. >>> a mystery in san francisco may have been solved hundreds of miles away where experts say scores of sea lions have turned up, and why. >>> record breaking cold across the country today. you're watching "hln news and views." i'm general jennifer westhoven, thanks for joining us. the icy roads caused many car accidents, even this massive pileup. 300 crashes were reported in one georgia county alone. driving is even more difficult further north thanks to all the snow. snow plows worked in hammond, indiana, to clear out the road but some people took to shovels to dig themselves out. >> i prefer sunnier skies, but you know, you got to do what you got to do when you live in the midwest and dealing with this weather. i'm -- usually i'm pretty angry with the snow, but i'm okay this year. >> i'm glad he's got a sense of humor about it. many parts of the country saw record-breaking low temperatures. listen to this. 31 below in aberdeen, south dakota, and 31 below in grand island, nebraska. >>> the freezing temps even moved to the sunshine state, prompting a run on space heaters. >> i bough

millions have seen the sea lions at piers in san francisco.ut they started leaving late last year. just 20 were left by thanksgiving. scientists say there's no way to tell how many of the sea lions in oregon are from the san francisco group. >>> peyton manning adds another honor to his hall of fame football career. manning was name the associated press nfl most valuable player today four the fourth time. the indianapolis colts' quarterback is the only nfl player to win the ap award so many times, but he's still got some company. hockey's wayne gretzky, basketball's kareem abdul-jabbar and baseball's barry bonds, they all won the ap most valuable player awards four times in their respective sports categories. >>> a 10,000-foot volcano is forcing evacuations around the capital city of costa rica. in the recent days it's been shooting ash and steam into the sky, threatening some neighborhoods in it. residents living four miles of the peak are being warned to get out. some are staying in government shelters. the volcano is about 40,000 miles away

one san francisco politician is taking his new year's resolution in the opposite direction. city supervisor chris daily has announced he plans to use the f word at every board of soup voice sore's meeting this year. he announced the new year's resolution at a board of supp visor's meeting. most of his constituents and colleagues aren't too happy about it. >> i think it's fing ridiculous and i'd so glad he's almost out of here. >> i think it's a nonissue and a publicity stuntd. >> i used a bar of soap in his office so he could use it to clean up his language. >> the mayor says his behavior is an embarrassment to the city. >>> vice president joe biden's mother died yesterday at the home in delaware surrounded by loved ones. in a statement, the vice president said of his mother, quote, she believed in us and because of that, we believed in ourselves. gene biden was 92. >>> elvis fans are all shook up. the king of rock in roll would have celebrated a big birthday yesterday. his legend en durs even though he's been gone for decades. > >>>what he did was a facial injustice to the

and then he lost his gold medal that was in train station traveling from los angeles to san francisco, and he was so happy that some american found it. it did not stolley. he returned it, khrushchev, it is your metal, please take a. and then it was his discussion with mr. spiros told i am self-made man. here in america, i am poor, greek boy, came here and now i am the president of the greek film company. and my father told -- what big deal. i was poor, and now i am prime minister of great country. we are the same. so it was all the time, discussion. and then he disappeared in san francisco because he decided to go to the walk in the come and deliver and just waiting. can you tell somesuch stories. because i am interviewing you, not you interviewing me now. >> guest: maybe we can do a bit of both. i emphasize a lot of the comedy of the trip as opposed to the diplomatic negotiations, although they are in there also. are the political rhetoric, which can get a little dull. because there was so much zany comedy that i thought illustrated the strangeness of the cold war, which was the firs

spencer michels reports from san francisco, and ray suarez debriefs margaret talbot of the "new yorker." >> ifill: then, a debate on how to pay for health care reform. >> brown: special correspondent kira kay looks at the race against time to rebuild the poorest nation in the western hemisphere. >> some say that we just want to get out of misery to get into poverty. and i believe that is a beautiful sentence for haiti, because it is exactly what we are aiming for right now. >> ifill: the supreme court revisits a case it decided last year, this time with a new justice on the bench. margaret warner gets the details from marcia coyle of the "national law journal." >> brown: and the latest late night drama, as nbc drops jay leno from its primetime lineup. >> you know, actually if they did cancel us, it would be an easy move for me, because i still haven't unpacked from the last show they cancelled us from. so everything's still back there, so it's fine! >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> what the world needs now is en

