. >> reporter: debbie stevens says she donated the kidney so she could save her boss' life. she said she made it possible for her boss to move up on a waiting list to get a kidney transplant. >> i immediately told her she could have one of mine just because it's part of who i am. i would do it for a lot of people. >> reporter: debbie who is a 47-year-old single mom from long island worked for the atlantic automotive group. her boss jackie brucia was in desperate need of a kidney transplant but could find no donor. >> i was more than happy and honored to do this for her. again, i'll stress i did not do this for job security. i thought that i had a job there based on merit and hard work. >> reporter: debbie's recovery was tough. she began to miss work and needed to take breaks just to keep going. >> she exploded. it was so bad i could not express to any of you how it felt for me to have her screaming at me like that when i said jackie, you know why i have to go outside and walk. you know my leg. she said it sounds like a personal problem. >> reporter: then debbie was transferr

joining me again, boyz ii men sean stockman, william and joining me by phone debbie gibson. years old when you first appeared on "american bandstand" with dick clark. did you realize at the time what a big deal it was? >> you know, i did realize it was a big deal. i know that a lot of young artists now don't hold that musical history in high regard. i grew up with music in my house and my mom saying, oh, my god, i used to come home every day and dance in front of the tv with dick clark and "american bandstand." at that moment, i felt like i had arrived in the music big. and when he said my name, i remember thinking, oh, my god, dick clark just said my name. and the name of my song. >> that says it all, doesn't it? sean, you said when you first appeared you didn't realize the significant of it. but there's debbie saying, hearing dick clark say your name, it was a huge deal. >> yes. >> it seems absurd now, in 2012, we could even talk about integrated audiences as a big deal. but when dick clark did this, as i said in the last segment, 'twas it was a huge deal. it was a groundb

donny osmond, gloria estefan, paul anka, boys to men, debbie gibson and more. only in america, the legacy of dick clark, through the generations of superstars he helped create. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening, you're looking live at times square where dick clark separated music with america for 47 glorious years. our big story is of course the death of dick clark, the music icon who died of a massive heart attack at the santa monica hospital. dick clark was much more than that, he was a genius behind "american bandstand." listen to his great friend ryan seacrest paying tribute on tonight's "american idol". >> we are sar to announce the passing of my dear friend, dick clark. without dick, a show like this would not exist. he will be missed greatly. our thoughts and our prayers go out to his family. i know that he's in a better place, saying, hey, let's get on with the show, okay? you've got it, boss. >>> now for our big story, i want to bring in other all-stars, people who knew dick clark better than most. connie frances at her home in california, don

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come on, "debbie downer." >> "debbie downer." paula pell wrote the sketch. and i had never knew who it was about. >> you know, i was just on a vacation -- actually, this origin is i was on vacation, and i was at this sort of communal table in the jungles of costa rica, if they have jungles. the rainforest. and people were kind of just, like, chit-chatting. this might bring the room down, but anyway -- >> jimmy: you were on vacation, having a good time. >> vacation, and i'm, like, "oh, where are you from?" and i was, like, "oh, i'm from new york city." and someone was like, "were you there for 9/11?" and then it was, like -- [ impersonates sad tuba ] >> jimmy: damen, damen, damen. where are you, buddy? come on. [ sad tuba ] there you go, buddy, yeah. >> so i kind of screeched everything to a halt, as i may risk doing right now. and then, you know, then that stuck in my mind, and then paula and i wrote up "debbie downer." >> jimmy: 'cause "debbie downer" was this -- yeah. how many have you done? how many did you do? >> i don't know

