. >> reporter: 37-year-old chanel caldwell was holding her ribbon cutting scissors tight.ormer ambulance driver couldn't stop smiling. ten years ago, she was moved out of this rundown rat-infested public housing at third and l street near capitol hill. and was promised ten years ago new housing when it was built. >> i thought was never coming back. we moved to richmond. but there were no jobs there. so we moved back. into my mother's basement. i know she is about the happiest one. she's probably doing back flips right now in the basement because we have our own spot. >> reporter: a spot ten years later what's now called capitol quarter. a mix of 323 town homes and apartments, 50% market rate and selling for $600,000 to $1 million. the public housing segment is up to three bedrooms, are sprinkled among the houses. chanel lives in one with her two children and husband, tyrone. >> you can't tell whose income is what. they're not walking around with their wallets exposed. >> it does say to people that isn't just about tearing down buildings, this is about building lives and pe

>> if you've got the hair and you're doing the chanel. >> he knows it sells. >>> and this comes to us from kfor news 4 in oklahoma city where one granny's hot pursuit of a robbery suspect helped police get their man. margaret mcdonald shouted stop thieves when she spotted a group of men stealing a large tv from a home. well, the 42-year-old then gave the thieves a chase in her power chair. she kept up with one suspect until he hopped a fence, but police made the arrest because margaret was able to tell them which direction he ran in. she's got good eyes there. >>> well, i'm lynn berry and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. >>> in nepal one hiker's trash is another's artwork. artists have been creating an exhibit using around 1.5 tons of trash that's collected from the slopes of mt. everest. that's a good idea. hikers are required to remove garbage that they produce in their treks up the mountain, but junk is often left behind. they create artworks with it. >> oh, i got it. >> it's made from tents, gas cans and other trash. the pieces are

hi there chanel so this report claims that you are happier and that you are psychologically healthierthan other women so let me start off by asking you are you happier. well i don't know i'm happier than all the other women but i am very happy and i'm very comfortable with who i am and i'm very happy that i do what i do and it also says that you have a higher self esteem in a better body image of yourself than other women can you kind of compare some of the women that you know that are in the industry versus some of the women that you know that are not in the industry and kind of something do you think that the women that are in the industry have this higher self esteem and body image i actually think a successful woman in the street do have a better idea of a better. they have better self-esteem obviously were exposed to a whole the time and so we're running around without clothes on often and you can't do that if you're insecure and then if you are you're not going to be successful at what you do for sure so let's talk about how you got involved in this industry there's an argument

at that time, one of them was wearing old chanel from the flea markets. we were a lot going to the flea market. a chanel jacket. and me, i was thinking about my grandmother. of course, it was before. transparency. and they were smoking. that was provocative in a way. but it was going well with the time, the moment of sexual liberty and freedom because of the hippies. like in san francisco but also a stage of freedom, you know? after that, it was known as a way that the girl wanted to be like madonna, to be strong, to be as strong as a man. showing a little bit of their strategy. it does not mean that those girls were very -- >> easy would be the simple word to say it. [laughter] >> at the time of the 1960's, there was the first one to do that. he made me do dress or a company scared, know. but there were in shorts as well. that was provocative. >> this provocation and not just about theecial society, which was what was going on in society. me, to my grandmother, i was like feeling. too close to say something indefinitely. yes, why did i do the men like th

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. >> he started to do these chanel number 5 ads.hey're okay, but i think there's been some criticism and some parody. let's take a look at the ad. >> you turn with it. plans disappear. dreams take over. but wherever i go, there you are. my luck, my fate, my fortune. chanel number 5. >> what's going on? >> inevitable. >> what's he doing? >> they said have you seen any of the criticism or any of the parody on "snl"? he said no, i haven't seen any criticism, but he liked the off-the-wall kind of feel of the ad and respect it had. >> i like the check and the attention because those are the worst things i've ever seen in my life. >> what's he doing? >> i don't know. he doesn't need to do that. >> i thought this was a guy that was in "fight club"! >> come on, it's brad pitt. everyone's obsessed with him. if people are obsessed -- >> he was in "fight club"! >> it's a midlife crisis. >> he was in "oceans eleven," "oceans twelve." >> he wants to still look young, he's got that long hair. >> you know what they would say? what are you doing, k

