. >> thanks mike a new list ranks the healthiest cities in america and how the bay area stacks up against the competition. >> covering santa rosa berkeley, san jose and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >>> a study ranks the healthiest places in america and the bay area is near the top. san francisco and oakland came in at number two on the list with 83 percent of the city residents report taking part in physical activity at least once a month. san jose was number seven with the results pointing to 300 days of sunshine as a key factor for motivating residents it stay activity. boston topped the list if the second year in a row. >> we have sunshine again today but there are clouds attached. >> i thought you were going to sing a temperature faces song. >> meteorologist mike nicco has the forecast. >> sing loud enough so i can hear up here. >> i want to sing the pollution song. >> there is a lot especially in san rafael. you have the most plus this morning. it is about 40 points higher than this time yesterday. live doppler hd shows our light and wind is city blowing and we have mid-and-u

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the healthiest were put to work to help the not see war machine. -- nazi warmish sheen. war machine. suitcases, clothing, shoes. the belongings of nameless victims. auschwitz, the monument to humanity's capacity for evil, an atrocity that should never be forgotten. >> auschwitz and others, these places are synonymous with the atrocities of the holocaust. in the waning days of world war ii, allied forces who liberated the camps came face-to-face with untold human suffering. >> britain documented the misery to ensure germany could never denied the crimes against humanity. the films were shelved but the footage has been refurbished and cut into a documentary called night will fall. >> some pictures are extremely pdisturbing. >> when british forces captured it in 1945, they had no idea what horrors lay behind the camp walls. once they came to light, a handful of soldiers received cameras to docment what they saw. decades later andre singer have the opportunity to view the material. modern technology has made the images and the message that much more powerful. >> now it has b

see you back here tomorr gram was provided by the health trust working to make silicon valley the healthiest region in america for everyone. and by first 5 santa clara county. first 5 santa clara county supports the healthy development of children prenatal through age 5. you've already heard the news: obesity is way up and so are diabetes and other diseases. they say it's all because we eat too much, we aren't active enough. well, it's time for some sweet revenge because it's not our fault. the truth is that all calories you eat are not equal. in this program, dr. robert lustig explains the truth

just healthiest. >> the box opened almost at once. then away they splashed.ng people that saved these birds, one presiding sentiment. >> that we never see them again. >> they feel the same about the mystery goo. with a back story. >> that is a last shot, that is amazing. >> let's talk about the weather forecast. we haven't had rain. >> we've never had a january dry. a century and and a half? >> awful. >> hooks like we're going to do it this year. we're going to try to look for a sort of inklig of rain. it's dry mild, it's beautiful out there. live from doppler radar right now, we'll show you a quiet picture but this is what i want to show you. giving you gorgeous sun sets. showing a sun painting our sky just a beautiful color. earlier this evening. we'll talk about temperatures now with a mild afternoon. 57 currently in san francisco. it's 59 now in oakland. 60s in fremont and antioch at 58 degrees. tomorrow morning nothing wide spread. and areas of fog developing. and some could be on the dense side. it's quiet and dark. mild throughout the weekend. and next

just healthiest. >> the box opened almost at once. then away they splashed.ng people that saved these birds, one presiding sentiment. >> that we never see them again. >> they feel the same about the mystery goo. with a back story. >> that is a last shot, that is amazing. >> let's talk about the weather forecast. we haven't had rain. >> we've never had a january dry. a century and and a half? >> awful. >> hooks like we're going to do it this year. we're going to try to look for a sort of inklig of rain. it's dry mild, it's beautiful out there. live from doppler radar right now, we'll show you a quiet picture but this is what i want to show you. giving you gorgeous sun sets. showing a sun painting our sky just a beautiful color. earlier this evening. we'll talk about temperatures now with a mild afternoon. 57 currently in san francisco. it's 59 now in oakland. 60s in fremont and antioch at 58 degrees. tomorrow morning nothing wide spread. and areas of fog developing. and some could be on the dense side. it's quiet and dark. mild throughout the weekend. and next

