i see some of my community leaders in here, i say walton and vivian. wouldn't it be to see jackson on the mic saying ni hao ma. i think that would be wonderful for members in the community to be welcoming and this is the world -- the world is becoming smaller as we listen to the news and how technology connected us, and it's our humanism and it's our human compassion that connects us. and i'm looking forward to the culture exchange we will have, vivian. i will be looking for you to hold some dance classes here. i hope to see you next year -- doing the lion's dance next year. this is really the beginning of such a wonderful partnership. as our family continues to grow, i look forward to welcoming more businesses that are going to be thriving on the merchant quarter and i look forward to any nonprofit that wants to partner with the city. our arms are open and we're ready to work. thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you, supervisor cohen. and we will also like to have honorable assemblyman tom ammiano say a few words and make a few remarks. [applause]

i would ask that anyone interested in speaking to please line up on the walton far side of the room. president goh will need to hear from you to know how many minutes to give to each speaker. president goh: two minutes. >> i would ask that you fill out a speaker card either before and after you speak. >> not to embarrass the son and daughter, i don't believe they will be able to speak. >> no, any family member cannot speak under public comments. >> they are not speaking. some neighbor couldn't be here at the last minute and asked them to read something. >> no, it is the time -- they cannot participate in public comments. >> ok. someone else will read. >> please step forward, first speaker. please step forward. >> i'm the neighbor that lives next door to jean and john. i understand that the city believes my house is the most affected by their changes. shadow or affect my privacy. i appreciate that the planning department has rules and regulations made to protect individuals and that they want to protect me and my property, but i haven't actually asked for that protection. jean and joh

. >> bill walton of the san francisco national airport. we're having our annual aircraft exercise. we're doing it with the office of emergency services. we're partnering in that respect. thank you. >> more good news. i'm sorry, mayor's office on disability, san francisco is continuing to lead the way in many ways on disaster and disability prepareness. just last week a team from san francisco was chosen to present at a conference in d.c. the head of office disability and coordination and the head of fema were there addressing the conference and reflecting a real change in our current administration's emphasis on disaster preparedness for disabilities as a civil right. the team that came from san francisco included ben ames from the human services agent si. rod stengel from the department of emergency managements. carle and jill from the mayor's office on disability. they highlighted not only the wonderful things the mayor's office is doing but also collaboration with so many community groups and nonprofits to have a really grassroots ground-up approach to preparedness. i thought yo

but there are lots of things missing from the story right now, including the fact that the walton familyry significant investors in solyndra, including the fact that this is only one out of the all of the different loans that proceeded and are in the works and this is one failure and it's the message is that, you know, none of these projects are going to be successful, then i think that's a bad, bad direction for technology area. >> what happens, to the promises, monica, let me get your take on it, the promises of media transparency, or promises to the media this is going be to be the most transparent administration. >> we haven't seen that at all in two and a half years, why start now, jon? also, i think a big part of what's missing from the coverage, the idea this is what happens when the government intervenes from the private sector, works the market and the government tried to take a loser in this case and make it into a winner and i'd like to see more coverage of that. >> jon: we have to take one more break. when when we come back, michael moore at it again. Ñ ... ... for sunsweet,

walton to know we are also going to be focused on academics. [laughter] >> i have to finish, as a guy who played football at the university of pennsylvania and only way i could get in -- [laughter] >> so, and i think that question really helps to tee up the question of why broad broadband is part of an infrastructure panel and it plays a unique role, because -- broadband is infrastructure. the broadband plant, wire line or wireless represents investment and jobs and real, physical plant that is layered through the -- layered throughout the entire country. you have the direct impact from building broadband plant and there have been numerous studies done. you could pick your study done. within study which the f.c.c. cites is a national broadband plan, for every $10 billion that is invested in additional broadband infrastructure in the united states, you create or retain almost 500,000 jobs. real direct connection by investing in broadband. broadband has a longer term economic and jobs impact. that comes on the a doppings side and comes in empower

