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author of war is a lie they've it is also a co-founder of war is a crime dot org david swanson thank you so much for joining us tonight i am thanks for let me all right so we have a couple clips want to play to get your reaction from the speech before the joint session of congress today the first one. really i'm offended by this let's see what your take is let's roll tape. you don't need to send american troops to israel we defend ourselves they did i. yes it they defend themselves by attacking others which is how we defend ourselves and we do it with our money and our weapons so you know the fact that we don't have to send our troops is not quite the whole it sure i would suggest i would little offended by that but they defend themselves but with our money with our equipment and when you when you're sitting in a bunker pushing buttons a so often you are in in modern warfare it's a tough it's a tough one to get away with all right so the next one touches on the juxtaposition of hard economic times here at home with the fact that we're given all this money to fund this conflict in the

assembly member swanson, are you with us now? >> i am, dave. thank you so much. >> well, thank you for joining us. what are your immediate thoughts after you lost a loved one on flight 93 -- what's your immediate reaction to hearing about the death of osama bin laden? >> first of all let me thank president obama and our courageous troops for making sure that america justice shows the kind of patience necessary to help support our democracy. and as you said my cousin, who was a senior flight attendant on flight 93 and her fellow crew members and passengers were true heros because they understood what was going on through cell phone communications and decided to challenge the terrorist before that plane could reach washington d.c. and do more harm. >> it may sound trite to ask, do you ever get over the hurt feeling of that day? >> well, we can't get over the hurt feeling. as you know she was a twin. and so her sister reminds us every day of her and her caring ways. my family like all the families that have victims in 9/11 feel relieved that ameri

dennis swanson is his name. legendary guy. >> legendary guy. >> he was apparently golfing down at the doral in miami, florida, and just saw me on local tv down there, and thus -- because he used to be in charge of all the cbs owned and operated stations. and plunked me down here in new york. >> i saw him when i was working for the cbs affiliate in dallas, texas, yeah. he's a man who definitely knows his stuff. sorry, russ, he didn't think you were the next oprah. but you're close. >> exactly. i need to talk to dennis. >> when you do talk to dennis what's extraordinary here is how he found oprah. i mean, i don't want to give away everything. but he was overseeing a tv show called a.m. chicago. that's really where she got her big national start. everyone started to notice her. and he sort of -- he kind of got left in a bind because the guy, the main anchor, was supposed to be, you know, continuing there, and all of a sudden the main anchor says i've got to take off, i'm not into this anymore. so dennis swanson let

joining us live now this morning, brian swanson a spokesman for pg&e. brian, good morning. >> good morning. >> tell us about the process. what's going on today? >> we're going to hydrotest our pipeline in mountain view 24" mile and a half segments and we fill the pipe completely with water. we want to make sure all the air is remove from the pipe and then increase pressure. we have to add an additional amount of water into the pipe. water is not compressible so a small amount to increase pressure in the pipe. we'll increase to 600 pounds. normally it operates at less than 400 pounds which is its maximum allowing operating pressure so again this work is to validate safe operating pressures on our pipeline. >> how about the residents, how will it affect them and their service today? >> well, service is being delivered by an alternative route so service is not impacted to any customers in the neighborhood. and customers, you know, we didn't expect there to be any problems but, you know, if there were a leak it would be similar to a water main leak and ther

by rochelle swanson. thank you. . . claque that concludes the students -- >> that concludes the students' presentation. commissioner maufas: thank you so much for coming, students. i really appreciate you being here. can you tell me -- you are called the principal center. can you come here so you do not have to keep getting up? that way i can just ask you and you can decide to answer as you see fit. you just push the button, as you did before. i am curious from you were called before and how you are called big picture. how did you describe that to somebody who asks you about your school? how do you describe what it means to you? how you translate that information to somebody who does not know anything about your school? >> can you please repeat it? [laughter] [applause] commissioner maufas: i can. i am curious. when somebody says, "what school did you go to," and you say, "the big picture" -- i would ask, if i did not know. tell me how you describe your school to somebody who does not know about your school, and how you

