i am susan sikora.n we hear but blizzards racking the nation it is hard to believe there is a water shortage. just turn on the tap and out it comes. perhaps not forever. susan says, there is an impending water crisis that will affect every aspect of your life and spell disaster for everyone and everything. she explains it in her new book running out of water. >>> thank you coming. >> thank you for having she. >> is water the new oil? >> let's set the table. >> sure. >> we are on a collision course between an ever increasing demand and we have 6.5 billion on the planet and within 15 years 8 billion so an ever increasing demand and a finite supply. >> why. >> because that is the fresh water. >> fresh water coming from where? >> bodies of water and rain, it is that old condensation. >> right. >> it is the same finite amount so we are in that collision course between growing demand, mainly for the food we eat. >> uh-huh. >> and a finite supply. the same amount of water on the earth. remember the martians ha

it happened to susan. susan lost her sight at the age 51. but perhaps her vision expanded.lains in her new book, traveling blind, adventures in vision with a guide dog by my side. susan krieger thank you for being here. and you're here with sheila. she's a beautiful dog. the first no-no. take us to school, gee, she is cute can i pet her? >> yes. she's a tall female dog, and she catches people's attention, they come up right away, and they will often start to pet her, a or ask if they can pet her. >> but she's technically not a pet. >> i think many people in this area know. because guide dogs is in san rafael. many people don't know, and she looks appealing, and people think you can pet a guide dog, but a guide dog needs to maintain their concentration on guiding me, so she needs not the to be distracted. >> so if i'm patting, and ogling, and agoles her, that distracts her. >> yes. >> how did you lose your side? >> it's a rare auto immune disease. it just happened about ten years or so ago. and i developed inflammation on my retina. and that caused swelling and scarring, and

susan g. komen charity is under fire. >>> also tonight, remembering the man we thought might live forever, jack lalanne. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. tonight we have a late update on the story so much of the country has been following, the health and treatment of congresswoman gabby giffords of arizona and whether her road to recovery might be a bit tougher than we first knew, but first reporters got another look today at the man accused of trying to kill her. the alleged gunman, the troubled 22-year-old named jared loughner. he pleaded not guilty today to federal charges that he tried to kill a member of congress and two of her aides. the attack, you'll recall, killed six people, wounded 13 others. we begin our coverage tonight with nbc's mike taibbi on the story this evening from phoenix. mike, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. how are you? the arraignment today was on only three of the federal charges, not the poten

please join me in welcoming president brooks. . >> thank you, susan leyall, and good morning, welcomeere. before i start i want to thank our general manager leyall who has done an extraordinary job here at the san francisco puc and also i want to recognize two people that just walked in, our vice president commissioner ann (inaudible) and commissioner dennis nolan that just arrived. thank you very much. i want to echo what miss leyall said, welcome everyone to this historic summit here in san francisco. the next couple days we're going to tackle very tough issues, the issues of global warming, issues of waste water, hydropower, the electric power in the city and i'm very proud that california is leading the nation in those efforts. we're leading the nation with our u.s. senator barbara boxer, who chairs the most powerful committee of the environment and public works; our governor, arnold schwarzenegger, who is a leader in reducing green house emissions, and our legislator don perada and gerald huffman who you will hear from later on in the program, and of course our mayor, gavin newso

[applause] >> thank you, susan. yes, i am almost through with the first day and i have been asking staff, when can i crack the first joke? i have not been able to do that. i am honored and proud to be here today for the swearing in of a very good and longtime friend phil ting. i do not know if many of you know this but we do have one particular thing in common. it is not height, nor is it facial hair. what we do have in common is that we both work for one of the great agencies in san francisco, the asian law caucus. [applause] i know that having spent many years there, when phil started heading it up, we were both trained for solid community work, working on behalf of diverse communities on diverse issues, helping those who needed help, those who were powerless. as phil, who has been our current assessor-recorder is being sworn in today, he is much more than the appraisal function that this office has. in fact, he has utilized this position effectively to introduce some other creative programs, such as coastal are,

