they have to figure out something before health care costs in san bankrupting the company. how much of this fight will be led by corporate america? >> it is absolutely true. it takes a village. it takes government, why is government policy, health care reform, and an enlightened group of corporations and understand that if they can make their employees healthy, they will be more productive, they will lower costs for the company. it is in their own best interest. companies are putting in fitness areas in the workplace and encouraging their workers to use those. they're able to show a very good return on investment. this is what we have to do to turn this around. you have to do it at a younger age. the problem is, if our children have bad habits, by the time needed to be adults, it is very hard to reverse it. tavis: the dilemma is that i've looked at the most of these generations of americans. they are the most obese, and we distill think of -- and we still think of youth be connected to invincibility. >> the parents have got to show some responsibility. parents have to exert

bankrupt next year based on their lack of funds. also coming back to captain feeney's speech -- i have two daughters born and raised in san francisco. one was an equestrian rider who spoke years ago to save the stables. captain feeney did not talk about the stables or the mounted police. 17 saddles were bought for $10,000 apiece. brand new saddles. i looked in catalogs, particularly for saddles for writing, there were none over $3,000. we have a budgetary problem here. does not just applied to the county out large. it is the teachers in the schools, school supplies, police officers and their salaries, and pensions. it all comes into one bundle. i would like to see things in the paper, like today -- [inaudible] prime must go down. the city college district is going bankrupt, and it is due to salaries. -- crime must go down. i think the commission here, in the next six, 12 months, with community support, should pay more attention to finances, less attention to rhetoric and patronizing certain police officers and talk about the real problem we have. we may go bankrupt in five years. we cannot print money like the federal government. i

president was a candidate, in san francisco, in regard to cap and trade he said, "if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can. it's just that it'll bankrupt them because they're going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that's being emitted." that was from the president when he was at candidate. which would lead me to have some concern about what his role is in regard to energy. in regard to his -- energy secretary, mr. chu who also is implementing the policies of the president, in 2008 with an interview with the "wall street journal" he said, "somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels of europe." and as you know, they pay $9 a gallon, implementing the policies of the president in 2012, february 29th, he was questioned where he asked if it was his overall goal to get our prices of gasoline lower to which mr. chu responded, no, the overall goal is to decrease our dependency on oil to build and strengthen our economy. also, doesn't sound like rhetoric of someone in energy that wants to lower the cost of energy. and then quickly to give a quote from you on march 4th, 2009, in a budget hea

bankrupt. that includes the wildly popular tourist destination of san diego. we find william la jeunesse. he is live. william, explain if anything can fix this. >> reporter: well, this is ground zero, ali, for pension reform. voters in june will consider ballot initiatives here in san diego and san jose will radically change how government workers are paid. let me show show you why. half of every payroll dollar in these cities pays not for salaries of current workers, but to support pensions. here in san diego, for instance, a retired librarian get as $234,000 a year pension. taxpayers pay 92% of pensions for politicians. city workers can retire at age 55 with full benefits. under the initiative here in san diego government pensions would end for new employees. would only get a 401(k), current workers would have to pay a lot more and politicians will get no pension at all. >> i want our taxpayers to know that government employees are going to receive no better a retirement package, retirement contribution than the hard-working families that pay the bill, the t

100 miles east of san francisco in the agricultural central valley, is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. if that happens, this city of 300,000 would be the nation's largest bankrupt city. increasingly, cities across the nation are in crisis, because of pensions, health care costs, and overspending, all aggravated by the recession. to help prevent bankruptcy, stockton officials have been slashing the budget. the police have taken the biggest hits-- through cuts and retirements, the force is down 27% since 2008. and that has had a big impact, according to public information officer pete smith. >> let's say you come home from work, your house has been burglarized, and you find the front door open but the house is safe. it's been ransacked. there's a good chance that you won't get a uniformed officer at that call. we primarily will respond still to in-progress and violent crimes. >> reporter: while police presence is down, violent crimes and gang activity are increasing in stockton, which has the state's highest crime rate for large cities, and the second highest murder rate. the fire department has suffered cuts, as well, and other city employees have had to take fu

record talking to a small group in san francisco about the fact that he was going to make impossible to burn another coal burning electric plant because you would go bankrupt you tied. he watt was totally anti-coal ar higher electricity cost. remember, this administration wants very expensive energy, which turned to the saudis to pump more oil, not to the americans, not to louisiana or north dakota or texas or any other place in america. none of this is a surprise. the question is, does the united states want to reelect a president with the worst economic record since the great depression, the highest deficits in american history, a rising cost of gasoline, a weak foreign policy, and a willingness to destroy the american defense system? i mean, that's essentially what obamaism is. >> sean: let me ask you this. rick santorum had a confrontation with this reporter, and i'm frankly would get tiertd of the liberal media myself. you might be a little sympathetic towards it. but things are slowing down now, and you have said that there's a possibility that mitt romney might not get the 1144 committed delegates to get the nomination outright by june. how likely i

