if scott brown is there and bob smith is there, too, bob smith will try to fillet him like a bay state founder on issues like guns, abortion, gay marriage, all issues that are anathemas to very conservative republicans. >> it's been interesting about scott brown, national republicans are excited about this because they think we can put new hampshire in play in a way that we didn't think we could put in play before. you've heard kelly ayotte's been positive about scott brown running but almost didn't get the nomination because she was too moderate. won by less than 2,000 votes over lafontaine, who's been sort of a rock conservative there in the state for years. came so close. the vote was split or ayotte wouldn't have gotten the nomination. >> i think one of the reasons why republican establishment folks are excited about at least the prospect of scott brown running is they have a huge hangover. it's not because of too much eggnog. it's really about the last november election where barack obama pasted john mccain here. maggie, the new democrat, replaced john lynch, winning 7 of the last

and bob smith is going to remind them of scott brown's voting record in that race. >> kevin landrigan who in two and a half minutes worked in a wizard of oz reference and a tom brady reference. thank you, sir. do appreciate you. >>> from football to march madness. college hoops is getting presidential attention in december. time now for the poli side bar. the first family took time out of their hawaiian vacation sunday to attend the diamondhead classic college basketball tournament. matchup pitted oregon state coached by first lady michelle obama's brother. they were playing akron. oregon lost 71-83, breaking its 4-0 good luck streak with the president in the stands. >>> meanwhile, former pro baller dennis rodman back in beijing after his most recent trip to north korea during which he said he did not meet with pyongyang's leader. rodman was there to train local players for an exhibition game next month to mark kim jong-un's birthday january 8th. >>> it took him 12 years but outgoing new york mayor michael bloomberg finally making his "saturday night live" debut this weekend proving a

. >>> bob smith wants his old job back. the republican says he will run for his party's nomination to challenge democratic incumbent gene shaheen next year. he may have popular competition. scott brown removed massachusetts from the twitter profile. the resident has been rumored to be open to a possible run in 2014. >>> new york archbishop says the catholic church has been outmarketed been the on the issue of same-sex marriage. during an interview, he responded to critics who he says have chashg toured the church as anti-gay. debate over the issue will continue. >> back in 1973 with roe v. wade, everybody said this is going to go away and be back burnered. to this day, it is the most devisive issue in american politics. as you look at some of the changing attitudes, you say, wow. we're beginning to affect the young with the pro-life message. >> so you're not saying the gay marriage debate is over? >> no. i don't think it is. >> sunday was the 58th anniversary of rosa parks' arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a bus t

former senator bob smith who lost his re-election in the republican primary to john e. sununu, he left new hampshire, bob smith did, moved to florida, and in 2004 he tried to run for the senate in that state. didn't go through with it, but flirted with doing it all over again in florida, in 2010. and then bob smith moved back to new hampshire, and now he said he's going to run against or try to run against shaheen too, setting up a primary against brown. that is carpetbagging with a twist of boomeranging or something like that. anyway, new hampshire is not the only state with residency issues among candidates this cycle. also liz cheney, who is running in the republican primary against long time wyoming senator mike enzi, yes, it is the state that her -- her very famous father once represented in congress, but she has long made her home in virginia. just outside of washington, d.c. so with all of the pitfalls of running for office in another state, not the state you're identified with, we have come up with five easy steps to succeeding as a carpetbagger. to go through t

this tweet from the washington times, former republican senator bob smith of new hampshire announced he is planning to run for the seat now held by the democratic senator in 2014. bob smith served in both the house of representatives from 1985 to 1990 and the united eight senate from 1990 to 2003 but he lost the gop primary in 2002. these are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. if you are a middle school or high school student, c-span's video competition wants to know what the most in for an issue congress should address next year. make a five-minute video and be sure to include -- $100,000 in total prizes. get more info at student cam.org. bring public affairs events from washington directly to you, putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings and conferences, and offering complete gavel-to-gavel coverage of the u.s. house, all as a public service of private industry. industry 34able tv years ago and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. now, you can watch us in hd. >>/in journal continues. for a closer look at the future of

