matt wolfer and paul bowers are planning to spend a week being homeless in columbia, south carolina. but before going for a week, they decided to go on a test run. and that's when they ran into some trouble while trying to sleep in a park. three men with guns tried to rob them. >> wasn't quite sure what was going on until we saw the guns and realized more of their intent. >> he had it pointed at me at my chest. they were asking for cell phones, wallets. we don't have anything. >> i heard paul get slapped and then shoved. >> matt looked over and he got pistol-whipped a couple of times. >> wolfer and bower says their experience shows how vulnerable the homeless are. they also say that they still plan to follow through with their experiment to be homeless for a week. >>> the state of maryland may begin recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other states. in an opinion issued this week, state attorney general said that maryland could recognize the marriages but also said that his opinion was meant to guide the courts and is not the law of state. >> much like a driver's license. peop

matt wolfer and paul bauers are planning to spend a week being homeless. before going for a week they decided to take a test run when they ran into trouble. while they were trying to sleep in a park, three men with guns tried to rob them. >> wasn't quite sure what was going on until we saw the guns and realized more of their intent. >> they were asking for cell phones wallets, we don't have anything. >> i heard paul get slapped and then shoved. >> matt looked over and got and shoved. >> the two guys say their experience shows how vulnerable the homeless are. they say they plan to follow through with their experiment to be homeless for a week. >>> hair can be a big part of a woman's self-image, so losing it can be devastating. hln's christie paul has the story of one woman who is changing lives one wig at a time. making her a leader with heart. >>> mika hill is helping women who have loved their hair feel beautiful again. >> it's treemly important for a woman to feel like a woman. not only look, but to actually feel like a woman. >> reporter: through her pe

homeless people, little children. she was just -- >> larry: how's the dog doing? >> terrible. crying every day. crying and crying. >> larry: what kind of wife was she? >> not a typical one. if you asked her for a meal then she would give you something to order from. if you asked her for a -- she said blue would be nice. i did hair and makeup for movies. i dressed -- i guess that's where this thing comes from. it was our magic time in the trailer. >> she never liked being alone from her loved ones. >> larry: i hope you get it all finalized.

do we know how many are homeless?illion people on the streets right now. but you have to add to that number the people that before the events of january were already homeless and that are regrouping with the people that are new on this. so you should have around 2 million people on the streets right now. >> larry: mr. prime minister, what's the biggest challenge you face right now? >> right now is to give shelters to all those people on the streets. as you know until now we didn't have rain in haiti. we are very worried about the that. not only for safety but public health reasons. more than 1 million people on the streets and there is no toilets, no restroom. worried about the public health safety. we are working hard in order to try to move those people in a safer place. >> larry: thank you, mr. prime minister. we'll call on you again. we appreciate the time. prime minister jean-max bellerive, prime minister, thank you, of haiti. deepak chopra is next. don't go away. ♪ well, look who's here. it's ellen. hey, mayor w

he's helped a lot of homeless people in this area, too. >> reporter: in the central district downtown, violent crime is rare. last year when there were several violent acts against innocent people at the inner harbor, mount vernon and the belvedere area, the police commissioner assigned more officers to the area. this murder surprised young city residents. >> i mean it is a beautiful area. i walk down to the harbor from mount vernon where i live. i just never would think that would happen here. >> terribly unfortunate. no one should lose their life doing something that's right. >> reporter: police spent the day looking through city and bank security cameras to see if the murder was captured on tape. police say they do not have a suspect yet, but they are hoping that the men who were with the shooter, maybe they didn't know a gun was going to be fired and will come forth and help police solve this case. adam, back to you on tv hill. >> all right, suzanne, thanks. the security company is shocked and saddened by the loss of officer ball and are cooperating with police in the investigatio

