. >> reporter: at 21 years old, meyer already holds three national amateur boxing titles.e's among the favorite to win a spot on the first-ever u.s. olympic women's boxing team. >> i'm proud that i have-- that i have progressed so quickly, especially since, you know, i haven't been boxing for that long. >> reporter: outside of the ring, this 5'9" self-described girlie-girl from southern california says her rapid ascent is still hard to imagine. that's because four years ago, meyer was more interested in pursuing a modeling career and partying. you were refer to yourself as kind of a bad girl when you were a teenager. >> uhm, yeah. i definitely put my dad through a lot. i wasn't scheduled to graduate high school on time. i really, really had an epiphany to where i was i need to do something, do something productive. i want to be successful. >> reporter: she found discipline at a local boxing gym but the coach told meyer at 17 she was too old to start competing. once he saw her box, he changed his mind. getting women's boxing into the olympics was a battle in and of itself.

i want to say thank you, ron meyer is. this is your day. i want to say thank you, ron. if it would not be for you, rocco, and the rest of the laborers that went outside -- folks, my salutes. i have been around here for 35 years now. this is my best day. you all need to be proud of you are setting the standard for america that no one else in america is doing. thank you very much. [applause] i wanted to say that if it had not been -- i just left off to vote -- two people that i do not want to leave off, the leader of the northern california laborers. the first thing he did was get together with this young man over here. that is how the whole thing started. thank you all. >> thank you for that clip. it was wonderful. >> we have more for you, if you want. >> the next item, i believe, is the report of the general manager. >> actually [unintelligible] >> ok. >> i thought you would like to say nbc picture of our newest hire. -- you would like to see a picture of our newest hire. [applause] >> nice logo. >> you noticed that. she is 3 days old and maybe in the tunnel program. [l

nbc's lisa meyers has more. >> really awful. should be ashamed of themselves. >> reporter: she struggled to contain the damage first on msnbc. >> that's not true. not true. >> there is an explosion of anger among your long time supporters. >> there is a tremendous amount, lisa, of emotion. whenever you're dealing with issues of vulnerable populations, whenever there is the idea of change. >> a lot of folks see this as a political indecision. >> we are not a political organization and this is not based on a political decision. >> reporter: brinker says the group is under investigation in congress and some states. because much of that money was passed on to other providers and didn't meet new grant criteria designed to measure an improve effectiveness. however, sources knowledgeable about the decision claim these are excuses and coleman was trying to find a way to stop funding planned parenthood because of pressure from antiabortion groups. they also say komen's top health official molly williams recently resigned in protest over

nbc's leisa meyers has more. >> it was really awful.hey should be ashamed of themselves. >> reporter: the komen ceo struggled to contain the damage. first on msnbc. >> it's not true. >> that's not true. >> reporter: there's an explosion of anger. >> there's a tremendous amount, lisa, of emotion. whenever you're dealing with issues of vulnerable populations, whenever there's the idea of a change. >> a lot of folks see this as a craven political decision. >> we're not a political organization. >> reporter: she said they've stopped grants to planned parenthood because they're under investigation and because much of that money was passed on to other providers. however, sources knowledgeable about the decision claim these are excuses and that komen actually was trying to find a way to stop funding planned parenthood because of pressure from anti-abortion groups. they also say komen's top health official molly williams recently resigned in protest over the decision. brinker would not comment. >> your own organization has said that planned par

that was when i came to the post, and i remember eugene meyer saying, you will notice on our masthead we say "published every day of the year," and i said yes, and he said that's the way he'd like the cartoons too. so i was doing seven a weekers and that's an awful lot. >> you tell the story in the book about the cartoon that had the least amount of tie to get done, something like 12 minutes. when was that? >> that was at the time of the air crash at the -- the winter ir crash -- what was the flight -- >> air florida. >> air florida, that crashed, and at the same time that happened, there was, i think also due to the snow, a terrible accident in the metro subway. so you had, you know, people -- two disasters at once, because of the snow thing. i had a cartoo ready torun when i heard this stuff on the radio and i thought gee, i really want to do something on that, how much time have you got. they said they're about to go to press, you've got about 12 minutes. so i did a cartoon -- they were just solid black except for a few snowflakes coming down and called it bad day in washington. we

