including sheila martin.er husband and her four oldest children. >> they believed in god for themselves. they used to tell me that no matter the situation, if i chose to leave, they wanted to stay. >> the war in waco is now a stalemate. >> it was costing hundreds of thousands of dollars a day. there were hundreds of fbi personnel. >> i mean, this was a national -- >> international. >> international embarrassing tv show that was going on too long. >> it was. it was. and, you know, the fbi is a proud organization. and i think the fbi felt uncomfortable now being in a situation which was being driven by perhaps a madman. and feeling powerless and vulnerable. >> as negotiators talk, the tactical team is moving in, again. bulldozing vehicles in front of the compound, destroying them. >> if you're a david koresh, are you going to believe what the nice negotiator's telling you or are you going to look out your window and be more influenced by more aggressive actions that you may feel threaten you? >> i mean, your wo

sheila e is at the grammys and spent time with houston at a pre-grammy party the day before her deathhe was having a tough time with it, yeah. she was. when i spoke to her on the phone, it was pretty sad news for her. especially because she had just been with her. >> reporter: it's not just those in the music industry having a tough time. folks gathered for an african-american history event in the city shared their thoughts on the loss of such a legend. >> it's very -- it's a lot of pain to the see the loss of someone like whitney houston. also on the trails of a great icon like don cornelius. >> he said it is tough to realize houston's gone when she still had so much talent to share. >> we won't hear the new things she was going to do, the new ideas of putting another cd together. the fact she was working hard on a movie. things like that. >> reporter: just like the grammys, the show here at yoshi's went on. they say houston's talent made everyone feel connected to her and collectively everyone feels the loss. in san francisco, jody hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> now for a look at

insurance coverage and parents like sheila can worry less.ust as health reform reduced cost for individuals and businesses, the law reduced government costs most notably through medicare. the health reform law provided the biggest deficit reduction in more than a decade. according to our nonpartisan score keeper, the congressional budget office, the law will reduce deficits by $143 billion in the first ten years. by more than $1 trillion in the decade that follows. we need to continue this progre progress. we look forward to hearing from hhs secretary kathleen sebelius today about how the president's budget doll that. today nearly 48 million americans are enrolled in medicare. as a baby boom generation retires, the number of seniors eligible for medicare will increase rapidly. over the next decade, 18 million additional americans will enroll in medicare. we need to insure these beneficiaries and future generations receive the benefits that medicare guarantees. to strengthen medicare, we need to continue lowering costs. we need to spend our pr

sheila and i have a mission. by 2025, we want at least 60% of adults to have a college degree, an associate degree or a career certificate. right now, we're at 43%. that's better than the national average, but it's not good enough. if we want 60% of illinois adults to have a meaningful career certificate or a degree by 2025, we must invest in our students from birth to higher ed. and that starts with investing more dollars in early childhood education. learning begins at birth. in those first years of a child's life are the most important. our youngest and our most vulnerable citizens need our strongest support. research has shown that without an early childhood learning foundation, children fall behind in school. illinois, we can't leave our youngest behind. and that's why i'm calling for a major investment in early childhood education this year. we've got to do it. last week our president, president obama, called for states to raise the minimum attendance age of students in school to 18. president obama, we hea

sheila and i have a mission in illinois by 2025, we want at least 60% of adults in our state to have a college degree, an associate degree or a career certificate. right now, we're at 43% - better than the national average, but not good enough. if we want 60% of illinois adults to have a meaningful career certificate or degree by 2025, we must invest in our students from birth to higher education. that starts with investing more dollars in early childhood education. [applause] learning begins at birth and those first years of a child's life are the most important. our youngest and most vulnerable citizens need our strongest support. research has shown that without an early learning foundation, children fall behind in school. illinois, we can't leave our youngest behind. that's why i'm calling for a major investment in early childhood education this year. we've got to do it. clap my last week, president obama called for states to raise the minimum attendance age of students in schools to 18. president obama, we hear you in illinois. we know how important it is to do everything possibl

