louis and san francisco. twain fit right in, besides assorted miners, and other desert rats, the town was home to a full contingent of prostitutes, called herdy gerdy girls. and gun slingers, by the names of six finger pete. twain spent the next two years reporting and sometimes inventing the news. he thoroughly enjoyed himself, usually at other people's expense, but his habit of creative reporting finally got him into trouble one day when arrival newspaper editor challenged him to a due em. twain preferred to avoid con flick, he didn't have time to fit a duel just then and besides, he had been drunk when he wrote the offending story. instead of fighting the duel, he left virginia city and came to san francisco, where much against his desires, he finally took a job on another newspaper, the morning call. san francisco had even more local characters than virginia city, including such famous residents as the great unknown, and elegantly dressed gentleman who paraded don't montgomery street every day in the sile

from the university of san francisco. as a durham fight health care practitioner, burke had deep wells of knowledge and authority on issues of health care reform. from 1996 to 2000 she served as

a native of san francisco, she learned the masters from harvard and bachelor of science from san francisco. she had deep wells in both knowledge and authority on issue of health care reform. from 1996 to 2000 she served as

the western span reaches from san francisco to yerba buena island, and is now stronger. finished replacing half a million rivets with bolts, and added 17 million tons of extra steel. this span is anchored to bedrock. but the eastern span, stretching two miles to oakland, is weaker. it sits precariously atop trunks of douglas fir trees driven into the mud more than 75 years ago. despite concerns over its strength, it's still in use while a new bridge is built alongside. failure of the bay bridge is not just a fear; it's also a memory of what happened in 1989. >> ney: that was the location where we had the failure during the loma prieta earthquake. >> pitts: right there? >> ney: right there. literally, that top span collapsed onto the lower span. >> pitts: at 5:04 pm on october 17, 1989, as ticket holders were entering the world series, the ground started shaking. people panicked. on the bay bridge, stunned motorists took this video as a woman was killed when she drove off the fallen upper deck. 62 other people died in the quake, most of them at the collapse of the double-

. >> woodruff: then, dave iverson of public tv's kqed san francisco updates relief efforts in haiti, 101 days after the earthquake. >> so not everyone here has the tents? >> no, no, no... >> do you have enough to eat? mangez? >> no, no, no... >> brown: margaret warner reports from the vatican on the church's growing sex abuse scandals. including the resignation of another bishop today. >> woodruff: we get the weekly analysis of mark shields and david brooks. >> brown: and, we profile an online cartoonist, winner of a pulitzer prize for stinging political satire. >> we tackle war, warming, health care, torture, spying and the impact of the great economic implosion. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> this is the engine that connects abundant grain from the american heartland to haran's best selling whole wheat, while keeping 60 billion pounds of carbon out of the atmosphere every year. bnsf, the engine that connects us. the national science foundation. supporting education and research across all fields of

in san francisco. he made dozens of calls to the home of house speaker nancy pelosi making verbal attacks described as extremely vulgar and crude. >>> it was no problem at all for rick and clayton anderson to lug a 1,700 pound tank this morning. they're just floating around. the two astronauts wrapped up a space walk after hooking up the tank to the international space station's cooling system. during another space walk on tuesday the old tank they replaced will be put in the shuffle "discovery"'s cargo bay for a return trip to earth. >>> a 16-year-old boy is going to court with his own mother over a fight involving facebook. denise nu of arkansas said her son was posting things on his account that would make your eyes pop out. he says he wrote things about driving in his car at nearly 100 miles an hour. one day when he did not log off mama posted things on his account then changed the password. the boy who lives with his grandmother decided to file a complaint. now his mom's been charged with harassme

a native of san francisco, she learned the masters from harvard and bachelor of science from san francisco. she had deep wells in both knowledge and authority on issue of health care reform. from 1996 to 2000 she served as executive dean at the kennedy school of government and 2004 to 2007 chief operating officer of the planets greatest office at smithsonian. roderick, a senior leader. he served as deputy secretary of labor in the george h.w. bush administration. he also came up with the acronym tefra, for which people are still angry at him. our old friend has served senator dole in a number of goals from his graduation from ku in 1986 and 2000. those include intern, senior advisor, and body man. in the last capacity, he handled the logistics. every single one of them both in the senate and during the elections campaigns. as we know from mike's visit here last year, he served as the director of vice presidential operations for the mccain mccain/palin director, a position that has enriched him with stories. please help me welcome sheila burke, roderick dearment, and mike glassner to the in

