this is his landlord, thomas. thomas and his wife own more than 150 apartment units in the bay area. you may remember thomas from another cbs 5 investigation involving these homes on heyward. lab results confirm renters were drinking and bathing in water contaminated with e. coli and fecal bacteria. >> it would be brown before it would turn clear. >> my eyes are always blurry. >> our investigation prompted the alameda county district attorney's office to open its own investigation. now no one here is saying if this is a criminal or a civil investigation. but a spokesperson will say these offices are all too familiar with richard thomas. why? because of the hundreds of people who sued him. >> phil was one of those tenants joining a class action lawsuit. >> he preys on the weakest and he profits from it. >> barry was the lead attorney on the case. >> he was in my estimation, bullying little people around. >> anything else? >> he uncovered this pattern of bad faith. >> listening to this one. oh here. >> when tenants

>> thomas. >> judge judy: thomas, this is your mom and that's your father and this is the problem. parents are divorced? >> never married. >> judge judy: and they shared custody and visitation of you in a sort of informal relationship for most of your life. there was a time that you were living with your father, and you and your father made an agreement. you wanted a dirt bike. it was an expensive bike. your father said he would buy it if you would pay it off by working. and you were working at the time. who were you working for? >> my uncle tom. >> judge judy: your brother? >> good friend. >> judge judy: what were you doing for him? >> mowing lawns and orchard work. >> judge judy: and according to you, thomas, you had the bike at your dad's house, were putting money in a bank account, and your father was taking money out to pay off that bike. so far, right? >> yeah. >> judge judy: how much was the bike? >> $3,600. >> judge judy: how much did he pay back? >> $2,886. >> judge judy: so, he paid back $2,900, and, in addition, according to you, thomas, you purchased some equipment with

until their impartiality comes into question will break down the controversy surrounding justices thomas and scalia and the g.o.p. may have been elected to cut government spending but does that mean jobs to a new report says that's exactly what the republicans are up to. there's civil war in libya and gadhafi is forces are losing in the middle that i approached it off the forces invaded the city of zawiya just outside tripoli and battled rebel forces for hours before being repelled back to libya's capital it after his forces were also and successful in reclaiming two other nearby cities misrata and says in the rebel forces are reportedly armed with tanks machine guns and anti-aircraft weapons virtually the same power as gadhafi aside from planes and helicopters which could be ineffective if the united states or other nations commit to enforcing a no fly zone in libya say the rebel forces make matters worse for gadhafi united states has blocked thirty billion dollars of assets within the libyan government claiming that gadhafi has quote lost legitimacy to govern and it's time for him to g

the tenant lawyers, thomas will file another petition. this time to the california supreme court and that is not good news for nate who has been waiting four years to get his security deposit back. now meanwhile, on harvey avenue, the investigation broke this entire matter, tenants tell me it has been two weeks and they are under orders not to drink the tap water. all the tap water comes from a contaminated well. tho mauves instrucked to produce lab results showing the water has been cleaned up. the city tells me today, there is no proof that that has happened. as of today, thomas has been fined $89100 and the daily fines continue. >> keep going up and up. >> all right. thanks. dana. >> we have seen rain in the bay area for the last ten straight days and today was no exception and neither is tonight. roberta is in the weather center to show us what is still to come. >> you mentioned ten straight days and that is 17 out of the last 22 days and take a look at our radar. we have rain, pockets of modern rain, all the way into santa clara vall

but washington had one final chance. >> thomas. crossover. setback. >> 28 points for isaiah thomas.nament beating arizona 77- 75 in overtime. >>> ivy league championship harvard up one against princeton with 2 seconds left. >> looking inside. goes out. here is davis. davis for the win. he does it. going to the ncaa tournament. >> the tigers are dancing. hopefully the guy in the orange suit is a mascot. they beat harvard 63-62 and of course tomorrow's selection sunday 3:00 p.m. here on cbs5. >> start after good season. can't wait. >> thank you, kim. >> sure. >>> so imagine watching a tragedy in your hometown from thousands of miles away. we will hear from someone from japan who was in the bay area when the earthquake struck and could not reach loved ones back home. that's coming up on eyewitness news at 6:30 p.m. captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com and that's it for eyewitness news at 5:30 p.m. we will see you back here in half an hour and at 10:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. news updates on cbssf.com. have a good night. captions by: caption co

