. >> same house, sam call? this ordinance is approved. >> 22. ordinance amending various sections of the san francisco business and tax regulations code, administration of code, fire code and the health code, and police code. >> this is exactly the direction want to move to in terms of making city government work for small businesses. >> any discussion on this? i would like to thank supervisor kim and supervisor chu for working on this. can we do this same house, same call. without objection. item 23. >> ordinance amending the business and tax regulations code establishing a payroll expense tax exclusion for compensation paid to individuals who have a felony conviction. >> here is another thought- provoking piece of law. the question is what to do with a large population. this is label 65% for san francisco and 4 x offenders. there is a crisis. the unemployment rate of 50% or higher among ex offenders. district 6, 10, 11 become with district 9, 5 following them, are the highest districts that have the largest population of parolees and probation

. >> reporter: a scene some are calling a christmas miracle, sam schmidt walking on his own two feet and talking. >> i feel better. i've been called a miracle a few times. >> reporter: sam, a college student, had suffered a traumatic brain aneurysm after a car crash in october, which left him in a deep coma. his mom rushed him to the emergency room. >> i said, sam, stay strong and fight hard. >> reporter: with other life threatening injuries, sam was flown to phoenix for surgery. >> the odds of him making it were very slim. >> reporter: although the surgery saved his life, sam remained comatose and with no response. doctors discussed the dreaded option of taking him off life support, but dr. spetzler asked the family to wait one more week before deciding. that night, sam stunned everyone by following a command, holding up his two fingers. >> that may not seem like a lot to you, but in fact, to be able to hold up two fingers, means they're receiving the signal. >> reporter: a crucial sign that sam's brain was still functioning. >> it is an incredible loop that shows you the ability of

ambassador in morocco, sam kaplan, calls the latest election a move in the right direction. >> we have to see yet whether or not the new constitution as applied to a new administration will indeed result in the sharing of power that it contemplates, sharing of power between his majesty, king mohamed vi, and the parliament and the prime minister. it's a fascinating opportunity for change. >> suarez: one group of moroccans with really high hopes for the new political system are the winners in november 25's election. bassima el haqqawi is a leader of the winning party, the islamic justice and development party, or pjd. >> ( translated ): now, we are in a new era. it is the people who have power now. the king has been considerate of people's will and got engaged in this democratic process by accepting the results and naming the head of the islamic party as the prime minister of the government. >> suarez: the pjd has never been a part of a moroccan government. it won a quarter of the november vote, enough to claim victory over dozens of other parties campaigning. the islamist party ran on i

ambassador in morocco, sam kaplan, calls the latest election a move in the right direction. >> we have to see yet whether or not the new constitution as applied to a new administration will indeed result in the sharing of power that it contemplates, sharing of power between his majesty, king mohamed vi, and the parliament and the prime minister. it's a fascinating opportunity for change. >> suarez: one group of moroccans with really high hopes for the new political system are the winners in november 25's election. bassima el haqqawi is a leader of the winning party, the islamic justice and development party, or pjd. >> ( translated ): now, we are in a new era. it is the people who have power now. the king has been considerate of people's will and got engaged in this democratic process by accepting the results and naming the head of the islamic party as the prime minister of the government. >> suarez: the pjd has never been a part of a moroccan government. it won a quarter of the november vote, enough to claim victory over dozens of other parties campaigning. the islamist party ran on i

so get on the website orgy me a call and i'll help you. >> susan, sam, thank you so much for joining man my hanukkah and her bring--happy hanukkah and merry christmas. have a safe and lovely winter season. and we'll see you here next time on mosaic. ,,,,

this is called the red sam app for iphone and ipad and has a place for christmas and hanukkah to customize. you can add a photo and a message and shoes the delivery message like e-mail, text, facebook or twitter or use u.s. mail. you're also able to keep track of friends and family with a checklist. there's another app called sincerely ink holiday card for android and also for apple. it has a place for family photos or festive illustration and allows you to add colors and design. but as the post office continues to struggle financially, they still want people to send cards the old- fashioned way. >> have a nice holiday, remember, mail plenty of holiday card. we could certainly use them. reporter: we've made it easy for you to find some of these apps right here on our website. if you go to our home page, you can click on electronic card giving made easier and then scroll down through the store. you can see the app for the red stamp app and a little further for the sincerely holiday ink holiday card. it will show you how to get your holiday card started if you want to send those out electron