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from seattle to san francisco, it may be rainy and i-90 from seattle to spokane could be snow coveredyou're flying today expect airport delays in seattle, san francisco, kansas city, dallas and houston. >>> well, police in new mexico are looking into how human body parts donated to science including heads and torsoes abcnews.com ended up in the wrong hands. the gruesome discovery is causing considerable anguish. >> reporter: on thursday medical investigators hauled out bags from biocare, some filled with bodies, others with body parts. now the daunting task begins to identify these human remains. something that could take weeks, even months if dental records aren't available. and while this medical research facility was cleared out -- >> given the nature of the crimes also taking into consideration. >> reporter: -- the owner paul montanyo faced a judge and bond was set to $50,000. he promised to cremate and return remains of those who donated their bodies to science but instead shipped them off to an incinerator. once he's out of jail he'll work to reunite families with loved one. >>

over 800 miles away in san francisco.ion will go before the board of supervisors there to stop doing business with the state of arizona. city attorney dennis herrera has led the call for the boycott. >> i think it's the only way to spur folks to appreciate how draconian this law is for them to be a tangible price to pay for instituting what is no doubt a draconian law. >>> now, even in the boycott is approved by the board of supervisors, it's unclear what would have to be done for it to actually take effect. san francisco mayor, gavin newsom, he's called the new arizona law inexcusable and unacceptable, but he argues a total boycott of the state is, quote, an extraordinary comment -- an extraordinarily complicated matter. >>> phoenix mayor phil gordon who plans to file a lawsuit to block the new law has asked san francisco to hold off so it won't hurt residents who depend on the state for employment. but it's not just san francisco leaders. leaders in mexico have also demanded a boycott and so has civil rights leader al s

just sam nell, griffç jenkins in california, 40 miles from san francisco. >> reporter: it has been ayear since tax day when tea partiers showed up. who would have thought thousands would turn out in the backyard of house speaker nancy pelosi here in the san francisco bay area! certainly not a place known for its conservative circles. we have republican senator candidate carlie fiorina turned out. it was peaceful, a large event. you can hear the ban. we talked to most of the folksç in the audience of course [ inaudible ] here's what happened, take a look. we are in the house madame's backyard. nancy pelosi's backyard. look at this, otherwise liberal bay area you have thousands of people not just at this tea party but tea parties all over the bay area saying we need a reset. >> we are concerned about what is happening with our government, what we see taking place with our government and our leadership, the administration and it is time it. >> reporter: republican candidate fiorina, is it your sense the republican candidates have to reach out to this group if they are going get elected

. >> you're on the gold coast in san francisco. there are a lot of people just a stone's throw from this who could afford this house easily. >> i'm natasha curry. it's sunday, april 11th. you're watching hln "news and views." mourners lined the streets of warsaw paying tribute to the president of poland. the president and his wife were among the 96 people killed in a plane crash during a visit to russia. their daughter joins the dignitaries who greated th gree plane that returned their bodies to poland. >> i don't think we will recover for a long time because it has brought back the worst nightmares of our history. >> the plane was carrying a polish delegation for the site of a world war ii massacre when it went down. the president was to join russian officials in memorializing thousands of polish officers put to death by russian secret police 70 years ago. he was elected president in 2005. he already announced plans to seek a second term this fall. >>> actress dixie carter has died. you probably remember best as julia sugarbaker o