an annonymous tip led to thomas. >> recent info was developed. dna was collected and matched confirming thomas was the e.c. rapist. rangin >> he is charged ranging from sexual assault, to sex with a minor. >> we are proud of our investigation. >> everyone is releived. the work is not over. >> reporting from atlanta (music) >> it was not a bad day. nice temps into mid 50Ès, the surf was not up, winds were calm. the rain began tonite. here is a view of downtown san francisco. san jose = 50 degrees. stormtrakker 4 showing widespread rain. north, south, east and west. a light rainfall, heavier pockets, like here, in novado. a few scattered through out. the light rain gets heavier tomorrow. 6am, more morning yellow, light green by noon and not as widespread, occasional showers on the decrease, but , watch this! another band that will create heavy rain at times at 8 pm, over at 9pm. a quarter of an inch. here is future cast. snowlevels high. will drop on monday, pile up to 2 now, here is a look at the weather. >> feet low 60Ès, for monday, a dry day. t

this is thomas him and his wife own another five places. you have seen him from these homes in harvey's. renters were drinking and bathing in water contaminated with both e.coli and fecal bacteria. >> it would be brown before it would turn clear. >> my eyes are always blurry and stinging all the time. all of our eyes were always stinging. >> reporter: our investigation prompted the alameda district attorney's office to open its own investigation. now, no one here is saying if this is a criminal or a civil investigation. but a spokesperson will say these offices are all too familiar with richard thomas. why? because of the hundreds of people who have sued him. >> reporter: suing was one of those tenants joining a class action lawsuit. >> he preys on the weakest. and he profits from it. >> reporter: barry willdorf was the lead attorney on the case. >> he was, in my estimation, bullying little people around. >> reporter: anything else? >> reporter: he uncovered this pattern of bad faith. >> there were two bulbs missing from this one. >> there

. >> he is talking about landlord richard thomas. >> i'm going to ask you to leave. >> reporter: we found in oakland. >> we're going to have to say good-bye. >> reporter: he wouldn't talk about what was in the water. >> grit, more grit and sand. >> it was yellow, had a smell. >> reporter: six families in the heart of haywood drinking and bathing from a well that had no clear nation system instead but, was occasionally blasted by cupfuls of bleach, poured into this corroded pipe opening. so we sent tap water samples from two of the houses out to a professional lab and one tested positive for coliform bacteria. >> this guy literally was poisoning them by not telling them they weren't hooked up to the municipal water supply. >> reporter: what's more, the tenants were in the dark. >> i had no idea. >> reporter: reno randall and ra shone andy's lease made no mention of well water at all. initially the couple was too afraid to appear on camera. >> i was worried about gettingy victorinoed. >> reporter: that changed after they saw our initial report and the positive test results. >> i'm very upse

everett joining me now in the studio thomas frank thomas welcome it is good to be here well thank you the republican party has been around for two so i don't know that's not. you know i wouldn't blame everything on them i come from kansas everyone's a republican i help used to be a republican you know and there's a lot of good republicans in the world and yeah yeah we're going to robert we'll follow up with a republican. the guy that i swiped the title of what's mayor of kansas from was a republican there's a lot of good republicans that is stevens was you know he was the head of the radical republicans faction and preach in sixty eight and wrote the fourteenth amendment and lincoln lest we come was now so it's the conservative movement but there was there was an interesting moment in the eight hundred eighty s. when grover cleveland was eight hundred. eighty eight in his annual speech to congress where he said you know the rise of corporate powers become so great that the american worker now feels that he has the iron heel on his on his neck growth president grover grover cleveland c

friday which means it's time for conversations with great minds but i drove by author and historian thomas frank has written some such books as the wrecking crew and what's the matter with kansas was just the evolution of american culture and its effects on our politics and vice versa plus president obama warns could offer to stop the bloodshed in libya but is he too late one of the many asians will tackle the big picture rumbles and usually ladies come first but don't tell that to conservatives i'll tell you how the rights of women are being cut down across the nation and why this isn't anything new into the insights. birdseye's conversations are great minds i'm joined by american author journalist and historian who may know more about american culture its effects on politics than anybody else around his book the wrecking crew of conservatives rule outlines the evolution of the republican party during the past two centuries and identifies republican party as a source of everything struck with this country it is a book what's the matter with kansas documents the rise of conservative populi

