do you remember merrill johnsruth? i think she served several -- served as a volunteer for the first lady for several first ladies. >> i do not remember, but i wasn't there in 1960. >> no, she started back in the '70s and '80s. they were there twice in washington, merrill johnsruth. >> i really don't remember. i can't remember my 17 grandchildrens' names. merrill. >> anyway, we hosted them a couple of weeks ago and they interacted informally with the faculty in our department. i think her skill was addressing the christmas cards or something like that. >> that's a real skill, too. >> there are a lot of volunteers and correspondents, people may not know that. >> i understand. but when pressed she was quite willing to range, i think, from mrs. carter on right to the president, first ladies, in terms of the cordiality of which you were treated as a volunteer. >> yes. i don't blame you. don't go any further. >> ma'am? >> hi, my name's cheyenne, and i would like to know, how is life different after -- y'all's husband are ou

merrill lynch is mull pells bigger than schwab. how much that would impact that earnings potential. >> do they differentiate between bank of america and are they more bullish than jpmorgan? >> yes, they are. they are more bullish based on whether we look at the volume itself obviously 10 or 20 times more volume trades than the other stocks. >> is that because it's a fifth? >> a cheap shot, but also a lot of us would say because it's a cheap shot and an $8 stock, that's what the options cost in a lot of the other stocks. why wouldn't people buy the stock? they can lever up an awful lot of the stock and that trade worked out well. >> xlf becomes attractive. you look at the top holdings and wells fargo and jpmorgan and city, bank of america, goldman and american express. those eight companies, you moved this element of potentially. i think the xlf is the first entree you take here into the financials if you haven't been in them yet. >> does that change your view and you more optimistic than 24 hours ago. >> we have known for a few day

the portion around the merrill fund. -- mayoral fund. supervisor chu: the part -- this is the severing out of the part that has a balance of $7 million in the fiscal year. supervisor wiener: the entire item i read into the record about the $5 million and $4 million. supervisor chu: only on page 3, lines 3 through 5 and on page 4, lines 2 through 8. president chiu: are there any additional questions? why don't we vote on the first item that supervisor chu called out. >> supervisor kim, aye, ceqa biz -- supervisor at delonte, aye. supervisor avalos, aye. to pressure campos, of aye. -- supervisor campos, aye. supervisor cohen, aye. supervisor elsbernd, no. eight ayes and three nos. president chiu: on the balance of the amendment -- on the balance of the amendments. supervisor farrell, aye. supervisor kim, aye. supervisor a lucky, aye. supervisor wiener, aye. supervisor avalos, aye. supervisor campos, aye. president chu,i, aye. supervisor to, aye. supervisor aye -- supervisor elsbernd, aye. >president chiu: with regards to this item as amend

secretary merrill? please come to this microphone. there. that one. >> just a thought on a question i have out there along these lines -- i don't know how many states are considering online voter registration. i'm introducing it this year in connecticut. but if, you know, somehow to get a survey of where people are on this, if there are others considering it, because it seems to me that's a great tool for the coming fall in terms of voter participation. se maybe if this could -- where other people are on this. i know that rock the vote people are using the online registration. i mean, that's something you would see as a tool for registering young people. i don't know if anyone else is working on this issue. >> i think there's a whole lot of activity on the issue. i think there's at least one major report about where it is. but i also think there have been some very recent developments and also some states. i know in nevada we were talking about what had been their preliminary results as they've stepped on this process. i think secretary reid

. >> secretary merrill would you like to come up and talk about your psa contest? >> well thank you very much and thank you for the great presentations today, i think it's -- the name of all this, the game and civic participation is really partnerships with other organizations that are doing such great work like i-civics and rock the vote. i'm somebody who has been around with civic engagement in a long time, i have started a nonprofit 30 years ago that was doing sort of work in civic education and helped pass a bill in 2003 in connecticut that did dedicate a one semester course in civics for every graduating student in connecticut, so we do have a little place holder in the curriculum, but we take seriously that you get to the young voters so we were doing poster and essay contests and we then decided to do a video contest. and we did it with comcast. they are one of the sponsors for us, we could do it nationally. it's virtuely no cost and it' a it's -- it's a video contest. and comcast will broadcast the winners in the fall just before the presidential election.

