from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. i am lucky. one of those rare instances where a little boy s dreams came true. bud selig was the 9th commissioner and many said he was the most influential. on saturday, at the age of 80, he stepped down. he grew up in milwaukee where he rooted for the new york yankees. in 1970, at age 35, he bought the seattle pilots in bankruptcy court and moved the team to milwaukee. he called this his greatest proudest accomplishment. as commissioner he revolutionized the economics a grew revenue to $8 billion, playoff expansion and interplay. and also faced a number of challenges. steroid use among some of the best players cast a wide shadow on the game. on sunday, bud selig and i spoke at yankee stadium. here s that conversation. there are a lot of things we could do on sunday morning but to talk to you about baseball in this setting, in this stadium with snow on the ground. i ve been to the yankee stadium a lot sinc
can already do with their existing authorities, the nfl mind on that, and what must be the subject of new bargaining which may be more popular with some than others. i also want to be clear the problem of domestic violence in is not anal sports problem unique to the nfl. the nfl has made most of the months, bothrecent for shocking and high profile league s and for the controversial response. all of the professional sports leagues represented here today, problem with a athletes or employees who have committed violent criminal acts. all of them. i can give them to you if you try to deny it. until recently, the league s good.s have not been there is a long list of players in the nfl, the nba, the nhl, and major league baseball who have been charged with and in of domesticonvicted violence and the leagues have nothing in or response. press has reported that a culture of silence within the leagues often prevents victims from reporting their abuse to law enforcement. change. to the
crashed. we saw everything. the boat, it was a conductor, we were zapped. felt like a lot of heat on the head, pressure on the head. you know, eyes blurry a little bit. wow. a 57-year-old man was hit on a golf course on catalina island. he is in the hospital tonight. it happened because of an unusual line of thunderstorms that moved through the southland. the kpix high-definition shows a band of storms moving mostly off shore to the north and east. some of those over the channel islands of santa barbara, subtropical moisture, all heading our way. but, by the time it gets this far north, much of the punch is gone. we stand only a slight chance of thunderstorms here in the bay area over the next 24 hours. we will have your forecast in just a few minutes. well, a wildfire in gold country is still threatening hundreds of homes tonights. the fire burned 3800 acres since it began on friday. it has destroyed 10 houses and seven other buildings. people have been evacuated f
thunderstorm suddenly rolled in. good evening. 13 people were struck by lightning this afternoon at venice beach near los angeles. two of those people are in critical condition tonight. at least three of them were on the boardwalk, others were in the water. one person had to be pulled out and given cpr. people at the beach say the next thing they knew there was thunder and lightning. one was hut by it could have been worse. we were out of the water f. we were in the water i don t think we would be here. we would be standing here with carbonfiber all over us. i saw a huge lightning bolt in the sky. it came down over there. it was then a really loud thunderclap. another person was hit on a golf course on catalina island. it happened because of an unusual line of thunderstorms that moved through the southland. the doppler shows storms moving off to the north and east. it is all heading our way. but, by the time it gets this far north much of the punch is gone, we stand o
and then, putting spinner hub caps on the investigator lieutenant s car to pimp his ride for him. all part of the sad toork real lives of public servants remembered today and held in spirit for generations to follow. law enforcement officers were joined with people from around the bay area and beyond who came to pay respects at hp pavilion. after the service there was a very sobering scene. a gauntlet as they called it, of uniformed police and firefighters lined the streets. as it went by, among those on hand officers from oakland. a city that knows whale a day like this is like. with a helicopter fly over, the caskets of the two police officers left the hp pavilion and traveled under a giant american flag. among a.long the way there was a succession of salutes who lined what is called the gunt let them came to reflect on what the community lost. two great people. two great friends. among those who came to remember detective butch baker and elizabeth butler, thou