. >> this is probably the healthiest thing i've had in a while. >> good for the high altitude. >> yeahetter every hour. >> yeah? >> first hour is killing me. >> but you have a better face. >> i didn't think i was going to make it out of the airport. >> most of the mornings, early in the mornings, 5:00 to 6:00 in the morning, i climb the mountain. >> why? >> fresh air. >> okay. >> you have to come with me. >> hell no! ain't happening. >> you want to taste some arepa? this arepa is made with corn. hola. [ speaking foreign language ] it's fantastic. i love it. >> tucked away in a back corner of the fish market is a place that serves breakfast to the market's workers and shoppers. we're talking beef short ribs simmered in an oily broth with potatoes, salt and scallions. tomas swears by this stuff, a traditional breakfast soup from the andean region. >> okay. gracias. >> would you like chile? >> i do. >> gracias. [ speaking foreign language ] >> now we're talking. >> this is perfect. when you have a good party last night -- >> i was just going to say, this is hangover food. >> perfect. >> i

we just want to have the healthiest family that we can so we don't advantage sen nate their kids. >>any tell them they are not only safe they are necessary. rather than using the fear approach to say look this is something natural that you can do to help protect your child and your community. >> in 2000 the cdc declared measles eliminated in the u.s. be uh with the growth of the anti-vaccine movement, the u.s. is seeing more measles cases. the number spiked last year. disneyland says it is testing and vaccinating employees that haven't been immunized it wants the public to know if they have been immunized disneyland is safe. adipisny resort spokesperson said seven employees have been diagnosed with measles four recovered and are back at work. >> the poem that got the measles they simply weren't advantage tin nateed. >> yeah. the reason you are concerned about it is you can get measles if you haven't had the vaccine, be uh you have. >> explain. >> none of our vaccines are 100% effective. be uh the problem is if you have so many people around you who have measles then there's a higher

. >> i think we are very aware of being very organic, nongmo, we want to have the healthiest family wean. >> reporter: instead of vaccines they rely on holistic regimens that include chiropractic adjustment. she and her husband own a chiropractic office that cater to parents. the military required she get several vaccines before being deployed. she linked vaccines to illnesses like asthma and add and there were other concerns. >> i started learning that the vaccines had aborted fetal tissue. and cells from insects. >> it has been shown that these matters, military career. but she has no regrets. >> what would happen if nobody vaccinated their kids at all? >> i think we would be a lot healthier. >> you do? >> i do. >> as opposed to the fact that we might be exposing ourselves to deceases that admonish more easily? >> i do. the body is a self-healing organism. >> when a doctor says to you they're safe, healthy and necessary, what would you say? >> i think that's their opinion. i disagree. >> reporter: many parents agree with her. in fact in the county's wealthy beach front communities va

royal succession stipulates that the healthiest brothers inherit the throne. but the rules are not clear enough about complex situations. there are several grandsons of the king who may battle for power. prince salman is seen the most likely person to quell any dissent, whether he's able to rule a country with many citizens wanting change will be his greatest challenge. >> thank you for coming in. do you think that there is no huge appetite for change. >> i think we can expect continuity so we don't expect any major policy changes going forward. >> what about reform? >> i think king abdullah was a gradual, moderate reformist. he was not a reformist in the conventional sense. there will be institutional obstacles in reform. in terms of political reform, the municipal councils that we saw, it was much more of a gradual processes. >> what about the future for human rights? >> i think we have to remember that saudi arabia is itself a very conservative kingdom. younger saudis don't freely have much of an appetite for reforms. moderates and liberals are an elite in

problem is what we need to do is give young people the space to develop into the most authentic and healthiestf-s by determining who they are. that's the thing and gender. gender is self-determined and not imposed. i can't debate how much they loved their child. i'm sure they did. there's a huge gap there. obviously misunderstanding between them. that's what i would say to parents. >> gay rights activists is outraged. he recently tweeted. charges should be brought. certainly that's his opinion. but there's now a change.org petition up calling for leela's law. ban convert therapy. there's almost 200,000 signatures. it seems we've come so far with laws protecting gay people. can we say the same about those who are transgender? >> not necessarily. we still have the conversations around the conversion therapy and trying to fix transgender people. these are the conversations we were having about gay and lesbians 15 years ago. there's nothing wrong with us. what is wrong is using a sense of religious to fuel fear and hatred. not giving people the young space to determine who they are. it's wrong the

