. >> host: professor hanson hanson, where did the term american dream come from? >> guest: and author then a historian used to describe the exceptional with some of americans as to todt hill came over and said i am jealous of these people of every one anticipating they can get ahead. it predates the declaration of independence. one of the authors it is to achieve the american dream. in literature and history early on, use that term every american president does better when they can get americans to connect with them because they have a vision of a dream. obama is the quintessential priest of the civil religion of the american dream. look where he came from, how he got here common name name, skin color more americans became hopeful so the recession is making people slightly fearful then we see someone who has made it then there is hope as well. >> host: does the american dream differ by race? at. >> guest: it is amazing how similar it is. won his children, one is happiness, have a call with your children in the school. attitudes are very similar. this dream is even

i'm hanson tom i'm the principal engineer with the department of building inspection. the issue here is the 5 permit issues the department of building inspectors guidelines when we reviewed the site permit the design criteria which is the because of the design needs to obtain approved before the issuance of the building process. the design actually requires the engineer of record to show us the proposed building and did structural system of the building and the proposed a novels and methodology and acceptance criteria and anything else expectation to the prescription of the building code has to be specified to all those design we have to two through what we call the construction design review groups and those groups we usually have a construction engineer in the industry of our profession and we usually consists with professor from a specified design area and it usually consist of one more popcorn who looks at the criteria from the earthquake design engineer of record. so after we review that the selection of this group of people usually initiately by the engineer of r

[applause] >> host: now joining us is professor hanson teacher. >> i teach sociology sociology, statistics and right now i am teaching a class of gender globalization which is fun. >> host: you're also the editor of this book "the american dream in the 21st century" or co-editor cover what is the american dream? >> guest: that is the question we set out to ask. what is it? where does it come from? how is it doing today? because we had some concern of? in the dream that maybe the time clocks have run out when you see middle-class americans concerned about their opportunities and children's opportunities you wonder if it is enough to get through the times of the great recession and large influx of immigrants and health care in the weld cap. so we set out to see what it was and how in during. >> host: how do you define it? >> it is historic it is codified in the declaration of independence to certain freedoms and opportunities but to different historical periods of had to change according to the challenges and what they were at the time. one of the authors talk about early catholics who emigr

. >> and here is the cover of the "the american dream in the 21st century" sandra hanson, a professor here at the catholic university. >> is there a non-fiction author or book you would like to see featured on booktv?

joining us scott hanson, hanson mclain group founding principle and senior partner.ave you on, scott. >> good to be here. david: i'm closer to end than the beginning but spending a lot of time thinking about 401(k)s. you deal with self-brokerage 401(k) accounts, i have to admit i didn't know what that was. explain what that is before we -- >> 401(k) is the nation's largest most neglected financial asset. 90% of the participants when they put money in 401(k) don't do any allocations throughout the year. fortunately we've seen what is called a self-directed brokerage account. this is something the employer puts in place where employee, instead of using core options already there, the ones they prescreen and employee opt out of that use a brokerage account attached to the 401(k). david: before we go further, scott, not everybody is entitled to do this, correct? >> that's correct. actually about five years ago, less than 20% of employers provided it. today almost half of employers provide it. this is something we're clearly seeing a wave. unfortunately the bad part is, m

and robert hanson faced that. instead i think he got something even worse. he went to super max in colorado. bad place. that's the reason. was rosario a spy? >> i had to look it up. in all honesty. she was convicted of two things. espionage was one, and income tax invasion was the other. [laughter] she signed -- yeah, 1040 -- she did not know rick was spying until about a year -- and the stories match on this one. until about a year and a half before he was arrested. she found some note it was obvious this was -- it had to do with the soviets. however, she never once asked one question about the thousands of dollars. the bags of cash in the garage. she spent every single cent she could. so -- and it's jo -- just my personal opinion having listen to the taps. something is going to happen to her. but that's the reason she got the five years. okay. [applause] thank you, guys, for coming. thank you very much. sandy will be up here. she's happy to sign copies for her book. if you continue -- don't have one at the cash register at the front. thank you. ..

