the decision may help possible democratic candidate jerry brown, more than gavin newsome, mayor of san francisco. jerry brown served as governor in the 1970's and 1980's. and a story in a lot of attention, the headline from the state newspaper in south carolina. it says sanford a wall -- who is in charge? john o'connor said south carolina gov. staff said the governor is taking on appellation trout, ending four days in which the staff and state officials say they have not heard from him. night in his office or the state law enforcement division that provides security had been able to reach him since he left the mansion thursday in a black suburban as uv assigned to his security detail, according to three people according to the -- familiar with the situation. the government spokesman did not disclose the trailer was hiking nor revealed whether he was hiking alone. his last known location was near atlanta late last week. a mobile telephone tower picked

the decision may help jerry brown more than gavin newsom, who is the mayor of san francisco. he served as the governor of california in the 1970's and is now the attorney general. also, a story that has been getting a lot of attention in south carolina. it says sanford awol, who is in charge? the south carolina staff saying the governor is hiking, ending four days in which officials say they had not heard from him. neither his office nor the state law enforcement staff had been able to reach him since he left thursday in a black suburban s tv -- a black suburban suv. that is according to one staff official. he would not reveal whether he was hiking alone. his last known location was near a lanham late last week. -- he was near atlanta late last week. more details on available from the state newspaper. scott is on the phone from long island. are there mixed signals in the economy? if so, where are we heading? caller: i don't know where we are heading. thanks for c-span. i am baffled sometimes that the american people, how long has it taken us to get into this position and peop