it's been awhile since i played rudy stein in "the bad news bears." i still know a thing or two about the underdog. take washington these days, it's bad news. lobbyists run the show in the washington. wall street bankers are handed trillions in taxpayer dollars while congress tries to undercut our education, medicare and social security. >> strike three. >> tax loopholes for oil companies and millionaires while the middle class is asked to sacrifice more and more. our jobs are shipped overseas and unemployment benefits cut. meanwhile, too big to fail means the middle class continues to pay for wall street greed. enough is enough. in congress, i'll work to break up the six largest banks and get a win for the middle class. i'm david pollack and i approve this message. >> david pollack who is running for california's 26th congressional district. he starred in the 1970s movie bad news bears that included tatum o'neal and walter matthew. in this ad he has some of his co-stars from the bad news bears and uses that theme to talk about issues like the middle

this is a very very big blow for sarkozy and his party. 100 days from the election, this is very bad news. >> elsewhere, talks of the greek debt are in danger of collapse. taiwan goes to the polls to elect a new president. how will this affect relations with china? welcome to "bbc world news." new tests for the man that killed 77 people last july in norway. back to earth with a bang, the russian satellite is due to crash land this weekend and no one knows where. >> standard and poor's has downgraded france's aaa credit rating. the decision could affect the country's borrowing rights and it deepens the eurozone crisis. 8 other countries have their work and ratings -- had their ratings downgraded. >> the french evening news tonight and the moment france learned that it had been stripped of its top aaa credit rating. facing an election, this had been president sarkozy's big fear. it was only the verdict of one's ratings agency but his opponents say it represents a failure of his policies. it was left to the french finance minister to make this announcement. >> it is not good news. this is no

downgrade discussed at the palace tonight and in other affected european capitals was not the only bad news for the eurozone today. he talks aimed at reducing greece's debt-burdened have now run into difficulties. protests against spending cuts have continued in athens. greece needs to agree to a new rescue package. a central element is that investors agree to take significant losses. those talks appear close to collapse, raising the prospect of a greek default. >> i think it is almost 99% that they will be in debt. when you look at the basic economy and the ratings contracting and a debt service is going update today. >> france found support from germany, saying the judgment of the ratings agencies cannot be overstated. but tonight, the eurozone crisis is threatening again. >>> this is "bbc world news." still ahead, behind the scene at the royal academy at a major exhibition. >>> david cameron has used his first prime minister visit to south america -- south africa to assure them they are doing all they can to contain the threat from neighboring iran. our security correspondent's report co

. >> i have some bad news and bad news and bad news.ely the city of brotherly love. while they tried to be cavalier, va. gets the devil at duke. >> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. moving you forward. >> the virginia cavaliers are the surprise of the acc this season, ranked 17th in the nation. mike scott is healthy. bennett can coach. tonight, they were out to do. -- at duke. might scored 18. after intermission, the devils were nasty. big time nasty. duke wins a tough game. let's go to philadelphia. mike morrison goes inside. how about this move? 51-50 george mason. drexel rally down the street -- stretch. yes, sir. 56-51. 60-53 was the final. is a huge weekend for the nfl. baltimore, the ravens were gearing up for houston. we are not just happen to be this weekend, we want a whole lot more. >> we have been in the playoffs for the last four years. getting there is not good enough anymore. everybody knows the expectations. we expect to compete. that is the super bowl. >> the super bowl is the goal. was

the downgrade in paris was not the only bad news for the eurozone. key talks to reduce the brick debt burden have run to difficulties -- the greek debt burden have run to difficulties. greece needs a new rescue package. is central to any deal is investors take significant losses. those talks appear close to collapse, raising prospects of a greek default. >> i think it is 99% certain. when you look at the greek economy and the rates it is contracting. >> france found support tonight from germany, saying the judgment of the rating agencies should not be overestimated. but now the eurozone crisis was threatening once again. bbc news, paris. >> for more on the impact of the downgrade, in joined by my guest. thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> we knew this was going on. how big a deal is this? >> i think it is a bigger political deal than it is for the market's. is clear the decision today this and add new information to financial markets. in fact, it reflects information we already had. in market terms, i think the impact will be short-lived. how

