nikki haley is here to tell us about it. >> sarah palin touches down in haiti.anklin graham was there and he's here with the inside scoop on her travels. >> plus, rahm emanuel takes the stand to prove he's fit to become the mayor of the windy city. much more hannity, straight ahead. ! " # $ / 0 i >> sean: she has not even taken office yet and already nikki haley is standing up for south carolina and the principles that her elected. earlier this month in an hour long closed door lunch with president obama, vice president biden, cabinet members and number elected governors from across the country haley went head-to-head with the president challenging him on his administration's crowning achievement health care reform. haley asked the president to repeal the bill because her state cannot afford it. her request quickly rejected. according to the sun news haley also asked the president to reconsider his decision to freeze development of nevada's yucca mountain repository to receive nuclear waste from south carolina a plan which cost taxpayers over one billion dollars

my name is nikki krump- handsted. i know this is a long journey for you. thank you for coming. i came up from l.a. where it's congested and full of smog. it is very awful to be stuck. trying to run off to work. i work at stonestown. if i am running late for work, i cant' get a half-mile away to get to work. i understand the plan to change the congestion. we would love to have the m-line go through. my greatest concern is the mess. i have developed asthma. i never had this until i moved to san francisco. my greatest fear is i will have to be put on a respirator or take severe medication to combat my asthma. i can't imagine if everyone else has this. their concerns have been about the environment. i have been walking through my community. i respresnet -- represent block 30. people call me, do you know what is going on? walking through, i noticed a new bird i have never seen before. i don't know what it is. i think it's called the brown sparrow. it made a nest in my neighbor's porch heading. that bird is considered -- it is -- in one of the military houses, they were going to tear

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november 21st, the first open house for nikki and mark reynolds. they are moving because their family is growing. they are not used to having strange people in and out of their home. >> i had jewelry up in here, but it was behind and underneath this tray. you had to pull this thing all the way out, slide this forward and grab rings back in here. >> reporter: not wearing her wedding rings because she is carrying baby fat and it doesn't fit. three weeks later she went to try it on and it wasn't there. she discovered a host of heirlooms stolen. >> i just went through the initial absolute hysterics and then you have to settle yourself down and think am i dreaming? then you start getting angry. >> reporter: she checked local pawnshops and ebay every day. all i can do is warn people. i contacted real estate friends to let them know this is happening under people's noses. >> reporter: the crime is not a new one. police say it happens a lot in open houses in upper class neighborhoods. >> i would be willing to pay this person money to get this stuff back. >

it's having an auction to raise money for the nikki diaz defense fund. among some of the items for sale, the tiara used in campaign ads against meg whitman in her bid for governor. the "sacramento bee" reports that the items are for sale on ebay, which of course meg whitman used to run. >>> she went to the dmv for a license and wound up getting a nasty letter. now amber yust is suing. she has completed several years transitioning from a man to a woman. she went to the dmv in san francisco to file a document about the change. well, soon after, she says she got a letter allegedly from the clerk who helped her. >> essentially telling me that i'm -- what i'm doing is evil, what i am is evil, that i'm going to hell, that i should die. >> it's inconceivable that they would allow someone who discriminated against to continue to have access to private information. >> no one at the dmv is commenting. >>> medical marijuana providers say they plan to file a federal lawsuit against the drug task force for raiding south bay pot clubs. law enforcement officers raided

now let's go to the markets asian stocks are higher monday lifted by commodity shares to pads nikky close point eight percent higher than hong kong is up point six percent resources stocks are outperforming b.h.p. rio tinto and for dispute between half and one point eight percent despite some concern about rising inflationary pressures in china european stocks are higher as well following a strong performance on the asian markets case footsie is up point six percent and germany's dax is this it is trading up a quarter of a percent at the moment shares of well stream holdings surged five percent after the financial times reported that general electric is close to a deal to buy the company and here in russia markets are high on monday the r.t.s. is gaining over a percent in the mines it's this trading point nine percent all the blue chips are in the black with energy majors leading the gains on high oil prices. oil is up over a percent at hydro is the top gainer although my sixty. four prices have risen to ninety one point two dollars at the opening on the leading european commodity markets

