because of angela, this rabbit nearly got injured. it's hardly angela's-- what? nothing.there you go. be quick. she thinks ben has got a syndrome. well, a little git syndrome, maybe. but if she thinks that after one day, then... maybe she's right. people think all naughty children have a syndrome these days, don't they? it's just so the parents can pretend it's not their fault. so ben's our fault? i didn't mean that. anyway, he can't be our fault, 'cause the other two are fine. yeah. she said jake's a depressive. good god, she didn't, did she? oh, look, i shouldn't have said anything. no, but if she thinks that after just one day...! i still think he's being... he's not being bullied. what a pair we are, listening to what angela thinks! blimey, we'll be feng shui-ing the compost heap soon. was the meeting really grim? go to school, take a beating. it's like being 11 again. ( indistinct announcer speaking over p.a. ) woman: come on! ( applause ) but when i tried to explain, giselle only told butch what i said because she knew that trent's relationship with amber threatened

angela: where are you all? who loves auntie angela? me, me, me, me, me, me! oh, you've got a bad back? i know this wonderful reiki guy. he's a friend of trent. i'll give you his number. there you go. hmm. and, um, this is for ben. they're seeds, and you can make pictures with them. they're from bulgaria. say thank you, ben. oh, no, that's cool, you don't have to bother with all that stuff with me. well, in this house, you do have to bother with all that stuff. so...ben? but it's seeds. yes, but you have to say thank you for presents even if they're seeds. don't you? uh, yeah. for all presents. say thank you. thank you. now, jake... this is for you. thank you. and karen, look what i've got for you! look! it's a dream catcher. isn't it beautiful? it's made by the native americans, and it catches your dreams and keeps them safe forever. i had a dream about weasels eating me last night, and i don't want that one again. well, no, it wouldn't keep a dream like that. it only keeps the nice ones. how does it know which ones are the good dreams and which ones are the

yes, angela, at the mayor's race in 2003. for those of you wondering what we're talking about, angela and i ran against each other. it was a time of tremendous controversy and frustration where everybody was pointing fingers in this town. i give mayer brown as a lot of credit for the investment he made, and i do not think he has ever legitimately got a credit for the investment he made into the homeless delivery system, but he was probably best known for his frustration when he said that there's just no way a city can solve homelessness. at the time, a lot of us jumped on him and said what an audacious and outrageous thing, but i have come to appreciate the frustration. at the same time, i also appreciated we needed to move in a different direction, and so much of that campaign was organized around the issue of poverty eradication, and an expression of that frustration. it was one of the fundamental reasons angela not only got in the mayor's race but got into politics in the first place. it is part of her life and hard of her

angela! angela, where are you? i can help him beat this thing. sue: there's no reason he should be bullied. there's no reason why i was bullied. ben, you must not lie. he told his teacher i died in iraq. stranger! stranger! ben! i'm not called ben! ( shouting ) come on ben, get up. he didn't even touch you. get up! come on, it's a team game. ben! you're, uh, ben's dad? hi, i'm rory's dad, steve. hi. pete. ben was round our place on sunday. he's, uh, quite a kid, isn't he? yeah... he's, uh, quite a kid. told us all about you. did he? oh, yes. he's, uh, obviously very proud. so tell me, what's gordon brown really like? let's play karaoke! ♪ i'm feelin' lucky ( laughing ) alexa, you'd best pack up your things now, because your mummy rang, and she said she's going to be here in ten minutes... 45 minutes ago. die! ( gunfire noises ) what shall we do now? girls! rrowr. have i become invisible? hello! hey, can you hear something? no. i thought there was someone over there speaking. hello? i didn't hear. i thought it was just our imagination. karen! ♪ mu

there are only two people who matter -- on the lumber tell and sarkozy -- angela merkel and sa rkozy. right now their visions of the future cancel each other up. what is missing is a vision of what europe might look like after the crisis is over. in the process of sorting alex the euro, the leaders are shredding the progress they made under the old social model. and there is trouble about that. one thing that could guarantee the euro survives is world growth, if world conditions dragged spain, portugal, greece, and ireland out of the minor. but with inflation rising in the the euro zone, there is the potential that the banks will choke off growth there are worries about bad banks and incoherent policies. >> i have been speaking to france's finance minister. i asked her whether this was a make or break year for the euro. >> we went through 2010 with no major hiccups. certainly, it is what i would call typically a major transgression. it has been put a new place to help countries under severe attack. >> you are saying every country in the euro zone at the end of the year -- will decreas

