heather?ew york city police have their work cut out for them, last night authorities say dozens of occupy wall street protesters faced off with police, and it happened just before midnight. they tore down barricades, surrounding a city park and 68 people were arrested, during the scuffle. most of the charges were for trespassing and disorderly conduct. and, at least one demonstrator was accused of assaulting a police officer. >>> a new year and nearly 40,000 new state laws going on the books. new restrictions ranging on abortions in new hampshire to cell phone use in nevada. julie bandaras is live in our new york city newsroom with more on that. hi. >> reporter: that's right many laws reflect the nation's concerns over immigration, as worker verification, in fact, alabama, was the country's toughest immigration law, will require all employers who do business with any government entity, to use the federal system, known as e-verify to ensure all are in the country legally and, california is also

heather?he world is watching. thank you very much. carl cameron reporting live for us there. gregg, you have more about ron paul. >> gregg: that's right. he is competing in tuesday's primary as a republican candidate for president. but now there is word ron paul could still be considering a run as a third party candidate if he should fail to win the gop presidential nomination. how serious are these reports? the advisor to ron paul, doug is here. great to have you back with us today. before we got to that, i want to run through new hampshire and south carolina. first new hampshire, the rasmussen poll has ron paul down by more than 20 points. i must say, that is very consistent with the real clear politics average of polls. so given that fairly large deficit with just days to go, are you discouraged, doug? >> no, we're not discouraged. the poll that came out last night asked who is the true conservative? ron paul won that over every other candidate. the exit polling in iowa showed that about 25

. >> heather: i'm had heather childers. welcome to a brand-new hour.4,200 people on board that doomed ship. so far three bodies recovered from the sea. >> gregg: right now defense are combing the submerged decks. they are looking for anybody who still may be trapped below. accident happened off the west coast of italy sending water pouring in through a big gash in the hull. survivors describing a chaotic situation. >> 200 people were caught on the railing and fell and everybody was screaming. >> one of crew members, you need to stay on. that is when mark was saying, we don't need to stay on because it was sinking so fast. >> where we were standing was underwater. >> gregg burke is streaming live from rome. >> reporter: that's right. what a dramatic scene last night. hundreds of people jumping into the water. it's fortunate the ship was that close to the island, what is already a disaster that could have been so much terrible. they are talking about dozens of people not accounted for. we understand the ship's commander is being held. he hasn't been char

. >> heather: i'm heather childers. topping the news this hour.... >> from the occupied wall street chaos in california. protest leaders rallying to sue police what they say was hundreds of unlawful arrests. city is left to clean up the mess. >> a standoff with iran with the nuclear ambition to the united nations inspection teams. right now in tehran to try to get inside the nuclear site. we'll have a live report. >> a deadly avalanche in utah, snowboarders triggering it and we'll bring you the latest and latest weather conditions for the nation. >> gregg: right now, all eyes squarely on the state of florida republican primary is kicking off in less than 48 hours. battle getting fierce between the prisoners, mitt romney and newt -- front-runners. >> the real clear politics average, mitt any claiming 47% of the vote and the rasmussen poll showing romney's right 16% to 44%. carl cameron is live in sarasota florida. in your opinion nape wills and you saw romney's event. how is it going? >> she drawing big crowds. nape sinc

heather. >> heather: the u.s.y is taking a defiant stance overseas, announcing plans to convert this decommissioned warship into a floating base off the coast of iran. the ship will be used for humanitarian assistance in military operations, including confronting pirates off the coast of somalia. doug is live in washington with more on this. hi, doug. >> good evening. there is more useful purpose for position ago strip like that in the strait of hormuz, so special ops teams on small boats can be properly placed in order to respond in the event there are attempts to block it. the shipping question is the uss ponce, that was supposed to be decommissioned last december. but the navy put out an unusual no bid contract to retro fit the ship as a float forward staging base. in a statement the pentagon down played fears that this is a rapid response to some new provocative action by the iranians quote, while this work is being done in an expeditious fact, it is not accurate to surmise this signals a rush to meet combat r

. >> heather: i'm heather childers. congresswoman says she needs more time to recover from injuries that she suffered in a tragic shooting last january that left 12 others wounded and six people dead. >> gregg: in fact here is her message to constituents. >> i don't remember much on that horrible day, but i will never forget the trust that you had in me to be your voice. thank you for your prayers and for giving me time to recover. i have more work to do on my recovery. so for arizona, i will step down this week. i'm getting better every day. my spirit is high. i will return and we will work together for arizona and this great country. thank you very much. >> gregg: incredible courage. steve joins us live from the washington bureau with more. >> reporter: a very emotional statement from the congresswoman. we expect this week she'll give letters of resignation and this starts the ball rolling toward a special election to replace her. meantime, the congress read her for her courage and dedication. john boehner says i salu

