>> pierre: no chance. those teams and those players all played against each other for championships. pittsburgh penguins and sidney crosby have proven they can play in the clutch, but now it's up to alex ovechkin and the capitals to prove they can. crosby scores in the olympics in the finals, he does the first winter classic, he scores the overtime shootout or the shootout winner. that's the stuff. now it's up to ovechkin and the capitals to get to the big dance. >> darren: my favorite of this entire thing, watching john mcenroe. rivalries are built with passion and spirit and hatred and animosity, even though there might not have been in tennis. fire the racket down on the ground. borg, calm, cerebral. you had two distinctly different personalities but both great players and great moments. >> pierre: crosby has already experienced winning. say the pittsburgh penguins win this game in the last 40 minutes or maybe overtime. will people overreact and say ovechkin can't get it done? >> mike m.: i don't think

. >> pierre: very good job. especially brooks laich, number 21, one of the forwards coming down to help out the big defenseman, schultz. is there enough presence by the penguins right now? >> mike: goligoski, a shot. that one is held by varlamov. >> eddie: the last chance off the face-off, they had a chance to go right off of that face-off, set up matt cooke got right to the front of varlamov. you see the numbers for the capitals. the last handful of games. >> pierre: that's something bruce boudreau needs to improve from last year and they have done that. their penalty killing has improved a ton. evason and woods have done a nice job retooling the penalty killing. >> mike: off this face-off win, taken along to the outside by tyler kennedy. kennedy just holding now. fed one in front that's punched away by the defense and lifted back down. 35 left on the kill. fleury out to handle. we've gotten to know a lot about bruce boudreau as well as dan bylsma, the coaches. that wonderful hbo series "24/7" that's been going

here's pierre mcguire. welcome, pierre. >> pierre: good to talk with you.that you just alluded to, and they have turned the heated benches off. they were feeling it was too hot right now and also, going out on to the ice. the energy levels from both teams are good. you see staal with his first shift. the ice is a little wet right now. you see the players are still trying to get physical. there's a glass repair going on right now because of the ovechkin hit on michalek. we have a lot of energy down here. i never played football in the nhl but i can only imagine what it's like. it reminds me a lot of a football environment here. >> mike: this is going to take a little while for them to get this repaired. alexander ovechkin is fourth in the league in hits. normally big scorers aren't ranked that high when it comes to physical play but boy, does he ever bring it. so much so that the crew has to come out to repair the damage that he did. >> eddie: when ovechkin is on the ice, do it with his hands, do it with his body. >> mike: we're going to go back to that play

and we begin on all of this with pierre thomas who is here tonight. pierre? >> reporter: diane, sources tell us that loughner's planning for that deadly rampage appears to have been much more meticulous than we previously knew. loughner was apparently contemplating every aspect of his assault, including the likely punishment. according to an official familiar with the investigation, loughner used his home computer to browse a website with information about the effects of lethal injection. the source says he appeared to want to know what death by injection felt like. lethal injection is the method of capital punishment imposed by the federal government. loughner also allegedly browsed the internet for information about sol dare confinement and perhaps more disturbing, he had been researching political assassins. it paints a picture of cold-blooded fore thought and an obsession with assassinating congresswoman giffords. some believe the new evidence makes an insanity defense a long shot for success even more difficult. >> the extent to which he planned the shoo

pierre thomas is here in brooklyn where the attorney general announced the arrests. pierre? >> reporter: george, many of those arrested are high ranking mob bosses, taken down in a bust that stretches from here in new york all the way to italy. scores of suspected mobsters, la cosa nostra, made men, today, arrested in raids across the new york region. so many, the suspects had to be taken to an army base for booking. >> the reality is, it is an ongoing threat. a major threat. >> reporter: the charges? racketeering, extortion, murder, involving corruption of every kind. from construction sites to union workers. today, they were the scenes that tony soprano feared. the feds came, just like in "good fellas." >> we have a search warrant here for the premise. >> would you read and sign it? >> reporter: among those arrested, anthony cavezza. also known as tony bagels. benjamin castellazo, known as the claw. and vincenzo frogerio, vinny car wash. >> time and again, they have shown a willingness to kill. to make money, to eliminate rivals and to silence witnesses. >> reporter: in ca