when sierra lamar disappeared five weeks ago, debbie boyd volunteered efforts to find her. >> brought up a lot of paint first week. as a matter of fact, i actually had to step away for a day or two just brought back too much. >> too much because her own daughter, christie wilson, was kidnapped and murdered six years ago after leaving a casino near sack the cream cent toe. now debbie is helping families, like lamars. >> for those going through this and not found their loved ones, i understand the worry the lamars have and what happens if we don't find see you're rat next few weeks, will the attention die down? and at some point, it does. >> reporter: debbie's husband, pat, a retired san jose police officer is also volunteering. his daughter's killer is behind bars but christie's body has never been found. we just want to do anything we can to help them solve that so they are not -- they don't feel quite the same pain we do. >> reporter: mark class is another search veteran, providing invaluable expertise to the lamar family. his organization, class kids foundation launched community se

again, with debbie, it's kind of weird because she raised a lot of money that day.reat as it should have been. and that's why they fired me. >> but the project manager approved it and so he possibly should have gone home. >> well, fire him. >> who was that? >> lou ferrigno. >> but you step back from this and you've just got to laugh. >> it was a once-in-a-lifetime, you got great exposure from it, you're with us today and we're so happy you're here. >> and the money for charity. >> terrific. thanks so much. >> the "celebrity apprentice" airs sunday nights at 9:00, 8:00 central time, right here on nbc. >>> now, up next here, the woman who dropped 100 pounds by changing jobs? right after this. >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist chris warren with your weather channel forecast. and for today that threat for storms will push off a little bit farther to the east in the southern plains and parts of the mississippi valley, but notice this snow here. denver, you may end up with several inches of snow when it's all said and done. chance for some storms around the great lakes.

i love debbie gibson. straight from the 1980's. >> i love hard. i did not live very many years in the 1980's. -- i love her. >> every year, the parade brings floats and demonstrations from around the world and spectators, too. >> it is really great. >> exhilarating and a little something for everyone. >> katie couric joined our colleagues leon harris and alison starling at the parade this morning. to see more pictures, go to our website, wjla.com. >> it was wonderful. check out the website. coming up here on abc 7 news at 6:00 p.m. -- a somber way to remember. virginia state -- virginia tech students are remembering those who died. >> an important warning >> on monday, the commonwealth of virginia will remember the victims of the deadly shooting at virginia tech. >> the governor has called monday virginia tech remembrance day. >> more than 200 virginia tech alumni came together in the northwest d.c., running a 5 kilometer race at to the tragedy that brought their campus. >>this is one of the survivors. she

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debbie gibson, thank you very much. and william king.alk about dick clark and the music. [ male announcer ] what if you had thermal night-vision goggles, like in a special ops mission? you'd spot movement, gather intelligence with minimal collateral damage. but rather than neutralizing enemies in their sleep, you'd be targeting stocks to trade. well, that's what trade architect's heat maps do. they make you a trading assassin. trade architect. td ameritrade's empowering, web-based trading platform. trade commission-free for 60 days, and we'll throw in up to $600 when you open an account. i tell you what i can spend. i do my best to make it work. i'm back on the road safely. and i saved you money on brakes. that's personal pricing. >>> and now, here is your host, dick clark. >> hey. thank you very much. welcome to the new $25,000 pyramid. >> the classic game show hosted by dick clark, he was a pioneer of american pop culture and that legacy endured today. joining me is bill carter, and brian stelter. gentlemen, thank you. let me start wit

the male calls the female debby, the female calls the male anthony. this is pretty terrifying. >> did you hear that? it's the cocking of a gun. he has the gun in his hand, it's a semiautomatic weapon, and now they're considered armed and dangerous. why did he have the gun? it was the homeowners gun. these burglare es got away with $10,000 worth of stuff. the female walks back into the frame, and she sees the camera. >> the light from the window shines on his face. >> the burglar happened on april 12th, and they haven't found these suspects, so their releasing the video to we not only have clear shots of their face, we have names too. >>> when tornadoes hit, it's so important in a you take cover. this woman in oklahoma did too good of a job taking cover and was stuck in her storm shelter. this is debby heights, and when she heard what sounded like thunder, she decided to take cover. she jumped into her storm shelter, closed it, and when the sigh rent stopped, she tried to get out, but was stuck. >> did she have a phone or food? >> excellent question, s