angela merkel warns of tough times ahead in europe. there has been a tackle in the nigerian capital of abuja. the british foreign secretary says that the u.k. would support military action to force the president of ivory coast to step down. the u.n. said that laurent gbagbo lost recent elections but he is refusing to leave office. he said that any attempts to remove him would amount to a coup by the international community. >> a united nations call center taking testimony about post- election violence the u.n. says that they are certain who won the elections, the opposition leader laurent gbagbo -- the opposition leader alassane ouattara. there also sure about which camp is responsible for the violence. >> this is the defense forces of the ivory coast who are currently controlled and commanded by laurent gbagbo's camp. >> this camp is still firmly inside the presidential palace resisting international pressure to leave. >> i have a question i would like ask, if i said that i would leave office right now, who could provide an assurance

. >> in another area, a news conference with german chancellor angela merkel. that was in the ethnically divided capital of cyprus. they called on angela merkel to do more to improve relations. >> it was the first-ever visit to cyprus by a german head of government. the island has been divided since the turkish evasion in 1974. -- invasion in 1974. the south joined the european union in 2004. but efforts to reunite the island are faltering. angela merkel laid the blame on the turkish north. >> there is greater readiness to compromise. unfortunately, we have not seen that from the other side. >> a dispute er gas exploration has raised tensions further, but you and is pushing ahead with talks between the two sides. it wants a deal before elections in both cyprus and turkey later this year. >> german authorities have ordered the slaughter of hundreds of pigs at a farm in the north of the country. that move comes after finding high levels of dioxin in pork. previous testing had found a higher than permitted levels of dioxin, which can cause cancer, in aidandn chick

frank mccourt's memoir "angela's ashes." born to irish immigrants in 1930, he describes growing up in brooklyn with an alcoholic father and the loss of tree siblings. frank mccourt died july 19 of 2009. this is an hour. c-span: frank mccourt, author of "angela's ashes," right before the show started, somebody said to me if i ask you where this cover come -- came from, that it would tick you off. guest:: that would, yeah. c-span: why? guest: well, i've been asked a million times. it's--well, it doesn't look like me anyway. that kid looks too well fed. c-span: who is the kid? guest: i don't know. somebody--something scribners came up with. some urchin from some strange place. it does look like--a little--it could be me. it looks like some lane in limerick--but he looks too -- even--but i never had bare feet. my mother always made sure that we had shoes even though they were falling off our feet. but we wen--other kids went around barefoot, but we didn't. we were too snobbish. c-span: so the--when they--when you saw this book,

i've got to get there. >> reporter: the dispatcher told the trooper angela was in labor.e trooper turned the pursuit into an escort to the hospital. >> sir, the baby has not been born at all yet, correct? >> no. almost. i think the officer's helping me. he's in front of me now. >> okay. >> i'm at the hospital now. >> reporter: angela delivered kyle six minutes after reaching the hospital. and then, another shocker. the trooper was waiting with a speeding ticket. john was clocked going 102 in a 55. >> he said, two things. good news/bad news. congratulations on the son. bad news is, i'll see you in court. i'm going to give you a citation. >> i think you need to make a moral judgment. we weren't speeding to speed. we were speeding because it was an emergency situation. i didn't want to have the baby on the side of the road. >> and that was wnur's jean maccen reporting. the coughlin family heads to court on monday to fight the ticket. >> this morning, mom, dad and cute baby kyle will join us on "good morning america." >>> that's what's making news in america this morning. >>

there's an email from angela.a won, dad. ( thud upstairs ) oh, bloody hell... ( ben and karen arguing) i told you the impala would win. you said the cheetah. no, i said the impala. ( kids shouting ) mum: what's going on here? karen, what's happening? he's got my dinosaur book! but that's just sharing. look, karen! upstairs. off you go. he's-- ignore him. he's just being silly. off you go. but it's my dino-- ignore him, karen. that's my-- let's go. okay, benny, don't get too comfortable. it's bedtime, yeah? how do you know we're not a character from somebody's dream or from a storybook? how do we know we're not a character from somebody's dream? well, i can't imagine anyone having a dream this dull, can you? i remember the time when i had a dream that karen was walking to the kitchen and she drank some milk, and then i woke up. that's almost more dull than this, isn't it, in fact? yes. yeah. what was going on, anyway, with you and karen? she started it. she hit me with the baseball bat. ben, d'you know, we-- we hav

