my name is robert michel. it is a good thing to go last. the one thing i want to say that i did not hear is basically who i am in the classroom. i am occur professional who at the beginning of the year had 7.5 hours. then it was a loss of hours. i had to go to the actual work, physically go there, to keep the rent and all that. anyway, the 4.5 hours i am there, i am telling you i am worth every goddamn panic. my students come around in three ways. the lead teacher takes a group. i take a group. another parent takes a group. -- another para takes a group. we switch them around. then noon comes, and i go away. they looked at me like "why are you leaving early"? i want to say something i did not hear. it is actually a tactic that sounds like made whitman -- meg whitman. more from less? stop that. president yee: are you speaking, or not? otherwise, i'm going to end this part. >> good evening. executive board, united educators of san francisco. i wanted to point out some data. since we are no longer teaching from a creative bag of tricks, we are

michelle cardell and her brother. they grew up across the street from robert.r mind first when you heard his name. >> i had the same reaction that my sister had when i heard it on the news, my jaw hit the floor. there is no way that is the same bobby that grew up across the street from me, and he was my role model from the time i was two years old until the time i was 24 or 25. someone i always looked up to. very admirable character, just an awesome guy. >> michelle, growing up, did he have anger issues, was he aloof and mysterious? was there any swing in his personality that could make you in any way say he was different and capable of doing something like this later in life? >> the exact opposite. growing up, he was the shy quiet one, you ask questions and it was yes, sir, yes, ma'am. he was making sure small children didn't go in the streets, or there was handicap boy next door, and he would go next door and walk him and help feed him all through high school, and when he went to high school, he drove back from campus just to make sure he was taken care of. w

rates robert deniro apologized michelle obama's office called the joke inappropriate so is this just politics or is it yet another example that political incorrectness will be shunned in the society earlier i spoke to political comedian dean obeidallah and got his take on whether american society is an offensive unapologetic nation take a listen. i think there are too many insincere apologies i think there are too many people asking for apologies and i think that at this point we're stifling comedy i'm a comedian you know i wrote an article for c.n.n. dot com earlier this week or stop the war on comedy and that's what this is we love to do is joke let's be honest who would be offended by that of the new rich who is sailing in the republican party killing his own party to support him and trying to get some media coverage but that's all it is in the hyper partisan world that we're in and the media cycle twenty four hours needing new news new gingrich says if he gets the media for about five minutes that's it but it's not just for it's not just the g.o.p. candidate you know there was al

. >> speaking of nexts silly, michelle obama at a fund-raiser in new york last night and some point, i wasn't there, but some point robert de niro made a comment whether or not we could have another -- we could ever have a white first lady. the context, of course, it was a misch sho michelle obama fund-raiser, de niro married to an african-american woman. newt gingrich is trying to make out a lot about that. i wanted to play what gingrich said today. >> with what de niro said was inexcusable and the president should apologize for him. i have a personal preference for calista to be the first lady. proud and honored to have ann romney or karen santorum as first lady. what de niro said was onthe pale and he should be ashamed of himself. >> the context is that what de niro said was, do you really think our country is ready for a white first lady? the crowd roared. it was clearly a joke. is that's what we're about? >> are you talking to me? >> i mean, i tend -- >>> touche. >> i agree with mark. that's the politics of smallness. i remember a few weeks ago there was a quote about ann romney in which she said, i don't even consi

are it's a robert de niro actually did apologize michelle obama's office called the joke inappropriate so what's going on here is this just politics or is this yet another example that political incorrectness will be shunned in this society develop as a political comedian and as our studios in new york to talk more about this already and there are few days after all the apologizing bill maher wrote an op ed in the new york times telling people to stop apologizing he says i don't want to live in a country where no one ever says anything that offends anyone that's why here we have canada he said that's not us we think is that us. i think there are too many insincere apologies i think there are too many people asking for apologies and i think that at this point we're stifling comedy i'm a comedian you know i wrote an article for c.n.n. dot com earlier this week called stop the war on comedy and that's what this is going to do is joke let's be honest who would be offended by that of the new rich who is sailing in the republican party killing his own party the supporter and trying to get so