after a three-hour delay, the plane continued on to the destination of san francisco. >>> maryland will discussion stiffer laws for child sex offenders. wee have suzanne collin was more. sarah haley foxwell's body was found in the woods on christmas day. thomas james leggs has been convicted twice in the past with sexual child abuse. >> if we lose one child to murder, that is one child too many. when these things happen, it fires all of us -- inspires all of us to ask what can we do to better safeguard lives of our children? >> reporter: the governor tells eyewitness news that he thinks lawmakers will debate similar bills like similar to this crime. when a child sex offender serves his full sentence, the state can do no more. there is talk to use civil laws to prove a person still dangerous to children. the head of the non-profit that advocates against child sex abuse says laws are important, but family members who educate their family the best protection. >> often times we know that people who know the child pose the greatest risk. >> reporter: two years ago, maryland passed jessica's

they destroyed much of san francisco. >>> this is neat. piece of history from the south pole was found. researchers have recovered what they believe is the first airplane to ever visit antarctica. it arrived there in 1912. explorer dog las mawson initially hoped to stage the first airplane flight over the continent but the wings were crashed before the expedition got under way. when the aircraft broke down, it was abandoned near commonwealth bay. >>> singer elton john and eminem are working together, but not on a new album, but to help the rapper fight a drug problem. the rapper is making progress. john is a recovered drug abuser himself. eminem has written publicly about his past substance abuse problems. >>> federal reserve chairman ben bernanke says the best way to prevent financial bubbles is through tighter regulation. but he says it's not the only way. and that may be necessary to raise interest rates again to prevent what he calls dangerous build-ups of risk. now, some critics blame the federal reserve for causing the recent housing

spcer michels reports from san francisco,nd ray suarez debriefs margaret talbotf the "new yorr." >>fill: then, a debate on how to pay for health careeform. >> bro: special correspondent kira kay looks at e race agnst time to rebuild the poorest nation ithe western hemisphere. >> somsay that we just want to get out misery to get into poverty. d i believe that is a beautifusentence for haiti, because it is extly what we are aiming forht now. ifill: the supreme court revisits a ce it decided last year, this time with a new justice on theench. margaret warner gets theetails from marcia coyle of the "national law urnal." >> bwn: and the latest late night drama, as c drops jay leno from its primime lineup. >> you know, actlly if they did cancel us, it uld be an easy me for me, because i still haven't unpacked frothe last show th cancelled us fr. so everything'still back there, so it fine! >> ifill: that's all ahe on tonight's pbs nehour. major funding fothe pbs newshour is providedy: what the world needs now is energy. the engy to get the economy humming again. e energy to tackle chaen

the transportation security administration says a flight en route from atlanta to san francisco had to be diverted to colorado springs because of an unruly passenger. pictures of him snapped here by other passengers. a man locked himself in the bathroom and what he did next was very frightening. >> just an unruly passenger. came out the bathroom with no socks and ?o shoes with a razer in his hand and had everybody spooked. >> the man was tasered. he went limp and they took him out. >> bomb sniffing dogs and officers searched the entire mane. no explosives or evidence of terrorism were found after a three-hour delay, then the plane was cleared to continue on to san francisco. >>> tonight, we're also learning new details in the deadly attack against cia members in afghanistan. the director of the group says the jordannian man that killed the seven agents was about to be searched prior to the explosion. the bomber was cultivated by the cia in the fight against al qaeda but apparently was working as a double agent. the cia director says the suicide bombing is a stark reminder that the u.s.

. >> reporter: to cut down on the mail, ryan nickel of san francisco is paying his bills and keeping in touch with friends and family online. and now he's also using a new web-based postal system that uses his street address for e-delivery. it's called zoom box. >> i can just with one click say i want this paperless in the future, please. and i'll never see a paper copy of it again. >> we created a digital mailbox for every street address in the u.s. so now all mail can be sent online the same way it's sent on paper. >> it saves a bundle on printing and postage which caught san francisco's attention. last year they sent 7 million pieces of mail at a cost of over $3 million. money mayor gavin newsom would like to spend on other things. >> nice thing, take advantage of technology and go paperless. this is invariably the future. he used zoom box to notify residents about a composting ordinance with hyper links to other ecofriendly programs. >> we're trying to encourage residents to cut down on the amount of paper they send to the landfill. recycling but if they can reduce the paper they