thank you, susan, and thank you for the great job you do as directer of the museum. i want to thank my fellow panelists. to have such a distinguished group of panelists and such a distinguished audience is one of so many tributes one can give to senator moynihan and thank them all for being here. i want to particularly thank my friend of over 35 years, steve weisman who, you know, this -- putting together these letters took a tremendous amount of intelligence, acuity, hard workt steve took on this project, those of us who love senator moynihan, so thank you for the great job you have done. [applause] and last but not least, two strong and invaluable women, strong and invaluable in pat's life and in our society in if general, and that is liz and moira. thank you both for everything you have done. [applause] it is great to be here. i thought i'd begin by telling a story about strong women because two of -- this actually happened this morning. two strong women in my life are in the audience. my wife, iris, as susan mentioned, and my daughter, jessica. [applause] and her

i was recently appointed to the port and took a tour thanks to peter daly and susan reynolds. they gave me an extensive view of our proud heritage, and it reminded me ask that time what was going on and what is coming up in our future. is that a mental note on this, that we possibly did not have a maritime preservation policy on board. as you mentioned, the dry dock and many things we do down here on the southern tip of the waterfront -- that is probably an important item that we should not forget where we came from. with that, i'm going to ask if we can implement or fined or renew a maritime preservation policy. commissioner brandon: we would be delighted. i did not believe there is such a thing, so we will kraft one and bring it to you. commissioner crowley: and thank you to peter and susan for opening my eyes. >> any public comment on new business? item 12, public comment. is there any public comment on public comment? oh, but i do have a speaker card. i'm sorry. >> thank you, members of the port commission. i'm a historian with the historical council. i wanted to draw your

and as susan mentioned, there couldn't be a better night for this event. i don't know -- we didn't plan it that way. maybe dick had something to do with it knowing of both events, but as susan mentioned, we broke ground -- at least ceremonious ceremoniously -- on moynihan station which means that in the not-so-distant future pat's vision -- and it was his vision -- for a new, truly grand penn station and farley post office will become reality. it's one of the projects i've been proud to be part of in my time in the senate, and i'm glad that when we're done there's going to be a honest-to-goodness monument to senator daniel patrick moynihan. now, reviving penn station and giving it a home that was worthy of the original was something pat deeply cared about. you can read about it in this many of the letters that steve's put in the book, and i think in many ways it truly represents so much of what he fought for through the years of his career. it's a vital project for new york and for the future of new york. and one of the things that pat understood was the n

. >> hi, this is susan. and although i'm an vad kit for community gardens i respectfully request you vote no on this measure. my husband and native wildlife and garden and i support the recycling center and native plant nursery. a shady spot say perfect place as a nursery for small, native plants and any small plant. as they get bigger for food plants, you need sun for most food plants. a shady spot will be inadequate for a community garden. and inappropriate. so our garden started four years ago with the variety need of plants and local birds and bees and insects turned up their noses at the nonlocal san francisco -- the nonsan francisco plant. so we went to hanc and replanted and we got beautiful plants. beautiful plants from hanc and native plants are gorgeous and they support our wildlife. so, please, please, permit it to stay where it is. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> i'm duncan,. i'm a san francisco native. i think one of the things that makes san francisco so great is its immense capacity

>> well, i essentially agree with susan's assessment. china really behaves like somebody with a split personality. it is growing, it's getting stronger but at the same time it's beset with all kinds of domestic problems and challenges and, above all, the chinese communist party's power is not secure. does not have a full legitimacy base and that worries the leadership most of all. >> brown: i mentioned, david shambaugh, you went there for 14 months. what did you take away from that? >> what susan and minxin just said, the insecurity of the party. i went over there having written a book about the chinese communist party saying they were secure and moving ahead with reforms but those reforms stalled over the last year and a half to two years and they are acting as has been described. a very insecure way on many fronts. the bravado we see from them overseas is the kind of contradiction there but many psychologists will tell you an insecure person sometimes overcompensates and that's what i think we're seeing externally and internally. >> br