robert of combat i'm michelle green ago checking top stories now 616 suspended sentences to share has to go to domestic violence orientation this afternoon as part of his sentence for his false imprisonment conviction the city of oakland faces another multimillion-dollar lawsuits over excessive police force is over last month's officer involved shooting the suspect is a cousin of oscar grant. the biggest container ship ever to pass under the golden gate bridge is currently the port of oakland when this simply is tonight allowed to make a very tight turn much as 150 ft. to spare. those circles was those go under bridges very nature today we are a lot of clouds out there right now we have imports of some light showers this morning even want to grab your umbrella but it's not want to last longer i think by the afternoon is long gone is the clatter skies a bit rosier sunshine and clouds and a cool afternoon around the bay area but we do of weather days ahead unfortunately that means the weekend could be very damp outside his circle of friends sledding on through not much energy hung up th

--reporter pkg-as ffllows --at a monday niggt fundraiser michelle obama academy award winning movie star robert--accompaniee by is wife, race hightower, made a immediately and opened deniro uppas fair game in the republican race for the nomination. deniro was qqoted in a white house pool rrport as saying mentiooing the wivess of the republican candidates. callista gingrich. karen you rrally think our country - is ready for a white first laay? in the morning former house speaker newt ginggich, trailing badly in the polls, and campaigning in louisiana, seizzd on the cooment and apologize for what deniro had - said.what deniro said last night was inexccsable and the prrsident shoulddapologize for &phim. it was at aa obamm fundraiser, it is exactly wrong, it divides the ccuntry. if people on the left want o talk about talk show hosts, then everybodd in the country should hold the presideet accountable when somebodyyat his event says something that is utterly and totally deniro said last night and i call on the president to apologize for him. the sallo by gingrich launched a free republicans and con

campaign is facing a bit of controversy stirred up at a recent fund-raiser with michele obama headlines the event, actor robert deniro joked about the republican field saying do you really think our country is ready for a white first lady? newt gingrich jumped on the comment? >> he should apologize for it. >> reporter: gingrich finished fourth in illinois just behind ron paul who talked to jay leno last night. >> i think the other three should just get out of the race. >> reporter: paul is running last in the delegate race but insists his campaign will continue to the convention. randall pinkston, cbs news, the white house. >>> here is what the primary calendar looks like. on saturday the louisiana primary will be held. santorum holds a 13-point advantage over romney in the latest poll there. then on april 3, voters in the district of columbia, maryland and wisconsin will go to the polls and on april 24, five states, including new york and pennsylvania will hold their primaries. >>> coming up next, howard and the forecast. >> i see it rather comfortable. we've gotten rid of the drizzle, most of of the fog, but

the republicans, michele bachmann are making this is the number one issue. john robertss chief justice, loves the court, he's very projective of the institutional authority. the more it gets involved in politics, the more the authority comes down. >> i think the supreme court consists of nine intelligent justices. they say in very preswasive way, some of it unconstitutional. they're going to see if there's any limiting principle to act because whatever their regulating has a substantial impact. if there's no limiting principle, the limited government is gone and the federal government has unlimited -- >> george the way they posed the question is that if the government can force you to buy health insurance, why can't it force to eat broccoli? >> on the other hand, cokie, justice roberts and scalia in the past, have voted for an expansive view of congress. >> remember, president kennedy, interstate commerce, it did affect everything. that's the way it has been interpreted. the question is, the difference asking to do something and the answer is, well, health care is differ

robert deniro fan at least not after a joke the actor made last night. our joe johns has details joo at a monday night fund-raiser attended by first lady michelle obama academystar robert deniro accompanied by his wife grace hightower made a joke that went viral almost immediately and opened him up to fair game in the republican race for the nomination. deniro was quoted as mentioning the wives of candidates. do you really think our country is red for a white first lady? in the morning, former house speaker newt gingrich trailing badly in the polls and campaigning in louisiana seized on the comment and demand the president himself apologize for what deniro had said. >> what deniro said last night was inexcusable and the president should apologize for it, it was at an obama fund raiser and it's exactly wrong and it divides the country and if people on the left want to talk about a radio talk show host then everyone in the country should hold the president accountable when someone at his event -- >> that was joe johns reporting. you saw the first lady standing there. her office issued a statement saying the comment was inappropria inappropriate. robert deniro

