but its foundational gene. if you have high cholesterol and your doctor offers treatment, medication is the treatment that is given. diet is not offered first, but because this gene, if you have an abnormal one of these genes can really affect your cholesterol in a positive way if you eat the right diet. >> i want to talk with you more about that. we do have to take a break. so when we come back, what we cano get t t t t t t t t t t t ñ ring ring. progresso. i look great in my wedding dress with the help of your amazing light soups. now we're addingven bigger pieces of white meat chicken. oh, so when's the big da oh, we got married years ago. but the point is, i fit in it! well good for you! male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. soft! hard! [ male announcer ] how do you decide between crunchy and soft tacos? why don't we have both? [ male announcer ] old el paso. hard and soft tacos. ♪ feed your fiesta. >>> welcome back. today we're talking about family health and our guest is pamela mcdonald.

we were talking about the amoe gene, what can we do about that?> it's the gene that transports fat and cholesterol to the body so each of them have a different dietary requirement. if you have a four, you don't process cholesterol properly. if you have a three, moderately. if you have a two you use fat quickly. so each individual type, one from mom and one from dad gives us a recommendation. >> you have to have a test for that? >> it's very easy test. >> you can pay for it by

give gene a big round of applause. [applause] well, gene has been an extraordinary asset to me and that administration over the past two years. he's been working with me. he led our efforts to pass the small business jobs bill to help companies all across america. he also helped negotiate the tax compromise that we passed at the end of this year. he's a public serven't who has devoted his life to making this economy work and work specifically for middle class families. one of the reasons i selected gene is he's done this before. this is his second tour of duty heading up the n.e.c., and in his tenure in the clinton administration in the 90's he helped contribute policy that turned deficits to surpluses and a time of prosperity and progress for american families in a sustained way. few people bring the level of intelligence and sheer work ethic that gene brings to every assignment he's ever taken and few do so with such decency and integrity. so gene, we are lucky to have you back at the n.e.c. and we know you will do a

in fact, environment affects aggression in fruit flies almost as much as genes. so you can show that if you socially isolate flies. you just let one fly grow up from its pew pa in a vial and then test its aggressiveness, those isolated flies are more aggressive than flies housed in groups. and this is also true throughout the animal kingdom. >> rose: so if you're isolated you're going to be more aggressive? >> you're going to be more aggressive. >> rose: i knew that. (laughter) >> i'd like to show you a video of what's cutting edge in robotics just to give you a feel of how close we're getting. so if we could roll the video of the robot. what this video shows is the end of a three-year project by my colleagues in germany teaching a robot to pick up a jug of water and pour water into the glass. as you can see it does the task but clearly it's not doing it anywhere as fluidly or speedily as a human would do it. you would regard this as poor performance. this is a very challenging task and if you want to train the robot something different, you'd start another three

gene sperling coming in. i think there's a sense that the president is making what gibbs the other day said a pretty significant retooling, i think he's doing that because there are some ways in which he doesn't think the white house has been working very well. i think this reflects a sense of impatience and a certain amount of unhappiness. he's making tough choices to fix those things. gene sperling is a very talented guy who comes from the treasury department. he had this job, the head of the national economic council under clinton. he is again a centrist, a center left... he's a little bit to the left of center but much more of a centrist than a left wing eid lodge. he is an extraordinarily detailed policy wonk and the fact that he has lived through... he's been in this job when he... when a democratic administration held the white house and when a republican... republicans held the congress and was able to get business done again goes to a large reason for why he's there. barack obama, as mark said twice

and -- tavis: gene roddenberry. >> the great bird of the gal laxy.avis: that's right. >> he said, you know, nichelle, ask you to talk to you about this -- because i really am impressed with this word 0 hur are you. he said -- hurrah. he said i like to do something with your character. i blythely said, why don't you do an aliteration on the word and soften it to uhura. put an a on it. and make it uhura. and he stopped and he said, that's your character, that's your name, that's where you come from, the united states of africa and you have created her, you are fourth in command, communications officer of starship speaker price. tavis: that's it, good night. i'm literally out of time. how do you close the show? or cleast close the conversation. -- or at least close the conversation. you can't close the show better than that. it is a fascinating story. i knew you would love this. the king -- the freedom -- the freedom -- it is just a wonderful career. >> that man called me three times before he went to do the -- do the -- the speech on the mountain -- i

