. >> reporter: edwina sanders taught ryan how much more she had to learn. sanders was in trouble when she met ryan. >> here's the house. >> reporter: homeless for 16 years and with stage four breast cancer. you had no place to go. >> i was scared to trust anybody. >> reporter: because it had been so long since you trusted anybody? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: this is the church for the homeless in downtown birmingham whered is rye and edwina sanders first met. it sits just eight blocks from the college professor's office but the two worlds they came from are a million miles apart. >> two years ago, i would have stepped over edwina on the street. i could have been that person without the resources, and it-- it hit me in a way they couldn't-- i couldn't turn away from her. >> reporter: ryan convinced sanders to get a mastectomy and guided her through a complex medical system. >> we sat and we talked, and she told me not to be scared. you know, "you'll be all right." and i was all right. >> reporter: sanders now lives in a donate apartment. her cancer is in remis

2 and title ix amendment sanders 1. we're offering -- >> wait. >> title 1 sanders two first on teacher support, two separate amendments. >> we had a great deal of discussion on this earlier. i don't know if we need more discussion. all in favor -- >> ask for a roll call vote on this if i could, please. >> was there a modification, mr. chairman? >> i'm sorry? >> was there a modification? can i ask a question of the author? >> yes, sir. >> under your legislation would the graduates from teach for america qualify as highly gifted? >> if they had mentoring and passing a test, yes, they would. >> but not all teachers -- >> if they simply went into a school, no, they wouldn't. they would not qualify as highly qualified. >> okay. thank you. >> question a roll call vote on sanders amendment number two to title one and two. >> yes. >> [inaudible] >> senator bingamon >>? no. >> senator sanders. >> [inaudible] >> senator casey? >> [inaudible] >> [inaudible] >> senator berkley? >> aye. >> senator franken? >> no. >> senator bennett?

thank you, senator sanders.aged to win in a purple state many times. the great democratic debate continues here on "hardball." we'll ask journalists which direction they think the networks, the newspapers, how do you get them going one way or the other? how do you get them excited and those bloggers out there? that is a big question. we'll get to that when we come back with joan walsh and clarence page. we'll be right back with the question about how to win this thing for obama. the white house behind me is pink to honor breast cancer research and awareness. but you go in pieces. [ female announcer ] you can't pass mom's inspection with lots of pieces left behind. that's why there's charmin ultra strong. its diamondweave texture is soft and more durable so it holds up better. fewer pieces left behind. charmin ultra strong. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement insurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but it doesn't cover everything. in f

sanders. >> good morning, everybody. >> good morning. >> my name is sanders, my number is do 9582. i've been doing time since the early '80s. every morning you wake up, get up at 5:30, you go eat chow, you go to your job assignment, whatever. it's no fun. you know what i mean? >> how many people in here have family in prison? >> yeah, family or friends. >> i have. >> how many have brothers and sisters and family and cousins that say it's cool up in there? oh, they say it's cool up in there, huh? come join us. i feel sorry for you if you do join them. >> right now, you're in junior high. you have so many doors open for you right now, but you can voluntarily give up your freedom. some of you, at the age of 14, can end up in prison already. so that's what we're here to talk about. the program, this is what we do. we bring the prison to you guys. we don't want to see you in prison. we'd rather see you out here. sanders is here to enlighten you, let you know about the choices. don't make these certain choices that he made. >> my dad has been in and out of prison since i was, like, born.

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bernie sanders joins us with reaction. and the 99% movement is growing and republicans are beginning to change their tune. >> i for one am increasingly concerned about the growing mobs. >> ring of fire radio host mike papantonio is here with us. great to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. i don't think anybody got any smarter watching this crowd. moments ago eight republican hopefuls just wrapped up a debate at dartmouth college. it was boring. but i have to say it was the most detailed republican debate so far. the economy, jobs, and bailouts were the highlights. tonight mitt romney who clearly leads the field in recent polling made several statements this evening that just don't coordinate with past comments. >> would you or would you not be open to another wall street bailout? >> well, no one likes the idea of a wall street bailout. i certainly don't. >> you said that in 2008 that it prevented the collapse of the financial. >> there's no question that the risks they took was designed not to just keep