[laughter] >> dave, would you share the story of the oscar meyer wagon interception with your child? >> i have a theory of parenting which is that your function as a parent is to embarrass your children. i embrace that. that is your job, to be embarrassing to your children, just as your parents were embarrassing to you. i was at the miami herald and i got a call from the oscar meyer wiener company, talking about bringing the wienermobile to miami. there are six of them. a lot of people do not know that. [laughter] this nation leads the world in wienermobile technology. although, iran is a developing more. [laughter] not for long. so they called me up and say we're bringing the wienermobile to miami, would you like to drive it for a day? i said heck yes. i knew exactly what i wanted to do. i wanted to pick my son of that middle school. [laughter] there he is in peer pressure hell. i will never forget. there are all these mothers in minivans. and behind it is this looming hot dog, and i am saying, rob berrryy, come to the wienermobile. you scar their child psychologically for life. yes

. >> motion to adopt a resolution honoring my brother, ronald meyers. >> all of those in favor? >> aye. >> opposed? thank you. the motion carried unanimously. [applause] thank you. we will now move on with the rest of the agenda. >> [unintelligible] there is just a little 3 minute video that we wanted to make sure that the commission knows about. if you do not mind. i will not speak. i had a speech for you and i never write one, but today i will surely, in the honor of ron meyer is, i've been like for you all to see just where he has taken this commission and the people that you are now responsible for. if you do not mind. >> please, go ahead. >> this is the training center. that is ronald. he's the head of the training center for laborers in northern california. thes

meyers, let me get your reaction to the fact the susan g.en severed ties with planned parenthood. >> think it's disappointing our longtime ally in women's health has succumbed to political pressure to sevenner relationships that served so many thousands of women and planned parenthood is the premier provider of women's health in america. providing healthcare to thousands of people, millions of people. and, so, it's disappointing. >> you say they succumbed to political pressure. the komen spokeswoman said the cutoff results from the charity's newly adopted criteria, barring grants to organizations under investigation and we should mention planned parenthood is under investigation as a result of a launched query looking into whether public mean was improperly spent on abortions. you disagree with the take on this? >> i think this is responding to a very small and vocal minority of people who are pushing an extremely anti- choice agenda and that is unfortunate in this case, political ideology wins out over caring for women. this is what we need

in computer science to be able to protect yourself. >> reporter: meyers says his research at stanfordiversity shows what we used to call spyware is now standard business practice on the internet and, scott, google says it's removed the code that created that privacy loophole. >> pelley: user, beware. john, thank you very much. a nasa satellite sent to spy on the sun sent back some remarkable images today. they appear to show tornados dancing across the surface of the sun. some are larger than the earth: a nasa scientist told us that what we're really seeing here is plasma of different temperatures shifting in the sun's magnetic field. amazing. spreading kindness for a good cause... or just because. "on the road" with steve hartman is next. [ male announcer ] because enbrel suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal, events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for tuberculosis and discuss whether yo

. >> reporter: damon meyer survived the santa cruz tsunami but lost his 22-foot sailboat which sang to the bottom of the santa cruz harbor. >> i probably took 1,000 pounds of mud out of that boat including a live fish. >> reporter: this is how it sank. the tsunami rolled into the santa cruz harbor with wave after wave in all 13 boats sunk and the harbor suffered $22 million in damage. santa cruz got off lucky. >> this could have been lives lost if we didn't have the necessary warnings to prepare. >> reporter: the harbor master is talking about noaa's tsunami warning system which sends alerts when tsunamis are on the way. >> we get warnings to our cell potential. >> reporter: next year's proposed federal budget slashes $4.6 from noaa including a $1 million cut regarding the buoys in the oceans. they tell us how big and when the tsunamis will hit the u.s. >> they take a 3-d picture of the oncoming waves. >> reporter: a consulting meteorologist and former noaa forecaster says current budget cuts have already weakened the system due to lack of maintenance. >> there's already about a quarte

