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he say its started when manuel and mel banged his car door into a police cruiser. the officer inside got out to confront him. noticing amel was drunk. then another man rushed to the scene. the man who police are trying to arrest on the video. he got in the officer's face, angry he was questioning amel, while police had their hands full trying to arrest him, amel left and came back. [ screaming ] >> reporter: and the confrontation unfolded. >> there were no issues of excessive force. no tasers, no guns, no batons. >> reporter: and mel, who has a lengthy criminal record, faces several new charges, including assaulting law enforcement, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct. police say they don't know who filmed the incident, but it should help with prosecution. the man who police were trying to get into custody originally fled the scene. they're not identifying him but say there is a warrant out for his arrest. >> reporter: police say at this point, it is unclear whether he and emil had any sort of connection, whether they knew each other at all prior to this. repo

, temperatures reached one and four degrees in melbourne, and it is hard to buy a -- 104 degrees in mel bourne, and it is hard to buy a soft drink. >> i am so worried about those hot ozzie's. >> no, no, no, no, on a similar note, i wish everyone a happy new year, and a merit orthodox christmas. the high note was one of my high-school classmates recognize me on your show and called me -- recognize me on your show, and called me in america. we reestablished contact. if i am recognizable from my high school days, that has to be a high note. >> i am reminding viewers you can listen to the program intermittently on sirius xm radio and you can see and the english-language stations of voice of america. until next week, have a great way, and made these horrors not come to pass, and have a glorious time. cheers. >> many have spoken on the need to transition to a clean energy future. at exelon, we are acting. we are greening of our operations, helping customers and communities reduce emissions, and offering more low carbon electricity in the marketplace. we're taking action and we are seeing resu

bill supporter representative mel watts. >> from my perspective just as an old country boy, and, you know, this is the only way i can understand this complex stuff, we need parallels on the virtual... in the virtual world to what we have in the real world world, and i think this bill draws the appropriate balance. >> jon: you have no [bleeped] idea what they're talking about. you said you don't understand. he said. [cheering and applause] that's okay. don't worry about it. you're only... i wouldn't worry about it. you don't have to think about it too much. you're only the ranking member of the intellectual property subcommittee. hey, does anyone on these committees charge with regulating the internet understand how any of this internet stuff works? >> i'm not a nerd. >> i am not a nerd. >> i'm just not enough of a nerd. >> maybe we ought to ask some nerds what this thing really does. >> let's have a hearing, bring in the nerds. [laughter] >> jon: really? nerds? i think actually the word you're looking for is "experts." to enlighten you so your laws don't backfire and break the intern

with me now, mel martinez, a romney supporter and now the regional chairman with jpmorgan chase. nice to see you. >> good morning, chuck. good to be with you. >> as you might expect the gingrich campaign is not happy with how members of the romney establishment if you will have gone after speaker gingrich. here is fred thompson yesterday on "meet the press" on what he calls the romney attack machine. >> let's just say that romney is the nominee. he basically is plays mr. nice guy until someone gets close to him and then he unleashes his attack machine. that's what happened in iowa. it's what's happening in florida spending millions of dollars. i think they spent $16 million on television ads alone in florida. >> do you agree with senator thompson that mitt romney's lead and now decisive lead is basically thanks mostly to this negative campaign against speaker gingrich? >> i think governor romney is winning in florida because he's run a great campaign in florida. he has a lot of support in this state. he's winning across the board as you pointed out among hispanic his lead is enor

>> now, to be fair, a lot of people have had a hard time understanding mel gibson lately. but "the l.a. times" report that is siri has trouble picking up and understanding a scottish accent. although that hasn't stopped the scott scots from purchasing the advice. we wonder if sean connery has one. >> i say let's have him on and find out. >>> up next, it is the big buzz of the week. facebook expected to file for its ipo within the next 24 hours. kayla tausche is going to tell you what investors should look for in the papers. >>> plus, ryan seacrest, clear channel taking a stake in his production company. top p/e firms putting up millions to develop new seacrest ventures. bob pittman who join us and tell you why he's betting big on ryan. americans believe they should be in charge of their own future. how they'll live tomorrow. for more than 116 years, ameriprise financial has worked for their clients' futures. helping millions of americans retire on their terms. when they want. where they want. doing what they want. ameriprise. the strength of a leader in retirement planning

