i told you, you the man, baby. >>> coming up, melanie reddy is back in jail. longed for. >> will you marry me? >>> melanie reddy spent a month in the suffolk county jail, awaiting trial on a prostitution charge. the case was eventually dismissed. reddy has now returned to the streets of boston. but she knew her future was less than certain. >> i've done years. i've done months. i keep coming in and out because every time i use, this is my end result. >> the day she was released from jail, reddy was treated for a heroin overdose. three weeks later, she's back in the jail's intake department. she was arrested for being under the influence of drugs in a public place. >> seriously. leave me alone. >> when melanie reddy came in the last time, she was certainly dope sick. dope sick is somebody coming from the street, they haven't had a fix in a few hours. it's when your body is starting to realize, hey, where is that drug? and all of those symptoms, the nausea, vomiting, cramping, seizures, everything, all those things are now coming to the surface. >> reddy will de

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melanie alnwick, fox 5 news. >>> now to a consumer alert.k of america says it plans to start charging customers a $5 debit fee each month starting early next year. customers will be charged the fee if they use their dibbette cards for purchases in any given month. customers will not be charged if they only use their cards at atms. chase and wells fargo have been testing a $3 monthly debit card fee in some places but have not decided whether to make the fee permanent. >>> the move by bank of america is the latest hit in the wallet for folks looking for a free checking account. >>> a new study by bank rate.com just found that 45% of checking accounts are now free with no springs attached. >>> coming up, a huge honor for one member of the washington redskins. that is next in sports. >>> plus, off the wall is coming up next and we're talking a little baseball. >> i know how much you love to talk baseball. the redskins and rams, i'll give you our predictions. >> that's easy. this opinioners yellow like the rams. -- this paper is yellow like the r

>> at the shorter home, cheryl and daughters melani and ariana ready yet another homecoming. within hours, sergeant shorter returns from his fourth deployment. >> the tears still come streaming through and i mean it's all renewed emotion. but the act of getting everything set does get old because you're doing different things. you're doing the same thing, you're putting a banner up, you're decorating. that part may get old but the emotions behind it, no. >> the other side of the war. the toll on families. >> we have financial issues back home, dealing with divorce, relationship issues. first-time fathers that have never seen their children. >> life goes on without us. and then we go back and there's a lot of changes, you know, it might it be something small like your wife has a different hairstyle. it might be something huge. and it's kind of a shock. it hurts almost. you know? it's like how dare you go on with your life when i was over there fighting. >> uh-huh. >> that's how i felt personally. >> do you remember how you were able to deal with it the first time? >> first tim

we have melanie nutter, mitch salazar. he is going to be on the ground. mohammed nuru. this is a great new way we are partnering together. i want to look knowledge the mta, the puc, the office of work force development. thank you for the work you're doing in our neighborhoods. the partnership of the police department, making sure we are all safe. and finally, again, supervisor cohen and mayor lee. thank you.

my name is melanie, the director of the san francisco department of the environment. in an effort to help our city's homeowners afford energy efficiency in their homes, my department has partnered with energy of great california to develop the san francisco home improvement and performance program. this is a program that does offer financial incentives of up to $7,000 for san francisco homeowners, which is an exce looking to do energy efficiency in their homes. as you all know, making home energy improvements will all to save money on electricity bills, as well as gas bills. doing energy efficiency of grades in a home also makes comes more comfortable as well as more healthy. ultimately, as he said, if you do energy efficiency upgrades in your home, it does increase the value of your home. the first up in terms of participating in the sf hip program is to call one of our specially trained contractors who can come out to do an energy assessment, to basically look at what some of the measures are that you could do in your home to see these types of energy savings. this