bankrupt. but that's where the votes are coming from. >> bill: okay. so the unionized workforce. got to get a stat on that. the big population centers like los angeles, san francisco, not so much san diego. san diego is a little more conservative. they go for the democrats no matter what. they like the progressive vision. but, again, the social problems in los angeles are huge. it's an enormously complexity. things aren't working that well and the economy is not that good there. so you would think that they would i don't think they listen to the republic side. they have npr on all day and night. just listening to that they won't even watch. fox news channel gets a will the of viewers it's a mind set out there. the mind set is, what? what is californians priority? >> the problem is we don't really have a priority other than just sort of good vibes and mommas and the pappas and california dreaming and, you know, pacific coast highway and malibu like we are laid back and the democrats are the party of the we're cool, we're laid back. we're friendly. we're compassionate -- san francisco and los angeles is nice. and we look at the democrats as the nice party.

san francisco. >> katie: the dow is soaring this morning. >> kristen: jane? >> reporter: good morning. we talked about u.s. airways is working for support to make a bid for american airlines. now there is word the bankruptted to the owner of british airways. international consolidation american is make a similar move. we do have a stronger open here this morning. speculation the european union will expand the size of its bailout and another thing, really seems to be making a difference, possibly government stimulus, ben bernanke is speaking this morning. it's like lie he did not rule it out. he did say he is unclear at the pace of jobs can be sustained. hundred point gain already on the dow and bloomberg index is trading up. and pending home sales, we'll get that in ten minutes. slight jump in february compared to january and a nearly 10% jump in the number of contracts signed to buy homes. >> a happy childhood can make you lots of money. researchers in the u.k. happiness levels of 90,000 children and young adults, happyness levels in young means higher earnings later in life. live at the new york stock exchange. >> kristen: that is why katie's nickname is happy. she is rich. >> katie: stanford faces nu

bankrupt. but that's where the votes are coming from. >> bill: okay. so the unionized workforce. got to get a stat on that. the big population centers like los angeles, san francisco, not so much san diego. san diego is a little more conservative. they go for the democrats no matter what. they like the progressive vision. but, again, the social problems in los angeles are huge. it's an enormously complexity. things aren't working that well and the economy is not that good there. so you would think that they would i don't think they listen to the republic side. they have npr on all day and night. just listening to that they won't even watch. fox news channel gets a will the of viewers it's a mind set out there. the mind set is, what? what is californians priority? >> the problem is we don't really have a priority other than just sort of good vibes and mommas and the pappas and california dreaming and, you know, pacific coast highway and malibu like we are laid back and the democrats are the party of the we're cool, we're laid back. we're friendly. we're compassionate -- san francisco and los angeles is nice. and we look at the democrats as the nice party.

president obama, when he was in san francisco, he said they can build coal plants, but they will go bankrupt. even you have made comments about how that coal is. many of the people in the administration, that is fine. that is your view. many of us disagree with that. from looking at the budget that you have proposed, you are asking for an increase of $856 million. in the scheme of things, that is not that much money. we have a $16 trillion federal debt. any kind of increases are a significant in today's atmosphere. when i look at that budget, when i read that budget, it appears to me that america is moving as fast as it can to adopt the european model for energy production. moving as fast as it can to adopt the european model for energy production. i recently have read a number of articles about the things that are going on in europe. when know that in spain they placed a great emphasis on wind energy. they have an unemployment rate of 22%. there was a udy from juan carlos university that talked about, for every green jobs created there was a loss of two jobs in the traditional industry. it

president obama, when he was campaigning, was in san francisco, and he said they can build coal plants, but didn't go bankruptand you have made comments about how bad coal is, and many other people in the administration, and that is fine. that is your view, and many of us disagree with that. from looking at the budget that you have proposed, you are asking for an increase of $856 million, and in the scheme of things that is not that much money. but we have a $16 trillion federal debt, and any kind of that increase is significant in today's atmosphere. when i look at that budget, when i read that budget, it appears to me that america is moving as fast as we can to adopt the european model for energy production. and i recently have read a number of articles about the things that are going on in europe. we know that in spain baker placed emphasis on wind energy. they have an unemployment rate of 22%. there was a study from one carlos university that talked about for every green jobs created there was a loss of two jobs in traditional industries. one of the things that i find most disturbing about this, it looks

as the president was a candidate in san francisco in regard to cap-and-trade, quote, so somebody wants to build a coal power plant, they can. it's just a will bankrupt them because they're going to be charged a huge sum for all the dream house guest is being amended. the was the president when he was a candidate. which would lead me to have some concern about what his role is in regards to energy. in regards to his energy secretary, mr. chu who is implementing the policies of the president in 2000 -- 2008 with an interview in "the wall street journal" he said, "somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels of europe. .. >> increases the energy for those types of energies that are particularly carbon intensive. doesn't increase the cost of energy -- or it does increase the cost of energy. we have you, mr. geithner, we have the energy secretary, mr. chu, and the president all making comments that would lead the american people to believe that you're not supporting lower energy cost, but policies that increase the cost of energy. >> i think the question you asked at the beginning, and i'll repeat it again is that the po