you got some great chops on the drum kit, brandon. i'll give you a couple of things to take home if that's okay. >> brandon took home some special drum sticks and a gold copy of the recording of his music. >> once again, great to have you today. i'm glad you came by. i'll see you again soon. >> congratulations we'll expect to come and hear him play on the stage some day. >> absolutely. >> right now, what brandon needs is a family to make him feel wanted. and as special as he is. and if you have room in your home and your heart for brandon, another child is waiting, please call our special adoption hotline, the number 1-88-2-adopt me or logon nbcwashington.com and search wednesday's child. >>> and hopefully that segment can drum up interest in brandon. >> i hope so. he's a great kid and he's really ready for a family. >>> best of luck to brandon. the time, 11:50 right here on "news4 midday." >>> ideas for inauguration day that will not break your budget. >> plus, meteorologist, tom kierein will be back with another check of your rain a

>> brandon. >> brandon. and how old is brandon? >> i don't know, 20s, i think. >> 20s?> yeah. >> 20s? >> uh-huh. who are you? >> what age did brandon tell you he was? >> 23, i believe. >> want to try again? >> no, he said he was 23. what's the problem? >> i have the transcript, that's what the problem is. brandon said he was 13. >> 13? >> 13. >> no, no, he didn't. >> you are crazy for the nats? >> yeah. >> meaning the baseball team? >> uh-huh. >> if you don't see how graphic some of these chats are then there's a tendency to maybe give these guys the benefit of the doubt. maybe it was his first time. maybe he was just curious. but when you read the transcripts top to bottom, you know what the intent was. you know what these guys would be doing had there been a teenager home alone and not "dateline nbc." what are you looking for? a daddy boyfriend. cool, i'm 48, though. is that too old for you? you look like a cute guy, an even cuter girl. do you like getting [ bleep ] in the [ bleep ]? he says, if you love me i will. you say, it doesn't hurt. and then you go on to talk

. >>> a throng of media and camera flashes meet 26-year-old brandon morocco in baltimore today.rved in the army during operations in iraq where in 2009 he lost all of his limbs in a roadside bomb attack on easter sunday. >> since i got hurt, i still thought of myself as being normal. >> reporter: from brave war veteran to medical pioneer. last month brandon underwent a medical presee dure, a -- procedure, a double armed transplant, one of only 7 such successful surgeries ever in the u.s. during the 13-hour operation, doctors connected bones, blood vessels, muscles, skin and nerves on two arms from a deceased done nor. they also infused that donor's bone marrow cells to help him accept the new limbs with less chance of rejection. >> we are now able to perform these type of transplants routinely but come up with innovative protocol, as this one where we use bone marrow from the donor. >> reporter: he'll have to undergo six hours of hand therapy every day for the next two to three years. that's how long it can take nerves to regenerate. >> with the determination and stamina that br

paudert. >> i pushed him aside, i went up there and i saw brandon lying on his back, facing straightht hand. to find your son in the condition i found brandon, no parent should ever have to endure that pain ever. >> officer bill evans dies later at the hospital but brandon is dead at the scene. >> it was the worst day of my life ever. still horrific. we'll be affected till the day we die by brandon's death. >> with the suspects on the loose, an all-out manhunt begins. >> 911. >> there's a white van sitting here in the parking lot at walmart. >> less than a mile from the shooting, the white van is spotted in a walmart parking lot. gunfire erupts between the suspects and the van and other police officers. then out of nowhere comes mike neill, an arkansas wildlife officer who has his police scanner on. >> i pulled my m-4 up and i was driving towards the suspect. i was holding the steering wheel with my left hand and the m-4 with my right and i drove straight towards him. i made the decision at that point to ram the van to shut it down. >> the suspects begin firing spraying neill's truck

brandon jacobs has been released three weeks after he was suspended. we will have more tonight at 10:00 p.m. >> no surprise with brandon jacobs. >> no. >> thank you. >>> the count down continues. at 10:00 p.m. more of new year's eve preparations and along the embarcadero in san francisco and what other communities are doing. thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. look at you guys with your fancy-schmancy u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get knocked off. and sometimes, it took a minute to download a song. that's sixty seconds, for crying out loud. we know how long a minute is! sitting, waiting for an album to download. i still have back problems. you're only 14 and a half. he doesn't have back problems. you kids have got it too good if you ask me. [ male announcer ] now u-verse high speed internet has more speed options, reliability and ways to connect. rethink possible.

