. >>> a stanford university music student is missing in malasia, how his family thousands of miles away is searching through social media. back here in 10 minutes. i have to tell you about saturday. temperatures will be cooler than they were today in some cities. i'll show you the cities. >>> business is cooking even the certain times. why the fear of a double dip recession may be unfounded. wÑ okay, kids, we can record one more show. who should get it? i really love jennifer. yeah, she's great. yeah. yeah. kyle's got that thick head of hair. and that should be rewarded. okay, moment of truth. on "three," say which kid you love the most. ooh, fun, yeah. one, two, three. jennifer. jennifer. whoa. wow. she's so pretty. yeah. or we give it to kyle. it's really all he's got. [ male announcer ] switch to at&t u-verse and record four shows all at the same time. just $29 a month for 6 months. at&t. new at 10:00, there's concern tonight about a stanford student traveling in southeast asia that has not heard from. >> there's heightened concern about the stanford university department of music. j

. >>> a stanford university music student is missing in malasia, how his family thousands of miles away is searching through social media. back here in 10 minutes. i have to tell you about saturday. temperatures will be cooler than they were today in some cities. i'll new at 10:00, there's concern tonight about a stanford student traveling in southeast asia that has not heard from. >> there's heightened concern about the stanford university department of music. jacob who pursued his music studiys studies here for the last -- his music studies for the last 3 years has not been in touch. he stayed behind when the tour concerts were over the do traveling on his own. he has been posting videos and photos and texts of his travels on his google+ page. his last post was august 10th. he was a seasoned savy traveler. he is not just experienced, he is sensitive to context and environment and what is respectful. >> his parents that life in north carolina set up a facebook page seeking more information. he last posted he was in southern malasia, missing person reports have been filed with the u.s.

the professor of the department of civil and environmental engineering at stanford university. and a professor of computational engineering at the university of texas at austin. you all are extraordinary in what you know. without getting into a, let's get into you. dr. hooks, let's start with you. give your testimony. >> thank you, mr. chairman. today we grieve for those who suffer loss because of violent weather in recent weeks. we can best honor that by working together to reduce the risks of further tragedy in late coming years. thank you for convening this conversation on this topic and thank you for letting us take part. because of its size and location of the united states bears a unique degree of risk from natural hazards. we suffer from as many winter storms as russia or china, we have as many hurricanes as china or japan, and our coasts are exposed not just to the storms but also earthquakes and tsunami is, does polls, wild fires, and as we know too well, 70% of the worlds of tornadoes and some 90% of the truly damaging ones occur on our soil. also because of our globa

i am lecturer at stanford university, not a professor. that is another level of this conversation teary let me extend the conversation a little bit. one of the things that it was after i left or go, i taught for many years at stanford and talk, as i told the kids, real stuff. i started a class on cloud computing. three years ago, i started a class at the university in beijing as well on this subject because i feel it is really important. we are in my opinion in the second year of a 20-year cycle that is no different than the client server cycle that happened last time around, and i think education is an important component of this. so i'm going to take my four or five minutes to educate you guys a little bit on what is this thing we call cloud computing. i'm going to try uses much plain english as i can, leave all the technical buzzwords aside, and try to eliminate -- illuminate for you what is happening. fundamentally, is an economic thing that is happening, and that is what has always driven technologies economics. i will get to that in

presidential library was in west branch iowa, where he was born, but also the hoover institution at stanford universityin northern california, which he calls his proudest legacy. i also grew up with some of these stories that are common in presidential families and my dad has these fabulous stories about how he went to make a flank with his toy soldiers because a guy with five stars on a shoulder are taught them how to do, carter was on the 32nd floor of herbert hoover lives on the 31st floor of the waldorf astoria. so these influences have an impact on me growing up. but despite that experience or the set of experiences, i really shied away from politics or participating in any sort of politics as i was growing up poor in my early adulthood. i didn't intern for a local representative. i didn't pursue jobs in politics in the summers in washington these feet. i didn't major in political science. instead, it's actually quite inspired by my great grandfather's life trajectory, which took in a broad in his early years as i studied spanish language literature in college. i also was inspired by my grand gran