. >>> and mel gibson turns 56 today, though his birthday party might not be so lavish. his ex-wife recently walked away with half of his fortune in their divorce settlement. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the very latest in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." and finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. as iowa caucuses get under way, savannah guthrie goes one-on-one with gop front-runner mitt romney. and here from a man involved in the heroic rescue of three children after their car plunged into an icy utah river. >>> keep it on this channel for continuing local news, sports, weather and more. i'm veronica de la cruz. thank you for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. enjoy your tuesday. i was told that i was at@risk for sudden cardiac death. i was 23 years old. i wasn't overweight. i never dreamed this would happen to me. when the doctor told me i had three blocked arteries, i felt like i was pun

mel's, lucky penny, 7/11, they do not have the complaints we are getting out of jack in the box. the only thing i will say in closing, it is a drain on our police department. extended hours has proven to be a drain of their resources. in the month they have been closed from 2:00, we have not had any complaints. >> my name is tracy west. i live around the corner from jack in the box. my bedroom window is pretty much overlooks the parking lot. i would say that pretty much every weekend, if not every night, there is some type of activity, screaming, yelling, around 2:00 a.m. it wakes us up. that is half the problem. the other part is that the patrons are not at jack in the box, they are on my stoop. they are on my neighbor's the stairs. both of us have victorians that have these beautiful staircases. every morning, i am picking up the jack in the box later. i have confidence in the marble. -- condiments in the marble. that is a problem. but then they also go around my stairs and urinate on the side of my house. it is a public nuisance. i have lived there for 16 years. has gotten wor

mel's, lucky penny, 7/11, they do not have the complaints we are getting out of jack in the box. the only thing i will say in closing, it is a drain on our police department. extended hours has proven to be a drain of their resources.

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when i was 3 years old, i was very blessed that my parents brought mel here from cuba.ought me here to be raised in freedom and liberty. president obama recently announced that he is liberalizing trade and travel policies. what would be your position as president toward the island of cuba? >> senator santorum? >> i would oppose it. i've been 100% in support of the cuban people and their right to have a free cuba and the united states should stand on the side of the cuban people, against these despots who are not just reigning terror, continuing reign of terror in cuba but now they have puppet chavez in venezuela and noriega and morales, and it keeps, like a cancer, growing. so, the idea that a president of the united states would take the heart of the cancer that is in central and south america and begin to reward behavior that has spread this cancer, because of our dilly-dallying and our inattentiveness to the problems in central and south america, now we're going to reward the secret police, we're going -- that are as present in venezuela as they are in cuba. we're go

mel? >> reporter: brian, the state's budget proposal does have $610 million in budget cuts and also 311 million in new revenue. twenty% of maryland taxpayers will be hit with higher state income taxes if this goes through. governor o'malley outlined the proposal this morning saving out personal exempttions for high income earners and that means for singles making 100,000 couples making 150,000, the personal exempttion is cut in half and disappears completely at 125,000 for singles and 175,000 for couples. certain deductions like mortgage interest will also be capped for incomes above 100,000. o'malley said the last four years, the state relied exclusively on budget cuts and now is the time to increase revenue. >> i don't like asking for this. i don't like doing this. there are many unpleasant aspects of this responsibility. but in order to get us through this recession, and advance of other states, and order to protect the priorities of the people of our state and the futures of our childr

