he was saying call donna. this is the donna he called for, next-door neighbor donna miles. when i tried to open the door, my doorknob was hot. i opened it, briefly opened it and looked out and leon was downairs saying donna, help me. he was already on fire. spender lives downtears and has been renovatg the upstairs. some say the smell of gals was out here force days. donna got a whiff minutes before the blast. >> when i went to my apartment yesterday evening after work, i smelt faint -- it was ever so faintly. >> pg&e said theyad a crew with natural gas detection device and found no leaks arou the perimeter of the house. gas connections inside the house are the responsible of the owner. >> open fire dartment says the investigation into this event, one by pg&e, the other by the city building department. and meantime donna myles who lives right there is wondering whether she and her great grandchild can move back into that house. as far as mr. spencer, a relative out here this morning tells me he is not doing well. last listed in critical condition. live in oaknd, terry mcswe

he was saying call donna. this is the donna he called for, next-door neighbor donna miles. when i tried to open the door, my doorknob was hot. i opened it briefly opened it and looked out and leon was downstairs saying donna, help me. he was already on fire. spender lives downtears and has been renovating the upstairs. some say the smell of gals was out here force days. donna got a whiff minutes before the blast. >> when i went to my apartment yesterday evening after work i smelt faint -- it was ever so faintly. >> pg&e said they had a crew with natural gas detection device and found no leaks around the perimeter of the house. gas connections inside the house are the responsible of the owner. >> open fire department says the investigation into this event one by pg&e, the other by the city building department. and meantime donna myles who lives right there is wondering whether she and her great grandchild can move back into that house. as far as mr. spencer, a relative out here this morning tells me he is not doing well. last listed in critical condition. live in oakland ter

. >>> let's talk more about this with robert costa, and donna and drexel university trustee. thank you very much. robert, let me start with you. where do ai think this is going and what do you think what you just heard from the senator? >> i think senator hatch is making some good points. this is probably going to pass in the senate, chris. when i was outside of that house democratic caucus meeting last night and still many frustrations, but even progressive democrats told me last night that this thing probably will pass the house. that the democrats recognize they don't want to be responsible for middle class tax hikes come january. >> they don't want to be responsible, david, for middle class tax hikes and, yet, where is the outrage? either on the left or the right over the deficit. >> well, i think there is outrage. i think people are saying, look -- >> you know, talk is easy. >> talk is absolutely easy but i think the other thing that they were concerned about, too, were the unemployment benefits. and i think that president obama is starting to look like the pragmatist he

surveying the smoke and water damage at donna's coffee bar. >> for 8 hours they were putting out a firekept screaming down. >> ;á:vreporter: the owner isn sure if she'll ever be able to reopen again. >> it's overwhelming. every time i came into the and see d look around it and smell it, feel the cold and the emptiness of it. >> reporter: the historic baltimore's cultural district has had many faces since the 1800s. from a mansion to a luxury hotel to its modern day mix of yes very 0 was drawn to the site 18 years ago because of its age old charm. >> i would very much love to be back in here in this space. i think a reopening %win this space would be wonderful. it's the innate charm of the building, the brick walls, the structure, the location, the view in mount vernon, it's just now don't you. >> reporter: but it will only be after workers strip the building down to its bare bones plaintiff as she did before designing hxh(ñcoffee shop almost 2 decades ago that she'll find out if the structure will survive yet another facelift. >> it was here during the fire. it probably got /][ñmore wat

the skeptics are not convinced. >> donna? actually the can has been kicked down to the beginning of 2015. >> that's correct. look, when the president went to europe to the nato summit and agreed with the framework that we would stay there until 2014 or longer, we now have a conditional sort of transition, so to speak. but i agree. unless the governance, unless we can get president karzai to delegate more authority to the governance, to the local governors, not pick all of the people, give the tribal leaders some say into who will run things so that all of the money is not just trickling down from the top, unless we get the people in afghanistan to buy into what we're doing, our military have done a superb job but there's nothing that follows once the military clear the landscape. >> you know, i think we're accustomed to separating the discussions about foreign policy and domestic economy. but i think when it comes to afghanistan, really a key issue is going to be both the u.s. domestic economic debate and just how the economy

