third eye blind started out as a scrappy little act from san francisco that turned into an overnight1997 with the release of their self-titled debut record. >> here's a band that has had many, many hit singles, a band that was all over the the radio and yet if they continued in their old path there was a clear danger that they would have been relegated to a has been band. ♪ i want something else to get me through this ♪ ♪ semi-tough kind of life >> a song that i never thought got played on the radio, semi-charmed life, a dirty filthy song. >> steven jenkins is the lead singer and creative force behind the band. he's still shocked that "semi-charmed life" was such a huge hit. >> nobody listened to lyrics and started playing it. >> the song with a catchy beat was about a drug user's spiraling addiction and was not the single the band would have chosen to define their early career. ♪ i would understand >> that first album sold an incredible 6 million copies, but despite the band's runaway success, they quickly realized they no longer had control of their image and the dresks thirf their

this man or his parents, that he was born blind?'" the healing took place near siloam, a ritual pool just outside the city's southern gate. historians had argued for centuries over its exact location, until five years ago, when some routine work on a sewer pipe revealed the ancient pool. israeli archaeologist professor ronny reich has been excavating it ever since. so, we're coming down into the edge of the pool here. and what have we got here? we are exactly at the southern edge of the city of david. which is part of jerusalem, outside that hill. the tyropean valley, which is, in fact, also the lowest place in jerusalem. "having said these things, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva. then he anointed the man's eyes with the mud and said to him, 'go, wash in the pool of siloam.'" witherington: so let's ask the biblical question, why did jesus send this man to the pool of siloam? and i ask myself, did he just say, "go take the dirt off your face?" or complete the entire process, which included, in those days, also a proc

still to come in this half hour, justice may be blind, but what if a lawyer? one woman's battle to get her law license coming up. topper. >> well right now, it's still mild and no showers on radar. we'll take you back with the almanac. 50 is the average high. 35 is the average low. we'll come back and talk about when and how long you'll need the umbrella and if you're going to need a topcoat later this week. >> and two grandmothers with startling similar claims against the tsa. we're going to tell you what happens when they flew out of the same airport last week. >>> new at 6:00 tonight, a second elderly woman has come forward claiming tsa agents were forward with her. 88 yeerl ruth sherman says she was strip searched at kennedy airport when she flew home. her story similar to zimmerman who flew through the same terminal the next day. >> after they patted me down, they took me into a private room. she pulled my underwear down. >> remove your pants. lower your pants, that's what i did. >> tsa says it is researching both cases. the agency issued an apology to xi

assets to have blind trust. what if we come at it from that perspective? what would be your opinion? >> i think the kind of 10b plan is a kind of protection. many congressmen would find it in a position if they were told they had to use a blind trust even when they had no information at all. they might do this as a matter of pure precaution but i think they would find it unnecessary regulation to say you cannot trade it all because you're a congressman. if you recognize that you were going to come in contact with material information, you would be well advised to use a 10b plan. their reason you are using it is it might be criminal if you traded in your own name. these two things fit together for you have a prohibition and safe harbors. the safe harbor would be a 10b plan or advisement of counsel. i think you need both of them together. >> does everyone -- does anyone disagree? >> you mentioned at the outset of your question the possibility of moving members of congress away from single stocks to other forms of

it didn't need it's a baby girl but it was born blind in both eyes. it was. because my wife well nutrition made the baby like that you know. lead. it. even hearing the sad news but couldn't go home. instead he joined the night shift to earn a few more cents. the night shift of ten hours brings in an extra fifteen cents. the rest of it. i'm exhausted. because you know how to run a rickshaw of course i do it when i was young my dad went insane. what could i do but i had to support my family. so i went to the city and ran a rickshaw i supported my family with that. when there were no ships here i ran rickshaw to. one day my daughter said daddy can't you stop running the wreck sure the ships are back go back to the yard she was ashamed when people call or wake shaw man's daughter. so you understand that i live like this because i had no chance to learn. mean to people like us. we are poor but if i had the chance to learn i wouldn't live like this as a ship breaker like. me to. wear in the same situation. as there was. something of this to. you you will pay me for