this next story is one that could only happen in the city of san francisco.ake a look at city supervisor known for frequently using inappropriate language at public meetings. a bay area newspaper called him out on his vile vocabulary. instead of cleaning up his act he announced this resolution for the new year. >> i'm vowing in 2009 i will the word [ bleep ] in every supervisor's meeting my apologies to those who take umbrage. >> sean: there's a great role model for all the young people of san francisco. mr. daily, maybe it is time for now grow up. that is the news from hannity's america. coming up "time" magazine named the top elvis impersonators of all time. you won't believe who made the list. he has been on the show before. we'll tell you who it is, straight ahead. ng! 'm amanda. tom. james. nice job on the brochures and letterhead. louis, keep up the good work with our shipments. it's -- it's peter. great job, everybody! that's a closet. you know what, guys? take the afternoon off! we can't. that is why i hired you. world's proudest boss. [ male announce

we were told that on this airtran flight 39 from atlanta to san francisco, a young man was taken into after the plane was diverted. there are varying reports that say the suspect was intoxicated and might have locked himself in the bathroom and refused to come out. it was then that we're told that authorities said we can't fool around with this. they let the government know -- this is a picture taken of this passenger on the flight a little while ago. you might have seen this earlier today. and then they radioed back and said, look, we've got a problem here. and deciding that the better part was not to take any risk. norad immediately released two f-16's that tailed the plane down for this landing to colorado springs. everyone safe on the flight. the passenger has been taken into custody. that's all we know. but, again, this could have been obviously a big deal. you only send f-16's to tail a plane if you fear that plane might be used either as a weapon or god forebid even worse. 9/11 comes to mind there. this of course two weeks to the day we had a guy try to blow up a plane with a b

industry advocates say san francisco is sounding alarm bells unnecessarily. >> panic may be overstatingsomewhat but it certainly raises anxietys that on the basis of current sence that is accepted are just simply not necessary. >> reporter: he says the rules could make cell phones with higher emigs appear dangerous when according to the standards, they are safe. at this best buy, most customers liked the label idea. >> i think it is something that -- you know, cigarettes have warnings. i imagine if it is like a concern, maybe it should be a imthing. >> now i'm wondering why they didn't always have it. know all the other times i bought my phones from the beginning. >> reporter: the state of maine and country of france are also considering adding raid nation labels to cell phones. if the legislation passes here, san francisco would be the first city in the nation to make that controversial call n san francisco, claudia cowan, fox news. >>> getting a that tews a pretty big decision and should be performed by a professional. >> coming up next, one ma'am and dad learned the hard way. they ar

this is 230 miles southwest of san francisco, eureka.t this point it sounds like there is a widespread power outage affecting eureka and hearing about gas and water lines possibly being ruptured and residents being evacuated as a precaution. this is scanner traffic from police and fire dispatch. not officially confirmed. it appear s damage is not terribly significant. we are still in the assessment phase. police officers and firefighters will have a busy night responding. a 6.5 quake is significant. it was off the coast about 22 miles off the coast. i'm going to keep listening to the traffic and we'll update you as we hear more. >> dan, as a california resident. we heard jessica tell us this was more of a rolling event and slammed. is that language familiar to you? have you been through something like that? >> reporter: it definitely is. let me point out, this particular area, it is not uncommon to have earthquakes. we should note it is a bit closer to the shore than previous earthquakes we've seen in the last decade or so. i was doing a

>> that's exactly righ >>eporter: george ackerlofthat is, has left his hearin san francisco. and the heart has its asons. and the mind its receptors for which reason seems to be no match >> brown: ase said, paul shot that story at the american economic association annual meeting st january. the group will gather agaithis weekend in aanta and paul will be there. >> suarez: now, a yearnd discussion on litics. gwen ifi recorded this yesterday. after ten years of -wars a tas and economic booms and busts, we ta a look back tonight the decade in politics and governce, througthe eyes of three newshour regulars who ve helped ucover it all. amy walt, editor in chief ofhe hotline national journalsolitical daily, andrew kohut for the peoe and the press d presidential historian michael burbve. arting with you, michael. whatould you say is the signal event of this decad >> it would ve to be the attack oseptember 11th -- 001 because not only h thataused all sorts of obvious changes inmerican society but look at ththe kind of even that led to. george w. bush declared a war on terrism, lead

federal charges charges are pending against a man who allegedly disrupt add san francisco pound flight resulting in the plane diverting to colorado with a military escort. two f-16's were launched yesterday morning to catch up with the plane following reports that an intoxicated passenger, mohammed of virginia locked himself in the bathroom and refused to follow crew instructions to take his seat. on a different pound bound for hawaii diverted to los angeles after a man was accused of harassing a female passenger. the man was released after the woman declined to press charges. it's a screening system that can show what's hidden under your clothes. without the privacy concern of bid scanners, but can it detect powder, plastic and liquid explosives? phil keating takes a look at thermal imagery. >> reporter: one of these people is wearing a nonlethal explosive vest, similar to the kind worn by suicide bombers. using thermal sensory technology is quickly becomes clear with a distinct black shape, which person that is. >> anything that blocks the body's natural heat energy shows up in black