>> i am art swanson, president of the small business network, san francisco. those of you who are familiar with our organization -- we voted unanimously to support this measure. we believe it would even the playing field, a phrase used far too often. however, think about it. all you are asking someone to do is pay tax like the rest of us have to, the rest of the small businesses. there are other precedents for this in other lines of work. my other day job is in property management. the state of california is now coming after my industry for things along these lines of sending disbursements to out-of- state owners of buildings without withholding some money from them. there is all kind of different ways the state is now looking into capturing money that is actually, like it or not, rightfully theirs. it is a simple reality. it goes along with the thinking in this wonderful meeting all day today about small business and making sure that the opportunities are the same for everybody. i think this falls in the same kind of line with all of that. all everyone is ask

disaster but a far worse crash is coming that reminded me of a story that my old friend the late gloria swanson told me that she said was told to her by her one time manager in lover joe kennedy back in the thirty's kennedy she said told it that he got out of the stock market before the crash because a shoeshine boy literally a teenager offered him a stock tip and that was his clue the market was overheated but my shoeshine guy no teenager but a man had seen the world knew what he was talking about and was genuine about what he saw for the future of this nation a future that this man had fought for been maimed for and nearly died for he said to me you know we don't make anything in america anymore it isn't like it was before i went to lebanon when you could get a job in a factory anywhere in america and no i don't think he's been watching the show but all the while he was working on my shoes i kept thinking about how sad it was that an american united states marine was shining my shoes on a street corner in our nation's capital really a marine shiny shoes. what the hell's going on here i frankl

author david swanson doesn't buy the defense industries argument that it is creating jobs and he says the money being spent on weapons could be used to far greater benefit elsewhere. but honest since you agree that you put the same dollars into non military factory its infrastructure energy education and you produce more jobs and better paying jobs that broader impact on the economy so well it's true that there are people getting jobs making weapons and we're going to look scary and all conflicts there will be more jobs getting those same dollars in just about anywhere else and in fact you don't write tax cuts for working people would produce more job suits if you were still nothing. the us middle class once a symbol of prosperity and capitalism has been hit by the financial crash as much as anyone peter will bail and his guests today discussed why recoveries taken so long and whether the government is helping l r t's crossed are coming your way at seven thirty g.m.t. . we have to look at the numbers and the numbers tell the story of the united states spends far more on health care th

mary swanson would forgive about $20 million in fines from when the oakland school district was under control in 2009. the bill goes through today. >>darya: there is a unanimous approval of a budget for 2011 fiscal year. it approved $70 million in cuts. the cuts come on top of $250 million that the county has cut from the budget over the past three years. the new pact requires the elimination of 138 positions. let us look at some of those. 42 positions cut from the probation department. 28 from the sheriff's office. call from the d.a.'s office and 33 positions from other departments. they have passed the budget put the issue of where exactly the cuts will fall is still being examined. 6:22 a.m. we will be right back. here is a program note that we want you to know about. we are running at an nbc program chase because the giants game is on. >>darya: we all remember these images of the trade of that slammed into alabama. more than 200 people died. it was a deadly twister. now, there's italic on happening. a is raising funds for victims of last month's tragedy. it will beat going until e

author david swanson doesn't buy that a fan's industries argument that it is creating jobs he says and spend on weapons could be used to a far greater benefit elsewhere economists tend to agree that you put the same dollars into nonmilitary factory to infrastructure green energy education and we produce more jobs and better trained jobs rather impact on the economy so while it's true that there are people getting jobs making weapons and working for the military and the whole conflicts there will be more jobs but in those same dollars in just about anywhere else and in fact it's gone right tax cuts for working people will produce more jobs and it's actually worse than nothing. the u.s. middle class once a symbol of prosperity and capitalism has been hit by the financial crash as much as anyone cross-talk hospital bill and his guests today discuss why recovery starting so long and whether the government is helping at all i t's cross are coming your way in an hour's time. and we look at the numbers and the numbers tell the story the united states spends far more on health care than other

trains make solar panels there's no reason we can't do better economically in other words i was able swanson the author of war is alive. from syria to yemen anger in the middle east continues to put popular uprisings against well armed arguments and all of that one rest has not yet spread to the united arab emirates and u.s. citizen named eric prince you may remember him as having the crown prince of the be prepared that's right according to a new york times reporter the man who founded blackwater a company probably more famous for slaughtering iraqi civilians has set up a private for profit army of mercenaries but happens to have a no muslims hiring policy now i get the whole concept of reinventing yourself but we're not really talking about the artist formerly known as prince here coming out with some sort of new cd this is erik prince and his crew are former soldiers and special ops commandos are training hired guns from colombia and south africa in the middle east i mean what could possibly go wrong well anyway according to a contributing editor at harper's magazine scott horton a lot ta