lined shoes on and he was looking through the rows and rows of new shoes and found these new pair of nikkisjumped and said i feel like i can do anything now. >> sarah was in sacramento with california first lady maria shriver. she was honored it is scholarship. looks like sarah's dream has just begun. >> well, if you would like to help sarah bring blankets and shoes to foster children this christmas, log on to our website abc7news.com, click on "see it on tv." >> one act often inspires others so other young people watching that story probably starting to have ideas percolate in their heads, too. >> let's hope so. a little chilly. that story kind of had warms your heart. >> blanketing come in handy. >> and that's great. you need them tomorrow night, too. you need them during the morning hours because rain in the forecast. take a look outside. you can see the patchy fog and some of the haze kind of hanging in the air and haze from moisture, not from pollution. we do not have a spare the air day. all right. we're looking from ballmer peak back to san francisco. thickest fog now up in if the no

the california nurses association is having an auction to raise money for the nikki diaz defense fundamong the items for sale, the tiara and other items used in the campaign ads against whitman for governor. the "sacramento bee" reports the items are for sale on whitman's old website, ebay. >>> federal transportation officials are providing an additional $600 million to california for high-speed rail construction. the funds are part of a redirection from wisconsin and ohio to states more eager to build rail lines and california is getting the biggest chunk, $624 million. construction is expected to start in 2012 and service between the bay area and l.a. could start by 2020. >>> muni is working to give travelers a smoother ride. in the past year, several lines have seen an increase in short turns or switchbacks due to delays in traffic jams. and those riders are often forced to get off the train before their destinations. muni policy changes would prevent a train from being turned around mid route unless another train five minutes away to pick up stranded travelers. >>> it's 5:22. roma

the head man at the nikki what you think of those tacky green socks?ames. the new stocks of some striking feature. of course wanted to keep changing uniforms? everytime it's something that people will rush out and buy the uniform particularly if an organ duck fat. disaster in any respect it pam? >> particularly perry had >> are the green socks and a blended with the class now? >> see one night he runs university and they tell you, cities that up to the guy at nike and said hey we want to change uniforms. it would delight at $30 million donation? came mr. biology graduate changed uniform. it's a vicious world. all and taste everything tonight. connolly at the bay one of the tells you she wants to movies to of course, los wife just featured on the vh-1 reality show what it took you inside their marriage and show the getting married it was a tender moment. can you us cried again. when you get a good shot of the carmel and house believe to be added to the new jersey nets he already told the nuggets are want to go to the next and how the latest word is the

. >> the top searched politician is south carolina governor nikki haley, the second american-indian governorn the country. >> it's like a bad setup for an adult movie. what basically happened is a postal worker walks into a woman's office, realizes she's unhappy, and thinks i'm going to come back totally naked. and she flips out. she says basically, give me the mail and get out of here. the guy's name is mailman dave, and he says he basically will nowpy a $681 fee. he says he thought he was cheering up the 21-year-old female employee of a law firm who seemed to be stressed out. so he thought, you know what cheers up a lot of people, nudity. i'll come back totally naked. >> dave has some game. he was brave to do that with this cold weather. >> i think the fact that she held out her hand and says, give me the mail and get out of here. he says he totally didn't mean anything by it. he was trying to make her happy. >> buck naked on the boor step is always an innocent move. the swiss bank called ubsag sends their employees a 43-page code how to impress customers. these are dos and don'ts. for wom

another, nikki monage, i'm not sure everyone knows her, a hip-hop singer, the first artist with seveny. if you don't know who she is yet, you will. >> you have it covered. >> i do. >> happy new year. i'm going to stay on your good side, how is that? >> do that. >> rebecca. >> thanks russ. however you plan on ringing in the new year this friday night, one thing is certain, you want to look fabulous. so katrina zich is here with glitzy, glamour rouse options for women who want to welcome the new year right. great to see you. >> thank you. >> i love what you are watching. >> i was inspired by the first lady's recent for ray to the beautiful vintaj gown she wore. >> i saw it. >> this is a 1955 gown i scored at a vintage shop in new york city. can see michelle obama. that is from the 19 as. as you can see it is always a viable option but doesn't necessarily mean it will be budget-friendly so be careful. >> you look fabulous. >> thank you very much. >> something that is always a go-to, that little black dress. tell us what is in for lbds this season. >> as you said, we all have them in our