the homeless man is expected to be just fine. >>> from reality tv stars to real-life heroes.amous duggar family, josh and john duggar helped save a young girl who was injured in a car accident. they noticed the girl and her grandmother pull into the parking lot of their used car business. the little girl was unconscious so josh called 911 and john performed cpr on her. paramedics arrived a few minutes later. the duggars say they don't see themselves as heros. >> i don't believe in coincidences. i believe in divine intervention. i think god really had us here at that time to help matty. >> matty is now in critical condition at a hospital. the same hospital where the duggar newest sister was born back in december. >>> just ahead on "news4 at 4," speaking out. >> what michelle obama has to say when she goes one-on-one with nbc news. >>> plus, why a prominent medical journal is retracting a research paper about a serious childhood illness. >>> and we'll introduce you to america's newest skiing superstar. >>> one of the u.s. olympic ski team's biggest hopefuls thinks this could be

are focused in three key areas, and those areas are access, claims processing, and eliminating homelessnessesident obama commitment to our nation's veterans. this is the second year of the large increase in the v.a. budget. when you measure the increase in the discretionary budget of 2009, the increase is 20.3%. the highlight within that 20.3% includes a discretionary increase of 7.6% in 2011 that is made up of an unprecedented increase in the budget for the veterans' benefits administration, which goes up by 27% between 2010 and 2011. and also an increase in the medical care budget that totals 8.5%. within these totals, our priorities remain the same as they were when we rolled out the 2010 budget last year. those priorities are benefits and claims processing. within benefits in claims processing, let me take a moment to talk about in terms of entitlement and discretionary spending. for entitlement spending, the president's budget includes $15.8 billion in new money for 2010 and 2011 to pay the claims related to the new agent orange presumptions. out of the $13.4 billion, the vast majority

kids love totino's party pizzas. . >>> had he left more than a million homeless.ion is giving them a reprieve. >> we all çsaw the images. >> instinct made us help. >> to people living in the united states without documentation. >> they receive work authorization which fables them to lawfully seek employment in the united states. and then also. a grant them legal status for the duration of their 18 month stay. >> the obama administration's new policy is for us who are here after the united states. >> for people around the globe. every time there is a tragedy. >> they are believed to be in the u.s. illegally. and they would like to seek more refuge here. >> how much can we absorb and what is the burden put on the social services and taxation system: our job is to help them get through the process. and not by issue. >> here at the resource center in brooklyn, new york. they can get help with all immigration issues but most of the requests are the seam. >> they have family memberless in haiti and they are sleeping in the street. and with a hundred family. they have c

plan to eliminate homeless veterans. increasing quality and safety. it provides an unprecedented increase in v.b.a., which shows the serioustons which the president and secretary are devoting to claims processing and the backlogs in v.b.a. and the nols our cemeteries so that we can provide more internment for our veterans in the future. thank you. . >> any time we denied the claim and the condition was subject with presumptive. we needed to re-adjudicate the claims. what that means is that we will pay retroactive benefits in many cases to veterans that go back some 20 years. that is why there is such a large payout in 2010. >> i believe our next question is from adam levine. >> can you talk more about the time of implementing the software for the gi bill processing and the medical claims processing? what is the goal for hiring 4000 more processors? >> roger baker will enter the first part. >> the goal for the new software would go a long term solution -- solution for chapter 33 would introduce first functionality on april 1. full functionality would b

guy playing spider-man or a regular guy playing wet homeless spider-man?rn how to fight. because i'm very nonconfrontational person. i don't like conflict. and my whole approach to marriage was really simple, actually. my wife will do something that drives me insane. i won't say anything. and then, later, i'll die of cancer. you can't do that. you have to get in there. and then you have kids that changes everything. what i find is weird about having kids isn't even so much the things that i say that i never, ever thought i would say. but the things that i say in white knuckled rage. i'll pretend i'm a kitten when you finish your juice! i almost killed my family once driving down the freedway. nobody likes shrek anymore than anybody else! and then when you do have kids you meet this person who is my favorite person. now, listen, i don't have kids, but i know exactly what you're going through. because my cat is just like a kid. really? when was the last time you laid awake at 4:00 in the morning because you were beating yourself up over saying something that

