this is at road built by the ccc. this is a bridge. this is highway one and you won't know, except you look at the bridge and you will see dates, 1938, 1939. the airstrips are ccc. and the one out at treasure island. long beach, burbank. this is oakland and the whole

this is at road built by the ccc. this is a bridge. this is highway one and you won't know, except you look at the bridge and you will see dates, 1938, 1939. the airstrips are ccc. and the one out at treasure island. long beach, burbank. this is oakland and the whole built line railroad was redone. 19 is a pwa project and our great amphitheatres are from that time. this is santa barbara bowl. this is the forest theater in carmel and these are ccc workers putting huge bolder. here's 6 thousand people getting ready to enjoy oklahoma in that theater. big basin is a ccc project and this one, on the east river, new york. a project built where people from the lower east side could see performances and still do. our parks and recreation. almost all from them. that's the conservatory garden and i photographed that all the time. this is up at jeweliard park. i thought i would show you san francisco. i read they improved every park. i didn't believe this at first. this is the fly casting pools. here was a fly casting champion ship. here it is tod

this shows the ccc boys. many of them had been riding the rails. they were starving. they were illiterate. here they are in one of the camps, which were run by the army and it was like a military organization. they were out in the wilderness. you could leave if you wanted to. this was a civilian conservation core. this is not trickle down next. in fact, it worked. it began to float local economies. they did an enormous amount of work. they wanted millions of trees. i looked over into alabama across a great forest of trees that were 70 years old. they're planted in huge numbers. imagine the kind of wildlife that becomes. they did an enormous amount of work and when the war was here, there was ready to go fight. this was not what this was intended to do. there are a few statues. they built a lot of lodges and visitor centers. these are just beautiful. amount of landscapes of ccc. this is the park. they did the work in them. the civil works administration was short lived. it was to get the people through the winter. and it was under the administration of a remarkable soc

quiet world, on saving lack wilderness, and now i'm writing forester in chief, franklin roosevelt, the ccc, and wild america. i'm looking how fdr and gifford-pinchot got two billion trees planted through the youth car in the 1930s. so i'm waiting of the death bowl. everglades. >> we were indicating before this interview, you were telling me you spent seven hours with neil armstrong. >> guest: i did. i grew up in ohio, and i don't have time to get the detail but i go to be do the official history for nasa right after 9/11, and he doesn't like talking, mr. armstrong, so i was able to burn some tapes with him, which i'm very proud of. rosenthal, an editor of news week, tune out about and it i wrote a little piece -- a long piece in "newsweek" about neil a remember strong, and my university rights, we celebrated the 15th anniversary of john f. kennedy challenging america to go to the moon on the campus i teach

and now i'm writing for story in chief franklin roosevelt, the ccc in wild america. ooking out fdr and people like different pinchot in being darling help get 2 billion trees planted due to this youth corps in the 1930s to come riding about the fastball, saving of the everglades, olympic national park, king's canyon and many other iconic landscapes spent i don't mean to give anything away but we were chatting before this interview, he would tell them you spent seven hours with neil armstrong. >> i did. i grew up in ohio. i don't have time to get to detail but i got to be the official oral history for nasa right after the 9/11, and he doesn't like talking, mr. armstrong, so i was able to bernsen takes with him which i'm very proud of, justin rosenthal, an editor of "newsweek" briefly found out about it, and i wrote a little piece, a long piece actually in "newsweek" about neil armstrong. in my university, rice, which is filled with the 50th anniversary of john f. kennedy challenging america to go to the moon on the campus that i teach. and kennedy said we'd go to the m

representative steve israel is the chairman of the democratic congressional campaign committee, the so-called three ccciving control of the house of representatives. we had a chance to speak with him earlier today about his fight to take control of the house and the republicans war on the middle class. >> eliot: congressman, there is a sense that the middle class is under assault and the foundation that this nation built for the middle class is under assault. do you sense that when you're out there campaigning. >> absolutely. i travel all over the country. no matter where i am, there is a sense that the middle class is under assault by the republican congress who wants to ship middle class jobs to china yesterday of providing incentives of creating new jobs for america. they have sided with the rich and turned against the middle class. >> eliot: when up the you were at the dnc, you began with a beautiful story about how one individual mailed in a war bond from world war ii and said my dad bought this, but i want this used to make taken a democratic stronghold. >> i received a war bond that this guy's f

sparked a recent uproar over the controversial comments on rape and abortion. akin kept peace with mckavg cccthank you to the press association. it is great to be here and thank you to both todd and jonathan for being here today. this election's going to be quite a contrast for you missourians, but not because we're at opposite ends, todd an todd and me. i'm in the middle. it's just he's so far on the fringe that's where the contrast comes in. there have been many comments made in this campaign by congressman ache kin that i find unacceptable but it's his views that will be painful for missourian families. i'm proud of my strong record where i have worked with many republicans to do important things like cutting spending. >> listening to the opening comments of claire mcskas kill. todd akin began a flashpoint for the conversation about a woman's right to choose when he made those remarks about forcible rape. but it should be a very interesting debate taking place this morning in columbia, missouri. we'll follow it for you and expecting some fireworks so we'll bring that to you when we see the

meanwhile when you throw this into the equation, a lot of stuck ccc's and this year because of all those elements we have had higher levels of e. coli and also bacteria, so this has been a bit of a concern, we brought out matthew from the east bay park regional district and he will tell us the very latest findings from today. >> based on the most recent findings, taking yesterday morning, we found the e. coli results were well below the california department of public health standards. we see no reason for people to be afraid about swimming here. >> with an advisory in place you recommend that people not to ingest any water, which could take place? >> as always we recommend people avoid swallowing water and then shower as soon as possible after swimming. >> watch those open cuts also? >> yes. >> with that good news, the e. coli rates lower, laurie shannon is here from the run and what does that mean to you? >> we are excited because now we can put on the race. for anyone that is really concerned about getting into the water, we're really excited that the numbers are low, they can run, bi