the v.a.then he was assigned to one of the tents that go by the names alpha, bravo, charlie, and so on. delta tent was worley's first home in a long time. where did you sleep the night before you came here? >> worley: in old town park down in san diego. >> pelley: he hadn't imagined that leaving a war could be risky. >> worley: i got used to the structure and was having a hard time adapting to civilian life, because if you change commands or you move from job to job in the marine corps, they give you a checklist. >> pelley: life gets pretty simple. >> worley: yeah, it's pretty simple. it's... you know, i turn... they say "turn right," you turn right as fast as you can without bumping the guy next to you. you know, i didn't have a checklist when i got out. >> pelley: without a checklist, worley burned through the combat pay he'd saved before he looked for a job. turns out, unemployment among these young returning veterans is double the national rate, about 20%. the v.a. tells us that, already,

so what we are hoping to do is help the v.a. hospital to streamline some of their treatment and some of their care, but also empower the veterans who have fought for our freedom, they should have freedom and the final say over their basic health care. >> you bring up the issue of veterans, obviously, and their health care. so my attention goes to the men and women who are serving in the armed forces in pakistan, afghanistan. pakistan is a mess. it is -- to put it bluntly, we have the intelligence service double dealing us. if you are elect to the united states senate, one of the issues that is going to be on your plate is pakistan. what do you think we should do about pakistan? >> well, what we need to do first and foremost is work with the nongovernmental organizations who are serving the people because we have to keep in mind that our conflict is not with the citizens, the private citizens of these rogue nations. they're with certain... certain leadership, certain terrorist organizations that are bred and potentially hostile c

one of the problems that the vets face today there are long term care costs that we that inside the v.a. whether it's for p.t.s.d. whether it's for physical injuries emotional injuries and this cost as linda bilmes and joseph stiglitz testified before congress last week is going to exceed trillions of dollars to care for these people so there's six hundred thousand claims that were denied last year and so the v.a. so it's not about money but it's about providing adequate space and the the right territory for the vets to get inside the doctor what is sometimes about money to because we've seen examples where for you know they are telling people they have personality disorders something that is a preexisting condition that you would not even have been let into the military with with this disorder and yet now when troops come home and they have something wrong with them they they deny them of all their benefits i mean that that's where they start to scrimp and you know try to save money that makes me sick yeah it should and i think i mean entire reform process i think that the united state

. >> my inclingation is to uphold the v.a.'s finding on the variance. five out of five is hard to knock down. i think that -- and for many of the reasons that vice president goh articulated, i feel the same way. the concerns of the family about financing and all that, that is part of the risk you take when you enter into a t.i.c. as someone who looked into housing and purchasing homes in san francisco, that is part of the risk. the timing isn't great right now. that doesn't mean you can't have alternatives. that is where i am thinking right now. >> i guess the starting point for me really is -- and also having been involved with various cases for 30 years, at least the ones that i've seen, most of them involved something that was not so different as this particular case is with regular planning tenants' of the code. we have seen where a lot that was 42 feet wound up splitting into two 21-foot lots. therefore, allowing additional housing in san francisco overwÑ >> in particular, the problems that this board is seeing, where such a substandard size is bei

v.a. hospital facilities in the bay area provide a comprehensive mental health program. the patients are younger with vets from iraq and afghanistan now joining vets from vietnam. >> and with more women, we found they actually work together and help each other. we have found there are problems with that. >> with the suicide rate running higher than civilians, they are working on prevention measures as well looking for signs of stress. >> whatever you can prevent. i think that is feasible. i would agree with that but we do what we can. >> the need for returning vets is great. this facility won't be ready for another couple of years but will be welcome when it comes on line. >>> bay area researchers are announcing a breakthrough that takes stem cell therapy to another level. carolyn johnson explains. >> those are the ones that turned into muscle cells. >> images magnified by the microscope are living heart cells, they were not created by the body but by researchers using a groundbreaking technique >> it's certainly one of the things that our labs and many labs in our area