call 877-242-usaa. >>> and another star in a strange spotlight tonight. sam hurd of the chicago bears. s call him god-fearing, a family man. so, is it possible he was leading a double life, which could send him to prison for 40 years? and why would someone earning millions of dollars risk everything? abc's barbara pinto is in chicago. >> reporter: on the field, bears wide receiver sam hurd was known for his good hands. off the field, for his good character, a devout christian, married to his college sweetheart, raising a young daughter in this suburban home. >> everyone at the bears said "good guy, great guy, quoting the bible, great guy to be around." obviously, he was conning them if he was involved in this, and he led a double life. >> reporter: on wednesday, the 26-year-old was arrested at this steakhouse, a federal complaint alleges he was trying to broker a deal over dinner to buy and distribute 1,000 pounds of marijuana and up to 10 kilos of cocaine a week. hurd didn't realize he was dealing with undercover federal agents. >> it appears that he was a full-time drug dealer, if you

sam, as they called him, used to come and spend sundays, you know have sunday breakfast and then stay around the johnsons' little apartment, and he was very fond of both lyndon and lady bird. once, when johnson was still a young assistant, he got pneumonia, which of course was very serious back in those days. mrs. johnson was back in texas on a vacation, and rayburn sat next to johnson's bed all night in the hospital, in a straight backed wooden chair. he was so afraid, he was a chain smoker, he smoked all night, but he was so afraid of making a movement and disturbing lyndon, that he didn't brush, want to get up and brush the ashes away. so when lyndon johnson woke up in the morning, sam rayburn was sitting there with his lapels covered with this cigarette ash. as soon as he saw that lyndon johnson was awake, johnson recalled, rayburn leaned over him and said, "lyndon, don't worry about anything, if you need anything, call on me." and shortly johnson did call on rayburn. rayburn got his career started. and, now it's 1939. john nance garner and roosevelt have split. garner was always

>>darya: all call sam wants you to hang up and drive. the federal government is calling for a nationwide ban on talking it takes a while for us. they do not care about handsfree serious head of the national transportation safety board explain that just talking on the phone at all is what they are against. >> the person sitting next you in a car, think of them as the co-pilot. they know what is going on in the environment. they are aware of the traffic and aware of situations that could become complicated. they do not always expect you to respond when you're dealing with the complicated merger situation. the person on the other end of the phone is not helping you in that they do not know that. >>darya: if the government gets its way, drivers would no longer a vehicle to use handsfree devices for non- emergency situations. this would not be a law right now, this is just a suggestion that they are urging states to do. >>mark: a quick break as the kron4 news continues. here's a live look outside of its foggy morning around the bay. thick fog

calling it quits. jessica lange and sam shepard has entered their relationship. they have been together since 1982.he stars in "american heart story." >> a former professor says he was fired for giving james franco a d. he said franco missed 12 of the 14 classes that the talk and the actor ridiculed him for the bad grade. the professor is suing the school to get his job back. school calls it regrettable that a former faculty member would discuss the student's grade. if you don't go to class -- >> more partisan problems on capitol could cost you in your paycheck. >> with a >> welcome back to 11 news today. police are investigating -- called in to investigate a pair of shootings in southwest baltimore. police arrived on the scene on a bright streak to find one victim shot and wounded. -- -- briton street. one of the victims died but it is not clear which one. it is a somber moret as a familiar face and voice has been silenced. ron smith passed away last night. he was battling stage four pancreatic cancer. funeral arrangements have not been made public. >> the house fail to vote on an extension of the

first up, the light row camera which sam of the "new york times" calls truly revolutionary. >> you don't focus the picture it collects all that data when you take the picture and then you can decide if you want something in the background to be clear or something in the foreground. >> reporter: next up, turntable fm the free site is a social network for music lovers. >> you are able to inhaibt a virtual -- inhabit a virtual room and you play being a dj and more people join in and it's like a party in your computer. >> reporter: and siri lets you control your phone with your voice. >> not just the limit number of commands but a real natural language way that allows you to accomplish more without using your hands. >> reporter: and those are your tech bites. >>> now "good morning maryland. >>> drivers in the detroit area got a reminder of the dangers of winter weather behind the trees you can see one of the many accidents that happened. local reports show most of the wrecks were fender benders with cars sliding off the road. more rain and snow showers are expected throughout the area today.