good news/bad news. he's got ron paul, rick perry still and newt gingrich attacking frontrunner mitt romney. he'd like to be alone. the only social conservative needs to get the energy behind him. he may not be able to do that for a while. as andrea noted as well, he's going to make a play on electability. he had an effective message on the economy as well. it wasn't just cultural conservative messages. it was about restoring the manufacturing base in this country as working class voter appeal here. it's a good contrast the santorum folks think they will have against mitt romney. >> chuck, a final word. i used the expression, "welcome to the nfl." it gets tough starting right about now. this calendar becomes gruelling. >> it does. you have to move quickly. we are already six days from the new hampshire primary. for rick santorum to prove he can go the distance, he's at least got to finish second here and probably in a healthy number with 20%, 25%. now by the way if you're the conservative candidate you h

when will the prime minister tell canadians the bad news? on his next trip to switzerland or somewhere else in the world? >> well, mr. speaker, of course this government received a mandate to gradually reduce our deficit to zero. well will do that while

. >> reporter: good news bad news. tempers are going up. we are not going to see refreezing tonight. let's start with temperatures. in fact, temperatures have gone up since 5:00. it is now 3 at national. that is as high as it's been all day. and everyone is well above freezing. gaithersburg in the upper 30s. out to the west in the upper 30s. what is kind of cool, if you jump the divide, oakland is 50. it is kind of unusual for them to be the warm spot. but they are 50, everybody else in the upper 30s, because the cold air snugs up against the mountain. visibility three miles in the area. >>> a request for a closer look at the u.s. senator who told the fs.a. where to go. >>> first truth in advertising. new consumer protection for advertisers in the friendly skies. a commuter plane, headed to dulles international airport was diverted today to bwi, instead. it happened when an indicator showed there might be a problem with the plane's landing gear. spokesperson for express jet, 6060 said the plane landed safely and other arrangements were made

the bad news is you only have 24 hours to live. the guy says bad news is 24 hours to live?i've been trying to call you since yesterday. here we have a diagnosis. it is of a broken system. the problem know sis is bad news. but fortunately, there's a treatment. you outlined the treatment in each of those sectors. we have to be ruthless in our treatment. ruthless, literally -- >> let'sç look at one. if i can here, i want to see if i can tee up one of the other ones. it looks like this thing is not functioning. so i won't be able to do that. but there are other maps like the health care map, the energy map that talks about the distortion. why is it that you feel that these types of maps are useful in being able to focus people? we know the occupation. we know the tea party. >> usually, activism has been full of outrage, but i think we are beyond that. it ends up being rage in the end and adds to the collective rage which overshadows creativity. what you're offering is creative solutions. for that, we have to be sober. get out of the drama and look at the maps very carefully wi

. >> there's good and bad news when it comes to california's budget. the deficit is shrinking, but cuts to education could grow. the governor's new budget plan projects about a $9 billion deficit for the upcoming fiscal year. now that's a lot more manageable than the $26 billion hole that lawmakers projected for the current year. but the plan depends on voters approving the sales and income tax hikes. and if they don't, public education would automatically be cut by nearly $5 billion. linda yee shows us that is not the only threat california children face under the governor's plan. >> innocence is bliss. it's a good thing for jesus and ivory. life for them is about to change drastically. their day care is one of hundreds statewide that could get $447 million in cuts. at least one of these kids will lose daycare and a head start in education. >> you didn't get to come to school, what would you think about that? >> not learn. >> you'll have to stay home with grandma? is that okay? >> no. >> you didn't have childcare, what would happen? >> i would be in bi

this is a particularly bad news for mr. gingrich. this republican debate is taking place in a largely conservative christian state. >> yes, he had all of the momentum according to opinion polls closing in on mitt romney. to have his marriage dragged again through the mud, as it were, it is bad news. it might not be catastrophic news. i say that because the claims from his former wife are not exactly new. newt gingrich himself has confessed to being something of a rogue husband and has asked for everyone's forgiveness. people in south carolina already know his bad side, it is a question of whether they think they're more important issues. >> he has dismissed many of his ex-wife's claims and has blamed the media for being vicious. trial by media is all part and parcel of the rate for -- of the race for the white house. how do supporters look at the personalities obverses the issues? >> personalities are very important. the one thing that the republicans want even more than a re denied conservative in a candidate is someone who can beat