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catholic university and here is hi >> host: joining us now on booktv is catholic university professor hanson. what you teach? >> guest: i teach sociology a family family, statistics class's and gender and globalization >> host: also the editor of this book the american dream in the 21st century. the co-editor. what is the american dream? >> guest: the question that we set out to ask. what is it? where does it come from? how is it doing today? because john and i had some concern of some? in the dream may be the alarm clock had run out when you see middle-class americans concerned about their opportunities we wonder if it is resilience of the great recession large

you know, aldridge emas, that's his name, and robert hanson. >> hanson, yeah. >> and they hand over somehas passed along to a guy who considers hillself our enemy, vladimir putin. that's why i find it so shocking that people feel like he should be given a tickertape parade. >> absolutely. >> guys that have done one-one millionth of this, are in jail for 25 years. >> as republicans, okay, joe, do we want people in our party somehow saying we don't know whether he's a patriot or not, he may be, who put him in the same classification as the director of -- it's scandalous. >> i welcome anybody that wants to be in my party, but that's certainly not the position the republican party should take. we're not sure whether this guy is a hero or not. >> right. >> as far as i'm concerned, he's a traitor, a pacifier, an apiecer, whatever you want to call him, he's an accomplice. an absolute disgrace. >> can you talk about what reforms have been put in place to keep this from happening again now that this is all, as joe said, esier to drop off than it used to be in a park in northern have vachlt it's n

joining us is bryce bird, matt, policy director at a nonprofit environmental group, gerard hanson is a professor at brieing enyoung. and amanda, a professional athlete. she started an organization called athletes for air. matt, we talked about it. people think of utah, and the clear blue skies, snow, crystal clear national parks. how seers is the air pollution problem? >> well on a handful of days each winter it's serious, depending on the weather patterns. it can range from a couple of days to a few dozen. we get levels of fine particle pollution. pm2.5, that can be the worst in america. we have decades of health research about the effects of fine particles. they burrow into your lungs, cross the blood barrier. they are a serious problem for babies, the elderly, and there's a disturb suggestion that they play play a role in everything from autism to depression to low birth weight. >> if it's a handful of days, what is there to wore withe about. >> that's a good question. it is a handful of days. most of the time it happens during the winter time. when these handful of day, the pollu

jarod hanson is a professor at brigham young university. and she started an organization called "athletes for air." and welcome it all of you. so matt, when people think of utah, they think of the clear blue sky, and the mountain snow. and chris call clear parks, and how serious is the air pollution problem. >> on any day in winter, it's extremely serious. depending on the weather patterns, we get levels of part why pollution, that can buildup to be the worst in america, and we have decades of research about the affects of the fine particles. theyboro deep into your lungs, and they are serious for folks with breathing disorders, and the elderly. and there are disturbing suggestions that they might play a role in autism to depression, to low birth weight. >> but jarad, if it's only a handful of days, as matt mentioned, what is there to worry about. >> it is a handful of days, and mostly in the wintertimes when we have these inversions, but even with the handful of days, the pollution levels can be so high, and just like matt talked about, it

dale hanson, the three-time texas sportscaster of the year. can't imagine what the most famous tv sports reporter in texas had to say about michael sam openly, proud gay michael sam. >> yesterday, missouri's all-american defensive end michael sam, the sec's defensive player of the year and expected to be a third to fifth-round pick in the nfl draft tells the world he's gay. the best defensive player in college football's best conference only a third to fifth-round pick. really? that is shocking. and i guess that other thing is, too. michael sam would be the first openly gay player in the nfl, says he knows there will be problems and they've already started. several nfl officials telling "sports illustrated" it will hurt him on draft day because a gay player wouldn't be welcome in an nfl locker room. it would be uncomfortable because that's a man's world. you beat a woman and drag her down a flight of stairs pulling her hair out by the roots, you're the fourth guy taken in the nfl draft. you kill people while driving drunk, that guy is welcome.

