i get to close it out, which is really sweet for me because i am a washingtonian. it was 27 years ago that i graduated from washington high school, and the library actually looks a lot smaller now that i am older. i cannot say that i contributed to the proficiency rate back then, but i am is so proud of our students and teachers and how wonderful they have done. i am the president of the board of education and also mayor lee 's education adviser, but my most important job has been as a parent. i am pleased and proud to be a parent here in san francisco unified and to join my colleagues who also have kids in our public school system either now or have had them graduate, as well as our mayor, who had his kids in our public schools. he was telling me they are now graduating from graduate school. they have moved on to that next level, and it is a real wonderful place to be as a parent and to have somebody at the helm who has also sent his kids to public schools all these years. we continue to struggle with the challenges of our school system, and to see this kind of gr

washingtonians appeared to be the contrary hands. three of four people we spoke to said they're happy at the wrong times. >> between the zero afternoon and night time. >> -- between the afternoon and night time. >> some people might just not be able to share their feelings on twitter. do you know what water is? >> no, what is it? >> bad moods go up about the date even on the weekends. >> here is hoping they did not hit rock-bottom by 5:48. >>> we have news of a new trend in air bags. general motors will start placing airbags between the front seat of their crossover suvs. it will help reduce the spinal injuries that they see. gm says the air bags of the first of their kind in the industry. >>> americans are expected to send -- spend big bucks this halloween. they will spend about $7 billion this season. the rest will be spent on candy and decorations. >>> but take a look at what is coming not in prime time. if you missed "modern family and" this big you get another chance to watch at 8:00. stick around for abc 7 news at 11:00. >>> go

street mansion or for most of it and that was the work by the way of just an ordinary washingtonian who read my book and decided to you know take a ship themselves and press that you know there's lots that ordinary people can do and all over the country what was really heartening where even while the new york times was actually kind of doing sort of a really lousy job of reporting on this you see local newspapers even local t.v. news doing good strong and best a gate of work even saw good strong investigative work coming from the right some of the best investigative reporting on c. street came from a far right fundamentalist magazine the leading fundamentalism magazine called world magazine they take their fundamentalism seriously they don't want their religion to be something that's used to cover up. you know. lobbying illegal lobbying and crimes by by congressmen and they follow the money and they did terrific work and this to me is actually sort of you know in the beginning you asked why why do i write about religion is because this is where you encounter these stories there's this w

. >> host: well-known washingtonians and the head of the broadcasting board of governors, walter isaacson has another book coming out of his full-time job based on steve jobs originally scheduled to be released next march and have moved it up to november. >> he is having quite a rush job. a tremendous biographer. he does great work benjamin franklin, einstein, the a and -- and this will include the recent resignation that is amazing a the turnaround he must have had to do and the impact on the company will be included. a lot of people want to know why apple is so successful at a time when our country is not. that will be one of the best sellers of the year. >> it is being described, not authorized but steve jobs cooperated and gave interviews in which he has not done many interviews and that adds to the importance of the book. >> host: i don't know if you have seen in the cover but it is one large picture of steve jobs. what do you think of that. >> i have not seen that and cannot see your camera. >> it is a great picture of him and the way people want to remember her. i know his health i

. >> a lot of washingtonians are using it because you don't have to worry about locking your bike up and it's relatively inexpensive. >> talk to us about an outdoor itinerary. >> take the metro to the zoo and then from there hang out, spend your day, check out the animals, and then there's a capital bike share kiosk. it's less than a 15-minute trip into adams morgan and then around tenth and u street you can spend the afternoon. it's a great day. it's a great thing for couples to try. especially on a saturday like this one. >> and there are bike kiosks all over town? >> and the great thing, if your trip is under 30 minutes, you don't have to pay extra. >> what about a shopping trip? >> if you shop, you want to bring a backpack because you want to stash all of the stuff in the bag and then on calvert street, you can ride the bike and park it at columbia road and adams mill and there are a lot of great vintage stores there and then just head from there. it's a two-minute ride. it's really cool. >> sounds fantastic. finally, you have an interesting event to tell us about. >> if you can