the san francisco bay area was struck by two light earthquakes on thursday and friday. parking in d.c. is going to cost you more. the city is extending nighttime hours for pay parking to 10:00 p.m. and enforcing saturday meter parking. it's also converting most of its meters to a new maximum ra of $2 an hour. the conversion of signs and meters has already begun and is expected to be complete by january 19. >>> a plan to install speed cameras in prince george's county school zones is getting the red light. the county executive jack johnson has lobbied hard for them like these in montgomery county but he now says he'll have police use mobile cameras as needed. he says speed cameras are the way -- [ indiscernible ] >>> drivers were caught by the devoices will be mailed a $40 ticket but get no points added to their driver's license. >>> you've heard of cash for clunkers. well, how about cash for clutter. that's right. there is now big incentive for you to clear the clutter from your life. brenda butner explains. >> reporter: the new year brings new goals. how about clearing

just a couple of famous examples in san francisco state which was kind of ground zero for the whole blacknt movement black studies movement was the firing of george murray at the time the minister that set off that four month strike the lead to the creation of the college of third ethnic studies in san francisco. brooklyn college, the black panther party was influential in organizing the black student union there. and that the leader of the black student leader, one of them with men to be addressed in the raid that produced the panther 21. he said that should've been the panther 22. he was out of town that day. they got him in another predawn raid in the case that became known as the brooklyn college 19. again he was the young man. cops came in for the windows come up with the door down early in the morning. these kids with no record were sent to rockers island and there were all trumped up charges, bsc lindh in fact another target like the panthers and another target of black student unions across the country. a lot of them had police informants. some of this was a result of the panther

. >> san francisco, there was violen violence. >> i saw this myself in the late '70s in san franciscotoric was very frightening. it created a climate in which violence took place. >> by liberals? is that biased? yeah. that's a good one. i love the c.i.a. statement is clear one. >> my statement is clear. let me read it again. let me read it again. >> sorry, i have to find the page. >> there is the maxine waters, tell you what this liberal is going to do. >> guess what this liberal would be all about? this liberal would be all about socializing -- would be about, basically taking over and the government running all of your companies. >> that one is just the best piece of video ever for holy crap, uh-oh. um, um. i can't think of anything barney frank has done this year that's been crazy, except for maybe -- i do like -- when i think barney frank, i think of the audio where right before the crash comes. faneuil and fanie and freddie is perfectly solvent. >> i think fannie mae and freddie is fundamentally sound. i think the prospects going forward are very solid. >> please! >> to your favo

so yes, i mean, here walking down san francisco two days ago, i had people begging. and i was struck by a. i'm not used to bigger that i come from a country where there is begging in the streets. but one doesn't expect in the richest country in world. >> another question. what role does corporate greed play in the creation and maintenance of poverty? >> well, in our global economy today, the big challenge is how do you hold economic actors accountable for human rights? the traditional concept of human rights is the state, the government, the country. the state does the duty to respect your rights. but in the global economy today, if you are a person living in eastern congo, then the decisions that affect your life are not being made in the capital of your country. they are being made in faraway borders. so how do you insist that? and that's why there is a movement that is going on to bring human rights responsibility to bear on big business. there is a process in the united nations going on there, amnesty international is campaigning for international standards to be

the airplane -- an air tains plane flying from san francisco and refused to return to his seat. the airplane was diverted to colorado. >>> the police say a man has been arrested for being seen in the security video walking past a checkpoint at newark airport. the terminal was cleared, thousands were screened again, and flights were delayed. >> i never could imagine he would do that. >> he is charged with the defiant trespassing and faces a five other dollars fine. the transportation security administration has been criticized because some of the cameras at the checkpoint when not working. >>> government economic experts are giving the health care bill a mixed grade. medicare experts say would raise health-care spending slightly as a provides coverage for an additional 34 million americans, but over time, cost cutting measures would reduce the increases in health-care spending. >>> parking and some d.c. neighborhoods will cost more, even on saturdays. richard reeve is live in northwest with more on what drivers need to know. >> first of all, bring extra change. we're talking abou

