this is pretty much how whitaker chambers felt. he became a communist because he had come to leave that the americans are shaped by its exclusively commercial habits, capitalism, in other words, had reached the end of its tether and that communism was the only alternative with the vision and the power to save whatever might be worth salvaging the out of the dying civilization. yet, when he finally discovered that the evils of communism were infinitely greater than those he attributed to capitalism, he did not thereby come to the conclusion that he had been wrong about america. america, under capitalism, remained calm in his ideas, a society dying of its own soulless this, which is why he could say that in breaking with communism he was leaving the winning side of the losing side, but why he could not say that he was leaving this side of evil for the side of good. this is also why would is surely among the greatest books ever written about communism is, i am afraid of little help as a guide to what conservatism can or should be with

whitaker chambers. whitaker chambers was a soviet spy who became in bill buckley's words, the most important american defector from communism. and its treasonous adherents, continued in august of 1948 when he identified alger hiss, a golden boy of the liberal establishment as a fellow member of his underground communist cell in the 1930s. this was a former assistant of the secretary of state and adviser to of franklin d. roosevelt, acting secretary-general of united nations' founding conference in san francisco and recently named president of the carnegie endowment for national peace. he emphatically denied chambers's allegation. a great deal more than the reputations of these two men was at stake. if this was innocent, anti communism, and those closely associated with the like richard nixon. it was dealt a devastating blow. if alger hiss was guilty, anti communism would occupy a prominent part of the political landscape, and his spokesman would become national leaders. furthermore, chambers and alger h

whitaker's motivations for chasing her into the store in his truck remain unknown. as for kreisler, her car is totalled. >> so i'm just out a car and it's okay, though. it's a small price to pay really, just to know that everybody is okay. nobody lost their life, you know. >> from a brash crash in tennessee to a shocking shoplifting case in arizona. may 2011, chandler, arizona, security cameras are running at walmart when this woman is being stopped by walmart's loss prevention staff and accused of shoplifting. at first glance, she appears to go along with the security officers. she picks up her child from the cart and appears to go in the right direction but then makes a run for the doors. a security guard tries to block her escape. that's when she raises her child as a shield and rams into him. she narrowly squeezes by the guard but in the process her child's head slams the edge of the metal door frame. the, a cameras to continue to catch her reckless behavior. she runs to her car parked in the nearest handicapped spot. chandler police say that she probably planne

bill whitaker reports from california. schools close as the flu bug spreads. elaine quijano reports on where the virus is worse and how effective the vaccine can be and in what city in america can you find a kid from every country? the world? seth doane follows danny goldfield who's answering this question with a bus pass. >> so far i have photographed children from 169 countries. i have 24 more. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. president obama dug in his heels today insisting on tax revenues for higher income earners but at a hint of compromise he said he would consider lowering tax breaks again next year. mr. obama wants to raise taxes on individuals who make more than $200,000 a year and on couples making more than $250. he said this today. the way to recovery. bill whitaker reports from california. schools close as the flu bug spreads. elaine quijano reports on where the virus is woshs and how efgtd the vaccine can be. and what city in america. >> raise revenues that are sufficient to ba

whitaker. thank you very much. -- for having this hearing. i took a break, went to the rest room and i overheard some conversation that was basically i'm just looking to get a piece of the pie. that's fine. we all need to make a living. but my fear is that while a lot of folks are pursuing a piece of the pie, whether it be building trades unions, members, hotel union, lawyers, political lobbyists, they're creating a dichotomy. what is getting lost in the process is the speed which this is going through, environmental and impact review in nine months instead of the typical year and a half is the health impacts that could be made worse by increased traffic congestion and other issues. the department of public health created a healthy development measurement tool to help evaluate projects in regards to does it increase the cancer-causing particulate matter in the air from traffic congestion? does it increase pedestrian dangers? $15 million spent in the trauma ward at san francisco general because

whitaker, i'll call a few more cards. jim lazarus, sarah short, [speaker not understood], and linda chap man. >>> good morning or afternoon. my name is jamie whitaker and i live in the south of market district in the rincon neighborhood. i live in a 43 2 square foot studio the past six years and i can tell you it's challenging to want to spend a lot of time in such a small space. and i find myself at dolores park quite often, golden gate park to get that breathing room that i think all human beings really need to have a healthy physical and mental state. the concern i have, cap or no cap, i just don't believe that that sized unit belongs in an area that isn't an established residential area like south of market. south of market has over 40,000 residents and 40 acres of parks managed publicly, not by cbd but recreation and parks. that's 1/10 of an acre per thousand residents as it stands now managed by recreation and parks. the green envy report produced in 2007 by the former neighborhood parks council has very well detail