>>> finally, after the longest budget stalemate in v.a. history, lawmakers come to an agreement. public schools and public employees are hit hard. the debate tuesday between democrat, kamala harris and steve cooley brought out dramatic differences between the candidates for state attorney general. for making it illegal to sit or lie down on sidewalks to adjusting the public employees pension system, there is no shortage of controversy on the ballot in san francisco. >>> and we will talk with the authors of "california crackup," how we roreform broke the goldee and how we can fix it. those stories next. >> belva: good evening. welcome to this week in northern california. i'm belva davis. joining me tonight on our news panel are rachel gordon, city hall reporter for the "san francisco chronicle." scott shafer, host of the california report on kued public radio. and stu woo, california political reporter with the "wall street journal." we'll start with you, "state of the union," because you have the freshest news. that is that we have a budget and -- >> and the governor signed it ju

my vet and the v.a.o giving an opportunity for habitat for humanity, because we are caring back to the community. >> it is healthy for the community and for us, too. if we can't do it, we can't get done. we do everything. and we like getting around on different things. >> most of the veterans have specialized hills, giving them the advantage for this neighborhood project. hats off to them. >> now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> bye bye rain, hello wind. >> it was coming down though, wasn't it? wait until you see we get time lapses of downpours today from our high definition weather net cameras out there statewide. i mean, heavy downpours, you see it come down. now we are seeing the clearing. the wind is going to be our next culprit tonight. >> rain all over the place. >> dry us out tomorrow, too. so yeah, we'll take that. you can see right now downtown, kelly, looks relatively quiet. no fresh rain falling at the moment. and temperature

. >> i'm committed to helping them with the v.a., with their social security, with their medicare, with their foreclosure problem. and that's what they need right now, not the big theories, not the ideologies. it's keeping body and soul together. >> reporter: and far from running from her vote for the obama stimulus plan, she says it's critical to nevada's future, and saved jobs. >> reporter: joe heck is also a doctor and his economic treatment plan begins with controlling spending. >> and i think that goes back to looking at, do we need to go back to a certain year and cap spending at that level, control non-defense, discretionary spending. >> reporter: and he would remove what he calls the uncertainty over regulation and taxes. >> we've got to make sure that we can instill confidence into those that are trying to create jobs by saying look, for a certain period of time, the 01/03 tax cuts are going to remain in effect so you don't have to worry about hiring somebody today only to worry about your taxes going up in january and maybe having to let that person go in march. their plans wo

states army a long long time to acknowledge the toxicity of agent orange i mean i remember working in a v.a. as a medical student where it was not a disability whereas it is now routinely. so i think that there. may be a worry. about opening up pandora's box and i think there's no question that the the medical military command structure is subordinate to the command and to the line command so i don't think that you know surgeon generals of the army or navy or air force. you know speak out of turn i think they're there they have a clear. obligation to their superiors as far as the army is concerned not sure about the navy or the air force but far as the army is concerned they've moved to what's called combat teams brigade combat teams with the never gave combat team you'll have a brigade surgeon never gave certain commute captain or major well the battalion commanders of the ten a colonel the brigade commander colonel all out rank the brigade surgeon brigade surgeon and will make recommendations to the battalion commander or brigade commander but that's all the our recommendations the brigad

are scratched another option is to buy the physical mantle and leave it in the bank this avoids the v.a chief financial advisors catering for the very rich recommand their clients to hold up to ten percent of their assets in precious metals like gold and this continues to be the case despite of the recent sell off on the gold market we do think that probably will see higher prices of gold in the coming months mostly because there is still a certainty who the global economy people and investors look for a safe haven there in. expectations about higher inflation in the major currency the dollar which is the other big. global economies and central banks and investors. is interested. to bring it to lower levels which would be positive for commodity prices in general in. the long term gold bull george soros recently described the precious metal as the ultimate bubble since the metal is not very useful in the real world applications it has a place in jewelry and fun gilding things but.