he recently starred in an ad for chanel, a much lampooned ad for chanel no. 5. just listen. >> the world turns and we turn with it. plans disappear. >> yes, they do. >> dreams take over. >> um-hmm. >> but wherever i go -- >> i made furniture. >> -- there you are. >> and that's what he's going to do. it's not enough to smell good. you have to sit well. he is designing high-end furniture with frank polaro who is a good friend of his. the pieces include coffee tables, dining tables, chairs, even, yes -- >> they're nice, hey? what's he doing? is he going after kathy ireland? is he going to be like martha? >> i think it is great. we have a long history of amateurs coming in. john cooper finch who recently passed away. he was a race car driver who designed those barriers you see on the highway and they have avenue saved tons of lives. brad pitt, career change? going into inventing new kinds of furniture? i think it could be great. >> the world has lots of examples of this. there was kathy ireland or cindy crawford home and all of those things? >> brad pitt can do what

we are here today with bay area artist jody chanel, and we are here to see the plaza where your pieceust been installed. >> i have been doing large-scale paintings in the galleries and museums, and the idea that in the future, i could do something that would hang out a little bit longer than the duration of the installation the kind of appeal to me. i quickly found out about the san francisco arts commission san francisco arts commission are important. are important. remember, if your.

"liz and dick" or brad pitt for chanel. >> we're going to do an online poll. liz and dick stuff. we never do this. but this is an important issue. what's worse? >> that? >> the liz and dick garbage or this? >> the journey ends, but we go on. the world turns and we turn with it. plans disappear, dreams take over, but wherever i go, there you are. >> definitely that. >> oh, my god. >> so what is a more soul-crushing experience, having to watch the trailer from "liz and dick" or brad pitt's chanel add? >> you don't like the mullet. >> and i'm thinking this guy was in "fight club?" with clooney? >> i bet you he was joking. >> you're just jealous because he's so sexy. >> mike barnicle's here, jim vandehei's here, and senior white house correspondent for abc news. jake tapper, he's out with an untold story of american valor. that's wonderful to have you in studio. and msnbc contributor jack jacobs. >> and jake's here on an important day. "new york post" is reporting that jake has told all his viewers not to watch abc. that is, quote, filth, and it's against his reli

chanel loves it every time we talk about it and play it.he other end of the spectrum for brad pitt there. >> i'm laughing too hard. amplths j. hammer, thanks so much. >>> we'a.j. will be with us nex hour with more. "modern family" star is being removed from her home because of allegations of abuse. with unitedhealthcare, i got help that fit my life. information on my phone. connection to doctors who get where i'm from. and tools to estimate what my care may cost. so i never missed a beat. we're more than 78,000 people looking out for more than 70 million americans. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. consider the silverado 1500 -- still the most dependable, longest-lasting full-size pickups on the road. and now we've also been recognized for lowest total cost of ownership -- based on important things, like depreciation, fuel, and maintenance costs. and now when you come in, you can trade up to get a total value of $8,000 on a 2012 chevy silverado all-star edition. from outstanding value to standing the test of time, chevy runs deep.

we are here today with bay area artist jody chanel, and we are here to see the plaza where your piece has just been installed. >> i have been doing large-scale paintings in the galleries and museums, and the idea that in the future, i could do something that would hang out a little bit longer than the duration of the installation the kind of appeal to me. i quickly found out about the san francisco arts commission school and realized there was a pre-qualified school you had to apply to, so i applied to the. >> how long did it take you to develop this work for the plaza? >> this was a fast track project. design development was about a month. >> let's look at the beautiful mural. i have never seen a mural created on asphalt. >> the heat of the asphalt, a new layer of asphalt. then, these wire rope templates that were fabricated for the line work get laid down and literally stamped into the asphalt, and then everything was hand-painted. >> maybe you could talk about some of the symbolism, maybe starting in the middle and working out. >> [inaudible] the flower of industry. >> it is like a

