they organize the vc as a three-tiered force. you have the main force vc units. these are guerrillas that have become stage 3. they're basically designed. they're conventional units designed to fight the south vietnamese army. you have regional forces, guerrilla's who work full time in assigned regions in the south and you have this local vc militia in the areas that they control can -- excuse me, that the communists control in south vietnam. hanoi makes sure he has tight control. in 1961 they establish something called the central office of south vietnam, the cosvic. this is set up in cambodia. they do this to run the war in the south. it's basically their command to run the war in south vietnam. while they're doing this they divide the south into various districts to organize throughout the country, even down to the village level. in 1961 the north intensifies the military as well as the political struggle against the south. what they're hoping when they get into this, they think they can politicize the situation enough and make it violent enough where they can

most of the attackers are vc. 2500 people. and there's several thousand others that will go missing. and this has an interesting effect on morale. it encourages the south to fight harder. in may of 1968, you'll see a new phase of communist attack. and there are other attacks in august. the final phase of tet is in mid-february of 1968, this lasts for three weeks. and all of this is extremely bloody for the north. and for the communist forces here. tactically and operationally, tet is an abject failure. the north suffers enormous casualties. you see it on the slide here. the vc is just decimated by this. and they're no longer able to in south vietnam, strategically, it's a great success because in some ways it shatters american morale and certainly undermines it. they had no idea it would have that effect. the political effect in the united states that it did. but they get a good benefit out of it. after that, after this giap wins the strategy war again. he says no go back to phase ii. phase iii is too bloody. in september of 19

the vc is decimated by this. they're no longer able to field battalion size units like they did before. the combat burden in south vietnam will fall to the north vietnamese army. strategically it's a great success. it shatters american will and undermi undermines it. they get a good benefit out of this. after that -- after this jopp wins the strategy war again. he says, no, we go back to phase 2. phase 3 is too bloody. in september of 1969 ho chi minh dies. duan becomes a leader of the north. communist policy doesn't change. they still know what they want. they still want south vietnam and french indoe china. at this point they will back off from some of the very aggressive phase 2 and concentrate on rebuilding infrastructure and lick their wounds for a little while. what is important for them to be able to do this, one of the things that makes them able to rebuild after this, the situation in cambodia. cambodia is important in this war particularly for the communist grew the longer the war went on. they began usi

energy and new forms of nanotechnology, we would have a breakthrough in desalinization. >> reporter: the vcs also say israel is entrenched with technology and has its own high- tech culture. >> israel is noted because many of their entrepreneurs served in the military and frequently were trained in technology in the military or in the intelligence community. >> reporter: after his address here tonight, tomorrow president shimon peres will attend a conference of tech startups. reporting live in san francisco, i'm mark sayre, cbs 5. >>> other bay area headlines, in the east bay, 250 marijuana plants are found inside this home that caught fire in pinole today. the fire started just before dawn at the home on ramona street near lucas avenue. police say the illegal grow operation's street value is $750,000. >>> in the south bay, fire investigators are trying to determine what started the fire that destroyed this home in campbell this morning. firefighters rescued a dog and rabbit from the home near campbell avenue. no reports of injuries. >>> and in san francisco, a kindergartener is in the hospi

we'll tell you what the biggest names in vc are backing now and trading your tweets. all in one accountep watch on the markets. or use our exclusive tools to help find ideas. it's powerful, easy-to-use technology for trading stocks, options, and futures. keep trading whether you're at home, in the office, or on the go. optionsxpress, the broker smart traders deserve. open an account today at optionsxpress.com. >>> 70 degrees in times square. the sun hitting the ground. coming up next, does the bull still have legs? three years after the market bottomed out, how much more could the bull run? how safe is your money? plus, what's the deal in m&a? ross sorkin is live with the deal. late-night classes at last together. wait until you see what taco bell is rolling out now. now back to scott and "halftime report." >> they send you the samples? >> they're coming. i'm told. a new taco. >> better save one more me, my man. >> you got it. >>> what's the next facebook zinger? that's what they're trying to figure out in santa monica, california. hey, julia. >> scott, 1,600 one on one meetings happeni