bob smith who was from new hampshire looking back from florida. they want to run against the democrat and cot brown is making all the moves. his twitter handle changed from scott brown ma to send scott brown. he is jumping on the republicans and obama care issue pointing out ten of the 26 reports would not be available on the exchange that is in that state. he has that dinner coming up and people say well, he is just trying to ramp up speculation and if that's what it's for, he's going through a lot of trouble. >> we will talk to the president of columbia. juan manuel santos. he and president obama may agree on a lot of issues until they start talking about soccer. he joins us next when "morning joe" comes right back. blap before using her new bank of america credit card, which rewards her for responsibly managing her card balance. before receiving $25 toward her balance each quarter for making more than her minimum payment on time each month. tracey got the bankamericard better balance rewards credit card, which fits nicely with everything else i

. >> bob smith. forrer senator. 300 point question. as a government budget dead lean approaches, which program emerged friday as the possible derail him in any compromise between congressional budget negotiators? democratic patty murray and paul ryan? >> unemployment benefits. >> 300 point question, congressman randy forbes, according to an article in politico, is pressureing the national republican congressional committee not to financially support republican candidate was are what? sally. >> women? >> no. >> mckay. >> gay. >> gay is correct. 300 pints, that brings us to the end of the gym. final score isaac has tied the all time record which 1,600 point. mckay 500. samly set a r0rd as well which negative -- isaac arc prize pack annual for you. bill walsh will tell you all about it. >> as our champion, will you have your name printed in exquisite sharpee. you will get to take the trophy home which you and show it off to friends, family and local school children for exactly one woke. you will also receive an appearance this coming week

john henry smith has the story. >> steven hull come has been competing as an american bob sledder in 1988. he struck cold back in 2010, as the driver of a 4-man team. the first win for americans since 1948. the win was sweet for hulcombe. he had to overcome a rare eye disease until his dreams come into focus. >> i had a degenerative eye disease, a thinning of the kornia, causing it to bulge out. you go blind. everything was going well. it caused a lot of isolation. i withdrew from everything and found a deep depression. >> to say he hit rock bottom is an understatement as he struggled with the vision and keeping the disability a secret. the bob sledder withdrew from friends and family and tried to take his own life. >> you would be surprised what the human body can endure. you go through crazy stuff. i attempted suicide at one point. there was a moment when i realised i was here for a bigger purpose. >> with a new lease on life hulcombe found the courage to address his issues. >> we found an experimental procedure, cpr. it's revolutionary. it's been introduced. over a year after havi

. >> why is bob laughing? >> the jacquelyn smith sheets from kmart. they're luxurious and a good value. >> i want to apologize for you. i just all of a sudden realized what a bikini wax was. i didn't know. i thought it was the thing eric used. i'm sorry. it's the thought. >> eric doesn't have that. the male version is tunga. >> i thought of one more thing. i would like to also have a dj so i could dance it out. wouldn't that be fun? >> in the room? >> i would want silence. >> you need a mini noise cancelling thing. >> that was interesting and disturbing. i get to do it. one more thing is next. >> how sweet. >> that's how you do it. ♪ i am the one ♪ ♪ i know they say you can't go home again ♪ ♪ ♪ i just had to come back one last time ♪ ♪ ♪ you leave home, you move on [ squeals ] ♪ andou do the best you can ♪ i got lostin this o♪ ♪ and forgot who i am i took my son fishing every year. we had a gre spot, not easy to find, but worth it. but with co makg it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescrib

. >> why is bob laughing? >> the jacquelyn smith sheets from kmart. they're luxurious and a good value. >> i want to apologize for you. i just all of a sudden realized what a bikini wax was. i didn't know. i thought it was the thing eric used. i'm sorry. it's the thought. >> eric doesn't have that. the male version is tunga. >> i thought of one more thing. i would like to also have a dj so i could dance it out. wouldn't that be fun? >> in the room? >> i would want silence. >> you need a mini noise cancelling thing. >> that was interesting and disturbing. i get to do it. one more thing is next. >> how sweet. >> that's how you do it. ♪ >>> if you only knew what happened in the commercial break. it is so disturbing. now it's time for one more thing. i'm going to turn over to eric who hopefully is more composed than i am. >> very disturbed. >> i thought it was disturbing too. >> you said it. >> check out the kid opening possibly the the best gift he could ever get. >> mom and dad have one more thing. >> oh my gosh! >> that young man is going to go watch

here's bob orr. >> reporter: as he and his wife anita left texas for libya ronnie smith made this video for his austin church. he talked about his need to spread a spiritual message. smith worried about adapting to a foreign culture but said faith would guide him. >> if there is any single person in the entire universe that you can take a chance on, it's god. >> reporter: smith took a job teaching chemistry at the international school in benghazi. this morning as he was jogging along this street, smith was shot and killed by gunmen riding in a black jeep. no one has claimed responsibility. but suspicions are focused on islamic militants. since u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans were killed in benghazi 15 months ago, werners have been targets. in tune the u.s. state department warned all u.s. citizens against traveling to benghazi. and the october capture of al qaeda operative abu anas al-libi in tripoli only added to the worries. in an internet posting just days ago al qaeda propagandist urged militants in libya to strike back saying rise up and take revenge from am

. >> bob, what about cross border deals? we had the big deal between china and smith field foods. will we see more deals like that? >> in a sense, you know, i don't think -- one of the things about smith field was that there was a little bit, a very little bit in the beginning of national push back. it was almost a 3 billion-dollar deal and china buying something in america. frankly, we have a very substantial foothold in china. the chinese clients think of it as a watershed transaction. no, it wasn't a tech deal or nap national security. it was not a political push back. >> sorry to interrupt, but we have to leave it there as we're up against the clock. appreciate you being with us. >> you're welcome. >>> tesla shares up more than four fold this year but that's not the only reason the ceo has been a different maker this year. we'll explain coming up. >>> finally tonight, we've been profiling some of the most influential people in business. one of the most visible is the billionaire inventor, elon musk. >> i want to be in the middle of the battle. >> reporter: he's challenging con

reporting live in oakland, christie smith, "today in the bay." >>> live to bob redell with a look at a house sliding downhill in san francisco. >> reporter: it slid already. good morning, laura and terry. right now in the 100 block of gray stone terrace in the twin peaks neighborhood where sfpd has shut down this section of road and you can see why. that's the home that used to be in the 100 block of crown terrace up the hill from where we're at right now. no one was at home at the time, a neighbor tells us it was being remodeled. work that began about a month ago. he believes it had been shored up on wooden pillars yesterday and then last night around 10:30, he tells you us he heard a horrible sound as it tumbled down the hillside. >> it sounded kind of like a dump truck emptying its load. i was in my house and heard this crashing. and came outside and didn't hear anything or see anything after i got outside. so didn't think anything else was going on. and then about five minutes later, the fire trucks and police trucks were coming down the streets. >> reporter: because this was a r

sorry, guys, i've got bob and christy beat out. yep, check out the temperature on my dash board. 32 degrees as i was headed into work this morning. put on the seat heaters. taking a live look outside this morning, that drive up to the sierra, seeing the new dusting of snow we've been waiting for. and that means icy conditions out on the road. >> somebody snuck in and pressed play. >>> right now. we have our your winter weather report completely covered. mike and rob are checking out your commute and your forecast, but we'll get started with christy smith live in walnut creek with a look at that winter chill. good morning, christy. >> good morning to you. i've been standing out here for quite a while and i was hoping we might be moving in the opposite direction, maybe bumping up a degree or two when we first got here, it was 28 degrees, one of the coldest places in the bay area right here in walnut creek. we've been keeping an eye on what the temperature is looking like this morning at 6:00. i keep hoping maybe we get 29, 30 degrees

