how do you think "the new yorker" has figured out navigating the new platforms and new media? >> i think one of the things "the new yorker", one of the virtues it has and forgive me for singing for my supper here, but "the new yorker" knows who it is. and one of the problems with journalism is too many journalists don't know who they are. they are grounded. and they know they are never going to have a mass audience, but they have 1.2 million subscribers. when i started writing for "the new yorker" in the late '70s, it had 600,000 subscribers. and the average age is older, but it's not as old as the networks, which is 60. and so it's dropped. and they have a very good app. that's good. but essentially, they say we believe as the economists believe, for instance, as npr believes, for instance, there's a quality audience to what we do and we're going to reach them. we don't have to dumb down to do it. and i think there are publications that do that and d

the new deal deals with things in a different way. when i was going to school, california school's were the best. now they are among the worst with the new budget cuts. of course, my university is being privatized. all of the higher education is being privatized. all through the uc system. how do you run a modern state with tax cuts? we resort to desperate, back last november, we were asked to vote to make four indian casinos in san diego county pony up money. i thought this was a joke. they voted to do it. now, the governor proposes to borrow against future revenues. how did they deal with these social problems when the economic problems were far worse than what we can imagine today? this is from larry halprin's. and it has these quotes from roosevelt on the wall. he said in one of his talks to the people, "the test is not whether we have more, it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little". it's a different philosophy than that which we have become used to. what i am going to show you is a lost civilization. it's a st

war on the stop and frisk marched later in the broadcast. new figures show the median pay for the country's top corporate executives increased at nearly double the rate of the average worker. according to the "new york times," the top 200 ceo's made an average $14.5 million, a 5% increase over 2010. workers saw a pay increase of just 2.8%. ceo pay has outgrown worker pay more than 120 side and times faster the last three decades. -- more than 127 times faster than the last three decades. an employee of a public relations firm tied to the corporate giant walmart has been found to opposed as a reporter at a news conference about portable conditions at major retailers. stephanie harnett, a publicist for the company mercury communications, clams was a student journalist when she attended a media briefing on a recent reporting highlighting the practices of companies like walmart. at the news conference, she approached at least two workers and got them to reveal details of affirmation about themselves under the guise she is interested in reporting the

the problem, judy is there really aren't many news media there. ures coming out of that place are mostly shot by amateurs as far as we can tell. should we be concerned about the crisis that we are trying to document? >> of course. but syria is the greatest challenge to reporters because my friend marie colvin was killed there. other reporters have been killed trying to bring the news from there. hats off this week to paul wood of the bbc who spent three weeks undercover reporting on the kinds of atrocities that are coming out in the forms of video clips from partisans and activists. it is a difficult situation because you can't rather fee the information coming out about its authenticity and context. you can't do it. >> and social media seems to be doing a lot of the heavy lifting in getting the story out. >> whatever the veracity of it and who really knows although clearly the syrian government seems to be the bad guy here there is an abundance of video and every day on the news the horrible footage of children being slaughtered and so on. sort of

the all-new multi-launch coaster. only at busch gardens. >>> every year a large pool of teenagers flood into the workplace for the summer, but it seems this year things have changed. there are significantly fewer youngsters getting a paycheck and according to new research, it could have more to do with a lack of ambition than available work. fox's brandon todd has more. >> reporter: while plenty of teenagers at hawaiian falls are cooling off, 15-year-old jackie reynolds is in the snack shop working. >> i'm out hire to raise money for my college -- here to raise money for my college fund, so when i graduate high school, can i go on and build my education. >> reporter: according to some new research, jackie is among the minority when it comes to kids his age. employment for 16 to 19-year- olds has fallen to its lowest level since world war ii and the reason may be more about choice. the u.s. bureau of labor statistics suggests teens are spending their summer in band or learning camps or other activities that directly inv

between the two new structures. as part of the site development, the main staircase to the historic building on valencia will be reopened to use by the public. varied massing and materials tied to the character of the neighborhood. the new hospital steps down dramatically to the west in deference to the scale of adjoining acres. a major new plaza will support a dramatically improved public realm that integrates the campus with the community. the new plausible provide access to the hospital and medical office building, the fountain, multipurpose room, seating, staircase, and provide wonderful access to the south. the staircase leads to the applause and on 27th street. hospital program lobby and programmer will support the of deposit. we believe the five new buildings will be great additions to the city. they will provide the highest quality new health care. they will complement the neighborhood and will be built to last. thank you. supervisor mar: thank you, mr. king. there is an overflow room in 264. -- 263. the sher

