o'donn l o'donnell's new show "the last word" lawrence asked the president what the situation in afghanistan would look like today if the administration had adopted biden's strategy of fewer troops. >> president obama is president of the united states. i told him i would give him my unvarnished opinion and back it up with the facts as i saw them. the president had the most thorough going review. the american people should read bob woodward's book, at the end of the book they'll see a president who was a leader, a president who approached problems in an analytical way and made sound decisions that everyone signed on to including joe biden. >> that's been the argument from the white house. no controversy here, just vigorous debate at the white house. joe biden also addressed the part of the book where biden reportedly called richard holbrooke "the most egotist cal bastard i ever met." >> it may not shock you that people talk about dixie just about they talking about my being too loquacious. they didn't say the end of the sentence. i told the president he's the best

the last word." >> big day. >> premiering tonight. >> 10:00 eastern time. lawrence o'donnell. >> i read "the new york times" story yesterday, lawrence. my question simple. how does an 84-year-old get up and do what you do at 10:00 every night? >> i will have in makeup for about 20 hours before, before i go live. >> that's exciting. >> do this show this morning so i think my energy curve is going to hit bottom around 9:30 tonight. >> before you go on the air. >> big story tonight. we are talking about it. breaking news while the president was interviewed. snooki rushed to the hospital for alcohol poisoning. we'll keep -- >> how could that possibly -- >> we'll keep you informed. >> what are you doing? >> snooki, not a resident of new jersey. so let's move from snooki to public education. what's your takeaway the t president? >> she is great on this issue. bill clinton, both george bushes and barack obama talks about education more passionately than any other issue. can he get republicans that don't want to work with him on anything work with him on this. >> john, it s

at least in the guadalupe parkway continuing north at the lawrence expressway the back of which couldach is not a solid back and ponder but still slow. an area to avoid if you can. hard to avoid 17 where for nearly three hours of your pride themselves on lanes blocked of an overturned trailers there was being hauled a curator of your it's both. they don't expect lanes reopen and sullivan 40 5:00 a.m. chp is detouring traffic. a number of big rigs have been trapped in the back of it and the closure and a detour they're just instead there for nearly three hours. the red in the sure frey also still a hot spot after 9:00 so looking at over 20 minute drive times from the effort to lower. things are backed up earlier this morning of a minor accident we never fully recovered. bay bridge toll plaza your westbound ride really not too bad all slowly from the end of the east for your trip to the upper deck. mark. thank you, breaking news story and not sure or oil rig has exploded in the gulf of mexico, here it is 80 mi. cells of vermilion bay. to the west of the said the bp explosion seven helic

northbound 101 the lawrence expressway now one lane is blocked. just gridlock out to the 280 interchange so expect a lot of slow traffic there as well as the santa cruz mountains. it's been a problem spot all morning. both southbound lanes of highway 17 blocked due to an overturned big rig. lawrence has a last check of the forecast. >> looking good. lots of sunshine coming your way, folks. if you like the heat, what a day today. sunny skies over san francisco right now. just about every where you go, a little hazy outside. "spare the air" day today and temperatures will be hot in most spots except along the immediate coastline. talking about 90s and 100s inland, 80s and 90s at the bay, and 70s and low 80s at the coast. [ indistinct conversations ] [ female announcer ] this is not a burger. it's better. because with 57% less fat than regular ground beef, it's better for you. you see, this is a morningstar farms® meatless griller. that's right, meatless. and it tastes as good as it looks. so you can still enjoy that grilled-burger taste you love... a

