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>> jonathan said something that i absolutely agree with. that is the media reflects what the public wants. in my view, the media, in general, feed a voracious appetite for vengeance by an informed public. often influenced by fear, prejudice, and ignorance. i think one of the reasons criminal defense lawyers argued so poorly is people do not understand the source of crime. they want simple, quick responses to a complicated long- term solutions. you cannot fight crime by doing what the governor is doing, cutting social services and building new prisons. [applause] you do not have to be a rocket scientist to understand. all of us who have been involved in the criminal-justice system know where people who commit crimes come from. they are poor people, people of color, victims of abuse, the mentally ill, people with substance abuse problems. there are the people that fall through the cracks of society. but that is the public read what the public wants and the public is understandably afraid because this is a real problem. then there are these pe

nigeria's election results. >> goodluck jonathan of p.d.p. has scored the highest number of votes, is hereby declared the winner. >> in this divided country, the southern president mr. jonathan is disliked in the north though he's popular in the south and the country has been gripped by fear of violence throughout the elections. but results eventually announced from behind the military line. a peaceful vote, the freest and fairest election in nearly two decades say the moan tores. they're calling on political parties to behave responsibly. >> we're very disturbed by the reports we are hearing. we do not have an independent means to verify them. i made the point in my statement to quote from the code of confidence signed by all party leaders indicating they would not resort to violence. >> that seems to be a message for mr. jonathan's defeated rival buhari who accused the president's party of vote rigging. despite numerous calls for calm it depends now on what mr. buhari says and does next. >> the bbc says there is a long record of political c

>> jonathan said something that i absolutely agree with. that is the media reflects what the public wants. in my view, the media, in general, feed a voracious appetite for vengeance by an informed public. often influenced by fear, prejudice, and ignorance. i think one of the reasons criminal defense lawyers argued so poorly is people do not understand the source of crime. they want simple, quick responses to a complicate long- term solutions. you cannot fight crime by doing what the governor is doing, cutting social services and building new prisons. [applause] you do not have to be a rocket scientist to understand. all of us who have been involved in the criminal-justice system know where people who commit crimes come from. they are poor people, people of color, victims of abuse, the mentally ill, people with substance abuse problems. there are the people that fall through the cracks of society. but that is the public read what the public wants and the public is understandably afraid because this is a real problem. then there are these peo

fih+-- jonathan spoke to it as. we have to make the á discussioa broader discussion, so that people understand how it affects their daily lives, how it affects the way government works. is there going to be money, our state parks going to be open, money for education? what does this say about the state of california, where i believe the largest union is not the teachers' association, but the correctional officers association? what does that say about a society? when people find out about that, they are stunned. but that is the reality. that is what is playing on people's minds, fear, prejudice, ignorance. >> this also points to the fact of what we have to do in each individual case. that is what you're up against. and when you are in trial, the priority is your client, which is different from broadcast journalism, television drum up. -- drama. >> but you cannot turn a blind eye to it. >> that question is deeply troubling when you look at certain cases. there are certain cases where it is a no-win situation. the rob

jonathan blum explains. >>jonathan: oakland mayor released not one but three city budgets because she's hoping the financial situation will improve by the end of the summer. with a 58 million-dollar hole to attach the three scenarios go from good to bad to worse. the first scenario, includes a property tax passed by voters after mellon valid and also concessions from the labor union. that includes about 80 layoffs but no major elimination of city service. the middle scenario includes concessions from the union but no property tax. that includes some cuts to the fire department, city parks it, the oakland zoo and some layoffs. the worst scenario assumes no additional revenue, that would include 368 layoffs, the closure of four fire stations and cuts to oakland's library system. the mayor said this is been a difficult process. >> i have to tell people what all the scenarios are. >>jonathan: 3 scenarios the elected officials taking a 15% pay cut. the mayor said to us to bring back another 20 of the laid-off pol

it's been an >>jonathan: everything from minor consequences to complete stoppage of the government. the king of the shutdowns, none other than president ronald reagan. let's take a look, almost every year of his presidency there was a shutdown. in 1981 he vetoed an emergency spending bill, in 1982 he was in a deadlock with congress. a minor one in 83, 84 democrats and republicans could make a deal. another minor one in '86 and '87 dealing with nicaragua did it. the shutdowns of york a much longer in 1990 conservative republicans refused to patch uto pass a budt when he bush, didn't stay with what he said, no new taxes. that shut down delayed benefit checks for millions of americans. clinton at the time slam republicans for refusing to compromise and it sounded similar to the criticism beginning today. listen to this. >> let me repeat, holding the government and federal police and the millions of americans who depend upon them hostage to the congressional republican budget, is not the way to do this work. it's been >>jonathan: about 15 years since we've had a shut down and if there's

