berman scoffed. asked him if he remembered that doctors said that wearing hats too often lead to hair loss like his hair loss. that's when he yanked the ear piece out and ran away. the under up. the american family association. these are the people that released a video in which god, explained that columbine happened because we had kicked god out of his schools. and then ellen degeneres. they told jc penney they should remain neutral in the cultural war, by firing a gay business. this is a good time to give jc penney some business. and then a republican state representative in florida. we know about alec the right-wing group that concocts laws. they produce these templates and individual lawmakers aller to them slightly and introduce them as their own bills. unfortunately sometimes being a vessel through which billionaires do their dirty work does not require significant intelligence. it would reduce taxes in florida because she forgot about audit them slightly and introduce them as your own. her bil

and the very very ugly rick berman viewers the broadcast they have noticed a peculiar ad during the show an ad attacking the humane society of america claiming that only a small portion of donations made to them actually go to help one animal shelters take a look. at attention consumer protection alert if you've seen this bad or donate to the humane society of the united states you should know that only one penny of every dollar donated goes to local pet shelters be aware that the american institute of philanthropy gives the humane society of the united states a d. rating if you add was purchased by the center for consumer freedom a corporate paid front group run by right winger rick berman berman is closely tied to the food industry and has attacked the humane society on many occasions saying they are engaged in a slow but steady push to take away consumer choices by forcing meat eggs and dairy food out of americans reach berman has a long history of spreading misinformation in order to protect the interests of the food industry his latest ad is an instant would ation tax tactic designe

i'm john berman, for "nightline," in new york. >> thank you, john. we'll get to the romney victory party. but let's start with jonathan karl with the santorum camp who would want to paint this loss as a win. when it comes to delicate count, that's not just spin. >> reporter: it's not over yet. mitt romney has won in terms of the vote. but the delegates are awarded proportionally by delegate district. and if you were watching the speech, with santorum, you would never know he lost the popular vote here. he talked about this as a victory for him. i spoke with him just as he was leaving. said this is a huge win for us. we came into mitt romney's backyard and did as well as they did. they think the next round will be on their turf, not on romney's home turf. >> next round is a big turf. let's go to david muir and the romney camp. i'm a little disappointed that you're not at the romney party with surrogate kid rock, so we could see the governor mix in that crowd. how did the night unfold there? >> reporter: governor romney, thanking the voters in michigan

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sure so rick berman and company they're basically here out in the video all sorts of ads for all sorts of people everyone from like. fast food companies like philip morris you know all sorts of political communications and it's really fascinating you know you saw what you thought were a bunch of mechanics in that ad and rick berman was actually posing as one of the mechanics he's actually in his own ad playing an actor complaining about unions and it's fascinating because he thought that they maybe were a bunch of mechanics that rick berman you know his house three point three million dollars i mean the multimillionaire made all his money basically you know hacking for politicians and for corporate causes you know when we have ads like this is important will always know where the money's coming from who's in them and you know what what the what the real message behind them is and not just take things at face value so what do you say about what they said in this ad right which is only one out of ten union workers actually get a chance to vote. well it's really fascinating what you know

here's abc's john berman. ♪ >> reporter: why is this man smiling?le worth more than 100 million bucks. so you make t-shirts. >> yep. >> reporter: a lot of t-shirts. >> a lot of t-shirt, yeah, but we do more than anything is try to spread good vibes. >> reporter: spreading and selling good vibes. these smiling moguls are busht and john jacobs, chief executive optimist, and chief creative optimist of the clothing company simply called life is good. how many products do you make? >> i have no idea. >> reporter: okay, so they aren't your average corporate titans but they sell about 600 products, mostly centered around a goofy big-mouthed beret wearing stick figure named jake. jake started as a doodle in 1994, a tale we told by bert at a commencement address. so my brother drew the very first jake. that was 16 years ago and he hasn't done a damn thing since. >> reporter: with jake the brothers went from hawking t-shirts from the back of their many voyager to a brand worth over $100 million. >> you notice he has a little facial growth. >> reporter: the li

