i'm in san francisco, ahead of the hearst building, once the headquarters of william randolph hearst, newspapermen extraordinary. a monster to some, but a hero in journalism because he was so pioneering. he built a great change, and to me, san francisco is not just the city where cable cars climb to the stars. it is also, for me, the center of a kind of energetic journalism pioneers in this building behind me. and in this tradition, we have the honor of talking to phil bronstein, who is an editor at large and a great crusading journalist with a reputation up and down the country for his unique jugglers. >> "white house chronicle" is produced in collaboration with

i'm in san francisco, ahead of the hearst building, once the headquarters of william randolph hearst, newspapermen extraordinary. a monster to some, but a hero in journalism because he was so pioneering. he built a great change, and to me, san francisco is not just the city where cable cars climb to the stars. it is also, for me, the center of a kind of energetic journalism pioneers in this building behind me. and in this tradition, we have the honor of talking to phil bronstein, who is an editor at large and a great crusading journalist with a reputation up and down the country for his unique jugglers. >> "white house chronicle" is produced in collaboration with howard university television. and now the program, hosted by national columnist llewellyn king and co-host linda gasparello. >> we are back, and i'm happy to be joined by phil bronstein, one of america's great journalists, known all around the country and especially no to the public on the west coast. he has been a journalist in the bay area, san francisco, and an editor for many years. would you like to run over what you do

i think this is the home of -- i think of this as the home of william randolph hearst and his newspapers that would not have been if he or his newspapers had not come on the scene at the same time as electricity, to turn his presses, to make type out of lead. i think first of electricity and of this really great american city, sentences go. i hope we can tell our viewers and show them something interesting about the future of this because it affects every single one of us. >> hello, i'm llewellyn king, host of "white house chronicle," which is coming right up, but first, a few thoughts of my own. >> "white house chronicle" is produced in collaboration with whut howard university television. and now, the program host, nationally syndicated columnist llewellyn king, and co-host, linda gasparello. >> i am joined by john easton from the edison electric institute for international affairs. in my book, maybe the best job in the organization. wellcome. >> good to be with you. >> there are two buzzwords around here. one is cap and trade. the other is alternative energy. in europe, these things a

." >> in berkeley, california, last night, the granddaughter of william randolph hearst was abducted men and a girl in a bizarre kidnapping. >> peat hearst, a 19-year-old college student, the third daughter of randolph and katherine hearst, kidnapped. a few days later, a tape recording was dropped off as a local radio station. >> mom, dad, i'm ok. i'm with a combat unit armed with automatic weapons and there's no way that i will be released until they let me go. >> the kidnappers are members of the terrorist group that calls it southwest the s.l.a. there was another recording later that was very different. peat said she had a new name. >> i've been given the name tania. >> two weeks later, tania made her debut. a bank in san francisco had just opened when armed band disburst through the front door announcing a hold-up and shouting that they were the s.l.a. front and center, the heiress, former known as peat. >> i heard her say she would shoot the first s.o.b. that did anything out of line. >> hearst insisted peat was still a victim. look at the photos, they said. look at the guns poi

rockefeller, cornelius vanderbilt or william randolph hearst could ever have dreamed of having that amount of control. but despite his confessed eagerness to divest himself of his newfound unprecedented wealth, the world's richest man, president obama, seems reluctant to relinquish his vast holdings. i'm beginning to think he actually enjoys this, what i call obamanopoly. when taxpayers pick up the yellow or orange cards from the stacks, they will have to dig deeper to find this high stakes of obamanopoly. okay i realize that our president does not really personally own all this wealth and while i'm speaking tongue-in-cheek, my remarks do point to the very real serious consequences of an ever-expanding united states government. we are moving to -- and i might add tha that i care a great dear the president and i don't want to person lail offend him, but i think the point is made. we're moving toward what i have referred to as the europeanization of america. on the spectrum between anarchy and a centralized government invested with complete power and control, our current government is so far