(speaks indistinctly) (camera shutter clicks) call bud and sam. (morris) he already did. ooh. must be something pretty juicy for you to want to call homicide to a car accident. maybe i just missed you. (laughs) okay. (indistinct conversations continue) (exhales) we've got mud on his shoes but not on the gas or brake pedal. that's weird, but not stop-the-presses weird. (camera shutter clicks) hmm. seat belt's all twisted up. seems kinda careless. look at his arms and hands. there's no apparent compression fractures. which he would've gotten if he'd have braced himself before the crash. well, maybe he was drunk. check this out. thermal burn from the air bag. right in the center of the forehead. he didn't turn away before impact, which means, he was probably unconscious. that's juicy enough for me. somebody strapped this guy into the car and pushed him over the edge. this was no accident. (indistinct conversations) what are you up to over there? ah, new equipment coming in today. gas chromatograph mass spectrometer. i know what it is, but we ain't getting a new one here. yeah, we

and also whatever we've got on a hotel called the white feather. right. sam: the white feather? i thought that's what they gave people for cowardice in the last war. foyle: it is. do you think they'll hang her? sabotage in a time of war. that's treason, isn't it? well, it's not actually been confirmed. i wonder y she did it. you have any idea? sam. sorry. can i help you? good morning, ma'am. my name's foyle. i'm a police officer. oh, yes. are you the owner? margaret ellis. yes. my husband and i run this hotel. i understand you employ an edith johnstone. edith. she's not in any trouble, is she? she's been with us now for 5 or 6 months. she's always seemed quite reliable. and where did you find her? she was working in a smaller hotel near hastings before she came here. the crescent. she have references? excellent references. it's almost impossible to find good staff at the moment. may i ask what it is she's done? yes, you can, but i'm not at liberty to tell you at the moment. oh, i quite understand. did she ever express any sort of political opinion? political? well, um, the way t

the evidence that somebody snatched the guy called banana sam from a bay area zoo in the middle of the night. >>> how safe are you when you fly? the big mistakes caught just in time and why some pilots claim new training programs aren't making the grade. >> i thought it was the end of my life. i saw the bottom and like there's nothing that i'm going to hold on to. >> the game of fetch that turned into a dangerous rescue operation for a california teenager and his dog. no laughing matter. zookeepers >>> some monkey business at the san francisco zoo is no laughing matter. zookeepers say someone stole a amonkey in the middle of the night. joe vazquez reports. >> reporter: somebody cut two holes in the monkey habitat sometime overnight and stole a monkey named banana sam. taylor the squirrel monkey scrambles around his habitat and entertains the children but may be sad as he is now missing a friend named banana sam. >> there is a level of concern however this animal was taken was probably forceful and you know, it's heart-wrenching. it's like losing a member of the family and we want him b

. >> reporter: doctors foipt 21- year-old sam schmidt as a medical phenomena. >> i've been called a miracle times. it makes me feel better. >> an october car crash in tucson left him with what was thought to be a deadly brain injury. he was just hours from being taken off life support when he somehow started to come to. one week into his deep coma. >> for him to be walking in here just a couple of months later from such a deep coma where we really gave him very, very minimal chance for survival, that's a great christmas story. >> reporter: just hours before with no hint of a recovery in sight, schmidt's family began speaking with doctors about donating his organs. one last mri scan left the brain surgeon wanting to keep him on life support longer. schmidt's mother remembers the exact moment. >> let's keep him alive for another week. he said we made the right decision. i never looked back. >> reporter: with a little help, schmidt is now walking again. >> the odds of him making it were very slim. there was no question about that. but in medicine, we see things that obviously exception of the

that afternoon sam's parents were home and saw they'd missed a phone call and a voice message. >> it t was just unbelievable. >> hey, dad. i'm talking. i'm talking. i'm talking. >> the man written off by doctors as a vegetable was speaking, and after 15 months in the hospital, he came home. >> hi, sam. it's great to hear you talk. >> it's great to be talking. >> his speech is slurred, but he no longer is trapped in his body. turns out his mind was always working. he just couldn't let anyone know. and sally, who always believed sam was in there now had the proof. >> i understand you're good at math. what's 30 plus 70? >> 100. >> what's 20 times 30? >> 600. >> ambien turned out to be their miracle drug. sam can now communicate his needs, his desires and his feelings for sally. >> what do you feel like doing when you realized that you could talk? >> i wanted to shout from the rooftops. >> you felt like shouting from the rooftops. >> do it. >> that's the best part about the ambien. it shows people that what i believed is true. he really is in there. >> which arm should we put in first. >>

call 877-242-usaa. >>> sam hurd, federal authorities arrested him two days ago on conspireing and tot cocaine. barry bonds sentenced friday to two months two years of probation and 250 hours of community serve. kobe bryant, just as the nba season is set to get under way on christmas day, his wife, vanessa, has filed for divorce. they've been married ten years. vanessa bryant has asked for joint custody of their two children. also asking for spousal support. the bryants have related all issues relative to their divorce privately and a judgment will be entered in 2012. we ask that in the interest of our light and upcoming season, the public respect our privacy during this most difficult time. >>> now to the war in iraq, officially over just ahead. spark cash gives me the most rewards of any small business credit card. it's hard for my crew to keep up with 2% cash back on every purchase, every day. 2% cash back. that's setting the bar pretty high. thanks to spark, owning my own business has never been more rewarding. [ male announcer ] introducing spark the small business credit cards f