. >> bill walton of the san francisco national airport. we're having our annual aircraft exercise. we're doing it with the office of emergency services. we're partnering in that respect. thank you. >> more good news. i'm sorry, mayor's office on disability, san francisco is continuing to lead the way in many ways on disaster and disability prepareness. just last week a team from san francisco was chosen to present at a conference in d.c. the head of office disability and coordination and the head of fema were there addressing the conference and reflecting a real change in our current administration's emphasis on disaster preparednes

men low parked capital partners one of the biggest investigators invest today on behalf of walton family that typically support republican candidates. back to the two executives that won't be there today, they are scheduled to appear next week but there is speculation they will the fifth amendment and refuse to testify. >>> there is developing news out of iran involving two u.c. berkeley graduates jailed on spy charges. they say they are reviewing details of a plan to offer shane bauer and josh fattal bail. it's a rejection of mahmoud ahmadinejad's prediction they could be need in few days. iran's court is ruled by the nation's clerics. they said bail would be set half a million dollars each. they were detained in 2009 while hiking along the border. a third american was released last year on bail. >>> this morning, residents in the san jose neighborhood are back in their homes after explosives were set off by the bomb squad last night. police arrested 63-year-old man after finding 8 explosive devices in his house. here is john alston with the details. >>> at 9:45 the sound of bombs being

. >> chris, the dutchess, walton from las vegas holds the longest finger nails in the world. she showed them off in new york. she just earned her place in the 2012 guinness book of world records. she has 10 feet 2 inches on her left hand and 9 feet 7 inches on her right. she says for the most part they don't keep her from doing anything she wants except she has problems vacuuming. that's it? what about washing your hair? what about doing dishes? >> we'll see you at 6:00. >> what about cleaning house?

. >> bill walton of the san francisco national airport. we're having our annual aircraft exercise. we're doing it with the office of emergency services. we're partnering in that we're partnering in that respect.

is a alex ferguson's man demolished walton on the road five nail while the sky blue scored three against wigan elsewhere chelsea and also the narrow windows while they were down to still have to nail and everton and aston villa. now look and have pulled out of hell until next season it was expected that all the teams would give players to the great stricken team but local officials say they will take that one year break now sunday sell thousands of people come out to pay their last respects to the players often is laid out in the team's home or either following wednesday's crash which occurred just off to take all. points of the forty five people on board just to survive the crew they are in a critical condition in hospital now around thirty five thousand mourners came to the stadium meanwhile the open golf has been renamed the look of my tea cup and memory of the dad's job you will be contested on monday between the champions to live up to your live and last is runners up. local coach. was agreed to retire and managed to claw game his own tribute. to the boys have accomplished a lot in

obama's term the media ignored that and one of celebrities top investors got their money from the walton family as in the people who own the wal-mart and are notorious contributors to the republican party not exactly fans of the obama presidency but putting all that aside slander represented represented just one point three percent of the entire department of energy's long portfolio and is the only company receiving loans to fail a little piece of information the media left out while trying to manufacture a scandal at the behest of their corporate shareholders. here's another example did you know that thousands of people took to wall street over the weekend and are currently camping out there as we speak to demand reforms to our economy and demand the banks to be held accountable for their high crimes you know i could that's because they're pretty much wasn't a peep from the mainstream media about it but a few dozen tea partiers held a rally in kansas than expected but so-called news to get a wall of wall coverage which will then get picked up by the rest of the media from c.b.s. to n.p.

chorale sneak off to averaging eight points and seven rebounds for the spurs last year agent pepe walton saying he's flying off against a great competition in russia which will help mentions to his game contract also contains enough talent pool zameen clerical group pool back to b. and b. at once in the locality where it is and if it's. in boxing many. marquee sense to add another chapter to their rivalry the pair preparing to give the fans a note to remember as they face off on the twelfth in las vegas few thousand marquees during its self in five months native philippines he's already beaten his mexican opponent why is the decision in two thousand and eight to two boxed into a controversial jewel before that so when they face stall for the same m.g.m. grand back in two thousand and four back when the w.b. a welterweight title on the line and a filipino hasn't lost in hollis a dozen years while marcus was last beaten by floyd mayweather two years ago. i mean. he won the fire that are still fights in and of course i want. and i have the hard part is. you know i could give my best and giv

president's plan also forces the richest among us wall street billionaire hustlers to people like wal-mart walton heirs and paris hilton we have much of their income sitting on their butts around city or in the swimming pool collecting dividend checks it only be a fifteen percent tax rate maximum tax rate to pay the same rate as every hardworking americans. middle class families shouldn't pay higher taxes than millionaires and billionaires that's pretty straightforward it's hard to argue against that warren buffett's secretary should pay a higher tax rate than warren buffett and then the president turned his sights on republicans who've already made their opposition to tax increases on the rich well known. it is wrong that in the united states of america a teacher or a nurse or a construction worker who earns fifty thousand dollars should pay higher tax rates than somebody pulling in fifty million dollars anybody who says we can't change the tax code to correct that they want to assign some plates to protect every single tax loophole so long as they live they should be called out they should have

