and so every year on this day to honor the birthday of dr martin luther king jr. people gather to pay tribute to him. so it is no surprise then that the name of this american hero is often invoked but once in a while that legacy gets hijacked i come to tell you now that the truth shall set you free. first there was the glenn beck rally on the mall on august twenty eighth the same day at the same location martin luther king jr gave his i have a dream speech ladies and gentlemen is selling a conservative talk show host message was one thing now his name is being used to drum up support for u.s. wars in a speech given last week dr j. johnson attorney at the pentagon said i believe that of dr king were alive today he would recognize that we live in a complicated world and that our nation's military should not and cannot lay down its arms and leave the american people vulnerable to terrorist attack wait what that's funny because in addition to leading the civil rights movement dr martin luther king was one of the most outspoken critics of the vietnam war i think he sho

the martin luther king, jr. holiday weekend is the first of 17 free dates this year at national parks. you can get a free pass at the san francisco maritime historical park, muir woods, as well as yosemite and death valley. >>> at the temporary transbay terminal there are plenty of ways to get places but there is no place to go. go, you know what i mean when you go. you have to go. the only restrooms are in businesses nearby or the greyhound station and you have to have a bus ticket to use the facilities. the transit authority says bathrooms were planned after the first phase of construction was complete. >> the issue was an operations plan that made sure that they were safe for all passengers. >> two bathrooms are now under construction, two -- two for all those people using the transbay terminal. they should be operational in february or march but you will need a ticket to use them in efforts to keep out the homeless. >> there's always going to be a wait especially for the women's restroom. >> when you have a

this is the fourth shooting to ripple through oakland on martin luther king, jr. day including one in east oakland around 4:00 last night that left one man dead. that incident also happened off international. three other people were injured. now within the next four hours there were two more shootings that left three people shot. police say it is too early to tell if any of these shootings are connected. if you have any information about any of these incidents you are urged to contact oakland police. live in oakland, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> there's a $10,000 reward this morning for the return of ashes stored inside an urn that was stolen from a cemetery in lafayette. the ashes were of thomas gonzalez jr., the co-founders of the pleasanton based company commerce one. he died in 2001 of cancer. relatives say the ashes were stolen on sunday from a private. ♪ [ music ] lyam. >>> an employee recovering this morning after being injured on the job. it happened about 8:00 last night at the conoco plant. the contra costa fire officials say the employee wa

> on the 82nd anniversary of martin luther king, jr.'s birth, use the c-span video library. there are hundreds of programs on the life and legacy of the civil rights leader. find a program, watch it, click it, and share it. >> attorney general eric holder spoke at a prayer breakfast, commemorating martin luther king, jr., saturday morning. this took place at the shiloh baptist church in washington, d.c. is about 20 minutes. >> the honorable eric holder is the 82nd attorney general of the united states. he has a long and distinguished resume of accomplishments. i could spend a lot of time trying to tell you everything he has done, but rather than trying to do that, i will simply say that he has a life and career that has been marked by excellence and a commitment to justice and fairness that has earned him the highest respect of his peers and professional colleagues throughout this country and at every level. he is a native of new york city, a product of their public schools, a graduate of columbia and columbia law school. he has worked i

if martin luther king jr. could visit our country this month, he would see a nation much change and yet much the same. i imagine dr. king cadging a bus in downtown montgomery. perhaps he would select a seat in the front next to someone tired from a long day's work for little pay. through the bus window, he might see dilapidated schools and foreclosed homes. if they were to open up a newspaper, and he would read of another war with no end in sight. if dr. king returned to this country, he would once again take up the struggle of the core. he would organize against the interlocking evils of racism, militarism, and poverty. he would invite us to join him. in the 43 years since dr. king's death, we have not fulfilled his dream of equality. health care is out of reach for too many americans what our military budget grows. ours is a political landscape that king understood all too well. he decried the way the war on poverty was abandoned for the war on communism. today, we still choose fighter jets over unemployment