and what does he say about the chanel ads?big mystery this morning. who is holding the two winning tickets from last night's record $587 million powerball jackpot? we know this. they were sold in missouri and in arizona. abc's steve osunsami, not a winner, there when the numbers were drawn last night. he's at powerball headquarters in florida. good morning to you, steve. >> reporter: good morning, josh. assuming that these two winners take the cash payout, this will be a $192.5 million payday for each of these winners. quite comfortable living. missouri and arizona lottery officials plan to hold a news conference later today, where they will hopefully share more about where the tickets were sold. they were expecting multiple winners this drawing because these are what they call birthday numbers, numbers under 31. as in 31 calendar days in a month. if no one had matched all six numbers, this would have become a $1 billion jackpot by some estimates. some advice for the winners from lottery officials. first, immediately turn over

family man to that heartthrob resume along with some darn fine performances and one very interesting chanel perfume ad. his latest film "killing them softly" has him as a suave hit man alongside james gandolfini, a guy who rarely does interviews. but the two could not resist a chat with my "nightline" co-anchor cynthia mcfadden. >> excuse me, ma'am. >> reporter: it was more than 20 years ago that a young actor played a sexy hitchhiker in "thelma and louise" and forever stole the hearts of millions of women. >> my goodness. >> reporter: but brad pitt wasn't just a romantic lead. his tough guy bona fides were cemented in films like "fight club." >> first rule of fight club, you do not talk about fight club. >> reporter: this week, he's opening in a new film, "killing them softly," a mob movie. star alongside of him, the man who made tony soprano a household name. james gandolfini. it's hard not to get one of you to sit down for an interview but two of you together -- >> protection. >> reporter: is that what it is. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: for each other? >> yeah. >> reporter: it's actually eve

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government going forward with the go ga chanel no nothing as sure to are you make. what's left of their popularity is just simply promised people revolvers and all it's opinion polls show that most people are against going to see you with the court of law and the. government is going to actually get the grain of a public opinion right now which will be which is now over there by the greater acquittal so it's somewhat of a so called pay are here and for being this group absolutely the right decision will read the ny times account. but as you say there is a lot of strong feeling that it was seen the way you expect this acquittal to affect the situation because as a on the republican relation to city after all many in cost of a cd form a prime minister as a unifying force that night and talk of his return to politics. where are you coming back. or a. moron to the president who is only. able to recall all of the. operational. operation we were going to war. who are. we going to. we're going to part of the. broader out. of the argument. or throw him off the road but ther

. >> it's going to be carrying items like chanel suits or prada.ill be into the west portal store in, menlo park, you might see escada and might see eileen fisher. >> menlo park companies like to buy shoes. the flagship store on south vanness attracts collectors that is where valuable figurines can be found. goodwill new venture is a boutique called georgey and willow. >> targeting a customer. an 18 to 34-year-old woman who is more interested in the fashion look as opposed to brand. >> here, you'd find items you'd see in trendy stores like anthropologie. 80% of the revenue goes to putting people back at work. >> so people who may have been involved in the criminal justice system, may have had english as a second language, those individuals we want to take a close look at it's our mission to put them to work. >> goodwill says a majority are still regular family stores. san francisco bay area goodwill has 40 donation sites fchl you want to know where they are we've got them listed. >> interesting. >> yes. >> it is. >> they break it down. >> yes. >> t

. >> the west portal store is going to carry items as nice as chanel suits. we will carry prada, we put that into the west portal store. menlo park, you might see fisher. >> reporter: menlo park customers love to buy shoes so the company sends their best shoes there. the flagship store on south van ness and mission attracts collectors that's where some valuable figurines can be found. new venture is a boutique called georgie and willow. >> targeting 18 to 34-year-old woman who is more interested in the fashion look as opposed to the brand. >> reporter: here similar items you would see in trendy stores. more than 80% of the revenue from goodwill goes to putting people back to work. goodwill says the majority of their stores are regular family stores and you will still find treasure there is too. the san francisco bay area goodwill has more than 40 donation sites. go to abc7news.com. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. >>> revealed a top secret shopping spot now everyone knows. >>> we are like oh no, our secret has been revealed! good bargains. >> have to get u

