the women of mary kay. in a down economy, they're not just surviving, they're thriving, in an inspiring tale of powder and polish and pink cadillacs. >>> he's back. this year, two new holiday blockbusters from the man who gave us "jaws," "jurassic park". katie couric with steven spielberg. >>> and home for the holidays. an emotional welcome back as the president hails the end of a long and costly war. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," december 14th, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. and we're going to begin tonight with a bright spot in a bleak economy. the women of mary kay cosmetics. 165,000 people started mary kay businesses in the united states last april alone. it's a second job for many of them, but they work for themselves and they chalked up 2$2.5 billion in 2010 worldwide. here's abc's ryan owens in our network series, "bringing america back." >> reporter: it has all the glitz and glamou

and among our most fill an anthropology partners is mary kay.i read how much mary kay was donating, i had to reread it. i wasn't sure. >> this is our seventh year in a row to donate to this great cause. so on behalf of the mary kay corporate employees and our 2 million sales force members across the globe in 35 countries, we have $7 million again this year of our fabulous skin care, and products as well as for the children. that's $25 million over the last seven years that we've donated. >> you all are so amazing to us. and we thank you because it goes a long way, especially women with domestic violence and abuse cases. we appreciate that, as well. thank you so much. >> thank you. don't forget, if you want to donate, you can do it on our website, today.com. we'll be back. i love the holidays. and with my bankamericard cash rewards credit card, i love 'em even more. i earn 1% cash back everywhere, every time. 2% on groceries. 3% on gas. automatically. no hoops to jump through. that's 1% back on... [ toy robot sounds ] 2% on pumpkin pie. and apple

mary kay henry is president of seiu and she's already endorsed the president for re-election.> good morning, chris. >> you represent more than 2 million workers, and they would see less money in their paycheck if congress doesn't get this done. do you think they will get it done? >> it's completely unclear, but i can tell you what our members are the most concerned about, chris, is the extension of the ui benefit because half a million jobs are counting on that extension and a million workers, and i was shocked to learn that 7 million people will drop off unemployment next year because of how long our recession has been unless congress acts before they go home. >> does this continue to set up this battle that has been emerging between the 99% and the 1%, really the message that the president is making the centerpiece of his campaign? >> absolutely it does, and we look forward to the fight about the extension of the bush tax cuts because we know the republican leadership next may wants to do that, but we think those tax cuts should be used to get 15 million people back to work

my wife, mary kay, thank you. thank you for spending your sunday with us. let me tell you about the most valuable candidate in this race. he's the man of honor, integrity, of great character, he is disciplined, he's focused. and he has, i think, just about every trait that one would look for when looking for a candidate. i was reminded of that the other day. two days ago, we were on a plane going from one place to the next. i can't even remember where we were going at this point. but we were flying somewhere. and i opened up "the economist" magazine. and i found this article entitled, let's see, "wanted: a fantasy candidate." where is the alternative. i started reading about who the candidate could be. said america is looking for a candidate with these traits. number one, somebody that has extensive executive experience like running a state effectively. i thought, check that box off. then, the next thing was somebody who understands business and can take this country back to where it needs to be and to -- to talk about, you know, pro growth and getting the

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as somebody who sold mary kay cosmetics, i was an avon lady, and that didn't work out. i i didn't know it was in there. i took responsibility every time there was a mary kay cosmetic mishap. >> i would be more concerned if it happened six months ago. >> has he renounced them. he has taken more of a responsibility. >> i'm like, shut up. enough with the 9/11crap. >> i get your point -- your point is present day stuff, the 9/11 stuff bother me. to me it is more than this other nuty stuff. bill? >> i have a question and i can't remember what it was. >> how about the anti-sametic stuff? this is racism. it is very deep-seated and emotional and intellectual feelings. if you have some kind of conversion experience, okay, people are willing to be forgiving. they have done that with a lot of democrats. everybody said okay. that's fine. but to try to fudge it, that's anti-semitism. >> he needs to answer it more comprehensively than he has. >> has he ever given a comprehensive answer? >> i have to take issue with something you said earlier. pregnant looking uncle sam was not a post