collected and subsequently mapped by the connecticut state forensic sciences lab confirming that thomas was the east coast rapist. >> that's when we all learned that we had these connecting cases through dna. >> reporter: new haven police $1 million bail, he faces multiple charges including rape and sexual assault and is due in court on monday. richard lui, nbc news, new york. >>> when nbc nightly news continues this saturday, america at the crossroads, from college campuses to the office. it's not what's missing, it's who's missing. >>> later, making a difference, how one artist who sees a big picture is making kids' dreams come true. >>> all this wiek in our special series "america at a crossroads," we've been looking at how changes at home and across the world are affecting our economy. last night we told you about growing opportunities for women. tonight we want to look at the flip side of that success. the sizeable and growing number of men who show finow find them ill-prepared for the workplace. chelsea barely notices it anymore, but go to almost any college campus in america toda

ernie thomas was in the fifth grade. and ernie thomas got leukemia when i was in the sixth grade. he went to our church. and in those days, everybody who had leukemia died, today most people with leukemia survive and have lives and are treated. but he was going to die. and when i was writing one of my books, i interviewed my cousin charles who was ernie thomas' best friend, and charles told me about the day ernie thomas learned that he had leukemia. charles said there was a pounding at the door, ernie thomas had run across the wheat fields to my cousin charles' farm house that was near our farm house. and he opened the door and there was ernie thomas with a bunch of books in his arms, pounding on the door. and charles went to the door and he said, "charles, i've got to talk to you. the doctor told me i've got leukemia." and as they're walking in, charles' friend, ernie, puts all these books on the table. they're boy scout manuals. and he says, "charles, the doctor says i have leukemia, i only have about a year to live, and i want you to help me find out how many merit badges i can

he is 39-year-old aaron thomas, an unemployed truck driver. he is believed to have attacked at least 17 women in five states, in a case going back to 1997. police say they have dna evidence implicating thomas in a dozen rapes. thomas' arrest caused shock in his new haven neighborhood. >> it's really scary to know that i've walked up and down this street many a day, and i could have been a victim. >> police say thomas tried to hang himself in jail on saturday. >>> on the cbs news "moneywatch," stocks in asia were sent tumbling this morning. ashley morrison is here in new york with that and more. good morning, ashley. >> and good morning to you, joel. well, asian markets saw a sell-off amid worries about high oil prices. japan's nikkei lost more than 1.5% while hong kong's hang seng dropped nearly half a percent. >>> today, wall street gets the latest conconsumer credit. last week turmoil in the oil markets overshadowed good news on jobs. the dow gained 3% while the nasdaq was up a fraction. >>> the recent run-up on wall street has some concerne

yesterday, they arrested 39-year-old aaron thomas. >> i hope the arrest of aaron thomas brings some closureour victims in our communities. >> reporter: the arrest came less than a week after officials posted more than 100 billboards. in eight states. an anonymous tip led them to thomas in new haven, connecticut, where they set up surveillance. in typical csi fashion, the smoking gun was dna on a discarded cigarette. the first crimes date back to 1997 in maryland and stretch all the way to rhode island. >> i'm sure there are cases out there that we don't know exist. it's great to have him off the streets. >> reporter: police say his last known attack was in virginia in 2009. three teens were trick or treating when a man forced them into the woods with a gun. he raped two of them. years later after news of an arrest, up and down the east coast, a collective sigh of relief. >> i've been concerned about this all the time. i have been seeing it on tv. >> reporter: we're starting to learn more about thomas. we know he was a long haul trucker. police say that's one reason he would have been travel

here is without proving what follows come here is what steve said to clarence thomas when clarence thomas'sbook my grandfather's son can now. he's describing to thomas what his reputation was in the media circles. a man of little accomplishment, an opportunistic black conservative who sold out his race, joined the republican party, and was ultimately rewarded with an affirmative action appointment to the nation's highest court. a sold of intellectual lightweight so insecure he rarely opened his mouth and oral arguments. that's what they told clarence thomas to his face. they are not racist, of course not. and david grumet this could be the opponent in the 2000 to -- 2004 race in the most eloquent person i've ever seen, alan keyes, he describes him as -- [applause] a demagogue fool. now david grumet describes obama with the term brilliant, intelligent or smart, more often in his biography of obama than walter isaacson did the subject his most recent biography albert einstein and go back and count them. i am not exaggerating. i wish i were. not everything is as important as it seems. sarah pa

