the salvation army here in san francisco tells us it delivered more than 33,000 meals last year.hat's more than double the previous year. it also reports a 20% increase in the number of food boxes it handed out last year compared to the previous year. >> since the major economic downturn, we've really seen a change in the people that we're serving. not only those that are low income or underprivileged, but those folks that maybe those middle class people that were laid off. >> reporter: the rising cost of gasoline, foreclosures and the unemployment situation, they all remain factors in the equation. some economists argue the middle class is shrinking. they point to figures that show the gap between the rich and the poor widening significantly between the past 30 years. and at the same time donations are down. so organizations such as the salvation army, they're forced to help more people with fewer resource. live in san francisco, monte francis, nbc bay area news. >> all right, thank you, monte. >>> representative gabby giffords' condition continues to improve every day, accordin

now, the salvation army tells uus the initial shift began back in 2008 when the recession began. the salvation army here in san francisco tells us it delivered more than 33,000 meals last year. that's more than double the previous year. it also reports a 20% increase in the number of food boxes it handed out last year. a spokeswoman for the charity tells us it's not just the poor and underprivileged asking for help. >> just now starting to see some job prospects and may not have a new job just yet, so until they're able to secure a new source of income, they're still struggling to make ends meet. >> reporter: now, the rising cost of gasoline, foreclosures and the unemployment situation all remain factors in the equation. some economists argue the middle class is shrinking. they point to figures that show the gap between the rich and the poor is widening significantly during the past 30 years. at the same time, donations are down so organizations such as the salvation army, they are serving more people with fewer resources. live in san francisco, monte francis, nbc bay area news.

i found my salvation? writing. i pushlished a book. i was recently attacked on the streets where i lived. >> the surgery left me deaf. i do not have aids. men are not allowed to be a soldier. i am not asking for your money. please get home safe and keep this pen to share your story too. may be some day, i will get to hear your voice. this next poem is from my first poetry. this is for latinos in the house. can i get a woo. >> i want to break tradition about latino macheese mow. >> forget. i want to break tradition. because blood is supposed to be thicker. but you see, my friends and family, because they love and accept my and don't consider me, foreign language. they do not speak the language. everyone has green contacts. adopting supremist beliefs. when was the last time you saw them playing the maid? i want to break tradition. smashing it against the ground. where our spanish eyes are not blinded. we do not understand hate. foreign language. never. this next poem is called "outside". it's from bullets and butter flies. this is in cel

san francisco salvation army delivered more than 33,000 food. a 20% increase in the number of food boxes it handed out. >> since the major economic downturn, we have really seen a change in the people we are serving. not only those that are low income or unprivileged. maybe the middle class people that were laid off. >> at the same time, donations are down. that means it group is serving more people with fewer resources. >>> a poll shows a majority of california voters would like to see an election of extending taxes. kimberly reports, it's a critical issue as they battle over the budget. >> reporter: governor jerry brown's road warning of deep spending cuts ahead made an impact. 60% of those questioned in the times poll support the idea of a statewide election to extend temporary taxes. >> i think there's enough people in california that care about the budget to vote to try to fix it. >> i think there should be an election just to give people their input. >> reporter: they have been firm about blocking a vote noting similar taxes were rejected

. >> reporter: the salvation army in san francisco says it's seen a growing number of people, part of what it calls the former middle class, struggling to put food on the table. >> since the major economic downturn, we have really seen a change in the people that we're serving. not only those that are low income or underprivileged, but those folks that maybe those middle class people that were laid off. >> reporter: some economists argue the middle class is shrinking and cite figures that show the gap between the rich and the poor continuing to grow. 61% of americans now say they live paycheck to paycheck. that's up almost 20% in three years. while the top 1% of households own almost twice as much corporate wealth as they did 15 years ago. >> it's been crazy. gas prices are going higher. food prices are getting higher. i just sometimes feel -- i just don't know how people can live off normal wages and feed their family. >> reporter: in one of the struggles for charities such as the salvation army is that donations are down. so they are trying to serve more people with fewer resources.

