. >> woodruff: then professor robert george and attorney jennifer pi sk *rbgser talk abot what's next for same-sex marriage. >> suarez: tom bearden reports from the gulf coast where worries remain even after b.p.'s well was capped. >> they're still cleaning up the beaches but the big question in many people's minds is what happens when the oil stops coming ashore? >> woodruff: from flood-ravaged pakistan, jonathan miller of independent television news has the latest on the scram to believe help those in need of food and helter. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> this is the engine that connects abundant grain from the american heartland to haran's best selling whole wheat, while keeping 60 billion pounds of carbon out of the atmosphere every year. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possi

david ignatius of "the washington post" and our own cokie roberts. georgeill is still on vacation. thank you for joining us. >> you did see the speech friday night about the iftar dinner at the white house. why do you think he said that then? >> he said that then, because he actually believes that. the real question, he doesn't say the next day, but something more. >> do you want to talk about that? >> yes, we do. we are going to put up poll numbers and just show everybody what the poll numbers on this issue. one poll said, when they ask about what people think about the plan to build the mosque, that only 30% say it's appropriate, and 64% say it's wrong. but they say do the muslim group have the right to build the mosque. 61% said yes, and 34% said no. so, i guess, is that, you think, what caused the backtracking, although those poll numbers were out before the speech on friday night? listen to what the president said in the gulf in florida on saturday, yesterday. >> i was not commenting, and i will not comment on the wisdom of making a decision. to put a

. >> from david brinkley, to sam donaldson and cokie roberts, to george stephanopoulos, let's look backheir debuts from the abc news vault. >> from abc news in washington, "this week with david brinkley." we'll have the latest on today's news, and this week, the economic controversy created by president reagan's budget director david stockman. >> i told the president that i would not permit my own careless rambling to a reporter to stand in the way of the success of his presidency. >> now from our news headquarters in washington, david brinkley. >> good morning. we're glad to have you with us. we have a new sunday program for you which we hope you will find useful. we will look at what has been happening, what is happening now and what we can see happening next week. including this week, the success or failure so far of the reagan economic program. and certain indiscretions by the president's budget director, david stockman. a little more serious perhaps than if at a white house dinner he had sipped coffee out of a saucer and eaten the peas with a knife. >> they believed stockman until

we have george will, al hunt, judy woodruff, and robert reich. you all for joining us here today. george, we're going to talk about rod blagojevich later on. but first, president karzai and afghanistan. basically saying there is no reconciliation yet with the taliban. just informal contact. >> and what interesting contacts they must be. what he said to you was, in order to bring the war to a conclusion, he has to convince the taliban, who come in various sorts. those in it for the money, those in it for the convictions. he said he has to bring them to a normal civilian life. surely the fighting is about what should count as a normal civilian life. when the surge began with the president's speech last december, he said our task is to destroy the momentum of the taliban. secretary gates, three sundays ago talking to you, we must degrade the taliban to bring them to the table. now karzai says they must come to the table accepting a most untaliban sense of what they believe normal civilian life should be. >> what do you think about that? i mine, clear

i'm robin roberts. >> i'm george stephanopoulos.ng, a big welcome to new "gma" contributor erin andrews. many of you know her from espn. you know her from "dancing with the stars." you may remember her from her court victory against a stalker. she is going to be talking to other brave stalking victims this morning, fighting for tougher lawyers to protect all victims. >> this is important to erin. we'll talk to her coming up. >>> we begin with two high-profile trials taking place on separate continents. we'll get to the trial involving anna nicole smith in a moment. but first, naomi campbell is trading the runway for the witness stand today in the netherlands. the former supermodel is being forced to testify in the war crimes trial of former liberian leader charles taylor. she'll have to answer allegations that taylor gave her so-called blood diamonds. diamonds he traded for weapons. nick watt is in london with much more on this. good morning, nick. >> reporter: good morning, robin. well, this morning in that dutch courtroom, the wor

