. >> after brenda, we have time for one more. >> my name is brenda story. inth the mission district, the house has been serving the low- income communities since 1967. it is our largest site, and i am here to speak about the parking lot. it is a sign that we use for our employees. it was a surprise when we learned there are plans to build a park on this site, and we were not involved in the planning of being able to give input. we also run a research center of a block from the main side. approximately 300 homeless individuals, we provide multiple social services. 40% of our employees have utilize the parking lot and we are concerned that the lack of parking will make it that much harder to find medical professionals that are willing to work for us. we already pay nonprofit wages, but we have the parking which is something really attractive. especially when you work until 9:00 at night. i generally support open spaces, but we are really hoping that this proposal can be put on hold until there can be some conversation and collaboration, looking at a win-win s

brenda flanagan, fox news. >>> thousands of vehicles on the road right now deemed unsafe to drive. >> we have everything you need to know before you get behind the wheel. >>> first, a special holiday greetings. >> we're the martins, stationed in la salle air base japan. we want to wish all of our family, joyce and kent, deafen, grandma and grandpa in herndon, virginia, happy holidays.  >> north korea's leaders threatening an uglier attack on one of south korea's islands. the tough talk comes as seoul plans military drills on that island. here's more on what kim jong-il is promising next. >> reporter: more ramped-up rhetoric from north korea. the rogue nation warning south korea against staging live fire drills on the front-line island bombed by the north last month. north korea new promising a deadlier attack this time around. [ through translator ] >> it will be deadlier than the one made on november 23rd, in terms of the scope and powerfulness of the strike. >> reporter: pyongyang said it considers such drills an infringement of its territory and responded to similar firing ex

. >> les presento a mi amiga brenda, ella es un estuche...ademÁs de ser modelo actriz y cantante, ahoranos pusimos el equipo que consta de con traje calzado deportivo. para bÁrbara es su primera experiencia dentro de una cueva activa, por aqui circula un rÍo. >> aquÍ no se debe escalar con los pies, porque te puedes lastimar con una roca asÍ. >> brenda podÍa caminar así que seguimos nuestro curso, pero el rÍo tenía otros planes para nosotros, pues el cauce fue subiendo de nivel hasta dejamos con el agua al cuello y temimos quedarnos atrapados. afortunadamente nos acompaÑaban guias expertos quienes conocen este sistema de cuevas como si fuera su casa. >> no es peligroso? no sube el nivel del agua? >> solamente hay una temporada para hacer este tipo de deportes, que es de febrero a mayo. >> asÍ que continuamos en la ruta, pero minutos despuÉs fuimos asediados por miles de murciÉlagos. aprendimos a lidiar con ellos, y valiÓ la pena porque dentro de la cueva descubrimos estas formaciones naturales diseÑadas por el correr del agua, a travÉs de los siglos, ante el riesgo de una hipotermia no

eddy catrell and his wife brenda who live near by say it was about time. >> it's great to not see that smokestack, all that pollution in the air. >> reporter: already city leaders are speaking of future plans for the site. >> we're going to shut this down. revitalize it, redevelop it. >> reporter: the closure is a victory for several neighborhood groups who felt the pollution from the fossil fuel burning facility was responsibility for an increase in respiratory problems. >> not only are we closing down moran but we are building turbine engines in the bay view. >> reporter: but closing the 35- year-old planet was delayed several types, because regular toys wanted to make sure the city had enough -- because regulators wanted to make sure the city had enough power in case of an outage. >> we're going to tear down a dirty power plant here, and we're going to help show other california cities how to do it elsewhere. >> i started working on these plants when i took office, now the plants are leaving with me. >> reporter: to brenda catrell says all those meetings, trips to city hall paid off

brenda flanagan, fox news. >>> a free checkup and medical care at a clinic in heyward. nursing students offered the free clinics twice a month at the hayward day labor center. they focus on health issues unique to day labor. >> we pay particular attention to skeletal problems and muscle problems they might have from the work they do. many of them are in construction or do landscape. >> some of the workers receive tetanus shots. volunteers also asked them about their living conditions. recommending such things as smoke detectors in apartments. >>> efforts are underway to raise awareness about the dangers of toxic toys. the peninsula congresswoman jackie spear joined forced today with the cdc. they offered free product testing at the recreation center. they tested items in particular toys for toxic metals including lead and cadmium. >> we are forced to read this cane of -- create this kind of opportunity for the people this our community because in fact there are toxic toys in our stores. >> spear introduced the toxic metals protection act last summer, which would have ba

