and pecking order. a reporter from an nbc station is attacked while shooting a story. >> announcer: this is early today for thursday, march 22nd, >> announcer: this is early today for thursday, march 22nd, 2012 captions paid for by nbc-universal television >> today, we begin with damage control. instead of celebrating a solid win in illinois and a hay jar new republican endorsement, mitt romney's camp is back pedaling. nbc has details. >> reporter: mitt romney's 12 point illinois win impressed big-named republicans, one in the endorsement of jeb bush who said now is the time for republicans to unite behind governor romney. rick santorum tried to spin. >> the establishment was comfortable with the status quo. go with mitt romney. >> i want to get america right again. >> reporter: romney got undercut by one of his top aides who said once nominated, he plans to erase his focus. rick santorum showed up with an etch-a-scotch. >> he said you just take, turn it over and shake it and then you start all over. >>

. >>> pecking order. a reporter is attacked while shooting a story. good morning, i'm veronica, day la cruz. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> we begin this morning with damage control. instead of celebrating a solid win in illinois and endorsement, romney's camp is back pedalling after a top aid said his pitch would change once he's the nominee. steve handelsman has details. >> reporter: romney's win impressed. one of jeb bush, popular governor of florida. he said now is the time for republicans to unite behind romney. santorum tried spin. >> all the endorsers, the establishment, you know, who is comfortable with the status quo, go with romney. >> reporter: shifting to maryland. >> i want to get america right, again. >> reporter: one of his top aids said romney plans to erase the conservative focus like you shake an etch a sketch. >> he said turn it over and shake it, then start all over. >> reporter: mocking romney as a fake conservative, which he rushed to deny. >> the issues i'm running on will be the same. i'm running as a conservative republica

mary peck was actually the social hostess in bermuda, and mark twain was there. there is a picture of mark twain , the girlfriend, and woodrow wilson. i thought that was rather fun. i can't wait for the next volume to see what he had to say about them. but ellen wilson befriended her and pretended that she was a family friend and accepted this. and i just have all these theories. i would love to test them, but there is absolutely no evidence. this summer after she discovered the intensity of the relationship -- and woodrow wilson had always had a female friends, and she in kurds that because she was not very high spirited. woodrow wilson, surprisingly enough, was extremely high spirited. he loved to sing and dance until jokes and recite limericks. she wasn't like that. she was a very serious to mysterious woman. she encouraged french ships, but she knew this one was different. he was much more emotionally involved. oliver letters the summer after she discovered this are missing. i'm sure she destroyed those. the patterns of things that are missing a very eloquent

. >>> pecking order. a reporter from anbc station is attacked while shooting a story. >>> this is "early today" for thursday, march 22nd, 2012. >>> hello, everybody. good morning to you. i'm veronica de la cruz. today we begin with damage control. instead of celebrating a solid win in illinois, mitt romney's camp is backpedaling this morning after a top aide admitted his conservative pitch would change once he's the nominee. steve handelsman has details. >> reporter: mitt romney's 12-point illinois win impressed big name republicans and won him the endorsement of jeb bush, popular former governor of florida who said now is the time for republicans to unite behind governor romney. rick santorum tried spin. >> all of the endorsers, the establishment, you know, who is comfortable with the status quo go with mitt romney. >> reporter: shifting to maryland. >> i want to get america right again. >> reporter: romney got undercut by one of his aides who said once nominated he plans to erase his conservative focus.

to say, i'm a woman who has a mother in a nursing home right now, and the first words out of scott peck's road less traveled are, "life is difficult." and in his second paragraph, he's getting to the point that when we stop taking that personally, we'll all be ahead of the game; it'll never be as hard again. but he wrote another book called, a bed by the window , and this is about life in a nursing home - it's about the people who live there. and in my professional path now - i'm a speech and language pathologist in private practice and i have two nursing homes that i go to, one gentleman is in each one - i see a lot of suffering in those nursing homes, frankly, and i also see wall-to-wall courage and heart, and i love thinking about it from the point of view of scott peck's book, because it really - that book reminded me of something i become keenly aware of when i'm in these places is that life goes on in there, and people who work in - the b.a.'s, the people who run them, have no idea - no idea of the linkages between and among the people who live there, how they look out for each othe