there is new evidence our genes may determine whether we are more likely to ge depressed. 54 studies found a person's genetic makeup makes a difference in how he responds to stress. this new research refutes a 2009 study that calls a genetic- depression link into question. and a new study shows a popular mask treatment for sleep apnea can make you feel like a new person within weeks. during the treatment, air is pumped in through the mask keeping the airway open and oxygen levels from dropping. researchers say just after three weeks, patients feel less fatigued and have more energy. those are. 10 of today's top medical store -- those are some of today's top medical stories. i'm manuel gallegus, cbs news. >>> the actor who fell 30 feet while playing spiderman on broadway is expected to leave physical rehab this week. christopher tierney suffered a cracked skull and vertebrae when his safety harness snapped. as he crashed on the stage he turned midair so he wouldn't fall on his head. in an exclusive interview, he said the outpouring of support kept his spirits high. >> my friends in th

speaking of births 1911 saw the birth of such luminaries as ronald reagan and gene harl owe.ogers ginger and roy, no relation. and redheaded comedian lucille ball. newspaper publisher joseph pulitzer died in 1911. journalism and literacy prizes he created live on. and truly marking an era's end the world lost william dobritz who was the very model of a modern music lyracist. so what will people remember about 2011? check back with us in 100 years. ahead, we remember our friend dr. billy taylor. for 25 years. d i was a packr i do remember sitting down with my boys, and i'm like, "oh, promise mommy you'll never ever pick up a cigarette." i had to quit. ♪ my doctor gave me a prescription for chantix, a medication i could take and still smoke, while it built up in my system. [ male announcer ] chantix is a non-nicotine pill proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. if you notice any of these sy

. >> the president also named veteran advisor gene sperling as director of economic advisors. he served during the clinton administration and helped craft the balanced budget agreement. >>> so what are the reactions here. tara moriarty has more from the unemployment office in oakland. >> reporter: people have reasons to smile because of this flier from target. dozens of people have been dropping by the office here. more than 200 positions will be up for grabs, jobs ranging from cashiers to security. here in oakland, they are pulling a mass hiring event january 13th, 14th and 15th. while quinn says he will not apply for a job at target, he has been keeping his eyes open after a road snag hit his career. >> i've been a truck driver. i've been a truck driver for years. the truck driving industry is so slow now, i've changed my occupation. i tried baking. i'll give that a try. >> reporter: while the job report is encouraging, the job reports can be mills leading. and that's because the government no longer count people as out of job if they no longer look for employment. >> we are

. >> oakland mayor gene quan the first asian american to be named a mayor attended the swearing in. sal castaneda attended and is joining us with what's next. >> reporter: the board of supervisors, four new members are still in session at this hour. all four members had been to city hall before but they say being here today as a new supervisor was different. >> i don't think anyone comes in knowing how to be a supervisor. >> i've been trying to make my way around, i am still looking for the kitchen. >> reporter: all members told us they were ready to roll up their sleeves and get to work right away. >> for me transportation is my number one priority. we have a major challenges facing us in terms of transportation. nimmu and making sure we're investing in it. >> one issue we plan to start working on immediately is bedbugs, which is a big issue. other issues are pedestrian safety. >> reporter: this board may be less bogged down between battles between progressives and moderates. >> i don't label myself. i want to stick to the facts. you have an idea, and let's get to solving. >> it is

it takes a gene, a specific gene, coming from mom and one coming from dad, and they have to come together. the interesting consequence of that, since mom and dad have to be so-called carriers, is that you seldom see usher syndrome occurring in other family members. narrator: parents of deaf children are confronted with many choices regarding communication and education. some choose sign language, others an auditory/oral education, while others choose a combination of both. hearing aids and, more recently, cochlear implants are also widely used. lauren's parents chose an auditory/oral education and a cochlear implant at an early age. diana: so, i wenouout, and i researched older children, how they were doing with their cochlear implants, and they were doing phenomenally. so then i got the cochlear implant when i was 3, and then that's when i started going to lois. the goal is always to be able to listen. that's always the primary goal, and so it's getting her to listen to the sounds in a fun way and respond to them, and one of the techniques that we used for speech was oral motor therapy,