. >> the lawrence welk show. >> we have a very special guest.her apple pie is the best ♪ she tucks me in at night ♪ she gives me good advice ♪ i'm only allowed upstairs >>. >> larry: another famous show in television history was lawrence welq with the bubbles. kristen plays judy. how did you find that? you didn't watch the lawrence welk show? >> i was polar with it. we were watching a lot online. >> larry: how did you find judy. >> anne hathaway was hosting. we wanted to do a group with one of her sisters. one of her sisters was a little different. we wanted to think of a different way of how to make her really kind of not attractive, so we were like hey, big forehead, little tooth, little hands. she was sort of born that way. >> was her forehead that big or was i looking through bubbles. >> larry: do you feel you're above this? >> no, it's really funny. >> larry: you miss this? >> having been in the cast, when you come back to host, it's -- you kind of know -- you've peeked behind the curtain and you know how hard everybody is working so, it's

the -- the lawrence, the applicants purchased their property at 7 seymour street around 2007. the stormer and the work that has been cited in their -- in their documentation has existed long before their arrival on seymour street, approximately 23 years. as we're aware, there are are many instances where existing structs or portions there of cannot be substantiated by any permit history. the building permit application, the d.r. applicants are challenging, seeks to bring in conformance work that has been identified without permit history. the concerns cited about life-safety issues and code compliance can only be met by completion of the permit application process. by further review and by the planning and building departments. mr. lynn nahry who is a contractor himself, i would think would be aware of the . i cal permit process in san francisco. that the first step is -- is securing the planning entitlement for a project. again, something that has been in existence prior to -- to the linari's arrival. the application should be seen for what it is the application should be see

let's look at day 2 of the mini heat wave. lawrence? >> kind of nice to have the heat around the bay area. haven't seen much of it all summer long. step out the door right now and those temperatures are already very mild to warm all around the bay area. we have numbers well into the 60s, inland under clear skies. clear as a bell inside the bay and even at the coast, no fog to speak of. that's a good sign that we're headed for another very warm day around the bay area. going to be hot in many spots again inland. probably going to top out about 103 degrees in some of the hottest spots. you get inside the bay, yeah, it's going to be on the warm to hot side, as well. mid-80s to mid-90s in some of the warmer areas. at the coast, head to the beach, probably one of the nicer beach days all summer long. 70s and even some low 80s as we head in toward the afternoon. that's a look at weather. here's elizabeth with traffic. >> thank you, lawrence. let's go out to livermore now. reports of gravel and rocks in the road. westbound 580 approaching north

and we'll huddle around the water cooler to watch our own lawrence o'donnell grill in a very unkind fashionevy johnson on everything from the stand on evolution to the stand on the war in afghanistan. levi on the hot seat. [ indistinct conversations ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] at&t and blackberry have teamed up to keep your business moving. introducing the blackberry torch. at&t. rethink possible. >>> been talking about education all this week as part of education nation and reform. not just about the length of the school year or where student goes to school, also about keeping those students in school. and for the united states, that issue has economic and as well as academic consequences. if you want to sound smart today, tell your friends that the dropouts from class of 2009 will cost the u.s. $335 billion in lost wages, taxes, and productivity. according to the alliance for excellent education which estimates that $1.3 million students drop out of the u.s. high schools every year. 1.3 million. >>> enough with the real news. let's huddle around the water cooler. i hate to be self-servin

so so far, so good for your commute into the city. lawrencehanges in the weather around the bay area today, elizabeth. of course, yesterday just spectacular all the way to the coastline. today though temperatures taking a dive. warmest spots only in the low 80s inland even in pleasanton about 78 degrees. plenty of sunshine in the valleys. you notice the winds kicking up and the fog gathering at the coast and beaches. highs there near 70 yesterday. only in the 60s with that patchy fog. now, the next couple of days the temperatures will continue to plummet. it's going to head well below normal toward tomorrow. those temperatures will struggle to get into the low 70s with partly cloudy skies. by thursday and friday looks like temperatures warm up but then another trough moves in come saturday and sunday to help cool down the temperatures again. that's a look at your weather. back up to you. >> thank you. >>> the future of the three schools in richmond could be decided tonight. the richmond city council will discuss the possible closures of kenned