. >> reporter: jonathan meyer, a grad student at stanford university, was doing research on internetivacy when he discovered the computer code that let google bypass user privacy settings. >> the list just goes on and on. >> reporter: and if you went to these sites and thought you were there privately, you weren't. >> that's right. >> reporter: most iphone and ipad users access the internet through apple's safari browser, which automatically sets up a bareier to keep out tracking programs from third-party advertisers. google found a way to secretly get through that barrier, letting the advertisers flow in and tracking information flow out. >> the technology we were looking at involves taking what google learns from organizing your information and using that to enrich their advertising content on non-google web sites. >> reporter: google's slogan: do no evil. is this evil? >> i think it raises questions about evil. i hesitate to give a bright line response on the evil or not. i think if evil includes negligence or gross negligence, then this is evil. >> reporter: in a statement, googl

life is just about perfect for donna meyer. >> it's your occupation but it's your life too. it's what you do all the time. >> reporter: what she's running is a small dairy in maryland. it's an occupation that started shortly after saying "i do." >> we actually started farming with my father-in-law and mother-in-law after we got married. then we bought this place and went on our own. >> reporter: today, the family form is about 300 -- the family farm is about 300 acres. even though it's a relatively small operation, like the big guys, challenges remain. >> it's always about the milk prices. it fluctuates. now what we're getting paid is about 20. you need to get more just to break even. >> what's helped meyer and her family hold on is focusing on quality genetics. >> we were lucky that we had opportunities that arose so that we could afford to just be able to milk 55 cows. and that gives us the extra base income that we can save, rather than put a lot of money out to get bigger. >> reporter: it's a management decision that's catching on at the world dairy expo in madison, wisc

meyers says advanced placement course koz help students increase their gpa beyond a 4.0 but has a warning st fth student feels they're going to be successful if they're going to just kill them selfs and pull a b, i don't recommend it. >> she advises they take a.c.t.in the spring, then again, senior year. >> they become focused and mature over the summer. >> get to know your high school counselor, one one of three people who will write your college recommendation letter, two others are teacher. >> make sure have you a math, science teacher and an english or foreign language, or hist rye every summer get serious about a sport. an internship are performing community service. not just for a week. often times that experience will give you a great story to tell on your college essay. >> they want something edgey, what is different about you? >> graham hopes his water polio skills will give him an edge. >> i've been looking at some ucs and a lot of colleges in california because that is where most of the water polio schools are. i'm expanding to looking out. >> he wants to go back east skpismt t

that is john meyer and these guys, it says tickets. >> well our job is to make sure they have tickets. >> reporter: tell us about your stash they get more expensive as the day goes. >> today they are $30 or $45. we don't know yet. >> reporter: well you know you have some. >> well for 150, you can get a seasons pass which covers the whole duration of the tournament. >> reporter: which is awesome. and you were telling me with tiger woods here, ticket sales are up? >> yes, he will be playing three different courses so attendants will be up in any one of these. >> reporter: all right, let's walk over to john meyer and you guys are volunteers, you come here on your own dime to volunteer for six years, tell me why you do it. >> i tell you, it is a beautiful place, just a beautiful community, helping them raise money for their foundation. and you say it has been a great event in. >> you met one of those 49ers. >> reporter: dwight clark is here. and the coach for the 49ers, jim harbaugh, all leg smith, -- alex smith, they are all here enjoying this. and we are watching them. we are at the clu

but my excuse is that i was only 9. >> joe meyers says the best part of his return was not the attentiont got -- >> seeing my wife's face and my daughter's is the best part. >> and despite all the people who share it, it is still their private moment. >> i think it gives us kind of just a little common ground that she and i were both there in that moment and that we have everything that's gone on since then, the video and everything else that's happened, to reflect back on just she and i. >> hannah, it's true, a lot of people may have seen you cry, but a lot of people also shared in your joy. thanks for giving us something to smile about. i'm contessa brewer. that's all for this edition of about "caught on camera."