. >> with me now, melanie barnes, president's domestic policy adviser.u for being with us today. you are relaxing the standard granting waivers and argument is they have been teaching for the test and lowering the standards in the states themselves to avoid getting the penalties of not meeting those test results. isn't there an argument that this is basically giving in to teacher pressure? how do you respond to those criticisms? >> first of all, thank you as always. it's always a pleasure to be with you, andrea. the president announced today and with secretary duncan standing by his side, we're responding to problems that we've seen in this law, problems that parents and educators have identified for years that congress has been trying to fix for years but because we haven't been able to get a bipartisan bill over the finish line, the president asked secretary duncan several weeks ago to operate within the law and to use the flexibility that he's granted within the law to address these problems. in fact, we're not lowering standards. we are raising stand

we have melanie nutter, mitch salazar. he is going to be on the ground. mohammed nuru. this is a great new way we are partnering together. i want to look knowledge the mta, the puc, the office of work force development. thank you for the work you're doing in our neighborhoods. the partnership of the police department, making sure we are all safe. and finally, again, supervisor cohen and mayor lee. thank you. >> is housed in a spectacular building described by the world renowned architect. it is the san francisco destination for provocative expositions and programs that explore culture, history, art, and ideas. the director of cultural affairs told us more about the mission and to give us a tour of the latest exposition. ♪ >> today we find ourselves of the contemporary jewish museum. with me is the director of the museum. >> i am so happy you are here today. >> we're getting close to a milestone for the museum. it is your third anniversary coming up. >> it is. you were here to help cut the ribbon. it has been an extraordinary journey ever since. we welcome hundreds of th

my name is melanie grossman. i am a resident and social worker, but i am speaking more as a resident. in my opinion, we do not need more bars on polk street, but i would also look -- like to look at things from a point of view of seniors to live in the area. i am a member of the older women's league. one of our things is aging in the city. we also support healthy aging, which means getting out there in walking, interacting in the community. i see more bars just means it is harder to walk and more crowds. there are people focusing on having a good time and not necessarily looking out for who was passing by. you could be bumped into or anything like that. the whole idea of safety is very intimidateing. many seniors to walk in the evening. my husband and i worked iwalk ie evening and it is intimidating with all of the chaos and crime in the evening. in my opinion we do not need another bar or coffee shop. i would like to see businesses of the area where people could run errands and live independently in the city and

my name is melanie nathan. i am a personal advocate and conflict resolution specialist.i serve as vice president on the board of fair housing in marine and was recently reappointed to the marin human rights council. i practiced law in south africa before moving to the u.s. in march of this year i was faced with a choice. i could stay in the united states with might call-year-old daughter in a shared custody arrangement or i would have to leave her behind to go into exile with my same-sex spouse and our four-year old. our nightmare involves navigating the complex immigration system to keep our family together. had we not been of the same sex, we would have not had any problems. after receiving help from senator feinstein, i led the drive to introduced private bill 867. when my advocacy became public, scores of bi-national couples began contacting me for help. not a day goes1/ request. i testified before the california state assembly, judiciary committee, and provided written testimony to senator leahy for the uniting of american families act. the irc, in making their reco

my name is melanie nathan. i am a personal advocate and conflict resolution specialist.i serve as vice president on the board of fair housing in marine and was recently reappointed to the marin human rights council. i practiced law in south africa before moving to the u.s. in march of this year i was faced with a choice. i could stay in the united states with might call-year-old daughter in a shared custody arrangement or i would have to leave her behind to go into exile with my same-sex spouse and our four-year old. our nightmare involves navigating the complex immigration system to keep our family together. had we not been of the same sex, we would have not had any problems. after receiving help from senator feinstein, i led the drive to introduced private

we have melanie nutter, mitch salazar. he is going to be on the ground. mohammed nuru. this is a great new way we are partnering together. i want to look knowledge the mta, the puc, the office of work force development. thank you for the work you're doing in our neighborhoods. the partnership of the police department, making sure we are all safe. and finally, again, supervisor cohen and mayor lee. thank you. ♪ >> hello, and welcome to the department of elections right choice voting instructional video. it is part of the department of elections right choice voting outreach campaign and is designed to educate san francisco rig franciscoht choice voting. today we will learn what it is and who is elected using this voting method. we will also talk about with the ranked joyce l. looks like and how to market correctly. finally, we will see how the ranked joyce voting process works and to you an example of an election using ranked choice of voting. so, what is ranked joyce voting? in march 2002 san francisco voters adopted a charter to implement ranked choice of voting, also k