even mel carper says they have a 90% chance of. >> he is and he works for espn so you have to take hisn sale this morning at ten on ticket master a phone call or any outlet get them online or give them a call. the game will be played at one sunday january 15th at m and t bank stadium. >>> well as the team prepares for the big game january 15th they will receive a special number of hand ridden letters. kids handwriting letters and thending them at 50 dine location stores and every weans they will be be picked up and posted for the player to check out. for the location and more details head to our website under top stories. >> 6:53 is the new rule for commercial truck drivers a federal ban goes into effect on truck drivers and cell phones. corinne redman is here to explain. >> reporter: the cell phone ban will go in effect nationwide. the ban will affect 4 million drivers leading experts they believe the new law will be be a win for drivers in their employees reducing the number of distracted driver discepts and -- accidents and lowering the cost for insurance costs for trucking and buse

former mayor mel brown was there. he emceed the event.n his inaugural speech, lee spoke about his plans for san francisco's future. he repeated the word innovation over and over and said creating new jobs for the city is his top priority. >> because jobs and smart economic development for our city and for all of our neighborhoods are my top priority and will be every day i am your mayor. [ applause ] >> as for what lee did that no other mayor has done before, well, he tweeted during the event, sharing a link to information about stronger job numbers in the city. there he is tweeting. lee was instrumental in keeping twitter head quartered in san francisco, and the twitter world was abuzz during the inauguration with mc hammer tweeting about being there and ashton kutcher even retweeting the mayor's tweets. just another example of only in san francisco. >>> there were several other inaugurations in san francisco this weekend as well, but perhaps the most controversial was ross mercuron's. he was sworn in despite allegations of assault. >> b

. >> we interviewed mel laird. he was one who delivered the message to nixon that if the platform weren't changed back, eisenhower wouldn't support him. >> but see, he already had the nomination -- no, i guess he didn't. that was the start of the week of the convention. i didn't know what you just toll me. but, yeah, would be at the start of the week. so the minute the convention was over, that's where we flew. >> i believe that one change had to do with military policy and the missile gap and defense spending. >> yes. >> the other was -- >> i didn't know that. with rockefeller, he wouldn't be taken a more positive position an civil rights. >> eisenhower didn't agree. did you see some -- i mean nixon must have been very angry at eisenhower's response. >> i think he was more concerned than angry. i don't remember very much about it. >> isn't this about the time when eisenhower says give me a few minutes -- give me a week? >> i think that occurred before -- that occurred before. that occurred maybe couple months befo

steelers and anybody and they will wint superbowl even -- wint the superbowl and -- win the superbowl and mel said it. >> hair and all that's right. season ticket holders have yours in the mail but for the rest of us, the tickets go on sale today starting at 10 this morning on ticket master by phone or any ticket master outlet to. bite tickets give them a call at 410-547-7328. kick off sunday, january 15th, the opponent is yet to be determined. >>> news time is now 5:33. if the sold out stadium is not enough to get you pumped personal notes can get the guys ready for the game. there will be purple mail bocks giving kids a chance to hand -- boxes giving kids a chance to hand write letters to the players. the letters will be picked up and taken to the team's owings mills training facility and posted in the cafeteria for players to check out. >>> in news around the nation, washington state mount rainier national park will remain closed as authorities continue the investigation into thed itly -- deadly shooting of a park ranger. benjamin barns was partially submerged in a mountain creek wearing a

a series of shootings of military sites in washington, including the pentagon. 24-year-old jonathan melo serve a 25-year prison sentence for the shooting. yesterday prosecutors released a video showing him firing shots at the national museum of the marine corps as he drove by shouting god is great in arabic. formal sentencing is set for april. >>> in state college, pennsylvania, a final tribute to the loved penn state football coach, joe paterno. students and alumni joined the paterno family at a campus memorial service. manuel gallegos was there. >>> joe paterno's widow sue received a warm welcome from a crowd of thousands who gathered to remember the penn state legend. paterno made students feel like they were part of something great. >> he did it with honor and integrity. never had an ill word. that's why he's penn state. >> former players say he taught them how to compete with honor and integrity. >> he was building a proud program for the school, the state and the hundreds of young men he watched over for a half century. >> paterno's death came less than three months after his sudd

