>> i'm going to ask sharon to respond. >> sharon again from the school district, college and career readiness we're currently putting on the summer school deck courses that are associated with the cpe programs under whatever industry sector they're studying under lab and depending on how many hours they're in the classroom, we're looking at 2.5 and 5 credits and that's for our cpe students. >> so the students he's working with -- >> at john oconnell. >> what's happening downtown? >> they're not in the cpe program. right now we're looking at the school district under a work experience education plan for the district and so some of this is language around that plan. do we have a certified teacher assigned, how many minutes, is there a visit to the work site. there's elements in the school partnership model that we certainly could include for downtown and we can discuss that. wells and oconnell. >> these are students of low credits so during the summer what we prefer our students to take the classes and give them credit to help them graduate. that's why i'm wondering if this also allows them to

sharon has ancestors who have been lynched.just ancestors who have been horribly abused, who are part of the great migration of mississippi and alabama into chicago because of the fear of not just brutality and abuse and discrimination and prejudice, but the potential to die. because of the color of her skin. you know, i'm thinking, this is my family, everything is going to be cool, you know? she will be warmly welcomed, which she was. and i would never never think that way. and then i remembered lend an eye on her honeymoon. we are big bruce springsteen fans. we're going to new jersey to see if we could hunt down bruce. on our way there, between bristol and new jersey is new york city. we are driving along and i take an exit that it think is the right one. and the next thing i know we are in harlem. and we are driving along a street looking up at the elevated freeway far above. and my heart starts pounding because it seems like every single building has got, is surrounded by cyclone fences with razor wire, bars in the window.

personal finance reporter sharon epperson is here now to explain what the amt is and how you might be able to avoid it. good to see you, sharon. >> good to be here, sue. >> start with what the amt is. >> it is a dual tax system that we have in this country. you have the regular tax, then you have the alternative minimum tax. this is a tax that actually does not allow for certain deductions and certain tax-free items that are available on the regular tax. you have to pay the higher of the two when you do the two calculations. so that's an issue for a lot of people. they don't realize that they have do these two calculations and pay the higher amount. >> who mostly is affected by this? >> well a certain amount of your income is exempt from the amt. for couples, it is $80,800 and for singles it is $51,900. so that helps a bit. but, we are talking about people who make about $200,000 to half a million dollars that often fall into this amt trap. >> is there anything they can do to avoid it? you mention some of your earnings are exempt. what can you really do to try to avoid it? >> other th

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. >> reporter: sharon chance is a 42-year-old student in philadelphia.t year, she says a preparer at a store front tax service told her she could claim her god children for an estimated refund of $1100. >> she said all we need is their insurance cards, medical cards and did all that. >> reporter: but they're not your children. >> right. exactly. exactly. and she said, well, does that help take care of them part of the year. and i said yes, i did. financially. but that was that. it wasn't like they were living with me at all. >> reporter: she says she didn't realize that to add dependents, they had to live with the taxpayer for more than six months. and before she got her refund, a letter arrived from the irs, asking for more information. puzzled, she returned to her tax preparer. >> she was like, oh, this happens to everybody, don't worry, your money will come through. we get this all of the time. >> reporter: and chance says the tax preparer wanted $100 more to fix the mistake. what happened? >> i had to take it into my own hands and contact the irs, do

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. >> gretchen, sharon helmand, the medical director of the phoenix, arizona, v.a, says he never told any staff to create a secret waiting list. but fox news covered that others strongly disagree. one program analyst wrote in an e-mail to helmand that veterans may be on a waiting list for months before getting on an appointment list. he wrote, sure, when their pointed is created, it could be 14 days out, but we're making them wait six to 20 weeks to create that appointment. that is unethical and a disservice to our veterans. congressional investigators say as many as 40 veterans may have died as a result of a delay in care. earlier today, john cornyn said in a statement, quote, these reports are both heartbreaking and infuriating. congress should conduct emergency hearings to get the information necessary to fully root out these problems. and president obama should immediately designate an official responsible for implementing rapid changes. sharon helman says she's asked the inspector general to look into the allegations. >> and now john mccain saying, quote, i'm appalled by the numb