family of a blind maryland man is worried after he vanished a week ago. the conflicts reports police are trying to put together this morning. >>> $125 million power ball jackpot, we could know -- we do know who sold it. >>> one of the top quarterbacks has a reason to be proud. where he stands with a big record. all that straight ahead on this tuesday, december 27th. i'm charley crowson. things getting back to normal, maybe a short workweek for you. how is the weather going to be? let's check in with justin berk. >> dundalk 41, 30s north and west. 35 churchville. 37 manchester. the clouds rolled in. this is coming earlier than expected. showers back in towards the mountains. look at this hot mess here. we've got ourselves low pressure turning through the ohio valley. mix on the backside, there will be snow from illinois up through indiana and michigan. we get on the warm side of storm. heavy rain spills our way and possible flooding. 35-40, cloudy. mid and upper 40s, rain arrives earlier and holds us back from 50. showers to rain, wind in to the evening. t

they point at people, rioters, and they blind them.ame effect as if you looked into the sun. >> the weapon emits a wall of light measuring around 12 feet square that can impair the vision of targets up to 1,500 feet away. >> this video showing us the animated version of what this laser weapon would do comes from mma news direct. >> instead now, you've got rioting people who are going to be running around blind? >> this seems like a bad idea. >> what kind of permanent damage can this do to your eyes? >> they're still testing. it's called the smu 100. it's created by a company called blue tonic security system. >> is it crazy what they're coming up with to deal with like riots and protests? do you remember the story we had a few weeks ago, the sound cannons, where you emit this very high-pitched noise that hurts the ears and can do serious damage to your ears. >> could this be used the wrong way is the worry a lot of people have? >> i doubt they would use something that's going to cause permanent damage. >> if you don't look directly at

he was born blind. he got several treats for christmas including his favorites, carrots. christmas spirit also alive on the streets of san francisco. police officers and firefighters giving close to 10,000 toys to needy children in the city. here's hoyt looked in san francisco at lefty o'douls restaurant. the volunteers rt at aing today at 4:30 this morning. they will continue working until past midnight tonight. they say all their hard work is worth it when they see happy faces this christmas. organizers say donations exceeded last year's numbers, adding up to more than 10,000 toys. they went out for some 2,000 school age children who are homeless. >> it's great to cover good stories like that. >> thank you for joining us. thanks for watching this special edition of nbc bay area news. we'll be back here at 11:00. [ female announcer ] at the jcpenney... ...after christmas sale, unwrap the biggest savings this monday. shop from 6am to 1pm and save big with doorbusters like... ...9.99 sweaters for her. 70% off sleepwear for him. just 3.99 for bath towels. and buy two bras a

blind casting must exist for that role, for that lead role, because it's so hard to find a boy who can do all those things, having that skill set. and to restrict it to a certain ethnic group is... you know, you're just basically centering on, "okay, he has to be white to play this role," when there are so many other talented kids who could very well do it. so i think they open that role to whomever could play it realistically. and no one even looks twice. >> hinojosa: so there's been progress made. >> i'd like to think so. i'd like to think so. i mean, the last production on broadway that i was in was les mis. and the first first production you pretty much had to be pasty white to be in the show,. i went into the show and... >> hojosa: did you have to audition for that as well? >> no, i didn't have to. >> hinojosa: they just... a phone call? >> they just said, "do you want to do it" i'm like, "sure, i'd love to play eponine." >> hinojosa: wow. >> and then when they asked me to play fantine for the revival, i went in to replace daphne rubin vega. so it's like, "i'm replacing another...

leer mad and they have this blind because. >> becau his son has betrayed him, evil or bad son edmund and he has saved leer and sent him to dover to be rescu by his daughter car dolia and gloucester is caught, bound, and blinded on stage in one of the most brutal scenes, until 1962 when peter brook did it, no one thought to have an audience watch the blinding of gloucester, watch his eyes gouged out one after the other. so he has these bleeding puts and leer is mad and returned to sanity and they talk about the world. they talk about social justice and children and talk about understanding themselves it's a play that goes to a dark place. when his daughter saves him and brings him back from this madness, he speaks about now wanting to come back to the world. it's too painful. i'm bound upon a wheel of fire, to scald like molten led. the play should end happily but shakespeare turns on the yudience. >> why did he do that? why did he not let her. >> when leer enters with a dead cordelia on his arms, i hope as a theatergoer this time it will be different. and leer says look, she lives, s