with us on set, bob pavlick, so glad you're here. in washington, former fed economist, steve olinner at aei. and nicole petallides on floor of the new york stock exchange and sandra smith in the pits of the cme. bob, do to you first, what do you think will happen? >> they come out and say the economy is improving and we're not there yet. i don't think they make announcement to reduce the asset pprchases. we're just not there yet. we moved along the track but we're just not there yet. ashley: lee's go to steven. your thoughts. what is going to happen? >> i think it will be a really close call by but i agree with bob, i don't think they will taper at this meeting. i think they will wait for more evidence the economy is strengthening and probably go in the first quarter. tracy: bob, one of the things people are looking for is the language, right? what are they saying about the economy. >> the economy i will proved. definitely come off the lows. we've seen improvement in manufacturing, up tick in housing. we have seen improvement in the

in idaho are looking for san jose businessman dale smith and four members of his family who are on board a single engine beach bonanza aircraft that he keeps here at hillview airport in san jose. that plane disappeared sunday afternoon around 3:30 near a town of yellow pine idaho. it's a dense area in the central part of that state. smith had been flying his family from oregon where they had spent the thanksgiving holiday to butte, montana, when smith, seen here in a photo from his faith facebook page, radioed in engine failure. that's a grass strip about 125 miles northeast of boise. all members of the smith family apparently never made it to that airstrip. what is not clear is whether or not smith was able to put the plane down safely elsewhere. so far there's been no signal from an emergency beacon, but rescuers have been able to detect some cell phone activity on a ridge near that airstrip, which is where they're focussing their search by helicopter and plane. >> i would be very wary. they haven't heard from him. he stays in touch. he goes on these trips and stays in touch with every

good morning, bob. >>>÷(good morning, laura, once the sup comes up, rescuers will resume their search inlúp"aho f1 dale smith and the four members of his family one1 board his plane. it disappeared sunday qafternoo. it's a dense forested area. smith had been flying his family from oregon where they spent the when smith, seen here in a photofrom his facebook page radioed in an engine failure.e1 it's a grass strip about+ 125 miles northeast of boise, idaho. they never made itzv to the airstrip and it's not clear if he was able to put the plane down safely elsewhere. emergency beacon, but they have detected cell phone activity on a ridge near that airstrip. >> just praying for a safe return. they got some cell phone activity the4%b and hopefully they will be able to zero in on that activity and lpó[hopefully can bring them all home to us. >> dale is smart, talented, and good at that he does. there is goodzroason to think and hope that there is a happy ending to e1this. >> ie1?; would be very worrie

bob +ridell is in san jose whe the strip originallytoqyrejtt t searchers in iowa will resumee1 their search for dale smith and that were in his single engine beachoke1 bonanza. ñdisappeared around 3:30 near the town of yellow pine, iowa. it's a dense forest in that area. he was flying hise1 family from otherwise where they spent the thanksgiving holde1 day when smith, seen here in a photofrom his facebook page, radioed an engine failure. he needed the coordinates for a grass xvqi%a9ñ the five people on board, all members of the smith family apparently never made it to that airstrip. what is not sclaer if he was able to put the plain down safely elsewhere. there has been noe1 signal fromn emergencyxd beacon. they havet( been able to detect somew3 cell phonew3 activity on ridge near that airport. searches were grounded yesterday because of snow and low clouds. >> bob,e1 thank t(you. >>> a ranch handÑi accusedok of trying to drown aeiuppy and it's owner is beingçó arraigned toda. he subpoena said to have entered a womans home and tried to force water downxd a dog's throughout. he t

that this despite this is the union bashing well earlier we spoke to one persist trade union leader bob crow to find out what he thought about it and some of these chief executives and managers. around the place which you know exam of them who go to church on a sunday and say that they believe that. god was going around. michael moore's movie for work. then we've got the right to protest and the science and. a commission. and he. tried to call to action we would love to think you know. it's i will persuade people. in the best interests. of the employer concerned he's making mommy mommy mommy expensive private division so hence the reason why. i've only got one really tall. order for him to school that's the brewery. of the jungle of capital. some of the global global headlines are safe for you in brief let's jump into the anti world update now we'll start in indonesia where a passenger train collided with a truck that was carrying gasoline it happened at a rail crossing seven people died twenty two carriages derailed and cold fire passengers from the other coaches were able to climb fre