coowner of donna, donna srivello returned to the bar to survey the water and smoke damage and has no idea if she can reopen at that area. she is work for workers to clear out rubble and engineers to make sure the build something structurally sound. >> i absolutely no idea how long it's going to take and building and engineers need to know that. but luckily for me, i have other things to do, and you know, i am doing a cooking class in columbia and we are work on some christmas eve menus. i have other locations, so i can be a little distracted. >> and the investigation into the five-alarm fire continues. preliminary findings suggest the fire started with an electrical problem on the first floor. then it climbed to the top of the four story building through ventilation shafts. >>> a consume are alert this morning. for anyone who is a parent, the government is banning drop side cribs after the death of more than 30 infants anded to leerings during the course of the past deck -- toddlers during the course of the past decades. >> my son tyler got his neck caught between the side rail and h

these attacks come two months after the murder of donna gross, her accused killer is jess massey. >> we have been under heightened alertness over what happened to donna, and all i remember is they're doing their best to remove themselves from any situation that could be potentially fatal or dangerous. >> reporter: flowers were placed on the front lawn as a reminder of the october 2nd october 2nd strangulation. staffers hope that will remind management of the safety concern they continue to have on the job. hospital management would not speak with us on camera, but released this statement, quote: napa state hospital immediately added additional measures for escorting patients about the grounds. the incident will continue to be investigated by hospital police. >>> employees who want to remain anonymous, tell me management's statement is misleading. starting today, the ray show transport a patient is now 2-1, but that means taking staffers from other departments, leaving their units unmanned. >> i'm scared. >> reporter: recently staffers were given these new personal alarms alarms to we

donna, help me! donna, help me! he was on fire. >> they got me a blanket and tok he was badly burning. >> spencer is being treated for his burns at the burn center in san francisco. >>> a meeting is underway right now to discuss plans to increase their regulation of utilities such as pg&e. assemblyman intrused new restrictions and proposal is sharing emergency plans and prioritizing certain repairs and installing valves that could seal a broken gas line. this all comes from the deadly september pipeline explosion. >>> a hiker rescued after spending six nights standed in the mountains has just spoken to rorlt reporters. -- reporters. she slipped into a ravine back on november 28th. she survived by drinking water from a creek using a plastic bag as a cup. she says she wasn't injured but didn't have the strength to crawl back to the trail. >> i tried to pull myself up, bt i was exhausting myself, and it was starting to get dark, and i wasn't clear as to where i was, and so i was worried that if i or tha

co-owner donna california very 0 returned to her coffee bar to survey the water and smoke damage today has know idea if she'll reopen april that location again. she's waiting for workers to clear out the rubble and engineers to inspect the building to make sure it's structurally sound. >> +=j i have absolutely no ide how long it's going to take the engineers need to know that. but luckily for me i things to do, and i'm doing a cooking class tonight in columbia we're working on some christmas eve menus. i have other locations so i cc be a little distracted. >> well, investigators are looking into this five alarm fire but preliminary findings suggest that the fire may have started with an electrical problem on the first floor then climbed up to the top of htÑthe four story building through ventilation shafts. >>> and our hearts are over on home wood tonight. we still cannot get overseeing relatives fall to their knees in pain over the news that 6 people)í died in this fire. neighbors who live on there tight-knit street say eleanor satterfield and her husband of 50 years richard had lived