controversial ad but this has already been making headlines that this will save the stream with scala jeff hanson in it. remember the coffin can prophesy over the last few weeks because the fact reserves team is in the occupied the west bank because otherwise they'll be all sorts of things to talk about because of the ads that because of the game. as well and because of the whole time show bedroom oz will be high on the headlining that this time around. it is by the way exactly ten years since janet jackson and that wardrobe malfunction during the whole time showed at the super bowl if you didn't know what that is i think you might be looking it up right off of this bullet and do good so we'll see what nots is all about. at the wardrobe malfunction everybody and that would be one this time around because that was a big scandal. been corrected and grab at the nus thank you very much and enjoy it that much of late nbc. now to the ukraine or opposition opposition figures have called for international mediators to help negotiations with government addressing another mass rally in aidan's that one of

core, and several geological things that just cannot exist, but one thing we heard from bill, ken hanson, he mentioned several things, including the idea that this can't exist. there are two types of science. take a listen. >> you don't see the idea. i emphasise there's a difference between historical science, and talking about the presence, observational science >> if we estew science and the process, and divide signs into an observational science and historical science, we will not move forward. >> a lot of us know that evolution is accepted in scientific, there's not much certainty. 60% of americans, according to a poll, 60% of americans believe in evolution. 30% still support creationism. and that group, according to the poll is white evangelical conservatives. neither man thought they'd change the others mind on stage. the purpose was to get the information out there, they feel it is important and allow people watching to think critically and make decisions on their own. >> was this a polite debate? >> it was very polite. it was set up basically, you know, where each man had their o

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we shot the video and kate hanson posted it for us for her account and media for her account and mediarn. >> abc 7 news i team results our exclusive investigation into untested rape kit sitting on police property room shelves prompted san francisco police department to conduct app audi audit. results are in and here's dan with the story. >>reporter: the sf pd counted 10 year worth of rape kit in the property rooms. department found 7 53. untested. from 2003 to 2013. >> we concentrated our he was on that period because in the event that testing will produce any information that we can act upon, we won't have the concern of statutory limitations. >>reporter: there is a 10 year statute of limitations on most sexual assaults including rape. according to captain dan the kits were initially not tested for variety of reasons. >> they weren't kit we forgot about or didn't know existed there was an investigative or prosecution decision made that the testing of the kits wasn't required. at that time that was that was the practice. >>reporter: he tells us the department is now committed to proces

they just need to get used to that. >> so if and when perhaps they get used to it, heather hanson, how valuable is the videotape? because you heard in the case that martin savage was reporting on, the videotape starts partially in. it doesn't capture all of the before. and sometimes context can mean everything. as they say, devil is in the details. >> absolutely, ashleigh. and that's why surveillance in that case is going to be so important. the majority of the time, the people who feel as though they're being treated poorly by the cops put out the video as that starts. they're not taping the confrontation that happened before. you heard the cop say he had his own blood on him. if there was a confrontation that caused that police officer to be bleeding, it certainly would be helpful to have that video. so you need to put it in context, for sure. >> all right. mark o'mara and heather hansen, stay with me, if you would, both, please. a couple other things. in arizona today, just about everybody is watching the governor and wondering what she is going to do. because if governor jan brewer

what if it had been you, emma stone or you, scarlet jo hanson? the way our society fails the survivors of sexual assault and abuse. now, in publishing this letter, christophe acknowledges allen was never prosecuted in this case and denied wrong doing saying he deserves the resumption of innocence. a representative of woody allen saying in part, quote, mr. allen read the article and found it untrue and disgraceful, he'll be responding very soon. >>> for two of the world's closest allies, the u.s. and israel seem to have issues recently. dealing with the middle east peace process. on saturday, secretary of state kerry discussed the possibility that israel would face a boycott campaign if peace talks failed. he also said the status quo was illusionary and in his words momentary. israeli leaders calling the comments unfair and offensive and benjamin netanyahu said attempts to impose a boycott on the state of israel are immoral and unjust. moreover, they will not achieve their goal. the state department spokesperson says kerry's comments were taken ou

robin hanson from sunset veterinary hospital in san francisco.ou're here to help us get our cats to the vet without a struggle. that's a trick right? >> yeah. it is. it really is. you know the big thing is there's about 74 million cats in the united states. and less than half of the cats actually come to the veterinarian every year. it's really important for the cats to come in because they can really hide their diseases. coming in regularly helps. the carrier though i know is a big deal breaker. so one of the big things is getting them more comfortable and making it a sanctuary. putting the carrier in a place in the house is really comfortable for them is important. picking it -- a spot next to their favorite scratching post in a sunny spot for them is really nice. next important, get a carrier where you can take the top off. this one come right off very nicely. and then you can leave the carrier out. it can almost be like another bed for the cat. you want to stock your carrier with a really nice blanket and cozy blanket. sometimes even a piece

