right really bruckner professor of european studies at stanford university's berlin center thanks very much for your insight. reporting extensively on the shaky economic situation in the euro zone on our web site r t v dot com greek markets bracing for iraq friday's analysts predict a continuing downward trend tuesday also online. sweeping up the opposition iraqi forces detain suspects. antigovernment activists find out what might happen to them next. clashes broke out between protesters and israeli police as palestinians mark nakba or catastrophe day they're remembering the hundreds of thousands displaced after the creation of the state of israel in one nine hundred forty eight or his policy or as the latest. protesters have been throwing stones at israeli security forces to have been responding with water cannons and tear gas we're also hearing reports of molotov cocktails being thrown and tires being burned meanwhile in gaza thousands of protesters have participated in a rally just not fall from the united nations building there and that is to commemorate the day in ramallah city it

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

age 31, undergraduate stanford university, studied industrial engineering.harvard law school, while at harvard worked with legal aid bureau providing free legal services to low income people. peace corps, 2004 to 2006. cape and islands, massachusetts, district attorney offers prosecutor, two years, middlesex district attorney's office, massachusetts, 2011 to 2012. question, is kennedy a shoe in for barney frank's former seat? i ask you -- >> they don't automatically hand a seat to a candidate. caroline kennedy tried to get a senate seat in new york and she was rebuffed. this young man is doing his homework. he has good credentials. and the kennedy name in a congressional district should give him a leg-up. >> oh, yeah. >> you have to favor him a a democratic district, presidential year, a big obama turnout. but his opponent is impressive young man himself. he ran first time around, very spirited run -- i think closer than that. former marine but work cut out for him in this district, running at this kid who looks like a caricatures of a kennedy. >> i don't kn

. >>> former stanford university professor died in palo alto he held the president post from 1970 to1980 best known for having clamped down on student protests during the vietnam war. urging riot police to come on campus after students vandalized buildings. he was 88-years-old. >>> united nations special envoy kofi annan is in damascus today meeting with syrian president assad, calling for an end to violence following a weekend massacre that killed more than 100 people, including dozens of children and urged every individual with a gun tone the bloodshed. russia backing away -- from supporting assad. syria has denied accusations that its troops carried out the killings. >>> one of the vatican's biggest scandals widened with the pope's butler agreeing to fully cooperate. the butler's lawyer says his client wants the truth to come out. today's new developments suggest higher ranking officials may be named in the leaks of confidential vatican files. documents claim to shed light on power struggles and corruption inside the highest levels of the catholic church. the pope's butler was arr

. >> former british prime minister tony blair set to give give a speech at stanford university. his appearance is drawing protests from those who say blair should ab rested. >> yes. it's just now kicked off. as you said former british prime minister will be speaking here this evening and will be talking about africa. and he is the founder of the africa governance initiative promoting the government, leadership and builds capacity across africa. as you said there are protestors out here, you can see people lining up to go n on the right you can see pro testors. you can see they just started doing their chants out there. and they're saying he helped come up with the lies and now he's trying to colonize africa. they say hates to be stopped. now, tony blair is going start speaking at 5:30 and is expected to get formal remarks. there will be a 20-minute question and answer session. in sanford abc 7 news. >> gold theft is on the rise in oakland. today police officers hit the streets in the fruit veil zwrikt flyers and a big warning. criminals targeting people wearing gold necklaces, r

. >>> the state of michigan was at stanford university today wining and dining some of the brightest minds in the silicon valley and trying to do the seemingly impossible, convincing them to move 2,400 mi. to michigan. but is about creating ourselves. >>> the video counts the culture below taxes and quality of life and was more organizers say there are thousands of high- tech jobs and millions of dollars in research and venture capital available. if they focus on significant access. did way to nearly $800,000 in the college town of and our birds about 200,000 and moving from here to there i have three times a house for 40%. >>> big deal breaker from californians the weather average temperature in january 24th degrees technology consultant greg smith and is thinking about is. >>> we're california by the wimps. whether wimps. the weather can be challenging but i lived in chicago for 22 years. >>> as one visitor said it michigan isn't for everyone but neither is the silicon valley. windows so hot they can melt things around them, it turns out that is one of the dangerous side effects of