>>>carlos: brenda barrera no borra de su mente los días que salió del salvador rumboa california en noviembres smos lugares donde pasan los adultos porque uno camina. >>>carlos: el padre se desesperó cuando su esposa llegó sin saber nada sobre su hijo. >>> es algo que tie que arriesgarse uno, porque, por la sta situación del país de uno >>>carlos: no se sabía que su hijo estaba con gru de 11 menores que estaban en cautiver incluso una menor de sólo 2 años de edad >>> los sosphosos empezaron a fe duro m pedir más dinero de los padres, ando b andaban amenazando. >>>carlos: a principios de este mes steven fue rescatado en arizona y la familia fue contactada. hoy se dio el reencuentro de los familiares ahora comparten el sueñde una nueva vida juntos. >>> una establefelicidad bien g por tener este gran regalo de navidad >>>carlos: a los padres les consuela que s hijo dice no fue maltratado. no tenías miedo? extrañabas mucho a tu mamá cuando estabas separado? >>> sí. >>>carlos: un cálculo de amo fli amnistía internacional dicenue muchos son secuestrados con 6 de cada 10 mujeres sufren de violación

i am brenda keaton-randall, the coordinator of k-12 operations at costa school district in richmond, california. we cover san pablo, hercules, and richmond. my intention is to give you a picture of the impact that the academy has had in this district. last year and the year before, many students receive scholarships, and the students went, i believe six weeks with 95% attendance rates. this is 20 miles to san francisco. and 20 miles back every day. and using these cards -- this was 95%. they took everything from home video games, to the computer games, and for the first time many of them told me that they connected art with a viable career. and each student brought three or four of their parents to the exhibit this was at the end of the term, the six-week period. when i look at the faces of their parents, and how proud that they were, i felt very satisfied with what we had accomplished. and that is my story to you about the affects of this program, and the generosity. thank you. >> i am living at the heart of the campus for about 70 years -- 17 years, and so many people who came out

i am brenda keaton-randall, the coordinator of k-12 operations at costa school district in richmond, california. we cover san pablo, hercules, and richmond. my intention is to give you a picture of the impact that the academy has had in this district. last year and the year before, many students receive scholarships, and the students went, i believe six weeks with 95% attendance rates. this is 20 miles to san francisco. and 20 miles back every day. and using these cards -- this was 95%. they took everything from home video games, to the computer games,

>>>carlos: brenda barrera no borra de su mente los días que salió del salvador rumboa california en noviembre fue separada de su hijo steven de 6 años >>> no pasan los smos lugares donde pasan los adultos porque uno camina. >>>carlos: el padre se desesperó cuando su esposa llegó sin saber nada sobre su hijo. >>> es algo que tie que arriesgarse uno, porque, por la sta situación del país de uno >>>carlos: no se sabía que su hijo estaba con gru de 11 menores que estaban en cautiver incluso una menor de sólo 2 años de edad >>> los sosphosos empezaron a fe duro m pedir más dinero de los padres, ando b andaban amenazando. >>>carlos: a principios de este mes steven fue rescatado en arizona y la familia fue contactada. hoy se dio el reencuentro de los familiares ahora comparten el sueñde una nueva vida juntos. >>> una establefelicidad bien g por tener este gran regalo de navidad >>>carlos: a los padres les consuela que s hijo dice no fue maltratado. no tenías miedo? extrañabas mucho a tu mamá cuando estabas separado? >>> sí. >>>carlos: un cálculo de amo fli amnistía internacional dicenue muchos son s

. >> además de tagle y césar está en la cárcel hermanos castillo y juana hilda y además de brenda, jacobo. >> cuando yo están frente al juez claman tortura, o dicen que fueron torturados. >> mientras que tagle dijo adónde tiraron el cuerpo del hijo de isabel miranda. >> en un canal por... se refie ae re a este lugar pero el cuerpo no ha sido encontrado porque el vía crucis de esta mujer todavía no término. >> y delincuencia estuvo desatada en chiguagua, dos albergues para adictos fueron atacados por hombres armados y el saldo fue de 6 muertos y cinco heridos y la mañana de este lunes otro grupo de delincuentes incendio un kinder, por represalias porque se dueño nos pagaron extorsión y pero no habían niños ni maestros en la escuela. >> qué horror, gracias por el reporte desde la capital. >> vamos a otra pausa y pero más adelante el precio de la gasolina sigue subiendo por mís nubes le cuento si subirá o bajar en el futuro próximo. mami, no te olvides que llegó la hora de la inscripción abierta para medicare. llamé al número de teléfono de medicare... comparé los planes y encontré la mejor