sharon chin, kpix 5. >>> an avalanche on mt. everest. six guys are dead, 9 are missing. officials say it started snowing this morning. it is the highest peak in the world and very dangerous. 90 guides died there. >>> packed house as the public weighed in on public's plans. this whole issue comes down oo two basic things. christin ayers. >> reporter: jobs versus pollution. the meeting just wrapped up a short time ago. they are saying they are project will not only improve the refinery and help the community, however people are saying what they are doing can only heard the city. >> the changes proposed at the refinery found innocent enough when chevron explains it. >> replacing the oldest equipment with newer technology. >> reporter: look inside the 4,000 page environmental impact report they wrote up and the picture becomes more complicated. the upgrade would allow the refinery to process dirtier crude, doubling sulfur emission. >> why would we want them to create more pollution. >>> suffer corroded the pipe in 2012 causing this massive explosion that sent 15,000 people i

more than that, there might be another form. >> that's how much you owe, not how much you make. >> sharon, thank you so much. that does it for us today. that is our show. thank you so much for joining me. next week, are you a giver or a taker? a personality to work in business and life. each week, keep it here. have a great one and i'll see you next weekend. ♪ >>> this weekend on "extra." celebrity wedding watch. jen aniston and britney spears both getting hitched in hawaii? jen and justin, brittney and david, breaking details on their rumored recon missions in hawaii. >>> "dancing with the stars" turns into "mean girls." julianne versus max. >> max, i'm sorry, you just had to phone it in. >> james versus erin. >> i want a dancing with the stars baby. >> baby, come on. >> and a guest judge making enemies. is it all-out war behind the scenes at "dancing?" >>> kevin

just ask sharon white of maryland. she was already buying the cheapest goods on the shelf but it still wasn't enough to need her two children and grandson braden. to do that she had to get a second job to supplement her $25,000 a year salary. >> it's pretty bad. i work at the school with the children as a teacher's aid and then i work in a fast food restaurant. >> she's one of the millions of americans who can't remember the last time they got a raise. during the recession wages fell for 70% of those in the country but the price of almost everything is getting more expensive. beef has hit a record high up 56% since 2010. eggs jumped almost 6%, milk up 2.5% since las last year. apples up, 6%. the drop from 2012 is behind the record beef prices and severe weather in the midwest could have a further impact on the cost of food worldwide. >> planting could be late, shorter growing season, less output and higher prices for some of the big commodities in the fall and that really is what can have a big swing on international p

sharon chin introduces us to one teenager who is quiet and shy but her actions speak volumes when ites to compassion. >> reporter: in the heart of the jungle, san jose's largest homeless tent city. >> thank you, sweetie. >> reporter: brittany bates brings more than food and watered. alongside pastor scott of chan delivers ministry. >> i call her the next mother teresa, a cute mother teresa with a heart of gold. >> reporter: we saw her generosity firsthand. >> oh, thank you. [ crying ] . >> this young lady here is awesome, y'all. >> reporter: brittany gave tina a homeless woman the last $200 she said she needed to rent her own place. >> i thought that maybe i can give her some money like my birthday money and not have a party. >> she's a good girl. thank you so much. [ crying ] >> reporter: that's money for your sweet 16th birthday party. how hard was that to give up? >> it wasn't that hard. this woman doesn't have a whole lot of stuff. >> reporter: brittany began volunteering with her family at age 6 serving the homeless holiday meals. since then the carondalet high school honors stu