. >>> former stanford university professor died in palo alto he held the president post from 1970 to best known for having clamped down on student protests during the vietnam war. urging riot police to come on campus after students vandalized buildings. he was 88-years-old. >>> united nations special envoy kofi annan is in damascus today meeting with syrian president assad, calling for an end to violence following a weekend massacre that killed more than 100 people, including dozens of children and urged every individual with a gun tone the bloodshed. russia backing away -- from supporting assad. syria has denied accusations that its troops carried out the killings. >>> one of the vatican's biggest scandals widened with the pope's butler agreeing to fully cooperate. the butler's lawyer says his client wants the truth to come out. today's new developments suggest higher ranking officials may be named in the leaks of confidential vatican files. documents claim to shed light on power struggles and corruption inside the highest levels of the catholic church. the pope's butler was arreste

have with us to moderate the program for the question period, mariono florentino professor at stanford university law school and co- director at stanford center for international security and cooperation. from early 2009 through the summer of 2010, he served as special assistant to the president for justice and regulatory policy at the white house. now, we are going to pause just for a moment while we begin -- before beginning our radio, tv, and internet programs for a much wider audience. good afternoon and welcome to today's meeting of the commonwealth club of california, the place where you are in the know. you can find us on the internet at commonwealthclub that board -- commonwealthclub.org. now it is my distinct honor and also a personal pleasure for me to introduce robert s. muller, the sixth director of the federal bureau of investigation. nominated by president george w. bush, he was sworn in to lead the fbi on september 4, 2001, just one week before the al qaeda attacks on 9/11. under his leadership, the fbi has since played the leading role in preventing further terrorist attacks insid

hours from now protesters are planning to greet former british prime minister tony blair at stanford universityll be speaking at the graduate school of business on critical issues surrounding development on the african continent. protesters say they will be at the event to call attention to his role in the iraq war. >>> the u.s. has granted the daughter of cuban president raoul castro a visa. she an advocate of gay rights cuban-american leaders oppose her appearance in calling her apologist for her family's communist government. >>> meteorologist mike nicco ahead with the forecast. the fog is working -- >> a lot of sunshine, warmer weather on the way for a few folks. we'll talk about the giants game if you are heading that way and warmer weekend on the way. >>> plus, one of country music's biggest acts helps an indiana town recover after a devastating tornado. >>> a band for children making big changes after two decades the new look for the wiggles.cll >>> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> one of country music's biggest acts was dancing away with the hearts of fans in henryville, endian that last night. the trio

researchers at stanford university have found more than 8 million adults in the united states experienced sleepwalking which is an increase. the study says one possible factor is the use of over-the- counter sleep aids. while sleepwalking is usually harmless, it can do to -- it can cause injuries. believe it or not there may be a pill to keep from getting drunk. researchers at yale university says there is a drug in development that could block the effects of excessive drinking in the central nervous system. researchers are hoping the drug could be helpful in treating alcoholism. the drug is many years away. >> coming up next, lawmakers in virginia blocker prosecutor from becoming a judge and see why the move has become controversial. >> later on -- these folks will phobias later [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to keep from driving all over for the best deals. you don't need to run around. safeway gives you real big ubub card deals each week. right now, a sweet price on honey nut cheerios, just $1.88. starbucks coffee is only $7.77. that's less tha

regarding soccer, the university of california berkeley, portions of stanford university, usf, cal state, sacramento state, humboldt state, those are the local northern california colleges, and number of universities, high schools. i think this is the trend. i think many of the kids, many of the better kids who were here, soccer players, are on to end up playing in a turf field somewhere, a regional tournament or somewhere, and the better ones to go on to college will play on turf. i would rather give them the advantage now, laying their path street. when i was a kid, playing any kind of team sport, the most important thing was playing time. having these fields and being able to use four of them, to be able to use them at dusk without rainouts will reduce overall planning time. my comments to those about the native condition of the golden gate park, the casting ponds are concrete. at the museums are artificially man-made, the rose garden was created. at the conservatory flowers, the tennis courts, the band shell, the buffaloes are not native. i think it is a great place to recreate, but

hours from now protesters are planning to greet former british prime minister tony blair at stanford universityll be speaking at the graduate school of business on critical issues surrounding development on the african continent. protesters say they will be at the event to call attention to his role in the iraq war. >>> the u.s. has granted the daughter of cuban president raoul castro a visa. she an advocate of gay rights cuban-american leaders oppose her appearance in calling her apologist for her family's communist government. >>> meteorologist mike nicco ahead with the forecast. the fog is working -- >> a lot of sunshine, warmer weather on the way for a few folks. we'll talk about the giants game if you are heading that way and warmer weekend on the way. >>> plus, one of country music's biggest acts helps an indiana town recover after a devastating tornado. >>> a band for children making big changes after two decades the new look fo [ female announcer ] now get high speed internet atat home on our newly expanded advanced digital network, a connection you can count on. introducing at&t u-vers

