c-span: now married to george putnam. guest: now married to george putnam. it had always bothered her that -- that she hadn't flown the plane herself and that she was so much in the public eye and everybody attributed things to her that she thought she hadn't earned. and she was always a -- i mean, she was -- she had a very serious side, although she didn't let it show all that much. but she wanted to earn her spurs. she felt she hadn't. so she decided -- it was something -- everybody was calling it the lindbergh trail. every woman in -- really, every woman flier wanted to do what lindbergh had done and be the first woman to solo the atlantic. and no -- there hadn't been any -- in fact, nobody had gone -- had flown the atlantic alone after lindbergh, man or woman. but the women, particularly, were on the lindbergh trail and there were quite a few american women who had planes and were trying. one woman, ruth nichols, an american from rye, new york, had actually tried and she had crashed before she ever got up to newfoundland. and there were a couple of other

that happened a half hour ago, gary road and putnam boulevard.ptured some of those flames. no injuries reported the cause is under investigation. >> three uc berkeley grads accused of ease by imagine in iran have pleaded not guilty. the third defendant was released from the iranian prison in september. >> civil rights lawsuit involving a bay area school heads to court today. last cinco de mayo. students at live oak schools were told to remove their american clothes or go home traffic and weather coming right up ,,,,,, ♪ ♪ express yourself ♪ ♪ express yourself ♪ ♪ oh, do it ♪ oh, do it ♪ express yourself ♪ hey [ female announcer ] coffee is like life. it's better when you add your flavor. coffee-mate, from nestle. >>> good morning out to berkeley, two car accident blocking at least one lane possibly two. it is jammed up in the area. if you are heading towards the bay bridge toll plaza, a picture taken a couple moments ago, traffic light. even though metering lights are on. backed up down the east shore freeway. carcenas bridge to the maze. it is e

it happened this morning at a water pumping station near putnam boulevard. you can see the fire is smoldering of the transformer. it knocked out power to several homes nearby and neighbors say it sounded like a plane had crashed. >> it was a high-pitched sound. i was just waiting for the impact. then i started hearing like lu of smoke. >> they say the water pumps were not damaged and it had no impact on water service. the pump is generally used only in the summer when the demand is high. >> newly released records revealed that pg&e boosted the pressure in a pipeline shortly before they considered that segment of the pipeline to have the highest risk of failure than any other in the bay area. they spiked the fremont to livermore line in june 2009 even though they neu knew some sections were 80 years old. pg&e responded saying the pressure on the fremont line was still below the maximum level. >>> san francisco investigators say an overnight fire that burned two apartment buildings is apparently unrelated to last week's stream of arson fires in the same genera

it happened this morning at a water pumping station near putnam boulevard. you can see the fire is smoldering of the transformer. it knocked out power to several homes nearby and neighbors say it sounded like a plane had crashed. >> it was a high-pitched sound. i was just waiting for the impact. then i started hearing like crackling. i saw a huge plume of smoke. >> they say the water pumps were not damaged and it had no impact on water service. the pump is generally used only in the summer when the demand is high. >> newly released records revealed that pg&e boosted the pressure in a pipeline shortly before they considered that segment of the pipeline to have the highest risk of failure than any other in the bay area. they spiked the fremont to livermore line in june 2009 even though they neu knew some sections were 80 years old. pg&e responded saying the pressure on the fremont line was still below the maximum level. >>> san francisco investigators say an overnight fire that burned two apartment buildings is apparently unrelated to last week's stream of ars

. >> reports of an explosion near putnam and north maine.oint it looks like a transformer that exploded. smoke coming from it can see from 680. this is causing an driving hazard. public work crews are on the way. we have alive crew in the route as well. no word on injuries or heard. all we can say right now again based on word in from traffic desk which is in contact with the agencies in the area above yours as well. same in explosion, at this point transformer explosion. between putnam and north maine. it's all like the structure of pureed. we hope to get a better idea of where in our next update. >> wikileaks thunder is in court to fight extradition over sexual all allegations appeared this is him arriving in court. he is accused by two women he met in stockholm sweden. they're trying to extradite him for questioning. defense said he should not be extradited because he is not been charged with the crime, and because of flaws in the case. two days of hearings under way to btoday. >> western australia to giant fires have nevebeen burning sin

at the end of the day, uses, as i said it earlier, in emeryville, and development that got a lead putnam award, has a lead market, theaters, restaurants, a mixed use, that this site deserves. in san francisco, we have done theaters and restaurants, again, combined with historic buildings, such as 1000 van ness. at the end of the day, the trick to this will be the financial commitment to getting this thing approved through the different agencies, designed properly and ultimately to poke a tenant from the bay area or san francisco. we have done deals with sales z forcesales zynga, microsoft, and the like, but this will appeal to the whole bay area. which is why we feel the sobrato partnering was a fabulous opportunity for us, for the city, and ports. with that, we are very excited about this project. this is sort of a culmination of what we do. pier 70 would be a highlight of our company and the sobrato organization as well. thank you for your time. thank you. all but three seconds. >> port city is next. i think this is what you walkew. >> good afternoon and thank you for giving us the opp

