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head, why? >> yeah, she's going to get on agreement which would not be at the ballot. all controversial, the immediate if it's handled right, she should be in federal court under end to hostilities and acts of the 1965 voting rights act which violence and to encourage bars literacy tests. what arizona has done is used a productive dialogue which would state law that's 100 years old enable the syrian people to to keep mexicans out. establish its national political under federal law, under the constitution, she wins. if she gets to court in time. institutions. i think she will and i'd like to also preserve the territory think she'll be on the ballot this coming week. >> we'll talk with you all again integrity and social unity of because we've got a couple of syria and know that's important other fiery cases on our docket. in about 20 minutes or so we'll talk about a billionaire who to force all external adopted his girlfriend in order to protect his fortune. intervention. i can't wait to hear what avery now, mr. president, that the and richard have to say about council has not been able to that one. and then another teacher is under arrest in los angeles. reach a decision to support the this one allegedly touched arab initiative, the road map 7-year-old girls inappropriately, and apparently there are photos as well. still exists as the only tool and the exemplary framework
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which the arab league should continue to use in its efforts to make active. mr. president, we are feeling terrible pain because of the horrible events we are all aware of, and we ask that god bless all those victims so that bloodshed might end and that the various factions of the syrian people might be able to reach a democratic state in order to create a single open-ended society which would enjoy understanding and concord. we hope that the security council will not have to deal once again with this situation
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whereas it is getting worse. of course you love your family, but can you really picture this? grandparents, mom and dad, kids we hope that all those who have and grandkids all in the same household? influence on all the parties a lot of people are in fact doing just that. christine romans finds out why and how it's actually working. spare no effort whereas the >> reporter: meet the laflers. security council has not been able to arrive at a decision so >> i'm dad. >> i'm the mom. >> i am the son. >> i am the grandmother and that a larger number of the great grandmother. >> reporter: three generations, innocent victims does not occur and that we put an end to the plus one dog. >> okay. >> reporter: living under one roof. make that four generations when reuse of violence. thank you, sir. granddaughter, ella, visits. >> i really value family. it means a lot to me to have >> i thank the representative in everybody together a lot. >> reporter: for the first time in decades, more generations are morocco councilmember for its statement and i now give the moving in together, reversing a floor to the representative of france. trend that's been in place since world war ii. it's about culture, it's about mr. president, it is with great convenience, it's about money. the trend has grown 30% over the sadness and great concern that i past decade, fueled by note today that a double veto immigration, people living longer and more recently job has just been exercised on a losses and foreclosures. draft resolution on syria, a >> we have a couple of bedrooms
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upstairs. >> reporter: new jersey builder draft which was supported by all baun burnes renovates single the other members of the council. it is a sad day for this family homes to accommodate more council. it is a sad day for syrians and than one generation. >> when you look at what's been happening in the housing market, a sad day for all the friends of you can see this is an area in housing that is showing growth, democracy. no question. are you seeing that in your and above and beyond the business? thousands of dead, wounded, >> absolutely. we have been doing multi-gen tortured, imprisoned since the houses for 20 something years. beginning of the repression almost a year ago, history has they're spotty, and then in 2009 now compounded our shame, since it's grown to three to five today is the anniversary of the projects per year. >> reporter: one of those projects, building an addition for the laflers. massacre and the day after another heinous massacre. >> this is the kitchen. >> i could have never lived by myself. i could have never afforded it. i couldn't, you know. father and son are killing and >> for her it was definitely it would seem to be hereditary in damascus. economic. but for us i think it was peace of mind having her here. it is now ten months that we have been discussing syria and >> reporter: peace of mind also meant a new social dynamic to we have only come up with a keep the peace. simple presidential statement on >> mom is sensitive to our family dynamics too. the 3rd of august, 2011, because of a veto which has already been >> it was important for us to exercised in october to a state keep her room separate. she's an integrated part of the
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which has also changed. house but she could make it what has happened in these past separate. she has a separate entrance onto ten months? the back deck. more than 6,000 syrians have hopefully she feels like, hey, it is separate. fallen victim to repression, and i think those are the important what do we know really about things. >> reporter: but change comes this? ten days ago the human rights with unexpected perks too. >> my washer and drier are right commissioner said that hence here. >> every couple of days i bring forth she could not count the high laundry down and drop it number of the victims of off. when i come home from work, it's repression. the secretary general of the all pressed and ready to go. united nations has constantly >> reporter: christine romans, called upon this council to act, to stop these crimes against new jersey. and a teach efr under arrest humanity committed in syria, and in los angeles. this one allegedly touched a the council has remained silent. 7-year-old girl inappropriately. the human rights council three americans believe they should be in charge of their own future. times has pointed out the overwhelming responsibility of the syrian regime and this council has remained silent. 133 states in the general assembly have solemnly condemned how they'll live tomorrow. these criminal actions and have for more than 116 years, called for an end to them ameriprise financial has worked for their clients' futures. without delay and this council has remained silent. helping millions of americans retire on their terms. the arab league in this same when they want. room only three days ago called where they want. doing what they want.
