i'm going to park exactly. >> cecilia spotted an opportunity cater to latinos. >> hi, doctor. >> cecilia>> how are you? >> good. >> cecilia ran nine clinics, had 130 employees. the recession led her to shut down some clinics and lay off 60 workers. >> the bad economy has delivered blow after blow. jobs disappear, savings drying up, homes losing value, and now there is a new class of working poor, families who once enjoyed six-figure incomes now lose their homes. >> that's me. if i didn't make the changes i had to make, you know, with the company, we close five clinics. it was really painful. but we did it. and finally we're almost set free, and we're back to hiring again. >> at the core of cecilia's success, she says her conservative beliefs and values. >> i'm a conservative woman. so i believe in personal responsibility. i believe in the american dream. i came to this country to work hard. i don't want government telling me what to do. >> 2804. >> state senator ruben kihuen also believes in the american dream. >> how you? my name is ruben kihuen. >> he, too, is fighting for the latino v

and cecilia aldana's favorite time of year. >> okay. misto. collected, between the purchase and the donations, 5,500 toys. >> reporter: every year, cecilia helps sponsor a toy and food drive for nevada's neediest. >> this is a reality. this is exactly what happens in las vegas. >> reporter: the unemployment rate for latinos in nevada is is 15.2%. it doubled after the recession of 2008 when the construction industry collapsed. >> what makes me extremely sad is no politician understands what happens every day in our lives. >> reporter: even republican party leaders admit they need to do more. >> i think in a lot of cases, we have some work to do. >> reporter: sean spicer is with the republican national committee. >> i think if you look at that time on paper, we should you can the home for every latino. hands down. no question. unfortunately, i think we haven't always done the best job of reaching out to them and talking to them about it. >> reporter: lack of outreach led latinos to form their own opinions, based on republicans tough stance on im

cecilia what do you bid? >> 1275. >> drew: 1275. jennifer? >> 1350. >> drew: 1350. lisa?. >> drew: 1450. jeannette? >> 1125. >> drew: 1125. actual retail price is, oh, $1 $1,207. jeannette, come on up here. man, everybody was close on that one. hi, jeannette! how are you doing? >> i am wonderful. >> drew: i'm doing fantastic, thank you very much. tell us your story. >> well, i had breast cancer in 2007, and i had had a reconstruction all done in 2009 and i'm cancer-free today. >> drew: kaugz. in the meantime, george, what do we have for her? >> george: i can't wait to say this jeanette, you're going to play plinko for a chance to win up to $50,000. ( cheers and applause ) >> drew: there's a plinko chep worth up to $10,000. worth up to $10,000. now, no matter what happens with the plinko chips today, whether you win any more or drop them, whatever happens, ford warriors in pin is going to make a $10,000 donation in your name to benefit the dr. susan love research foundation. ( cheers and applause ) >> oh, my gosh. >> drew: so no matter what happens you get a $10,000 donati

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>>ahí encuentran lo última que esta pasando y las recomendaciónes, >>muchas gracias, cecilia.ega desde canadá también esta nevando. >>congelacion esta noche, ayer 24 a 38 grados, pero el frío continua abarcando el norte, temperaturas seguirán más frías aun >>se va en las 48 horas un frente frío pero esperamos otro, donde las temperatura serán frias maxima para la gran manzana 61, el sur sin gran novedad. >>teneessee ohio con 30 a 40 grados. >>en centro y sur de la florida no hay frío. >>miami tiempo fresco en los próximos dias. >>posibilidad de lloviznas, temperaturas moderada >>en el oeste tenemos una baja, tormentas inclusive, pero reflejadas en la atmósfera media, poco movimiento de la baja en los Ángeles, mejora el viernes. >>50% los Ángeles de posibilidad de lluvia, temperaturas 65 en san francisco siga con más de primer impacto >>y llego el momento de los deportes, maría antonieta collins >>tiene buenas y malas noticias de los amantes del fútbol >> vamos con la buena o la mala >>la mala, agarrense las pelucas porque el mejor jugador, el maximo goleador landon donovan no