he is the sports man for chanel shub five. he makes untiles -- millions of dollars in the far east. judging from the jewelry design for his wedding ingauge meant wing -- wedding engagement ring he is not good. >> what happens when you are big and famous nobody has to gets to tell you you are sick in able at home. just wanted to show people how horribly you live. >> it is also made from gwenyth paltrow's hair. the key word is collaborate. that means, brad, we just did all of this stuff, can we put your name on it? word up. that's brad pitt's name. >> there was a problem delivering it to his house and found one of brad's switch book. oh is that old thing? i have been dude gelling. every time people find my sketch report is he wasn't arrested. >> it doubles as a toilet and he goes to bed as a junk. >> you are the one who says you have to have a curb 10 toilet seat because if it does fall asleep. >> your legs fall asleep. >> i did see some of the sketches. it is furniture people think are for the future from 1980. it would be like in a penthouse apart meant wall street. >> dark curly ba

and talks about turning 50 and a word or two about the chanel ads. >>> angus t.es set up a firestorm when he called "two and a half men" filth and telling fans not to watch it. he's apologizing to the co-stars and the producers. the big question, will he keep his job? >> i'm on "two and a half men." i don't want to be on it. please, stop watching it. >> reporter: when angus t. jones, one of the stars of "two and a half men," recorded this religious rant, lambasting his popular sitcom. >> please stop filling your head with filth. >> reporter: it's hard to imagine he could have predicted the backlash. >> brainwashed? exploited? >> reporter: but this morning, after international headlines and millions of views online, the young man who recently joined the seventh day adventist church is now saying, i'm sorry. i apologize if my remarks reflect me showing indifference to and disrespect of my colleagues, jones says in a statement. i never intended that. but many in hollywood now wonder if this new apology is too little, too late. >> they'll see us and be i can be a chr

his first big deal, however, we have to bring up the brad pitt fraying -- brad pitt ad for chanel. >>o put bread on their tables they hear money -- about money like that it's hard for people to stomach. >> i got to be honest. >> remember these fragrances are big business. i read last year liz taylor made $70 million from her fragrance. >> white diamonds. the most important story, the octomom checked into rehab? >> nadia. >> did check into rehab. i spoke to her manager last night, she has got an addiction to xanax, she has been prescribed because of all the stress she has been under. the one thing about octomom, interviewed her many times, she really is quite a nervous young lady and thrust into this fame overnight and all the stress of what comes with this. >> but she made choices that put her there, rob. you know? >> the good choice and she is going to get well. >> who is taking care of her gazillion children? >> three nannies around the clock for the 14 kids and makes so much money on the x-rated video that she can afford now to have a nanny. >> any who. >> thank you, rob. >> maybe

i don't know if chanel is banging on his door. be asking? probably not. he told the interviewer, at his age, all he wants to do is being happy and spending time with his granddaughter, and i quote, made him very, very happy. >> oh. >> he's a chic guy. >> that's great. grandads will do anything. they really will. >> and he looked good in those. he was rocking the outfits. >> i'm kind of jealous of his legs. i'm not going to lie. >> it was a generous act. >> you're saying right now, girls, no? >> okay. >>> hey, let's move on, shall we? we're approaching the danger zone. so, we move on to this. next time you're riding public transportation, remember, stay alert. you never know who could be sitting next to you. like, this guy. >> what? >> a girl sitting next to bradley cooper on a new york city subway, seems totally oblivious that she's sitting next to him. no clue. even though, other riders are sneaking pictures of him left and right. the baseball cap and dark glasses didn't fool everyone. it was the a-team bag he had on the ground,

chanel had tattoos come out. dior one-upped them with gold. tattoos. you can wear your jewelry on your skin. we have a picture of what a bracelet looks like. it's actually cool for a holiday. it's a real gold tattoo. >> how long does it last? >> probably 24 hours, maybe longer if you don't shower or something. i don't know. >> then nobody is going to care. this i'm kind of obsessed with. urban decay has come up with lip gloss in a pencil form. i gave hoda a color that would work for her. if we look really close, this pencil will help you apply really rich color, but it feels and looks like a lip gloss without the stickiness and gunk. >> it stays, right? >> it stays. it's great. >> i love them. they have a range of colors. brand new launching this month. in the winter we get the dull, drskin, glam glow is at sephora. it's this super mud. it's not only a mud mask but while it's on your face, you can see it pulling the toxins out in capsules, but it also has acid exfoliants, like a peel. this will really help transform your skin. >> i like that. >> everyt