> on the 82nd anniversary of martin luther king jr. is birth, use the c-span video library. there are hundreds of programs on the life and legacy of the civil rights leader. watch the program, and share it. >> it is time to upload your video to the c-span student at -- student documentary competition. your chance to win a grand prize of $5,000. the deadline is thursday. the c-span studentcam competition is open to students grades 6 to 12. wisconsin public goal -- the wisconsin leader reince priebus was elected president of the republican national committee. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate it, and thank you, members of the committee, for giving me a few moments to speak with you. i wanted to just briefly touch on some of these successes we had in 2010. clearly, with all of the various different politicking that takes place within the committees, sometimes it is difficult to remember how successful we were in november 2010. as you can remember, we had a osi,ular goal of fire pel and thankfully, we did that. one of the programs w

martin luther king, jr.. we have a very quick presentation. they will present a brief snapshot of some of the latest data we have from the california healthy kids survey. this is going to be very quick. then we will have a summary of the tools and materials that we will recently be distributing as well as ongoing resources and classroom lessons that are available to promote and maintain a positive school environment that is respectful, kind, and nurturing for all students, every day. >> [unintelligible] >> the surveys are administered every other year. we are happy and proud to say that we have generalized data. we are starting with the high school administration. we have the results of the california healthy kids survey. 57% have been bullied, hit, or pushed. >> as you can see from the seventh grade, 35% have been harassed. >> these numbers have been consistent since 1991. >> they hear fag, dyke, or so gay at school. according to students, they do not hear teachers addressed. >> the high school, 6% of heterosexual students report the same tha

the children attend martin luther king jr. academic middle school. they mistook the poison for candy. it was hitting on top a file cabinet. emergency crews arrived after one student called a parent. the children were taken to the hospital as aprications. it's not clear where the teacher was. >>> blow to jobs in san francisco, twitter could be heading south. currently it is in san francisco. the company has 350 employees and projecting the staff will grow larger than the capacity of the building. rumors are spreading the company is looking at different locations, including the walmart building. eight miles from the current location. san francisco officials have been in discussions to keep it in the city. >>> the ground keeps moving. south of san jose. two more earthquakes hit last night. a 3.7 hit before 8:00, it was fallowed by a 3.9 earthquake a few minutes later. kron 4's rob fladeboe reports on what scientists are saying. >> this is a creeping section. >> reporter: david says the section of the fault where the earthquakes are occurring is relievin

luther king, jr. plenty of activities for kids, including a chance to make civic screen images of dr. king. that does it for us at 5:00. world news is next. our next newscast at 6:00.

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today would have been the 82nd birthday for the late civil rights leader martin luther king, jr. hundreds of kids celebrated king's life in richmond yesterday, marching with their teachers and community leaders to promote dr. king's message of peace. monday is the official holiday. lot of folks have a three-day weekend. it's going to honor dr. king. >>> well, many parents had some quick thinking to do this week, deciding how to explain the arizona shootings to their kids. it is tough to shelter shelter kids from the media coverage, and do you want to? jim stire joins us this morning with common sense advice. >> hi, ann. i remember watching the clip, and since it is literally the official martin luther king birthday, we celebrate on monday, i remember growing up in new york city when martin luther king was shot and killed and bobby kennedy shot a couple months later. that memory is emblazenned upon my memory. and with what happened in arizona this past weekend, that's the same kind of experience that a lot of children are having. >> yes. >> depending upon their age. it is enormous

martin luther king jr. day this monday, am fog with plenty of sunshine, temperatures rangenning from 60-66 degrees. that's a look at your weather. back to you. >> thanks, tracey. >> dozens of immigrants orphaned in sudan call a south bay man their father not because he is a retired priest, but because he is helping to give them a future. this week's jefferson award winner. >> reporter: they were once lost boys who escaped war-torn sudan as children, but now have found hope in a future, thanks to reverend jerry terrino. >> they call me arabic for father. >> reporter: jerry founded hope for sudan in 2003. his nonprofit raises money to educate children who have left the war. they can rebuild their lives and their country. >> reporter: two spent years at refugee camps before arriving in the bay area in 2001. with jerry's help, bol graduated from san jose state in business related majors. the job helps bol support his wife and toddler in kenya. >> we are very happy and we are very glad for the assistance he gave

luther king jr. and the law known as the brady bill came in eventually of the shooting of reagan and the crippling wounds to james brady. that requires federal background checks and a five- day waiting period to buy a handgun. in that case, he was a mentally- disturbed young man. he had been trying to get the attention of the actress, jody foster. he was found not guilty by reason of insanity. in the 2003, they ruled that hinkley could leave the mental hospital where he had lived for 22 years for unsupervised visit with his family in the washington, d.c. area. ktvu, ken wayne, reported on the reactions at the time. >> reporter: in 1981, he opened fire on president reagan outside a washington hotel. the president was lifted away by secret service agents, seriously wounded. the two law enforcement officers were also sorcery injured. and the white house press secretary was permanently disabled. a jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to st. elizabeth hospital. he had claimed that