sharon epperson has more. >> reporter: many students already decided where they want to go to collegethis fall. meanwhile, their parents are still figuring out how they will pay for it. many parents seem to be overwhelmed by the cost of college which has ballooned since they were in college. families spent an average of 20,000 at least last year. but there is no need to panic, financial advisers say. remember this. >> it doesn't mean you have to do the whole thing, there are various funding options for college. >> reporter: most families pay for a third of college costs with free money, scholarships and grants according to a sally may survey.ñr 27% of the college tab is covered by students and parents loans and the same percentage comes from parents' income and savings. a plain vanilla savings account is often their top choice. >> 529 accounts are built to give people tax benefits in saving for college and people who are not using them are missing out on those tax benefits and potentially having less money for college when it comes time to pay for that. >> reporter: with 529 plans, fu

sharon epperson takes a look tonight. >> reporter: it is easy to get caught up in market girations, butysts say people get overly williamspoover ly worried. >> we tend to get very scared or happy when the market is high or low. >> emotions can unravel your investment strategy but only if you act on them. with a barrage of information from your television or internet, how do you cut through and make a sound strategy? begin by formulate a sound financial plan and stick to it. >> if you have a financial plan you should stick to it, probably lowering your equity rate when everybody is the most enthusiastic about the stocks, and waiting at the trough when everybody is most scared. you should stick to that plan. >> reporter: look for investment nuggets that may go against consensus. >> one has to recognize the whole point of investing is finding something that other people don't know. so if you're just reading a research report, or you're listening to an analyst on tv or your financial adviser comes to you with a story and it is a story, how is that view different from consensus? that one ste

i'm sharon epperson. >> i am leaving after the show and getting a tax break. >> that is the report for us, i'm susie gharib, thank you for joining us. >>> and i'm tyler mathisen. wish me luck as i go to my accountant. have a good evening, we'll see you back here tomorrow night. >>> tonight on "spark!," we meet ambitious and accomplished performers who have invested years of hard work and practice into perfecting their craft and are now making their moves. in our first story, after stints with chant leer and beach blanket babylon, matt albers matt alber is poised for stardom with work that harkens back to his midwestern roots. >> i definitely think america is ready for an openly guy country music star. it's just time. >> in our second story, george mylordos is one of the world's most accomplished bouzouki players. he and his band, kymata, are now striking out on their own, moving from the wedding circuit

i'm sharon epperson. >> i am leaving after the show and getting a tax break. >> that is the report for us, i'm susie gharib, thank y for joining us. >>> and i'm tyler mathisen. wish me luck as i go to my accountant. have a good evening, we'll see you back here tomorrow night. >>> revolutionary in video game design. in his 30 year design he's built games for every platform and his work includes the legendary sonic the hedge hog. here he talks about gaming and rich element of electronic arts. majority funding is provided by the intel corporation. usually what happens in the game business that you talk about what people have worked on, i have a small list on here and it's

joining me now is sharon otterman.minute long documentary? >> they definitely used the word terrorist. that is what they were. when you use religious term like jihadist or islamist, if they hang out independently or explained because of the audience at the museum. >> islamic is not on the table. it is such a parsing issue. islamist is something that they are using at present. >> that is right. a group of clergy that saw the film that was concerned with islamist that sounds like islam. if they want to say islamic or islamic terrorist, they want to make sure people understand that is not what most muslims believe. it is a tiny segment of people that are using islam to justify actions. >> they are trying to come up with the means of conveying we don't wish to cast dispersions on the entire faith, but be accurate and reflect the fact these 19 and enablers were motivated by their perverted notion of religion. >> that is correct. they would like the film to have that level of sophistication. it is a short film. the museum re

sharon epperson has answers. >> reporter: lamb haalmost half americans do their own taxes. many think they're taking advantage of all tax breaks. millions of taxpayers may not realize some big tax breaks they'd normally take on their regular income tax return won't save them any money at all if they're subject to the amt. the alternative minimum tax. >> many people actually call it the stealth tax. it's because it comes as a surprise to people that they're affected. >> reporter: many taxpayers need to do two calculations, one for their regular tax and one for the amt, and prepare to pay the higher amount. a certain amount of income is exempt from the amt. if you're a married couple, the full exemption amount is $80,800. it's $51,900 for single taxpayers. but the amt exemption phases out as incomes rise. as result, taxpayers with incomes over $200,000 are most likely to face this tax. >> it's generally those people who are i'd say moderate to upper income who may have lots of like state income tax deductions, a lot of children or other exemption. they're the ones who are gen

