that we are talking about health, major health conditions that they may be mental health, they may be emotional health. and as a matter of fact... language is important, emotional health transcends to all of what we are talking about today under behavioral health. because if you are emotionally healthy you have a strong character, you have confidence in yourself, your family is emotionally healthy. we're looking at lowering risk for behavioral health problems across the board. and of course our audience needs to realize that under the parity law small businesses of more than 50 people that are already covering certain conditions need to also cover mental health conditions as well, correct? correct, and some of your listeners may not realize that that has not been done before. and that is one of the reasons why parents struggle and why they may not talk to their young people at a younger age simply because they can't afford it. so what would you do as a parent? you have something you can't really talk to anybody about, you don't quite understand it yourself, and your doctor is saying t

what you are talking about is the expression of genes so that's the genes that are in you may or may not express themselves and whether they express themselves may depend upon the environment may depend upon your food may depend upon your age and so on so the genes themselves. just in you and they may or may not get passed on to your offspring but how they express themselves will depend very much on the environment notably by the of the genes that happen to share the body with them and not just in an individual organ or cell or close area but. more broadly. yes. and also it would be their interaction with. with other genetic material for example my understanding is that more than half of the total d.n.a. in our body is not human genes it's all the viruses and bacteria and fungi and other things well that's a hit that's true i mean that's very interesting and and yes interaction with with the the bacteria for example which are massively numerous. and even within every one of our cells the mitochondria which of these vital little organelles that are responsible for giving us energy the

>> well, she may not become invisible, but she may become unemployable. there's a saying that when white america gets a cold, black america gets pneumonia. and lots of black americans are suffering from pneumonia today. >> reporter: kimberly may have been looking at an uncertain future, but she was determined that shanice, a straight-a student did not. >> i always knew that shanice could possibly get an academic scholarship. and even if i had to work three jobs to fund her college, i was willing to do it. >> we always thought that i would go to college and i would go to medical school and become a doctor. >> reporter: what kind of doctor? >> a pediatrician. >> reporter: but that was all before her mom lost her job and the family plunged back into poverty. shanice was 16, old enough, she thought, to see the handwriting on the wall. so she made a decision. she told her mom after she graduated from high school, she would join the army. >> oh, my heart fell to my feet. that's not what i wanted to hear from my child. >> reporter: and you say what? >> no. no. n

this is telling politicians out there, you may be huffing and you may be puffing with you start talking about millions of dollars, okay, in corruption, for an exchange of a position and your abuse of a position of trust you may not make a penny but you will get punished like you took the $1.5 million and put knit your back pocket. >>trace: it begins in february on the 16th. thank you, both, gentleman. >>trace: fox is america's election headquarters and most of the g.o.p. candidates for the white house taking terms attacking president obama over his policies on israel. the contenders speaking at a forum in washington. the group claims it is the largest ever gathering of jewish republican activists and it turns out the coalition did not invite texas congressman ron paul. calling him "an extremist who is far outside of the mainstream." today's event also giving the candidate as chance to respond to president obama's attacks on republicans yesterday over the economy. carl cameron is live for us in washington. are they unified when it comes to panning the president's israeli policy? >>carl:

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potentially a big break for police. >> they may get lucky. they may not be able to identify him but maybe link him to other robberies. >>reporter: investigators won't say how much money he's stolen but nationwide last year the average take for rubbing one bank was $8,000. he was very careful every time. with each new heist, the pile of surveillance picture and video and news coverage blows.. the bank of america was about to close. >>reporter: and his luck may be running out. >> each time you have a robbery, you sometimes get one more nugget or piece of information taking you closer to the bad guy. >>reporter: police wonder whether he could be a younger man or a woman in a disguise. he almost always wears a hot but once he didn't, always glasses, and rarely a tie. but it's his face or maybe his wrinkle free hands that just seem off. >> chalky looking and didn't look right. the skin tone looked odd as well. >>reporter: whether he's old or young, the last get away was him speeding away in a bmw and cops are still trying to catch up. >>> all righ