. >>> a former stanford university president known for cracking down on student protests in the vietnam war passed away. richard lymanevge o congestive heart failure yesterday at the age of 88. he served at provost before becoming stanford's seventh president. he will be remembered for bringing police out on campus in 1969 after students broke into the main administrative building and vandalized it. >>> the only governor of california to become president should soon have a special place in sacramento. the state assembly unanimously approving erecting a statue of ronald reagan inside the capitol building. this would be the first such statue on capitol grounds. it would be paid for with private donations. the senate still has to give final approval. >>> it is business as usual in the golden gate bridge today, following a fireworks spectacular and celebration of the 75th anniversary. traffic as you can see is moving along fine. so are people. the pedestrian walkways are back open. this is a live look at the iconic bridge seen in a whole new light last night. the most photographed bridge in

. >> stanford university medical center launched campaign today to raise another half billion dollars to build a new hospital and fund research. donors donated 500 million dollars to the billion dollar project. they include some of silicon valley biggest firm. apple. e basement oracle. intel. intake you it each pwlejed 25 million dollars. stanford mrndz to -- plans to open the hospital in 2018. >> time now for our first check of the weather here. >> it is warm and great week is coming. sandy is here with the forecast. >> yes. just gave you a summer preview today and we keep it coming tomorrow. here are the high temperature for the day. it got up to 89 degrees in santa rosa, napa, low 90's antioch, livermore, san jose morgan hill, 88 degrees even the peninsula was pretty warm. 89 degrees in redwood city. 79 in san francisco. but if you were near half moon bay 63 today so very wide range of conditions this afternoon. had to show this to you. high definition camera. spectacular sunset 8:06 tonight. not much in the way of fog but tonight the fog bank back near the coast line and temperatu

>>darya: 80 stanford university study shows that more adults have sleep fox -- sleepwalking problems.>justine: reports are saying that there is a toll that blocks the effects of alcohol from the central nervous system and could help to prevent from driving accidents. this what about over here? sure. no problem. ♪ never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. (woman) the fund-raising was the easiest part. people were very giving. complete strangers wanting to help. i knew someday i was gonna do this walk. if i can do this, you definitely can do this. we can do this. we can all do this together. (man) register today for the... and receive $25 off your registration fee. because everyone deserves a lifetime. that's all the horses sir. ...and the men? all the king's men are here too sir. it doesn't look good. ♪ >>mark: the 101st running of the bay to breakers will take place this sunday. >>grant: the race starts over here and ends over here near the ocean breakers. runners and walkers will start downtown,

. >>> the state of michigan was at stanford university today wining and dining some of the brightest minds in the silicon valley and trying to do the same impossible, convince them to move 2,400 mi. to michigan. videos out to the culture, natural beauty low taxes and quality of life. and organizers say there are thousands of high- tech jobs and millions of dollars in research and venture- capital available. other parts of the united states can be competitive in a global economy that focus on their assets. the leading cause of a home in san francisco is nearly $800,000. in a college town of them are about 200,000. moving from here to there i have three times the house for 40 percent of the money. >>> the big deal breaker for californians is the whether the average temperature and january's 24 degrees. technology consultant craig is thinking about it. >>> we're california weather wimps. the weather can be challenging but i lived in the chicago area for 22 years. >>> as one does it is said michigan isn't for everyone but neither is in the silicon valley. >>> house some buildings are lit

. >> i really appreciate receiving an answer to my question regarding a comparison between stanford university medical center agreement with that that is the development proposed for california pacific medical center, and i do not know if mr. rich can comment on this or if anyone could just answer if i am reading this correctly. the answer to my question was extremely good in detailel. even though the stanford project involved more square feet, it it appears the total contribution proposed in the development agreement with cpmc of 149 million. this is really instructive. we're looking at housing and health care. they're looking more at transportation funding for employees giving them caltran passes to get to work. hours are much more heavily towards the things i brought up. if i am interpreting this correctly. i do not know if your knowledge of any other types of comparisons. >> you have given an accurate comparison of the tables we gave you. >> i think that is a really greareally important, and i hopt will be discussed in greater length this afternoon. >> any questions for staff related to pr