in mill valley, sharon chin, kpix 5. >>> another bart train goes off the tracks. it happened near the north concord station last night. the bart train was headed to a train yard when it derailed. no injuries were reported. crews were out for hours trying to get it back on the tracks. the derailment did not impact the evening commute. >>> this has happened before near the concord station. in february a train jumped the tracks and was heading over the edge. the damage tied up service for days. >>> more troubles for bart. cal/osha has fined them $210,000 for the death of two workers last year. the men were working on the tracks when they were hit and killed by a bart train. >>> new this morning, concord police are investigating the city's first homicide of the year. a man found dead in the area of add late and laguna streets shortly before 9:00 last night. officers say he had been shot there. no suspect information at this hour. the victim's name hasn't been released. >>> and developing news on that ferry accident in south korea. today prosecutors are asking a court

this is admission inmate sharon thompson. >> i didn't want to come back. it's not that i -- um, i won't be back after this time, i know that. but i violated my probation, so here i am. >> it has now been six hours since these new arrivals were processed. >> we've been sitting here the whole time. >> that's it. ready for a cigarette. >> definitely. definitely ready for a cigarette. >> we are. >> our nerves have not calmed down. >> they gave us shampoo and deodorant and her deodorant had been used because it's got the brown stuff on it. i'm telling the truth. >> i'm walking outside. >> soon the new inmates will be escorted to a dormitory where they each will be assigned a bunk and a locker. >> this dorm is divided into four quads. so we can house 136 in here. we have had as many as 160. crowded, especially if it's hot. uncomfortable. a little tenser than normal. >> i do not like this place. this is my first experience, and i wished it was my last. >> you don't have none of the luxuries whatsoever. what little bit you do have, it's a little more costly than i

. >> for sharon gillespie, patrick dennis couglan it was all of that, and perhaps a bit more.. assistant chief of police sharon gillespie makes a routine traffic stop at a convenience store parking lot. it's all caught on the dashboard camera in her police car. >> she is a very good officer, and she is a smart, real smart person. and a real caring type person. >> after being stopped, the driver immediately exits the vehicle, and surprisingly, begins walking away. gillespie calls him back, asking for some identification. >> and when sheri stopped him, she didn't know for sure who he was, and she asked him for his id. and he said i don't have any id. but he told her his last name. >> he tells her his last name is gray. gillespie realizes he fits the description of the andrew lee gray, a man wanted by police for assaulting his girlfriend with a knife. she asks gray to put his hands on the trunk of the car. >> he placed his hands on the car, and she took her handcuffs out. he spun around to fight her. she grabbed him by the shirt and told him you don't want to do this. you're just

sharon chin has been profilg jefferson award winners for last s ht >>> how much would you give to helpess person? sharon chin has been profiling jefferson award winners force several years and tonight she shows us one teenager's selfless act of kindness. >> reporter: brittany bates is quiet and shy but her actions speak volumes when it comes to compassion. ♪[ music ] >>> reporter: in the heart of the jungle, san jose's largest homeless tent city, brittany bates brings more than food and water. >> sandwiches. >> reporter: alongside a pastor of chance deliverance ministry. >> he call her the next mother teresa a cute mother teresa with a heart of gold. >> reporter: we saw her generosity firsthand. >> oh, thank you. [ crying ] >> this young lady here is awesome, y'all. >> reporter: brittany gave tina a homeless woman the last $200 she said she needed to rent her own place. >> i thought, maybe i can give her some money like my birthday money and not have a party. >> she's a good girl. thank you so much. [ crying ] >> reporter: that's money for your sweet sixteenth birthday party. how hard