i've seen it in the faces of volunteers who show up to help after tornadoes in places like merrill or lacrosse. and i've always seen it in the face of our men and women in uniform like the men and women from the 724th. [ applause ] moving forward, i believe that spirit of wisconsin will help us improve the state of our economy, the state of our budget, the state of oour schools and most importantly, i believe the spirit of wisconsin will help us all improve the lives of each and every citizen in our great state. now is the time for action. now is the time to get our state working again. now is the time to move wisconsin forward. [ applause ]

of relief for and some openly gay members to say after years of failed attempts there optimistic merrill lenders -- mary landrielanders are on their side. >> a great day for the people of maryland. i am proud to be part of it. >> >> despite the boat, this issue is far from over. opponents have vowed to bring the marriage to a referendum. opponents must admit it by july 1. >> virginia lawmakers killed a bill that would have to find life as a beginning at conception. it was sent back to committee when they brought concerns. bob marshall who sponsored these personhood bills lashed out of republican leaders. >> what is the meaning of the platform and all these platitudes are in there but when the time comes to do something they get cold feet? >> bachmann done a winter his support for a bill requiring an ultrasound before an abortion. it is the target of protests. >> it is a violent night in northeast washington. the search continues for the gun man behind to separate shootings. police arrived to find the man suffering from gunshot wounds. he was taken to the hospital where he later died. off

. >> after announcing a landmark settlement deal come up hundreds of merrill lenders are now seeking help. -- of marylanders are now seeking help. maryland will receive $960 million available for home owners seeking relief and a lowering of principle. >> everyone who called had a story about what had happened, what they are experiencing. they were excited that there was somewhere they could call to get some type of assistance. >> of your looking for informational about the settlement or need help to stop a foreclosure, you are urged to call the state attorney general's office up 410, 576- 6300. >> the frenzy surrounding tomorrow night's $325 million dark spot. >> maryland will head into the game with a major injury. we will tell you about that later in sports. >> of rain and snow on the hd doppler and a winter weather advisory. the forecast coming up. 42 at the airport, 34 at the inner harbor. >> power ball fever is in the air. there was no winner after wednesday night's drawing, now the $325 drawing as a lot of people dreaming about what all this cash could mean to them. >> i feel t

merrill has put her money where her mouth is and put $1 milli

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more than 25 years after taking home less honor, a narrow street gained top honors -- merrill street -- meryl streep gained top honors. >> crammed with hollywood royalty, tinsel town at its most glamorous. he used the spotlight to plug his latest role. the academy warned him about publicity stunts, throwing pretend ashes a kim jong il certainly broke protocol. always the last to arrive with a flourish. it was the clear favorite from the beginning, and the artist didn't disappoint. becoming the second silent movie ever to win best picture. best director, best costume, best music, and best actor. ♪ >> [speaking foreign language] >> the hon. gentleman could tend to more closely to what i am saying. dodge report trail of margaret thatcher won her the best actress prize. >> i look out here and i see my left before my eyes. my old friends, my new friends. for this inexplicably wonderful career, thank you so much. >> the best supporting actor category, christopher plummer won his first at age 82, the oldest actor ever to win an oscar. >> where have you been all my life? >> it was a powerful

bank of america and merrill lynch is calling this stock underweight and says that you've got $2.5 billion financing in fiscal year '12 and feels that the merchant generation isn't going well. you are obviously putting money where your mouth is and do not agree with this underweight sell report. >> no. i know the company pretty well, and been working there close to 20 years. i can't think of a better place to put my own money than in this company. you're not worried about that $2.5 billion in debt and you have dividend reinvestment plans that will raise money in itself, right? >> we've always had great access to the debt markets. utilities have to issue a lot of debt. we build a lot of things and we've always said we have great credit ratings and we've always had oversubscribed bond offerings. >> earlier in the show i talked about how exxon, at the top, paid a fortune for a very good company, xto. you guys at the top sold a very good natural gas company, was that because you saw a glut coming or you felt that it was time to get out of that business? >> it was more the latter, jim. it just