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now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." >> i never thought we'd be taking the mood down when we take over from you. but we may just actually do it tonight. >> it's the tea party coloring book. >> now i'm intimidated. >> thanks, rachel. >> bye, lawrence. >>> the bush tax cuts are now set to expire at the end of the year, and today that trap caught dozen of democrats. >> 34 days now to the midterms. >> democrats say yes, republicans say never. >> give the house an opportunity in a fair and open debate to extend all of the current tax rates. >> 39 house democrats defect today and join an attempt to avoid tax cuts now. >> the nays are 209. >> speaker pelosi has to cast the deciding vote at the end of the week. >> irresponsibility on the part of this congress. >> and now they're about to walk away without even voting to protect americans. congress must not adjourn until we vote. >> the president finally uses the bully bull pit to bully. >> the policies we fought so hard for to change in 2008. >> but in the politics of taxation, can reality trump myth. >> somehow there's

the art festival. it runs through monday. find out from lawrencer weather rollercoaster continues through monday as well. >> i think it will. but it may end up on the upside. a lot of festivities around the bay area this weekend. and we want some sunshine to go along with that. it looks like it will work out pretty nicely. outside today, kind of a mixed bag. low clouds and fog and that is currently hugging the coastline. look at the folks at the beach. okay, there are not very many. but pretty gray out there. by monday, they may be able to go out there and enjoy some sunshine and warm temperatures and even at the water's edge. let's take you inland and more sunshine there inside the bay overlooking san jose and blue skies and what is looking like a pretty nice evening outside and it will continue to that way. clouds for the better part of the evening, maybe fog later on. clear skies and warm temperature, and sest 70s and mid 80s inland. breezy through the golden gate bridge. and some fog intruding through the gate. and cooler temperatures coastside

i want to recognize a few of the individuals. allen and lawrence came up with the idea to run this to the subcommittee. kirk has followed through with that process. it really speeds things up because we can get to the amendment. frankly, i think kirk spend a few late-night evenings on the administration with it. i also want to point out, the department of the environment was helpful in reviewing what are essentially the two big challenges. the green building -- cal green -- fitting into our green coat. he did a wonderful analysis, different spreadsheet to show that we were more or as restrictive. the one thing that floated to the surface, in cal green, there is a medium building category. i think it is thousandto -- 5000 to 20000 --those would be small buildings to us in san francisco. so they are going to be captured in a way that is more akin to the larger buildings. i think that is all. if there are any other questions, i would be happy to answer. >> i have a strong concern for the gray water systems that we are in the process of looking into. i

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what he decided to be stewart smally in the senate. >> never going to happen. >> what i'm asking, lawrenceto one now. this is what the 21st century media culture is, whether it is "dancing with the stars" or "the colbert report." is it good for the system, bad for the system or is it simply the system? >> you saw the conflict. john conyers with all the -- shows up and says what is this guy doing here and literally says to colbert, basically, get out of here, leave, i don't want to hear your statement. and then the subcommittee chairwoman has to come in and explain i invited him. that, to me, was one of the most absurdist moments i've every seen, knowing the way chairmanships work that to me was stunning. >> that he didn't know. >> i think she probably felt like she had the permission to do it over and above chairman conyers. >> and, lawrence, i'll let you get the last word because you're going to get the last word, promote your show. >> it is in my contract. >> don't get me wrong, you're going to get the last word, but i guess, is it fair to say, here we had a comedian testify on capitol h

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the weekend. let's check out traffic with elizabeth. >> thank you, lawrence. things have quieted down quite a bit in the traffic department past 6:00 here. we'll do a quick bridge roundup. crossing the dumbarton bridge, here's a live look at traffic towards the toll plaza. highway 84 moves fine all the way towards menlo park. san mateo bridge thing. this cameras is past the toll plaza. showing you live conditions across the span. this is commute westbound 92, good to go to foster city. drive time westbound 92 from hayward 101, 13 minutes and it looks good in the eastbound lanes off the high-rise. free-flowing across the span of the golden gate bridge. nice through marin. southbound 101, eight minutes through novato. mass transit is on time. back to you. >> thank you. >>> coming up, boxer versus fiorina. the key parts of the debate last night. >>> plus, a changing of the guard for the san jose sharks. which of the team's high level executives is leaving. all gold premium mattresses 50-60% off after $200 instant rebate. plus, get an additional $100 off beautyrest

