along with bernard whitn. will pushing the minimum to the max push out jobs just as they're coming back? >> yes, absolutely, this is the wrong thing to do in an economy that's showing some signeds of recovery. remember, they're targeting the wrong people. this is a great union and democratic slogan to say, look at the ceo, how much he's making. you can't raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour? take mcdonald's nor example. they will tell you, they don't set the wages for the local franchises. these are your moms and pops. these are your neighbors out there. they can't afford -- they don't have huge margins to raise the wages to $15 an hour. remember, if you want to help poverty this isn't the way to do it. the earned income tax cret does it. take this out of politics. take this out of unions. remember, 67% of people that make minimum wage work part time. $53,000 a year is what the average person who makes a minimum wage, that household, makes. this does not do a lot for poverty but it does hurt sma business. >>

here is a first and 10 carry by bernard scott.is getting some early action here with rice and pierce. what is the story here? phil: they are unhappy with the running back situation. the old motto in the nfl they block it for four yards, you have to get more than four. i think the production from the running backs, yes. the blocking hasn't been great but you have to make people miss . you have to break tackles. i am sure that is why scott is in there. pretty quick running back can make people miss. jim: second and 8 over to pitta. pitta fighting for that yardage and pushed back about a yard shy. scott protecting his quarterback. phil: dennis pitta on the catch. that is the second time joe flacco has gone to him. that is a great sign for that offense. they need an inside presence to throw the football to. last year it was pitta and anquan boldin. we will see if it changes the offense. jim: pierce comes back behind flacco. dixon in at tight end. and there is leach shifting on third and 1. pierce picked up one already on third down. h

bernard madoff?" and they all said, "no. we don't think he's for real." >> kroft: could you find anybody? >> i found no one that ever traded with mr. madoff, and i traded with the largest equity derivative service in the world. >> kroft: and that's because madoff's investment fund never actually made any trades, at least going back to 1993 and probably further, a fact confirmed at a meeting of madoff investors by the trustee charged with liquidating his assets. no one knew the depth of the fraud, but a lot of people had questions. who else figured this out besides you? >> i would say that hundreds of people suspected something was amiss with the madoff operation. if you look at who the victims were not, you'll notice that the major firms on wall street had no money with mr. madoff. >> kroft: i mean, you write-- this is the letter. i'm quoting from the letter to the securities and exchange commission, red flag number 20: "madoff is suspected of being a fraud by some of the world's largest, most sophisticated financial service

bernard hurdles to the 20-yard line. giovani bernard. phil: here comes the blitz. the game is great. it frees up daryl smith. you always have to be alert for the screens with this offense. and they want to get the football to number 25 as many times as possible. a nice adjustment wasn't it, hanging with the football. there is a lot of shake in this guy's game. looked down the field. concentrated on the football again. im: picks up 15. and on first down pump fake and now the throw away by dalton. we have another update on the steelers-browns game. james: pittsburgh doing its part. shannon: they need a win and a lot of help. his wayds, bell barrels into the end zone. james: jim and phil. second belichick amongst scrimmage yards in rookies behind only lacy. second and 10. the end zone and almost pulled in with a one handed grab by green. phil: beautiful anticipation. a.j. green waits just a second long to turn his head. ebb outside. >> lardarius webb, great cover guy. jim: third and 10. they are 3 out of 4 on third own. gets it off just in time. a time-out was called

bernard, i'll go to you on this. what if -- what if these words had come out of say someone quoting the position on homosexuality? >> when you equate an entire class of people with things like having sex with animals or being drunks or adulterers. >> but you can't get away with that. >> it was a comma after the quote. >> i did not say equate, i said link. which is exactly what he did. he said it morphs from this to that, a linkage, not an equation. that has terrible effect on people. it's demeaning, it's vile, it's disgusting. does he have a right to do that? yes. but it's detrimental to society. i think it's one of the reasons that gay kids are five times more likely to kill themselves. why there's so many -- gay homeless youths out there. i think we should use this as an opportunity to engage in a real discussion here. the problem i have is not with his christianity at all. let's remember here, the bible talks about homosexuality six or seven times, talks about prayer 500 times. it talks about money and possessions