out that the venture capitol firm madrone was also a big investor in solyndra and invests for the waltonand explains this is going to be trouble in next year's election. >> i think basic story if you're explaining, you're losing. that is always the case in politics. and right now, democrats are explaining, therefore, they're losing. >> today, the treasury department announced it's opening an investigation and officials both due to testify and republicans and democrats want to know why the company said everything is fine in, july, then, a month later declared bankruptcy. >> a lot of questions here. >> and there are conflicted reports on the pending release of two uc berkeley graduates being held as spiz. the lawyer tells axe. c news bail is being paid and they should be freed in the next few days however, iranian judish yairy says the deal is release them is still under review. the government of ohman sent a plane today to pick them up, playing a similar role in the release of sarah shourd a week ago today a year ago today. >> and supreme court justice ginzberg was among a passenger evacu

the owner of walton's funerals heard about the plight of one of the families and decided to provide helpnt to warn you have new video coming out of that crash. it shows the plane making a loop before it hits the ground and then disinn greats. -- disintegrates. a local air show coming up this weekend explain why they are inherently safer than the air races in reason night. >> police saying the rescue dog of a grieving mother led to the body of michelle le. it led to the area of sunole pleasantton area. she brought her yellow lab to the search area and it was her dog who found the missing nursing student's body. the 14-year-old honor student was stabbed to death near san diego two years ago and her child's body was not found for a year. >> i believe there is such thing as some type of closure but you never completely get closure. >> the coroner used dental records to identify her and they tried to figure out how she was killed. giselle esteban is accused in her murder. >>> you should know thousands of nurses are getting ready to walk off the job in oakland. they are planning a one day stri

he talked about kaiser and the waltons.st: yes, this program was started under the bush administration. yes, there were people involved in the department of energy there reviewed this long. they said no. like lazarus that rose again from the debt, a few weeks later, what was the new information? and it did not in there in january 2009. other indications came through. i want to make sure that we are not doing -- no political senate against. that is not the situation. the people involved with the bush and monestrous and said that there were not enough information and they were not getting it. well as the information and who knew what was going on -- what was the information and who on the inside knew what was going on? who set out that the tax payers would take a back seat and the investors would get their money first? if that is the case, that changes the dynamic. with the kaisers and walton's have kept their investment in if they were the first to lose? that is important to find out. host: is the effort to get these investo

jon: a couple members of walton family are in there as well. jim and alice, heirs of sam walton. family fortune if he were still alive he would number one. >> by far. jon: in all likelihood. a bunch of newcomers on this look. >> if you start a social network called facebook you would be on the list. zuckerberg has been on the list. sean parker our cover boy is on the list and savrin who is out of the company but still a billionaire. jon: i only know them from the facebook movie, the social network movie. there is the real eduardo savri. >> backers too. jim briar. jon: sean parker who founded napster and was featured in the movie is in there as well. >> yeah. $2 billion. jon: i'm curious do you ever get any calls from the guys say you got it wrong, i'm not wealthy? anybody ever complain about being on the list? >> a third of them do. a third want their numbers up and a third don't return our calls at all. jon: you do a lot of research to make sure the numbers are accurate? >> we spend half a year with team of 12 to 15 people. jon: bruce upbin. good to have you on. >> thanks, jon.

walton to know we are also going to be focused on academics. [laughter] >> i have to finish, as a guy who played football at the university of pennsylvania and only way i could get in -- [laughter] >> so, and i think that question really helps to tee up the question of why broad broadband is part of an infrastructure panel and it plays a unique role, because -- broadband is infrastructure. the broadband plant, wire line or wireless represents investment and jobs and real, physical plant that is layered through the -- layered throughout the entire country. you have the direct impact from building broadband plant and there have been numerous studies done. you could pick your study done. within study which the f.c.c. cites is a national broadband plan, for every $10 billion that is invested in additional broadband infrastructure in the united states, you create or retain almost 500,000 jobs. real direct connection by investing in broadband. broadband has a longer term economic and jobs impact. that comes on the a doppings side and comes in empower

then next we have christie walton. this is the lady who is the heir to the walmart fortune.w stands at no less than $24.5 billion. tied in fourth place are charles koch and david koch, the owners -- co-owners of american conglomerate koch industries. they have about $25 billion each. in the third spot we have man, larry ellison, founder of business software giant oracle, worth some $33 billion. in the penultimate place we have warren buffett worth an estimated $39 billion. even he is eclipsed by this man's fortune, bill gates, reportedly worth $20 billion more than buffett. his fortune stands at just shy of $60 billion. we should also point out, manisha, those last two characters on the list, buffett and gates, in spite of being some of the world's most rich people, have said they're going to be giving almost all of that to charity. >> they were recently on a tour, they went to india recently and said particularly in a country where more and more billionaires are emerging, they were saying people need to give more that philanthropic causes. whatever they're doing, we should

