Amount of coverage, if not the most, that would be Bernie Sanders. A lot of commentary about the size of his crowd and his appeal. The coverage of mrs. Clinton has been pretty negative. A lot of that focused on her emails. I think the thing that really is remarkable to us as media analysts is how she has decided to run this campaign. Im not granting interviews and not do too much press, take a couple of local press questions, maybe. It is amazing to me that she can get away with that. I start to wonder if the press has any selfrespect. They didnt look like they had a lot of selfrespect when they were roped in on the street. She responds on twitter to whatever the debate is happening, whether it is in washington or outside of washington. She will come to twitter to respond that way. What do you make of candidates using that rather than using the mainstream immediate krmedia . That can be the most canned, consultantdriven material. It is not the same as the back and forth with the journa
That across the country, states re scrambling to fill teachers roles, california hit hardest. California, the situation is more stark. California lost 82,000 jobs in the recession, teacher jobs. They are trying to fill 21,500 for this this slots coming school year. Also, a story about cocacola and obesity. The front line is that the company, cocacola, funds and effort to curb the obesity battle, emphasis on exercise. Critics say this message is misleading. Some other news for you this morning. Front pages of wall street New York Times this morning. Floyd in indiana, an independent. What do you think of Political Correctness . Caller i think donald trump is exactly right. I have been watching cspan for a long long time. They come up with different lives on every situation. I watched the debate on thursday night, and all of the questions they asked the different candidates, no one asked the question about what they would do on iran. All of them are talking about what obama and Hillary Cl
Eastern. Atafternoon hearing looks ways to prevent telemarketing scams directed at senior citizens. We hear from a number of citizens who testify. Up next, a conversation on Media Coverage of the 2016 president ial race. From washington journal, this is 45 minutes. We have 10 graham, director of the Media Research center media analysis program, as well of new investors. Lets get your general reaction to the debate last week. What did you think of it, was it fair . I think a lot of people have a mistaken idea of what happened there. I think all the candidates got rough questions. I think jeb bush, rough questions. People need to look at the transcript again. Some of the questions were hardhitting, sometimes they were sensational or personal. But it was a good show. I think they are right to suggest at some level, these are questions people might expect liberal media moderators to ask. Some of them very hardhitting questions. What did you make of that . The effort by the moderators, the
laughter all right. First you know, the sepublicans there are fat, fat the 2016 candidates, drms have decided to skip the primary process entirely more of a coronation type dealey. laughter until now. Have the senator Bernie Sanders made it official he will run for president jon yeah cheers and applause thats right lets meet whoever Bernie Sanders is laughter no, thats actually thats colonel sanders. Lets meet deion sanders. laughter that laughter thats ned flanders. Sure. Sure, thats Bernie Sanders. All right, fine. laughter there we go how will this twoterm senator, this eightterm representative, this fullterm curmudgeon battle the incredibly powerful clinton machine . Let me just make a brief comment and i will be happy to take a few questions. We dont have an endless amount of time. Ive got to get back. laughter jon with charm laughter that was his president ial campaign announcement. Not so much yes we can and more like lets just get this over with. Im a busy man busy running is a
Legislature convenes tomorrow to talk trans on pourtation. Proposals are in the works aimed at making things smoother but that takes money. The state needs billions, need to decide how to get it and where it should be sent. State senator mark leno will be here to break down priorities. Raider nation braces for what may be the final deadline in the quest for a new stadium in oakland. Thats right. It happens friday. We will talk about the possibilities as they stand today. Lots coming up within the next hour. Lets take a check of your forecast. It will be a hot one with hazy skies as we take a live look at the golden gate bridge. Temperatures are in the 60s, 67 in livermore, above seasonal average. Santa rosa is 56 degrees, our cool spot this morning. We are at the apex of the heat wave today. A heat advisory is in effect until 9 00 tonight. Cooler weather is on the way. Topping our news, at least two people are injured after a truck plowed into an Insurance Office building in vallejo ea