it would be dad if it was dead granny.s is a sweet way to be earth conscious and say granny i love the sweater you grot me. >> even though it is a gray off the shoulder number. >> did your granny really get you that? >>> you guys know i pretty much love anything that has to do with racing, even racing feathered friends. my father was a pigeon racer his entire life. pigeons that are ratced are lik thoroughbreds. they have blood lines, they train them, take them in these crates 30, 50 miles away, let the pigeons go and they fly back to the house as fast as possible. there's some big money in this. some birds you buy, 1,500, 3,000, $5,000 or more for a good pigeon with a good blood line. it's a huge sport worldwide. you check the internet for pigeon racing videos, they're all over the place. here to tell us about what it's like to be a professional pigeon racer is herb cartmill. how do you stop people from cheating? >> the birds have a little band on their leg with a microchip on it. what we do, we take a gps reading at the p

and if there's a granny to throw over the cliff, i bet a candidate like mitt romney would throw grandma over the cliff before it's said and done. how do you go after attacks like that? >> you have to be prepared for that and i am. you have to be able to fight, you have to have the facts on your side. you've got to make sure message breaks through. and i'm looking forward to debating president obama. because when he, for instance, sands up and say you are throwing the he woulderly over the cliff and runs an ad like that, i will say shame down, mr. president, you are the only president in history to cut medicare by $500 billion. and why? to pay for obamacare that we can't afford. this president is on such shaky ground and and his record is so bad, anyone who any skill of are telling the truth and confronting another individual will be able to take them to the cleaners. >> you were reminded it was two days ago three years past, it was in february of '09 when he first became president he said if i don't fix this it's going to be a one-term proposition. you said he with are here to collect.

he called granny's house. >> he called granny's house? think we should write a letter to the prison and tell them we want more time. they'll say, we can't give him too much. we can't give him anymore time on the telephone. here. y'all just take him. wouldn't that be nice? that would be nice. >> yeah. he only got 30 years left. granny? maybe so. >>> i'm not mad at the judge and prosecuto prosecutors. they got to do their jobs. the gavel was hit. the signature was signed. the jury brought its verdict. it was over with. and it's according to the guidelines. he gave me what he gave me. and if 30 years is what it took for me to humble myself, then all is well. i'm not being a real good example to brandon, you know what i'm saying. because if he look up to me, i just hope that he don't make the same mistakes that i did, you know, and put himself in jeopardy from being away from his children. >> in my longest daydreams somehow or nother he get out of jail, like that. and nobody has grown old, you know, and it could be next year or next month, an

that is no one except for super granny. >> i'm exceedingly feisty. i know how to smack your hand if it's in the wrong place. >> reporter: her name is ann timson. and cloaked in red, flying down the street with the greatest of ease, the 71-year-old british granny vigilante decides to take justice into her own hands. beating the armed bandits with the only weapon she has, her handbag. >> it was just instinct. and i'm just swinging my bag to the left and to the right. i was angry. i was angry that they dared to do it in daylight like that. >> she misses with her first few swings but then as the would-be thieves try to get away, one of the scooters topples over. so i was able to whack him a number of times. i realized then he had a hammer in his hand and he dropped it. i think he realized it was all over. >> and not a moment too soon for ann's 71-year-old arthritic legs. bystanders pounce on the robbers, holding them until police arrive. now that she's had a moment to think about what she just did, reality starts to set in. >> mad. absolutely mad. >> ann

right remember the enron story they openly bragged how they were putting grannies into the freezer by manipulating the energy markets and instead of using that as a cue to maybe regulate the terrorism instead what the white house said wow this is a great way to make money for us so we're going to let the spread throughout the entire economy every state and then should now be run by energy terrorists because it's an energy paradise called the united states of terrorism and we're going to make amends and of course our cold clocking dollars twenty four seven three sixty five that's the way they love it you're unemployed your face down in the mud by your expendable ok let's speak about more about bankers and the control they have over the u.s. economy in every single sector the banker wants. between you and the service of the products you want to buy here's why bankers deserve capital punishment read these two stories this is from barry ritholtz and both stories relate to the volcker rule and the lobbyist that have bastardized the whole thing the volcker rule made bloated a week yes they

. >> throwing over granny a cliff. does that cross a line?d you are okay with that? >> the negative ads like that. >> i. [ talking over each other ] >> you think paul ryan wants granny thrown over a cliff in a wheelchair? >> this plan, says when my grandmother, we give you a coupon, when it runs out you are on your own. what does that mean? >> this is it you are going to defend it. >> no you are going to win. >> no you are not. >> sean: we'll continue with the great american panel right after the break. as someone who uses insulin, i'm always looking for new ways to help me manage my diabetes. take a look at this. freestyle lite test strips? they need just a third the blood of onetouch ultra. really? and the unique zipwik tab targets the blood and pulls it in. wow! look at that! and you can get these strips for a $15 monthly co-pay simply by joining the freestyle promise program. alright! looks like i'm going to be testg and saving at the same time. call or click today and join for free. test easy. >> sean: we continue with our great american