sharon. >> reporter: yeah, ken. we are in a parking lot across the street from the mountain home inn where searchers are looking for a woman around this area whose father reported her missing around 2:30 this afternoon. now, her car a green honda civic parked here in the parking lot. sheriff's deputies say it is a mile east of the ranger station where the body of 33-year-old magdalena glinkowski of menlo park was found last weekend. she was last seen march 30th hiking in the same area. authorities say there was no visible sign of trauma and the autopsy inconclusive. but with two women missing in two weeks, one mile apart, authorities say they don't want to alarm anyone, they are not saying there's any link, but they certainly are investigating and we're awaiting a public information officer right now to get us more information. ken? >> all right, sharon chin live on mount tam. we'll check back with you if there's any changes. thanks. >>> new tonight, a north bay high school forced to close some of its classrooms aft

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this is admission inmate sharon thompson. >> i didn't want to come back. be back after this time, i know that. but i violated my probation, so here i am. >> it has now been six hours since these new arrivals were processed. >> we've been sitting here the whole time. >> that's it. ready for a cigarette. >> definitely. definitely ready for a cigarette. >> we are. >> our nerves have not calmed down. >> they gave us shampoo and deodorant and her deodorant had been used because it's got the brown stuff on it. i'm telling the truth. >> i'm walking outside. >> soon the new inmates will be escorted to a dormitory where they each will be assigned a bunk and a locker. >> this dorm is divided into four quads. so we can house 136 in here. we have had as many as 160. crowded, especially if it's hot. uncomfortable. a little tenser than normal. >> i do not like this place. this is my first experience, and i wished it was my last. >> you don't have none of the luxuries whatsoever. what little bit you do have, it's a little more costly than it is on the streets. you have t

with supervisor yee but our district like our community police and sf safe are launched by commander sharon when she was in charge of the office but i'm hoping that community and stakeholders includes effort. i go to a lot of pta meetings and as supervisor yee is menacing see they'll be a key group as well. thank you for your work >> thank you. >> i don't think so any other comments. any public comment on that item? okay seeing none, public comment is closed. i'll turn it back to supervisor kim >> item 6 is the introductory of new items. >> are there any new items today? seeing none, let's move on to public comment item 7 >> this is general public comment and if one wishes to comment seeing none, public comment is closed. i wanted to thank the colleagues and members of the public for coming to our very first subcommittee of the transportation authority. i'm enlisted about the dialog and hopefully about the outcomes we're to push and see for more coordination among our departments to make the city safer we're all pedestrians at one point or another. we've had interesting questions hopefully,

we are right next to sharon meadow. this is where the marijuana celebration took place here. see piles of trash everywhere. this wasth scene yesterday as thousands of pot smokers and weed vendors alike came together in the park for this annual celebration of cannabis. there were police out in force mostly with under cover officers. and those officers arrested eight people. although police have not said what they were arrested for. for city crews the big concern was trash that is left behind by party goers. last year it left behind a huge mess that cost the city $10,000 to clean up. this year the city urged people to pick up after themselves. there was a major campaign. one man that was out here yesterday held up a sign asking fellow attendees not to trash the park >> we bought a sign and bought extra bags to pass out. >> reporter: and before the 420 event wrapped up yesterday, there were city workers out here. they were getting paid overtime to come out and pick up trash so they could stay ahead of the game yesterday. now we are told there will be more volunteers coming out h

what it means for sharon? >> i'm trying to save for a car. i can't do that. i'm balanciing money from the savings to the checking so they won't bounce. it's been hard. >> more walking, working and a lot more worrying. >>> u.s. pharmaceutical giant pfizer announced a $100 billion bid to by british drug maker astrazeneca, it's the third offer, they rejected two previous offers. >> i want to brick in michael santoli a senior columnist with yahoo finance. we are talking about a hostile take over, going after shareholders with a sweet offer. is the third offer too good to pass up? >> it doesn't seem to be, at least at this price, for astrazeneca to pass it up. the reason pfizer came public with two approaches is because pfizer wants to raise the pressure on the company, and british take over law requires some transparency about these things. it seems as if this is going to be pfizer stalking astrazeneca, and who knows if other companies are coming in to take a look. >> pfizer has until the end of may to make a firm intention. pfizer offering up a lot of money. the