shawn now with the news edge at 11:00. >> the news edge begins tonight with a crime caught on camera. restaurant cooking oil has become a hot commodity for thieves. they sell it for a huge profit. audrey barnes is live in the newsroom with the story. audrey. >> the miller family, pat and pete have owned the red rooster restaurant. their used cooking oil is in high demand, just like their fried chicken. >> they fry up a lot of chicken at the red rooster, 40 cases or about 8,000 pieces a week. in some of the best canola oil around. >> for 35-pounds, it costs me $52. >> hi mom. >> miller family gets paid $200 a month to let a company called valley protein come haul away their used oil. it gets clean and is then used to fuel biodiesel fleets and the key ingredient in poultry feed. someone has stolen the grease before the truck could pick it up. >> this is the tank right here that they stole the grease from the second time. >> both of the thefts were caught on tape. each time you see a criminal make off with the restaurant's liquid gold in a matter of minutes. >> it wasn't like they were o

the new democracy wanted the election but fell short. it per situated the socialist pasok party and the moderate left party to join the coalition. >>> the inauguration of a new government has ended it. it's helped to keep greece in the eurozone. however, the three ruling parties haveledged tvote an easg of austerity measures in the campaign. >>> afghan president hamid karzai has asked lawmakers to step out corruption. he's been asked repeatedly to stop more shady dealings within his government. donors are plaining to pledge billions next month in tokyo. karzai wants to calm fears that the money will be misspent. >> translator: we will go to the conference in a few days. god willg donors will continue to pledge a similar amount of aid. >> karzai addressed a session of the upper and lower houses of the national assembly. he says corruption has reached a peek in afternoonghanistan and he said it's an ill they must cure. >> they'll pledge $4 billion a year to develop afghanistan in the coming years. nato-led troops are scheduled to withdraw

and the news has broken his heart. he grew up revering, because he didn't have a father to be a father figure. he grew up revering the murrows and cronkites and the rathers. and the world of news changed right under his feet. and now he's lonely because of we find out what happens and that kind of thing. his friends, his only friends are the people on the other side of the camera of that audience and the idea of them leasing him is terribly scary. so he's going to do whatever it takes to not bother anybody, to make sure that they stay in place. that's why ratings are important to him. he's on the other hand very cold very brux, and short with his staff whose names he barely knows. i hadn't seen that jeff daniels. scott must have tipped you off that my only concern was that, because from the moment jeff and i met, and it wasn't jeff never had to addition for the show. i mean he had the part walking in. but for the moment that jeff and i met, he just decided i'm going to be mean to this guy. [laughter] all i'm going to do

how the news is made up. ct there is a story in one of the episodes, in the script, i would like to show the people right now jismt, hit it. >> you guise have nine minutes and -- >> i want to go on record saying we should open with phil. >> done. >> we'll open with the spill. >> no, but you are on record saying you think we should. >> the spill is only anything is talking about. >> we are the ones telling them to, we're still reporting it. >> i'm looking at film of an oil rig sinking into the ocean that is pretty good television. >> we don't do good television. we do the news. >> stephen: was's right in that argument. >> you get to decide. >> stephen: no, you get to decide. you-- when you write these shows you have an idea who is right. i watched west wing. it wasn't like maybe bartlett was the bad guy. >> no. >> stephen: you make a decision, who is the good guy and the bad guy, your tv shows. >> i do. emily is right in that argument and she is swashbuckling. >> stephen: i'm watching the show, i'm enjoying the

the trigger for the new mechanisms is the construction of new development. we do not have a mechanism to share the burden with the existing buildings. we cannot rope them into the mechanisms. we will apply them to the redevelopment. as i mentioned, infrastructure, the transit center paid for will increase property values. folks paying into it will substantially benefit from it. it is true existing buildings will be benefiting as well. it is just the luck of its existing are ready. the buildings that are getting entitled that will be participating have the benefits of being able to take advantage of donating. that is very substantial benefits. there are some mechanisms that could be implemented in the future, not necessarily under the control of the city to share some of the cost of future maintenance and other operations. there has been discussions initiated by the private-sector of creating community benefit district that existing and new buildings could for dissipate and that would be relatively inexpensive but could help fund these in the future. the city