after my second story, i started getting offers from goldman sachs, merrill lynch. i said, i wanted to do work that was meaningful to me, so ended up working in the prison system at rikers island. i know all of that was in so many ways possible because of the work that you did. i just want to say that i honor you, respect, love everything that you have done, all the roads that you have paid to allow me to do the best things that i have done. [applause] >> 44 years apart these two stories happens. clearly, life is not the same. so i went to ask you, miss coleman, what has changed since your time? and, bryonn, after that, what has not changed? when you listen to this story 44 years later for what you sat down and fought for, what has changed? >> well, that is a difficult question. i have to say, depending on what part of the country you come from -- when i have visited and montgomery, people ask, what did they get out of the civil rights movement? one thing. the street that i lived on, instead of calling it east dixie drive, they called it claudia colvin drive. [appla

police say they pitched tents outside a merrill lynch office on 15th street downtown.s ordered them to leave, but the demonstrators would not move. officers then pulled the protesters out of the tents and put them in handcuffs. >>> this morning, you may want to check your carbon monoxide detector and furnace to make sure both are working properly. 16 people including five children were rushed to the hospital because of a carbon monoxide leak. this happened in the berry farm neighborhood in southeast washington. crews stopped the leak, and everyone was allowed back in the apartments. officials say a faulty furnace caused the leak. >>> we should learn this week the results of an ethics probe of a maryland state senator who was acquitted in criminal court of bribery charges. senate president thomas mike miller says an ethics committee reached a decision on how it recommends the senate address senator curry. the prince george's county senator was acquitted in a federal bribery case last year relating to more than $245,000 in payments he allegedly received from shoppers foo

merrill has put her money where her mouth is and put $1 million to the cause. she's the first to say i'm not perfect. we all have problems in our life. no one is perfect. when the world is lacking real role models, comforting to see someone who is celebrated because she worked so hard and lived a great life. anderson cooper "360" starts right now. >> thanks. we begin with one student dead, four others wounded, a school and town traumatized and breaking news. reports that the student who allegedly opened fire at chardon high school just outside of cleveland will be in court tomorrow. an eyewitness tells cnn the shooter's name is t.j. lane. this is one of several pictures from t.j. lane's facebook page. the cleveland affiliate is reporting he is scheduled for a first appearance at 3:30 tomorrow afternoon in county juvenile court. in december, posting on facebook, lane wrote in a quaint lonely town sits a man with a frown who longed for only one thing, the world to bow at his feet. was that lonely man t.j. lane? and if so, did that lonely man shoot and kill daniel

. >> merrill law currently requires a person to report suspected child abuse or neglect, but the state has no authority to prosecute those who do not. >> pretrial proceedings in the julius henson trial had been postponed. and needed witness has become ill and was unable to appear. hinson was accused of making the robocalls in the november 2010 election to try to suppress the african-american vote. >> testimony will continue tomorrow in the murder trial of university of virginia lacrosse player george huguely. one of his angry e-mails to his girlfriend, according to prosecutors, red "i should have killed you." lowell melser has the latest from charlotte. >> as evidence is officially presented in the george huguely murder trial, opening statements from both sides take the better of two hours wednesday morning. virginia commonwealth attorney warner chapman's statement mostly surround the night club was found dead, explaining evidence that shows he kicked in the door to her bedroom, leaving behind the na, and highlighted by lead e-mails including one with a " ocracoke, i should have killed

originally recording of a young whitney houston singing the hit that bay area song writers george merrillnd shannon rubukum wrote for her first first album. >> we just sat down and wrote what we thought would be a good song. >> reporter: at the time, she was unknown. the song "how will i know" was originally meant for janet jackson. but then she heard it and -- >> as soon as i heard it with george, we just went oh, my god! >> she was this young, vibrant spunky kid. she could do anything. >> reporter: whitney and producer walden would turn their words into hits t was -- hits. it was here in the studio that seven of houston's number one hits were produced. some were recorded here, using this very microphone. >> lionel richie, aretha franklin, whitney houston. >> reporter: the proof adorns the walls here. walden worked closely were -- with houston. on his facebook page, the producer said we're so grateful to have been a part of her legacy. >> shock, sadness, celebration. >> reporter: marilyn says the end came too soon for the young girl they knew but she gave them memories they will never fo