and the main part of this dish in, this case we're using meyer lemons. start. can you add as little or as much as you want. but it's, again, the whole dish is meant to be eaten as the starter. >> okay. >> you really want that lem taste? >> absolutely. tlaen is the meyer lemon juice there. >> we picked fettuccine. can other pastas use? >> can you use any pasta. there is also a really thick dump ling past yachlt it's one of my favorites. we take the pasta water. we use a little bit. >> pour it right in. there. >> pour that right in. >> so you're sauteing the pasta in there i see. >> and then just kind of cook it down and create liaison. so it's going to thicken it and create its own sauce. then put the crab in. >> so that little pasta water kind of helped create the sauce? >> again, it's very light. it's very fresh. it's all about the ingredients. if the crab is fantastic, the lemon is fantastic, the pasta is right. >> you could do a combination? you could do crab and some other -- >> sure. can you add the oysters or clams or even what is great which we ca

. >> the full version of this video and dan meyers swallowing his sword is at huffpostweirdnews. >>> for us. we have one more video, a time lapse from joshua tree national park. enjoy it. we'll see you next time, everybody. ♪ ♪ >>> a teacher who helped shape lives remembers. >>> a homeowner was shot. we'll tell you how the victim was doing. >>> we go live to ohio for the latest on a school shooting. the four teens were hurt and one killed. >> fo first, major robert marchanti's body was due to arrive at the airforce base. he was killed last week by an afghan soldier during a secure area in kabul. he is being remembered today as a kind and compassionate teach. abc2's roosevelt leftwich joins us with the latest. >> reporter: the goal of the officer is to show true leadership but robert

lisa meyers, nbc news, washington. >>> last night on the ed show, the president for national organization for women told ed schultz she thinks the komen ceo will not reverse her decision and may pay a heavy price. >> if you look at what ms. brinker has said it's clear she has dug her heels in and is determined to keep the policy of defunding planned parenthood going. 26 senators have signed a letter protesting this decision by the komen foundation, along with 22 members of the house had signed a hletter as of this afternoon. there is a building backlash. one of the things you have to wonder is why would corporations like yoplait and dell computers and new balance shoes, corporations listed on komen's annual report as in the million dollar club, they are going to have to move away from komen. they are not interested in funding an organization that strikely has a political anti-women's health agenda like komen does now. so you have to think that what ms. brinker has actually done has been really to lead this organization off a cliff. >> each night ed schultz tackles issues that matter most.

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. >> now your forecast with tom castle meyer region -- tom tasslemeyer. >> upper 60's in downtown baltimore during the afternoon. it was a chilly start this afternoon. lots of sunshine and a southwesterly breeze put things well below normal. when you add in today's numbers, average out to the temperatures, and with just a couple days to go we are in seventh place for the warmest day in baltimore. this is certainly in the top and with an average temperature of 40.6 degrees. it is still miles outside. showing up across a good part of the eastern shore, although western maryland is dropping into colder air. there is a cool front out there. this band of clouds has dissipated as it goes through, of the cold front has already passed through parts of frederick, so the westerly wind will tap into cold air by morning. 42 in downtown baltimore. this front is just now reaching baltimore, so the high pressure comes in. it is kind of cold over the midwest. we are going to notice a decent temperature dropped tomorrow. this storm will be approaching so wednesday it will be better as well. sunny to partly

down to 50 at meyers also they say chains are required but it looks clean here.ood to have them with you any way when you are traveling up that way snow continues until 7:00 this evening then winter storm watch for tomorrow into wednesday up to three feet possible out of these two storms, really good news. let's bring it back here. it looks quiet outside a little rough if you will, the surf you can see not surf, the bay towards alcatraz and golden gate bridge let's take about temperatures still in the 50s, 40s in many areas and low 50s monterey bay upper 40s to mid 50s around watsonville and salinas. cool and breezy today especially over bodies of water isolated showers still possible this afternoon clear tonight with frosty spots even around the bay and healthy rain turning to showers later wednesday. look how cool we are compared to average last week in the 70s today low to mid 50s nine degrees cooler in san francisco and oakland 10 to 14 livermore napa, redwood city and san jose clear lake may not make it out of the 40s, 49 there low to mid 50s partly cloudy l

and we have chad meyers standing by. chad, i just want to take a breath, because just taking in this story, it's tremendous because it's sort of twofold as i talk to you. one is the path of destruction. it's how fast this happened. did people have warning at the damage on the ground right now, and two, it's where it's headed. first let's just begin with how huge was this storm? how big is the path of destruction? >> they believe it was on the ground between 6 and 7 miles. it was supposed to be at 2:00 central time, a national weather service press conference as well telling us that. they're still out there looking at that and may be delayed a few minutes. we'll get you that as soon as we know, but probably a 150, 160-mile-per-hour storm that knocked through there. there will be another storm after dark, probably while you're sleeping. those will be in parts of ohio, kentucky, west virginia as well, down to tennessee, and now a new watch box for mils mississippi parts of alabama. this is typical. in the springtime -- clos