no homeless guy is getting a free cigarette from me. they cost crift -- 50 cents a smoke and i will not give that up. the other thing, prescription medication. i had a back problem and dropped a per cassette in front of refrigerator. it dropped into the borick as said i put down for the roach because i had one roach, and i couldn't throw it away. it landed in the borick acid and i wiped it off with a napkin. i didn't want to know when i was taking it, so i p ut it back with the other ones and i swirled it around. >> you are addicted to pills and you live in a hubble, and you make fun of me in my living situation? there are three hypoder mick needles that are dirty. >> did you say you smoke homeless guy cigarettes? that's worse. >> that helps -- bill, that helps him livelonger. are we too obsessed by hygiene? >> i think we are. there are cultures that eat with their hands. there are cultures that would cease to exist if they ate something that fell on the floor. we could learn something from our neighborhood hobos. you can eat trash, jus

it offers medical services, it's a home that also offers medical services for the homeless in nashua.ow this screen here about how much this costs. not all that much compared to some other projects, but your call. $1.8 million total we're seeing there, three full-time jobs created, six part-time jobs created to work with the homeless, and they say there's other benefits as well, keeping people off the streets, hopefully helping rehabilitate people to get them into the workforce. it's a snapshot there, betty, and you can say it's a good use of stimulus funding, i don't think it's a good use of stimulus funding, a lomb of people have opinions but we are seeing projects. >> it's subjective, when you look at the solar project and no jobs created, and you say, wow, is the stimulus paying off. but if it does well, hopefully it will create jobs in the long run, a way of balancing it out. >> you got it. >>> speaking of your money, we'll have a check of the markets. rankings. seems like a lot of work to play catch up. the award winning chevy malibu. offering 33 miles per gallon highway. may th

i certainly don't like to see homeless people.o capitol hill, both houses will have hearings on the proposal. hopefully there will be more detail than we have so far. this is a budget request. congress has to authorize the money and appropriate it. it's a lot of money, it's $100 billion over the next five years. the budget starts at 18.7 and goes up to $20 billion by the end of the run-out. host: what is the reality that congress will cancel this program? guest: now the reality is the people of congress in those states where the constellation program is centered, will fight hart -- hard to keep that money coming into their districts and states. and people with other interests like the homeless may fight as equally hard to divert some funds to their programs. it's the classic congressional battle. host: one more comment from a view or twitter, i am for space program but if you privatize it, then private sectors should pay for all of it. will the private sector have to put in money on this effort? guest: yes they will, the budget wi

homelessness is our next area of focus and priority.uded in the 2011 budget is a $294 million increase as part of our five-year plan for eliminating homelessness. it brings the total for this effort to $799 million in 2011 or just short of $800 million. this $800 million in 2011 will be used for permanent transitional community-operated and va-operated housing programs that include homeless grants and per diem. the hud va supportive housing program. and outreach new domicileary programs for low-incomed veterans. access continues to be an area of focus and priority for the department. let me highlight three components of the access strategy included in the 2011 budget. first, telehealth. in the veterans health administration there's an increase of $42 million in 2011 to enhance our efforts in telehealth that will improve access to care and quality of care especially for our veterans who live in rural areas. also in vha, we will be activating 39 major construction or leases across the country that will provide new services to veterans to

we also have a focus on migrant students, homeless students, english learners, but we purposely did nottween formula and competitive programs. under the 2010 budget, $20.8 billion is formula-driven with 4.2 invested in funding streams. the budget will be 20.34 formula-driven programs. -- 20.3 for formula driven programs. we have lost the slide, since i was told i cannot go backwards. here are the programs i mentioned earlier, which we are not consolidating, but we would like to work with congress to insure these programs are more focused on the outcomes for the students they are designed to help, so we will be looking to work with congress on that. we do have an increase in existing competitive funding for the english learner program, which is designed to help ensure we can tackle improving teacher quality for english learners and invest in research around strategies for improving english lerner's success. as the secretary mentioned, the budget contemplates historic increases in student aid, including an increase in the pellett grant, as the senate -- on the pell grant. this includes th

