zack is a passionate and tireless advocate for liberty and justice for all. as he wrote in a letter in today's "daily journal," "that is what our profession does. we get in the way of wrong. we get in the way of attempts to separate and divide our society. we get in the way of those who would let our constitutional democracy whether away from ignorance. we get in the way of those who would further widen the justice happen in our country." please welcome a great lawyer, my friend, and our speaker, steve zack, president of the american bar association. [applause] >> that is a wonderful introduction, bob. thank you for those kind words and for all the good work you do at the aba and have done for many years. thank you for this invitation. it is the world's largest public affairs forum. i love your model. "find truth and set it free." what could be better than that? i have heard many mottoes under -- over the years. in many ways, it is what we are all about here today in finding some truth and hopefully setting a free. we need to explain why the preservation of t

>>reporter: but attorneys for zack brother robert zack who is suing alameda say the fire department did make the situation worse. >> they cleared the beach. they stopped people from communicate with zack. stopped people from walking out to try to establish contact and talk to him. to reassure and insist him in. instead they stood there and did nothing and watched him slowly die. >>reporter: also another reason why the fire department watched zack drown. budget constraint kept them from being recertified to carry out ocean rescue. even refused to retrieve his body from the water and let civilian wade out to get him. >> i think there was duty established and the system have expectation. >>reporter: also a political twist. city was revving to pay firefighters for the extra time needed to recertify the water rescue decree depositional. >> whole thing held up for 3 years while nothing was done. public put at risk meanwhile. all this time with nobody available to do water rescue training while they fight over whether they get time and a half. >>reporter: whether or not raymond zack became a p

it looks like zack still wants to use it, chuck. zack still wants to use it, chuck. i want to share it. well, it doesn't look like he wants to share it, and you have this great cart right here with mr. bunny in it. what can we use this for, though? let's see. let me take a look at this and see what this is for. what could we use this for? look at this, chuck. what could we use that for? feel that. do you feel what that feels like? did you feel that, chuck? what's that feel like? we'll take these out. we should take them out? ok. well, you know what, friends? you have to let go of this to take them out. we're just going to take these out. ok. you let go, you let go, and let's take these out. how can we get those out of that bucket? we could dump them. we could dump them. no. no! [screaming] shh! listen. use your words. emilio, come here. don't touch it. he's going to pick it up. you need to listen to his words, and you need-- he's going to pick it up. you need to pick it up, please, right now. pick it all up. pick it up. pick up all the things that were in the basket

take vo ---"raymond zack" murio el dia de los caidos en un accidente que genero controversia... dia la policia se mantuvo en la playa mientras la victima trataba de suicidarse y ante esto los equipos de emergencia no trataron de rescatarlo ya que ponian en peligro a su personal... ---la familia de zack interpuso una demanda en contra de la ciudad y el lunes el juez debera decidir si la demanda continua o no. blanca ---3 meses despus del huracn "sandy", otro extremo meteorolgic o volvi a traer cortes de luz, vientos peligrosos e inundaciones hoy viernes al noreste del pas. take vo ---la tormenta de nieve, bautizada como "nemo", es la ms intensa en nueva inglaterra desde 1978. ---de madrugada, al menos 400 mil hogares y negocios estaban sin luz en la regin y los estados de massachusett s, rhode island, connecticut, new hampshire y nueva york, declararon el "estado de emergencia". take half slab ---todos los aeropuertos de nueva york y boston estaban cerrados desde hoy por la tarde, con ms de 2 mil vuelos cancelados. --las severas condiciones climatologicas tambien han afectado via

hey, zack. good to see you. tell us about how this works?cally it is a small adapter that goes over your speaker, and then there's a tube that comes up to your mouth. you use your mouth to shape that sound. ♪ >> so what's different about this? >> it's using just your phone. you don't have to pay for exopinion siee expensive instruments. >> how can we get one? >> it's only about $20. not too expensive. >> from an awesome kickstarter project to a bonus video of sorts? >> this is a coin rolling on a treadmill for about an hour. we probably shouldn't watch the whole thing, but it is pretty cool. >> what? >> the right side of this treadmill is higher up on the left side, so as the nickel is falling to the left, the treadmill is moving to the right. these two combine and keep it in the same place. >> science. >> it's like a lava lamp. you just sit there and look at it. wow. >>> it's the video of the dmv crooner. >> most miserable place on earth. >> yes. >> got that michael buble look going on. >> he has a voice, too. >> you have to meet this guy.