energy and new forms of nanotechnology, we would have a breakthrough in desalinization. >> reporter: the vcs also say israel is entrenched with technology and has its own high- tech culture. >> israel is noted because many of their entrepreneurs served in the military and frequently were trained in technology in the military or in the intelligence community. >> reporter: after his speech tonight. president peres will be attending a conference of high- tech startups here in san francisco and then on thursday, it's back to the valley for a meeting at google headquarters in palo alto. ken, back to you. >> thank you. should be an interesting night. i know we are going to be covering his visit throughout the bay area. mark sayre, thank you very much. >>> late this afternoon, a surprising decision in the mirkarimi domestic abuse trial. as joe vazquez shows us, several issues including the prosecution's key piece of evidence will be decided upon before this case continues. >> reporter: late this afternoon they postponed jury selection putting a stop to the trial until it can decide whether a key pi

. >> would you pretend that -- if you were cook, would you say i'm going to play the vc business and ink it's dangerous. focus is very important. the apple brand is so valuable. i don't know. i think -- i don't really have an answer but i can tell you that apple is not going down in terms of its power as a consumer brand. >> let's talk about another company considered in the stratosphere these days and it's in the vc world. you know where i'm going with facebook. >> which is why i invited mike lazaro to come on as a surrogate. >> mike is going to come on but your views on where valuation is for things like facebook -- we had mark andreisen on who said we're not in a bubble but a lot of times we are. was that justifiable? >> he's a friend of mine, a very smart goi. he covers the west coast perspective. i'm probably more related to the east coast perspective. facebook almost sounds like the apple story. i think it's become part of society. you can't fight the fact that it's transferred its assets from being a social network. you have facebook comments, time line, every week or month the

lastly, we are really blessed that so many of the angel investors an early stage vc's in the market areeeing this as an important place where they want to invest. that is why we have run conaway in the room, tim o'reilly, and many others that realize not only is it important for our country to encourage civic start-ups in order to bring our garment along, but it is also going to be a great business opportunity, place to invest their money. we are excited to have this accelerator and are proud to be part ring with san francisco to bring it to life, to have them teach ideas to launch the doors and have a healthy dialogue around the civic space. with that, i am turning it over to ron. thank you for your support. >> hello, i am ron conaway. i am not sure jennifer was introduced prior. jennifer is the co-founder of code for america with tim o'reilly. the founder. jennifer is our hostess today and we are very thankful. i was born in san francisco, moved to the peninsula, raised my family there, moved back to san francisco eight years ago. my day job, in addition to civic activities, i am an a

join the vc task force south celebrate his 23rd anniversary this last year.n interagency group for law enforcement, military intelligence organization is represented as friend agencies working together to address this common problem. .. work bilaterally, but this is a regional problem, not just a bilateral problem so how do we coordinate the activities of one country with another country with another so we make sure we are adding who this along the line and we look at it from a regional problem. that's where i see that we as a role to play supporting the state department and other agencies in the u.s. government to address this problem. and i see the entire interagency approach growing very, very deliberately throughout the region. from my perspective our goal -- my goal, i will put it specifically from the u.s. command standpoint is to support this engagement, if you will, support our interagency and militaries to the point this is not a regional security problem but it becomes a problem that local police and law enforcement capacities can handle, and right