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>> good news and bad news about what romney's doing. good news is what he's doing is something he had to do. he had to crack back against gingrich's criticisms of him and he had to do it very well. he is doing it very well. in the debate romney's criticism is showing he's capable of sternly and aggressively going after an opponent. there was no doubt about whether he was do that against obama. the bad news is he's getting down in the muck and mud wrestling with newt gingerich rather than spending time attacking the real opponent, president barack obama, on a whole array of reasons why he should not be reelected. he's telling us newt gingerich was a lobbyist in washington, which we know. >> he's hitting at vulnerabilities that are genuine. freddie mac is a real problem. >> it is but i'm more impressed with mitt romney has appeared more comfortable in the last two debates, defending his record in the private sector and private equity, his wealth. the performance in the last two debates, in talking about why it's not a liability for the rep

. >> some bad news for the big banks this morning in the obama administration, looking to help some home owners who have found their homes underwater. with our business news here is linda bell. good morning. >> good morning. as you mentioned, it may soon get easier to refinance your mortgage. president obama last night proposed to expand a plan to help more underwater home owners refinance at current rock bottom interest rates and he wants large financial institutions to cover a fee paying for the cost of the plan. he is creating a crisis unit to investigate law breaking in the mortgage industry. meantime, more bad news for big banks such as bank of america and citigroup. sources tell us that b of a's investment bankers were told to expect an average of a 25% pay cut. this is this as banks face more regulatory pressure. citigroup for its part said it will consider more spending cuts. and higher beef prices and mcdonald's have them changing their strooge chicken. more details coming up in the next hour. live at bloomberg headquarters in new york, i'm linda bell reporting for abc 7 news. b

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naert, more bad news for maryland.ck out alex len, he goes to the locker room and did not return. second half now, ter terps by ten, career high 15 points for the sophomore. maryland within seven. time and a half to go now, terrell drains the long two. he had a team high 20 points. terp down one. but temple's response was immediate. the next trip down the court, three contest three pointers. next up for the terps home game on wednesday. all right, let's go to fairfax, george mason, look who's in the house. bill murray. his son luke is an assistant for the tigers. first half patriots up 30-22. jonathan gets the offensive rebound and gives it to mike morrison. wow, he's tall. george mason up 17 another the break. second half now, eric walden drys. cory edwards to rod wright. monster dunk, wright had a game high 22 points, george mason wins 22-60, improving to 7-1. jeff jones coaching barefoot in support of samaritan's feet. eagles drive. joe la vet with a tough shot and it goes. second half, it was the troy brewer show,

is in good news or bad news? >> -- is this good news or bad news? >> reporter: a little of both. fewer will lose jobs than originally thought but the cuts are severe. mayor quan is proposing 105 employees be laid off earlier estimates were 559 people that's how many full -- were 159 people that's how many the redevelopment money funded. rather than just get rid of all the redevelopment employees the city has decided to reorganize. union member are going over the proposal. >> we'll have less departments, less administrators. in the end we did our best to make sure there are no cuts or minimal to core services. >> i'm not going to criticize the city for trying to act in a responsible manner. i don't think february 1st, that money is going to evaporate. >> public safety, library and social services will not lose funding other city services will. less money will affect community center hours, public works, subsidies to oakland zoo and children's zoo as well as aquatic center. we'll know more tomorrow the council is holding a special meeting tomorrow night to finalize the lay-offs and

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. >>> in tonight's health alert both good and bad news from the american cancer society's annual report. overall cancer rates and deaths in both men and women are going down again this year. that includes some of the most common cancers, breast, lung, prostate, colorectal. the report also shows better treatment and screening has saved more than a million lives over the last 20 years, but the american cancer society says the rate of some of the less common malignancies is going up. >> we're seeing a rise in cancers of the thyroid, cancers of the esophagus, cancer of the liver, cancer of the pancreas and cancer of the throat. >> now the cancer society isn't exactly sure what's causing these specific cancers to rise, but obesity is considered a factor certainly in some of them. 234569, the report says obesity could -- in fact, the report says obesity could pass smoking as the no. 1 cause of cancer in the next decade. >>> prank callers, your actions could soon be a crime in virginia. a delegate proposed a law that could do just that. anyone who sends a ring or text with the intention of ann

