bay area foster mom accused of blocking kids in their garages.so why it how did she get a job with child protective services after the accusations were made? tied to a truck and drive down the freeway to hear from the bay area mother and son who helped save that dog. >>> something doctors had never done before,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, they were hired to keep travelers safe but federal prosecutors have charged two former and two current psa screeners at loss angeles international airport with taking bribes. investigators say the four suspects as much as $2,400 to lead suitcases full of meth, cocaine, and marijuana to the x- ray machines prosecutors also charge three suspected drug carriers of the screen is could face life in prison if convicted. america's most wanted to join the search for a scare lamar today crews were in morgan hill shooting video for an upcoming episode. they want to bring home more than 30 children of the years and their doctors find bars the one to get here and do whatever we can to help bring more attention and to this case and

she has been on the job for years despite accusations that she abused her own foster children and now she is under investigation by her employer. why the woman was allowed to keep her job with child protection services. since 2004 this woman has been responsible for investigating and reporting child abuse in sacramento county but according to the state documents, she is accused of abusing some of our most vulnerable children herself >> i don't think she should be hired for a job like that >> she and her husband have been foster parents since 1999 but in 2004 the department of social services received an anonymous tip that she used gay slurs on her foster children, encourage them to fight, and even lock them in the garage without air conditioning or heating for hours. they were never charged and instead they settled with the state. the couple surrendered their foster license and she was allowed to keep her job with cbs >> state government officials have some really hard questions to answer >> children's advocate says that what makes it more outrageous is that they knew about the abuse

he had an obsession with jodie foster. he saw the movie "taxi driver" and began to fantasize about jodie foster. his character mirrored bickel who is a taxi driver, former army vet works wants to kill a presidential candidate to impress a woman he admirers and he starts focusing on jodie foster who played a prostitute in that move and becomes more and more obsessive. in his mind he wants to impress her and thinks the only way he could impress her is to shoot the president of the united states, so he hangs out at blair house during the transition period in 1980, in early 1981 stalking the president, watching the president-elect. he actually stalked carter. in october 1980 he was in dayton, ohio, and he got within arm's reach of the president, but he didn't bring his guns with him. left him in the leggage at the bugs station, and he regretted that. so he had been stalking presidents and stuff and there he was with reagan right there, and he's like -- he comes -- he's actually in l.a. takes a bus across country and arrives th

to new haven to get foster. envisioning killing himself, her, and both of thecm in an or gee of violence. eats breakfast, at the park central hotel. buys the washington star newspaper. flips it open. page a 4, the president's schedule. there he is at the hilton. i will take my.22 caliber, and go up there and see how close i can get and what happens. he writes her a letter at 12. 467895 p.m., at old park plaza, park central hotel in downtown washington. no longer exists. a lot of history in this day gets torn down the you will find. waiting behind a rope line. 15 feet past where the open door is for the limousine. he has a.22 caliber gun in his pocket. it's, it's loaded with devastator bullets, tipped with lead, an explosive. they blow of when they hit things. he is sitting, waiting, waiting, waiting. reagan comes out. can't believe he is this close, 15 feet from the president. agents surrounding him. three cops. agent right there. hinckley pulls out his gun. and envisions himself dying in ape bua burst of gunfir

taxi driver" and he fantasized by jodie foster.is life began to mirror travis bickle, the main character in "taxi driver." it's a violent film, the taxi driver, former army vet, who wants to kill a presidential candidate to impress a woman he admires. so he starts focusing on jodie foster who played a prostitute in that movie and over time he becomes more and more obsessive, in his mind he wants to impress her. he thinks, the only way i can impress her would be to shoot the president of the united states. he hangs out at blair house in the transition period, stalking the president-elect. he actually stalked carter. in october he was -- in october, 1980, he was in dayton, ohio, and he got within arm's reach of the president. but he didn't bring his guns with him. he left them in his luggage at the bus station and he regretted that, and so he'd been stalking presidents and stuff. there he was with reagan, right there. he's actually in l.a. he takes a bus across country. he arrives the day before the shooting, and at that moment in th

our welfare program for families in california, our federally required ha foster care program as well as a host of federal matching support services and other programs. supervisor chu: what constitutes the category that you call realignment? >> realignment 1 was crafted in 1991 that goes to support services, wages, foster care, aid payments predominantly. for the second realignment, that as child welfare services, that is the big realignment with the public protection realignment. so not only including what has been talked about a lot, the probation and county jail, the child welfare services was part of the public protection peace. again, we will reflect that, but it goes to pay for foster care payments, the staffing of workers and adoption assistance. from a policy point of view, it is good for us because it pulls child welfare services out of a state and the general fund debate every year. and it is obviously not subject to reductions by the legislature and the governor. in the break down, i mentioned a mandated portions of the budget, they comprised of federal, state, and local. i