questions about the possible influence of money as a relates to the bernal heights branch library merrill, which features an unidentified african-american singer. two years ago, the library commission approved a compromise to restore the front of the mural at a cost of $18,000, but expressed great concern as to where that $18,000 funding would come from. a so-called community process was to decide the other two sides. two years went by. in june and july of 2011, the so-called community process task force came to the library commission with a plan that was to get rid of all three sides, despite the previous resolution. and no budget was discussed at all. we found on line with that budget would be. the burn all library and art project -- bernal library art project had a budget 10 times would have -- what had been proposed two years prior, or $185,000. over here all was friends of the public library, with a fiscal fee of $16,800. we have also found the city librarian sending a letter in which he suddenly and without explanation has money for this project, $20,000 worth. it was never discusse

i've seen it in the faces of volunteers who show up to help after tornadoes in places like merrill or lacrosse. and i've always seen it in the faces of our men and women in uniform like the men and women from the 724th. [ applause ] moving forward, i believe that spirit of wisconsin will help us improve the state of our economy, the state of our budget, the state of our schools and most importantly, i believe the spirit of wisconsin will help us all improve the lives of each and every citizen in our great state. now is the time for action. now is the time to get our state working again. now is the time to move wisconsin forward. >>> live saturday on american history tv on c-span 3, five civil war historians make their case for 1862's person of the year. the museum of the confederacy. it ends the day with the audience vote. you can join in the discussion with your calls and tweets live saturday starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. >>> watch our live coverage of the national governors association 2012 winter meeting being held here in washington d.c. our coverage gets under way at

we love that he helped to get these merrill back of on the buildings. >> i know you have a busy schedule, mr. mayor, but before you leave, thank you for your decision to keep this city ticking away that it is. i want to thank many of these people. you have been around here. thank you. i know it was not easy. but what a courageous decision. we are certainly behind you. randy chopped, what can i say about randy? we have gone back and forth over 30 years, but the mural restoration is just another wonderful step -- and it is a happy step. a few months ago we were here talking about police protection, but this is a happy step. something that the tenderloin residents, the retail community, and property owners, can rejoice in. as long as we continue to work together, this tenderloin is going to get better and better. randy, again, thank you for what you did hear. >> carolyn from the mid market cbd is also here. there is a story about market and tenderloin, dark past, shared future. now we are going to have some fun hearing from the actual artist, susan cervantes. >> thank you, randy. thank you,

merrill johnsroot. >> i really don't remember. but i cannot remember the 17 grandchildren's names. >> anyway, we hosted them a couple of weeks ago and they interacted informally with the faculty in our department and i think her skill was addressing the christmas cards or anything. >> that is a real skill too. >> there are a lot of volunteers in correspondence, people may not know. that >> she was quite willing to rank mrs. carter on to the president, first ladies with which the niceness with which they were treated as a volunteer. >> yes? i don't blame you don't go any further. >> my name is shyanne, how is life different after your husbands are out of office. >> i'm going let her answer it after me p people treat the former president's wife so nice. they are seriously nice, you have to stop people from saying, let me buy you dinner and george says, no, no, i do not do that. life is wonderful, plus, you literally can raise money for kmarts you are interested in by just showing up. so, i mean, that is very nice. i mean, i've done

then there was fraternity guides, merrill coach turgeon, and even someone from times square. the mayor got word and made a call. >> can you get the governor to do any zaching? >> maybe i will, maybe i'll get him to zach. we just talked about how i'm feeling. i'm feeling as good as ever. >> justice strong. with fundraisers as strong as this one to support zach and others with cancer. >> everybody coming together to show their support just makes this ordeal a little more pa t palatable. >> reporter: he's back on court but he knows chemo is just a few weeks away. this time he's more determined than ever to stay tough. >> we're strong, we're together and we're going to make it through. >> reporter: angie goff, news4. >> we could do that, right? go, zach. >> i love that story. that's the power of social media now, it really is. it's fantastic. >> we wish him the best. >>> so we got some colder weather, some icy possibilities tonight? >> a little bit of ice tomorrow. a couple great days squeezed in between an arctic front that's going to come through this weekend. you're going to f