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. >>> the mission commemorates the legacy of martin luther king, jr. tomorrow. the annual freedom train will depart the caltrans station at 9:30, stub in sunnyvale, palo alto, san mateo, and in san francisco riders will march to the center of the arts. >>> up next, congresswoman gabrielle giffords' condition continues to improve. we have an update for you next, and a new york senator accepts the offer to sit next to a republican colleague during the state of the union address. >> leigh: it's been a foggy weekern especially for the inland valley locations. we're going to see more fog tonight. advisories are already in place, and we'll see if we hahahahahahÑ >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >> terry: congresswoman giffords' condition improved to serious today after she was taken off a ventilator. the tracheotomy done a day earlier went well. giffords is one of 19 people shot at a safeway store last weekend where six people were killed. the shootings were a special soldier of "this week". in a town hall setting those personally touch

officials at martin luther king jr. academic say none of the children have shown any signs of poisoning. the students were taken to the hospital as a precaution yesterday. fire officials say the students mistook the cubes of rat poison as candy. officials are still investigating how the poison ended up in a classroom. >>> a teacher's exchange of sorts is under way in san francisco. officials say they have to replace nearly half the teachers at some schools in order to get more money. ktvu's paul chambers reports now from san francisco. >> i >> reporter: to turn that around, the district applied for and was granted million -rs s of dollars for the improvement plan. >> for the schools to have 1.4 to $1.5 million to really fund their reform process is hugely significant for those communities. >> reporter: to get the money the district had to agree to one of four changes. the district says it's not looking to fire teachers just move them to different schools. that's why the district is allowing teachers to voluntarily leave

martin luther king jr. the bay area celebration keeping his message alive. >>> all across the area today people marked the birthday of slain civil rights leader martin luther king jr. hundreds made a special trek aboard caltrans. joe rosato has the story. >> reporter: this morning in san jose, the legacy of dr. martin luther king hit the rail. hundreds boarded freedom trains bound for san francisco. as the trains reached their destination, jackie hunter stepped to the front of the march. >> i've been here 40 years. i've been walking this walk for 40 years. 40 years i've been walking this walk. >> reporter: to hunter, this annual pilgrimage is a salute to a civil rights leader who was also known to walk the walk. >> our message that dr. king wanted to see, and god bless him that he wasn't able to see it, but we're here, we're doing it for him. ♪ glory, glory hallelujah this is the day that my kids and these little kids here can see that it is possible that we do have things that we can accomplish and be. >

children marched in richmond to celebrate the life of martin luther king jr. the children walked with teachers and community leaders to promote dr. king's message of peace. >>> coming up it may look like an amateur job but there is a method here. who police say this mailbox thief was targeting. >>> you're looking the a video game where i'm actually controlling living micro organisms. you've got to see this to believe it. i'm kiet do. that story is coming up. >>> a controversy in the catholic church over the last pope. john paul ii passing to sainthood and those that are saying it is too much too soon. >>> nothing controversial about the weather at all. it is slam dunk. i will have your pinpoint forecast as eyewitness news continues right here on the cw. [ male announcer ] myron needed an mba to turn his technology into a business. so he chose a university where the faculty average over 14 years of experience in their fields... to help him turn a thesis into a business plan and accelerate the path between ideas...and actions. my name is myron sullivan, i'm deve

. >>> volunteers will honor the legacy of martin luther king jr. with a community workday in richmond on monday. local non-profit groups are asking volunteers to join them at 9:00 monday morning at three locations. richmond greenway at 6th street. carlson boulevard and ohio avenue. and at the schamada friendship park. everyone is invited to participate. bart will be on a saturday schedule for the martin luther king holiday. service will start at 6 a.m. and end around midnight. the holiday also means parking is free and permit requirements will not be enforced. >>> wikipedia celebrates its 10th year in operation. the online allows users to write and edit entries. now that caused early controversy over the reliability of the website's information. but according to wikipedia three and a half million articles have been written in the last decade. the website says it is available in 276 languages. >>> coming up in brazil, the death toll from the widespread mudslides climbs. the unusual measures being taken to hold the bodies of those killed. >>> why one