. >> corporation has released its top colleges today and stanford university came in at number 5. it's listed quality of teaching and low levels debt. here's the comple top five list, william college, princeton, west point, amherst college, and stanford. >>> that is a report for tonight. i am gasia mikaelian. our coverage continues onli at ktvu.com and with our 10:00 news on ktvu channel 2. "tmz" is up next right here on tv 36. [ male announcer ] this... is the montrose pet hospital -- montrose, california. in here, anarchy meets order. working with at&t, doctors set up a broadband solution to handle data and a mobility app to stay connected with their business. so they can run the office... even when they're not in the office. call at&t and see wt we can do for you. with unlimited voice plus broadband, starting at $70 dollars. it's a network of possibilities -- helping you do what you do... even better.

a team of stanford university students unveiled their latest creation, a solar powered vehicle called venus. this is hitting speeds up to 200 files myles and weighs 375 pounds. and this is made with, get this, flexible glass? that is a a couple small strips, there is a break light and blinkers. >> so it's legal? >> it is. it is street legal. >> and this team going to be competing in the 2000 race. lots of fun tlchl they hope to win since the race in 1989. >> pretty cool. >> a solar car will help you save money if you're on route 1 because there will be delays next wik and the work continues throughout the work week, monday through friday. caltrans says drivers will face traffic on highway 1 beginning in pacifica and continuing about a half mile south of city limits. and this will be from 7:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. >> if you're willing to wake up early, next couple days you can get a chance to witness the percenteed meteor shower. they'll be showing up from 3:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. in the morning and between saturday morning, normally you can see them all night but this year a full moon w

a professor at stanford university believes after two years, the remaining hikers will be freed soon. >> my sense is i'm cautiously optimistic they have decided to let the people go. it is tying to find a face saving mechanism. >> reporter: he is director of iranian studies. he thinks the iranian government will release them during ramadan. >> it's a month of fasting, usually a month of peace and forgiveness. >> we have had ramadan over the past years and they have not been released. >> an iranian journalist who followed the hikers referring the families to an iranian attorney. exactly two years ago, three were arrested while on the iranian border with iraq. they were accused of spying. the trio's families were allowed to visit them last year. shouvd was released for humanitarian reasons and refused to go back to iran for the sentencing. last week she said she is being reunited with her fiance and her friend will we have high hopes the trial will be the end of this nightmare. >> over the past few years, the iranian government was hoping to get something out of this politically from th

i know that today, that same road construction worker can probably not send his son to stanford university anymore. i may not be in the situation my dad wasn't, but i know the issues that my dad filled. i hope that each and every one of us understand that it is not cost we're worried about. it is folks like my parents, who built this country. tavis: this leads me to my next point. there is one hispanic on that committee. there is one african-american on that committee. the overwhelming majority of of the crushing that americans are feeling -- you know where i am going on this. they're bearing down on your timidity and my community. yet there are only -- on your committee and my community. there are only two people of color on that committee. the numbers are clear. the hail is raining down on hispanics and african-americans. i ask what you say to those persons of color who are being hurt the most. they do not see their interest represented and a broadway on the super committee. -- in a broad way on the super committee. >> i am an american. i get to take my father into the white house now. w

stanford university is its first testing ground. >> do you feel pretty special having it? >> i do. ery special, yes, absolutely. >> google fiber will gradually be made available to more people in the stanford community and then a larger network will be tested in kansas city, kansas. why kansas? we do not know. but good luck to them. >>> liberal arts school in illinois is believed to be the first college in the nation to ask applicants about their sexual orientation and identity. elmhurst college is a private liberal arts school affiliated with the united church of christ. the question on an undergraduate admissions form is optional. it reads, you would consider yourself a member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender community? the school says it's to help advance diversity. >>> here's one question people don't know the answer to just yet. >> when all-star brian wilson return to the mound? the giants closer is supposed to come off the disabled list next week but the coach isn't sure if he will be 100%. he is recovering from elbow inflammation and hasn't pitched since mid-august.

a donation of stanford university says there is an 87% probability of a pension short fall over the next 15 to 20 years. every household would have to pay $12,500 to fully pay these pensions. >> even though we think, we are -- we think wree not under funding and we are. that is frightening. >> the stanford research found the state's largest pension, cal percent, is under -- cal pers is under funded and they spent $3.5 billion more than it projected. >>> the state game wardens are searching for as many as a thousand stolen trophy trout. workers at the san juaquin state fishery reported them missing. the trout with three years old and weighed three pounds each. they sell for up to $7 a pound. they were part of a program paid for by fishing license fees to keep the lakes stocked. the thieves face grand theft charges when caught. >>> president obama says libya is nearly free of the long-time dictator. so far though no sign of muammar qaddafi. but this man caused a stir when he showed up. and the president of the company that down graded u.s. credit has resigned. and one half of the legendary