abc's cecilia vega tells us how much. >> reporter: it's the latest sign that america's real estate is on the rebound. greg steinberg and alexandra becket are flipping houses. they bought this two-bedroom home in los angeles and plan to fix it up and sell it fast, making a $50,000 profit. >> so this is the hallway that leads to the bathroom, and the two bedrooms over there. >> reporter: this was the bathroom. was, the operative word. just four months ago, this was a living room and the dining room. and you can see now this house is completely under construction. just gutted. but in a matter of just two months, it will be on the market and up for sale. flipping homes helped fuel the real estate bubble, and it made for tv gold. remember all those shows? from "flip this house" to "flip that house." >> one, two, three. let's get paid. >> reporter: today around the country, there are 25% more homes being flipped than last year. and sellers are walking away with an average profit of $29,000. much the houses that you're selling, how many wow say are housing that are being flipped? >> between

cecilia vega joins us from the border there. >> reporter: diane, good evening to you. let me just show you how close we're talking. that mountain right over my shoulder, that is the other side of the border. that is mexico. this area has earned the nickname cocaine alley. it's considered to be one of the most popular places for illegal entries all along the border. today for the agents at this station, this is a place of mourning. it is remote, dangerous, and deadly. and it was here, early this morning on this dusty stretch of land where arizona meets mexico that three border patrol agents were fired on. one made it out safely. another was shot twice and expected to recover. the third agent, 30-year-old nicholas ivy, was shot dead. >> we suspect this is probably some type of narcotics trafficking event that these agents encountered. but at this time, that would be speculative. >> reporter: it was just before 2:00 in the morning when something triggered one of the many motion sensors on the border. this is how this advanced technology works. sensors buried below ground

here's abc's cecilia vega. >> does this come with the appliances? >> reporter: oneita parker knows if this is the house for here, she better make an offer. these days, houses are receiving and they are selling fast. >> we've looked at at least, i want to say, like, 30 properties. >> reporter: so many you can't even remember? >> yeah, there's a lot of bidding wars going on. >> reporter: that's right -- bidding wars. in some pockets of the country. >> kitchen. >> reporter: small kitchen. >> pretty much every listing of mine since the beginning of the year has had multiple offers. >> reporter: like 73 bids on this cifornia house alone. it sold in one week for nearly double the asking price. this three-bedroom, two-bathroom house in a los angeles suburb has only been on the market for a couple of hours and already, take a look at this. dozens of realtors have stopped by to scope out this property for their hungry clients. so, what's behind this sudden crush? fewer houses for sale. compared to just a year ago, foreclosures are down that 16%. the last tim

cecilia vega, abc news, los angeles. >>> and up next tonight, a reality check about taxpayer dollars and how congress spends them. tonight, abc's jon karl brings us an exclusive first look at a report, which shows 100 ways in which congress is still wasting nearly $18 billion in taxpayer money. jon has our washington watchdog tonight. >> reporter: chances are when you think "nonprofit," you don't think the national football league. after all, the nfl pulled in more than $9 billion last year, but the league calls itself a nonprofit organization and avoids paying some $40 million in taxes every year. >> we have some of the biggest corporations in america paying no taxes whatsoever. you know something is wrong with the code. >> reporter: the nfl loophole is just one of the examples in senator tom coburn's new "wastebook 2012 report" on government waste. there's the $325,000 squirrel robot. it looks so real, it can fool a rattlesnake. the million dollar martian menu. no plans for a manned mission to mars, but nasa is spending nearly a million dollars a year researching the kind of food t

cecilia vega, abc news, los angeles. >>> and now, we have a surprising warning about a staple in a lot of american homes. kellogg's mini-wheats. nearly 3 million boxes being recalled tonight because of metal, tiny bits of metal, in the cereal. the recall includes both unfrosted mini-wheats and the original frosted version. kellogg's blames the problem at one of their manufacturing plants. and you can go to abcnews.com for all the details. >>> and there is something new tonight in the ongoing story of that meningitis outbreak. the cases are not just growing, but leaping. 170 cases now in 11 states, at least 14 people have died and 13,000 people are at risk. most of the infections, still traced to steroid shots for back pain. all manufactured at that one plant in massachusetts. but today, the cdc warned they are looking at the possibility that steroid shots for pain in the joints in knees and shoulders, could also be putting patients at risk. >>> and last night, we told you about the 14-year-old girl in pakistan that stood up against the taliban so that girls could go to school. they sho