martin luther king, jr. day this monday, sunshine and highs up into the mid-60s. that's your weather. >>> for traffic here's gianna. >> antioch, slow, right now westbound highway four slow from 8th street to summersville. as you work your way past antioch, things look better as you hit the pittsburgh area. 880 through oakland, right now averaging speeds around 64 miles per hour and you can see 15 minutes between 238 and the main so no delays. south 880 looking good out of oakland into hayward. seeing extra volume but still an 18 minute ride on that east shore freeway from the carquinez bridge to the maze. if you're taking bart this morning, we have got 46 trains on time with no delays. back upstairs to you guys. >> thank you. >>> time now 5:57. coming up in the next half hour, it's supposed to take a few days. instead, many people have been waiting for weeks to get their new driver's license. now we know why it's taking so long. >>> human toll takers could soon be a thing of the past here at the golden gate bridge. we will tell you why coming up. discrep: >>> and

service for the people across the country celebrating and honoring the life of martin luther king jr. he would have turned 82 today. in san francisco, people behind the nonprofit, one brick, their day of serving to the community was a big success. today the 10th anniversary of the mlk inspire day in the bay area. during an award ceremony, an executive director talked about the purpose. >> one brick is about making volunteering easy for people. it's about removing all of the barriers from getting out there and getting involved with your community. we found that -- you know, there is a big gap between sitting on your couch and thinking i would look to go hope this weekend and finding opportunity and going and doing it. we remove that. >> martin luther king day will be on serbed by government, schools, libraries monday. since launching in 2001, one brick donated 340,000 of hours of community service to nonprofits across the country. >> a special weekend. we have the special forecast. seemed like summer almost. >> it did. how about 70 in santa rosa. 68 in san jose. almost 70 in gilroy. gr

king jr. day parade in washington state. >>> fired up. a massive deadly gas explosion rocks a philadelphia neighborhood. >> and wrong turn. surveillance video captures a car going through a storefront in england. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello, and good mornkn9ñ welcome to our viewers across the nation, including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. today we begin with tragedy averted. this week americans mark the martin luther king hol holiday, a day that's supposed to be championing nonviolence, but we're now learning that someone may have had a very sinister plan for one tribute to dr. king. a potentially lethal bomb was planted on the parade route of a martin luther king on monday morning. the device was spotted just about an hour before the parade which was rerouted. a bomb disposal unit safely disabled the bomb. so far there are no suspects and no clear motives. >>> for the first time arizona officials are publicly describing the chilling surveillance video th

. >>> tomorrow is the day to honor martin luther king, jr. there's a luncheon from 10:30 to 2:00 in downtown san jose. downtown is also the starting point for the freedom ride that leaves the station at 9:30 tomorrow morning. it stops at sunnyvale, palo alto -- raiders can attend an event at -- government offices, libraries, schools, banks are closed tomorrow. caltrain will have regular service. southern californiaens are definitely appreciating a day like today. especially after all the storms they've been through this winter. it's gorgeous and sunny and looking like spring. temperatures reached the low 80s today. it's supposed to be five to ten degrees above normal. tomorrow is spare-the-air day. are we going to have warmer or cooler temperatures? >> it's going to be much the same. we had the patchy fog out there. some folks had cool temperatures with highs in the low 50s, but you get the sunshine. very hazy out there as high pressure continues to sit out there. got some reports there's fog continuing to form in napa and concord. we've got

martin luther king jr. in richmond today. his birthday is tomorrow and on monday there is the holiday. the children marched with teachers and community leaders to promote dr. king's message of nonviolence. >>> a determined mail thief strikes again. >>> she is a very interesting out. she looks like from the willie wonka factory. >> but the results are not a joke. why one bay area business is all too familiar with the suspect. >>> the hottest ticket in town right now and it is not a sporting event or a concert. why the scalpers are hanging out there. >>> a video game more than just life like. it is really alive. >>> talk about play. the weekend is just minutes away. we will pinpoint the warmest spot near 70. yes, near 70. your eyewitness news will continue right after this. ,, says 150 managers and support staff will be gone by june-- for a saving million >>> more layoffs are coming to u.c. berkeley. the chancellor says 150 managers and support staff will be gone by june for a savings of about $20 million. the layoffs though wi

martin luther king jr. commemorative program. my name is richard and i'm the director of the division of equal employment opportunity staff and will serve as a master of ceremony for today's program. to begin, i ask that you please rise for the presentation of the colors by the junior rotc color guard unit of washington, d.c.,'s spin guard senior high school, and for the singing of the national anthem by ms. dorothy williams, peos see special civil rights division. following the national anthem, supervisor specialist of criminal section of the civil rights provision will provide the opening invocation. ♪ oh, say, can you see ♪ by the dawn's early light ♪ what so proudly we hailed ♪ at the twilight's last gleaming? ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars ♪ ♪ thro' the perilous fight ♪ o'er the ramparts we watched ♪ were so gallantly streaming ♪ and the rockets red glare ♪ the bombs bursting in air ♪ gave proof through the night ♪ that our flag was still there ♪ ♪ oh, say, does that star-spangled ba