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the prime minister says there may not be a budget in place where we may not know the actual depth ofhose cuts that you mentioned about $21 billion in cuts to meet the deficit targets for next year. we may not know those until late february, early march. he wants to do the budget and that's when the pain of this new government is really going to be known. nina? >> okay. some mixed fortunes for spain there. but fortunes for people up near the pyrenees or it seem, the winning ticket may well have been sold. al goodman joining us from madrid. pauline? >>> dishing up dinner for a dictator. we talk to a man who traveled the world to seek out delicacies for kim jong-il's dinner table. we'll explain. stay with cnn. >>> from cnn london, i'm nina dos santos. >> i'm pauline chiou at cnn hong kong. >>> let's take a look at how we're faring as we wrap up the festive season week later 0en. volume is pretty light as you'd expect, ahead of holiday time. as you can see on one hand we have markets pushing quite a bit higher, last time we looked at them, 20 minutes or so they were up 1%. they're pushin

some of these bright green shades may produce sprinkles. this disturbances moving across the area this afternoon. most of us will only see clouds. we are struggling to get out of the 30's. we started out in the 20's this morning. it is only 38 degrees at the airport. 41 degrees in annapolis. frederick is 34. even the 30's in the mountains to the west but not as windy as a was yesterday. we have the clouds kind of thin, filter and over the area and the brighter spots, there may be some precipitation coming out of that. it may involve a snow flurries or 12. much of the eastern shore has quite a bit of sun. there is a warm front to the west and a couple of disturbances. one is coming across now on the one out to the west will head of the dakotas and there is another one in the pacific and will march across the northern states over the next few days. each one of those will brush past us. it will be a busy time. none of these will be major storms and in eastern canada, cold air which was farther north last week has slipped further south approach

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when his show at nbc ends in may. he says he wants the right republican candidate in to beat president obama but if he doesn't like the gop nominee he'll start his own campaign. newt gingrich and rick santorum are the only two candidates who agreed to attend trump's debate. >>> stephanie rawlings-blake will participate in a demolition at 11:30 this morning. part of her plan to remove blight in the city and build more affordable homes. >>> 5:48. let's look at the national picture now. while we're cold at 34 and clouds are creeping back into baltimore, a surge of warm air in the nation's heartland and all the cold stuff in the rockies and across the southwest, we had already showed you the snowstorm across flag, arizona picking up a foot yesterday. a lot of action and energy coming off the pacific. 62 dallas. a marked improvement from below freezing temperatures they had last week. all in response to this one storm pattern here. basically you can see how the clouds have carved out the trough, the cold pocket of air acro

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i apologize. >> we may need another word there. okay. >> the next section we refer to as the stop work clause. in the existing article 10, no application for a permit to construct, alter, or demolish any structure on a landmark site proposed for designation may be approved once that is under consideration. >> the h.p.c. has revised that language such that if a landmark designation has been initiated for a district or for an individual landmark, if the project moves forward and applies for a certificate of appropriateness, any work can be granted provided it gets the c. of a. and essentially as long as we treat it like a landmark pending the designation, work can be approved. without a certificate of appropriateness, no permit may be approved for 180 days for an individual landmark for which designation has been initiated or one year for a project within an historic district that has been initiated. this time period may be extended by the historic preservationer to board of supervisors one time for 180 days. and supervisor weiner's

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or may not be here legally.nued after it was ruled that they could not stop people based on a hunch. >> nothing is going to deter the sheriff and my office including rulings, by the federal judge. >> reporter: that kind of talk makes arpaio a conservative hero. republican arpaio called the justice department report an attack bite obama administration. >> don't come here and use me as a whipping boy for a national, international problem. >> reporter: arpaio long argued his critics have been motivated by politics. now the justice department says it will sue arpaio's office. he has 60 days to come up with a plan to break down a wall of distrust between his deputies and the people they serve. rob, sunny. >> people who work and live in high-rise buildings are thinking twice before boarding elevators. after this week's tragic accident in new york. we are learning that maintenance was being done on the elevator hours before the ad agency executive was killed. the focus of the accident investigation. while inspectors lo

coolant leaks may be the cause. the government is investigating, but the transportation department says the vehicle is safe to drive. gm is offering refunds to dissatisfied customers. >>> verizon is about to take on netflix. the telecom giant is planning to launch a new service that lets customers stream movies and tv shows over the internet. the new service could be rolled out as soon as next year. netflix shares almost 5% on the news. >>> and if you think your tweets just die in cyberspace, well, think again. the library of congress has struck a deal with twitter to archive every public tweet that is billions and billions. betty, that means getting a cool tour of an animal e.r. just saw a dog get a huge tooth pulled or checking out the dallas world aquarium. who knew they had a tropical rain forest? those will live forever. you'll be happy to know only public tweets are used and nothing protect or private will be archived. i hope you don't tweet any of our conversations. >> if those are the best you can find, i be