salvation is healing of us. it is making us whole a forgiveness. that is what the resurrection is. >> marcus borg and john crossland, say the last week in jesus life, they are saying hosanna the peasant praised god and pilot has the empire so it is bound to be a clash. >> pilot is beholden to his minders. he has a tenuous position if he doesn't behave in a certain way he will get in trouble himself people of that time that had several insurrections, several problems the roman soldiers had to put down. but i do believe jesus was counter to many civilizations that are built on police force, violence, keeping people down, and so it is -- it was bound to happen that he would come to clash with the authorities of the time. >> that is great. thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. very much connected to dealing with what is going on here not something way after we've gone. >> that's right. a good time to be a christian and person, follower of jesus, who is a person who believes in healing and peace and regard for the neighbor. >> thank you brian fo

with the promise of salvation. i simply want to life before i die. i have two more poems. this is all new. wrote it for harold bloom. he first called it the death of art and. reading well is one the greatest pleasures. i am dedicating to harold bloom. i am not a poet. i want to be rich. i have had a great sex life. i am not a poet. georgia i do not like being called an act visit. i cannot be considered a vegetarian. i will give my ass up and like it. i would be inspired. i may value peace, but will not use a pen to unleash my anger. i am not a poet. i am not dying. weight loss can still be a choice. i am not a poet. i don't care much for. i don't spend me weekends read anything writing. i like to have cocktails but i do not have a drinking problem regardless of what state i wake up in. i don't need drugs to open up my imagination. i am not a poet. i can tolerate half an hour of spoken word poetry. what my cats are up to. i always carry my business cards. i am not a poet, i only write to masture bait my mind. i am trying to convince myself that poetry it save lives. it's th

he is equipping himself to teach and preach the salvation. these men discover being persecuted for following jesus is nothing new. peter has been arrested for going out, he takes his persecution in stride. >> the government says there is freedom of religion. there is a lot of persecution among christians and other tribes. i have freedom because it doesn't matter. i will do what i am called to do. >> i ask them why they are so persecuted while other churchs are not? >> i think one of the reasons is because the church hasn't sent people out to evangelize. it is because we are active and sending people out to evangelize. >> as we have talked to them about persecution, to them it is normal. what is what it means to follow christ. several had made the statement, christ suffered. >> what will happen to the church of vietnam is uncertain. as the government continues to face pressure from the outside, more freedoms may come. these people aren't holding their breath. they are speaking up. not for their right, but the faith they hold and the god they l

san francisco's salvation army delivered more than 33,000 meals last year. it's more than double the previous year. it also saw a 20% increase in the number of food boxes it handed out last year. >> since the major economic downturn, we have really seen a change in the people we are serving. not only those that are low income or under privileged but maybe those middle class people that were laid off. >> at the same time, donations are down. that means the group is serving more people with fewer resources. >>> googles most famous revolutionary is leaving. scott has a look at the technology headlines. >> he's been on leave from google since the start of the revolution in egypt. now, he's leaving all together. he's credited with starting the unrest in his home country by creating a facebook page protesting the death of a street salesman. now, he's tweeting it is time for him to go. here is the tweet. decided to take a long term sabbatical from google and start a technology focused ngo, basically a charity to fight poverty and foster education in egypt. >>> netf

. >> the teaching, while they day is still here, while salvation is still possible, because god will close the door on may 21. >> the athiests are planning a celebratory meeting on the same day. >> alan: on update on the giants fan who was beaten at dodger stadium last month. bryan stow's doctors have increased his cease sure medications from four to six types. they wants to take him off the medicine, but for now his family says he needs to be heavily sedated until doctors find a drug cocktail to stop the seizures. >>> in stockton, firefighters are investigating an early morning fire that destroyed a mosque and a real estate company. it happened arounding a this morning at a strip mall on north pershing. the incident is being treated as more than a routine fire but there's no evidence of arson. >>> also in stockton today, hundreds of residents gathered along the miracle mile to defend the city's reputation as the most miserable in the country. for the second sometime in three years, forbes magazine put stockton at the top of the list of most miserable cities. today, a festival was he