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quite a few of our clients are involved with the foster care juvenile justice system. a number of the crisis cases we see with kids that are involved with probation, that we see actually at the juvenile justice center at times as well, so those are really important pieces of what we are looking at. also in working with the schools, i think one of the things we see in addition to the behavior problems is there is absolutely an increased incidence in learning problems for kids that have been exposed to trauma. if you are constantly focused on when the next best thing is going to happen, it is hard to focus on what the teacher in front of your class is saying and it is hard to dance to the next level. >> our other team, our crisis response team provide short-term and long-term individual support to families and community members exposed to violence. this is our team that response to homicide scenes were homicide victims are taking and helping the family to victim services, sometimes helping fill out applications or also helping the family with funeral arrangements, findin

it is just a spectacular way to foster innovation. >> i want to talk about innovation in the bay area for a moment. this is for all of you, but i will start with you, mayor lee. how would you describe the state of innovation in the bay area right now? are you concerned -- instagram comes to mind -- about a bubble? >> we have been trying to analyze that question with financial people and people in the industry. i do think there is more maturity with the companies. i get a chance to go out and talk to one new company week, when i get out of my city hall prison to meet the innovators. they introduced me to their employees. i get to have a direct dialogue with the employees and ask them what they need to stay. they say they really like being in our city because of the night life, the culture. they want education, they want a better transit system. they always have ideas to improve the municipal transit system. but when the talk about the bay area, including silicon valley, it is the same thing. transportation symptom -- systems, central subway, high- speed rail. clearly, bart to san jose

he had an obsession with jodie foster which started a few years earlier. he saw the movie "taxi" and started to be obsessed with her. and then bickle who is a taxi driver who wants to kill a woman he admires. so jodie foster played a prostitute in the movie, and so in his mind he wants to impress her. and in his mind he thinks that the only way he can impress her is to shoot the president of the united states. so he hangs out at the blair house in the early 1980, and 1981 stalking the president and the president-elect, and he actually stopped carter. in october of 1980, he was in dayton, ohio, and he got within arm's reach of the president. he didn't bring the guns with him, because he left them at the bus station. he regretted that. he had been stalking presidents and stuff, he was right there with reagan. he comes and actually in l.a. and takes a bus across the country and arrives the day of the shooting, and the documents that i have read and the people who have sper viewinterviewed h had not made up his mind to kill the president, because he didn't kno

they handle foster care. it is the office on biddle street, where parents have supervised visits with their children. the baby's mother was visiting the child when she pulled out a kitchen knife and stabbed the child. the baby was taken to johns hopkins children's center. police say she is expected to survive. >> you have to go through a metal detector. how did that happen? they were in protective custody. how did the child get stabbed? she is supposed to be protected. >> that woman lives in the neighborhood and saw some of the events unfold after the stabbing. ors insidemetal detective the building. the woman is undergoing a mental health evaluation. jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> a police detective is suspended as please look into allegations he abused his police powers while looking for his own missing child. daniel nicholson is a veteran on the force. he is accused of conducting an unauthorized trade on a home last weekend. baltimore county police were handling the case of a missing girl who was

i adopted from the foster system.r gay and lesbian individuals realize their dream of becoming parents. we're working together with you on that. i want to make sure you have that family-to-family kind of support. i worked hundreds of cases side-by-side social workers. we covered a lot of information last week. i trained thousands of foster parents. doesn't matter if you're gay or straight, we do it for free. >> he figured out how to get us over that finish line. our family wouldn't have adopted each other if it hadn't been for david. >> i'm fighting for the right of that child to have that family. >> daddy? is tonight movie night? >> it's why i keep doing it every single day. >>> remember cnn heros are all chosen from people that you tell us about. to nominate someone making a difference, go to cnnheros.com and your nomination could help them help others. >>> on the road and headed straight for danger, a storm chaser who took these pictures of an oklahoma tornado is now on his way to capture other severe weather in th