. >> to tell us, we have our super resident -- >> zack. >> what's up, homey? start saving people in real life? >> not exactly. you saw the experimental group, where the people flew around. a control group of people who sat in a helicopter and the were delivered to the person. afterwards the people in the experimental group took them into a survey. the person who is telling them about it spilled over, and the people with superpowers were quicker to help the person out and pick up the pencil. >> i love that. >> we have just figured out thousand get world peace. >> through video games. >> you have completed your tank and saved the child's life. >> this next one -- >> you head to a party. inevitably, looks like they dumped a bunch in the center of plate. technology to the rescue, right? >> they're problem, they had all those chips without cheese and wanted to maximize their chip to cheese ratio. >> basically, cut your or tortilla chip put them in a mini muffin pan and make individual, like, nacho cups? >> exactly. and engineered so the tortillas would fit and hold

him birthday gifts. >> wow. >> that's cool. >> the board chairman wants zack's input on how to make the park experience better for kids. the park is located 40 miles east of redding. >> giving. >> a true role model at 7. >> future environmentalist. the fight over the domestic diva. two big department stores head to court this morning. >> and a new meaning to the phrase "rocky mountain high." forget the raging rapids and mountain peaks. colorado with a new form of green tourism. >> and hundreds stranded after a suddenly caught in a snowstorm. how california roads are doing this morning. >> and a natural gas explosion at a kansas city shopping area. flames everywhere with. the continued search for victims this morning. >>> you are watching "today in the bay." >> welcome back, everyone. 4:45. new this morning the obama administration is ready to release a plan for a more aggressive response to cyber hacking. the plan will be released today and will outline possible off the top of my heads and trade actions against china or any other country that commits cyber espionage. early this week

the incident happened on memorial day 2011. 53-year-old raymond zack waded into the water. his foster mother had someone call 911 to report zach was suicidal and did not know how to swim. police watched from shore and said they didn't go into the water because they didn't know if zack was violent. firefighters said they were not certified to do water rescues and didn't have a boat to maneuver in the area. zack got hypothermia and drowned after an hour. >>> investigation is underway in san francisco tonight after officials received a tip public utility workers have been using city computers to view porn and visit gambling websites. it would still be going on if not for a whistleblower. >> reporter: while they were supposed to be focused on the water business, some workers at the san francisco public utilities commission are suspected of surfing the web for porn and gambling, even sharing images with each other. >> i can say obviously this involves more than one. so there were a number of employees alleged to have been involved in this. >> reporter: today mayor ed lee says it

the incident happened on memorial day 2011. 53-year-old raymond zack waded into the water.er had someone call 911 to report zach was suicidal and did not know how to swim. police watched from shore and said they didn't go into the water because they didn't know if zack was violent. firefighters said they were not certified to do water rescues and didn't have a boat to maneuver in the area. zack got hypothermia and drowned after an hour. >>> investigation is underway in san francisco tonight after officials received a tip public utility workers have been using city computers to view porn and visit gambling websites. it would still be going on if not for a whistleblower. >> reporter: while they were supposed to be focused on the water business, some workers at the san francisco public utilities commission are suspected of surfing the web for porn and gambling, even sharing images with each other. >> i can say obviously this involves more than one. so there were a number of employees alleged to have been involved in this. >> reporter: today mayor ed lee says it's an investigat