. >>> some of the dc homeless refused shelter from the storm. homeless people use the overhang of an office building and some used cardboard and newspaper as extra insulation from the cold. >>> hundreds in california are urged to leave their homes. they are under mandatory evacuation orders as rain threat threats to trigger mudslides. deputies asked the residents to accept the risk they are taking by signing waivers. >>> toyota seems to have a new problemmer day. safety officials say they are looking in to complaints from corolla owners. congress was scheduled to hear testimony today on toyota's recall of more than 8 million cars but our weather postponed the hearing. >>> we'll check the drive on plain roads in the area coming up. >>> and days of closings can be days without hot meals for families in the school lunch program. it is 5:52. here's howard. >>> we will have more days of closings because the winter storm is not done yet. more winds and damaging snow this afternoon. blizzard warnings going up for some at 10:00. devon lucie is joining m

first, our area is seeing an urgent and agrowing need for people to take in homeless pets. the tough economy has more families abandoning their animals and fewer people are able to adopt. a local animal shelter is turning to volunteers who can give some poor cats and dogs a loving, if only temporary home. here's more of this new kind of foster care program. >> reporter: meet chalky, glenda and the ever playful ping. the frisky felines are in kitty heaven. it's hard to tell who's enjoying this arrangement more. >> just seeing how well they interact with each other and the baby and the dog has been reetly neat. >> reporter: they have opened their home to as many as six foster cats and sick animals in need of recovery. many of whom otherwise would have been waiting to be adopted. part of a new strategy being employed by the washington humane society, to combat the overcrowding of slter animals due to the down turn in the economy. whf officials say they've been overwhelmed by the increase of pets. dogs and cats in despera needs of homes. they have a network of 210 foster famili

bullock is known for a sassy southern mom who change the life of a homeless black teenager. many predict she will win but could take home a razzie award also for the role in the movie all about speed.

the government said that their priority is to provide shelter for those left homeless. he prime minister said that it is not clear how a large numbers living under plastic sheeting and cardboard bill be given housing. a bomb has killed at least 13 people in a police convoy in northwest pakistan. some of the reports speak of a roadside bomb, others of a suicide bomber that ran his car into a vehicle carrying police. tensions have escalated in sri lanka since the rest of the retired general, the opposition candidate in lt month's election. supporters, despite a security presence, were forced away. the general's wife has now visited him in detention. from colombo, we have this. >> i was the kind of fixed battle that the city does not normally see. these are supporters of the government, who had heard that opponents were planning to demonstrate. these are the opposition supporters, here to protect the general in cop -- fossett -- cars -- in incarceratio the government says that it is these people that started the stone-throwing. opposition supporters were indignant. once it

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it brought mud and more misery to nearly 600,000 homeless people living tent camps around port-au-princeand overnight, eight american missionaries who'd been accused of child kidnapping returned to the u.s. they flew to miami on a u.s. air force plane, before going on to final destinations in texas, missouri and idaho. they could still be called back to haiti for more questioning. two others, including the group leader, remained in jail. they face a haitian court hearing tomorrow. and joining us now is the united nations point man for haiti humanitarian efforts, under- secretary-general john holmes. mr. holmes, you've just recently been to haiti. what's your assessment 5r the relief and recovery efforts so far? >> i think you can say that we've made very good progress in some areas. i think we've solved a lot of the immediate emergency medical problems one way or the other with a lot of help from many organizations around the world. i think we're where we need to be in terms of provision of fresh water. we can still do a bit better but watter is not a problem. i think food is out there i

orcas for killing a trainer back in 1981 after a woman fell into their pool and in 1991 it killed a homeless man who jumped into the pool after park hours. >>> more headlines from across the nation tonight. a man who opened fire on police in central california is dead inside his house. this after a day-long standoff and a fierce exchange of gunfire. the police say the man killed one officer and citly wounded another -- critically wounded another. >>> al qaeda was calling the shots for the attack last fall in new york city. it was designed to be like the one in 2005 in london's subway bombings. >>> a massachusetts prosecutor wants a new investigation into amy bishop and the killing of her brother back in 1986. that death was originally ruled an accident. bishop is now the woman accused of killing three faculty colleagues at the university of alabama huntsville. >>> crossing the line or just good kind of clean fun? caught on tape two teachers getting down and dirty in front of their students. >>> plus we put moms, teens and even bus drivers to the text. the frightening results when people try

