for over 50 years, but conner house has been providing resources to help san franciscans manage serious mental illness. from a residential program to job placement assistance, our mission is to have them find healthy pathways and promote long-term healthy living through supported health management. i am here this evening to support the plan of being cpmc plan with the rebuild of st. luke's hospital as well as the renovation of the campus. we support them taking on the project and will upgrade the city's health care to make sure san francisco residents will receive state of the art care. a sister to sister program. they have helped us provide breast health outreach and comprehensive diagnostic and treatment services for our clients, free of charge. it is our firm belief that preventive care is essential for health and that all patients deserve excellent health care regardless of their income or background. the proposed hospital at van ness and geary and at st. luke 's will be good. an integrated system of winning the highest quality patient care. the project will also create jobs and pro

joining me now from dallas is that teen himself, conner brantley.. >> thank you for having me. >> absolutely. there's a lot of adults who aren't as political motivated as you have been in your brief life so far. you're 14 years old. so what prompted you to start this group when you did? >> well, washington is just so partisan and they focus more on scoring political points than they do serving us. people of all ages need to realize that is a real problem. they work for us and we hire them and they should stay true to their word. it's unbelievable what's going on. i was in washington last week with a group called no labels where they unveiled their 12-point plan to make congress work. whenner we were up there we got to the witness firsthand, especially during these payroll tax cuts in the super committee, just all of these things, americans are very, very sick of it. and we're ready to do something. >> you make a great point about what's going on the payroll tax issues right now. as we are watching the gop candidates ramp up to the iowa caucuses now

cheryl conner, abc 2 news. >> we'll show you pictures of people wanted for stealing credit cards and putting up thousands in purchases. this was on sunday afternoon when a wallet was stolen from a customer in bel air. $1,500 in purchases were made off these stolen cards. the harford county sheriff department are out to find these suspects. if you have any information, call detective mike berg right now at 410-612-1717. >>> investigators in howard county are trying to figure out what start -- what start a fire in a hotel at 9:00 at the white elk motel in elk rinl. it took firefighters about 15 minutes to get it under body wa >>> police in prince george's county looking for man who broke into an elderly woman and beat her badly. he ransacked the place before attack her. the woman woke up to find the man in the bedroomment after he left, the victim crossed the street to ask her neighbor to call police. >> she was covered in blood, badly beaten and i made her sit down, went and got a towel and was starting to wipe off some of the blood. my husband called the police and the ambulance. >>

conner powell is streaming live from islamabad, pakistan. conner in?th a struggling economy and worsening security situation here in pakistan it is becoming increasingly difficult for all pakistanis of all walks of live but particularly for the small christian pakistani community. in one of pakistan's poorest neighborhoods christmas lights are going up. decorations are being hung. santa is coming to town. this is the season to celebrate. >> it is about the christmas and away to show love. >> reporter: but this christmas comes at the end of a very difficult year for the nearly three million christians living in pakistan. >> mostly tough year because there are so many jobless people. >> reporter: christians have long been one of pakistan's most marginalized communities, living in poverty without running water or electricity. discrimination long kept them out of the best jobs making christians second class citizens. >> they are facing more challenges as compared to the muslim in pakistan. >> reporter: with anti-americanism on the rise, pakistan's christia

i'm hoping that miguel conner was focused on this fight he needs to stop worrying about the bandages you know i have always thought we need to worry about me and used to worry about this fight and stop worrying about the bandages. let's talk golf and remark to roy is looking good early on at the hong kong open the world number two showing the leader of a very queer rush team of course being right in funneling mike royko as a chance to deny u.s. p.g.a. money champion luke donald the european equivalent artistic side the northern irishman needs a top two finish to stay in the hunt for that crowd and next week in dubai six under par sixty for his score michael roy calling it the greatest road of his career. survived the streak additions and showed his interest skateboard start times to join mike royko the summit's while horsey credited his preparation as the reason for ace of perth showing michelin making it three of the top heading into teaching scottish veteran golfer coleman comrie has had to fire a few shots from the rough in his career but nothing like the following the forty eight