[laughter] first, young sam walton in uniform comes back from the war, starts a store, sort of five anddime. he marries and fathers four attractive children. he receives the medal of freedom from president bush, the earlier one. after which he promptly dies making way for the eulogies. but the company goes on, yes, indeed. and then we go, you know, it goes through, we go through this long video about all these milestones in the corporate expansion, you know, when sales topped $100 billion and is on. each landmark date is accompanied by a clip showing throngs of shoppers, swarms of associates or scenes of handsome new stores and their adjoining apartments. over and over we see in graphic display the, quote, three principles which are maddeningly, even defiantly, nonparallel; respect for the individual, exceeding customers' expectations, strive for excellence. [laughter] um, and anyway, you know, all is not -- skipping a little bit here -- all is not total harmony. we learn a lot about how important we associates are. we learned it was actually an associate who invented the idea of the pe

but even towards mobil bay and biloxi and walton county, lots of folks anticipated to go to the beachesis is be a soaker. we're looking at 10 to 20 inches of rainfall. this is low lying ground, so flooding is a big issue here because it's moving so slowly. computer models are a little more in agreement moving along the coast of louisiana, but bringing some much-needed rainfall across the southeast. this is an area that is very, very parched. in some cases rainfall deficits about a half a foot or more. so the rainfall is welcome here, but for new orleans it may be too much too fast at least in the short term. not just for new orleans. all along the low lying coast, this is where we watch out for the potential for severe flooding. there are no mandatory evacuations. there are voluntary evacuations in coastal sections of louisiana. candy, back to you. >> karen mcginnis, thanks. >>> it has been almost a week since hurricane irene wreaked havoc on the east coast. the effect are still felt. north carolina is estimating the damages at more than $400 million, and more than half a million people

host: his first question, apps that, but then he talked about kaiser and the waltons. guest: this was started, they said no, but like lazarus that rose again from the dead a couple of weeks later, why? what occurred? yet it didn't just end there in january of 2009 when it died and came back to life. other indications came through. so what i want to make sure we're not doing is saying, because it started under bush and rose again ourned because ma, there must be political shenanigans, why was it ok for bush but not obama. that's not the case. under the previous administration, the people said no, it wasn't aidey, they needed more information. what was the information and who knew what was going on that either made this a good investment? one concern for taxpayers here is, did it become an enticing investment because the taxpayers took a back seat and the investors would get their money back first? they had little or no risk at that point. we lose the money as taxpayers. if that's the case, that changes the dynamics. would the kiesers and waltons and others have kept the

even towards mobile bay and biloxi and walton county.e beaches for one last hurrah before the fall season really starts to kick. in but this is going to be a soaker. how much? well, we're looking at between 10 and 20 inches of rainfall. this is low-lying ground. so flooding is going to be a big issue here because it is moving so slowly. computer models now are a little bit more in agreement moving along the coast of louisiana. but bringing some much-needed rainfall across the southeast. this is an area that is very, very par muched. in some cases rainfall deficits about a half a foot or more. so the rainfall's going to be welcome here, but for new orleans it may be too much too fast, at least in the short term. but not just for new orleans, all along the low-lying coast, this is where we'll be watching out for the potential for severe flooding. there are no mandatory evacuations, there are voluntary evacuations in coastal sections of louisiana. candy, back to you. >> karen maginnis, thanks. >>> it has been almost a week since hurricane i

. >> new this morning, pg&e is purging gas from a pipeline at walton avenue near to 80 in belmont's. they are testing that pipeline. the purging began at 7:00 there is an expectation of the odor of gas. in san bruno a ceremony was held to fill the crater where the gas line pipe exploded just over a year ago. this was the scene yesterday afternoon as one by one, residents were allowed to fill in the crater where the blast originated. the site had been kept open for investigators. the blast killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes. >> the man arrested for violent crime spree in san jose is going to court this afternoon for an expected agreement. paul castillo was arrested friday night in sacramento. the crime spree includes the kidnapping and murder of a vietnamese radio host and the shooting of a 42 year-old man at a gas station. that happens on friday. in the meantime yesterday, detectives searched a search warrant at a pot of in san jose in connection with the crime spree. police say they believe at least two people associated with the marijuana collective aided and abetted castil