pierre thomas is on the story again tonight. and pierre, this really raises the stakes for security officials. >> reporter: george, it really does. the device was sent to a postal facility not far from where i'm standing. as you can see, police have sealed off the area. the devices, as you said, are similar in nature to two devices sent to maryland officials yesterday. the device was sent, as you said, to homeland security secretary janet napolitano. she and her team have been informed and now officials across this region are on high alert. >> you say that her team has been informed, but has there been a change in her security? >> reporter: no change. one official told me, this device did not have a prayer of getting anywhere near homeland security secretary napolitano. >> last night, you reported as the fear security officials had about copy cats. are they any closer to figuring out who might be behind this? >> reporter: george, a profile is developing. this is someone very angry at the government. in particular, very upset and

pierre? >> reporter: diane, i'm standing right outside of loughner's house. and as you said, we just got an emotional statement from his parents. tonight, investigators are trying to piece together what is going on inside this man's mind, behind those eyes and that sinister smile. today, the loughner family released their first statement. "we don't understand why this happened. it may not make any difference, but we wish we could change the heinous events of saturday. we care very deeply about the victims and their families. we are so very sorry for their loss." last night, neighbor wayne smith went to see loughner's father. >> he can't get out three words without crying. not only is he sad for his son, he is devastated all those people that was involved. she's in bed and she's just broke down, nervous wreck. >> reporter: but other neighbors say the parents were part of the problem. >> i saw a child that wanted to come out and play and wasn't allowed to come out and play for whatever the reason may be. >> reporter: and today, one of loughner's friends offered

pierre? >> reporter: diane, i'm standing across from one of the buildings where one of the devices ignited. while they were small in size, i can tell you, they put a lot of people on edge across the state of maryland. now, they were sent to the governor of maryland and also to the state department of transportation. they were designed to detonate upon opening, and they were powered by small batteries and contained explosive chemicals. now, they appear to have been sent by someone very, very angry at the government. and as you said, one of these packages contained an angry message. and let me read it to you. it says, "report suspicious activity, total bull. you have created a self-fulfilling prophesy." diane? >> well, we also heard that the new york city police department has sent out an alert. does this mean they're worried about other parts of the country, around the country? >> reporter: absolutely. the concern tonight is about copy cats. these devices are very similar in design to package

and pierre thomas has been reviewing the tapes released late today. pierre? >> reporter: from the first radio transmissions, it was clear something horrific was unfolding. >> we have a shooting at the safeway, a man with a semiautomatic weapon. yunlts responding, advise. >> reporter: soon it becomes clear that a congresswoman has been shot. >> we have a caller who believes that gabrielle giffords was shot. it's multiple victims. it sounds like many people are shot. >> we have at least seven, eight, maybe ten gunshot wounds here. we're going to need -- we have -- i believe giffords is here. >> reporter: moments later, an army of law enforcement and rescue personnel is racing to the scene. >> start multiple med units. people down, i'm counting at least ten. >> and how many victims do we have? >> there are multiple victims. we need a lot more units here. >> i need robbery and assault detectives called out. please advise them, multiple, multiple victims. >> reporter: loughner was arrested at the scene. >> customers have tackled the suspect. they are holding him d

>> pierre, thank you for reporting in tonight. and, as we said, it all happened on an ordinary day, in an ordinary place. a supermarket parking lot in a strip mall. at one of those small events that reaffirm democracy. people of all ages just stopping to meet their congresswoman. well, today, the man who has been sheriff of pima county for 30 years, as you saw, clarence dupnik, took me to the scene of the crime. >> he comes out, around, he goes immediately up to her, fires the first shot point blank. >> reporter: what is point blank? are we talking an inch on his left side? >> well, we're talking about probably this far. it was left -- over the left eye. >> you think it was an inch, two inch from -- >> i couldn't tell you that -- probably that far or so. he shoots judge roll in the back. and then he starts firing at the people, the little girl, the 9-year-old girl and indiscriminately at the other people. he runs out of ammunition in his long magazine which holds 31 rounds. and he unloads and he's trying to reload. when one of the