been a number of reforms the nsa has instituted but this is very reminiscent of what happened with hanson, the fbi spy, the fbi, nsa are so concerned about outside forces penetrating their system that they just not take proper precautions internally. part of that also is because people such as snowden and others in his position they want to have facility to be able to move quickly, get things done so they were not the restrictions on them that there should have been. a lot that have has been changed, there is monitoring now of what goes on. snowden would not be able to do it again in the future. as for now of course too late for that. but at least there are some precautions being taken, again full ex us a stiff report. can't allow something like this to happen. so much we do, so much is done to prevent even slightest bit of information to come out then you have millions of documents just tumbling out under snowden. >> schieffer: do you think snowden knew what documents he was getting? >> i think so. he was doing thorough search. he may not have known when he started exactly what he was go

there is the good the bad of the very very courage is really ugly the good deal hanson texas sportscasters phrase all around the country this week on air takedown of people who say that the n.f.l. this isn't ready for a player like. you feed a woman and drag her down a flight of stairs pulling your hair out by the roots you're the fourth guy taken in the n.f.l. draft you kill people while driving drunk that guy's welcome players caught in hotel rooms with illegal drugs and prostitutes we know they're welcome players accused of rape and pay the woman to go away you lie to police trying to cover up a murder we're comfortable with that you love another man well now you've gone too far it wasn't that long ago when we were being told that black players couldn't play in our games because it would be uncomfortable it is not our differences that divide us it is our inability to recognize except and celebrate those differences we've always been able to recognize them some of us accept them and i want to believe that there will be a day when we do celebrate him i don't know if that day's here yet i

. >> this is kate hanson warms up, finishing ten engineer the luge competition yesterday but she's become beyonce is her new biggest fan. raiders bringing back darren mcfadden. so they sheets. niner fans will remember sheets on the squad back in 2009. talking niners they open the door to levis stadium for a sneak peek tour. it's like a 69,000-seat palace with a video board. about 80% done. looking good in a hard hat. >> dan, carolyn? >> shu doing honest work here >> a man appointed to see reforms is fired. >> at abc7 news at 11:00 east coast bracing for another icy storm. how google is helping people there. >> watching olympics tonight but want to know what's happening details on abc7 news/apps. >> our coverage continues on twitter on abc7 news >> thanks for joining us. from all of us vshgs a good night. . a good that comes in 25 flavors. from whole natural to wasabi and soy sauce. and once good gets going, there's no stopping it. good . get your good going. blue diamond. snack nut of u.s. snowboarding. this is the "jeopardy! college championship! here are today's contestants -- a junior

ashley merchant, heather hanson. >> thank you. >> thank you.speaker john boehner facing criticism after backing down on the debt ceiling. the media now portraying him as a bit of a pushover. a fair assessment or another example of the media oversimplifying matters? >>> and the california drought intensifies as the state waits for relief. will carr live in fresno. >> reporter: hi, heather. the president is coming to california later today to see just how bad the drought is, and coming up after break, we'll tell you exactly how big of an impact this is having on crops sold all across the country. ♪ pleasure. ♪ jon: obamacare is not quite the same law it was when it fist passed the congress -- first passed the congress. since 2010 president obama has made 29,tive changes including delaying key parts like the employer mandate. all of it done without congressional approval. it's a far different tone than the one senator obama struck back in the 2008 when he blamed president bush for using too much executive power. chief white house correspondent ed