. >> reporter: we found thomas at his offices in oakland. >> he didn't want to talk on camera about what we found in the water. >> grit, more grit and sand. >> it was yellow. it had a very overwhelming smell. >> reporter: six families drinking and baiting in water from a well that had no color nation system but instead was occasionally blasted by cup fulls of bleach. so we sent tap water samples from two of the houses out to lab. one tested positive for bacteria. >> he was poisoning them by not telling them they weren't hooked up to the water supply. >> reporter: they were in the dark. >> i had no idea. >> reporter: they made no mention of well water at all. initially the couple was too afraid of appearing on camera. >> i was worried about getting evicted. >> reporter: that changed after they saw our report. >> i'm very upset about it. >> because they have been drinking and baiting bathing in the water for three years. >> the water was brown, but that's what is here to bathe in and drink. >> my eyes were always blurry,. >> my skin is peeling in my palms of my hands. >> the possibility of

the new defense minister, thomas de maiziere, comes from a military family. his father was commander in chief of the german armed forces from 1966 to 1972. he served as interior minister to afghanistan several times, where german police have been training afghan officers. he is familiar with the chalnges that will face him in the defense ministry. he is also a very loyal merkle man. his nickname in parliament is "merkle's universal weapon." he has always acquitted himself very well. the cusu could have nominated a successor to gutteberg, but chose instead to take the interior minister. merkle is glad to have this reshuffle behind her as quickly as possible. >> we have incredibly high oil prices. gaddafi's forces are battling for control of the oil port brega. analysts are already beginning to doubt whether saudi arabia could fill the gap. crude oil traded in london at $115 this wednesday. these prices will choke off the economic upswing in europe if they persist. >> the oil facility is a prized both gaddafi loyalists and his opponents want to win. it is one o

in the newsroom, i'm thomas roman, abc news. >> thank you, thomas. >>> a tragic accident during this weekend's storm. alex was less than a mile from work last night in napa when a giant oak tree fell on his suv killing him instantly. the 46-year-old was about to start the overnight shift today. the fallen tree was a gathering place for co-workers who left flowers. >> what are the odds that a tree -- you are going 40 miles per hour down a road and the tree will land on you, a heavy enough tree to cause serious damage. i would say it is one in a million. >> napa had 40 mile per hour wind gusts in almost an inch of rain over 24 hours. >>> the storm toppled trees and ?eapd power poles leaving debris around the bay area. lilian kim is live in san francisco where they had a close call. lilian? >> alan, we are at the ymca at the presidio. and the large treetop pelled away from the building. we have seen the close calls throughout the bay area today which kept tree removal companies busy. piece by piece, branch by branch, this tree is coming apart. the homeowner heard the eucalyptus fall on

here's pierre thomas with our report. >> reporter: this is the dresden nuclear power plant in illinois. located within 50 miles of the 9 million people who live in and around chicago. but less than two years ago, in 2009, the nuclear regulatory commission cited them for allowing unlicensed operators to work with radioactive control rods. the workers allowed three radioactive control rods to be moved out of the reactor core when they should not have been. worse, the workers initially ignored alarms. that wasn't the only problem at dresden. four years ago in 2007, nuclear material literally went missing from the plant. federal regulators fined the company, saying it failed to keep complete records showing the inventory and disposal of all special nuclear material. >> history tells us that utilities, some utilities, cut corners, and then when the day of reckoning arrives, they won't be ready to respond in the same way that the utility executives in japan were not ready to respond. >> reporter: today, officials from dresden issued a statement to abc news acknowledging the vi violations and