i'm hoping that miguel conner was focused on this fight he needs to stop worrying about the bandages you know i have always for queen and he's to worry about me he needs to worry about this fight and stop worrying about the bandages. or did ellen and i finally elite swim regime aim to take part in the upcoming summer olympic games have had the chance to take a look at the new swimwear they'll be wearing and it's time olympic champion michael phelps on reigning world for all of the year ryan lochte some mungo's he tried on the suits a presentation in new york city as you can see there are no full body suits this time around they were bombed in twenty ten and almost two hundred world records have already been set since their introduction in two thousand and eight helps welcoming the opportunity to show that hard work and be just as effective a swimmer technology. if you don't have shoes but there are still people that are swimming faster time for. last year so i bashed times that we have are. we were in the bodies so you know it's need a clearly shows that people are wanting to work ha

. >> his mother, maria burks, and stepfather, tony conner, have come to see him today. >> good mornings are extremely important to me and to him because he needs to know that someone is there for him. everybody can't make it up here. but i send messages and lots of love. nobody's forgetting about him. he has family and we love him. >> although the visitors center is a short walk away, security is stepped up for confinement inmates. burks is shackled, escorted by two officers and driven to visitation. the visit will be noncontact, meaning he'll be separated from his family by a pane of glass. >> i get to see my baby, i don't even care. i'm a mamma's boy. it don't even matter. at the same time, it would be better. unfortunately it's got to be through the glass, though. it is what it is. >> i need to see him. i need to make sure that he's okay. when i come to see him, i make him stand up, turn around, let me see your body, let me check your out, make sure you're eating well. he's going to say, mom, i'm okay, don't worry. but mom's going to worry anyway. i need to see for myself. i have to

conner in?: gregg, pakistan is increasing becoming a difficult place to live for all of its citizens but particularly the christian community. in one of pakistan's poorest neighborhoods christmas lights are going up. decorations are being hung. santa is coming to town. this is the season to celebrate. >> it is about the kids and a way to show love. >> reporter: but this christmas comes at the end of a very difficult year for the nearly three million christians living in pakistan. >> mostly the fear because there are so many jobless people. >> reporter: christians have long been one of pakistan's most marginalized communities, living in poverty, without running water or electricity. discrimination long kept them out of the best jobs, making christians second class citizens. >> they are facing more challenges as compared to the muslim in pakistan. >> reporter: with anti-americanism on the rise, pakistan's christians say they are being harassed and persecuted by religious extremists who associate t

sfeen-year-old conner goes by a deejay. he's been performing different venues around l.a. shows up in pictures and magazines lately. i wouldn't be surprised if this is the first step that he's making into the public eye. >> meryl streep's three gorgeous daughters at the iron lady premier. two are actresses. mamie, who was in it was v's off the map, told us her mom is a big fan. >> my mom was really lovely. she's just, you know -- she thinks that the stories we're trying to sell here are worthwhile. >> another oscar winner's offspring, colin hanks. >> i'm the alpha and the omega. >> the 34-year-old son of tom hanks playing a killer in dexter. his dad glad about his career path. >> he's been supportive about everything i've done. >> mark harmon and pam dawber's son sean gets his screen time playing the younger gibbs on "ncis." >> keeping it all on the family, lord is, madonna's daughter is a fashion designer with the material girl's clothing line. >> i'm looking at my daughter and saying she's dressing like i did. >> all these children have grown up with stars in their eyes.

will not have to go through a lot of the things but i have been shackled in change, i've been on connerwhat it's like. >> maltese convicted and 20 02 for racketeering but she continues to insist she is innocent she says the with the stamp of public corruption and make it so politicians don't make to have make it so that politicians don't have to raise so much money to compete. >> on cut the deal of rod blagojevich following his sentencing on wgn tv website new allegations and charges for jerry sandusky, back in handcuffs and now in prison, a white sox favorite treats his favorite manager in miami baseball winter meetings later in sports. [ male announcer ] this holiday, surprise them with their very own m&m's. add their name and face to their favorite candy colors to create a personalized treat just for them. for free shipping with minimum purchase go to mymms.com/tv and enter code "joy." [ snoring ] [ thunder crashes ] [ snoring ] [ thunder crashes ] [ snoring ] [ male announcer ] vicks nyquil cold and flu. the nighttime, sniffling sneezing, coughing aching, fever, best sleep you ever