. >> heather: i'm heather childers. two days before the first primary. many of the presidential candidates are making tracks all over the granite state right after a pair of intense debates in less than 24 hours. >> gregg: we have team coverage. molly is live with the ron paul campaign but first, let's start with carl cameron. carl, did the back-to-back debates change anything. >> it's hard to say when you think about it. last night there were college bowl games to contend with. many of the viewers and voters would come out and meet a candidate hand to hand as opposed to watching on tv. sunday morning debate for watching sunday talk shows but that is not always the way it goes. interesting footnote when it comes to exeter, new hampshire shows us in history this is where the republican history was founded in the mid 1800s. >> mitt romney was attacked when most of it rivals went at each other. he gave almost as good as he got and stuck to his message that its outside business experience that equips him for the presidency. >> you can describe it different w

could've had a v8. >> heather: welcome back.ck check of your headlines: five people now dead after two more bodies are pulled from the wreckage of a cruise ship in italy. 15 others still unaccounted for. the ship's captain is being held by police could spend more than a decade behind bars if he is charged with abandoning ship. a claim raised by some witnesses. >> the leader of the pakistani taliban reportedly killed in a u.s. drone strike. he died a few days ago. the taliban has denied that claim. >> gregg: you are not going to belief in one. search through an ohio bank vault uncovering historical treasure trove. this happened at the columbus headquarter earth of the huntington bank. an employee was rummaging through old vault boxes when he discovered checks signed by, george washington, mark twain, charles dickens and thomas edison. the top find may be a personal check that abraham lincoln wrote one day before he was assassinated. he made it out to himself for $800. >> amazing find. >> heather: lincoln may be a high profile cus

thanks for joining us. >> thank you, heather. >> heather: you heard the congressman say not do or die. in 2008 he finished fifth in south carolina with a 3.6% of the vote. this time last year he was polling in the single digits, now he has increased his popularity. what would be a good finish for you? >> he is right. it doesn't matter. he is the only evangelical in the race now which is going to be big in a lot of southern contests. he is the only veteran in the race. we think we're going to do very well. we are very encouraged about newt gingrich's rise because it busts it wide open. this is not over. that is very good for ron paul. there is no way that the nominee whoever it is can win a general election without ron paul's support and without his minion and no path for newt gingrich without ron paul's help because there are 500 and some delegates that will be chosen. newt gingrich is not even in the ballot in those states. we're in this to win. we will be players whatever happens. >> heather: so that being said, you said yourself without ron paul's support none else can win no one e

after heather's death she led the effort that resulted in the passing of heather's law, which made domestict in indiana high schools. >> i'm trying to educate the young people on what a healthy relationship is and the signs that they need to look for and what to do and that there's people out there that care and that there's resources for them to turn to. when you're in an abusive relationship and you decide to go back, you are going the hear the words "i'm sorry. i've changed. i'll never do it again. i love you." and you'll want to believe it. so you'd end up going back. and i believe that's what heather did. >> i mean, she loved me. i know she did. when she -- when she was -- after she got off me, i had stabbed her right here, she lay down. i held her in my arms. and before she died she said, "i love you." and those were her last words. >> during his sentencing one of the things that he did say was heather's last words were that "i love you, josh." i will never believe that. i have nightmares that heather's last moments was calling out for me to help her because she had done that so many

. >> reporter: heather bought her massachusetts home eight years ago. right now, she's fighting the bank to keep it. a date has been set to auction it off. >> when i heard people were losing jobs and whatnot in this economy, that i knew i could squeak by. but unfortunately that wasn't the case. >> reporter: heather's a single mom with a 14-year-old son named doni. >> leave it. >> reporter: she also takes care of her 80-year-old mother geraldine. >> it's not that i want to stay home and have a free house. i want to work. >> reporter: you're just a person who got stuck on hard times. you're not running away from your debt. >> no, i want to pay my bills. i want a payment i can afford. i want to pay my mortgage. did you have a good day? >> reporter: heather was laid off from a full-time job in sales for a beverage company. her new part-time job, even with help from her mother and ex-husband, isn't enough to make ends meet. >> i was just squeaking by. i'd pay on the 15th, you know, and then it turned into the 16th and then the 17th and then it would be like

heather. >> heather: thank you, peter doocy, reporting from washington. he seemed quiet at political debates. this week on monday, in fact, nbc asked a florida audience to refrain from saying anything as republican candidates duked it out on stage. newt gingrich says in the future, he won't even participate in debates where the audience is banned from speaking. good idea to have the audience cheering and clapping and participating or not? liz is an author, journalist and fox news contributor here with her commentary. liz, what do you think? >> good afternoon, gregg. i think why not? i mean, these debates have gotten really interesting, and it's a momentous chance for the electorate to get a look at these people and see how fast they are on their feet. what it has finally resulted in, however, the controversy and what newt gingrich is talk being is it's become really a fight between cable news and network television. let me read you a quote from the "new york times." cntwork executives from fox and cnn argue that regardless of the occasionally unruly crowd