and in 1999, the scratched and bruised body of the homeless man was found draped over tilikum. >> even though that he has had two incidents, we're very careful about how we have worked with them. never getting into the water with the animal. >> janet choy, cbs news. >>> they have suspended their killer whale show indefinitely. in orlando and san diego. for and in less than haflg an hour, a community in silver springs will gather for a candle light visual against violence. they are outraged by the rape of the 11-year-old girl. police say that two men grabbed the 6 sixth grader tuesday night as they were playing in a park near their home. they said that they dragged them to the apartment at carol avenue and raped her. officers have arrested both suspects. new at six, another high school teacher charged with vielating out there and submitting the court for the ongoing sexual relationship with one of the male students. >> the damage that has been called by the family in the school. in the community, without being out there. >> reporter: they agreed to give her probation before the judgment

health workers say the disease is sweeping through the encampments of the homeless in and around port-au-prince. more than a million haitians lost their homes in the quake. also this week, the haitian government said the death toll could reach 300,000. meanwhile, haitian and u.s. officials are debating recent cases of americans adopting haitian children. it is unclear how many children were orphaned, but unicef says that even before the earthquake, 380,000 haitian children were either orphans or had been abandoned. new clashes this week between israeli soldiers and palestinians after israel added religious sites in the west bank to its list of national heritage sites. the most controversial addition is known to jews and christians as the cave of the patriarchs-- the traditional burial site of abraham, isaac, and jacob in hebron. but the site is also revered by muslims who call it the al- ibrahimi mosque. israel's action sparked several days of riots and protests. u.s. officials called the israeli move "provocative and unhelpful" to the peace process. in washington, as legislators met with presi

people made homeless by the quake. their plight was just part of the backdrop.se people are american, says this man. the whole world just wants to know what will happen to the americans. when the missionaries emerged hours later, some were still smiling, even after receiving the bad news. the police vehicles sped off with cameras in hot pursuit. they'd expected to be headed out of the country. in fact, their lawyer in the dominican republic had even chartered them a plane to take them out. but for now, they're headed back to jail. bail is possible but rarely granted here. a verdict could come in as little as three months, although a magistrate has the authority to free the americans earlier. worst case scenario? 15 years for each kidnapping count. each conspiracy count carries a maximum penalty of nine years. >> too surprised. why am i surprised? because, really, these people are innocent. >> reporter: as the americans were shuffled back into their cells, no comment and no idea if or when they'll be free. david wright, abc news, port-au-prince. >>> north korea s

i certainly don't like to see homeless people. and i know we have a huge homeless problem in this country. i don't think cutting funding for space programs is the way to solve the homeless problem. host: allen from maryland. caller: good morning greta and frank. frank, keep up the good work, god bless you, and know that the help is on the way, calvary will arrive. in america the capability to organize a space mission is the same quality to provide a relief effort to haiti and a disaster situation. i want your c-span audience to consider, if you eliminate the space program in any way, you could kiss civilization good-bye. host: let's here from republican, carl. caller: good morning, i think it's disgraceful and a shame that obama administration has set aside the exploration of the moon and mars beyond and allow india and russia and another nation to plant a flag on these civilizations. and the united states to continue to go down the hill. and i disagree with the gentleman with the ufo's because there are too many unexplained situa

louis, a minister visits the homeless in the freezing temps here. why? because in and around the city the number of homeless jumped 31% from last year. here in georgia, at least 1 in 8 families don't get enough food to maintain a healthy life. and one of the main reasons why americans are homeless and hungry, no jobs. just an hour ago we learned half a million more americans filed for unemployment last week, but even in the bleak environment there are people trying to help. a grassroots group working to end hunger, and also joining us, spiritual teacher and author is kicking off a conference this weekend where we are talking about where you can get involved to be part of the movement to do something. we put in so much money to bailing out banks and big companies, and yet every single night a child here in our country goes hungry. >> well, i think that's the point. it's not just the mechanics of our government that is broken. it's the intention of our government that has become so corrupted. money has such an over influence. when you are talking about the