i guess i am thinking martin luther king, jr. was a very special human being, who wrote as he wrote, spoke as he spoke, answered the call and took those steps. where are thed, hwer leaders? ? but we cannot count on that all the time. i am asking the entire panel -- and what do you think each of us can help do to create that kind of movement, inspiration, a conversation? what can we do -- action. one of you mentioned taking action. what kinds of actions do any or each of you recommend? gonna try this by sharing an experience that occurred just at the beginning of this week in my office. we have a young man named josh who just turned 30. as we were talking, and hillary, we were talking about your father's. law -in-law. and he looked at us. young?", "who's andy that scared me half to death. this is a college educated young man, very smart, very dedicated to the civil-rights movement, an activist, the whole nine, wanting to absorb anything that comes his way. i felt bad and irresponsible. a part of what we can do to go to your origin

it has someone like martin luther king jr., but also regular people. barbara johns was a high school student and civil rights activist. barbara johns at a time when in 1951, basically saw a school bus ride by her and her school bus was broken down. there was another one that was full of the white kids going to the good school. they had no books, no materials, horrible school. she organized a walk out. we are going to protest it. forget about it. she's one of the unknown people. her test case as they walked out was one the cases used in brown v. board of education. where did it come from? a teenager. a teenager is one of the people responsible for it. so the book is filled with, a guy named frank shankwits. he found out about a boy with leukemia that also wanted to be a police officer. he had a motorcycle made. he find out the boy with leukemia goes into a coma. he goes to the hospital room. as the boy is unconscious, he says, i want to put motorcycle wings on him. he pins the motorcycle wings, at which point, true story, the boy wakes up and smiles. th

of course, the reverend martin luther king jr. and his birthday tomorrow. he was on this program. we sometimes do a "meet the press" minute or "meet the press" moment. back in 1967, talking about the d disparity between african-americans and whites. >> it's okay to say to people lift yourself up by your own boot straps but it's careless to say to a bootless man to lift yourself by your own boot straps. and they've been left poverty, illiteracy by lack of education opportunities and as a result of centuries of neglect and hurt. >> we talk about area where is the two parties can work together. reverend sharpton, you've been talking about this. education and the achievement act. if reverend king were alive today, this would be the area that he would be working on, you think? >> achievement gap based on race in this country is almost as bad as it was in '54 when brown versus the board of education decisi decision, the year i was born. whether it was economic, as dr. king in that moment, in '67 talked about. the wealth gap and the gap in terms of employment is still a problem. so, we a

martin luther king jr. our justice correspondent, pete williams, has been following this all day in our washington newsroom. pete, good evening. >> reporter: brian, investigators say it was a powerful bomb, one clearly designed to kill, but luckily it was spotted and safely disarmed. but now the hunt is on for whoever put it there. it was found monday morning along the planned route of spokane's unity parade on martin luther king day. it was a pipe bomb designed to be detonated with a radio operated remote control. it also included material to act as shrapnel to magnify its potentially lethal effect. it was contained in a swiss army brand backpack wrapped in two t-shirts. one for a local relay race, the other labeled treasure island spring 2009. because the device itself was disarmed, that's giving investigators valuable evidence to work with and they're hoping the pictures of those t-shirts and the backpack itself may jog somebody's memory and produce more tips. the fbi is also offering a $20,000 reward fo

luther king jr. this is a day of service for many. in san francisco, the people behind the nonprofit called the one brick say their drive of serving the community was a big success. today is also the tenth anniversary of the mlk inspired day here in the bay area. after an award ceremony, one brick's executive director talks about their purpose. >> one brick is about making volunteering easy for people. it's about removing all the barriers from getting out there and getting involved with your community. we found that, you know, there's a big gap between the -- sitting on your couch and thinking i'd really like to help this weekend and actually finding opportunity and going and doing it. we removed that. >> it's a great program. mlk day will be observed by local governments, schools and libraries on monday. the day after tomorrow. since launching in 2001, one brick has donated 340,000 hours of community service to nonprofits across the country. >>> coming up ahead at 5:00, every dog, so to speak, has i