i call this the susan coppen tray.. they come from white grain products. >> that's what we hear a lot. just avoid the white things. you want as much color as can you in your diet. >> that's correct. when you talk about carbohydrates, there truly are good carbs and bad ones. there are a lot of white foods. if you want an easy thing to remember, try to avoid them. but we need carbohydrates in our diet. you can't completely avoid them. if you go to the yellow tray, that is the good tray. you'll see a lot of whole grain products. cereal that's are high in fiber, bread that has a lot of live grains in it. that is only about 12 grams of carbohydrates a slice, that particular bread. the grain kinwa which is great. >> i made it for dinner last night. >> i convinced my 11-year-old to like it. and whole wheat pasta, sweet potatoes, all good carbs. >> minimally processed, not white. >> samantha wants to know this is one of your fashions, i know. when you're sick, do you stay home or work through the day? >> don't do it! >> i'm so

. >> susan, i urge you to say what they can do about it's a well. not just how serious it is people are looking for that. and i'm sure you meant that but i wanted to add that. >> we have one response here and then we'll go to the floor. >> i just wanted to follow the very important point about educating the public. two of the questions inevitably come up, is what is the scale of the problem we face, and what might be done about it. and i was taken with peters point which was very important is testing on our existing systems and what that might be with their performance and with new circumstances and even if we only do, a pilot or demonstration area, we would at least begin to have a handle on what this means and trying to quantify the scale of the problem, because it's hugely important in engaging with the public that we're able to give them those answers and to give them that we need to collect those facts. >> i'm joel smith and i want to pick up on peters comments. i'm very impressed by this workshop on assessing the climate change and it begs the

when susan boyle -- >> not at all.and on heart, absolutely, we didn't know what was coming at all. simon is quite right about that. if you know, the surprise won't look genuine and the fact that we were all mocking her. when susan boyle said, i'm going to sing "i dreamed a dream" we were like -- oh, my god, this is going to be a total train wreck and we were laughing and mocking and the audience joins in and then this poor woman from this scottish village who actually has an incredible voice and talent is getting laughed at by 3,000 people and three smart aleck judges. without a doubt, that was the biggest surprise i have had in three years on this show! and then the moment she sang, you see our faces, frozen. two kinds of horror. one that we didn't recognize her talent and two, that we now know is going to be a huge clip for the the rest of our lives of us mocking this amazing woman and it's that realization that concentrates your mind so when i get people coming on that are not perhaps your standard-looking pop star

our phone calls to susan su have gone unanswered. sue has not been charged criminally but the federal government is looking to seize at least four properties they claim she purchased with the  tuition money. reporting live from the newsroom, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> friends say a man shot to death in vallejo this morning was trying to turn his life around. the victim was identified as 23- year-old enrique alejandro jimenez. his body was found in his car. he was waiting to car pool to a carpentry job. jimenez was putting past trouble with the law behind him. >>> police are also trying to figure out who shot and killed a father right in front of his young daughter. terrance tompkins was shot in a peer. his daughter was playing near by, she was not hurt. no one has been arrested. >>> women all in their 70s came home to find a man burglarizing their house. one of the women was able to escape, the two others barricaded themselves in a room until the man took off. >>> an east bay father sat down with channel 2 today to describe

. >> susan: and you think that the u.s. and germany is also going to outperform, you elected china and spain and japan. what is so special about that comparison? >> the u.s. quality of growth will improve. it will be more about final demand -- less about government stimulus. less about inventory rebuild. germany doing a great job with their export markets, and have been fiscally prudent right through this. we think that will help that market as well. >> susan: big increases in stock buybacks. how should investors take advantage of that information? >> i think investors to focus on companies with good, free, cash flow, they'll be dividend increases, share buybacks, perhaps mergers and acquisitions, and reinvestment in the business. these are all good things are that underpining a reasonable outlook for the market this year. >> susie: and drumroll, prediction number 10. what does this mean for investors about more republican candidates, obama moving to the center? >> i think the independents are what are going to make the dif