, help me, donna help me. it was leon on fire. >> gave him blankets and took his clothes off because he was really bad burning. >> reporter: sam says he was with him when the two tried to help the victim. weatherly says the victim was intense pain. >> burning like coals. if you put gasoline or lighter fluid on coals he was burning, actually burning a lot. >> reporter: no other injuries have been reported but across an ally the force of the explosion shattered more than a dozen windows of an apartment building. pg and e brought in an expert to locate the source of gas outside the home but found no source outside the home. that does not mean gas inside caused the explosion. workers were here a half hour ago looking into further causes of what happened here and they are going to probably try to report on this as soon as possible. everybody is concerned what factor gas pipelines might have played in the wake of that san bruno fire and explosion. right now there is no evidence to suggest that has anything to do wit

rod and donna. >> that will be a game to watch. make sure to check out what the executive sports producer said. in the and comic the results are the only thing that matters and that is why this team will head to the playoffs. you can buy that on the sports page on wbaltv.com. >> i apologize about what i said in the car driving home. still to come, housing for the silver fillings in your teeth? the jazz on what the fda says. >> first it was plastic bottles and cans, now concerns over bps in you rwallt. -- your wallet. >> some baltimore city students spending their holiday with the orioles. >> in of the changes promised in your evaluation may take time- out. i am tim >> students from samuel morris elementary had a chance to play with the orioles this afternoon. current and former players had their holiday party for kids at data and busters. students have free run of the arcadian were also treated to lunch and autographs. >> having them come around to different events that we are at, we look up to them. >> it is an honor to be asked t

i'm donna rosato. >> tom: finally, the first chevy volt sold to the public now has a home. jeff kaffee of new jersey got the keys for his extended range electric car. the retired airline pilot traded in his toyota prius for the volt. kaffee describes his new car as "the next step forward in technology." his is one of 360 volt vehicles being shipped this week from michigan. other are en route to california, texas, new york and washington d.c. last night, general motors held an online auction for the second volt to come off the assembly line. $225,000 they were able to raise, and it goes to detroit schools. >> susie: that's a lot higher than the $40,000 sticker price. and they didn't even do a test drive, didn't even kick the tires, they just bought it. >> tom: and plugged it in and drove it off, i suppose. that is "nightly business report" for this wednesday evening, december 15th. i'm tom hudson, thank you for joining us. have a great night and you too susie. >> susie: hope you have a great evening as well. thanks for watching, everyone. hope to see you again tomorrow night

as i open the doorley open was saying donna help me help me and i just ran back in the house and got a blanket. as i was running down the stairs i'm screaming anybody help me get a what the hose and i could seeley on he was burning he was burning. >> now donna ran and got a blanket to put out the flames but mr. spencer is in critical condition at high land hospital. also 4 adults and one child living next door had to move out tonight because of the collapsed duplex. that is threatening their apartment. come back live firefighters tell us that you are looking at replacing the window still and firefighter tell us this was probably a flash explosion because by the time they got here there weren't very many flames. just few small flames here and there and likely there was a gas leak and that gas about pooled up into a large invisible cloud that eventually ignited by something as simple as the pilot light on a water heater. however tonight pg&e is still not confirming we whether or not this was a gas explosion. live in oak land, 7 news. >> thanks very much. >>> three months after the natu

scoring patients -- escorting patients about the grounds. >> i'm scared for my job but i will keep donna gross' memory alive by talking out. >> reporter: officials from several unions were representing workers here met with hospital management today about security. at last word, the weekend's victim george anderson was in serious condition with four skull fractures. live in napa, jim vargas, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a san leandro man in custody tonight on suspicion of sexually assaulting an 8-year- old girl who was shopping with her family. police say the girl wandered away from her parents inside a wal-mart store on davis street friday night. when she returned, she told them a man had touched her inappropriately. her parents yelled for help and a bystander tackled the 29-year- old who is now facing sexual assault charges. the incident comes a little more than a week after a 2-year- old girl was sexually assaulted at a dollar tree store in union city. >>> a toddler who wandered away from his mother and fell into a fountain at a san francisco hotel has died in the hospital. the 18-month-o

