today's "los angeles times" saying california's capital punishment system is quote not effective unquotend needs an overhaul. the signatures are collected for a proposed ballot method to abolish the death penalty. she took over in january after serving as trial court judge and appellate jurist since 1990. >>> beginning next month if you sit on a jury and tweet or most anything about the case you could face jail time. a new law will take effect in california requiring judges to instruct jurors to not do any internet search. if you get on fwtwitter, facebo or other sites you will be held in contempt aefr face possible jail time. recent years so-called google mistrials throughout the country involved overturned verdicts because jurors researched the trials online. >>> more legal trials for a bay area steel company. pacific steel and casting is a subject of a just-filed lawsuit claiming the company did not give close to a thousand current and former employees timely meal and rest breaks. they seek $31 million. pacific steel was forced by federal immigration officials to fire some 200 workers

that the material mailed to senator daschle had been quote, chemically treated to reduce clumping unquote. in other words, whether nice to enhance its dispersal. no foot note was cited for this claim. i can tell you my research for this book, there was a basis for any assertions, all which regrettably fueled the rush to war. this book also provides the first biographical portrait of another biowarfare scientist of a fellow named bruce ivins. to learn about bruce ivins, traveled to a small town 30 miles north called lebanon, ohio. andy was the air lebanon was and remains a pound of agile america distorted evokes a norman rockwell sketch. bruce ivins was born there in 1946, the youngest of three sons. his father, randall ivins was a second-generation proprietor of ivins drugs, established in 1893. there were prominent family of well-known people in randall was himself a graduate of prince university. he was well-liked, very generous to a fault. not much of a businessman, the very gregarious person. bruce ivins however grew up in a home that was not norman rockwell. his mother, mary ivins wa

mitt romney said that the $1,000 tax cut that the president was proposing here was a quote/unquote band-aid. maybe it's a band-aid to mitt romney, but it's a big deal to the american people. why doesn't he at this critical point show leadership and stand up? if he's not going to do it now, how in the world can he do it in the white house? >> to seems to me a friction starting now between the republicans in the senate and the house. republican scott brown, senator of massachusetts blasted house republicans today. he said "the house republicans plan to scuttle the deal to help middle class families is irresponsible and wrong." why do you think house republicans are sabotaging the economy? what do they have to gain at this point when the country wants to add jobs? >> because they're betting on a very cynical idea, that somehow if this doesn't work, people will again say, quote/unquote, washington doesn't work. washington isn't broken. the republican party is broken. it's fractured and being held hostage by a few extremists. some have guts, like you just said, will stand up and say that. the fa

dynamite in the earth to get the oil out of it they have taken our land and they are killing quote unquote by sucking his blood and polluting nature with chemicals. so our god is dying and we have no animals to hunt as we used to live with diseases and little food. i. in the older days it was called no man's land the land with no history and no past . nevertheless it has been inhabited for thousands of years the sea on a gopher on sea coolio shores. and each one native tribes who are living in harmony with their environment and no contact with the rest of the world. or. however at the big. you know this sixty years. war. america. was discovered underneath this jungle. at. the. coworkers were the first white men to arrive here on a massive scale in one thousand nine hundred sixty four. came in contact with development in the western civilization. of. when they saw the natives they are texaco workers decided to feed them they gave them a bowl of rice with the response to eat. when they had finished eating and they to the bar one spoon and left. this is an anecdote and because they say that w

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part of the congressman to anything the lobbyist that is going to ask for that is reasonable, quote, unquote,. >> stephen: well, come on, be specific. what did you get. give me an example of something, you would say to yourself i shouldn't have been able to get that but i got it. >> i got a member of congress to introduce language into a reform bill, of all things, to enable a tribe in texas to get a casino. >> stephen: i don't see any problem with that. if-- you used to have a restaurant, right. >> yes. >> stephen: you ever think about reopening that restaurant? (cheers and applause) i hear that was a really nice restaurant. >> well, you know, when i was in prison i worked in the kitchen for part of the time. >> stephen: really. >> so i-- . >> stephen: that sounds like a high-class prison. was it a white collar prison. >> there aren't any white collar prisons any longer. >> stephen: oh, really? >> somebody should lobby to get those back.