. >> it also made a little-known wine maker, jean-pierre amoreau, into a celebrity.livious to the attention at first. japan's legion of manga fans made him into a cu hero after the readers had a taste of the wine and loved it. >> we only found out later. it was a lovely surprise for us all. we do what we can to make the best wine possible. that was picked up by these comics. >> although his wine, chÂteau le puy, always had its fans, it never featured among the big names in bordeaux wines. in japan at least, that has all changed. manga artists copied his face from the company website and turned him into a star. >> when i go to japan now, people recognize me on the subway and have their photos taken with me. i do not mind. it is fun. i am honored. it is amusing. after all, i am just a wine maker. >> it seems amoreau underestated the power of advertising by manga in japan. the clientele in this shop often ask for the name they have read about in the comic books. >> "the drops of god" is very popular manga in japan. we're proud to stock the wind. >> jean-pierre amoreau a

still smirking. >> pierre thomas reporting from tucson tonight. >>> and, a programming note. abc news will be bringing you live coverage of the president's remarks tonight at the memorial service. i'll be here. so, stay tuned for a special one-hour edition of "nightline," as well, after our special report. >>> and, now we'll turn to the dramatic weather across much of the country. something rarely seen. fresh snow is on the ground in 49 of the united states. only florida is spared. but nowhere is it worse tonight than in new england, being bombarded by the storm that left the south glazed in ice and killed at least 17 people. jeremy hubbard is in boston. >> reporter: dr. jackson williams had to get to the pediatric ward today. so, this is how he made the five-mile trek. >> the nurses had a good laugh >> announcer: this is an abc news special report. tragedy in tucson: a presidential address. >>> i'm diane sawyer at abc news headquarters in new york here with george stephanopoulos. and we're briefly interrupting your programming to take you out to giant university of arizona,

here's pierre thomas with our report. >> reporter: the life of john wheeler iii and his death, at first glance, appear to be completely at odds. a life filled with honor, west point cadet, military man, harvard, yale, white house aide. mover and shaker who literally helped build an iconic memorial in washington. >> let me now introduce to you mr. john p. wheeler, chairman of the board of the vietnam veterans memorial fund. >> reporter: yet, in the hours before he died, caught on surveillance tape looking confused and dazed walking with one of his shoes in his hand. then, murdered and thrown in a dumpster. dumped like trash in a landfill. >> the fact that he's in the landfill is the most disgraceful part. >> reporter: who would want to kill wheeler? nobody yet knows. the police say it's homicide. but won't say how he died. so many questions. police don't even know where the murder took place. now, a small 60-man police force in a town of about 30,000 that averages 1 or 2 homicides a year and sometimes none, must unravel a puzzle with missing pieces. wheeler worked in washington as a cons

pierre thomas, abc news, tucson, arizona. >> one of congresswoman's giffords staffers wounded in the shooting rampage left his hospital room for the first time. ron barber was greeted by hugs and shouts of support as he was wheeled by that growing memorial there on the hospital lawn. family members say barber remembers everything about saturday's shooting. >>> and in the wake of the tucson tragedy, a move now to rearrange shooting at the upcoming state of the union address is gaining momentum. instead of being separated by party affiliations as usual, lawmakers from both sides now are pushing for a mixed seating plan to show solidarity. a decision is still pending. >>> from the senate, news that moderate texas republican senator kay bailey hutchison won't seek re-election next year. the 67-year-old hutchison says she is ready to retire and spend more time with her two young adopted daughters. she was first elected to the senate back in 1993. >>> and late ambassador richard holbrooke will be honored with a memorial service this afternoon in washington. he was the obama administration'

hundreds have been killed in those incidents. >> our chief justice correspondent, pierre thomas. >>> and when we come back, more on the congresswoman fighting for her life, and her astronaut husband who was preparing for his own mission when he heard the news today and raced to her side. we'll be back with this special edition of "world news." hi, may i help you? yes, i hear progressive has lots of discounts on car insurance. can i get in on that? are you a safe driver? yes. discount! do you own a home? yes. discount! are you going to buy online? yes! discount! isn't getting discounts great? yes! there's no discount for agreeing with me. yeah, i got carried away. happens to me all the time. helping you save money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. you struggle to control your blood sugar. you exercise and eat right, but your blood sugar may still be high, and you need extra help. ask your doctor about onglyza, a once daily medicine used with diet and exercise to control high blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. adding onglyza to your current oral medicine may hel

