by the way, from did want to note -- i did want to know we are speaking macon and excellent work of her colleagues. we are well under way in our thinking about our 2012 bond. there will be more to come before this commission. i want to let you know we have been working with numerous community groups to give them updates on what has been happening with the 2008 parks bond and to begin to cultivate community input on what it should look like. we have had meetings in the excelsior. i think we have been in sunset and richmond. we have been before chinatown. you will hear much more about that in the months to come. employee recognition number two. i would like to bring up a very special person from our recreation staff that will be taking a trip of her life next month. raquel miller -is a boxing instructor with our department that will compete against seven other women in spokane, washington, next month for a spot on the u.s. olympic boxing -- boxing team headed to london this summer. [applause] this is the first time women boxing will be included in the olympics. her nickname is a rocrockie

>>reporter: while the sheriff is revving to step aside, he is willing to macon sessions. >> if any point we are where i am focused where my time is in trial that i think it's only mostly clear that i would not take pay while i'm in trial, absolutely. >>reporter: the sheriff said would he recuse himself from any disciplinary cases that the sheriff would conduct. there are about half dozen of those each year. live in san francisco, at city hall, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. >>> well still to come tonight. honoring world war ii hero. the special san francisco tribute to tuesday keyinge the special san francisco tribute to tuesday keyinge airmen back in a moment. >> as you well know modern airline ersland in all sorts of adverse conditions like rain fog snow but wind sometimes challenges pilots the most thvt you tube video has gone viral. it shows several large jets landing in cross winds at germany airport. look at this. as you can see the plane appears to be flying at a very unnerving angle while approaching the runway. this tilt allows the plane to compensate for the powerful winds. pilots

. >> reporter: the governor macon saider raising that tax by as much as 15-cents. >> we have to figurether we're willing to pay another penny in order to bring those things about or another nickel or another dime. >> we shouldn't be raising taxes, period. >> reporter: with americans for prosperity, a group hoping to put the brakes on a gas tax increase, they're calling it occupy the gas tax rally. >> it's a double tax. you're hit once at the pump and when ever you have to pay for something that's dependent on gasoline, that cost will be passed on to you. >> reporter: those who support the gas tax hike say it's about time. they say it's been 20 years. back in 1992 when the state last raised the taxes we pay for gallon. >> i think they should be higher. i think we consume fossil fuels wrecklessly. i think it should be much more expensive. i support it. >> reporter: right thousand for each gallon you're pumping, you're pumping out 23.5-cents in state taxes. the hike would equal about $2.50 a fill up. >> i understand the motivation behind it, but it's scary. i already pay a lot for gas. >>

. >>> prosecutors in macon, georgia, are seeking the death penalty in a case involving the murder of a laurel woman. steven mcdaniel is charged in the death of lauren giddings, who graduated from law school at mercer university and mcdaniel lived in her building. she disappeared in june, her body found five days later in a garbage bin near her apartment. mcdaniel will be arraigned in two weeks. his lawyers want to challenge the makeup of the grand jury which indicted him. >>> new reaction over the murder of a law student from laurel. steven mcdaniel appeared in a central georgia courtroom yesterday. accused of killing his former neighbor and classmate lauren giddings last summer. she just graduated from mercer university law school and had been celebrating with friends. prosecutors say they are going through the death penalty. several family members were dressed in pink in the courtroom yesterday. >>> mcdaniel's lawyers are challenging that ruling. >>> a former frederick sheriff's deputy is not liable for the man he shot to death can a stun gun. the ruling says the officer used only

prosecutors in macon, georgia, say they plan to seek the death penalty. lauren giddings just graduated from mercer university law school when she disappeared. five days later police found her body wrapped in plastic in a garbage bin beside her apartment. steven mcdaniel is charged in the case. new reaction at 6:45. >>> a former frederick county sheriffs' deputies is not liable for a man's death after he was shocked with a stun gun. the jury ruling says the officer used only enough force to protect himself. the parents of jerrold gray are seeking $100 million for the incident in november of 2007. >>> a german man known for masquerading as a rockefeller will stand trial for murder. christian gerhardt's bail was set at $27,000. he's accused of killing a man who rented him a los angeles cottage in the 1980s. he was also convicted of kidnapping his own daughter. they were found several years after it happened. >>> the harford county sheriff says disde spite a recent renovation project the county might need a new detention center in as little as five years beca

