we'll get reaction from our chief political correspondent melinda crane in a ment.some experts from that interview. >> it is your first day back at the palace, a new year. have you thought seriously at all of resigning? >> no, over the past weeks i have received great support from friends, citizens, and staff. i enjoy carrying out my presidential responsibilities. at the end of my five-year term, i would like people to say i was a good and successful president. i carry out my duties with pleasure and conviction. i have not done anything wrong, but not everything i have done has been good. >> so have you been a good president so far? >> i have, that is the past few weeks that are being talked about. one has to take stock of their five years and decide. >> you have been under fire for calls made to the editor in chief of the bild newspaper, kai diekmann, and the ccf sprinter, which owns bild. you are accused of leading voice mail messages threatening both men did you have spoke of waging war and of an unworthy breach. but isn't it undignified for a president to use su

melinda roeder... 45 news late edition so far, no one can explain how forty animall turned up dead inside a columbia townhome. townhome. authorities were called to the glen shire townhomes yesterday where they discovered forty dead animals including birds, cats, rabbits and a guinea pig. police say 19 of them were packed inside a freezer. neighbors became suspicious months ago when they heard the sounds and smells of animals. 3 (4:47:55) "i opened the storm door and i knocked and thats when i smelled, i wouldn't say deecay but maybe feces, urine." urine." police are still searching for the residents who live in that &phome. so far, no one has been charged. arson .../ investigators.../ are... at the scene .../ of... a... southeast baltimore..../ fire..././. it.../ broke out .../ in... a... / vacant home.../ on... east baltimore street.../ ááspreadingáá.../ homes..../ááa fire victimáá told us .../ he thinks drug usershad broken into that vacant home. 3 "they in there trying keep warm.... who the landlord

i fall in love >> melinda french was an executive at microsoft when they met.d on new year's day 1994. the biggest misconception about you, just--that just you read it, and you say, "they're dead wrong." >> there was one that really bothered me, where a guy wrote a story saying that i had a prenuptial agreement with melinda, and he just filled in detail after detail. you know, there's not one iota of truth to it, and to me, it's such an, you know, an evil accusation, you know, and he could have just called up and asked. >> no prenuptial agreement. >> that's right. >> yeah, well, we straightened that out. >> well, i hope so. >> from the beginning, it has been a full partnership. they're raising their two small children, jennifer and rory. family pictures now fill his office. >> that one's a little better of jennifer, but i like this one. this one's a little better of melinda. >> gates admits he doesn't spend as much time here as he used to. >> and i'm sure that the 20-year-old bill gates would look at the 43-year-old bill gates and say, "hey, you're just not har

melinda was born waying just 9.5 ounces. less than can of soda.d to live more than a few days. >> hey, little girl. >> reporter: soon after her by the, melinda was treated for an eye disorder common to premies. and had surgery to close an artery. doctors call her recovery and development a miracle. >> the good news is that the baby is doing what the baby is supposed to do. feed, look around, sleep, and gain weight. >> reporter: out of the 7500 babies born in the u.s. each year weighing less than a pound, only about 10% survive. >> i feel blessed. i feel great she's here with us. >> reporter: even though melinda's parents feel like they're taking home a 5-month-old baby, to her doctors, she's only a month old. and the next six years are crucial. now the precious years will be spent at home with her loving family. for "good morning america," tanya rivero, abc news, new york. >> i don't know if that is the pregnancy hormones or what. it's a very emotional story. the miracle of modern day medicine. good luck to them at home. >> it's incredible that sh

i think melinda nailed it.gh tactics of organization and politics are the right who make everybody on the left or center left evil. not just different in terms of their judgments. >> absolutely. i think newt, who says he's an historian, needs to do some more research. saul alinsky never wanted to overthrow the system. he wanted to change it so everybody had a fair shake. he didn't want to destroy the table. he wanted everybody to have a seat on it, chris. and that's what he did in his earliest days of organizing in chicago. >> i think he uses the word alinsky not -- it sounds like a jewish name, but he uses it to suggest trotsky. he sound like some commie. i think 90% -- or 99% of the people have no knowledge of the guy, but it sounds like trouble. >> i was just in south carolina, chris, and i did ask people because he had been using this. i was in his election night hotel. you did the bite from that. i said do you know who saul alinsky is? people don't. i want to add one more thing. i think organizing sounds l

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. >>> melinda nación tan pequeña, que su cuerpo cabía en la palma de una mano, pesaba menos que una lata es que no sufrió que haya sufrido hemorragia cerebral, algo muy común en estos casos. >>> del 1 al 100, nos tocó el 1. >>> durante los 5 meses, melinda ganó y tuvo el suficiente peso, aunque en los próximos 6 años, estará en constante observación médica. en los Ángeles, univisión. >>> a continuación un adelanto de al punto de este domingo con jorge ramos, veamos. [♪]. >>> este domingo en al punto, ¿es el presidente daniel ortega un presidente legítimo para estados unidos? conteste. >>> hay cosas muy preocupante que ocurrieron durante estas elecciones, y entonces, tendremos más declaraciones, una vez que ocurar. >>> está con nosotros maría machado, quien llamó ladrón al presidente hugo chávez. >>> es un servidor público, y por lo tanto, tiene que escuchar y tiene que responder. >>>uun capitán habla del otro capitán, el italiano que huyó de la nave que se hundía. >>> el capitán es el responsable, es el último que se va. >>> y qué le dio la fuerza a esta estudiante peruana. >>> me dio la