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on the council to support its action because of the refusal to ameriprise. listen of the syrian regime. the strength of a leader in retirement planning. also in the face of the risks the heart of 10,000 advisors working with you one-to-one. that this entails for the entire together for your future. region, the secretary general of the arab league and the prime ♪ minister of qatar in this very place advocated a solution which and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. [ woman ] lower cholesterol. is the only credible way towards [ man 2 ] yummy. a peaceful way of the syrian crisis. a resolution submitted by i got that wrong didn't i? morocco and broadly co-sponsored [ male announcer ] want great taste and whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? in the council and outside it honey nut cheerios. deemed consensual for the most part, proposed this support of the council to regional efforts. nothing more, nothing less, and the council still remains silent. we cannot -- we must not overlook this harrowing conclusion that permanent members of the council have systematically been obstructing any action on the security council. they are doing this with the full knowledge of the tragic consequences entailed by their
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decisions for the syrian people and they are doing this by making themselves complicit in the policy of repression carried out by the damascus regime. they have taken the part of the assad regime, whatever they may say or do. i know the arguments that shall be brought in by those today who oppose the action of the council. i have already heard them say a few more days would have been enough to come to agreement. a few days where hundreds of syrians are dying every day and it's no longer possible to wait. as long as this draft resolution represents the broadest possible consensus of the international community by supporting the efforts of the regional actors to find a peaceful solution to the crisis. >> this is fredricka whitfield, cnn. we continue to watch the developments there with the failure of a u.n. resolution vote there as it pertains to intervening on the violence in syria. we're now going to judge our
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coverage with cnn international and combine our viewership in the domestic audience as well as abroad. >> that's true, and it may back fire dramatically on the russians in the sense that be careful what you wish for. by not having a united resolution that dictated what states could or couldn't do, now you're back to the u.s. and the eu and the arab league as the a second teacher at the same leaders here. that could 9 some in the arab elementary school in california league a stiffer kind of is under arrest, accused of reaction, withdrawal of fondling two girls. ambassadors and others as we just heard from tunisia. also allegedly involved, bondage it could mean the supplying now pictures of children as young as of arms. it could be the decision of eu 7 years old. and others to maybe create a our thelma gutierrez has this disturbing story. humanitarian corridor for those >> reporter: this is 61-year-old who would like to leave because mark berndt, an elementary it's maybe worse than civil war right now. it may be a kind of anarchy as schoolteacher accused of taking you heard from one of your bondage pictures in his classroom of two dozen boys and reporters. so the free-for-all now is not girls between 7 and 10 years of in the interest of the russians age. and i thought their vote was on friday, los angeles county very short-sighted. sheriff's investigators arrested a second teacher, 49-year-old >> there's going to be so much frustration with this outcome
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today. i think a lot of people will martin bernard springer, a colleague of berndt's. throw up their hands in desperation that the outside world is doing nothing. >> the allegations involve two but let's be fair, the outside girls who were allegedly fondled in the classroom at miramonte world has already from state to school by suspect springer. state acting independently or in groups taken a series of they were approximately 7 years old at the time of the sanctions against syria. incidents, which were alleged to its economy is already being have occurred during the past three years. buffeted by them. >> reporter: at this point in the investigation, officials >> i think that's a very could not say if there was a important point and the relationship or connection between berndt and springer. sanctions can even go deeper. both taught at miramonte you can also incentivize elementary school in south los angeles, a low income area which something by saying for the next is 98% latino. 30 days those in leader who parents at the school are decide to defect will be taken outraged that they're just care of in certain ways. learning about the sex crime allegations. you can have multiple kinds of >> i'm angry, i'm disgusted, i'm actions with good cop and bad sad. >> reporter: investigators say cop with economic measures. the case against berndt broke in but most difficult i think to lose in this resolution was the 2010 when a film processor united condemnation and giving noticed disturbing images of the political message to the berndt with his arm around the assad regime that the days are children or his hand over their over. it's going to be very different mouths. others showed the children with to determine that on the ground their eyes blind folded and now and it becomes again much mouths covered with tape. some depicted children with more costly as we're seeing in the loss of human life.