here's the video talking about why the traditional roots to salvation may not be necessary. >> you need to be initiated or baptized or take a class or converted or being born again? how does one become one of these few? the center of the gospel of jesus is that god is going to send you to hell unless you believe in jesus. and so what gets subtly sort of caught and taught is that jesus rescues you from god. how could that ever be good news? chris: well, of course, good news is the gospel. but you're smiling. this is the strangest topic we've ever dealt with on this sunday show. it is, of course, palm sunday. let me ask you your thoughts about that. is this a minister trying to appeal to a larger flock, is it a new revelation? what is it? >> he's addressing the rather old-fashioned idea that god is the kind of punisher and rewarder, rather like an english nanny who's going to rap you on the fingers. whereas in fact hell is, in orthodox terms, is simply our refusal to accept the love of god, our inability to accept it. and that exists on earth as it does after death. we can be living in he

in addition to that, we have conducted training sessions with the salvation army, staffing counselors for their back on track program, which is a program released back into the community. we have held meetings with the parents of youth who are at risk of involvement and gang violence. i'm recently met with juan percy, the dean of discipline we also met with another high- school's dean of discipline. we met with supervisor campos and supervisor at kim to discuss ways they could be of assistance and weighs would further employed the community to work together with us to eliminate the violence. finally, our long term outreach. our easter rate cut and christmas giveaway for the little ones. this is a long-term investment in reaching into that commit -- reaching into that community, letting them know that we are partners with them, that the police are their friends. the old axiom that we feel is very important to do these things. last year, we provided christmas gifts to 1,000 families. on april 17, we are having an easter egg hunt at the station. you are all invited. and with that, i am a

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. >> after experiencing what he calls "that presence," eire says religion became his "salvation" ande was able, carlos says, "to let go." >> thinking that there's something beyond this life helps one immensely in letting go. without some other dimension letting go to me is too painful, impossible. >> you wrote, "he who knows best how to let go will enjoy the greater peace because he is conqueror of himself." >> letting go of your attachment to things and even your attachment to your own will and your own attempt to make sense of the world your own way and kind of open yourself up to something higher. >> not all those haunting images from his past have been excised. he anguishes, he says, over what is happening in cuba today. >> i could not in a sense stop feeling the pain, the so-called free education and free medical care come at the cost of slavery; cubans right now are no different than slaves in a plantation in the american south before the civil war. europeans and canadians who go to cuba to have a good time, i can't understand. it would be like vacationing in the third reich an

the president spoke of holy week as a time of humility, salvation and grace. >> this magnificent grace, this expansive grace, this "amazing grace" calls me to reflect. and it calls me to pray. it calls me to ask god for forgiveness for the times that i've not shown grace to others. >> the president also hosted a passover seder on monday night for jewish staff and friends. >>> vigils were held across the gulf coast on wednesday to mark the one-year anniversary of the bp oil spill. many religious groups have been among those providing support to people affected by the disaster. catholic charities in new orleans says it's still offering job counseling, financial assistance, and mental health services. the group reports that 79% of its clients have yet to receive payments on their claims. >>> the united states announced that it would begin using armed drones in libya, as leader moammar gadhafi's forces intensified attacks on the rebel-held ci of misrat human rights groups say the city is facing a humanitarian crisis. the u.s. is sending additional supplies, but no weapons, to help protect

in thy perfect love finish then thy new creation pure and spotless let us be let us see thy great salvationred in thee changed from glory into glory till in heaven we take our place till we cast our crowns before thee lost in wonder, love, and praise ♪ ♪ >> i appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of god, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to god, which is your spiritual worship. do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of god -- what is good and acceptable and perfect. let love be genuine, hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good, love one another with mutual affection, outdo one another in showing honour. do not lag in zeal, be ardent in spirit, serve the lord. rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer. contribute to the needs of the saints, extend hospitality to strangers. bless those who persecute you, bless and do not curse them. rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. live in harmony with one another, do not be haugh

america has a bad track record on for salvation do. right the problem is they are so. good everyone has family in the barracks i mean really you know that i don't have a marketing curator right fellas jump in head. there are people in libya who also recognize that there are cia people among the libyan opposition the guy who came back from northern virginia for twenty years who is now one of the commanders of the military is somebody who clearly was involved with u.s. intelligence during that period there is a mixed bag of the libyan opposition in terms of what people have asked for what they want the other thing that i think is makes this all very problematic is that in the context of the arab spring we're in each of these situations they began whether it was egypt whether it was tunisia whether it's been yemen bahrain all of them have faced massive military assault at the beginning only in libya was the decision made to take up arms i'm not going to second guess that this is not in the same sense as there are two hundred one says. right and that's why as we. heard the