. >> judge, i'm going to call kim foster to the stand, please. ms. get at least a better understanding of who kymyada is, tell us about your daughter. >> she's always had issues. i've always tried to address those issues. doing and being the best mom i possibly could. unfortunately for kymyada she needs more attention than i can give her because me and my husband both work. to the point where we are now it started with being disrespectful with me. after that we laid down the law. either you abide by our rules, or you need to go somewhere else. she chose to go and be with her god mother. that's fine. i know where you're at. you're safe. we'll work this out. >> you were okay with that. in fact, you presented that to her as an option? >> exactly. i trusted that person and i knew she would be safe with that person. >> so she didn't leave the house without your permission, did she? >> today the court is considering two difficult cases. there's kevin, a repeat offender who's been incarcerated for nearly four months, pending a ç final judgment from his las

catholic charities found foster parents to keep them all together.ter mother barely older than the 21-year-old sister who kept them together on the streets of uganda. >> initially i was thinking that's crazy. there are so many, we don't make a lot of money. >> reporter: a donor bought a home for them to rent under market value as long as they need it, something 13-year-old feels so grateful for. >> be happy because we are together. like a family. >> reporter: the children are among the 65 lucky ones who found new homes through catholic charities which hopes more families will open hearts and homes to children in need of a new life. kris sanchez, nbc bay area news. >> now that's a sweet smile, yes, it is. let's check in with jeff again one more time. a little cooler in the next coming days. >> it's bigger changes here. a bit humid outside today. you didn't need a jacket in the south bay or east bay but now winds starting to shift more to the onshore flow. it is producing more on the radar and we head throughout, a few spotty showers up into the north

he with acting out in foster homes. the different foster parents couldn't handle him he was beating up other children he was just. intolerable he balance from house to house to house they put him on progressively have more heavy duty medication and you just feel so terrible for this kid because what you see is instead of him getting a loving family that really wants to take care of him and instead of love instability you see him getting pills and not only is he getting the pills but he's not giving any sitting him down and explaining why he's getting the pills which i think is so important if you're going to give children medication they really need to understand why you can't just drug from up and not explain why they're taking these medications so it's really awful and now when he looks back on that he says he was drugged which is the term that in general i don't like i think i think it's a little melodramatic and sensationalistic but i think in his case it it maybe is fair to say so i just think that's that's so sad

i adopted from the foster system.elp other individuals realize their dreams of becoming parents. we're working together with you on that. i want to make sure that you get that family support. i have worked hundreds of cases side by side social workers. >> we covered a lot of information last week. >> i trained thousands of foster parents. it doesn't matter if you're gay or straight and we do it for free. >> he figured out how to get us over that finish line. our family wouldn't have adopted each other if it hadn't been for david. >> i'm fighting for the right of that child to have that family. >> daddy, is tonight movie night? >> it's why i keep doing it every single day. [ nurse ] i'm a hospice nurse. britta olsen is my patient. i spend long hours with her checking her heart rate, administering her medication, and just making her comfortable. one night britta told me about a tradition in denmark, "when a person dies," she said, "someone must open the window so the soul can depart." i smiled and squeezed her hand. "no

and i think that that's a problem, and that's something that families can really help foster. the side of what this person is able to do. their work, their job, their contribution to the family. so that people see and get- develop a sense of competence about the person, the individual. because that, indeed, it is that competence that's going to allow individuals to go out into the work life that-to be able to secure independent living, correct? well, that's true, and i think it just takes- it takes a matter of getting over the threshold. you know, a lot of the prejudicism and-and-and thoughts of that nature are inside of ourselves. we, being the-the person with the disability; not to say that it doesn't come from the outside but the fear in all- once i step through the fear and-and-and by going to the-to the rehab, you know, that was one of the most fearful times in my life because, you know, i was different. i was completely different than all the rest, but once i was accepted-and in the world of alcoholism, i found over the years that everyone is acceptable of whoever you ar

>>> i'm apg ang foster. coming up the jones falls expressway will have lane closures coming up. we'll have details. >>> thousands of dollars in tax credits that many of you may be overlooking. i'm sherree johnson live in with a live interview with the tax experts. >>> and george zimmerman makes his first court appearance and is ordered to remain in custody. i'm linda stow. what's next in the case of trayvon martin. >>> it is friday. good friday morning, friday the 13th. i'm megan pringle. >>> i'm charley crowson. before we get to that, we have a check op the forecast. we can go to traffic right now, changes coming out to baltimore roadway, starting tonight and expecting the commute, could be a little bit dicey. part thes of the jfx closing for repairs. >> here with everything you need to know and how to get around, abc 2 news traffic reporter angela foster. reporter: good morning. we are live at the jones falls expressway this morning. the big story is the lane closures that will begin tonight at 7:00. now, in case you have not heard, the department of transportation, the city d