american progress, and from tel aviv, an adviser to israeli justice advisers and legal adviser to ariel sharon. did this agreement between the two palestinian factions give president benjamin netanyahu the out between these two talks. >> we need to know what we're talking about. hamas is not a boy scouts movement. hamas is an acronym. it's full name agains is a moveo fight islam. according to the articles of association of hamas, israel including judea, gaza is the center of the world to its understanding. it is a holy place give to them by their prophet, and they are not allowed to negotiate on this land. they have to fight. they have to kill everyone who is not muslim. this is their understanding especially when talking about jews. they mentioned in this article of association it is the most anti-semitic paper i've ever read. it's blaming the jews for the world warworld war i, world ward they call us nazis. >> let me jump in. i understand that you have grievances with hamas and they're longstanding, but in piece talks around the world often the parties have to hold their nose a little bit to

hippie hill, sharon meadow and other locations in golden gate park are mobbed each year on april 20th. police arrested 10-people during 4-20 on sunday. about 15-thousand people left a mess last year that cost the city about 10-thousand dollars to clean up. this year. there was not as much of a mess. as local leaders urged people to clean up after themselves. a parks deparment crew of about 20 was out picking up trash last night. that crew doubled in size this morning. and the workers got help from volunteers who wanted to pitch in. clean up costs. the new fleet of bart trains is not even in service yet.but there is already a petition to change the design. some 49-ers fans are saying the neon blue and green seats look like seattle seahawks colors. a niner's fan out of stockton is so upset he started a petition on change dot org. he calls the design "an outrage" and a "slap in the face of every san francisco 49-ers fan who rides bart". it has 16-hundred signatures at this point. passengers will start riding the new trains in 20-17. drinkers could find themselves sprinkling their favorit

"exasperated and exhausted, she told her assistant what sharon rockefeller had said, that when she had been the state's first lady she had attended only high-profile events with guaranteed media coverage." >> guest: i heard sharon rockefeller say that and i think it's probably smart because when you're a political spouse and there's a lot of demand on your time -- and sharon rockefeller also wanted to lead her own life and that she realized that there were only certain things you could do, and you could sort of nickel and dime yourself to death if you didn't. i think that, you know, subsequent to that, i focus in my book on the re-election campaign primarily. rockefeller did give a fund-raiser for gaston caperton near the end of campaign and that there was a little bit of fence-mending going on there. but i think that there's probably a -- it's a tense relationship. c-span: what did you learn about in the meredith vieira profile? first of all, where is she now? >> guest: meredith vieira is now at abc. she is on a show called "turning point," which is a magazine show, one-hour documenta

what it means for sharon... . >> i have been trying to save for a car. i can't do that. i'm balancing money from savings to checking. my checks - so they won't bounce. >> more walking, more working, and a lot more worrying. >>> l.a. clippers owner donald sterling is getting a lot of attention in the last few days for racist comments attributed to him. this is not the first time he made controversial statements about minorities. that is next. and the moment crews rescued the captain of the south korean ferry as his boat sank with 300 people on board. [ ♪ music ] >>> welcome back. donald sterling is facing a mountain of criticism and anger over racist comments he allegedly made, caught on tape. the n.c.a.a. p will turn over all donations and is cancelling a life-time achievement award he was supposed to achieve next month. we look into that part of the story that caught a lot of people offguard. >> it has. donald sterling's history is public and has a reputation for making racist remarks and has been accused of discrimination in his rental properties. until today he was su