. >>> tonight michelle obama will join robert deniro, whoopi goldberg at a swanky hotel for a fund-raiser0 a plate. she'll make an appearance on "the late show with david letterman." ann romney is launching her own appeal to the ladies. here she is at a campaign event in moline, i willinois. >> and i love it that women are upset, too, that women are talking about the economy. i love that. women are talking about jobs. women are talking about deficit spending. thank you, women. we need you. we all need you in november, too. we have to remember why we're upset and what we've got to do to fix things. >>> and tomorrow is a big day for congressman paul ryan and house republicans. he will unveil his new budget proposal complete with this web video. >> this coming debt crisis is the most predictable crisis we've ever had in this country. and look what's happened. >> and senator scott brown takes a funny line from conan o'brien that he used back in february as he takes a shot at rick santorum. >> i see that both newt gingrich and rick santorum now have secret service with them on the campaign tra

robert de niro. and yesterday, newt gingrich labelled them as divisive, almost compelling michelle obama's office to is hideously correct overreaction, i expected mitt romney's wife ann, one of the targets of robert de niro to have a similar sense of humor, but then she said this. >> i took it for what it was, a joke. again, we take everything so seriously, we have to be so correct and everyone has got to apologize. we're all overreacting to so many things and making things so difficult. which means we have to watch every single word that comes out of our mouth. >> hallelujah. in one fell swoop of common sense, the whole indignant balloon popped. if i'm ann romney can laugh, why can't everybody else? bill maher cut to the heart of the nonsense. this is what he said. in a country where nobody can say anything offensive ever again. he's pleading to stop all the apologizing. he said this. let's have an amnesty on every made up, fake, totally insincere, hurt, insult, affront. let's make this sunday the national day of no outrage. i couldn't a m

michelle said i can't wait. and roberth the toy you got for christmas. >>> google is taking on the i cloud system. google hopes this one stop website will help it expand beyond it's web advertising business which makes up 86% of its current revenue. >>> heavy rain, winds and flooding continue to cause big problems in oahu. the disaster declaration called the situation severe and sudden and extraordinary event. the move will allow state funds to be used for repairs. so far there's been no reports of any deaths. >>> in a windy day around here, the winds are still howling but the wind advisory should go away shortly about midnight. let's take a look at the current winds, i've got winds gusting to 23, the richmond bridge, richmond san rafael bridge gusts to 26. sustained at 22. up here on the wind it gets a little cooler around napa. 36degrees right now. overnight lows should get right above freezing, i don't think we'll go much below freezing. these are the forecasts, or these were the highs from today. your forecast highs to

michelle said i can't wait. and robertt for christmas. >>> google is taking on the i cloud system. google hopes this one stop website will help it expand beyond it's web advertising business which makes up 86% of its current revenue. >>> heavy rain, winds and flooding continue to cause big problems in oahu. the disaster declaration called the situation severe and sudden and extraordinary event. the move will allow state funds to be used for repairs. so far there's been no reports of any deaths. >>> in a windy day around here, the winds are still howling but the wind advisory should go away shortly about midnight. let's take a look at the current winds, i've got winds gusting to 23, the richmond bridge, richmond san rafael bridge gusts to 26. sustained at 22. up here on the wind it gets a little cooler around napa. 36degrees right now. overnight lows should get right above freezing, i don't think we'll go much below freezing. these are the forecasts, or these were the highs from today. your forecast highs tomorrow they're c

roberts, thank you. and is the endorsement pressure piling on? michele bachmann has not backed anyone, and she is next. [ male announcer ] how do you trade? with scottrader streaming quotes, any way you want. fully customize it for your trading process -- from thought to trade, on every screen. and all in real time. which makes it just like having your own trading floor, right at your fingertips. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the start. try our easy-to-use scottrader streaming quotes. it's another reason more investors are saying... [ all ] i'm with scottrade. >>neil: the media could be crying but a political guru says the math favors, who? >>guest: it is about momentum but at this point we are getting beyond the initial primaries it is money and organization you can build and the delegates you pile up and what we have seen for romney in the states where there is large turn out, larger turn out not primary states he wins. he does not do as well in the smaller town out caucus states and those states that is where the activists are