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mary kay mention that, early on, there were people who passed right by me. that guy when i ran across the partisan line to serve in china as u.s. ambassador. of course i did. because you put your country first. i will take the to my grave. i'm sorry. that is just to why am. i also serve president reagan and president bush and president bush. i will always believe in putting this country first. if you weigh my background and what i have done and who we are as a family, i hope that we can win you over. so my final request is this. i just want your vote. that is all i want. i want your vote. that is not asking too much. i have to earn it. i know i have to win it over. you may not like 100% of it, but that is ok. that does not mean that we cannot be friends. but does not mean that we can win you over. we will recognize that we have everything we need to succeed in this country. we do not have the confidence to break out and get it done. but we have everything that every nation would want to succeed. i thought that living in china, a 10,000 miles away, you reflec

her back was to us, a said, mom, mary kay said it dad. chris -- said dad put his hands down her pants. to finally turned to me and said, how could you ever think that your father would do something like that? i remember feeling such guilt, like, wow, what an incredibly horrible boulder in to think something about that. i should have known that my mother's reaction was typical of over 80% of families dealing with these issues. since then she has become the biggest supporter. it took me years to get through the process of grieving. how did i turn that into a message of courage and light? one thing never left my mind in the long process of healing. i refuse to have my life be defined by what happened to me. a one of my life to be about how to survive in rose above those events. in other words, each of us can turn a lemon into lemonade. but iran, those actions of those i love it devastated me. i felt incredibly alone. little did i know how many people were having similar experiences to mind. my personal views may be the victim of the disease

. >> reporter: mary kay hopf could have used a hug the day she came to the food pantry. a registered nurse, hopf has been out of work for several years. she grew up in wheaton and enjoyed a far different lifestyle. >> my dad had a good job. we had the big house and the cars and all those other things, new wardrobe for school when that time of the year came around. i think that i'm one of the people who different have to go without much. and, yeah, it's a whole flip side of that. >> reporter: three months of unemployment brought mariano menendez and his family to the food pantry for the first time. did you think you'd ever wind up coming to a food pantry? >> no, no, of course not, never, never. i've had good jobs. i've-- i've made good income. i've-- i've never in my wildest dreams. so, yeah, i'm definitely very grateful for is this. it's amazing, amazing service they offer here. >> reporter: the dramatic increase in poverty in dupage county mirrors the increase in poverty in areas around the country, leaving human service agencies struggling to meet the needs in their co

i'm mary bubala. kai is off today. here's what people are talking about today. breaking news. we have big problems on the beltway that may affect your ride home. captain mike perry is live over sky eye chopper 13, over 95 and 695 where a truck has struck an overpass. >> indeed, mary. about 1:30 this afternoon, a tractor-trailer, carrying a large excavator on the back of a trailer, struck an overhead bridge. now, this occurred on the outer loop of 695, on i-95 southbound, on the southwest side of the beltway. it occurred around 1:30 this afternoon. the boom on that excavator struck a sign on the front side of this bridge, and then struck one of the bridge beams underneath of the bridge, causing damage to both the sign and the girder. the state highway administration has completely closed as bill is showing you there, three lanes of the outer loop of 695, on the southwest side. only one lane is getting by at this time. they have also closed one lane of southbound i-95, as the overpass that goes over top of 695 for state highway officials to continue work on the bridge and the si

before i collect mary kay, you will have a chance to change history. if you start to argue that the election of 2012 will be the most important in our lifetime because they are in, we will determine who we are it will be become for the next generation of americans. that's you. you do the diligence. you get to hear from the candidates on a close and personal basis. you render a judgment and when you do that on the first primary that this great country has, the rest of the country pays attention. how do i know that? i'm from outside the state. in this country registers a bout, people pay attention because we know that you probably have seen these candidates and heard from them a lot more than anyone else will. so do you have a chance to make history? do you as individuals have this awesome responsibility on january 10 to begin what will be this march towards change next year in november? of course you do. and to that end it is an honor and a privilege to be a candidate for the presidency of the united states of america. but it is an honor and privilege a

i'm mary bubala. >> and i'm vic carter. kai is off tonight. here's what people are talking about. >> he said he didn't break the law. the man at the center of the robocall controversy responds to accusations that he tried to influence last year's governor's race. derek valcourt reports from the mitchell courthouse with paul suric's testimony. >> paul suric took the stand, insisting he had nothing to hide and did