practitioners of a secular values called quote-unquote personal autonomy. the netherlands was the first country to legalize the right to die known as u euthanasia. and dutch has same sex marriage soft drugs, prostitution, and coffee shops that serve hashish. question, are americans destined to take our values cues from the dutch. well jew deyo christian be pushed aside for personal autonomy. is the jesus of bethlehem destined to be side lined by the doctrine and practice of personal autonomy. are we all going dutch? >> we'll ask these experts. paul sar bin, and steven plo ploerow. rabin, and steven ploerow. ploerow. >> plott row. o if. for such a small word it packs a wallop. if i live to a hundred. if social security isn't enough. if my heart gets broken. if she says yes. we believe if should never hold you back. if should be managed with a plan that builds on what you already have. together we can create a personal safety net, a launching pad, for all those brilliant ifs in the middle of life. you can call on our expertise and get guarantees for the if in

reports coming in from state-controlled syrian tv this morning which says, quote, terrorists, unquote, have attacked security facilities in damascus. >>> a look at other stories making news early today in america. police have tracked down a group of vandals all thanks to youtube. the video posted by the culprit show the crew of young criminals ransacking several stories. investigators brought in one teen for questioning who eventually identified the rest of the suspects. >>> southern california's notorious high-speed santa ana wind swept through yesterday, hammering several neighborhoods. wind gusts as high as 72 miles per hour were strong enough to rip trees from the ground and leave tractor trailers overturned. wind warnings and advisories are expected to end today. >>> powerful winds fanned the flames of a san francisco inferno. ripped through two residential buildings forcing half of the city's on-duty firefighters to suit up. two firefighters were hospitalized and 60 people were left homeless. >>> finally, wouldn't it be nice to be in georgia? the first day of winter felt nothing

reports coming in from state-controlled syrian tv this morning which says, quote, terrorists, unquote, have attacked security facilities in damascus. >>> a look at other stories making news early today in america. police have tracked down a group of vandals all thanks to youtube. the video posted by the culprit show the crew of young criminals ransacking several stories. investigators brought in one teen for questioning who eventually identified the rest of the suspects. >>> southern california's notorious high-speed santa ana wind swept through yesterday, hammering several neighborhoods. wind gusts as high as 72 miles per hour were strong enough to rip trees from the ground and leave tractor trailers overturned. wind warnings and advisories are expected to end today. >>> powerful winds fanned the flames of a san francisco inferno. ripped through two residential buildings forcing half of the city's on-duty firefighters to suit up. two firefighters were hospitalized and 60 people were left homeless. >>> finally, wouldn't it be nice to be in georgia? the first day of winter felt nothing

there are reports coming in saying quote, terrorists, unquote, attacked security in damascus. state tv is describing it as a double suicide car bombing. a number of civilians have been killed. >>> here is your first look at other news going on. florida police cracked down a group of vandals, thanks to youtube. a video posted by the culprit showed video of them ransacking several stores. they brought in one teen for questioning who identified the rest of the suspects. >>> southern california's santa ana winds swept through yesterday hammering several neighborhoods. wind gusts 72 miles per hour were strong enough to rip trees from the ground and leave tractor-trailers overturned. wind warnings and advisories are expected to end today. a massive san francisco inferno. the blaze ripped through two residential buildings forcing half of the cities firefighters to suit up. two firefighters were hospitalized. 60 people were left homeless. >>> finally, would have been nice to hang out here. the first day of winter felt nothing like it normally does in coastal georgia. instead of bundli

was freed but also partitioned, the hindu gandhi against sheltering quote, frozen muslims snakes, unquote, which would bite on revival. so this is gandhi's reply. to liken the human being, however degraded he may be to a snake, to justify inhuman treatment is surely a degrading performance. i have known fanatical muslims to use the very analogy in respect of hindus. lastly, let me, for the sake of snake kind, correct a common error and point out that 80 snakes out of every 100 are perfectly harmless. there are less obvious similarities also. the first of these is their strong self belief. before he ran for president lincoln felt he had something to offer in his words, on the great and durable question of the age for america, namely slavery and gandhi often expressed his awareness that his task was to lead his people to independence. offering himself for re-election in 1864, lincoln said that he could quote, better serve the nation in its need than any new man, unquote. and he added that he was vitter than the others available to reunite his bitterly divided people. in 1932, gandhi said th

negotiated the release of my sister and her colleague, he was surprised by how coherent the, quote, unquote, dear leader was at the time. he brought his physician with him. he noticed paralysis on one side of his body, but he said his mental faculties were fully intact. >> because he'd had a stroke at some point in the recent past before that, the time that you saw him. >> reportedly. >> right. and laura, you know firsthand the power and you just saw the piece from gary tuchman, that kim jong-il had over his people. what struck you about that from what you observed in captivity? >> sure. well, i was allowed to watch television and, you know, every piece of video on that screen practically shows images of kim jong-il as this other-worldly figure and doing these wonderful things for his people. oftentimes my guards would be moved to tears watching their dear leader. and they talked about how much he was doing. they did mention that he was ageing and that his health was failing, but they said that it was due to the fact that he was working so hard for his people. >> sanjay, you had mentioned t