one of which pointed to aaron thomas.olice tracked their suspect to a connecticut courthouse where he was facing unrelated charges, and during his lunch break when thomas tossed a cigarette butt, detectives got the break they've been waiting for. it was right out of the scene from "law & order." >> you don't smoke? >> no, i do. >> thank you. >> the lab pulled his dna off of the cigarette. >> in this case analyzing the saliva on the cigarette butt took only a day. >> dna was collected and subsequently matched by the connecticut state forensic sciences lab, confirming that thomas was the east coast rapist. >> that's when we all learned that we had these connecting cases through dna. >> thomas is being held on $1 million bail and expected to undergo a psych evaluation. he faces multiple charges, including rape and sexual assault and is due in court on monday. as a news conference on saturday, new haven police said although information developed quickly here over the last week, investigators worked tirelessly for years pursui

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thomas lockyear we thank you for that beautiful photograph.take your camera along and send your pictures to us. dana? >> roberta, thank you so much. >>> there are still random cases here and there but gadget theft on b.a.r.t. are now more organized. tonight on the cw at 10:00 p.m. and on cbs5 how culprits are covering more ground. >>> the only men's basketball team still playing. i'm dennis o'donnell. i will go one on two with boxing all time biggest promotors next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, cardinal, the cal bears, and the st. mary's gaels...but san jose state??? c'mon..no..really. "..." >>> when you think about local college hoops you think about the cal bears and st. mary's gaels. but san jose state? come on. no. really. >> i get no respect from anyone. i called up suicide prevention and they tried to torque it into it. >> george nesman taking on fourth seed ohio. adrian oliver. six three pointers. spartan hitting a season high 13 threes but they trail by 2 at the half. in the second half it is the freshman keith shamburger one of his six threes s

here's what steve croft said to clarence thomas when clarence thomas' book my grandfather's son came out. he was describing thomas what his reputation was in the media circles. a man of little accomplishment, an opportunistic black conservative who sold out his race, joined the republican party and was ultimately regarded with an affirmative action appointment to the nation's highest court, a sul inventory intellectual lightweight so insecure he rarely opens his mouth in oral arguments. that's what they told clarence thomas to his face. and david in describing barack obama as an opponent in 2004 senate race he's the smartest guy i've ever spoke to, alan keys, he described him as -- [applause] >> a demagoguic fool. now, david remnick describes obama with brilliance intelligent smart more often in his biography of obama than walter isaacson did the subject of his most recent biography, albert einstein and go back and count them. [laughter] >> i'm not exaggerating. i wish i were. now, not everything is as it seems. sarah palin, say what you will, is not the one who's hiding her s.a.t. s

police arrested 39-year-old aaron thomas in new haven, connecticut, yesterday afternoon. investigators following thomas recently say they were able to grab a cigarette he threw into the street, and then send it off for dna testing. those tests reportedly matched thomas as the east coast rapist who is believed to have carried out 17 rapes. and other attacks up and down the east coast over the last 14 years. the arrest comes a few days after police ramped up search records with digital billboards and a new website. >>> the case of a private investigator accused of stealing and reselling drug evidence and entrapping men into dui charges just got a little bit more complicated. christopher butler and his longtime friend, christopher welch, were arrested back in february. this week they pleaded not guilty to dozens of charges. today the chronicle is reporting that a 47-year-old danville police officer has been arrested in connection with the case. steven was booked into jail yesterday on drugs and weapons charges. authorities also say he was hired by butler to tarnish the drivi

here at the alameda courthouse we found more than 200 lawsuits with the landlord richard thomas' name on them and tenants suing him for everything for trashy living conditions and for not returning the security deposit and thomas has done a good job of filling these rows counter suing for almost everything under the sun. >> reporter: since these renters were getting nowhere they asked cbs5 to help. using a sterilized kit we took samples from tap water in both homes. the water in katrina came back positive for bacteria. >> fortunately you brought it to our attention. >> it is contaminated. >> reporter: as for those bottles of bleach, what's the risks. > >> skin irritations. mucous membranes. eyes. >> reporter: saying it is up to the owner to make sure the well water is healthy and the county is supposed to police that. but he now admits it has been a low priority. >> there seems to be no involvement from the city. none from the state. and from what you're telling me there is no remediation by the county. >> right. >> reporter: so we paid a visit to the owner richard thomas. >> i'm robe