cornell bernard is live on the campus.eporter: no arrests have been made in these robberies but uc police are stepping up their presence around camps. they're using this mobile command center after dark, serving coffee and hot chocolate out of it, to calm the nerves of students in the wake of the robberies and instructing them how to stay safe. >>> lyanne and her friends are making a music video in willard park, the same place who cal students were robbed at gunpoint on saturday when they were taking pictures of a meteor shower two suspects in the 20s robbed the pair of their phones, camera, and tripe pod. no one was hurt but lyanne is thinking about her safety. >> everyone tells me to really, really be careful. >> on thursday at 2:00 a.m., man in his 30s was robbed of his laptop while he was setting on the steps of urban outfitters. an armed man struck the victim with his gun and then took off. the same night two other armed suspects stole an ipad from this ice cream store on tell gravel, and on tuesday, dem 10th, female

it is bernard. he gets out to the 39. that burst is good for seven.ow about this bengals offensive line though. they get a injury in there, kyle cook, the center. they move it around. i noticed that. they have depth. they have players. they have versatilities and still get it done to give their quarterback a chance. now you have andrew whitworth at left tackle instead of left guard. jim: second and 3. bernard again. the ravens went right down the line with him, including elam. the rookie pounding the ground as he makes a tackle behind the line for a loss of four. phil: he had one of the best games have i seen the safety had all year. when he plays near line of scrimmage he can tackle. he can blitz. diagnoses plays quickly. he was definitely worth a first round draft pick. jim: we will see if the ravens can get the bengals off the field in a hurry. phil: give them a taste of their own medicine as they fake the blitz inside. >> false start offense, number 67. jim: that is twice today andy dalton tried the hard count. if they are go to blitz, you get the

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in san francisco, cornell bernard, abc news. >> here's a pic e-mailed to us that shows icicles hanging from a tree at a south san jose playground. we want to see how the freezing cold is affecting you. send your photos and videos. also tweet them to abc 7 news bay area. across the nation the forecast calls for the wintry mix to continue through tonight and turn into rain early tomorrow. meteorologists say this is the work of a couple of storms lined up side by side. freezing rain has made driving for millions of residents nationwide. >> i've got anti-lock brakes. i was going five miles an hour. >> airline passengers flying to texas, chicago or the northeast are advised to call ahead. thousands of flights are canceled nationwide. right now no major delays being reported at bay area airports. the worst delays include chicago o'hare, philadelphia international and major airports in new york and new jersey. check out game conditions in philadelphia today. the eagles and lions game was one of several played during a snowstorm. the snow obscured the yard markers. wow. look at that. making it

lisa bernard, al jazeera, san ramÓn, california. >> today marks a somber anniversary.we have that story. >> reporter: the image of the lockerbie bombings stand out in the history of terror bombing attacks still 25 years later. and what still lingers is the pain. dr. jim swire lost his daughter. >> in undoing what happened, and nothing we can do can undo that terrible evil. >> reporter: but for some questions over who committed that terrible evil still remain. the only man convicted spent eight years in prison before his controversial release on compassionate grounds after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. he died in 20132021. >>> the american government blamed the libyan leader muammar qaddafi. but many feel the libyans were scapegoated. and there were things that could have prevented the attack or as political expert james boyd points out the punitive action by british or american governments. >> you think about what the reaction is however geopolitically to this event, and one is watching their head thinking did this plane really get taken out and did these peopl

cornell bernard has the story you will see only on abc7. >> sometimes homeless are over looked during the holidays, but not by jackie sellinger who spotted a homeless woman in front of this sketchers shoe store. >> she is holding a sign. i looked at her feet and she has some really slim feet and putting slippers on. >> the woman told the officer homeless shelters that donate shoes never have anything that fits her, a size 12. >> we just have so much. >> she offered to by something she needed. >> she said i will take anything. >> we can walk down to the -- she felt like it was a little expensive at sketchers so she said we can walk down to the pay less store. i could see she was a really humble lady. >> we learned of the story when officer se llger's son secretly took these pictures of the i'm prom tee trip -- i'm impromptu trip and posted them on the page. >> she had done it and it was her decision and there was no one watching her. i admire my mom for that. >> the store manager said the woman chose this all weather boot for $69. the kind gesture prompted him to help out too. >> i off

abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard is live in san mateo county with details. cornell. >> it all begun two years ago -- a year ago, actually, when two mountain lion cubs were shot and killed by game wardens. it prompted a new law, a definite victory for animal rights activists. >> wildlife advocates got together sunday to remember a sad day one year ago when two mountain lion cubs were shot and killed by game wardens after they wandered into a half-moon bay neighborhood and hid under a porch. >> there is better ways of handling this than with a gun. >> they were baby cubs, and they weren't pose aing threat. they had wandered into the nand. they were looking for their mother, looking for some food. >> the killing of the cub sparked so much public outrage that prompted senator jerry hill to push forward legislation requiring wardens to use nonlethal alternatives to capture big cats unless they pose an immediate threat to the public. hill's law takes effect next month, but it's already being used by game wardens. >> we have seen it work in san jose, santa cruz, an

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bernard and irene schwartz. rosalind p. walter. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america, designing customized and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >>> additional support is provided by, and by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station, from viewers like you. thank you. from the tish wnet studios at lincoln center, new york, this is "pbs newshour weekend. >>> good evening. u.s. military aircraft trying to rescue americans stranded in south sudan came under fire today and had to turn back and fly to uganda. officials say four americans were wounded, one seriously. thousands of citizens have fled in the wake of fighting between government troops and rebels. this week president obama sent u.s. troops into south sudan to help protect the u.s. embassy. other western countries are also evacuating their personnel. china said today, it had what it called strong concerns about japan's decision to boost military spending. earlier this week, japan announced

repairs happening in these four locations cornell bernard is live with the story. cornell that, is a huge mass hasel for people. >> it is. >> repairs are coming back on across millbrae pechl have holiday parties scheduled and others just have dishes to clean. they're back in business, water flowing again. you know for a long time today the water was off. >> there is no water at joe gibbs house, most of it is rushing down his street. >> woke to jack hammers and my wife asking what to do about there not being water. >> what are you doing about it? >> we have jugs of water stored for emergencies so we're using those >> five water lines burst, leaving a thousand homes high and dry >> every available public utility worker is on duty. the mayor says the recent cold snap may have contributed. >> pipes about 50 years old. >> it's unusual and costly and could leave millbrae with a bill over $1 million. >> results under regarding the death of a patient found in a hospital. abc7 news reporter vic lee is live with findings of the examiner. vic? >> we'll get back to vic lee in

i'll give you a look at when it might warm up a little, a little later. >> abc7 reporter cornell bernarde handling the cold. >> once again it is getting very cold here in san francisco. my abc7 weather app says

bernard whitman. welcome, this is fascinating to me. that they went with pope francis for some conservatives has been controversial i'll tell you i read a moving piece by john moody on fox news.com written the book about the papacy. he defends this pope. your thoughts, monica? >> it's tough to dislike a pope who drives a ford focus. okay? this is a very humble man taking the papacy out of the palace to the streechlts he is living the gospel every day, is relatable and warm and engaging. he made comments that have been controversial as you point out, particularly conservatives but as i read them... >> about wealth? about income. >> yes. capitolism. >> yes. yes. >> and i read those comments closely. what i take is that it's more of a criticism of hyper consumerism than it is about capitolism or free market per se. i think he had valid criticisms there. i i think he's a quiet reformer in the church. he says he's taking the church on a different trajectory >> he see the pope washing feet of prisoners setting example for what a catholic and

mark larson and bernard whitman, welcome to you both.was saying that you should be talking about it on your show. let me get back to him on that with all due respect. >> what do you make of the bartender plea and doing it over happy hour. >> we have come a long way from jfk asking ask not what your country can do for you to go out and get a drink. >> the aca does cover red wine. but i think it was an amusing idea of the president. people do sit around and talk about issues and problems and challenges around the table and at bars. and i think that a lot of people are scared that they don't have health insurance and i think the fact is, these conversations about what to do actually do take place in these venue. >> come on. i guarantee you, i agree with the last point but when they were coming up with this whole health care law, the last thing on their minds was hey, let's pitch bartending down the road. >> i'm encouraged, i think every generation assumes that the next whipper snapper assumes that the next one is not going to get it. i wond