>>jonathan: alcee all elected officials to take a 15% pay cut. she said she wants to bring back another 20 of the laid-off police officer because she said that's cheaper than training to officers throw police academy. in oakland, kron 4 news. >>catherine: 1 department facing deep cuts oakland library system. to resaw shows us what could be cut and have some residents argue the library should be left alone. >>terisa: disclose sign maybe, residency more often and that is it as oakland's financial picture doesn't improve. 14 of oakland's 19 libraries are on the chopping block. already libraries are operating on a reduced schedule after suffering from budget cuts over the past several years. here at the main library residents say it is just wrong to reduce such a vital service to the community during these tough times. >> a lot of people use them for computers, books what about that computers and the people that needs to get access to computers for jobs. it will make hard. libraries are important because of the community, without libraries people wha

jonathan waxman is here. in 1970 he gave up a careers as a professional trombonist to attend cooking school in paris. after working along side alice waters, he helped bring new american cuisine to new york city with his restaurants jams in washington park. in 2003 he opened barbuto. his new cookbook italian my way shares many of the recipes he serves there. i am pleased to have jonathan waxman at this table, not only do i eat at his restaurant but he is my friend and i'm pleased to have him at this table finally. welcome. >> thank you very much, charlie. >> rose: i know how much you love cooking. i know how good you are. why does one write a cookbook. >> you know, funny. writing a cookbook is a little like eating a pound of sand. >> rose: a pound of sand. >> you know, it's the most daunting experience of one's life. because what you do on a daily basis as a chef, you know what, it's kind of fun. it's something that you really enjoy doing. and as i get older i love it more. >> rose: you love what, cooking more

>>jonathan: it assumes concessions from unions but no parcel tax. some funding to parts would be cut and a few fire stations will close in the winter but there would be no furloughs. then the best case would still involve 80 layoffs but no major cuts to services. it to require union concessions and of over improved tax hike which the mayor pushes for. >> on not giving up. >>jonathan: 03 scenario see elected officials taking a 15% pay cut. the mayor said she was to bring back another 20 laid-off police officers because she said that's cheaper than training to officers. in oakland, kron 4 news. >>catherine: continuing our team coverage, this comes on the heels of millions of dollars in cuts in oakland in recent years. cuts which have affected every department, every citizen. as theresa reports, residents say enough is enough. >>terisa: sloshing part make mince in oakland by cutting 25 positions could mean residents out walking here could see trash build up as well as a general upkeep of the area go down. parks and recreation is just one of the many de

group and author of the book it's not raining we're getting peed on the scam of the deficit crisis jonathan welcome hey tom good to be back great great to have you with us thank you for joining us again this is president obama's first official stand well arguably his speech in milwaukee but this is you know i'm going to veto this for labor in the midst of this nationwide labor battle in europe is this too little too late or is he playing his cards just right. well i think we have to define what's the labor issue perhaps this conversation let's start specifically with the bill sure it's a good thing and i think it does say to people and i always had this argument with a progressive friends it does matter who's in the white house whatever criticism we have of the president of the democratic party being too close to wall street which is certainly criticism that i've leveled it is true that there is a difference between having a president a democratic president who will stop these kinds of crazy bills particularly what you mention around the f.a.a. but you know it is a small segment it is publi

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jonathan is here to tell us why. >>jonathan: these are streets that don't senatexactly exist yet. the streets are slanted instead of straight. when they developed treasure island with high rises in homes, they want to make it friendly for pedestrians. for two environmental forces, one landed in the other the sun. coming from different directions. the wind comes from the golden gate and the sun is where the northern hemisphere predominantly from the cells. by slanting the streets, designers say they hope to execrate streets that are filled the sun but not filled with winds make it more friendly for people for walking on the streets. the problem is the san francisco fire marshall said the tight corners greeted by the streets could be problematic for the fire truck tried to turn the corner is in the event of an emergency. we spoke to the designers about why the decision and the fire chief was said she's not convinced it's not an issue. >> at treasure island, the winds come from one direction because were in the bay. we have a unique opportunity to then ankle our streets and line them

jonathan bloom, kron4 news. >>> the bay area is gearing up for a presidential visit tomorrow. president obama will make several stops. he will lead a fundraising effort. before he heads to san francisco, though, he will hold a town hall meeting that will stream live on the web from facebook's headquarters. we hear how you can ask the president questions. >> hi, everybody. i just wanted to take a minute to invite you to a town hall meeting on the economy that i'm holding at facebook's headquarters this wednesday, april 20th. >> reporter: we really have a high-tech president. he invites everyone in the country to the meeting by posting a video on youtube. >> i hope you'll take a break from friending or defriending each other to rsvp. >> reporter: the topic is the economy. he will discuss his vision for bringing down our deficit. through the white house's facebook page, anyone can post questions for this town hall. obama's campaigning for the next election and what better way to do it than through facebook? everyone is on facebook, and his effective use of social networking was t

>>jonathan: the wind shear on san francisco treasure island is always blowing. that's why the people with redeveloping the island have proposed new structures. the streets are designed to let in the sun from over here while keeping out the wind from over here. the problem is the city's fire marshal said she was concerned that the new slanted streets could propose a problem fire engines trying to navigate in the event of an emergency. we caught up with a fire chief who said that the concern she doesn't share. >> i don't share that concern, very confident that studies were done this process is good to go. >> if you think in san francisco market street, at 26 t of neighborhoods where streets needed different angles and those intersections are safe. >>jonathan: she said after meeting, she is confident the fire marshal is buying that explanation that the streets are safe and now they will stay. on treasure island, kron 4 news. >>jacqueline: the next couple of days will be similar cloud wise. because of the clouds were going to see mild temperatures to start the day t