and we have a letter sent to angela in october. >> i feel that if it wasn't for channel 7 i would be0. >> and if a former dealership owner fails to honor an agreement, they can be sued for up to three years. and you can file a claim against their bond you can find through dmv occupational licensing bureau. great news about a man fighting cancer who was dropped by his insurance company over two pennies. we told but vietnam veteran waiting a stem cell transplant. his insurance company dropped him all because his monthly payment was mistaken by paid two cents short. that meant no life-saving surgery. now after abc news began looking into there has become a big change. the insurance company reinstated his benefits. ronald and his wife say they cannot believe the support received after our denver abc affiliate first aired their story. >> this just seems outrageous. >> there is a fungus among us tonight. coming up we'll take to you an east bay lab where it's being converted into a promising fuel for your car. >> and there is a plenl from the secretary of ed oox and the secretary of ed oox

angela chan. officer lowis borilla. she took a particular interest in working with youth and with schools. she was a sro , school resource officer. during that time, she worked with middle schools throughout the district and in many areas where they were experiencing violence. she has been an invader. i would like to acknowledge captain masha ash. captain ash has done a tremendous amount of work. she worked on protocols that would work with children taken to the youth facility. during the parent's arrest and from trauma. thank you very much officer pri lo and captain nash. i am going to go over the panel discussion. we are try find solutions which includes violence to and from school and on the site. our goal is to move forward solutions. we ask that all questions be reserved today end. please feel free to jot down questions you have. those questions we are not able to get to, we are interested in collecting them. we are going to collect information with respect to solutions as well as action items that they are going t

. >> in another area, a news conference with german chancellor angela merkel. that was in the ethnically divided capital of cyprus. they called on angela merkel to do more to improve relations. >> it was the first-ever visit to cyprus by a german head of government. the island has been divided since the turkish evasion in 1974. -- invasion in 1974. the south joined the european union in 2004. but efforts to reunite the island are faltering. angela merkel laid the blame on the turkish north. >> there is greater readiness to compromise. unfortunately, we have not seen that from the other side. >> a dispute over gas exploration has raised tensions further, but you and is pushing ahead with talks between the two sides. it wants a deal before elections in both cyprus and turkey later this year. >> german authorities have ordered the slaughter of hundreds of pigs at a farm in the north of the country. that move comes after finding high levels of dioxin in pork. previous testing had found a higher than permitted levels of dioxin, which can cause cancer, in aids and in

angela frantically searched a snow-covered parking lot for her wedding ring. later sandy found it. she had fallen on tough times, so had he she actually thought about selling it, but sandy got a lot more by returning it. angela was thrilled, and then they discovered they both shared a friend who recently died of cancer. in full circle, return of the ring led to the start of a new friendship. i'm lynnç berry. this is your first stop of the day on your msnbc station. >>> record low temperatures didn't deter people from taking a dip in the moscow river. swimmers stripped down to take a plunge in the icy 10 degree water. before anyone could get in, workers had to carve a hole in layers of ice that formed above the water. some hope the act cleanses the soul. others simply enjoy going for a frosty swim. though we're not sure why. >>> well, some people will go to great lengths, or heights, to get attention. 250 feet above sarasota skyline, a circus performer stole the show after trying to jump rope, he opted to just walk bleendfolded on a revolving wheel to drum up

this is supposed to favor the incumbent government, but it has not given angela merkel a boost. the junior party would not even make it into parliament is elecons were held toy. eltion are a ways off, but no less than seven regional votes are scheduled for 20 lebanon that will serve as a barometer. we took a barometer of the political weather ahead. >> the conservative chancellor and her deputy were hailed as a dream team, but it has not been smooth sailing for their coalition partnership. they need results this year and they face stiff competition. is that greens are riding a wave of popularity and are even becoming a threat to the opposition social democrats. the coalition lost for sure of government was marred by public spats. only now is the chance for getting back into her stride. many government policies are unpopular, especially among voters promised tax cuts. >> opinion polls show we're not very popular at the moment. it is apparent we have disappointed voters, but there are big expectations. >> the dispute around the construction of a new train station has become a symb