i should have noted adam and sheila did an enormous amount of work. i will call another series of speakers. john wary, rick appleby, laurie geidis. stu maddow, larry brikennken, lauren meissner, rebecca, and david gonzales. just come on up. >> that afternoon, supervisors. thank you so much for calling this hearing. i am the co-chair of the democratic club, lgbt. we fully support, we talked at our board meeting last monday, fully supports the purpose of this meeting. and any and all efforts we can make to create a model approach to serving the lgbt seniors in san francisco, the alice b. toklas club would live to handle that -- help with that. we fully support your recommendations. i had the unique opportunity of cochairing the hearing by the human rights commission and the commission on aging in 2002 and the report, everyone has reviewed. it had no less than 67 recommendations. to move forward and i think while we since 2003 have moved forward on a lot of those, there is plenty of those that need to be done. i hope that you'll start with that and conti

it will be interesting to hear what sheila bair has to say. but overall, he's about neutral on the economy relative to where the ped same was. he took a little heat from paul ryan about the overall effect of fed policy on keeping deficits higher and on the effect of savers and he said net/net, savers are benefitting from the policies, although those on fixed income are maybe hit hardest. >> steve, thanks so much. as you know, bank stocks have been on a tear in 2012 with investors seemingly more confident in the sector's stability, but are the banks really financially secure? we do have a special guest as steve liesman mentioned, former fdic chair sheila bair, now at pew charitable trust. good to see you. thanks so much for being on the fast money halftime report. let me segue to something seef liesman was just talking about. and that's as it relates to regulation on the banks. you wrote a column in mid-january in which you said it was time to bring up the big bre banks to prevent the too big to fail scenario and you also said it would unlock m

hundred thousand dollars a year a representative robert andrews of might have taken some cues from sheila leave because he has also secure earmarks for college with his help rucker's at law school in camden has received three point three million dollars in earmarks and guess who's an associate dean of the school that's right his spouse. senator tim johnson is a member of the set of the procreation is committee and has been a cheerleader for the pentagon's math an engineering teaching initiative called starbase so with the help of seven other senators johnson dropped an extra four million dollars into the education program and did i mention here that johnson's wife barbara is the supervisor for starbase so now that i've shared those few examples with you should also take this time to point out that it's not that i don't support more funding going towards education believe me i do but lawmakers are prohibited from using earmarks or programs will benefit themselves their spouses or their immediate families of the post points out most don't disclose their spouses employers so nobody checks an

pastor isn't the only one who's funneled money into education initiatives democratic representative sheila jackson lee has obtained for earmarks for the university of houston since two thousand and nine which has come to five point three million dollars for the school but she's not just passionate about education she also loves her husband elwyn dearly and i mention that he's worked at that university for decades and call it a coincidence but elwyn has had quite a few promotions over the years and he now sits as the university's v.p. for community relations and institutional access and he makes over two hundred thousand dollars a year a representative robert andrews of might have taken some cues from sheila leave because he has also secure earmarks for a college with his help rucker's at law school in camden has received three point three million dollars in earmarks i guess is an associate dean of the school that's right his spouse senator tim johnson is a member of the set of the procreation is committee and has been a cheerleader for the pentagon's mad an engineering teaching initiative

individual to still get benefits if they resign first. 24:37 what happened with jack johnson and sheilaixon and others we've had other instances here in anne arundel county with the county councilman and things, wheree um, people realizz this is happening and it's got to stop 2 sponsorss71 votes are needed -- join oor waste watch.if you see government waste... call our hotline at 410-662-1456.you can also go to fox-baltimore dot com. mitt romney is apologizing... for a comment he made on c-n-n. c-n-n."i am not concerned about the very poor we have a safety net there. if it needs repair, i'll fix it. i'm not concerned about the very rich, they're doing just fine" fine"critics are outraged... for romney's comment about the very poor.romney's camp recognized the problem right pway... saying the "pro middle class" message could get lost and distorted by opponents. romney hiiself tried to clean "it was a misstatemmnt. i misspoke. i've said something that is similar to that but quite acceptable for a long time.and, you know when you do i don't know how many thousands of interviews now and the

