but what also bothers health officials in san francisco and other cities with large asian populationsthat many asians don't see the need to be tested for hepatitis-b. with one of the largest asian populations in the u.s. and the nation's highest rate of liver cancer, san francisco is now waging an aggressive campaign to bring the disease out of the shadows at events like the asian heritage festival. >> there's free hepatitis-b screening to the right over here. it's free, they just take a little bit of blood. >> reporter: the city's hep-b free campaign offers free testing and vaccinations. >> i believe i don't have that problem but i'm just making sure. >> reporter: not only does the general population lack knowledge and awareness of the disease, but so does the medical community, according to a recent report from the institute of medicine. that's something that concerns janet zola, heading up the campaign for san francisco's department of health. she says everyone-- not just asian americans-- should be aware of the disease. >> it affects everybody. people intermarry, people have large

the san francisco maintenance facility was discussed earlier today. it is my understanding that you are at united moving jobs away from that facility to china, singapore, and the philippines, is that correct? >> we have long had it -- >> no, directly into this. are you moving jobs out of san francisco to foreign companies format this purpose? >> we have oversees maintenance facilities that do maintenance work and have quite some time. >> you did not answer my question. please do so. >> there are no plans to move any further jobs out of san francisco, if that is your question. >> are you moving jobs out of san francisco to foreign facilities, yes or no? >> no, we're not moving jobs out of san francisco to four facilities. >> did you do so yesterday? >> we have a maintenance facility in beijing that is the maintenance facility for the triple seven fleet. that is a joint venture between lufthansa and air china. >> does the faa regularly inspect that facility? >> that is the faa's responsibility. >> that is not the answer. >> that is a question better pos

luckily, "the wall street journal" -- they told me to get on a plane to san francisco. i rented a car and pulled up at the house at midnight that night. it was kind of spooky because the fog was rolling in and i was in a neighborhood i was not sure of. i did not know exactly where i was. as soon as i saw the house, i knew that there was a problem. either someone was breaking the law or trying to pull a fast one. >> how much money had been given? >> i think it was $120,000 that this family had given. it was to several candidates, but it was at least $100,000 to hillary clinton herself over some period of time. some was going to other candidates. to make a long story short, what i found out is that this family really did not have any money. they were friends and acquaintances with this guy, norman shue, who was a big hillary fund-raiser. he was essentially funneling money through this family to hillary clinton and other candidates. a new campaign finance law, an individual can only give so much of their own money to a candidate. one way around that, an illegal way for me

l spill in the gull san francisco rrib thing a we se need o do everying we cano see at sometngike is doesn't ppen again. offshore oil oduction top tirely. talk about wreing r economy, talkbout killing countless numbers of jobs, and all this at a time when unemploenis faroo high and underemment is even gh. the formeovernor of michiga wrote an article for he new york times" titled "drilling moratorium is a bs moratorium." he wrote that ourovernmt cannot afrd tusthis ss an exse to op progress to the detriment ofur nnal securi we do n need tooose betwn energy securitan ronmeal safy we need to continueo striveor both. chl crautammer is a columnist who is respected evenhose with om he disagrees. he ked y weere dril in 5,000 feet of war in t first pl said, enviroental chic has en us out there. in t safesof a place on land, have ha-year ban onrilling trctic tional wildlife refuge. mr. craut hammer is -- mr. authammer right. e'veried to limit driling on anwr the 9 million res, some 35 times the sizef the gret smoky mouain tion park. the smokies gethondof sitors a year and they think it is hug

we are joined again from san francisco. caller: i have been listening to people say that we do not want to spend more money becauseewe are in debt. i have also heard that back in the depression one mistake made was that there was not stimulus added to the economy. i'm under the impression if the government does not put money into the economy, things will get orse, and go down hill. it is necessary to spend the money even if we are in debt at this time to prevent the economy from going further in the wrong direction. host: thank you, and that is the editorial this morning in "the new york times." america needs to know that the president coldness that can seem like detachment, is engaged. we cringed when he told "the today show" that he spent imported time figuring now whose ass to kick about the spill. the president needs to use his power to keep his administration and congressional democrats focused on what the economy needs, jobs and stimulus. next is weighing from upstate new york, good morning. caller: good morning. ulti

