robert self when we were in providence, rhode island. scoring >> it is an explanation how our politics have been dominated by questions of women's roles in society and gender and sexuality. in the last half-century, american politics were transformed. this is central to how americans think. one of the things that i talk about is how the american family was essential to the new deal of the 1930s and the 1960s. this is the idea that american families require some support. social security is perhaps the best example. but there are others. for a good three or four decades, a critical feature was a commitment to a particular kind of nuclear family. especially a male breadwinner nuclear family. what happened in the 1960s is that that liberal commitment went into crisis. it was a profound crisis because of the social crisis that challenged the essential family from the left side of the spectrum. if you think about the civil rights movement, the various feminism is about area. challenging the idea that there is a model of the american family. it

. >> and now, robert self, author of "all in the family: the realignment of american democracy since the 1960s." booktv sat down with mr. self exploit the local literary and a struggle culture of the area with the help of our cable partner, cox communications. >> "all in the family" is a prehistory of the cultural wars. it's an explanation for why in the last two generations our politics have been dominated why questions of women's roles in society, gender, sexuality and the family. it really tries to explain how it is that since the 1960s in the last half-century, american politics were transformed by debate over the family. this has been central to how americans think about politics, whether they're on the liberal and left side of the political spectrum, or on the conservative right side of the political spectrum. so one of the things i talk about is how the american family was essential to a liberal politics between the new deal of the 1930s and the 1960s. this is something i call breadwinner liberalism. this is the idea that american families required some assistance, some suppor

quarterbacks, rg3 versus rw3, but it wasn't much of a qb battle after the 1st quarter, robert griffin, iii a shell of his normal selfund one of the playoffs. first possession and it's rg3 with all kinds of time to complete this one to pierre garcon and he breaks the tackle and it's a 30-yard gain down to the seattle 21-yard line. four plays later griffin and that offense moving, 3rd and goal, griffin to evan royster, a 3-yard touchdown, 7-0 redskins striking first. on their second possession a 1st and goal on the 4, griffin froze on the move and -- throws on the move and comes down in pain, his helmet comes off. two plays later griffin on a 3rd and 4, yeah, no worries about that knee apparently. he comes right back and they strike gold, logan paulsen with the touchdown, 14-0. on the play griffin after the temperature gets taken down by bruce irvin. so they're called for a 15-yard penalty on the ensuing kickoff.

robert earl lindsey. he stabbed him to death in self- defense. taijeron, her boyfriend and the two other suspects were later arrested. they are all eligible for murder charges accused of a felony that led to a death. >>> and the man suspected of setting his girlfriend on fire in san francisco due to be arraigned this afternoon. dexter oliver was arrested on monday. investigators say he doused the woman with a flammable liquid before lighting her on fire outside a laundromat in san francisco last weekend. the victim, starr lamar, is still being treated for life- threatening injuries at a local burn center. >>> the mom of a missing bay area girl is still searching for closure after learning -- excuse me -- a bone fragment is not her daughter's. the bone was found in october in a san joaquin county well where several victims of the "speed freak" killers are buried. it turns out that bone belonged to a teenager, not michaela garecht. michaela was only 9 when she was kidnapped in hayward in 1988. >>> 6:08. the damage to the oil tanker cause to the bay

investigators say the husband got into a struggle with one of the suspects robert earl lindsey and managed to stab lindsey to death in self- defense. the woman, her boyfriend and the two other suspects were arrested. they are eligible for murder charges accused of a felony that led to a death. >>> the mom of a missing bay area girl is still searching for closure after learning a bone fragment is not that of her daughter. the bone was found in october in a san joaquin county well where several victims of the "speed freak" killers are buried. turns out, that bone belonged to a teenager, not michaela garecht. michaela was only 9 when she was kidnapped in hayward in 1988. >>> the damage to the bay bridge by the tanker crash is costly. this shows the damage to the bridge and the ship. on the left of the screen, some of the wood from the support beam is still stuck to the ship. a closer look, damage to the bridge is now estimated between $2 million and $3 million. >>> an attorney for the pilot says speculation of pilot error is premature. he says, "there are many potentials causes such as menke cal failure, faulty navigational