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sheila jackson lee is a congresswoman from texas. >> good afternoon. >> to many of us on the outside,have known that the majority has done everything to oppose the president. now we learn that mr. boehner and mr. cantor have been wart with each other. i guess that does really explain why nothing gets done. >> i heard some years ago a great philosopher, rodney out of california saying can we bull get along. i just simply want to get to work. i can give you a whole litany of why pots on both of their houses. i don't want to engage in relationships between members. i hope they get along and become friends. this may be a question about divided government. the 111th congress was one of the most productive congresss we had. we talked about issues whether than we were friends. we have the difficulty of passing of the payroll tax for working americans. working american who is are unemployed or engineers or doctors, lawyers, teachers, firefighters the, i think are well qualified to work. then we add insult to injury, i'm rushing to the floor to discuss budget amendments that are not a budget,

sheila hershey, shayla hershey. we've shown you pictures before.m her facebook page. anyhoo. >> i bet she's fun at cocktail parties. >> she does hold the guinness book of world records for the biggest breasts. she's got 38kkks. and she actually wants to go to ms. >> it took her 13 years and 22 surgeries to get there. why not just do it all in one fell swoop? i don't understand. maybe your skin can't stretch that much initially. it has to -- you know? >> gradual. >> yeah. >> anyway. >> i don't know. >> she's on one of those tlc reality shows that's called "my strange addiction." it says she has more surgeries to increase her breasts to an "m," but she had a staph infection. she had to go back to the "ks" and not the "ms." it's very complicated. >> here's the sad part of it. you know what? she's obviously screaming for attention. you know, that will get them. that will get you some attention. but the sad part is that now she can no longer tie her own shoes, we understand. hoda, it's not funny. it's tragic. stop it. and this is the worst, she can't ev

betsy and sheila, great to talk to you again.p on our show, police so busy dealing with occupy protesters, they couldn't respond to another 911 call and now someone died. wait until you hear this one. and this used to be a million dollar home. a family's dream home, in fact, but now it's just rubble over a zoning ordinance? plus could this be president obama's new re-election strategy? he's good. but why is he singing the blues? i'm a marathon runner, in absolute perfect physical condition and i had a heart attack right out of the clear blue... i'm on an aspirin regimen... and i take bayer chewables. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. he's my success story. [ laughs ] forty years ago, he wasn't looking for financial advice. back then he had something more important to do. he wasn't focused on his future. but fortunately, somebody else was. at usaa we provide retirement planning for our military, veterans and their families. now more than ever, it's important to get financial adv

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she won a full term in november after completing the term of mayor sheila dickson, the city is facing tough choices this year with another budget crisis looming. >> same sex marriage is set to take center stage in annapolis and at the state house again today. hundreds of gay rights advocates are preparing to rally there. this comes as the general assembly and its commits continue to debate legislation to legalize same sex marriage. last month opponents rallied, calling for hear land law to define marriage as being between one man and one woman. >> after a weekend of very chilly weather things are feeling a little nicer today. taking a live look outside, the sun is out and shining on what is shaping up to be a nice afternoon. could we see snow in the days ahead? marty is standing outside in the outback, meteorologist bert bernadette woods in the first warning weather center. let's start out with bern. >> 43 in baltimore, 30s north and west, 27 in oakland, look at this compared to yesterday at this time. we have already warmed up about 10 degrees. our temperatures will rise more as we h

host: sheila krumholz, thank you for being with us. guest: my pleasure. host: every week, we're joined by a self-described romney of supporter. the "daily show clothes got caught up with him and did a piece on him. -- the daily show caught up with him and did a piece on him. >> i don't think you can find anyone in the history of america that is more fired up and i am. >> he is fired up about mitt romney. >> he is the best candidate. >> he is a great leader? he is probably the greatest leader. he is a leader. i think he will be the greatest president in history. history is pretty long. it is. host: you can check it out on the comedy channel's website. caller: i love c-span. i have been calling you for 30 years. you are always so nice to your callers. host: let me ask you to your reaction about the peace. this has generated some attention. what did you think? caller: i really enjoyed it. i had people calling me and said, if anyone is fired up about -- that fired up about mitt romney, i will vote for me mitt. they were great people. they spent 8 hours. we in

