for more than 20 years, national recovery month has honored and celebrated persons in recovery and helped to educate and inform others about the process of recovery. we know that almost 1 in 10 americans struggle with a substance use disorder and that about 1 in 5 americans has a mental health problem. treatment and recovery are the pathway forward for these individuals, a pathway leading to improved family relationships, health and well-being, hope for the future, and purpose in the sustainment of their recovery. as we hear and see their stories, we will learn that recovery happens through many different pathways and that, in every journey, recovery depends on supportive relationships marked by care, support, and respect. this year marks the 22nd year of recovery month , and this year we have broadened it to incorporate recovery from mental health problems along with substance use disorders. recovery should be the common goal, whether one is dealing with mental or substance use disorders or both. i encourage you to visit recoverymonth.gov to learn more about the celebrations, events, and

(applause) (music) each year, thousands of people around the country help to organize recovery month ts and celebrations in september, in cities and towns across the nation. these events bring together the courageous people in recovery, the caring service providers that work tirelessly to support people in recovery, and the family and friends who are so vital in making recovery a reality. this year, the efforts of thousands of individuals throughout the country produce more than a thousand events nationwide, supporting our 2011 theme, "join the voices for recovery. recovery benefits everyone." these recovery month events confirm that we are making great progress in building strong recovery communities. for everyone to be successful over the long run, we must support people in recovery, not only with our encouraging words but also with housing, education, and employment. recovery month events make the faces of recovery visible in the community, highlighting the fact that people in recovery are our family members, friends, and neighbors. and it underscores the need for ongoing support f

recovery month is celebrated every september. there are materials online that you can use, and it's really looked at and prepared all year round, so you can get engaged in recovery month all year round. we hope that you do so, and we hope that you continue to spread the word that prevention works, treatment is effective, and recovery is possible. thank you for being with us. for a copy of this program or other programs in the road to recovery series, call samhsa at 1-800-662-help or order online at recoverymonth.gov and click "multimedia." every september, national recovery month provides an opportunity for communities like yours to raise awareness of substance use and mental health problems, to highlight the effectiveness of treatment and that people can and do recover. in order to help you plan events and activities in commemoration of this year's recovery month observance, the free recovery month kit offers ideas, materials, and tools for planning, organizing, and realizing an event or outreach campaign that matches your goals

these stories are seen at recovery month events, but, more importantly, they're seen day-in and day-out in people leading a life in long-term recovery. the recovery movement is a wonderful example of the greatness of america, where diverse people come together and walk a pathway to healing. lives are saved and forever changed. among the estimated 20 million people in long-term recovery, we see health and prosperity, people working, raising families, paying taxes, voting, and volunteering in their communities. people in recovery have reclaimed their lives and are now giving back. while we can all take pride in the successes of the 2011 recovery month events, we must now turn our attention to making 2012 another great year. i hope this show inspires you to organize a recovery month event next september. you can begin now by going to the recoverymonth.gov web site for information on how to get started. as you can see from the events in 2011, recovery month events come in all shapes and sizes. whatever type of event you choose to do, you will be bringing a sense of hope that people can live

i hope this show inspires you to organize a recovery month event next september. you can begin now by going to the recoverymonth.gov web site for information on how to get started. as you can see from the events in 2011, recovery month events come in all shapes and sizes. whatever type of event you choose to do, you will be bringing a sense of hope that people can live healthy, happy, and productive lives. thank you for everything you do to support recovery. let's keep up this exciting work in the coming year, and i sincerely hope that your event will be highlighted in our 2012 showcase of events. (music) for a copy of this program or other programs in the road to recovery series, call samhsa at 1-800-662-help, or order online at recoverymonth.gov, and click multimedia. [applause] >> not a sunny day, a joyous day. good morning, everybody. we are under some time constraints because they are l -- mayor lee and members of the board have some additional responsibilities and i want to give them the opportunity to say a few words. there are a number of community leaders