>> on the unsecured creditors aside, the biggest one is the penguin putnam group which is i believe isowed 41 million. after that the big six publishers. for example, simon & schuster is owed 33 million, random house is owed somewhere around the mid-30 million range. harpercollins, mcmillan and so on and so forth. i believe the only publisher that has issued a statement is penguin. others have stayed mum with respect to what's happening. and, of course, there are the larger secured creditors which are bank of america which show the credit agreement. they are owed almost 200 day. i do the ge capital is owed almost 50 million off of their own agreement as well. so they have to pay off the banks. have to pay off the big was -- the biggest publishers. so all told i believe orders owes or 300 or so to get as an aside to figure how they're going to get paid. >> can in your view borders emerge from bankruptcy, or with its remaining stock of stores et cetera become a profitable company? >> i think it would be wonderful to see them emerge as a smaller or problem to be. i also believe that many

this is live look from sky7hd around geary road and putnam boulevard.fighters are at the scene where the blaze is smoldering. no word yet on the cause or if there are any injuries. several utility customers may be affected. let's go to megan about the traffic situation. >> geary road was closed between putnam and north main, but five minutes ago they have opened the road to traffic so no road closures that you need to be aware of. live looking in walnut creek, commute southbound 680. north main exit, do expect delays going into san ramone valley. >> thanks a lot. a chilly morning. twizzlers. the twist you can't resist. >>> temperatures much cooler this morning, 53 in san francisco, we'll drop about 8-15 degrees but still be above average with clouds and breeze this afternoon. mid to upper 50s away from the coast. ♪w 60s. ♪ i wanna hold your hold i wanna hold your hand ♪ ♪ i wanna hold your hand hand hand ♪ [ applause ] >>> that's a tribute to the beatles. it's a new show called "rain." on broadway right now. the fab four have never looked better. they'r

>> guest: well, on the unsecured creditor side, the biggest one is the putnam group owing $41 million. other publishers, for example, one is out 33 million. random house is out somewhere around the mid-$30 million range. i think the only publisher issuing a statement is penguin. others have stated mum with respect to what's happening, and, of course, there are the larger secured creditors which is bank of america which held a credit agreement. they are owed $200 million, and ga capital is owed $50 million off their own agreement as well. they have to pay off the banks, the biggest publishers, and landlords want what they can as well as additional creditors they owe $300 million to venders, and they still have to figure out how they are going to get paid. >> host: can borders emerge from bankruptcy with its remaining stock of stores, ect. and become a profitable company? >> guest: it would be wonderful to see them emerge as a more profitable cut company. i believe that many of the factors have enabled them to go into bankruptcy may not be kind and forgiving. to my mind, there's a littl

>> guest: well, on the unsecured creditors side, the biggest one is the penguin putnam group which ibelieve is going 41 million. after that most of the major big publishers, for example simon & shuster, 33 million random house is owed somewhere around the mid-30 million range, harpercollins, mcmillan and so on and so forth. i believe the only publisher that has issued a statement is penguin. others have stayed mom with respect to what is happening. and of course there are the larger secured creditors which are bank of america, which held a credit agreement. they are still owed almost 200 million. i believe ji capital is owed 50 million off of their own tranche agreement as well so they have to pay off the banks. they have to pay off their biggest publishers and of course landlords are trying to get whatever they can as well as additional creditors. so all toldorders boze about 300 or so billion dollars to vendors and they still have to figure out how they are going to get paid. >> host: can in your view orders emerge from bankruptcy or with its remaining stock of stores etc., profita

but it is interesting how robert putnam the famous sociologist at harvard, who wrote the report and later the book, bowling alone about social isolation in america had been working for a number of years on assessing the impact of diversity on civic engagement and democratic for dissipation. he did not like the results he got. essentially, he said that it places with the most diversity in america where those with the lowest levels of social trust, the lowest levels of social engagement. people tended to hunker down and basically became couch potatoes. they didn't go out and go to the local cake sale or join the rotary or the knights of columbus or whatever have you. community life withers and people tend to hunker down in order to escape the friction that develops and excessively diverse places. yet, the times promotes diversity as an aggressive creed and this is not just diversity as a personnel possibly -- policy but diversity is the demographic reality. you have charles pelot one of the columnists who says to the tea party you want your country back but you are not going to get it, welc

