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. - hi, i'm halle berry, and as a new mom, i can tell you that childhood is a magical time. but for children with diabetes, life is not quite so carefree. the barbara davis center for childhood diabetes is fighting hard to find a cure. know the signs: irritability, excessive urination, weight loss. if you have any of these signs, please call your doctor. early detection can save your life. give to save lives and reach for the cure. call now or log on to childrensdiabetesfoundation.org. >> john: have you you ever been to an indian reservation? if you you probably saw you serious poverty and alcoholism and drug abuse. is it because there is something about indians that makes them lazy or irresponsible? no. when indians owned their own land they do about as well as other americans. manny jewels wants to see more of that. he was chief of an indian band in canada for 16 years. manny, why are so many indians so poor? >> first of all, john, nobody chooses poverty. one of the things that has happened is we have been legislated out of the economy by the federal governments both in th

end like that >>reporter: in fact some players from the girl's team appear to taunt the boys from berry hall with their own berny dance. now instead the boys from perry hall have to focus on cheering for the girls. >> it was heart breaking. we all just cried. it was terrible to go out like that >>reporter: the dance comes from a scene weekend at bernies. the girls play their next game on tuesday of next week. >>> we were talking about this all night in the news room and it's a hot topic on facebook. do you think that dance was offensive and did the school react appropriately? join the conversation right now at our website. >>> a stabbing inside a city school that happened this afternoon at the baltimore school. the middle and high schools and edgewood street in baltimore. a 10th grader was stabbed inside a hallway of the school and is in criminal condition tonight. police are still investigating. >>> representatives from more than 40 schools met at the transform baltimore event. the community action event says that 70 percent of our city schools are in need of major renovation or replacement

. >> reporter: celebrity photographer linda salomon built a career focusing on stars like halle berry and robert redford. but her passion is a program called pictures of hopes. >> it sets you on that path to achieving that. >> reporter: thanks to a grant, she's visiting ten homeless shelters in ten different cities this year. >> my hope is to keep my street clean. >> reporter: first, she asked the kids to list their hopes. next, comes a photography lesson and their assignment. to photograph those visions and turn them into reality. >> i'm going to let her compose everything. >> reporter: he wants to help people. how do you take picture of that. >> here's what i would do. let me take your hand like this. >> reporter: they decided to have his brother and sister hold hands. on the streets of their neighborhood, they find inspiration. this 11-year-old and 8-year-old roberto live with their month mother and grandmother in one room. >> i took picture of electricity. picture of pizza. >> reporter: christopher took this shot of the american flag. he wants to be president someday. >> i want mo

joining us in independence hall were mary frances berry, constitutional historian, professor at the universityof pennsylvania, and former chairperson of the u.s. commission on civil rights. arturo vargas, the executive director of the national association of latino elected and appointed officials. michelle rhee, c.e.o. of students first, and former chancellor of the washington, d.c. public schools. matthew segal, cofounder of ourtime.org, an organization focused on empowering youth. eileen mcdonnell, president and c.e.o. of the penn mutual life insurance company. dr. joe greer, assistant dean and professor of medicine at florida international university. john bogle, the founder of the vanguard group, the world's largest mutual fund company, and mick cornett, mayor of oklahoma city and president of the republican mayors association. tell me one thing, one thing that is working well, one thing that gives you hope. >> i still believe in american ingenuity. i think the 18th century was about the best farm. i think the 19th century saw a move toward a more manufacturing economy. i think the 20th ce