. >>> meanwhile, prosecutors in macon, gee, say they are seeking the death penalty in the murder trial of giddings, from laurel. she went missing. her body found wrapped in plastic near the garbage near her apartment complex. her classmate, steven mcdaniel will be arraigned in two weeks. new reaction at 5:00. >>> and an attorney for the so-called east coast rapist ordered a court ordered mental evaluation for the client. it's believed aaron thomas is responsible for the attacks and rapes of nearly 17 women. he was supposed to be in court in tuesday in virginia but reportedly not speaking to his attorney thomas is expected to be back in court in march. >>> in harford county they are doing their part to cut down on crime. they will be discussing a program to stop repeat offenders. the harford county sheriff says despite a recent renovation project the county might need a new detention center in just five years. more than half the people arrested in harford county are back in the detention center in less than three years. many have problems such as addiction, mental health and no jobs. se

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. >> macon, georgia, good morning. please go ahead, you're on the air. >> caller: yes, sir. >> edward? go. question or comment? >> caller: my question is, why couldn't they put an alternator on the power train to alternate current through the batteries? say if a car would run on half of the batteries for certain miles, they could charge the other part of the batteries and switch back and forth. >> i'm sorry, i'm not an engineer, i can't answer that specific question. but we have -- we have developed the most efficient system in our hybrid certainly. we were later to the market with our hybrid. we've got the latest technology in it. and we have looked at every possible scenario and what we've got now is provides greatest fuel economy with the fewest compromises to performance. >> dave zuchowski, when did you begin your auto yeerm. >> i started in the 1980s? i had 23 years with ford. i spent some time with mazda. next month will be my fifth year with hyundai. >> somerset, pennsylvania, go ahead, ron. >> caller: yeah, i'd

is still grieving the death of her 12 year old son, malik -- hit and killed by a teenage driver in maconme two years ago. she has tattoos of her own in memory of malik and says her now 10 year old, gaquan was with malik when he did."my son came to me and said, 'mom, i want to get a tattoo with malik on it, rest in peace.' what do i say to a child that wants to remember his brother?" (reporter) "your mom says you wanted to get the tattoo. why did you want to get it?" "because it represents my brother."so napier took gaquan to a tattoo artist in smyrna and the youngster got this tattoo featuring malik's old jersey number. someone at his school noticed it, they called authorities and police pulled up a 2010 law that says: it shall be unlawful for any person to tattoo the body of any person under the age of 18, except for a physician or osteopath. acworth chief mike wilkie told me while they felt for the family's grief, a consultation with the district attorney and solicitor's office tied their hands."we hope that they can find something that can sustain them through that loss, but this is n

>>reporter: while the sheriff is revving to step aside, he is willing to macon sessions. >> if any pointwe are where i am focused where my time is in trial that i think it's only mostly clear that i would not take pay while i'm in trial, absolutely. >>reporter: the sheriff said would he recuse himself from any disciplinary cases that the sheriff would conduct. there are about half dzen of those each year. live in san francisco, at city hall, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. >>> well still to come tonight. honoring world war ii hero. the special san francisco honoring world war ii hero. the special san francisco tribute to >> as you well know modern airline ersland in all sorts of adverse conditions like rain fog snow but wind sometimes challenges pilots the most thvt you tube video has gone viral. it shows several large jets landing in cross winds at germany airport. look at this. as you can see the plane appears to be flying at a very unnerving angle while approaching the runway. this tilt allows the plane to compensate for the powerful winds. pilots are of course trained to handle cross wind