. >> reporter: i'm becky worley, your gadget gossip girl in san francisco. >>> let me wipe the drool off my children here. can't wait for that. the drool will freeze if you step outside. it's the fourth day of this january, 10. 24 is where we normally belong in the record. 4 is the record set back in 1918. just wanted to show you the low marks. sun comes up in another two hours, 7:26. this morning, it's close to normal at 23 degrees but it feels much colder, as we showed you earlier, wind chills in baltimore calculated down to 14 degrees. so we have that chill still left in the air. most of the snow locked pack west of the mountains, a fairly typical winter pattern. even snow still lingering across sections of new england. as far as we're concerned a lot more cloudiness already upon us. looks like we're going to have a mostly cloudy day. just want to pull back across the wider view and show you how we have this active storm pattern shifted to the south with branch of the jet stream pushing through southern florida and on into the straits near cuba where they've had near record low. a

i can take that flight from san francisco the other night, everybody was on it. [laughter] >> i don't know. honestly, it seems like there was, i don't know, this seemed like a homeless express that was traveling from san francisco to philadelphia. but it was great. that's america. the truth is, that more is available to more people than ever before. and anyone who doesn't see the added opportunities, comfort, life expectancy, educational opportunities, that we have that would have been undreamed of for our parents and grandparents, anyone who doesn't see that is deliberately blind and deaf. and limited, and embittered. my grandfather was a barrel maker. he came over from ukraine in 1910. he never stayed in a hotel in his life. why would you? that would be very rare for americans to one of the figured that i have in my book, people are not going to believe it but it's an official labor department figure and you know they wouldn't lie. labor department of the united states, typical american family, today spends more and eating out in dinners and is a fast food rest

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. >> reporter: i'm your gadget gossip girl in san francisco. >>> the gasoline prices are up at the starte 64% higher than a year ago at this time. the aáfpblg price -- the average price is $2.65 a gallon. here in the baltimore area, drivers are paying about $2.61 a gallon. and the science fiction blockbuster "avatar" continues to dominate at the box office. still a fine piece of cinema i might add, taking in $62 million for the studio estimate. the weekend win is a third in the row coming up for the close second for them. and selling about $38 million." alvin and the chipmunks" came in third with $36 million. >>> another check of the forecast coming up. 23ed cold degrees. >>> take a peek at the world's tallest building which is set to open up tomorrow. the final hype of the verge. and some experts say that it is about 2600 feet. they built it in seconds. the building contains more than 16 o floors -- 160 floors. that's tallest than the chicago's tallest building formally known as the sears tower. that will also be home to the hotel and a very fancy one designed by the famous designer ho

it seemed like there was a -- i don't know, this seemed like a homeless express traveling from san francisco to philadelphia -- was great. but look, that's america. the truth is more is available to more people than ever before and anyone who doesn't see that added opportunities, comforts, life expectancy, educational opportunities that we have that would have been undreamed of for our parents and grandparents. anyone who doesn't see that is deliberately blind and deaf and limited and embittered. my grandfather was a barrel maker, came from ukraine in 1910. he never stayed in a hotel in his life. why would he? that would be rare for americans. one mother figure i have in my book, people are not going to believe it but it's an offical labor department figure and you know they wouldn't like. labor department in the united states, a typical american family today spends more eating out and dinners, fast-food restaurants or luxurious restaurants, different kind of restaurants than the family spends on health care. and we spent too much on health care. all right. the idea that capitalism is dead a

. -- constituency in san francisco.the animas increase. host: he said that all of washington should take heed. are the republicans also seeing that this is not a message that the republicans are ascendant? guest: r.j. john boehner understands that we are not -- they see it as clearly as an opportunity for them to capitalize on some of the state's. an interesting moment from this interview was when we asked senator dorgan any thought about the president's decision to push health care. he said he thought it was a mistake. there was an interesting comment from a veteran political figure. host: understanding party politics, it -- if it is a message that a country is feeling anti-washington, is it to find ways to work together? guest: it is an election year. you will see more partisanship. and something like a jobs bill, something where it is politically beneficial to qcompromise, you can see that. on almost every other issue, it will not happen. republicans are trying some in gains in november. there is no political motivat