so it's not the healthiest thing to be breathing in out here. >> allan, you mentioned mixed use. we see a lot of people out there. for anyone who might be trying to get ahold of anyone see if they are okay, do we happen to know if there is a staging air for people who evacuated out of the building. >> reporter: actually we are trying to figure out where all those people are right now. they are trying to set up a red cross shelter. most of the people as we combed the corners here and down on 22nd were not people who lived in the building. many of those people said that the actual residents of the building were being sheltered somewhere a few blocks away. and we're going to try to fine them as soon as we get done talking to you. >> allan, thanks so much. stan by we'll come back to you later on. we know you have more questions and ask and more reporting to do. thank you. >> you can see all the streets are obviously blocked off as you would expect so fifts can get in and do their job. muni spokesman paul rose joins us by phone. paul can you tell us how muni is dealing with the situat

. >> but, michael aren't, we're still the healthiest kid in the doctors office, aren't we? compared to russia, china europe where else are you going to go? >> yeah i think that's an excellent point. i actually look from a global standpoint i think many people are looking at the united states as the cleanest dirty shirt in the laundry basket and they're looking for direction and for leadership but the reality is, i think the some of the problems that are going on globally like were just mentioned a moment ago, could have an impact on our economy, our growth and thus as a result, the, whether or not the fed does increase in 2015 or off to 2016. >> speaking of all those countries, phil, russia, europe, u.s. that is part of the reason for this gas price drop, right? we have so much oil now. >> it is. and yeah, part of the story has been the revolution in this country. we're producing more oil than we have in they are years. that is all great news. but part of it is because we have a slowing global economy. if we looked at what drove the energy over the last couple years, it was

vegans ex-clues dairy, and they are some of the healthiest people on earth. mediterranean diets include dairy and they are also some of the heathiest people on earth. in terms of research as you indicated, there has been surprises - a study that looked at milk consumption finding higher mortality rates, and higher fracture rates in people that consume more milk. one of the issues there is what is the baseline diet? >> i think if you are consuming more milk instead of soda you are trading up. if you consume milk and adding excess protein or fat, there are likely to be harms. we have the dash trials dietary approaches to stop hypertension showing a pretty strong link between dairy intake and reduced levels of blood pressure and reduced cardio vascular risk. there's advantages of dairy in that it's saishiating, helping you get and stay full. it doesn't necessarily confer the benefits we hope itted would for bone help and depending on the role in the diet that will benefit if there's net benefit or harm. >> one of things point out is that humans are the only mamm

they're just the healthiest. >> reporter: the boxes opened almost at once and then away the birds splashedh a small victory in this unknown killer. >> i hope we never see them again. >> reporter: they feel the same about the mess mystery go off the. wayne freedman, abc 7. >>> well, the cleanup is under way in new england one day after a major blizzard dumped up to three feet of snow across the region. this time lapse video shows how much snow piled up over the course of the storm in many coastal towns where seawalls and dunes gave way and thousands are still without power. massachusetts governor charlie baker lifted the state's travel ban at midnight. >> for the most part, despite the fact that we had record breaking snowfall in many parts of massachusetts, we've can out of this i think in rely of itly good shape. >> both new york city and philadelphia received significantly less than the predicted amount of snow. now, the national weather service blames the way meteorologists communicated the forecast. city and state leaders defended the government's proactive response. >>> developing new

programs like nutrisystem with the structure that it provides really helps people transition to the healthiestons of themselves that they can be. adam: we make a big deal out of the fact that people might not only join knew try similar, but they join the gym. we all have friends that are doing it year long, and what you find among the people who stick with it for the year is what? >> people are successful. so people usually stay on with us for three months, and then they may use it as a tune-up if they gain back a couple of pounds. we all fluctuate plus or minus five, ten pounds, so we have a lot of repeat customers, and that's great because they're great ambassadors for our company. adam: how important is it that you've got someone as the face of the company at least publicly marie osmond? >> she looks terrific. she looks really great, and she's an example of a real person. of course, a hollywood celebrity that has had real struggles and really has lost the weight and is a great ambassador for us. we love her. adam: that's what it's about, a real person. we've all been there, up, down, the pa