this and reports like that one get the conversation going at the kitchen table, all the better. >> susan: a lot of resources out there to help us out. that's it for us tonight on "nightly business report". this is for wednesday, january 19. i'm susue gharib. thanks for watching. >> tom: i'm tom hudson, we hope to see you back here tomorrow night. this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

coming up next, oscar-winning actress susan sarandon. recipes.again, everybody. time is 9:56. we'll take a look at the forecast with christina. little rain coming through. >> we're getting a bit of a break, but that's going to be the story all day long. overcast skies, intermittent light showers, no washout by any means. this is something that could hamper your evening commute, when the bulk of the moisture comes through. as we zoom in, we just have a little cell pushing past richmond. most of the moisture is subsiding for a while. we'll get a nice break and then more showers this afternoon. 45 degrees in hayward, look being toward 52 later. mike, house's the traffic look being? >>> you're talking about the low clouds hovering, this the san mat mateo bridge, peninsula not completely visible. map shows the traffic sensors. look at the southbound 101 approaching 92. over the last 15 minutes things have gotten very slow. no accidents reported but we do have a slow drive heading south into palo alto. no more metering lights. >>> governor brown outlin

susan hialman was with that 9- year-old girl who was killed. susan lived in tiberon in 2006 then served on the school bird. cand c -- >> reporter: at two services tuesday night community members came together to mourn and try to heal. >> we offer comfort. >> reporter: hundreds gathered at the church where the youngest victim 9-year-old christina green was christened. across town the fbi continued working the crime scene. the parents of the suspect, 22- year-old jared lee loughner issued a statement, saying we don't understand why this happened. it may not make any difference but we wish that we could change the events of saturday. a neighbor says the parents are devastated. >> they are in as much pain as everybody else, maybe more because he feels guilty but i told him, i said, it is not your fault. >> reporter: the memorials here are just beginning. president obama will speak at the university of arizona wednesday evening. the white house says he plans to focus on the victims and the heros who came to their aid. for the first time since saturd

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susan, good morning. >> good morning, chris.r a car dealership to sell a car that is part of an open safety recall. but did you know that rental car agencies don't have to follow that same rule? so we wanted to see if we could find a recalled car on a rental lot. we focused on the chevy cobalt. a popular car for rental companies and it's also part of a safety recall. our investigation took us to boston where we rented a 2010 chevy cobalt. >> i was just calling to find out if the vehicle that i'm in has been part of the recall, and has had it fixed? a quick call to chevy and we confirmed the cobalt we were about to drive was part of a recall for a steering problem. but had never been fixed. according to a national highway traffic safety administration report, consumers allege that the cobalt's electric power steering fails suddenly while driving. resulting in 36 crashes and fires. and 22 reported injuries. we alerted the manager at the avis lot. >> chevy just told us that this car was on this lot part of the open recall. and the

susan crossley. jennifer solomon. >> good afternoon. ly name is austin hills, i'm the owner of the property situated at 26, 28, 30 pleasant street. my property is adjacent to and east of 34, 36, pleasant street. like to object to both of their requests, conditional use authorization and as well as a request for variances on the following grounds. i believe that privacy a major concern. it would add two floors to the existing two floors over garage level. this will make 3436 pleasant street much higher than most of the nearby buildings and give them the advantage they would be looking down and through many exposed windows. of primary concern is the amount of light my building and others -- other nearby buildings would lose if the proposed additions are allowed from early afternoon to late afternoon. my building receives a significant amount of natural light, much of which would be lost if the proposed additions were -- are allowed. lastly is the impact the project would have on this -- the astettics of the neighborhood as well as pleasan