>>jonathan: found it will be a mass. such a mess of a lot of federal agency still have the work of details. here's what we do know. first of all nationwide parks including alcatraz will be closed. museums like the smithsonian will be close, if you're expecting your irs refund by mail that will be delayed. if you applied for jobs your prospective employer could be waiting to verify your immigration. if you're planning to build something the epa will not approve environmental permits during the shutdown and if your looking for information you will find a list on the federal website because it will be updated. in fact, federal employes could have to turn in their precious blackberries. >>pam: of course certain key operations will continue. >>jonathan: the postal service will continue, the tax deadline will remain able 18th whether the government shuts down not. it also homeland's security that falls into the category of essential employees who can't be furloughed. they might have to work without pay and so could the militar

as the president often enough to stand with workers across the nation joining me now from new york jonathan just seen president of the economic future group and author of the book it's not raining we're getting peed on the scam of the deficit crisis jonathan welcome. hey tom good to be back great great to have you with us thank you for joining us again this is president obama's first official stand well arguably his speech in milwaukee but this is you know i'm going to veto this for labor in the midst of this nationwide labor battle in your opinion is this too little too late or is he playing his cards just right. well i think we have to define what's the labor issue perhaps this conversation but let's start specifically with the bill sure it's a good thing and i think it does say to people and i always have this argument of my progressive friends it does matter who's in the white house whatever criticism we have of the president of the democratic party being too close to wall street which is certainly criticism that i've leveled it is true that there's a difference between having a preside

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kron 4 jonathan blum is there and joins us live now with the details. >>jonathan: the meeting is just getting under way, people are being asked to sign in and then they're walking into this room which is expected to be packed house in san bruno. this is the community that was devastated by a pipeline explosion. the public utilities commission is coming to ask the public what they think needs to be part of the state and regulations for pipeline safety. one of the members of utilities commission told us in fact it's not that they haven't heard about these stories of four before, but they're hearing them from the people would actually happen to carry as a whole different way to. >> and think it's important to hear things firsthand, there's a big difference between reading the evidence and hearing it from people directly. in that sense will learn a lot of things new. rushing towards deciding a pipeline policy, a sink a policy which is guaranteed we will have something like this happen again. >>jonathan: the meeting is expected to last five hours during whic

we talked to jonathan karl of abc news, gerald seib of the "wall street journal" and john heilemann of "new york" magazine. >> the budget though is really setting the republican agenda not just for the rest of the year but potentially for a generation. i mean he has put forward a plan that gets into not simply questions of government spending but of policy. i mean his efforts to basically remake the medicare program into a system that is government subsidized but private insurance. >> what paul ryan did this week starts a national conversation slash debate that runs all the way through the 2012 election. it is a conversation and debate that's not really about the budget, it is about what is the role of government in the 21st century america and how much are you willing to pay to have that role fulfilled. >> if you think about gingrich, he had those revolutionaries behind him, his base, the further i was pea he pull on the

and that's where kron 4's jonathan bloom was. >>> hours before president obama's fundraiser, san francisco police circled the block with bomb sniffing dogs. >> i stood for 6-1/2 hours. >> reporter: it's not the first time for him. >> great to get a shot. doubt if i will. >> reporter: that's the only photo anyone got. as the president rolled into the neighborhood to cheering crowds. the two limoes pulled into a white tent covering the front of the home. 60 guests were greeted with a court yard performance by stevey wonder. including a song he wrote for the occasion. mark introduced the president who spoke for about 15 minutes. it was a brief soiree that costed $35,800. most of it to the democratic party and some to the reelection campaign. by 8:00, president obama said his good-byes and the two limoes pulled out and drove off touchers from the spectators. the motorcade headed off, escescorted by police. the president raised more than $2 million in campaign money. jonathan bloom, kron 4 news. >> president obama held a high tech town hall meeting at facebook headquarters. >> reporter: preside

jonathan blum, kron 4 news. >>terisa: the recreation and parks department has just planted flowers here at civic center plaza. they did this three times a year with supplies costing $21,000. in addition is the cost of the city employees. and you paid for. a department spokesperson defense expenditures thing that it's money well spent. it keeps the park safe and clean for everyone. in san francisco, kron 4 news. >>haazig: for the department of health and richmond, one of the only laboratories testing will close for radiation. prior to the nuclear crisis the state lab ran tests on the samples once a month. now the trace amounts of radiation has been found in milk from california cows, the lab has stepped up the frequency of the testing to once a week. at the state department of health in richmond, kron 4 news. >>kate: habitat for humanity in all media is selling its surplus supplies. it's saturday and sunday in alameda. things that people will find include flooring, cabinets, fans and chandeliers. but and they exp