to those people? >> i think we need to keep fighting as har as we can. i think that you've identified the issues very well. the thing that's most upsetting about all of this is hearing the folks on the other side say you

the occ was an important part of that press conference. the chief honored us with his presence, along with the youth commission and sunset youth service. we issued a brochure. the brochures are in different languages. it is released by the commission. the commission in 2008 passed a general order in support of this. for the last couple of years, community-based organizations have met with the department to implement policy. one of the key pieces is making sure that community members understand what the policy is about. it boils down these have the documents into a two-page document that is translated to be available at district stations, on mthe sfpd website. it was a good turnout. it was at the clark referral center. that was also a great opportunity for the media and community to learn more about clark, which has been around for 10 years but moved to a new facility. i want to make sure i think sandra at the occ. she was very important. president marshall: would you mind sharing a little bit? thank you very much. any comments? >> i have t

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the danish cartoonish was honored in a ceremony dedicated to the freedom of the press. chancellor angela merkle spoke in defense of the controversial decision. >> his reinforced bathroom probably saved his life early this year. a radical muslim wielding an ax broke into his house. he has received several other death threats. the reason? cartoons he drew five years ago. in one of them, the profit mohammed is wearing a turban with a lit fuse. when a danish newspaper published them, it touched off violent protests throughout the muslim world. he remains under constant police protection. at the palace outside berlin, the 75-year-old artist received a media prize for his defense of freedom of speech and freedom of expression. chancellor clarke praised him for his steadfastness. -- chancellor merkel pron for his steadftness. >> europe is a place were an artist can draw like this. europe is also a place where freedom of belief, religion, and respect are valuable. >> the cartoonist said the 2005 drawing was only one out of thousands. >> now this cartoon has its own life. it is

let's talk about what we heard earlier this morning in a press briefing. that's what they announced a four deaths and injuries to -- rather 52 patients in the hospital. that was according to the county. that number could change in this conference. i see the acting governor walking to the microphone. let's take this press conference now. >> as we wind down the day and its been a long day for us, i want to start by saying that 24 hours ago we had a major explosion and a fire here. we are still at 37 destroyed homes, 7minor and moderate homes damaged. as of now we still have four deaths. law is still looking at the missing person reports to help us if are anymore deaths. we have done our preliminary search, that's complete. we still have a lot of work to do. there are still a lot of hazards at the site. we still have a lot of hot areas. we just came back. is still a lot of smoldering and in those cases we can't get the dogs into check. i still want everybody to know that as much as we want to let folks go back to their homes the area is still a very dangerous

the danish cartoonish was honored in a ceremony dedicated to the freedom of the press. chancellor angela merkle spoke in defense of the controversial decision. >> his reinforced bathroom probably saved his life early this year. a radical muslim wielding an ax broke into his house. he has received several other death threats. the reason? cartoons he drew five years ago. in one of them, the profit mohammed is wearing a turban with a lit fuse. when a danish newspaper published them, it touched off violent protests throughout the muslim world. he remains under constant police protection. at the palace outside berlin, the 75-year-old artist received a media prize for his defense of freedom of speech and freedom of expression. chancellor clarke praised him for his steadfastness. -- chancellor merkel prison for his steadfastness. >> europe is a place were an artist can draw like this. europe is also a place where freedom of belief, religion, and respect are valuable. >> the cartoonist said the 2005 drawing was only one out of thousands. >> now this cartoon has its own life. it

attorney's office, we had a press office. they were in charge of issuing press releases. those press releases extolled the wonderful work we did as prosecutors and it was always headed by the name of the current u.s. attorney who was looking to become a judge. the public defender's office needs to understand, it seems to me, that they are competing in a more complicated world when it comes to the media that existed 10 years ago. if they were a corporation, public defender's offices would have to except they have an image problem. they have a great product that the public does not understand. it seems to me one question we could ask is how can we help the public defender's office get that message out? and it matters. this is not for ego gratification. it matters because you are publicly funded. when it comes down to your budgets, the public defender's office has got to rely on the same funding sources as the presence, prosecutors offices, the courts. as stakeholders at the public trough, it seems to me, through some sort of martyr complex -- which i respect -- that somehow

i am so glad to have for the first time on the show bill press of "the bill press show" on radio. they're nice to have you on the table. back by popular demand, he is helping us out, phil terzian of "the weekly standard," where he is a literary editor. it is a conservative magazine, but it has one of the best book pages in the business. very well written, as you might expect. a book called (it architect of power: roosevelt and eisenhower in the at american century." not only are they worth reading about, but he has managed to write about them in an elegant way. with the use of elegant language. i talked about resetting the future. where do you see america years out? what sort of similar things today -- let me preface this by -- often seminal things are not seen at the time. the introduction of the internet was seminal, for example. do you see our color, structure, changing? >> i must say after your introduction, america without bananas, bees, or bats are nis not worth living in. i am getting depressed. i am a proud american and this is a great country, and people take all day thin

she spaerd on meet the press this weekend. the nbc spn sored event is set spark sdz discussion about what can be done. >> enter stiff forum or teachers, students. michelle, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun. certainly education nation takes a ha look at what works in classrooms around the country and what doesn't. it is the start of a national conversation that many sayis ng overdue. at a town hall kicking off education nati. >> good afternoon and welcome to our teacher town hall. >> reporter: teachers highlighted ways to inspire children ithe classroom. >> all students with learn as long as teachers are committed, passionate. >> there shouldn't be a lottery for a good education. >> controversy for problems and for being made the scape gates for much, much longer of ills in society. a recently polls give a grade of c or lower. 58% believe major chang or complete overhaul is needed. >> we have to educate our way to a better economy. >> the new documentary, waiting for perman, underscores some of the struggles facing