apparently robert de niro hosted in new york city, michelle obama and fund-raisers trying to, you knowy, rile up some campaign cash. when he was on stage, he said -- what did he say? he said, i think it's too soon, right, to have a white first lady. and gingrich is saying, why are you bringing up race in general at all? the country is ready for a new first lady. he doesn't have to describe it in racial terms. of course, de niro, you had an explanation for it as well. >> i thought it was interesting. hollywood always -- celebrities interject a little bit here. he, obviously, democrat. obviously it's well known he prefers african-american women. and there was an historical irony. he said is the country ready for a white first lady? obviously, before michelle obama that's all we had. as soon as obama took office, anything racial, people are more sensitive to it. >> should he apologize? >> that's not for me to say. >> compared to the other racially tinged things that happened since obama took over, i don't think this is a big deal. >> it's not a big deal, but i can understand both sides. i

. >>> and robert dinero forced to apologize after making a first lady joke at a michelle obama fun raiser. >>> and a brief exchange at a local college. l college.   . >> a huge milestone for the senior u.s. senator from the state of maryland. barbara mikulski was honored for being the longest serving woman in the history of congress and karen guy houston has more. >> reporter: senator mikulski served more than 35 years. she's a democrat, 75, popular, and she's feisty. you can tell she commands the respect of her colleagues. the u.s. senate paused at 2:30 this afternoon to honor and give praise to a woman who, last year, became the longest serving female in the senate. on march 17th, she passed the late congresswoman,idith north rogers, a massachusetts republican, to become the longest serving woman in congress ever mikulski was blazed for being a trailblazer and for building the 16-lane highway. >> the highway would have -- which was a neighborhood doing something that she felt should be protected and it would have uprooted home owners in a majority of african-american neighborhood

." -- i write the "michel report." i want robert kagan to respond to the continuity of foreign policy argument. the point of view is that post- world war two, to the present day, for much of that time the differences on american foreign policy were, sort of, easily described as hawks and doves, or terms of that sort. that tended to be more a reflection of party affiliation. that, at some point, and i am not sure where, nor whether this thesis is right, but at some point that has shifted, and we are not so much in hawks against dogs anymore, but perspectives -- dove's anymore, but perspectives about kinetic positions taken by this government have more to do with the ins and outs. >> are you asking bob if he agrees with that? >> i am asking if that is an accurate perspective. in kosovo, clinton wanted to do it, and the republicans were against it. some of the same situation pertained in libya. my first question is is that remotely accurate, and if it is, what has made that transition, and how does that augur for the likelihood of cont

campaigning in louisiana, he slammed actor robert de niro for something he said in front of michellebama during a fund-raiser for the president. de niro asked the crowd, do you really think our country is ready for a white first lady? gingrich took issue with the comment's racial tone. >> what de niro said last night was inexcusable. it's exactly wrong. it divides the country. >> reporter: now gingrich finished dead last here behind ron paul. like santorum, he's saying he's staying in this thing. he's not going to drop out as they both try to deny romney the nomination. but that's going to be a lot harder after last night. santorum pick romney picked up 5 4 dell gait gats, giving him 544 delegates. cbs news is estimating, almost halfway to the magic number 1,144. >> thanks, jan. is it over, is one question? if it is not, what does romney have to do now? >> reporter: well, charlie, that's the question that everybody is asking because it looks impossible for any of the other candidates to get to that magic number. other than romney. so, you're hearing romney and a lot of republicans th