in the perfect world the healthiest food would be the cheapest and the easiest to prepare, but that'se. maybe a simple solution is to get these kids involved since they already are taking these photos. they're going nuts they're -- >> they're going to say we want macaroni and cheese every day. >> no, no give them options -- >> good for you. >> they feel empowered. >> no, i agree. >> they feel like they are making a difference -- >> to a degree. >> we all grew up on salibury steak and tater tots and we turned out okay. [laughter] >> not all of us. >> they're fantastic. delicious. >> just make sure they're not hungry though. you've got athletes are posting pictures and saying we have to go, you know, play football, and we're starving to death. if they want tater tots, give 'em to 'em. >> so it is a new year and that means resolutions which we say that we'll try to keep, and that goes for people's finances as well. a survey shows that people tend to make these three promises to get a grip on their bottom lines; to save more putting away an average of about $200 a month to pay off their d

specifically, the president is calling for tax hikes for the healthiest americans, raising some $320 billion over the next 10 years to off set cuts for the middle class and the poor. republicans are calling his plan a non starter and accusing the president of waging class warfare. kevin joins us live from the white house with a preview now. kevin? >> you're right. a non starter because much of what the president is expected to propose tonight, once again simply doesn't pass the g.o.p. eye test or for that matter the g.o.p. math test when you're talking about controlling the purse strings in congress this is a very very big deal for the g.o.p. and they are leadership. take a look at the ideas the president is expected to float tonight. you talked about raising big time money to pay for some programs down the line. he would like to raise cap pal gains taxes, charge banks new fees, close the so-called trust fund loop hole and tax krej savings plans, the 529s which you don't have to pay taxes on if you take the money out. what's it all about? the goal is raising $320 billion to pay for a

like, let's just make good food that is rich and creamy and delicious and maybe it's not the healthiest, but man it sure tastes good. and i'm not going to apologize for it. >> brian -- brian, also, consistency and speed. remember, years ago, when we used to go there, you knew, even like an in-n-out burger, you would wait 15 minutes to get served, you would get into a mcdonald's, you would get it, it would taste good, before they started taking ingredients out of the buns, in the last go-round when they started having problems. that's what they've got to get themselves back to. >> sorry, brian, i thought you were going to jump in. >> maybe that's the problem, there are too many other good alternatives. like in-n-on skin-n-out burger, burger, whatever it might be, herb. >> and this is a complete -- go ahead. >> no, i'm zipping it. okay, they're yelling at me to talk, which is they're normally telling me to shut up. >> we've built these stock indexes on "street signs." 29 metro area indexes. san diego stocks, there's 12 stocks in every one of our 29 metro indexes. san diego, guys, by far a

with the up healthiest levels right here in the santa clara valet and that extends into the tri-valet. temperatures this morning in the 40s. nice and mild out there. your heater is probably not working overtime and later on you can likely give it a break. 73 degrees in the north bay and 69 degrees in san francisco and 70 degrees on the east shore so let's talk about snowpack. as you know we're in a drought. snowpack holds the key to getting us out. in fact, 60% of all the water that fills the reservoirs that we drink from come from snowpack so here's where we are. northern sierra at 49% and 39% for central sierra and down south they haven't had a lot of snowfall, 41%. want to show you a comparison. here's 2013. look at all this snow we had banked up against the mountains in 2013. take you into 2014, look at the difference, and even before that, 2015 you can see here we are today looking okay, but when we compare last year to this year we're already doing better. here's deal. we've got more on the way. towards the end of the month our pattern changes entirely and every single day you s

>> it is not the healthiest thing in the world, but when you physiologically get used to it you get used to it. and that is it, and you wake up and you are fine. >> and where do you find time for all of the lectureships? >> i tend to do lectures that are important in their impact, and i really do honestly do know -- do no boondoggling. i won't do that. if there is a national meeting where you are going to impart important information to scientists, i may or may not do that, i pick or choose enough so that i am not so often away from my office so i lose effectiveness. i am very, very careful about not over traveling. i do something that you can do in one day, i fly up and i come back in one day. i don't go at to a meeting at a ski resort and give a talk and you stay there from three to five days, zero to do that. it is just in and out. and when you do that, you can be pretty economical for your time. >> back in 2005 you were talking about another issue. >> importantly, the virus has evolved to be able to jump from chicken to human. it is still very, very inefficiently. it is very rare, we