. >>> the family of raymond zack sued the city of alameda for not trying to rescue him. he waded out into the water and family members say he was suicidal. police did not go into the was the he and they said they did not know if he was violent and they were not certified to conduct water rescues. >> the case stems from the november decision ken salazar to not renew the farm lease, they wanted a 10 year extension. >> work officially begins, the construction is expected to provide relief at one of the most congested places. the daily clog should ease by 2015 and it does include bart's light rail extension. >>> it has been closed after they discovered things inside. it connects with the beach park and sea cliff neighborhoods. crews discovered the weakness as they began a tunnel repair project to install a new drainage system and the repairs are expected to take about three months. >> let's go over to sal for a look at traffic, sal? >>> we don't have a lot going on which is nice, we have a lot of people still at home getting ready and if you are at home, you can see traffic

zack britain will start. newly acquired j z air jurgin will start on saturday. >>> the ravens will meet with joe flacco as early as tomorrow at the scouting combine in indianapolis. he should be the highest-paid quarterback in the league, meaning a $100 million year for flacco. >>> danica patrick holds the pole position for a big race. she'll keep that after today because she didn't wreck. otherwise did. danny hamlin, carl edwards, j.j.a almandinger and >>> the megamillions mystery has been sofd. the jackpot has been claimed. a mount eryie grandmother won the tilt. she plans to buy a beachhouse or two. >> or four. we'll be right back. >>> coming up on the late show with david letterman, johnny depp. i'm denise koch. >> i'm vic carter. thank you for watching eyewitness news on wjz13, maryland's news station. hope

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our thanks to steven zack, president of the american bar association. we also thank our audience is here and on radio television and the internet. tonight's program has been part of the commonwealth club's u.s. constitution in the 21st century series, underwritten by the charles guess he family, and we thank them, and we thank you. [applause] >> good evening. welcome to tonight's meeting of the commonwealth club of california. i am your moderator for today's program. it is my distinct pleasure to introduce today's special guest. rush limbaugh. [laughter] hang on. i agree with rush that katrina is a force of nature oherself. none of the destructive capabilities, but a great deal of power. she brings a driving passion into her work. the flame has gotten brighter of late. we will talk about the progress of perspective -- progressive perspective. little seems to have become toxic and passe -- liberal seems to have become toxic and passe at the same time. a few years ago, the proposition we have to defend was "good riddance to mainstream media." we each had

and here in new york with me, zack walls.also the author of the book "my two moms: lessons of love, strength, and what makes a family." great to have you here. pete, the bax fasic facts of whe know about how this decision came down, because a lot of people were anticipating how this vote was going to go today, but they've pushed it until later in the spring. >> what the boy scouts' statement says is that they received what they call an outpouring of feedback from the american public and they say due to the complexity of the issue, the organization needs time for a more deliberate review of its policy. so it's not only putting the decision off until may of this year, that's one thing. but the second thing is they say the decision in may will be made not by the board, which the organization meet taking in texas, but by a much larger national council, 1,400 voting members of that. and so the question is whether the national council, which includes more members of the sponsoring churches that are involved in scouting, would come

. >> is our not self indulgent guy -- >> zack. >> why do we need this? >> it's interesting. it uses newechnology. they said it would be a perfect way to get a perfect panorama shot because it would turn around perfectly. it's also interesting the way you control it. it's controlled by your voice. >> no remote control. you take control of the copter with voice command, the me cam automatically follows your every moment. >> they say it could be out by the beginning of next year. and they're saying it's retail price would only be $50. >> what? >> remember, i said this was also about people who liked to work with wood. >> that was the odd combo. >> tell us about this thing. it's pretty cool. not something would have in your house. this is an industrial robot that has a chain saw connected to it. it's performing for a group of people. >> watch what it does. >> oh that is pretty cool. i will say. however we have armed a robot with a chain saw, and these two dudes are walking around in the range where that robot arm with the chainsaw could come down. >> turn them into a stool. >> h