people made homeless by the quake. today, their plight was just part of the backdrop. "these people are american," says this man. "the whole world just wants to know what will happen to the americans." when the missionaries emerged hours later, some were still smiling, even after receiving the bad news. the police vehicles sped off with cameras in hot pursuit. they were expecting to leave haiti. in fact, the lawyer in the dominican republic had even chartered them a plane to get them out. but for now, they're headed back to jail. bail is possible but rarely granted here. a verdict could come in as little as three months, although a magistrate has the authority to free the americans earlier. worst case scenario? 15 years for each kidnapping count. each conspiracy count carries a maximum penalty of nine years. >> why am i surprise? really, these people are innocent. >> reporter: tonight, as the americans were shuffled back into their cells, no comment and no idea if or when they'll be free. this evening, the u.s. ambassador to haiti paid a call to the compound, though he

or mental health policy that might contribute to homelessness, or thinking about the big picture at the same time that you're acting locally. that is very important. >> right here at the front. >> so we have measured the role that languages play in global affairs. i'd like to talk about distribution requirements for a quick second. it is not because i am a senior in my last semester. i was wondering, because distribution requirements seem to be the core of the liberal arts education, that we explore areas that we normally wouldn't. as many requirements, this can be seen as restrictive. i was wondering what your opinion was, how we can achieve that compromise between having this wonderful nols place at the same time dealing with the bureaucracy that may be preventing us from achieving the things we were intended to achieve? [laughter] >> i am not a president. >> so we were having this conversation over lunch, what he would to in terms of requirements for students. we have a lot of requirements. we have a core curriculum. what are the advantages and disadvantages. you can probably all

safest way is to walk 50 feet above sea level and the good mayor even provided buses to take the homeless to a safe area. >> all a part of a model that you had because this s an active area in terms of earthquakes and you get tsunamis from alaska and chile and even local tsunamis as well. you did an excellent job. >> you are over 6 feet tall. is that the biggest playor that exists in the united states? >> he is huge! >> the tallest and singingest mayor in america. >> let's hear a song. ♪ we are hawaii, we are forever, we will always say aloha to you ♪ >> geraldo they want you to know bring the tourists back, it's safe. >> come on back. general lee and i welcome you back. >> geraldo: thank you, mr. mayor. thank you, general, craig. >> michio thank you so much. you really make science understandable and i really do appreciate it and i hope to continue a relationship with you. ♪ >> where is my grass skirt? >> don't give me any ideas. >> a note of levity we end a serious show. it is the jewish holiday of coming up at the temple in cleveland they will auctioning off a boat ride i will offer in

they said the 41-year-old victim was homeless and speculate he either passed out or had fallen asleepon the tracks. his identity has not been released. >> in project economy, there is good news on the job front. the unemployment rate in january dropped below 10% for the first time in months. president obama hailed the news carefully. >> visiting a heating contractor in maryland, president obama was happy about the numbers. >> these numbers are cause for hope, but not celebration. far too many of our neighbors and friends and family are still out of work. >> with -- but 541,000 americans found jobs. retailers added 42,000, the most since november 2007. joblessness fell to 9.7%. some of that was seasonal, and another survey showed 20,000 jobs lost. >> it did not give me any basis for feeling that things are in great shape. >> white house officials are upbeat. >> i think it is unquestionably an encouraging sign. >> to put things in perspective, it was worse than we knew, 8.4 million jobs lost, not 7 million since december 2007, and the problem persists. >> the missing link is lack of hir