everything is fine past the coliseum. lawrence has the forecast. >> things changing since yesterday. we have some low clouds and fog sweeping onshore, elizabeth. and more of that to come as we look into the weekend. now, that fog mainly confined to the coastline and just inside the bay. but it's pretty thick especially at the beaches. be careful headed in this direction. dense fog along skyline boulevard. temperatures in the 50s. not seeing that marine influence well inland so mid- 60s already in livermore. it will be hot in spots but you have to pick and choose. big changes over the weekend. that's coming up in a bit. >>> thank yo. in a few hours investigators will be at an east bay dump site searching for a person missing in a murder spree. let's go to anne makovec in pittsburg with the latest. >> reporter: police could be spending hours today sifting through garbage here at the keller canyon landfill. this is the final piece of the murder mystery going on for days here a murder spree in the east bay. here's what led police here

in the case of the lawrence livermore, we have an item in today's agenda seeking your approval for a change order on a project that will bring both cost and schedule of of the 10% limits that requires your approval. in the case of the crossover contract, we have not reached the 10% mark, but after negotiation of an outstanding change order, we will, and i intend to come before you in september to seek approval on that particular change order. as usual, there is a summary here of the calaveras replacement project. we have completed what we refer to as the 100% draft design submitted. we have yet to complete environmental review. that has been submitted to all our project team members, including the cm team. we have retained the services of the beach as our consultant, and they were given notice to proceed early august, so the cm team will initiate a review of those documents. all other activities on the eir and permitting front is continuing as planned, and we are on track at this point to be able to certify this eir by the end of the year. a few weeks ago, general manager harrington

as you heard lawrence say, the heat is on. if you thought this weekend was steamy get ready tomorrow could be hotter. hey, lawrence. >> you know i think a lot of folks were looking forward to the heat but now they are like you know what, that cooler wasn't so bad during the summertime. a hot one around the bay area, we are seeing patchy fog off the coastline. here is the latest up towards the beach. see it good there. folks walking toward the beach but just off the coast. patchy fog not likely to pay a visit around the coastline. looks like yeah, high pressure going to squash that marine layer and it will be hot in spots again your average temperature, 87 degrees concord, 79 san jose, 84 santa rosa and 72 scan francisco. look what happens around the bay area. a hot one outside 90s all around tomorrow ann, the possibility of triple digit temperatures just where, talk about that coming up. >> all right thank you. >>> well, a coast to coast call to action today, a hundred people marched across the golden gate bridge to show suppor

. >> now on the phone, lawrence karnow, our meteorologist weekend meteorologist and here during the weekdaystoo. lawrence, where are you right now? >> yeah, guys. i'm actually at the center across due east from where i'm seeing the fire. it is a spectacular fire. flames are just bursting forth maybe 50, 75, 100 feet high. it's been going on now for probably the last 10 minutes or so. and it seems to have a fuel source. it is burning up but the winds are pushing toward the east so it is going to be pushing back in this direction here not back toward the hill. but it is simply spectacular. >> lawrence, have you talked to anybody who might have seen or heard anything from that vantage point? >> i have talked to a couple of people and nobody saw anything happening here. but people have already started to talk about it. they have been on the internet and they have talked about the possibility of a plane coming down. now, that's not been confirmed. i haven't heard anything. i didn't see it come down. but all i can say is there is just a spectacular fireball that continues and numerous fire equipme

tonight's results from the delaware senate primary with keith olbermann, chris matthews and lawrence o'donnell, made silver about the stats of what is likely to happen next in november. it's all ahead in this tonight's primary hour of "the rachel maddow show." thank you for joining us tonight. and welcome to the last major night of primaries before this year's midterm elections. it is now 9:00 p.m. on the east coast, which means that polls have officially closed in the seven states across the country, holding elections tonight. plus the district of columbia. we are keeping an eye on all of the results as they come in this hour. perhaps the biggest single race of the night is the race for republican nomination for senate in the great state of delaware. it's the race to fill vice president joe biden's old senate seat. polling leading up to today suggesting a virtual dead heat between nine-term republican congressman mike castle and the tea party-backed challenger christine o'donnell. right now with 67% of precincts reporting, christine o'donnell leads mike castle with 55% of the vote to