is happening at a time when the eurozone is trying to get out of the crisis and they've put out bad news like this and in the past they have attempted to limit the influence of credit ratings agencies in the financial markets and if you remember we go back to the question the credibility of these agencies going back to two thousand and eight financial crisis the role that they played in that crisis where they had backed assets as well as financial instruments that were essentially junk still the investor confidence one of the most important aspects of all of this which is more often than not psychological than rational if this is affected we can see a chain of events unfolding and unfortunately it might more most likely be negative . well investment analyst patrick young says the downgrade has been a long time coming and is disastrous news for the euro it's been deserved frankly for several years i mean the french government has been economically incontinent for the course of several decades they've lived in never never land they have no concept of how to run a reasonable economy in term

may be used to provoke other problems the parliamentary opposition meanwhile fears this may mean bad news for the new born tunisian democracy you know because. you're worried that we may slump down to a new hedge monye rule by one of the representative parties and not to receive forty percent of the seats in the assembly the post of prime minister is also there's every tunisian is afraid that confrontations and riots may occur. numerous this year and says that they're not going to turn to me into strict sharia law states but maybe the country already saying that the worrying signs are here in the r t tunisia the middle east expert tariq ali told r.t. that the new islamist leaders are indulging in emotional populism instead of trying to bring any practical change. the way in which the young meats been operating that we in which this extremely unintelligent president mark good to see has been operating and the way in which the new justice minister than the slow minister of going social and moral. to decide what can go on and what can even go on and what shouldn't go on television is awardin

bad news, a wet morning commute. let's start with temperatures, because if it were a little colder, not so much at the surface, temperatures are in the upper 30s to around 40 and in some cases as high as it's been so far. 40s downtown. upper 30s in gaithersburg up towards frederick and even the low 40s down towards fredericksburg. so there is only one pocket of area just right around freezing right around cumberland, and that's the only problem we have. here is live doppler 9000. this is the batch that rolled through. it's already across the bay. we do have light rain and showers up towards frederick and some more activity back towards the west. so we're not done just yet. wakeup weather 30s to start. kind of chilly. 30s by 7:00. 33-34 at 9:00 a.m. with light rain and showers. a wet commute. we'll come back, though, and talk about what could be a strong finish to the day and tell you when winter will make a comeback. >> thank you, topper. >>> new at 11:00, a child in custody for a triple stabbing. that according to t

the bad news, they did access the name, addresses, e-mails and partial credit card numbers of more thanmillion account holders. not only can they use that for phishing e-mails asking you to verify your sensitive information but the more serious risk is to customers who use the same password for different accounts. hackers may be able to access your email, even banking accounts with the information they obtained. >> so what -- you got the email. what are you going to do? >> reporter: well, i'm smart. [ laughter ] >> i don't use the same password. i have different passwords for every account. >> most people don't. >> reporter: only because i report on it every day. who does? it's difficult enough to remember the passwords but that's the first thing. you have to change that zappos password and change the password for any other accounts that use the same one immediately. don't click on links or respond to phone calls or e-mails requesting personal information or password information. if you think it's legit, go directly to the website or call the company. if you have a consumer complaint, c

. >> that is the bad news is there is not going to be pure snow. the snow will last a little longer and the sheets, both of that can ut -- owe sleet, both of those can cut down on ice. as we start to moist 10 up the atmosphere, the temperatures fall. 27 in gaithersburg. even downtown temperatures are now below freezing. in fact, 30 at national. and 27 up in gaithersburg. 30 in frederick across the divide. it's only 19 in oakland. so, once again, we are looking at a winter weather advisory for now through tomorrow at 1:00. that covers the entire metro area. even into southern maryland. i don't think it's going to be a problem east of 95, but you are under initial advisory. you can see most of it is in the form of snow. very fine snow really from hagerstown to frederick down 270 out 66 and now it's spread into our eastern suburbs as well. i think we're going to see some accumulation of snow. we talked about that earlier before it kicks to sleet and then freezing rain. by 7:00 in the morning, here is the problem. notice if you are west of 95 and even