>> the atari vcs released in 1977. it was released in the 70s. why?aneling. everything had wood grain in the 70s. >> this is a step back in time. talk about this. >> absolutely. this is quite honestly a step back in time. we're looking at the very first video game systems in american culture. >> from our vantage point, you really get an idea of the 40- year evolution this exhibition really highlights from. the x box to the atari and everything in between. one thing i have to ask you though, if you're not a gamer, is this really an exhibition you would be interested in? >> i believe so. and it is because video games are such a part of american culture. and i believe that even if you didn't grow up playing games, if you have come to this exhibition, and allow yourself to really look at the messages, the poetry, the social reflection that exists in so many games, you may wind up becoming a video game fan yourself. >> your kids might be playing. your grand kids. >> and really especially if you look at some of these. show this again. >> this is really, you

the s.w.a.t. team surrounded a vc -- cvs pharmacy. reports sate man was wearing a ski mask 20 minutes before it was supposed to open. >> employees didn't indicate any, this individual demanded to speak to the manager, they left the store leaving this person inside of the store that, was the right thing to do. >> and the s.w.a.t. team finally entered the store just after 11:00. they found no trace of the suspect. surveillance video showed the man had left the building before police arrived. nobody was hurt no, word if anything was taken. >> a judicial panel ruled against ross mirkarimi and his domestic violence trial. three judges ruled a key piece of video may be admitted as evidence in this trial that. video taken by a neighbor shows mirkarimi's wife crying and pointing to a bruise on her arm. the video is a key piece of evidence in this case. both mirkarimi and his wife denied violence occurred. >> interest is a state wide amber alert led authorities to two young children after being abducted in glenn country this morning. the suspec

the bottom of my heart. çççççñrxdççç[cheçççç zçthank you,vç ççmayor brow. ççç[applause] çç >> hello. ble to year-round. this is a great resource that does not break the bank. to show just how easy it can be to do just that, we have come up with something called the farmers' market challenge. we find someone who loves to cook, give them $20, and challenge them to create a delicious meal from ingredients found right here in the farmer's market. who did we find for today's challenge? >> today with regard to made a pot greater thanchapino. >> you only have $20 to spend. >> i know peter it is going to be tough, but i think i can do it. it is a san francisco classic. we are celebrating bay area food. we have nice beautiful plum tomatoes here. we have some beautiful fresh fish here. it will come together beautifully. >> many to cut out all this talk, and let's go shop. yeah. ♪ >> what makes your dish unique? >> i like it spicy and smoky. i will take fresh italian tomatoes and the fresh seafood, and will bring them to other with some nice spoked paprika and some nice smoked jalapeno peppers.

they even have one of the few investment funds that students run, okay? they act as vcs. students actually put money in, manage money and stuff like that. there are examples, and we would be happy to follow up and give you kind of where we see these pockets around the globe of things that i think are doable. and it's out there. there are sprouts growing. >> sounds good. governor herbert of utah wanted to ask a question. >> thank you. being we have the college rivalry week theme going, i would just note that six years ago, we started a very aggressive program for workmen's research and development and startup transitioning the private sector. we just passed, the last two years, m.i.t. university of utah is number one startup for businesses and number one is university of utah. if you put your mind to it, you can certainly make a change. jeff, we want to welcome you to utah. first manufacturing plant in the united states in 40 years is head quartered south of the ty procter & gamble there. i heard you say, think twice, amy, that with people coming into thestates, getting deg

the tournament. i don't know if we can call it an upset with vc yurks anymore. they win 62-59. ey get indiana tomorrow night. it's been 66 years now since harvard has been to the ncaa tournament. the 12th seed crimson takes on my vanderbilt come mon doors. jeffrey tailor with the steal hammers it down. vanderbilt opened an 18-point lead but give harvard credit. they came back. a late rally. a steal here. brandon curry going to lay it in. cuts the lead to nine. little bit of a panic time for vanderbilt fans because we've seen this before. head coach kevin stalling not pleased. his team holds on to win. they held off harvard winning 79-70. vanderbilt against wisconsin tomorrow night. three seed baylor, a lot of people picking an upset in this one. uniforms that make oregon football blush. look at these things. stop it. taking on 14th seeded south dakota state. the jack rabbits open with a 14-5 run. pierre jackson. he's good. left-handed lay-up. baylor up eight at the break. second half, baylor's offense starts clicking. they survive a bit of a scare. they hold on to win 68-60. the

