>>reporter: in milpitas hundreds of volunteers are busy stuffing backpack that will be donated to needy children in the south bay. family giving tree plans to hand out up to 18,000 backpack filled with school supplies. >>> many are regular customers of certain businesses but is there such a thing as being too loyal? apparently so. one woman was banned from her favorite store and michael explains how it could happen to you, too. >>reporter: one look at kim's close the it tells you where she loves to shop. >> this the one is really comfortable. >>reporter: filled with trendy

that guy looked pretty needy, i suppose. >> i just begged for an hour but i did well.i did this for an eight hour day i would have made 90 bucks. 23,000 for a year. tax-free. >> john: that easy money is why cities are filled with pan handlers. >> individuals respond to incentive. if that incentive includes giving them money for no work there will be more of them doing that. >> the people who give. >> they are doing a very bad thing. they are merely perpetuating somebody's misery. as long as they can stay on the streets, getting money for drugs and alcohol, they are going to. and they are enable ago very self-destructing right style. >> you are right winger who's are not compassionate. some of these kids, adults must be in need some are the proper solution for that is not to keep enabling a lifestyle. >> just walk right by. ignore them. >> yes. >> that's the advice city agencies give. give real change to the homeless. call us. we will send outreach team to help. >> give to charities. don't give to people. it doesn't get through. >> a few cities, this is athens, georgia

that guy looked pretty needy, i suppose. >> i just begged for an hour but i did well. if i did this for an eight hour day i would have made 90 bucks. 23,000 for a year. tax-free. >> john: that easy money is why cities are filled with pan handlers. >> individuals respond to incentive. if that incentive includes giving them money for no work there will be more of them doing that. >> the people who give. >> they are doing a very bad thing. they are merely perpetuating somebody's misery. as long as they can stay on the streets, getting money for drugs and alcohol, they are going to. and they are enable ago very self-destructing right style. >> you are right winger who's are not compassionate. some of these kids, adults must be in need some are the proper solution for that is not to keep enabling a lifestyle. >> just walk right by. ignore them. >> yes. >> that's the advice city agencies give. give real change to the homeless. call us. we will send outreach team to help. >> give to charities. don't give to people. it doesn't get through. >> a few cities, this is athens, geor

which is an assistance for needy families program and as of right now our local news stations with or documented that out of forty families who have had to go through the urine test since this program sir july first only to have drugs right so. and one of them is on appeal which means they could be on prescription drugs or something like that so that's a very small portion of the fifty to one hundred thousand people but if you think about this happening at a larger scale if you think of roughly between five and ten percent of people failing and the other ninety five to ninety percent passing and then having to get reimbursed you're looking at an extra two million to four million dollars that the state will have to pay for reimbursing urine tests that's and that's just the money for the test there's also the checks to say now there's also the workers in the program families and job is going to screen fifty thousand and ninety thousand urine tests i mean that sounds like a lot of money i just don't understand because hasn't this been tried in other states in idaho try the same thing and

all the politicians, all the directors and exactly what our responsibility is in taking care of the needy. with that philosophy, that is the reason i came to this organization. and because of her, that is why we push -- we really started this project almost 20 years ago. i came in 1990 to this organization and in 1991, the board and this community wanted a new medical facility. so out of that, it took years. how many mayors? one, two, three, maybe four. it was four. and it was under willie brown who put the first amount of money in the redevelopment budget to deal with side acquisition or at least to look for sites. it was not enough to buy the site, but at least we were looking for it. so we found this site. i appreciate everyone being here. this beautiful two buildings out of half an acre of land. it is amazing what can be done in san francisco with creativity. i want to thank everyone, including all the people here that have been involved. there have been so many. i could never named everyone, and i appreciate that. i would like to invite our first speaker up. it is our mayor, mayor ed