. >>> brenda vivió en carne propia una mala experiencia. >>> me quedé dormida, llegó y me tocó el hombro >>> y para el final, un arbolito de navidad ecológico en taiwán, por 6 estudiantes fue confeccionado, con cucharas plásticas, estimulan la protección del medio ambiente. >>> la navidad es mi época favorita. >>> y además haces algo por el planeta. >>> es importante que desde >>> una persecución policial, terminó en un choque ct

brenda wrote in, why does anyone think this is a good idea? you can't possibly know what is in the milk. and shannon, why would you feed your baby someone else's breast milk? to comment head to the facebook fan page and click " like." >> there are many recalls in the news but many people are not informed of them. coming up, the results of a startling new study. a terrifying ordeal for passengers on a ship cruising the mediterranean. still ahead at 5:30, we'll hear from passengers stuck on that ship battered by the severe storms. oh, i see. a throne for the tv... room for movies... your workout gear... non-stop football... it's a man cave! the boys next door will never leave. who says we want them to? >>> in tonight's "consumer watch," a new survey finds when it comes to product recalls americans may not be getting all the information they need. that could leave millions of potentially harmful products in holds. karen can -- households, karen kafa has details. >> reporter: food, medication, toys, children's furniture, among the millions of item

and brenda murray from san jose said for the most part the other passengers did construct your deal. >> were keeping our eyes open but didn't feel there weren't any real danger between the guys that were subduing him and the flight crew did a good job. i got a lot of free drinks afterward there were pretty happy it's like it had been rehearsed it once was moved. the flight crew they did their job and the kind of look to us to be the muscle and that is to our job. that's the way worked out. don't take anything for granted when you get on an airplane watch everybody anymore. it's a sad state of affair that we have to do that but no were your exit's are and have a plan. >> when passenger on the flight to do with the self- conscious posted on youtube let's take a closer look and see what happened. you can see the officers just one after another after another they're entering the plane they're walking to the back or the on wrote a passenger is again this is a flight from san jose diverted to albuquerque just this morning. hesitancy people are looking to the back and those officers slowly

truly told us to push coromandel new kind of let her tell her to sit don't need to go and proclaim brenda said the colonel was her child as a treat. that right so how fast the hour here in moscow the headlines for you know the clear beginnings off the students vented their anger of london streets and grange that the approved tripling of university fees to nine thousand pounds just smashed windows of government buildings and even attacked a car carrying prince charles and his. weekly supporters away to an online one targeting of such as these a master card and pay pal and stop taking donations to the super a website the same time the us is on the far edge of the setting room a website and it's that without solid proof. under searchers in india on a conqueror i'm not signature of coded in the area tells its way screen is it was great something action globally being drastically underestimated. the next martin andrews a foreign sound why moscow has taken a cultural shine to the stars and stripes. list program will be taking a look at everything american in the russian capital from starbucks t

when of those heroes on board was brenda murray.e talked kron 4 about the incident just minutes ago. >> two-thirds of the way through the flight there is a disturbance ahead of me and the guy it evidently got up and walking around look like he was kind of nervous he was sweating like almost is getting sick. i kept my eye on them for obvious reasons i didn't want to be in the line of sight of him. then he made a run for the emergency exit and some guy stop him up there. the flight attendant got into the back of the airplane that incident back down there and have come down. and and he sort of forget again and started kicking on the window then the flight attendant that myself and another friend and said we need help. we went back there and kind and yanked him out of a seat bathroom on the ground and flight attendants had some restraint so we had a tie wrapped in a pretty good. >> the flight #1576 at 133 passengers and six crewmembers on board. once the man was taken off in albuquerque the flight continued on its way to houston. the fb

. >> my name is brenda barel. i'm with 1021. i'm a city worker.last night to say who -- people that we would not object to. we're very divided. many of you have done a lot of things for us in the past. and so we limited to a certain number so this is who it is. david chiu is on the list, john avalos is on the list. ross mirkarimi is on the list. david campos is on the list. aaron peskin is on our list. and chris daly is on our list. that's the list of people we would support. because we don't want a fill-in mayor but somebody who can step in and do the job. and there are people on this board that have helped us, too. but we limit it to a certain number. and if we had a bigger number, more would be on the list. but that's where we are right now. hopefully you will do this today. as soon as you can. because we've been told already about budget cuts and all this stuff. and we need somebody who can hilt the ground running. -- hit the ground running. not someone who has to learn everything. thank you. president chiu: next speaker. >> ok. good afternoon