and waiting for it to fix it's self look for the link i placed on kron4 dot com click the people behaving badly link if you see something report it in oakland stanley roberts if you have a comment or story idea for stanley, e- mail us at 'people behaving badly' at kron- four-dot- com. >> jacqueline: of the spotty showers have come to an end this evening. a lingering chance of showers you're the coast. the big story will be temperatures in the 30's. 20's for friday and saturday. first let us talk about the rain fall. we are going to do with the spotty showers and some of these will get close to the coast. rainfall for early the snowfall for the sierras as this continues to press through. towards the central valley. and with the exception of the spotty showers offshore. we are going to see some fog out the door this morning. and this will maintain its presence along the coast. the futurecast showing that it is near the south and clear skies. most of this rainfall will fall in near the santa cruz mountains as the snow levels will drop at 2,000 ft.. for tomorrow, we are going to see drier conditions and clear skies. temperatures, freezing. santa rosa, napa and

robert griffin iii's sprained knee. you could still see he was not his same explosive self. no set backs and he's ready to go. >> felt better everyday and every week. the good thing is there's been no set backs in the games. i can go out and and see what i can do. today i felt a lot better than i did last week. that's all you can ask for at this point. >> we just wanted to know -- >> griffin feels so good and loose he took timeout to play reporter. he surprised coach shanahan during the news conference by asking him how he spent his new year's. fox 5 will have a special pregame show starting at 3:30 sunday afternoon. scott smith, dave ross and dock walker will talk about all the x's and o's. and at 4:00, it's the nfl on fox. and followed by the skins and seahawks on fed ex field. kick off is at 4:30. >> we need you to help us tell the story of the redskins. e-mail your pictures or video at redskins@wttg.com. the skins decorations you have in your home. big flags on your car like tony. your best skins outfit. skins fans from other planets. and we have picture proof of that. t

robert griffin, iii also rushing for more than 60 yards and a touchdown. it was clear watching the game, however, griffin was not his same explosive self. it's now been nearly a month since his knee sprain. griffin says it's feeling better every day with no setbacks. today he was asked which hinders him more, the brace or the injury itself. >> it's getting pretty close to just being mostly the brace, but the doctors aren't going to let me take it off i don't believe and i try to do as much as i can without the brace and then whenever they find out that i don't have it on, i have to throw it on. >> so while captain griffin plans to lead his team again sunday with gritty play at fedex field, he kept things pretty light today stealing the show at coach shanahan's press conference. take a look. ook. >> coach, we just wanted to know -- [ laughter ] >> you got me by surprise there. who is this guy? >> what did you do for new year's? >> fried to put a good game plan -- tried to put a good game plan together. i wasn't sure how healthy you were, so it was hard without you calling me. you got me good. >> he's a jack of all trades. rg3 will take t

self in the national portrait gallery but he was celebrated in a different kind of ceremony wednesday evening the portrait is the newest addition in the americans who tell the truth series by artist robert chatterley one of the things that we believe in in this country it's in our constitution and in our legal structure is that we don't torture and that's why i paid it john kiriakou human rights activists legal scholars and other supporters turned out for the celebration sponsored by the government accountability project. one of those in attendance was bruce fein a top justice department official under reagan we should care because of what it says about us a civilized people doesn't work for everybody period no matter what the conceivable so-called benefits could be this celebration took place just before curiosity of sentencing on friday where he faces thirty months in prison kiriakou first stepped into the public light in two thousand and seven when he first spoke out about waterboarding as a result of waterboarding at least right now is unnecessary he was the first cia officer to publicly label waterboarding as torture and his a.b.c. appearance helped reveal that waterboarding was in