what is the view to a blind person?ople very much mistakenly, very much mistakenly, and tragically so, assume that the view means nothing or little to a blind person. a view is a composite of experiences. that's what people enjoy, even if they're not conscious of it. i have been echo locating for as long as i can remember. if my parents think back, i lost my first eye at seven months, my second eye at 136789 i was probably clicking by the age of 15 months. so i don't remember learning to click. i don't remember really learning to echo locate. around here there's not lots and lots to detect, but immediately there's this pylon here. i think i can -- there it is. then there's an object about 20 feet away here and another one and another one about, i don't know, 50 feet away. the process of echo location in humans is very similar. in fact, it's virtually identical to that of bats. we're talking about airborne sonar either way. a bat can detect an object the size of a gnat so many meters away. for me it has to be at least th

isn't it me it's a baby girl but it was born blind in both eyes. because my wife to eat well nutrition made the baby like that. even hearing the said needs couldn't go. instead he joined the night shift to earn a few more cents. the night shift of ten hours brings in an extra fifteen cents so. some rest a bit. i'm exhausted. you know how to run a rickshaw of course i do when i was young my dad went in saying. well could i do but i had to support my family. so i went to the city and ran a rickshaw because i supported my family with that though and that of my when there were no ships here i ran rickshaw to. run i one day my daughter said to one of daddy can't you start running the rec shot with the ship so back go back to the yard she was ashamed when people call or work show man's daughter. so you understand that i live like this because i had no chance to learn. or does education mean to people like us. we are poor but if i had the chance to learn i wouldn't live like this as a ship breaker. me too. we're in the same situation. you will pay me for

jay carney is right about the dead end to a blind alley.cene in "animal houses where the marching band turns in the blind alley and pile in wall row after row without stoppin stopping. the republicans in the house walked in a blind alley and there is no way out. they have to pass this. in the end, you can't come january 1 and have the payroll tax rise, which would mean the hospitals will have a 27% cut in their reimbursement. cut of the unemployment insurance. it can't happen. the republicans who have handed it orve to the president, house and the senate democrats who have said we're done, we had a big bill that passed with overwhelming republican support and it's now a "compromise." in the end, republicans have to flinch on this. and to fight for the bill again when it comes up in february. >> bret: the president talked with speaker boehner today. according to boehner's people, he said let's get it done today. telling them to return to washington or come out there have, what is called a pro forma session and go in to legislative session. g

. >>> blind man goes missing and family worried something may have happened. mitchell smith lives in blade insburg, he was seen a week ago getting on a train going to dc. linda so is here with new clues and the search for smith. >> mitchell was supposed to arrive in alabama but inform made it. this morning, police have conflicting reports op what happened to the be 33-year-old blind man. he boarded a train at union station december 16th. a fellow passenger says she saw smith headed to new orleans when a conductor told him he couldn't get to birmingham and told him to get off the train in charlotte his family hasn't heard from him since. his grandmother bought his ticket to birmingham and never knew about a transfer. on a phone call from a north carolina detective, smith's grandmother got conflicting information about when her grandson was last seen. smith is 5'11", a scar op his right temple from a shooting ten years ago that left him blind. he sometimes wears dark glasses and carries a red and white cane. if you have information, call 911. >>> take a good loo

since he's blind, they left him the care of amtrak workers... who were supposed to help him board his train to birmingham, alabama. but he somehow ended up on a train to new orleans. another passenger seated nearby says she heard amtrak workers tell smith that he could get off the train at charlotte and then wait for the next one out to birmingham. then... she says... they escorted him off. but no one in his family has heard from him sincee now a detective in charlotte, north carolina is investigating. <"and hh said in the confusion... to ome here."> here.">amtrak officials say they're not reviewing surveillance video from the train stations... but so far... have been unable to locate mitchell ssith. beware of fake facebookers... looking to take yourrmoney! money!police say these scams are similar to the email scams pleading for financial help. but in this case ... they're actually posing as one of your facebook friends!investigators say there's been at least one case in baltimore where the perpetrators were successful.... and several other atte