he can walk like sheila without crutches. >> and showing other disabled haitians how to get back on theire's a common perception that disability is something that's permanent. you become disabled and once you're given that marker of disability, you become less of a person. >> dr. knack shim a is with partners in health. the largest nongovernment healthcare providers in haiti. he says after the earthquake, there was no program to help victims cope with long-term injury. >> you hand out prosthetics. what happens in a year, two years? >> now he and a team of therapists and tech anythings go door to door, providing patients with follow-up care. patients like 39-year-old claude forest who two years ago was brought to the medical ship, u.s.s comfort almost completely paralyzed. initially doctors thought he was an earthquake victim. it turned out to be aggressive tuberculosis. after months of consistent therapy, he's almost cured. for the first time, he was shown pictures of himself at his worst. >> so bad. >> his wife says she is shocked by the difference. >> happy. like he was before. just lik

opposition while damascus is vowing for major reforms reports of violence continue archies maria finnell sheila is in syria. situation here in syria means volatile with tensions between security forces and the armed opposition groups continue in claiming lives of both military and civilians almost every day on thursday we attended the funerals of a young boy who was gunned down early here in damascus during the n.t. government protest and the procession itself eventually turned into hostile demonstrations in the clashes that followed and the continued the next day five people were killed and many others injured one violence one day causes even more violence next and so on and so on we also can see political murders as well this week shake of the most of damascus was assisted native apparently because of his pronouncements to shake came out with strong condemnation of the terror groups of the armed groups he blamed for the bloodshed calling for to stop the violence to stop the bloodshed we're also hearing about her stitches in other parts of the country reports from opposition activists that in

i don't know whether it was helen thomas or sheila tate who suggested i do this. they wanted me to make fun of the press. i said no, no. i'm not going to make fun of the press. i'll make fun of myself, which i did. and ronnie didn't know that i was going to do this. i got up from the table, and he thought i was going to the rest room or something. and so when i came out on stage, he was so surprised. i was so nervous, i thought i would die but it all came off well. >> did you sing? >> i sang. >> when you look back over all the years in the public light, what's your attitude about the press? >> i think they got to know me better. it was a learning process that goes on. >> too rough on people? >> now, i don't even pretend to know about today. >> are you glad you're not doing it today? >> yes, i am. i'll tell you that very quickly. >> this is part of your life over here. >> yes. >> kids and mom and dad. >> this is my -- i saved everything, you know. everything. everybody teased me about that. but then when it came time for the library they were all delighted. i was t

another contributor was sheila bare, and i was at the treasury department and noted the picture of frank paulson that has gone up, with his approval at least, took credit for the things that wound up in the reform bill. so i want to go back to the deficit, the chairman agrees the military but he talks about the entitlements. when you talk about the level of reduction you need, if you do not go elsewhere and just focus on social security, i -- let he ask you from the economic standpoint. given the importance of a longer term policy to reduce deficit, purely economic standpoint, policy preferences that i know you don't want to get into, but the purely economic standpoint, would it be greatly different if that came from reducing the cost of living increase or reducing medicare or a change in tax code, would there be a maco economic difference? >> from a macro economic difference, that means the -- >> did not make that much difference which way you do it? >> it depends on how you spend your money. >> i appreciate that. but i want to go back to the question of the dual mandate. and the notion

individual to still get benefits if they resign first. 24:37 what happened with jack johnson and sheila&pothers we've had other instances here in anne arundel county with the county councilmannand things, where um, people realize this is happening and it's got to stop 2 52the bill already has 61 co- sponsors.71 votes are needed to pass. for football fans around here, it's goong to take some doing to makeesuper bowl sunday a memorable one, without our ravens in it. but a group in canton says.... "challenge accepted". joel d. smith is live at du-burns arenn where a big screen tv, free games and food might do the trick.. good morning joelld. 3 3 as the giants get ready to take on tte patriots this weekend... they'll have some old-schoollrappers... cheering them on. on.when i say new york you say giants... when i say super bowl you say champs... (keep nats under pls!) pls!) these are residents... from a new jersey retirement community... who made a rap video in support of their team. it's since gone viral... becoming a big hit on youtube. coming up... former backstteet &pboy nick carttr is