. >>> san francisco south of market neighborhood is running out of macon office space. 2011 was that areas strongest leasing year since 1988. just a 3.3% vacancy rate. that is after a fourth quarter report. now of nearly 3.5 million square feet in south of market just 112,000 of it ask vacant and ready for occupancy. the city is taking proposals to add space on top of existing buildings. >>> hundreds of jobs will be cut by a california state agency this spring. the bay area will be effected. 1400 jobs will be cut by the state insurance fund. the contra costa times says 480 of those jobs are here in the bay area. they include 256 jobs in planeon. 130 in vacaville, 60 in santa vow is a, and 36 in san jose. the state compensation insurance fund is the largest provider of workers compensation. >>> the december jobs report just released about a half hour ago was better than expected it shows the unemployment rate fell to 8.5%. that is the lowest since february of twain. coming up we'll have a live report from our washington, d.c. newsroom with what republican candidate mitt romney had to

. >>> new from overnight, a firefighter was hurt battling flames at a macon car dealership in northwest washington. this is at the old curtis chevrolet dealership which served as the mayor's 2010 campaign headquarters. we're told the fire began in one of the back offices. one firefighter suffered minor burns under her chin. she's expected to be okay. >>> today, we'll find out how a new round of budget cutbacks will affect the military. the plan will clus include $450 billion in cuts over the next decade. it's expected to include the removal of 4,000 troops from europe. the cuts will impact the production of u.s. weapons systems programs. if congress dead lop locks on spendi spending, there could soon be an additional $500 billion in cuts. >>> meyer vincent gray will speak at a departure ceremony for afghanistan bound d.c. national guard soldiers. the event honors soldiers from two local units deployed in operation securing freedom. the event kicks off at 10:00 this morning. >>> today, health inspectors will be at the occupy d.c. camps making sure protesters are not living in unsanitary

doctors are treating him for pneumonia at a hospital in macon, georgia. he checked in after cancelling a show on short notice. he has also canceled the rest of his concert dates for the month. merle haggard, 74 years old. >>> the original lead singer of the wiggle has rejoined the group. you remember this. greg page left the kids band in 2006. he had to fight a rare nervous disorder. the 40-year-old who plays the yellow wiggle as parents will be familiar says they plan to record new cds and dvds before embarking on tours of the u.s., australia and england. we'll take that as a sign that he's getting better. >>> actress marge helgen berger is turning in her badge. >> she says she's ready for something new. reporter: marge helgen berger knows what to look for at a crime scene. she's played investigator katheryn willows on the original csi the past 12 years. now she's ready for a change. >> i don't feel like leaving before the party's over. i just feel like it's my time to kind of step away. reporter: we met up with the actress at the csi experience, a trave

look down to the south and around atlanta a tornado watch in effect around the macon, georgia area thatsee strong storms even in our area tomorrow morning as temperatures will be on the rise and we could start out at 64 degrees tomorrow morning in some locations as temperatures will rise overnight and then fall during the afternoon. 53 on your saturday. 51 on sunday. right now the weekend looking dry. i do think we'll see rather breezy conditions both saturday and sunday. but with temperatures into the 50s not half bad. >> not half bad at all. thanks, doug. >>> a local fitness center appears to be targeting celebrity cook paula deen in a washington examiner ad. the washington sports club writes, paula, you made a fortune off of fat. call us if you want to be around to enjoy it. this comes just a few weeks after deen announced she's had type ii diabetes for three years. critics say as a public figure she should have changed the way she cooked on her popular tv show where she cooks with a lot of butter and sugar. deen is now a spokesperson for a diabetes drug company. >>> a popular starbu

stormy with hail and tornadoes from jackson, mississippi to montgomery, macon, and tallahassee. rain from d.c. to boston. also an icy mix from indianapolis to pittsburgh. and some rain from northern california up to seattle. meanwhile, some snow in the cascades and rockies. >> that sun needs to come on over here to the northeast. 50 in boise, 55 in albuquerque,! 39 in the twin cities. 44 in omaha. 40s in new york and baltimore. a warm 81 in miami. is it ever like under 70 degrees in miami? >> no. one of my favorite cities. >>> it was a very special reunion right here in new york for a little girl and the firefighter who saved her life. that girl was 6-year-old elyse williams. and the firefighter's name is james wilds. >> he didn't pull her out of a burning building. instead, he donated his bone marrow to little elyse, who suffers from a very rare genetic disorder. yesterday was the first time they had ever met in person. >> her father says that if lyles didn't make his donation his little girl would have died. the very definition of service from one of new york's bravest. cheers