george stephanopoulos. >> and all of the prep for it. not just the procedure for it. >> all night long. >> that's right. i'm robin roberts. orge. >>> also this half hour, the way to describe the new housing numbers, the good, the bad and the ugly. whether you're looking to buy or sell. mellody hobson looks at the numbers and what it means to homeowners and buyers. >>> a big announcement last night from dr. laura schlessinger. she is going radio-silent. she had the controversial comments on her radio show last week about race. now, she announced she is going off the air. that will not stop her from speaking out, as well. >>> and this half hour, new details in the case of missing 7-year-old kyron horman. the morning, one of the women reported to be at the scene is breaking her silence. dede spicher says if she thinks her good friend, terri horman was involved. >> reporter: dede spicher spent a lot of time with kyron's stepmom, since the day that kyron vanished. if anyone knows what is going on with her since ten then dede is the one. and she says terri horman did not hurt the 7-year-old. in the interview with "people" magazi

george, know that. that's about three lifetimes. >> okay. robert gibbs, thanks very much. >> thanks, george. >>> tonight, diane sawyer and i will bring you live coverage of the president's address of the nation, starting live at 8:00 eastern. >>> now, ashleigh banfield is in for juju chang with the rest of the news. >> good morning. we want to turn to the war in afghanistan and the surge in violence there. another four americans were killed by a roadside bomb today. 19 service members have lost their lives since saturday in various attacks across the east and the south. >>> a major arrest in the drug war south of the border. edgar valdez villarreal, also known as the la barbie, has been arrested. he is charged with distributing thousands of tons of cocaine. >>> tennis great roger federer was at it again last night. you have to look at this between-the-legs shot, during his first round of the u.s. open. stunning his opponent from argentina, who shrugged his shoulders in surrender. the crowd gave federerer nearly a minute long standing ovation. he en

roberts. >> and i'm george stephanopoulos. it's friday, august 20th. and we have breaking news overnight. the fugitive couple who call themselves bonnie and clyde are captured. gun drawn, defiant to the end. >>> outbreak. the egg recall has been linked to thousands of illnesses. and officials say this is just the beginning. we have the latest on the race to find the source of the salmonella. >>> true courage under fire. these good samaritans risk their lives to save a man from a burning car. look at them run right into the flames. the heroes join us live in a "gma" exclusive. >>> and he only needs one name. grammy winner, usher, takes over central park in our summer concert series. >>> good morning, everyone. we hear there's already a big crowd there at the park. but, george, love waking up to this type of news. >> excellent news. >> yes, it is. a nationwide manhunt ended when those two fugitives were found and caught. ready for a gunfight that fortunately never happened. the drama, as you know, began a few weeks ago. big prison break and a crime spree. possibly a double murder. we'll get

george off this week. next to robin roberts. david muir, can't be. >> are you sure? egin our new health series, with cutting edge technology giving new hope to the blind oop . it lets you see with your tongue. >>> also, school time of year. like the tasmanian devil going through the house. we have tips to clean it up. in the middle of the street. cue the music. we're going to clean up the kitchen and make it easy for you. all coming up. >>> don't look now, there's a falcon over your shoulder. >> sam was so good talking to them earlier. sam's dad, marine. my dad, air force. retired air force colonel. my beloved father was a tuskeged airman. he was a full colonel. i was the one with the afro puffs. he instilled in me the passion for flying. so, we want to recognize it is air force week. fleet week always gets a lot of attention. tell us your name. and what's this about this week? >> my name is katherine class cortez. i'm currently at the air force academy. >> congratulations. >> we're here to support the air force week in new york city. >> what's that going to entail? >

roberts. >> and i'm george stephanopoulos. it's monday, august 16th. this morning, into the fray. president obama under fire for speaking out about plans to build a mosque near ground zero. why did the president step in and will his comments hurt democrats in november? >>> and death behind bars. the so-called craigslist killer takes his own life on what would have been his first wedding anniversary. >>> caught on tape. a man on a cell phone suddenly seized and beaten by police officers who were not fired for their actions. the real story behind the pictures as the victim joins us live this morning in a "gma" exclusive. >>> and a police chase of a different stripe. how a runaway zebra turned one neighborhood into a real zoo. >>> real zoo out there, huh, george? >> nothing is stopping that zoo. welcome back. >> it is great to be back. ready. rearing to go. >> and a lot of news. >> a lot of news as always. a lot of people talking about the comments that the president made over the weekend in support of a muslim's group rights to build a mosque just blocks away from ground zero. we'll