thanks for having me on the show so brandon you joined the military how did you get to the position to be a guard at guantanamo and what were you told about the prison. as a first introduction air. station at fort hood i actually volunteered for a deployment which i actually thought i would be going to afghanistan and i found out a day later i would be sent sent to guantanamo but before we ever left fort hood texas we were actually told with detention facility like this had never been ran before if there was no s.l.p. or state operating bases or any policies and the saturday before we left we were actually told the geneva convention would not be held with in effect and no literally we'll be right in the book and as we went in these were the men that were planned nine eleven had something to do with it or were caught fighting the americans on the battlefield in afghanistan so we were told everybody was guilty before we ever we were left united states while you were told that the geneva conventions don't apply. yes we were told that the day before we left. what did you see firsthand over

here is barbara harrison. >> reporter: this is brandon.has shown pretty amazing talent on the drums. he makes the drums speak, even when he is feeling a little too shy to share his thoughts and feelings in words. what grade are you in now? >> tenth. >> reporter: do you like school? >> a little bit. >> reporter: how are you doing in school? >> fine. >> reporter: his social worker tells us he is doing well in school. >> an honor roll participants, and he likes the drums and ping pong, and he averages two new books a month. >> reporter: do you want to go to college? >> yes. >> reporter: what would you like to study in college? >> music. >> reporter: he showed talent at the piano, and he said he would like parents because everybody needs parents. would you like a mom, a dad, or both? >> both. >> reporter: that's you. can you believe it? right now what brandon needs is a family to make him feel wanted and as special as he is. barbara harrison, news4, for wednesday's child. >> if you have room in your home and in your heart for brandon or anothe

neely brandon thank you so much for coming on. but they still haven't really sure so brennan you joined the military how did you get to the position to be a guard at guantanamo and what were you told about the prison. as a first introduction there. actually volunteer troop deployment which i actually thought i would be going to afghanistan and i saw not a day later i'd be sent to guantanamo before we ever left fort hood texas we were actually told with the tension of city like this had never been ran before if there was no superior state operating bases or any policies in the saturday before we left we were actually told the city the convention would not be dealt with in the senate and no literally would be writing the book as we went in these were the men there were planned nine eleven had something to do with it or were caught fighting the americans on the battlefield in afghanistan so we were told everybody was guilty with wherever we were left united states while we were told that the geneva conventions don't apply. yes we wer

short stop brandon crawford. [cheers and applause] >> we missed him this year, but in the restaurant he was there. hard to miss him. number 38. brian wilson. [cheers and applause] >> what a performance here in san francisco in game two of the world series. he's still only 23 years old. giants starting pitcher madison bumgarner. [cheers and applause] >> i don't think we will ever forget the eighth inning in game against detroit and strike out the best hitters they had to over. germ -- jeremy a felt. >> another great guy santiago castilla. >> wherever this guys goes championships seem to follow, a key man in the bull pen against this here, number 49, javier lopez. [cheers and applause] >> another one of brian saibian's great season moves picking up this left hander. jose mijares. >> literally he was unhittable in the world series and the post season. sergio romo. [cheers and applause] >> hard to describe what a job this next guy did. he became the giants' ultimate weapons in the playoffs in the world series, tim li

he made brandon jennings, also a 20, nothing but net.ph curet and warriors lose their second game, in two nights. going down south, game all broncos in san diego. easy slam. he had 18. taking the hoop down. santa clara improves to 4-3 in wcc play. 74-60. the crowd here was jacked -- so was beau la vet with the steal. 9 for 11 from the field. 19 points, where's waldo, brad waldo, 13 points. they win 84-72. more for the 49ers, coming up at 11:00 on abc7. >> i like that you are sim patico with the sharks. >> hopefully it will be 6-0 with the super bowl. >> drastic measures after a college basketball game is interrupted. interrupted. what kept th look at you guys with your fancy-schmancy u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get knocked off. and sometimes, it took a minute to download a song. that's sixty seconds, for crying out loud. we know how long a minute is! sitting, waiting for an album to download. i still have back problems. you're only 14 and a half. he doesn't