. >> he started a process of rounding out units, so there was a pecking order of what units would be closed. >> we are wired to step up to the plate and fill the gaps, but that runs out eventually. we expect the fire chief to support us and help with air safety needs. >> a former police officer and police chief says it no confidence vote to approve a lack of faith that those in leadership positions will do what is right. >> they do not have faced they will perform their duties based on doing what is right. they will do things according to these indictments, based on other reasons, be it political, self-interest, whatever, but they will not do it based on their responsibilities >> a spokesperson for the fire chief says the department has not been made aware of the vote. union members are voting until 9:00 tonight. >> thank you. an investigation is ongoing as to what sparked a fire at a senior center in and around all county. we understand some of the firefighters were hurt on their way to the scene. >> when the fire truck was here, it got into a collision with a car right behind me. f

. >> the angry bird actually pecked her three or four times despite being the smallest rooster in the coop. >>> and, now, a look for your national region. the weather channel forecast. he got her good. >> i just wanted to hear her reaction. >> that was pretty good. it was a beautiful weather we talked about, obviously. nice spring weather today. let's talk about the high temperatures. it was 87 in chicago yesterday. incredible heat. that was the hottest temperature during the streak of record highs. temperatures did cool off in some areas like minneapolis and kansas city. and you notice that florida has also still been very warm along with the southeast. still some cool air in the rockies. still very mild on the east coast. we are going to watch some rainfall continuing today, especially around the gulf. it's moving through biloxi and around mississippi and mobile, alabama. scattered showers from oklahoma city off back up to kansas city into st. louis. as far as the heavy rains go, you can see the thunderstorms trying to come on shore. definitely some downpours on and off today. maybe

she is pecked to be quite critical in that -- is expected to be quite critical in that press conference the mayor ed lee will be addressing reporters and letting everyone know what his decision is on ross mere's fate and if he -- ross mirkarimi's fate and if he will make a move towards pushing him out as sheriff. thorough coverage tonight so stay with abc7 news. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> right now long beach trustees of the california state university system are meeting to vote on raising the salaries of two new campus presidents if approved, csu east bay president would receive a salary of more than $303,000. fullerton president would make more than $324,000. 10% more than their current pay and 10% more than the presidents before them. this comes a day after drastic move by the university system to close spring admissions at most campuses next year. a few hundred students will be let into eight campuses, including cal-state east bay, san francisco and sonoma those are community college transfers. officials say deep cuts are planned if voters reject governor's measure to raise taxe

. >> ladies and gentlemen, gregory peck. >> never seems as fresh and wonderful, as good and evil as it does when seen through the eyes of a child. trying to capture that is remarkable and perhaps that is why one look and the last few years has been so warmly embraced by tens of millions of people. "to kill a mockingbird," winner of the pulitzer prize and just about every award a book can win and now happily "to kill a mockingbird" becomes a motion picture and its memorable characters become vividly alive. some people call him jane louise finch. but she insists on scout. and that's her brother, gym. just a boy until the day he learns there is evil in the world. and atticus finch, the father, whose devotion of justice places him and his children in jeopardy. and party to the defense, john robinson. >> excuse me. >> what kind of man are you? you got children of your own. >> atticus finch. >> this ring that belonged to your mother. you want to tell us what really happened? >> i got nothing to say. do nothing about it. you coward! >> gentlemen, i shall be brief but i would like to use the r

settlersaw, according to louisiana legend, and ifood was scarce, what te mother pelicans would do was pecktil they bl, and they wld feed that to their young. so, on the state flag, you see a moer feedi three baby brown pelicans. >> eventually, louisna adopted the brown pecan as its official sta bird. an official state doughnut has lled aeignet. it's fried dgh with powdered sugar on top. fortunately, t official state drink is milk. withlag facts, i'm kristen. >>dopting a dog pretty easy. always on the okoufor good ners. but as hnah reports, there's a lot moo becoming a friend to man's best friend. >> so, youant to apt a dog, but u don't exactly know how to properly care for one. here's w to learhow. shelter is a wonderful thing to there's a lot of benefits that with it. being a volunteer re at the animal shelter ivery -- like, it's a good expeence. >> you know, cleaning the kennels prey basic, you ow -- feeding them, taking the dogs for walks. and same deal with the cats, but maintenae.ightly less >> thi of volunteering at a local shelter as on-the-job-training for when you become a pet own