john berman takes a tour. >> reporter: we have all seen proof that america is a world superpower.you this might look like a -- >> dust bunny. >> reporter: that ball of hair and dust that collects under your bed. but in the northeast, it's a dust kitty. the south, a house moss. pennsylvania, a woolie. in california -- a flug or a -- >> a mungie. >> reporter: 174 words for this same thing. we truly are the land of plenty. plenty of words. quirky, colorful, different words depending on where you're from. in the ozarks, heavy rain is a fence lifter. in tennessee, a gully washer. a large sandwich in pennsylvania is a hoagie. in new york, a hero. in new england -- >> grinders. >> reporter: except for parts of boston where they call it a spucky. you can wash it down with a pretty girl's station. chat they call lemonade. or grab some water at the bubbler, a water fountain for the rest of us. it's a celebration and reminder of our rich, real diversity. a country where you can eat a plate of noodles, or hit a river to go noodling. that's bare-handed cat fishing. i tried it. we all might spe

john berman, abc news, new york. >> hard to go wrong with that. pretty darn good too. >> everybody has their favorites. we want to know yours. log on to facebook.com/abc7news and join our conversation. >>> tom brady's wife is the buzz of the internet morning. some giants fans were tainting her after the game and she was heard on video saying my husband cannot bleeping throw the ball and catch at the same time. i can't believe they dropped the ball so many times referring to the wide receivers. the supermodel trending on social media says many accusing her of being a sore loser. >> she broke the code. >> you know how brutal those fans are in new york and everywhere else. >> rain coming? >> yep, thick skin, probably need it tomorrow. we have rain on the way. it won't happen during the daylight hours but it is on the way for the evening and overnight and it could cause problems for your commute. we'll talk about it in a few minutes. >> >> could texting too much leave your teen to become shallow? a study parents need to hear. the new city rolling out

john berman, abc news, new york. >> as they say, at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. >>>ank you for watching. we're always there at abcnews.com. "nightline" later. and we'll see you right back here again tomorrow. good night. captioned by closed captioning services, inc. this is the "jeopardy!" teachers tournament.

john berman, abc news, new york. >> and by the way, heard from a lot of you from my beloved kentucky.nd thank you for informing everyone out there. you don't wear pants. you wear britches. >>> thank you for watching. we're always there at abcnews.com. and george and i and the team will be right back here to follow the results tonight, as they come in, from michigan and arizona. stay with us. we'll see you then.

berman, if you would like to ask your question. >> a very specific question about syria. the security of the chemical and possibly biological weapons in syria should the assad regime fall. how real is the danger of these horrific weapons and substances leaving syria and falling into the hands of terrorists and terrorist groups? and what about a nonlug ar program to secure, dismantle and remove chemical and buy lodge wall weapons and technology from syria? >> first, with respect to keystone, what i said in 2010 was that energy security considerations exist and needed to be taken into account. but it had to be part of what is the legal and regulatory requirements for evaluating any pipeline application that crosses an international boundary, the state department was in the process of making such a determination. and when it became necessary to make a decision, we did not recommend that the president say no but rather that the presidential permit for the project at that time be denied. and with respect to the national interest, what we were working on was a resolution of the

up next on booktv, morris berman 11 talks about that -- mr. berman argues self-interest trumping the common good has led the uss trey. this is just over an hour. >> okay. guess we are ready to roll. thank you for coming. i never know how many are going to attend. i have gone to the point that i consider success -- that came out of a book tour i did in 2006 and is a favorite of mine. i was booked into a bookstore in philadelphia and three people showed up and one of them fell asleep during a talk and i was ready to start snoring more fall out of the chair and happily that was not recorded by c-span. worst part of that was when i saw the fire from the store, this did happen. so the fire from the store -- at the bottom it said morris berman is dean of optometry at you see fullerton. i offered anyone who bought the book i would give them a free eye exam but not too many. i want to thank barnes and noble for hosting this so we can get together and talk about issues that i think are very important. there seems to be some confusion in the united stat