near you, visit the recovery month web site at recoverymonth.gov. treat me, treat me with understanding. treat me with courtesy. drug and alcohol addiction is an equal opportunity disease. individuals in recovery come from all walks of life and deserve to be treated with respect and admiration for winning one of the hardest battles there is. treat me without judgment. treat me ... with humanity. alcohol and drug addiction deserves proper treatment. for drug and alcohol information and treatment referral, call 1-800-662-help. [music] understanding the impact of trauma on the justice system is an integral part of the dependency drug court system in sacremento california dependency drug court brings together the superior court, child protection services, alcohol and drug services, sacramento child advocates, parents advocates of sacramento, dependency associates of sacramento, bridges' stars program, and sacramento treatment providers. parents in the program not only receive treatment, but gain an understanding of the root causes of their disease in an

near you, visit the recovery month web site at recoverymonth.gov. they tell me i was there but i don't remember. i don't know where i really was. i do not know what i had for breakfast. i do not know who won the game. i don't recognize this man. if you or someone you know is struggling with a drug or alcohol problem, there is a solution. recovery. call 1-800-662-help for information and for hope. through treatment my life's a whole lot brighter now. brought to you by the u.s. department of health and human services [music] so, screening and brief intervention is what we call a secondary prevention approach. so, it is a way of intercepting people who might be already engaging in risky substance abuse behavior and trying to reduce their abuse and reduce the harm that they might experience from their substance use. we decided to do our intervention in this mental health clinic. and that's something that hadn't been done before, so we decided to use this very brief screening and brief intervention tool called the assist. it is the alcohol smoking and su

has a long road to recovery, months of rehab. , no officialause for the fire. this was a vacant home. local universities are issuing alerts after students are insulted in two separate incidents. georgetown, a student was sexually assaulted on 36 straight are around 2:15 this morning. police are investigating and suspect. for that park, a female look mano find a strange her leg inside her dorm room. before 4:00 this morning. the roommate confronted the suspect. he claimed to have walked into the realm by mistake. they noticed their laptop was missing. >> as if things were not days, it enough these bite in more to grab a fairfax county. e considering a tax on meals at restaurants. but go towards transportation projects. they need $3 billion to meet transportation demand over the next 10 years. county supervisors cannot simply the tax. by theto be approved voters.assembly or by in maryland, same-sex marriage is set to become law. thursday, the governor o'malley will sign the measure in a ceremony in annapolis around 5:00. maryland will become the eight toyed in th

a 12-month recovery program for men to the gentleman who byrd as bad in that program also help us out in the dining room. some of them do blessings. -- they also help us out in the dining room. they do blessings and some have gone on to work in the area restaurants. they also serve an important symbol for our guests. because some of the gentleman in father alfred's center stood in line for a while, and now they are in a recovery program and rebuilding their lives. for some of our guests to continue to struggle in their addictive illnesses, when they see these gentlemen in the dining room, it gives them a little ray of hope and the sense that they can also take the first brave step and start anew. joining us today is one of our father alfred said the participants who has been volunteering. he will say a few words. please help me in welcoming keith. [applause] >> good afternoon, everybody. thank you for joining us today in i believe a very joyous occasion. i am 37 years old, and i am an alcoholic and drug addict. i have been given this chance from st. anthony's and the father alfred cen

however, republicans are correctly noting that 31 months into the reagan recovery 8.7 million jobs werereated. during the same 31 months under president obama only 1.9 million. the post-war average, by the way, at this stage of recovery is 3.9 million. all right. let's talk. we're joined now by house budget committee member paul tomko. he's a democrat from new york state. and kathy mcmorris rogers, republican from washington and vice chair of the house republican convention. i've been reading today you feel this is not such great news and the reagan recovery is the one we should strive for. >> absolutely. we can do better. this is economic recovery despite the policies driven by president obama that continue to make it very difficult for people in america that want to create jobs. for example, what if the president would have said yes to the keystone project? how would have that impacted this jobs report? i continue to hear from small business owners, from people that are out there trying to create jobs, that the policies driven by this administration have not just made it difficult, th

. >> chris lyell's is a medical pioneer after a life-saving operation last november and months of recovery, he is back in baltimore, his family happy to have him home. >> i am happy to be here with family and friends. >> last june, doctors diagnosed crist with the rare, late stage tracheal cancer. his tumor was inoperable because of its size, although he underwent chemotherapy and radiation, doctors here in maryland told him it would likely come back. he was given six months to live. >> he is very brave. he is the bravest person i know, because i was scared to death. >> together with his family, they got to work researching life saving options. finally, they found a doctor in sweden who could help. >> that dr. volunteer to perform an experimental surgery that chris hoped would save his life at no charge. still, the medical and travel expenses would add up to hundreds of thousands of dollars. what is ironic, the technology for the procedure is made right here in the united states. >> all this money for health care you pay out, and it cannot get treated. everything comes from your country, b