and business because bob dudley has met the head of rock of the most going to be the first in the salvation says walk deal between the two companies let more of that kind of business put it in front of it said. he with r.t. live from moscow welcome to the program the publisher of a finished basement website affiliated with internationally wanted terrorists has gone on trial however or thought he was in helsinki are turning a blind eye and she was extremist links and instead prosecuting the store show for allegedly smuggling chechens into finland and he's now and i was following the story from outside the courthouse. hearing has begun in the criminal case against mikhail stores or who is the founder and main editor of the website called call center this is a site that according to international law and most certainly according to russia falls into the category of terrorist propaganda that is not what this hearing is about. is accused of smuggling illegally individuals into finland some five hundred people which he himself has said are militants here of course calls them freedom fighters char

i have don't believe in collective salvation.ack obama won't stand next to me at the judgment seat. you better figure out the difference between good and evil and stand up. i have can't imagine what it feels like to be a jew today. there has to be a safe haven. there should always been america. it should remain that way, and if it doesn't we're in more trouble than i thought we were in. i thought we were in a lot. back in a minute. >> glenn: some of this is science. don't do this at home. >> way. pause that. now rewind. >> i have to see it again. >> did he just. >> yep. he is squirting whipped cream in his mouth while talking about redistribution of wealth. only on glenn's show. dvr it. you just can't make this stuff up. >> glenn: i want to thank you for watching this week. i want to thank you for listening. and being there. and actually trying to figure things out. i urge you to do your own homework. get involved and stand together with

. >>> the salvation army delivered 33,000 meals last year. it's more than double the previous year. it saw an increase in the number of food boxes they handed out last year. >> we have seen a change in the people we are serving, not only those that are low income or underprivileged. maybe the middle class people that were laid off. >> donations are down. the group is serving more people with fewer resources. >>> we have days away from the royal wedding in the streets of london. the marriage of prince william and the commoner kate middleton. tracie potts is live with a dish about the wedding prep. good morning. you made it safe and sound, huh? >> reporter: i did. it was a great flight. the weather is unusually warm for april in london. it's mid-70s. there may be a little bit of rain on friday. hopefully not. the city is all a buzz with news of the wedding happening on friday. tourists beginning to pour in. they are expecting 1 million people, twice what they normally see during this time. now, kate and will. let me tell you a little bit about the royal couple or soon to be royal coup

. >> while salvation is still possible because god will close the door on may 21. >> antirapture signs like the one behind me are also up in ft. lauderdale and houston. the american athiests hold their celebration in oakland on may 21 and 22 calling it the rapture that wasn't. in san francisco, nick smith abc-7 news. >> alan: a new poll is showing a significant shift in the attitudes californians have.using higher taxes to balance the budget. 60% of those surveyed including majorities of both democrats and republicans, say they support an election to extend a temporary tax hike. only 33% back the republican plan of balancing the budget by cutting state services. the good asked for a special election to be held in june but republicans refused to go along with it. the poll found only 44% of californians proof -- approve of the job brown is doing as governor. >> the tornado in st. louis hit the sit's main airport. >> reporter: airport security cameras show what it was like inside the moment the tornado struck. right now everything appears normal. then things go dark. debris starts swirlin

children, meet our salvation. we got ourselves a guarantee sellout crowd cheering bull.what's that in her mouth? >> she ran off, they found her eating a cemetery plot. i'm going to come up with a whole new star act around you and her. >> i'm not getting up on that. i've never ridden an elephant in my life. >> jimmy: that's "water for elephants," it opens tomorrow. christoph waltz is with us. now, robert pattinson was here last night and he said he was nervous around the animals. were you nervous around the animals? >> well, yeah, this lion was kind of intimidating. >> jimmy: lion. how does that work with a lion? is it trained? >> well, that lion, apparently, was the only lion who would ferociously go at something because they auditioned several lions and they were all too tame. they were all niceind of pussy-catty. >> jimmy: they wanted a dangerous lion? >> well, of course, something dangerous happens -- i don't want to give it away. >> jimmy: and how are you protected from the lion? >> bars. very strong bars. and thank god his paw was -- you call it a paw on a lion? >>