and just to -- debbie walsh is going to set the stage, so i'm going to move right to her. the center for american women in politi politics of the eagleton institute of rutgers university. if you are not familiar with their website, please go to it. it is cawp.org. yeah, okay, i missed it. on my little ipad, all i have to do is put in cawp and i get there. so, google's awful smart. but anyway, the official thing is cawp.rutgers.edu. and basically, it is a marvelous, marvelous instrument. it has all the facts, really, about women in office. it tells you how many women are in the state legislatures, who they are. it tells you by state. it does all the appointive offices. it does it by state. it does the congress. it does the history of all the women in congress. i could go on. it is a bible. and one of the reasons we wanted debbie walsh, who's the executive director, to come forth, is because she can, better probably than anybody, set the stage of how do we get from 17%, or as peg yorkin said, how do we get more women in power and stop this constant discussion of how we fight

debbie offered to help in an uncommonly generous way.e a link in a multiple linked kidney chain for her boss. >> i donated on her behalf so she could get another one, a good one that matched her perfectly. according to stevens the only i'm she got from her boss came in the form of an i'm, thanks more than i can ever say. >> no face-to-face visit? >> what am i going to do? how come you haven't said thank you? >> she returned to work three days later. then she didn't feel good. i no sooner walked in my house she said what are you doing, why are you home. i said, jackie, i don't feel well. she said, you can't come and go as you please. people are going to think you're getting special treatment. >> she had complications like nerve issues in her face but the yelling didn't stop. >> she said it sounds like a persnal problem and i don't want to listen. i said it's a personal problem because i had a kidney removed. she said, oh, are you throwing this up in my face. >> stevens was given a different job 50 miles away before being fired. >> when yo

this woman's name is debbie stephens.ips in long island called the atlantic car group and her boss a woman by the name of jacqueline brushea. so debbie stephens works at this place and becomes friends with the boss. her boss has kidney failure and the boss, jackie brushea needs a new kidney. so debbie stephens says you know what? i will give you one of mine. she offers to donate one of her kidneys to her boss. her boss says, oh that's a great offer. of course, i will take you up on it. are you sure? >> yes. and so her boss says okay, i will take it. the woman has the surgery. she has the surgery, donates her kidney. it turns out there is a little wrinkle here it will turns out her kidney is not a perfect match for her boss. but her boss is able to make like a switcharoo here so because she's got a kidnerly that may not be a perfect match for her, it is a perfect match for somebody else and therefore, she is able to trade debbie debbiesteins debbiesteins' kid ne. she debbie stephens' kidney goes to someone else and she goe

debbie smith herself has endorsed these provisions. the majority bill has no such provisions, making sure that money that is claimed to reduce the rape kit backlog actually does so is pro-victim. true reform in the violence against women reauthorization should further that goal. combating violence against women also means tougher penalties for those who commit these terrible crimes. the hutchinson-grassley substitute creates a ten-year mandatory minimum sentence for federal conviction for forcible rape. the majority bill establishes a five-year mandatory minimum sentence. that provision is only there because republicans offered it and we won that point in our committee. child pornography is an actual record of a crime scene of violence against women. our alearn tiff -- alternative establishes a one-year mandatory minimum sentence for possession of child pornography where the victim depicted is under 12 years of age. i believe that the mandatory minimum for this crime should be higher in light of the lenient sentences that many federal

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she said it sounds like a personal problem. >> reporter: debbie was transferred 50 miles away. she says she was harassened and then after going urchld the knife for her boss, she got the ax. >> i loved my job. i would have been there until i retired. i loved going to work. i never had a bad day there. so having it taken away from me like that really for no reason was a very hard experience. >> not a good situation at all. >>> straight ahead at 6:00, more about the dire prediction for social security. but first, we want to say god morning to our facebook fan of the day. jasmine murray says she has been watching fox 5 since she was a little girl. she is a big fan of holly's. she loved seeing holly get on the soul train line yesterday. it was a great time. thank you for watch, jazz minute. >> holly did a great job. i couldn't believe that. a quick follow-up to yesterday's fan of the day. troy watson's girlfriend, betsy wrote in and said yes, she will go to the prom with him. we never doubted you, troy. that was part of the deal. we had to ask for him. all right. she says yes. look