our thanks to steven zack, president of the american bar association. we also thank our audience is here and on radio television and the internet. tonight's program has been part of the commonwealth club's u.s. constitution in the 21st century series, underwritten by the charles guess he family, and we thank them, and we thank you. [applause] [applause] >> good evening. welcome to the meeting of the commonwealth club and forum, connect your intellect. you can find us online. you can follow the best of our conversations on twitter. i am the author of the "this is your brain on music. " i am a professor of psychology and behavioral neuroscience. i am delighted to introduce you to my friend, one of my famous -- favorite guitarists and musicians. he discovered the guitar at a young age. he has played at notable vilnius such as the -- notable venues such as montrose and carnegie hall. >> i would like to start by saying that in the last 15 or 20 years of my research, one thing i found most surprising as a musician myself in exploring music and the brain is ho

our speaker today as steve zack, president of the american bar association, who is talking about threats to the american justice system caused by under- funding of our courts, and i might say as well, under- appreciation of our courts. with that in mind, i have made a selection of the questions. let me start with this, if i may. what can regular citizens, ordinary citizens, do to strengthen and uphold the u.s. justice system? >> i think maybe that is the seminal question as to why we are gathered here today and why we are talking about this issue. lawyers alone will never accomplish that. judges have the worst. they're not supposed to be out there asking for money for other court systems. the average citizen has to demand the attention of the courts. sandra day o'connor has one of the best statement. in every society, there have to be a safe place. in a democracy, that is a place that is the courts. we have to have the average citizen talking about how they want to preserve that save space in our society and talk to their legislatures, because there is a view among legislators, not all o

during lunchtime little zack and philip got into a shoving match over a game of four square school administrators rushed to the scene with their guns drawn just in case and zach and philip realized that they were surrounded with weapons pointed at them they backed away from each other slowly the disturbances resolved in the school is once again safe. quiet peaceful unfortunately the school library there was another incident to high school seniors got into a scuffle over a cheerleader one was flirting with being eighteen years old in the us legally allowed to clear carry their own handguns on campus one of the students pulled out his gun to stand his ground and protect himself from a punch in the head by the guy by the other guy it fires wildly around the library the other student returns fire there are both hit by bullets so two or three innocent bystanders luckily no one is killed but the ambulances have to take five kids to the hospital but hey all those new medical bills to help increase the g.d.p. but just imagine how much worse it would be if those kids weren't armed and another adam lanza w

and the zack brown band, and bruno mars.music fans are excited for what happens here on the infield it's the hard core racing fans that are excited about what takes place here on the track. the million dollars purse societied with the -- associated with the second jewel of the crown. running through the belmont stakes will continue. that's a few weeks of added revenue for the race course. >> i understand that pemleco is old but we're working hard to make it a place people want to come. >> reporter: the 138th running of the preakness stakes is in just 82 days. mark your calendar it's may 18th. jessica kartalija, eyewitness news. >>> jess. thank you. don't forget black eyed susan day is the friday before preakness. >> don't forget the black eyed susan is also a beverage. >> yes it is. and they flow very readily. >>> let's take a look at temps and conditions. nice afternoon. very, very average temperatures for this time of year. 47 it's dry. dewpoints way down. 21degrees. humidity 35%. barometer is still rising. come back and t

zack says this is easily the worst idea i have seen at a while.omments with us on the kron4 facebook page. >> we will be back with more and a couple of minutes, a live look outside at the san mateo bridge. traffic is moving pretty well. >> announcer: you never know when, but thieves can steal your identity and turn your life upside down. >> hi. >> hi. you know, i can save you 15% today if you open up a charge card account with us. >> you just read my mind. >> announcer: just one little piece of information and they can open bogus accounts, stealing your credit, your money and ruining your reputation. that's why you need lifelock to relentlessly protect [beeping...] helping stop crooks before your identity is attacked. and now you can have the most comprehensive identity theft protection available today... lifelock ultimate. so for protection you just can't get anywhere else, get lifelock ultimate. >> i didn't know how serious identity theft was until i lost my credit and eventually i lost my home. >> announcer: credit monitoring is not enough, bec