reuters is the largest international news agency in the world. we have more than 2,900 full-time journalists in 2300 bureaus around the world reporting in 20 languages. globally our addians includes more than 1,700 text, media and 600 tv clients over 35 million visitors to reuters websites each month, and more than 400,000 financial professionals subscribe to thompson reuters desktop products. on april 10th, the labor department notified our washington bureau chiefs and other news organizations about major changes they planned for the operation of lockups then covered the changes in detail so i won't repeat those. needily to say, we were taken aback by the change. dramatic and without advance notice and no real explanation of the rationale and walt consultation with the news organizations. i want to be clear on two points. we believe lockups are extremely useful in presenting accurate and athortive sensitive data and provide journal ichts time to better understand the information before sending itpu. and we fully believe in lockup for pre-elise o

the good news -- supervisor chu: i know that supervisor chiu has joined us. i think he is here with us. president chiu: a quick question is to the comptroller's office or the mayor's office. every year, we get an accounting of what all the various i.t. budgets are across other city departments and we have a lot of detail from mr. walton about his department. do you have an analysis of i.t. spending in other departments? >> good afternoon. we did do an analysis this year to look at the budget, both this past budget and the proposed budget for i.t.. the amount is $100.90000000 -- $190 million. president tchi: have begun an analysis of what the actual saar for this past fiscal year compared to what we budgeted. last year? >> we could do that. i do know that in some instances, the funds are spent in a different fiscal year of then in which there were appropriate. we have a large project that may be funded but it takes two years to expand the money. the budget and the expenditure are not necessarily a match but we can provide the total spending to the committee as

>> on the panel this week, writer and fox news contributor, judy miller. richard grinell, former spokesman for the the last four u.s. ambassadors to the u.n. jim pinkerton, contributor, american editor magazine and daily beast columnist, kirsten powers. i'm jon scott, fox news watch is on right now. >> and you're sure that the white house and the people involved will not take someone's-- out of context. >> what's the white house's view of-- >> what is the white house overall reaction to unite health care's announcement. >> and the house to vote-- what's the white house doing. >> unequivocally that it's wrong and absurd if there's no an investigation. >> and the supply routes in trouble at this point. >> could it be tougher for white house press secretary jay carney to spin the news in favor of president obama? you've got to feel for the guy. he took a whole load of questions like that at that white house briefing on monday and the reporters wouldn't let up. >> they wouldn't and didn't let up all week and this is all supposed to change with president obama's

the u.s.s.r. was agonizing by that time and collapsed very soon opening a new face in history my guest on the show today is the ballad who watched the process from the inside former deputy national supreme council said again. it early ninety's was a very tough time for russia and its former u.s.s.r. allies gorbachev's perestroika led to a huge economic and political crisis resulted in the collapse of the largest country in the world the final decision was made in december of ninety ninety one during one of the russia supreme council sessions conservative nationalists are good but poor it was one of the pew people's deputies to build against the soviets dissolution in the new russian stages staunchly opposed the new government and many of its reforms mr created several political parties and was elected to parliament three times. though mr boren and welcome to the show. on june to twelve so we celebrate russia today commemorating russia's state sovereignty declaration that you were a member of parliament back then the very problem and adopted the declaration. what was the essence of the declaration

left the party which has gone right down and indeed the new democrat. now in green that does exit the eurozone what impact would it have on the currency union as a whole. well that is really the if you like the sixty four trillion dollar question nobody actually knows it's never happened like this before that a very very tightly knit union currency union has ever actually broken up the real fear is that there could be immense legal battles going on for years and years and years between banks between debtors and loaned as simply because nobody knows exactly in what currency the debts that have been run up would have to be repaid those in greece perhaps would be repaid with a far devalued new drama but that of course could possibly put the banks in germany in france in terrific trouble and so the real consequences are so enormous potentially enormous that nobody really wants to contemplate now the protests in rome that are calling for growth instead of causing more jobs instead of layoffs what do you think they tell you government should do to avoid becomi

known throughout the world as "the new york times" has a home section? (laughter) but that's not the point. was's the point again? >> its proportionality. it's all about proportionality. if it were "the national enquirer", and they were doing this to both candidates i wouldn't say a word. i would say you know what, fair game. >> jon: fair game. it's about fair game. fair game is a big issue. that the media seems to be talking about, about whether or not it's fair game for other people to be talking about these big issues. >> now this battle over bain, what is fair game. >> tax on mitt romney the businessman and whether or not that is in fact fair game. >> is that fair game and a successful strategy for the democrats to use romney's business record against him. >> jon: is it fair to judge job applicant its on prior work experience? (laughter) it says here, it says here-- (cheers and applause) >> jon: let me see. it says here you have no experience in cardiovascular surgery and are you not even a doctor but in the spirit of fairness-- (laughter) >> welcome