researchers from stanford university and elsewhere tested 15 bluefin tuna they caught last august off san diego. they found the fish contained elevated levels of cesium 134. they say the substance is generated only by human activities and was not present in the pacific before the accident. the researchers say their findings suggest the tuna were most loikly contaminated in japanese waters after the accident. they say the fish then traveled nearly 9,000 kilometers across the pacific. still, the researchers say the tuna are still safe to eat. >>> chinese leaders are trying to keep things calm as they head toward a leadership shuffle this fall. protesters in guangdong province encouraged others when they started winning concessions from government officials. now communist party leaders are weighing more demands for political and social reforms. nhk world reports. >> reporter: last september, protesters took to the streets in rukon village. it is in the eastern port of guangdong province. some protesters attacked the local government building and clashed with police. the residents were --

some of the researchers are from stanford university. they tested bluefin tuna caught last august off san diego in southern california. they found elevated levels of cesium 134 in the fish. the substance isn't naturally occurring and researchers say it wasn't found in the pacific before march 11, 2011. they say their findings suggest the tuna were most likely contaminated in japanese waters after the accident. then the fish traveled nearly 9,000 kilometers across the pacific. the scientists say the traces of cesium are not high enough to harm humans. >>> people in japan are gazing into the future, trying to figure out the role nuclear power will play in the country's energy policy. last year's accident at fukushima daiichi prompted their discussions. now members of an economy trade and industry ministry committee have come up with four options. option one, japan would reduce nuclear power use to zero as soon as possible. option two, atomic energy would be reduced to a lower level, subject to review after 2030. option three, it would be m

berkeley and i was eventualed admitted to stanford university where i earned a ph.d. in anthropological sciences so i'm a special in human societies, human culture, diversity and in terms of my doctoral work i took a number of years to examine -- i focused on the poor, community outreach, demographics, disfranchised populations due to ethnicity, culture, age, gender, so on. so these are the things that interest me. for the purposes of this committee and being considered, please, i'm interested in outreach, community outreach, what with so many years of experience with it -- education, because of my background and interest in ongoing consulting work with at-risk kids, stem, literacy programs and that sort of thing, access to data and information is important, transparency, what they call the people's business is one of the things i stand for and that's one of the reasons that i became interested in this committee, and then efficiency in government. again, we can't have good government if we can't get it all together. i have realized in recent years that the u.s. has st

kenneth arrow professor nomics america's at stanford university you're also the youngest nobel laureates to have been deported awarded the prize in economics in ninety seven to two it's really great to have you with us today. enjoy being here the global economy is still not fully recovered from the recent financial crisis so now we have an economy saying that we're going to go to another global recession another round or we're going to have another way for of crisis hit us what's your take on that i think the answer is we don't know. it leave it at that the american economy seems to be recovering on a fairly solid basis slow but i don't see any any particular obvious instability that's. the european debt crisis is not being thoroughly results but at the moment all the media fires have been there day after and i was there not put out with their reduced. i am disturbed about the tendency which is partly true the united states were much more true in some parts of europe of torture austerity when we have. a condition of the fish and demand and supply employment i think the idea that you want

police say she stole several other phones using that method at stanford university. this time, police were able to catch her. she's in custody on $1,000 bail with a hearing set for may 18th. >>> livermore police warn women to be on the lookout for a man that tried to sexually assault a woman on a bike path. they say a young man approached a woman on a bike path. officers say he extended his hand to greet her, then pulled her close and groped her. she yelled and was able to run away. the suspect still on the loose. police say there have been at least seven sexual assaults on bike or jogging paths in livermore since 2006. >>> an east bay toddler is recovering in the hospital this morning after being mauled by the family pit bull. she's at the hospital with bite wounds on the face and legs. she was attacked at her concord home on rose lane yesterday. a neighbor who did not want to appear on camera says the dog was always on a leash, but did not appear friendly. another neighbor had this to say. >> this dog was not a problem, was not out unattended any time that i am awa