. >> this is kate hanson warms up, finishing ten engineer the luge competition yesterday but she's become imagine raiders bringing back darren mcfadden. so they signed cory sheets. niner fans will remember sheets on the squad back in 2009. talking niners they open the door to levis stadium for a sneak peek tour. it's like a 69,000-seat palace with a video board. about 80% done. looking good in a hard hat. >> dan, carolyn? >> shu doing honest work here >> a man appointed to see reforms is fired. >> at abc7 news at 11:00 east coast bracing for another icy storm. how google is helping people there. >> watching olympics tonight but want to know what's happening details on abc7 news/apps. >> our coverage continues on twitter on abc7 news >> thanks for joining us. from all of us vshgs a bulldog: bulldog: mattress discounters presidents day sale ends presidents day? get a queen-size sealy gel memory foam mattress for just $497! and get four years interest-free financing on the entire tempur-pedic cloud collection. ♪ mattress discounters we're at a party, lemon, try to loosen up a little. how cou

michael hanson. anexel rama. stephen tennis. natalie lions. vivian imperial. elihu hernandez. and matthew [speaker not understood]. hi, [speaker not understood]. >>> i would like to make a dramatic entrance. normally doesn't get that dramatic with lights going out and things like that. my name is james tracy. i'm representing community housing partnership. it's been such an honor to work with you, supervisor kim, the ivy league, all of us or none, national employment law project, [speaker not understood] legal services, and also the lawyers committee for civil rights. our organization got involved with this fight because we provide really, really good job training opportunities. but we find that as an organization that hires about 60% of our staff coming from homeless backgrounds at one point in their life, that when people are ready to transition or find better paying jobs elsewhere, the doors are being shut. so, that's why we joined this campaign and we're overjoyed to see it finally come up to vote here. can i have the community housing partnership crew stand up? (applause)

type cruise and michele bachmann and representative jim jordan i spoke earlier with mark live band hanson was the biggest motivating force behind the tea party today you have millions of individuals who love the country who do not want to fundamentally transform to believe in liberty and private property rights of the rule of law and so this is why with the tea party movement a conservative constitutional movement. and that's our heritage and are trying to protect preserve our heritage to the tea party still has a very active boys and watching ten pc in the tea party patriots are operating on three sets of values one a constitutionally limited government fiscal responsibility and free market economics that one member of this organization has taken individual initiative. it's in the pew and she is looking to oust a very influential voice by the end of this year twenty fourteen is going to be an absolutely fantastic year the tea party movement to enhance band inspired by so many in every state for many good restaurants. and we have most definitely the potential to add more constitutional co

we have a cemetery near that way, and john hanson may be buried there, and across the street from the place of the casino, you have oxon man for the just past the preservationist, saying that the sites need to be maintained. >> that is going to give you a brief introduction to how the circulation around the site works. >> reporter: how do you build a $925 million world class casino and report when it is wedged between historic landmarks with protective restrictions? >> well, you don't want to see the bright lights and the noise and the video lights from the flashing screens right now in what is a peaceful setting. >> reporter: today at the planning committee, developers got an earful from the preservationists who are worried that the site may be distract i ing. >> it is quite large. >> reporter: you may recognize the building because it is right there near tangier. and historians say it is their concern to be so close, and imagine when the kasee know gets there. and joyce tharp sat in the audience and was so concerned about the light pollution. >> and nobody said anything about the 23

sung by actress hanson. >> narda is predicting "happy" from "despicable me 2" will be the winner. ♪ [certified platinum last week. >> its his time. with "feeling lucky" he's just got a gift. >> all four songs will be presented live at the oscars. >> abc7 is your oscar station and katie will be live in l.a. right here on abc7 news. good songs >> yes. it's time to check on the weather with rain coming. >> yes. >> i'm happy the rain is coming. a series of storms coming our way. that is going to bring wet weather up north in eureka. in monterey it will go rainy so you're going to get a good soaking here. high temperatures reaching into low to mid-60s mildest locations around the bay. it's going to be wet throughout the day. here is the accu-weather forecast. there is more rain to follow, look for showers thursday, a big storm friday with strong gusts also helping with tomorrow's storm. saturday, a dry day sunday. and another chance of rain monday, we need it. so... get used to it. get your umbrellas ready. >> yes. yes. >> and drive carefully, please. >> spring training is underway, baseba