stanford university in red. google fiber is available for free. a few lucky homes in the green area. another city to get fiber is kansas city. a grand experiment involving half a million homes to see what people might create and how it will change their lives. >> it has the potential to make you more efficient? >> and productive, yes. >> how fast is fast? download speeds of around 300 megabit seconds and upload speeds of 150 mega bits per second. here at my house in san jose we pay extra to get the faster internet with comcast still coming in at 13 megabits per second which thought was fast until you realize it was 1/20th the speed of google fiber. that same time 95 megabite movie clip takes four times as long. a sluggish 40 seconds. >> the starbucks here in palo alto is averaging a download speed of about .33 megabits a second. 1000 times slower than google fiber. google promises to share what it learns with the world to do with fiber what we can't even imagine today. in stanford, cbs5. >>> just because you say it does not officially make it a wo

. >>> stanford university is offering classes anyone can take for free. i've got that story coming up. >>> i have been watching and monitoring the clouds just spill into the bay tonight. now the amount of these clouds. how much they will retreat for your wednesday. as eyewitness news continues on the c.w. vip. vips. so the jury has rendered its verdict -- guilty. [ cheers and applause ] i'm here with the defendant. sir, the plaintiff claims she changed her travel plans, paid the difference in airfare, but you added a 150-dollar change fee. oh, boo hoo. who can afford a 150-dollar change fee? me. well, she says she's going to fly southwest next time because they don't do that. they love customers, i love cash. [ male announcer ] don't pay a change fee on top of a fare difference. fly southwest, the only major airline that never charges change fees. a 350-year- old stolen rembrandt turned up today at a churc >>> it appears an art thief may have been looking for a little forgiveness. a 350--year-old stolen rembrandt turned up outside of a church in los angel

stanford university is in red. google fiber is available for for the green area south of campus. of a grand experiment involving as many as half a million homes to see what people might create and how it will change their lives. >> it has the potential to make you more efficient. >> and more productive. i'd say so. >> so how fast is fast? check it out. we're talking about down load speeds of around 300 megabits per second and upload speeds of around 150 megabits per second. we pay extra to get the faster internet with comcast and coming in at 13 megabits per second, which i thought was fast until you realize it's 1/20 the speed of google fiber. that same 95 movie clip takes 40 seconds longer. the starbucks here in palo alto is averaging .33 megabits per second. that's a thousand times slower than google fiber. google promises to share what it learns with the world as users do things with fiber that we can't begin to imagine today. cbs 5. >>> a lesson ahead of the storm. what new york learned from this week's earthquake and the concern it brings for hurricane irene. >> blame it on

stanford university's computer science department is offering three online courses for free. more than 83,000 people have already signed up four the class on the artificial intelligence. the course is top by two professors. the program will include streaming video and interactive technologies for quizes and grading. the other classes focus on database software and machine learning. we'll post information on ktvu.com in the web links section near the bottom of the page. >>> and andrew luc is -- on the "sports illustrated" cover. and the season kicks off september 3rd at home against the san jose spartans. and sal, i know as a cal alum you want to know when the big game is, that will be against the golden bears -- >> i already have plans for that. i already have plans for that. college ball, go, bears! >>> if you are trying to drive to anywhere in our region, you will see slow traffic. southbound 101 at -- near the central san rafael exit, there's a new noninjury accident. we've had the eastbound oil slick at loveridge road. westbound bay point pittsburg, slow traffic there. co

. >> from stanford university, he believes after two years the remaining hikers will be freed soon. >> my sense is i'm cautiously optimist take the regime has decided to let these people go. it's trying to find a face-saving mechanism. >> dr. milani is the director of iranian studies and thinks that the iranian government will release shane bauer and josh fattal in ramadan. >> it's a month of fasting for muslims. usually a month of peace and forgiveness. to me it's a very good sign. >> we have had ramadan over the past years and they have not been released. >> an iranian journalists followed the hikers since the beginning. exactly two years ago, shane bauer, josh fattal and sarah shourd were arrested on the iranian border with iraq and were accused of spying. the trio's families were allowed to visit them last year. shourd was released for help and humanitarian reasons and refused to go to irain for the sentencing. she told abc news, "we have high hopes. this gives us hope that the trial will be the end of this nightmare." >> i think in the past two years the iranian government was ho