>> father john bernard feit. >> father john feit. back then, a catholic priest. no evidence in this case right now points us in any other direction. >> so why is he still a free man? by all accounts, irene garza was a remarkable young woman. >> she kind of broke the mold. >> irene's younger cousin, noemi sigler. >> at that time, hispanics stayed on one side of town, anglos lived on another side, and she kind of transcended that. >> she was gentle and sweet and beautiful. >> lynda de la vina is another cousin. >> she was really a role model, and to see how she had gone through college, was a teacher, was a beauty queen and yet was just a very sweet and simple person to us as children. >> but in 1960, the body of this inspiring woman was found face down in this canal. she was 25, the age for thinking about getting married and raising a family. >> she didn't have a life. irene never had that chance. >> irene garza lived in this house in what was a very nice neighborhood near downtown mcallen and remains so today. she lived here with her sister and parents. on the sa

bernard shaw is still with us. give us a little final thought on what nelson mandela meant to you. >> he meant the world to me. i trusted him. i loved him. i adored him. i respected him. why? because he lived and led the way we would want to. >> he inspired you as he inspired so many millions of people all over the world. but you had a chance to get to know him personally a little bit. you spent some time with him. and he was such a powerful figure. you spent time with him on the eve of his inauguration as president of south africa. >> yes, i did. but i go back to this capital city here in washington when president and mrs. clinton hosted the state dinner at the white house. later, prince mandar, saudi arabia's ambassador had a huge party at his residence. linda, my wife, we saw him as he worked his way through the tables. and he said, oh, there you are. he said, taking my wife's hands, he said, i see and i know now where your success comes from. a great sense of humor. >> amazing man. >> he was right about linda,

joining me with you a democratic pollster bernard whitman, monica crowley and arthur idala, criminaly. your thoughts? >> i thought it was disgusting, hateful. the fact that someone would equate the love i might have for another man with beastiality, a drunkard, adultery flies in the face of what it means to be christian. being christian means to treat others as you want to be treated. the fact he came out with such vile speech is reprehensible. i applaud a & e for taking him off the show. >> but it's the united states of america. this is what i fight for every day in the courtroom. when somebody may have committed a crime and they are guilty, but under the laws of our nation they are entitled to certain protections. you know what, there is something called the first amendment. a & e is entitled to make the statement. this is not a & e. >> on tv, the hate is disgusting. >> you're not correct. there ises solid case law on this. >> we are talking about the court of public opinion. >> let me ask you this. now he's gone. indefinite hiatus. i don't know what that means. that will shut down

monsieur bernard, i know you've been stealing flaÄrdfulls, so pack up your things and get off the dagstorpdon't let the billy-olsbo hit you on the way out, any of the fine billy products. we looked at the thing and the doors are called billies. it's funny that this was going on at ikea of all places because they actually sell an item that shields you from being spied on. it's called the ingen spy. i'm just going to order it right now. i'm just going to order it up. wow. that was fast. they you so much, sir. very kind of you, sir. no, you. thank you, sir. no, really. thank you. well, i'll just see what you got here. we'll put this together. very nice. alan wrench. >> he's trying my6<6> what about the time that you dared cam to drink that beer stein full of wool lite. >> he drank it faster than you could say, "no, don't do it, that's the equivalent of drinking poison." [laughter] >> i was in a six-month coma. they say from the neurological damage there's no way i live

bernard smith reports. >> still in her white prison coats she is now back home. she was freed one month into afternoon 11 year prison sentence for taking part in an antigovernment protest in alexandria. >> i was laughing and crying at the same time. i couldn't believe it! why 11 years? one month for carrying weapons, six years for illegal gathering and four years for rioting, and i think something related to scratching a door. it was so silly i cried, but we were also laughing a lot about it. >> sara was one of 21 women and girls given hefty sentences. no effort was are linking the women to any violence. the 11 year terms provoked international outrage. now reduced their sentences to either a year suspension or probation. >> i don't think sara is going to join protest again. sara has a one year suspended sentence. are you going to protest? for sure she's not. >> sairsarah wants to get back o university. >> we had no clothes except for the prison clothes and we had three criminals with us that used to really bother us and call us names. >> sara will appeal for a f