>> guest: well, on the unsecured creditors side, the biggest one is the penguin putnam group which ilieve is owed 41 million. after that the major publishers. for example, simon & shuster, the 33 million and random house is owed somewhere around the 30 million arrays -- harpercollins and so on and so forth. i believe the only that is issued a statement and the others that stayed mum with her site to what is happening of course they are the larger secured creditors which are bank of america which held the credit agreement. they are still owed almost 200 billion. i believe g8 capital is owed almost 50 million off of their own

>> well, on the unsecured creditors side the biggest one is the penguin putnam group which i believeis owed 41 million. after that most of the big six publishers, for example, simon & schuster; 33 million, random house is owed somewhere around the mid 30 range, harpercollins, mcmillan, so on and o forth. i believe the only o publisher that has issued a statement is penguin. others have stayed mum with respect to what's happening. and, of course, there are the larger secure creditors which are bank of america which held a credit agreement. they're still owed almost 200 million. i believe ga capital also is owed about 50 million off of their own tranche agreement as well. so they have to pay off the banks, their biggest publishers, and, of course, landlords are trying to get whatever they can as well as additional creditors. so all told i believe borders owes about 300 or so million to vendors, and they still have to figure out how they are going to get paid. >> can, in your view, borders emerge from bankruptcy or with its remaining stock of stores, etc., become a profitable company? >

>> well, on the unsecured creditor side the biggest one is the penguin putnam group which i believe is owed $41 billion. the major six publishers. simon schuster is owed 70 million and harpercollins, mcmillan and so on and so forth. i believe the only publisher that has issued a statement is penguin. others have stayed mum with respect to what's happening. and, of course, there are the larger secured creditors which are bank of america which held a credit agreement. they're still owed 200 million. i believe ga capital is owed also owed 21 million off their tranche agreement as well. they have to pay off their banks and their biggest publishers and landlords are trying to get whatever they can as well as additional creditors. so all told, i believe borders owes about 300 or so million to vendors. and they still have to figure out how they're going to get paid. >> can in your view borders emerge from bankruptcy or with its remaining stock of stores, et cetera, become a profitable company? >> i think it would be wonderful to see them emerge as a smaller, leaner profitable company and i be

it's interesting that robert putnam that wrote "bowls -- bowling alone" about social isolation has been working on a number of years about the impact of diversity on civic engagement and democratic participation. he did not like the results that he got. essentially, he said that it -- it places with the most diversity in america were those with the lowest level of social trust, the lowest levels of social engagement. people tended to hunker down and basically became couch potatoes. they didn't go out and go to the local cake sale or join the rotarian -- rotary or the knights of columbia or what have you. people hunker down, and yet "the times" promotes diversity as a breed, not just as a policy, but demographic. we have charles blow who is saying to the tea parties, you want your country back, but you are not going to get it. welcome to america, the remix. i think it's that demographic triumphism, and that diversity and the cult of ethnicity that is not only bad for our democratic life, but it's bad for progressivism itself and i could enumerate that and i hope to write about this more.

. >>> that fire that marla told you about is off 680, geary is reopened between putnam and hall, mighthis. >>> at 8:28 now, people in san mateo should be cautious when picking up the phone today, telephone scammers have conned a handful of elderly people into wiring money abroad. suspects pretend to be grandchildren in need of money and even a lottery official. hang up immediately on suspicious callers and report the incident immediately to san mateo officials. >>> wll bee back at 8:56. see you then. >>> 8:30 >>> 8:30 now on this monday morning, february 7, 2011. not a bad morning to do some sightseeing here in manhattan. we have a great group kicking off their day with us in rockefeller plaza. i'm meredith vieira alongside matt lauer, ann curry, and al roker. just ahead, the power of the first lady when it comes to fashion. whether they like it or not, the president's wife always becomes the symbol of women in america. find out what makes michelle obama an everyday icon of style. >>> also ahead, an exhaustive new report in "the new yorker" magazine on the church of scientology. they'v

during the coming month, i'll be working with adam putnam who wrote a letter i'll be entering into the record who says this will impact 14,000 jobs in florida. i'm also willing to work with the florida department of environmental protection and other concerned state and federal agencies to develop a plan that can be agreed upon by all parties. we cannot allow an unaccountable e.p.a. to act dictatorial in this issue that afingts every floridian. until the e.p.a. is willing to consider florida's unique needs and economy this regulation must not go into effect. a recent poll shows that 68% of floridians do not want this washington, d.c., mandate. dozen os job creators and sorks as well as 60 organization including the chamber of commerce and the farm bureau have sent letters to congress to oppose this mandate. mr. chairman, i urge my colleagues to support this amendment and i reserve. the chair: the gentleman's request will be covered under general leave. the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? mr. moran: i rise to claim the