william lee is with us. this shows the desperation of mr.c and private. everybody was to go private. >> it is amazing that raising capital is no longer an ipo. it is going private and being owned by private equity. that is the change in the financial system that the u.s. has gone through. that is what my colleague at the institute and i have been doing. we wrote a paper about why the firms are going private. it is to avoid a lot of the shareholder activist out there. to let managers implement the strategy. there is more to the story because private equity is promising as investors higher returns because the financial hocus-pocus. there is a lot of financial engineering getting stakeholders higher returns. private equity firms are getting stakeholders 60% higher returns than the s&p 500. they have diminished to barely even. that is showing that whatever secret sauce private equity had is starting to run out. companies do not want managers to be in bed with stockholders. id withe in a b stockholders. the market has been very friendly to musk.

jana lee said william gabriel told her he was a pastor. >> we're christian. we tried to give business to fellow christians. >> reporter: cindy has been fantasizing about her new room addition since she hired sun rooms america in 2016. >> i really want to sit inside a sunday roo sunday -- sun room holding a cup of tea, facing the view. >> reporter: cindy says at the time sun rooms america yelp reviews were good. the company was licensed and seemed to know what it was doing. she signed two separate contracts, one for each side of the l-shaped room totaling $81,000. cindy paid $20,000 up front. >> sounds very legit, sounds very practical, sounds very realistic. so i just -- for some reason i just believed him. >> reporter: the following month she says she paid sunrooms america another $20,000. two years later, cindy tells us construction has yet to begin. >> i was naive. >> reporter: jenna says she paid $8,000 up front for a $16,000 job, also back in 2016. >> he began tearing up the deck and reinforced it with those boards that go long ways. >> reporter: jana sa

williams. very controversial loss. the question is what could it mean for the game of tennis. welcome now leerts. also joining us is eben novy-williams, bloomberg sports reporter. do you have a sense of how people in the sport react? it is a total mixture there are people who feel like serena was totally in the right here there are people who see shades of gray and how she acted. the overwhelming opinion is poor naomi osaka she is -- naomi osaka. she is 20 years old. this was her first major. to have your first major on such a big stage be over clouded -- he cried at the ceremony. she was being booed. not the way you want to kick off your start. david: not least because serena williams has been her idol. of mostich is true every young female player on tour. david: whether right or wrong or indifferent, what does it mean for the sport of tennis? will become less attractive for advertisers, viewers? lee: if anything, more. ther ratings on espn where second highest -- were the second highest in their history. there were few times i have ever watched the entire press conferences post match -- you

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color begins at 8:00 this morning at the julia william up paul street -- ballroom on california street. speakers include oakland congresswoman barbara lee, michigan congresswoman richie to to leave, and united farm workers union cofounder dolores where to. that she the people organizers say women of color are changing the face of american politics and culture and this event is decided to give women a place to share their ideas, tactics, and their opinions. >>> sal will share his tactics on covering traffic. sometimes opinions as well about people who maybe aren't to driving very well. >> occasionally, exactly. you see someone backing up and i will share my opinion. >> i can't believe people do that we see that all the time. >> happens rather often. good morning. hopefully we don't see that again. northbound 101 from gilroy to san jose you will see traffic off to a nice start. no major issues. a little slowing coming out of sam martin into morgan hill. that is just a brief slowdown into that area. silicon valley approach mostly looking good. we have a little bit of slowing on some of these side roads, but the main roads look pretty good.