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madagascar type cockroaches on their faces. >> the children felt this was a >> george, thanks very much. game. they didn't realize they were being victimized. and so the security council they thought they were just votes. the chinese and the russians being blindfolded and gagged as veto. we've been watching it unfold a game. life here on cnn with the help >> reporter: detectives discovered 400 photos, some of richard roth at the united showed children with spoons at their mouths filled with semen nations, nic robertson recently which they believed was liquid returned from damascus live with candy. they recovered a plastic spoon us from london on this day. and empty container from the >> you've been listening to john suspect's classroom, tested the mann reporting with cnn contents and found a match to international and our team of reporters talking about that u.n. resolution that has now berndt's dna. failed. any attempt to get a united so far 23 victims have been front to intervene on the identified. >> there's at least ten children violence in syria has thus far that we have not been able to failed. among the 12 countries that did identify. give a thumbs up, a green light obviously we cannot put their pictures out. >> reporter: berndt had taught to some sort of resolution of at miramonte for 30 years. intervention, the u.s. included there, but again, it appears gloria has two children at the that they're going to have to go school. she says she and other parents back to the drawing board. meantime here in the u.s., want to know why if the bondage photos were brought to the all eyes on politics. attention of authorities back in the race for the white house. october of 2010, why berndt was today the focus on nevada, where allowed to remain in the classroom for three months until
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the republican presidential contenders are going school officials finally removed him in january of 2011. head-to-head in that state's caucuses, the first contest to los angeles school superintendent, john daisy, says be held in the west. voting began just two hours ago the school district acted as quickly as it could. and it continues throughout the day and we continue to watch. >> the police were very clear we have our reporters all over that we were not to be involved the state of nevada. among them, cnn political editor in the investigation and we followed everything to the letter of the law that they paul steinhauser who is live at directed us to do. i believe that is why in the end the caucus site there in las they were able to collect the vegas and political reporter peter hamby who's in the town of henderson where people are evidence. >> reporter: she says if these crimes had been committed in caucusing. another area where there are paul, let's begin with you. give us an idea of how the day is unfolding there. anglos like beverly hills, this >> reporter: fred, it's just starting right now. we are in becker middle school would have been handled differently. and this is one of the caucus she said news of the two arrests has shaken their trust in the school and now some parents are sites here in clark county. there are 16 precincts here. talking about pulling their children out of miramonte we're in the cafeteria. elementary school for good. three precincts just getting berndt is being held on $23 under way. i'm joined by the caucus site million bail and his public defender has not spoken to manager here. wes, give me a quick idea of reporters about the case. what we're seeing and what's police say springer is being going to happen. held on $2 million bail. >> in this area there are about charges are expected to be filed 7500 registered republican voters. against him early next week. those in the geographical area thelma gutierrez, cnn, los angeles. come to this location, they caucus. what that means is groups of
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>> and straight ahead, more on about 30 to 75 people get the u.n.'s failed attempt to together. they elect delegates, but the stop violence in syria. our richard roth joins us after most important thing they'll do this. is they have a presidential preference poll. they will vote for what they want to be the nominee for the republican party. they will do that, submit the votes here. we'll gather them up, take them back to headquarters. >> reporter: they vote but they also get to speak. does everybody get a chance to speak for the candidate of their choice? >> yes. in the caucus in nevada, everyone who would like to speak for a candidate has the opportunity to do so. they'll meet, listen to the arguments and then vote. >> reporter: wes, thank you. i know you're a busy man so i'm going to let you go. fred, as this action goes on here, let me tell you, this is just one of the 125 caucus sites across the state. so we're just talking -- and they all start at different times. that is what's really interesting here. you remember in iowa, they all started in the evening at the same time. but here they start at different times. and so it makes it a little more interesting here. of course this is a closed caucus which means it's open only to registered republican
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voters, fred. >> all right, thanks so much, paul steinhauser, we'll check back with you throughout the day there in las vegas. now let's go to henderson, nevada, and that's where we find peter hamby. he's on the phone with us now. peter, give us an idea of what's happening there and where are the contenders? have they been to henderson to try to appeal to some of the electorate there? >> reporter: they have been to henderson. mitt romney was here in henderson last night. this is a large suburb of las vegas in clark county, one of the big republican strong holds in the state. but there's not a lot of people here, to be quite honest with you. this is only the second caucus that nevada has had so there's not that real political culture around the caucuses that we saw in iowa. but mitt romney has really done a lot of campaign events. he is by far the front runner. he's leading the polls, around 45%. he's had an organization here in place going back to 2006 when he ran last time.