family is still grieving the death of her 10-year-old son malik, hit and killed by a teenage driver in maconyears ago. she has tattoos of her own in memory of malik and says her now 10-year-old jaquan was with malik when he died. >> my son came to me and said mama, i want to gait tattoo with malik on it, rest in peace. what do i say to a child that want to remember his brother? >> mom said you wanted to get the tattoo. why did you want to get it? >> because it represent my brother. >> reporter: so napier took jaquan to a tattoo artist in smyrna and the youngster got this tattoo featuring malik's old jersey number. someone at his school noticed it. they called authorities. and police pulled up a 2010 law that says it shall be unlawful for any person to tattoo the body of any person under the age of 18 except for a physician or osteopath. mike wilky fotolled me while he felt for the family's grief a conversation with the solicitor's office tied their hands. >> we hope they can find something to sustain them through that loss. but this is not the way. and it is illegal. and it's something we we

instead in the lower 40s and into macon, chilly come tuesday. the northeast as well quite cold. all this cold air is going to be funneling over those great lake waters. setting the stage here for lake effect snow. some of the areas that have been lacking in the snow department as of late, getting a chance to pile up the snow. erie, 12-18 inches of snow possible. syracuse could pick up a foot of snow. beginning 2012 on a bit of a wintry note. >>> alex, thank you. some predictions for the economy in 2012, including how iran could affect your wallet. also, the top movie picks of 201 including one is a truly big disappointment. plus, what could be the big films of 2012? then we take you back to iowa where the coffee is flowing at java joe's. we'll look at numbers that show who has the impressive numbers out there. we're coming back right after this. [ toilet flushes ] i come in peace... i come in peace. but you go in pieces. [ female announcer ] you can't pass mom's inspection with lots of pieces left behind. that's why there's charmin ultra strong. versus the ultra rippled brand. s

he did not want to be in macon. we do not need the nato and un to tell us when to go to war.e have seen a great difference. the maturity of the american people -- the majority of the american people are behind us. they are tired of the war. it is costing too much money. too many people get killed, injured, sick. 70% or 80% of the american people are saying it is time to get out of afghanistan. [applause] those are the issues. those of the issues we have brought front and center. they are out there. they are not going to go away. we have an opportunity to continue this momentum. it will not be long there is going to be an election in new hampshire. this is going to continue. this movement is going to continue. we are going to keep scoring, just as we have tonight. [applause] [crowd "doctor paul"] we have come up of an election. we are winners. we are the top vote getters. we will go on. we will raise the money. i have no doubt about the volunteers. [applause] they are going to be there. a lot of you have said, the thing to me in the compliment me -- you thank me and you can le

host: macon, georgia, edward, good morning. caller: yes, sir. host: go-ahead.ler: my question is why could they not put an alternator on the powertrain? if a car would run on half the battery for certain miles, they could charge the other part of the battery in connection with the alternator? guest: i am sorry, i'm not an engineer and cannot answer that question. we'd do develop the most efficient system in are hybrids, certainly. we have the latest technology in a hybrid is. we have looked at every possible scenario. what we have now is the greatest fuel economy with the fewest compromises to performance. host: when did you become your although career? guest: i started in 1980. 32 years this year. i have 23 years with ford and i spent some time with mazda. february next month will be my fifth year with hyundai. host: somerset, pennsylvania. caller: i would like to know why we could not promote natural gas and propane to cut down on the oil. there's a lot of vehicles that run on propane and natural gas. that works in factories on forklifts because it's more eff

host: the macon help attract crime.: the most difficult aspect is where other homes are vacant and there is crime. the homes it completed get it or they're not maintained. more often than not, that is due to abandonment. once the homes were goes wrong, it is the obligation of the servicer or the investor to maintain that property. but it is that time in between, where there is the extended foreclosure time and since the family has picketed the home and the home is not repaired. there is -- the family has left the home and the home is not repaired. again, there is a myriad of solutions to this challenge. none of them are working as well as anybody would like individually. caller: for the last three years, obama has implemented these policies and it is irksome that these new policies are not any different. you simply want to believe him because he is so charismatic in the way he speaks. i hope people know that a lot of these policies in the last three years have not worked. as a matter of fact, before he came to congress