. >>> his own difficult childhood is an inspiration to make growing up more fun for needy kids. >> this store fri from our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. >> reporter: daryl hammonds dream is to build a safe playground within walking distance of every child in america. >> the real spark came when i was reading the paper one morning about two kids who had died and suffocated in a car and they had no place to play. the pure sense of what their life was like versus what my life was like really struck a justice nerve with me. >> reporter: that is probably because his childhood wasn't so easy either. >> when i was 4 years old and my father left my mother and all eight of us children, and after several years of trying to raise us, she had a nervous breakdown. we had an option of either becoming wards of the court or going to this group home outside of chicago. >> reporter: they moved to the home and separated from his brothers and sisters into age group dorms, he kept everything he owned in a small trunk ready to move to the next dorm. in college, he took another hit. >> i learn

of four and you have two kids in a family or three kids and you take away temporary assistance for needy families because the father has a pill problem or weed problem you're definitely punishing those kids i'm not sure how you're helping the parent because again if you get caught with drugs in your system when you go through a test you're banned from the program for a year and on top of that there's no rehabilitation services offered whatsoever so they're they really are out in the cold well the fact that there aren't any rehabilitation services to me is what is kind of odd right because he sells it or at least the way he did sell this legislation is that it's going to help us keep people off drugs but doesn't seem like it from the way here you know explain you know you think that if florida taxpayers were told that we can take the money that you you know are now losing because of all the drug test that we're taking are there that are being done and somehow put it towards rehabilitation you think people would really be against that. probably i mean there are there is not i'm not going t

in fact, you and bill perry and your bipartisan team called for an increase in the size and the needyamong policy recommendations of the man-size in the defense budget above and beyond what would be needed to keep up with inflation. he must be, i'm assuming a bit concerned about some of the numbers you're hearing now. let me not lead to any further and just as. how do you square the recommendations he made with bill perry a year ago, with the current options we see now for defense budget cut. >> i just want to thank you for convening this panel. think all of you for coming out in the middle of august. this is above and beyond the call of duty. their report that michael referred to wasn't independent panel review of the quadrennial defense review. this was dod's own review of its budget over the next five years. it was mandated by statute. what we were told to do is look at the threads environment over the next 20 years and then try to describe the requirements we have for defense capability and do it in a financially unconstrained environment. as we were told to do and that's what we

money donated for the bride will pay for hundreds of turkey dinners for those needy families on thanksg and christmas. >> hopefully the roads are clear and the weather is not bad. traffic is doing pretty well. we're going to start there and it looks pretty good getting out to the high-rise. this morning's commute is backed up. not too bad once you get on to the bridge it does look pretty good into san francisco and we have a live look at san francisco traffic. it's at the speed limit approaching the 80 split. after that it will be sunny and breezy, high of 60s, 70s and 80s tomorrow like a decrease with warmer temperatures will take us into friday and mostly sunny. but another cool down arrives by sunday. >> okay. coming up on 7:00. coming up next year on mornings at a brutal attack on bay area police officers, the weapon makes even more disturbing. >>> how the bay area's moth ball fleet is high tied to a horrible case of animal cruelty. stay right here with us. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] because you never stop improving your recipe... we never stop improving ours. we've added a touch of

we have a lot to celebrate because not only is it a complex thing to do, in a needy community, but it accomplishes so many other goals that the city has articulated that are really important. i look forward to many more with the tndc. there is a lot more to do. i walk in and marvel all of the amenities that we have, and units are so precious in this community. i can only thing, how many hundreds of others wanted to be in this situation? and they would want to have a mayor, board of supervisors, city and state agencies all working together in a less political setting, more in a community, social goals setting, where we can collaborate and put our money together and work with wonderful banks, like wells fargo, and others who are contributing to the financing of this building. it is not politics that rules the day. it is people that have great objectives that put down the barriers they can. the biggest barrier is the barrier of poverty. to put that away and to just people can live in decent housing all their lives, and the city can benefit to that goal. i want to thank everyone here who