that's some of the bad news. positive note, even with more foreclosures coming this year the numbers are expected to stay below the peak of 2010. and the prices should bottom out this year. so 2013 looks to be the year of recovery. katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> it is estimated two million more people will be living in the bay area in the next 25 years. a long range land use transportation plan is being launched to accommodate all the people. last night regional planning officials were met by an angry crowd in dublin at a meeting design get feedback on the project called plan bay area. those who oppose it call it social engineering. officials say the strategy is to get more people living near their jobs and mass transit which would reduce greenhouse gases. >> all of the most important decisions on this subject have all been made. they've been made by big developers. and high density growth advocacy groups. and we were not at the table when all those decisions were made. >> plan bay area is scheduled to be adopted

so there's not all bad news in western europe. some bad news for sure. >> susie: you reported today that caterpillar's performance was its best year-over-year since 1947. and you also reported record order backlogs it sounds like you are going to need a lot more hands on deck to do all that business. are you going to be adding more jobs. >> as we grow 17% top line next area an hopefully beyond, we will need more help, more workers, a great kind of growing company. and hopefully a growing economy. >> susie: but in terms of your stock doing well, what is a key thing that needs to happen in whatever sector for to you keep up this momentum? >> well, i think we have just got to keep doing what we are doing. drive for cash flow, profit ability, work on the fundamentals of our business, serve our customers better than anybody else and shareholders tend to like that and will attract them as a result. >> susie: you can watch my full interview with caterpillar c.e.o. doug olberhelman on our web site g to feature videos on nbr.com. >> tom: w

good news and bad news coming out of this though. >> well, low interest rates are bad news if you saveinterest rates will stay near 0% for 3 more years so until the edmonton of 2014. that is great news if you are hooshing to borrow money or looking to expand your business. that is why this decision by the fed boosted world stocks on the news. the fed also downgraded its expectations for u.s. growth saying that overall gdp will come in between 2.2 and 2.7%. >>> treasury secretary tim geithner, this has kind of been suspected before. he may be done if president obama doesn't do a second term? >> exactly n an interview with bloomberg news, the treasury secretary timothy geithner basically said, if obama is re- elected to a second term, he does not expect to stay on as secretary of the treasury. it is a tough job. he and ben bernanke kind of engineering this turnaround we've seen in the economy. geithner is the only remaining top official that is still part of obama's economic team. >> certainly is tough. not something most of these treasury secretaries have been dealing with over the last

may be used to provoke other problems the parliamentary opposition meanwhile fears this may mean bad news for the newly born tunisian democracy because. we're worried that we may slump down to a new head to a rule by one of the representative parties and not i received forty percent of the seats in the assembly the post of prime minister is also there's every tunisian is afraid that confrontations and riots may occur are. they not a leaders have made numerous assurances that they're not going to turn tunisia interesting sharia law states but many in the country are already saying that the worrying signs are here. are tunisia middle east expert tara galley told r.t. the new islamist leaders are indulging in emotional populism instead of real solutions to the country's workers. the way in which the you know i mean it's been operating the wind which is extremely unintelligent present and mark was the thing that has been operating and the way in which he knew just as well as a minister of glowing social and moral creature to decide what can go on and what can even go on and what shouldn't go

. >>> we have good news and bad news about the taxes this year. first, the good news, you will have extra time to get it done. the bad news is the return could be less. last year the irs handed out fewer tax returns. in refunds are like last year, they could be down from 2011. the refund checks were down $100 per person from the year before. irs is holding onto tens of millions they could not deliver due to mailing address errors. >>> the car of the year is the elantra. the truck of the year is the range rover evoke. the award is for a new vehicle or model that went through a major design. it is voted on by auto experts. the ford focus and volkswagen passsat were in the running. >>> abc-2 is working for you tonight. we talk about sales, coupons, and rebates. there are so many ways out there to save money. >> but the rebates can cause a lot of confusion after the sale is over. >> and we show you some of the steps you need to take to make sure you get your money back. >> money saving rebates are everywhere. saving $25 is a lot of money. >> the miller