i was just recently, here in san francisco at the green festival this past weekend.you go out there and this amazing marketplace that's full of people are coming up with brilliant ideas, on to produce are doing amazing things. i would really encourage you, if you can't find a job, create one. you know, create a business. this is the time for innovation, for autoproducer. that's a lot of fun, too. and i know i don't mean to be frivolous. there's a lot of risk and a lot of fear involved in doing that. overcome your fear and do it. >> we have about five minutes left. >> my question is more about the international financial crisis and accountability and what we've learned. i wanted to see if you had comments about i guess there was a special report that came out, the audit from the special investigator general about aig. is there going to be a core like commission? it doesn't seem like anyone has gotten in trouble for having the economy be in such a tailspin for the last year, people have benefited greatly. >> yeah, there's been -- it's a travesty. it's criminal what's b

the air tran san francisco bound flight landed in colorado springs.t turns out the plane was escorted by military fighters jets. cops say the passenger was intoxicated and apparently locked himself in the bathroom. >> the guy is just going off on the stewardess 'cause she's telling him you had too much to drink. but he has no shoes and no shirt on. >> they were pointing and yelling and even when we went to land, he wouldn't sit down. he stood up in the back of the plane. >> i was very upset. and i haven't flown in ten years. of course, it happens when i'm on the plane. >> in another incident, authorities charge add man with interfering with a flight to hawaii. he made threats on an inflight note card and reports to crashing and landing on gilligan's island. that prompted the pilots to turn the plane around, then land back in portland, oregon. he was allegedly upset that he couldn't store his bag under his exit row seat. >>> we're learning chilling details about the deadly attack on c.i.a. employees in afghanistan and the man accused of carrying out th

can anyone tell us what happened to san francisco's sea lions?>> president obama points the finger in an attempted airline bombing. who he says gave this man his marching orders and what the president says the u.s. is doing about it. >>> an artist who drew a cartoon that sparked protest barely escaped an attempt on his life. >>> and rush limbaugh says he's convinced the u.s. health care system the working just fine. how he's gotten a very upcloet and personal look at it. >>> president obama is blaming an affiliate of al-qaeda for an attempted terror attack. the president said the group trained the suspect. the suspect the accused of trying to bring down an airplane landing in detroit. >> the investigation into the incident continues and we're learning more about the suspect. we know he traveled to yemen, a country grappling with poverty. it appears he joined an affiliate of al-qaeda. and that this group trained him, equipped him with explosives an directed him to attack that plane headed to america. this is not the first time this group has targe

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he's a kind of senior ambassador for the san francisco-based lifestyle empire that bears his name.y alone out there with just a few other food world pioneers like chefs james beard and later julia child teaching americans new ways of cooking. limited edition 90 years. you've seen those kitchen-aid mixers. did you get the first one? >> i got the first one. >> reporter: it was chuck williams who convinced the company to sell them to home cooks. you deserve the first one of these. >> yes. >> reporter: you earned it. >> i earned it. >> reporter: remember, there weren't cook ware shops everywhere then. before williams-sonoma, hardly anybody had ever heard of a whisk. >> only professional chefs. that's one that i found in england 30 years ago. >> reporter: williams-sonoma was a revelation to home cooks used to seeing grab tinny pots and pans piled up on tables in hardware stores. all of these pans, the handles stick out and go to the right. >> most people are right handed. so they pick it up and look at it. >> reporter: looking at his early life, nothing and everything seemed to prepare

read details in the paper, one is about the stark school initiative in san francisco.autonomy accountability exchange in new york city. they have common features. all three of these were about reallocated resources differently based on the needs of students. new york and san francisco did that by allocating resources by a weightsed student formula atamped to students and montgomery county it by growing spending more rapidly in underperforming schools that had most of the low income and minority students in montgomery county while holding constant in the other. basically funding investments in some schools while holding or cutting investments in others. so way to think about this, and then i'll wrap up, is that, any of these resource decisions and any of the ones we've been hearing about today in terms of cuts need some frame that's based on cause and effect theory about what's going to produce results. whether it's different kinds of students with different learning needs, need different levels of resource, that's one theory. whether or not it's john chubb's presentati

is, by the way, something the affluent take in san francisco.transportation is usually associated with lower socio economic groups. the thing about high-speed rail , and like the bart system insistance that they build and design well, is that it's not just people who can't afford transportation, it's people who are driving 50,000, 60,000 dollar automobiles are deciding to leave them in the driveway and take bart in the san francisco bay area, and this is going to be the same thing. what people don't understand is that it changes everything when you get a decent transportation system that everyone is willing to take, because now los angeles will be 30 minutes away. that means i can go down to downtown los angeles and see all the wonderful museums and all the cultural things that there are there in a day, and now it's like four hours on a good day. usually traffic is so terrible down there it's like three or even four hours. host: before we let you go, what's the cost to ride bart? caller: bart is in the san francisco bay area and i lived up there