i'm george stephanopoulos. >> and i'm robin roberts. it's monday, august 30th. and this morning, hurricane watch. earl grows rapidly overnight striking the caribbean and now has the east coast in its sights. sam is out tracking the storm for us. >>> vacation is over. as president obama prepares to address the nation on iraq and launch middle east talks, he takes on that nagging question why do more and more americans believe he's a muslim? >> i can't spend all my time with my birth certificate plastered on my forehead. >>> miracle on the tracks. watch as this woman falls with the subway train heading right for her. how she was able to walk away from this alive. >>> and the emmy goes to "modern family." >> it was a family affair at the emmys. "mad men" ruled again too. we have the hits and misses from the red carpet. >>> a great night at the emmys. and it's great to have george back from vacation. >> and it is great to be back. and how happy are you for our friends at "modern family?" >> oh, yeah. >> great night for them. it's good to see good people get rewarded

i'm george stephanopoulos here with elizabeth vargas. robin roberts is off today. >> back to school. >> back to school. we are celebrating this all week or marking it all week. we have a back-to-school series on how you can get savings on clothes and school supplies. we'll show you how to cut your school supplies in half. cut the costs in half. what's great, we'll do it all week long and put everything up on our resource page at abcnews.com/gma. >> it's a big expense every year these families have to do to get their kids ready to go back to school. >>> also this morning, why does the passion go out of a marriage? can it be rekindled? we go behind the bedroom doors of one brave couple who speaks frankly about this most intimate dilemma living in a sexless marriage. it's not just couples with a new baby in the house, but couples who find themselves married for years. >> they're letting us go inside their homes and we'll talk to them tomorrow about it, as well. >>> switching gears a little bit, javier bardem. >> no problem there. >> no problem at all. he's starring in

and i'm david muir, along with robin roberts, in for george. of the air force, can you show emotion? >> they're so -- >> very. >> what was your response when i said that? >> absolutely. >> you said something else. he so said something else. that was the clean version of it. >> great to have you in the studio with us. >>> coming up this morning, the hospitals of the future, robots roaming the halls. i don't know if i want a robot. >> your delivery has arrived. >> hmm. very smooth. >> and 3d technology that will change the face of the hospital. we'll get to the bottom. >>> do you hear the whimpering over there? we have some health tips for your four-legged friends. is chocolate really bad for your little doggy? america's vet, dr. marty becker -- i don't know why i'm talking like this -- is here to do mythbusting on pet dangers. all that ahead. is that the soundtrack? or is that the little one? what's the little one's name, marty? >> romeo. >> romeo. >> romeo and pringle. >> can they be adopted? >> they can. humane society of new york. >> they get

roberts. >> and i'm george stephanopoulos. it's friday, august 6th. this morning, a killer caught on tape. >> so, i just take it into my own hands. and handled the problem. i wish i could have got more of the people. >> why did that connecticut man shoot ten co-workers? clues from his own call to 911. >>> new details from inside the massive school bus accident on a missouri interstate. this young victim tells us about the student hero on the bus, and moments just after the crash. >>> one of president obama's chief economic advisers announces her resignation, as new job numbers come out this morning. is the administration feeling the pressure? >>> finally, a happy ending to a missing child case for this 5-year-old lost in the woods. we talk to the father and son who miraculously discover the young boy. >>> so nice to see one of those stories end well. >> we needed that, didn't we? >> we did. >>> and a lot of news out of washington. one powerful woman in. another one out. president obama's nominee for supreme court justice, elena kagan, has been confirm

i'm george stephanopoulos. >> and i'm robin roberts. it is tuesday, august 17th. and this morning, the great escape. amazing survival stories from a plane that shattered into pieces as it was landing. >> it was just a nightmare. but i think i'm thankful because i'm alive. >> a pregnant survivor story in her own words. >>> democrats divided. the senate majority leader challenges plans for a mosque at ground zero breaking ranks with president obama. is the political fallout just beginning? >>> michael douglas' real-life drama. the oscar winner has a tumor in his throat and is facing weeks of treatment. we'll take a look at what it all means for him. >>> and could losing your cool cost you your health? the new study that says a bad temper is bad for your heart. >>> so there's one more reason to keep a smile on your face. and, boy, the people on that plane crash had a lot of good karma going for them. >> they really did, george. when you look at the wreckage from that crash, you have to wonder how anyone survived. 131 people onboard when the plane crashed, broke into

