komen foundation. >> tired of being stiffed after working overtime? some employees are fighting back. >> adam caskey has the summer >> you are watching abc 7 "news at noon," on your side. with steve chenevey and cynne simpson. this is abc 7 news at noon -- on your side. >> looks like pippa middleton could soon be facing a few questions from french police. she was photographed sitting next to a man waving a gun. the photograph was taken on the weekend in paris. driver of the convertible look like what looked like a semi- automatic pistol and pointed it straight at peroxphotographers. even though pippa middleton was not holding the gun, she could still be in hot water. >> police will want to talk to her about what she knows and what she saw and the possibility -- can't rule out that she was somehow involved in the scheme to do this. police killed on of the gun in the photograph was real parity been using a fake weapons to intimidate someone carries a sentence of two years in prison under french law. it's

komen foundation for the cure is issuing grant money to planned parenthood. the two organizations are seeking to rebuild their relationship after a controversy in february over the komen foundation's unsuccessful attempt to defund planned parenthood grants. the washington post says at least 17 manned parenthood affiliates will be -- planned parenthood affiliates will be funded this year, about the same as last year. >>> next monday marks five years since a gunman shot and killed 32 student at virginia tech before turning the gun on himself. >> reporter: i'm peggy fox. monday, april 16th, is the fifth anniversary of the virginia tech massacre. six of the 32 victims were from northern virginia and they all leave behind legacies. the worst mass shooting in u.s. history left 32 victims, five from fairfax county, leslie sherman, maxine turner, mary reed, rima samaha and erin peterson. >> had a gregarious nature, a huge smile, 6' 1. her friends miss her hugs. >> reporter: the petersons will remember their own daughter at their church in centreville where a celebrat

. >>> abc2 is continuing to work with the komen foundation. brittany is lear to tell us about the big walk coming up in ocean city. the first time we're doing this. when did you get the okay. >>> we went before council and got the approval for april 22nd on sunday. part of the course is on the boardwalk south of somerset street, 15th to baltimore and back to the parking lot. >> and the mayor will be there. i want to bring up the former mayor who lost his wife kathy and they came up with a bill, kathy's bill. >> correct. >> and this is a big, big thing for all of us in maryland. so that's great. how many runners and walkers do you have? >> we just hit 3,000 last flight. that was our goal. >> we have to talk about the elephant in the room. that's the weather. rain in ocean city is still a good thing. >> there's tons to do regardless of the weather. we're encouraging people to come out all weekend. we have great restaurants and, you know, there's hotels offering discounts. >> it's almost like a girl's weekend. >> tell me, we can still register up

take for example, the recent case of the komen foundation pf's almost unpaying for planned parenthood. the komen brand will very likely never be the same. or take for example the recent internet furor over the absnls of women's voices at the congressional hearing on contrascontr contraceptive coverage. maybe you could have gotten away with excluding women ten years ago, but today when you can put a photograph on the internet and have it spread from day to day and have it go viral, you can not do that anymore, never again. elected leaders and candidates need to take note. ignore networked women at your own political peril. but how does that relate to the election and what moms rising is doing? moms rising is a multicultural online and on the ground organization that is fighting to increase economic security for families, to decrease discrimination against women and mothers, and to build a nation where both businesses and families can thrive. one of the biggest hurdles remaining for the modern feminist movement is that we have to break down the maternal wall so that women can even get t

but the komen foundation is still feeling the effects of its blunder over planned parenthood. we'll explain. >>> unresponsive pilot. his plane crashes into the gulf. today, the coast guard releases his identity. >>> and the weekend is here. and it's going to rain. find out when in your updated first warning weather forecast. wjz 13 is always on. for the top stories on wjz.com, for instant updates and first warning weather all the time, click wjz.com. ♪ ♪ hit the road, jack ♪ and don't you come back no more ♪ ♪ no more, no more, no more ♪ hit the road, jack ♪ and don't you come back no more ♪ [ male announcer ] want your weeds to hit the road? hit 'em with roundup extended control. one application kills weeds and puts down a barrier to stop new ones for up to four months. roundup extended control >>> well, i hope folks enjoyed today. and you get half of tomorrow. >> you know? >> and then a little indoor time. >> yeah. well, you know, mary, april showers. we have not had them. >> that's true. we need them. >> we do. we're down about 5 inches or so for the year. we're down. and w

komen foundation, are stretching to help the desperate. but these are emergency measures.ery beeping] after a month of uncertainty, helen sharp was treated at umc. with the outpatient clinic closed, the hospital admitted her as an inpatient. it says it made an exception because her heart disease and diabetes are life threatening complications. but livia ralphs is still searching for care. >> i'm going to die if i don't get treated. that's the bottom line here. >> yolanda coleman remains untreated. >> and after our visit, a medical supply company took away her bed and her wheelchair. >> you never know what god has for you down the road. but i know he has more for me than just to leave my children because i can't have medical insurance. >> roy scales has been calling the private doctors on that list university medical center sent with its letter. he has been searching for someone who will accept payment from the county medical assistance for the poor, something he calls insurance. but it's been five months since he was diagnosed. how many doctors and oncology practices did y