. >>> cold snowy nights means thousands of people are showing up at homeless shelters.uckily, the number of volunteers doubled this year. >>> ohio cops got drunk to help train their fellow officers. it was to give them practice doing field sobriety test. after five drinks, five, this officer failed every single one. i can imagine, she's tiny. she blew out .11 on the breathalyzer. well over the legal limit. >> we really hope they get a better understanding of how to deal with an impaired driver and to be able to win once they are in court. >> the horizontal gaze. it's 77% accurate when done correctly. >>> you know, with all the safety issues, would you buy a toyota now? the company is making offers they hope you will not refuse. jennifer westhoven is here. >> good morning. the push to move toyotas and dealers saying we have a lot of cars here. we have to do something with them. one is $1,000 off a new camry. most of the deals seem to be in the area of leasing. toyota dealers are making leasing one of the cars more attractive. they have the bells and whistles like zero pe

the plow the city would have used to keep the homeless shelter open tonight. the plow it would have used to help clear public roads. >> just don't make sense. it's really ludicrous when someone comes in and takes the pumps. these trucks are parked here all night long. and we get up in the morning to go out to plow and find something like this. it's unbelievable. >> reporter: the bolts were left behind and the wires were cut. last week, the same $2600 part on another truck was also stolen before last week's snowstorm. >> last week, they tried to take the whole plow, but apparently the plow was too heavy for them to take. >> reporter: the plow parts were not stolen from a truck parked by the road, where people might see them going by. instead, it was here in the middle of the lot. but little did the thief know that there is a security camera trained right on this area. and the tape is being checked. >> reporter: police are investigating. >> we'll be looking around at some of the snow plowers we know. we'll be looking around, talking to them, and see if anyone ha

>> reporter: bullock is nominated for her role as a sassy southern mom who changes the life of a homelesslack teenager. many predict she will win but she could also take home a razzie award for her role in another movie. >>> a look at the local buzz, we will have more on that tomorrow. we want to know what is going on in your neck of the woods. visit me at oh my goff.tv and submit stuff to share on air today. now over to bruce and andrea with more on the school closings and delays. >>> the big question for a lot of people this morning do i have to go to school. >> let's get the latest. start in maryland --

more than 1.5 million people are now homeless. many people spent the night sleeping in the streets.r strong aftershock. and of course, you know, that earthquake in chile set off a tsunami warning across the pacific. millions of people were glued to their tv sets. scientists predicted when it would hit. ron is here with a look at how did they do that? ron? >> in the seven years since the tsunami in indonesia, they have really come a long way in how to predict a tsunami. yesterday, it was put to the test. for the most part, they got it right. for almost an hour, it seemed all eyes were fixed on the sea. >> hawaii is under a tsunami -- >> continue to monitor. >> with the waves. >> they headed for high ground. >> reporter: cable networks carried it live from hawaii. spectators perched on cliffs. it may be the most watched wave ever. and it arrived right on time, 11:19 in hawaii. exactly when scientists predicted it would some 13 hours earlier. there were just some seven to nine-foot waves. >> we have canceled the warning for the hawaiian islands. >> reporter: hawaii dodged a bullet. as

homeless people, little children. she's just -- she was just -- >> larry: how's the dog doing?ay. crying and crying. >> larry: what kind of wife was she? >> not a typical one. if you asked her for a meal, then she would give you something to order from. if you asked her for a shirt, she'd say blue would be nice. i did her hair and makeup for movies. i dressed her. i guess that's where the svengali comes from. it was our

karen sagel, debbie attman, 1600 people, a record crowd all for the benefit of health care for the homeless. we thank everyone who came out last night. and thank you guys. have a great weekend! from attman's east lombard street and horseradish line, have a great weekend! >> thank you, buddy. >> super bowl sunday is the second day for food consumption in this day. second only to thanksgiving. >> that is an incredible stat. yesterday i was talking down at momma's on the half shell, and max's tap house, they're expecting all weekend long enormous crowds and they're expecting super bowl to come off without a hitch. i would expect a lot of neighborhood places where foot traffic is king are going to have a banner weekend. look, we're talking about a major winter weather event on a weekend. you know, there is a plus side to this. >> certainly is. >> let's move into the break. >> we'll be talking about the super bowl in a minute. still to come on our morning edition. >> reporter: super bowl sunday isn't just about the big game. americans love their super bowl commercials. i'm derek valcourt, i'll g