five years i gave my best to my government and all they did was lie to me i mean looking back now brandon w m d's being completely made i mean looking back at false rhetoric about terrorism being as much of a threat as they claim it was obvious that we know that's not true i mean looking back now at all of these things what do you think these wars are really about. man i really wish i knew i wish there was a simple answer that you know of on my research just you know a lot of the plenty when it comes to iraq seems to be that you know the mission planning was already in the stages before nine eleven ever happened i mean i really don't know it's very disheartening for me you know i went to iraq and i was just i was just one of those people that just watched a radio which i had been looking back now you know i actually was involved in direct combat actually seen you know friends of mine guys actually friends of my wounded i seen civilians you know be killed you know it's an it's and it's for what it's for it was for lies in effect it has on us and it's you know it's just it's greatly its sto

i think the jurors were really taken with brandon. they felt very empathetic towards brandon.nted to give him voice. >> i'm seen many documentaries but to actually see jurors go as far as to be blatantly supportive of a pretty cold-blooded ruthless murderer in the end, notwithstanding his young age, i found very shocking. what did you feel about it? >> i felt getting that footage was very revealing. i think in a documentary you're really trying to show all sides and show people's viewpoints as they would choose to express them. i think we felt that was an important part of the story. and of the case, clearly, because you saw the outcome, that it was a mistrial. they could not arrive at a decision. >> the -- >> that was the defense. i mean, the defense put that forth. and they believed the defense. >> yeah, quite extraordinary. eddie, a bizarre twist in this tale was you lived in utah. your sister attended sandy hook elementary school. how do you feel, having made this documentary, to then see what happened in sandy hook? what were your emotions then? >> well, i mean, clearly,

. >> why don't you guys and gals put your hands together for brandon and savannah! cheers ] >> you don't need to be a superstar artist on a record label for this tour. >> ♪ i got a brand-new pair of wings ♪ ♪ i'm gonna try we love to inspire people every day, and we love to perform for people, and also we never went to camp, so this is kind of like our camp experience. so it's been a blast. ♪ i wanna fly >> the program also turns up the volume for performers who are already making a name for themselves. >> ♪ baby, you'll remember this old flame ♪ >> after payton rae uploaded her music on youtube, she became a hit on music-sharing sites. and as a part of the camplified tour, she's a headliner. >> north shore, make some noise for payton rae! come on! [ crowd cheers ] >> hey, you guys. can guys put your hands together for me? the performance is amazing because the kids really get into it. i mean, they're so energetic and really love interacting with me. >> my favorite part about having the bands here is that i get to listen to music and talk to them and interact. >> a

. >> reporter: meet brandon. he volunteers with the special olympics at howard county. doesn't see special needs. he sees special people. >> it doesn't seem that way when we are playing sports. they are all trying to have one. >> reporter: he has it all figured out doesn't he? he carious a 3.7gpa and takes tough classes. >> i want to know more. >> reporter: he is the team captain of the jv football team. work hard, get better. >> respect me as a person. >> reporter: he has all the respect in the world from those in this gym. >> he has a passion,. >> reporter: some come in unable to play but you quickly see the magic. >> motivates me to do better knowing that it's harder for them to do what they want and they are still able to do it. makes me feel like i should be able to do what i want. >> the milestones you see with our athletes, are actually big milestones. for many of them that's a giant step. >> reporter: in life the little steps lead to giant steps, when you look back you see just how far you have gone. >> i always want to get to the next level. be a better athlete

decisions. >> and brandon jacobs will not return for playoffs. he was suspended for three games.s upset over a lack of playing game, tweeting about it. >> and i mean unres you have something good to tweet about, niners will figure out what they're going do with the kicker david acres, ranked 30th this year, missing two more field goals yesterday, niner goesing to bring in kickers this week. if it comes down to acres foot, this could mean trouble. cardinals making their third straight appearance facing wisconsin tomorrow afternoon. new year's day featuring two of the best running wks in the country. and normally they don't want opposition to know the game plan. >> we're going to run the ball. we have something to do but that is our bred and butter and that is what you're going to see from us. it's great. you're going to see it from wisconsin also. >> by the way abc 7 news is in pasadena to cover the rose bowl. tomorrow, right here on abc 7. the game at 2:00 on espn. this sports report bought to you by mercedes-benz. >> thank you so much. >> and join me tonight on abc 7 news at 9:0

