dangerous cities in the country, according to a just-released poll, dc ranks as america's 16th most unsafe city. baltimore is number 15. a city in new jersey is one of the most dangerous. >>> montgomery county hosting sunday liquor sales tonight starting today and for the next six months. 24 liquor and wine stores will be open from noon until 6:00 p.m. county officials will monitor the cost, revenue, and customer satisfaction. one estimate says that montgomery county, sure could use the money, is adding another $2 million each year with the new liquor sale hours. >>> tomorrow and tuesday, no class for students. employees in the school are being furloughed on those day. all county schools will be closed and all activity canceled. school employees are being given a choice of days they would prefer to stay home without pay. more than 30% of those employees chose this coming week. >>> you saw the game, overtime, winning field goals, and the skins come out on top. high drama for the redskins and all the fans back home watching. sports director, brett haber, here with all the details, brett? >> repor

ranked as america's 16th most unsafe city. baltimore is number 13, st. louis, missouri and camden, new jersey took the top spots as the country's most dangerous. this is according to the cq press again. the study is based on fbi statistics for murder, rape and robbery and assault. the city was was once at the top of the list, new york is now ranked as the 296th most dangerous place in the country. wow, that's a big drop from number one to it 296. >>> the safest place is in new york state as well, a small community. this is going to be hard for district officials to swallow. i thought things were improving with crime stats. >> it seems like it over the years, right? >> they were once known as dodge city and that didn't go over very well. this is going to be tough to take. they're not number one though. look for the positive. >> that's right. >>> a d.c. tradition, thanksgiving tradition continues today. >> for the fourth year in a row, ward five councilmember harry tommy thomas junior, will distribute more than 400 turkeys in the greater mount calvary holy

. >>> unsafe streets. which cities top this year's most dangerous list. >>> and a new poll reveals who the english people want as their >>> and a new poll reveals who the english people want as their new king and queen. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning, i'm lynn berry. today we begin with pat-down pressure. the transportation security administration is speaking out amid growing concerns over the new screening procedures in airports. comments from the head of the tsa point to a possible easing of new policies, but will that mean changes for fed-up passengers any time soon? nbc's brian moore has our report. >> reporter: heading into the busiest holiday travel week of the year the head of the tsa is sending mixed signals about his agency's controversial new screening policy. >> i understand the public debate. i'm sympathetic to it. but -- >> so they're not going to change anything? >> no, not going to change. >> reporter: hours later, administrator john pistole seemed to back down,

. >>> unsafe streets. which u.s. cities top this year's most dangerous list? >>> and royal leapfrog. a new poll reveals who the english people want as their new king and queen. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. welcoming to our viewers across the nation including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. and today we begin with pat-down pressure. the transportation security administration is speaking out amid growing concerns over the new screening procedures in airports. comments from the head of the tsa point to possible easing of the new policies, but what will that mean, and will it mean any changes for fedup passengers anytime soon? incomes's tracie potts joins us with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. by now you've probably seen or maybe experience these aggressive new pat-down procedures by tsa. the head of tsa now says that maybe not in time for the holidays this week but down the road there could be some changes. >> she touched the prosthesis. >> reporter: marlene says she was humiliated at the airpo

. >>> unsafe streets. which u.s. cities top this year's most dangerous list? >>> and royal leap frog. a new poll reveals who the english people want as their new king and queen. good morning, everyone. i'm lynn berry. those stories and more straight ahead. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> we begin this morning with pat-down pressure. the transportation security administration is speaking out amid growing concerns over the new screening procedures in airports. comments from the head of the tsa point to a possible easing of new policies, but will that mean changes for fed-up passengers any time soon? nbc's tracie potts joins us from washington with the latest. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: lynn good morning. expect an aggressive, invasive and perhaps embarrassing pat-down if you refuse to go through the full body scanners, but now the tsa says that procedure may not be permanent. >> she touched the prosthesis. >> reporter: marlene mccarthy says she was humiliated at airport security. a cancer patient, she refused more radiation from the full body scanner

city. in the county, they won't say condemned, but it's unsafe. three people or three homes in the county were affected city's found places for everyone who's affected here. nontheless, as the holidays are here, there's a lot of heart ache for the people who woke up in the middle of the night and found that the life they knew changed. reporting live, mike schuh, wjz- 13 eyewitness news. >>> thank you, mike and we'll continue to follow the changed lives tonight. months after shooting a family pet in a dog park, a federal police officer is having his day in court. ron matz is live with the latest. good afternoon, ron. >>> well, hi, don. the federal police officer who shot the dog last year will appear in court later on today. the 32-year-old says he shot the dog known as bear bear after he attacked his dog, bear bear was off of his leash, but the owners say he was friendly and the officer overreacted and the shooting sparked out rage among laters. they gathered to hold a vigil for the dog. >> he's charged with animal cruelty and firing his gun too ne