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month. >> recovery is speeding up.nd we've got to do everything to keep it go oogt president told congress to extend the payroll tax. republicans are in no mood to give the president credite our point is simple. we can do better. >> chair of the republican party for san francisco. >> this is the slowest recovery since the great depression this, is nothing to cheer about or to be advertising. >> you can see the president's trend is in the right direction. take a look at what happened with ronald reagan. in his first term, trend is down, he's reelected and same for george w bush. and expert on this is henry brady. >> it's one thing political scientists know makes a difference that if you're going into a election and unemployment is coming down, it's good for you. >> and he adds it's tough for republican opponents running on the economy. >> good things are happening. you're telling me it could have been better? prove that to me. >> interest tl is lots of time to continue or reverse if the debt crisis deepens or price of o

months. while there are flickers of hope in our recovery and certainly, they are welcome, but the american people were promised by the president that unemployment would not exceed 8%. and here we are, 36 straight months of unemployment over 8%. if you go back three years ago, when the president asked us to vote for a stimulus bill, they actually said that unemployment at this point would be at 6%. so while we welcome the positive news today, i think our point is very simple -- we can do better. the way we do better is for the senate to take up the 27 jobs bills that are sitting in the united states senate. the president asked us to work with them. we have worked with him. all these bills he supports and his job council supports, and all of them have passed with bipartisan support in the house, so the president really wants to get the economy moving again, really wants to improve his own chances for reelection, maybe he will pick up the phone and call senator reid and ask senate democrats to get off their rear ends. >> tonight, our coverage on jan.'s unemployment numbers continues with the joint e

the recovery of the 1980s led to 18 straight months of growth greater than 5%. yet our own recovery over the last 2 1/2 years has averaged just 2.5%. the nation should be firing on all cylinders. yet our economy remains stuck in neutral. in many ways, the current administration has made matters worse by promoting the politics of fear and uncertainty, costly regulations have failed to enhance the welfare of workers, bureaucratic workers at the expense of workers and employees and politically-motivated decisions that destroyed tens of thousands of good-paying jobs are part of what governor mitch daniels described as a pro-poverty agenda. to help restore certainty and confidence, the house of representatives has approved more than 30 bipartisan jobs proposals in the last 12 months. the bills touch upon virtually every part of the economy, from labor relations and energy security to tax relief and fiscal responsibility. no single proposal represents a silver bullet. no single proposal represents a silver bullet but each helps remove government barriers to economic gr

barber will seek the .omination after she resigned last month to focus on her recovery. is a race we have to watch. watch weather coming in. >> a little bit of '80s for the snow lovers. will be one of the coldest -- bit of a tease for the snow levels. it will be one of the coldest weekends. the exciting part is also watching snowmelts. this is a timeout. -- this is a time lapse. look at the snow -- damascus' elementary school will have an tomorrow.cess how we look from out of space. across northern maryland, there some snow in the mountains of west virginia. this is some of the great images i can get from the university of wisconsin. here is great weather coming our way. heard about the cold out in europe? is what is going on. there is a cold front in africa a stream in going way to the south. temperatures and venice is 25 degrees. in the ukraine is four below zero. worst whether they had. some of the canals are freezing in venice. at home, it is a pattern where we have a stream little dipake a briefly. large it has been a mild winter. getting a break in alaska. to come

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recovery. unfortuna fortunately over the past couple of months, there have been signs of improvement and economic projections just released the participants indicated that they expect somewhat stronger growth this year than in 2011. the out look remains uncertain and close monitoring of economic developments will remain necessary. >>> as is often the case the ability and willingness of households to spend will be an important factor in how the economy expands in the coming quarters. households continue to face significant headwinds. notably real household income and wealth stagnated and access to credit was tight for many borrows. it remains at low levels by historical standards. household spending will depend heavily on developments in the labor market. the job situation has improved modestly over the past year. private payroll employment increased ed 160,000 a month l year and, new claims for unemployment insurance declined somewhat. we have a long way to go before the labor market can be said to be operating normally. troubling is the unusually high level of long-term unemployment. more than 4