melinda starr. one of the tiniest surviving babies in the world. she was born four months ago, weighing 9.5 ounces at birth. that's smaller than a soda can. making her the second smallest ever born in america. we have an update on her amazing survival. you'll want to see how she looks today. it's an incredible story. >>> right to the big snowstorm. it's marching into the northeast this morning. making a mess on the roads and causing massive delays at the airports. our ace meteorologist, ginger zee, never afraid of an immersive reporting assignment is out in times square this morning. >> finally getting outside here in new york city. in the northeast, many waking up to what will be the biggest snowstorm of the entire winter season. ask anyone from seattle to chicago, this pattern shift in winter weather is no joke. we have gone from mild to out of control. fast. winter finally arrived. and arrived with a vengeance. the storm stretches over 1,000 miles. it already dropped up to 9 inches of snow from iowa to indiana. it's just getting started. in chic

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melinda roeder... fox 45 news at ten. fireworks lit up the sky as baltimore brought in the new year with a spectacular light s. show.11:28:04 fireworks 28:11 22:11 the breathtaking event brought thousands to the inner harbor. but the city made surr the only fireworks this new year were in the sky.they beefed up security ... installing a large metal fence around the festivities.you could only enter the harbor celebration throogh nine main entry points. but many of those celebrating ... didn't seem to mind the new barrier. 01:01:01 "at first i was sort of i don't know innimidated. i was like why is there a ffnce but now that we're in and we've been walking around you really don't notice it. 01:10 01:1001:00:50 "it wasn't bad. i mean we came down earliir so it wasn't any problems with traffic and there really wasn't that much trouble parking either. 01:00:58 01:00:58the new security measures come after a violent fourth of july celebration at the inner harbor... where a man died and a 4-year-old was shot. baltimore city ended

but melinda roeder tells us it was only last year that similar cell phone cases...linda? being recorded on camera can be a blessing or a curse.... depending on your actions. there's added scrutiny. and the possibility of proof. ---- pause for nats----- nats----- you can see in this video... a man walks up to an officer and suddenly punches him in the face. seconds later, they're on the ground in a scuffle. police say the video shows the officers handled the situation well.... according to their training. the video was recorded by a y- stander... and it might serve as a valuable piece of evidence in ourt. <"i think it will be helpful in this case. absolutely. and to speak briefly about the recording. you know, we live in a day in age now where anyone with a cell phone has a camera and photgraphic capabilities. we respect that. the in the way of safety, we - respect the rights those individuals have."> those comments represent a real change in philosophy from a year ago... when police confiscated a cell phone from a witness who recorded an incident involving police at

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and melinda, thank you. >>> up next, oops. rick perry has done it again.s is really unbelievable. it's only three. it's only three, and he can't get it straight. wait until you catch him doing it again. this is unbelievable. you're watching "hardball" friday night on msnbc. ♪ >>> back to "hardball." now for the "sideshow." first up, opening old wounds. mccain and huckabee may have omitted to stay out of the 2012 presidential race but that doesn't mean there isn't lingering tension between the two former opponents. the charge? that during the last primary season mccain encouraged former tennessee governor fred thompson to say in the race and thereby split the social conservative vote in south carolina and give mccain the upper hand. here's huckabee leveling the charge yesterday morning. >> here's what happened. i mean, john certainly encouraged fred to stay in. i think everyone understood fred knew that he was not going goat the nomination. fred thompson's vote totals in the upstate really took into ours and john won handily in the south part around charles

and melinda, thank you. >>> up next, oops. rick perry has done it again.is really unbelievable. it's only three. it's only three, and he can't get it straight. wait until you catch him doing it again. this is unbelievable. you're watching "hardball" friday night on msnbc. ♪ is it fast? it's got 10 speeds, my friend. ♪ is it fast? it's got a lightning bolt on it, doesn't it? ♪ is it fast? i don't even know if it's street-legal. ♪ is it safe? oh, yeah. it's a volkswagen. [ male announcer ] the security of a jetta. one of nine volkswagen models named a 2012 iihs top safety pick. ♪ got you in a stranglehold, baby ♪ challenge that. new olay smooth finish facial hair removal duo. first a gentle balm. then the removal cream. effective together with less irritation and as gentle as a feather. new olay hair removal duo. try bayer advanced aspirin. it has microparticles so it enters the bloodstream fast and rushes relief to the site of your tough pain. it's proven to relieve pain twice as fast as before. bayer advanced aspirin. what's going on? we ordered a gift onl