still prefer to clip coupons out of the sunday paper, heather say that's fine.he bigger coupons you can find online and not in the paper. these sites are worth checking out. >>> now maryland's most powerful doppler radar radar. >> take a look, temperatures 31 degrees right now out at the airport. we are below the freezing mark. it's a critical concern for refreezing of those likely untreated surfaces. still a lot of snow and ice on the ground. let's take a closer look with our weather bug network across the state. we are in the upper 20s. eastern shore we're close to freezing in goldsborough. these temperatures are going to hover near freezing through most of the rest of the overnight. show you some of the scenery across the state today, man, looked like a january sunday. walking out this morning, man, it is definitely a lot. you ask yourself is that the beginning of a major shift in the weather pattern. are ewith finally seeing more steady conditions? the answer is no. look how glazed that up in ellicott city. refreezing and just some fine mist coming down out

citi, none of them heather hardy, a folk hero. [applause] >> she is already standing, so we cannot get her to stick out. heather was ceo of techcrunch, the company that announced 90% of these companies -- they announced their existence. techcrunch is the fabric of technology here in san francisco. heather just less rigid left the company and agreed to take the volunteer position as vice chairman of s.f. citi. before that, she was at news corp. and went to harvard business school. we are not holding out against her. in the meantime, we have an executive search going on for an executive director. in the meantime, it is important for everyone here to know that we have five people working full-time already for s.f. citi in an interim capacity. judge ginsburg, brian brokaw, alex turk, kelley oil and, and the sixth wheel is takes after stain. i do not know anyone at "the chronicle." however, this team is very well connected, they do their job and produced this great article today with "the chronicle." we are in good hands with the day t

so we personally have really enjoyed this partnership with heather. i'd just like everybody to join me in welcoming her. thank you. >> thank you so much, matt. secretary schultz and secretary richie, for having me. it was quite a way to spend caucus day this year. you can imagine. we actually called on teachers all across the state of iowa together we promoted this to every high school. we said when the whole country if not the world is watching elections, everyone is thinking and talking about it. let's use this moment to actually prepare our students to participate in it, as well. so we provided free resources on that day to run mock caucuses. they happened at over 25 schools across the state of iowa and then in west des moines, secretary schultz and i got to guest host the mock caucus and we had over 600 students, over 350 media outlets showed up to live stream and record the work that was being done. and all the candidates who were running for office also showed up. so it was fun for us, but i have to admit that day was also incredibly special for

i can't do it no more, i can't. >> heather has impressed the staff with her dedication so far. right now, she is headed to her job at an east side dollar store, one she landed only after being turned down at 30 other places. >> like i was pathetic trying to apply for their store that is how it made me feel. >> heather admits she has let a lot of people down in the past. burped a lot of blames, she has tried and failed other programs. so, why does this one seem to be sticking? it's them, she says not her. >> the biggest thing i get from this house is love. they showed me what is it is like to love. >> normal mommy duties. >> no guarantee that the success is permanent and heritage home has seen more than one mom fail to get back on her feet. still they keep trying to because the payoff is great. invest in one person. >> how much you can love your kid. >> end up turning two life lives around. >> way tonight say it one more time, 25 years old, on the streets 11 years, that means it started when she was 14. a long road still ahead of her, we bish her the best. a note to our viewer a

>> between... >> between heather and i. >> between us?ehow i doubt that. >> (laughs) >> the state of the union is a speech to congress and this congress has been incredibly challenging for this president. they have not agreed to do any of the things he put on the table and importantly none of the things to focus on job creation. >> most disappointing thing to me, some of the things we saw last night were three years old which means they didn't go through when democrats controlled all of congress, they're certainly not going to go through now. >> ifill: doug holtz eakin, heather boushey, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> brown: next: romance, drama and some very direct messages about health care. it's all part of a spanish- language soap opera that takes its viewers well beyond the usual storylines. "newshour" health correspondent betty ann bowser explains. >> reporter: it's a sad day for alicia. she has just learned she is dying from colon cancer. alicia's boyfriend don juancho is overcome with grief. he knows if she'd sought medical