. >>> stanford university finds itself in a familiar place. near the top of a best colleges list.s is the latest from forbes magazine. it ranks number 5. topping the list, william college in massachusetts. -- williams college in massachusetts. it has one of the highest four year graduation rates in the country and its students win many prestigious national awards. in second through fourth, police tonight, westbound and amherst. >> no cal, no ucla? what's up with that? >> they were above san francisco. >>> birthday celebrations continue for president obama today. ♪ happy birthday to you >>> he would be a harvard grad. he makes the list. he got a jump-start on the festivities last night in chicago. jennifer hudson led the crowd in singing happy birthday, mr. president. the commander-in-chief turning 50 years of age today. senior staffers are expected to toast the president at a reception later today. >> not quite as sexy as marilyn monroe. >> more g-rated. >> not as breathy. >>> time now 4:45. toxic chemicals in child car seats, the worst offenders exposed coming up. >>> a californi

. >>> and how you can take some of stanford university's most popular classes for free. ,, staid ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, children from a pi >>> a northern california man is facing animal cruelty charges simply for protecting his children from a pit bull. according to the sacramento county man his neighbor's pit bull charged his kids while they played in the front yard. as they ran another dog from the neighborhood, a german shepherd went after the pit bull. that's when the man grabbed a machete and hit the pit bull. >> my baby was almost attacked but the people -- some were crying, some were yelling. >> reporter: but that wasn't the only fight that broke out. owners of pit bull were so upset they hit the man's wife. when police arrived the husband was taken to jail for hitting the dog. he said he would rather go to jail than see his children hurt. >>> well, the dmv is warning don't be late because if you are it will be very expensive. many car owners until california are facing heavy fines on registration renewals. the state sent out the renewal notices late this summer because of delays b

the studio today is an outstanding american biochemist professor our structural biology of stanford university two thousand and six nobel prize winner and finally cochairman of skulk of those scientific and technical council roger kornberg crozier welcome back to the show well we started talking about russian bureaucracy that you had faced only impressed by the cations thankfully not in real life yet but people who have less words in their business cards may face those problems and these russian bureaucracy is a thing that's very frightening for foreigners. the russian parliament has passed a law which facilitates these are procedures for qualified for workers in russia earning more than sixty six thousand or more a year do you think this is enough i don't mean the sixty six thousand that lifting their critic. barriers to attract more and more scientists to russia i would think the answer is yes because scientists will go wherever a combination of factors prevails first of all. an interesting opportunity and scientists will be attracted by a challenge and they will want to do the most fascinat

the public schools and make them even worse the center for reason just to gratian outcomes at stanford university did the most comprehensive study on this if you're familiar with the topic i'm sure you're familiar with the study but they found was that thirty seven percent of charter schools were below public schools forty one percent identical and only seventeen percent above we have a two to one ratio of good bad to good charter schools and there's a bit of both from theirs. room for improvement and this is the sort of bold initiative and funding that will facilitate better improvements on what was born of a given job one hundred three thousand public schools and millions of dollars to three hundred fifty player profit schools i mean why should anybody be running a school for profit shouldn't they be running a school for education oh wait a minute there's plenty of money going to the public schools and i'm not adverse to public schools but this is a great alternative and we really must work alone has taxpayers we really must fund these and i would like to remind your viewing audience the indivi

. >>> a stanford university student has been found with the help of facebook friends. they reported his missing yesterday after not hearing from him for six days. his father asked for help and a facebook page was long. he entered a rain forest where there's no cell phone reception. his parents posted the message today saying they've talked to him on a two way radio that he is safe and they're grateful for the help. >> the 9 year partnership with amtrak could be coming to an end. after weighing proposals from four conductor providers, they recommended signing a 5 year, $62.5 million contract with the transit america services. they say they hope the contract will save money in the long run. they'll vote september 1st. >>> first ever bear hunting season began today with more protestors than hunters. six hunters showed up and no bears were killed but 40 protestors gathered for prayers. an estimated 400 black bears live in nevada. the department of wildlife set a limit of 20 bears with only 6 females. >> a line stretched outside the newest apple store. the grand opening was