. >> jobs and the democrat with debbie wasserman schultz. >>> and then what the polls tell us with democratic strategist mark penn and republican strategist linda divall. >>> plus an easter sunday conversation with pastor emanuel cleaver. >> if you believe the president is a christian, why would that be -- you still come to the belief he's trying to destroy religion? >> republican strategist ralph reed. >> is it similarly wrong them for democrats to say that the republican party is engaged in a war on women? >> and david brody of the christian broadcasting network. i'm candy crowley and this is "state of the union." >>> all of that in a few minutes. first to the breaking news we are following this morning. legendary cbs anchorman mike wallace is dead at the age of 93. i'm joined on the phone by larry king. i know you were very good friends with mike wallace. give us your thoughts this morning. >> i am so sad, candy. i know it was a ripe old age, but there's no one like him. i had the pleasure of spending three, four hours with him last year at his apartment and he wound up, i know, sent to a

i want to thank you leonard and debbie for being here.eling we'll hear more about your case. we appreciate you coming in and introducing our audience to it. an astonishing story to tell. we'll find out how the facts stack up. thanks for being here. >>> still outfront, a man faces five years in prison for stealing a soda from mcdonald's. five years in prison for this. we'll tell you why next. [ monica ] i'm away on a movie shoot and it hasn't been going exactly as planned. [ director ] cut. cut! [ monica ] i thought we'd be on location for 3 days -- it's been 3 weeks. so i had to pick up some more things. good thing i've got the citi simplicity card. i don't get hit with a fee if i'm late with a payment... which is good because on this job, no! bigger! [ monica ] i may not be home for a while. [ male announcer ] the citi simplicity card. no late fees. no penalty rate. no worries. omnipotent of opportunity. you know how to mix business... with business. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle

thank you, debbie lee. and my colleague, 18. -- lennie. lennie, who was with us in beijing. because of your extraordinary work, violence against women as part of the beijing platform. because of your work in coalition with other groups around this country, over 15,000 battered and sexually abused in the court woman -- and the. women are here and free of their abusive spouses. thank you very much, lennie. and sarah. is your mom here? she is also related to someone on the school board. sarah, who runs and it works on signature products, coaching boys into men. i encourage you to look at that's not cool.com, which is about stopping dating violence. this is an organizational award, i get to do this. and for rachel, who has been at the organization and who has been my partner as we build in the federal part of global clhu to challenge the notion that violence does not have to be part of the human experience. i thank you, rachel, and i think all of you for this award and for the work that we will do together in this city, and are presidio, to create a future without violence for o

i've been doing debbie downer for so long.it up. i forgot that you're the one that started that. thank you. >> you're welcome. >> thank you. here you are, snl, you write in your book, i love the title "girl walks into a bar" that snl is the best job you can have as a comedian because you look back on those days -- >> it's the dream job. you can't believe you're there. i was on it for seven years. i would still walk around like, i'm on "saturday night live." i had pinch-me moments after seven years. >> you heard the news today -- or did you hear -- >> what? >> that jason -- >> i wondered if that was true or not. >> it's unconfirmed, speculation they may be leaving. would that surprise you? do you think everybody has a time when you go, okay, that's enough? >> you can't stay there forever, you know, have you to go at some point. i'm sure you're never quite ready to go but have you to kick yourself out of the nest, yeah. >> it's not easy to kick yourself out. >> right. >> we have to talk to you about "the girl walks into a bar" w