so it is going full speed and as you all know they are all asking questions except justice thomas who just finished his fifth anniversary without having asked the question and his explanation for that is because i like to hear from a have a good. that is what you are up there for a not that my colleagues show off. [laughter] probably they are asking lots and lots of questions and walter that is absolutely right. each new appointment is for the justice on the court who is more active during questioning. one of the factors might be that now three of those four last justices that argued cases before the court, roberts, alito and kagan of course had argued cases, all three had been in the solicitors general office. i think they plus justice ginsburg argued possibly 63 cases before the court so they have had experiences. they know what it is like. >> you would think they would show more sympathy for their colleagues. seriously, think of the 17 chief justices. john roberts is the first one who comes to that position from a career in which what he did for a living was being one of the best i

claren thom thomas was a godfather -- >> at the eeoc. >> he would talk for hours about clarence thomas' background, starting a business. this shaped clint's politics. >> what about david macintosh? >> a lot of his mentors, i think, were peers. they were the fellow founders of the federalist society who had grown up in more inintellectually elite circumstances than he had. he, of course, rose quickly to his level. another mentor was richard enstein at the university of chicago -- epstein at the university of chicago that believed regulation is best of somebody else. transferring assets, whether it is welfare payments or a prerogative tax system takes away from somebody else and therefore that person should be compensated. >> what about ralph reid. ? >> he didn't really have a mentor. he looked toup grover norquest. when he was a college republican, he very much looked toup grover norquest and the chairman of the college republicans at the time. a guy by the name of jack abramov. a guy still very much active in town. he looked up to thefment but as far as an older mentor, he didn't reall

well number one thomas jefferson illustrates perfectly my point here for jr wanted to provide specific religious protections who are going to assume that they were absolutely free to do that there was no prohibition against profile providing special protections in state constitutions so jefferson's. stance the religious freedom perfectly illustrates my point when it comes to the treaty of tripoli we do understand that people need to go all expression there because what it said is this is not a christian nation in the sense that it is not in a possibility group the islamic doesn't in the us i've read it when i read this afternoon. ok well let me finish my thought here this was in contrast to the religion of islam which does have an innate hostility toward christian religious the backdrop of that is the barbary coast pirates they were attacking and pillaging american merchant man so thomas jefferson those wanted to find out what was going on and he said well we have a religious duty to attack and plunder infidels that's what our religion teaches us to do and so the point of the treaty of

stream are limited to thomas movies.people of this service. the problem is it's a commodity. the people won't at warner brothers, sony they're saying let's do face book, it has one of 12 people on the plan has signed up for the service. suddenly wonder brothers is distributing and thailand and areas they haven't ever distributed to. i've been since the beginning of the and for next let's put down the road it will have to be acquired by somebody. amazon and facebook and h p o canal constrain movies. everybody can copy it's nothing special. the downside is face book is only on these things laptops. he basically stream movies, and that fox had needs a big old screen. you want high definition, it will die quickly bought this is one of the shops across the hour we will remember. >>catherine: those distributors really have all the power don't they? >>rob: every now and then distribution becomes more important but down the road content always wins. >>catherine: ok rob will be back to answer more of your e-mail's. we will be rig

commission president thomas president mazzucco is en route. commissioner dejesus. commissioner chan is en rout5e -- route. commissioner slaughter: here. secretary lt. falvey: you have a quorum. >> this is the regular meeting for the police commission, wednesday, march 16, 2001. commission president thomas mazzucco is on his way, and until he arrives, i will be leading this. some items will not be called this evening. which leads us to, lieutenant, please call item no. 1. secretary lt. falvey: item number one is general public comment, where members of the public can address the commission. speakers shall address their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or department or occ personnel. neither police nor occ personnel nor commissioners are required to respond but may provide a brief response. commissioners and occ personnel are advised to not enter into any debates. comments are limited to three minutes. >> please come forward. the microphone. >> ok. hello, ladies and gentlemen. my name is christine harris. i have repeatedly aske