from assateague island in maryland to san francisco, california. some people have vowed to clean up the highways and waterways and it's all a part of pick up america. right now i have jeff and davey joining me live to talk a little bit about it. first off, tell me about pick up america. >> so, we're a group of recent college grads walking across the country to pick up trash. we're trying to inspire transition towards zero waste. so we're picking up trash and that's where we're meeting people up who can -- you can't go wrong with picking up trash, right? >> up to now we've picked over 18,000 pounds of trash in the state of maryland. we're right outside of baltimore in catonsville. making our way towards columbia today. we've covered about 110 miles. >> man, that is a lot. how do you decide where you're going to stop? going past 13 states. how do you decide, from here to san francisco, california, how do you decide where you're going to stop and what you're going to clean? >> it's getting the message to folks, hitting small towns and cities to talk a

it looks like san francisco.nd he played the whole game and he didn't notice that he had a misspelled jersey. >> no, but whatever. >> a minor oversight. >> far from us who follow the natonals. >> did we spell it right this season? >> yes, i believe they hired a spell checker. >> fantastic for the nationals. >> rt will, that's it for us -- all right, that's it for us. the cbs evening news is next. derek will see you at 7. topper, before we get out of here real quick? >> no warnings right now. big thunderstorms possible about 2 a.m. we'll keep you posted. >> all right, that's it for us. hope you have a great night. we hope you tune in to our very early morning show. get started at 4:25 with andrea, hang gee, and howard. don't forgot wusa9.com is always on.

born in san francisco. 32 games for the phillies after playing for the giants before that. they are going up, first pitch swinging and jeff francoeur homered again. >> rob: the mets are pounding the long ball tonight. 30 pitch to give up a home run. tiler trying to get that breaking ball down and away. keeps it up in the zone and francoeur -- >> rob: you know you can go through a whole game and get francoeur out three or four times without throwing a strike. he's driven in three runs. 6-2 new york. >> bob: francoeur shortened up the swing and i think that has a lot to to do with his hitting coach. he's got the power. and make a few adjustments. somebody is going to say, why didn't he listen to us when he tried to get him to do the same thing. >> bob: there you go. fewest home runs since the start of last season. >> rob: the mets last year hit 95 home runs the entire season. last in major league baseball. adam dunn pop up. the mets put a 3 spot on the board. zimmerman, dunn, willingham. lots of discounts on

their latest cd is called "save me san francisco." it features the number one single" hey soul sister." if musical geniuses were jello shots i would do him and throw up. and his sales have been hammered, new york correspondent. how are you doing piece of trash? >> you know who gives me the sivers is cj shivers. and bill needs a new liver. sad face. >> we'll get you one. >>> does lighting up a red mean your job is dead? should rolling papers lead to walk papers? that's two yes'. if brad burn has her evil, evil way, side note, who knew women could be mayors? >> oh my god. >> congratulations. the federal battle ax is asking them to vote on a measure that would permit employers to ban smoking. they say you can get fired even if it is in the privacy -- smoking is in the privacy of their own damn home explains the mayer why. quote, for employees they should have one year to quit smoking using chewing tobacco or face disciplinary action that includes termination. that's a weird voice. as usual stories like these we go to fox news smoking cor

martinez is the dean and acting chancellor of the hastings college of the law in san francisco and the defendant in this case after his law school refused to give official recognition to the christian legal society, thereby denying it funding and any right of access to school facilities. headquartered at this office building outside washington, d.c., the christian legal society is a national network of lawyers who are guided by their christian faith. there are student chapters at law schools across the country. the chapter at hastings opens its meetings to all students, but members are asked to sign the christian legal society statement of faith: "trusting in jesus christ as my savior, i believe in one god, eternally existent in three persons-- father, son and holy spirit." if you don't sign the statement of faith, you cannot vote or hold office. members must also accept the society's sexual morality standards which state that any "sexually immoral lifestyle" is grounds for disqualification, including "all acts of sexual conduct outside of god's design for marriage between one man and