reason brenda van thought staying at home all the time was a bad idea he just started to show himself in public and lead a normal life to avoid suspicion but the other reason was quite clear in place he needed to make a living somehow so busy was. into this office in one clinic and introduced himself as dr dumb bitch. he was wearing eleven clothes and looked very cultured own to show respect to me he said he wanted to help people because he possessed a very powerful energy. told him he could use it here if it was really effectively a motor they scored a. doctor some a boy which is a professor some time ago he opened a fertility clinic in the suburbs of belgrade to study human reproduction boy which suggested they set up an experiment to test dr top which is skills. we did a microscopic examination of the sperm of one of my patients and i mean we use this microscope. there was not active enough. to dumb bitch to test his powers on its way to. the sample in my hands he repeatedly passed one of his nouns over it's on the other underneath. him fifteen minutes to complete the job. or exami

brenda left pikesville trying to make it to owens mills, took her an hour. aberdeen to glennon, an hour and 15. max left his home in west minister to towson university, took him two hours and 45 minutes! get in line. we stop at the salt domes to see how crews are getting ready. they should be out there by now. the trucks are filled with salt. the state highway administration wants to make sure the roads are not slippery. you're finding them slippery in some places. they're now mixing magnesium chloride with the salt because of the extreme cold and want your evening commute to be a safe one. >> we will keep forces until it completely clears. we have everything treated and everything in good shape so we keep people later in into the evening. and then let people go, let the contractors go home, as things are in good shape. but we won't let anybody leave until we have everything absolutely taken care of. >> all right. again, officials will be out there to get rid of this. here's the problem, kelly. you see the ramp here trying to get off right here? that's where

. >> reporter: it's an opportunity former resident brenda lockett sees for her family.he now lives in a renovated row house across the street. >> i believe that if i can live through cabrini green, i can live through anything. >> reporter: a transformation that often requires tough choices for the city, and for the people that once called cabrini green home. cynthia bowers, cbs news, chicago. >> mitchell: much of the deep south is in a deep freeze this weekend. from raleigh, north carolina, to cross city, florida, temperatures are expected to dip well below the freezing point again tonight. kids in lexington, kentucky, took advantage of a rare snowfall there to go sledding. we'll be back. we'll be back. aww, not the mall. well, i'll do the shopping... if you do the shipping. shipping's a hassle. i'll go to the mall. hey. hi. you know, holiday shipping's easy with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service. if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. yea, i know. oh, you're good. good luck! priority mail flat rate shipping starts at just

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emotions and -- you know, multiple levels and he was digging deep on these songs like "dear momma" and "brenda'sy" just one of the best ever. >> charlie: and his impact. >> we still right now, day to day, artists compete with his impact. >> charlie: you believe -- and part of the reason you wrote this book is that rap is poetry. talk about that. >> i just explained that the story writing of tupac, if you put those lyrics on a piece of paper anywhere you would say it's poetry for one -- for me, when rap is great, it can take ordinary experiences and make them extraordinary. when you put them in song, when you -- when you match that story with rhythm, rhyme, flow, et cetera, et cetera, i'm just really explaining it. it is -- it already is poetry. i'm merely decoding it and decoded it further -- the argument but it is -- you know, whether this book comes out or not. >> charlie: were you a born performer? or did -- were you not so good and you had to learn? >> live performer? >> charlie: uh-huh. >> i was a terrible live performer in the beginning. my first show, i forgot the lyrics. dame was there.

one of those heroes on board brenda murray, talked kron 4 about the incident moments ago. >> two-thirds of the way through the flight there is a disturbance the guy it evidently got copied and walking around a look like he was kind of a little nervous, sweating profusely like he might of been getting sec. psychotic guyana for obvious reasons i did want to be in the line of sight of him and he made around for the emergency exit and some guys stop him up there. the flight attendant to come and gone to the back of the airplane had and sitting down back there and had come down. then he sort of forget against our started kicking on the window. then the flight attendant grabbed myself and a friend and said we need help. we went back there and he income of the seeds from on the ground the flight attendants had some tie wrap restraints that gave us and we had an entire wrapped and that was pretty good care >> flight #1576 at 133 passengers and six crewmembers on board. it was the man was taken off in albuquerque the flight continued on to houston. the fbi is questioning the suspect terrorism is

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but brenda marshall got the credit.o i guess i want to probe a little bit was this an accident of history there was too much ego, too much ambition that having all four of these men on the court in the of diminishing all of them? it seems like a deeply sad, maybe i'm just projecting, but it seems they all ended up not feeling that they had achieved the greatness they hoped for. am i over reading? >> guest: i guess i don't see it as sending as a tragedy because of brown v board of education. dÉtente won a chance, these four justices who hated each other and disagreed all the time, to actually agree on something, and they did agree on something and the was the abolition of segregation of the fee in the constitution. and that was, is and if you probably all always will be the greatest moment in history. it didn't come easily to them. they had to argue, compromise their principles in certain ways that they were there and participate and jackson was sick in the hospital with heart attacks which he would shortly thereafter do