they'll be targeting what officials describe as hard-to-reach groups like immigrants and the homelesss every ten years is used to determine how much federal money communities receive for things like hospitals,çó schools, emergency services, and social programs.xd >>> by this time tomorrow, one of the national zoo's most popular animals will be settling down in a new home. tai shan, the giant panda, is leaving for china tomorrow morning. hundreds of visitors turned out for his last day on exhibit here. tai shan was born at the zoo almost five years ago.ñrÑi he's being sent to china to become part of a breeding program there. he will be missed. >> kind of sad to see him go, but neat to see that he's going to go and be part of something bigger in china for the panda population. >> i followed a lot of the animals here at the zoo, but i've never seen anything like the draw that tai shan has been able to create. >> well, they need to bring another one so they can bring more people to the zoo.Ñi >> tai shan is scheduled to leave the zoo in a fedex cart about 9:00 tomorrow morning. he'll go t

into adoption, but that these kids could be cared for, they could be educated, that they are not homelesshey are nurtured. >> larry: that sounds like a great idea. >> it does. and they are working on some type of format like that. >> larry: related to adoption. >> exactly. in florida, they're trying to develop a plan where the children could be taken care of, taken care of medically and psychologically. >> larry: t-boz, would you foster a child before you could adopt? >> yes, i would love to. i just want to help in some kind of way. if i could do that, i would love to. >> larry: all right. we're going to take a break. we're going to keep t-boz and marty with us. and we'll be joined by, when we come back with, michelle bond of the state department, dealing with overseas citizens and their involvement. and also, we'll meet the president of nights bridge international, a nonprofit dedicated to humanitarian assistance. right back. sir? finding everything okay? i work for a different insurance company. my auto policy's just getting a little too expensive. with progressive, you get the "name yo

homelessness. just to survive they to go to a soup kitchen.se same young women their brothers, uncle, fathers were tortured on the death march, slaughtered like fish in a barrel on the beaches of norman they were tremendously traumatized by that and the main kids would never have to go through anything like that again. these are mothers who had suffered their whole lives. they consider a home with a white picket fence to be the dream of a lifetime. they lavished enormous amount of love on their kids. they gave them anything they wanted. gave them all the attention they wanted. these kids grew up getting their own way. >> sean: i watch this and it reminded me of my parents. my father grew up poor. it was a big deal he signed up for world war ii. fought for four years in the pacific. it was a big deal for him to get a 50 x 100 lot, a cape cod house, four kids, three older sisters and one bathroom, not good. but this was the -- were they too indulgent because of their experiences? >> i think that is is right. that's what we explain in the film. w

joblessness, homelessness, what do you care, they're suckers.ike a man-made iceburg and we're heading right towards it. we just see fairly calm seas, all the money printing. but beneath the surface, all these secret bets and no money by the trillions, hidden below. and don't think that just you or i can get in on the scam, if we could, we could start a bank right now, we would have a good time. you actually have to have a huge asset base like our bank deposits or a huge insurance base, which only aig and citigroup have, which comes in very handy, by the way, when you want to blackmail the government into leaving the bill with the taxpayer, when you can't pay the losses. because you're like, well, either i wipe out all the life insurance, all the bank deposits and everything else stop lending, or you just give me all the money. don't worry, we're sure congress is going to get around to cleaning this mess up, as soon as they actually start working for the taxpayer and not the banksters who currently line their coffers on both sides of the aisle. t

that killed 79,000 people, and left millions more homeless. when you bear in mind the numbers dead and we are talking 8.8 and right now the death toll 147. >> that is why we are treading so carefully. the number, frankly, seems out of proportion to the damage we've seen and the measurement that scientists have made of the quake that caused all the destruction. 8.8, one of the worst earthquakes ever recorded, and so far casualty figures, dreadful as they are, are still less than 200 compared to the tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands we've seen in comparable situations. we are following this story closely. clearly, we haven't gotten to the bottom of what this quake has done. >>> one witness said simply the earth opened up. we'll bring you the latest developments in our continuing coverage of the earthquake that struck chile. a magnitude 8.8 quake that struck in the middle of the night. at least 147 have been killed. its epicenter off the coast of the center of the country. buildings collapsed, roads and bridges have been destroyed. there h