. >>> these can waddle your way into your heart or peck your eyes out, as this guy feared. >> he doesn't know what to do. he waves his hands around and then ducks down. >>> a driver is pulled over and then fires three shots at the officers. >> see the cop who took a bullet and still returned fire. >>> and she's a youtube sensation. >> i'm an inspiration. >> now meet the real-life girl who lives like a doll. >> they're all too huge to wear, huge and silly clothes. >>> we kick things off today with our number ten video and some rowdy prisoners. >> some video was just released of a canadian prison riot. now, what you're seeing in the first part of this video is a guard. you can kind of see his reflection in the glass to your left. you can see the inmates on the other side of the glass. now, according to reports, in this riot, about 16 inmates kind of barricaded a cell block and started destructing property. you can kind of see inmates going up and down the stairs. then you see someone come up with something in their arms. watch what happens to this glass. >> wow! >> you can see that first s

supervisor farrell: the controllers peck -- that has to be someone with a heavier financial backgroundd you say of one of the two applicants today had that qualification? >> i could not, but the controller has to have that specific background in experience in auditing and product -- project finance. >supervisor kim: are there any further questions? we often find ourselves in a situation where we have more than one qualified applicant for this seat. i am incredibly impressed by both candidates because water is not necessarily an issue the average citizen understands very well so i'm impressed we have such highly qualified candidates who care about the system and have detailed knowledge and want to serve on the revenue bond oversight committee which can be an esoteric subject for many community residents. diversity is something that is important to me and but we have two equally qualified candidates, that is often my tie breaker. we only have two women serving on this committee today, so with all things being equal, i will provide support behind karen donovan, but i think mr. sheehy, you

and if food was scarce, what the mother pelicans would do was peck at their breasts until they bled,ed that to their young. so, on the state flag, you see a mother feeding three baby brown pelicans. >> eventually, louisiana adopted the brown pelican as its official state bird. by the way, louisiana also has an official state doughnut called a beignet. it's fried dough with powdered sugar on top. fortunately, the official state drink is milk. with flag facts, i'm kristen. >> adopting a dog is pretty easy. animal shelters are almost always on the lookout for good owners. but as hannah reports, there's a lot more to becoming a friend to man's best friend. >> so, you want to adopt a dog, but you don't exactly know how to properly care for one. here's a way to learn how. >> volunteering at an animal shelter is a wonderful thing to do. there's a lot of benefits that come with it. being a volunteer here at the animal shelter is very -- like, it's a good experience. >> you know, cleaning the kennels -- pretty basic, you know -- feeding them, taking the dogs for walks. and same deal with the

. >> ladies and gentlemen, gregory peck. >> never seems as fresh and wonderful, as good and evil as it does when seen through the eyes of a child. trying to capture that is remarkable and perhaps that is why one look and the last few years has been so warmly embraced by tens of millions of people. "to kill a mockingbird," winner of the pulitzer prize and just about every award a book can win and now happily "to kill a

she is pecked to be quite critical in that -- is expected to be quite critical in that press conference the mayor ed lee will be addressing reporters and letting everyone know what his decision is on ross mere's fate and if he -- ross mirkarimi's fate and if he will make a move towards pushing him out as sheriff. thorough coverage tonight so stay with abc7 news. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> right now long beach trustees of the california state university system are meeting to vote on raising the salaries of two new campus presidents if approved, csu east bay president would receive a salary of more than $303,000. fullerton president would make more than $324,000. 10% more than their current pay and 10% more than the presidents before them. this comes a day after drastic move by the university system to close spring admissions at most campuses next year. a few hundred students will be let into eight campuses, including cal-state east bay, san francisco and sonoma those areomnity college transfs.er officials say deep cuts are planned if voters reject governor's measure to raise taxes in