donna brazile and mary matlin. mary, let me start with you.a fund-raiser for a woman you want to be of the next national committee. here's the question. what is wrong with michael steele? >> well, it's not just my former boss but the former congressman and susan, and a number of leaders who joined republicans and saying this is not about michael steele. he's a good man and good conservative. but the committee cannot dysfunction in 2012 as they did in 2010. we need functional leaders who can get back the alienated donor who is understand the cutting-edge technology and be able to provide what the state parties did not have -- >> so you blame michael steele for that dysfunction? >> well, the committee did not raise the money or give the support to the parties and by every account there were a number of seats that could have been one that were left on the take because of the lack of what the rnc typically provides. in the midterms. and we have to go up against this massive obama machinery in 2012. we just have to have a professional organization.

. >> i heard the explosion, then opened the door and kept hearing, donna help me, donna help me. >> reporter: weatherly say the victim was in intense pain. >> burning line coals. if you put gas line on coal, he was burning. actually burning alive. >> reporter: no other injuries were reported but across an alley, the force of the explosion shattered more than a dozen windows of one apartment building. pg & e says it investigated an continues to investigate whether any gas lines may have caused the explosion. they say up to this point in the investigation, that doesn't seem to be the case. >>> in october there were no flights delayed the tarmac for more than three hours. that compares with 11 tarmac delays in excess of three hours in october of last year. this is the first time there have been no long tarmac delays since recordkeeping began back in 2008. passenger rights advocates credit tough new federal rules that impose heavy lines for keeping passengers on planes for more than three hours without allowing them to return to the gate. >>> people getting around the evening commute have no pro

these two attacks come after a murder of a technician donna gross. her accused killer is jeff massey. >> we've been on heightened sense of alert on what happened to donna. all of our members are removing themselves from any situation that could be potentially fatal or dangerous. >> flowers are placed on the hospital's front lawn as a reminder of the october 23rd strangulation. staffers hope they'll remind management of the safety concerns they continue to have while on the job. hospital management would not talk to us on camera but released a statement. napa state hospital immediately added additional measures d about escorting patients on hospital grounds. >> employees who want to remain anonymous, they say management's statement is misleading. starting today the transport patients is two to one but taking other patients leaving their uins unmanned. >> how do you feel about your safety here? >> scared. i'm scared. >> recently staffers were given new personal alarms to wear at work. they were wearing them at the time of the attack but it's not clear

as i opened the door, i just heard, "donna, help me. donna, help me."t was leon on fire. >> reporter: a neighbor had to tackle the man, leon spencer, put him on the ground and strip his clothes off so he wouldn't continue to burn. he was taken to highland hospital in critical condition. it shattered windows of neighbors as well. this apartment building across an alleyway from the home. all of those pieces of plywood. that's where windows used to be. so the force of the explosion shattering windows at a building next door as well. >> thank you. >> our time is now 8:06. we're just getting new information about a carjacking that happened in antioch. police now say it was a man who was shot late last night, not a womannen. police say the -- woman. police say the man was sitting in his car on bison way waiting for his friend when a man w earing a mask approached the car pointing a gun at him. when the victim got out, the man got into the victim's car and drove out. we talked to people this morning who lived nearby and they say they are surprised to hear abou

donna kidd has more -- sally kidd has more. >> they have numbers coming in and limited staff to deal with them. susan page has been working to preserve thousands of rail line maps dating back to the 20th- century. >> we planned to be working on this project for many years to come and we would like to be able to accomplish a certain number each year. >> but she says progress is slow due to staff limitations and -- r four years of work >> it as -- we have treated about 1000. >> with 8000 to go. 6000 are waiting to be preserved or processed. the government accountability office says the number of documents waiting for preservation has grown to some 2.6 million cubic feet, an increase of 200,000 materials in one year. and there are just 18 staff members assigned to tackle the load. >> we are looking toward reducing the backlog, but as we add new records, that also adds to the needs of our holdings. >> the archives hopes to cut the backlog to 50% by 2016. but the gao says that goal is out of reach. >> unless they actually do the type of risk assessment that would consider those needs in t