now, this is a much less, you know, sweeping affair than san francisco in 1945. gwen: in terms of what was accomplished. >> and what was aimed at and it's also a much more technical thing. what are we going to do with highly enriched uranium? that's not something that grabs people. the president was talking about nuclear terrorism. what happens if al qaeda gets a nuclear bomb, trying to scare people into take action on something he's cared about, even since he was a senator. >> what if we learned about barack obama, a, on the world stage and, b, in his foreign policy doctrine? >> right. >> i think you're beginninging to see the beginning of an obama doctrine if you will, it's one that is more poll teak than idealistic. the white house will say there's idealism still there. he met with people opt sidelines of this conference, you know, a number of bilateral meeting including with people like the president of kazakhstan, pretty repressive place. but it also has a lot of oil and uranium and they gave up their nuclear weapons after the fall of the soviet union. so th

they can't spell san francisco right. >> oh, no. >> they flipped the "c" with they can't spell san francisco can't even say it. >> no one even noticed until long after the game was over with. they wore jerseys that read natinals. that only lasted for about three innings when someone brought them new jerseys. no one caught it for the entire game. >> was it the entire team or just that one guy. >> just that one. >> that poor one guy, too. he's like come, on, why me? >> come on, guys, don't i rate here? >>> watching a line of thundershowers moving through alabama through western georgia and headed towards atlanta, world's busiest airport. an hour delay probably within the next hour and a half from now from atlanta. so far so good, no delays. watching for an hour delay to develop later this morning. windy day again and 30-minute delay and chicago you'll see the winds all day long, 30-minute delays and seattle don't put you in there very often but the wind is going to be steady and wind is going to be up. more on that, robin, in just about a half hour. >>> sarah palin's daughter, bristol, is for

simon hobbs in san francisco, john, appreciate the insight here wrapping up the president's speech. on the other side of this break, the fast money half-time report. melissa and the gang will break down the president, the markets and a whole lot more. >>> welcome to the fast money halftime report. lousy earnings and impassion speech of financial reform from the president. but the next battle for the market will come after the bell today as microsoft and amazon report. let's get you the word on the street right now. karan finer and guy of drake and capital and tim and steve grasso of stewart frankel. karen, it is a pleasure to have you here in person on set. a rare appearance by you mid-day here. what did you make of the president's speech? seems like he hit a lot of important key words for wall street. i believe in a free market for one. but what did you make of the speech overall? >> i haven't gone through every line of it, but seemed like it was lacking somewhat. i would have thought that he would come out with something more aggressive. i would have thought the banks would have r

and san francisco the restaurants were on votes that went across san francisco bay because the trains came to oakland and then leader after the turn-of-the-century the santa fe standard from st. louis down through oklahoma and texas so this is a huge part of america and in fact almost everything that happened in the cities from the time fred harvey was there for a party with this at the center of town. they were the places people went for their special meals. the place people celebrated. the fred harvey restaurant saw an incredible part of america. now as i said i got access to his actual things which no right or ever has. this is fred harvey's wallet. it's the only when the texas to with his name on it and while we have all lived on like this at the dinosaur this is probably a real gold. the of list of money. this is essentially his shopping list and his output for how much she gave mrs. harvey and paid the wash woman and sent to his sister in st. louis who could never pay rent. it took years to figure out who the people were, where the money was going, why it mattered in his life. t

the words, san francisco, misspelled.is jersey, so they'll have it fixed by next game. >>> today's job market is is tough, but more so on americans trading in their military uniforms for a suit and tie. the unemployment rate for men who served in iraq and afghanistan has tripled since the recession began. it's at 15%. joining me now is john jones, the executive director for for wall street war fighters foundation. put this in perspective for me, about what's greeting our men from iraq and afghanistan. >> these numbers are very stragerring, that we have these people that have led people in comb combat, in peacetime, that come out and get injured and don't have a job. they don't have anything to fall back on. >> when we're talking about what stands in the way, experts say there are a couple of reasons. employers don't know how to handle post-traumatic stress disorder. the guys could be deployed at any time and our guys aren't doing a great job of translating what makes them qualified candidates into a resume form. is that f