the bottom of my heart. çççççñrxdççç[cheçççç zçthank you,vç ççmayor brow. ixth year of our brown bag lunch series here at the department of building inspection where we talk about topics related to construction in san francisco. we invite you to join us on the third thursday of every month here at the building department. we have an exciting lineup of shows this year. and one of them, today, is going to be really exciting because we have a terrific guest today. mr. woody labounty. >> thank you. >> woody is the founder of the outside lands? >> the western neighborhoods project. we'll talk more about that. >> excellent. and the author of a recently published book, which i have a copy of and it's really fascinating and wonderful. he's going to talk about "carville by the sea" today. we'll look at slides. he'll tell us about the history of the outerlands, previously uninhabitable area of the city. we will invite your questions. so, please, you in the audience if you have questions, let us know. woody can help. thank you, woody, for being here. >> thank you. so w

the bottom of my heart. çççççñrxdççç[cheçççç zçthank you,vç ççmayor brow. that local mayor of san francisco. and now -- i thought maybe when they were great, when they were old and you guys had kids and grandkids, you would talk about that inauguration you had at city hall. that's all going to be forgotten now. i'm not even an asterisk. we're here because we're proud. we're here because we're proud. [applause] by the way a lot of folks are here because they're proud. it gives me tremendous pride as a san franciscan first and foremost, as mayor of this city, that our san francisco girls chorus and our san francisco boys chorus have been picked for this historic event. it is an extraordinary privilege that we collectively are being afforded. but all of these young men and women in the back are being afforded. and to all of families and friends, i know that this is something you will never forget. as a san franciscan to see san francisco speaker nancy pelosi up there with senior senator diane feinstein front and center in this, and our boys and girls chorus --

the bottom of my heart. çççççñrxdççç[cheçççç zçthank you,vç ççmayor brow. ççç[applause] çç

the bottom of my heart. çççççñrxdççç[cheçççç zçthank you,vç ççmayor brow.hank you all for coming out on this beautiful san francisco winter day. we are delighted to be here in chinatown. thank you to all of you who came out. there's going to be some noise during this event. this is a very busy street. that's one of the reasons we are doing this project. we are here today -- i am transportation director with the sfmta. thank you, boss. we're geared today to mark yet another important milestone and the steady, continued progress that we are making for the future generations of san francisco in this critically important project criticallyphase 2 of the light rail, otherwise known as the central subway. it is a project that is very important for building capacity, to move san francisco in the future. it also has benefits for current generations of san franciscans. the benefit comes in the form of jobs. you cannot mention the word jobs these days without thinking of our great mayor lee. out further ado, i want to ask mayor lee to come up and say a few words. may

the bottom of my heart. çççççñrxdççç[cheçççç zçthank you,vç ççmayor brow.ough our fingers... one endless sky overhead... and one simple way to care for it all. please visit earthshare.org and learn how the world's leading environmental groups are working together under one name. earth share. one environment... >> good morning, everyone. i am the executive director of the bay area. we do not get a turnaround you get. and is our honor and privilege to host you, mr. mayor, city college of san francisco, a leading companies in san francisco, and fellow community organizations. we open your bay area three years ago this past tuesday and will come to our class of 80 students. we are trying to solve two problems of the same time. the first is that companies are struggling to find talent, particularly in the field of technology. at the same time, there are thousands of talented young adults in the city and more than 5 million across the country looking for the opportunity to build a meaningful career. our students go through five months of intensive training and ha