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. >> donna, place the ring on her ring finger. >> the marriage commissioner training was only about a half hour. it was very simple. very well run, very smooth and then we were all sworn in. >> they said we would get our scheduled sunday night and so 7:00, 8:00, 10:00, you know, i got it at 11:00. this person who was orchestrating all of the shifts and the volunteers and who does what, you know, said from her office sunday night at 11:00. they are just really helping each other. it's a wonderful atmosphere in that way. >> have you filled out an application? >> not yet. you want to do that. >> take this right over there. >> all right. >> take it tout counter when you're done. >> very good. >> congratulations, you guys. >> for those volunteers, what a gift for them as well as us that they would take up their time and contribute that time, but also that they would in return receive so much more back because they're part of the narrative of someone else's love and expression of love in life. >> this isn't anything that we had budgeted for, so it was basically we asked our i.t. director to

these two attacks come less than two months after the murder of psychiatric technician donna gross. killer is patient jess massey. >> we have all been kind of heightened sense of alertness. what happened to donna and always of our members have been doing their best through any situation that can be potentially fatal or dangerous. >> flowers are placed on the hospital's front lawn as a reminder of the october 23rd strangulation. they'll remind management of the safety concerns that continue to have while on the job. >> you're gonna have to move off-grounds. >> hospital management would not speak with us on camera but released this statement. napa state hospital immediately added additional measures for escorting patients about the grounds. the incident will continue to be investigated by hospital police. >> employees who want to remain anonymous say management's patient is misleading. the ratio to transport a patient is now 2-1 but that means taking staffers from other departments leaving their units unmanned. >> how do you feel about your safety here? >> scared. i'm scared. >> recen

the hop has been on lock down since staffer donna gross was murdered there in october. another patient is expected of assaulting two employees last week. the hospital increased security and some say it's not enough. >> state senators take a look at the conditions inside. >> this facility is under staffed. they don't have security technology that they need to have. and basically you know we're seeing this system fractured because of the pressure being put on the state budget. >> the director of california department of mental health, overseeing the hospital announced retirement today. dr. steven mayberg will step down at the end of the month. >> interest there was a close call in a dentist's office. a car crashed through one of the walls. it turns out the driver was having a seizure and people in the office had to act quickly. and. >> this is boarded up now. but this morning at about 9:40 there are still four large windows across the wall. inside, a dentist and an assistant were just finishing wupt first patient of the day. the chevy impala came to rest in the first exam

the psychiatric that donna crows is accused killer is a patient of this hospital. >> now, two months, employes are still nervous about working with this patient who could have a tendency toward violence. it is only gotten worse after the two alleged assaults. with sean pucci this week, the latest on saturday morning that the 16 year-old staff member with four different skull fractures-60 year-old staff member in the hospital. after speaking with a nurse, employes are on the edge of to these recent assaults. after working one on one with these patients. >> and also, understaffed, six employes for every 45 patients. six employees--for every 45 patience. and the custodian's wife is begging him to find another job. six employees, for 45 of the in patients >> and the parties involved in this have to be briefed by the end of the year and essentially this meets that the shorts and maker administration cannot move forward with the gardenegovernor arnold schwarzenegger cannot move forward. it was scheduled to happen december, 2010. 7 7 >> and a live look december san francisco, and from our ro

the attacks come less than two months after the murder of describing psychiatric technician, donna gros. >> all of i know is they're doing their bess to remove themselves from any situation that could be dangerous. >> reporter: flowers are placed on the hospital's front lawn as a reminder of the october 23rd october 23rd strangulation, staffers hope it remind management of the safety concerns they continue to have. >> you have to move,. >> reporter: hospital management would not speak with us on camera but released this statement: quote, napa state hospital added immediate measures for scoring patients -- scoring -- escorting patients. >> how do you feel about your safety? >> i'm scared every day. >> patients beating staffers is not a new problem. this is a photo of a psych tech in after her attack two years ago. >> it's dangerous, and we are losing control. we have lost control. we're in a war zone. basically we're in a war zone. >> reporter: recently staffers were given these new personal alarms alarms to wear at work. at it not clear if any of the victims were wearing them at the tim