he later transferred to san francisco. he went on to detroit. he also holds a bachelors of science of criminal justice from the university of detroit. ladies and gentlemen, i would like to welcome director james dinkins. [applause] >> good morning, everybody. i want to -- i'm not going to take up a lot of your time. i was looking at the agenda and it looks like you have a full day ahead of you already. i do want to welcome everybody here to the ipr center. thank you for coming to the symposium. this is the largest conference we've had at the ipr center since we opened two years ago. i think it is very fitting that the topic is one of the most important topics, dealing with i.p. theft. that's the connection between terrorism, organized crime, and i.p. theft. the connections are real. i think you'll hear some great case presentations later this afternoon that really drive that connection and those links home. there are two presentations coming in from special agents in charge. i think you'll find those very enlightening. as many of you know, and a

marc klaas is in san francisco. he established the klaas kids foundation in 1994 to stop crimes against children and candice delong, an fbi profiler. jane, what's your read? >> clearly the focus of the investigation is the stepmother. she's been given two polygraphs. they've searched her house. they've interrogated her for up to six hours several time. they've seized her truck twice. and they have also issued questionnaires to parents who have kids at the school and neighbors saying did you see this woman or this truck in the area on that particular day? she's not being called a suspect or a person of interest. i can also tell you that they have called off their search essentially and they have told people in the area we do not think although we can't say 100% sure we do not think it's a stranger abduction. you don't have to be worried for your kids. so that tells you a lot right there. >> larry: the father, marc, supports the stepmother, does he not? >> as i understand it, he does. let me clarify a couple things. f

a federal judge in san francisco heard closing arguments today in a landmark challenge to california's ban on gay marriage. two same-sex couples are suing to overturn the proposition 8 ballot measure that voters approved back in 2008. regardless of the outcome, the case is expected to go before an appeals court and will likely reach the u.s. supreme court. those are some of the day's major stories. now back to gwen. >> ifill: the president has received mixed reviews for his handling of what has become an unprecedented and chaotic trang dee with no end or clear solution in sight. he acknowledged as much last night. >> all right this oil spill is the worst environmental disaster america has ever faced. unlike an earthquake or hurricane it's not a single event that does its damage in a matter of minutes or days. it is more like an epidemic, one we will be fighting months and even years sglaen as polls show confidence in the president fading and after today's b.p. apology, does last night's speech and today's announcement represent a pivot point in the ongoing crisis? to explore that quest

year-old monica lovelace is part of a clinical trial going on at california pacific medical center in san franciscoonica was diagnosed with epilepsy when she was five years old after contracting meningitis. she and her husband ben have two young children, but her seizures make it hard for her to take care of them. why did you decide to get this experimental procedure? >> monica lovelace: absolutely, for my kids. absolutely. i won't... i wanted to be able to walk my kids to school. if i'm walking them... them to school and i have a seizure, are they going to walk into the street? >> couric: she is getting a device implanted in her brain that will detect the beginning of a seizure and give her a pulse of electrical stimulation to make it stop, like a pacemaker. dr. peter weber, a neurosurgeon, uses a computer to calculate the safest route to implant electrodes in her brain. >> dr. peter weber: the wires come from the back forward, deep inside the brain. that's the way they look from the front-on view. >> couric: implanted in the skull, the neuro-pace device is smaller than a cell phone. when it's tur

there was a guy named brian o'neal in san francisco. brilliant guy, just passed away. got to meet him about a year ago. and he created the golden gate conservancy. the great thing about brian is he didn't didn't think just in terms, he thought out of the box. he thought about how best to stoifparks. so if he could work with an entrepreneur, he would do that. if he could do a traditional national park contract, he would do that. they were doing a $150 million motel. you can't do it on a 10 or 20 year term like the parks do. you can't amortize that. over that short period of time. so he found a way to do a conventional commercial lease. he worked with nonprofits. he set up a park investment fund. by the way, thee funds might by really useful, especially fror the smaller entrepreneurs such as myself. i don't mean to brag, but i think we're one of the best operations in the parks. if i could get the money some of these largers had, i could compete with them and perhaps give them a run for the money and raise the bar for everybody. thank you, mr. chairman. >> president, nat