isaiah thomas, the clutch triple. moments later, the cats beat the pressments the finish and the foul. three-pointer makes it of 6-6 2. ten second left. wilcox, huge three to tie it at 68. goes to overtime. in o.t., 25 seconds left. arizona down three. now we're tied. five second left. huskies put the ball in the hands of isaiah thomas. are you kidding me? the stepback jumper at the buzzer. washington downs arizona, '7-75. >>> to the battle of the brains, harvard and princeton. 16 seconds left. harvard down one. curry in the lane. princeton ties, takes the lead. one last chance for the tigers. three second left. davis, the offbalance shot at the buzzer goes and the tigers are going dancing. princeton wins it, 63-62. >> how about some cactus league action. season opener a couple weeks away but when the giants and dodgers play, it's mid-season form. bryan -- brian wilson fans. fear the beer. cody ross, mid-season form, two-run homer to left puts the g-men up in the third. pat burrell showing up at the long-ball party. d

thomas frank thanks so much for being with us tonight pleasure talking with you coming up nuclear threat levels continue to rise in japan president obama lays down the hammer and libya and scott walker gets a knockout blow from the courts are big picture rumble is up next. let's not forget that we had an apartheid regime right and. i think. people want to well. we never government says they're going to keep him safe get ready because your freedom. they tell martin here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. are you ready to rumble on the panel tonight jimmy weinstein steen the weinstein dead at the only color i have only if you know of john walker senior policy analyst at firedoglake dot com and see the motley president of less government ok let's get started desperate efforts continue in japan to prevent a nuclear catastrophe here in america we have to ask ourselves could this happen here there are twenty three general electric mark one nuclear reactors in operation in the us exact same design as the reactors in japan at least five out of the six that

. >> my name is scott thomas, and my wife and i moved to parkmerced 30 years ago, and we have absolutely no regrets. one of the good things about this is trust. years ago, it promised us a brand new elevators they then said they would we do the laundry rooms, in they did that. there was also exercise room in all of the towers. this is what it is all about. i trust parkmerced's management. they will do the right thing by us. president chiu: next speaker. >> i highly suggest to approve this project at parkmerced. this is something we will deal with every day of our lives. traffic. it is time for renovation. opportunities. we all want to improve our city. thank you. president chiu: next speaker. >> hello, my name is alex reyes. i have been a resident for many years, and anybody who has been there knows that the open space is pretty much an unusual -- unusable. it requires chemicals to survive. this provides acres of new space for the community. thank you. >> good evening, board of supervisors. my name is timothy, and i am a union member and also is in francisco native. i urge you to go forw

we are joined by commissioner president thomas does it go, dr.all, commissioner james slaughter, commissioner petra dejesus. we are also joined by chief of police george gascoign. also with us are the it assistant chief. this isn't she said of the operation pirro. assistant chief denise schmitt. deputy chief john murphy, enforcement and security at the mta. commander sandra tong of the airport bureau. commander james dudley of the airport operations bureau. commander daniel mahoney, chief of the operations staff. commander daniel lazard, chief of investigations. this is a time when we stop and offer special members of the police department. these are members who have distinguished themselves through their bravery and dangerous situations. it is important to note one of the criteria for the medal of honor this one failed to -- failure to take such action would lead to center. these are actions above and beyond call of duty. at this time, i would like to invite the chief of police, cheif gascon, to come up here and speak. >> thank you, everyone, fo

thomas picked it up, wilcox for the game-tieing 3 to send it to overtime. now, it's arizona's turn.hington had one final chance. 28 points for thomas, washington wins the pac-10 tournament beating arizona 77-75 in overtime. >>> ivy league championship harvard up one against princeton with two seconds left. >> here's davis, davis with the win! >> the tigers are dancing, they beat harvard 63-62 phil mickelson and tiger paired together for the third day in a row, but neither is in contention, lefty is 13 back. johnson shot a 7-under 65 and is at the top of the leader board. the approach on the 17, sets up an easy birdie putt. >>> bob confirm the obvious, rich harden will not be the team's starter to begin the season. an arm engineer has sidelined him. wilson pitches and 1-2-36th in scottsdale. just over 12,000 he's loving it, and they can say they saw pat burrell hit his second home mother of the spring. they -- homer of the spring. >>> the giants may be the hottest ticket in arizona this spring, but aubrey huff says the atmosphere hasn't changed in the clubhouse after winning the worl