actor robert deniro under fire for comments he made at an obama fund-raiser. >> it was also attended by first lady michelle obama. a report says the actor named republican rivals and said that the country is not ready for a white first lady. newt gingrich wants president obama to apologize. >> we hold the president accountable because this was and is event. i call on the president to apologize for him. >> the obama campaign says the joke was inappropriate. robert deniro issued a statement saying his remarks were not meant to offend or paris anyone, especially the first lady. >> 3 online dating web sites agreed to screen for sex offenders. >> there is confirmation that a new ipad -- that the new ipad does run hotter than its predecessors. >> "consumer reports says the tablet can get 13 degrees hotter than its predecessor when used heavily. the magazine says holding it for briefed amounts of time is not a problem. the new ipad operates within its specifications according to apple. three big online dating web site now will screen for sex offenders. this follows the raping of a client after arranging a date. n

campaigning in louisiana, he slammed actor robert de niro for something he said in front of michelle obama during a fund-raiser for the president. de niro, who says he was joking, asked the crowd do you really think our country is ready for a white first lady? gingrich took issue with the comment's racial tone. >> it's something he should apologize for. it's at an obama fund-raiser. it divides the country. >> reporter: gingrich finished dead last last night. he says they're going to quick. they're trying to deny romney this nomination. romney showing that will be a lot harder. he's going to pick up most of the 54 delegates that were in play. he's got about 534 delegates now. cbs news is estimating that puts him nearly halfway to that magic number of 1,144. >> most political experts think it's now over? >> reporter: that's what everyone is saying now. if you look at the map, it really is almost mathematically impossible for santorum or certainly gingrich to get enough of those delegates to clinch the nomination. what you're starting to hear are people saying, listen, let's call this f

. >> reporter: at a monday night fund-raiser attended by first lady michelle obama academy award-winning movie star robert hightower made a joke that went viral almost immediately and opened deniro up as fair game in the republican race for the nomination. deniro was quoted ina i white house pool report as mentioning the wives of republican candidates. calista gingrich, karen santorum and romney. now do you really think our country is ready for a white first lady? in the morning former house speaker newt gingrich trailing badly in the polls and campaigning in louisiana seized on the comment and demanded the president himself apologize for what deniro had said. >> what deniro said last night was inexcusable and the president should apologize for him. it was at an obama fund-raiser and it divides the country and if people on the left want to talk about radio talk show hosts then everyone in the country should hold the president accountable at his event that says something that's totally unacceptable. >> he launched a free for all on social media, and republicans and conservatives blasting the actor and the

." -- i write the "michel report." i want robertan to respond to the continuity of foreign policy argument. the point of view is that post- world war two, to the present day, for much of that time the differences on american foreign policy were, sort of, easily described as hawks and doves, or terms of that sort. that tended to be more a reflection of party affiliation. that, at some point, and i am not sure where, nor whether this thesis is right, but at some point that has shifted, and we are not so much in hawks against dogs anymore, but perspectives -- dove's anymore, but perspectives about kinetic positions taken by this government have more to do with the ins and outs. >> are you asking bob if he agrees with that? >> i am asking if that is an accurate perspective. in kosovo, clinton wanted to do it, and the republicans were against it. some of the same situation pertained in libya. my first question is is that remotely accurate, and if it is, what has made that transition, and how does that augur for the likelihood of continui

." -- i write the "michel report." i want robert kagan to respond to the continuity of foreign policy argument. the point of view is that post- world war two, to the present day, for much of that time the differences on american foreign policy were, sort of, easily described as hawks and doves, or terms of that sort. that tended to be more a reflection of party affiliation. that, at some point, and i am not sure where, nor whether this thesis is right, but at some point that has shifted, and we are not so much in hawks against dogs anymore, but perspectives -- dove's anymore, but perspectives about kinetic positions taken by this government have more to do with the ins and outs. >> are you asking bob if he agrees with that? >> i am asking if that is an accurate perspective. in kosovo, clinton wanted to do it, and the republicans were against it. some of the same situation pertained in libya. my first question is is that remotely accurate, and if it is, what has made that transition, and how does that augur for the likelihood of cont

demanding an apology from president obama for something actor robert deniro said at an obama campaign fundraiser attended by first lady michelle qallista gingrich, karen santorum and anne romney, now do you think our country is ready for a white first lady? deniro has apologized saying he meant no offense especially to the first lady. he says his comment was meant as satire. a reference to question that was asked four years ago, in reference to america being ready for a black president. >>> a san francisco landlord accused of negligence after one of his tenants died after falling through a stair way at her apartment building. neighbors of 62-year-old rory moore says she fell three stories to the ground and later died after spending weeks in intensive care. neighbors say she was not the first person to be hurt after falling through the crumbling staircase. >> for the amount of time they've been notified after three people fell. they still are only replacing part of the stairs. >> moore's family has hired a lawyer. the owner has already been the subject of several lawsuits. >>> 8:57. let's check in with sal it's been a busy comm