i am honored and privileged to be here with my wife of 20 years, mary kay. i'm also honored to be here with a couple of daughters, rose mary and elizabeth. we have three girls on the campaign trail. we have to exploits in the navy, and two -- we have two sons in the navy and two girls at home. let me tell you that we were thrilled this morning to hear that we have received two of the five newspaper endorsements so far in this state, which is terrific. thank you. only five given and we have received two. i think that is pretty good. now we're sitting at third- place. with just over to ron paul for third place in new hampshire. i can feel the energy in this state. it moves that there is no way it will turn backed . once it begins, you cannot stop it. and into january and peaking about january 10. why is that important? it is important event for new hampshire and the entire country on january 10. you'll have a chance to change history. if you stop to argue that the election of 2012 will be the most important in our lifetime, because we will determine who we are

i'm mary bubala. >> i'm kai jackson. here's what people are talking about. >> guilty on all counts. a baltimore jury convicts paul schurick for conspiring to suppress the black vote in the 2010 gubernatorial election. derek valcourt has more. >> reporter: in all, it took that jury about four hours of deliberations to hold paul schurick responsible for an effort to suppress voter turnout on election night. >> reporter: the man who once served as top aide to governor bob ehrlich, now walks out of a baltimore courtroom, with a criminal record, four guilty verdicts for his role in the 2010 election night robocall, that jurors agreed was a clear attempt to suppress voter turnout. schurick declined to comment on the verdict and let his defense team do the talking. >> we will take an immediate appeal. >> reporter: schurick says it was meant to inspire voting, rather than suprez it -- suppress it. they suggested it was protected under freedom of speech. >> if you allow the state to create arbitrary and capricious laws, in terms of what fraud is and what have you, and allow that type of pros

i'm miry bubala -- mary bubala. >> i'm kai jackson. here's what people are talking about. we begin with breaking news out of baltimore, where a teenager is hit and killed by a car. captain mike perry is over the scene. >> reporter: hello. very sad scene here, kai. this occurred around 2:45 this afternoon. at harford -- correction, it would be putty hill road at wilson road. baltimore county police, called to the scene of the accident, with pedestrian struck. when police arrived, the 15- year-old male was found in the middle of putty hill road, apparently dead on arrival. police said that at least two vehicles struck the teen. one vehicle striking the teen, knocking it into the path of another vehicle. now, baltimore county police have completely closed putty hill avenue from harford road to wilson avenue. and they are conducting detours and investigation at the scene. it is unclear at this point how long putty hill road will be closed. but as you can see, police have some work ahead of them, a very sad scene. back to you on tv hill. >> thank you, captain mike perry, report

kai and mary. >> bernadette, we are defining a new december. it is mild weather. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news tonight, a bad time for ravens rec,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> and stan is here with the wjz fan sports report. >> a late season pickoff for the ravens. >> well he's been on the practice squad but they added him because david reed is on the injured list. dj jones, rookie offensive tackle. but folks, you better believe there comes a good share of high anxiety for coaches and players alike headed into cincinnati bengals game. they have suffered more than their allotted share of dropped passs. after a tremendous first half last week, it is a problem. however head coach john harbaugh said it is a correctable problem, adding this is no need to address by bringing if free agents to shake up the core. but they have to get a grip on the contest that dropped balls will trip up your offense and complicate the game. >> we do encourage them to get on the machine and catch more balls, run better routes. there are a lot of things that go into it an

i'm kai jackson. >> and i'm denise koch. mary is off.nd here's what people are talking about. >>> breaking news in virginia tech. moments ago, a police source says the gunman is dead. complete coverage continues with alexis christoforous, reporting for wjz. >> reporter: officers sulted up as law enforcement shut down virginia tech. they are looking for a man who shot and killed two people. >> i could see his face. i don't know if it was coming from his head or face exactly. >> reporter: one was a police officer, shot while ache making a routine traffic stop in a campus parking lot. the shooter, described as a white male, wearing gray pants and a maroon hoody, then fled on