this is cell phone video of conner and tyler carol leading about 40 students in the act of tebowing this week. that's the neil down pose made famous by the quarterback. tebow is a christian, known for kneeling in prayer on the football field. they had no religious intentions when they organized the kneel downs this week, but the tribute posed a safety hazard by blocking others to get to class. >>> cameras are rolling. when the actor scuffles with chinese authorities right outside the home of a blind chinese activist. >>> but up next, the story behind the craziest kayaking video you will ever see. >>> and don't forget, we're always on at wusa9.com. stay with us, we'll be right back. >>> caught on tape, embarrassing moments for a california teenager. firefighters had to rescue the 18-year-old after he spent hours trapped in a chimney. the boy's mother heard his cries for help and found the teens feet dangling from inside the chimney of his bedroom. at first, he told her he got stuck because he was cleaning the chimney. he tried to sneak back into his home after breaking curfew. other than

the same challenges structurally remain for mitt romney, social conner is vat trifs skeptical, not thathe can win? >> i think he can win. i think that the romney camp spain trying very hard to manage expectation and not look -- make it look as though they think they are gonna win in iowa. >> if we get any votes we will be happy. >> we can come in seventh. there are six capped dat. >> just started campaigning in iowa. >> now, app, he -- mitt romney spent a lot of time talking about iowa and not president obama. this was billed as a closing argument for mitt romney in iowa, listen to a little bit of what he had to say and come back and talk about t. >> gone is the hope and change candidate of davenport. gone is the candidate who would heal the nation. instead, the campaigner in chief divides americans engages in class warfare and resorts to distortion and the demagogry. once barack obama appealed to our better angels, now he demonizes our fellow americans. >> so it is not all that surprising but the strategy here is act like you're the nominee, correct? in some ways, obama and the democra

what's the harm of appointing conner frfe conferees that something gets done by congress?rry reid is certainly willing to talking about trying to reach agreement. in fact, he's been doing that for months now. and every time he's offered something on the floor of the senate, it's been rejected by house republicans. finally, they got to an agreement. finally they came to an agreement how to do it, and albeit it's in the short term. we all want a long-term solution but we have a short-term solution. what that short-term solution does is to give certainty to 160 million americans that they're at going to get a tax increase in january. to 48 million americans that we're not going to put your medicare doctor services at risk. and 2.3 million americans have unemployment insurance is not going to go away. it's a short term. no doubt about that, we want a year. harry reid, i'm convinced, has said he is willing to sit down and talk about how to get to a long-term agreement. but you understand, he's been working on that for months. he has failed. what he doesn't want to do is put at

held in a press conference and to call the movement at the port an act of economic violence since conner the economic violence of this city is just not sit and get it is not fair to the workers at the port who have lost a second day of work and now there's talk about it went to the debate. the labor community has already said they do not support this. still, a small group of people will hold it disport, this city, this economy hostage. rural to prove mr. it will report a reporter saddam and the mayor also sa come right back. for representatives are planning to put their proposal for date. yet agreed on extending the payroll tax cut democrats and republicans both supported. >> we cannot leave for the holidays without passing a payroll tax cut for the middle class. >> the democrats are willing to pay for this with a tax on millionaires and you know how well that goes over with the tea party. >>reporter: another issue a measure to fast track pipelines from canada to taxes. they have tied the payroll extension to a provision that speed up the approval of the keystone project. >> this is as c

conner >>catherine: congress would have to approvethe proposed ban.ter: today's announcement call for a nationwide ban on texting in the use of sep prime--of cellphone johann hell and handsfree was welcome news to the california highway patrol. >> real will review we want to eliminate all of the distracted driving. >>reporter: here in california law went into effect is to dominate and texting while driving became illegal a few months later. why does he intervene as at first republican intention was several years later a sense of complacency has set in. >> as of this point of the year, there have been over 150,000 citations for distracted drivers that includes texting while driving in using a cellular telephone >>reporter: they hope today's announcement will once again increase driver awareness. >> it would definitely helps the general public very we come off of the scene and you see the tragedy that occurred because someone simply did not pay attention i think more people would understand why it is so dangerous to text while driving. >>catherine: and