walton to know we are also going to be focused on academics. [laughter] >> i have to finis as a guy who played football at the university of pennsylvania and only way i could get in -- [laughter] >> so, and i think that question really helps to tee up the question of why broad broadband is part of an infrastructure panel and it plays a unique role, because -- broadband is infrastructure. the broadband plant, wire line or wireless represents investment and jobs and real, physical plant that is layered through the -- layered throughout the entire country. you have the direct impact from building broadband plant and there have been numerous studies done. you could pick your study done. within study which the f.c.c. cites is a national broadband plan, for every $10 billion that is invested in additional broadband infrastructure in the united states, you create or retain almost 500,000 jobs. real direct connection by investing in broadband. broadband has a longer term economic and jobs impact. that comes on the a doppings side and comes in empowerin

walton, destin.o warn innings effect for the gulf areas of mississippi and further northward into hattiesburg for this hour. the threat for tornados is very real. these thunderstorms are dangerous, even though this is a tropical storm we've been talking about as a floodmaker, it also is producing a volatile environment for tornadic activity. tornado watches, meaning a tornado could touch down at any time. these are into mississippi and alabama, including hattiesburg, mobile and new orleans, still under the risk for tornadoes with lee as it continues to hammer the region with heavy rain. look at this batch of rain. it's calmer but it will pick up. watch out for that intensity. large hail say possibility as well. lee continues to move slowly, barely moving to the north at 2 miles per hour. the track means more rain ahead. we've seen a lot of it. this is as of last night. we'll update the totals, because it's still reign. pascagoula, 10 inches of rain, new orleans just under 9 inches. rain from mississi

the owner of walton's funerals heard about one of the families and decided to provide burials for eachf the 11 victims. there's new video coming out of that air crash. i have to wash you. some of it may be disturbing and -- warn you. some of it may be disturbing and may be hard to watch. it shows it making a loop before it hits the ground and then disintegrates. the speculator who shot this gives us the clearest view yet of this impact -- impacts. coming up, a local airshow. >>> the economic recovery for california's inland areas may take at least six more years. there's a new report out that says aias like san joaquin -- areas like san joaquin valley will lag behind the state because there's little need for home construction. people are either buying or renting closer to their homes in other urban or coastal areas. it's the depth of the hole and the depth of perception. >> most of that has been driven by the crash in the real estate market. >> now unemployment rates are among the highest in the inland areas which makes it not attractive from people migrating from other states. officia

. >> it's also the walton family, big republican contributors in the same company and as ed henry reportedyou point out, that it was a yellow flag, not a red flag at the end of the bush administration. the same committee three months later, the very same committee in the doe then approved it or said it's okay to go forward, the very same people, and they then, in fact, went forward with it. so -- >> megyn: why did they do that? because now, the energy department inspector general is criticizing the energy department saying you should have maintained the e-mails that disgus -- discussed how the winner of these loans, including this one, was selected, we should know exactly how you made this deal and that leaves open a question mark about whether the reason this company got this deal was -- >> well, there's been no proof of that. that's the implication that the obama administration is pay for play. you got it mixed up with rick perry of texas. there's been no proofer that, no reason for that. and the reason we need an answer, biden wanted a photo op, but it was yes or no, we want to know the

walton will talk about the events that were heard. you heard some of it from mr.today, the events that occurred the week before michael jackson's death. and you will learn that michael jackson received a shot of demerol on june 16, 2009. he had rehearsal scheduled that day. he attended that rehearsal. you will learn that he attended the next rehearsal on the 17th but he missed on the 18th, just didn't show up, and on the 19th, as mr. walgren told you, he was absolutely unable to perform. he had chills. he was in pain. he was sick. and dr. waldman is going to explain to you what he believes was happening during that week. he's going to explain to you what he believed was happening thereafter as we got to the 25th of june, 24th/25th of june. and what he's going to tell you is that michael jackson was suffering from the demerol withdrawal, his insomnia was partly at least a result. now, michael jackson told dr. murray that his insomnia was a result of his mind always racing, always moving, always producing. he just couldn't keep still. it was the genius in him, and p