that is a good swanson author of war is a lie. now just moments ago on this program we talked about how the united states isn't exactly making and exporting as much stuff as it used to thank for it looks like certain individuals have decided to step up to the task there's one back who just this week decided to announce plans to hold a restoring courage rally in a fret jerusalem lottery is this exploding is unique special ideology to a part of the world they can probably live without it and then there's eric prince the man who founded blackwater a company probably more famous for slaughtering civilians a couple of years ago than for its other exploits where he's taken his mercenary expertise to the united arab emirates according to a new york times reporter the crown prince of abu dhabi is now working with erik prince to set up a private for profit army that would actually help governments in that region pradelle knows annoying rebels and the kicker this army of mercenaries has a strict no muslims hiring policy now former american

now from someone who's helped bring the so-called local military industrial complex to lights david swanson is the author of the book war is a lie and he joins us now from charlottesville david welcome back on the program over here always great to have you so what's your biggest concern about this issue i mean these companies are at the end of the day helping some americans stay off the unemployment rolls i mean is not a good thing given the current economic picture. well i don't think that's true that economists tend to agree that you put the same dollars into nonmilitary factories infrastructure we energy education and we produce more jobs and better paying jobs and broader impact on the economy so while it's true that there are people getting jobs making weapons and working for the military and the whole complex there will be more jobs but in those same dollars in just about anywhere else and in fact get done right tax cuts for working people will produce more jobs so it's actually worse than nothing there is there's quite a bit of deception here but david my friend i mean that would tak

joining us on the phone to talk about this is brian swanson, a spokesperson for pg and e. when exactly is this testing going to get started? and how similar are these pipelines to san bruno? >> we're starting work in mountain view, and antioch first in about a week or two. we'll start the tests in about a week or two. would we're prioritizing about 130 miles of our service area, with pipeline that has similar characteristics in size, and age to the pipeline that ruptured in san bruno. so we're starting there first this year, with more to come in the following years. >> i want to talk a little about the risk. i know we have some video of you guys testing a line in san jose. from what i've read, this basically involves filling a section of pipe and water, basically pumping up the pressure in that pipe to high levels, then monitoring it, i guess. it may sound easy, but it is really safe. >> that's an active characterization. we first, remove all the gas in the pipeline be and fill that section of pipe that we're going to test, completely full of water. then we add a small amo

the association of -- swanson is co-founder of the president bush/cheney.org. in 2009 david created a web site for code pink and global exchange to market a company investing in wind energy in iran and another web site for cindy sheehan's counterrecruitment effort. thank you, david. >> thank you. and thank you for having me and for putting this on. and it's great to speak here with both john and bruce, both of whom i have learned a lot from. and i, like many of you perhaps, agree with every word that's been said thus far in this room, but that is at least somewhat remarkable in that on most issues that are debated in our public/political discourse, bruce and i couldn't be further from agreement. and, of course, most of the issues that we talk about in our communications systems, such as it is, tend to be those where the democrats and republicans have some distance between themselves, and they tend to be fairly minor, and they tend to be domestic, and they tend to absolutely ignore the issue of the placement of power within our government, the question of presid

. >> and tv executive dennis swanson joins us live. and when you hear that sound bite and you watch this week of oprah's show, gee, you must be feeling fantastic. >> well, you know, it was a proud moment. i'm glad that i could play a part in it. she's a wonderful person. and she's always been gracious in her thanks to me. you know, she's done very well in her life, and people ask me what did i get out of it. you know, i got promoted and, you know, life's been good for me, as well. >> glad to hear that. i do remember the man who gave me my first real chance at the news business. he holds a special place in my heart. you said you took a risk in hiring oprah. what was that risk? >> well, i think the risk was, you know, she was an african-american female and at the time, you know, it seems normal today. in those days, it was sort of a male-dominated business. you know, phil donahue was the major talent. but that was one of the reasons i thought we should go the female route. we were not beating him head to head, and when i got there, i sai