they are very chic and inspired by coco chanel and christian dior and what the readers really love isue no-tipping policy. you get great service without having to tip every single time. >> so many great hotels in new york city. i don't know how the readers would pick just one but they did. which one? >> peninsula new york, ideally located just a few blocks from here on fifth avenue and 55th street. we're talking grand, sumptuous hotel, and the service is literally white glove. it's legendary, their service. they will do everything from walking your dog to pick up a pair of shoes from a downtown boutique, and it's -- its rooftop terrace is something wonderful. >> really more affordable. the number one hotel in the south is louisville, kentucky. >> louisville, kentucky, a great place, really lively. actually a 90-room hotel and contemporary art museum. it's a converted series of former bourbon and tobacco warehouses in downtown louisville so it's really fun. the rooms are loft-like and really friendly service. what really makes this hotel, its really astonishing collection of contempora

mark, janet and chanel have set the stage for discussion. you have heard from mark. next to market is joel packer, a noted authority on federal education policy. to his left is michael fauntroy, a professor of privilege -- public policy at george mason university. we have just heard from janet murguia from the national council of la raza. with that, mr. packer, the microphone is yours. >> thank you for having me on the panel. i appreciated and i am unearned to be with my colleagues here. a couple of things about the reagan group. -- raven group. it is a public relations firm. the majority of our clients are progressive, non-profit organizations. our firm is committed to enhancing the ideals of the broad range of the progress of community. personally, i do education policy. i work for the national education association and have worked with them for 25 years. i have been doing policy for 35 years. i would like to talk about some of the challenges we are facing. we are facing a lot of challenges. we will talk most about the challenges we face from the congress and a who

chanel is making it so simple? >> so easy with our grab and give program customers can donate breakfast, lunch, dinner, a whole day of meals for a family of four at any register at any whole foods market in the bay area. >> reporter: just take the card to the cashier and donate. we are going to tell you how you can help coming up later in the newscast. dana and allen? >> fabulous. thanks so much. >>> if you carry a cell phone there's a greater chance that you're going to become a target. the dramatic rise in the electronic thefts in the bay area. [ no microphone ] >> how does this former nfl linebacker end up living in a tunnel? >> things are breaking down. >> why the hits he took as a 49er may have led to his homelessness. broken dreams, coming up next. ,, [ laughter ] [ girl ] wow, you guys have it easy. i wish i had u-verse when i was your age. in my day, we didn't have these fancy wireless receivers. blah blah blah. if i had a sleepover, i couldn't just move the tv into the playroom. no. we had to watch movies

and then i met one her again on the second chanel commercial we did together, and i found that she changed a lot. >> rose: how had she changed? >> she was stronger and more confident, more definite, rather, in her intellectual abilities and her creative abilities and then her sexuality and she was a proper woman. and -- >> who had lived a bit more. >> the tradition of writing for theatre, writing movie scripts, looking at other movie scripts and changing them, does that come easy? pinter did the same thing. >> you are essentially a dramatist. >> i hope that i am still essentially a writer and i would like to think what you say is true. i haven't written a play since rock 'n' roll which was five or six years ago and was probably written seven years ago, and i don't have a play on the cooker or in my head. i am actually writing -- i am writing -- >> rose: a what? >> well, that remains to be seen. i hope it -- >> rose: remember you and i got a conversation at this table and i was saying why aren't you and others -- we were going through the iraqi war, and i remember, why aren't you writing ab

and brad pitt smelling like chanel no 5 throughout the thing. a listen. >> i am going to drop a dime on a couple cops, who are going to take you back to where you are supposed to be. >> oh, yeah? >> no more booze, nothing. get yourself a shower. go to bed. i will get you up and tell you where to be. >> i don't take orders from you! >> 7:30. get some sleep. >> i miss the sopranos. only criticism i heard so far the themes are not handled subtly by the director. beats the point over the head a little bit. but brad pitt getting pretty good reviews for this one. >> i'll be check it it out, you know. >>> well, from contract killers to serial killers, the next flick is called "the collection." it's about a man who escapes from the vicious grips of the serial killer known as the collector. this man is blackmailed to rescue an innocent girl elena from the killer's booby trapped warehouse, kidnapped from a club. take a listen to this. >> i'm going in for the girl tonight. this man is the best chance for us to bring her home alive. >> let's be clear about