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. >>> stanford university is getting a high grade when it comes to its performance. stanford is number five on the forbes magazine list of top colleges. williams college of massachusetts is number one followed by princeton, west point and amherst college. it based the list on quality of teaching, graduation rate and low levels of debt incurred by students. >>> for a couple of weeks now our chief meteorologist bill martin has been talking about incremental changes. but bill, the change you talked about last night we could really feel it today. >> this is more than incremental. the fog grew very quickly, it went well inland. we're looking outside right now and you can see that tonight's forecast overnight lows are going to be mainly in the 50s. as we take a look at the fog out there, you can see there's a doze of it already moving in. that's how w17 is west at 17 at the gate or that's at san francisco airport. so you have a big wind like this. there's a strong push tonight of low clouds. tomorrow we're going to see more rapid burn off. high pressure has intensified and

west point,amherst college and stanford university. >>> the earth may have had two moons. plantary scientists came up with the theory as the way to explain why the dark side of the moon is much more rocky and mountainous. it could also explain why the moon is slightly lopsided. >>> the job did not go as planned today for the two russian cosmonauts at the international space station. the two spacewalkers ran out of time before they could complete moving a cargo crane, which was their main job. they'll have to finish that during the next spacewalk in february. >>> did the giants snap out of it? sports is next. on "three," say which kid you love the most. ooh, fun, yeah. one, two, three. jennifer. jennifer. whoa. wow. she's so pretty. yeah. or we give it to kyle. it's really all he's got. [ male announcer ] switch to at&t u-verse and record four shows all at the same time. just $29 a month for 6 months. at&t. >>> tonight, we're talk being breaking that losing streak. >> season high at home for runs scored. the renovation project. the batting word does pay off. half the team's

. >> researchers some who were here i expect from stanford university have started a small company called quantum space. developed a new battery for homes and electric vehicles who can quickly be charged in a matter of minutes instead of hours. >> reporter: quantum space and other firms are developing new technology to change the way americans make and use their energy. >>> our julie haener is live in the newsroom now with the stories we're working on for ktvu channel two news at 6:00. >> san bruno wasn't the only tragedy mentioned in today's ntsb report. new at 6:00, the lessons pg & e could have learned from the rancho cordova fire to save san bruno from the same fate. this concord family was nearly split apart today. the last minute reprieve they got and what has to happen to keep them together. this and more news coming up at 6:00. >>> wildlife experts are asking fishermen for their help because of a record number of pelicans that are being injured. more than 221 brown pelicans since just the beginning of june, most are from the monterey area. the wildlife center says almost all of th

hoover president joe library which is in west branch i was also to the hoover institution at stanford university, northern california which he calls his proudest legacy. i also of europe with the stories so my dad had this how he learned to made and not because guy with five stars on his shoulder told him how to do it who was living on the zero waldorf-astoria with my father and these influences had the impact on me growing up but despite that experience i shied away from politics or participating as i was growing up i did not intern for a low gold representative lourdes did not pursue jobs in washington d.c. our major in political science instead i was quite inspired by my great-grandfather's life trajectory which took him abroad in his early years so i studied spanish-language literature also inspired by my great grandmother who learned mandarin chinese soy study mandarin chinese. i studied abroad and bolivia and mexico and china and also my first job bottom college when i graduated from university was taipei, taiwan. i worked for a taiwanese law firm as a research assistant and editor. studie

west point,amherst college and stanford university. >>> the earth may have had two moons.ientists came up with the theory as the way to explain why the dark side of the moon is much more rocky and mountainous. it could also explain why the moon is slightly lopsided. >>> the job did not go as planned today for the two russian cosmonauts at the international space station. the two spacewalkers ran out of time before they could complete moving a cargo crane, which sis, help me create my oasis. ok, romantic garden? oh, is there a castle nearby? no, but there's a charming farmhouse. right next to my posh castle! i'm sensing a theme here. well, i am the queen, dear sister. get your annual ikea catalog today. who should get it? i really love jennifer. yeah, she's great. yeah. yeah. kyle's got that thick head of hair. and that should be rewarded. okay, moment of truth. on "three," say which kid you love the most. ooh, fun, yeah. one, two, three. jennifer. jennifer. whoa. wow. she's so pretty. yeah. or we give it to kyle. it's really all he's got. [ male announcer ] switch to at&t

. >> at stanford university, middle school campers are spending all their time indoors at their computers the next great app. reporter jonathan bloom of kgo in san francisco stopped by. >> an iphone game. it's kind of like based on mario kind of. >> reporter: margaret chan's developing a classic-style video game called gem collectors. >> you're trying to collect all the gems in each level. >> reporter: it's sure to be a hit with kids. margaret would know that better than anyone. you're how old? >> 10. >> reporter: welcome to app camp. it's a one-week program on the stanford campus that gives middle schoolers a taste of software development. your classmates are all playing video games and you're making video games. >> feels like i'm on top. >> reporter: ethan davidson's making a falling block game. >> top all the green blocks without having the red blocks fall off thehelatform. >> reporter: he and his classmates are in the debugging stages now. >> you jumped where there wasn't anything to jump off of. >> yeah, i have to fix that. >> reporter: not without some help from camp instructor code