bob redell on the scene talking to investigators. he'll have a live update next. >>> and if you're just waking up, it is cold outside this morning. we're in the high 20s in walnut creek. i'm christy smith, i'll show you what that number looks like coming up in a live report. >>> and watching the 20s and 30s around the bay area, and temperatures getting slightly below zero at times in the sierra and lowering snow levels in the forecast. a look at that coming up. >>> little extra time to warm up your car or warm up in your car. watching as this commute starts to kick in. and i'll track that one accident over in the tri-valley coming up. >> seat warmers are going to feel so good today. if you have them, get them cranking this morning. taking some time to warm up. it's wednesday, december 4th, this is "today in the bay." >>> good morning, everyone, thanks for joining us. 5:0 5:00. >>> crews are looking for an elderly man whose mobile home was destroyed in an early morning fire. it's happening at a mobile home park near monterey andlo

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thank you, bob. >>> a family is demanding answers this morning as their 13-year-old daughter is brain dead following routine surgery. christie smith is live in oakland with new reaction from family members. >> reporter: good morning to you, terry. i just spoke with the girl's family and they say they haven't left the hospital at all. in fact, they came down for a couple minutes to speak with us. they tell us they are going to be meeting with doctors today here at children's hospital. as you said, they are demanding answers about what in the world went wrong here with their girl, 13-year-old jahai mcmass. she we want into the hospital to have her tonsils removed. and the reason she did that according to family is because she suffered from sleep apnea. she arrived at children's hospital here on monday in oakland and went in for surgery, even took a photo before. afterwards the family says there was excessive bleeding from her mouth and nose and she went into cardiac arrest. she was put on a ventilator. there was swelling in her brain. the family said then she was declared legally dead.

now it's time for shepard smith. >> breaking news. "shepard smith reporting." >> good friday from the necessary deck where we're monitoring breaking news. officials in mexico are saying that doctors are treating people for radiation exposure, and hhre's the thinking. those people may have been connected to a truck theft that happened in mexico over the weekend. this, -- well a couple of days ago. the truck was stolen from a gas station, inside the truck, titanium 60, and that, according to the authorities, can make you sick and kill you. but it was in protective housing. the thieves took it out of the housing, and when they did, doctors said these people are in danger of dying. police have reportedly blocked access to a hospital n

bob novak had a few things that he said about you. let's watch this and get your reaction. [video clip] >> on the phone, and we have breakfast at the hay adams every other saturday, and he did not talk to me. he talked to bill greider, a left-wing journalist, and he was quoting david stockton. just talking to the reagan administration. i said the book was like in the middle of a russian revolution, and it was an incredible shot over the bow. reagan could not believe it. he believes stockton did not intend to do it. he was a destructive force for the rest of his time in the white house. >> disruptive. >> well, you know, bob novak with a microphone or a megaphone for the hard core of supply- siders, of which there were about four. jack kemp, who was a great guy but unbelievable there on tax- cutting, and formerly the wall street journalist, a fanatic, and art laffer, who is a charlatan. he claims to be an economist, and he waves his hands. he is still at it until this very day. so that group wanted to dominate reagan policy, and novak was there, the voice in print, and when i

bob redell is in the newsroom with all of the details. a lot of changes, bob. >> yes. too many to list. protections on the road to make your ride tine work or anywhere safer. starting tonight at midnight if you are driving your car and come across a bicyclist on your route, you must give that cyclist three feet clearance when passing. if you can't you must slow down and let them pass. starting in mid september failure to do so could result in fine. even if there is no crash or the cyclist isn't hurt or knocked down. teen drivers under 18 no more using google now to send those texts. the state is making it illegal to use voice recognition tee vices to text while behind the wheel. law enforcement will now have more power to prosecute hit-and-run drivers who kill or seriously hurt someone in a crash. under the old rules there were three years to charge someone. now the statute of limitations has been doubled to six years. drivers of hybrids who love to drive solo without penalty, you can continue to do so for five years thanks to an extension of that law that goes into ef