this is bernard ruske the incoming director of experimentation. thank you for coming to talk with us. day plus so much more. >> we begin with the government shutdown. >> answers to the questions no one else will ask. >> it seems like they can't agree to anything in washington no matter what. >> antonio mora, award winning and hard hitting. >> we've heard you talk about the history of suicide in your family. >> there's no status quo, just the bottom line. >> but, what about buying shares in a professional athlete? many worry that the gains made in education will not stick in the future. aljazeera's jane ferguson takes us to a school in kandahar city that was long considered a success and is now facing closure. >> it's a place offering more than these girls know, a quality education in real tangible skills, a path away from positivity and early marriage and towards university and a career. since 2002, the modern stud has been teaching women languages, like management and computer skills. that they are skills that speak of ambition which in the heart

abc7 news reporter cornell bernard has the story you will see only on abc7. >> reporter: in bustling union square, homeless people are sometimes overlooked during the holidays, but not by san francisco police officer jackie sullenger, who recently spotted a homeless woman sitting in front of this sketcher shoe store, saying that she needed shoes. >> she was holding a sign. she needed shoes and i looked at her feet and saw she had flimsy slippers on. she said homeless shelters never have anything that fits her, size 12. >> i thought about my family and we have so much. >> reporter: so the cop offered to buy her something she desperately needed. >> she said to me, i'll take anything. we can walk down -- she felt like it was a little expensive at sketchers. she said we can walk down to the payless store. i could see she was a humble lady. >> we learned about the story when her son secretly took these pictures of the impromptu shopping trip at the store and posted them on our facebook page. she had already done it. it was completely her decision. there was no one watching her. and i'm pr

abc7 news reporter cornell bernard has the story you will see only on abc7. >> reporter: in bustlingnion square, homeless people are sometimes overlooked during the holidays but not by san francisco police officer jackie sullenger, who recently spotted a homeless woman sitting in front of this shoe store. cying she needed shoes and i >> she was holding a sign. she needed shoes and i looked at her feet and saw she had flimsy slippers on. she said homeless shelters never have anything that fits her, size 12. >> i thought about my family and we have so. >> reporter: so the cop offered to by her something she desperately needed. >> she said to me i'll take anything. we can walk down -- she felt like it was a little expensive at sketchers. she said we can walk down to the payless store. i could see she was a humble lady. >> we learned about it when her son secretly took these pictures of the impromptu shopping trip at the store and posted them on our facebook page. >> she did it on her own. there was no one watching her. and i'm proud of her. >> the store manager jerome jackson said the w

and that madman was bernard who back in 1872 imagined a bridge connecting oakland to san francisco but that the armies should arrest the folks for failing to make this happen. different from the chain cutting when the bay celebrated on time and under biscuit engineering marvel we can take pride that not a single human life was lost in the construction of this 21st century san francisco bay bridge (clapping) let's humbly remember the 28 lives lost in 1923 to 26 and, yes in the upcoming public hearings in the senate we'll review and learn from our mistakes so the economic costs will not remedying repeat itself. but public sentiment today would never have tolerated such loss of life no matter how great the project. safety has and also will be tape priority for the bridge. it now carries 2 hundred and 80 thousand vehicles everyday. compare it to 9 million vehicles the first year the bay bridge was in service. we have been collective blessed in this borrowed time taken us to arrive at this historic day that no other tragedy has resulted. but that concern is now behind us as and enjoy the be

tony paige and bill bernard. >> i've a huge fan of bill clinton for 20 years.all seriousness, i think the policies, she's got the policies and the pragmatism and the poise to be the next president. i think her dialogue for the next three years is go be to be hellful that she has the ability to focus on luges. to bring people together, to cross the divide. >> that would be important, crossing the divide but the interesting thing is politics are so fickle because just about two month asing, many thought it was the foregone conclusion that hillary clinton would be the next president of the united states. then you had a thing called benghazi happen and then obamacare. how do you feel? >> it's changing. that's why i don't understand, even people favorable of a potential hillary run. set up this inevitability argument, inevitable that hillary will be president and win. what goes up must come down she's been up on that stratospheriic level. you mentioned benghazi, arab spring, and cairo, iran and the distance with israel these are all things that happened under her wa