. >> and hundreds of volunteers are busy stuffing backpacks donated to needy kids in the south bay. the family giving free tree plans to hand out up to 18,000 backpacks fill candidate supply autos california leads the nation in its efforts to become energy efficient. are consumers saving money? michael finney is here with the story. >> it's a good news report. a committee in sacramento reported today that we have seen $65 billion going back to 1978. californians say $2 billion per year just by using newer appliances, however, california commission says we can do better. the commission says many consumers don't take advantage of loans and rebates offered by utilities and governments to promote energy savings, mostly it says we're just confused by all of the options. >> tell a homeowner using a standardize add approach here are the cost effective measures you can use to retro fit the building. >> the report says that the state needs more money to launch more so called green businesses. >> and chrysler is recalling 300,000 minivans for a second time for the same problem. chrysler says

logistics how there's enough food available but the difficulty of storing it and transporting it to needy people make wasting food more practical. help i do you know how mean i. are loving dad was no doubt there are real complexities but my son flynn solved the problem quite easily pick up the food then take it to hungry people but this requires people caring and volunteering the public and will and political will to end hunger is is not great enough if people cared enough to make this a huge priority in our policy work. then we could we could end hunger in the u.s. i mean almost not overnight but i mean pretty graphic. and. here's what i want to know i mean. we're kind of society waste this much food. the body that will play book about a four one but they're a bit for you they are the product but again. it our own personal character but it's a bit of profit. do we value the earth. that we value all that it produces. have we lost our connection and creation. do we see its beauty. its fragility. do we care for it. for all that comes from it. do we nurture it. appreciate it. has it become j

. >> this year, they'll provide 43 million pounds of food to needy in san francisco and marin counties. facebook users can like kraft fight hungser on the facebook page. for every like, kraft foods will donate a meal to food bank autos tomorrow, abc 7 news and abc news will dedicate reports on growing number of families in the united states who go hungry. the surveillance series is called hunger at home, crisis in america, looking at ways americans are fighting a battle to end hunger and highlight ways you can help in your community. abc 7 news is proud of it's work with bay area food banks to end hunger in local communities. food donation kbz dropped off at your local food bank or make donations online. to find your local food bank just call. or find a link on our web site. >> we're so proud to be a part of that for many years. it does make a difference. and let's talk about weather z sounds like it's cooling. >> she said it's hot but now goitsing to change there is just a one-day deal. a little bit of heat, then we'll take it away. don't worry. it's coming back. >> okay. >> there is

[unintelligible] there a needis, is for comprehensive deficit reduction? the answer is, not only yes, but, hell, yes. we have made a step forward, and that is good, and as everyone knows, the idea of a joint committee was my proposal. i am glad that senator mcconnell has put his arms around it. i hope we can get something done. i was told as i was walking out of this i hope it does not affect the vote over there today, but i was told that saidsentative kcantor revenue could be part of what we do with the joint committee. yes, the deficits are still a problem, for the long term. when we started the last congress, we found ourselves in a hole that the country has ever seen before. we lost 8 million jobs from the bush administration. it shows the difference that president clinton created 23 million jobs. we had a surplus when he took office of $7 trillion. now because of the unpaid wars and the unpaid taxes, drug programs, which are now $14 trillion. we have a lot more on deficit reduction. [unintelligible] pardon me. [unintelligible] senator mcconnell and i

believe there is a way to deal with theroblem without dealing with race, temporary assistance for needy families. this program has beelauded by a republican governors such as haley barbour of msissippi. he says it is one of the best programs we could fund. in this program, individuals would be hired by private entities, and in some cases public entities, and the federal government would pay 80% of the salary, and the employer would pay 20%. the program is designed to last 18 months, after which, we believe that the county would be better -- the economy would be better and those corporations would be able to pay the entire salary themselves. it would cost about $4.5 billion. i think we would have democrats and republicans pushing the legislation if it surfaced. at the same time, we're hoping to get the white house to consider something that frankly, several of our republican colleagues are considering an believe to be a great idea. i met with paul ryan and jeff hinterland. we propose to them that we will create a legislative initiative that would require that communities that have been p