i'm not quite happy with what he's doing with the new government and some other things. but i still have hope for him. you're criticizing the government it's understandable but on the other hand to many in the country including there was or it is criticize you know i do a legit is somewhat nationalistic and many people are afraid of nationalism what alter nationalism is regarded perhaps as the biggest threat in russia after terrorism what's your take on the. you know first off this card is played by those who want to use ethnic tensions in order to bring russia down. by the way these people use a double standard they condemn nationalism when talking about to russia but their views are quite different actually when they talk about their own countries at least ninety percent of western politicians are nationalists they see the love their nation they say do you want to protect their nation's interests why should russians be any different to soon as we call ourselves russians they almost accuse are still being anti-semitic even if we don't say a word about two years. into the

tonight most of news the 50s to low 60s. -- most of news the 50s to low 60s.to eight degrees cooler wednesday, couple more degrees of cooling thursday warmth returns just in time for dad's weekend, low 90s inland mid 80s around the bay mid 60s at the coast. >>> hot spot towards the dumbarton bridge westbound 84 thornton multiple vehicle crash blocking lanes, injuries have been reported traffic very slow as you head out of newark towards menlo park and palo alto. they say possibly up to seven cars involved in this crash. also, new accident reported at the san mateo bridge toll as well, no injuries on that one. so, might be a better detour instead of the dumbarton bridge in morning. of course you've been hearing katie marzullo reporting about the u.s. open, very exciting, but if you are parking between candlestick and the olympic club it is a 25 to 30 minute shuttle ride you want to avoid 280 stretch if you are not heading to the area if you are taking bart no delays. you need to get off at the colma station this morning there's free coffee on amtrak's capital c

the scary part was last year was a great news year. you had the arab spring, the killing of osama bin laden, all these very big stories. and what happened to the ratings for the cable networks? up 1%. just 1%. >> but not necessarily at that particular time when those big stories were breaking and people do tend to -- >> right, but if you are running a network, you need not just big spikes for one day or another, you need general rising ratings over a long haul. and you're not getting that, even with the news. >> but it's important when you talk about the ratings not to lose sight of the whole point of journalism is to actually inform people and teach them different things. so when you think about what msnbc or fox are offering with saying they're on one side of the issue or another, how about really taking a look at what it actually means. that's what people continually say that they are looking for. i asked this question on twitter before we came on. why don't you watch cable news? everyone says i'm looking to learn something, not nece

time to take you in on the news stories this hour here at home past the hour a new massacre reported in syria overestimates of casualties very dramatically is the timing of the slaughter just ahead of kofi annan briefing to be u.n. security council raises suspicions. and the u.n. general assembly has been tackling the situation in syria with some strong statements made the bodies chief said president assad has lost all legitimacy or insisted there be no mandate for syria intervention the u.n. security council. global political focus shifts to the east where delicate iranian afghan issues are discussed in beijing to start a new push it meets with the country's leaders. and increased cases of assaults on women in egypt's tahrir square revealed the plight of female protesters these hopes for democratic change is a fading as is the mistry to take a grip on power. that's what is here on r.t. at the moment i'll be back with the news team with more for you inhofe an hour from now in the meantime as promised max kaiser will be bashing the bankers with a silver bar you can find out what that's

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interesting that today the president did not offer any new ideas on the economy. that's one of his challenges between now and november whether or not he does have any new ideas, shep. >> shepard: he makes the case that he offered up a jobs bill that the republicans are obstructionists. that said, the president spent a lot of time linking his opponent to his predecessor. >> right. because he wants to make that point about obstructionism among republicans on the hill. he also says if you elect mitt romney with the republicans on the hill they are going to strip regulations, they are going to reverse wall street reform and they want to bring financial regulations back to the way they were before the crisis. part of the response from republicans though is if you look back to two years ago i mentioned that the president gave a speech at this same community college before the mid terms, so did former president bill clinton. he said in that speech, quote: give us two more years and if it doesn't work, you have another election in two more years, meaning 2012, you can vote

some voters had complained the new map passed by the state legislature last year discriminated against african- americans. >> new at 6:00, what did members of congress know about the meltdown of financial markets? questions are being raised by washington post investigation. among those on the list are house speaker john boehner. rebecca has reaction from the newsroom tonight. an investigation found high level democrats and republicans in congress rushed to protect our own assets as they learn about the unfolding crisis in 2008. it was privileged information the public was not receiving. today members of congress are strongly denying they did anything wrong. experts we spoke to say it is not illegal but lee's highly improper, and voters seem to agree. >> it looks very bad. >> to have one population benefit and be protected and the others are not, it is egregious, definitely. >> the washington post says at least 34 members of congress made changes to their stock portfolio following phone calls from senior bush administration officials. police 166 trades were made within 48 hours of phone

