robert edwards the president ceo safeway said, we look forward to working with bob miller and the restof the albertsons team as we proceed to become an even stronger organization. >> i don't like albertsons or lackeys when i go in there. >> it doesn't bother me. >> safeway officials say at this time no safeway stores will close because of the merger. if approved of this deal could become official by the end of the year. >>> go to ktvu.com's web link section to learn more about this deal you will find a link breaking down the specifics of the agreement. >>> the led light show on the western san jose bridge is being turned off this evening for ten minutes. what's being called the blowout started at 7:00 p.m. the ideas to mark the anniversary of the beirut lights and to raise $12 million to keep that our project going for ten more years. >>> the bay area premiere of a movie that remembers a hero on board flight 93. the united flight that crashed in pennsylvania on 9/11. >> the rugby player, the film based on mark bingham's life stories being screened at civic west in san jose. the film di

robert edwards answered that question. >> after the two companies combine our customers will benefit from significant cost saving synergies and a stronger management team. >> reporter: safe way headquartered in pleasantton has 100 locations. it will become the largest retail grocery chain in the u.s. the director of retail management says combining two grocery giants will phase out more middlemen. >> i think efficiency will drive the prices down and i hope shoppers would benefit from the lower prices. >> whenever you have cost cutting or cost-saving measures, it never really seems to make it to the shelf. it's all about the employees. >> reporter: both stores will be owned by sirbrus, a new york based capital management firm and that concerns union management. >> they bought everything in 2006. they sold everything that wasn't nailed down and some stuff that was nailed down. >> reporter: and there were layoffs too. they say streamlining is inevitable. how it takes place will decide the fate of this new grocery store giant. in the east bay, alan wong, abc 7 news. >>> a santa klara bin

. >> the word wants the pattersons thirteen children robert, edward, george, they died year ago i cannot really named the whole family. i am really to books passed this book now. having a little trouble with the names. they all have homes. so it was not necessarily hers. could have belonged to the sons. they wanted his entire family to live with him even when they get married or to keep an eye and everybody. and when they could they get out and built their own home. one of the sons had slaves and sided with the south to be one of the of the sons, the three remaining sons. so it probably was not patsy some. she was sent to their country on one jerome and betsy before they get married, he sends her to the country. and so that might have been the home that he sent her to to get her out of town. meanwhile jerome ghosts of philadelphia and -- of course tries to seduce several women. you know, when you're not near the one you are love love the one you are near. and william gets a letter from someone, an anonymous letter saying do you know what your future son-in-law is like? that is one of the

there was robert, edward, george. there were a couple of girls who died young.can't really name the whole family. i'm really two books passed this book now, so i'm having a little trouble with the names. but they all had homes. so it was not necessarily hers. it could have belonged to the sons. william patterson won his entire family to stay, to live with them even when they got married. wanted to keep an eye on everybody and run their lives. so the sons, when they could come got out and build their own homes. one of the sons had slaves and sided with the south, and one of the other sons sided with the north, of the three remaining sons when the civil war breaks out. so it probably wasn't betsy's home. she was sent to the country home when her father is trying to break up jerome and betsy before they get married. he sends her to the country, and so that might've been the home that he sent her to. to get her out of town. meanwhile, jerome, the weasel, goes to philadelphia and, of course, tries to seduce several women because the you know, when you're not near the

there was robert, edward, george, there was a couple of girls who died young, i can't really name all of the whole family. i'm really two books past this book now, so concern. [laughter] i'm having a little trouble with the names. but they all had homes. so it was not necessarily hers. it could have belonged to -- the sons, william patterson wanted his entire family to stay, to live with him even when they got married. he wanted to keep an eye on everybody and run their lives. and so the sons, when they could, got out and built their own homes. one of the sons sided, had slaves and sided with the south, and one of the other sons sided with the north. of the three remaining sons when the civil war breaks out. so it probably wasn't betsy's home. she is sent to their country home when her father's trying to break up jerome and betsy before they get married. he sends her to the country. and so that might have been the home that he sent her to, to get her out of town. meanwhile, swre roam -- who is a weasel -- [laughter] goes to philadelphia and courts, tries to seduce several women becaus

robert. thanks. >>> coming up, a live with wikileaks founder julian assange. i'll get the latest on edwardnowden and his life. >>> first, president obama holds another phone conversation with russian president vladimir putin about the crisis in ukraine. once again, it is a tale of two readouts. the details on that next on "now." ♪ make every day, her day with a full menu of appetizers and entrées crafted with care and designed to delight. fancy feast. love served daily. but there are some places even mr. clean doesn't want to lug a whole bunch of cleaning supplies. that's why he created the magic eraser extra power. just one eraser's versatile enough to clean all kinds of different surfaces and three times more grime per swipe. so instead of fussing with rags and buckets, you can get back to the great outdoors, which can be pretty great. that's why when it comes to clean, there's only one mr. [ bird screeches ] we still run into problems. that's why liberty mutual insurance offers accident forgiveness if you qualify, and new car replacement, standard with our auto policies. so call liberty