the next town hall meeting that they are conducting will be january 29 at the gene friend recreation center south of market. that will happen at what time? >> 10:00 a.m. commissioner buell: for all those interested in participating, we welcome your attendance. >> is there any part public comment under the president's report? seeing nothing, public comment is closed. we are on item three, general managers report. >> good afternoon, commissioners. happy new year. speaking of community meetings, as you know, a new budget cycle is upon us. later in the agenda, katie petrucione will be making the first of several presentations to this commission about our budget for our submission for the next fiscal year. part of our process also includes meeting and speaking with an hearing from our community and park advocates. we have ample you were community meetings scheduled -- four committee meetings scheduled to discuss our budget, which does require us to reduce our general fund support by approximately $6.8 million. the four meetings are scheduled for tuesday january 25 at the rec center from 6

gene grant, the host of "new mexico in focus", on knme albuquerque.and frederica freyberg, reporter and anchor at wisconsin public television. frederica, i want to start with you since the president was in your state today, a state that turned completely from democrat to republican in the last november election. so how did what he have to say last night and again today resonate there? >> well, i have to say that the first thing that happened to the president when he stepped off air force one in green bay, wisconsin, today was that he was presented with three green bay packers jerseys, a slight rib at the president who is a chicago bears fan and, of course, the packers are going to the super bowl. but, you know, in terms of the state that turned from a democratic majority to a republican majority in both the statehouse, the governor's seat, two congressional seats went to republicans and a u.s. senate seat went to a republican, what people here say is the president is acknowledging this new political reality and his state of the union speech last night

they say the plan makes the street safer and more convenient for cyclists. >>> oakland mayor gene kwan went door to door to get neighbors to stand up against violence. these neighborhoods were picked because they are known as tough beats for police, and the communities say several stressors, such as unemployment, low school attendance and high risk for crime. >> organizing geographically neighborhood by neighborhood and having a console to work together with the beat officer is i think absolutely necessary to keep crime going down. >> one of the neighborhoods kwan walked today was the site of a shooting this week where six people were wounded. this is the day problem solving officers returned to the streets in these areas after ballot voted for it. >>> hear why thousands of people are flooding the southern nation of sudan. >>> twitter is playing a role into the investigation of wikileaks. >> another cool foggy day across the bay area. i'll tell you where fog will be in the morning and where rain chances return in the bay area forecast. shift your weight forward onto the left foot. take

gene quan does. >> the road for quan will be even tougher. oakland is among the most violent cities in the country. the first murder of the new year came just 10 minutes into the start of 2011. anti-violence activists say quan, a former neighborhood activist herself won't be able to do it alone. she will have to risk political capital and push bureaucrats to low wages. >> on january 30th, something should be working. >> whether quan will be able to work with the police union which did not support her run for mayor remains to be seen. both sides hope to reach a compromise that could bring back the 80 officers laid off last year. one thing though is certain. quan inherited a million dollar budget deficit and fixing the many problems won't happen overnight jie. we all have high hopes. we believe she will make these changes. >> she will be sworn in tomorrow morning here at oakland's fox theater at 11:00. she says it is an event that is going to focus on the youth of this city. reporting in oakland, cecilia vega, abc7 news. >>> in san jose, invest

we will live for gene quan preparing for her inauguration.hat she is doing this morning to honor the cities history. >>> we will be along the grape line that has been closed with snow, ice, and winds gusting up to 90 miles an hour to see how long the closure may last. >>> we'll get reaction live to the closure of a popular cable car line for months. why it's closing down and other options for commuters. >>> our consumer editor tom vacar joins us to give us the economic outlook for the coming year. >>> time knew 6:55. a wayward river otter is being closely watched after being rescued from a school campus. it was found at john reid elementary school playground yesterday. he appeared to be in good health but seemed disoriented. there is no river close by there so it's probably likely that otter wondered from a seasonal creek that was caused by our recent rain. >>> san francisco's historic preservation wants all of golden gate park to be given landmark status. that could freeze every feature from the color of the boat house to the size of the hor