award winning reporter sharon chin has this week's jefferson award winner. >> reporter: a gun battlethe bayview-hunters point six years ago changed the life of 24-year-old joseph drake. >> i was shot five times and stabbed in the same day. i was in a neighborhood fight. woke up with tubes in my mouth. i thought my life was over. >> reporter: but his new life was just beginning thanks to dr. rochelle dicker trauma surgeon at san francisco general hospital. she founded the san francisco wraparound project at the hospital in 2002 to rehabilitate young offenders who end up violence victims over and over again. >> this has to be treated as is an epidemic. >> reporter: rochelle says she has her case managers try to reach the patients right before they leave the hospital. >> there is a time when individuals say i could have been killed. this could have been devastating. however, i'm open and vulnerable in this moment to make changes. >> reporter: rochelle started with a bedside talk to encourage him to get engaged in his community. >> i asked joe, are you going to register to vote? he said

but i just remember the fear and so those are the things that sharon and i have in common. fear from the opposite side. and she will say maybe now tom will understand why i was nervous driving back to california. and so that was part of the craziness of this adventure that we agreed to go on. and we also agreed to have each other's back and make this happen together. >> you said you understood where sharon's hair came from. do you know where your fear came from in that situation? >> to be honest with you, i think it is part of our dna is white people. i think it is part of our dna as black people that there is a distrust that is rooted in the woods that had been inflicted. the hessian that white people have visited upon in this country. there are wounds on both sides. i think white people, it may take on many forms. it may take on an unconscious one where we are not aware of why it is that i see a lack i walking on a side street i will move to the other side of street even in broad daylight. even aware i am a store owner, why is it that i am keeping an eye on the black lady

i mean, is this person, sharon helman who directs the phoenix va at the heart of all this, doctor? >> the senior management that includes the direct tomorrow associate director, assistant direct director, chief of nursing and chief of staff have knowledge of this as does the chief of health administration services. whose plan it was originally or how it was implemented, we don't know but they are fully aware of it and as the moment me states, that ms. helman knew that in advance of when mr. miller -- sorry, representative miller announced it in congress. >> you know thomas who trace reported on died on november 30th after having come in on an emergency basis. they didn't call his family until december 6th to come back, they said he's dead. it's too late. he died screaming and crying saying why won't anyone help me? don't let me die. these actions have real consequences and now you're being helpful in a criminal investigation. is that the case? >> yes, but the case, the e.r. care was excellent and the e.r. doctor went out of her way to take care of him and they gave him six consummi

sharon chin introduces us to one teenager who is quiet and shy but her actions speak volumes when it comes to compassion. and that's what makes her this week's jefferson award winner. >>reporter: in the heart of the jungle, san jose's largest homeless tent city. >> thank you, sweety. >>reporter: brittany bates brings more than food and water. alongside pastor scott wages of chan dlibberrance ministry. >> i call her a cute mother teresa with a heart of gold. >>reporter: we saw her generosity firsthand. >> oh, thank you. [ sobbing ] this lady here is awesome, ya'll. >>reporter: brittany gave tina, a homeless woman the last $200 she said she needed to rent her own place. >> i thought maybe i can give her some money, like my birthday money and not have a party. >> she's a good girl. thank you. >>reporter: that's money for your sweet 16th birthday party, how hard was that for you to give up? >> it really wasn't that hard because this woman doesn't even have a whole lot of stuff. >>reporter: brittany began volunteering with her family at age 6 serving the homeless holiday meals. since then

in amazing cloud from sharon barnett. does not look real. >> although some thunderstorms as we thought might occur, slow-moving storm that's incredible isobar and powerful and is depicted in cover where the wind is strongest. here is a little bit will be this evening. that is tomorrow morning. there is on thursday morning. you can see the circulation continues to rotate into the area. >> have buckle's around into the shade. the cold pool just crawls along. we call that an atmospheric blocking patterns. some suggest changing climate makes things more and more frequent. this one ranks among them. here's a closer look at the thunderstorms. all the way in to western cook county. we've had some out in the parking lot. macon should do with these terms are producing gusty winds and hail. he could see where that is going on. here is the huge squall line. almost 100 mi. in length. rand from natural tennessee. >> the storms are fading in the gulf coast. look at all of the severe weather icon reports. every one of these is a report