but he made very clear that he and the german chancellor, angela merkel, would never, never ever lethe year-ago down and that europe was the hero, and there were so many forecasts in the past that the bureau would go down and that the bureau did not have any future and the euro is still there. so he was quite convincing. >> a case in point, keeping that theme, the greek prime minister is also attending the form. in greece, of course, being the first eurozone member to receive a big bailout. as he had anything to say about the euro debt crisis? >> yes, he basically explained the situation grease was in. he said we're doing everything that the european union is saying. we're cutting costs of to the point where it really hurts. we're doing everything, and still, the markets are not responding. they're not responding quite well or in a positive way. it is not up to us to do anything more to tranquilize the markets. it would be frankfurt, berlin, or brussels. he made very clear that the german government -- it was a little bit of criticism on the german government for not boosting the res

angela merkel came out and said she would never read the book she condemned the book and hadn't read it i think that is a very typical reaction. but of course you're right the fact that she even would even come out and say. it was ms fails of course it's an indication that things are not going as smoothly as she would have liked but she still. is she and others would still need to do so the population what are we going to do about this problem how would you characterize the influence of brussels on the media reporting on immigration policy it's absolutely crucial. you know the e.u. passed a so-called framework decision in november two thousand and eight. that actually require. the member states to pass laws such as the one i am indicted on you have to criminalize so-called hate speech and races and whatnot and each individual country member state has to introduce laws that will guarantee that offenders against this rather paragraph or article will get between one and three years in jail. it also this framework decision also requires us to sue to introduce laws penalizing so-called ho

shortly before, they he was due to arrive there with angela merkel.this and other cases, their suspicions of a cover-up. but he has gone on the offensive. >> that will definitely have consequences. and stopping it will have the necessary consequences. >> but many wonder whether the consequences will be the right ones. it seems a merkel's most popular minister has become vulnerable. >> our political correspondent joins me now in the studio to discuss the latest situation on the german defense minister. as you just heard, he has become vulnerable. how vulnerable the thing he has become? >> i think the defense minister is weathering a storm of scandals and accusations at the moment. it has made it quite difficult for him. what is striking is there a different problems in many different parts of the german military. you have this case on a training ship, where this kid that was killed. it appears to have been a very cruel training exercise. apparently, she was forced to climb the reing. a the we ve t soldier killed in afghanistan in what is claimed to be

german chancellor angela merkel 's embattled coalition ally has defended the record of three democrats in a defiant speech. germany's foreign minister and vice chancellor told the party conference that the country needed a strong leader at the time when the party had sunk to 4% in opinion polls. >> this is the man angela merkel leans on. he is the foreign minister. perhaps more importantly, he leads the minority party in the government. if that fails, the government fails. he is under pressure. his standing in the polls as low. that of his party is even lower. down from 15% in 2009 to around about 4% now. he came to the new year's conference of the democrats to make a fighting speech. he did not address calls for him to relinquish the leadership. instead, it was a general defense of the government's record. his message was, we liberals will fight. i will fight because germany has pared better than with a left-wing majority. at the moment, the parties of the left collectively do have a higher poll standing ban mrs. merkel's party along with the democrat. no one speech will turn bad opin

dissolution of germany and he was then widely criticized and condemned as a matter of fact angela merkel came out and said she would never read the book she condemned the book and hadn't read it i think that is a very typical reaction. but of course you're right the fact that she even would even come out and say multiculturalism is failed of course is an indication that things are not going as smoothly as she would have liked but she still. she and others would still need to to sell the population what are we going to do about this problem thank you very much for your time. this is not a theatrical set. this is a real correctional facility. is there any cultural life behind bars. could transform a criminal into a law abiding citizen. and can performance really revolutionized the penitentiary system. prison on r.t. . they faced it this is not a provocation but warning of. a force it let me show you just everybody you showed us a pretty tree species they have no idea about the hardships the you face to. face one it is this is a hell of them too nice and for any army the life of abusing oth

dissolution of of germany and he was then widely criticized and condemned as a matter of fact angela merkel came out and said she would never read the book she condemned the book and hadn't read it i think that is a very typical reaction. but of course you're right the fact that she even would even come out and say multiculturalism is fails of course it's an indication that things are not going as smoothly as she would have liked but she still. she and others would still need to to sell the population what are we going to do about this problem thank you very much for your time. culture is that so much different and there's a huge music history the power to find the friends is outside democracy promotion an oxymoron what is america's track record in the arab world and is invoking security. wealthy british style. time to cut ties with the. markets why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report on our. morning news today violence is once again flared up. say