my name is gene darcy. i'm a third generation san franciscan, i'm approaching my 19th year of living in park merced. i have read all of the e.i.r., attended just about every informational meeting and hearing. i have weighed the pros and cons of a long-term vision and after speaking with various stake holders, i'm in support of the long-term vision. while i love for park merced to remain the same, i realize that would not be economically viable, nor environmentally sound. i also raise my three daughters in park merced as a single parent and a middle school science and math teacher in san francisco unified. my salary, i can never afford to buy a home in the city where i was born. and where i -- i hope to live for all of my life and -- until i die and so i need a rent controlled apartment. i also have a 26-year-old handicapped daughter who gets no assistance from the government. and i fear that if this plan does not go forward, that -- that park merced will not be a viable place and will -- will parcel off. >>

i'm gene otani in tokyo. >>> the minutes of a u.s. federal reserve meeting show that policy makers agreed to maintain additional credit-easing measures amid a persistently high jobless rate. the fed's move raised criticism that it may lead to higher long-term interest rates, which could delay the recovery of the housing market. critics also said further monetary easing may also cause more inflation than necessary. but the minutes from the december 14th meeting, released on tuesday, showed that the agreement was reached as risks outweigh the possibility that u.s. economic recovery could pick up its pace due to rising consumer spending. the risks include a worsening of the housing market due to continued high employment. state and city governments may cut spending or raise taxes due to deteriorating fiscal health. and the european debt problem may also negatively impact the u.s. economy. the minutes add that u.s. long-term interest rates rose due to an improving economic outlook and because the fed's additional easing fell below some ma

it turns out that the very genes that turn on in cancer cells perform vital functions in normal cells. so the very genes that allow our embryos or brains to grow, if you mutate them, if you distort them, you unleash cancer. carcinogens do this and there's a lot to be done in the world to remove agents that make these mutations happen but these mutations are also happening accidentally in our bodies so in some sense cancer is part of our inheritance. tavis: the numbers are startling. in our lifetimes, one in two men will contract some kind of cancer and one in three women will contract some kind of cancer. those numbers are arresting. >> absolutely. cancer is going to be, if it already is not, it is the defining disease of our generation. tavis: this book, "the emporer of all maladies," is the book that everybody's talking about who cares anything about -- has lost anyone to or is curious about this thing called cancer. you dedicate the book to someone named robert sandler. i noticed that when i picked it up. robert sandler was born in 1945 and died in 1948. so robert sandler was dead

gene farley, thank you for getting up bright and early and sending us this picture from san jose park. 10:00 a.m. in the morning i'm calling bright and early. i was actually out and about at 8:00 a.m. this morning. >> sure you were. >> but we didn't have any fog in pleasanton. gene, thank you for verifying i for me. >> 10:00 a.m. >> thanks. >>> oscar nominations came out today and "toy story iii" was nominated as best picture. the movie director talked about the movie's appeal. >> i know a lot of people enjoyed the movie. both audiences and critics. found it to be highly entertaining and funny and emotional and meaningful to them. and i think that it just spoke to a lot of people. >> talk to me. it earned a total of five nominations. the other best picture nominees are "the king's speech," "true grit," "black swan," the social network," "the kids are all right," "winter's bone." >> i've seen a few. three i think. >>> it is a profession as america is itself. what it takes to be an auctioneer. ken is going to tell us in tonight's good question. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, rocket scientists! you

and there is this notion, i think, that there is no gene for the human spirit. that's the punchline of the movie. it turns out if you look at the successful record of immigrants to the united states, whether skilled or unskilled, documented or undocumented, across the last 200 years and particularly in the last 25 years and with the great renaissance of data that we now have at our disposal to analyze more clearly the impact of all types of immigration from 1990 forward, we realize that immigrants, again, skilled and unskilled, lawful and undocumented, bring to the effort of community building and business building and economy building something that is moderately intangible for now. if we work at it for a few more years it will be tangible and we will be able to quantify part of it. it's something that represents itself in generational achievement both for those immigrants who arrive, who form small businesses at a rate which is disproportionately higher than native-born citizens, for their children that in turn achieve at a level that is higher on average than

. -- northern traditional, southern coif, gene will dancers, seven traditional as well.war dancer. thank you. good singing, good dancing, all right, one more time. let's hear it for our singers and our dancers. looking good. looking good.