. >> host: here is the cover of the book "the american dream in the 21st century" sandra hanson professor at catholic university. one of the coeditors. this is booktv on c-span2. >> for the reasons of the camera i cannot look directly at you but have to look this way. i once lived in a harem in afghanistan i love my opening sentence of reminds me of i had a farm in africa. it had romances with whole continents we had grand adventures that transcended any single relationship with such adventures can be sometimes fatal. yes, i once lived in a harem in afghanistan but i nearly died there also. a harem simply means women's quarters better forbidden to all men and not related. you cannot leave with the permission without a male escort so you are in a harem as was my fate. why did i write this now? afghanistan and its people seem to have followed me into the future and into the west. then head scarves which i don't suppose in the face masks and the rubber cup filled of body bags are here in america on the streets and in the headlines. afghanistan has landed in the west it is still deployed in a

. >> and here is the cover of the "the american dream in the 21st century" sandra hanson, a professor here at the catholic university. >> is there a non-fiction author or book you would like to see featured on booktv? send us n an e-mail or tweet. >> from the 7th annual savannah book festival, "the astronaut wives club" is discussed. >> good morning. it is nice to be here. i heard there was a rumor i didn't make it out of new york city because of the weather so i am glad the volunteers believe this is me and i am here sharing the story with you this morning. i loved great american stories and i love bee hives and a combination of those two things, as you will learn, led me tell this amazing, but looked over american story of our original asastronauts. we are going become to 1959 and the country is waiting for the announcement of the mercury 7th astronaut. it is the height of the cold war and we are looking to these seven men as our cold war care warriors. these silver suited space men who are taking us to the star and beyond. so you have these matcho test pilots on the stage and the r

jon: all right, brian silver and heather hanson, thank you.ct when it's available. jenna: high hopes for new erotic pills. patent applications and "fast and furious." what it might mean for you for your future prescription is coming on. so you're telling me your mom has a mom cave? hi boys! i've made you campbell's chunky new england clam chowder. wow! this is incredible! i know. and now it has more clams! [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. what? [ male announcer ] it fills you up right. i'll believe it when i -- [ both ] oooooh... [ female announcer ] as you get older, protein is an important rt of staying active and strong. ensureigh protein... fifty percent of your daily value of protein. low fat and five grams of sugars. [ major nutrition ] ensure. nutrin charge! jenna: we are telling you about a popular food item. not he is recalling philly steak and cheese hot pocket and a croissant ones as well. a very popular item among our crew. apparently these microwavable ties contained badly. one of the suppliers was forced to recall more

di involved -- >> i loved hansons. i grew my hair out long and i tried to sound like a little girl.o i was attracted -- it explains my attraction to metro sexual men. >> that's true jie. it set me up for life. >> but you never really dated any pop stars, have you? >> maybe. awkward. >> andy? >> you were saying your rush was celine dion. >> no, there are pictures that don't look much different. >> three quart youer sleeve baseball shirt. >> ac/dc shirt. >> i had cheap trick. >> nobody is asking you. >> everything is great except one thing. >> that was my childhood too. i can't say anything. i saw simple simon. >> that's a great show. >> when you are a teenager growing up on long island, new jersey that's what you looked like. >> you didn't have contact lenses either. you were stuck with the giant glasses. >> and glasses were not fashionable back then. >> no, they were not. they were code for hit me in the face as hard as you can. >> it will be 2112 before you know it. get ready. >> tv's andy levy, that does it for me. i have many pictures like that, but they are all gone because i bu

sung by actress scarlet joe hanson. >> narda is predicting "happy" from "despicable me 2" will be the its his time. with "feeling lucky" he's just got a gift. >> all four songs will be presented live at the oscars. >> abc7 is your oscar station and katie will be live in l.a. right here on abc7 news. good songs >> yes. it's time to check on the weather with rain coming. >> yes. >> i'm happy the rain is coming. a series of storms coming our way. that is going to bring wet weather up north in eureka. in monterey it will go rainy so you're going to get a good soaking here. high temperatures reaching into low to mid-60s mildest locations around the bay. it's going to be wet throughout the day. here is the accu-weather forecast. there is more rain to follow, look for showers thursday, a big storm friday with strong gusts also helping with tomorrow's storm. saturday, a dry day sunday. and another chance of rain monday, we need it. so... get used to it. get your umbrellas ready. >> yes. yes. >> and drive carefully, please. >> spring training is underway, baseball news. >> larry beil is here w