half- mile walk to her bus stop, but the trail goes cold beyond her driveway, suggesting she was pecked up. investigators are mining her laptop for recent contacts, but sierra is described as "happy at home and school." no relationship trouble or history of running away. >> did she purposely run away or does something happen on the way from her house to school? that is what wear looking at and still not sure. sierra's cell phone charger was left behind in her room and calls go straight to voicemail. her family is blanketing local shops with her picture, doing all that they can to bring her home safely. >> come home, baby. please come home. you are not in trouble. everyone wants to see you. >> reporter: another look now at 15-year-old sierra lamar. she may be wearing a gray sharks sweatshirt and carries a pink and blue juicy purse. tonight's search will continue at least until dark. we're live in morgan hill, debora villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the search for sierra wasn't the only one today in the south bay. coming up in two minutes, the dual efforts today to find a missing gilroy

you perhaps will hear more about that in the second panel, individuals have been studied in a pro peck active manner and a number of genes of interest have been identified with those that associate with pain, and they give you clues as to who might be particularly very well they arable -- vulnerable. and another gene has been discovered that seems to be protective of people from chronic back pain after back surgery. this gives you insights as to who may be more or less vulnerable to these painful conditions. another option is to disect the path ways and in doing so, identify new targets that would allow you to intervene, to reduce or eliminate the progression from an acute situation to a more chronic one. so, for example, scientists have identified several specific molecules from the omega-3 fatty acids, they are able to reduce pain associated with inflammation, which you know is now generally treated with opiods or inhibitors. finally, there are a series of studies that are ongoing, using real time brain imaging that allows us to understand how one is a able to control what one's reac

the girl's parents saw the 11:00 news and called police and no charges have pecked to be filed. -- are expected to be filed. >>> we will hear about a deadly shooting in northeast baltimore. officers were called to the 4500 block of marble hall road in northeast baltimore around 2:30 yesterday morning and found terrance joyner shot several times in the chest. police say that he had been in a fight in a 7-eleven when the shots were fired. joyner later passed's way. more violence yesterday morning to tell you b police are also investigating a shooting in the 1,000 block of north gay street and a shooting that happened in the 600 block of poe tome nick southeast baltimore -- potomac in south oft baltimore -- southeast baltimore. >>> the men told deputies they were walking from a gas station on hanson road what group of men called out to them and began stabbing them. authorities are still searching for suspects. >>> cardinbrien says the pope will make a final decision on who's going to replace him. he returned home to celebrate mass on sunday at cathedral of mary our queen in baltimore. >>

. >> tom: and finally tonight, there's a new pecking order in burger land. wendy's has dethroned burger king as the country's second largest hamburger chain by sales volume. wendy's had sales of $8.5 billion last year, while b.k.'s sales were $8.4 billion. mcdonald's still rules when it comes to burgers with over $34 billion in sales. and for fast food overall, mcdonald's is number one, but its followed by subway and starbucks where sales neared $10 billion last year. susie i will put you down for one double cheeseburger. >> i have a real weakness for the french fries. i don't usually go for fast food but i will take the french fry. >> tom: i'll take the burger, you get the fridays that is nightly business report for this monday, march 19th. have a great evening,. >> susie: same to you, tom. good to morrow night. "nightly business report" is made possible by: captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

really, the players will dictate the pecking order. >> reporter: when you manage a game, when you areme, the game is going on, is it fun? is it work? are you enjoying it? >> no, it's fun. i love the game of baseball and i love seeing talented players play it. the tougher the competition, the more fun it is for me. the bigger the game, the more fun it is for me. your concentration level goes up. everything is heightened. so, you know, important games this year in september. that is everybody's goal. everybody strives for that. >> reporter: johnson still work out in the weight room regularly, runs on the treadmill and gets in game time shape. he says he is not there yet but he will be by opening day. in viera, florida, dave feldman, fox 5 sports. society opening day for the nats is a

for a go fish are popular peck a man he was more veterans like math and so the nerves of some of the roughly one hundred seventy thousand american soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder the u.s. army frag has one hundred eighty three campaign ribbons on those one hundred eighty three ribbons each represent wars when you compare that to the way with two hundred thirty six years that we've actually been around as a country you're talking about you know a war on average of once every year and three months serving americans are permanent standby to deploy to carry out warfare on command as the u.s. has a bone to pick with one enemy after the other in the soviet union in the choppiness was the most useful enemy we are we are legitimate and we are completely fantastical it was always available to be able in spirit see against which to justify any smaller interrogators after the cold war the list keeps expanding allied air forces began an attack on military targets in iraq in kuwait air strikes against saudi forces are more on target. begins when i try to select the targets