. >>> hi again, i'm mary bubala. >> i'm kai jackson. >> the storm is bringing us damp and humid conditionsthere is the potential for high winds. let's go straight to bernadette woods tracking the first warning live doppler radar. bernadette? >> not a pretty day out there. we'll show you the heavy rain moving through. not just rain in some cases. in the southern line it formed into thunderstorms. so we'll take you on a tour and show you in the city the heaviest of the rain is moving toward eastern baltimore. and heading up 95 toward bel air and cecil county. severna park, heavy rain and annapolis,

kai jackson. and i'm denise koch. mary is off today. here's what people are talking about tonight. >> police now say the man who killed a virginia tech officer acted alone. wjz has complete coverage of the shooting. gigi barnett spoke with the local students who lived through those terrifying moments. but we begin with danielle nottingham with the latest from campus. >> reporter: this is where police officer derek kraus lost his life. today, it's the cite of a makeshift -- site of a makeshift memorial to thursday's campus shooting. >> we're just trying to do everything we can for his family. >> reporter: police say kraus was sitting in th

mary kay blige and george wallace.st like a great variety show with some wrestling. >> i had a chance to catch up with you on long island. kevin james made it big. you and kevin james really pioneered the let's pretend we're wrestling mantra. two heavyweights in high school. kevin james from "king of queens." you pretended to work out. >> you know what? we were the only two guys who weren't under pressure to drop weight. we were the heavyweights and kevin, i don't want to hurt my own rep here but kevin was the toughest kid in high school. he was one of two guys bench pressing 300 pounds. in case you're wondering, i was the other guy. we saw these guys working so hard and struggling to drop weight. i don't know who came up with the concept first. i'm so much better at this when i have cooperation. we had some great matches in that wrestling room. >> and now you guys are still tight and you both have been unbelievably successful. pretty great story and it started with a singlet in a sweaty wrestling room. >> it was a swe

i'm mary bubala. >> i'm kai jackson. here's what people are talking about. >> back in the u.s., but still under a cloud of suspicion, gary giordano speaks on national tv today, and he tries to explain his side of the story in the presumed death of robyn gardner, from frederick, maryland. gigi barnett has the latest. >> reporter: instead of going home to gaithersburg, gary giordano was in new york city, giving his version of events the day his travel companion went missing. >> reporter: back on american soil, gary giordano gives his first interview on network news this morning. he appeared on "good morning america," telling his side of what happened on the island, the day his travel companion and frederick native robyn gardner went missing. >> i feel bad, for a travel companion, disappeared on my watch. >> reporter: giordano says that she went missing and he frantically searched for her afterwards. he also discussed the $1.5 million life insurance policy taken out for her. >> there is a holland handbook for travelers. it

kai jackson. >> and i'm mary bubala. here's what people are talking about. >> a new york woman is crushed to death on her way to work, in an horrific elevator accident. jennifer jordan reports for wjz, she was getting onto the elevator when it malfunctioned. >> the woman was in the lobby of this midtown manhattan building. as the doors closed, she was only partly inside. police say her foot or legs got caught. then suddenly, her leg shot upwards. some people started running. they knew something terrible had happened. >> all of the people were coming out, saying the elevator crushed one woman inside. >> itself the -- as the elevator rose, it drug a woman and crushed her. >> others were sent to the hospital to be treated for psychological trauma. >> reporter: the 26-story tower is the long-time home of y&r, advertising anxiety. -- agency. police say the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. >> i felt bad. everybody inside, we felt the same. >> reporter: police are investigating what caused the elevator to malfunction. t

i'm kai jackson. and i'm mary bubala. here's what people are talking about. >> a penn state football coach takes the stand today at a preliminary hearing with school officials. mike mcqueary testifies that he did see jerry sandusky sexually molesting a boy. >> reporter: penn state assistant football coach, mike mcqueary left the courthouse after giving damning testimony against jerry sandusky and two other college officials. mcqueary testified that he saw sandusky having what he believed to be sexual intercourse with a 10- or 12- year-old boy in a campus shower in 2002. mcqueary said when he entered the locker room, he heard, quote, rhythmic slapping sounds and that he shockingly and surprisingly saw jerry in the shower with a boy. he was behind the boy in a very, very, very close position, holding the boy's waist, the boy's hand up against the shower wall. mcqueary said he didn't try to stop it or call the police because sandusky and the boy separated before he left the locker room. he testified he didn't say anything to