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he won here with 51% of the vote in 2008. so no one here expects mitt romney to lose. the real question is the battle for second place, fred. >> all right. now what about newt gingrich then, give me an idea of what he believes his strengths are in that state. we know that he's had the backing of a casino, a very influential or wealthy casino owner in las vegas. but is that influential enough? >> reporter: probably not, fred. about 20 minutes ago in new the casino mag nate has given a lot to the super pac for gingrich but his campaigning is york, the u.n. security council really falling flat. voted down a resolution condemning serious crackdown on anti-government protesters. he's in second place by a pretty let's go to richard ruth who is live at the u.n. 12 countries voted in favor of it, including the u.s. wide margin over rick santorum and ron paul but there's a question whether gingrich will finish second because ron paul has a strong organization in the state. what happened? a really strong ground game. >> reporter: 13 actually, china, ron paul is strong in the rural russia with a veto. they put their hands in the air, and they did the same movement in october.- member country counties. newt gingrich doesn't have much of a campaign apparatus here at
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all. he hasn't had a lot of campaign events. he only has one on the schedule today and it's a press conference tonight after the results come in. he's going to have a tough month ahead. a second place finish will be good for him. i think a lot of republicans here are saying second place will be between ron paul and newt gingrich. >> all right, fascinating stuff. peter hamby, we'll check back with you throughout the afternoon. join us every sunday afternoon at 4:00 eastern time when we dedicate an entire hour to the presidential contenders in this 2012 election. of course you want to stick with us throughout the day for continued updates on what's taking place with the caucusing in nevada. tonight our expanded coverage starts at 6:00 p.m. with a special edition of "the situation room." you'll want to join wolf blitzer and the rest of the cnn political team on television for live coverage of all of the results. up next, an arizona judge rules one woman's spanish accent is too heavy to hold city council office.
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a graduate student claims she was kicked out of school because of her religious beliefs on homosexuality. let's bring in our legal guys, avery friedman, joining us from cleveland. good to see you. >> hi. >> and richard herman is ready for the game. he's coming to us from las vegas. he's joining us from vegas with our -- you are go giants all the way, right? i hope you have your sunscreen on. >> go, giants. >> all right. good to see both of you. >> it's a good look. >> it's a very good look. let's talk about this grad student out of eastern michigan university. she said she was let go from the university because she refused to counsel a student who was gay and she says that's against her religious beliefs.
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and so, avery, she says this is an issue of religion. is it? >> yeah. >> yes? >> well, a three-judge federal panel said it was in part because of her religion. julea ward was a grad student at eastern michigan university and she said she considers herself she calls it an orthodox christian and she wanted to refer it. a federal judge threw it out but a three-panel judge said it may be religious bias and the three-judge panel is sending it back so she may have her trial in front of a jury. so we now have to see if she can convince the jury that it was because of her religion that she got tossed out of school. >> richard, she says this is her quote, she said i had never refused to counsel homosexuals, i simply refused to affirm their lifestyle and she would then refer this student another counselor, which is something that many counselors just might do. why is it different this time?