. >> he is done thing that the cops are always at the house, brenda's on bamut in another joke. basically trouble. it's always been trouble at the surprise me. it's a shame that is done about a dozen present. >> she'd met his son has had run into law but he recently spent two weeks in juvenile hall ought to punching a hole in our all she's as robbery as a temporary bridge things she says she's not above person. >> oakland police are investigating a series of shootings, here's a look at these stalled since shootings and oakland over three days, this is crime mapping .com, all these icons of the number of attacks indicated of those red tags. many of them are gone related there all surtout murders. there backed one was saturday night on international bull ride. one person was killed, four injured doll lin has more on these series of shootings and oakland. >> still in shock and disbelief looking at the makeshift memorial set up for her nephew someone gone down 33 road lamont smith. >> i'm very upset, are very upset. oakland police say this is one of the city's eight shootings and le

para hablar de todo esto y dar respuesta a las interrogantes tenemos desde chicago, illinois a brenda30 centavos para una medicina de marca. eso es algo que queremos que la gente aproveche. a lo mejor sino para tÚ mismo a lo mejor conocen a otra persona con medic cade que pueda dar la informaciÓn. >> como se puede proteger a las personas del fraude. >> tenemos mÁs de 46 millones de participantes en el programa de medic cade. son contribuyentes de medic cade que reciben servicios mÉdicos porque participan en medic cade y son beneficiarios. por eso se quiere fortalecer el programa el futuro y se enfoca en prevenir el fraude y el abuso. ofrecen servicios mÉdicos y buenos servicios la mayorÍa. desafortunadamente hay unos pocos que abusan del sistema y participan en el fraude del medic cade. y el medic cade se estÁ enfocando. si ve que hay algo sospechoso y si se nota que hay servicios mÉdicos que no recibiÓ es importante que los reporten a (en pantalla) >> muchas gracias, en vivo desde el frÍo chicago, illinois. me dijo que no se lo recordara, pero quÉ frÍo que hace en chicago. >> gracias

>> i'm brendan you a didn'ter is -- brenda anderson. >> reporter: what do you think about this early-morningat and all of the stuff they are bringing? >> caught me offguard this morning but i'm thankful they are able to bring a lot of toys and food for my children. i'm-- >> reporter: tell me -- >> i'm a daycare provider. >> reporter: tell me about that. >> we provide care to children from infancy through school- aged and we have a lot of children that are in need. >> you see a lot of the oakland police officers. this is something they do for 30 years. they point out places where they say -- they say it would be easy to bring this community something nice. how does it make you feel? >> makes me feel very thankful to my family and children that they are able to provide food and gifts. >> christmas came early for your daycare? >> yeah, a little early. but i'm able to call -- call the families and help them pick up their gifts. >> thank >> thank you for letting us into your home. look at all of those presents. it's certainly -- certainly a great thing for you guys this morning. >> thank you. i'm

merry christmas, aunt brenda. betty, inside to you. >> all right, thank you, dave.hough, it's called farelock and lets travelers lock in the price of their tickets. is it worth the extra cash? here to explain it is mark or wall, international editor of "travel & leisure" magazine. thanks for being with us. >> good morning. >> all right. so break it down for us. what exactly is farelock. >> all right, farelock is a new program from continental that allows you to call up and make your reservation, and for an extra $5 you can hold that reservation for three days before you pay for it. or you can pay $9 and hold it for up to a week before you actually pay for it. >> does that make sense? i mean is this a good deal? >> well, yeah, if you think about it, sometimes life happens. you can't get your days off on vacation that you had planned. or you can't get the cruise, or the resort that you had wanted. but you want to lock in a good airfare. so this gives you a chance to lock in the airfare while you finalize all your other details then go back and pay for the airfare. >>

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. >> this time we hear from brenda from little rock.end fighting against one another causes damage to the people within our country and limits our ability to help on all issues. let us find common ground, stop the stagnation and build momentum towards the betterment of our country and the world." [applause] >> please welcome our next speaker, a tireless advocate for the empire state, united states senator kirsten gillbrand. senator? [applause] >> well, as a senator from new york, i welcome you to our great city, our great university. i welcome all of the students. i cannot thank you enough for the efforts you are undertaking with this conference. it could not come any more important time in our nation's history, and at a time of extraordinary crisis. not only do we have an unemployment rate touching 10%, we have a massive deficit, a two wars, on national security crisis at every border. it is a huge time of enormous discordance in washington as well. we have seen time and time again that people on both sides are measuring success by the