well, contributor conner exciteon has a few words to say about that. >> reporter: my girlfriend said budget travel, rolling stone, the cost-co connection. i get them all. for my coffee table to my kitchen table, i always have plenty to read. of course, i never need to buy cologne again. over the years i've developed a soft spot for some of the stranger publications, magazines that in the face of a crumbling print industry have somehow managed to survived. i'm the proud owner of the copy of backyard poultry, apronology, juggle, fashion doll quarterly. modern bride went out of business but varmint hunter is still going on. witches and paying ands, poet and writers. i love these types of magazines because they let me learn about sub cultures that are completely foreign to me. sub cultures like culture, the magazine for cheese. every issue includes a center fold. there is baby couture for fashionable babies, new you the magazine for plastic surgery or the newer manager magazine, one that is quite literally full of crap. however, magazine crappy world isn't what you think. the crappy is a

they withdrew under the conner of darkness and strict see secrecy. >> translator: because the u.s. troopt have gramually pulled out from their bases. the -- troops have gradually pulled out mr -- pulled out from their bases. >> although the war may be over, the u.s. will still maintain a large presence each therer. a deal to keep several thousand troops to stay and train iraqi soldiers fell through over the issue of legal immunity for the americans. >>> it was a touching homecoming for bay area soldiers who have been the last year in the war zone. [ cheers and applause ] >> last night we were at mineta san jose airport, one of the largest groups of military personnel group. members of the 185th military police battalion have been in afghanistan since just after last christmas. >> i'm really glad to be back home now. i've been away for a year. i want to spend time with my family and my loved ones. >> it's just quite amazing to see all of these people here. never expected it. >> last night's sell brace was bittersweet. just last month, the company suffered a loss when shaun wallsh di

. >> woofer's been connerring all of this in the mornings as the if -- ba dave raw -- we've been coveringrning. they've shut down wall street on the waterfront, that's been a common theme of some of the signs. you can see quite a few people there on their bikeicks and strollers, you -- bikes, and strollers, just out there to try to make a good point. as i mentioned, this was a national event. this is hag up and down the west coast. again, we mentioned the situation at long beach. this is another whereby qsh -- this is another day of action. the protesters are trying to make a point and they feel this is a way they can have some imprecipitation bade on -- made on industry and capital i lalths -- implication on the industrial. >> now, they are moving in some purpose -- i'm not sure exactly what that is there? >> it seems to be a rather gormation in a line 2 x 2 it looks like. moving around the fence and they don't seem to have any direct confrontation with the protesters. >> it looks like they are going away from the air jaw any came. right, because before when they were walking toward the

before i could stop the truck, she could see out of the conner of her eye.nd her partner artist michael earn only $20,000 a year. technically, they're hovering just above the poverty line. >> we're poor on paper, but we don't look poor in our lifestyle. we're living a very unique, creative, unusual lifestyle. >> reporter: back to basics. theirs is a life of living without. no heat, savings, life insurance, trips to the mall or cable tv, though they do have three free state provided health insurance. and when things break, michael fixes them. jennifer repurposes everything. >> she could stretch a nickel into a dollar, and that dollar turns into five. >> i'm just like the budget queen. i actually have fun figuring out how little i can spend. but well. what i like about balancing the checkbook is at the end of the month i feel so proud that we have gotten everything paid, we've eaten well, done what needed to be done and it was all covered. >> reporter: any income goes towards rent and healthy food, though jennifer does admit, they eat a lot of beans. >> jen is

and that's little, baby conner. up in the great white north. he's a little fussy.ns. >> at first, i thought stewy was hazing him. >> a little. >> that's sweet. >> watch. the magic touch, right there. >> i am in love with stewy. he's the baby whisperer. >> and watch the cat, knowing how cool he is. yeah. >> can he come do that to us? >> he is a cat. he's like -- no. this is just a baby. yeah. >> look at those big eyes. >> i love his face. >> he's like, what else do you have for me? all right. bring it on. >>> and so, we shall bring it on. coming up next, a look back at moments, wonderful and unfortunate. come on. come on. come on. >>> what tastes great and is good for your waistline? try giving the gift of tea. but which tea gives that extra boost to fight back? go now to goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo! for the answer. 1-2, 1-2-3-4 ♪ ♪ hershey's chocolate syrup. stir up a smile. sears last minute gift sale is on now! get our lowest price ever on this samsung 46-inch 3d tv, just $999.99. all craftsman mechanics tool sets are up to 50% off. plus, earn $100 back in re