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>> yeah, i don't know why it's different, fred. of the u.n. -- i tell you one thing, i don't know what psychology students are doing providing psychological analysis and counseling to people. these are students, they're not qualified to do that, first of all. second of all, she is a student, so she has to deal with every situation that comes about. i don't think she has the right to turn down or refer outpatients when she's a student. i think she has an obligation to good to see you guys again. all right, this is interesting, understand and try to evaluate and deal with any situation gentlemen. so many of us have done she's confronted with so i'm kind of on the school's side on internships and this young lady, this. the problem with the school is diana way, says there must be a when they interrogated her, they really big misunderstanding. tried to convince her to change she was an intern at the her religious beliefs and i magazine's accessories believe that's where the problem department from august to is here. >> and according to december last year where she said she typically worked at insidehighered.com, their least 40 hours a week and reporting is that eastern michigan says that allowing sometimes more than that. someone to refer all members of now she's saying to this magazine that they owe her back a group to other counselors is a specific violation of the pay and overtime. counseling association's code of
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conduct and that is why julia avery, how is she going to make this argument and will she win this argument? ward was dismissed. >> well, it's a very clever one. final thoughts on that, avery? >> well, yeah. she's arguing under the fair it's like saying i don't care labor standards act that she for black people so i'll refer essentially was doing the work them too. but the three-judge panel said of somebody that "harper's very quickly this doesn't mean bazaar" would have to hire. she wins, she just gets to go to so she's saying give me minimum trial to convince them that it wage, give me overtime. was because of religion. i don't think she's going to i think it's a principaled case and i think it's going nowhere. prevail in this case. >> okay. so, richard, typically we'll see. now we've got another case that's very different. internships, unless it's made this one at the center is very clear, typically you get discrimination, very different way. this out of arizona. college credit, you get class credit, you get the experience but most times you don't get this woman was running for st. payment. what would be different this time? would she be able to make such louis, arizona, city council seat but then she was barred demands and actually convince a from running and a judge weighed court that she's been wronged? this saying that her thick spanish accent was just too much >> nothing, fred. i don't believe this is a for that constituency, you know, principled case. i think this is a sham and i to understand her. and so, thereby, she's barred think that she is absolutely from running for city council. black balled herself in the industry. no one is ever going to hire her but now she's taking it a step now. further and she is suing that so any aspirations she thought her name be put on the ballot. of working in an industry like
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so, richard, why does she stand this, forget it. "harper's bazaar" gave her an a fairly good chance of making internship. she had four months there. her argument? >> well, she does stand a good now to claim that she's entitled chance. the problem is it's not going to to wages because she did work be decided in time, that's the other people did, whether it's at "harper's bazaar" or a law problem. the legal process takes a little firm for paralegals, these time and she's got a deadline i think of the 7th of february to unpaid internships are get a decision. invaluable. i don't think she's going to get they provide experience, one. but this is politically education, you get your foot in the door. you see things you never would motivated by her adversary, have seen before. this is a sham. fred. she didn't do herself any help she got bad legal advice here. by bringing in an interpreter it's going nowhere. >> and this is a statement from during her proceedings. she graduated from the same high them. the internship programs at each school as this man, she's able of our magazines are designed to to speak english. the town is 90% spanish. enhance the educational i don't know, it seems such a experience of students who are political mess here, i think receiving academic credit for their participation and are she's going to end up prevail g otherwise fully in compliance with applicable laws. we intend to vigorously defend prevailing, but i don't know if it's in time. >> avery, you're shaking your this matter. all right, we'll see where that case goes. right now let's talk about the case of wellington polo magnet by the name of john goodman who was charged with dui manslaughter in the death of a 24-year-old by the name of scott wilson to protect his estate, he
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has adopted his girlfriend so that she will manage the estate for his two children. so, you know, avery, you laugh, but apparently there's some real legitimacy in the way in which he adopted the girlfriend to protect the state, right? >> yeah, you think so? you like that? >> that's what legal minds would say. >> maybe as long as there is no lineal -- close blood line goodman can do it. i think it's a fraudulent conveyance. so now the two children of goodman, the two children, you know, muffy and biff, or whatever their names are will now have to share the children's trust with the girlfriend, who is 42 years old. it's a technicality. i think it's terribly creepy, but i think she's going to get away with it. >> richard? >> i do not think she's going to get away with it. i agree with avery. i think it is a fraudulent
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conveyance. when you're faced with a big money judgment, fred, or someone has a judgment against you, the law says you cannot hide your assets. this trust that was set up for his children -- >> is this considered hiding? >> the judge said -- he said it's not part of the estate but now that he tried to adopt his girlfriend, which apparently he did, this is going to be looked down on by the surrogates court. the purpose of the adoption statute is to create a parental/child relationship. that is not what was created here or you'd have an incest problem. this is a big problem, i think they're going to undo it. i don't know why he doesn't have enough insurance to cover this. he's going to get hit by a big number. i'm sure his policy will take over. he's going to have to settle the case if he's such a big millionaire polo guy. but this conveyance, this is a sham. nice try by the attorney. it's going nowhere. >> all right. now this next case perhaps underscores you've got to be
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real careful about what you tweet about because apparently what you tweet before you fly may mean that you will be grounded. that's exactly what happened in the case of two british tourists who had every intent to make their way to the u.s., but apparently what they tweeted got to the eyes of tsa and others. they said, no, they cannot fly. avery, complain more. does it have to be very clear and fluid that you have malicious intent upon arriving at your destination or is it just that there are certain words that are trigger words that you just cannot utter? >> well, if you see words like "destroy america" and "dig up the body of marilyn monroe" i think that's a pretty clear idea to get the tsa guys cranked up. >> they say they were joking. the passengers say they were joking, they were taken seriously. >> hey, work for the tsa and try to run that by them. the fact that since 9/11 it's insane to do that.