i wanted to write "angela's ashes." i want to write another book so i can show the effects of poverty, the emotional effects on the human being. it happens to me be an expert on me. because of my teaching career in new york because of me dealing with all kinds of kids, divorce, i want to show the psychological damage done to a young man by the poverty and varied clinical church and the crazy nationalists on the girl subjected to, where he was pouring more money into preserving the irish in the slums of ireland. >> host: how many people live in ireland? >> guest: overall, 4.5 million. >> host: how many counties had he been in? >> guest: i've been in all of them. i've been in all of them. i was going to exclude dairy. >> host: what is the irish team? >> guest: the irish they now? >> host: as referred to in your book. how do you refer to at the irish thing is. >> guest: at that kind of trinity of nationalism and our catholicism and immigration. these are the characteristics of each nation having certain characteristics. an

. >> angela has the paperwork she signed six years ago.t came with a 100% money back guarantee. >> i purchased an extended warranty if i didn't use it i would get my money bk. >> she purchased for $2200 before a new car from fairfield toyota. she wanted to qualify for a full refund. six years to day. she phoned toyota asking for that refund. >> i was told that they were sold and not accepting financial liability. >> they had sold the dealership and the new dealership they would have to get it from thomason. >> when a dealer buys another dealership they just by the assets, not the liability. >> mark anderson is an attorney working out of san francisco. >> you have to track down the old owner and go to small claims court. >> all angela had was a p.o. box for thomason. so she mailed her refund request. >> that mail was never claimed the certified mail was never picked up. >> last month she still hadn't received her refund so 7 on your side contacted toyota corporate. next day check came from momentum. in an e-mail to 7 on your side, he wrote,

you met angela chan from the asian law office. can you give it up for them. i also want to say to be members of the safety america partnership. our efforts have been over lookd and unappreciated, but i know what tremendous contributions we have made to the quality of life in our neighborhoods. i am looking forward to continuing that in the future. it feels acward to be up here. i know there are so many of you that contribute to increases safety to our schools and on our streets. last week, i had to ask jeff, out of all the folks you could have chosen, why did you select me? he said in a larger part it was to step out. we are privileged to be a part of many diverse communities in san francisco. it has provided me with perspective with collaboration. i know you all have important work to do. i applaud you for being here. i am to take this opportunity in challenge us all to take all the information, the ideas and the best intentions from today and make a real commitment to work together to make our schools and our streets safer. i know that's a no brainer and so

my teacher used to say to me angela do you know what the trick in life is? we try to walk as strata path as we can down a very crooked road called life. that is what mpac is trying to do, i think organizationally. that as i spin my impression of the organization and the leadership. >> thank you. salam. [applause] >> i wanted to get a response from rashad in terms of how do you deal with these marginalized communities right now? >> well, dressing this question rise in sentiment against religion certainly with regard to anti-semitism, anti-islamic sentiment, the conflation of terrorism is something that is dangerous. is something that feeds the narrative of terrorists who will.to those who say that there is a link between the usac. they are again arguing that islamic terrorism are the same so therefore there is no way of ridding this divide and that is something that you know we have tried to be very clear about and going back to cairo when the president made it very clear that when it comes to this issue of violent extremism islam is entirely opposed to it no

this is supposed to favor the incumbent government, but it has not given angela merkel a boost. the junior party would not even make it into parliament is elections were held today. elections are a ways off, but no less than seven regional votes are scheduled for 20 lebanon that will serve as a barometer. we took a barometer of the political weather ahead. >> the conservative chancellor and her deputy were hailed as a dream team, but it has not been smooth sailing for their coalition partnership. they need results this year and they face stiff competition. is that greens are riding a wave of popularity and are even becoming a threat to the opposition social democrats. the coalition lost for sure of government was marred by public spats. only now is the chance for getting back into her stride. many government policies are unpopular, especially among voters promised tax cuts. >> opinion polls show we're not very popular at the moment. it is apparent we have disappointed voters, but there are big expectations. >> the dispute around the construction of a new train station has become