. >> reporter: damon meyer survived the santa cruz tsunami but lost his 22-foot sailboat which sank to bottom of the santa cruz harbor. >> i probably took 1,000 pounds of mud out of that boat including a live fish. >> reporter: this is how it sank. the tsunami rolled into the santa cruz harbor with wave after wave in all 13 boats sunk and the harbor suffered $22 million in damage. santa cruz got off lucky. >> this could have been lives lost if we didn't have the necessary warnings to prepare. >> reporter: the harbor master is talking about noaa's tsunami warning system which sends alerts when tsunamis are on the way. >> me being a public official, we get warnings right to our cell phones. proposed federal budget slashes $4.6 from noaa including a $1 million cut regarding the buoys in the oceans. it's a network of 39 high-tech buoys in the pacific and atlantic oceans. they confirm if the tsunamis are headed to the u.s. and tell us how big and when they hit. >> it basically takes a 3-d picture of the oncoming waves. >> reporter: a consulting meteorologist and former noaa forecaster says

lisa meyers joins us.d the reaction from the komen side of thing and now planned parenthood is reacting to the reversal. >> planned parenthood is quite pleased about all this and i thanked people for the outpouring of support. the komen board had come to the conclusion the last 24 hours that there was no way to dig themselves out of this hole they had faced an explosion of anger and their affiliates were in rebellion and scientists were upset and donor base and sponsors were upset, so it was a matter of time before they would need to change this policy. and what was the statement put out today, it would appear to be almost a complete turn around. >> when we talk about the fact, and as you point out, they put themselves between a rock and hard place, as planned parenthood goes back to apply to komen in the future, how do they know there's not a prejudice aligned toward them? >> given the experience, i think they would not stack the deck against planned parenthood, and the statement says that they will allow

reporter: laura meyers, ceo of planned parenthood of metropolitan washington, says there is no investigation. >> clearly this is about caving to an extreme agenda and caving to an extreme anti-choice agenda and so i think it's very unfortunate that the komen foundation has affected that pressure. reporter: 9 news now did not receive a call back from komen, but a spokesperson said while it is regretable when changes in appreciates and policy as effect any of our grantees, we must continue to evolve to best meet the needs of the women we serve and most fully advance our mission. planned parenthood of metropolitan washington saphenous money from komen, but many planned parenthood centers, smaller ones, across the country do. in fact, many of them depend on that money for breast cancer screening and treatment for women who can't a for it. peggy fox, 9 news now. afford it. peggy fox, 9 news now. >> planned parenthood said since the news broke it has pulled in close to a half million dollars for donations for its just launched breast health emergency fund. we need to tell you wusa9 has been a spon

. >> meyer is a member of ravensberger's oard, -- board, responsible for new business ventures, and the great-grandson of the company's founder. >> we have a classic background in board games and puzzles. we think there will always be board games, but we want to move with the times. we are positioning ourselves for that. that hit toy pose a development costs were high, so meier is pleased with its success. over 1 million pens and accessories have already been sold. >> i did not think there is a company in the world not undergoing change right now. our company is 120 years old right now, so we have often had to change. >> the components are made in china, but the pent and its accompaniments are packaged in germany. it is then shipped out to retailers. demand for the toy is so big that it is often sold out. the starter set is pricey at 35 euros, but all additional games are cheaper. >> i was very surprised when it came out last year. i thought, "this is something new. interactivity has arrived." i do not think it will force up classic games, but it is a segment with a lot of potential. >>