. >> for years, george hanson and mary aunn clibbery ran al zullo remodeling, and they were quite a pair. their home-spun television commercials helped make their business a success. >> at al zullo's, the don't move, improve folks, one call makes it all. >> she ran the business side. george ran the construction crew, the maintenance, buying the products. >> by 2004, mary ann told her partner she wanted to retire. >> very nice person. very kind. she would do anything for anybody. but she wanted to, you know, start enjoying life a little bit, get the fruits of her labor. >> a few days before the christmas holiday, after everyone else had left, mary ann stayed late to go over the books. as she was about to lock up the office to leave, she was viciously attacked. the next morning, her partner, george hansen, and another employee, found mary ann's body when they arrived for work. >> i saw the blood around mary ann. i never seen a dead body before. nothing that horrible. >> paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene. >> she had substantial head injuries, and the pathologist determined that sh

anybody see dale hanson's piece when he talked about michaelsoms and celebrating difference? it is hard to celebrate difference and move with the times than to stay in 1950 in your poncho and your appleby's restaurant. >> i love a poncho and an a appleby's. >> don't knock it until you try it. >>> this week facebook offered a customizable option. people people can identify their gender with him, her or them. options are transgender, gender fluid, intersect, neither, trans person, gender variant and extra crispy. i wonder if facebook wants to allow people to express their genuine authentic selves and they want to express their whole selves. >> they want to express their genuine authentic selves. >> he is reading my mind. >> so what. people can say whatever they want. is 40 too much? >> it may be a little too much. can you clearly define yourself? i get overwhelmed when i have options. >> i always get the same thing. >> especially if it is a buffet. >> there is no option for you which is sad man who hates everything. >> you can put me undercis mail. >> what? >> when he said some

and kate hanson posted it for us. >> jimmy kimmel and the big fake that's now got the attention of the russians. >> i start hearing people talk around the building, and security starts freaking out. >>> and green for the green. >> it just exceeded all of my expectations. >> colorado bank rolling marijuana, making almost $200 million in tax revenue. but it is how the money is being spent that has some people all lit up. you're live in the cnn newsroom. good morning, i am carol costello. thank you for joining me. a huge swathe of the country slammed overnight by wet, weird winter weather. storms and high winds swept across tennessee, nashville pelted by rain and hail as lightning struck a skyscraper known as the batman building. in illinois, several hurt when a 20 car pile up hit down interstate 57 an hour south of chicago. police blame dense fog. and the twin cities of minneapolis and st. paul declared snow emergencies after a winter storm dumped ten inches of snow in the region, creating dangerous conditions on the highways. in dris peterson joins us with what's headed your way. good m

he asked hanson to post it on twitter accounts, and a media frenzy was born. >> would you consider bringing a live bear to the closing she moan? >> let me see what i i can find. anything for you. >> we will present you with the olympic gold medal for pranking. all right? >> olympic agoers are laughing off the prank. as if kate, the twitter page is filled this morning with people laughing at the wolf joke. >> now a check on friday morning traffic. is it light? is it not? >> nothing to laugh at. hopefully not too bad. >> "howling" with laughter. drivers in the bay area are going to go for the gold this morning, or maybe silver because we are seeing traffic. you are still winning in most politicians. in san jose northbound we have a stalled vehicle. it is slow-and-go traffic headed beyond the tip of the san jose airport. as we look at the bay bridge, eastbound from the tunnel to the tower we have one lane taken away until noon today so expect to see some delays if you are headed out of city. we will take a look right now of the picture of the richmond and san rafael bridge leaving the east bay

he didn't pass the chris hanson standard. >> the constitution is not the guardian of good taste.s gross and disgusting this is they are first amendment rights and the laws have to keep up with technology and they are not. >> i wouldn't know how to text -- he would have to exchange phone numbers with her first. i assume maybe she sent him a text. remember that old song? remember that old song by sting, teacher-student, don't stand so close to me? they were blaming the victim. >> she must have given him her phone number. >> it may have happened and obviously he shouldn't have responded. he is obviously a creep. i hope he gets fired, but is it illegal? i think it is a first amendment issue. if you are not doing anything and just texting, kids today, it is a dirty world. >> what you have to understand is what the texas court ruled -- what they basically said was y'all passed a bad law -- i think it was y'all. it might have been all y'all actually. y'all passed a bad law and it doesn't pass constitutional muster. you need to write a better lay more narrowly tailored. they said you can