our senior justice correspondent pierre thomas has been looking into all this. pierre, good morning to you in washington. >> reporter: dan, in a scene that i can't recall in more than a decade of covering the fbi, the director himself is in arizona overseeing an investigation and focused on a young man who apparently descended into madness and there's concern that an accomplice may still be on the loose. by all accounts, 22-year-old jared lee loughner was a troubled young man. what authorities believe is loughner's myspace page suggests he had been preparing for a murderous rampage. a few hours before the shootings he allegedly wrote a message entitled "good-bye, friends." it begins "dear friends, please don't be mad at me." eyewitnesses say loughner was coldly detached as he shot the congresswoman and victim after victim. he appears to have been obsessed with violence and was apparently angry at the government. look at this youtube postings. it's one of his favorites. let the bodies hit the floor. ♪ let the bodies hit the floor >> reporter: loughner also left h

pierre, good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, dan. today, they're hoping to get things back to normal at this postal facility. these devices may have been small. but i can tell you, they caused a lot of concern. a new, suspicious package sent authorities scrambling to a postal facility in washington, d.c. >> the package had been described as popping, smoking. and with a brief flash of fire. and then, it extinguished itself. >> reporter: sources tell abc news, the package was addressed to homeland security secretary janet napolitano. the sources suspect that the same person who sent similar devices to maryland government official on thursday is behind this attack. that suspect appears angry at the government. especially about homeland security's efforts to increase public awareness about terrorism. a message was contained in the packages sent to maryland. it said, report suspicious activity, total bull. you have created a self-fulfilling prophecy. that's believed to be a reference to road signs throughout the state of maryland. the let

more with william and pierre in a moment. >>> "after words" with william hartung and pierre sprey continues. >> host: said he gets paid nicely to merge with martin, norm augustine achieves his intention of creating the largest defense mega corporation of america and how does his career proceed after that? >> guest: he is not done yet because they by the defense division just increasing far and away the largest contractor. >> host: they pick up more electronics for the business. >> guest: in the meantime he's had this advisory panel called the defense policy committee on trade. and this whole agenda they have been pushing for subsidizing the weapons exports which has been sort of stalled, and then finally he starts pushing once the gingrich revolution and he has a rocky plant right outside his district then finally they can get moving on this agenda secretive 15 billion-dollar loan guarantee fund which is going to make it possible to sell two or three or four times as many does this apply as they could before with the regular program. >> host: with taxpayer money. >> guest: exactly and there

discuss at lockheed martin's weak points of ordinary americans with the father of the a-10 fighter jet, pierre sprey. >> host: bill, i'm very excited about this book. you're writing about stuff that i've lived through. every since 1966, i've been involved in one way or another with lockheed projects of one kind or another in my wool and working with the government and after that for military reform. this was a subject about which i thought i knew a fair amount. her book as you know, brad may hold the flow of history and detail that i didn't go about that is both exciting and timely. this book is extremely timely. that's the main reason i'm excited about it. we just had to use this searing revelation about how big banks, big financial houses have spent 30 years unraveling the structure of regulation that was set up in the 30s to prevent genetic depression from ever happening. and they use their money and their influence in their campaign contributions and their lobbyists and their people for 30 years who went who went with me to unbuttons structure, to allow them to merge into larger and larger

twitter.com/booktv. >> after words with william hartung and pierre sprey continues. finish. >> host: so lockheed gets paid nicely to merge with martin. norm augustine achieves his ambition of creating the largest defense mega corporation in america, and how does his career proceed after that? >> guest: well, he's not done yet. because then they buy the defense division of loral corporation for about $9 billion just increasing them to, you know, far and away the largest defense contractor -- >> host: so they pick up more electronics for their business, yeah. >> guest: and in the meantime, he's head of this advisory panel called the defense policy advisory committee on trade. and they've got this whole agenda they've been pushing for subsidizing weapons exports which has been sort of stalled. and then finally he starts pushing once there's the gingrich revolution and gingrich has the big lockheed plant right outside his district. then timely they can get moving on this agenda. so they create a $15 billion loan guarantee fund which is, basically, going to make it possib