. >> this year the food bank will provide 43 million pounds of food to the needy in san francisco andnties. facebook users can join the effort by liking it on facebook page. for every like, they will donate one meal to a food bank. >> "abc 7 news" will dedicate a full day of reports of growing number of families that are growing hungry. looking at ways americans are fighting the battle to end hunger and highlight creative ways you can help. we are proud with continuous work with bay area food banks. food donations can be dropped off at local food bank and donate money online. to find your local food banks call 1-800-870-food. find a link at abc7news.com, click on see it on tv. >> a bit of san francisco's past is being revealed. they are advertising from 1930s that were painted in the tenderloin area. they approved the money for restoration while still city administration. they were uncovering san francisco's lost history. >> what was it a drink, what was it flavored like. what was it? you could never really find out. >> the murals are located near original joe's restaurant. >> beautif

but the contrast of our excess and their lack exist side by side as with the needy and marginalized in our own wealthy country. is nothing more it is an unsettling reality that calls into question our flippancy with food waste. and in spite of the complexities surrounding food production consumption and waste we can no doubt eliminate both food waste and hunger in the united states as a start while looking more seriously at the dire needs of neighbors around the globe. marvin here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture.

>> and the founder of the project open ham, the san francisco nonprofit that delivers meals to the needy has died. the group says that ruth brinker began to deliver meals to people with aids in 2009. today, the project helps deliver meals to people in san francisco and alameda counties. ruth brinker was 89 years old. >>> and now it is time to open the bay doors and dust off the injured. how one city got 3 million to hire nine new firefighters. >>> and changes to the bay area weather pattern, coming up, the updated fog forecast matter. the one direction temperatures will head this weekend . >>> police in concord hope this surveillance video will help catch the thieves in a bold atm heist. it happened just before 3:00 this morning. you can see a blue pickup truck ramping into the blue devils bingo hall, which provides music training for children and is a nonprofit. and just last night, the group won the open class national in indiana. >>> a napa county judge upholding the case of the bar owner in 1974. the judge says there is enough evidence to try 74-year-old man in the fatal stabbing. th

but the contrast of our excess and their lack exist side by side as with the needy and marginalized in our own wealthy country if nothing more it is an unsettling reality that calls into question our flippancy with food waste. and in spite of the complexities surrounding food production consumption and waste we can no doubt eliminate both food waste and hunger in the united states as a start while looking more seriously at the dire needs of neighbors around the globe. wealthy british style. is no time to. market why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with much stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to conjure reports . as the libyan rebels dismiss colonel gadhafi is offer of talks people in tripoli struggle to bring their lives back to normal following last week's fierce fighting. bloodshed in syria continues despite promises of press reforms are to go to see what's fueling the gun rast in one city torn apart by violence. and the ultimate retreat a russian company plans to open the first ever space hotel in just fi

and the needy ten, 15 years ago as 500 plus ships now projected to go to something over 200 the role in the surface area that is covered by what is not any less. so, that's the point about we've got a problem in terms of trade. asia is to get there by trade agreements and we are on the sidelines so that's driven by the need by the united states to be present in asia. second of all, the point is we have spent since world war ii a lot of money and resources to learn how to recruit, train, exercise, fight and improve our military, and it has given us the best military and the world by far. it is a huge resource, and that's why as we talked about defense cuts we've got to be careful not to squander that resource. we have not made anything like that effort to develop the civilian capabilities that will go in after a conflict and help rebuild countries and governmental institutions, train the police and stand of the law enforcement capability, get economic activity going, increase the services, all the things you need to do post conflicts to get a country like afghanistan and iraq back on

this year the food bank will provide 43 million pounds of food to the needy in san francisco and marin counties. facebook users can join the effort by liking kraft fight hunger on its facebook page. for every like kraft will donate meals to local food banks. tomorrow abc news will dedicate a report on the growing number of families who go hungry. it is called "hunger at home: crisis in america." it will look at ways americans are already fighting the battle to end hunger and highlight creative ways you can help in your own community. abc7 news is very proud of its continuous work with bay area food banks to end hunger in local communities. we have done it for years. with your head, food donations can be dropped off, or you can make monetary donations on-line. to find your local food bank call 1-800-870-food. or find a link on abc7news.com and click on see it on tv. tomorrow is a very important day to fight hunger. larry beil is here with sports. >> a lot of baseball highlights, good highlights. although are you not going to like the final score. brilliant giants come back ends in disap