ellen joins us live from the new york stock exchange. e do i stand. >> $100 you going do a fast food restaurant? >>> i think kristen you in the ballpark. good morning. before we get there, problems at jpmorgan chase could be bigger than previously thought. the internal estimates indicate the bank may lose nine billion dollars in what is proven to be a risky trade gone bad. bank's previous estimate said two billion dollars and could grow shares of the bank under pressure. report showing weekly jobless claims rising not helping, stocks lower across the board today. bloomberg index is lower as well. yes, you cannot not talk about the 4th of july without mentioning money and fireworks, flags and food 212 million pounds worth of fireworks last year census bureau says manufacturers sold more than 300 million dollars in 2009. the average adults having a cookout on the 4th of july spent more than $61 last year if you are wondering the most when you look at different components, charcoal and hamburger meat. live at the new york stock exchange, blo

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. scott pelley reporting tonight from london. >> pelley: good evening. with the stroke of a pen today president obama gave 800,000 illegal immigrants permission to live in the united states without fear of deportation. it is a

are you going to go see the new batman movie next month? >> i may. although i think "the dark knight" will be hard to beat. >> the release date is july 20. a lot of folks like to get tickets early for the big movie just like the "hunger games" but this is local different. folks are scalping movie tickets for up to $120 to go to one of the first showings of the new film. >> $120. can you imagine? i would not do it. >> there's a note on the web site where they are reselling the tickets. say that multiple seats will be side-by-side and, an extra incentive. usually you can sit down wherever you want to. >> not a lot of reserve seating and movie bidders usually. if folks want to do it, there is a lot of buzz. there is 15,000 people on the our twitter page of a british group just to get updates on the movie. >> i can wait two weeks to see a movie. it is too crowded. >> microsoft unveiling a competitor to the ipad. >> also, sharp tv 's getting bigger. >> microsoft tries for a bite of the apple. it has unveiled its challenge to the ipad. the tablets will run

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. >> and to the new two news -- to the two news organizations here today, if you're giving a period of time to report what you're given, aren't you, in fact, the arm of propaganda? the difference between propaganda and independent news, isn't it the value added your reporters can bring through the information they bring in that helps them take raw data and turn it into opinionated, factual news? >> well, mr. chairman, the advantage of the lockup as it's currently run at the department of labor and at commerce and agriculture and agencies disseminating statistics around the world is that it allows us to publish information with as much context and supporting data and as many be superlatives as we can. what we publish at 8:30 sharp goes beyond one headline and one number. we endeavor to tell the story both behind the number, on to tp of it and underneath it. >> and i would just add that one important part we didn't talk about in the april 10th order that the labor put out although we are in talks about changing this is that there was no internet access at all. even in the half an hour or

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there is the new regime. he thought he would be able to hang around cbs in the 1980's and 1990's and they did not have a role for him. brokaw said he waalways had to e the top dog. he is very darwinian. that comes across in my research. with walter cronkite, people only see him as the friendly man, which she was, but there is another side of them that wanted to be the best. he was obsessed with ratings. he is a fierce competitor that i have written about, and that includes presidents and generals. his desire to be the best was very pronounced. >> you talked to a nixon aide chuck colson. >> to is very nice use a very repentant pro-nixon person. he was embarrassed when i read to him transcripts of white house tapes about walter cronkite. he was the pit bull of richard nixon. colson was on to the idea that they had to bring down the power of the big three. they liked cronkite. nixon personally liked walter cronkite personally. it really spoke for the entire state. if you can get walter cronkite, it was the libera

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the site. a brief report with good news. if you have any questions on cruise terminal -- and the other projects are two down at pier 36. we have a demolition project going on through the corps of engineers. that one is going fairly well, three weeks behind schedule, but there has been some extra stroke found. there was apparently a hole in the pier where they had previously placed debris from a filing process that they had, milling process. so there is a pile of steel that has caused an extra scope of work. that is causing some extra time. we do not think it will anticipate the other products we have going on at the bridge district court. that is a port contract, $13.5 million worth of work. they will both be working. we have had the contractor to the north side of the demolition, so hopefully they can bring in the work that is going on in that area without having any slippage in the schedule. we hope that that can happen without any slip ups as far as the schedule goes. the work windows that america's cup has requested, we a