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firefighters say this may have smoldered in the vents above the stove and reignited. the home may have to be demolished because flames got into the attic. >>> pinole police are searching for a gunman in connection with a shooting inside an in and out burger inside a restaurant. police say the victim was sitting in the car when he was shot. it happened at 5:00 last evening. at last check, the victim was in the hot. investigators don't believe the shooting was random. they believe it was targeted. investigator says they saw a man running from the parking lot who may have been involved in shooting. >>> a man accused outside of a san leandro walmart is expected to be in court. an arraignment is set for detwaun watson, he's charged with attempted murder, two counts of attempted robbery and one count of robbery. one man was wounded. police are still looking for two other men believed to be it involved in the shooting. there are reports a suisun city teenager may have lied about being kiched because she's -- kicked because -- kidnapped because she's pregnant. it's reported t

it may not be your fault. find out why genetics may make it harder. >>> we all multitask. apparently working moms are doing it a whole lot more. the results of a new study coming your way. >>> having trouble quitting smoking? that may be another thing to what i'm on your mom and dad. nicotine addiction may be genetic. researchers at the university of colorado boulder looked at the smoking genes of twins and found that 65% of identical twins quit within a two-year period of each other. home 55% of fraternal twins did the same. it suggests a component -- a genetic component is at play. >>> sexting may not be as common with teens as previously thought. sexting is when teens take sexually explicit photos and send them to their friends. just 10% of teens and tweens admitted to sending or received sexually suggestive photos. a study found that 1% sent a nude or partially nowed photo to -- nude photo to someone else. >> a woman's work is never done. working moms multitask between 10 hours a week more than working dads. apparently they like it a lot less. women spent 48.3 hours a

sexting may not be as widespread as people believe.national study fans only 1% of kids 10 to 17 have sent nude images of themselves or others. another 1% said they shared suggestive, but less graphic photos. 7% admitted to receiving those pictures. the study contradicts earlier studies showing one in five young people engaged in sexting. >>> republicans and democrats have found something they can work together on the first ever senate secret santa gift exchange. lawmakers are engaging in a bipartisan effort meant to bring more jolly. the rules, republicans drew names of democrats and vice versa there are more democrats in the house than republicans that means some democrats won't be getting gifts gifts must be wrapped and cost no more than $10. identities will be revealed at a holiday party later this month. >>> next, which music megastar is going to touchdown at the nfl's biggest game? >>> today at 4:00 maybe you will like it better than the iphone. michael finney has products that might make you want to adjust your wish list. at 5:00

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more than six years after giving birth, vets believe may, may not be able to have another successfulregnancy. >>> a big snowstorm is on the way. but not for tus. more on that, coming up. >>> plus local shoppers taking part in a new gift of secret santa giving that is spreading quickly across the country. >>> cicely tyson turns 28 and she made leg warmers cool. flash dance actress jennifer beal. tyson beckford is 40, alyssa milano is 39. she battled arnold schwarzenegger good morning. coming up on 5:46 this monday morning. howard is here with another cold, you'll have to scrape off the windshield this morning. a scraper alert. it is nippy out there this morning. >> you know what is even weirder on tv? >> you know why they are good mike? they wear a hat and they go around it. weatherwise, let's get you going. i'll bring you over to the dark side. >> let's get moving this morning. bus stop forecast, a lot of kids be wearing 180s. >>> you have to find them, andrea. >>> 20s and 30s. sunrise at 7:22 this morning. our day planner. we start sunny, we finish with a few more clouds. by noon 45

may was cold in a pool.ers were really cold in the freezer. maybe you thought about being really cold, too. well, there you have it. i am sid, roving reporter and cold expert. >> everybody, rug time! >> ooh, that's teacher susie. >> ♪ it's rug time, come on in rug time, take a seat rug time ♪ >> ♪ we're ready ♪ >> ♪ everybody move your feet rug time ♪ >> ♪ teacher susie! >> ♪ good times on the way rug time, come on in we've got a lot to learn today! ♪ >> ho ho ho! i'm a reindeer, and i'm pulling santa's sleigh! ha! come on, santa. >> trot on over here, mr. reindeer. >> oh, ok! whoa, team! sorry, santa. we have to take a break for science. >> yay! >> gerald's wearing reindeer antlers on his head. and that reminds me, there may be some holidays coming up soon. anyone doing anything exciting? >> ooh, me! >> me! >> i am! >> i'm going to celebrate 3 holidays at once. >> whoa! >> wow! >> tell us about it, sid. >> well, in my house, we have christmas, hanukkah, and kwanzaa. >> 3 holidays? >> mm-hmm. >> you are so l