and at the bay bridge, it is backed you want well into the macarthur maze. here's lawrencend the bay area. temperatures around the 60s in most spots. clear over the city of san francisco. just about everywhere you go it's clear. high pressure is going to crank up the temperatures with the offshore winds. some places headed toward the triple digits as we head in toward the afternoon. inland 103 in the hot spots. 80s and 90s inside the bay and out toward the coastline, let's plan on some 70s, maybe couple of low 80s. we'll cool down as early as this afternoon, may see a couple of patches of fog along the coastline. more fog over the weekend. [ male announcer ] have something you love doing? cheerios could be your ticket to do it. big time. you could win a once in a lifetime chance to live your passion by choosing from t never-dreamed-possible prizes. from a customized v.i.p. vacation, to a hollywood red carpet experience, to cooking with a celebrity chef, and more. find details on specially marked boxes of cheerios. why cheerios? because whatever you love doing, you'll need a

but it appears now that plane is up side down in the water. lawrence pointed out, it could very well be that this pilot had problems and ditched the plane in the water because if the chopper pulls out a little further you can see a wider picture that people have their houses, they have docks, boats, there's office complex right there. the sofitel hotel is close by, as well. so this plane has been in the water for 25 minutes. again, information just coming into cbs 5 that one person is confirm dead, another person reportedly on that plane still missing and we showed you this rescue attempt from earlier as fishermen who were out in the lagoon near redwood city did their very best to assist divers who were trying to get down into the cockpit of that plane. also kayak there involved. but again, this small plane in the water off redwood city. and as these search attempts continue for the one person who is missing always on cbs5.com. we'll be watching this throughout the afternoon. again a small plane in the water in a lagoon near redwood city. it happened j

we'll get to the bad part in a minute. lawrenceed levi what he thought about bristol on "dancing with the stars." >> what are you doing instead? >> better things to do. i have my son to worry about. i got family. i got family. i got stuff to do around the house. i got friends, reading up on all this stuff, trying to become mayor. i got a jobl. i have much better stuff to dothan sit around and watching tv. >> that makes sense. he's not watching tv shows. >> he's got stuff to do around the house. >> lawrence's position heading into this interview is levi johnson is a candidate for office, running for mayor. so he should be held to the same standards as all national political leaders? "meet the press." >> what's your position on global warming? do you believe it's man-made or not? >> no i don't. >> you don't believe it's man-made or you do believe it's man-made? >> i don't believe it's man-made. >> do you believe evolution should be taught as an accepteded scientific principle or one of several theories? >> you're kind of getting over

last night on nbc "the last word with lawrence o'donnell" he asked him to wie in on what the white house has called a deliberative approach the president has taken in afghanistan. >> this is the conflict within obama, quite frankly. he's commander in chief. he knows and he committed himself in the campaign to make this the war we were going to pay attention to. but intellectually, he looks at the data, the intelligence on the afghan war and there's a lot of dreary, negative news. in fact, just back in may he came out of one of the monthly reviews, the top secret kind of assessments they make in the situation room of the white house and said, given this definition of the problem, i don't know how we come up with a solution. so this is a war that hangs in the balance. it's not clear where it's going. and this is the portrait of him unvarnished, unspun, detail after detail meeting db there are thousands of words where he's talking, where he's asking questions. you're absolutely right, it's different from bush. bush's meetings were essentially, my gut tells me we should invade iraq, how are