> reporter: her right leg broken and left mangled beyond repair, three days after the earthquake, sheila told it would have to be amputated. >> she was really, really afraid, she was crying all she said she wouldn't walk any more. >> today she is not only walking, she's helping run the country's first organized rehabilitation program. >> everyone is encouraging him that he can walk just like shelove without crutches and be a person again. >> reporter: and showing other disabled haitians how to get back on their feet. >> there a common perception that disability is something that's permanent, you become disabled and once are you disability, you become less of a person. >> reporter: dr. koji nakashima is with partners in health, one of the largest nongovernment health-care providers in haiti. he says after the earthquake, there was no program to help victims cope with long term injury. >> he hand out prosthetics, what happens in a year, two years. >> reporter: so now he and a team of therapists and technicians go door-to-door providing patients with followup care. >> patients like 39-year-

governor sheila simon already has plans for a smaller budget. her office said it will cut its budget by over 9% next fiscal year. she said that she will eliminate three positions and have four senior staff tech for unpaid furlough days the secretary of state's office said it's considering reducing its budget by 9% the state attorney general the treasurer and comptroller have not commented >>tomorrow is the last day to register to vote if you want to cast a ballot in next month's primaries you can drop off your voter registration form for nine until five tomorrow and today at the chicago election board office that is located at 69 west washington on the sixth floor tomorrow the office will be open until midnight you can also register to vote at any drivers license facility we have more coming up at noon ... please stay with us we will be right back when you have tough pain, do you want fast relief? try bayer advanced aspirin. it's not the bayer aspirin you know. it's different. first...it's been re-engineered with micro-particles. second, it ente

sheila and i have a mission in illinois by 2025, we want at least 60% of adults in our state to havea college degree, an associate degree or a career certificate. right now, we're at 43% - better than the national average, but not good enough. if we want 60% of illinois adults to have a meaningful career certificate or degree by 2025, we must invest in our students from birth to higher education. that starts with investing more dollars in early childhood education. [applause] learning begins at birth and those first years of a child's life are the most important. our youngest and most vulnerable citizens need our strongest support. research has shown that without an early learning foundation, children fall behind in school. illinois, we can't leave our youngest behind. that's why i'm calling for a major investment in early childhood education this year. we've got to do it. clap my last week, president obama called for states to raise the minimum attendance age of students in schools to 18. president obama, we hear you in illinois. we know how important it is to do everything possible

i want to thank sheila simon our lieutenant governor for during an outstanding job on the community collegesshe visited all the colleges and has proposed many reforms that need to be implemented this year we have a mission by 2025, we want 60 percent of adults in illinois to have a college degree or an associate degree or a career certificate. right now we are at 43% that is better than the national average but it is not good enough. if we want 60 percent of adults in this state to have a meaningful career certificate or degree by 2025 we must invest and our students from birth up through higher education. that begins with more dollars invested in early childhood education. >>earlier in his speech the governor said he will travel to the plant in belvidere to promote manufacturing jobs ... >>and the tax credits were a bit focal point ... >>will have a complete wrap up on the governor's state of the state address on the news at 5. we will be right back with jim ramsey and year ago a huge blizzard hammered the chicago area. about 2 ft. of snow was dumped on the city and its suburbs. the storm b