we, the rest of us have to -- i have a title for a chapter called uncle sam needs us. e to reenlist as citizens. this next year is going to be very important. an umpire to call and strikes. i don't know whether the republicans were when or democrats or even a third party candidate, but i do know when it will deter determined and find that people who get into the arena and pursue and encourage what they want for america. i said "meet the press" and repeated at recently. whatever you say about the tea party and i can imagine any room like this was played by the rules. they got angry. they got organized. they've got to washington and state discipline. they are dominating the dialogue in the republican presidential debates because of that discipline. if you look at the polling, they don't represent a majority of americans. it's in fact quite a distinct minority. but because they say on message and use the instrumentation that's available to them, the tail wag in at this point and the republican party. if you're not happy about that anyway to counter or bring your own passio

. >> incredible catch over the defender, calling it the catch of the year. montana lost to sam>>> patriots tight in gronkowski makes a diving catch. he drags two redskin defenders, breaks free, he has 15 touchdowns this season, most for a tight end. >> watch. are you kidding me. superman, the faking the defender. number 1, pass the lend of the floor. let's go to overtime as diamond throws it up. he made it. the announcer got ahead of himself. he thought the game was going to over time and that gives oral roberts the victory over arkansas littlerock. 6,000 fans at the coliseum tonight. >> they want basketball. they want a playoff better. warriors have always had great fans. losing seasons they show up. >> let's hope that changes this season, the playoffs, not the fans. ,,,,,,,, or creates another laptop bag, or hires another employee, it's not just good for business. it's good for the entire community. at bank of america, we know the impact that local businesses have on communities. that's why we extended $13.2 billion to small businesses across the country so far this year. bec

sam mullet....had his hearing.it ended withhthe judge ordering all four defendants to remain in custody. the 9-1-1 call made when a drum maaor stopped breathing during a susppcted hazing roberttchampion died november 19-th after florida's a and m band performed at a football ggme.police haven't specified what caused his death... but they do suspect hazzng. listen as a fellow studeet tries to figure out what to do. ((:56 is he breathing... we don't know if he's breathing or not...1:00)) not...1:00))a and m's band director was fired following the inndient. four ssudents were also dismisseed from the university this week. anotter 30 studentt weee kicked out of theeband. we could learn today... about the future of herman cain's cam. campaign. the g-o-p prrsidential candidate says he plans to meet with his wife face-to-face... to talk about allegaaions of a 13-year affair with another woman.cain insists the woman... ginger white... was only a friend who he helped financially.but he admits his wife knew nothing "it may aapear now that why didn't i tell her about this when this was going on. you're absolltely

called the move politically motivated. >>> authorities say chicago bears wide receiver sam hurd has been arrested with a kilogram of cocaine in a drug sting operation. they say he wanted to buy five to ten kilos of coke and ten pounds of marijuana. >>> in india 143 people are dead and hundreds more have been sickened by boot leg the liquor containing toxic methanol. >>> controversial reporter and author christopher hitchen has decide of pneumonia as a result of cancer at the age of 62. an englishman who roamed the world's hot spots as a magazine correspondent moved to the u.s. in '80s and penned several best sellers, including "god is not great". >>> an unpublished charlotte brontate man you script has been snapped up for a record $1.1 million at auction. >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,868 after rising 45 points yesterday. the s&p gained 3. the nasdaq eased up 1. taking a look at overseas trading, in tokyo the nikkei added 24 points. in hong kong the hang seng climbed 258. >>> stocks rose thursday for one day traders decided they were not going to worry about

civil of what i use how we did have for the rest of us have to -- i have a title for a chapter called kunkel sameaves us and we have to reenlist the citizens. this next year is going to be very important. i don't know whether the republicans will win next fall or the democrats were the third party candidates, but i do know that the determined and the defined by the people who get into the arena and pursue and encourage the will for a minute to go forward and set a "meet the press" a month ago and as began recently that however -- what ever you think about the tea party coming and i can only guess in a room like this, but -- [laughter] but the tea party played by the rules. they got angry, they got organized, they got to washington and the state disciplined yet they are dominating the dialogue on the republican presidential debate because of that disappointment. on the proportion of the actual numbers if you look at the polling they don't represent a majority has the distinct minority. but because they stay on the message and because they use the instrumentation that is available to them the tail