joining us in independence hall were mary frances berry, constitutional hi historian, professor at theersity of pennsylvania, and former chairperson of the u.s. commission on civil rights. mick cornett, mayor of oklahoma city and president of the republican mayor's association. arturo vargas, the executive director of the national association of latino elected and appointed officials. matthew segal, cofounder of ou ourtime.org, an organization focused on empowering youth. eileen mcdonald, president and c.e.o. of the penn mutual life insurance company. dr. joe greer, assistant dean and professor of medicine at florida international university. john bogle, the founder of the vanguard group, the world's largest mutual fund company. and michelle ree, c.e.o. of students first and the former chancellor of the washington, d.c. public schools. >> we've lost the american competitive spirit. if you look at how we're raising our kids today in the culture that we are creating, we are spending so much time trying to make children feel good about themselves that we've lost site of putting the time i

joining us at independence hall were mary frances berry, constitutional historian, professor at the universitynnsylvania, and former chairperson of the u.s. commission on civil rights. mick cornett, mayor of oklahoma city and president of the republican mayor's association. michelle rhee, c.e.o. of students first and former chancellor of the washington, d.c. public schools. arturo vargas, the executive director of the national association of latino elected and appointed officials. matthew segal, co-founder of ourtime.org, an organization focused on'm pow everything youth. eileen mcdonnel, president and c.e.o. of the penn mutual life insurance company. dr. joe greer, assistant dean and professor of medicine at florida international university. and john bogle, the founder of the vanguard group, the world's largest mutual fund company. >> we the united states of america are losing our ability to govern ourselves. and if we lose that ability and we're very close to losing it now, i don't know where we go as a nation. but it's not good. >>. >> pelley: the job approval rating of congress is 9%, the

flyers score in bunches, return of a hall of fame goalie and one of the coolest traditions you'll ever see. >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. 40 house republicans have joined 60 democrats in a letter urging the deficit super committee to think of several options to shrink the debt. several republicans are previously signed a pledge saying they would not support a net tax increase. >>> america's poorest of the poor has climbed to a record high of 1 in 15 people. the data shows poverty has spread widely across metropolitan areas. >>> a manhattan federal jury quicked a russian arms dealer known as the merchant of death conspireing to sell weapons to terrorists who he thought intended to kill americans. he faces 25 years to life in prison. >>> prince and princess were in england visiting a distribution center for unicef. they lent a hand by packing supply fwoctiboxes. >>> in southern wales. a lucky escape for residents of a trailer park who woke up to find a landslide had left their homes teetering on the edge of a cliff. no one was hurt and the homes were relocated. >>> and no

hall of fame goalie and one of the coolest traditions you'll ever see. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. 40 house republicans have joined 60 democrats in a letter urging the deficit cutting super committee to consider all options for raising revenue to help shrink the nation's massive debt. several dozens of the republicans had previously signed a pledge promising they would not support a net tax increase. >>> according to new census data, america's poorest of the poor has climbed to a record high of 1 in 15 people. the data shows poverty has spread widely across metropolitan areas. >>> a manhattan federal jury convicted a russian arms dealer known as the merchant of death of conspiring to sell weapons to terrorists who he thought intended to kill americans. mr. booth faces 25 years to life in prison. >>> england's prince william and his wife the dutchess of cambridge catherine were in england visiting a distribution center for unicef. they lent a hand by packing supply boxes. >>> in southern wales, a lucky escape for residents of a trail

berry, and here's what's happening. the clock is ticking for occupy l.a. protesters. they face a deadline of midnight west coast time to evacuate the city halla. >>> and syracuse university has fired associate head basketball coach bernie fine in the wake of an investigation into child molestation allegations. the firing comes in the wake of new revelations including a third accuser and the emergence of an audiotape which appears to include incriminating statements by fine's wife. >>> now back to "msnbc undercover." >>> with minh's story in mind, we travel an hour north to the streets of san francisco to document one of the most progressive and successful efforts to curtail modern-day slavery. it's cocktail hour, and ed walsh from the city's human trafficking task force is just getting started for the night. >> we are conducting inspections of massage establishments in san francisco, and what we're looking for is possible victims of human trafficking, women under 18 years of age that may be being forced to work in these massage parlors. >> walsh's target, the 51 remaining massage parlors licensed through the health department that city offic