lee explains what needs to be done today. >> reporter: the city of san francisco has given the managers at the william tower until the end of the week to meet certain deadlines or the tower could be a low tagged. this comes after the discovery of a cracked window on the 36 floor over the labor day weekend. >> it is protection of the public. that is the paramount and most important thing to this department, that the public is protected. from any falling objects such as glass or other debris. >> reporter: the city wrote a letter to tower management giving them until friday to build a canopy to protect the people from anything falling from the building and to look for any other damaged windows. building inspectors have threatened to yellow tag any part of the building that is not safe but now they are taking a different tactic sing there willing to be flexible as long as the building is safe. >> right now we are all think they are going to meet the tent does the timeline. we have to take one step at a time. >> reporter: the attorney for the tower management says there's a plan to secure the window with tape before a replacemen

lee tells us: the mural honoring the late . >>> a walled size contribute to robin williams is a mural. it also carries a serious message. >> i think it's really important because robin speaks a lot to us from struggle to laughter, to community involvement. >> she made a special trip to see this robin williams mural or market street. he said when he saw it he was moved. >> i think one of the things that strikes me is in these eyes you can see so many of our neighbors here in the central city and their eyes you can see similar struggle and joy. >> the community housing project works to empower people living in the area. >> so you have a heart for the community, right. >> i do. i think everybody that lives here has a story to tell, everybody has survived a struggle. and so we're a community of survivors and story tellers. >> the mural's artist is from argentina. he gave his own time and $900 of his own money for the project. he says he was inspired to paint robin williams because robin was someone everyone loved, including himself. >> i think it is executed beautifully, and it's comfortin

williams. >> reporter: brett kavanaugh's attack on how the democrats have handled his confirmation over what he said are completely baseless accusations is unpreed in modern times lee called it a circus. >> fd with apparent pinup anger about president trump and th2016 election, revenge on behalf of the clintons. >> reporter: it was even hasher than what clearance thomas said a about the anll hearing. >> it is a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks who in any way dare to think for themselves. >> reporter: some legal experts say judge kavanaugh's focomments fightin his own nomination did not violate jucial ethics about staying out of politics and even if the allegations are true, kavanaugh could no nger be prosecuted for them but they will likely hang over him if he's confirmed as asthey have for thom >> kavanaugh's performancmight earn him a seat on the court but it absolutely damaged his reputation as a judge. >> reporter: if conif i recalled -- keonfirmed, kavanaugh would is place on a coure he's well-known. a reliable conservative who would shift the court to the right but it's unlikely he would disqualify himself from politically charged cases. supreme court jus

william talks about service, grants secret the intelligence war from belmont to appomattox. in which he explores the way ulysses s. grant used military intelligence to help defeat confederate counterpart, robert e. lee. the national civil war

problem for quartermasters like william elder manifest themselves and grow to the immense proportions. only get enough of four are meant to eat don't believe general lee's army can be whipped. he is confident, but he can't get enough for the men to eat. that will play havoc with this army. when the army gets to leesburg, virginia, they have a shakedown. kind of like what sherman did when he started the march to the sea. they will shed about 5000 they will shed about 5000 soldiers who are physically unfit or do not have shoes. they are excused. they will be marched to winchester, virginia. that leaves a balance of 65,000-69,000 men in the army. they will lose 3107 men in the battles that take place before antietam. that's south mountain, skirmishes, plus sick they left in frederick. they have a balance of about 53,000 men. they will fight the battle of antietam with between 30,000 -- 37000 and 40,000 men. stragglers in00 the maryland campaign. these are sick guys, guys who got something to eat. they are at the end of their tether. anywhere the army goes, they leave a stream of stragglers. that is 40% of the armies strength lost. that is a massive problem

lee lewis fail at the country club. i played a lot of music and top 40 music. a very limited repertoire back then. i expanded and got into a lot of john williams music and big movie themes. and being from las vegas i'm a big liberace fan. >> do you like being compared to liberace? >> yes, he was tremendously talented. it is an honor to pay tribute to him in the show. we have a piece about him. and i won the liberace international piano competition twice. >> is there something that you have not accomplished in your young career? >> i would like to bring little san francisco flavor. obvious. >> we have all the ticket information that you need to go see ryan ahern on ktvu.com. thank you so much for joining us. >> it is been an honor to be here. we will be right back. at at&t, we believe in access. the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. connecting with the things that matter most. and because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet, we've created access from at&t. california households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits may qualify for home internet at a discounted rate of $10 a month. no commi