. -- northern traditional, southern coif, gene will dancers, seven traditional as well.war dancer. thank you. good singing, good dancing, all right, one more time. let's hear it for our singers and our dancers. looking good. all right, good job. all right. we are calling all our veterans to come up. veterans, you do not need to be native american. all our veterans, come on up. randy surely, where are you at? lead them out. -- randy shirley. i had someone asked me why we honor our veterans. one of the dumbest question is i have ever heard. i was offended when i heard it. i'm still offended. you wonder why native people honor our veterans. because my elders said so. before r.e.m. men, our young women

ally in the arab world but at the same time they do not want to be too closely aligned with every gene that seems to be so corrupt and so he that is the reason or if he's one of the major reasons for the demonstrations this week in analysts journalist investigative reporters have pointed fingers at the united states in terms of trying to change the politics of this region i think what we have obviously is there is the cia no doubt about it they are playing the card of mob rule the technical term is a clock grocery across the entire arab world it looks to me like a vagabond quite it's a double or nothing strategy they seem to be shooting the works for the stabilization mubarak is not dependent enough he's not dependent enough on nato he's not dependent enough on the i.m.f. above all they're looking for some kind of they're jerrick regimes that could be played against iran or for other other purposes i've been other thing that was revealed in these wiki leaks documents is that the united states themselves seem to have been. unawares as to the risk that mubarak failed it doesn't seem to s

say people who carry a gene called drd2 tend to associate with each other. on the other hand, people who don't have that gene also are likely to be friends. drd2 is a dopamine eventer commonly associated with alcoholism. >>> time now 4:57. a violent threat on the uc- santa cruz campus has some students staying home today. how the campus is stepping up security. >>> a drive by shooting in san jose leaves one man dead. the clues police are looking for this morning. that's coming up. >>> the city council here in berkeley is considering an employee benefit that's causing quite the controversy. we'll have details coming up. >> and thieves steal the ashes of a prominent businessman from a bay area cemetery. the reward his family is offering to get them back. you... don't have a choice of getting breast cancer. i had no choice. that 3-day gave me that opportunity. and i can actually do something to help. 60 miles in 3 days-- i can do that. we can rid the world of this terrible disease... so that no mother... granddaughter... sister... daughter... mother... go throu

ally in the arab world but at the same time they do not want to be too closely aligned with every gene that seems to be so corrupt and so he that is the reason or if he's one of the major reasons for the demonstrations this week in analysts journalists. investigative reporters have pointed fingers at the united states in terms of trying to change the politics of this region. it's obvious that the u.s. and the u.k. are behind the recent events in africa they don't care about the stabilizing the situation the sufferings of millions of people or any potential war that would make living in those countries impossible we all know that's a major transport oil pipeline is running through egypt the u.s. only benefits from high oil prices that's all global got some durrell a trade is carried a two dollars dollar demand is only growing i don't believe in school and tedious revolutions when hundreds of photos and millions of people come out onto the streets at the same time taking into account there's been no serious or immediate change to their standards of living for these demonstrations the nee

gene come in-- see, i'm-- i'm a western lover.e can't never get the tv. you know what i'm saying? because she got to wait till i go to sleep, then click. because i'm looking at something, you know. and i like the shoot-'em-ups, you know. they was real entertainers, man. that explains the album cover of bo diddley is a gunslinger. yeah. that's a great cover. you set that shot up, didn't you? huh? you set up that photo for the album cover? yeah, that horse that you see in that, we had to do this real quick. because this pony, she was a young filly, she was. and she would come to the fence and just look over and then look at the cameraman and then walk off and turn around and look and then come back and stand where i was at. like, "if you're gonna shoot this, i'm getting in it," you know. [laughter] and it just was amazing that she turned and went that way, and i said, "man, come on. hurry up; get it. get the shot." and they shot it. and that's why you see her walking down, 'cause she was getting ready to turn around and come back. i