george. >> okay, pierre, thanks very much.or more on the investigation now we're joined by pima county sheriff, clarence dupnik. thanks for coming out this morning. >> my pleasure. >> you just heard him say no evidence of a broader conspiracy. does that square with what you know right now? >> that's absolutely the case. there's though doubt that this individual acted alone. >> no doubt that he acted alone? >> no doubt at all. >> how about the ties that he might have had loose ties to that white supremist organization, the american renaissance project? >> well, we're still actively pursuing any activities that he might have been involved in. i'm not aware of any strong ties that he has to any group. this individual is a very troubled individual. and he's a typical troubled individual who is a loner. >> so the bottom line is he acted alone and the target was congresswoman giffords. >> there's eyewitness testimony to that and there's documents to that effect. >> you know, we've also heard from neighbors of his that said that poli

this is the alternative which eliminates major costs associated with pierre 50. there is the tax revenue related to the event. phone number on this was $25 million. the budget analyst is $19 million. we use this to be conservative as the tax revenue. there is a lost revenue to the port which is a cost of 8 points $7 million. that number has gone up $2 million due to the addition of peers 26 and 28. >> with a loss of the revenue, what are we seeing in terms of the capacity of the port. ? >> there are one time costs related to hosting the event which total $28.3 billion. i believe that the budget analyst has a lower number. we estimate that to be $28.3 million. the city would be reimbursed for their costs and we are not anticipating that they would raise more if they did not need is to -- if they did not need to. this is $13.1 million. we're not including a value of long-term development because we have changed that and they would pay market rates and get a rent credit for the improvement similar to what we did. we are estimating a benefit of $13.1 million. the que

. >> on item 46, supervisor alioto pierre?votes] there are of love and -- eleven ayes. >> this resolution is adopted. if we could now move to item 38. >> terms ending april 27 to the community stabilization advisory committee. >> can we do this? this motion is approved. >> item 39. >> motion for the work force investment community advisory committee. >> this motion is approved. if we could now move to item 49. >> item 49 is the lottery to approve force superiority pursuant to rule 6.21. >> we have had four newly- elected members who will replace outgoing members, and through a lottery, we will determine their seniority. i will ask the clerk if she can help do the honors. >> our legislative director will pull names from the lottery draw, and i will read them aloud. >> supervisor a light, mark favre on -- elect, mark farrell. malia cohen. scott weiner. jane kim. the following order will be the official order of all continuing and nearly an elected board members -- elsbernd, mirkarimi... chiu, cohen, weiner, and kim. seniority de

what i am about to do today is perhaps unpopular, perhaps not welcome by pierre -- people who are here today but i have a concern about the board of supervisors being asked to make appointments to concur with mayor appointments for commission while the mayor has delayed his swearing in in sacramento so as to avoid this current board making appointments for the interim mayor position. to me, the mayor cannot have it both ways. i would ask that we delay -- there are people in the audience here who want to be appointed who i support. but i feel we are making a strong statement if we except the mayor delaying him being sworn in in sacramento so that he candlelight the business -- he can delay the business as usual politics here. the board has a responsibility to make an appointment. the mayor ran for lieutenant governor and one. he should be sworn in with all of the current statewide representatives, governor, secretary of state, attorney general, who are being sworn in today. that is consistent, what the people of california voted for. that is why the democratic party supported mayor gavi

steps up and hits pierre garson in stride. 225 yards. 7-0 at the half.ts up three but the jets respond. ten-minute drive capped off the second t. d. 14-10 new york. under a minute to play. colts down 14-13. 50 yards out, nails it, back on top 16-14. after our 47 yard kickoff return, mark santos and edwards on the south bay. the uprights from 32 yards out. the jets move on to face the patriots after a 17-16 victory. >> i mean, really i'm just thankful for the men that i coach, you know, for those two backs we got that pounded it in there. thank you for that coaching staff. thank you for nick fulk and thankful i finally got to beat peyton manning. >> a good start, play action. drew breeze. new orleans up 10-0 in the first but the seahawks wouldn't fold. later in the first, hassleback to john carlson. 11 yards, wide open. 10-7 ball game. 17. hassleback going deep. he's there. 45 yards. seahawks led 24-20 at the half. seattle kept it going in the third. more from hassleback drops a ever effectually thrown ball. 272 yards. 31-20 hawks. 34-30, trying to run ou