there flying around the world in the jet planes every week, she flies her and her crew out to san francisco she built a brand new building with all our tax money and she is spending it like it is a bottomless pit. it is time we straighten out the parties and cut this government in the half. we cannot afford the way they live. that is all i have to say. thank you. >> this is shannon calling on our independent line. >> that you for taking my call. i am a commercial fishermen. i was wondering why there has been no rush to give us the emergency unemployment. they want to bail out everyone who is wealthy and who has made bad decisions. but people who are self-employed are not eligible for unemployment because we are self-employed. i am just wondering where that bailout money is. >> can you tell us what your work situation has been like since the spill has occurred? have a suspended fishing in your area. ? >> the waters are close. i have been put out of business. when we met with bp and signed contracts, they informed us that they wanted the commercial fishermen first. i know people who are retir

threatened and that comes into play in terms of future spills or claims that we're seeing from the 2007 san francisco spilled and others -- spill and others. >> any closing thoughts? >> the coast guard and our federal partners and herridge partners is unrelenting. -the work is phenomenal. the american people are not happy and not everyone feels they have been treated right. admiral allen is moving heaven and earth to respond to these things to get answers to questions they have. >> thank you. closing thoughts? >> the closing thought it would like to leave is the way business is conducted on the outer continental shelf is pretty fundamental. it is a result of the statutory framework that congress has establiihed. a result of historic industry practice and a result of contractual relationships between the parties. if you think about the process that the well owner goes through in identifying and securing the least through an arrangement with the federal government in developing an exploration program for the lease in designing the well orwell's to carry out that exploration program in hiring a number o

we jus completed the second round in san francisco last week. the key to this new trade agreement in this critical region of growth is that all the partners, including vietnam, senator, have agreed to the highest standard pre trade agreement that we can negotiate, particularly on those issues that you have specifically enumerated, the rights of workers in terms of protecting the environment, or particularly enhancing trade in environmental goods and services, intellectual property rights, and at least at this stage the good news is to this point vietnam has said, we understand that the bar has been set very high. we ascribe to those beliefs. i think it may be a bit premature at this point. ef and has one more round in which to make a determination. right now we would like to keep encouraging them to walk down this path with us in which they would agree to the highest standard that the other eight countries have all agreed to. if we can achieve that then we not only achieve your goal, but one that is even stronger. >> ambassador kirk is our lead

his wife died in 2006 -- our next call is from san francisco, robert, on our democrats line. you are on the air. caller: my heart goes out to the families and the people of west virginia and the united states. this man was a brilliant senator. i beg to differ with the gentleman who called adjust -- just a few minutes ago. i feel that senator byrd with a 21st century senator. there are so many people who are in the senate now who are young, and i hope that this country would not be like california, where the voters are always legislating instead of the legislators themselves. it is a same that -- shame that we have term limits here, and nothing gets done and in the shape we are in, it seems like the country is going in the shape as well. putting all that aside, we have lost a great man. he has come full circle and i just hope and pray that someone from west virginia could step into his shoes. thank you. host: speaking of that, this is from the state journal out of west virginia. what does state law say about the details of an appointment to u.s. senate seat? the governor is cu

defense, offense, operations and will leverage technical capabilities to provide coherent effects to san francisco operational and tactical commanders. all of these steps support the armed service's ability to conduct high tempo effective operations while protecting command and control systems in cyber infrastructure. in closing, i would like to leave you with some thoughts on how i think we can translate these imperatives into mission success to operate effectively in cyberspace and how we can achieve these effects that we want. we must first understand our networks and build an effective cyber situational awareness in realtime through a common, shareable operating picture. we must share indications and warning threat data at net speed among and between the various operating domains. we must synchronize command and control of integrated defensive and offensive capabilities also at net speed. we must leverage all tools of natural power tone sure that america and other nations can gain the benefits of free movement in cyberspace, continue to conduct international engagement in diplomacy efforts to

i actually was one of the early organizeers of the now movement in san francisco.nd of course, i'm a male. and in talking about this topic, i mean, to me, some of the enablers to really create this current realization is number one, we had affirmative action. we have corporate got to thet sensitivity treatment of women in the workplace. we have the divorce courts elevating women to have greater rights. we also see the rise of the acceptance of lesbianism and at this point based upon -- and the institutionalization that women are smart and better thinkers. guest: there's a few things i can say there. there was a recent case against a pharmaceutical company which was a sexual harassment and talked about the male managers and the things they said to female employees and when you read the case it feels like you're reading from a different century. things bosses would say to women routinely and now when you read a indication like that. it feels like you're moving back 40 years. there was something else you said. it wasn't about -- oh, gosh. i've forgotten. it was the la