. >> now your forecast and with netcom tassel meyer. >> 48 degrees today. that is after yesterday's the temperature did not get above freezing. 60 degrees warmer today than yesterday. this allow temperatures to respond to almost 50 degrees. almost 16 inches of snow on this day. here are some snow showers west of us. a lot of that you can see drying up as it crosses the west virginia mountains, so even though we are going to see if increasing tonight and into tomorrow morning, most of the precipitation will stay west of the mountains, and temperatures will not be as cold tonight because of the blanket of cloudiness. for most areas east of the mountains, maybe a flurry towards morning or a sprinkle of rain will be about it. cloudy skies at 8:00 a.m., and most of the flurries still in the mountains to our west, so we are running a 20% to 30% chance of scattered rain. skies will clear up for midweek. in the morning, maybe a flurry of the spot or two. we will probably see the coldest temperatures on the eastern shore. there are winter weather advisories through

. >> lisa meyers reporting for us there. the 24 hours after komen's announcement planned parenthood reported $650,000 in new contributions. michael bloomberg pledged to match $250,000 donations to the group. more to come. >>> as the patriots and giants lock down in their hotels to get foe dusted for the game seen by a big chunk of the planet, the rest of the characters are growing less and less focused. jimmy fallon coaxes jerry rice in a woman's wig to reenact a scene from jerry maguire. >>> the donald has thrown support behind mitt romney we thought we would look back at all mr. trump has given us. a rememberance and a check on weather when "way too early" comes back. ♪ [ male announcer ] we know you don't wait until the end of the quarter to think about your money... ♪ that right now, you want to know where you are, and where you'd like to be. we know you'd like to see the same information your advisor does so you can get a deeper understanding of what's going on with your portfolio. we know all this because we asked you,

this is sid meyers. sid is a legend -- well, that will be determined later, i think.vertising business and he was a senior art director for ddb in 1964 and was a key player in the daisy girl spot and he is joined here with some of thinks colleagues with the new firm. chuck schroeder and his wife bonnie are here as well, i hope you can visit them and talk with him. these are the original madmen that you are seeing right here. so, we will watch the spot, the daisy girls spot that was shown only once as a paid ad. >> one, two, three, four, five, seven, six, six, eight, nine, nine -- ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. these are the stakes. to make a world in which all of god's children can live or to go into the dark, we must either love each other or we must die. vote for president johnson on november 3rd, the stakes are too high to stay home. >> it never mentions goldwater's image, they didn't have to because his position was already embedded in the viewer's minds, they did not need to provide that information. in the following week, dthe followi

down to 50 at meyers also they say chains are required but it looks clean here.d to have them with you any way when you are traveling up that way snow continues until 7:00 this evening then winter storm watch for tomorrow into wednesday up to three feet possible out of these two storms, really good news. let's bring it back here. it looks quiet outside a little rough if you will, the surf you can see not surf, the bay towards alcatraz and golden gate bridge let's take about temperatures still in the 50s, 40s in many areas and low 50s monterey bay upper 40s to mid 50s around watsonville and salinas. cool and breezy today especially over bodies of water isolated showers still possible this afternoon clear tonight with frosty spots even around the bay and healthy rain turning to showers later wednesday. look how cool we are compared to average last week in the 70s today low to mid 50s nine degrees cooler in san francisco and oakland 10 to 14 livermore napa, redwood city and san jose clear lake may not make it out of the 40s, 49 there low to mid 50s partly cloudy low

. >> reporter: laura meyers is president of planned parenthood in d.c. and said that no one would be forced to receive birth control but that women employed by religious institutions should have access to it. >> and women, regardless of where they work, deserve to have contraceptives covered by their insurance. and it shouldn't depend on who your boss is. >> reporter: for now, the obama administration said that the ruling stands but is looking to find a balance that is sensitive to the concerns expressed by some religious groups. already this debate spilled over into the presidential campaign. both mitt romney and rick santorum criticize president obama on the campaign trail and saying this amounts to an attack on religious institutions; however, the white house fired back and said this decision is similar to the one in place in massachusetts, brian, when mitt romney was the governor. >> tom fitzgerald tonight. >>> the fbi said it's making progress tracking down the so- called potomac rapist. they have received a number of strong leads and to put up bill