san francisco, the bay area, windy with rain once again. heaviest rain is north of san francisco. get the occasional shower. atlanta, windy day today. las vegas, winds to 40. more on that in about a half hour. >> what's that? do you or me? >> was that you or me? get off my lawn. >> a boston sports radio host has apologized for likening former heisman winner tim tebow to a nazi rally. what a stupid thing to say. >> you put it perfectly, robin. you have a microphone. you need not express your opinion in every single situation. he apparently did. after seeing tim tebow's draft party on live tv, the next morning fred went on a boston radio show, a very popular sports radio show and said, quote, it looked like some sort of nazi rally, so lily white, is what i'm trying to say, step ford wives. monday he went back on the television show and apologized. he truly, truly can tell you that was not my intention. i apologize to those that i have offended. >> i think some people go then, what was the intention? >> apparently those who listen to the show all the time he jokes around all the time

the number one dirtiest hotel is the heritage marina hotel in san francisco, california. >>> when was the last time you visited the national aquarium? you probably don't know it is there. it has been in the basement of the commerce department since 1932. recently it had an extreme makeover. it is ready to inspire you about the wonders of american marine life and what you can do to save it. we take a look. >> reporter: the old plastic fish and steal exhibits have been replaced by live animals. you'll find sharks, caribbean wonders and my personal favorite, this little guy putting on a show for the thousands of visitors who are starting to rediscover this gem just a block off the national mall. >> we were ratty off the edges. >> reporter: the national aquarium in d.c. has updated 55 of 65 exhibits. it focuses on america's aquatic treasures. it is important to understand the marine creatures because their habitats are being destroyed by us. like this exotic lion fish, an invasive species, murder on a native habitat. it found its way to our waters because people with home aquariums starte

and karl rove is out in san francisco.et's see what he said to the san francisco chronicle about all this. >> the question is not michael steele, the question is the management of the building and are the procedures in place to spend money on elections and not to spend money on jets and trips to bondage clubs? >> the latest on the mailer that had the wrong number, your report is that the rnc is saying that they got one number of the area code wrong? >> yeah, this mailer was a census form looking thing to get people to open it. it was a 1-80on 1-800 number inf a 202 area code. the real issue is the money. the late night fodder as far as the bondage club, but if republicans have like tony perkins out there saying don't give money to the committee, that could dry up some of their fund-raising and that imparlz how many seats they could work. >> we have talk to the rnc and we are trying to get michael steel or a spokesperson to address this. tony perkins will be on the 3:00 show with david shuster, so we will see that. they are

you know what i am saying. >> you mean the ones that grease or san francisco? >> it doesn't matter. >> greg: from budget cuts to cattle butts. the one thing vegetarians and environmentalists can agree on, besides deodorant being optional is that eating meat produces global warming because of the methane that is produced. according to research in the latest issue of nature, love their centerfields, grazing moo-moos release nitrous oxide. chinese cows found that grass produces more nitrous oxide when cattle haven't been eating it. butterball is a real name of a german institute of technology says >> it's generally assumed if you increase livestock numbers issue you get a rise in emissions of nitrous oxide. this is not the case. >> you're so smug. >> when you are that good looking, you can be smug. >> i guess. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. guy's got everything. let's go to the heavily cow populated town of slavenia. [sobbing] >> suffice to say the reaction of ya ya is decidedly mixed. let me go to you first, joe, an avid environmentalist. are you going to go back to eating

. >>> also, only in the san francisco, city leaders are asking people to go without wheat, not on fridays -- to go without me, not on fridays but on mondays to help preserve the area's eco system. the resolution is not a law, but they say the goal is to highlight the relationship between diet and the environment. that would be good advice for any of the people who sit san francis on monday. are you kidding me? >>> l's get started. it busy night, but things are calming down. tomorrow morning, i guarantee you'll run into somebody who says is chilly. just wait. we have a nice stretch of days. on the weatherbug, two graphics. we are looking at all of the weather stations and i came up with the four with the highest rainfall amounts. again, they are all pretty much in the metro area, the distler children's hospital, delphi, oxon hill, chevy chase. again, the rainfall totals really dwarfed by the wind gusts. 58 m.p.h. wind gusts, the studios and arlington and nationals park with highest wind gusts. live super doppler 7, washington metro still has elements of moderate, heavy rain moving through,