>>>e s momento, cecilia, de tenderle una mano a nuestros hermanos para aliviar los estragos de sandy.ramente. >>> tenemos un aura que tiene manchas que están sobre el cuerpo de la persona, y son manchas negras. >>> ataque, que asegura se puede combatir con esta terapia. >>> me va a decir dónde están los desequilibrios. >>> así estos electrodos conectados en cabeza, pies y manos de la persona, son usados para medir su campo energético, usando técnicas de acupuntura, iriología entre otros. >>> qué significa una mancha fuera. >>> cogió una negatividad de algo,puede ser maldad, envidia. >>> después la energía cuántica se concentra en los puntos negativos. >>> el aura es limpiada y fluye la energía negativa, te sientes muchísimo mejor. >>> tenía muchas cosas que no me atrevía a hacer. >>> en el caso de tomás, su aura estaba limpia, sus shakras, sin embargo, están algo cerrados y el estudio indica cierto desbalance emocional. >>> me está sacando orgullo, desilusión, frustración, de pronto emociones negativas que ha encontrado. >>> después de la terapia, tomás sale con sus shakras armonizado

. >> the honorable menea cohen, the honorable ciel ping, commissioner cecilia chung, may woo, eileenee riley and mr. carezza, san francisco unified school district. >> we'd like to recognize our guest from the consulate, education councilor from the people's republic of china, mr. bernhard able, consulate of germany, the honorable nagesh naharabi, india, the honorable dennis garrison, consul of lithuania, consul of madagascar, mr. victor flores, from the consulate of mexico and (inaudible) from mongolia and the honorable barbara (inaudible), honorable consul from the swazi republic. i would also like to recognize the honorable senator mark

cecilia vega, abc news, los angeles. vega, abc news, los angeles.ar will people go to relieve their sore throat? try these. new cepacol sensations cools instantly, and has an active ingredient that stays with you long after the lozenge is gone. not just a sensation, sensational relief. but lately she's been coming in with less gray than usual. what's she up to? [ female announcer ] root touch-up by nice'n easy has the most shade choices, designed to match even salon color in just 10 minutes. with root touch-up, all they see is you. ♪ oops i did it again ♪ i played with your heart ♪ oh baby baby >> such a beautiful, pure voice. after her episode four years ago, britney spears has really turned things around and now has the paycheck to prove it. >> indeed, abc's linsey davis has been pouring over the spread sheets and details the mind-boggling budget of a diva. ♪ ooh >> reporter: britney spears has been dancing her way to the top of the charts for more than a decade. at just 30 years old, her reign as the queen of pop has been a lucrative one. foeshs

. >> como nos dice cecilia ramírez más le vale pasar el mal un ratito que por tener más consecuencias raros casos se pueden salvar los nervios que aportan a la erección. >> estuve impotente un tiempo, me opere pero se fue el cáncer y se fue la impotencia. >> ahora tengo la virilidad de un hombre de 25 años. >> el examen que hay que hacerse, ¿por qué doctor se asustan los hombres?. >> es que la educación hoy en día es buena, el hombre sabe que la segunda causa de muerte, es la próstata. >> para diagnosticarlo es un examen físico, y un examen de sangre que los hombres no gustan hacerlo. >> ya la incontinencia no es un problema y también es más suave que antes la radiación. >> si este pacietne, no se hubiera hecho el examen hace 11 años ¿estaría vivo?. >> no, pues hubiera tenido metástasis a los ganglios y huesos. >> el cáncer de próstata es una enfermedad familiar, que afecta a la esposa y a los hijos. >> es importante asistir, ya lo saben, asistan al hospital. >> el gobierno ha decidido abrir una investigación y vamos con esa noticia. >> dice que le da la energía para mantener su ritmo

here is abc's cecilia vega with the beg housing comeback. >> does this come with appliance?for her she better make an offer. these days houses are selling and they're selling fast. >> we have looked at, i don't know, at least, i want to say 30 properties. >> reporter: so many you can't remember? >> yeah. there is like a bidding war going on. >> kitchen. >> reporter: that's right bidding wars in some pockets of the country. kitchen. >> small kitchen. >> every listing has had multiple offers. >> reporter: 73 bids on this california house alone. it sold in one week for nearly double the asking price. this three-bedroom/two-bathroom house in los angeles suburb has been on the market a couple hoff hours,hour hours already. take a look at this. dozens of realtors have stopped by to scope out the property for their hungry clients. what is behind the sudden crush? fewer houses for sale. compared to just a year ago, foreclosures are down, 16%. the last time the numbers were this low was before the recession hit. those days of all those cheap homes driving down prices are ending. >> w