. >> merrill sleep continues her sweep through awards season, picking up an honorary golden bear at theerlin film festival -- meryl streep. it is for work in more than 40 movies. she is in berlin to present the "the iron lady," a biopic about margaret thatcher. 62-year-old meryl streep has garnered a golden globe and an oscar nomination for her role in the movie already. >> she must learn to calm down. >> the resemblance is quite striking. let's go down to the red carpet and our correspondent there. margaret thatcher was not exactly the most popular figure in british politics. kent "the iron lady" change that? >> well, the film has had a mixed reception in britain 10. that is where margaret thatcher, in 1979, when she became prime minister, also had a mixed reception, but i think for everybody seems to agree that meryl streep's performance is quite extraordinary. she has done a number of impersonations of historical figures, and she does them extremely well. there is -- the way this film is disappointing is that it does not really tackle political issues. the film is not interested real

karen mayoral was upset -- karen merrill was upset to see it with her son's report card last week. >> it is so bad because it targets teens who are questioning their sexual orientation. and of that population, the likelihood of doing more harm than good is colossal. >> there is no hate anywhere. the flyers are simply designed to give information, particularly to students who may feel a measure of confusion about their sexual feeling. >> a montgomery county school spokesperson tells news4 that pfox and other groups have the right to pass out the information. they can only distribute flyers four times a year. >>> employees in the district of columbia are being investigated for unemployment fraud. prosecutors say the workers were collecting unemployment checks and a government paycheck at the same time. they say the fraud cost the district at least $840,000. of the 130 people involved, 90 are currently employed by the district. they've been placed on administrative leave pending the results of investigation. >>> ahead, the catholic university of america will have an earthquake drill. the

secretary merrill we used help america vote tax dollars to make a tool kit for teachers for junior and senior high school students. we showed you the demonstration project. we were searching like many of you for accessible technology for voters with disabilities. one of my wonderful, innovative team members came up with the idea of using tablets to allow voters with disabilities to vote on. then we had special election, a primary in november of 2011. so we used the ipad technology after creating a partnership with everyone counts. they developed the software that cost about 75,000, 76,000 if you include the printers. in november of 2011 we had 89 voters with disabilities use the ipad technology just to give you a comparative 86 voters voted in the independent party primary election during that primary. so we had more voters with disabilities use the ipad technology in november of 2011 basically than had used our prior accessible computer stations for several years. so they're very excited about it as well. just to clarify, the tablet doesn't actually -- you don't actually vote on the t

the merrill mayor will unveil the contract after an open public review period with citystake holders and community groups. final contract will be presented to the board of estimates on february 2 2nd for a vote. sherrie johnson abc2 news. >>> 6:32. this morning law makers are doing what you voted them to do and that's work together. and they found a way to keep money in your pocket. late last night congressional negotiators reached a tentative deal that would save you about a thousand bucks. sources say the deal would extend the payroll tax cut for the rest of the year. it would renew jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed. >> i think the move is to get it off the table. we have to move onto another issue and i think that's what the mood is. >> the tentative agreement which is being finalized could be unveiled later today. >>> all right. news time 6:33. and this is the hot topic for the morning and one you will talk about throughout the day. what do you think of the idea of paying students to go to class? in public school? that's one school -- that's what one school in eye o--

o'malley in the audience this is monday's event but finally he did find the right guy and that was merrillvernor o'malley. >> it will not get solved but it can be be done jack o'malley where's jack. not martin. where's martin. sorry. i was. >> i thought my son -- >> right, right. >> the -- marten and -- martin and maryland are doing outstanding work. >> the president obama asked the crowd as you heard if jack o'malley was around. jack o'malley is a former prosecutor in chicago and also a lecturer at university of chicago where obama was once a teacher. martin o'malley the right guy he is governor said his son's name is jack and he said as you heard "i thought my son crashed the party." >>> all right. a deadline is hours away for the owner of a carousel in downtown baltimore in the inner harbor. and sherrie johnson is standing by with what the owner must do before it's taken away. >> reporter: well, the baltimore development corporation has begin the family that runs the carousel until today to cease operations. this means time is fast running out for the historic carousel in bolt mierner h

if this is a quick second from merrill street. >> when they called my name and had a feeling that i couldw of america sank all know! what hurt? again? but, whatever. >>jan: there was a lot of scorsese. there was a great bit from christopher guest. this >>gary: is in jennifer lopez looked great. >>jan: she looks like the chrysler building in new york. track and she looked up the list. the with the >>jan: have often the oscars.