"today in the bay's" christie smith is joining us live in oakland with reaction from family members. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. we just spoke to the family a couple minutes ago who tell us they have not left the hospital since last monday when they first checked in. and they are hoping to speak with doctors a little bit later this morning. here's what they are telling us they don't want. they are telling us they do not want 13-year-old jahai mcmass taken off life support. she suffered from sleep apnea and that's why she had the procedure. the family also shared a second photo of jahai taken right before the surgery. they say 30 minutes after the procedure she was talking and had a popsicle and seemed like she was okay. her mom and uncle headed back in after speaking with us this morning saying that afterwards she had a disturbing complication happen with excess bleeding that they felt was not normal and they believe the staff did not recognize the severity of the situation. later she went into cardiac arrest, had swelling in her brain and was declared legally bra

"today in the bay's" bob redell live in fremont now. bob, how do we find the suspects? >> reporter: fremont police does have surveillance footage for the suspects running away from the scene. you see them from behind. you don't see see their faces but you see is them in the g getaway car. this was video taken wednesday evening 5:3 20, a home on armor way, where the very frightening home invasion took place, a woman inside, 27 years old, she was home alone. her husband was out. she tells police have there is a loud knock at the door, knew something was wrong, didn't sound right, her instinct was to flee to her bedroom where she called her brother. the four men out front kicked down her door, they ransacked the house, they eventually made it upstair to us the bedroom where she was hiding they can put a gun and knife up to her, they demanded money, jewelry. police tell us she was too nervous to give a gold necklace she was wearing. =ñ too shaky to take it off so one of the men, impatient, ripped it from her neck. they also took small electronics, including tablets and cam

smith. be will government policy changed with big money from both parties? will it take more supreme court appointments to overturn and the money to speech decisions? comment, that's scary statistic that the top 400 people in the world have more than the bottom billion people, the american dream is linked to the rest of the world in terms of developing markets and pressures. please comment, thank you? guest: the walmart founding family has more wealth in america than 120 million americans. we do not need to go overseas to see that. the political questions that you act were very -- asked were very important. we willrd to see how fix the economic problems in this country without political reform. political reform will almost certainly have to be the big money in politics. there is no question that there has been an explosion of financial expenditures. the cost of running for house seat has gone up 20 or 30 times in the last 20 years. we saw the first campaign spend more than a billion dollars. it is just staggering. when you get into independent expenditures y

in the 1970s lynn goldsmith was one of the few photographers snapping piers of icons such as bob dylan, bruce springsteen. she never liked the title rock and roll photographer but she's one of the best. on a cold december morning lynn goldsmith is trying to capture patty smith. >> she's my favorite to photography. >> since the 1970s she's taken hundreds of pictures of the rock star and poet. >> this i love too. this is a very weird moment. this is patty smith's skull. and unfortunately i was with her when she fell off the stage and we had to go to the hospital. >> goldsmith shares her backstage tales and remarkable portfolio in her new book "rock & roll's story." she's shot bono deborah harry and michael jackson who got shy on her at the florida's epcot center. >> i put on james brown and started dancing and i did my famous slide step and, of course, he outdanced me. so one of my favorite memories in life, i think, will be dancing with michael in the tunnel of light. >> she's been taking pictures since she was a kid, growing up in michigan and florida. >> it's almost like i have to do

and even adam smith in his wealth of nations recognized a role for the public sector in education and in jobs. i think one of the things we had with dick lugar and bob dole and that generation is we had a generation of leaders who had the experiences of the great depression, of world war ii, of the civil rights era in their dna. i think we have a generation of leaders all too often now for whom growing up more prosperous, better off -- >> that's interesting. >> -- is what they know and what they understand. and i ask them all the time, where did your grandfather or great grandfather start? were they, you know, someone that lost their job in the great depression? were they a veteran that got a house through the v.a. or the fha? i think we see a leadership class in this country that may not have the personal experiences that helped to define an earlier generation why they thought the way they thought and why there was a general consensus that there needs to be a reasonable safety net. we used to debate about the type and size of it. >> i that idea, the experience of living through the d