in san francisco, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >> so how bad is the air going to be? meteorologist sandhya patel is here with live doppler 7 hd. it's a shame to spare the air on christmas, but that's the way it goes, i guess. >> absolutely, dan. i wish it could have been another day. but i can't tell you that because of the stagnant weather pattern. as you look at live doppler 7 hd, cloudy skies are clear right now. and i do want to show you the conditions as we look across the bay from the east bay hills camera. air quality not so good. it is expected to be actually unhealthy in the santa clara valley, pour across the rest of the bay areas. so no wood burning is allowed right on through tomorrow. and one of the reasons for this is high pressure offshore flow. it's a down sloping wind that is continuing to even the pollutants trapped near the surface. we don't have the ocean breeze. today moffett field 71. san rafael 66. gilroy tied its record at 72. and we have plenty of 60s and 70s. unseasonably mild for this time of the year. more records are likely as we head into

monsieur bernard, i know you've been stealing flaÄrdfulls, so pack up your things and get off the dagstorpon't let the billy-olsbo hit you on the way out, any of the fine billy products. we looked at the thing and the doors are called billies. it's funny that this was going on at ikea of all places because they actually sell an item that shields you from being spied on. it's called the ingen spy. i'm just going to order it right now. i'm just going to order it up. wow. that was fast. they you so much, sir. very kind of you, sir. no, you. thank you, sir. no, really. thank you. well, i'll just see what you got here. we'll put this together. very nice. alan wrench. >> he's trying nÜú5 sleep train's interest-free for 3 event ends sunday! it's your last chance to get 3 years interest-free financing on beautyrest black, stearns & foster, serta icomfort, even tempur-pedic. plus, get free delivery and sleep train's 100-day low price guarantee. but hurry, sleep train's interest-free for 3 event ends sunday! superior service, best selection, lowest price, guaranteed! ♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a

cornell bernard is live with details on the crash. reporter: this very busy intersection has re-opened to traffic tonight following the crash. that firefighter recovering from his injuries. ironically this is the same spot another fire truck crash was caught on tape. [sirens] >> san francisco fire trucks rolledly to intersection of fifth and howard streets all the time. sunday morning was different. >> the driver didn't hear the sirens. >> david bowers pulled over when he saw the ladder truck approaching but a mercedes station wagon did not. >> he came straight through in the right-hand lane, and mid-intersection, right into the side of the car. >> i turned around and heard boom. and it was like that fast. real quick. crazy. reporter: the ladder truck struck the mercedes broadside. the impact sent a firefighter to the hospital, along with one passenger in the mercedes. both injuries not serious. police say the car heading west on howard failed to yield to the fire truck, driving north on fifth. >> it appears that the mercedes, the civ

abc7 news reporter cornell bernard has the story you will see only on abc7. >> reporter: at bustling union square, homeless people are sometimes overlooked during the holidays but not by san francisco police officer jackie sullenger, who spot add homeless woman sitting in front of this shoe store. >> she was holding a signcying she needed shoes and i looked at her feet and saw she had flimsy slippers on. she said homeless shelters never have anything that fits her, size 12. >> i thought about my family and we have so. >> reporter: so the cop offered to by her something she desperately needed. >> she said to me i'll take anything. we can walk down -- she felt like it was a little expensive at ketchers. she said we can walk down to the by less store. i could see she was a humble lead. >> we learned about it when her son secretly took these pictures of the impromptu shopping trip at the store and posted them on our facebook page. >> she did it on her own. there was no one watching her. and i'm proud of her. >> the store manager jerome jackson said the woman chose this all-weather boot f

then bernard whitman, co-host of -- i don't know. it's messed up, bernard. and jedediah beelah.shir is gone. this was after a long time. not like he made the vile comments which everybody agrees were beyond the pale vile. finally today he resigned. is that enough? >> they couldn't have him be representative of the network. they saw a lot of coverage other networks were doing. i did several segments where i didn't understand how they could get rid of alec baldwin and not martin bashir. this was their effort to stay they were being consistent. >> were they? >> to an extent. if theyed hadn't it wouldn't have gone away for them. this is the way to get out of the news on the issue. >> it's starting to quiet down. >> i'm no fan of sarah palin and disagree with with about everything that comes out of her mouth. but what he said was shameful and disgusting. he had to go. msnbc took too long but at the end of the day he lost his show, his job. that's a clear signal that the network doesn't abide by those types of outbursts nor the outburst alec baldwin has. >> without getting into specif