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sam. a very tiny, orange and black monkey. if your friend, relative, neighbor or acquaintance suddenly has a pet monkey they didn't have the day before, please call 911. the mystery this morning, who stole banana sam? it happened here at the san francisco monkey dangers. when zoo employees did a headcount friday morning, they found that one was missing. sam, a 17-month-old squirrel monkey. zoo officials found signs of a break-in. two holes cut in the wire mesh cage. the chain also cut. and the primate pillagers likely climbed these stairs to pilfer the primate. >> it's really small. and it's right by their nest box where they sleep at night. and the other hole is fairly large. a small person would go on. >> reporter: the search is on for a one-foot-tall, two-pound monkey. at 17 years of age, sam is considered elderly by monkey standards. and he requires special food to survive. >> it's very important we get him back. >> reporter: and there's real fears this may not be just pranksters, but thees with more sinister plans. squirrel monkeys are often sold on the black market. >> it's kind of shocking. >> i think it's terrible. >> oh. that's so sad. >

you joshtin. >> joshtin is what we'll call you now, according to sam. great, too. >>> lastly, youtube users played over 1 trillion times on the website this year. which videos were the most-watched? according to their year-end wrap, it was rebecca black's "friday." can you believe it? more than 179 million views. >> good for her. >> i love this one. andy samberg and michael bolton's spoof "jack sparrow." that was the third highest. what was the second in remember the ultimate dog tease? 74 million people have gotten a kick out of this guy. listen up. >> the maple kind. yeah. i took that out. and i thought -- yeah. it looks like that. me. so, i ate it. >> no! >> we love him. >> i haven't seen that in so long. >> of course, i never -- >> so funny. >> and everybody, that is "pop news." >> that's good. >>> sam? >> thanks. it is a huge crowd again in times square. tell me your names. >> sidney. >> i love this with the boxes. are you ready? can you flip them? two, three. very nice and even more. it's just a two-hour show. i can't read all this. let's get over

san francisco police say call them if you see banana sam.yourself. >>> surfing the web wouldn't be near as entertaining if it wasn't so entertaining and the jaw dropping videos you find on youtube. it's been done and it's on the web for everyone to see. we thought it would be great to close out the year with a look at the top favorites. who better to do a look at that than our very own jeanne moos. >> reporter: the thing about youtube videos is that some you get and some same leak jibberish. for instance, in this year's top ten most viewed videos, the number five spot went to a very annoying cat. the number ten spot went to a very adorable cat. a mother cat hugging its kitten while the two of them take a cat nap. the number nine video was volkswagen's super bowl commercial called "the force." number eight was cute 11-year-old canadian singing lady gaga's hits. lady gaga was so impressed she invited maria eragon to sing a duet in concert. number seven was a dance comedy video. youtube is the place if you want people to add least 56 million pe

called the move politically motivated. >>> authorities say chicago bears' wide receiver sam hurd has been arrested with a kilogram of cocainen a drug sting operation. federal prosecutors say hurd wanted to buy five to ten kilos of coke and 1,000 pounds of marijuana to distribute in chicago. >>> in india, 162 people are dead and dozens more have been sickened by bootleg liquor containing toxic methanol. 12 suspected bootleggers have been arrested. >>> controversial reporter and author christopher hitchens has died of pneumonia as a complication of ee so far gal cancer at age 62. hitchens, an englishman who roamed the world's hot spots as a news magazine correspondent moved to the u.s. in the '80s and became increasingly identified with atheism after penning several best-sellers including "god is not great." >>> and an unpublished charlotte bronte manuscript has been snapped up by a french museum for a record $1.1 million at auction. >>> and now here is your first look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,868 after rising 45 points yesterday. the s&p gained 3. the nasdaq eased up 1. taking a look at o

sam suleiman. a local landlord and developer. >> call the police. >> mattes had been reporting on his business dealings for the fox tv station, news 6 in san diego. >> for three months i had been investigating mr. suleiman and his real estate empire, which was based on allegations of mortgage fraud. >> no fraud charges are ever filed by the san diego district attorney. but mattes continues to report on suleiman. and after his third story, mattes says he gets a frightening phone call. >> in the middle of the night, i'm going to come get you. you're an insect. you better retract. >> mattes says threatening late-night calls to his personal cell phone become regular and frequent. >> all of the threats were directed at my reporting. all of the threats were directed at shutting me down. >> the now notorious mauling starts while mattes is interviewing this man, b.k. phillips, for a fourth story about a pair of previous run-ins with suleiman. >> this is our house. >> phillips lives next door to one of suleiman's buildings and he says, first, they have a neighborly squabble. and on a second occasion, as phillip