and who edited and filmed the psa. and finally my thanks to my tga partner and our vice president bolting house and to my colleague and predecessor keith north for their leadership in moving the psa to the fruition and launch today and to all others that were involved. on behalf of the california grand jurors association, i cannot emphasize strongly enough how this effort and the resulting product advanced preservation and the promotion of the grand jury institution which our constitutional forefather's thought so important to democracy in california. from william e. trout man, california grand jurors association, president. (applause) >> well, finally, i want to thank all of you for being here for this event and for helping to shine light on what i've begun to call california's best kept secret. so, from the bottom of my heart and on behalf of the california grand jurors association, thank you for all your help. and please, on your way out, take advantage of some of the literature, the san francisco gazette from your

this morning our psa aims to blow you away. >> very timely psa, by the way. >> it is. >>> let's go inheadlines. >>> u.n. security council is holding an emergency meeting today to deal with north korea's bold and defiant act. it confirms it conducted a third nuclear test today. president obama called it a threat to u.s. security and international peace. nato said the test, along with a december missile launch, is a flagrant violation of u.n. security sanctions. >>> pope benedict xvi will not intervene in any way in the choice of his successor. his brother says he plans to keep a low profile after he steps down later this month. the vatican had a pacemaker installed before he became pope in 2005. >>> in a surprise move, leaders of the international olympic community have decided to drop wrestling for the 2020 olympics. the move includes both freestyle and greccan roman events. wrestling will now join seven other sports, including softball and squash to apply for a single opening in 2020. any excuse to show that video, i guess. >>> now for a look at what is trending today. quick roundup

you see the psas and that is how reorganize the units. the next slide, second from the left shows you that she straddled the districts it was to make them equal for each of the managers and the park service area. and then, of course, ggp is the regional park on its own, if you look at this, the scores are pretty much consist at or above the threshold and we are pleased to see that. our goal in that column to the extreme right, the parks scoring less than 80 percent is to minimize those as much as possible and we are pleased to see what happened and the psa five service area. where that scores went up 2.67 percent and the manager had no low scoring parks below 80 percent and so we intend to use that operating model as a model for others and what we notice with this particular manager and very timely and attentative response to the deficiencies that were pointed out in the park evaluations. then, again, this is digging deeper, so that was kind of looking at over all scores and we rate 14 features in each park. those are the list on the left

i think that's what -- the psa is designed to make people think about it.and of plenty. a lot of us have the ability to give. and there are a lot of people in need. and it's not the people that you always think of. sometimes it's your friend and it's your neighbor. and the orange tables in the psa are simply to help people visualize this great need. 1 in 6 children is hungry. 50 million americans is hungry. and it's so easy for us to donate to your food bank. there are great programs now. the kids that you saw that we talked to, a lot of them belong to this backpack program so on fridays they get sent home with a backpack full of food that they share with their families. and a lot of kids told us that makes all the difference. i think it's one of those things that even the smallest effort can really make a difference. >> well, thank you so much. the great savannah guthrie of the "today" show. when we return, let me finish with the attacks that don't seem to stop on chuck hagel and how they're really an attack against president obama. you're watching "hardba

. >> at this time i'd like to show you the product, psa. [laughter] >> california founders understood the importance of citizen oversight of local government. our writing into the state constitution requirement that each county will convene a civil grand jury with the express purpose of investigating local government activity. each year your county court, it's citizens just like you that serve as watchdogs over the government the jury has powers and local government is required to provide information the jury needs to conduct this investigation. the result of investigative reports can improve how local government does its job. reports also form the public about the performance of their government. serving on a civil grand jury is not only an experience you'll never forget, but you'll also learn extraordinary amount about how your local government carries out its responsibilities. * i encourage you, encourage you to do your civic duty and hold your local government accountable by contacting the california grand jurors association to learn mo

we'll show you that psa in a moment.>> yeah. >> after school i'm going to play with you. >> mike zimmerman didn't clock in at the car wash this morning. >> rain, rain, rain. >> jake endrich won't be handling any i.t. issues today either. and corrections officer landry wally is spending his day correcting spelling. these guys are hard at work at the business of being dads, back to school for a lesson in what it feels like to be a kid again. >> raise your hand if you're a great father. raise your hand if you've always been a great father. all right. go ahead. why? why, ehh? >> you're the chauffeur, the go-to guy but mom gets all the information. >> these dads from berkeley county, west virginia, are part of a national program called watchdogs. to participate, they simply vl tear to help out in their children's schools. >> good job, guys. >> my dad is kind of funny. >> he takes us bowling. >> when i tell a story, he always listens and knows what to say. >> if you have something to say and need somebody to talk to -- >> my d