cornell bernard spoke with some of them and is live in san francisco. a rally to remember the victims of newtown just ended here at u.n. plaza. many say they want the violence to end and are demanding stricter federal gun laws. [shouting] >> 50 people joined this peace march to remember victims of the newtown tragedy one year ago. >> at u.n. plaza, the group, sponsored by the brady campaign to end gun violence, staged a lie-in. payment laid on the ground as -- people laid on the ground as each victim's name was read. and 26 pairs of shoes honored the victims. >> enough is enough. >> she spoke at the rally. she survived a mass shooting in 1999 at an l.a. jewish community center. >> it's awful. we have to just as a nation come together and realize we can actually make a difference. we can make tragedies like the one that took place last year, end. >> a gun buyback in the bayview district, sponsored by alive in freeing omega boys club. more than 70 guns were turned in. owners got $100 for a handgun, 200 for an assault weapon. >> one person can do a lot of

cornell bernard is live and shows us how the bay area paid tribute today. reporter: we're live at the pacific centery a rally was held to remember the victims, and calls for stricter gun laws. >> a somber prayer service at st. vincent depaul church in pacific heights to remember the newtown victims, sponsored by the group, moms demand action. >> we will not remain silent anymore. we're working if the anniversary with a moment of silence, and just thinking about my kids and my nine-year-old and my four-year-old. >> my concern is that the violence is still going on, and it's a prayer that indeed we might find a way to work together to end that violence. [chanting] >> this group, represented by the brady campaign to end gun violence, marched through south of market to u.n. plaza where the staged a lie-in. >> stenyears old year the group lay down as each victim's name was read. gun safety advocate survived a mass shooting in 1999 at an l.a. jewish community center. >> i'm luckingoff to live in a state like california who has fantastic gun regulations, but we un

lisa bernard, al jazeera, dixon, southern california. >> this is more than just a california problem.he state's fifth largest supplier of food and produce. >>> recapping our breaking news story at this hour. the dow jumping after the fed announcement. they're reacting positively. and tonight ali velshi will take a look at what the fed move means for you and your family. he is going to sort this all out. that will be on real money with ali velshi at 7:00 eastern time. >>> and demand for homes is higher, despite higher mortgage rates the demand for construction is up in the month of november. that's the largest monthly jump in more than two decades. builders breaking grouped on more than $1 million homes. that's the most since early 2008. up next on al jazeera america. stonehenge has been around for thousands of years. now there is a museum opening up near the site, and not everyone is happy about it. night with the combatants in their training base. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are your headlines at this hour. federal reserves said settle pull back on i

cornell bernard is live from campus. reporter: there's a real effort by uc police toback more visible on campus in the wake of these robberies. tonight they'll be deploying this mobile command center to a location on campus to serve consecutive fee, hot chocolate, and a bit of education about how to keep students safe. >> i still try to always look behind me. >> some uc berkeley students are taking more precautions after reading tweets from uc police about robberies around campus this week. the latest saturday morning in willard park. students taking pictures of a meteor shower were robbed by two men who stole their cameras, phones, and cash. the victims were not hurt on thursday two were robbed of laptops and phones. and on december 10th, female student walking home on this street was robbed by two teens with gucks who stole her wallet and phone. the crimes have lyanne thinking about her safety. >> everybody told me to, don't walk at night because there's been so many robberies and it's pretty sketchy. >> uc police have

. >> bernard l. madoff securities employed over 100 people, but it seemed like a family business. his brother peter and several cousins worked there. mark and andrew worked on the 19th floor of new york's lipstick building, where they legitimately traded securities for the firm and for outside clients. the investment advisory business--the ponzi scheme-- was housed two floors below, where their father never made any trades at all. he was simply creating phony paper statements that showed steady profits for his clients, his victims. access to the 17th floor was highly restricted. you must have been curious about why the 17th floor was such a secret place. when you or mark asked him about his end of the business, what did he say? >> it was always very similar responses. "you guys have your business to worry about, and let me worry about my business," and the conversation would end there. >> but people say, "look, there's no way these kids could not have at the very least suspected something was going on." >> well, keep in mind these were completely separate businesses. we were execu

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