was not the one that's what our government should pay more attention to the v.a. sion for now is still just talk and nothing has been done and yet when i met president dmitry medvedev i suggested a number of ways house war situation in russia can be improved but first of all i think a center for aerobatics should be created but so far i think the country's officials don't really understand what it should be like or maybe they don't really need it we have been talking about it for the past two years but still no center but no planes no financing and no young pilots i don't know how we will keep winning championships. lucky little kinds of professional pilots at the moment is it for the same reason or are there are the obstacles at the premium up of a so the problem is the same you there are no centers for educating pilots but a lot of airfields have become villages private airfields started to expensive once again air clubs go bankrupt they have no equipment in the u.s. aside the best pilots from all across russia would gather for not. petition's right now there's

and since my dad had been in the army, mom qualified for v.a.arliest childhood memories were formed right here in this housing project called berryland. to my amazement, it seems wonderfully preserved. this goes down to the basement. and, you know, down there was my rocking horse trigger. put some miles on trigger. another single mom, joan, has taken loving care of our old home and i meet another product of these projects, milwaukee county sheriff david cook. county sheriff david clark. between flashes of nostalgia -- >> coming back here today, it looks so small. >> reporter: he shares the grim reality. >> we're part of that rust belt. the manufacturing basis left. the new economy is the computer. we're still chasing smokestacks. >> reporter: i roll to my elementary school, smiling at the memory of goofy faces on picture day. but it is now a depressing symbol of boarded up decay. back in '77, we had no idea that a five-week teacher strike would begin a spiral to the bottom. as the new documentary "waiting for superman" shows, there were years of

are scratched another option is to buy the physical mantle and leave it in the bank this avoids the v.a. chief financial advisors catering for the very rich command their clients to hold up to ten percent of the assets in precious metals like gold and this continues to be the case despite of the recent sell off on the gold market we do think that probably will see higher prices of gold in the coming months mostly because there is still a certainty with the global economy and people and investors look for a safe haven there in the patients.

. >> and boy do we have a lot v.a lot of animals now that need daily care. >> and there is a link on our web site and details about the letter-writing campaign. and they can use contributions and volunteers. they're doing good work. >> and when we come back tonight, giants fever. this droid has evolved to do even more. now it integrates your work e-mail, so you can be hooked up to everything you need to do. now it does 1 ghz speed on a more intuitive keyboard. turning you into an instrument of efficiency. introducing the new droid 2 by motorola. part of the next generation of does. >>> in the first poll conducted since meg whitmanman was accused of hiring a undocumented housekeeper, two weeks ago they were tied but brown now holds a five-point advantage. and the election is just about a month away now. people are casting their ballots. early voting started today in every county across the state. voters can send out their vote by mail ballots. more than half of california voters will cast their ballots before election day. >> and okay. band wagon is started. you get crowded for the gi

returns veterans, keep them a cheap voucher instead of v.a. hospital. jump in the river and pa lout the air. >> glenn: yes! >> the tea party chanting, "keep your hands off my medicare." sorry, medicare will be whacked hard, the same for social security, schools, police, and fire departments will disintegrate. >> glenn: they'll all go away. >> republican tea party folks, then what? we're all angry and frustrated. but when you vote, remember who got us in this mess in the first place. >> glenn: the unions? that was the union ad, so probably wasn't the unions. i don't know a tea party person at all who said cut all the firemen, all the police, let's stop inspecting, dump the garbage in the rivers and free all the terrorists. really? that sounds scary. going to cut everything. this is what this tactic is called. the old washington monument ploy. the washington monument ploy. what is that? well, we researched this for a book that is coming out tomorrow, new book called "broke" when the government threatened cuts to the national park service, the park service