when they the revelations about whitman's housekeeper, nikki diez and how that affected latino votersu's program took full advantage of that in terms of indicating to those voters. so then we go to geo tv. and the final several weeks of his that brown was in a pretty good position. he's a few points up, but we've got a. using million more voters technology again to reach out to do a blitz of voters through media, through field and through mail. we found that among those coming to million voters via targeted 3 million more voters and technology, about 750,000 donated persuasion and about 1.55 million of them needed just to get out to go. so we figure out how to communicate most of those votes. and again, we ended up reaching out to people, not just by mail, not just ip gods, but by the community of people and volunteers we have developed over the six-month period. and we probably not on the doors of voters in 1500 precincts plus 800 precincts, so 2200 precincts out of some 30,000 precincts in california. so significant number of precincts we had appeared beyond what our normal membersh

i would never let nikki go if we are going to get these start-ups like ours working, we will have to be attentive to the needs of this correspondence. there is a obligation we hold to really make these correspondents feel like they are part of something. we are trying our best. >> we are going to open it up to your questions. we hope you'll join us. there are microphones here. if you would, make sure what you say is in the form of a question. also, please identify yourself. >> my name is william. my wife is a student here. i am a freelance journalist. i had been making my way for the last four years. i found very few people willing to pay more than $5 for an article. my question is about the coverage of afghanistan. i worked in afghanistan for a couple of weeks and wrote an article from there. for the last two years, when you watch the news -- your stuff is much better than a lot of your competitors -- it is just not representative of what afghanistan is. all i see when i watch the news is when hitting the victimized, which is true, or i see men who are taliban who have begun an abus

and with that let me turn to nikki haley the new governor of south carolina. >> thank you and i want to thank leaders mcconnell and boehner. it is a great day today in d.c. because what you see is a coalition of governors that have gotten together with the leaders in d.c. and we are now going to start conversations of why we don't need and dated health care and what we have states can do as solutions instead. we are not going to just say no but we are going to tell her federal leaders what we can do instead so they can go back and fight for wednesday should have more rights than what they have no right now. it will give us flexibility on regulations. it will give us reforms on webby don't need unfunded mandates and i will now start to allow states to introduce solutions that will make a difference in our country so we appreciate the opportunity that they have given us to have this conversation and we look forward to this not being about talk that being about action. thank you. >> governor, former house members. >> thank you speaker elect and also leader mcconnell. appreciate the oppo

nikki is a talented photographer. she can write. she cannot write right out of the box like somebody who has been doing it for 10 years, but she has the gift. she goes to turkey for us and begins to unpack that place. she has an affinity for it. she understands the history. she says that these photo essays that tell us things about turkey that are very interesting. she does simple reporting, interviews, building a story. she is starting to get really good. we had to pay her in a way that was probably not that different from what david halberstam and made at that first newspaper where it he was taking a bit big shot trying to make his name. we are seeing that these young her correspondence can put together blogs, they can freelance for other people, they can get somewhere doing free- lance photography. it is a different life. the idea of being the boston globe released correspondent, living in jerusalem, my family is well taken care of, never had a new car in my life until the globe bought me one -- it was a stunningly generous way t

when they the revelations about whitman's housekeeper, nikki diez and how that affected latino voters and seiu's program took full advantage of that in terms of indicating to those voters. so then we go to geo tv. and the final several weeks of his that brown was in a pretty good position. he's a few points up, but we've got a. using million more voters technology again to reach out to do a blitz of voters through media, through field and through mail. we found that among those coming to million voters via targeted 3 million more voters and technology, about 750,000 donated persuasion and about 1.55 million of them needed just to get out to go. so we figure out how to communicate most of those votes. and again, we ended up reaching out to people, not just by mail, not just ip gods, but by the community of people and volunteers we have developed over the six-month period. and we probably not on the doors of voters in 1500 precincts plus 800 precincts, so 2200 precincts out of some 30,000 precincts in california. so significant number of precincts we had appeared beyond what our normal

when they the revelations about whitman's housekeeper, nikki diez and how that affected latino voterss program took full advantage of that in terms of indicating to those voters. so then we go to geo tv. and the final several weeks of his that brown was in a pretty good position. he's a few points up, but we've got a. using million more voters technology again to reach out to do a blitz of voters through media, through field and through mail. we found that among those coming to million voters via targeted 3 million more voters and technology, about 750,000 donated persuasion and about 1.55 million of them needed just to get out to go. so we figure out how to communicate most of those votes. and again, we ended up reaching out to people, not just by mail, not just ip gods, but by the community of people and volunteers we have developed over the six-month period. and we probably not on the doors of voters in 1500 precincts plus 800 precincts, so 2200 precincts out of some 30,000 precincts in california. so significant number of precincts we had appeared beyond what our normal membership