let me tell you about -- you probably know the morgan versus swanson case on the fifth circuit en banc right now involves a group of situations in the schools where one situation parents attending the winter party were not allowed to pass out their child's goodie bag to the other parents because it contained religious material and was instructed that religious material was prohibited on the school. their defense in the fifth circuit en banc and they've lost all the way up and down. it's now just on damages is that students have no first amendment rights. it's breathtaking to me. clearly these schools need to be educated on true tolerance in respecting first amendment rights. i think there's a serious problem. so does the ocr help in this regard or hurt the legal standard by the supreme court is severe, pervasive and objectively offensive so it must be both severe and conjunctive. the ocr is in education of these miseducated schools is severe, pervasive or persistent. so if a child very politely persists that jesus saves, once a week, in one such case the child was overheard praying ove

she was a flight attendant, also the first cousin of assemblyman swanson. tell us about this train. >> shoes my first cousin, a daughter of an uncle senior flight attendant. as you remember, the passengers and crew actually fought by directors. >> reporter: osaosama bin laden was leader by dollars tax now the key is that what is your reaction? -- behind all of those attacks. >> i think justice has been served. and i think it's important kron4 member all of those who lost their lives. i hope to move forward and have some closure. continued work for peace in the world. i think that would be the best legacy. >> reporter: it is almost been 10 years to think is to come? >> no, i but sooner or later, because both president bush and president obama were committed to committed to seek justice. i hope that as we move forward we celebrate the life of those americans gave their lives. >> reporter: thank you, for now i'm alameda. >> james: of course our coverage continues here, the death of osama bin laden throughout the morning, coming up next we'll have more reaction

. >>> just a short thyme ago, we spoke to assembly member swanson. his cousin was a flight attendant on the plane that crashed in shanksville, pennsylvania. this is what he says bin laden's killing means to him. >> we feel very pleased that president obama did what he did. >> he says he hopes that bin laden's death will lead to more peaceful relationships around the world. he also says it shows that the united states was relentless in seeking justice. >>> with osama bin laden dead there's now speculation who will take over the leadership of al qaeda? i man al zawahiri is seen as the top candidate for that. the u.s. government is offering a $25 million reward leading to information for his capture and conviction. he said "we should inflict as many casualties as possible on americans." we learned overnight that bin laden's body is buried at sea. a bury yul at sea is permitted in certain circumstances according to islam if there's rick of one drug -- risk of burying up the -- digging up the body and mutilating it. >>> 8:36. one -- one day after presiden

. >> when i applied for the job here in chicago, dennis swanson who i will cherish for the rest of my life, had the courage to hire me, a black woman, he didn't think thy twice about putting me on the air. jeri curl and all. said to me, we know you're not going to beat donahue, that's not the goal, just be yourself. that gave me the freedom to not have the pressure. >> reporter: the finale was a secret, it was taped in the studio filled with devoted fans that had never been to a show. oprah spoke and made her way through the hauls of studios. audience members talked to us about what it was like. >> just her kind of homage to her career and things that we gave her, and things she gave us and it was beautiful. >> reporter: also spotted leaving, oprah's fourth grade teacher, escorted by stedman. >> i'm so proud of her. she's really a teacher of the world, because she reaches so many over tv. >> reporter: celebrity surprises kept coming in part ii of the spectacular. ♪ isn't she lovely >> reporter: her best friends were there and oprah offered her support to maria shriver like only a gi

swanson would be forgiving $22 million in fines from one at the school district was under oakland control. the bill goes to court that 7:30 a.m.. >>darya: a live look at the golden gate bridge. a lot of sunshine. clear and record- setting weather's ahead. behalf >>pam: what am about to kron4 news, we do more weather and traffic that anyone else on the planet. we're in a scare at walnut creek, bacon today, right to change? >>james: clear and warm today, and not for instance is already in the 60s. everybody will be enjoying warm and hot weather here as be of temperatures in the '80s and the '90s. we're going to cool it down to the '50s. overall fantastic forecast. tomorrow will be a carbon copy of today. 89¢ rosa, 82 and now, 87 and sonoma, 87 in san rafael. the peninsula looks ok. lou-'80s. 80 in san francisco, 86 in redwood city. here we are in oakland 85 in hayward. 87 in fremont. a little warmer in the far east bay. 90 in pleasanton and antioch. people in the delta up will have a tuesday afternoon. in the sf bay 90 degrees expected in cupertino. 89 degrees in san jose. let us show you