. >>> of stanford university is approaching all of this a bit differently. that estimate may be 17 box may 19th. this clause giving drivers and incentives. did we do get a small device to put in the wind chill their vehicle. and as they pass one of the 16 entry points or at the campus they will be registered on one of the readers that will have. >>> it's done dissimilar from its frequent-flier program. the better chances you have on the bigger prizes to win. the the first 24 hours we have but a thousand people signed up having care about getting on campus before it o'clock so cities around the various start handing out cash know. but we did some asking and today to knowledge options beyond analyzing tolls and congestion pricing there just to get creative. >>> and perhaps the parking now discounted parking charge borer combining it with a multi use stranded card that would allow you to leave your vehicle but then use the bus. to make 10 trips across the bridge. >>> as an example. the attack but technology is ahead of us for all the stuff its initial public ac

it was not too long ago that we have the famous president of stanford university thing with his yacht with facility expenses. we want to know how these funds are being spent and we want annual oversight of the increase. as far as part code 12.49, i think this is inappropriate, because this issue about park fees is currently in legislation, so how can you eliminate this prior to the legal issue? supervisor chu: thank you. are there other members of the public who wish to speak on this item at this point? seeing none, public comment is closed. there was a question about a single topic or civil subject rule. can you speak to whether we believe there is a problem with the legislation because of that? >> we have approved it, and i do not see a problem with a single subject issue. the ordinance in general relates to the calculation. the board is always free to take up the issue separately, but i do not see a legal reason why these cannot all be part of the same ordinance. supervisor chu: thank you. one thing i did what to clarify in terms of the title, in the title, we should also make sure

and and basically british columbia stanford university california and so they're suggesting that in fact having children does lead to greater greater levels of happiness but they also found that parenthood was associated with greater satisfaction and happiness only among fathers and so there's been a lot of people out there saying that we have that make sense because they're not the ones that do all the hard work. obviously that. out of line every situation but there always was a mess around lunch time with their kids well i mean yeah i love my apartment more when someone else claims that i mean because it i do it. when i have to do the work and like the heavy lifting. are you going to have children that are going to be your slave that was your employer this is what i'm saying this is going to best part i think exactly what i'm saying and all the mean internet people are writing mean things. i did a few issues with this study because it said that people who had children were happier then you know they were happier taking care of their children than doing other household thin

researchers at stanford university found more than 3% of adults or more than a million people are proneleep walking. the study also found people who suffer from depression and anxiety are more likely to do some wandering when they sleep. >>> 4:53. time for the question of the morning. >> two out of the five 911 calls happen because of one of these things. is it a, pocket dialing, b, prank call, or c, pets. >> we'll reveal the answer during the 6:00 hour. >>> welcome back. 4:55. your weather first. it is raining, some of it heavy. it will definitely slow you down the next hour or to. later today, maybe a couple of sunny peeks and more scattered showers and storms with temperatures getting into the upper 70s for most of us. i'll be back with the full forecast in a few. right now monika is in with time saver traffic. >>> we've got activity to good 20 minutes on the northbound side of i-395 north of duke street. it's on the right shoulder and luckily volumes are light early this morning with no delays getting by. in my next report another look at area roads at 5:01. back to you. >>> a long

jerry is a visiting fellow at stanford university and a senior fellow of the witherspoon institute in princeton, new jersey. please join me in welcoming jerry bradley. >> thank you, brian, for the introduction and the opportunity to participate in this very important event. and i wish to add my note of appreciation to that expressed earlier by robby george and tom farr to all of the organizers and people responsible for this event, especially brian walsh, ed whalen, the head of the ethics own public policy. as all too many of you realize, i'm sure you know from experience, it's very difficult to be the person who immediately follows someone else to the podium who's really good. that's my lot today. and i should say, i have a standard clause in my speaking contract which says i won't follow, you know, top shelf talent. and i name three. i have a standard thing where i don't follow pope benedict xvi, barbara streisand or robbie george. but i did waive that for this occasion, and i'm already regretting it. there's a topic which we propose to vet to discuss here for the next hour and 15 m

in a commencement speech at stanford university in 2005, he talked about three ingredients to his success. first, trusting his gut. second, liking what he chose to do. and three, living each day as if it were his last. his advice and the advice i offer you is not a map for your future, but an attitude about your future. that attitude will let you find satisfaction in the choices you make, and achieve dreams you never imagined. for me, curiosity about the world and people i interacted with and maintaining an excitement about new learning propel immediate forward in my career. in law school, i studied international law. i met marv morganthau, the famed manhattan attorney completely by chance. i was wandering the halls of my law school wllhen i spied a tab of food in the back of the room and decided to sit in to hear bob, the last speaker being introduced. at the food line -- >>> the rest of justice sotomayor's speech you can watch anytime on c-span. we're back at capitol hill, the subcommittee hearing, returning from a series of votes on the house floor here and getting under way. live cove