. >>> brandon crawford teamed up with wells fargo today to award 20 education grants. >> starting at shortstop number 35 brandon crawford. >> >> crawford took the podium this morning in front of dozens of students and adults from bay area schools. they will share $75,000 in new funding. >> grant programs like these. our employees to give back to the education and programs. take advantage of the ability to get an education and work hard to pursuit a dream. >>> crawford grew up in pleasanton and says his school teacher/mother thought him to always value his education. >>> coming up in five minutes. >> it's something every parent may want to know. how to raise your child's iq. >> the simple steps you can take which may be able to do just that. >>> and later the report card is in and california gets a d. >> and our system definitely needs to be more consistent, coherent. >> the shortcoming that may be leaving new teachers unprepared. >>> why the disturbing unsolved murder of this elderly bay area commuter is making headlines again. >>> breaking news happening right now in oak land. -- oa

i want to introduce you to brandon, who's going to be your new trainer. come here brandon. hey! well when we work out we're going to get really sweaty, sweaty, sweaty and you'll need to stay hydrated, hydrated, hydrated. alright let's get started. alright cool. first up, a warm-up on the erx suspension trainer where marnie will use her own weight to build muscle and endurance. you're going to have your hands up like a bird, going to get that chest stretch and then we'll just alternate. there you go. have your arms up, you're going to step out, feel that stretch and then just switch legs. there you go. and last one. and, good. this one makes me nervous. good, move those hips, no chicken butt, good. keep pulling, keep pulling, and time. good, good. now you get a, kind of a sample what it's going to be like to work with brandon. before we leave the gym though we're going to get you comfortable with a treadmill. what's going through your mind right now? i'm thinking that, i hope i can do this. this was, not as easy as i thought it would be. and, that i'm kind of ready for the challe

. >> for winemakers brandon and bo, there's a future blend somewhere inside of hundreds of thousands of sample bottles. >> we have a general idea what we want it to taste like and what the components to be. >> fruit forward, this their creative process for a wine they intend to call love hammer. >> who are you appealing to with love hammer. >> hopefully old women. >> the boys from slow down wines have one hit on their resume already, a popular tasty red aimed at their own demographic, a blend they named sexual chocolate. between marketing and taste, it's caught the attention of some of napa's more influential wine producers. guys like john wilkinson. >> they are cutting edge. i think they are doing things differently. they will shake up the wine world. >> but despite all it's romantic notions, this is not an easy business. just because somebody comes up with a good wine, there's no guarantee people will look at it or try it or buy it or buy it again. chances are they are going to need help. [laughter] >> hence, this meeting two floors above downtown saint helena with dave finney. you

in the third absolutely no answer for brandon jennings he had 20 in the quarter in the fourth doublesgs again to put this one on ice, 35 points the bulls tickets tonight 1 04-96 we started off the game and we had a good edge to start the game and we started trading buckets they picked up steam they got every loose ball, they made efforts plays in the first half we moved the ball. illinois trying to make a two straight over top-10 team. the first half later scoring brandon paul it was fun for a while but in the second half hollands from midcourt illinois made a run at him. too much for rodney williams. 63-49 in champagne. this is the second time in 40 years there has been a shutout the other superstars roger clemens got barely half of the votes they needed to get into cooperstown he had 762 career homers and he had one of the best right-handers in baseball history apparently he will be waiting for at least a few summers more. he was close to getting in but was still short of the number we put that question to the cubs beat writer paul sullivan of the tribune. there should probably be a

. >> at 801 brandon street project the certification of the environmental impact report. the public period for the palin commission to go over the planning comments >> we're going going forward. >> commissioners i need to request that the items on a and b - i operate or on say staff of the a business that we can be impacted from those two items. >> on the motion for this item - so move the commissioners. so commissioner given that i do want to ask if the commissioners feel okay to move forward with 5 members of the commissioner >> well based upon what i've heard in asking for continuance i don't see a basis, however, in a project of this size i think it would be better to have a full commissioner but i would entertain the remarks from the other commissioners. >> said agree with what commissioner just presented i think the not going forwards of this project i feel it would be better served to have a full commission. >> is there a motion. >> well with respect to this first item from the city attorney's office but that could result in a continuance or not i don't know. unles

at one time he and his cellmate had 22 shanks hidden in their light fixture. >> brandon siverly would craft knives out of nearly any object he found on prison grounds. >> if it was big enough to put in your hand with a little left over, it was big enough to be sharpened into a weapon. usually i would just keep it on me because it's no good if it's hidden somewhere. if somebody comes on to you and [ bleep ], you ain't got it on you, you can't tell him, hold on, let me go get my knife. thankfully, i've never had to use one. usually if somebody sees one, it's enough to keep them at bay. so you don't usually have to use it. i was prepared to use it. >> siverly was 17 years old when he and a group of friends broke into a home and beat and robbed the occupant. he accepted a plea bargain and was sentenced to 20 years. while at wabash, however, he received an additional four-years sentence for possession of a dangerous device, a seven-inch-long shank. >> that's a baby. that's a baby. before that, i always tried to make mine at least 10 inches long. that way i had plenty of handle room and ple