fox 5 money reporter melanie alnwick has more. >> reporter: lunchtime apt toledo pizza on georgia -- at toledo pizza on georgia avenue still busy but lighter. kelly shy is one of about two dozen business owners just outside the gates of the former walter reed army medical center. when she opened in 2005, more than 5,000 people worked at the campus and the facility served about 150,000 patients. >> we saw georgia avenue as an opportunity. >> reporter: since the closure decision local stores have made adjustments. >> we knew it was going to slope down. we knew on september 15th -- slow down. we knew on september 15th that was definitely going to impact business. >> reporter: the last of the inpatients moved out in august, but the campus is not complete lip desolate. >> security guards, maintenance workers and as we -- completely desolate. >> security guards, maintenance workers and as we transition to something new we were planning on city planners, construction workers, a host of people. >> reporter: those will come when a massive redevelopment plan gets underway. this may be what's k

my name is melanie, the director of the san francisco department of the environment.n an effort to help our city's in an effort to help our city's homeowners afford energy

we have melanie nutter, mitch salazar. he is going to be on the ground. mohammed nuru. this is a great new way we are partnering together. i want to look knowledge the mta, the puc, the office of work force development. thank you for the work you're doing in our neighborhoods. the partnership of the police department, making sure we are all safe. and finally, again, supervisor cohen and mayor lee. thank you. there are so many ways that the internet provides real access to real people and resources and that's what we're try to go accomplish. >> i was interested in technology like video production. it's interesting, you get to create your own work and it reflects what you feel about saying things so it gives perspective on issues. >> we work really hard to develop very in depth content, but if they don't have a venue, they do not have a way to show us, then this work is only staying here inside and nobody knows the brilliance and the amazing work that the students are doing. >> the term has changed over time from a very basic who has a computer and who doesn't have a comp

and melanie sloan was guilty of slander in so many ways, allegedly guilty of slander in so many ways. and we are fighting back. so that is on, you know, the top of my priority list right now because when candidates or political opponents do not have a platform to stand on, don't have a record they can defend, which, you know, even the democrats are beginning to say about the obama administration, they don't have a record they can defend. they resort to the politics of personal destruction. so if we don't fight back now and stop this corrupt behavior from crew, going into the 2012 election they will continue to do that. so again, you can't accuse your neighbor of burglary because you might face some charges of your own for abusing the justice system. crew cannot do what they did. in terms of running for office again, like i said, i honestly don't know. it depends on, you know, if we have a congress full of allen west and jim demint's, i can enjoy civilian life, and that sounds very appealing. but again, i wrote the book because we need more allen west, we need more jim demint, we need

we have melanie nutter, mitch salazar. he is going to be on the ground. mohammed nuru. this is a great new way we are partnering together. i want to look knowledge the mta, the puc, the office of work force development. thank you for the work you're doing in our neighborhoods. the partnership of the police department, making sure we are all safe. and finally, again, supervisor cohen and mayor lee. thank you. >> good evening, everyone, and welcome to the forum featuring the five candidates for san francisco district attorney. we appreciate the efforts they have made to share their perspective on this very important office. i am president of the bar association and san francisco -- senior counsel at wells fargo bank. i want to thank the league of women voters for being our co- sponsor and for their help running this event tonight. thanks also to the san francisco government television for their lives dreaming of this form and for taping it to show san francisco voters during this election season. thanks also to our moderator for formulating the questions asking tonight. h

>> guest: well, i think melanie's story sadly is that that unusual. i hear similar parents from reports from parents. it sounds like her situation might have involved a child with disabilities. and 94% of them report they have been bullied at some point. that includes physical disabilities as well as cognitive impairment. and there needs to be more work done to be able to help these kids cope with these situations and she alluded to the role of the police and the community. this is not going to be a problem that's going to be solved solely by the schools. it's going to require families. it's going to require communities and occasionally it's going to require police involvement. and it's important for us to recognize where do we cross that line between a bullying incident and an assault? and we're hopeful that the policies provide some guidance around that for schools >> host: glenda on our republican line from tulsa, oklahoma is next. caller: -- >> caller: i want to ask will new policies be able to address the new school administration so that the tea