. >> bret: actor robert di nero said he meant no offense when he joked that america might not be ready for a white first lady. at a presidential fundraiser he hosted featuring michellema. today he said they were spoken with a satirical jest. listed the wives of the presidential candidates saying callista gingrich, karen santorum and ann romney, do you think the country is ready for a white first lady? gingrich said the racial reference was inexcusable. and obama campaign official called the remark inappropriate. >>> various news outlets put together their own audacious moments of the last five centuries in response to vice president joe biden's remarks at a fundraiser this week. vice president biden hailed president obama for the usama bin laden raid. "you can go back 500 years. you cannot find a more audacious plan." politico compiled plans it deemed arguably as audacious or more so including d-day, napolean's invasion of russia and the landing at inchian in the korean war. conservative "national review" noted 500 years is a long time. i'm sure all you history buffs throughout can think of another battle plan at least in the running to be more audacious than operat

robert in clinton, md. supports rick santorum. caller: i was originally a michelleaughlin supporter -- michelle bachmann supporter. newt gingrich does not want the massachusetts moderator -- moderate. and he will pull his support behind rick santorum, but he is just in it for himself. newt gingrich supporters need to wake up and say if we want a alternative, rick santorum is the only alternative. larry supports the former speaker. robert just said if you want a conservative candidate, then newt gingrich needs to drop out. caller: i think ron paul is a joke. i think he should not even run newt gingrich has been there since 1994 with reagan and others. he has helped with everything else. i think he is the only one that has sense enough to know what to do, because these people are looking at everything -- these people have the money to back him. newt gingrich has been there, he has done it. he was speaker of the house and everything. i think they should back off and look at him, because he knows what he is doing, and i believe he can beat obama in the election. host: a

michelle obama has been hitting the campaign trail with enthusiasm lately. in recent months, she made 27 campaign stops in 19 states. on monday she had a fundraiser that was hosted by roberton leatherman. >> my father was a working class guy. we were have very close family. my father had multiple sclerosis, and he worked so hard. and from him i learned absolute complete unconditional love. we had rules and boundaries, but there was nothing he would not do for us. >> don't make we cry. this isn't oprah, it's supposed to be letterman. >> i think she is great, so what is it about michelle obama that makes her such a potent tool for her husband' reelection? we have rue gene robins that knows many things. let's go to the expert on the obama's. my question so you, hiding hern the white house as the mother of the president's children, as the wife of the president, certainly dignified in that role, but not actively political, what's changed? >> well, she has been accumulating and guarding her political capital all this time. this is the big one, this is their last race, and she is all in and determined to see her husband re-elected. >> why is she a plus now and hasn't been one fo

with the first lady michelle obama and samantha cameron, both looking regal in blue floor-length gowns. nothing compared to robin roberts' oscar attire. inattendance was george clooney, who came solo. anna wintour was there. the tv star of "homeland" was there. the prime minister was looking forward to meeting chevy chase. it turns out the only chevy chase on the guest list was a reference to chevy chase maryland outside of washington, d.c. >> he thought he would be there? >> he loves "caddyshack." >> i love your commentary there. >> okay, dan, thanks very much. >>> we turn to politics. "your voice, your vote." the republican battle that could take months to wrap up. coming off mitt santorum's big win in the south. mitt romney is trying to calm supporters' worry that he's a weak front-runner. the obama campaign is aiming to capitalize on that with the help of an oscar-winning filmmaker. abc's jake tapper with the exclusive from washington. good morning, jake. >> reporter: good morning, george. no matter how many delegates romney racks up or how many times his campaign suggests that his opponents can't mathematically bec