really about buffett wanting to be taxed more or is this about crony capitalism and his place in the pecking order we'll talk about what we can learn from it what it symbolizes and who this may affect meanwhile the eurozone has boosted its rescue funds finance ministers agreed to increase their fiscal bailout system by forty percent to seven hundred billion euro and we ask if there is a way to benefit from reading the hallways of central planners is ben bernanke for example a contrarian indicator will discuss meanwhile this week new case schiller numbers told us us howling not so good at least in the sense that average home price drop back to levels last seen in two thousand and three but is housing actually way worse i could that be a good thing let's get to today's capital account. so we've heard billionaire investor warren buffett saying the rich should be taxed more that he should be taxed more he's made that case very publicly and with much fanfare that he pays seventeen percent a lot more than that in taxes is a lower tax rate than his secretary and not only that there wasn't anybody i

the boy's mother said she did not authorize anyone to peck up her son. the man is described as in his 40s, 6' tall, 200 pounds with blond hair and long sideburns. >>> a 92-year-old woman was severely burned inside a house fire in hayward, but she might have never made it out alive if not for her own son risking his life to save her. ktvu's patti lee is liver in san francisco, where she talked to family members holding vigil. >> we're live at st. francis memorial hospital where family members are keeping watch offer their loved ones. >> reporter: luis ramirez checks the he used to call hospitals all afternoon to track down family members severely burned in this house fire. >> we got news that something happened and couldn't get a hold of them and they didn't know what happened he was at or what happened. >> reporter: according to family laurence laurenco aguiar was taking care of his family. neighbors told us that he heard aguiar calling to firefighters to help his mother. both suffered from severe burns and from smoke inhalation. >> most we know what the

this week indian tribes on fort peck reservation celebrated the arrival of 63 buffalo. the animals came from yellowstone national park. the day after the arrival of montana judge granted of blocks. >> just like the elk they were not raised to be living in the mountains all the time, they are of plains animal. but for the last 150 years they have been pushed into the mountains and now we are giving them the chance to come back. >> ranchers and property owners have been at odds with the indian government with the plan to reintroduce them to the area. half of support pack animals were transported to another reservation but the hearing is set for next month. commercial beekeepers and environmental groups are taking action to stop the use of close eye and the dead, an insecticide thought to be went to the deaths of peace. in the petition at group state epa has failed to follow its own regulations by not conducting the poll study on the effect of the insecticide to be used. it is thought that the insecticide is lethal disease by waking in the insects immune system. more than

supporters of charlie peck's decision says current law are unfair.n't get a license. >> a low income person doesn't have the ability to pay the fees after 30-days to get the car back. we created more punitive problems for them. >> by not impounding the licensed driver's cars you endanger the citizens of this of stiet. >> unlicensed drivers are more likely to drive drunk and leave the scene of an accident. >> to get a car out of a 30-day mandatory impound costs $1,200 which is why the mayor says it is like confiscating the livelihood of an illegal immigrant trying to feed their kids. the taxpayers will be on the hook. when cops don't enforce the existing law pactaxpayers will liable for any accident that occurs. >>> so much father being a good american. eric holder will now sort information on you. even if if you have done nothing wrong. an atheist who tries to sue over a nay at this timive scene has his sight saved christians. >> titanic won the academy award in 1988. >> i can't believe this was 1988. i am flying. >> i am heather childers>> i am ains

there was a pecking order and we believe there is no need to do that. we were able to get that stopped and to continue to provide the service we provide on a daily basis. >> the day today function of the department look great and we do a great job. the men and women do a great job every day. unfortunately, we do not have the support of this administration and specifically the fire chief to make these things continue. that is what we need. we need a leader. >> the former police officer and police union president and former police chief says no- confidence vote prove a lack of faith that those in leadership positions will do what's right. >> this sends a strong signal -- you are really saying we don't have confidence and our leadership. they need to step down. that's a strong message for the rank-and-file police officers and firefighters to send to their bosses. you better be sure what you are doing is in the best interest of your people and you better take the time to study the facts. both organizations did. >> the fire chief was appointed to a half year