david paul de rubbio fax william dean >> jemal legesse de santis >> christian louis de simone >> melanier. >> thomas patrick deangelis >> tara e. debek >> anna marjia debin >> james v. deblase >> paul decola >> simon marash dedvukaj >> jason defazio david a. defeo >> manuel del valle, jr. >> and mines and brother, we miss you and love you and will never forget what happened 10 years ago. god bless america. >> and my uncle. we miss you more than anything in the world. our family has 19 the same. give us a victory tonight in your honor. >> donald arthur delapenha >> vito joseph deleo >> danielle anne delie >> joseph a. della pietra >> andrea dellabella >> palmina delligatti >> colleen ann deloughery >> francis albert demartini >> anthony demas >> martin n. demeo >> francis deming >> carol k. demitz >> kevin dennis >> thomas f. dennis >> and my husband, michael cunningham. liam and i miss you today and all the days of our lives. god bless you. >> i am reading in honor of my father, the police officer of truck no. 2. we love you and miss you, and please continue to watch over us. >> jean dep

melanie sloan was guilty of slandered in so many ways. allegedly guilty of slander in so many ways. we are fighting back. so that is on the top of my priority list right now. when candidates or political opponents do not have a platform to stand on or record they can defend which even the democrats are beginning to say about the obama administration they don't have a record they can defend they resort to the politics of personal destruction. so we don't fight back now and stop this corrupt behavior from crew going into the 2012 elections they will continue to do that. again you can't accuse your neighbor of burglary because you might face some charges of your own for abusing the justice system. crew cannot do what they did. in terms of running for office again, i honestly don't know. it depends on if we have a congress full of alan wests, i can enjoy its civilian life. that sounds very appealing. but again, i wrote the book because we need more alan wests. we need more michele bachmans and sarah palins and maybe some of you right here in this room. as an outsider, when people watch

[applause] >> thank you melanie campbell. judith a. browne-dianis. >> they said it was hard to come after reverend lowery. melanie campbell is difficult to follow too. >> is your microphone on? >> good morning. thank you. my friend ben, board of directors, thank you for having us today to have this important discussion. the road to 2012 a bumpy one. has potholes, big pot holes. if we are not careful we will fall into them. i know with the naacp and our friends up here, we will not have a problem. we will fill the pot holes. we will steamroll them to make sure that our people can participate unfettered in 2012. we have got to make sure we are breaking down the barriers because we understand from what we have heard and what we know that it is no coincidence, no coincidence what is happening. the numbers show that some folks got to be scared. they have got to be scared of us. our brothers and sisters in the latino community, because we can change this country dramatically. [applause] there are people who are scared of the change we might

. >> let's go to melanie troutman. >> can you tell us -- melanie troutman of the wall street journal. can you tell us some of the things you are asking the labor department to do? secretary scalise, to stimulate job creation and also insure that workers who are currently employed are getting the wages that they are supposed to get. >> we are asking them to enforce the laws that protect workers and that is whether it is health and safety laws in the workplace of all americans or in the minds -- i think she is doing that. we are asking her to step up enforcement of fair labor standards act which means people should be paid the fare rate for the right work raid. sometimes they get reclassified, wrongly classified. we are asking her to look at the classifications. we are asking her to make sure workers get the full pay they are entitled to and quite frankly she has responded admirably. she has enforced f o s a better than anyone in the last two decades. she has done a terrific job of it and we are very supportive and thankful what she does to protect workers, health and safety. >> at this

. >> thank you, melanie campbell. >> they said it was hard to come after reverend lowry. >> is your mike

. >> reporter: melanie sloan, sometimes referred to as the most feared woman on capitol hill, heads then. your group usually goes after political scoundrels. why on earth would you be siding with the disgraced politician like john edwards? >> t hard to come -- it is hard to come to the defense of somebody as despicable as john edwards. but in this case the justice department is taking such an aggressive prosecution, you have to wonder why they're doing this. >> reporter: two wealthy donors provided $2 million to hide a pregnant ryele hunter -- rielle hunter from voters. >> it's a typical fraud case. >> reporter: edwards' lawyers upon the case thrown out saying it's unprecedented and politically motivated. >> i'm george holden, and i'm running for congress. >> reporter: republican u.s. attorney george holden oversaw the edwards case, then quit his job to run for congress weeks after edwards was charged. now edwards claims his long-time adversary brought him down for political gain. george holding told us that he can't comment on an ongoing case, and edwards continues to maintain that he