the restaurant has been closed for nearly three years. it was stars, and then it was trader vick's, and trader vc -- vic's closed in 2009. >> this says you had two licenses prior. was that with a different theme or with maestro? >> it was with maestro. maestro took physical possession in mid october, and they spent quite a bit of time and money getting the facility up to date, meeting all the health and building code requirements. they weren't quite ready to open full bore yet, but in their tradition -- well, new year's eve for everyone is quite important. but in their tradition especially, old russian new year's eve are quite important. so they opened for just those two evens for entertainment purposes. they have had some small special events along the warkse but nothing that would have required a one-night entertainment permit. >> ok, thank you. my second question is about security. do plan to do this in-house or are you hiring an outside group? >> for the events we will likely -- i think we put in the application that we were going to use jeff, but there's a friendship with armada protective services, so there's a bit of an amendment

ended up with is an economy that discourages the kind of peer-to-peer sideways lateral trade and business growth and favors, instead, sort of this more top/down vcmara? >> i want to get in here, because the left and even the right loves to be obsessed with sort of the ideas economy. let's all remember that only about a third of the nation has four-year college degrees. only a third of us are really operating that idea as an economy. if we look out ten years where are the jobs going to be? retail, home health care workers and other health services. when i think about the economy and how we need to structure it, i want to think about how are we going to make sure where there is growth in jobs that can't be shipped overseas, we're going to have a decent quality of life in this country so we have to improve job quality. >> tamara is the vice president of author of the book "strapped why america's 20s and 30s and something can't get ahead." thank you for coming here. >> good to be here. time out. sweet. [ female announcer ] with charmin ultra soft, you can get that cushiony feeling you love while still using less. charmin ultra soft is designed with

the sheriff's mirkarimi domestic violence case. >>> breaking news. oakland in rockridge shopping mall here, in oakland. this vcseen shut down and there's a police search. police are outside the building, they've surrounded this large pharmacy building and they're looking for someone who they say committed some sort of crime trying to confirm what that is. but we do have a description looking for an african-american man, 5-10, wearing a blue zip- up jacket. he was also seen wearing a ski mask. the police have surrounded the area. they've also called for police dog to come and apparently they'll send that dog into the store. the cvs pharmacy right behind that big safeway they have there in the same shopping mall, as the boston market, and the pet store, and some of the other smaller shops here. stay away from the area. they're not letting anyone near the store. we'll let you know more. one of our crews is on the way. have a live report from the ground coming up as soon as possible. let's go back to the desk. >>> the owner of a berkeley apartment building destroyed by fire is bringing in structural engineers today

the fomc. that was not my experience when i was there. i don't think really getting meaningful non-vc, non-new york input into fomc discussions is really too much of a problem. keep in mind here that all of the nonvoting president, still can all of the meetings, participate fully in the discussion exit if the reserve bank president does his or her homework i would argue they could be influential even if they don't have the vote i can remember many meetings where i wasn't sure who have the vote and who didn't have the vote. to nonvoters these days with the disclosure procedures now which were not always there when i was there, but then i'll get to public dissent but there's so much media attention now on nonvoting presidents as well as voting presents. they have ample opportunity to put their views forward. so that's my view on that. title iv would require the release from transcripts in three years rather than five. i think i take issue with you all a bit on this, don. i would go to three but i guess i think five may be better but maybe not for exactly the same reason you do. what wor

solyndra, that government is a crappy vc, venture capitalist and if you were closer to it you would feel it more strongly. a lot of folks would say, gee he nailed it on the head there. >> reporter: summers who didn't nail much right nailed this one right on the button as you say, whether it's solyndra, whether it's for solar, whatever it may be, we now know that they were arguing over whether or not the technology is being employed by first solar, by solyndra were really innovative. in fact they were not. this is a -- this is a solar panel manufacturing business, and everyone in the administration should have known that china is going to beat their brains in at this. and did. so, it becomes a political play. martha: no doubt, you know, the president's supporters hear this and say, haven't we heard enough about this topic? but it all tpoedz into the bigger picture. you have gas prices rising you, look back at the administration, what have they done, where did they put the money for the green energy that they say is going to help this situation. we have the statements coming out of the administration. later after that another $75 million went to the compan

thank you, from the bottom of my heart. çççñrxdçç[cheçççç zçthank you,vç çmayor brown. [applause] çç