i first met the late mayor ed lee when he was city administrator and who -- and 2008 when i was a city hall fellow. they got me back to san francisco. and i went to williams college which is slightly better than bowden but we do not have as many mayors as bowden does. [laughter] and, you know, i bantered with him about that. he was city administrator. you gave me a lot of great advice on how to think about long term and sustained employment for communities in the city onto the door was opened and he was very committed to the city. it was very tragic to see him go his legacy and his life will forever live on and the community has missed so much in the city of san francisco. i will probably be voting in support of this tonight. >> thank you. >> thank you. thank you to colleagues as well for offering this resolution. if it is no trouble, maybe we could add our names to this resolution. i have met the former mayor ed lee at this desk. he was marching in the latino honor roll parade in 2009. it was a very door she was a very understated man. he was wearing a baseball up and i think you had to force him to meet people in the parades. i just really appreciated h

lee versus grant in 1864. general grant very well may have been sacked. and going back to one of my earlier questions, could the war without u.s. grant, william t. sherman, and the rest of the high command that ended up winning it, that question is for you to ponder. which is more important? in the end, is this the reason why gettysburg is so big in the american psyche? what if abraham lincoln had gone to vicksburg instead? thank you all very much. i appreciate it. [applause] thank you. thank you. thank you very much. oneo it is a seven to advantage for gettysburg books over this berg books. but fortunately, there will be two more fantastic vicksburg books added to that list. it was 500 really well-crafted words. matt: remember, lincoln did it in 272. [laughter] rob: and it took me that long to get through it. so questions for matt. i have one in the back, and i have one up here. you.ank my question is we talk about gettysburg and vicksburg, but didn't john -- have a lot to do with the gettysburg popularity and his dedication to bringing that? matt: the gentleman is referring to john batchelder, and if you do not know who he is, he is "the first

lee tells us, a daughter of one of the victims played a key role to get justice for her mother. >> so grateful this is over. >> reporter: melissa silva is over -- heartbroken, but believes after williamhout parole. she was only 4 years old when her mother, 21-year-old deanna butterfield, was found killed in a picnic area of tilden regional park in the berkeley hills. >> i asked her, what's wrong? she said that my mom was sick. and i grabbed her hand and asked if we could go to the store and get her some medicine. >> reporter: only later was she told the truth. >> and she told me my mommy was dead. i knew i would never see her again. >> reporter: as the years passed, she says she hundred the police, convinced they weren't doing enough to investigate, because her mother used drugs and was a sex worker. >> i am so proud of her for what she has done. never giving up. >> reporter: 5 years after killing butterfield, a man known as "wild bill," raped and strangled mueylin saechao in san pablo in 1993. silva's worst fears had come true. >> i did not want the bad guy who killed my mom to -- sorry. take someone else's mommy from them. >> reporter: the killings went unsolved until dna linked bo

william talks about service, grants secret the intelligence war from belmont to appomattox. in which he explores the way ulysses s. grant used military intelligence to help defeat confederate counterpart, robert e. lee. museum inal civil war harrisburg, pennsylvania posted this hour into and minute event. should be close to 1:00. good morning everybody. my name is wayne, i and the chief executive officer at the national civil war using them. we want to welcome you to our monthly lecture for august 9. c-span forthank covering us and giving us a national audience today. we want to thank the sponsors for making this possible and for all of you coming out to the civil war museum today. it is an honor to introduce our speaker. i have known a speaker for three decades. bill and i went to school together and were in the same program. i was not in the same link as bill when he got to the military history department at ohio state university. if you want to be one of the best historians and i country, you have the pedigree our speaker does today. ingraduated with a ba history, political science and english from the university of nebraska at lincoln. he is a masters in university of nebraska at lincoln where h

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