. >> well-known washingtonian and currently the head of the broadcasting board of governors, former head of the aspen institute, walter i.c.e. zackson has another book coming out while having this full-time job with the bbg, and it's on steve jobs. this book was originally scheduled to be released next march, they've moved it up to november. jason boog. >> yeah. he's having quite a rush job, actually. tremendous biographer, izaakson. he does everybody from benjamin franklin to einstein, and this book will actually include the recent resignation of steve jobs which is amazing, the turn around he must have had to do to write in the resignation and the impact that will have on the company will actually be included in the book. and a lot of people really want to know why apple's so successful at a time when our country is not so successful. so i think that book is really going to be one of the bestsellers of the year. >> jason boog -- go ahead, mr. minzesheimer. >> i was going to say, it's being described as a, it's not an authorized book, but that jobs cooperated and gave a lot of interview

people forget that pawlenty was viewed by the washingtonians as the alternative to romney.he knocked him on his tail. >> bill: do you think he endorsed him because they're both from minnesota? >> i think there was a conservative moderate battle over the years. she was the conservative leader in the assembly. >> bill: bad blood between them? >> i don't think bad blood. i think there is an ideological. at the end of the day, she was the conservative leader in the assembly and the congress. >> bill: does the congresswoman still call you for advice? >> she does. talked a little while ago. >> bill: you take the calls? >> absolutely. i love her. at the end of the day, i quit because i'm 68 years old. i've been doing this since 1968 was my first presidential campaign. i'm an old man. i don't need to basically be working 14 hour days. i helped put her campaign together. great people in her campaign. she is a wonderful campaigner. i love her dearly. >> bill: thank you very much. nice to see you. ahead, a congressman apologizes to muslim americans. what for? we'll find out. then jess

. >> well-known washingtonians and currently the head of the broadcasting board of governors, former head of the aspen institute, walter isaacson has another book coming out. it is on steve jobs. originally scheduled to be released next march. they moved it up to november. >> he is having quite out rush job. tremendous biographer. always does great work, everybody from benjamin franklin to einstein. this book will actually include the recent resignation of steve jobs, which is amazing, the turnaround that he must have had to do and the impact it will have on the company. it will be included. a lot of people really want to know why apple is so successful at that time our country is not. >> go ahead. >> it is being described as not an authorized book, but he cooperated and give a lot of interviews. he has not done very many. that adds to the importance of the book. >> i don't know if you have seen the cover or not, but it is one large picture of steve jobs. what do you think about that? >> i have not seen it, and i cannot see your camera. >> it is a great picture of him. i think it is

a lot of washingtonian think tanks are saying, we'll just do a bailout. we'll keep fudging the figures. we can't really keep doing that. this is an organization that can be profitable, that can meet its responsibilities. they'll have to do something, though. we're talking about retirement, because you and i are e mailing a lot more than paper mailing. >> here's the rest of the story. isa is engaged in basically a smear campaign aimed at one of the nation's greatest institutions, the postal service. the reason republicans don't want the post office delivering your mail is because it works. they want to privatize everything. that's their mission. and this is the biggest target in government. the post office, they're not looking for a bailout. please stop using that word, congressmen. they just want to quit funding 75 years of pensions in a 10-year window which the congress passed. it was a law in 2006 in the lame duck session. the post office would have basically, right now, a $1.5 billion surplus today had that law not been passed. now, isa's bill would en

tim is a native washingtonian. he attended st. johns college high school and the university of south carolina, which has a heck of a good football team this year. just as tim is loyal to the u.s. senate, he is a loyal alumnus of both these institutions. he goes to columbia, south carolina, every year to see south carolina play football. tim's also a great fan of the washington redskins -- who amazingly enough are off to a good start this year, has season tickets and has been attending their games since his boyhood. he loved to talk football, college or pro, with folks in the office, but be careful if you're a cowboys fan. tim's father, george o'keefe, was a distinguished veteran who fought in world war ii. his mother gisella o'keefe worked for the district of columbia school system at alice deal middle school. i know they would both be proud to see how well liked and well respected their son has become. tim also has a brother dennis who lives in south carolina and tim lives in alexandria with his teenaged son connor. when the disb