-china internet forum in san francisco, a few of us were there. there was a complaint that we are getting blocked and censored by you guys and the chinese were talking here and saying that we provide us with 70% of the pornography in debating the children's minds and police stopped it. -- and please, stop it. >> those are conversations that would not have happened a few years ago. secretary clinton did something remarkable in january of this year. she elevated internet freedom to be a major foreign-policy aspect. this has never been given that kind of attention at this level before. part of the reason she did it was that over the past year or two from iran to moldova to egypt and vietnam, she was watching activists take their advocacy for human rights and democracy and civic empowerment from traditional grounds and taken into cyberspace. if cyberspace is merely an extension of the traditional society and not a strange place where bad things happen to good people, it means that our policies that govern how we protect and engaged and empower the tra

japanese, chinese, italian, polish, ukrainian in the crowded streets of baltimore, pittsburgh, san francisco. the newsstands are bursting with newspapers in all these linkages and more. multiple his papers because in many of these languages, you had to have one paper for regular organization democrats and another one for socialist and another one for union members. the grandchildren of the children who ran those streets are some of the same people worrying openly about what these new immigrants will mean to our old country. from all the data, my best advice is to not worry. if you watch spanish-language television or listen to creole radio in miami or brooklyn, what do you hear? every couple of minutes, you hear ads for night schools, take language courses, cd rom language courses for the whole family. no one is developing these products, pain for the ads, and buying the courses for kicks. no latino family doubts that the acquisition of english for themselves and for their families is absolutely vital for climbing, the bottom rungs of the socio-economic ladder to get someplace better. if you

county, who made themselves an open city and san francisco, have come down hard against arizona. the big thing is, we don't have enough politicians with any backbone to protect the american worker. i think when we get people in there for the politicians, we need to get people from cis, center for immigration studies, to freeze up all of the lies that are -- that are being put out. host: the next call is from queens, new york. mary on the independent line. caller: first of all, it is the oil spill. that concerns me greatly because it is going to affect our entire country down the line. not only in terms of jobs and better going to be lost, but there will be major health issues -- jobs that are going to be lost, but there would -- -- because there will be major health issues. the second is illegal immigration. i don't know why they are going after -- they are not going after the employers. and we are in two wars, that concerns me, very heavy on my heart. lastly, i am just so concerned about the condition of our country in terms of our youth and a high dropout rate. the young people

thank you, representative lee, and thank you for the work you did dealing with that problem in the san francisco bay when the ship hit the bridge. we had our own little spill over there. i have pulled this pla card up with the pictures of the oil and birds, i can't real -- i didn't realize until you started talking about the escalation in the amount of oil that spilled, my staff put this together about four weeks ago. they said by father's day, it will be the worst still ever. -- the worst spill ever. it was actually the worst spill after about the first three weeks. in any case, we've got a serious problem there. i notice i've been fortunately joined by three representatives from a wide, diverse part of america on the west coast, in the great metropolitan area of los angeles, congresswoman watson if you would care to join us. ms. watson: yes, i want to thank you, congressman garamendi, for your leadership in california and the leaderssip you're taking here. former lieutenant governor, you know our state so well, and your charts are depicting the problems that not only the gulf coast has, but we

he said this 12 days after a cbs sunday morning interview an oncologist from the san francisco general hospital. dr. abrams said this -- "i think marijuana is a very good medicine. i am a cancer doctor, i take care of patients who have loss of appetite, nausea, pain, difficulty sleeping, and depression. i have one medicine that i can treat all those symptoms instead of five different medicines to which they may become addicted." now, marijuana has been used for thousands of years from a medicinal standpoint. the former coke up of the united states has -- pharmacopa of the united states has cannabis within its scheduling. so i have a real problem with mr. kerlikowske spreading lies when there are physicians who have studied this for decades. he is just discounting this information. in israel, they have been studying this for 25 or 30 years, and they have actually developed to where they can prescribe actual teachers to wear is measured out. guest: last year what i meant to say, and that is during the press conference, is that in the institute of medicine report, smoked marijuana was not

host: we have an early phone call from san francisco. joe on the republican line. good morning. caller: i think the money comes from the people, and they absolutely should support the states. the federal government should only be doing three things based on the constitution. the second thing i would like to say is that the former chief executive officer -- as a former chief executive officer, i would like to challenge the myth is that every time you cut taxes, you will create jobs. host: can you weigh in on the estimate that when you cut the corporate tax rate you only get about -- for every dollar you cut it, you only get 32 cents back. you agree with that? caller: absolutely, i do. if you do the multiples about putting money into the economy, if i keep a job and pay employees, that is a seven or eight times multiple. versus if i have return on investment i need for more corp., if i had to cut a job or mover jobs overseas, i will do that. viewer weighed in about people not looking for work, my board had to get rid of 10% or 50% of jobs over the years. take care of people. i sug