this lady represents san francisco. is that the leader that you want me you're a point to have?someone who believes in abortion that just wants to print money and spend it? is that representing your views? guest: i think that um... and tom delay wasn't even the speaker of the house. i think though that - if i were nancy pelosi, i think she is an enormously effective as an insider legislator leader that if i were pelosi i think i would keep a somewhat lower profile. the thing is if your say john spratt in south carolina. i think john spratt should be the face of the democratic party in south carolina. not nancy pelosi. you know, hispanic or theica th political figures in terms of household names. i think if she did fewer press-conferences and stuck to where her strengths were, i think there her party would be better off. just as republican party was not helped by having a tom delay as most visible member of the house even if he was at no time speaker, i think that was true. democrats are better off if speaker pelosi is not quite as visible as she is. so i think the caller is not

airports, including albuquerque, las vegas, miami, san francisco, tulsa and salt lake city. add now the tsa has ordered 150 more to be deployed this year. while the exact locations are a well-guarded secret, officials say boston logan and newark liberty are likely candidates. >> it's a necessary evil, i guess, for me. >> for the security of hundreds of people i think that it should be acceptable to be able to view a body like that just to make sure that we're all safe. >> reporter: the rules change from flight to flight. some airlines have disabled the in-flight entertainment. others haven't. some won't allow you to use the bathroom within an hour of landing. others will. >> expect the unexpected. a lot of these security regulations are in the hands of pilots and in-flight crews. >> reporter: getting up to speed on the new normal. >> people are well aware that, you know, this is coming. >> reporter: just in time for the holiday trip home. jeff rossen, nbc news, new york. >>> the northeast and midwest are feeling the bitter bite of winter tonight with the record-breaking temp

. >>> and one of the oldest survivors of the san francisco earthquake in 1906 has died.r daughter said she suffered from pneumonia. she was 6 years old when the quake hit. much of san francisco was left in ruins back in 1906. >>> well, the prayers have been answered for evangelist rick warren. the associated press says his mega church in southern california has raised, get this, a whopping $2.4 million just since wednesday. that is more than enough to cover the church's $9,000 deficit and more is expected to roll in. he made his plea nor donations online. >>> the failed bombing attempt christmas day has put our visa application process under a whole lot of scrutiny, but getting permission to come into the united states is still a hot ticket in many countries. >> yeah, sandra endu takes a look at the process of deciding who comes in and who is kept out. >> reporter: foreign entry into the united states, how difficult is it to get an admission ticket to america? citizens in 35 countries don't even need a visa to gain entry as part of the wee sa waiver program that allows t

a case gets underway tomorrow -- this morning in california, san francisco., how long will this last? guest: it will depend on how many witnesses both sides want to call. i get the sense that just from reading about the case that both sides have a lot of witnesses that they want to call. it could run weeks. host: with a call folks who are in committed relationships or in same-sex relationships? i had guest: no doubt that they will. i am sure there will be a lot of experts called who will talk about marriage from a sociological perspective. you know, do children do better in certain kinds of situations with a single parents, with a mother and a father? is there a difference between same-sex couples and opposite sex couples raising children? i'm sure these will all be hashed out during the course of this trial. there will almost certainly be an appeal and i would be surprised if either side didn't appeal if they lost. the thing is, if the ninth circuit court of appeals rules that same sex marriage is not a constitutional right, i think it would be more likely t

>> san francisco. >> what is your relationship?ll, we are married and we work together and make films together and we write books together so it is a very close relationship. >> what other books have you written? >> this is our first together. i wrote a book called "out of control." it was about covert operations. >> where were you from originally? >> i was from ireland. >> amended to leave there? >> life was interesting. in the early years, we did not have a car or a telephone and so we went everywhere by force. -- by horse. we communicated by telegram. it is a perfectly viable way to live. i left there when i was 17 and went to london. >> how many books and documentary'ies have you done since 1991? >> three or four books. >> your daughters are about to him or seven. >> one of them is an actress. people would have seen her on "house." she also does movies. another daughter is a lawyer and she is doing work at the aclu. >> we always ask you about your brother. >> he is at home in england. he is deciding whether to return to kabul o