. >> you were mentioning that this is pierre -- pier 14. >> first, it was a brick water for the downtown ferry terminal, constructed in 2001. after that, we added public access on top of it and connected it to the land side. now is eight 637-foot-long public access pier to enjoy the day, watched the very activity. there is a little bit of art on top of it. there are swivel chairs on a it and there are little sea >> can you t about proposition a that may affect this waterfront parks -- that may affect the waterfront? >> of the voters approved proposition 8. >> which was how much? >> the total bond was $135 million. it will improve about 6 open spaces on the waterfront. it 11 years ago, the port developed its first ever land use plan, and part of that list policy for continuous open waterfront of 7 1/2 miles of the port of san francisco waterfront and in public spaces every five-seven minute walking intervals. over the last 10, 11 years, we have been implementing that. now, proposition a, that will allow us to add about six more. >> this is part of a bay trail? >> not the sand and cisco ba

. >> "after words" with william hartung and pierre sprey will continue after this short break. "after words" with william hartung and pierre sprey continues. >> host: so what he gets paid nicely to merge with martin, norm augustine a cheeks rendition of greeting largest megacorporation in america, and how does this proceed after that? >> guest: it's not done yet because then the by the defense division of the morrill corporation for about $9 billion, just increasing them to far and away the largest contractor. >> host: they got more electronics for the business. >> guest: and in the meantime, he's had this advisory panel called the defense policy advisor committee on trade, and they've got this whole agenda they have been pushing for subsidizing weapons exports which has been sort of stalled and then finally once there is the gingrich revolution and he has a big lockheed plant right outside his district, then finally they can get moving on this agenda so they create a 15 billion-dollar loan guarantee fund which is basically going to make it possible to sell mabey to cultic offe

for "this week," i'm pierre thomas in washington. >> there have also been so many stories of courage fortitude around this tragedy. the person who tackled loughner to the ground and also a young intern, 20-year-old daniel hernandez, who held congresswoman giffords as he saw her go down running towards the gunfire. he joins us right now on the phone. daniel hernandez, thank you for joining us. it must have been an incredible moment as you ran towards the gunfire when it all broke out. tell me what happened yesterday. >> of course, because there is a pending investigation we're trying to make sure that everything that we talk about is just -- watching what we say and just things after the shooting. yesterday i was helping congresswoman giffords at an event where she would try to meet with her constituents and before the shooting happened, we had a lot of excited constituents who were very happy to get the opportunity to speak to their congresswoman because everybody was going to get a chance to speak with her one on one for about three to five minutes, however, as you know, there was a

new advance was added to pen south long by the founder of the present day when the games were on pierre de coubertin on now back to the present day russia and its predecessor the soviet union have been winning podium places in men's events in every single impi and that it's important since that celko games in nine hundred sixty four that's a record the country would certainly like to uphold on the london games in twenty twelve however the ladies are hoping to make an impact as well all battle muscle competition for a place on the national team is very high specially for the men's team the dropout rate for women is quite high though as the sport is not for everyone however i was seen as a healthier and able to get great results in very far east some of our garrulous have even become the european and world champions within just two he is cyprus has over three hundred sunny days per year and that works perfectly with the national team's winter plans when it's impossible to train outside practically anywhere in russia and saturates requires certain infrastructure for their preparation and t

pierre was miraculously cured of parkinson's disease because she had prayed to john paul two months after he died. john paul had suffered from parkinson's himself. the declaration means he can now take the next step to sainthood. the planned ceremony will likely draw hundreds of thousands. >> it is the record time for this. >> reporter: john paul will beat the previous record set by mother theresa by 17 days. it has been played out at a time of acute embarrassment for the church over its continuing child abuse scandal. some say there is a connection that the road towards sainthood is being traveled too quickly. especially for a pope who was in office for 27 years while many of the abuses took place. >> how can you want to honor someone as a saint who may have allowed innocent children to be harmed. i don't know how you can do that. >> reporter: with one miracle accepted john paul still requires agreement on a second miracle before sainthood can follow. but a pope who made history in so many ways isn't finished yet. mark phillips, cbc news, london. >>> jim harbaugh has two family faces to