we had a tiny spill here in san francisco a few years ago. million to clean up this small oil spill. we are talking about billions and billions of dollars in potential cleanup costs, not to mention the cost for the brazilian people in your state and the states along the coast. our sympathies go out to them. this method, i don't want people contacting our company because we cannot handle all lot of phone calls. we need people to contact their congressmen and legislators and let them know this is an epa tested and certified. we have paid our dues. we have gone through the formalities of going through the process for that certification. we have done all d.c. tests. there is absolutely no down side -- we have done all the tests. there is no downside. we need to attack this oil to biodegrade it. we need to get that out there and get it cleaned up. it will do it safely and in a matter of weeks. we have a 30-day cleanup plan and a 100-day cleanup plan. we are ready to go and will take any assistance from your listeners to contact the people who will

nothing in this will keep san francisco housing from being more expensive than detroit and so on butit should i hope get d of the very destctive boom and bust cycle we are suffering through right now. so this is a feedback loop. this is well-known from engineers control. there are some examples of this that you are all familiar with. the thermostat is one where you monitor the temperature and if it is to love you turn on the furnace, and turit off if it is warm enou. the governor on a lawnmower engine. when you listen to a lawnmower going to the deepgrass, it pops back so the reason that ps back to the original speed is there is their mechanism in there that senses the drop in the speed of the lawnmower an opens the throttle and it goes back t its correct operating speed. that is an example of the so-called governor feedback loop. so one othe possible titles for this talk is simy to have a new governor for the federal reserve. [lauter] another example of this is that we are all familiar with, the cruise control in an automobile where you regulate the speed. this is an example of wher

s decision to create a response organization in the gull san francisco a very, very good decision. we need to bring them in, our unified command down there, they need to understand what we need from them. i continue to be very closely -- talk to them a couple of times a day. i think this is generally a positive step. >> do we have other questions from the room? >> i want to know, the fatalities, are they work related? >> they don't appear they are work related. that doesn't mean we don't feel badly about it. our hearts go out to their family but it doesn't appear they're work rhetted. >> other questions from the room? ok, operator, we'll take questions from the phone line. >> hello, admiral, i'm hoping you can walk me through again what happened with the cap, when was it removed? why would closing the vent cause hyyrates because that's caused when sea water gets inside. >> my understanding was they netsed there was some kind of burp in the line where there was natural gas or some reason, they thought they had product or hydrocarbons coming up through the water line that's meant to

obviously comes into play in terms of future spills or even being able to pay the claims from the 2007 san francisco spill and others. >> thanks. >> any closing thoughts you would like to leave us with? >> i would like to say that the coast guard and all of our federal partners and state and county and various partners is unrelenting. i spent four days on the gulf. the work is phenomenal. we know the american people are not happy. we know that not everybody feels they have been treated well. the commander allen is moving heaven and earth to respond to these things and get answers to questions that people have. we know we owe it to the american public and we're doing what we can to do that. >> mr. new nanman? closing thoughts. >> the closing thought i would like to leave is the way business is constructed on the outer continental shelf is pretty fundamental. it is a result of historical industry practice and it is a result of the contractal relationships between parties. if you think about the process that the well owner goes flu identifying and securing the lease through an arrangement with the fede

his wife died in 2006 -- our next call is from san francisco, robert, on our democrats line.you are on the air. caller: my heart goes out to the families and the people of west virginia and the united states. this man was a brilliant senator. i beg to differ with the gentleman who called adjust -- just a few minutes ago. i feel that senator byrd with a 21st century senator. there are so many people who are in the senate nnw who are young, and i hope that this country would not be like california, where the voters are always legislating instead of the legislators themselves. it is a same that -- shame that we have term limits here, and nothing gets done and in the shape we are in, it seems like the country is going in the shape as well. putting all that aside, we have lost a great man. he has come full circle and i just hope and pray that someone from west virginia could step into his shoes. thank you. host: speaking of that, this is from the state journal out of west virginia. what does state law say about the details of an appointment to u.s. sate seat? the governor is curre