Oakland. Now lets check in with lisa gulezian. Reporter you know, people started arriving here at station seven just after the polls opened at 7 00 in the morning but take a look behind me. You can see it is not very busy at all. The vast majority of voters are opting for ease today and are voting electronically. 168,000 absentee ballots have already arrived at the county Registrars Office in san jose. This is considered a low turnout year for voters, roughly 40 to 50 of voters will participate in the county, at the same time Santa Clara County which is of course the center of all things high tech, has one of the oldest vote counting systems in the state. Most surrounding counties have whats called precinct voting which allows votes to be tabulated almost immediately after its cast. And a memory card is then taken to the registrar of voters. But in this county, things are still done the oldfashioned way. We flatten out the ballots to get them prepared to go through the scanning machine
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Bob simon was a friend and colleague at cbs news and spent five decades as a correspondent. Earning every award journalism has to offer, including 27 emmys. Bob was killed in a car crash last night. He was 73. An executive producer called him a reporters reporter, driven by natural curiosity. That took him all over the world, covering every story imaginable. There is no one else like bob simon. Jeff had it right. Earlier today, we reflected on his long and esteemed career as a colleague. As a globetrotting foreign correspondent, bob simon was a striking figure. His assignments, thousands of them took him to far corners of the earth. But it all began in vietnam. Were going to pick up an american. All we know about him is that he is at firebase andrews. He has been hit by shrapnel. A war simon covered for much of the 1970s, he was on one of the last American Helicopters out of saigon. A tough statement, warning israel against milit
Rose we conclude theening with a conversation with the commissioner of the nba adam silver. I would say thats when the pivots ive made is being someone who ran the business side of the league for a long time sort of the mantra around the league right now is the game above all. Meaning that we foe all these new platforms for exhibiting our games are fantastic, hd 4k, the ability to watch games on smart februaries and tablet its. But at the end of the day unless the game is compelling, fans arent going to continue to watch it. Remembering bob simon and a conversation with adam silver. When we continue. Funding for charlie rose is provided by the following rose additional funding provided by and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Mon was a friend and colleague at cbs news. He spent five decades as a correspondent earning every award journalism h
Rose we conclude theening with a conversation with the commissioner of the nba adam silver. I would say thats when the pivots ive made is being someone who ran the business side of the league for a long time sort of the mantra around the league right now is the game above all. Meaning that we foe all these new platforms for exhibiting our games are fantastic, hd 4k, the ability to watch games on smart februaries and tablet its. But at the end of the day unless the game is compelling, fans arent going to continue to watch it. Remembering bob simon and a conversation with adam silver. When we continue. Funding for charlie rose is provided by the following rose additional funding provided by and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Mon was a friend and colleague at cbs news. He spent five decades as a correspondent earning every award journalism h
Praer prayer to remember survivors of the earthquake in living memory. Madrid after the ruling party has a major defeat in local elections. We begin with news from tunesia, a Soldier Turned a gun oncology leagues and killed a colonel and two others at a military barracks and the gunman was shot and killed and we are joined live from tunis for more on the story. What else do we know . Reporter the latest news about the deaths of his colleagues has made this incident the more serious and happened at a camp barrix barracks and close to parliament and know the soldier opened fire on its colleagues and when it happened people in the area were pretty frightened a mosque was evacuated as well as a school. We are hearing from the Defense Ministry official that in his words this was not a terrorist incident but we have to confirm that and we understand that the actual minister of defense will address the nation in and around about 15 minutes or so even if it wasnt a securityrelated incident thi