i will keep donna gross memory alive by talking about it. >> reporter: the victim was in serious condition suffering from for -- four skull fractures. >>> and 83-year-old man is missing tonight. family members say he never returned home. he is believed to be driving a 1999 toyota corolla. >>> the toddler who fell into a fountain at the hyatt regency last week has died. 18-month-old olivier matera of san francisco died on saturday. police called an unfortunate tragedy and say there are no plans to bring charges. the hyatt says it has blocked access to the fountain and has lowered water level. >>> richard holbrook has died. his final posting was as president obama's envoy to pakistan and afghanistan. in 1995 he helped brokers and the bosnia war -- end the bosnia working he was 69 years old. >>> the real winner in november may be the mail-in ballots could almost 60% of california's registered voters took part in the election and about half of them mailed in there ballots. the state considers it a banner year. >> about 67% made it to the polls this november. that is a better turnout than in pa

donna lisa wallace and tina gillmore serve aid complaint this morning. their charging that hooters advertises as a restaurant rather than as a sex entertainment establishment. >> what concerns us is that children are being served by the sexual entertainment business. >> hooters is known as a place where female wait staff is clad in scanty attire. just the name is suggestive. national organization for women says hooters is breaking local and state laws admitting children into an adult establishment. pointing to tee shirts. >> it's a hooters girl in the making. encouraging a young child to be a sexual entertainer is against the law in california. >> hooter dz not return our calls and lots of people we can spoke with defended him. >> there is really good fun. >> nicole used to be a hooters girl. she says the restaurant is family oriented. >> it's part of our job, have fun with the kids. balloons, hula hoops, game autos not everyone defended hooters. some think the theme is degrading. >> i never want my children to work there. it's not the environment i want

joining me now is congresswoman donna edwards.gresswoman, good to have you with us tonight. >> it's great to be with you, ed. >> do you think that john boehner might have some emotional issues? >> you know what i'm not going to begrudge john boehner his tears over sending to the house leadership but the question is what are we going to do for the unemployed whose benefits expire on december 1st, what are we going to do for homeowners who are losing their homes, what are we going to do for middle tax cut payors. >> you're spot on but doesn't the question beg, doesn't the question beg you know is he going to feel this way about 15 million people? i mean this is the worst economy since the depression. any tears for these folks? no it's tax cuts for the top 2%. i mean i think that's a very valid point. and does that give you any indication of what it's going to be like to work with the republicans now that they're going to have the majority in the house. >> well, this is where i think the problem is with the current tax deal proposal

i opened the door and i heard donna help me, donna help me. it was leon on fire. >> reporter: another nape leapt into action first knocking mr. spencer to the ground trying to cover himself with the blanket. they had to strip the blanket and leon's clothes. the force shattered the windows of the building just basically two doors down. three adults and a child were evacuated and now being assisted by the red cross. i got a call into pg&e this morning. i'm going to keep trying them to see if i can get hold of them to see if they can tell me anything about what happened here. the fire department says they believe it's a natural gas explosion. since pg&e supplies natural gas at least most of it, going to see if they know anything about this and see if they can figure out a cause. live in oakland, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the san francisco man who says a priest sexually abused him as a child gets his day in court today. but not the way he hoped. the 44-year-old is expected to appear before a judge in santa clara county on criminal assa

