You have joined us on an historic night. This week marks the 40th anniversary of the resignation of Richard Milhous jowlsworth nixon. laughter we were going to have a balloon drop in his honor, but, instead, we just decided to secretly drop them over cambodia. laughter this is a solemn day for me because nixon is my alltime favorite nonreagan president , noncheney Vice President , and nonoats quaker. laughter to this day, nixons 1972 Campaign Poster hangs in my office. It reminds me of a simpler time in america, when my parents seemed very tall and youd get a gold star just for using the toilet. laughter folks, before we delve into the socalled scandal that cost us this great leader, lets get to know the man. Richard nixon was born in 1913 in yorba linda, california. Even at an early age, he refused to wear makeup, which is why even his mother preferred kennedys baby pictures. laughter after serving in the navy, nixon was elected to congress and rose to political prominence as a member
In july the bart workers went on strike for four days after their contract expired. Both sides agreed to extend the contract for one month. The unions were set to strike this monday. Then governor jerry brown stepped in. The unions think the order is a delaying tactic that will benefit management. Im afraid negotiations have stalled. And when the 60day was called, it was going to be stalled. As the director, i and my colleagues will be placing pressure on the continuation of negotiations. The new deadline to reach an agreement is october 10th at midnight. If they dont reach a settlement by then the governor cannot call anotherringoff period and the unions could strike. Negotiations resumed soon after the judges order came down. Both sides are meeting again right now, but without the pressure of a midnight deadline. Sergio quintana is live in oakland. They returned to the negotiating table just a few hours after the court hearing, getting here at 1 00 in the afternoon. They are still in
To have 90s in the future appeared the search for missing oakland woman, sandra cook, Authorities Say a womans body has been found in vacaville but officials still have not identified it as the missing woman. This comes after Oakland Police identified cokes exboyfriend of twenty years ago as a person of interest in the case. 56yearold randy alana and coke were seen together sunday evening. Alana is a registered sex offender and was arrested on an unspecified parole violation earlier this week. He was then questioned by police. Kron 4 spoke with cokes neighbors who are coming to grips with the fact that this story may not have a happy ending. Cokes sister, tanya coke, along with a childhood friend, announced a 100 thousand dollar reward for anyone who can provide information that will directly lead to finding coke. For bart and its unions to new contract. Contracts expire at midnight a commuting mess come monday morning. Kron fours mike pelton joins is live from the lafayette bart stati
John welcome to the daily show. My name is john oliver. I am still sitting in for jon stewart who is spending the summer with a lonely millionaire. Sigh what you will hes making 3,000 and he doesnt have to kiss on the mouth. So dont judge. Our guest tonight stars in lovelace, hank azaria is with us. Very, very good. But we begin tonight with congress. A new cnn poll shows just how fed up we are with congress. 77 disapprove of how congress is handling its job. John congratulations, congress. 77 . You may be about to become the english languages most offense of the c word. laughter cheers and applause after bleep . But, look, theres still two days left before the august recess. The c word could still pull this around. They could pass immigration reform. Its already been through the senate, so come oc word, lets do this. Immigration reform. Thats stuck and it has a very difficult road of getting anywhere in the house. John okay, lets just be honest now the house is clearly where things go
Because its only made 6 million doesnt make it a failure or bad movie. So as critics we have to remember that were not analyzing the box office and that were analyzing whether a film is worthy and whether it has value. Bruni food and movies next. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Bruni welcome to the program. Im frank bruni sitting in for charlie wloz is off this week on assignment. About a decade ago, i began a fiveyear stint as the chief restaurant critic at the New York Times. At the time there was a discussion about the dominance of italian food in upscale dining. The trend was observed in new york and other major American Cities as well. There was also a question would this last . Well, if anything, italian is even more dominant and triumphant today. Three guests join me to talk about the root of its appeal and the direction its heading. Michael white is the chef owner of new yorks restaurants marea and costate. He