hanson, the controller of cross timbers water supply corpse said the new water tower is needed to meetrowing residential and commercial demand in the area. rex tillerson shouldn't feel so lonely because there is another member of the exxonmobil family who is also fighting fracking. our next guest is the former executive and vice president and operating officer for exploration and production in the u.s., canada and latin america for the mobile oil corporation. a man who worked for exxon mobile six months after that merger. he has written a letter saying, you go, girl. he writes for the past five years i have been actively trying to keep your company and the rest of the 40 from fracking here. you and i love the places where we live but in the enif they are ruined by fracking or frac water tanks, we can afford to go somewhere else. but many people cannot afford to move away when they can no longer drink the water or breathe the air because they are too close to one of your well pads or couple pressor statements. his lawyer has decline to provide a comment. nothing further was forthcoming

and now for this information they're claiming, trial and criminal defense attorney heather hanson joininglly difficult to corroborate anything to this point she's saying. they could be laying the ground for the insanity defense. if you think about it, and i know it's tough -- heather and i talked about the likelihood of that prevailing under the rule i'm sure she'll explain. if you look at it, she gets caught here and able to avoid detection since she's 13 years old. something doesn't smell right age about that. >> you took my next question. what do you think? they're trying to get insanity defense? >> i think she's trying. she didn't consult with her attorney before doing this. i think she's doing it wrong. in pennsylvania you have to know the difference between right and wrong. she's already said on this particular case, they did it to know what it felt like to murder somebody together. they have told each other out and down in this case. >> i don't understand what's going on here unless it's just attention. >> i think it's plea for attention. especially for a woman, it's rare for a wom

i like to welcome our housing guest, mark hanson. thanks for taking the time today., rick. >> everybody started out with ben bernanke, mr. shiller, in your newsletter today you said fed induced dead manned is waning. i like this dynamic. okay. can you expand on it from your perspective? >> yeah, we're in a critical juncture in housing and it started when rates went up that small 1% back in june. we're going from an investor-led housing market to an end user-led housing market. that's creating a lot of problems. and -- >> let me interrupt you. you said something in your newsletter i've never seen before. you brought in bidding leverage. leverage on housing based on bid on investors, not people who necessarily want to live there. can you expand on that as well? >> tom barac was on this morning. love this guy. follow what he does, not necessarily what he does in my case. he was the first in the distressed housing market and also the first out early last year. but in these markets where institutional investors may have bought 300,000 houses over the last couple of years

hanson is entering the second day of racing. gets going. >> that was cool.n with christina this morning. good morning. >> what was cool is when did you start dancing, scott mcgrew. you got the moves. i loved that. good morning to you. san jose is really foggy right now. it's hard to tell from this shot. you can see what commuters are facing. some really low visibility. you want to take it easy. it's still very dark. you are running up against a quarter of a mile of visibility in santa rosa. you want to give yourself plenty of time, eliminate distractions in your vehicle. especially taking the little ones to work with you or to school today. two miles visibility at half moon bay. livermore now at a quarter mile. this is what we expect from the fog. take to the your futurecast. at 7:00 a.m. we believe it will be at its worst, that is when we kick off rush hour. we stop the clock again, we meet back here for our 11:00 broadcast. should be mostly clear but for a brief time. then plenty of high clouds streaming in. our next storm system gets organized and starts

i want to bring back in joey jackson and heather hanson.about a felony. in this particular case, it actually limits him from trying to negotiate his way out of this. can you explain that? >> that's right, ashleigh. specially celebrities. when they commit misdemeanors, there is something called a civil compromise where the sebt wi celebrity with approach the victim and work out monetary restitution. kanye west and chris brown and amanda vines have done it. when it is a felony, that can't be worked out e and his team want it to be charged as a misdemeanor. he will have to appear in court if it is a felony. >> let me ask you this, joey. when there is a recommendation made from law enforcement and the sheriff investigators are saying, we think you should go forward with the felony. how often do they listen? what weight does that carry? >> it carries substantial weight. at the end of the day, law enforcement is about enforcing the law. the prosecution is about seeing whether or not there is enough evidence to move forward to have a successful pr