gate and i cautiously opened the door and then i saw all of this and i then i heard someone, help me, donna, help me. so i ran back into the house and got a blanket. and then as i'm running out the door, i say anybody out here, help me, and i ran and opened his gate and there he was laying down. >> saw this guy laying down on the ground, you know, with flames all over here. i started pulling his clothes off. >> are his clothes on fire? >> yeah, his clothes are on fire, so i have to pull him completely naked because he was burning so bad. even when i pulled the clothes off, i pulled part skin off because the clothes were really thick on his skin. >> it appears to be a natural gas explosion on the second floor of the unit? >> it must have been wednesday or thursday. i had a gentleman who was working on the place saying, hey, i smell gas. and the guy's reply was something like, okay, i'll check it out. >> i do understand that the gentleman in question lives below in the duplex and was frequently go upstairs in the evening check on the progress of renovation being done by local people in the ne

i was lucky enough to do a whole lot of shaking going on and donna washington and james moody, god blesshe started me off. it was new york. if you make it there, it could make it anywhere. it is rough, but that is the school you want to come from. tavis: do you think that he became good at this by just staying in the studio or were you just gifted? >> i must say this, you may have a gift, but music and mathematics are absolutes. the difference is music is the only thing that engages left and right brain simultaneously. the intellect and the emotion are there all the time. if you don't study your science , the motion is limited. i have seen a lot of people, a wreath, marvin gaye, -- aretha, marvin gaye, they know their jazz roots. i said i want to go all the way. she was funny, she said it is too late to choose like a classical musician because she had been around ray charles too long. i was working clubs at 13. she said jazz musicians are strange because they shack up with music first, then they marry it later. without the signs, -- without the science, how would go all the way. no kind

donna is waiting for workers to clear out the rubble and engineers to inspect the building to see ifnd. shops. >>> the wife of the ex-convict who held a florida school board gunpoint had been fired from her y1çnjob as a teacher. rebecca crowder duke was fired last february. the district hired her in september 2009 to teach students with special needs but didn't pass the -/hprobation period. yesterday clay duke complained before shooting after two board members. he exchanged gunfire with the district security chief before turning the gun killing himself. >>> well, the senate passed a nearly $900 million in tax cuts and unemployment benefits but the house is kind of leaving everybody guessing about whether the bill zbuwill make to the president's desk before congress leaves town for the holidays. president obama is taking no chances raising the pressure yet again today.lksmjdtqi rq)e' >> reporter: it's become an almost daily ritual. >> i am absolutely convinced that this tax cut plan while not perfect will help grow our economy and create jobs i9vthe private sector. >> reporter: presi

and i cautiously opened the door and then i saw all this debris and i heard someone say "help me, donna, help me" and it was leon. so i ran back into the house and got a blanket. as i'm running out the door, i'm saying "help me." i ran and opened his gate and there he was laying there. >> i saw this guy laying on the ground. i jumped over the fence and i started pulling his clothes off. >> are his clothes on fire? >> yeah. his clothes was on fire so i had to pull him off, naked, because he was burning so bad. even when i pulled the clothes off, i pulled part of his skin off. >> it appears to be a natural gas explosion on the second floor of the unit. >> it must have been wednesday or thursday, i heard leon tell the gentleman who was working on the place saying, hey, i smell gas. and the guys replayed with something like -- replied with something like, okay, i will check it out. >> i do understand that the gentlemen in question who was burned lives below in the duplex and would frequently go upstairs to check on the renovation. >> is it believed he was upstairs checking on this tonight?

. >> the most recent news was the incredible decision on the part of donna morris fisher to give their collection to sfmoma. >> think it is commonly understood that the fischer collection was 1100 works by some of the great contemporary works, one of the great collections in the world. in fact, the collection has not been seen. it has been largely or

the hospital has been on lockdown since the murder of donna gross, a psychiatric technician, in octobera patient has been charged in this case. another patient is suspected of assaulting two different employees last week over a four-day period. the hospital has increased security. the nurses union hopes today's visit by incoming state senator and assembly member will lead to new members of hospital staffers. package bombs exploded at the swiss and chilean embassies causing two serious injuries. investigators see similaritiless between these and bombings in greece last month. here's t. j. winick. >> italian authorities are conducting checks at embassies across rome after package bombs exploded at two separate embassies. witnesses say they heard a blast shortly after 9:00 eastern time. one person was wounded. three hours earlier a package bomb exploded inside an office in the swiss embassy seriously injuring a staff person who opened it. he was taken to the hospital with hand injuries. no claim or responsibility for anarchists responsible. still they believe the motive is international wh