roberts. >> and i'm george stephanopoulos. it's monday, august 2nd. and this morning the final blow. crews could plug the broken well with mud and cement as early as tonight killing it for good, but questions still out there. how clean is the gulf now? how much damage did that dispersant do? >>> massive manhunt. three convicted murderers make a break from prison. one caught in a shoot-out. two on the run. police desperately search out west. >>> new details from chelsea clinton's wedding from the two gowns to the first dance with dad. we reveal some secrets of the ceremony. >>> and she's out. lindsay lohan is released from prison overnight after serving just two weeks of her 90-day sentence. so what happens to lindsay now? >>> we hope everyone had a great weekend and you had a long one. >> it was a great weekend. lots of pool and beach time and a perfect weekend for a wedding. picture-perfect wedding up in rhinebeck. there's a proud and somewhat teary president clinton walking chelsea down the aisle. we're happy for them and a lot more on the ceremony ahead. >>> one thing not on their

roberts. >> and i'm george stephanopoulos. it's tuesday, august 3rd. and this morning, extreme weather. tropical storm colin forms in the atlantic overnight, as heat stifles the nation. >>> family tragedy. six teenagers drown in a louisiana river, after stepping off a steep ledge from shallow water. >>> wall street rally. the stock market soars 200 points to a 10-week high. but where are the jobs? we ask treasury secretary tim geithner in an exclusive interview. >>> actor charlie sheen pleads guilty. and is a free man despite threatening his wife with a knife. did his celebrity status get him a cush shi decision in court? and ali chooses roberto. was it the right choice? we talk to the new couple. >>> good morning, everyone. a lot of people thought chris was the guy for ali. not to be. >> i don't know. i thought it was love at first sight for that couple. big day for them. we're going to talk to them coming up. >>> also a big day on wall street. huge rally. 200 points on the month. the dow gained 7%. biggest monthly gain of the year. but the bigger question, is it a sign that the broade

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. >> robert like this here with your e-mail questions and we had a question about apple. georgeasking that apple is going to purchase tivo? >> yes, i heard about that too, and there is a page with itunes. and ever since then, that there has spent it is such a great product. and it makes a lot of sense because apple needs to enter the television market. their record operating system, with television, wireless, and really where we're going to go to next. and i personally think that tivo is not worth that much of their technology and a boarding system is worth. >> and user friendly? >> yes,-operating system. and could this happen? absolutely but i to nothing so because it is a 3 year old remark. >> perhaps george was a little bit late. -rumor. and and now has a " question. >> clearly, that person could of been a real-estate appraiser, and to see a lot distressed properties, flip them, six- month, one year for nearly double. >> stillness economic climate? >> yes, and with five and a thousand? and it is the professionals with the cash flow. and to throw down one-half million dollars

roberts. >> i'm david muir. george continues his vacation.ager to move past this. and we're going to try to help her go that. she's going to perform her first single from the album. that's coming up here. >> that will be in our last half hour. >>> but also this morning we launch our "road to recovery" series where we take a very personal journey back to disaster areas such as nashville, tennessee, all leading up to our live coverage to the mississippi gulf coast after five years of hurricane katrina. but this morning we're going to look, a place we both have spent time, and that is haiti. seven months after the devastating earthquake and show you the many ways people are making a difference there every, single day. >> revisiting some of the faces you met on this broadcast six months ago. >> that's true. >>> first this half hour, it's official now. tiger woods and his now ex-wife are divorced. they dissolved their marriage of nearly six years on monday ending nine months of speculation and rumor sparked, of course, by that infamous car crash n

i'm george stephanopoulos. >> and i'm elizabeth vargas. robin robertsig new film "eat, pray love" comes out this week. it's one of the hottest ones on the planet. we'll talk to her on what inspired her to take on the movie. >>> but we do given with actress mia farrow squaring off with supermodel naomi campbell in a courtroom drama about blood diamonds. this sounds like a movie but it's a real war crimes trial and nick watt is in london with more. >> good morning, george. mia farrow is still on the standing piece cross-examined. all of this hinges on exactly what is was said over a star-studded breakfast table that nelson mandela had 13 years ago. listen very carefully. >> reporter: under oath the movie star and the supermodel agreed campbell received an extraordinary gift. >> -- my door. and two men were there. and gave me a pouch and said a gift for you. it was a very small dirty looking stones. >> and they had given her a huge diamond. >> reporter: the crucial question -- was this gift from charles taylor charged with arming vicious rebels in return f