. >> throwing over granny a cliff. does that cross a line?you are okay with that? >> the negative ads like that. >> i. [ talking over each other ] >> you think paul ryan wants granny thrown over a cliff in a wheelchair? >> this plan, says when my grandmother, we give you a coupon, when it runs out you are on your own. what does that mean? >> this is it you are going to defend it. >> no you are going to win. >> no you are not. >> sean: we'll continue [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. lord of the carry-on. sovereign of the security line. you never take an upgrade for granted. and you rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle. and go. you can even take a full-size or above. and still pay th mid-size price. i deserve this. [ male announcer ] you do, business pro. you do. go national. go like a pro. >> sean: we continue with our great american panel. congressman west says, take their ideas and get the hell out of america, quote, unquote,. their ideas, all of a sudden. in this moral outrage, all of a su

. >>> granny with a gun. he got national attention when he took this video of his mother-in-law shooting. >> you shot me. >> now, he speaks for the first time, exclusively to abc news. >>> and the real s.e.a.l.s. from high-altitude parachute jumps, to rescues, meet the real-life active duty navy s.e.a.l.s on their strangest mission yet. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden, and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline." february 17th, 2012. >>> good evening. i'm terry moran. and earlier today, a daughter said good-bye to her famous mother. bobbi kristina, the daughter of whitney houston. and cissy houston, the car's mother, paid their respects at a private wake in newark, new jersey. a crowd is gathering to say farewell to a talent the world will not soon forget. that talent carried whitney houston away from home young. but talent alone cannot count for the trail-blazing figure she became. here's abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: it's fitting that the la

. >> what up, granny?> i know they thought i was comin' in through the back. >> coming up, i was more close to my grandparent. and my grandmother, from day one, stayed on me. >> look at granny! >> happy birthday to me! >> i call him carty, but his name ricardo. carty was one i guess i did do more for and took under my wing. >> when i went to jail, my grandmother bonded me out. i was like, "grandma, i knew you was going to get me out, anyway. i'm your baby." and she say, "go back and see." i went back. grandma didn't do none of that. ( people singing) i probably have broke her heart a lot of times, doing things i shouldn't have been doing. but she always remind me of the good in me. ( singing and humming al)ng ♪ it's you and me and i... >> he saved his life. because carty had been shot at, probably was shooting at people. something turned him around. i ain't going to say through me and his granddaddy, but... he lucky. >> hey, my granny. >> love you. >> love you too, granny. >> ♪ i seen sunny days that i tho

and so this man who had been called granny lee, the overcautious, is now known as the king of spades because all he wants to do is have these trained killers, these warriors, dig ditches with shovels with picks and things and that's not much fun. but that's what soldiers do! and lee points that out. what he wants to do and what he did was to hold richmond with 25,000 troops, fall upon mcclellan's flank which he discovered was exposed by way of stewart's dramatic ride around mcclellan, the raid in june 12-15, 12th through the 15th of 1862. and he's going to fall upon mcclellan's flank with 45,000 troops. and then he's going to bring jackson in from the valley with 20,000 more to attack mcclellan's rear. here is this guy, 200 soldiers at harper's ferry and now he's commanding, add all that up. 25,000, 47,000, 20,000, 92,000 people. and, by god, it worked, from a limited perspective anyway. mcclellan was halted, embarrassed and overrun, at least on his flank at gaines mill and lost his nerve and called for a change of base, which sounded like a skedaddle. a withdrawal to the james river

together, i was struck by how much time we spent on crisis management whether it is around saving granny the tree or things that happen with pipelines exploding, we have an amazing team of 20 plus communications staff that are able to be nimble and flexible and respond to crises as they come up. the priorities of the next two years for communications include of engagement -- the engagement that happens to our communications teams. the rollout of clean power, the communication and education needs to happen in terms of rate increases, local water supply and a lot of activity around the multi-lingual access support we have been working on. the community benefits program -- the program to improve last year. there has been a lot of activity happening and we have not come before you as often as we would like. we have had one-on-one conversations with many of you. the accomplishments over the past year we have been able to put committee benefits requirements and to our professional services contract as it relates to the source system program so this is something we are excited about. there has

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it is disheartening about the success of keeping us safe and we are slaking down granny getting patted down and the real threat militant islam grows stronger not only in iran but world wide. that is the threat with the military and f.b.i. . proper roles was government to address. >>> and john, do you feel safer than you did 10 yearrs ago as a frequent air traveler. >> yes, i don't care if i take off my shoes or body surf buck naked. i don't care. i don't want to be patted down any more than the next guy. i want to know that the guy next to me white, brown or black and any religion is safe. we don't have the best security and the taxpayers. and why don't we have bomb detection machines for all baggage. charge the airline passengers, to them and instead of the taxpayers. we'll never get it done as long as it is a government agency and not as long as it is open to bids. >> johnathon, you don't agree with that? >> i don't. what i fear an environmentt god forbid terrorist militant islam blowws up a movie theater. then we have tsa at a movie theater. growing government. i don't think that ho