and i'll get reaction from the liberal independent senator bernie sanders. and startling details in the fraud case against four men accused of one of the largest government contracting scandals in history. prosecutors say it cost you and me, all american taxpayers, $20 million. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." # >>> economists say there's no hints in the newest unemployment report that another recession is starting. 103,000 jobs were added to pay rolls last month. that's a stronger than expected increase. july and august figures were also revised upward as well as to show an additional gain of 99,000 jobs over the summer. the overall unemployment rate held steady at 9.1%. let's bring in our white house correspondent dan loathian. what is the white house saying about all the numbers heading into a senate fight over the jobs bill? >> reporter: wolf, top aides here at the white house say that unemployment rate of 9.1% is still unacceptably high. they're encouraged by grow

thank you, mark sanders.reciate it. >> take care. >> ohio association of professional firefighters. thanks so much. >>> protesters in chicago and maine face arrests and worse over the weekend. but polls show the public is still on the side of the folks who are out in the streets. >>> newt gingrich isn't getting a lot of love. not getting a lot of play either in the gop race. but he's getting even less respect from his opponents. stay tuned. ♪ [ male announcer ] how could a luminous protein in jellyfish, impact life expectancy in the u.s., real estate in hong kong, and the optics industry in germany? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 75% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment information, risks, fees and expenses to read and consider carefully before investing. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." the 99% movement is still going st

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and bernie sanders talk about the real slasher movie. >> are they willing to tear down the economy in order to tear down the president? >> republicans and what they want to do. >> trace the call. it's coming from inside the house. all that plus a if you supergnarl surprises. >> welcome, rev. >> hello, al. >> hey, who is that guy? >> it's a spooky special on "politics is nation, and it all starts right now. >>> welcome to politics nation. i'm al sharpton. tonight's lead, forget halloween. that's only one night. for the republican party, fright night just goes on and on. we'll talk about the herman cain's sexual harassment story in a moment, but first, who is willard mitt romney trying to get this halloween? the flipper or the flopper? george will calls him the human pretzel. ouch. today he's getting tagged as a flip-flopper. it's getting impossible to keep track of his positions. >> when the facts change, i change too, madam. what do you do? >> i need reinforcements to try to help us understand where willard really stands. so i'd like to welcome a very special guest to "politics nation

57 yards to sanders and another one yard touchdown plunge.yed a great game. he throws the ball with a little more loft. jake throws a more direct ball. doug puts more loft on it. basically came and played a great job. the guy is mr. d.c. tonight. he'll be the man on the town. >> the dream scenario for doug william turns into a nightmare late in the third quarter. reggie white again with the blind side hit. but this time reggie comes up with a ball and the big man can move. check him out. he rolls 70 yards after three quarters and a reggie white touchdown we're tied 24-24. but this day belonged to doug. on the ensuing kick off it's keith griffin. he brings it in at his own seven yard line and cuts through the middle of the mayhem. breaks left and sets up the skins on the eagle 39 yard line to end the third quarter. next play, and doug does it. a perfect toss to art monk right in stride. it's a 39-yard hook up and the skins go up 31-44 before the defense seals the deal. charles man rain on cunningham and the eagles hopes of a come back. skins w

so this is senator bernie sanders sanders questioning chairman of the federal reserve ben bernanke they go into a little more and you know he asks ben bernanke he have these issues been fixed renee he says for the most part yes and center says you know all right i respectfully disagree what is your beef you know that you have with what's gone on over the past few years with last three. well i think you know obviously. the. the lack of legislation and. over over you know the banks and volved and private lending and involved and. public lending whatever you know there's been a lot of. lack of regulation and also in conjunction with. the is the corporate personhood that we have been fighting against sense to beginning of time it seems like in this country but you know a lot of cream court case citizens united right right last year right right last year which allows corporations to fund any political campaigns to as much as they want. so it's really becoming a major problem and it's not going to get fixed and told that supreme court legislation gets repealed today i heard an interesting quo

sanders number two? >> sanders number two title i and ii and amendment 1 in title ix. >> pass that out, please. senator sanders. go ahead and explain it. >> thank you mr. chairman. let me begin by mentioning that these amendments have the support of 82 separate organizations around the country, mr. chairman. including some of the most important civil rights organizations fighting for the rights of low-income students, minority students and students with disabilities, and i would like to enter as part of the record that entire list. but among those organizations, and there are many of them, the naacp, naacp educational fund, the american association of people with disabilities, the national association of state directors of special-education, i think that's a group, mr. chairman, you represent to become the national association of state directors education committee exceptional schoolchildren and easter seals among the many other groups. and my office has been receiving many communications from these grou

