the lower walls was actually billed as part of the wpa. the upper wall was built in 1991-'92. this is a concrete wall and it has rocked going through the wall that extends the distance of 80 feet beyond the wall. the next earthquake occurs, the wall is designed to resist and the movement of the sand and allowed it to move down hill. this is a classic example of the creek and degree flow and exists all the way the area. we might see the other evidence. we have done nothing to improve the quality and the strength of the dam. >> one of the things that has come up in the policy issue over and over is that people are concerned that construction of a new building or the upper story might exacerbate these kinds of soil problems. we have extra review where we might have extra problems. it does that construction have an impact? it is a good idea to come to a peer review or a geotechnical review process as part of determining. >> in january of this year, the california building code requires almost all of san francisco that we get geologist and a geotechnical engineer. it was a state bu

. >> we need a wpa, modeled what we did in 1930s who are long time unemployed. >> henderson says the way to fix the economy is to reduce unemployment benefits. >> people are picky about a job and unemployment rate could be a percentage point lower which is 1.5 million jobs more. >> henderson believes businesses would be more likely if the minimum wage would drop. >> that would make it easier for young teenagers to get jobs and unemployment rate is close to a high. >> dan: local governments can do well. bay area is home to a green companies. >> solar power. big cost of installing a system relates to the bureaucratic costs of inconsistent standards across different cities to get the stuff on your roof. >> dan: randolph eliminating that bureaucracy and putting more people to work. >> if we had a unified permitting process for solar installations itmuch be much more affordable. >> dan: that combined with investment in roads and schools could benefit the work force, as well. >> and domestically maintain our spending and infrastructure or move to to it the private sector and you need a lon

i went through every single volume of the wpa slave marriages. it's about three shallow folds of the library and look for every mention of anyone that the slaves were referred to as po white. they recorded those narratives in a dialect. whatever they were called about the poor whites themselves. they gave me a blueprint for the chop jerry's a row. >> were they named after. it's a complicated mix there are also slaves who respond that there was a really sad for my family that lives down the road from nine. and there was some recognition for somebody they are. i think comes up in the slave narrative though is how the slaves were placing themselves in a broader scheme of humanity. the slaves were very shrewd observers of their world and they were very much aware that all white people were not created equal. that yes, there are very wealthy people out there, but there are also way people who didn't measure up. and you do find, especially when you get into stakeholder songs info tales. you can recognize their understanding the day thought themselves a

these are the two most important things, both substantively and politically, and also the wpa, very substantively and politically, as well. the wagner act and the social security act are kind of the real strong, stout pillars of the new deal. one establishes labor power, the other establishes the new welfare state and entitlement programs. he cannot afford to have those struck down. and he's very fearful the court's going to do that. and he thinks the only way he can stop it, look, i just got e those years. 46 or 48 states. i've got three-quarter t democrats. i can do what i want. i can even go after the courts. we discussed another president who went after the supreme court, didn't we? who was that? thomas? yeah, and what happened to him? >> didn't work out. presidents don't do well when they adjust with the court somehow. it seems unseemly, you know. for the president to go after the courts. but roosevelt felt it was worth it. because he thought his whole new deal program was going to be brought down, you know, like samson bringing down the pillars of the temple and the whole structure crash. s

there more room for scandal, and the roosevelt administration was hit by scandal, particularly in the wpa and other federal agencies and expectations rise. but the management problem of the presidency enormously expands. and the ability of the president to actually manage and control what he seems to have power over actually becomes much most of difficult. so this is one of the great paradoxes of the modern presidency. as the scope of government and the ability of the president to make appointments and establish agencies and issue executive orders expands, the management problem becomes so much more difficult. and as you'll see, fdr during his second term does directly address that issue. and finally, we've all talked about this, but just to sum it up, in terms of the politics, the president also makes politics more direct, more personal, more democratic, eliminating the two-thirds rule for democratic nominations, establishing the idea that the president personally goes to the everybody listens to on the radio, and then of course later on the television with his fireside chats, directly s

the murals in which gotstein appears as a girl were funded by a predecessor of the wpa program begun by president franklin roosevelt to keep artists working during the depression. >> as a little girl i was fortunate enough to be here at different times where they were actually at work. i guess i could never quite believe that it would still be here and that all the work my father did, all the artists did, are still here, intact, and speaking so clearly to their ties. >> nationally, in the '30s, 2,500 murals were created. in post offices, schools and elsewhere. 60 buildings in san francisco alone. many have been destroyed and the impending closure of nearly 4,000 post offices could signal that more would be junked. coit tower's artworks are regarded as among the best of the genre. they depict scenes as different as the grim reality of city life, pastoral beauty of california's agriculture, and the worlds of food and leisure. allison cummings is an art historian for the san francisco art commission. >> the quality of art is amazing here. it's really indicative of the time period of the