look at the psa, the rise of the psa.ive and put it and say, look, i think this is low risk. we'll watch it, or there is a risk of spread. >> kelly: i have to ask you. it's begging the question. how many doctors will take the time to be that detective for a patient who may have a low risk prostate cancer situation? how do you keep following it? does it rely on the patient being his own detective and going back again and again? >> i think you are bringing up really excellent points. for viewers, people that are diagnosed with prostate cancer, you must listen to this. you have to be your own doctor. you really have to search for the best and most experienced person for prostate cancer if you are dealing with it. i think medicine has become very complicated. medical doctors, family practitioners, you want to go to the expert for prostate cancer and theories the ones that can dissect which ones is going to hurt you and which one we can watch. ultimately when it comes to surgery, you want to pick the most experienced doctor. i

we're talking about bid bird, who now appears in a psa with michelle obama. this time they're promoting healthy eating. >>> meanwhile, former first lady laura bush is requesting she be pulled from a psa featuring same-sex marriage. it features comments she said in 2010. the group respect for marriage coalition has dropped her from the spot and replaced her. >>> vice president joe biden is the administration's point man on gun control, but he raised eyebrows earlier this week when he said his advice for home self-protection would be to fire a shotgun into the air. now several officials are coming forward saying that move in delaware would be illegal unless you were in fear for your life. oops. >>> treasury secretary nominee jack lew might have a funny looking signature, but that won't stop him from answering question. he's responded to more written questions from congress than all of the treasury nominees since 1995 combined. he answered 444 questions compared to 405 from the previous six nominees. >>> and the grandson of former president jimmy carter is getti

. >>> natalie's turn for her psa., her favorite member of the family, coming up next. >>> we have steve harvey, author. with great advice on this valenti valentine's day. my mother. my mother. >> hi, son. >> that's even more disturbing than the harlem shake. >> we'll talk to steven a couple of minutes. this coming friday, it is a friday field trip. savannah and i will head to boston, massachusetts, for a field trip. we will be broadcasting live, everything from quincy market to lobster market and everything in betwe between if you're in the area, come check us out. keep tweeting us your photos of boston using the #todayinboston. we'll see you at the end of the week. >> very cool. >> right now, let's head inside. natalie has a check of all the headlines. natalie? >> good morning, matt and al. good morning, everyone. >>> sources tell nbc news the body found overnight in a burned-out mountain cabin in southern california is that of christopher dorner, suspected of killing four people, including two police officers. they

my psa is one that i will say is very timely. >> absolutely.ple. >> yes. >>> also, the real house wives of beverly hills, brandy. >>> coming up next, kathie lee and hoda take over l.a. after your local news and weather. . . . .

koop in a psa with actor johnny depp and then assistant secretary of health back in 1988. koop served as president reagan's surgeon general from 1981 to 1989. his nomination met a wall of opposition because of his conservative ruse but he is now remembered as a hero to aids activists. he was 96 years old. >>> ikea says it is withdrawing its famous meatballs from stores in 21 countries overseas following reports that the meat could be contaminate. move comes after authorities in the czech republic detected horse dna in packs ever the frozen meatballs. ikea said it has not made its way to any stores in the u.s. all meatballs in the u.s. are made from a u.s. supplier. >>> while not getting enough sleep can impact just about every aspect of your life. >> that runs the range from your appear at this time to your sanity. not getting enough shut-eye could even alter your genes. more on that is up next. >> we are also checking with tucker for more on the rain that is heading our way today. some areas will see that dreaded wintry mix. and due to this, garrett county, maryland schoo

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there's dangerous news saying you should not get any psa tests if you're healthy. you have to be careful about how you interpret this. i just want to go social security on the defense of doctors because it's always about how doctors order things or tests that may not be necessary. there's a cloud of malpractice over every doctor. a lot of them in their heart know this patient may or may not need an mri or cat scan. if you change the system where doctors are more comfort alec the tests will go out the door. >> if the dr. -- doctor said you need this, we do it. >> when we started this, i was negative because guidelines don't appeal to me. now 17 more associates are added to this and i like what the american board of internal medicine is doing. reaching out and saying which tests do we need to worry about. doctors practice in a culture of fear. not just that they may get sued for a particular thing. who knows if the one in a thousand persons has it. what this is about is furthering a conversation between the doctor and patient. the patient comes in and says do i need

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here's the psa. >> and we're out. you have plans?ans struggle with hunger. we can do something about it. >> excuse me. >> what's going on? >> dinner. >> please join me in helping put food on their table. together, we can feed america. >> you guys keep going. i'm going to get the plates. >> plates? >> find your local food bank at feedamerica.org/hunger. >> it's great. >> it's a cool idea because i think we have so much and this is the land of plenty but we don't always think about those who we know. these are friends and neighbors who may not always have enough. if you want to find a feed america program in your area, you can do it head to today.com and look at all our psas. >> hats off to robin, who did an amazing job on this. >> great job. >>> valentine's day, people sending or receiving flowers and chances are they're fresh off a long journey. in amsterdam, home of the world's biggest flower market, michelle, look at you. >> look at all these gorgeous blooms. yesterday, these were growing and today, they're busy wrapping them up. t