when we asked him what circumstances shaped him he said greeing up in the mission shaped me and we knew our fathers cleaned a dish, picked some fruit and if you lost sight of your neighbor and the struggle you lost sight of your identity. unfortunately for our community makes ends meet means focusing on your own struggle and hopes that the future leaders can stand and change this and wanted all of you to know those leaders are you, so to you jiemy for your work in the community in san francisco we thank you for your service. [applause] >> and thank you for the cookies, the springel cookies and my son and every time he walks by lavictoria he wants to stop and thank you for the contribution to the neighborhood. >> thank you. [applause] >> our next honoree will be recognized for their contributions in the field of community service. to make this presentation we would like to invite to the stage our 2010 community service honoree esstella garcia executive director of la raza. [applause] >> the honoree for this years community service award goes to louis a roachy and planner for the district

if you wear an i voted sticker, you can get a gree free baguette. that is the business ms. -- business news. >> 5:51 right now. >> it is cold outside now. >> a little hot chocolate this morning. it is cold. let's give you the goods. it will be great. overall outside of the chill. to dress for the weather. -- do dress for the weather. temperatures in the mid 40's. starting at 35 at reagan national. dew point of 25. will get a little brisk later on today. our temperatures in the west are generally in the 20's. freezing conditions. 29 at dulles. 28 and the gaithersburg. 25 in frederick. freeze warnings didn't affect all across the mucha area until 9:00 this morning. we do not have them into our western counties because the glass of already been down below the freezing mark. the cold air is filling all across the great lakes into the northeast and mid-atlantic states. our coastal storm still in the developing stages. you can see the little squirrel with the radar into the southeast. that will face up with another system off the coast. at this time, it w

more research needs to be done, but most dietitians a gree -- agree americans need to boost their intake of healthy fatty acids. >> tragedy in texas. federal investigators are trying to piece together how they train crashed into a parade to honor veterans. >> he took the state to court when he was ordered to >> you are watching wbal-tv 11 news at 5:00. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] wbal-tv 11 news at 5:00 continues. >> a virginia attorney is claiming victory after taking the state of maryland to court. the state ordered michael perry to stop charging what it considered illegal up front fees for loan modification. >> he claimed the baltimore city judge ruling proves the state was wrong. what this decision mean? barry simms has a follow-up. >> we first told you about the state action against the attorney and his company in may. perry was adamant they wrongfully ordered him to stop what he was doing. now he claims the judge's decision vindicates him. when the signs appeared on various street corners in baltimore, they sparked our interest. the state also took noti

they actually feel bad and aping gree kids get to enjoy the fattening foods. they say you can't have it. however, if you talk to any celebrity you will find they tell you i was once fat. actually being a fat kid always leads to success. a lot of supermodels say i was fat or i was ugly. that means all fat people will grow up to be supermodels. >> or a tv host. >> i was just as fat as a kid. i had that surgically altered. >> you look lovely. nice cover. >> i call this my constipated pierce brosnin look. >> you make up a lot of your own terms. can you explain what you call bad taste blind spot disorder? >> it is like you. say are you hanging out with your friends in l.a. and you are watching tv and making fun of people and saying sick jokes and then you go on twitter and tweet one of those things you said. then all of a sudden everybody is like, that's not funny. that's disgusting. that's blind spataste. disorder. you don't know what you are about to say and it might piss off a lot of people. it happens among comedians who are drunk on airplanes. they end up twee

do you an gree. >> the felt it was a venting and it was really, really unhelpful.like anchor babies. that type of language is extremely offensive and i think there's a -- >> that was popular language in the primary. in the republican primary, you saw what i keep bringing up and governor per flames before he couldn't name the agencies to close on immigration. >> yeah. i think that there really needs to be -- we do need to assess the policies but there's also a manner of demeanor in which we're approaching the people. we're talking about a population of immigrants, we are all immigrants. they're coming here, assimilating and no reason to treat them differently and a real area of improvement. >> let's ask you regarding -- there's a theory and floated out and i want chris to comment on this, as well. there are republicansho wants to see mitt romney in the white house but if he's to lose as he finally free moderate republicans from those on the hard right in your party catere republican primary, it finally get them off the back of the party so that you can modernize. is

>> it makes sense to the gree looking at subprime mortgage market that was designed to gve people whoe not credit worthy with low or no documentation loans that would become unaffordable in theeriod of a year or two. people got those mortgages with the expectation that their houses would continue to increase in value. when that all collapsed you're talking about a huge financial instrument that is now problematic for the whole economy. that needs to be regulated very firmly if we're not going to avoid the incredible meltdown that we saw in housing for example. melissa: yeah. i mean it is just an interesting question going forward. do we want to cut off credit to a whole part of the market because their credit rating is lower and costs too much to lend to them. go ahead. >> yeah, i don't think we're saying that. it's a matter of making sure that credit is lent responsibly in a way not only responsible for the homeowner but also for the lending institution. that is what she is talking about. melissa: christian i love it when you disagree with me. will you come back and do it again? >> a