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this morning inside the city's social services office that handles foster care. >> people were coming out screaming. >> she lives in the neighborhood and says she watched police and paramedics scramble when called to the dss office for an eight-month old baby girl who had been stabbed. >> the police escorted the stretcher. >> this is where biological parents have supervised visits with their children in foster care. >> the baby's mother was visiting with a bead -- bbb and a social worker. the mother became -- with the baby and a social worker. the mother became irate and took out a knife and began stabbing the baby. >> the baby was taken to johns hopkins children's center and is expected to survive. her mother is in custody. the dss office has metal detectors. a security review is underway. >> you've got to go through the medical -- the metal detector. how did that happen? how did a child gets stabbed when she is supposed to be protected? >> the mother in this case is undergoing psychiatric evaluation. a police squad -- spokesman said criminal charges are pending. >> baltimore city po

marcus foster is gonna be here tonight!s. i don't know if you guys saw this on friday, but i went on "the tonight show with jay leno" and i -- jay and i did something called "cabbage bowling" for st. patrick's day, yeah. yeah. [ scattered cheers ] you just bowl frozen cabbage and you knock over leprechauns. porcelain leprechauns. you know, the game. [ light laughter ] so, jay was like -- [ as jay leno ] "ah, the winner gets this great trophy --" or something. or whatever. [ light laughter ] i said, "a trophy's okay, but let's -- let's make things a little juicier." so i made a bet. i said the loser has to wear a fake mustache during the -- during monday night's monologue on -- on either show, okay? and i said -- and here's the deal. you're not allowed to tell the audience why you're wearing a mustache. [ laughter ] and he's like -- [ as jay leno ] "well -- this trophy thing." i go, "no, no, no. mustache. we gotta do it." and he's like, "all right, whatever." he was so cocky and confident. guess who won? [ cheers and applaus

unlike foster friess i am not so modest. >>guest: thank you. >>neil: you said a couple of days back last weeks look, you were loyal to the party and the end it looked like romney would be it, he would be your guy, now he is since rick santorum stepped out, and do you do this begrudgingly? >>guest: i'm excited about rick santorum accomplished. it is his tock how he in 90 days became very close to grabbing the nomination and what he has accomplished ignite a whole group people would love this country, that maybe not been involved before, and, actually, will be critical to help romney win. if we don't harness the energy that rick santorum has created it will be harder for met -- mitt to do what he needs to do in november. we are grateful for what rick has contributed. it is just beginning. rick will continue to fight for the values that are so important to our country and get us back to the liberty that so many people fought and died for. >>neil: how will he do that? if he is not the running mate. >> he wants to rest right now. when you have a chi

i adopted from the foster system.and lesbian individuals realize their dream of becoming parents. we're working together with you on that. i want to make sure you've got that family to family kind of support. i've worked hundreds of cases side by side social workers. we covered a lot of information last week. i've trained thousands of foster parents. it doesn't matter if you're gay or straight and we do it for free. >> he figured out how to get us over that finish line. our family wouldn't have adopted each other if it hadn't been for david. >> i'm fighting for the right of that child to have that family. >> daddy, is tonight movie night? >> it's why i keep doing it every single day. >> the middle east has the oil. africa, diamonds. but no one can touch the united states when it comes to bourbon production. kentucky produces 95% of it. in a struggling economy, that's something to brag about. just think of all those jobs that will never be outsourced. here's cnn's poppy harlow. >> reporter: it's almost as old as this c

but just as telling, just as important, roosevelt's educators have fostered a new belief among students about what's possible for them. the arts, for example, are thriving, and so is the school's drama program. last summer the students performed a play at the international thesbian festival in nebraska. a first for a public school from portland. and to make sure they could all make the trip, the drama director took out a second mortgage on her home. that's remarkable, remarkable commitment, but we have to give her some help and i'm going to figure out how to do that. in cities like st. louis and portland, maine, local unions are looking to improve and strength school turnaround efforts. they're looking for new professional development for staff. a final barrier to turning around schools is that parents are supposed to fight change in neighborhood schools. sometimes parents do cling to the familiar, but we're finding that parents and community organizations are in many cases actually helping to drive change and to enhance learning opportunities. community engagement is crucial to success