the komen foundation cut off funding to planned parenthood back in january but quickly reversed that decision after uproar from supporters. the decision has had a heavy financial impact on komen. which has failed to hit fund raising goals in several states. >>> a medical breakthrough this morning that could eventually lead to a cure for deadly diseases like aids and cancer. scientists at ucla say they have found a way to turn stem cells into cells that fight the hiv virus. the cells are taken from adult blood and are urn theed into immune cells that then seek out and kill the virus. so far the technique has been successful in attacking hiv in hundreds of lab mice. >> we haven't fully developed the technology to clear them of hiv. but they are significantly suppressed in the amount of virus that is replicating. >> i think it's great. if i had a chance, i'd volunteer for that study in a heart beat. >> researchers say human trials are next. and if those are successful, the treatment could be available to patients in about ten years. >>> all right. the time now is 9:26. thanks for joining

komen foundation and planned parenthood, even rush limbaugh's comments about a georgetown law studente attempted to seize the moment, portraying republicans as being at war against women. a charge the gop denies. here was the president speaking at a women's event just this morning. >> there's been a lot of talk about women and women's issues lately as there should be. but i do think the conversation's been oversimplified. women are not some monolithic block. women are not an interest group. you shouldn't be treated that way -- >> joan walsh is editor at large for salon.com and an msnbc political analyst and ron christie is a republican strategist who worked in the bush 43 white house. joan, a skeptic or critic might say the president is treating women as a monolithic group when standing in that forum he makes those comments. your thoughts? >> well, this president has made women's issues a priority. it's not just an election year thing, it goes back to 2009. his very first act, i believe, was signing the equal pay act which republicans have blocked. and i find it so ironic the presiden

the komen foundation is apologizing and admitting it made a mistake.ve election in u.s. history. both the president and mitt romney are expected to forgo public funding. president obama did that back in 2008. his fundraisers expect to match or exceed his previous numbers this year. mitt romney also has the super pacs who are expected to raise hundreds of millions more. >>> and according to abc news even though mitt romney and rick santorum are going to give back-to-back speeches at the nra conference in st. louis today, there is no plan for the two of them to sit down and meet. rick santorum may want to mention that he scrubbed all anti-mitt romney off of his website. if you go there you just get access denied. we'll be right back. ♪ polar shifts will reverse the earth's gravitational pull and hurtle us all into space. which would render retirement planning unnecessary. but say the sun rises on december 22nd and you still need to retire. td ameritrade's investment consultants can help you build a plan that fits your life. we'll even throw in up to $600

and then there's a series of discreet moments, the komen foundation, the planned parenthood thing.egulatory issuing that said that birth control had to be issued even among religious employers. >> and rush limbaugh and ultrasound. and all of this is sort of, i can never tell how much all of this was intentional on either side it seems like the narrative got woven almost independently. i think the democrats have been deft at throwing a lasso around it. >> i think they blundered into it. >> and then realized something. >> the other thing did you read the memos that came out as a result of the lawsuit in maine, n.o.m., the national organization for marriage. there are secret strategy memos were revealed. even though this is marriage, no it will abortion. one of the secret items on the memo was side-swiping obama and said we need to pick issues. >> we're so used to these cultural wars putting democrats on the defensive and get into a defensive crouch. we've seen the opposite. i feel the republicans are crying uncle. it say that essentially oh, this is -- >> that's not crying uncle. tha

and it was alluded to when the komen foundation announced they were severing their relationship withd parent to do. 1.3 million tweets were sent in the space of three days and drove mainstream media coverage that changed that story. when the virginia legislature was trying to pass the same bill that texas did on the vaginal ultra sound, through facebook women and young people mobilized and literally, physically ringed the -- made a human chain around the capitol and walked that back. and when, again, oh, my gosh, why does he keep coming back, texas governor rick perry -- [laughter] when he ended the fake family planning program in texas, thousands of people rallied across the state in small towns and in big cities, and they learned about it through social media, through facebook and through twitter. so i think at a moment in which it feels like there are some folks in this country who want to take us back to the 1950s, i actually take comfort in this fact, that 96 years ago margaret sanger was arrested for distributing information about birth control, literally just pamphlets about b

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. >>> one of the country's largest breast cancer foundations has quietly resumed funding planned parenthood programs. susan g. komenor the cure cut off funding to planned parenthood in january but quickly reversed after uproar from supporters. it's had a heavy financial impact on komen. >>> researchers have made a medical breakthrough that could eventually lead to a cure for diseases like aids and cancer. scientists at ucla say they have found a way to turn stem cells into cells that fight the hiv virus. stem cells are turned into immune cells that can seek out and kill the virus. so far it's been effective in hundreds of lab mice. >> we haven't fully developed the technology to clear them of hiv, but they are significantly suppressed in the amount of virus that is replicating. >> if i had a chance, i'd volunteer for that kind of study in a heart beat. >> researchers say human trials are next and if those are successful, the treatment could be available to patients in about ten years. >>> if you're looking for a new car, listen up. a list of the most comfortable cars is out and most are made here in the u.s. that's