thomas allen presents his book at the library of congress in washington, d.c.. it's 40 minutes. >> i'm not supposed to have to plug a the library of congress that it's inevitable. a few years ago i got a call from a historian at the cia who i had met when i had been working on the george washington book about intelligence in the revolutionary war, and he says the library of congress is something you might be interested in. call this number. and i thought wow. maybe the cia really does -- [laughter] people, you know, just like in the 70's of the conduit, people reading books all the time. so, while it wasn't quite that. what had happened was the library had gotten a manuscript that had been written by a tory in connecticut during the revolution who was under house arrest for his tory fonts' coming and he decided he would write his own history of america particularly the revolution coming in his name was constant tiffany, and in the manuscript he gives a look at why he was a tory. it's kind folded into some other elements in the revolution. the point about it i fo

rabbi david, morgan russo, gabriel holland, thomas, and danny. supervisor kim: before the public comment gets underway, i like to thank supervisor dufty for being at the hearing. i also like to thank all the people who came to the hearing today and say to dph, lyon- martin, for all the hard work that you have put in to make this a possibility. unfortunately, i will have to leave at 6:00. i just want to let you know ahead of time. but i think you for coming out and sharing your stories. >> thank you. my name is david. i am a san francisco resident and a rabbi. religiously, jewish tradition recognizes the committal and civic commitment to help those in the community who are most vulnerable and offer the protection and care. i think i am at the winged the supervisors and the implications of a potential loss of lyon- martin are not only local but reached nationally and internationally, given the role that san francisco plays in world culture. if san francisco does not make extraordinary efforts to help these people, how are we going to convince less

. >> the next speakers, thomas simpson, sue hester and eric brooks. >> hi, there. i represent -- and i'm here to speak on behalf of eric hester who just had to leave because his kids are crying at home. they are calling for daddy. i work at cpmc hospital as a hospital attendant. i'm a member and i'm here to support the project because it would provide better care access to community. at the current surgical facility, we are limited in our abilities to provide quality surgical procedures because the operating room is outdated. we constantly use newer and more high-tech equipment that require extra power. some of our eye surgeries require special outlets for lasers we use during procedure. out of 10 operating rooms, we currently use only two. that can provide the necessary power for the lasers. this limits the number of procedures and prevents us from providing the best health care for our patients. the new facility would be state of the art so we could provide the best care possible. i hope the planning commission will afford this new project. >> my name is noa ong.

. >> thomas roman is live in san pablo for us tonight. tomas? >> one family has left and another is packing to leave. we have had scattered showers and each family is dreading the rain. take a look. this is why. the backyards of three homes are sliding into three homes downhill, and so far neither the city nor their insurance companies are offering any help. >> i will not stay here tonight. >> barbara scott has lived in her home since 1972. rain started on sunday, but today she fears she might lose her home. >> scared, worried. this is home. you look around and you say it is a possibility that i can actually lose my home. >> she's afraid if the deck goes, so goes the home. the structural engineer examined the damage to the three homes and then red taged her home. she is leaving tonight to stay with her twin sister in hercules. the city suggested that they put a tarp over the hillside. but a nephew is taking the tarp off saying it is useless. >> whatever the city is going to do, they will do. >> reporter: so far the city hasn't been able to do an

. >> i go also to thomas jefferson high school. i wanted to talk about historically american responses to foreign civil wars. in response to the civil war that occurred in spain. basically the american government was mutual, but groups of americans go over on their own, dying voluntarily to help out the conflict. as you say, we do not have any direct threat to the national security of libya, but perhaps we and your opinions -- the europeans have interests in oil reserves. maybe the oil companies could help out there. guest: it is an excellent question. throughout history americans have voluntarily picked up and go and fight on behalf of peoples around the world who were seeking to be free. some of them fought on behalf of the communists against the government when you have the russian revolution. the same held true in the french revolution. i do not think there are too many americans that would want to pack up and invade the shores of tripoli in order to involve themselves in the civil war in libya. i think part of this is there is