heather says that's fine. you'll find the bigger ones online, not in the paper, so these sites are worth checking out so you don't waste your money. >>> all right. foggy night, no question about that. tough to see in spots. the fog worse in some spots than others. it tends to go in waves where it descends a little bit. 36 at bwi. the wind is nearly calm, southeast at three. visibility a big fat zero in the seven area, so definitely foggy out. that fog at times getting thicker, at times lifting a bit. we'll continue to see this through the overnight hours, especially now that we have no daylight to help out. laurel today snow slowly melting with above freezing temperatures here at the high school annex but the fog is the big story. this is the contrast. fresh snow on the ground. look at the sunshine in western maryland earlier today. no question about it. we do have clearer weather on the way. they're up above 50. a few showers still pushing east. we've got rain over the beaches but that's about it. across cent

heather smith received a b.a. with honors in economics and public policy from duke university. now, we have asked heather to come speak to us today, more specifically to talk about how we can have voter outreach with rock the vote and young voters. i would like to -- before she comes up, speak more specifically about the partnership that the state of iowa has put together with rock the vote with the caucuses on january 3rd we had a great event called rock the caucus. we brought to it a high school in des moines. we had 600 kids there. we actually went out of our way to print t-shirts to make it a more specific event for them. and i'll just show you. and so all the kids got a t-shirt. we had michele bachmann, ron paul, rick santorum, and the romney boys all come and speak. it was a great event. and i think it was a great way to show how we can work with groups like rock the vote. and out of that, we have begun a new class in iowa called rock iowa. and we're taking the democracy class from rock the vote and incorporating it with our own iowa education. and if you go to the secret

. >>> it has been a long and trying day for the family of a missing woman. 27-year-old heather was located today safe and found. peggy fox has more on this unfolding story. >> they were walking through the trail. >> search teams on the ground, in the air, and on the potomac river spent the first two days of 2012 looking for 27-year-old heather beatty. the mother of two little girls and wife of an army soldier disappeared around 5:00 p.m. new year's day. her husband reported her missing at 7:30. his concern about her walking off into the woods from their home on the base prompted the massive search. it included 40 uniformed soldiers. the coast guard, and fairfax county emergency teams. >> there are guards out here in fairfax county. they are trying to help. >> no dogs. just them walking and keeping an eye on the search. >> keep an eye out. >> for what? >> for blond haired lady, short hair. >> a team of five was seen searching just outside fort belvoir a few miles south of mt. vernon. one of the searchers spotted her around 2:00 just walking on the base. she has since been reunited with her

by the magna lone liberal rumble tonight i'm joined by heather servo conservative strategist associate a blueskin solutions and blogger heather sermon dot com and chris allman conservative commentator and activist welcome back to both feel it's get into this mitt romney is definitely wall street's favorite guy he's got more money from wall street than all the other presidential candidates republican and democrat at the federal level you know for the president combined he's got six hundred thousand bucks just in the first three quarters of two thousand and one or two thousand and rather president obama has only gotten two hundred thousand and he's number two wall street is banking on the republicans when in the white house seventy percent their money is going to republicans so far it's the most lopsided spending that we've seen from wall street since they became a major player in the political arena over the last twenty years so for publicans when this year wall street wins big right. you know i i don't see any problem i don't see why democrats think money is a bad thing in politics i t

. >> i'm heather holmes and that road in the oakland hills was no match for the combination of last night's storm and a water- main break. ktvu's noelle walker hive where a portion of that road collapsed and she tells us when repairs might be completed. >> reporter: heather, they are really planning to work on this all night. take a look behind me. you can see utility crews are working on repairing that 4" water main. they are having a bit of trouble because the landslide is still shifting, but they are hoping to have the water back up and running by 2:00 a.m. the stickato rhythm of the jack haller is not the best sound for dinner and not conducive for sleeping, but it's the soothing sound of progress. east bay municipal crews are working into the night to repair a wait main break, along with the heavy rain overnight contributed to a landslide in the oakland hills. >> it was dry and we wanted water, so we got a lot of water. fortunately, no one was hurt and the damage is min mall. >> reporter: 55 currents with without running water and they are reverting to boy scout tactics, using bottles.

heather zeal as in zeal for life. she is so busy we will to catch her getting her hair done. >> just do it. >> reporter: she says losing a job pushed her to open new doors. >> it takes a lot of courage to step outside of the box, think out received the outside of the box. >> reporter: like entering a pageant where she finished runner up. >> every woman is nervous. >> reporter: no longer quiet she is taking center stage with true house wives where they race thousands of dollars for local charities and they make million of friends. have you to wonder if facebook was invented for her. >> i think it was. i was able to build this network and connect people and women in a positive way. >> reporter: when she doesn't volunteer every night of the week she spends the rest of the time with her stepdaughter. >> she has down syndrome. >> reporter: fairy tales do come true if they looks in the mirror who does she like the heather today or at 21? >> this one. absolutely. >> absolutely. all right. if you want to net play with the tru

. >> i am heather holmes. >> a rally to mark the