zack waded out to the water on memorial day 2011.had somebody call 911 and said he was suicidal. police watched from shore and they said he i don't know if he was violent and he drowned about an hour later. >>> yesterday a federal judge denied the company's request which passed the february 28th deadline. the case starts with ken salazar to not renew the farm's lease. >>> bay area restaurants are trying out a vegan burrito which comes from the soybeanry. they hope to get people to come in as the price of beef continues to rise. >>> rain is expected during tonight's fat tuesday celebration but organizers say it will not keep people off the streets. despite the rainy weather parades went on as planned yesterday and fat tuesday is expected to bring as many as 1,000 people to the streets of new orleans. and the event features creative costumes, lots of music and colorful beads. this event starts 5:00 this evening after the outdoor festival, and mardi gras mascara raid ball will take place at the west bacon reference center. >>> we are ge

. >> jimmy: zack galifianakis said nothing? >> zero. >> jimmy: mike tyson said nothing?aughter ] mike called me. a gentleman. >> jimmy: this is almost not real-like. you were at a big luncheon today for all the oscar nominees. tell us what's going on here. first of all, everyone's there, right? >> yeah, daniel day-lewis is not there. >> jimmy: even iron man is in the middle there. >> and downey was in there the whole time. he was very committed. >> jimmy: so now we have -- where are you here? >> i'm right there. >> jimmy: wow, what a seat you've got there. >> it was very stressful, though. first of all, i'll just walk you through the thing real quick. denzel washington was the first person called up. so he has to sit there while every single person walks up. i was all the way in the back. and like maybe the last ten people called, and i started to think as i'm sitting there, maybe they're not going to call my name. [ laughter ] and then you start thinking -- it's like 15 minutes goes by where they're calling everybody. i start thinking oh, they're definitely -- oh, maybe

zack zenner showing fight for the western michigan play. hits the three-pointer at the buzzer while falling down. maybe it's the neon shoes. it's got to be the shoes. >>> hey kids, i'm open. during halftime of this week's pistons/knicks game, he tries to get in extra workout. only problem hrk the kids just keep playing. no thanks, mr. nba star. we've got this. >>> from getting shut out to yet another blackout. as if the super bowl power failure wasn't enoughment one day after the big game, the lights go out before tip between the kings and the jazz. the kicker, the outage occurs at the not so aptly named energysolutions arena. the solution was a bit quicker than their nfl counterparts. power came back on in about three minutes. >>> across the pond. when fans attack. we're calling this goalie interference. one guy a bit aggressive in saying cheerio to one jordan archer. during injury time, the 17-year-old fan jumps on archer's back. security quick on the scene. as you can imagine, the invader arrested for his troubles. >>> how about some fun

gun went off you'll be ok though these kind of things happen the whole time during lunch time little zackand philip got into a shoving match over a game of four square school administrators rushed to the scene with their guns drawn just in case and zach and philip realized that they were surrounded with weapons pointed at them they backed away from each other slowly the disturbances resolved in the school is once again safe quiet peaceful unfortunately the school library there was another incident to high school seniors got into a scuffle over a cheerleader one was flirting with being eighteen years old in the us legally allowed to clear carry their own handguns on campus or one of the students pulled out his gun to stand his ground and protect himself from a punch in the head by the guy by the other guy it fires wildly around the library the other student returns fire there are both hit by bullets so two or three innocent bystanders luckily no one is killed but the ambulances have to take five kids to the hospital but hey all those new medical bills to help increase the g.d.p. . but just