george stephanopoulos. >> and i'm elizabeth vargas. robin roberts is off today.ice for everybody who had the bruising experience of flying recently whether it's rude passengers or cranky flight attendants. >> a lot of air rage on both sides. >> we'll have the latest attempts to rescue five people -- this is an unbelievable story -- they are still stranded on a glacier this morning after their plane crashed in blizzard-like conditions and somehow they survived. >> we are going to get to that. >>> first police are on the hunt for a serial killer they say stabbed at least 20 men in 3 different state since may. the killer appea targeting african-american men and jeremy hubbard spoke to the latest victim to come forward in flint, mi whee jeremy? >> reporter: well, good morning, some 300 tips have poured into michigan state police alone so far and more victims ar forward too including th makn african-american walking alo in the middle of a night when a stranger approaches, asks for help, and then attacks. >> he stabbed me and i hit the ground, i was thinking like i was

george? >> i don't know. >> we tried to, robert sphaoeug -l and i used to write this thing called "ex-presidents" for "saturday night live" and we did write a script about it and the answer to your question in that case was no. (laughter) but they also offered for us to do a landlord movie after "the landlord" came out they talked to us about that and wanted pearl to be in a jackie chan movie and that didn't happen. >> there's just something great about, you know, keeping in the the sketch form and not trying to take it elsewhere. >> so disposable it allows you to be free and try crazy stuff you wouldn't normally do. >> rose: back it all? >> exactly. >> rose: thank you will, great to see you. >> great to see you, too. >> thank you stkpwhr-rbgs my pleasure. is. >> rose: the movie is called "the other guys" august 6. >> this friday. >> you've got to see this thing on friday night. that would be the night to go, wouldn't it? >> perfect. >> or saturday night. >> rose: either one would send a message, wouldn't it? >> go all three nights. >> i'd say just go friday and no one go saturday or sunday and

george. stanley roberts discovers that parents hang around. >> you can do what you want to do.s mean drive in this the panel. it is too it 30 p.m. and the suits have just let out. from 21583 p m. mann drive becomes a parking lot. it literally. what happens is in set of parents a parking up the street and having students what to them. it is not just double parking, it is triple parking. yes, a triple parking. see this school bus? it is waiting for it did drivers were double part to move so the driver can pick up students. as parents scoop up kids the best finally pulls to the school. this year to pick up special student. had to sit here 50 minutes before making it into a parking lot because illegally parked cars. they're all types of unsafe turns and driving habits. blocking a driver's, parents are setting not such a great example for the kids of all in the future. toss in an ice-cream truck and lots of jaywalking students and you can say that man dry becomes quite a mess. impanel i am stanley roberts for kron4 news. >> it, understory idea you can always seem all that people beh

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george stephanopoulos. >> hi. i'm ashleigh banfield, in for robin roberts, who is on assignment this morning. >>> we also have richport on chronic pain. we learn that a popular antidepressant could relief suffering. dr. besser to talk about that in a couple of minutes. >> can't wait for that. >>> also, speaking of things you can take, look at your brain. is this your brain on love? can cutting-edge science reveal how you actually feel about the person in your life? we're about to uncover one of the deepest secrets of the mind. >>> and one of our favorite people is here this morning. jennifer aniston. >> she's in the house. >> has a great, new movie. >> i'm like a stalker. i really like this woman. is that crazy? don't answer that. don't answer that. >> shouldn't ask rhetorical questions like that on television, ashleigh. >> especially after the morning here. >> she has a new movie called "the switch." it's about a different way to have a family without finding mr. right. it's sweet. it's funny. and she'll be answering your questions. >>> first, want to get you to an fda advisory panel, that will meet to decide whe