unsafe. >> here in kabul and other big cities -- >> there are actually quite a few -- if children are severe than in new york or glass bowl or any other cities. >> such an upbeat analysis is based on the fact that by afghan standards, kabul is relatively safe. but even here, many youngsters live in constant fear of subside bombers. despite heavy security presence, childhood innocence is a rare thing in afghanistan. >> the chief executive of the charity save the children have dismissed the comments, saying they are misleading. >> i don't think the comparison with new york, london, is very helpful. children and afghanistan are extremely vulnerable. 850 a day die of preventable diseases like diarrhea and pneumonia. we have to listen to the children of afghanistan. they and the program actually said they were very frightened of all the bombs and attacks. we know in the places we work, not just double but other cities across afghanistan, children are very scared. >> justin forsyth from save the children. the exiled tibetans virgil leader dollar llama -- tibetan spiritual leader dalai llama -- he

there is a concern that as they wear down the lead could accumulate in landfills creating unsafe levels. >> news city that bind women's hearts can be born recalled to draw straws to. women who have jobs a big demands below authority or 40 percent more likely than women with less job strain to suffer a heart attack or stroke. bring about losing a job can set the stage for high problems. previous studies have focused on man this is the largest major study on women who make up half the workforce. 17,000 women were studied over the course of 10 years. we will take a break, let's go back inside a quick look this morning from our bay bridge approach here red in westbound 80 looks pretty good this are no road comes across been the only route from is you need both hands on both wheels. gusty conditions that may move you into the next lane. we'll be right back. in a real back up. and we are back, san francisco skull was school student and was scheduled to be deported to date. a 20 year-old nursing stern was arrested in september, the senator asked to hold the deportation. it would ask the dream act would allo

. >> house keepers at hyatt cities have filed complaints a layered legend unsafe work conditions.orkers want to hotels to lower the number of rooms housekeepers have to clean switch to sheets that are easier to make bets with. hyatt issued a statement denying they work in unsafe and germans. they say the union is making far up false allegations. union and hotel management have been in talks since august of last year. fake name when trying to join an online discussion the utility's smartmeters has been placed on indefinite paid suspension, tuesday.william devereaux, senior director smartmeter using an alias in an attempt to join a group dedicated to stopping the installation of the wireless electricity and gas meters. pg&e spokesman jeff smith said the company only learned of devereaux's actions monday. the company promptly began an investigation to determine whether other pg&e employees tried to infiltrate similar online groups. >>a solano county high school teacher is in jail tuesday night, accused of having sex with a male student.27-year- english teacher at rodriguez high schoo

the city attorney office what we use them for is we had property owners and one property owner that owned a lot of buildings in our neighborhood and a lot of unsafe conscience unsafe as in drug dealers went on the property there was not a garage but an opening nothing to keep them out. violent people living in place. another property owner owned an illegal guest house on the website it says the best play to stay and walk out the door and use drugs and use them. what we did is talked to the city attorney's office but what we did as a community, this is important when you deal with properties like that. we actually went to the property owners and said, we have safety issues with your properties. these are the safety issues we have with your properties it's unsafe for our neighborhood. both situations unfortunately the property owners were like, too bad. they were not going to react. so what we did is contacted supervisor mirkarimi's office and contacted the city attorney and they brought in code enforcement. the community once again, this message in this workshop is the community that has to step up first. has to step up and push what you want done

unsafe attitude to alcoholic drinks. and attorneys general and other officials sent a letter to the fda last year. city attorney dennis herrera is one of the proponents. he was at the forefront of a movement in 20006 to eliminate caffeine from one of the first alcoholic energy drinks, spark, made here in san francisco. >> we have been working on the issue of alcohol energy drinks for probably three or four years now. >> reporter: he says health studies have proven drinks are dangerous and should be regulated. >> there are 22.5-ounce cans now that have an alcohol content of 12%. if each can is equal to the alcohol content of five or six beers. >> reporter: two dozen companies manufacture the street and they already have been banned in four states. michigan, oklahoma, utah, and washington. reporting live, jana katsuyama. >>> police are trying to figure out why a man was gunned down saturday church -- outside of a church in the 1300 block of 85th avenue paid the victim is a man in his 40s. he got out of prison one month ago and was working on his ged. no arrests have been made at this time. they say it co

unsafe for the homeowner. >> tonight in the damaged area and baltimore city, there is a curfew.no one is allowed in that area. that will last until 7 tomorrow morning. >> you can also stay in touch 24/7 with wbaltv.com. if you don't have any power, you can also use your cellphone. >> we have an update tonight on that unusual burglary the city police have been handily. two teenagers have been arrested for taking a dozen exotic animals from a nature center in lincoln park. >> the two boys are 11 and 14 and they are being handled as a juvenile is. police did not have to do too much. police recovered the animals last evening and included are six turtles, a key geckos, an iguana, and a hissing cockroach. all of them had been taken from a nature center. police that a couple of tips, one from someone has said that they had seen kids caring cages of animals near an apartment complex and then the mother of two boys. all of the animals were happy to report that they are back and doing fine. a police investigation is still ongoing. >> at around a county police -- ? anne arundel county poli