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john berman abc news new york. >> hard to go wrong with that. pretty darn good too. >> everybody has their favorites. we want to know yours. log on to facebook.com/abc7news and join our conversation. >>> tom brady's wife is the buzz of the internet morning. some giants fans were tainting her after the game and she was heard on video saying my husband cannot bleeping throw the ball and catch at the same time. i can't believe they dropped the ball so many times referring to the wide receivers. the supermodel trending on social media says many accusing her of being a sore loser. >> she broke the code. >> you know how brutal those fans are in new york and everywhere else. >> rain coming? >> yep thick skin probably need it tomorrow. we have rain on the way. it won't happen during the daylight hours but it is on the way for the evening and overnight and it could cause problems for your commute. we'll talk about it in a few minutes. >> >> could texting too much leave your teen to become shallow? a study parents need to hear. the new city rolling out ne

john berman, abc news, baltimore. >>> and before weley you, we have a salute tonight.he end of an era. the last-known surviving veteran of world war i. she has died. she is florence green of great britain. she never saw the front lines but was part of the war effort, as part of the women's royal air force, serving food to the troops at two british air bases. she's a great grandmother and a veteran that did what to serve. chef was 110 years old. >>> and we thank you for watching. we're always there at abcnews.com. "nightline" will be here later. and we'll see you right back here, once again, tomorrow night. good night. ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering.

john berman, abc news, new york. >> as they say, at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. >>>ank you for watching. we're always there at abcnews.com. "nightline" later. and we'll see you right back here again tomorrow. good night. >>> tonight irrec layer tis in hundreds of foreclosure documents. >> how your money is being spent on bay area bar pilots. up to $26,000 for 90 minutes of work. >> surveillance video helping police unravel a crosswalk accident where so far no one has been blamed. >> on the job with oakland police chief. tonight his number one mission as he confronts challenges of doing more with less. >> good evening, some people who lost homes may be entitled to a reversal. >> some could be faulty. an audit finds iger layer tis in the handling of most foreclosures and the report suggests some should be investigated maybe even voided altogether. abc 7 is live with the story tonight. >> about 16% of all foreclosures in san francisco were examined. we're talking from january, 2009 to october, 2011. the audit found nearly 85% of th

john berman, abc news, new york. >> and by the way, heard from a lot of you from my beloved kentucky.nd thank you for informing everyone out there. you don't wear pants. you wear britches. >>> thank you for watching. we're always there at abcnews.com. and george and i and the team will be right back here to follow the results tonight, as they come in, from michigan and arizona. stay with us. we'll see you then. >>> tonight the lockyer scandal. the man who reportedly had an affair with the county supervisor says there is a sex tame taip and that is just the beginning. >> could california's 13th largest cities follow in the footsteps of orange county and vallejo? >> and a potentially heavy rain and wind storm just hours from hitting the bay area, i'll take a look in the accu-weather forecast. >> and from abc 7 news i team, a legal settlement that cost cities millions and most of them may be preventable. >> good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> tonight a central valley town may become the largest city in the nation to file for bankruptcy. >> stockton has been called the most-miserable city in

john berman, abc news, baltimore. >>> and before we leave you, we have a salute tonight.t's the end of an era. the last-known surviving veteran of world war i. she has died. she is florence green of great britain. she never saw the front lines but was part of the war effort, as part of the women's royal air force, serving food to the troops at two british air bases. she's a great-grandmother and a veteran who did what she could to serve. and she was 110 years old. >>> and we thank you for watching. we're always there at abcnews.com. "nightline" will be here later. and we'll see you right back here, once again, tomorrow night. good night. >>> tonight california same-sex marriage ruling and the long legal battle ahead for gay couples hoping to tie the knot. >> officers down a federal agent is wounded in front of his home. after a day long search a suspect is now in custody. >> a new crime crisis in oakland. the chief steps up to tackle a wave of violence. but some say it's not enough. >> and we'll sit down with a google employee whose arrest helped usher in the arab spring.

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because really at this point there is no other alternative. >> all right, jeff berman, the author ofk "the magic number" if you're a junkie, it's a fun read. it was quite the boiler room. what was amazing, of course, was that your opponent didn't have an equal to you. jeff berman, nice to see you, sir. >> thanks, chuck. >>> our hump day, leap day political panel will be here next. what happens when leap day and hump d hu hump day collides. >>> but first the soup of the day, cream of broccoli. come on. we are honoring the iraq war veterans, we are feeding them broccoli? hopefully we can feed them something better than cream of broccoli. you're watching the "daily rundown" only on msnbc. you think you take off all your make-up before bed. but do you really? [ female announcer ] neutrogena® makeup remover erases 99% of your most stubborn makeup with one towelette. can your makeup remover do that? [ female announcer ] neutrogena® makeup remover. i knew it'd be tough on our retirement savings, especially in this economy. but with three kids, being home more really helped. man: so we went

