lisa roberts runs a food pantry called friends and neighbors, in a tiny village in southeast ohio.rst heard from her on this broadcast back in july as part of a "dateline" special. but when we heard today's news about the 43 plus million americans living in poverty, we thought it was time to hear from her again. tonight, we close our broadcast with lisa roberts in her own words. >> before they came to us, they went to their church, to their family, to their friends. they tried everything. before they had to come to a food pantry and say, i don't have enough to feed my family. >> it feels like the great depression. >> there's no jobs here. >> most of the people just need food today and next week and the month after that, and after that. >> how are you doing today? >> wonderful, wonderful. how about you? >> good. >> it's not an emergency thing anymore, it's an everyday thing now. sometimes you hear, oh, you know, they're just laying back, waiting for a handout. they could go to work if they wanted to go to work. they would rather be on welfare. they would rather have 100 kids. it's n

joe miller in alaska, beating incumbent lisa murkowski. incumbent robertennett was ousted in utah. a new york tea party candidate won last night's republican primary for governor. >> if we've learned anything tonight, it's that new yorkers are as mad as hell. >> reporter: victories for the tea party, but democrats claim victories also for them. >> we feel very, very comfortable that we're going to win races in november that six months ago we felt like we were going to lose because of these candidates. >> reporter: but the republican establishment is racing to embrace its new winners and their fiery rhetoric. >> it's time to go fire nancy pelosi. >> reporter: and it's not clear whether christine o'donnell and tea partiers like her will help or hurt the gop in the fall. the irony is a raft of candidates rejected by republican leaders now have the job of winning back republican control of congress. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, capitol hill. >>> sad news out of iraq. seven people are dead after a joint u.s.-iraqi raid in fallujah. the operation was led by i

that will be at 2:00 at saint roberts catholic church. live in san bruno, lisa amin gulezian, abc news. >> thank you very much. >>> tonight the coroner's office has released the names of three of the four people we know of who were killed. two of the victims are mother and daughter. 44-year-old jacqueline greeg and janessagreeg. the fourth victim has not been released. however, faye war ton says the body of her 80-year-old grandmother was found in the ruins of her home which were right next to the explosion. she ef ared word. it was aning aizing day not knowing if her grandmother was alive or dead. >> we checked red cross on-line and the hospitals, called them all. >> have you talked to the fire department at all? >> i talked to five different police officers. >> her two aunts and uncle were also in the house. they made it out alive, but were severely burned. >>> the 100 or so evacuees are anxious to get back in to see what is left of their homes. the neighborhood they had known for so long was reduced to rubble in a matter of hours. look closely at this before

there will be a town hall meeting for the entire community today at 2:00 at saint roberts catholic church. in san bruno, lisa amin gulezian, abc 7 news. >> the san mateo county coroner's office has released the names of three of the people people who were killed. two of the victims are mother and daughter. 44-year-old jacqueline and 13-year-old jenessa. worked with the state public utilities. the other victim jessica morales. the 4th victim, the name hasn't been officially released. the body of her grandmother was found in the ruins of her home. received word from authorities last night. it was agonizing for her not knowing whether her grandma was alive or dead. >> the rec center, called red cross, checked red cross online, the hospitals, call them all. >> did you talk with the fire department at all? >> i talked to five different police officers. >> and finally last night she got the bad news. her two aunts and uncle were also in that house. they made it out alive but were severely burned. 100 evacuees are anxious to get back in to see what's left of their homes. the neighborhood they had known for so long

they were happy to take down senator bennet from utah, lisa murkowski from alaska and representative castle from delaware. >> couric: bob, as robert gibbs said and many other people have asked, is this going to be a fight for the heart and soul of the republican party? >> i think it very much is just that. i mean, it's very much like 1964. in 1960, republicans lost narrowly with an establishment candidate richard nixon, they got to 1964, they threw out all the establishment candidates, they threw out their party leaders and they nominated barry goldwater who-- fine man-- but he was far to the right of most of the people in his party and they lost in a landslide. that's why you have establishment republicans worried about what's going to happen now in november. >> couric: jeff, our poll shows 29% of registered voters have an unfavorable view of the tea party. 23% favorable. most people, by the way, don't have an opinion. how do you think this will play out or change come november? >> i think it means most people aren't focusing on this election. the tea party impact has been in republican primaries. but we're about to find out over

there will be a town hall meeting for the entire community today at 2:00 at saint roberts catholic church. in san bruno, lisa amin gulezian. >> the san mateo county coroner's office has released the names of three of the people people killed. two of the victims are mother and daughter. 44-year-old jacqueline greeg and jenesa. abc 7 was told the body of her 80-year-old grandmother was found in the ruins of her home which is right next to the explosion. she received word from the authorities last night. it was agonizing not knowing whether her grandma was alive or dead. >> called red cross, checked red cross online, the hospitals. called them all. >> did you talk to the fire department at all? >> i talked to five different police officers. >> her two aunts and uncle were also in the house. they made it out alive but were severely burned. the approximately 100 evacuate wes are anxious to get back in to see what's left of their homes. the neighborhood they had known for so long was reduced to rubble in a matter of hours. look closely before and after image. disaster officials say it's still too dangerous to allo

roberts church at 2:00 p.m. here in sansan bruno, abc 7 new. >> thank you very much lisa. >> sacramento man has been reunited with his 83-year-old mother and sister. one has broken arm. other suffering from smoke inhalation but otherwise being. still at least 100 people have been displaced by the san bruno disaster. that part of the story tonight from heather. >>reporter: maxine had to run out of her oh, us with only her purse. >> heat was so intense. i mean then the noise. it was just you know it was just helpless. the. >>reporter: help is coming now. piles and piles of donations. so much they are turning it away. but baby bottles and cash are still needed. these south san francisco contractors brought a check for 1,000 dollars. and safeway is giving 25,000. >> we feel very strongly that this is our community. these are our friends. our naichbilitys our customers. we want to give back. >>reporter: but money can not buy what the she needs to find her 80-year-old grandmother whose house was right next to the explosion. house is gone. she's looked everywhere for her grandma. >> bay hill. recreation center, checked

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robert, let's come together and work together. -- when they are over, let's come to get rid work together. >> my name is lisa ransom. my question is simple. are there any provisions in the legislation that address training for health care workers? >> thank you for your help. you have been one of the individuals who has been very great help to me in understanding the health care issues, understanding the community. the answer is yes, a significant resource on training. you do not have enough primary- care therapists, nurses, doctors, people in the community. we do not have enough. we have to train more. it takes time to train. we are starting now to put a significant investment into the training. you put money in here to help with training costs for those committed to going into the underserved areas. we're trying to deal with this in several ways. directing resources to increase capacity. i think the community colleges are one of the most effective ways that we can expand training in the allied health fields. that is true here in prince george's county and in many other areas of our state. the of already made some a