he has social security cut medicare and the -- social security, medicare and the v.a., but he pays a. we need to do better. that's to be our top priority occurred . >> her dad should come to our office. he should nioot be doing this. my friend has berated healthcare, health-insurance reform. i have health insurance like 6 million other federal employees. i want others to have that same health insurance that i have, and that is one of the reasons we worked hard to get health insurance reform passed. .y opponent's husband they have a pension from the federal government. they have health care just like i have. i want to help others to do not have what i have. that is where setting up exchanges with entry. five years, they will have that. >> 32nd. >> certainly, obama-care is nothing like the insurance policy that my husband and i have. every year there is a window and we make a choice. obama-care offers no choices, so it is not at all like what senator reid has. and what we really do need is something like what senator reid has, which is that we should all of the choices that we can pick

he has social security cut medicare and the -- social security, medicare and the v.a., but he pays aot. we need to do better. that's to be our top priority occurred . >> her dad should come to our office. he should nioot be doing this. my friend has berated healthcare, health-insurance reform. i have health insurance like 6 million other federal employees. i want others to have that same health insurance that i have, and that is one of the reasons we worked hard to get health insurance reform passed. .y opponent's husband they have a pension from the federal government. they have health care just like i have. i want to help others to do not have what i have. that is where setting up exchanges with entry. five years, they will have that. >> 32nd. >> certainly, obama-care is nothing like the insurance policy that my husband and i have. every year there is a window and we make a choice. obama-care offers no choices, so it is not at all like what senator reid has. and what we really do need is something like what senator reid has, which is that we should all of the choices that we can pi

why do you think privatizing the v.a. is a good idea? you said last week jim demint is the senator you most admire. the day after that senator demint said, again, gay people should not be allowed to be schoolteachers in america. do you agree with him on that? senator demint also said a pregnant, single woman should not be allowed to teach school in america. do you agree with him on that? how about a man who has had sex outside of marriage? could he teach school? how will you check on that? do you have a virginity it test in mind? one for men specifically. i came to delaware with a whole sheet of questions i would like to ask the republican senate candidate here. i did get an interview with the democratic senate candidate chris coons. that was fascinating. i'll have that for you in just a moment. in terms of equal time, we spent a very long time before we came down here and a very long, resourceful day here trying to arrange an interview with the candidate herself, the republican candidate or with any staffer from christine o'donnell's ca

of the congressmen, senators, and representatives say that the v.a. hospitals are a good example of what we have and that they will take care of the people. it is not true. they needed to visit some of them to find out exactly what kind of treatment the veterans are getting. host: think you for your call. next is minneapolis on our line for democrats. caller: [unintelligible] host: our connection is bad and we will move on to a call from maryland. this is on ourinecaller: thank y call. they are being presented with a false choice in nevada between harry reid and sharron angle. harry reid has run out of ideas. they want to replace him with a grossly incompetent neophyte when it comes to politics and policies of this country. sharron angle is the least qualified candidate for the united states senate. i do not know where this country is headed for. a country that has submitted to anger and frustration determines who goes to the senate does not have a future. people like sharon and go, -- angle, o'donnell have no place in the senate. it is not enough to

provision to let the secretary of health and human services negotiate drug rates for medicare the way the v.a. does. there's missed oortunities in the implementation -- >> pre-existing conditions within our bill. i've traveled to the top health care systems and they'll talk about these cuts as representing between a 30 and $100 million cut per hospital, leaving them to cancel expansions. the effects of the cuts of your legislation are already being felt by the illinois health care facilities. >> let me move on to some of the personal aspects of this race. it's been pretty in nasty. negative tone by both of you. here was a poll in the chicago tribune, wgn. who do you consider more trustworthy or honest? 35 giannoulias, 30% kirk, 16% neither. can't be a figure either one of you are proud of. i want to go throughome of the issu and talk through them. mr. giannoulias, back in 2006, you were running for state treasurer. this was part of an ad you put on the air, touting your record. >> people out there in illinois need our help. >> alexi giannoulias, businessman, banker. >> treasurer's office is a