month. if the good news continues university of maryland economist phill swagel says markets will have to rethink whether the federal reserve will be adding new fuel to the recovery. >> it's hard to square the fed's outloowith the last seral months of data, which has generally been quite positive. it is hard to understand the idea that the fed might go back into massive bond buying when the economy seems to be healing. >> reporter: even with today's stronger employment report, the economic patient has a lot of recovery ahead. >> people are very nervous about europe, people are very nervous about iran. so, there are lots of potential things to trip up the labor market. that could still occur. >> reporter: there was one thing conspicuously lacking from today's employment report: higher pay. average hourly earnings rose just four cents last month. >> so, families ve seen moderate income growth, but their spending growth has been stronger. so essentially, families have been spending and not saving. and obviously that can only go on so long. people, at some point, run out of ways to spend more than they're making. >> reporter: but for now, the economy is creating more

economy continues to pick up as some economists suggest this will be a slow but sustained recovery over the next many months. i think it's going to be hard for them to keep casting aspergses on what the president has done. >> house speaker john boehner seemed a lot more eager to attack harry reid and the democratic senate majority than to attack president obama today. what do you make of this and could it be the start of some sort of trend? what's boehner up to? >> i am not sure what they are up to. at some point, they are going to have to be coordinated. at some point, there will be a new head of the republican party. it looks like it will probably be mitt romney. it's longing strong with nevada coming up this saturday. it looks like he will probably be the nominee pretty soon here, at least the presumptive nominee. but, you know, i think the republicans in some ways have to press the reset button in terms of a lot of their rhetoric in terms of the economy because this president i mean if you look at the numbers, 3.7 million jobs, that's about as many jobs as george bush created in his full eight years so

to the market's the dow is above 13,000 on times of signs of continued economic recovery new home sales jumped last month. everyone is watching oil prices go higher toward $109 a barrel that's a high for nine months it will likely go higher next month according to a bloomberg news survey ... the face-off with iran will be getting more intense the feds are turning up the heat on the banks citibank we have just learned got a subpoena from the justice department as part of a new government initiative to investigate banks in the more gyp mortgage-backed securities business ... orange juice is getting the all clear from the usda ... on an adjacentthere will be no major price hikes for orange juice at the grocery store now ... google may be coming out with a 7 in. design for an electronic reader at about $200 they may produce 2 million tablets and apple is working on a smaller i-pad in the testing phase is right now gasoline prices are rising so quickly there nearly $5 a gallon in california this is an coronado near san diego as you can see premium is $4.94 a gallon the nationwide average for a gallon of regul

testified here have all cautioned about the potential for short-circuiting the recovery that we're on, the 23 straight months of private sector job growth. so can you talk about the balance that the president took in proposing the budget the way he did, and in the alternative, the way we have heard others propose a we should essentially get the debt reduction purely through cuts. >> two very important questions in this context which is can you do fiscal consolidation responsibly without doing anything for growth in the short-term and without a balanced back equals revenue and our answer is no. and the reason why we feel that way is we have an economy still healing from the unemployment crisis. we have not been able -- proposed like we did in the payroll tax cut and we proposed the last three years, a series of measures to help job creation right now. you have to do those in a way that's responsible you have to make sure that you pay for them and you want to make sure they're tied to long-term reform so people have more confidence. that's why we propose a combination of long-term reform married with long-term

they had been left behind by the recovery, with unemployment hovering around 15% until last month. >> it is a good thing that it is going in the right direction. we want to see these numbers come down, but a giant drop from one month to the next usually signifies that there is some month-to-month variability causing that, and that some of that will be reversed in months to come. >> reporter: of course, we still have a long way to go. as a group, men have lost 3.6 million jobs in the great recession and many men have dropped out of the labor force altogether. darren gersh, "nightly business report," washington. >> susie: a little later in the program, we head to a chicago area health care firm. tom, it had such trouble finding skilled workers, it started training its own. >> pretty amazing story. looking for its own workers, train them, stock market here today, still absorbing some of those job gains we saw on friday. not much follow-through buying, not a whole lot of selling either. we'll take a look at tonight's market to kuchlt kuchlts-- focus. stocks closed well off their worst lev