. >> susan: so, lowell, is the verizon network ready to handle all of the traffic. >> absolutely. over the past few months, we have added millions and millions of costumers to or droid phones. the droid phone uses almost twice the amount that an iphone use. our guys are ready. we're going to be just fine. >> susie: at&t said the same thing, but they were surprised every step of the way in trying to meet up with demands. >> our drop call rate has been below 2%, over the last 10 years. costumers have come to rely on that. we understand. we're staking our reputation here, and we have put our money where our mouth is. >> susie: so how many people from at&t will defect and come to you? >> well, we'll take every one that does, how about that? i think the costumers early experience will matter a lot, and based on the thousands of phones we've had doing testing, i think they're going to have a great experience. we'll take every one. >> susie: what do you say to the criticism that someone can't be on their cell phone and at the same time send an e-mail. >> when you talk to iphone costumers

i am susan brine. i'm a resident of tenderloin for 21 years. in a perfect world, we would have a co-op and we would have a happy people who like myself would bripg bring your own bags to buy bulk foods and all those good thing, but we've been promised a decent grocery store for a long time. and it just hasn't happened. now, mr. rantsi is offering food, produce, deli, and i actually went in there and saw where he proposed to put his beer and wine and in the back so people would actually have to walk all the way back to purchase it and walk all the way to the front and under his watchful eye. so i think he's a pretty smart guy doing it that way. now, bristol farms is too upscale but it is a possibility for people to go to, but kind of hard. it's not a really a neighborhood place besides the nonunion. i ask that mr. rantsi is granted his beer and wine license. a man was a brewer before he was a baker. beer goes back to the mesopotamia era and wine does, too. so please consider it a food as well even though it's technically alcohol. it's in moderat

our phone calls to susan su have gone unreturned and the officials won't talk about it. she has not been charged criminally but records show the federal government is looking to seize four properties they claim she purchased with the tuition money. rob roth, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> an incredible crash is caught on tape. the chain reaction pileup and how one woman, not even in a car, was killed. music music. >>> the storm clouds are moving to the north of the bay area. coming up, how long the dry weather pattern sticks around and also a warning that more is heading to the coast. >>> and a fire gutted the of a woman in the developing world better than another woman in any part of the world -- the struggle to be equal and to be allowed to realize your potential. at care, we found that, when women are empowered, it's one of the fastest ways to help the world move forward. if you'll just reach out and lend a hand, you won't believe what you can start. visit... . >>> a driver with a camera mounted on his dashboard captured a spectacular crash on a highway in toronto today. a

i'd like to call in susan wong. wang you approving the balance score card since will slash. 2010-02011. there are no speakers signed up. owing none >> i just wanted to confirm that it is aler >> that is true, there on libel and prince pallings >> thank you. i need a rom call, please. >> item o ask a vote on the consent calendar moved under section f. ms. fewer, roll call, please. >> item p consent cal ender riz lugss a couple items pulled from the commission reading. 2 b. >> a request to move $29,000 in restricted find to consultant fees. i ask for background information about this. my understanding is that it was a process. i'd like to skw mr. truitt if he could comment on this. budgets like after school programs to the best of not honored in september of what it could have been and should have been. they were able to access the funds. so again, we were reminded that this still hadn't gone before you. the district coordinator for this school is laura chavez. she was only replaced last week laura has gone to isa as

susan koeppen is here with advice on how to save more food and save more money., and jeff i know you had this question earlier, how do i make my tires last longer? we're going to answer that question for you. >> switch them out. rotate them. >> rotate them as much as you can. speaking of food, super bowl parties coming up. >> oh, yeah. >> so question is what everybody's making. if you want to make something other than the traditional burgers, katie lee is here this morning. >> how about -- >> she's making a -- >> how about chicken parm. >> oh. >> chicken parm sandwiches to serve we super bowl. she's going to prep those for us. should be a lot of fun. >> how about what time should we be over for the party? >> whenever you want. >> excellent. >> 10:00 a.m. get going early. pregame. >> unbelievable. i'm going to get to the weather, because there is a lot of it. and actually, we want to thank our friends down in pennsylvania. take a look at this live shot. >> wow. >> yeah, just north of philadelphia, our friends over at kyw, five to ten inches of snow by day's end. 3