the place i wanted to notice is san francisco, which is kind of a yellow color. their growth rate was only about 2.4% per capita during this time. compare that to the 3.5% growth rate in the national average, and the idea is that if we can figure out what it is that san diego does that -- at san francisco does, even at dallas does that the rest of the country has not figured out with regard to restrain growth, we can basically get medicare back on an even keel for the next few decades. if you run the numbers out. if you say, san francisco -- 2.4%, united states, 3.5%. that is a difference of 1.1%. the difference grows over time. this is something economists teach. compound interest. it is the differences you can see between current projections, the blue line, the versus and what would happen if we manages -- managed to slow growth by 1.1%. it is dramatic. that is the key to getting health care costs under control. it is not something that has never done it -- never been done anywhere and the united states. we have to learn from how they do it and to provide the r

but san francisco is kind of the yellowish color. their growth rate was only two 0.4% per capita during this time. compare that to the 3.5% growth rate of the national average. the idea is that, if we can figure out what it is that san diego does -- that san francisco does, even that dallas does that the rest of the country has done in restraining growth, we could get medicare back on an even keel for the next few decades. if you run the numbers out, if you say, ok, san francisco, two 0.4%, united states, 3.5%, that is a difference of 1.9%. either the wonders or harness of compound interest, it is the difference you can see between current projections, the blue line for the medicare dead versus the slotwing of growth to 1.1%. this has been done. we have to learn on how they do it and provide incentives to do it. right now, medicare has no incentives. they will pay for anything that does not kill you. second, it gets back to something that herb stein eustace said. he used a teacher for a couple of years -- but herb stein used to say.

first to you, daniel horowitz, joining us out of san francisco. could that couple be facing charges? >> well, nancy, every state has a different set of laws. but i think it's a kidnapping. the father has rights to that child. and whoever's keeping the child, is taking him away from the father. we may be picking on the father now saying he's not a good dad. but his rights are superior to anyone else's until the court says differently. >> i'm not picking on anybody, except a mom that gives the baby away to a couple she meets in a public park. all right. don't start with that. >> we're presuming the dad's not a good dad. >> i'm not presuming anything. so let's just stick with the program of trying to find the baby. all right? if you can just focus, you know. keep it in the middle of the road, daniel horowitz. burris, you know, i don't know that this couple, if they exist, thinks they took the baby away from the father. they may not even know that the father's in the picture. >> well, i agree with that. i don't think that that family, without more inf

in san francisco, i was arrested with low-wage hotel workers fighting to protect their health care andpensions from leveraged buyouts that gone bad. in san diego, i talked with working americans and was moved to tears by foreclosures and unemployment, by outsourcing and benefit cuts. everywhere i went, people said to me "why do so many of the people we elect seem to only care about wall street? why is helping bankers and matter of urgency but unemployment is something we just have to live with? why don't we make anything in america anymore? why is it so hard to pass a health-care bill that guarantees americans healthy lives instead of guaranteeing insurance companies healthy profits?" as i traveled from city to city, i heard a sense of resignation from middle-class americans. people laid off for the first times in their lives asking "what did i do wrong?" i came away shaken by the sense that the very things that make america great are now in danger. what makes us unique among nations is this -- in america, working people are the middle- class. we built our middle-class of the 20th-cent

host: here's san francisco. good morning, susan, democratic caller.caller: yeah, i have sort of a specific question that i can't figure out when i try to think about where the mortgages, what money to who, and that is on the one hand, i've heard people say that one of the -- one of the things that pushed people to make all these loans is that there was such a market for asset-based investment. so these mortgages were turned around and then people bought them as investments, i guess presumably balls they pay interest back and they'd make a profit, and that wall street, you know, was just turning these over so fast that people were looking to make more and more mortgage loans. on the other hand, when the banks had problems, one of the things they said is they're broke because all these foreclosed homes and the decreasing, you know, are prices that homes cost, which are i guess the tax is assets that are on their books, you know, they have all these losses, and it seems to contradict. they seem to contradict each other. it would seem that they had alread

warnings about radiation levels in san francisco.ders have proposed legislation that would require labels to be as visible as price and other information. retailers would have to explain what the radiation levels mean. the information is available joen line. today, there is no scientific consensus that cell phones pose any risk at all. >>> the federal stimulus bill record shows that the items may not be as friendly as once advertised. >>> this high-end washing machine promising to do more than your laundry. the government and appliance makers say it will save you money and help the environment. >> it has the energy star label a similar sale of the 17 -- seal of the 17-year-old government program rating the alliances on their efficiency. the program claims consumers onsumers can save money through the lower energy bills. not everyone thinks it's so easy being green. >> the tests are out of date, the manufacturers themselves apply the information to the government. the government isn't checking it or having an independent third party c