abc's cecilia vega ponders was such a multimillion dollar project worth it. >> reporter: it is the perfumethan 4 million online views. >> it is not a journey. every journey end but we go on. >> reporter: the perfume ad starring that famous face. >> plans disappear. dreams take over. >> reporter: the first male spokesman ever for the famous brand, and his first ad has just about everyone talking. even though most people are left asking just what the heck he is talking about. >> i watched it again today, and i have to say it is even stranger than i remember it from the first time. >> reporter: the spoofs go on and on from conan o'brien. >> it's not a journey, every journey end but we go on. >> reporter: to "saturday night live." >> and the dreams wake up and smile at reality. i'm sorry. is there really no script? because i've been talking to myself for two hours straight. i'm starting to sound insane. >> reporter: to ellen degeneres. >> who let the dogs out? who? who? >> reporter: and online people aren't holding back either. just look at some of these comments for the ad on youtube. frl it

like a treat. >> for "good morning america," cecilia vega, abc news, hollywood. >> cecilia, thank you 8:00, 7:00 central here on abc. >> thank you so much. >>> this young next woman holds the record for the most debuts in billboard history. taylor swift is one of the world's brightest stars and now she's sitting down for a "nightline" interview with cynthia mcfadden. for a big "glamour" magazine cover story. cynthia is here to give us a peek. good morning. >> good north, elizabeth. sometimes, you just get lucky and that's what happened to me when "glamour" asked if i would like to go to their cover shoot in nashville, and interview the phenomenal taylor swift. well, i wrote "glamour's" november cover story on her on newsstands across the country on november 9th, we talked about fame, money, love and her new album entitled "red." take a look. ♪ you belong with me >> reporter: she sings of young love. ♪ if it meant a lot >> reporter: she sold more than 22 million albums, won six grammys. >> thank you, thank you, thank you! >> reporter: all at the ripe old age of 22. >> welcome to nashvi

todos los años hace campaña para crear conciencia sobre esta terrible enfermedad >>muchas gracias, cecilias pusimos algo rosado y es para apoyar la lucha contra esta enfermedad y es la segunda causa de muerte enlas mujeres, con la caminata queremos tomar conciencia y también buscar fondos para investigación y que permitan acaban con la enfermedad. >>le dieron la terrible noticias. >>el mundo se me vino abajo, soy madre soltera, el solo imaginar qué seria de mi hijo >>a los 35 años karina tuvo que hacer frente a la enfermedad, tuvo que someterse a una mastectomia doble. >>eran dos meses que necesitaba de recuperacion, me dije qué voy a hacer? y llame a la fundacion susan... >>y me ayudaron a pagar la renta. >>esto es parte de su mision segun la presidenta de esta fundacion >>hace treinta años que luchamos contra cáncer de seno, no solo en estados unidos también en el mundo >>esta organizaacion cuenta con 122 afiliadas que nacio de una promesa hecha a una hermana que padeció de cáncer de seno. >>ayduamos a hospitales, investigación, educacion. >>con 154 caminatas cada año a traves del mundo,

[inaudible] >> for richard and cecilia? >> thank you. >> you don't have to. >> that's my aunt actually. >> nice to meet you. >> what's your name? >> hello, tim. >> i'm in sales that very rarely speechless. thank you. very nice to meet you. >> you should hang out when they're selling the book then. >> this is you? also encase i ever ever need dental work. >> deal that sent? [inaudible] >> thank you. thanks for coming. [inaudible conversations] >> was his name? >> nelson. >> when mrs. bert? >> hollowly. >> are you giving it to him for his birthday? >> yes, i am. thank you so much. >> i am from columbia. >> you dated even with that. >> what happened to your ankle? >> you did a better summary of my book. -- [inaudible conversations] >> excellent, thank you. thank you very much. [inaudible conversations] >> you know, it's so hard to summarize the book right after you've written it. and i read your review and i can't do this. this is perfect. [inaudible conversations] >> it is so nice to meet you. >> yes, surely will. [inaudible