i'm george stephanopoulos. >> and i'm robin roberts. it is wednesday, august 4th. and breaking news this morning. the iranian president reportedly survives an assassination attempt. a homemade explosive device, thrown at his convoy. >>> also breaking, static kill success. bp says the mud they've pumped into the broken well has killed it for good. a new white house report finds that almost all the oil in the gulf is gone. >>> and a bizarre home invasion. a burglar left this woman tied up in her apartment. so, she says she used her feet to type a message for help. she is here to tell us about her fancy footwork. >>> and the off again/on again romance between bristol palin and levi johnston is off again. bristol tells us what happened. and we learn the advice she got from her mom. >>> and good morning, everyone. we're following really conflicting reports that are coming out of iran. several news agencies say iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad was attacked in western iran. reports of a homemade bomb hitting a vehicle in his convoy that was carrying journalists and p

george stephanopoulos. >> i'm elizabeth vargas. robin robertsing and yesterday we talked to the pilot of that small plane that crashed on the glacier in alaska and the alaska national guardsmen. today we'll talk to the survivors who managed to stay alive for days. that family from texas, stranded on that freezing glacier. they'll tell us some incredible story, the harrowing story of how they got through two nights. >> pretty ingenious. great story. >>> we'll go from freezing temperatures to record heat. you know, we've seen all kinds of extreme weather this year and t some are saying the planet is having a climate breakdown. is global warming the reason? >> we'll begin with the backlash that is brewing against that folk hero flight attendant steven slater. the escape artist said thursday he hopes to return to work on jetblue but passengers on that storied flight are now coming forward with their own stories. in just a moment we'll hear from one young woman who says slater should never be allowed to work on an airplane again but andrea canning br

robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> san francisco's police chief today announced a new plan aimed at more effective community policing. chief george gascon joined over community leaders to outline the city program today. 16 police ambassadors will help fight crime. >> violence against senior and many members of our multi lingual communities. >>> the marin county is voting against smart meters. town leaders say they are concerned about the meters accuracy and their safety. pg & e has already agreed to hold off on any more installations if installations for the time being. >>> a water main break left more than two dozen families without water for a while this morning. it happened last night just before midnight. part of bachman road was closed because. >>> bay area researchers are being what they call critical studies into what they call california redwoods. they say climate change threatenings these redwoods with extinction unless science finds a way to save them. >> reporter: after tens of millions of the years, california redwoods trees are facing the possibility of extinction, unless humans step in. majestic and mysterious giant

george. >> thank you, david. >>> at the white house today, one of the president's closest advisers was forced to say he wasn't resigning. press secretary robert gibbs found himself fending off questions about his professional future after he spouted off about that, quote, professional left, who keep complaining about president obama. yunji de nies was there. >> reporter: today, robert gibbs opened his mouth to prove that, in fact, his foot was not in it. >> i don't plan on leaving, so -- and there's no truth to the rumor that i've added an inflatable exit to my office. >> reporter: the press secretary is in hot water after scolding the so-called professional left. liberals who say the president has sold out his ideals to make deals. gibbs told "the hill" newspaper, "those people ought to be drug tested. they will be satisfied when we have canadian health care and we've eliminated the pentagon. that's not reality." gibbs blamed his addiction to cable tv for losing his cool. many on the left believe mr. obama has not kept his election promises, whether on health care reform -- >> this is an insurance company's dream, this bill. >> reporter: or

george this morning. he's back on monday. and robin robertsississippi, marking five years since katrina. robin, they have a shout-out here in central park for everyone who has come back from katrina, five years later. >> yeah? [ cheers and applause ] that's for us. that's for us. oh. isn't that nice? oh, thank you, david. that means a lot. and tell them that we've got a big screen here in the pass. and we're going to be watching you there in central park. >>> you know what? i got all i need now -- that was pretty good. transition from lady antebellum, to say i got all i need now. but i truly do. because the people of pass christian, the people of the gulf coast, five years later, the resiliency of the people here. and the thankfulness they have for all of the people who have come from all over the world, really, to help them rebuild five years later. >>> and a little bit later this morning, it's bit of an emotional journey for a lot of us, as we remember those first few days after katrina. and how we got our lives back together. so, a personal

