him as an international criminal. >> and there are national to the people who really admired william walker. but i think this is -- you know, he's fascinating. walker was the most successful of the whole group of filibusters' they called him which i believe is where the term for the u.s. senate speech comes from. there was a campaign in 1850 of the freelance adventures trying to conquer parts of latin america and attach them to the u.s.. if you think about it it's not that unreasonable. texas was basically a freelance operation. the american settlers occupied texas and broke away from mexico. when the mexican war berkhout come california salles the rise of american settlers with participation. this was something that actually was a part of the american history. but in the 1850's you had these kind of organized expeditions. cuba and mexico and nicaragua, and walker wasn't even trying to attach nicaragua to the united states. he saw himself as the napoleon of the late 19th century. and he felt he was going to set up an empire of his own. frankly he was a terrible general. i think the facts sh

we'll talk to cadet william walker.one is happy with the u.s. army corps of engineers to blow up the lechb i ha levee. they reached the levee along the mississippi river to protect cairo, illinois from extensive flooding but that breach meant flooded farmland for home owners down river and in missouri, attorneys representing some two dozen families filed suit in washington for unspecified damages. we want to get the latest on the flooding situation right now. missouri governor jane nixon joins us live on the phone from the state capitol of jefferson city. thanks for joining us, governor. >> i was in the region yesterday for my fourth trip down to caruthersville, blew over the levee that has been you can call it breached. i call it clearly blown up to move that water through there, deaf station and damage for half of a county, 130,000 acres. >> you did not want this to happen and you've been fighting against it yet it goes on. what is the latest act you're taking to prevent more breaching of the levees? >> well, we're fo

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william walker retired in september. he is performing the same job as a contract employee for the county. >> they can work for the agency up to 960 hours of year for pay. dr. walker is working for half time of pay. >> walker's income 294,000 . 80,000 as an on call physician. now he is collect being half of the 190,000 base salary and a pension of 264,000. from a fund that the county subsidizes. walker now gets $360,000 peryear. >> these are costs that are coming out of the county's budget. chris hunt is the executive director of the contra costa taxpayer's association. >> it is smart on his decision to make but the county not so much. the pension and the additional salary to pay. >> the supervisor said walker is a handful of managers that required and returned to the county as contract workers. >> there may be people retiring after age 50 and coming back. that is the case where there appears to be abuse. dick >> we are not comfortable with it. >> larry is supporting assembly bill 340 and curtail of the practice of retiri

. >> after 37 years of service, contra costa health services director william walker retired in decemberd walker is still performing the same job as a contract employee for the county. >> state law allows public employees who retire to work for their agency up to 960 hours per year pay. so what dr. walker is doing is working full time for the half time pay. >> in 2010 his gross income was $291,000. a sum that included more than $80,000 in pay as an on call physician. now had he is retired she collecting half of the $190,000 base salary plus a pension a that the county subsidized. he nearly gets $360,000 per year. >> its smart decision to make to the county, not so much because now that pension is there, in addition you have this additional salary to pay. >> the general manager of public employees local 1 which supports that would curtail the process of retiring one day and returning the next. >> if it's earned and paid for and you can do it, it's right. if we want to change that, we can change it. >> county leaders say in dr. walker's case his arrangement saves contra costa county $300,0

william walker retired in december. yet the 65-year-old walker is still performing the same job as a contract employee for the county. >> state law allows public employees who retire to work for their agency up to 960 hours per year of pay. so what dr. walker is doing is working full time for the half time pay. >> in 21st century 2010 his grs $291,000, a sum that included more than $80,000 in pace as an oncall position. now, that he is retired he is collecting half of his base salary and a pension of $264,000 from a fund the county subsidizes. he now gets nearly $360,000 per year. >> these are costs that are coming out of the county's budget. >> kris hunt is the executive director of the contra costa tax paidzs association. >> it is a smart decision on his to make. to the county not so much because now that pension is there and a in addition you have the additional salary to pay. >> the super vaser says walker is among a handful of managers who retired and returned to the county as contract workers. >> there may be peop