my son was in foster care for four years.rom the minute michael and i met, i knew right away we were going to be a family. i thought everything was going great. after a month mike was removed from my house. i was cut off. >> finding that family for a child, it's not short of a miracle. let's go get ready for the horses. >> sometimes families are faced with barriers because of a myth or misunderstanding causing the kids to stay in foster care longer. being the gay or lesbian individual makes it much harder. my name is david wing kovarik. now i help other gay and lesbian individuals become parents. we're working together with you on that. i want to make sure you have that family to family support. i've worked hundreds of cases side by side social workers. >> we covered a lot of information last week. >> i've trained thousands of foster parents, it doesn't matter if you're gay or straight. we do it for free. >> he figured out how to get us over the finish line. our family wouldn't have adopted epa other if it hadn't been for dav

here's foster freeze. >> rick and mitt have been kind of going at each other.ed their barrels on president obama, i hope his teleprompters are bulletproof. i don't mean -- >> that's a metaphor. and i know that's the way in which you meant it. >> yeah. i'm sorry. i probably shouldn't have said that. >> you definitely should not have said it. we do understand it's a metaphor. and foster -- >> yeah. >> yeah, super pacs have brought the wild west to this election. anything can happen. even though some have lost their reason to be, chris, others are adding to the super pac list that now tops 300. >> we never, ever run out of stuff to talk about with these super pacs. >> no. >> richard, thank you. and with more on mobilizing money, let's bring in msnbc contributor and former santorum communications director robert traynham. and jen psaki, who is the former white house communications director for president obama. good to see both of you. happy friday. >> happy friday, chris. >> given those comments we just heard from foster freeze, however they may have been misconstr

my son was in foster care for four years.the minute michael and i met, i knew right away we were going to be a family. i thought everything was going great, but after a month, michael was removed from my house. i was instantly cut off from him. >> finding that family for that child, it's nothing short of a miracle. >> let's go. we need to get ready for the horses. >> and sometimes families are faced with barriers because of a myth or a misunderstanding, causing the kids to stay in the foster care system longer. being that gay or lesbian, individual or couple makes it much harder. my name is david wing-kovarik. i helped kids in the foster system. we're working together with you on that. way tonight make sure you've got that family-to-family kind of support. i've worked hundreds of cases, side-by-side social workers. we covered a lot of information last week. i've trained thousands of foster parents. it doesn't matter if you're gay or straight. and we do it for straight. >> he figured out how to get us over that finish line. ou

my son was in foster care for four years. and i met i knew right away we would be family. i thought everything was going great, but after a month michael was removed from my house. i was simply cut off from him. >> finding that family for that child, it's nothing short of a miracle. >> let's go. >> you need to get ready for the horses. >> and sometimes families are faced with barriers because of a myth or a misunderstanding, causing the kids to stay in the foster care system longer. individual or couple makes it much harder. my name is david. i adopted from the foster system and now i help other gay and lesbian individuals realize their dream of becoming parents. we're working together with you on that. i want to make sure you've got that family-to-family kinds of support. i've worked hundreds of cases side by side, social workers. covered a lot of information last week. i've trained thousands of foster parents. doesn't matter if you're gay or straight, and we do it for free. >> he figured out how to get us over that finish l

when she age out of the foster system, she came to the safe house. when she got in an argument with another resident, she drew a kitchen knife. our one staff member on duty had to intervene. she is a survivor. she deserves a raise. we should all remember our federal government spends $2,200,000 every minute, 24 hours a day, seven days a week on the military. we need to remember that all of us, including the city itself, needs to turn up the heat on federal officials to cut the military budget and stops this outrage. we do not want our taxes going to death and destruction and. i want to emphasize the federal military budget is a local issue. >> thank you. five good afternoon, supervisors, and thank you for having me. i am just an ordinary citizens, but i want to emphasize that the rays would help all of the nonprofits hear their employees more, and they would do the same thing they are doing with more money. good how do they come to work every day? they come to work vico's -- because they love what they are doing. how are you going to raise the money?

we have learnt the alleged victim was in the state's foster care system. we are told once they learn that a child is unaccounted for, an investigation is launched into possible child abuse and neglect by the foster parents. barry simms, wbal-tv 11 news. >> a huge ship full of sugar arrive in baltimore today. the ship is 600 feet long and 100 feet wide and is loaded with 95.5 million pounds of raw sugar. the ship came from guatemala. a long job of unloading the sugar began today. two cranes are continually pulling sugar from the ship and dropping it onto a conveyor belt that carries it into the dominant plant for processing. >> this plant processes approximately 6.5 million pounds of sugar a day, so this inventory will keep us running approximately 14-18 operating days. it comes at a historic time for the plant. in about six weeks, we have our 90th anniversary coming up for the baltimore plant. >> this is the largest single cargo of refined sugar to be brought to any port east of the mississippi. >> the national weather service issues a red flag warning in