. >>> stanford university is once again near the top of the best college list. >> this is the latestine. the farm comes in at number 5. topping the list for the second straight year though is williams college in massachusetts. the magazine says it has one of the highest four year graduation rates in the country. and the students win loads of prestigious national awards. in second through fourth we have princeton, west point and amherst college. >> still looking for cal. they are somewhere in there. >>> adding insult to injury. how some thieves saw one dog's death as a way to make a buck. >>> buried alive six feet under, the rush to save a man trapped under a sand tunnel. [ female announcer ] gold bond ultimate restoring lotion with coq10 to help skin renew itself. gold bond ultimate restoring. this stuff really works. of a subway® bbq pulled pork sub. brace yourself for the big, bold taste tender, succulent slow-cooked pork with sweet and smoky barbecue sauce, all on freshly baked bread. subway. eat fresh®. and started earning loads of points. you got a weather balloon with points? y

joining us now is professor ajani from stanford university. do you sense any real change?not at all. i think what's really interesting in a way now, it's now for the opposition they have to think whether peaceful protests work. the debate now rages in syria among the of significance. do we stick to peaceful protests? and are we always being slaughtered by this regime? should we take up arms? and i think many of the wiser heads have prevailed. if they take up arms that's exactly what the killer regime wants. it would lure them into a test they cannot win. but syria has become a test of this notion of peaceful protest against the violent regime. >> and that's what we have seen and still stuns me the fact that these people like lambs to a sword are going every day on the street holding their heads with dignity and just talking and calling out and getting shot because of it. you say the regime is running out of money. >> if you take a look, even the head of the central bank in syria has come up with this very lame play on marie antoinette. he says, well, the syrian people shou

. >> let's continue the conversation now with a senior fellow with stanford university's hoover institution and mohammed al abdullah. we've talked about it for weeks and why won't the administration do more? is this enough in your view to be at the point where they're going to have new financial sanctions and i'm told an explicit call for assad to step down? >> well, john, for me i think it's a very important moment for president obama, because president obama came into office in 2009 with the promise of engaging the regime both in damascus and in tehran, and i think we are not a country like other countries. we are the united states of america. and the people in syria look to us. they look to us for inspiration, they look to us for leadership, and they were terribly disappointed in the utterances and the statements and the policies of both president obama and secretary state hillary clinton. we have now come to a very fundamental morally tenable position which is to call on the butcher in damascus to quit. and this is not an idle moment, nor is it just any moment nor is it any country in t

the president at stanford university believes after two years the remaining will be decided soon. >>m cautiously optimistic to let these people go. it is trying to find a face saving mechanism. >> he is the doctor of iranian studies. he believes they will release them during ramadan. >> it is a month of fasting for muslims. usually a month of peace and forgiveness. is that to me a very good sign? >> we have had them over the past few years. >> he is an iranian journalist who followed the hikers since the beginning referring the families to an iranian attorney. exactly two years ago shane bower, josh vital were arrested while on the border with iraq. they were accused of spying. they were allowed to visit last year. he was released for health and humanitarian wrens and refuse -- reasons and refused to go back for sentencing. she is waiting to be reunited with her fiancee and friend. we have high hopes. this gives us the hope that the trial will be the end of the nightmare. >> the government was hoping to get something from this particularly the u.s. government. but they didn't see any

and john taylor, economics professor at stanford university and a senior fellow at the hoover institution. he was a treasury official in the george w. bush administration. mr. reich, do you think this debt and deficit deal is bad for the economy in both the short and long terms? explain. >> well, jeff, it's good for the economy in terms of staving off a kind of a crisis that we almost faced witregard to a default on the full faith and credit of the united states, but it's not terribly good for the economy overall because it really does tie the president's hands in terms of a jobs bill that would stimulate jobs growth and fulfill kind of the mission of the government when, in fact, consumers and businesses are not able or willing to buy, or to sell, and that's the case now. the reason i think of the selloff on wall street, today, the great stock decline is because a lot of companies now realize that there is just going to be insufficient aggregate demand for all the goods and services that need to be sold. >> brown: john taylor, first, starting point, what do you see as the impact on the e