unsafe. >>> pg&e is working with the city of san francisco on several safety improvements for its aging electricalystem. there was a hearing yesterday to review a safety plan to prevent the -- any future underground explosions like the one you see here. officials are now considering replacing all of the older model transformers. the replacement of aging circuits in many neighborhoods as well and the fitting of 125 manhole covers. they want to put swivel lock caps on them to keep them from exploding and blowing into the air. >> you can see what kind of damage has happened in the past. >>> let's keep an eye on sal castanedo. >> a lot of things going on happening. we -- let's go to 880 northbound. i will move it down a littlepy. you have a couple of accidents southbound. but southbound all of the red on the map means stop and go conditions from san leandro all the way down to from mont. one in the southbound directions, two in the northbound directions. northbound 101 and northbound 280 kind of a mess right now through downtown san jose. and through the airport. 85 is slow at 17. so this is vying for

city ttat? looks like damage in there. >> one home is declared unsafe. -he top is buckling. >> you can see how it is commng away from the home. >> that 20 seconds of chaos has left a permanent mark. like this tree. this has been compleeely uprooted and left this hole 5-foot deep. >> i don't think we have ever had a tornado before. if that's what it was. i am pretty ssre it was. >> around corner. >>>we have had bad wind but nothing like this. >> the schultz's car is covered. >> three quarters of it. >> within a unwanted blanket of branchs. >> only thing that bugs me is that we cannot get the car out. >> that's all right. we are not going anywhere anyway. >> nowhere for today. >> on oaklly road. >> go inside and look at it from there. i am sure we will find damaae. >> inspectorsdon condemn another home. >> substantial damage to the roof assembly. >> on forest avenue, thhre is a barricade, compliments of mother nature. but what is getting even more scene.ion than this chaotic >> somebody is taking a chainsaw and carved something out. that's cool. >> one cre

unsafe and scared living among the ordinary burmese people. so they cut off themselves from the people, their own people and left and built a new city there, a grandity where they can enjoy themselves from the ordinary people. so i think they feel very safe there. >> the city's name means "the abode of kings." the statues here of three of burma's famous medieval warrior kings to whom they say the 77-year-old dictator likes to compare himself. he is accused by many of nurturing a personality cult in the manner of his ally, kim jong il of north korea. on the road from the capital to mandalay i record how throughout history burma's rulers have built pagodas. traditionally to appease the gods for crimes committed against their people. mandalay, the former capital of burma, is littered with pagodas. the new capital is determined not to be outdone. just outside the city we found it's -- its own personal pagoda. maybe playing a "my pagoda is bigger than your pagoda" game, it is the highest of any built by an individual ruler in the country's history. but the city needs -- but the leader needs to be seen with the guardians of the faith here to give him le

city of baltimore but a big, big mess following those overniggt storms we had. in battle county several families were forced there their homes after some buildings were declared unsafe. kathleen cairns standing by live in parkville where the cleanup has been going on all day long. kathleen? >> reporter: jeff and jennifer, it's still a little windy out here but nothing like it was this morning of that storm rolled through. take a look over there. that was one of the homes that was declared unsafe and this is the reason why. when those winds came through, the entire chimney came tumbling down. these bricks just fell to the ground, and look at the trees behind me as well, they were brought down in just a matter of seconds. 100-year-old trees tumbled like twigs and in some cases landed on homes. residents described the storm as fast and furious. the winds left a path of destruction. construction crews canvassed the area all day wednesday trying to clean up. more than six homes were declared unsafe but everyone is counting thhir blessings no one was killed. >> all of a sudden you could hear just a loud woosh. >> we can't get the car out. >> that's all right. we're not go

sufficient concern to argue of change and are not the fact of the red alert base in the cities in which it is unsafe for children to brief sufficient cause for some degree of consternation and change. i personally believe the evidence of climate change and ocean acidification is compelling and troubling but even without that conclusion unconvinced we must change energy policies for reasons of economics nationally and security and environmental health. the nation has long been a leader of renewable energy technology and i believe we must remain a leader. this committee under the leadership of chairman gorman and before him have taken positive steps to insure that continues, so too we've been up the floor for the clinic research and should remain a leader as well. we must continue this endeavor if we intend to leave our children and grandchildren a strong economy and truly independent secure nation in an environment they will live, work and play. finally, as the parent of a five and a half-year-old twin boys, the whole effort as my service in congress and on the committee has been to ensure they have