its next report is so disturbing and internal pentagon reports prepared for senate senator bernie sanders shows that the d.o.d.'s been hit by one point one trillion dollars in fraud from defense companies over the last ten years so over the course of a decade the pentagon paid five hundred seventy three billion dollars to over three hundred contractors involved in civil fraud cases two hundred fifty five billion dollars went to fifty four contractors convicted of seriously criminal fraud cases and sanders called this a very shocking report saying of the ugly truth is that virtually all of the major defense contractors in this country for years have been gauged in systemic fraudulent behavior while receiving hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer money so you want to know who the worst offenders are well they're probably the ones that you know best lockheed martin pay. ten point five million dollars in two thousand and eight after the company was found submitting false invoices on a multi-billion dollar contract but just a year later lockheed martin was awarded thirty billion in brand

sander used to own an apartment, but after her husband had an accident, she had to care for him and her daughters, one of whom is disabled. >> we lost our home, too. i was in the same situation, so i can put myself in their shoes. >> sorry, i came here to support them. the same thing happen to us. -- happened to us. >> in spite of their shame, sandra and her husband show us where they are living now. the family rents a single room from an acquaintance. it is share by four people. we can only film for a short time, as there is barely enough light. >> everyday life is very difficult now. what can i say? you can only understand this if you have experienced it yourself. what live is like for poor people living in one room. -- what life is like for for people living in one room. >> in barcelona alone, five evictions occur each day. as many as half a million people have been affected by the bursting of the spanish property bubble. as these people receive little state assistance, they rely on charities. some have lost their homes while others are still trying to pay their mortgages. this pasto

dressed as colonel sanders. that's offensive. >> wow. okay.ome other focus said the name may be in bad taste, but the food tastes pretty good. so there you go. we'll be back. >>> we want to hear what you think, send your e-mails to mcginty's mail bag. the address, mailbag@wusa9.com. >>> that was coming your way tonight. tomorrow morning get started with andrea, mike, howard, and monica for the day's news, weather, and traffic. as always, wusa9.com is on as well. this is a mistake we would all like to be a victim of. a wrong purchase that somehow manages to pay off big time. kathy intended to buy a megamillions lottery ticket. instead, somehow, the clerk gave her a power ball ticket. turns out it was a winning power ball ticket. $25million. afterwards says she buys her mom a house and buys a car for herself, she'll establish a foundation to help the homeless. she's a nice lady. that is our report. et is up next with your entertainment news. topper and i will be back at 11:00 along with anita brikman. you can log on any time to wusa9.com. we'll

>> i have senator kirk, senator franken, and then senator sanders. >> we allow turn-around strategy, strateeblingic -- strategic strategy, and hometown strategy. those are the only options allowed. in my home state of illinois we train all the navy, the navy's only boot camp, the north chicago district doesn't fit those strategies. the problem there was theft, corruption, and an fib -- f.b.i. investigation of the school system and the school board. so i have enormous faith in mr. duncan. he helped with tremendous improvement for the chicago public school system. the foundation he put in, mayor emanuel is now leading. this is the number one issue in chicago. much of what romney is doing doesn't fit this he's either. it was a unique situation of f.b.i. investigation into corruption. what mayor emanuel is doing, as well, is fairly unique. i think arnie should have the ability to sign off on it. i think it is a very good amendment. i would say let's call this the duncan employment strategy, because i think arne duncan does have the ability to do it. >> i don't see anywhere in the amendme

it's shameful and disrespectful.wow dressed as colonel sanders.y offensive.the sign, &pmaking the rounds on the web, is for a chicken joint in beijing, china. the real kfc says we're considering legal action as it is a knock-off and has nothing to do with us tradeeark. ww finn it distasseful. sort of ironic because earlier this year, kfc ii hong kong releaaed a commercial featuring an obama look-a-like -change. not only for america, bbt for you, for your stomach, for a better pulling the commercial. as for ofc featuring the president as colonel sanders, you'll never guess who's criticizing it - restaurant in harlem called obamm fried chicken.mockery. (reporter: mockery?) yes itts &pmockery.he says it's not the name, it's the picture that's &pbaddwe don't have a picture. ww just tried tt get his pppularity to make money off of it.actually ttere are tto places innnew york city called obama friee chicken. it's a tribute, says the owner of the one in rooklyn. but i mean you''e just associating black people with chicken.you know that'sslike using a wat

