george moscone was a native san franciscan. he served in the state senate, where he rose to a leadership position. he was a little bit of what we would call in later years a prince of the city. he drove an alfa romeo. he closed many a joint throughout town. as his good friend, willie brown, said about george, he said george's only problem is when he has had two drinks he thinks he is invisible. and george was swept into office in 19 -- well, not swept but he won the election in 1976 with the backing of gays and neighborhood organizations, with a new force in city politics that was spear-headed by the burton brothers and willie brown and their democratic machine. george moscone was part and parcel of that. harvey milk's background was very, very different. harvey came from new york. he was a smart new york jew, liked to crack wise, and he had a background in finance and the teeter. he had been in the navy, played football in high school. but eventually he became the rosa park of the gay movement, the fellow who stood up and went

revolutionary person, including moscone, harvey milk. sorry, they really helped him, and they deserve our scorn for that just as we praise them for other things. willie brown was involved in it and then gutter scum like angela davis and huey newton. and kpfa's news department which never ceased to praise jones because they saw him as a fellow idealogue who professed what they did. so the question i have for you is have you gone to any of these prominent people and asked them how they could justify creating the myth of james jones that led so many people a cropper, including people like ann ha davis who should hang her head in shame? >> well, jones hood winked a lot of people, and as you say, moscone and mil, he got, you know, he got -- the politicians cornered him. they came to people's temple

of course, milk and moscone were killed about ten days after the massacre happen. but, you know, you had jane fonda, willie brown, angela davis. you know, on the outside people's temping looked good. and i talk about in in the prologue that for me growing up as i did with a, you know, a black brother and always feeling like a misfit and longing for a place to belong, if i had come to a temple service, say on a sunday morning and seen this, i would have definitely have been interested. my brother david and i, you know, i would have been interested because of his message of social justice, i would have been interested because there was real love between temple members. i mean, having grown up in the church, a church is so much more than just its leader. it's the relationship you have with the other congress regants and those, you know, your kids becoming friends with them. it's, you know, for like, for example, a young man like stanley clayton from oakland whose mother didn't give a damn about him and was stealing from grocery stores to get something to eat while his

moscone was a popular mayor. milk was the first openly gay man to be elected to major public office in california. >>> we still have more ahead for you on "today in the bay." coming up, relief for the families of three american students arrested in egypt. the latest overnight developments on their return home. >>> and reusable grocery bags help save the environment, tght? ad aecff yr .lhe wet'll tell you about that comig up. 'l >>> good sunday morning to you. looking live at some of the birds that are watching the senole grade there. if you are heading out of town this morning, be careful out there. fog in full effect. >>> 24 pakistani troops killed in a nato cross-border air raid in the last 24 hours have been buried. nato fighter jets attacked two pakistani outposts, killing those soldiers. pakistan's army chief attended the funeral today. it's a blow to already strained relations to the pakistani government and u.s.-led forces fighting in afghanistan. nato says it was responding to enemy fire along a remote pa

i wanted to welcome all of you here to moscone center, our center of conventions and also to san francisco. and i hope you are enjoying the weather. as mayor of san francisco, i like to welcome you to our city. it's a small city that dares to dream big, bound only by our capacity to imagine. and i would also like to welcome you to the greenest city in north america. i'm so pleased that i'm able to welcome you here today and many of you know, i used to be the city's administrator before i became mayor. and as a result, i've seen things from both sides. as a long time public servant, and now as mayor. so i have a pretty good idea on how and what it takes to make a city run so i want to thank each and every one of you for all of your good work because your commitment to your communities and your maintaining the citizens' trust in government, that's what we have to do as cities today. whether you've been in government for just a few days, a few months, or for many years, it's always nice ton that your work is appreciated and i do appreciate all the members of the california league and everyone

the 2012 models are on display at the moscone center. the show is showcasing alternate fuel and electric vehicles and there's even a sim lieu later where you can test- drive -- simulator, where you can test huff drive some cars. >>> a hiker is rescued from the angeles forest. we're told the man was hiking in the southern california forest when he became fired. that's when rescue crews were called in. a search light had to be used to locate him. the rescuer was lowered from the helicopter and attached to the hiker and both were then carried away safely. >>> a proposed surcharge is going to move forward. there are two meetings on the surcharge planned for next month. under the proposal, alameda county shoppers would pay 10 cents for a bag. this -- a group representing makers of plastic bags is threatening to sue alameda county if that surcharge is put in place. >>> there are charges -- changes in b.a.r.t. service today. b.a.r.t. does plan on running longer trains throughout the day. b.a.r.t. will run longer trains to the oakland airports f

mayor george moscone, whose narrow election was due in no small part to peoples temple support, repaid jones by appointing him to the housing commission. >> whenever jones would say the slightest thing, a short speech, a quick answer to a question, they would clap in a deafening way. just the whole meeting was stopped. i was trying to get some story of jones published. a story -- if only about his image and his kind of unusual style. it was hard to get anyone to go on the record and say, i got questions about jones because jones was so routinely useful. and because he had so many, in a way, bills that he had accumulated. >> he had a lot to hide. he was faking the healings, you know. he had millions of dollars. secreted away in various accounts throughout the world. i mean, it's not a very pretty picture of jim jones. >> and then finally some ex-members said i hear you're trying to write about the church. i hear you have a lot of questions. here's what we think you should know. >> you better get your mouth talking. slide under the table, slide under the table. get to her. >> what he beg