and i must not mention mel gibson this year. ready?guess so. >> have you seen "the tourist" yet? >> keep the speeches short. you don't need to thank everyone you ever met. or members of your family that have done nothing towards this. just do the main two. your agent and god. because in my opinion i know for a fact that both god and my agent are exactly the same amount input in my career. you're so much better than last year's audience. no, they had a right stick of. [ beep ] >> by the way, johnny depp was in the tourist and has not seen it. stephen colbert's former superpac has an attack ad airing in south carolina. remember, he entered the race or he's trying to enter the race even though he can't as a write in in south carolina and turned over the superpac to john stewart. he talked about his candidacy, such that it is on abc's "this week." >> corporations, america's greatest institution. they built this country one job at a time. mitt romney says he's for corporations. >> corporations are people, my friend. >> but mitt romney has a

less distinguished than others were thinking i was reminded can simulate by every word out of there mel that they were among the many who her to sympathize and some of the corruption that they were accusing me of when one of the senators was senator campbell was accusing me of corruption and wrecking the democratic system i was thinking back to the breakfast i had with him a couple years before where i handed him a check for my clients contributions and he said that they would never have a problem with his committee so i was thinking that basically about each of them i didn't know a lot of them personally because i had people working for me had a staff of about forty lobbyists and some of them knew the people who work for me but. i found the whole thing to be hypocritical it was a kangaroo court and it was a show people say you were a tory it seems your ability to buy. members of congress how did you do that i don't think i was necessarily except on the margins much different than most of what goes on here but what happens here and what's unfortunate in which what i did in terms of push

. >> mayor bloomberg is right that is hay similar mel and easy process that has helped us prevent fraudse in the programs. >> reporter: for sue, applying for government assistance is about finding a way to provide for her two children. >> with your fingerprint, this is how you know who is who so you won't have no fraud dealings. >> recover that from a mother who can't afford to have anything go to waste. >> thank you. >>> team tebow's playoff miracle. highlights on the other side of the break. ♪ [ womaman ] i was ready for my trip, but my smile wasn't. [ female announcer ] new crest 3d white intensive professional effects whitestrips. it goes below the enamel surface to whiten as well as a five-hundred dollar professional treatment for a transformation that's hard to believe. ♪ wow, that's you? [ female announcer ] new intensive professional effects whitestrips. and try 3d white toothpaste and rinse. from crest. life opens up when you do. hi. looking good! you've lost some weight. thanks! you noticed! you know these clothes are too big now, so i'm donating them. not going back there aga

enforcement agencies this is said he says who said just just a very of you know preparing a picture of mel figures the capital of the republican company the ball carrier in the caucasus and it's no stranger to violent incidents nothing of this is connected with his hands in the past we don't know much about it at all the moment but it is . a city that's in a lot of trouble in the past isn't it in the several sacks look very much similar to what happened today happens i'm not all six before and such in the bamber west year several militants lucille's or. we so phrase and again. serious similar operations were carried a. month before the knocks over last year. usually these are small attacks. and the little sense of sorry thing primarily awards enforcement agents. the largest attack. in recent years happened since two thousand and six several dozen militants sacked the city of knowledge six found they also targets a police with law enforcement agents what do we know about these people the very carried out the attacks in the past can you paint a picture of who they are for our audience. well

everything this woman gooks is like two boxes the sugar and six other butter like them for us and care mel that it's just the healthiest thing on the planet and he makes you feel like you're have a heart attack just watching it and so for a long time. anyway let me just move basically the point is that paula deen has now come out and admitted that she has type two diabetes did out of town type two which is the kind that basically you know is associated with eating a lot of fatty food with eating the food she herself makes and the only reason she's been coming out with this is because she now basically is going to be the spokesperson for some type of medicine and so she's going to make a whole bunch of money off of her affliction by selling a medicine for the diabetes so delicious the less bad delicious south american was over grimly doing what we already have one fat old white person. diabetic. betty. hero from. she's good she's going to hawk this thing i think that she has to be like full fledged full suffering like she needs like ulcers on her leg that need to be amputated because he say