raised $70,000 for special olympics. >>> many people in the bay area are getting a preview of fall. and when will we get some real rain? lawrenceill have the pinpoint forecast next. iders ar,, our state is in a real mess. and i'm not going to give you any phony plans or snappy slogans that don't go anywhere. we have to make some tough decisions. we have to live within our means. we have got to take the power from the state capitol and move it down to the local level, closer to the people. and no new taxes, without voter approval. we have got to pull together not as republicans or as democrats but as californians first. at this stage in my life, i'm prepared to do exactly that. he'd just gotten his license, so i let him drive.ctice. i parked near the driving range. yeah. probably not the best idea no. bill, our mercury agent. told us not to worry because we were completely covered. it's good to know mercury has great rates for teen drivers... and better to know they've your back when something happens. the car got hammered. mercury has great rates for teen drivers. get a quote and see for yourself at mercuryinsurance.com. can ca

that's the last word with lawrence o'donnell here on msnbc, the place for politics. >>> in the first line of division within the democratic party, 47 house democrats have broken ranks with the president on bush-era tax cuts on capital gains and dividends. they're calling for extension of the maximum rate on income. that rate expires at the end of the year. president obama wants to extend the rate for middle income homes, he wants to increase it for high earners. the increase would particularly hurt retirees. a vote on tax breaks is unlikely before congress adjourns this week to campaign ahead of midterm elections. >>> intelligence officials in europe have uncovered a plot for what's being called mumbai-style attacks of france and germany. just yesterday, the eiffel tower was evacuated following a bomb threat. according to one counterterrorism official, some recent missile strikes by unmanned u.s. drones in northern afghanistan were aimed at the plots aimed at europe. the threat levels have not been raised. >>> the first look at some of the other stories going on around america today.

for the next hour in which we shall celebrate the launch of lawrence o'donnell's new show which is tonight right after this hour. we shall celebrate the arrival of our new desk which inexplicably has something to do with the start of lawrence's new show with you i'm not sure what. i'm very excite body my new desk. we shall also celebrate the return of barack hussein obama. he is back in talking points just in case any republicans previous efforts to convince you he is secretly foreign did not work on you, they're going to give it one more shot. that's all to come over the course of the hour. >>> but we begin tonight by putting a giant asterisk on the well worn political truism that all politics is local. the big decision democrats had to make about this year's elections was whether or not they would try to run this year's elections as a national campaign, whether they were going to try to run as democrats versus republicans or whether they were going to try to block out everything happening at the national level and, instead, hope that each individual congressional and senate and governor'

the golden gate. with more on that, let's go over to lawrence. >> yeah, elizabeth. big changes around the bay area today. low clouds and fog along the coast, some of that sneaking inside the bay. still some very mild temperatures inland into the 60s. you have the cooler temperatures at the coast. be careful very dense at the beaches. it will be sunny today and hot in spots. much cooler in others. we'll talk about that in the holiday forecast coming up in a few minutes, guys. >> thank you. >>> hurricane earl is not a direct hit on the east coast. earl was downgraded to a category 2 storm when its center passed east of the north carolina coast. maximum winds 105 miles an hour. but that storm still causing problems in north carolina and virginia with more to come. no injuries have been reported. there is some flooding this morning on the resort islands of north carolina's outerbanks. thousands were told to leave and most did. >> it's at its worst point. we are not going to put any emergency worker in harm's way. >> we were going to ride it out in the pool and the hot tu

he brought attention to the issue but i think that lawrence made the point there.hat the issue. i think to some extent he made not only a mockery of congress which can be done in small ways appropriately. >> sure. >> but this is a rather large way. but also in a way, kind of the issue. this is a serious issue the plague of migrant farm workers and here he is making jokes and fairly lewd jokes. i am sure they'll be replayed on comedy central or pay-per-view at some point. >> but he also, he also reminded them of the biblical passage, whatever you did for the least of my brothers, and then he went on to say, it seems like the least of my brothers right now, a lot of people have the least of brothers right now because of the economy's so bad. and he didn't want to take any hardship away from the other hard employed but made the point the least of our brothers are these migrant workers and made the point that they suffer and have no rights. there is a section of this presentation of his that was very serious. chuck, the most fascinate thing for me was chairman connors