robert l. vann to be the new editor. in the 1920s, the courier began publishing articles by leading writers and thinkers with various opinions on major issues, people like georges one of the important creative writers of the harlem renaissance, wrote a regular column for the courier. >> vann paid a very, very little amount to the people who were writing. it wasn't a time where you could make a lot of money writing, but they would--whatever they could get, they got. that was it. >> narrator: the courier also had articles by white scholars like franz boas. >> franz boas is considered the father of american anthropology. he really critiqued earlier notions of social darwinism. he says we cannot look at people in terms of a racial hierarchy. he said we had to look at them on an even plane and look at individual people and culture, and for african americans, this was new. this was a new philosophy in saying, "hey, science, for the first time, literally the first time, is saying we're not inferior. we are equal." what the pittsburgh courier did was excerpt, or sort of re-publish, many of these scientific pieces that boas produced and published in scientific journals

robert gibbs giving an interview making clear his frustration with certain commentators on the left. he says "they must be on drugs if they think there's no difference between president obama and president george w. bush." i think one reason that president obama doesn't get credit from the left and doesn't... if you look at the polls doesn't get a lot of credit from independents who also are deeply disaffected is that he doesn't spend a lot of time talking about the broader context of his decisions. his great success in 2008 was he transcended the internal divide in the democratic party. these questions that most democratic presidents, presidential candidates get. hey, are you a new democrat, a so called d.l.c. democrat, are you more tradition old-line liberal? he said "those questions are irrelevant, i'm barack obama." he united the party around his personal story and, of course, around the democratic party's disdain for president bush. and that was enough. he never defined himself in a philosophical or an ideological way. that was great in the campaign. i think it doesn't work as effectively in governance. i'm struck... every decision he makes if the left is unhappy they assume he's just sel

we still can hear you george review cycles during do not know of your monitor trouble spots roberts butse the red and 101 northbound is a little sluggish as we tried to get up towards 237 that is mostly heavy to the 87 core liberal parkway. a little breeziness update. as you can see the camera is jogging around just a bit.ñpú from hereo the bay bridge, for the westbound ride, looking at the commuter heading towards the upper deck you can see it's still a pretty good approach with no real problems for the westbound commute we do want to mention bart which is still experiencing delays this morning on the dates when lined prints for the bay point line and they have been having to run a reduce speeds and that is the accounting for about a minute delays. almost the entire commute so far this morning no indicationu;h the door up anyte soon. darya. >> thank you, attorney general jerry brown is holding a press conference today to discuss the ongoing salaries done though his new hot line for fraud complaints. he extended into the city of bells salary issues were some were earning salaries of th

this is a quote from robert gibbs that got a lot of attention telling the hill newspaper "i hear them saying the president is like george bush. most people ought to be drug tested, i mean, it's crazy. only when we have a canadian healthcare plan and e eliminated the pentagon. even if he spoke inartfully, the comparison stings. democrats have made george w. bush a focus of their fall campaign, speeblg speaking at a texas fund-raiser monday, the president saying, do we really want to go back to that or keep moving our country forward? " a quote from president obama and robert gibbs responding. bill is joining us from the republican line, boyertown, pennsylvania. good morning. caller: good morning. gibbs should be drug tests, i mean, look at his tie. the other thing i would say is they are alike. obama and bush, they spend money without taxing. we're handing a world to our kid kids and grandkids that is going to be a worse world than we live in. they spend without taxing. i would say that bush and obama are the same. host: from our twitter page, this is from vivian saying before we start bashing bush, i want to remind us t

george voinovich has been strong on cap and trade but not the other things we might see and we have at least two republicans who are involuntarily retiring this year. robert bennett from utah and probably lisa murkowski from alaska. and lisa co-sponsored a version of cap and trade. so there is the potential that outgoing republicans who want to get the adulation of the left wing media for being reasonable and grown up and going along may have nothing to lose and will never face voters again, that is a risk. that is why it is important we appeal to as many republicans as possible, to as many moderate democrats and make sure the voters understand the stakes because you can't take for granted that there won't be a group of the outgoing republicans that will get on board some of this. that is why we have to execute all of these different strategies to try to stop it. >> [inaudible] >> i didn't mention those two as risks. i think they will be solid. so i would agree with that. we have time for one more question and i will go to this young woman right here. >> anybody in the senate going to do that and approach [inaudible] >> the question is about the tom price