self-sufficiency. i think that's part of the problem, but so -- there's my answer. >> let me open it up to questions from floor. >> [inaudible] >> yep. >> larry mead from nyu. >> yeah. [inaudible] >> yeah. robert, i want to pick up on comment about mate your's problem with the family problem. i think since we made progress in raising workload some of the people in welfare, it is said that shift priority toward addressing priority and family break and non-- [inaudible] i agree with you that it's a very sensitive issue that people find hard time addressing. from your comments, i had a sense that maybe you think that the best way we can promote it is just to stop accepting -- [inaudible] we have to say it's improper. it's not a good idea. we have to go back to a policy where we -- [inaudible] we know from various opinions surveys that the public is uneasy about that. they don't want to sigmatize single mothers and they don't want to a decline of a family. is it rhetoric, is it public campaign? what are you suggest and i lean that way myself. is there a practical thing you can do at the policy level that will promote the family? >> someone in the practical world of policy and public agency work, i

self is more important. arthel: indeed. very good tips. we all have these services, so we can't be too cautious. robert much for joining us. jon: a dramatic water rescue caught on tape. take a look. a 14-year-old boy is saved from almost certain death in australia. he was clinging to a tree, rushing flood waters from a storm surrounding him. it was touch and go when all of a sudden the boy and the emergency worker lost their grip and were swept away in the powerful current. both managed to reach the shore. the boy walked away from the ordeal but was taken to a hospital to be sure he was okay. arthel: well, new questions are being raised surrounding the murder of chandra levy, the case of the dead intern that rocked washington in the summer of 2001. we're now hearing that a judge is holding secret hearings. what could this mean for the case? our legal panel debates it. >>> and growing concerns over a horse meat scandal. millions of burgers sold, people thought it was beef, we're going to tell you where this all went down. our greg talcott is live just ahead. my insurance rates e probably gonna double. b

self-sufficiency speaks i think that's part of the problem. but so, there's my answer. >> let me open it up to questions from the floor. [inaudible] larry from nyu. >> robert i wanted to comment about the marriage problem. i think since we making progress, raising work levels among people on welfare, it shifts a priority towards addressing the problems on non-marriage and so on. i agree with you that this is a very sensitive issue that people find really part-time addressi addressing. and from your comments, i had a sense that maybe you think that the best way we can promote marriage is actually just to stop accepting non-marriage. to have children outside marriage, this is not a good idea to go back to policy, that we know from various agencies that the public is an easy about that. they don't want to stigmatize single mothers. so what's the answer your? isn't red or? is there some practical thing we can do at a policy level that will promote family? >> well, as someone in the practical world, policy and public agency work, i have struggled with this immensely. it is very hard. a policy objective to promote marriage. so we all sort of default to honestly

self-sufficiency. so there's my answer on that. >> let me open to questions from the floor. larry has been referenced positively a couple times a day. >> tell us who you are. >> robert, i want to pick up on your comment about the marriage problem, the family problem. i think since we've made some progress in raising work levels among people in welfare, in that sense it shifts a priority to were addressing the problem of the family breakdown and non-marriage and so on, and i agree with you that this is a jury sensitive issue that people have a hard time addressing and from your comments, i had a sense that maybe you think that the best way we can promote marriages to stop accepting non-marriage that we have to say it's improper to have children outside of marriage. this isn't a good idea. and we have to go back to the policy where we disapproved, that we know from the various opinion surveys the public is uneasy about that. they don't want to stigmatize single mothers and the same time they don't want to see the decline in the families. so what is the answer? is it rhetoric, is a public campaign? i kind of lean that way myself. or is there some practical thing that w

self- sufficiency. i think that is part of the problem. there is my answer. open it up towe questions on the floor. >> the robertwant to pick up on your comment about the marriage problem. i think since we need some progress, but shifts a party towards addressing the problem -- this is a hard issue to address. from your comments, i have a sense that maybe you think the best way we can promote marriage is to stop accepting non marriage. we really have to say, it is improper to have children outside of marriage. this is not a good idea, and we have to go back to a policy where we disapprove. we know from various opinion surveys that the public is an easy about that. did not want to stigmatize single mothers. -- they do not want to stigmatize single mothers. is it rhetoric, is a public campaign, or is there something practical we can do at a policy level to promote family? >> i have struggled with this immensely. it is very hard to pull a string, a policy objective to promote marriage greater than single parenthood. what we all default to its public relations campaigns and promotions. that is all we have left. we'r