there's also whitaker chambers and norman vincent peale the great american theologian who helped to advise nixon about in some ways his political philosophy. behind-the-scenes guys who are giving advice to richard nixon to go straight to the media to engage in what we would call populism and also surprise cameo of charlie chaplin who is booted out of the country in 1952 as part of the red scare. nixon wanted to boot him out of the country and is taking his cues from a wild off columnist who is a friend of nixon who enters a little bit. there is obviously another central character, but foil to richard nixon and why eisenhower and that is adlai stevenson who is important because he is the opponent. stevenson becomes throughout the course of the story a day, that is worth some use, egghead, intellectual who is entering politics. that is a noble vision of politics. anyone who hears these words will be surprised by them. in his acceptance speech in 1952 convention he talks to his fellow democrats and says we shouldn't just worry about winning the election, we should worry how it is won. how we

the problem, critics say hardly anyone knows about it here's bill whitaker. >> 74-year-old dorothy paton raised herself enchildren in this south los angeles house. >> i wanted to live and enjoy my home. and then when i get ready to enjoy it, it's taken away. >> she was living alone after her husband died in 2007. she says that is when bank of america approached her with a new mortgage and a $110,000 home equity line of credit. she didn't understand her payments would jump 1200 dollars a month. paton and her bank could not work out a loan modification. she lost her home to foreclosure. >> do you feel that you were cheated. >> i was cheated. i was cheated out of my home. >> paton is applying to the federal independent foreclosure review program. the government ordered 14 big banks to take part in the program after it was discovered they improperly processed foreclosure paperwork or made other misrepresentations about mortgage terms. harmed homeowners can be compensated up to 125,000. but critics like new jersey senator robert men ensdez complains the banks control the review process. >> wh

some americans who wrongfully lost their home to foreclosure could be due some money, but bill whitaker reports they'll have to move fast. >> reporter: 74-year-old it porthee patten raised her seven children in this south los angeles house. >> i wanted to live and enjoy my home, and it was taken away. >> reporter: she was living alone after her husband died in 2007. she says that's when bank of america approached her with a new mortgage and a $110,000 home equity line of credit. she didn't understand her payments would jump $1200 a month. patton and her bank could not work up on the a lone modification. she lost her home to foreclosure. you feel you were cheated? >> i was cheated. i was cheated out of my home. >> reporter: patton is applying to the federal independent foreclose review program. the government ordered 14 big banks to take part in the program after it was discovered they improperly processed foreclosure paperwork, or made other misrepresentations about mortgage terms. harmed homeowners can be compensated up to $125,000. but critics, like new jersey senator robert menendez

bill whitaker has the latest. >> reporter: 11 huge cargo ships are stuck offshore, piled high with containers of food, toys, lumber. 14 others sit untouched at the docks. >> if you guys could start handing the fliers out. >> reporter: transporters, wholesalers and retailers are growing angst. ingrid lazcano, owner of andean dream, imports quinoa, popular right now in the u.s. her last shipment was diverted to mexico, another was diverted to chile. >> we have about $400,000 worth of merchandise at stake and our factory workers in bolivia can't make new merchandise until we figure out how we're going to handle the problem with getting these two containers in. >> reporter: fred johring owns golden state express trucking. his lot, usually empty, is filled with 20 parked trucks. each usually earns $500 to $600 a day at the ports. everyday you're losing how much? >> at least $4,000. >> reporter: a day? >> per day. >> reporter: scott, negotiations are still going on this evening. with as many as 900,000 jobs here in southern california tied to these ports, the mayor of los angeles is calling for rou

whitaker. whoever is next of the five names that i've called. >>> my name is paula [speaker not understood]. i believe brenda already had to leave. good afternoon and thank you for letting me speak today. i live at 2 19brannon, which is within a block and a half of the proposed arena and i'd like to express my concerns about the rapid * pace at which this process for the warriors project has been moving. it's very disturbing and i know it's disturbing to my neighbors as well, to the people that i've spoken to. the neighbors in my area told me they haven't had a chance to look at it. they haven't heard about it. i'm hearing all kinds of different things. and i think that it's very important that we're involved with this because truly it will affect our quality of life. our ability to work, our ability to live, our ability to enjoy our homes will be compromised by the traffic and the changes that will happen potentially. i'm respectfully requesting that we slow this process down so that people ha

we will start in the north bay and we can see we have light rain and nevado in san rafael and whitaker. there is a brief heavy showers may be of to a quarter inch of soil per hour. otherwise it will we moving through fairly quickly. we're not too concerned about the flooding from the showers we're seeing this morning. if you have a little further south in berkeley you are looking at an area of light rain. san leandro crossing 580 also moderate rain showers. foster city >> crossing to 80 as well in the south bay. heading further in the south bay you are also looking at areas of light rain to moderate as well. san jose has scattered showers this morning and heading into san francisco we have some pretty good moderate to heavy rain coming through. pacific heights and also into the heart of san francisco you can see we are looking at some pretty wet roads up there. it looks like the showers will mainly last a few minutes but they have been coming through and we believe we could see towards presidio boulevard and second avenue a few showers. there is a potential for maybe some hail and also