the argument is to get them to overturn the decision from the hastings college of law in san francisco. law schools is that keeping non- christians out of the christian legal society amounts to discrimination. honoring the fallen, family members and veterans gathered at the memorial for vietnam this morning to honor 97 who died as a result of the vietnam war. the honorees do not meet the military dulles for inclusion on the wall. -- do not meet the military guidelines for inclusion. >>> coming up, the hottest new thing for your home, but not everyone should put them on. we will tell you about a new warning over 3d tv. later today, accused of molesting his oscar-winning sister, monique's [ woman ] with my diabetes... i make my efforts count... so i switched to the freestyle promise® program... a unique program that gives me... the support i need, free. free access to a certified diabetes educator... so i can ask about diet and the insulin i use. i got a free meter. and test strip discounts. so i can spend more on what i really want. i count on the freestyle promise® program. make it cou

twitter and we are doing person to person live programs throughout the country from iowa city to san francisco and to the b e a and pan-american center of world voices. but nothing takes away the value placed on our awards each year and on the literary quality of the books we read and champion. we gather tonight to celebrate the best writing published in english in 2009. two awards are named after our founding members. i will turn it over to scott, the chair of our committee who will introduce the winner of our citation for excellence in reviewing. scott is a blakeeven winnian wi himself. >> this work meets the standards set by our founders and it was the problem with most book reviews, they resemble a press release. except for not being -- and that was 40 years ago in case anyone gets too nostalgia. this year it felt like a golden age. we had twice as many submissions as we did a year ago. 45 members and in their work with a great deal of effort. we were able to come up with five finalists but that was not easy. i speak for some other people saying that beat dominate the list of finalists. am

that's the two areas we're watching the dulles/philadelphia and the phoenix, san francisco hubs. that is where pricing will be affected the most. >> companies having a hard time making money and how much better are they collapsing into each other's arms? >> if you put these two companies together they will have a network that is stronger in terms of competing with delta and in terms of winning over a chunk of that corporate customer revenue and that is really the primary revenue you want. i know we always talk when you and i go flying the leisure revenue is not where you make the big bucks, but the corporate customers. >> what about southwest. they are a good example of an airline that is profitable based on those leisure travelers. >> also a different business model than you have with united and usair. you're talking about different business models there. the corporate customers, that's where the real money is at and that's what they're seeking here. >> all right, thank you so much, guys. it's a tough business model, especially these days. larry, over to you. >>> up next, greece

just last week, san francisco woke up to what appears to be six banksy originals.nd these public works and how does he make a living? nick watt is hot on his trail in tonight's "sign of the times." >> reporter: i'd call this one of the stranger sights of recent days. crowds gathered at the l.a. premier of a movie made by a faceless graffiti artist from england. >> what do you think the appeal is? >> i don't know how to answer this. >> reporter: he's exhibited in london and l.a. he's collected by bran je lien na. >> you would be looking to pay half a million dollars. >> reporter: he's made political statements at disney land and on the wall that keeps palestinians away from israelis. he's made countless statements elsewhere, but no one knows who he is. >> you didn't deal with banksy directly? >> no, i've never met banksy. i have no idea who he is. it could be you. >> reporter: we went to the east end of london in search of his early artwork, the street that first made him famous. >> a little from here up. it's still here if you look hard enough. ♪ >> reporter: and i

nervous that we're the first flight flying out and just hope we make it back to the united states, san francisco, oklahoma. >> reporter: there's been heavy pressure on airlines to fly after already losing more than a billion dollar. the airline industry estimates losses at nearly $200 million a day. in lifting the ban, officials try to reissue air travelers. >> despite the ash in the atmosphere, it's possible for safe routes through areas where there are low levels of ash to be expected. >> reporter: experts agree volcanic ash can jam engines but they don't agree on how much is too much and where it might be along the travel routes. measuring potential risks as america waits for the ash plume to clear and what the volcano desights to do next. >>> well, it appears gop opposition to legislation to regulate wall street may be softening. yesterday republicans backed off their harsh criticisms after democrats clarified that financial firms would not be receiving any bailouts through a $50 billion industry-supported fund. as a result, both parties are saying they can work together on financial regulat