and the needy a college longer is the government to keep a front group of the brass with a controversial board that says how does the job assignments or calls in licenses are being revoked a newspaper just fine for voicing critical opinions despite some position. on next almost drives to set an angry kneeboard the famous pine forest in the north west of the russian capital what about the pure oasis just in a few moments time here on our city. great. comfort to. you. so good. a little. moscow. welcome to the must go out show on the show this week we'll be exploring every cool celebrity bull translating to sell the price in english is the perfect escape for the day in the summer of life nate's just some bathing swimming water sports and all of this a hostile call jenny from the city sets a seventy boy he's actually an island surrounded by an officer of nature i'm very sweet ways and coming by trial plan you'll timing catholic otherwise you could end up being stuck in traffic for hours on end no telly drivers who are residents permit holders trolley buses and mini vans school bus with cash

. >>> members of the police department will be hopping on their bikes today to raise money for needy families. the 27th annual turkey ride will begin in turkey this morning. participants will ride 200 miles for the cause. money will be provided to turkey dinners to families on thanksgiving and christmas. >>> 4:53 is the time. let's take a look at traffic this morning. >> good morning, pam. you know, traffic is doing pretty well around the bay area. we want to make sure this if you're getting on to the road soon you watch out for some of the road work that's going to be there in some of these areas. track is going to be effected by some of these. just make sure you give them a little bit of a break. traffic continues to move along pretty well if you are driving on the golden gate bridge but the lay workers will be out there pretty soon. heading out to favorites there is a little bit of slowing here and there. the traffic is moving well into san francisco on the upper deck. this morning's drive is doing pretty well on interstate 880. some of the road work that was there has also been p

. >> andanou yp h celome needy kids back to school in style. that's coming up. >>> do you think your back-to-school shopping list is long? >> the bay area charity family giving tree is working to fill 18,000 backpacks with school supplies. volunteers are starting or sorting donated backpacks collected from bay area businesses and pete's coffee houses making sure schoolchildren have the right supplies. what they don't get donated in supplies they buy using contributions they get on line at the family givestree.org. $30 will help a student at some of the bay area's poorest schools. the family giving tree is also -- their goal is 18,000 backpacks. they're a bit shy, so go to familygivingtree.org. >> a great organization. thank you very much.

make off and then in late strike a match the idea of angie stay forced to keep up the pressure on the needy dissuades told lingering tall spalls twenty seven year old joins from chelsea on a four year deal and fixed by next week's game. it's one time. also an impressive five game winning streak came to an abrupt end for third place tonight my moscow as a goalie in charge of sergei helped give a three one win. at that black communities eighty second minute when i saw stuff move out of the bottom two with a one zero victory and struggling valda despite having too many sent off in the last seven minutes. while in the meantime looking mighty for have been one of the big move this since the transfer window opened on august the first for new players have joined to the six base moscow's side which is now managed by years they could set a has led to three victories from three matches so far as from one closer every ports . the railway men have become the forty eight year old portuguese specialist ninth club in his coaching career besides the club circuit josie close they are also managed the nation

basically atlanticist powers taking sides in a civil war so windy new bit big good pool in four months or needy years on at it ok let's try to pick tripoli in one big and they did it because they blow these are big on the whole city and the way towards the north this reminds me of i was there at a time because lucian provisional authority in iraq in two thousand and three this is the same think we're going to have western boots on the ground and we're going to open up. libya for a hardcore nor holds bar to pull capitalism with their requests ration of profits you know what let's get their oil western as we can the best contacts possible or not that this is kukri tweak which if this is the way we don't know yet that us and meet our goals we're going to have we rack two point zero. of course while we go just about opinion on the story we value your input as well but you can have your say on our website r.t. dot com that's where we're asking for opinion on what lies ahead for the country assuming i revel in victory. it seems that many have faith in the future of living but will be left with little

for all the people as opposed to caring for only a few between empathy and cold indifference for the needy among us it's like the story of the good samaritan what is it that makes one behave in such a way contrary to the group to me it's what defines what has been historically democratic and today progressive and i think the poster actually meant the democratic to be a capital d. but in any case america was founded as a we society were nation of darn builders i know daniel boone is the great icon you know the guy who just puts on his coonskin cap and takes his rifle and goes out into the wilderness but even daniel boone. haddock had a community even daniel boone was educated even you know even the great rugged individualists have been part of our society humans are social animals and the idea that we're a nice society and that's the way it should be and that we're not a we society and we've never been is just wrong as as as humans as mammals as you know fellow citizens of planet earth we have all always been we societies every human civilization that has ever succeeded and all the way back