host: ari berman is a writer for "the nation" magazine. we will get to your calls and comments in a minute. on three separate occasions in the last week the president took aim at mitt romney not mentioning his name but in detroit saying some would want to have the u.s. car industry by which is a reference to calling for control of bankruptcy of chrysler and general motors. at the national prayer breakfast he took aim at the comment talking about the poor and president saying it is imperative for all of us to care about the poor and in falls church, virginia, his housing proposal put forth taking aim at mitt romney, using his words and message but not his name. >> a pretty steady decline about five years ago and government certainly can't fix the entire problem on its own. but it is wrong for anybody to suggest that the only option for struggling responsible homeowners is to sit and wait for the housing market to hit bottom. [applause] >> i refuse to accept that and so do the american people. host: what is going on here by the president? ob

john berman, abc news, new york. >> and his suck cease i success lin-fectious. >> the message in thisht be sitting next to greatness and not realize it. >> i definitely don't realize it. i think we can all agree on that. >> in fact, nobody has realized it. it is unanimous. [ laughter ] >> warriors go down to the wire with the blazers. >> i usually know it when i see it. >> well, listen up. i'm speaking as loud as i can. [ teen ] times are good, aren't they, kids? it's nice having u-verse, isn't it? see back in my day, we didn't have these newfangled wireless receivers. fangled? no, we watched march madness in the living room... that's where the tv outlet was. what is he talking about? and if mom was hosting her book club that day, guess what...you missed it! we couldn't just move the tv all willy-nilly all over the house. ohh! ohh! kids today have it so good. ok. [ male announcer ] the new wireless receiver from at&t. get u-verse tv for $25 a month with free hd for six months. at&t. >>> coming up tonight at 11:00, two bay area colleges suddenly shut down. why hundreds of students who

here's abc's john berman. >> lin puts it up. bam. >> reporter: just how big is jeremy lin?ust how surprising? just how inspiring? he's like the perfect combination of shirley maclaine, eminem, and mark zuckerberg, all rolled up into one. we'll explain. but first -- >> lin, alley-oop. >> reporter: tonight, lin led the new york knicks into their seventh win in a row. if you're not familiar with the fairy tale, jeremy lin is the world's unlikeliest current nba star. unrecruited by big universities. undrafted out of college. cut by two teams this season. he's sleeping on his brother's couch in new york, before leading the knicks on a winning rampage. >> banks it in. wow. >> reporter: averaging more than 26 points a game. now, he's moved into a posh trump building. he's a devout christian. and also one of the first american-born asian players ever. and the first from harvard since the 1950s. an economics major, by the way. simply put, this has never happened. not to mention, this, the absolute mania over his success. >> lin-sanity. >> reporter: courtside seats for the knicks can

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. >>> tahoe ski resorts say they are getting a bum rap this season as conditions are berman most peopleink. because of the dry conditions this winter the resorts -- are churning out a lot of manmade snow. during the past week they've received a few more inches of natural snow operators say it has been a challenge convincing skiers that conditions are good. the california association says business at sierra resorts during the christmas season was down 40% statewide. how are the conditions? >> i have friends who had been up there i was a skeptic, sugar bowl, squaw and north star friends saying it is decent like the story says. of course they would love to get some natural snow too. >>> let's look at what is going on down here. no winter weather advisories, no warnings nothing up there they are just going to get light snow today through the morning hours. looking back from emeryville into san francisco, moisture hanging in the air, low ceiling that is going to create flight arrival delays into sfo. live doppler over the past three hours rain moving south to north better returns off the coa

but the big game was chris berman of espn, and his partner, lucas black. he made 40,000 with that putt on number two, coming to 18 with a carry over from a hole on 17, doing what they called a chip-off. black was the first guy off, this far away with a chip trying to get as close as he could to the fence. how about just knocking it in. the 11 guys couldn't get that close, that was worth another 40,000. he set the bar high, his heart in the right place. >> not really, you have 11 guys behind you. i wanted to set the bar high, i love golf, and -- both the junior golf foundations back in missouri, that this was going to, they do a lot to grow the game. they're putting clubs in kids' hands, in under privileged kids' hands at an early age. it is amazing, teaching them integrity, character and most of all love of the game. >> reporter: great feel this time, live from pebble beach, i'm joe fonzi, back to you. >> all right, thank you joe. the sharks in the tank tonight against the flames. full highlights at 10, that is the sporting life for right now. >> all right