he's been nominated for the ninth circuit court of appeals in san francisco. republican orrin hatch of utah charged liu's writings show he'd reinterpret the constitution to suit his liberal views. >> it's one thing to be a law professor and make a lot of hypotheticals and other things. do you still stand by these approaches that you can make the law anything you want to? >> whatever i may have written in the books and articles would have no bearing on my role as a judge. >> holman: as the hearing went on, liu was pressed repeatedly to say he'd be impartial, if confirmed. >> as much as i like my own views, i confess to you that i would actually be a little afraid if i was the only voice speaking and that everything went my way. that is not the kind of certainty i have about my own views. >> holman: liu has sharply criticized conservative u.s. supreme court justices john roberts and samuel alito. but republican jeff sessions contrasted their experience, when nominated, with liu's. >> have you argued any cases before the supreme court or any cases before the fede

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a new 4g prototype of the phone was found at a bar near san francisco. it then ended up in the hands of a people at a gadget website, gizmodo.com. my colleague, monica novotny, spoke to the owner of that website about accusations the site will process from this really cool sneak peek. >> if you mean we profited from people looking at our website, sure, we did profit. but i don't believe that fs any kind of wrong doing. because it wasn't stolen. it was just a lost phone. we did already give back the phone to apple. >> we've got dan ackerman, senior editor at gadget website cnet.com. some people say it's a gimmick. >> it's definitely not a gimmick. it's completely unprecedented. >> how does an employee leave a prototype for a phone that people were salivating on in a bar. >> it's that one in a million shot. somebody who found the phone knew what it was, and get it in the hands of this gadget blog who was tef able to capitalize on it. hey, we've got a phone here. apple, if it's yours, please come claim it. >> just the things you said would raise someone's e

the political website daily collar ranks san francisco the most liberal friendly.ord university is one of the finest institutions of highest learning. the daily beast put stanford atop its list of the 50 most stressful colleges in america. competitiveness and acceptance rate are a couple reasons for that ranking. a 13-year-old california boy has high hopes of becoming the young est to climb mt. everest. he'll attempt the feat with his father and stepmother. they are expected to head for everest today. let's go now to the top of the music charts. ♪ you know it, it's still hanging on at the top of the pop charts, lady gaga's "telephone." her sixth number one in the pop rankings. ♪ so in love ♪ i found you finally >> usher's new album debuts at number one on the billboard 200. usher knocking his protege justin bever after the debut at thumb one last week. that's a quick rundown of today's number ones for you. - pie. - apple or cherry? - cherry. oil or cream? oil or cream? cream. some use hydrogenated oil. reddi-wip uses real dairy cream. nothing's more real than reddi

next tuesday night we will have the former speaker of the california assembly, former mayor of san francisco, willie brown. it will be fascinating. then a week after that we will have richard baker, the recently-retired historian of the senate. have a great evening. >> coming up, a discussion about the legacy of president ronald reagan. later, remarks from the author on the politics of homosexuality. >> the minute that the wall street firms were in the business of harvesting middle- class to lower middle-class americans for their home equity value in making loans to them against it, there was a natural risk of abuse. >> sunday, michael lewis on the subprime mortgage crisis. his latest is "the big short." he is also the author of several other books. 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> tomorrow, clark ervin talks about airline security and good do not fly list. representative don edwards discusses midterm politics. and william minnix president of the american association of homes and services for the aging. live it 7:00 a.m. eastern on c- span. >> up next, a discussion about the future of american culture