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what i'm talking about is the art of salvation. >> simon: it just so happened that, while we were thereonks celebrated an elaborate seven-hour vigil. and the church was packed with pilgrims. it's held once a year to honor the archangels gabriel and michael. according to the bible, gabriel and michael led the army of angels that expelled satan from heaven. the church's relics are brought out every day, and pilgrims ask for the blessings of the saints. the most sacred relic on the entire peninsula is in this case-- fabric said to be part of a garment worn by the virgin mary. the irony is that, while the mother of god is revered here, no other woman is permitted to even set foot on mt. athos. it's been like that for a thousand years. the reason for the ban, according to orthodox doctrine, is that christ gave the peninsula to his mother, and all other women have been excluded so as to fully honor the virgin mary. it's also said that, in the days before the ban when women did come here, the monks became distracted and couldn't devote themselves entirely to prayer. they say it's been a lot ea

. >> the day is still here while salvation is still possible because god will close the door on may 21. >> anti-rapture signs like the one behind me are also up in fort lauderdale and houston. the american atheists will hold their celebration and regional meetings in oakland on may 21st and 22nd calling it the rapture that wasn't. in san francisco, nick smith, abc 7 news. >> a new "los angeles times" poll is showing a significant shift in the attitude californians have about using higher taxes to balance the budget. 60% of those surveyed including majorities of both democrats and republicans say they supported an election to extend a temporary tax hike. only 33% back the republican plan of balancing the budget by cutting state services. the governor had asked for a special election to be held in june but republicans refused to go along with it. the l.a. times usc poll found 44% of californians approve of the job brown is doing as governor. in st. louis, airline traffic is expected to resume today following friday's powerful tornado. it hit the city's main airport and security cameras c

perfect love ♪ ♪ finish then thy new creation pure and spotless let us be ♪ ♪ let us see thy great salvation brothers and sisters, by the mercies of god, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to god, which is your spiritual worship. do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of god, what is good and acceptable and perfect. let love be genuine, hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good, love one another with mutual affection, outdo one another in showing honor. do not lag in zeal, be ardent in spirit, serve the lord. rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer. contribute to the needs of the saints, extend hospitality to strangers. bless those who persecute you. bless and do not curse them. rejoice with those who rejoice. weep with those who weep. live in harmony with one another. do not be haughty, but asosociae with the lowly. do not claim to be wiser than you are. do not repay anyone evil for evil. but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all. if it

it should be a national salvation government. are still going through terrible times, charlie. >> rose: what role do you want to play? >> i want badly to see egypt moving finally to the 21st century, catching up with the rest of the world, not talking about extremists, not talking about suicide bombers, but talking about science, technology, humanity. that's primarily my goal. and if i would run for president to be president, it's a means to an end. it's a means to continue what i start, moving forward into a democracy. and i will have to see how things will develop. we are doing that on a day-by-day basis right now. >> rose: so you have or you have not made a decision to run gimade a decision to run, but i made it very clear that it has to be within framework of full-fledged democratic institutions, charlie. i made it very clear i'm not going to run unless i am satisfied that this is a free and fair election. and representative election. >> rose: i had nago, ibsubpoena suwarez on from program when i was in cairo and trying to se

do, but i'm just -- i guess part of me is aware that every new meeting device is seen as either a salvation or the death of democracy. and i'm talking about from movies to radio to television. so, i grant you i liked it better when the correspondent such as yourself could do a five minute piece. but maybe the person who used to read or watch the fight minute piece on one of the better web sites reading in debt coverage. >> host: look, i'm not quite as much as you think i am, but i tend to have more faith in the message and i do in the media. and i like to point out the college crowds the most enduring message of all time was delivered on what was arguably the worst medium of all time, a couple of stone tablets. not particularly portable, not easily moved around, and yet ten commandments -- >> guest: and you know the story will back before cable walter cronkite and the or somebody used to see the limits of the evening news -- >> host: put on the front page -- >> guest: know, if moses came down from the mountain today with ten commandments the two most important of which are. so there's alway