>>gree there was -- do you agree there was anything that would have triggered an obligation or some reason to bring the congressional committees into this investigation? >> i deeply respect the secretary as well but in this case i disagree. the most important thing that he said was actually triggered a concern to national security. and there is nothing that has come forward that triggered that concern at all. the fbi has indicated they concluded there was no threat. if there is no threat, there is no obligation. >> eliot: i begin this with maybe again because of my days as a former prosecutor, i asked the simple question, is there evidence of criminal behavior either with respect to general petraeus or general allen and in your mind, having been a jag officer, do you see evidence of criminal conduct? >> no. and particularly where general petraeus is concerned because we have more of the substance of the original parts. they didn't meet the cyberstalking part. the fbi seems to have backed off a little and said the real concern was now that the writer of this had access to private or closely

but everybody gree agreeing it's bad doesn't get it done. >> what i hope to come out of an agreement by the end of the year is a process put into place that will force us to get tax reform done. i believe we have an environment that will lend itself to us really doing that. it will be an extraordinary thing. you are right. it will not be easy. because -- you be, the federal government is still facing extraordinary deficits. i mean, we have a trillion-dollar-a-year deficit. we have to keep that in mind so that when the speaker talks about putting revenues on the table that in return, we actually can tell the people of this country that we are going to stop doing what we are doing and actually fwin to pay down the debt. so the tax code, i believe is the tool for us to grow. if we can implement pro-growth tax return, we will see entrepreneurs, investors put their money to work and grow this economy, create more jobs. that's -- that will be a significant piece of trying to go and manage down this debt and deficit. so all of the stars can aline if we can actually come together, set aside

. >> or in meet and gree. and i'm like, i don't think my husband would want me to kiss you.st kiss, yeah. [ normal voice ] come on, man. [ laughter ] come on. you did your first international shows this summer. >> yeah. >> jimmy: where australia? >> yes. well, i went to australia last year but it was mainly for, like, just meeting people and just saying hi and, you know, just seeing what it was like, 'cause i never been there before. and earlier this summer, we went to london and went to australia and got to do, you know, several dates in australia. >> jimmy: how's the reaction to american country music over there? >> really great. 'cause you know, like, australia, they have, like, keith urban and -- >> jimmy: oh, that's right. yeah sure. >> yeah. that they can claim. so, they are no strangers to it. but everybody was so wonderful. >> jimmy: and they're so in to it? >> yeah. and like, wanting to, after radio visits or tv station visits, people were, like, outside for pictures and autographs and i just felt very loved. >> jimmy: i like to -- i want to show a picture -- i have

>> gree >> great. explain this to me. mr.yan fails to help mitt romney skaur enough votes to implement an austerity budget so now he's back to help john boehner secure enough votes versus the president to press for an austerity budget, is that right? >> yeah, that's correct, martin. it's interesting, there's a lot of criticism saying paul ryan's vision for an american budget was routinely rejected flat out by voters a little more than a week ago. so why will he have such an impact in terms of the fiscal cliff negotiations? and the reason is that paul ryan, despite the presidential loss, continues to be the ideological godfather of the current republican budget -- >> but, luke, he just got ripped to shreds. he just got pulverized in the election. in fact, so many of his ideas, he had to go quiet on because they were so deficient and attacked during the presidential campaign. yet there you are now telling our audience he's back and republicans have him as their -- one of their main stakeholders. >> he's very much still an impor

we have our wednesday political power panel, msnbc contributor joanne reed, managing editor for the gree owe, msnbc contributor arty melbourne, also a cords for the nation, and republican strategist chip salzman. great to have all three of you here. a lot to talk about. chip, a lot of people scratching their heads over some of the strong opposition to ambassador rice who hasn't even been nominated as secretary of state. listen to what senator john barrasso had to say moments ago with chris jansing in the last hour. >> i think that she misled the american people five days after a terrorist attack. it happened, killed four brave americans, and really either didn't know what she houf known, failed to ask the questions. >> chip, here we have the fact that the senators are still upset about this. so breaking news from the senatorial department of redoesn't dandy department that they're upset with her. what is the real agenda here? what is the baseline for what they're trying to do? >> i think the most interesting thing is what you said, she has yet to be nominated. this might be the ultimate