debbie wasserman schultz that attacked him and david axelrod, the rain of terror. >> divisive and sharpontrast to this that was very good. >> sean: the only thing he can run on diversion, distraction and distortion because they can't run on a positive record or their record. the more that he seems to highlight this, i think the more it's going to put the obama campaign in a box. they are going to do it and called out on it. people will see the difference. >>> problems of the obama campaign is having chosen class warfare as the weapon in the election, they have to stick with it. two months ago they were painting everybody else as the real conservative and romney as a flip-flopper. now, they are trying to paint him as a right wing nut job. >> sean: they would be referring to me, i'm kidding. >> but you want to stop the unfairness, not being able to achieve i thought it was really good. >> sean: we'll examine the speech. think there was some sharp lines and clearly this is emerging as a choice election. it will be very interesting. this is game on in governor romney's perspective. still to

. >> reporter: clemens walked to court with his wife debby at his side. the prosecution is using its opening statement to lay their case that he lied to congress when he said he did not use steroids. >> i have never taken steroids or hdh. >> reporter: six women and four men are serving in the jury. >> it's a mix of men and women, black and white. people who seem very knowledgeable about baseball and others who have no idea at all. >> reporter: bryan macnamie is the prosecution's key witness. he said he saved the used needles as evidence. debby cummings was in court but has left the courtroom because she is a potential witness. >> i think debby clemens testimony is going to be a mystery and surprise of the trial. the defense wants to keep andy pettitte as condensed as possible. >> reporter: this is clemens second time going to trial. the government's first shot at the case ended last july with a mistrial. after prosecutors showed jurors evidence the judge declared inadmissible. in washington, danielle nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. >> the first witness i

florida congresswoman debbie wasserman-schultz chairs the democratic national committee. thank you very much for joining us. >> you're welcome. >> let's put a certain matter to rest what is your take away from the whole flap over hilary rosen and what she said and what she meant? >> well, as a mom, and hilary rosen is a mom as well, i think we all agree that being a mom is hard work. and hilary rosen knows that, i know that. i think the important thing here is that the policies that mitt romney has desperately been trying to distract attention away from his policy of support for the blunt rubio amendment which would have allowed bosses to decide for their female employees what kinds of access who health care they could get, the fact that his campaign couldn't the other day come out in the support and say whether or not he would have signed the lily leadbetter fair pay acting into law if he were president or vetoed it in the fact that he supports tax policy that would make it much harder for women to be able to balance work and family and make ends meet. they are desperate

debbie you looked shocked there.o get your last thought before we move on. >> i'll let my lawyer handle that one. >> i don't think debbie asked to be transferred. i think she loved her job and wanted to stay there. i think that management transferred her. that's one of her complaints. that's what we contacted them about. we said why are you punishing her? she did a good thing. she has certain medical problems. she had to be out a few days. why are you treating her in this manner? and their response was hey, we're going to fire her. >> the lawyer for the automotive group named michael morrow says in a letter that he wrote to mr. leeds, as for the position she's currently in it must be recalled that miss stevens asked for the transfer and was granted it. i don't know the truth of this, but that's what they're saying. they're saying she asked to be transferred from westbury to hempstead. they transferred her, she didn't like it in hempstead. now they're saying you can have your job back in westbury. but she doesn't want

i want to thank you leonard and debbie for being here. have a feeling we'll hear more about your case. we appreciate you coming in and introducing our audience to it. an astonishing story to tell. we'll find out how the facts stack up. thanks for being here. >>> still outfront, a man faces five years in prison for stealing a soda from mcdonald's. five years in prison for this. we'll tell you why next. or creates another laptop bag or hires another employee, it's not just good for business, it's good for the entire community. at bank of america, we know the impact that local businesses have on communities. that's why we extended $6.4 billion in new credit to small businesses across the country last year. because the more we help them, the more we help make opportunity possible. that bringing you better technology helps make you a better investor. with our revolutionary new e-trade 360 dashboard you see exactly where your money is and what it's doing live. our e-trade pro platform offers powerful functionality that's still so usable you'll