martin luther king jr. celebration today. freedom train will leave at 9:30 a.m. stopping in sunnyvale, palo alto, san mateo and san francisco and once in san francisco riders can attend the m.l.k. event at the bill graham civic auditorium. government offices, schools, banks post offices will be closed and there is no regular mail delivery. public transit. cal train, muni and sam transwill have regular scheduled service but b.a.r.t will be on a saturday schedule and ac transit will operate on its sunday schedule. >>> sticker shock for shoppers just around the corner. >> it is terrible but what can you do? >> the combination of events that are creating a lot of pain at the check out counter. >>> losing friends. where facebook is falling out of favor. ,,,,,, seven years ago, i had this idea. ,,,,,, to make baby food the way moms would. happybaby strives to make the best organic baby food. in a business like ours, personal connections are so important. we use our american express open gold card to further those connections. last year we took dozens of trips using mem

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. >>> police are investigating three shootings that shook oakland on martin luther king jr. day. one man was killed appearing to be waiting for a bus at 80th avenue and international boulevard at 4:00 in the afternoon. he was shot several times in the chest and died at the hospital. a second man was shot an hour later at 14th avenue and east 27th. he's expected to be okay. and then just before 8:00 last night, two more people were shot on east 17th street. they were taken to the hospital. they are also expected to be okay. police are searching for the suspects and want you to call them if you have any information. >>> well, walking her dog ended her life. 52-year-old woman was killed by a young man who fled. who was he and how could he leave a diagnose woman on the side of the road? sharee limburg's dog stepped on stow the road sunday night. she and the dog were hit by a car and the 17-year-old driver stopped. a second driver ran over limburg and ran off. >> reporter: john coward is a retired city worker. he made a lot of money selling drugs and blew a lot of money using them. bu

monday, holiday, martin luther king, jr. day, a nice day weather-wise and nice holiday weekend. tuesday and wednesday, still quite seasonal and sunshine expected. that is a look at your weather. and now traffic. >> thank you. >>> northbound 880 at 92, all lanes were closed but they may be picking the upcones as we speak. they were hoping to have everything brand up before 6:00 a.m. so they are ahead of schedule. so far, no too many delays in the area. eastbound side of 80 between airway, a couple lanes blocked through that. that is in effect through 6:00 a.m. westbound 880, very good start this morning. east 4, a head's up, an accident out of the right lane, you might still see activity on the right shoulder. no delays westbound. northbound 101, this accident clearing to the right shoulder new york -- shoulder blocked. bay bridge, not too bad. metering lights are off. 18 minutes from the bridge to the maze. not a whole lot of cars on the golden gate bridge. very light. and the san mateo bridge off to a good start, only 13 minutes from 880 to 101. when you hop in the car, check i

next up, the new jersey gnats on monday for martin luther king, jr. day. >>> we told you the other night this could be in the works but now we know it's a reality. the giants will join dexter and weeds as the new stars on showtime. for starters, it's great for exposure. for closures, this kind of star power is just terrific. we still don't know a name for the show, but we do know that the premier will be a preview episode timed to air during the opening week of the season. >>> meanwhile, the a's are kicking at old school, a 33-year-old aussie in the pan. outright reliever with the a's. he's becoming the first australian to join the a's. he's signing a two-year deal to be a setting man in what looked to be a very huge bullpen. nnamdi asumugh. we're getting good at reading between the lines. yesterday when david shaw took over as head coach at stanford, he wouldn't talk staff, essentially confirm whing what expected. three of them are leaving the farm for the niners. the name getting the most attention the past couple days has been dick fangio. by the w

as we approach the martin luther king jr. holiday this weekend, we sadly reflect on the tragic events in tucson and king's own death by gun violence. former san francisco mayor and speaker of the state assembly willie brown joins me -- joined me earlier with his thoughts. welcome, mr. brown. we're hearing that the recent threats made to senator leland yee are somehow tied in to the investigation of the giffords incident in tucson, arizona. in your career how much has this whole problem of safety weighed on your mind? >> never, really. not heavy, anyway. other than when moscone and milk were killed. there's been so many other times when people have issued threats. there have been people who -- at least one person who was stopped in city hall with a .357 magnum. but none of that has ever disturbed me. >> belva: you don't find that it wears on you, though, just being in the public eye and being controversial? is aththat just the life politicians have to accept? >> that's the stage we have chosen to perform on, so to speak. and y