merrill law -- maryland lawmakers in baltimore and howard county looking it relax the requirements to expand sales. >>> check that out. new video out of massachusetts at umass following the loss to the giants last night. police arrested 13 people after an estimated 1500 students gathered following the game. >>> and spending of the game, e- - speaking of the man, eli manning and giants came back in the last second score and beat new england 21-17. new york 4 title two in five years. and it was a remap when -- match when -- rematch when manning led them past new england then. what was your favorite part of the game? leave your comments on let us know what you thought about the big game at the official wmar facebook fan page, abc2news.com/facebook. >>> parts of the midwest are paralyzed this morning all from snow. driving winds closed schools in nebraska and kansas. we will show you how much snow people are dealing with this morning. >>> plus ladies, we are breaking down the side effects of caffeine when it comes to diet sodas. the effect it could have on your body. we will be right back

trust and merrill lynch wealth management businesses.ou for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> i want to talk about greece, about the banks. but because we haven't had you on in a while, i want to talk about you for a second. you stepped down from bank of america in the fall. and i was reading that you described your tenure there, and i think you were also counting your tenure at smith barney, like the disney ride, the tower of terror. and i was hoping you might elaborate on that for us this morning. >> there were some things that you say that you can't ever get rid of. and that was one of the comments. i had a great time managing both merrill lynch, u.s. trust, smith barney. loved being there. loved the businesses. loved interacting with the financial advisors. there were some days, however, some days you were sitting in your office, minding your business, running your business, and given what's gone on with the markets in the past few years and the volatility that the banks have seen, i said it would be like you're on the to

merrill an maryland up two. maryland will play at duke on saturday. the ravens looking for a backup running back to ray rice. he's a free agent. ricky williams announced his retirement. he was hoping to get the super bowl ring. he steps down with over 10,000 career yards rushing. ray rice said teaming with ricky was one of the most important things that happened in his career. the giants were honored to celebrate the win in the super bowl. fans through super bowls to the players. tom coughlin got a call from president obama. each player received a key to the city. i never got a key to brooklyn park. are you kidding me? give me a key to my car. >> the inner harbor is about to get spicy. >> charges dropped in a corruption trial. what julius henson will no longer a case in the robocall trial. >> people in tokyo pretended this rhino was the real thing. >> we expect some snow later today. >> we are looking at a nice start on the roads. >> a new mandate

it's not working out very well so i think there's a higher likelihood that you see bank of america merrill lynch split up and you see some divestitures because if the volcker rule is going to stop these guys from being investment banks well at a certain point the talent within these internal investment banks is going to look to make a break for it and i really wouldn't be surprised to see that happen before the government ever gets around to mandating that it happen interesting so you think the bank to really get a break up on their own now one of the issues here though is it kind of essential to argue.

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. >> we have another clip and i want to ask merrill after we watch. >> and to the streets-- (laughter>> and she wants us to take her seriously she must learn to calm down. (laughter) >> if the honorable gentleman could pass attention more closely to what i'm saying rather than how i am saying it, and you may receive a valuable education in spite of himself. >> mike: one of the things that i think we all have to love about margaret thatcher, she was fearless, how see in the face of opposition. >> she was, she is. she is. and she is fearless, a quality you really want in a leader, isn't it? >> it is the quality that you want. someone who just doesn't care what everyone thinks about him or her, because frankly there is he' always going to be a number of people that don't like you. >> well, she did care about getting her message across and she realized, very canny that in order to be elected and to be seen, she had to kind of transform herself because when women raise their voices, they kind of get higher and it gets like this and shrill and try to make the point. especially in a big room