melinda weighed less than 9 1/2 ounces at birth. less than a can of soda.hs later, she's up to 4 1/2 pounds. a little miracle in her mother's arms. and her mother's words, she beat those odds. >>> we want to remember now a singer who has died. and not just any singer. one whose voice was so true, so fierce, she changed everything. etta james passed away after a long battle with leukemia. and she once said, when i'm singing the blues, i'm singing life. here's abc's linsey davis. ♪ at last >> reporter: it was the song beyonce serenaded the obamas with during their first dance at his inauguration. it was a tribute to her idol. ♪ my lonely days >> reporter: for five decades, etta james' calling card. platinum hair, feisty spirit, musical grit. james would write, "the bad girls had the look that i liked. i wanted to be rare. i wanted to be noticed." that palpable emotion and raw pain often attributed to a difficult childhood. mom left home. she never knew her dad. but she would rise up and break into the male-dominated music industry of the '50s. the first woman

melinda stark-guido was discharged from usc medical center sunday.ed just 9 1/2 ounces at birth, less than a can of soda. kabc's jovan nah lara has details of melinda's birth and her miraculous survival. >> reporter: she's one of the smallest babies ever born, and already she's a proven fighter, defeating all the odds after spending months in icu, melinda stark guido gets to go home. the long-awaited day a thrill to her young parents. >> there's no words to say. it's just a great moment. finally to take her home after 4 1/2 months. finally spend the whole night with her. >> reporter: weighing only 9 1/2 ounces when she was born last august, doctors were doubtful she would survive. but melinda is now four pounds 11 ounces and thriving. >> this doesn't happen often. in my 30 years of doing this this is the first baby we are ever sending home. we have resuscitated babies like this. actually on december 14th we had a baby born, exactly 270 grams. didn't make it after five days. >> reporter: but there are still hurdles to cross. over the next few weeks me

fox's melinda roeder has more. >>> it is easy to ignore someone or something coming from behind whenou condition hear them. >> reporter: listening to music on the run can put you at risk. >> i really turn the volume all the way down to a four or five so i'm aware of my surroundings. >> reporter: with ipods and ear phones becoming more prop lahr, it is probably no surprise pedestrians are putting themselves in danger. >> people love their music and love to listen to their music in every place possible. >> reporter: the doctor claims over the course of sick years, serious injuries to pedestrians wearing headphones has more than tripled. >> plugging up your ears and not allowing you to hear outside noises, alarm rkz sirens, horns is important in its own right and plus there is the distraction of actually paying attention to the music that you're listening to. >> reporter: he says we are he a distracted society from day to day dodging traffic. >> excuse me. >> reporter: and often doing so unaware of what is around us. >> does that surprise you? >> not at all. my dad is a fireman so i was

additional funding for frontlineexpanded broadcast season is provided by the bill and melinda gates foundation. >> smith: for six months, frontline investigated a secret war against insurgents operating from inside pakistan. a year ago, i traveled across afghanistan and up to the border of pakistan, together with frontline correspondent stephen grey. beyond this checkpoint, the campaign against the taliban and al qaeda is led by u.s. intelligence. here, the cia is funding, arming, and running secret afghan militia, who guard the border, gather intelligence, and launch kill raids against the militants. >> they're called "counter-terrorism pursuit teams," and they are groups of afghans very well paid, apparently pretty well trained, with guns, and they operate at the direction of the cia. these are direct-action, you know, go-to-the-ball kind of groups. they're not standing around and guarding checkpoints and, you know, street corners. they're going after people. >> smith: here, in the province of khost, the cia unit is known as the khost protection force, or kpf. they are based in afghanistan,

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additional funding for frontline's expanded broadcast season is provided by the bill and melinda gates foundation. >> navai: i began my investigation in the capital, damascus, in september. traveling with my producer, who speaks arabic, we entered the country posing as tourists. careful, the cops. before my trip, i'd spent weeks arranging access to opposition leaders inside syria. i'd been given a local cell number to call. after using a code word, i was told to go to a location where my underground contact would be waiting. the plan was to travel ten miles from damascus to the town of douma, into the midst of the uprising. my contact was a young businessman. like other opposition activists, he uses an alias. his is abu khaled. abu khaled is meeting with another activist now to see if the roads are safe and they can get us in. abu khaled's also told us that, at a funeral of a protester today, seven people were shot. he said protests were happening along the road to douma and he'd take me to see them. but there were army checkpoints everywhere. abu khaled used a network of lookouts to f

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melinda was so tiny she was the size of a soda can at birth.ut doctors now say she waáeugs 4-1/2 pound. >>> still ahead, president obama shows off a hidden talent. >>> plus -- >> we're back here in just a ku -l of minutes, right >>> check this out, president obama displayed a talent that very few people even knew he had. it happened at the apollo theater in new york city. the president was thanking al green for warming up the crowd. >> to know that, reverend al green was here. >> [ cheering and applause ] >> ♪ >> that was al green's song "let's start together" the president jokes the staff didn't believe he would really do that. >>> this caps quite a turn around for the detroit company which lost the top spot the in 2008 and then entered bankruptcy the next year. gm told about 9 million vehicles worldwide and increase of 7.6%. volkswagen placed second. toyota dropped to third. >>> federal investigators finished their investigation into the volt. it determined there is no increased risk for a fire and there is no defect in the volt. general moto