thank you for your leadership, senator. >> thank you very much. >> senator bernie sanders. coming up, fire bombs, tear gas and marching on the capitol. not zuccotti park. another lovely day in greece. why it matters to us here in america. plus, oh, no, he didn't. last night's gop debate gets nasty. finally some pro wrestling action worthy of primetime. man, it was good? did you hear what he said about her and her about him? oh. but what about the debate bedeserve on, i don't know, banking, trade, energy, health care? that doesn't rate. and later for anyone who has ever embellished a story a bit, turns out your friends are probably to blame. the science behind all those little white lies. sam: i'm sam chernin. owner of sammy's fish box. i opened the first sammy's back in 1966. my employees are like family. and, i want people that work for me to feel that they're sharing in my success. we purchase as much as we can on the american express open gold card. so we can accumulate as many points as possible. i pass on these points to my employees to go on trips with their families.

our report tonight from nbc's kerry sanders. [ bell ringing ] >> reporter: it's a sign of the times,ng more with less and in some cases doing less with less. in waconda and irene, south dakota, school is four days a week a cost-cutting move to save $50,000. >> we looked into the schools that were doing four-day weeks. we don't feel it's going to have an effect on the students' achievement at all. >> reporter: in tiny alto, texas, population 1,200 the city furloughed its five police officers and now relies on the county's 25 sheriff deputies who already patrol 1,000 square miles. >> i feel like the town is vulnerable because we have no law enforcement. >> i'm going to miss him. >> reporter: in san diego, the city saved a quarter million dollars cutting its mounted patrol and auctions off the horses. >>> in michigan, commissioners voted to stop adding fluoride to the water supply, immediate savings $200,000. but the mother of 14-year-old janeed brown worries about no fluoride in the water. >> if they're going to take the fluoride out of the water, are they going to be sure they have de

monty sanders. he knows how to warm us up. >> i was just going to say, when you get to be mayor, you have your own band. >> i tell you, he probably felt sick over the last couple of days. just the sinus headache. sun would probably make you feel better. 51 now. humidity, 82%. west/northwest at 6. barometer just beginning to go back up. have a look at the tuesday rest of the week forecast after this. >>> just miserable weather. pretty much all weekend long. cold and damp. take a look at radar. the last bit of this rain, just beginning to move across the region. it is shrinking very quickly, as you see in the last hour. not much left at all. in fact, right around the city, we just have some breaks beginning to show up in the cloud cover. and that's good news. there we saw some rain here in the last hour. and it is disappearing. and that's good. after a horrible, cold weekend. we deserve big improvement. and it's coming tomorrow. right now, we're at 51 degrees. only 41 in oakland. garrett county saw th

our sander host incident, long delay on the system. some of you have the opportunity to make suggestions as to how we might improve our communications as a result of your experience that day. again, it is very important that we have continuing to make incremental improvements. i would submit to you we are never going to be at 100% because we are coming in off the street into the system. again, there are some things -- this is why i stressed the first of other projects to continue to bring before you to improve the performance of the train control system. first phase of this project -- by the way, this is a project that will be just over $900,000 to be completed. first phase is under way. we are doing it with our own in- house forces fear they have been working in the subway at night. what they are doing is the preparation work to go through. the cable sits on a set of struts. they are replacing all the struts, building in new ones. by the end of the month, we expect the first phase to be completed. next week, on september 28, we will h

kerry sanders, nbc news, steele, alabama. >> we got the employment report for september today. it was better than the experts expected. employers added 103,000 to their payrolls though that included verizon workers that went back after a strike. unemployment rate stayed steady. 9.1%. but that's part of the battle cry of the protest movement occupy wall street which has spread far beyond new york city. our report from nbc's chris jansing. >> reporter: the demonstrations have lasted so long and expanded so widely that even with a few funny outfits, they are hard to ignore. >> occupy wall street. >> reporter: occupy wall street, a protest against economic and social inequality has spawned organized marches in 45 states. in just the last 24 hours -- protests from houston to washington, d.c. hundreds took over a los angeles intersection. 4,000 marched in portland. and in tampa, raucus demonstrators descended on the banking district. >> we are the 99%. >> reporter: the protesters, not always who you would expect. >> i had a $100,000 a year salary job. >> reporter: buddy bolton lost h