next up, in trenton, missouri, robert is on the line for independents. what you think about edward snowden's speech? caller: i think we should let him speak. fair promised an open and government. backdoorall these conversations and such. we were promised an open and fair transparent government. i don't believe snowden is the traitor. i think he saw the corruption that has been going on and tried to wake america up to it. everyone also watching the story about the malaysian jet that is still on found. hear from the "wall street journal." next call on our topic this morning is isabella in weston, massachusetts on the line for democrats. would like to say that i think edward snowden is a real american hero and he is done our country and the world a huge favor in letting us know what is really going on. criticizingead of for being inn russia, we should probably realize he would be in jail for revealing our secrets here. or we really need to be focusing on is what he has revealed, which is outrageous. i hope that our government will up their actning and abiding by the constitution. host

robert smith, and dave zirin. we've been talking about ncaa and unions. dave, go ahead. you wanted to jump in. >> no, absolutely. this is a social justice issue. dr. harry edwards has called this the civil rights movement of our time precisely because the ncaa operates as a system of black wealth and educational opportunity. if you ask what the northwestern players are asking for, they're not asking for compensation but guarantees of their scholarship and guarantees of health benefits. allison talked about the need for a dialogue. i afree with her. the reason they organized in the first place, they felt like it had been a monologue. they were not getting a seat at the table to have their interests heard. >> robert, you were a buckeye. speak to some of that, from your experiences if you could. >> not just a buckeye, but being a minnesota viking as well. i know that now especially with the way the collective bargaining agreement has changed, the players associated periods in the off season where they have a break, so the players in college football, the demands on their time are even greater than what a professional athlete will go through. you have winter condit

robert walters, the c.e.o. of the recruitment consultancy. >> up next, china's latest manufacturing data heads at a slowdown. we'll be discussing when we return. >> welcome back. this is "countdown." i'm mark barton. >> and i'm anna edwards. we are seeing a slowdown in china. manufacturing p.m.i. fell slightly over the weekend. it is reports to be broken down . reports, plural, isn't it, david? >> it does show -- the trend is becoming more and more clear. good morning, guys, by the way. we have two measures. one looking at manufacturing and one looking at services. let's start with manufacturing. the official one that comes out from the government each month was at 52, an eight-month low. the other from h.s.p. surprisingly showed a contraction, 48.5. in other words, it is the smaller companies that are feeling the pinch more. that's really typically what happens in china when you have access to credit a limb tighter than usual. smaller firms he left hanging. services saw an improvement from january to 55. the chinese new year, one week, the first week of february, that's usually when you get an incress in things like travel and eating out. that was good. good on the services side, a little more worrying as far as manufac

edward perkins writes congress will rip his budget to shreds anyhow. facebook page, follow along with those conversations i facebook.com/cspan. robert wright and on the facebook page this morning. you can join the conversation taking place there. our first call on the line for independent. caller: i would like to see him concentrate on jobs. host: how would you like to see him do that in the budget plan? caller: i think he has an american jobs act or some type of program, infrastructure, etc., etc.. they really need to concentrate on jobs here in the state of pennsylvania. reuters reports obama once of 402 billion dollar plan to repair deteriorating roads and transit projects. they will pay for the tax rates to pay for that. most definitely. caller: our roads are awful. we have a lot of state roads. repair work would really help. where else do you see jobs available besides infrastructure spending? where else do you think the government can help create jobs? caller: i think in the technology,system, private sector. help bringons would about income to a level of being able to take care of your family, cover your living expenses. if t

open up our phone lines on that subject, edward snowden, or the 2015 federal budget which we talked about on today's washington journal. our line for republicans robert, good morning. caller: i wanted to make a comment about the 2015 budget, and the movement for dispense pending. -- defense spending. it is cost effective to transfer personnel and equipment through the guard and reserve, which still maintains the functionality of defending america at almost one third the cost. as far as defense spending, we have options besides eliminating bases and materials, and movie tour personnel structure that can be maintainable into the future. host: our phone lines are open, jim is on our republican line is welcome to use in knoxville, tennessee. good morning. caller: i wanted to comment on the global warming. they started out in 1980 at and band leon, but they only bandit in the capitalist countries can be can still buy the old freon in mexico. a lot of guys who of vintage cars go down there and buy it. what is this, a left wing movement to collect it all 90% are democrats that ban this stuff, like with lead, it is all democrats that are in favor of this. if