such an event could erase half of a population in a single year which is exactly why zack understandinger decided to move his young family up to northern canada so he could observe firsthand how climate change is affecting polar bears, right? he was going to go up there and write a being boo. he was going to be a hero to the environmental movement. as he said, he was going to be the next john muir except when he got there, he found a different scenario. he found there are more polar bears today than thi there were0 years ago. instead of dying off because of thinning ice, they're exploding because they can't be hunted. the town he lives in, polar bears walk down main street. there are so many when residentses see them, instead of calling 911, they call 877 bear and a truck load of authorities come out with fire crackers and shoo the bears back into the wilderness. the towns have a polar bear jail where the animals stay until the bay freezes over. on halloween kids can't wear white left they get mistaken for a baby polar bear. unger says he's not weighing in on global warming but the pole l

zack's senior strategist jared levy will tell us why he changed his mind. don't go away.t back. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] hodo you engineer a true automotive breakthrough? ♪ you give it bold new styling, unsurpass luxury and nearly 1,000 improvements. introducing the redesigned 2013 glk. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial services. tracy: hey, goods afternoon, i'm tracy byrnes. ashley: i'm ashley webster. getting closer. the dow is at session highs. now within about 37 points or there abouts of hitting its all-time closing high. it could break the milestone at any moment. we're watching for it of course all hour. tracy: and two last-ditch efforts to stop automatic spending cuts just hours away and will they work? i doubt it. sorry. the latest developments ahead. plus what will really happen on day one? will it be less chaotic than some in washington want us to believe? ashley: will we survive? golden state grab. arizona and other states setting up shop inside of california trying to lure away tax-weary businesses.

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to balance things out hate letter from zack. don't know what he's talking about. maybe my projectile vomiting. another unsolicited testimonial. i'm taking steph to vegas. >> vegas, baby! >> stephanie: unsolicited endorsement. i've got that. sid in santa rosa writes steph i've had the steph cast subscription since it came in on the pony express. now, ta-da, the steph app. just look for the dollface in the lacy black cocktail dress. thank you. i don't have to put the shows on my iphone. steph will manifest. so darling girl, you will be going with me to vegas next week. >> vegas, baby vegas! >> stephanie: i get to travel a lot more now that i'm an app. to mexico in march and in vegas i'll introduce you to my step sis who still loves sarah palin. then i'll introduce you to my pals who have ipads. pack a bikini. love sid in santa rosa. what kind of bikini does an app buy? >> a lacy black cocktail bikini. >> stephanie: is there an app bikini store? >> yes, there are. yes, you can buy bikinis with apps. >> stephanie: because i'm the un

can be done though and i actually have a piece that just went up on think progress with my colleague zackudges who are expert in these matters and can decide very quickly when a kill order comes whether it is justified or not. you can allow lawsuits after the fact which are very difficult to do right now. so that if it turns out the killing was not justified, at the very least, someone bears a consequence for it. these are things that are not really permissible now and if congress were capable of acting, congress does have the power to put these checks on the president. >> stephanie: and i think that would -- maybe go a long way to sway a lot of liberals that are saying what about when there is another president because a lot of people say i trust obama but you're right. it is a larger principle no matter who's president right? >> right. that's exactly what the big fear here -- i think that president obama is a good guy. and while there are individual exams where i think like there have been strikes that have had pretty horrific collateral damages, i think that you know, for the most part

. >>> inspired by the dangerous species status of the polar bear, zack wanted to get their polite forook closely. the polar bear's world is melting, climate change is causing their arctic hunting grounds to disappear right from under their feet, pushing them to the brink of extinction. >> he packed his family and moved to the canadian arctic to live and get a firsthand view. the polar bear population is larger than it was 40 years ago. i'm joined by zach unger, the author of never look a polar bear in the eyes. thanks for getting up so early. you lived with the polar bears and you say we're in a very different situation than the media is telling us we are. >> well, it's true. there are more polar bears on earth now than 40 years ago. there was a worldwide hunting ban in the early 70s and the population exploded after that. it's not to say global warming isn't real but it's interesting how people react. some people say there are a more that be 40 years ago? we can't talk about that because it doesn't fit with the political point. some use it to insinuate global warming isn't happening.