. >> for winemakers brandon and bo, there's a future blend somewhere inside of hundreds of thousandsmple bottles. >> we have a general idea what we want it to taste like and what the components are to be. >> fruit forward, this their creative process for a wine they intend to call love hammer. >> who are you appealing to with love hammer. >> hopefully old women. >> the boys from slow down wines have one hit on their resume letter, a popular tasty red aimed at their own demographic, a blend they named sexual chocolate. between marketing and taste, it's caught the attention of some of napa's more influential wine producers. >> they are cutting edge. i think they are doing things differently. they will shake up the wine world. >> but despite all it's romantic notions, this is not an easy business. just because somebody comes up with a good wine, there's no guarantee people will look at it or try it or buy it or buy it again. chances are they are going to need help. [laughter] >> hence, this meeting two floors above downtown saint helena with dave finney. you might not know his name. you

brandon marshall missed the game due to a hip injury. hosting second- ranked michigan. illinois down six late in the first, until brandon paul drains a three to cut the deficit in half. he scored a team- high 15. still trailing in the second half... paul is stripped near half court and trey burke finishes at the other end for two of his game- high 19 points. illiniois loses 74-60 and fall to two- and- five in the big ten. that's a look at sports. before copd... i took my son fishing every year. we had a great spot not easy to find, but worth it. but with copd making it hard to breathe i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function starting within five minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. with symbicort, today i'm breathing better. and that means...fish on! symbicort is for copd including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. it should not be taken more than twice a day. symbicort may increase your risk of lung infections, osteoporosis,

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. >>> kind of a damp cold for some, for others temperatures are coming up, brandon in pacifica. 43 and that is warm compared and in the system in the gulf of alaska, they are running into a big old dome of high pressure. 32 livermore, fairfield 30 and i would not be surprised if they dip. novato 28, 43 fso, 43 oakland, hayward 37 degrees. mostly sunny, i mean there could be a few high clouds but when you get that fog in the valley starting to set up that could make it difficult, novato right at 60, fremont 59 and 63 in chancrous and some locations although the fag are will be increasing until next wednesday. >>> all of us here in the bay area do not have to go far to fine them. >>> how the district is responding to a bay area school, we will be right back.

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again we're back at snug harbor in new orleans, louisiana, and there's brandon. dad are watching in northwest d.c. on t street northwest. we're proud of him and he know they're proud of him. kristen berset, i don't know if you're having as much fun as we are, but she has the latest in sports at the superdome. >> reporter: all right, andrea, thanks so much. >>> looks like you guys are having fun out there. we're trying to stay warm. on the sports side of things a lot of the talk today was on ray lewis, an article in si.com claims he took a banned substance when he was trying to heal from his tricep. in the article mitch ross who is co-owner of sports with alternatives to steroids claims lewis used deer extract velvet spray that contains ibf1 that is on the list of banned substances but can only be detected through blood test. in 17 years ray lewis has never failed a drug test and at the press conference this morning lewis didn't hide his frustration with the situation. >> i've never ever took what he says or whatever i was supposed to do. just to entertain it, i c

my parents passed it down to him just as brandon crawford's parents passed it to him and you're passing it your children and pam and i are passing it our children. all my heroes still wear orange and black. there are those on the stage but there are also other people in orange and black. figuratively if not literally. they are the full time employees of this organization and the 1,000 event employees who work hard everyday to make sure the story of the san francisco giants, the world champion san francisco giants is an extraordinary one. round for applause for all of the people that work for the giants and so you our fans and the familiar voices and faces. you have become our heroes as well. no team wins a world series without a little manic and that is you, the fans. baseball is continuous. every generation writes its own chapter. how incredible is this? right now right here our second world championship in three years. this is our chapter. [cheers and applause] so to paraphrase hunter hunter pence. let's look into each other eyes and remember the moment. remember this moment. let's en

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