justice stephen breyer was going in san francisco, california. he received a b.a. in philosophy from stanford university, a b.a. at magdalene college and oxford university as a marshall scholar, and a law degree from harvard law school. he served as a law clerk for associate justice arthur goldberg during the 1964 term. in 1967, he began his academic career at harvard law school, where he taught until 1994. he also taught at harvard university's kennedy school of government from 1997 to 1980. beginning in 1979, he served two years as chief counsel to the senate judiciary committee. president jimmy carter appointed justice breyer to the u.s. court of appeals for the first circuit in 1980. he became its chief judge in 1980 -- 1990. he served as a member of the u.s. sentencing commission from 1985 through 1989. on may 14, 1994, president william clinton nominated him to serve on the supreme court. he took the oath of office on august 3, 1994, nearly 16 years ago. finally, are moderated this evening is james duff. he graduated from the university of kentucky on this pr

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. >> warner: you were an archbishop for 20 years first in portland oregon and then in san francisco. i gather you did have to deal with cases. >> exactly. i had to deal with many cases but it was learning by doing. i can tell you that. >> warner: so in retrospect, do you have any regrets the way you handled them? do you think that you were part of a culture that was slow to recognize the damage that it did? and the need to move assertively to get children out of the reach of priests like this? >> well, i examine my own conscience with the help of media and lawyers in oregon and california. so i could... i could honestly say that i could have done some things better than i did. >> warner: now the pope himself has also been criticized for the way he handled cases as archbishop in munich and as cardinal ratzinger when he had your job. is he going to address those himself? explain whatever he did or didn't do and accept responsibility? publicly? >> well, i can't speak for him. but i mean in my analysis of those two instances that you bring up, i think his case in munich does not strike m

he has been a headache pretty much everywhere he has been in san francisco, dallas, and buffalo.e are just purging all that stuff. do we really want to get into that business? is donovan getting the band back together? the qb is lobbying mike shanahan to bring in terrill owens. he owes agents talk about it. plus the skins release their schedule. it's a prime time start and an early return from philly for mcnabb. we'll have 9sports coming up. >>> it's time for 9sports with brett haber, the best sports in town. >> given their history, it seems unlikely that donovan mcnabb and terrill owens would agree to be in the same room, let alone be on the same team. with that in mind, mcnabb has approached redskins management and suggested to them that they should sign terrill owens, who is currently a free agent. who played together in philly in '04 and '05. the two have reportedly buried the hatchet. >> they mended their relationship. they buddies again. certainly terrill would love to play in the nfc east against his former teams, like dallas and philadelphia. terrill was very much like th

am i in paris or new york or des moines or san francisco? if you think about those questions, i could have gotten them in any cindy -- a city in this country. same problems, same areas of response. we are the professionals. i learned something from senator kennedy. it made an emotional compression. -- impression. we all met at any event and he told me something his father said. when he was young he said, what you do, what you do is you get people around you who have different talents, different abilities, not necessarily yours, and you get them working together, and they help. that is its. to do they help? they help each other. they help you -- who do they help? they help each other and they help you. it seems to me that is where we are. we are the professionals. it is our job to get together and help. [applause] >> i told you that he was renowned as a teacher. i rest that point. we're going to be treated to a question and answer. we decided to start from to group professors from sais. the first is from ruth wedgwood. she is director of inte

. >> if you're flying today, expect airport delays in seattle, san francisco, los angeles, salt lakeminneapolis and miami. >>> russia has threatened to suspend all child adoptions by u.s. families after a 7-year-old boy adopted by a woman from tennessee was sent alone on a one-way flight back to moscow. the child had a note saying he was violent and had severe psychological problems. it was the little boy's adopted grandmother who put him on the plane. despite the outrage, a family friend calls the family good people. >> she went to every expense, every precaution to make sure the child got there safely, correctly. and i mean, i don't see her just throwing him on a plane and sending him back. she would not do that. >> our george stephanopoulos is in moscow where he has been following this story. he spoke to the russian president about whether adoptions to the united states should be stopped. >> this case has captured the attention of the russian public and top authorities in the russian government. and there are new developments today. a russian lawyer has come forward saying that on

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