walton to know we are also going to be focused on academics. [laughter] >> i have to finish, as a guy who played football at the university of pennsylvania and only way i could get in -- [laughter] >> so, and i think that question really helps to tee up the question of why broad broadband is part of annfrastructure panel and it plays a unique role, because -- broadband is infrastructure. the broadband plant, wire line or wireless represents investment and jobs and real, physical plant that is layered through the -- layered throughout the entire country. you have the direct impact from building broadband plant and there have been numerous studies done. you could pick your study done. within study which the f.c. cites is a national broadband plan, for every $10 billion that is invested in additional broadband infrastructure in the united states, you create or retain almost00,000 jobs. real direct connection by investing in broadband. broadband has a longer term economic and jobs impact. that comes on the a doppings side and comes in empowering ev

jon: well, you talk about one individual, you hail from arkansas where a guy named sam walton took his little five and dimestore and built it into one of the world's largest corporations, walmart. could he do that today in this regulatory environment? >> well, you bring up a great point, and one of the best things that any of them can do, i think, is to really focus on how we empower business and, more importantly, small businesses to be able to be successful and grow jobs. there is no doubt that small businesses in this country are the number one job producer, over 60% of the net new jobs annually created in this country are created by small businesses, and i'm leading an effort, a coalition with the national federation of independent businesses to focus on how we empower small businesses to do that. and one of the things we're doing is small businesses for sensible regulation, making sure that the 6200 --4200 plus new pending regulations that are out there, that we take away the uncertainty for these small businesses of what might be out there threatening them in the realm of a new r

army as a touch -- intelligence officer can -- captain sam walton who served during world war ii. and that relationship has grown dramatically over time. and i think that's important because that allows me to talk to lots of people about the compatibility of the wal-mart culture. and for those who are serving in uniform. our three basic beliefs uses many of the same words as i remember from army values. and so if you can have a cultural foundation that begins the transition, then i think it's very helpful. others have said this, this is, and i don't need to tell you about the challenging economy, the difficult employment market, but we at wal-mart feel a certain urgency to act now. because as i was talking to kevin about earlier, the prospect of continued drawdown in iraq and afghanistan, the fact that there are dramatic fiscal pressures on for sizing, i'm not sure we can feel confident that it's going to get any easier sooner. so i think, i think we have to accept a certain bit of urgency. that also need to recognize that this is very much a marathon. we need to begin this for th

walton, to follow on from matt's comments, you worked closely with a lot of states. how would you view his idea of reforms? >> well, first, let me say i appreciate being here and discussion began with the president talking about football. i want everyone to know who cares. texas is emphasizing academics this year. [laughter] >> let me make that clear. having gotten that out of the way. matt is absolutely on target and i think the comments that were made by the earlier panel on infrastructure correct. i do have the privilege and opportunity to work with 30-plus states and they are all unique and very special, but you hear themes over and over again and one is just as we were talking about project delivery, how do you expedite the delivery of programs. and could we not set a time for example whe these decisions on personaling or approval process must be made, are there opportunities to push some of the decision process down to the states and perhaps the local level, not giving up any of the responsibilities or the end results or ocome that we need to have, but could so

if you enable the middle class to buy more products, then sam walton's sons are going to make more money. that is what the jobs act is all about. in north carolina, it will put some 13,000 educators, fire fighters, and policemen back to work that have been fired by the general assembly, and something like 19,000 construction workers back to work doing infrastructure projects that are very badly needed. it is a $1,300 per person average family savings on taxes because of where our average income is. so this is meaningful. $100 a family makes a difference. host: our guest joins us from charlotte, n.c. he is david parker, chairman of the north carolina democratic party, and he is our guest until 9:15 to talk about his state as the host of the convention. if you want to ask a question, here is how you can do so penn ban. also, we have set a signed a side -- we have set a line aside for people from north carolina. you can also send us an e-mail or tweet. mr. parker, the democratic national convention has an advertisement targeting charlotte and raleigh. we are going to play it for our viewers

bush said we're going to keep trying to strengthen the american family could make them more like the waltons and less like the simpsons. 19 years later the simpsons have numerous books and college classes than his 22nd season now. i do think the simpsons reflect the american family where does that? >> i will take a question and move it a little bit to one side because of an observation. i feel better making an observation that in some conclusion based on my limited knowledge of american families. when the simpsons started, we were roundly criticized by christian groups in particular. bart is a bad role model they said, as if the leek, carrot or in any show is a good role model. 15 years later, i played both -- does ned flanders to have christian characters on the show. total coincidence. i found myself being interviewed for cover stories and christian magazines, discovering after 15 years that this was the only showing american primetime television were a family regularly went to church and they worked out christians as member of the cast. what that told me was they took an awful long time f