bill whitaker is in linwood, california, where rivera's fans held a vigil last night. bill, good morning. >> reporter: if you don't know the name of mexican-american singer jenni rivera, chances are you soon would have. she had just signed with a major talent agency here in the states and was tapped to star in her own sitcom. behind it all was a voice that mixed power, drama, and grace beautifully. ♪ to her fans, 23-year-old jenni rivera was more than a singer, she was known as la braun senora, the grande dame of music. >> jenni rivera was bold and brash. she was a very commanding woman with a commanding voice. >> reporter: that voice was silenced early sunday morning soon after this concert in monterrey, mexico, rivera and six others boarded a small plane. this photo is thought to be the final image we have of the singer before the aircraft went down on its way. there were no survivors. >> the plane is totalled. nobody inside survived. the bodies are unrecognizable. >> reporter: rivera was born in southern california. fans gathered last night at a local plaza in los a

for "cbs this morning," i'm bill whitaker in los angeles. >> here's a question people always want tot. norah, does it matter? ?x :ó investigators hope to be able to >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald. >>> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. it's 8:25. get you caught up with some bay area headlines now. fremont fire investigators hope to be able to search today for the cause of a smoky fire that destroyed a machine shop yesterday. right now, it's not safe to go inside that building. nobody was hurt, but hazardous chemicals prompted a "shelter in place" warning in the neighborhood. >>> a san francisco police sergeant is parked at a desk for now after hosting this dangerous joyride inside a lamborghini. it was on a facebook post. sergeant "carl t" bragged he and friends were drunk as they drove through the broadway tunnel at 100 miles an hour. internal affairs is investigating. >>> today high tides will continue washing over the california coastlines. the king tides are expected to hit another peak later this morning and some areas of water could be up to several feet. thi

. >> did you know captain whitaker? >> yeah, he's my brother. >> that's me. i said a few words.alk. >> jimmy: that is john goodman in "flight." for those of you that don't know -- >> the hair is not as long as i thought it was. felt like it was down to my waste. >> jimmy: not quite crystal gale length. somewhere in the willy nelson area. you worked with denzel washington in this movie. he does a great job. tell everybody what the movie is about. >> it's about, for some reason, they have this rule that they don't want airline pilots to drink. on the job. anyway -- he's -- he's this great pilot, he's just got a little problem with alcohol and it's about -- it's one of those things, you are really torn because you want to root for him but he's such a stinker. >> jimmy: really, yeah. >> he's got a lot of people that try to help him, but for all the wrong reasons. >> jimmy: there's a scene in which, it's kind of denzel versus a mini bar and -- >> yeah. i used to beat the hell out of those mini bars. >> jimmy: oh, really? >> i'd go for a vodka, already being unscrewed and filled with

and as whitaker chambers said, to live is to maneuver. if you pa mover -- maneuver, you're not bound hand and foot to some principle you'll never aller. alter. so i don't think it's useful to talk about true conservativism or this, that or the other thing. it's useful to talk about common sense, it's useful to talk about results, it's useful to talk about conservative impulse. but abstractions i would steer away from. >> host: you also michael oak shot, also sounds very much like michael oakshot. >> guest: yeah, a lot of quite good people have taken that position. and i must say i owe the fact that i take it not to my own thought, but to theirs. >> host: are there, are there other things about the book that you would want to call the audience's attention to that i have failed to ask of you? >> guest: well, the martinis articles, i think, are crucial to western civilization. >> host: so i also enjoyed the agatha agatha christie article. this is not just a book of, you know, an awful lot of ideas and philosophy law in it, but there's some c

for "cbs this morning," bill whitaker in los angeles. >> lionel richie's made a comeback. right?t for us on this what is it thursday morning. >> thursday, a few days after christmas, a few days before the new year. >> you lose track every once in a while. your local news is coming right back. we'll see you back here tomorrow morning. >> almost the new year. >> have a good day, everybody. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com look at you guys with your fancy-schmancy u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get knocked off. and sometimes, it took a minute to download a song. that's sixty seconds, for crying out loud. we know how long a minute is! sitting, waiting for an album to download. i still have back problems. you're only 14 and a half. he doesn't have back problems. you kids have got it too good if you ask me. [ male announcer ] now u-verse high speed internet has more speed options, reliability and ways to connect. rethink possible. >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald >>> good morning, everyo

whitaker san revell and pacific out are all getting white sprinkles right now.adar show as the big picture with this system pushing into our area. most of it will be off shore pushing along the coastal area. we will track it for you in my next forecast coming up. for now we'll get a quick check on your traffic with george. >> the ride through san jose on the 1 01 in the northbound direction just as the guadalupe parkway you see a and approach to the san jose air field. is a beautiful day as far as the traffic is concerned, no delays. light traffic and there is a light delay on 85 that was cleared up. these they freeways are good and no problems for the north bay ride through napa or sonoma county. >> following this developing story in the east bay three homicides in oakland over night. the first was a double shooting in the 800 block of mead ave and west oakland around one in the morning. at around 2:30 a.m. a stabbing in the 5800 block of walnut street. police are still investigating the scene and will tran is getting the latest information from police headquar