. >> do you see a bubala, mary and jackson, kai? there? >> oh,; unfortunately, they made the nice list. yes! ho ho ho. >> lucky for you guys. santa, thank you so much. we'll catch you guys in just a little bit. we're getting closer to the festivities. and it all starts at 5:30. as you can hear, it's under way. back to you. >> jackson santa. we got on the nice list this year. >> thank you, santa. >> doesn't always happen, kai, does it? >> no. >>> all right. go ahead. >> go, kai. >> you're going to get a good gift for that this year. >>> dangerous close call. see what happens when a giant tree falls directly on a police car. >> victimized by strangers. the reason these home intruders are still on the loose, despite being caught on the security video. >>> i'm bob turk in the first warning weather center. more sunshine on tap. i'll have the exclusive first warning five-day forecast. >>> and here's today's report from wall street. ,,,, [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable and enjoying it less and less? stop paying for secon

i'm mary bubala. >> and i'm kai jackson, this is a scene in hamden a short time ago where umbrellas areust on this wet night. and now we're looking at maybe some gusty winds as well. let's go to meteorologist bernadette woods in the weather center tracking the system and what we should expect. bernadette? >> the first part of the storm is winding down

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mary kay mention that, early on, there were people who passed right by me. that guy when i ran across the partisan line to serve in china as u.s. ambassador. of course i did. because you put your country first. i will take the to my grave. i'm sorry. that is just to why am. i also serve president reagan and president bush and president bush. i will always believe in putting this country first. if you weigh my background and what i have done and who we are as a family, i hope that we can win you over. so my final request is this. i just want your vote. that is all i want. i want your vote. that is not asking too much. i have to earn it. i know i have to win it over. you may not like 100% of it, but that is ok. that does not mean that we cannot be friends. but does not mean that we can win you over. we will recognize that we have everything we need to succeed in this country. we do not have the confidence to break out and get it done. but we have everything that every nation would want to succeed. i thought that living in china, a 10,000 miles away, you reflec

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. >>> hi, i'm kai jackson, and i'm mary bubala. >> breaks news in baltimore county, two children are badly hurt in a car crash on i-83. let's go to captain mike perry with new details. >> it occurred at 2:55 on the inner loop of the beltway from the northbound jones pauls

kai jackson. >> and i'm denise koch. mary is off tonight. here's what people are talking about. >> maryland braces for winter weather. heavy weather has been coming down. and right now, it's snowing in western maryland. you're looking at interstate 68 in garrett county, where conditions are pretty messy. wjz is live with first warning coverage. bob turk is tracking live doppler radar and what we should expect throughout the night. >> still pretty warm here in the baltimore and d.c. areas. take a look at the rain. still heavy pockets. actually a flood warning in effect for the northern virginia area and around

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kai? >> bob. thank you. >>> a woman dies after falling 75 feet off a cruise ship in california. authorities say the woman was apparently drinking before she lost her balance and fell from the queen mary ocean liner into long beach harbor. a man jumped in and tried to save her. both were rushed to the hospital where she died. and the man was treated for hypothermia. >>> a mugger in chicago picks the wrong guy to rob. police say 24-year-old anthony miranda attempted to steal from an ultimate fighting champion. miranda demanded money. but the ufc fighter got out and fault back. miranda suffered two black eyes, bullets and bruises to his hip. he's charged with armed robbery. >>> a 230-pound body builder. 22-year-old rubin arzu was apparently under the influence weapons and drugs. it took four officers and two stun gun blasts blasts and four sets of handguns to restrain him. arzu was booked on attempted homicide. >>> a car smashes through the front of a restaurant. diners say they watched the vehicle head straight for them. one angle of surveillance video shows the car hitting a man. we saw that send him flying several feet back inside. three people suffered minor injuries. the driver sai

kai thol schism. >> newt and i are are determined to run a positive, issue oriented and solutions-based campaign. >> republican political veteran marys some values voters might want to know more about the gingrich personal story, but for many, it's news that's a decade old. >> people have discounted. they knew about newt's marriage history and they've discarded that as a concern about him. >> for her part, ann romney says she is not trying to compare and contrast her husband's personal life with newt gingrich, but campaign insiders have said they think the former speaker's past life is a liability to him and it looks like they're working it, wolf. >> they are. we'll see how the voters, caucusgoers in iowa and voters elsewhere respond to this. thanks very much. >>> jack cafferty's here with the "cafferty file." >> i'm a little tired of being treated like a mushroom by my government. you know, kept in the dark and fed fertilizer. president obama is hailing the end of the iraq war as though the enemy had signed a terms of surrender on the deck of the u.s.s. missouri. total hogwash. this is the same war obama referred to as dumb nine ye