. >> i'm sergeant first class donna horton. i'm in kuwait.t to my family and friends in san francisco, california. to my mother, dorothy, my father donald, my sister eva and tanya, my brother and my son brandon. i miss you. i love you. i wlile home soon. happy holidays. >>> take a look overhead. he is swinging by a thread again. spider-man spinning his web over broada after that stuntman was seriously injured after a fall. theater goers say the show spider-man turn out the dark is worth the ticket price. it now employees a second person to verify all harnesses have been properly secured. let's turn things off to lawrence in the newsroom. the sharks in uncharted waters. >>> trying to do something they haven't done in seasons. the rain in southern california nearly postponed what was an aerial show in san diego. >> my name is robert moss coming to you from kandahar air force base. i'd like to say a special greeting to my grandson evan. i'd like to say happy holidays to my family in monterey county and loved ones and a specialme th anks t thoan

. >> a voter from donna has been named the bbc africans footballer for 2010. >> there was one ambition that he had, to get to the finals of the world cup. something to celebrate now, he got his hands on a different trophy, the bbc african footballer of the year. >> i really appreciate this. i think about my family back home. i think about all of the africans and all of my fans. i appreciate this. >> in august, gyan signed a deal worth $20 million for a british club. it was also keen in helping ghana to become the third african country to make the world cup. he would have gone further if he had scored a penalty against uruguay. this was enough to catch the eyes of the black hats. >> he is an individual player, he can do something different. he works hard, he plays hard, and he has a tremendous enthusiasm. i was originally engage to his overall enthusiasm to play up front for his own -- on his own. i've been chasing him now for two or three years but could never have enough money to buy him. >> gyan says it was his dream to play in the british premier league and has a lot to learn. >> so

i'm a meat eater, but there are a few companies -- there's one company in particular, donna's tmoalesin fairfax, california, marin county, is & she makes incredible veblg tarn and vegan tomales. you don't realize they don't have meat. there's such flavor and they're very filling. really, really good. there's five different companies here that they're tasting. >> i'm looking at this, and you got to pace yourself, i guess. >> the first thing i would do is turn glasses over and ru( some water in them because you're going to need to drink that water in between each tomale. they're going to be tasting 25 tomales in a very short period of time, in this half hour period of time. that's a lot of tomales. >> you will find out who has the best tomale in each category. we have a minute left, but i want to talk about your annual ornament that you bring because you have the -- you have a pregnant mary? is that proper to say? >> yeah. >> you have a pregnant mary hanging. you have some mexican sweet bread. >> some katrina. we have rudolpho, carlo. with the pregnant virgin, yeah, people have gone, w

>> hi, my name is donna insalaco, i'm the chef at beautiful.oday i'm making a roasted buttnut squash, cranberry salad with roasted red onions and pomegranate vinaigrette. so we're starting with the butternut squash. and here i have a whole squash that i cut in half. it needs to be peeled down, like this here. it's very easy, just like you're peeling a potato. and then the seeds get scooped out with a spoon. ok, after that, we take the squash and cut it in strips. just long strips like this. and we're going to cube it in, you know half inch, one inch pieces. whatever you like. i like them nice and big because it makes a more dramatic salad. >> once that's done, you would take some red onion and cuit in the same size and shape, ok? and then we're going to combine the red onion and the butternut squash with rosemary, olive oil, salt and pepper, and toss it very well. just give it a nice tossy toss to evenly distribute the herbs and the olive oil. and we're going to put it in a 350 degree oven. and roast it for approximately 15 minutes. so take the