. >> reporter: from sheila e.e fans of whitney houston outside of the beverly hilton hotel a lot of people saying that they are going to miss whitney houston. reporting live from los angeles, hal eisner, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> and more details now on whitney houston's career. the singer released her debut album back in 1958-she with go on to release six albums after that, setting more than 200 million albums singles world war. she was a 6-time grammy winner and we have seen a huge response on the ktvu fashion page. we have a post "the world lost a great singer. may her music life on forever. rest in peace:00 and this post from terry mackenzie," so sad. she had a beautiful voice and was a beautiful person. sometimes that isn't enough or can be too much." you can join the conversation and share your thoughts by going to the ktvu channel 2 facebook page. >>> to other news, dragons ruled the streets of san francisco. ktvu's jade hernandez is live in the city with highlights from this year's chinese new year's parade

pastor isn't the only one who's funneled money into education initiatives democratic representative sheila jackson lee has obtained for earmarks for the university of houston since two thousand and nine which has come to five point three million dollars for the school but she's not just passionate about education she also loves her husband elwyn dearly and i mention that he's worked at that university for decades and call it a coincidence but elwyn has had quite a few promotions over the years and he now.

>>guest: they did show some of the film clips including "last of sheila," and those things.c." >>neil: classic, classic, i was listening to some of the folks at lincoln center and putting this together, they said you have, you are for more appreciated. >>guest: i was associated with the 60's which helped me, you know, get discovered because i was a different kind of a sex symbol. up to that point, really, it was marilyn monroe and soft and pliable and submissive, and my sort of "boom," sex symbol, legs and ready to rock, that was a little more independent and a lot women and maybe men, too, saw women were getting more aggressive and more independent more active just physically active. >>neil: one thing i noticed in the media you did not do many interviews and i think you kept it right. you didn't want to. >>guest: i didn't do a lot of, what didn't i do? i think i did a lot of press but they never used what i said because they liked the photo. i was a photo op about my physical image and no one cared about inside. but by --. >>neil: a lot of the starlets of the time, there wa

she won a full term after completing the term of sheila dickson.he city is facing tough choices. >>> getting through security at the airport will soon be faster for some frequent flyers. all thanks to a new program starting this year. here is derek valcourt to explain how it works and who is eligible. >> reporter: tsa officials call this a good deal. you sign up and give them information about yourself ahead of time and in return you get to get in the security express lane. getting through airport security usually involves taking off the shoes, the belt, the jacket, in some cases the full body scanners. >> a pain in the neck. >> but they want to make it bearable with their program. they will be able to sign up for a prescreening background check, those who pass won't have to wait in long lines and will get a specially designated lane and go through metal detectors but shoes and jackets can stay on. >> we always reserve the right to be random. >> the program has already been tested in a few cities and this year it will expand to 28 other airports in

and at this time i'd yield such time as she might consume to congresswoman sheila jackson lee of texas. ms. jackson lee: let me thank congresswoman christensen for her leadership and as well our chairman, emanuel cleaver. we had the opportunity to host him in houston this past weekend and he raised the issue of the challenges of the issue of voting protection. isn't it interesting in this month, to my colleagues and i see that we're joined by our colleague from ohio, marcy capture, who has been a champion on these -- kaptur, who has been a champion on these issues as well and has seen her state being in the crosshairs of protecting all citizens' right to vote. the voting rights act is an act that dignyifies all voters. because its premises that one person, one vote. and if the tenants and the premises of the voting rights act is passed, no matter what your background in this nation, you have an opportunity to vote. if we keep with the integrity of the voting rights act, the gist of its message, don't block individuals from voting. that's simply what its message is. and this is more tha

>> congresswoman sheila jackson lee is a democrat from texas. joins me now live from capitol hill. it's nice to see you today. >> thank you. it's my pleasure to be with you. >> we're going to talk more about 2012 in a moment. i understand you have something you want to talk about involving a report in syria. >> thank you very much. you can see this picture of a dead child. i went to the syrian embassy today. the slaughter was unceasing and enough to cause for a coming together of a number of individuals around this issue to demand that the president there steps aside and allow the western reporters bodies to be brought out along with those injured and create a safe place for women and children and a cease-fire. i'm told that will my letters will go off and i urge that there needs to be immediate response to these crisis that are pending, dead children in the street and the crisis of violence and the lack of western reporters able to be returned to their families, those that lost their life and those that are injured. i insisted of them to be abl