bent on driving our economy into the ground no matter what it costs and to deprive people that are so needy of basic social services and programs that's really very tragic and they do it in the name of debt as though dead is the most horrible thing on the planet it's not it's not necessarily a good thing but there is a history that shows that when a nation has dead it actually helps to stimulate the economy it's an interesting inverse of the way the republican head said regards the situation so no one wants to be heavily in debt and there is a need to drop the necessary costs but it's very valuable to keep those costs that serve people instead of just the banking industry the federal reserve bank and the other awards corporations that are basically running our treasury and our government they are playing into the hands of their corporate sponsors that essentially a small group cabal very few will which was the word i used in my huffington post article is really calling the shots on behalf of the people of the republicans and the republicans are very much just puppets it's a very sad situati

so that the their salary gagging in the needy of the governments in hungary type new surround the countries press crushing criticism out the rings. now after days of concern ava where the throne from to retain its aaa credit rating is giants reaffirmed the country's top ending on wednesday french banks so three thousand a high that's been the worst affected by the volatility being forced he did not hide that it's financials to because he was at risk but investors remain unconvinced the country's finances are on solid foundations punch and that's not the kinds of things the french banking system would pull through the current crisis . the french banks are loaded with toxic derivatives that were sold to them by american investment banks and the american investment banks plus the rating agencies plus the hedge funds are now attacking these french banks they know where the bodies are buried and they're using the weapons that they sold them to attack them and you know going back to the s. and p. downgrade just before the s. and p. downgrade of u.s. debt i told you point blank with certainty that

contributed to an uneasy situation in the needy i hear he wants to keep their jobs. of line some argue the shape that's a good thing and that the layoffs in hungary's a very inflated public media sector has been long. been talking about. so i think. this debate has become. very politicized it's more about politics than about professional commerce this is something. you have to cut costs that the day has been strongly contested and many talented journalists have found themselves out of a job. it's not just. the recent firings and uncertainty about the implications of the new law just some of the recent events lou causing serious concern about hungary's democratic future. the government needs an independent media so if the government thinks. it. can influence can regulate media. very. very bad ground despite heavy criticism from both within the country and internationally the government is sticking by the new media laws the changes they could bring could be such a radically transformed face of hungary's media. but it. can always. fidelity dot com for more news they lea

at the same time republicans are working feverishly to cut programs aimed to help those very same needy children so what happened to so-called compassionate conservatism. drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions to prove it through to be made who can you trust no one who is you view with the global machinery see where we had a state controlled capitalism is called sackfuls when nobody dares to ask we do our tea question more. welcome back to the big picture i'm sorry been coming up in this half hour as we move closer to the ten year anniversary of the september eleventh attacks residents of the big apple are planning to commemorate the lives of the victims and their families but not the people who put their lives on the line to save others so why are the first responders of this tragic event being a. plus republicans are trying a blind eye to a very serious problem in america child poverty the growing. number of children going to bed hungry why are the right wingers fighting for him and why are they not fighting for it to this spreading of a debt and a

i think first of all i have to give my condolences to the needy family but the others who have been killed either by police or by rioters. it's an awful situation in london at the moment the motivations well i think many revolutions have been sparked by. things that happen intimately connected with what eventually happens this is completely in crisis and the motivations are so numerous but i suppose the central one of course is inequality and an entire civic life to begin situations that are completely out of touch whether it be the media replete force or politicians themselves david cameron seems to be doing everything he can do increase the likelihood of more rioting here oh ok we have politicians saying the rioters are mainly an educated job loose use lacking parental control so if that is the case who is to blame or what is to blame for their measures is it society or is it their parents. i think there is an obsession by certainly the right in this country to demonize families i think we all would realise in this country that david cameron who went through one of the most expensive sch