whole foods market america's healthiest grocery store. >>> the ceos of some big-name companies might not still have those jobs a year from now. mary thompson joins us now with a list of ceos who are let's just say under a bit of pressure starting the new year. >> that's right. they'll certainly be under a microscope with strategies aimed at reinvigorating their brands and hopefully quieting their critics. first up twitter's dick costolo. he's banking on a plan that calls for strengthening twitter's core audience making twitter easier to use and introducing new services to attract new customers to help reverse the stock's 47% decline in 2014. a new year will bring a new menu for mcdonald's. in a lot of ways don thompson is under the most pressure because any results from that new menu will be evident in the firm's monthly sales. yahoo! stock up over two years but critics don't care. they credit the gains to yahoo!'s stake in alibaba not to marissa mayer's leadership. mayer is planning to shift it but will kbha will she do with the rest of the money? coke stock delivered flat returns o

market is the healthiest globally of all the major markets. david: absolutely. >> 1.75 10-year we've been you can talking about, like you said, it will be a far better yield than the .6 we see in germany and less than that in japan. >> i understand, we're the best in the business right now as we speak. but here's what bothers me, todd. this is a concern a lot of people have. we might get into, something like a currency devaluation war, if our currency continues to appreciate in value compared to all the other currencies around, the fed might say, gee, our exporters are getting hurt, maybe we'll hold off the rate hike for another year. we'll try to get our currency down a little bit. then you get into currency devaluation war. we've seen that scenario work out historically in the past and the ending is not a good one. >> it is never a good endings. go back to ben bernanke, they tried to devalue the dollar. the niche part of the qe program was to push the dollar down. what happened because the world economies are failing now people run to three

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this is one of the easiest meals, healthiest and most delicious -- one of my favorites to make in the nuwave. >> well, it's a nuwave oven meal -- we know it's gonna be good. >> that's right. okay, a bag of frozen chicken breasts. >> frozen? >> that's all you need. frozen. >> frozen? >> don't believe me? >> well, i do, but let's prove it to everyone else. >> i'm gonna show you how frozen they are. [ both laugh ] okay? >> that would be frozen. >> that would be frozen. all right, now i'm just gonna put a few right here on the grill. >> okay. >> as you know i have three children. it saves me tons of time, it makes my meals easier, it makes them... >> better. >> ...healthier. then you just take some of your favorite veggies -- i happen to be using some carrots. >> love 'em. >> zucchini. >> especially in the nuwave. >> right here, just layer it all around your chicken. >> talk about a healthy meal heidi! >> oh, talk about a healthy meal and an easy meal. and here are some potatoes. now what i'm gonna do... >> this is so good! >> ...is i'm gonna just put a little bit of my favorite marinade.

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hope any a stand up strategy would be the most effective and the healthiest for him.k here's the results of the nbc wall street journal poll. it shows a country that continues to be anxious and concerned about the direction of the country and their political leadership. first of all, let's take a look at these numbers. 16% of the american people on the eve of the state of the union approve of the job that congress is doing. 46% approve of the job that president obama is doing. he's ticked up a little bit but still in negative territory. 48% disapprove and when you ask is the country headed in the right direction, 59% say no. now the bright side is that economic optimism is rising. 59% is down from 71% down a few months ago so the results that we have seen in growth numbers and the reduction of the unemployment rate we're seeing in attitudes and people are turning the corner and president obama is going to try to capitalize on that with the proposals that you guys were just talking about to raise taxes $320 billion worth over 10 years through an increase in the capital

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can get things done and now he's proposing a middle-class tax cut paid for with a tax hike on the healthiestmericans that just about everyone says cannot pass this congress. why is he going this route? >> look, what the president is saying is that the middle-class economics that we pursued since 2009 have gotten us to where we are. you heard peter just talk about it that more and more americans are satisfied and feeling better about the economy. there's still work yet to be done and that's what he wants to talk about tonight and we all want a series of middle class tax cuts and by the way -- >> dennis, it can't pass and nobody says it can pass. people say it's dead on arrival. isn't it a political man ufeuvermaneuver, to get republicans in a bad spot as the 2016 election approaches? >> matt, the president's run his last campaign. what the president is saying that any tax reform ought to make sure that it benefits the middle class. we ought not avoid the working families of this country who have seen over the course of the last three decades not only are costs going up, college costs and ever