the release of my sister and her colleague, he was very surprised by how coherent that the quote-unquote dear leader was at the time. he brought his physician with him. he noticed some paralysis on one side of his body. he his said his mental faculty were fully intact. >> he had had a stroke at some point in the recent past before that time that you saw him. laura -- >> reportedly. >> laura, you know firsthand the power and you saw the piece from gary tuchman that kim jong-il had over his people. what struck you about that while you were in captivity? >> sure. i was allowed to watch television and every piece of video on that screen practically shows images of kim jong-il as this other worldly figure and doing these wonderful things for his people. oftentimes, my guards would be moved to tears watching their dear leader and they talked about how much he was doing. they did mention that he was aging and that his health was failing. but they said that it was due to the fact that he was working so hard for his people. >> sanjay, you menged that i reported in north korea a couple of years be

they are he' taking content from pro publicament how many people take the journalists take quote, unquotee press releases and other people build the stories from there, everybody is borrowing from everybody else and let's just face it. >> jim, let's start with two points. one, the media as they laid off all of their investigative operations are desperate for anyone to come along and hand them the story and they can have it free, who wouldn't? and i think the the fact that every time you turn on the tv and see some journalism school professional being interviewed or a form of editor or formerly for profit to the nonprofit world is happening and the fact the sandlers are a part of what a fellow named matt fine, call the conversation, which is a group of liberal billionaires the last ten years have been-- since the 2000 election when bush won have been trying to buy their way into power through the democrats and the sandlers who gave 247 million to progressive causes, according to matthew madden are very much a part of that. playing games, doesn't matter. there's a movement here and it's ide

to the iranian state television was trying to infiltrate the service and station is running quote, unquote, his confession. our news room is gathering information on this. we can tell you u.s. officials have not confirmed any of this and analysts say that iran has been making claims like this previously and even in recent days, none of them really have turned up much. just last tuesday, we reported iran said it indicted 15 people on charges of spying for the u.s. and israel and fox news is working and we will abury it to you as soon as we have more information. >> i'm harris falkner, this is the fox report, also, tonight. >> and that is the last truth, the last vehicle, the war is over. sngsly, for the united states in iraq. and there they are. >> ending, not with a treaty or a battle, but with border crossing and inside the last convoy, emotions running deep. >> and the last one, can't explain it. >> we really, truly were at the last ones in iraq, so it's pretty awesome. tonight, a closer look at the final american troops leaving iraq. >> plus, caught on tape. >> and that's like a run awa

unquote. that ought to tell us something. in other words the c.b.o. model crashes when it even attempts to calculate the impact of all this debt on economic growth. and yet all of these numbers might be understating the nation's debt burden. what happens if interest rates rise? right now they're at historic lows. but that will not always be the case. and we're figuring on historic lows right now as though they're going to continue. according to c.b.o.'s alternative fiscal scenario which is in fact our most realistic fiscal scenario, debt held by the public will reach 82% of g.d.p. by 2021. that's if they're right and they've never been right yet over the long term. they're always low. absent real fiscal reforms it will reach 100% of g.d.p. by 2035. but this does not tell the whole bleak story. the fact of the matter is when you include the i.o.u.'s the government has issued to itself intergovernmental holdings our debt is already at 100% of g.d.p., larger than our entire economy. when are our

sides here i'll just explaining why we believe we should focus on encouraging both parties quote unquote towards further discussion on reform and to encourage their dialogue second element of mansour i don't think we have already passed any point of no return here we should not miss any chance to let. the intermedia or all of the arab league continue the syrian government has just signed a very important protocol opening up for introduction of arab league observers within those very encouraging signs we should. move forward along those lines of you know dialogue and reconciliation and thus i think there is no need for any sanctioning right now ok you know the subject earlier this month after the parliamentary election in russia the the european union called russia to hold new elections because because they they they criticized the the alleged fraud that took place during the parliamentary vote does this political move sharply criticized by official moscow does it actually derail the russian relations it's hard for me to tell something on the russia you i will tell what i know for sure wh

we had no idea being native san francisco ans, we commented quote-unquote, hey, that was a good one. so it was quite a -- an experience and sort of set the tone for what's come over the next 22 years. our strategy here in san francisco now with anne at the helm at d.e.m. and her predecessors and mayor lee and his predecessors and joanne and myself and our pred cesars as we prepare for every disaster that happens around the world as if it happened here. so if you think of what's happened over the last 22 years beginning with loma prieta and arm geten and y2k, we'ved that world series three times. one we liked. we prepared for floods with katrina and all the problems that come with water and on and on and on. we even prepared for tsunamis in a city of hills. so we really want to be as prepared as we can be. we are committed and dedicated to being as prepared as any city in the country. and i think someone once defined preparedness as the amount of time it takes to get the necessary personnel and resources in place to recover from any calamity. and here in san francisco we are absolutel