he has weeks of hospitalization and months of recovery ahead and anyone with information about this fireany others in this neighborhood to contact the police department or the fire department. live in riverdale, derrick ward, news4. >> all right, thank you. >>> a robber targets the same business three names fairfax county and one time, he used a hammer. this is surveillance video from the mobile gas station on richmond highway in alexandria. last moment, a man tried hit the clerk with a hammer before he got away with some cash. detectives believe the same guy is behind two other robberies just days apart. one time, he showed a nave but couldn't get through the locked doors there is a reward leading to his arrest. >>> happy birthday every four years. meet the local babies born today on this leap day, february 29th. >>> i have become more o oh will you grab us some yoplait? sure. what flavor? mm, one of each. lemon burst, hm, cherry orchard, blackberry harvest... my daughter's grabbing some yoplait. pina colada, orange creme. i can't imagine where she is... strawberry cheesecake. [ grocery

the initial recovery took about two months until i was able to walk again. think after this experience, i would stop jumping but i sort of had the reverse thing happen to me. i wanted to jump more. >> alex and his brother returned to the rio grande gorge bridge a year later to try again. this time, alex skips the acrobatics and pulls his chute right away. >> yes! oh, my god! yes! sick, dude. yes! >> alex continues to seek new challenges and has since completed more than 600 b.a.s.e. jumps. >> that was the craziest [ bleep ] i've ever seen. >> to me, b.a.s.e. jumping is the celebration of life. when i jump, i just feel like i'm alive. >> most of the people in these stories went right back to their favorite activity. if what gets you going is challenging yourself and if you happen to capture your feat on camera, we can all experience the secondhand rush. i'm contessa brewer. that's all for this edition of "caught on camera.

. >> in the coming months, shayna makes a remarkable recovery. born baby undergo half a dozen surgeries. in april 2006 she and rick get married, and a few months later their son tanner is born, a 7 pound 13 ounce healthy baby boy. >> tanner is more than a miracle. he really is my physical angel. >> at 3 years old, tanner is still too young to know about the fall he survived inside his mother's womb, but one day, if he sees the video, he'll come to know how lucky he is. >> i remember how important his little tiny heartbeat was to me, hearing that heartbeat gave me a reason to want to get better. it gave me a reason to want to heal and go on and see what else life had to offer. >>> coming up, a young child trapped in a burning car. >> there's a baby in there! >> he was screaming like i've never heard a person scream or child scream ever. >>> and a panic-stricken woman is swept away by dangerous floodwaters. >> it was a pretty fast realization that this could be it. >> when "caught on camera: i'm alive!" continues. eanne ] applis been here since the

the first four months before president obama took office, this country lost 4 million jobs. the president has put in the recovery package that is moving us in the right direction. can't we at least agree that it is good news? that for five months the unemployment has fallen and that for 23 months we have been gaining jobs in this country. we should be pleased with this news tonight if i may, my only point, i think ours is we do think these number are encouraging. our concern is the unemployment rate is going down because people are giving up, because they're not getting jobs. and we think that's the wrong reason in the unemployment rate is 8.3%. last month it was 8.5%. this sanchez. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i don't have a statement, and i wouldn't be putting one in the record. but i came this morning to try to figure out where we really are, and to get some ideas from people of all how we continue the good trend that we've seen in his last five months, with respect to unemployment going down. i really didn't come here to hear a lot of political posturing and gavel in everything. i'm really, i am really struck

month. despite the optimistic signs, economic recovery is coming too slowly for some looking for work. giving them a boost back in the market. >> i know there are jobs out there. >> george bonds does. >> pretty much like the work, you know. >> his life has been off track lately. he's the uncle of the toddler killed in a gun battle. a month after hyram was taken off of life support, he lost his job. >> he is here at this 8 week jobs program for people who have fallen on hard times from homelessness to drug and alcohol abuse. >> i'm also in recovery now and i used to bartend. >> so loretta scott needs new skills. >> people have good jobs are out of work and me coming from the restaurant and bartending industry is not -- >> it's intimidating. >> yesterday's january jobs report was surprisingly positive. unemployment fell to 8.3%. the lowest in three years. it's been dropping for five straight months. the first such stretch since 1994. >> the hope is to be able to gain the confidence and the tools to be able to compete with everyone else in the market. >> so the group, courageous women ass