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these are 20-something brits trying to come over to the united states. i think tsa did the right thing. they never intended to do it but that's how it goes. >> richard, this was one tweet that they exchanged. free this week for quick gossip/prep before i go and destroy america? lesson to all, you don't joke about things like that. >> that's for sure. >> this was a joke, right? >> this is what it's come to. this is what it's come to in our society that everybody is so jumpy. look, we speak english in the united states, they speak english over there. they look down on our english. it's slang, i'm going to destroy america is a slang term for party up in america. look, homeland security obviously overreacted in this case. they just better forget about it, move on with it, it's going nowhere. they could have questioned them but they had to release them so it's ridiculous. >> okay. >> we've had a look at this
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giants jersey for the entire hit. i mean goodness gracious -- david gergen wrote about this -- myra kraft said, who passed away, the wife of the owner, the patriots are going to be out there fighting. let me show you, guys. there we go right there. there it is. >> you should have been revealing that the whole time, they know we'd have equal time for the pats and the giants. >> no, i've got to be discreet about it. >> and i've got a little blue for both, you know. i'm indifferent. how's that? >> well, you're supposed to be. you're the anchor. >> i'm cheering for both teams. thanks so much. and i'm always cheering for you all. avery, richard, thanks so much. always good to see you. take care. >> oh, richard has more to say. what? you talking smack? >> forget about it. forget about it. >> giants big tomorrow, fred. giants big. come on. >> all right, thanks so much,
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guys. >> i heard haley barbour pardoned l.t., so we're ready. >> all right, thanks so much, richard, avery, appreciate that. now an update on one of the cases that richard and avery have been talking about the last couple of weeks. remember the case involving a woman who took honda to small claims court? well, she won, case closed. or is it? heather peters wins more than $9800. a los angeles superior court commissioner ruled that honda misled peters when it claimed her civic hybrid could get 50 miles to the gallon. honda says not so fast. it's putting on the brakes. it will appeal. look for an adventure on your next vacation. what doesn't? we'll tell you about a new travel trend and it's full of a lot of surprises. vacations are always wasn'ta good ideaa ♪ priceline negoti - - no time. out quickly.
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domestic, abundant, clean energy to power our lives... that's smarter power today. republicans in nevada are flocking to caucus sites all across the state to vote for their favorite presidential candidate. it's the first early voting contest in the west. mitt romney is leading in the polls by double digits. just about an hour ago, the u.n. security council voted down a draft resolution condemning syria's deadly crackdown on anti-government protesters. russia and china vetoed the measure. and the u.s. and 12 other
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councilmembers voted to pass it. an outrage overseeria's crackdown this week after army forces killed 260 civilians. all right, well, it shouldn't be unusual to see snow in denver, colorado. but it's been such a warm winter. our reynolds wolf is here giving us an idea of why this weather, i guess system, has been so colossal for colorado. it did cancel a lot of flights. it's a bit of an inconvenience, but come on, it's colorado. >> absolutely. and you know what's interesting, parts of colorado, especially in boulder, have 20 inches of snowfall. you've got many ski resorts in colorado where they have had to make artificial snow, but the ski season there has been incredible despite that. now more of the snow that's leaving parts of the rockies and now moving into the central plains. parts of nebraska, back into iowa, even into kansas, you could see 8 to 12 inches of
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snowfall today. with wind gusts, you could have whiteout conditions. the area of low pressure is going to drive its way to the east. as it does, it will bring heavy rain to parts of the gulf coast, even into louisiana. with that 3 to 6 inches of rainfall and with that the possibility of some flooding. they already have flash flood warnings just northeast of alexandria and just west of jackson, mississippi. 44 degrees the high in kansas city, 67 atlanta, 55 seattle, 75 in los angeles and 46 in new york. fred, back to you. >> thanks, reynolds. have a great rest of the day. all right. you probably remember this, it's been 30 years since the hit television show "fame" debuted, making us all believe that there was a singer or dancer inside all of us. in fact reynolds right now is kind of dancing to aç tune tha he just heard. so remember all the tough talking that you heard from the teacher lydia, played by debbie allen? well, she's still tough talking, directing, choreographing, acting. she's still doing it all. next week she and i talk face to
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