good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: george, good morning. take a look at this.ll of this gas here at this station in los angeles, well above $5 a gallon which shows you just how much this stuff is worth right now. one pair of thieves here in california stole so much gas they had enough gas to make the trip back and forth between los angeles and new york four times. the brazen thieves hit this shell station near sacramento four times in three days. managing to steal $4,500 worth of gasoline. >> i don't know if we can recover that money or not. but at least, those people should go to jail. >> reporter: in all, they took off with more than 1100 gallons of precious gas. here's how police say they did it. at 1:30 in the morning, a man in a black pickup pulled up to the station. somehow, he managed to disable the meter and pump 300 gallons of gas straight into a tank in the back of the truck. police believe the thieves came back twice the next day and hundreds more gallons. then, they came back again, a day later. this time, during store hours to steal even more. >> i

le entrega a sus hijos >>ante sorpresiva llegada, marc anthony le entrega anillo de compromiso a cecilia>>es hora de despierta américa, su mejor manera de comenzar sus mañanas. y bienvenidos halloween ♪. ♪. >>buenos días por la mañana, familia de despierta américa. ♪. >>que rico aplauso, comenzando una semana desde nuestra casa que se ha convertido en una casa embrujada, hoy 29 de octubre de 2012. >>lo invito a que se levante de su cama, convencido de que hoy todo se le dará. >>hoy estamos unidos en oracion por los hermanos de la costa este, quiero que cristina y satcha pretto me digan como amanece hoy huracán sandy >>el noroeste esta paralizado en medio de frankestorm. porque es un fenómeno, realmente, en la gran manzana lo esperan. recordemos que hace 14 meses también estaban a la expectativa de irene. hoy tenemos completa y amplia cobertura al respecto. me voy a ir a preparar con esto y más. quedo muy bonita la casa. >>te botaste. >>arriba boricua >>el fin de semana me la pasé tuiteando. muchos dicen que llegar a ser un evento histórico por su tamaño e impacto. >>en breve le traeremos

cecilia crawford was not impressed and wrote romney today by way of huffing post and said sesame street was her favorite show and said when i grow up, i'm going to get married and i want my kids to watch it. you find something else to cut off. today the ceo of pbs said sesame street will not be canceled even if there are funding cuts. now you have the news edge. as always, thanks for staying up late. see you tomorrow. >> fox 5 news isn't over. go to www.myfoxdc.com now for news, weather and entertainment updates. fox 5 news is washington's best news on air and online at www.myfoxdc.com brought to you by verizon 4g lte.

here's abc's cecilia vega. >> reporter: the day of big pom-poms and long skirts are long gone. this is cheerleading today, acrobatic stunts that practically reach the ceiling. flips nearly 20 feet in the air. but those nail-biting moves can carry dangerous consequences. videos showing the injuries are all over youtube. cheerleaders crash landing after stunts gone wrong, slipping from pyramids and tumbling out of control. [ audience oohs ] >> reporter: competitive cheerleaders and sisters kasey and kori bronstein have been there. >> i tore my patella tendon on my right leg. >> i tore my acl then i tore my patella tendon one time before that. >> reporter: more than 37,000 cheerleaders went to the emergency room last year. that's four times more than in 1980. the catastrophic injuries from all that tumbling and flipping rank second only to football. that's why the american academy of pediatric is pushing to reduce the risk on these daredevil stunts.s is pushing t reduce the risk on these daredevil stunts. it wants all high school squads to limit those human pyramids to just two le

when i received the first set of stuff from cecilia i didn't know exactly the relationship. so when i thought i had seen all of the permit plans then i believed i had seen all of those. i didn't put that together. it was only later, when i was still asking for other documents, to try to clarify in july, that i realized that there would be a copy -- that there may be some additional materials. those materials, for the most part, the duplicative ones that i had already seen at the planning department are not things that i raised any issues related to. i've raised issues related to materials that were not provided, and that were not sitting waiting for me anywhere. they were not provided until there was an e-mail that saits that she needs to make certain to get documents to me by at least august 20. on august 20 at 11:49 in the morning i received an e-mail from mary hobson saying they have these new e-mails and i went in the next day and had to get a cd because it was so voluminous i couldn't get it through e-mail. >> commissioner lazarus: thank you. >> president hwang: i'm sor