that's when the ring leaders, conner and tyler were sent to the principal's post office given one dayeen doing, like smoke in the bathroom or something. anyway, they're appealing the punishment. >> just did it to honor tim tebow. seemed like the cool thing to do. he's a leader in every aspect on the field. >> i don't think we did anything that warranted a suspension. >> gretchen: school officials say the suspensions were warranted because the boys were warned several times not to block the hallways. >> brian: it was a big night for the gop presidential candidates and now more news. a short time ago, south carolina governor nikki haley joined us as i mentioned about an hour ago to be exact, with a major announcement. >> today is the day that i am throwing all of my support behind mitt romney for president. what i want is someone who is not part of the chaos that is washington. what i wanted was someone who knew what it was like to turn broken companies around, someone that knows what it's like to make a decision and lead. not just make a vote. >> brian: governor haley was elected in 20

chairman of the subcommittee, but he would not to say -- and i am still quoting from his speech he said conner often involves telling people, perhaps colleagues, supervisors, but they don't want to hear. it may make it and enemies, but the stories i could tell you would persuade you that you can afford such enemies, but you cannot afford to confine your honor and your personal benefits. it is appropriate that we read his statement. probably held in the highest regard of any of the men of the years i have been here. what we saw this weekend is an immediate concern and a public attempt to demonized for public servants. they're only crime was to conduct themselves with honor, seek assistance as a last resort from the white house and address problems that have not been held to resolve on a round. risking their professional reputations in court. on behalf of the employees and no work, employees who are forced to choose between what they believe is right and what chairman jaczko wants them to do. his actions cannot be ignored. the white house appears willing to ignore the warning of four commissione

spend $top ref nows of the year, in pack, conner reports sea one in five.eals is folks will have to search high and low for those better bargains because it seems leak the strategy on and now i know people are going to hit the streets with those gift cards and they don't want to spend that money so the prices aren't what people might think. there are discount, but not what we saw on friday and saturday when we saw things priced 70% off in some cases. so thering bargains. you'll have to work a little bit to find them and the national retail federation says this is going to be a very big, important week and a way to end 2011 could account for 10% of the hol dais. ? all in all, $471 for retailers, so that's good news for the economy and people are out spending money. those gift card, eight in ten shoppers were expected to buy emthis to the tune of $28 billion in total. so a lot of folks with a lot of hot plastic in their pockets ready to get into stores to start spending the money, richard. >> we've been spoeled by the 50% discount. thank you. >>> newt gingric

conner a query on the failed coup that led to the resignation of mikhail gorbachev. charles mann reeves as the america's one year after the arrival of christopher columbus. sir weidman, news editor for publishers marketplace, on the best sellers of 2011. and tom brokaw monday at 8:30 p.m. eastern. the full book schedule is online. >> the house of representatives held a brief pro-forma session today in which democrats tried to get a vote on a bill to extend the payroll tax cut that passed the senate. here is that pro-forma session. ] the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. december 21, 2011. i hereby appoint the honorable michael g. fitzpatrick to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, reverend michael wilker, lutheran church of the reformation, washington, d.c. the chaplain: let us pray. gracious god, you give us light in the darkness. we praise you for the galaxies, stars, planets, and moon that shine in the night. we

a grant that we made to the water conner is venn si district. $300,000 to automate the delivery system. that's going to enable savings of over 1,800 acres and better stainability in the important energy resource development of eastern utah. another example of information that we provide to assisting water supply management is through usgs's satellite system. land set gives us remotely-sensed land imagery over the entire globe. but it also allows us to accurateliest mate consumptionive use of water from vegetation and crops. it gives us a better tool for more quickly and inexpensiveliest mating water use. that's an important component of water balance. my written testimony describes our other work, our international work, in the middle east and north africa. it also describes our efforts to estimate the impacts of climate change on water supplies. and assess how to improve that information. and finally, i have described our incubation of new technologies for accessing unconventional supplies of water, like sea water or brackish ground water or other impaired sources, so we can increase