insider-- gree's chief debt negotiator. he's managed the country's bargaining strategy these past pinched years: and is the go-to guy for many a nation being muscled by its lenders. >> no one likes to lose money. any creditor approached by a sovereign with a request for debt relief would accede to it only if they thought that by not giving the debt relief they stand to lose more. >> reporter: and your job is to convince the creditors that the borrowers can't afford to pay more. >> yes. >> reporter: so when you're advising a country, what are you telling officials who are negotiating with their creditors? >> to convince its creditors first that it needs a restructuring, and second that the terms of the restructuring are what they need, not necessarily what they want. >> reporter: let's pause for a moment to explain, with a little help from our friends the cartoonists: restructuring is just a way of saying, reduce the amount a squeezed country owes, forcing lenders, generally bondholders, to take what's euphemistically known

mortgage, two vehicle, and because we both have master's grees a lot of student loan debt. >> amanda was invited to testify last summeralt a senate hearing on how americans are coping in hard times. when the state cut funding for local school districts, amanda and her husband feared they might lose their jobs. at the same minute, they were spared although her salary was reduced by $10,000. >> $10,000 m ht not seem like a lot to some people but that loss of income required a complete financial eemotional and spiritual overhaul in our family, it means that even though i would rather shop at local grocers, i shop at walmart for groceries because that's where the lowest prices are. sometimes the grocery money runs out before the end of the month and then we have to be creative with what's in theupboard and that was a fun challenge at first but the novelty wears off after a while. it means that most of our clothing o comes from goodwill, garage sales, and the clearance racks because we try not to spend full price on anything more. it means t cat when my son brought me the snack calendar f

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grees expected in the bottle. we will continue to fill the warming trim it will be low 80s for tomorrow. >> san francisco city attorney is demanding affirmation to states that munster added to drinks are safe to drink. the manufacturer stated that they are safe for teens and adults. the fda stated that 400 mg are safe for adults but they do advise only for you to drink two cans a day and this is 480 mg. >> president barack obama-- they're both looking for undecided voters before election day. the president has a series of unusual for the battleground states for ohio, and virginia. >> the hot topic for californian voters is backed by governor brown. he has been campaigning hard for this and that will get more money for education. a recent poll shows that 48 percent of them are in favor and 38 percent are against it. 14% stated that there were undecided. a poll finds tha >> many of the state propositions may come down to the voters and he look said proposition 4. >> a new field poll shows the majority of californian

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kete happened in gree throughout the entire state, but you can imagine that the folks who are tied toracts will be leaning towards mney because it hits home for them. bottom line here in wisconsin, like many other states across this coury, jobs is the number one issue. >> the recovery here in nevada has beenott pl ithe country. 11.8% here in clark county. 12.3%. we're on top of the stratosphere here. this hotel and casino has poured more than $20 million into renovations in the last couple of years. they are optimistic that things are going to get better. they even added jobs, more than 100 in the last couple of months. and there are others smaller signs that things are getting better. that's the strip behind me, the big blue building to the left, that's 70% completed for more than a year. it cost $2.9 billion to get to this point so far. and it looks like they're going to get back to construction in the not too distant future. so people across nevada and here in las vegas hopeful that they're through the worst of it and better times are to come. >> here in colorado, the number one is

i think -- i mean, i an i gree. the questions and the derivative is qsr dead?ace falling apart? >> and answer to that is? >> i don't think so. interestingly, we have ahad a number of reports and they're all in positive comp territory and so is sonic and looking at this and say, hmm, mcdonald's suggested some competition in their press release hurting them an they don't usually call out, i think there's certain brands fundamentally better than where they were last year, five years ago like a sonic or a popeyes and those like burger king that's making fast strategic decisions and gaining awareness. >> nicole, what is your ratdi i on mcdonald's? it is not just the flagging of heightened competitive activity but they also said specifically with u.s. sales modest consumer demand which was a red flag to me at least. >> i hear you. it's a modest consumer demand and yet we can point to three or four other qsrs up domestically but adding all of those up, wouldn't account for this shortfall in domestic comps meaning there's a lackluster demand overall. what's difficult i

somebody along the way was careless, was gree dirks was negligent, and they cost my husband his life.reporter: now the state revoked necc's license last month. the fda says its authority over these kind of pharmacies is limited, and it's committed to strengthening the system. necc had no comment about today's hearing but has said it's cooperating with all investigations. willie? >> all right. lisa myers, thanks very much. savannah. >> the friday after thanksgiving has long marked the traditional kickoff of the holiday season but a number of retailers are getting a jump on it by moving it to thanksgiving day, a decision that is not sitting well with some people. nbc's diana avilear has more. >> reporter: it all started with one target worker who felt the change in hours was unfair, so she wanted to stand up to her fellow employees and start an online petition that's getting a lot of attention. >> will you join me and ask target to give thanksgiving back to the families and not open thanksgiving evening. >> reporter: when casey sinclair wrote her petition to target, the sales associate

if that happened in president obama's first rm was a gree light given to e.p.a. to become as aggressive as they want to on ozone control. second term, e.p.a. could be quite aggressive. and there are certain compani