. >> and our senior justice correspondent, pierre thomas, will have all of the latest details, coming up on "good morning america." >>> another city is on alert this morning in london. more police officers are on duty and security has been heightened at transportation hubs on word that terrorists could be planning to attack. there are reports that emergency services were recently briefed on how to respond to a mumbai-style attack. but the country's overalterer threat level has not been raised. >>> president obama fills out more of his new economic team today, by tapping another clinton administration adviser. his concentration on the economy comes as new numbers are released. for details, we're joined by emily schmidt. >> reporter: good morning to you, mike. more holiday spending. fewer people applying for first-time unemployment benefits. today, we have the next big test. there is hope today that 2011 is off to a good economic start, as december job numbers are positive. >> we're going to see this year, be a year of rebounding, maybe even better than what we've anticipated. i think g

as we have seen with pierre 30/32, it has the shelf life of another, i think, 10 years. without some kind of revitalization, we could lose this asset. it is the same as you go down the port of sand and cisco. the america's cup gives us a great opportunity to rebuild that, to bring economic not just viability but a thriving economic community back to san francisco bay, so i would like to thank everyone who has been part of that. i would be remiss without thanking mark buell, who is heading the acoc, and also lucy, one of my constituents, a jewel to san francisco, who has been active on and all of the past america's cups and actually won it for the united states way back when, so i think it is important for us to recognize the people that are citizens of san francisco have done so much for the america's cup historically and who are going to hopefully be helping us bring it here to san francisco. it is a very exciting time, and actually look forward to what the next months bring. thank you. commissioner campos: i simply want to just acknowledge all the work that has gone in

pierre thomas has the latest from tucson. pierre? >> reporter: george, this morning, there are serious questions about why no one intervened to stop the suspect, who clearly had mental health issues. and now, his very family life is at issue as well. this mug shot of jared loughner may say a lot about his mental state. loughner's family has yet to release a statement on the tragedy. and has yet to address what happened to their son. the family is described by some neighbors as fiercely reclusive. besieged by the media, the house is boarded up. but one neighbor was allowed inside to deliver the mail and talk to loughner's father. >> he was crying. it was obvious. he said, i need your help. not only is he sad for his son. he is devastated other people -- over the people that were involved. >> reporter: he went on to describe loughner's mother. >> she's in bed. and she's just broke down. just a nervous wreck. they want to be alone. and they didn't bother me. >> reporter: some neighbors are sharply critical of the loughners. and one fami

hundred karzai and to help afghanistan when western forces pull out trade on the drug problem with pierre's first visit permit in decades and whether said he would like to see an independent and prosperous afghanistan. new york courts kids get to boot eight months to prove his innocence but a lawyer for them and vegetable russian arms dealer says he will show the illegality response extradition to the us defense team believes it is against established procedures and while the americans insist on calling the merchant of death who claims he is the victim of a propaganda war. what next talk to him and karzai about the struggle his country faces in its war on drugs in an exclusive interview with r.t. the afghan president opens up about this and other issues his country is grappling with on its path to true independence. iraq i. think. karzai afghan president it's an honor and pleasure to have you with us today sir on the respond with ok what were your hopes and dreams in two thousand and four when you were made president of afghanistan my whole put aspirations were that would have. peace for af

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good morning, pierre. >> reporter: hi, robin. one of those devices was sent to the building right behind me, and today mail rooms across this region are on high alert because of those dangerous packages. the target, a state office in annapolis and a department of transportation building in hanover. >> it looks like the building has been evacuated at this point. >> it's a little bit unsettling but it's happened in more than one building. >> it's really scary to think that the building you work in, you know, received a small explosive. >> reporter: the packages were located just 25 miles apart. the annapolis device ignited at 12:30 p.m. it was addressed to the governor. the device in hanover ignited 15 minutes later. that one addressed to the department of transportation. the return address listed a washington, d.c., location, which authorities say is a parking garage. sources tell abc news the packages appear to be sent by someone very angry at the government. a message included with the packages said, report suspicious activity.

orthodox church well he was religious in this way that you get in the novels i think if you think of pierre or prince andrew in one piece if you think of the of the in in. the worldly young man. soldiers or landowners and people very much like himself arest attracts with women trouble and all that and then they reach a crisis in their lives and they turn to what it's all about to member prince andrew thinking he's dying. and then what it's all about is this great stride. you can identify with the ministry of nature tolstoy was full of that to the end of his days where he parted company with the church was over the claim that for example the miracles were literally true or that the church had the right to dictate to men and women what they believed in what they thought and how they should behave and so he fell out with the church in a very very big way and they eventually after he wrote the novel called resurrection which has a lamp of the holy liturgy of the orthodox church in it the extreme indicated to him didn't make any difference to him because he hadn't been going to communion anyway