that story tonight from nbc's kerry sanders. >> your appointment -- >> reporter: for 14 years, marty puffing away a pack and a half a day. when the cleveland clinic said if marty wanted to work there she would have to quit. she chose the job over her habit. >> i an going to be working for this world class, world recognized organization, they want me to quit smoke, okay. where do i sign up. >> reporter: the clinic began no smoker employment policy four years ago in part because its mission is all about health care. but the ceo says it is also proven to be ale solid financial decision. >> the cleveland clinic has 40,000 employees and we know from past statistics that a smoker requires $3,000 a year in health care costs than a nonsmoker. >> reporter: and he says there are other costs, those quick smoke breaks americans take at work every day add up annually to two weeks. unproductive time while on the job. how do employers know if you smoke? much like standard drug tests potential employees are screened for tobacco use. among other companies adopting a no smokers employment policy, geor

nathan, thanks for being with us. >> thank you, chairman sanders. my fellow witnesses and gas, on behalf of the national council on aging i greatly appreciate the opportunity to testify today ncoa is a nonprofit service advocacy organization headquartered here in washington, d.c.. ncoa's mission is to improve the health and economic security of millions of older adults, especially those who are vulnerable and disadvantaged. ncoa is a national voice for older americans in the community organization that serves them and working with nonprofits, businesses and government ncoa develop creative solutions to help seniors find jobs and benefits come improve their health, live independently and remain active in their community throughout my career i've examined the issue that we are discussing here today from a public, private and nonprofit perspective. but my expertise is not the focus of my remarks. today i am an ambassador on behalf of the millions of older adults who struggle every day just to pay for food, for medicine, utilities and a place to live. m

vermont senator bernie sanders is here with reaction. >> who's the enemy? >> obama. >> hank williams junior has a new statement on his hate-filled attack on the president and it's a dandy. and it's a day of mourning for a whole lot of right wingers. >> new jersey, whether you like it or not, you are stuck with me. now is not my time. >> christie is out and the rest of the republican field is still a miss. steve kornacki and joan walsh are here. great to have you with us tonight. thank you for watching. house and senate republicans are trying to sabotage president obama's jobs package any way you look at it. today john boehner and eric cantor shot down any hope, any hope whatsoever, of the house voting on the american jobs plan. >> the problem is the policies promoted by this administration that are sending a signal that we are not open for business in america. >> i think we made it clear when the president presented his plan that we were going to go through his plan, try to find those areas where we could find common ground. nobody gets everything they want

think they're capitalizing because they want to use obama's and midge they want to also use colonel sanders image and makes them and it just becomes awkward lee kind of we also know that you're really good at you know copying things like the fake i apple stores they have all over the place probably i think would be an interesting study to actually. do a poll in china how many people actually know between know about the stereotype in the u.s. about african americans and fried chicken and actually see i think it be lower than than any of us think i do think it was or they just think that americans like fried chicken i don't know i don't know i'm torn on that because it's such an obvious thing to us so it's hard for me to even imagine that they wouldn't know that it's i think you would be lucky to get one in five i think you're not really rare i wonder really have or maybe the person who owns the store knows that person may know that i guess that's the one that matters right because that's where the implication is right. whatever i like obama for a taking kentucky for a lot of fried chicken i

bush was pushing his outrageous tax cuts for the rich through congress senator bernie sanders saw this trend of unequal influence and he wrote an article on his website saying at a time when more and more americans are giving up on the political process and when the wealthy and multinational corporations and unprecedented rolph in power it is imperative that we let launch a grassroots revolution to enable ordinary americans to regain control of their country exactly ten years and one month to the day when senator sanders wrote that article on september seventeenth of this year it will be again camping out near wall street to protest an equal corporate influence in our political system the occupy wall street movement was born and like with all movements standing on the shoulders of the giants who preceded it. that's the big picture person night for more information on the stories we covered visit our websites and thom hartmann dot com free speech dot or r.t. dot com also check out our two you tube channels the links of some part of our it's entire shows also available as a free video po

good afternoon i am steve sanders ... >>and i'm dina bair we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. dili pontians muriel clair is live at lyons township high school with our top story ... >>kelly o'laughlin was stabbed to death at her family home is believed she walked in on a home invasion her body was discovered by her mother. this death was upsetting to the lions township community in her memory the white ribbons are tied around every tree and every light pole and her schoolmates are greeting after constructing a makeshift shrine in her memory >>i didn't know her personally but everyone knows everyone here and everyone wants to support everyone and this time of grief it's a sad thing that this happened to one of our own >>lots of people knew her is like losing a close friend. >>visitation will be wednesday and thursday in countryside between 4 and 9:00 p.m. a funeral mass will be at 945 friday morning at st. john of the cross church in western springs. >>police are loo