he said i'm blind, coach. everybody got a good laugh out of that. >> reporter: he fits outside the gym as well. people in high school are shallow about how i look. i think it's an advantage for me to not see that. i can accept them for who they are. >> reporter: the coaching staff got around it. >> we have a coach come over, waum through it with him, guide his hands or feet. listen for the other person's foot. >> reporter: despite his blindness, he's discovered advantages to his disability. >> paul follows the body movements. he follows the head and the hips. hips don't lie. >> reporter: the idea of movement, he started winning. >> it was not about technique as much as feel iing for me. that is something for me to realize that. just because i never thought i could do that before. >> reporter: victorious or not, it's his work ethic. a stand-out to others. we can all learn something from his wisdom. >> it's exhausting. when you know you tried your hardest, it's something you can walk away with. you know you gave

with the horrible horrible sound of blinding lights or some brave the taser the flash grenades. i'm going to talk about their in their class are using on everybody you million pounds a year i think so yeah it was it was are you guys thanks for joining me tonight i got a wrap it up that's it for tonight's show thanks for tuning in and make sure to come back tomorrow clive stafford smith who is the founder of the human rights organization reprieve he's going be on the shelf discuss a new campaign by that organization involves legal action against the cia's drug program i mean time to forget to follow us on facebook on twitter they have become a fan of us on facebook watch us on you tube dot com slash we want to show them that it will have next isn't it just. the stress nutritious and this is products on the price of healthy eating. we need to test these times is the allergenicity immune response lower nutrition and for environmental contamination don't you feel like a lot brought some consider the experiment to use human treatment freddy i had the significant differences between t

a blind trust is an option for people who have a considerable number of assets to begin with. there are administrative costs that run in connection with that. it is not practical for a member to upend their financial lives. they speak in terms of their election to congress. it would not -- members who had few assests would not be able to trade at all without the provision to up for disclosure trade. >> you stated that congress should use this controversy to agnose and treat the entire malady of a statuary definition. ven that the sec testified that the changes should be carefully calibrated to ensure they do not narrowed the current law and make it more difficult to bring tradeaction against any such person, how would you suggest we go about drafting the insider-trading law? >> there are a number of approaches they could take for this. congress has never enacted a federal security statute that prohibits anyone from insider trading. congress would not be starting on a blank state if they chose to undertake that today. in 1987 there was a proposal that came relatively close. the

blinding lasers. yeah blinding lasers i've had a flash bang go off a few feet away from me and it left me shaking for hours these these less lethal weapons are frightening they're also you know i think it's dangerous that we think of them as non-lethal we had an incident in the occupied territories just recently where someone was hit directly in the face with a tear gas projectile and passed away just like tasers every year number of people die from taser usage these weapons are not non-lethal they are leslie they're less likely to kill you but they're pretty terrifying what's the back story here joshua when did this whole militarization just just to clarify first of all police are supposed to be members of the community who serve and protect the community that's a very different thing from what armies are supposed to be which is as anybody who's been the military will tell you people who are supposed to break things and kill people when did this militarization of our police speak. well it began in th

wall of light capable of repelling rioters and yeah there it is there's a picture of it a blinding wall of lights why did they have to make it even more like a cipher why do they have to give people even more excuses to use hackneyed one thousand nine hundred four comparisons i don't understand why they need to make it so much worse for themselves from a p.r. standpoint not to mention just kind of like a reality standpoint that they're going to aim a laser is in writers eyes if that ever happened and this is new to. this is what i learned i learned now pepper spray is really passe. now it's over the. pepper spray i would imagine i've never purchased it but i would imagine it is a lot cheaper than a twenty five thousand pound laser light gun but think about how you need to steer times why are they splurging for laser light guns think about how genius they are us during times when. the queen is only getting fifty million pounds a month or whatever we went over last this is pretty genius though you know how can you report police brutality if you can't see it happening if they blind you wit

john kerry had a blind trust, right, or still has a blind trust.is wife's money -- >> oh, you're going to -- >> mostly his wife's money. but my point is simple. you should not be able to run around and go vote on policy that you can benefit off of financially. if you're going to be a member of congress, you ought to have your money in a blind trust. and then it's out of your hands. >> well, insider trading is not banned in congress. >> that's the point. that's exactly -- >> let's make it very clear. you are allowed to get information, inside information, and then invest on that. it's not illegal. >> which seems crazy. but the other thing that's always bothered me, let me throw this to you first, you've always had politicians across the years who have came in from humble backgrounds and walked away relatively rich men. lyndon johnson, for whichever accomplishments i applaud he did, came in very humble and walked away with radio stations and real estate and $100 million in wealth. how does that happen? >> you said it to karen herself, it's sin city.

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