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bailout fund may run short of money to buy up government bonds. draghi stopped short of declaring that the central bank would step up sovereign bond buying when their prices decline. >> i was kind of surprised by the implicit meaning that was given by not all of the press, but some, to that other elements will follow. >>en at same day ecb policymakers decided to cut its key interest rate by a quarter percentage point, that brings it down to 1%. the move was intended to prevent the debt crisis from eroding the economy. following the statement by the ecb chief, yields on italian government bonds jumped in the european markets overnight. the yield on italy's ten-year bond shot up to the upper 6% level, while the yield on spain's ten-year bonds rose to the high 5% level. draghi's statement also unsettled european stock markets. germany's dax closed down 2%, while france's cac40 lost 2.5%. let's see how all of this is factoring in to japanese, into japan's nikkei. tokyo stock prices are down sharply this friday morning. the nikkei currently at 8510, th

list say she may have acted in self-defense. authorities looked at the footage from that day and talked to witnesses they say shoppers were pushing, screaming and getting shoved. prosecutors state woman may have used the spray in self-defense. 20 were injured in the incident. >>> in the past couple of years we've seen music, movies, video games move to the cloud. the next step may be putting yourself in the cloud. jonathan bloom reports on a local company using robots to let you be everywhere at once. >> virtual assistant. >> reporter: faith is a real person, she is home right now in illinois. she is also here at the network conference in san francisco while she greets customers at an office in mountain view. >> she is working for us also for three other companies, including microsoft at the same time. >> reporter: meet the new face of virtual. you can rent one for $600 a month if you need to be two, three, four places at once. anybots don't have arms but that is not the point the closest thing to being there when you are mile a

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topic individually or you may want to cut me short. i want you to encourage me if this gets too detailed at any point. the first topic is designation and this is article 10. and the existing article 10 allows five bodies to initiate landmark designation for individual properties and the planning commission and the arts commission and to issue that resignation and the planning commission and in the exist ing article and may initiate designation of the historic district. >> and as o proposed in the revised article 10 and i apologize there is a typo at section 10.401 and this is reflected in the draft ordinance. and the planning department and property owner or any member of the public may request and the term we used for revision is nominate and that the h.p.c. initiate designation of an individual landmark or of a district. any member of the public can approach the historic preservation commission and request that the designation be initiated. the board of supervisors may initiate designation at any time. this is for an individual prope

may be minor flight delays as the day progresses. for us through the washington metro area, here's your day planner. sunshine in and out, blustery northwest wind. temperatures will drop from mid-50s at noontime to near 50 at sunset and colder tonight. here's a look at the friday traffic. good morning, danella. >> good morning. >>> if you're traveling the outer loop of the beltway at connecticut avenue, a crash involving three vehicles. i'm checking the camera. i can't see anything on camera just yet, but i'll keep watching and you let you know about delays. again, that's the outer loop at connecticut avenue. traveling 66 in virginia, this is the view at waples mill road. east and west getting some volume. no delays 66 outside of the beltway. no major delays and no accidents. traveling inside the beltway, this is the view at glebe as you head towards the city. seeing some headlights but no major delays and out away from the city on i-66, joe. no issues here either. back to you. >> danella, thanks very much. >>> new from overnight, "g"

we may see freezing fog in the north bay. give yourself ample time. we have a lot of moisture leftover. and fog and frost are the aftermath this morning. we'll tell you when the sun will come out later today. i think you'll be pleased. first, let's check your drive with mike inouye. >> christina, freezing fog, maybe frosty windshield. we're looking at this accident over the shoulder. this is westbound 237. it is off the roadway. no major injuries. we have 75 feet of fencing that needs to be prepared at some point. there's the distraction for 27. and a new accident on 238 that i have to check out. back to you. >> thanks very much. >> it is 4:32 now. occupiers are declaring victory. >> they are packing up and heading home after shutting down another work shift at the port of oakland. bob redell is live in oakland with the latest for us. good morning, bob. >> reporter: within the hour occupiers succeeded in shutting down another ship. there are 130 long shoremen who are supposed to be showing up at the apl terminal. on that news they declared victory. ma