there more room for scandal, and the roosevelt administration was hit by scandal, particularly in the wpa and other federal agencies and expectations rise. but the management problem of the presidency enormously expands. and the ability of the president to actually manage and control what he seems to have power over actually becomes much most of difficult. so this is one of the great paradoxes of the modern presidency. as the scope of government and the ability of the president to make appointments and establish agencies and issue executive orders expands, the management

i went through every single sol yule of the wpa slave narratives. it was about three shelf fulls at the library. and looked for every single mention of anyone that the slaves would have referred to as po, white. they recorded those narratives in the dialect. or po white trash. and i just looked to read whatever they had recalled about the poor whites themselves. and that really gave me a pretty good blueprint for the chapters that i eventually wrote. >> what were they saying about them? >> um, again, it's this complicated mix that there was a mean poor white overseer on the one hand, but then there are also those slaves who respond that there was a really sad poor white family that lived down the road from them. and there was seemingly some recognition of sympathy there. um, what i think most comes out in the slave narratives, though, is how the slaves were placing themselves in a broader scheme of humanity. slaves were very shrewd observers of their world, and they were very much aware that all white people were not created equal. that, yes, there

understand it's difficult to pass through congress -- but on the campaign trail he needs to call for a wpa style generational jobs program all across this country. it would be a transformational generational experience. it would be something that would expose people to different americans from different walks of life, but it would also be something that would say, finally, for once and for all, yes, your american government is on your side, young people. we're not always going to leave you to the mercy of the banks and selfish employers and the vagaries of the so-called free market. we are going to say your future matters to us as a country. >> you're calling for more and more government help. you just asked obama to take a more aggressive position with using the government to put people to work. you're up against, of course, the predisposition of people out across the country that i don't want to pay taxes to those folks who haven't been spending it well, fighting wars, passing the cost on, extending benefits to wall street, bailing out the banks. i don't want to support government any mo

civilian conservation cor, wpa stuff. it's veterans.e the republicans to try to block this idea. you will hear from the veterans and veteran supporters and everybody who has ever understood econ 101 if you do. >>> today not for friday but any news day, a giant pool of news. and, and, the huge deal news story barely noticed, was this one. >> why should any american citizen be kicked out of their home, don't leave your home. because you know what, when the companies say they have your mortgage, unless you have a lawyer that can put his finger or her finger on that mortgage, you don't have that mortgage. you're going to find they can't find the paper up there on wall street. so i say to the american people, you be squatters in your own homes. don't you leave. >> that was not today. that was three years ago. you'll find they can't find the paper on wall street. tidal wave of foreclosures, on the floor of the house she was right. the people trying to kick you out of your house, wall street firm or bank trying to kick you out of your house mi

the growing poverty issue and tried to figure out what, if anything, i could do, and so inspired by wpa era projects i began writing songs and stories largely about folks struggling to get by. >> that was your purpose was to see what the poverty issues were out there across the country? >> well, yeah, and to try to sort of bridge the divide, the narrative gap between those who aren't necessarily as reflected in our national conversation. >> now your show that opens at the kennedy center this week, is it a one-man show? >> it is a one-man show with a band. you're part of that band. >> they can't get rid of me. >> you sing songs about this trip. >> i sure do. >> you want to share a little something with us. >> absolutely. thank you. this was shared with me by a trucker that i met along the way and i turned it into a song. ♪ i spent the night in cheyenne ♪ ♪ thinking about how miles make marks on a man ♪ ♪ cause i'm a long way from home ♪ ♪ i learned to be alone motors ♪ you gotta have patience with all these weigh stations ♪ >> beautiful. beautiful song. >> thank you. >> so you have songs

i would say we need a new wpa. a new federal jobs program. in the great depression, the wpa was created and it created government jobs that employed 8 million people. if you compared that to the number of people whore unemployed today, it would be 30 million people. we should have a new wpa of jobs and employ everybody who wants a job and does not have one. the second thing we need to empty the prisons. this is outrageous. i do not know people have read this book, "the new jim-crow." she she describes the systematic imprisonment of african american and tino people. besides that, the use of the fbi and ice to create fascist-like conditions employing local police departments to do their dirty work. those things have to be changed. those would be my three. empty the prisons. employ the people who are in them. do away with ice and the fbi. [applause] >> to add another book, "the operators." this young reporter was 29 when he wrote the article for rolling stone that brought down general stanley mcchrystal. the book is amazing. if you want to know