the last word with lawrence o'donnell. he interviews vice president biden. hi. >> good to be here for the first show. >> we're all pulling for you. >> i could not have a better lead-in. >> break a leg. >> thanks, rachel. 223 years ago tomorrow, congress sent the constitution to the states for ratification. delaware was the first to ratify and became the first state. since then delaware has stayed politely quiet exerting minimal influence on our politics until the first delawarean was elected in 2008 there by opening a senate seat seriously pursued by a former self-described witch turned true believer on tax cuts. delaware's own joe biden will join me to discuss many things, how democrats can counter republican tax cut rhetoric, tea party extremism and hold onto power in the house and senate. >>> all but certain congress will leave without resolving one of the biggest fights of the fall, whether to extend the bush tack cuts. >> the democratic house and senate in a state of paralysis afraid to vote for tax cuts, afraid to not vote for tax cuts. >> we're going t

joining us now is msnbc's own lawrence o'donnell. theast word with lawrence o'donnell premieres monday night at 10:00 p.m. eastern on msnbc about which we are all very, very excited. lawrence, thank you so much. >> but you excite so easily. >> i do. i'm excitable. it's nerves, you know. have i the nerves. what happened today? republicans said they wanted to introduce amendments. harry reid said he wasn't opposed to that, and then republicans voted against it anyway. what really happened? >> well, you know, each one of them is citing a different senate tradition and protocol to support their position. they're is a tradition of unlimited amendments in the senate. but the way the senate actually works is the leaders on each side make an agreement. let's limit the agreements to this, this many. sometimes limit it to 100. it doesn't have to be some tiny little thing. but let's understand what the road map is when we take this bill out here. even if one party is opposed to it, they're going to allow the bill to go to the floor, and then, you k

announced that president obama's top economic adviser plans to leave his post by the end of the year. lawrence summers is stepping down as director of the national economic council to return to a teaching job at harvard university. summers had initially agreed to the white house role for at least one year. president obama thanked summers for his service during what he called a timof great peril to the country. now only timothy geithner remains from the president's original top economic team. >>> oday, president obama heads to new york to addess t general assembly where administration officials say he'll walk a fine line regarding iran in a broad based foreign policy speech. yesterday, mahmoud ahmadinejad warned it could spark a war that would have no limits. president obama plans to leave the door open to talks with iran. ahmadinejad told reporters yesterday u.s. sanctions have damaged the chance for relations. >>> new video shows a growi problem in san antonio. violence breaking out in city buses. in the case, a woman who had a newborn strapped to her chest is seen taking a swing at a woman w

the security footage was taken on saturday and their security officers with lawrence laboratories. a. or the police. >> is definitely rare and a surprise. and if we have advised or passengers. that if we see something that is out of the ordinary to call and this is something the looked out of the ordinary. >> one armed personnel come to the airport the normal procedure is for their poor personal to be notified but that did not happen. and-armed personnel. >> and federal security officers for there to pick up a co- worker and they're investigating and why no notification was given. airport officials say that baggage claim is non- secured area and an airport. and this is a wake up call. >> and we're looking at this now to see what we can do to improve training, communications. and in san jose, christine connolly. >> and the 49ers are firing. and gary is joined live by a bay area soccer archon. and also, former tight end them all right now, on kron 4, you can count on us for coverage of weather coverage. our updated throughout the day and also our video report on how the bay area resid

the peninsula. that's your traffic. here's lawrence with your forecast. >> temperatures really cooling down outside around the bay area, elizabeth. good old low clouds and fog starting to make its way back onshore. you see some of those patches sneaking inside the bay now but all along the coastline more of that throughout the day today. and looks like the coming days ahead as those temperatures will continue to cool down a bit. clear start though in some of the interior valleys. partly cloudy with patches of fog inside the bay. mostly cloudy at the coastline with the fog. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. today we'll struggle to get into the low 80s in the warmest spots. lots of sunshine. more of a sea breeze inside the bay will keep temperatures cooler, 90s even inside the bay but today 70s and 60s. at the coast, low clouds and fog, breezy, and low clouds and fog continue all day long. that's a look at your weather. back up to you. >> thank you. >>> a crucial vote tonight in the east bay. >> tell you about the school that is may be sh