technically, this granny was not allowed to vote or drink in the pubs until now. >> was the look at my face, they say, she is definitely more than 18. >> why does february get an extra day every four years? it is to get our calendar back in sync with the solar calendar. there have been all kinds of traditions and folklore, like this one. at the blackpool tower, this occasion was used to turn the table and propose to a boyfriend. i think you can guess his answer. >> of course i will. >> it was on camera, isn't it? that brings the show to a close. be sure to get updates any time on our website. please join us when i go behind the scenes with imf chief christine lagarde as she shuffles around the world tried to tackle the global economic crisis. you can wake up every day to a new crisis. >> yes. i wake up and i wonder, where is it going to happen. >> thank you, i will see you later. you can see that whole interview tomorrow here on "world news america." until then, thank you for watching and we will see you back here tomorrow. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> fundin

so bowl, granny, bowl. >> for the kids, go out and play. run around. 4:55. south bay university expected to announce whether it's changing its admission policy, a decision that could affect hundreds of bay area students. >> police say they caught the people responsible for vandalism spree in one bay area city. >> for all of your news, weather, traffic and good updates check us out on facebook. >> a live look on the bay bridge. a little cooler in the temperatures. i guess more where we shodbeo'l. check the forecast with christina. >> rebecca: good morning. i'm christie smith. i have new information on how an overnight apartment fire started in oakland. i'll share the details coming up in a live report. >> new this morning, russia's prime minister finds himself in the middle of an assassination plot. i'll have the latest overnight headlines coming up. >> burglaries on the rise. police in three bay area cities issuing warnings this morning. details next. >> a live look from hayward. wow. we want to say good morning but check out that regular gas price. ugly rea

. >> a group of elderly activists will take on one of the largest tech companies and the raging grannies will protest against what they call apple's labor abuses at foxcon. apple has been accused of violating labor laws. apple says it's looking into the allegations. today's protests will be outside the apple store in palo alto at 3:00 p.m. >> president obama takes his budget proposal to lawmakers today. the copies of the budget will be delivered to the senate and house budget committee. the budget calls for spending $1.3 trillion more than we take in. it ends the bush tax cuts for the wealthy and tax breaks for oil companies and buts all millionaires in the 30% tax bracket. republicans are demanding more cuts but the administration says that's the last thing the economy needs. >> we need to be on a path where over the next several years we bring our deficit under control. >> the proposed budget has already sparked a fight on capitol hill. experts are predicting it's unlikely to pass before the new budget year begins in october. >> u.s. lawmakers get their first look at the budget this mo

she likes helping everybody and saying her a.b.c.s and talking with her granny and playing with her mom, playing with everybody in the shop. they are a -- three a lovely family. i don't see how any of this could have happened to them. >> reporter: the 2-year-old was airlifted to a hospital in oakland. she was shot in the knee and twice in the stomach. she just underwent surgery. she's in critical but stable condition and is expected to survive. investigators recovered dozens of shell casings. one of the gunman was shot. we're not sure which one. police arrested one gunman and they said the initial gunman who walked into the salon was not alone. so they are still searching for two more gunmen. detectives are hoping for that surveillance camera will provide them with more shoes about exactly who did this. we're live in vallejo, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 7:02. well, overnight in oakland, two people safely escaped their burning apartment. this happened just before 12:30 at 34th and helen streets. the firefighters say the flames were coming out of the second floor of the bu

>> i say you get taken care of very well here, don't you, granny? >> ronnie says he's taken to his role as father. >> i like helping them with things, taking them places, buying them things. >> he does for them like he does me. it's more like his own kids. >> thanks, babe, for cooking dinner. >> you're welcome. >> thanks, mom. >> there's more in here. >> sure feels good to eat real food. >> real pig. >> it's cow. >> thank you for cooking the pig. >>> coming up, jody tye makes a major recommitment. and more with paul komyatti and the slagle brothers. >>> msnbc now. >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >>> even though he served 26 years behind bars, paul komyatti still goes back to prison once a week. >> who are you here to see? >> 1704. but now it's to visit his 85-year-old mother who's still serving time for her role in the murder of paul's father. >> hi, mom. >> hi. how are you? >> when i got locked up, she was 57. she was very physically fit, very active woman. and now, you know, she's in a wheelchair now. how you feelin

over a certain age such as myself, you know, it gets in all the creases and nooks and crannies we granniesave. this is called striptease. it's $24 at narscosmetics.com. >> this is something you and i both got sent. i ended up liking them. mini individual soaps. first of all, they're personalized. they have your name on them. second of all -- >> hoda kotb. >> so you can put these in your guest bathroom if you like. people like a fresh bar of soap sometimes. >> take the paper thing off. >> and you can take them if you want to travel and not use the hotel soap or something. just throw them in a purse. >> most people don't like to use a bar that's been used. >> me.com. $13 for a sampler or something like that. >> what's your favorite thing? >> bobbie thomas just did this, but a lot of people on our facebook wall asked about it. this is the beach -- let me make sure i'm saying it right -- beach waver. i do it on my own head but without a mirror i'll burn myself. i'm doing it on emily. >> the nobody. >> you push the right or left side. look at this. this is what i got. don't have a job in hairst