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kim and shelly were the lucky ones. >> we're good. are you guys okay? >> reporter: with just four inches of water inside their houses, but many of their neighbors had it rougher. >> nobody's ever seen this. it's never done this. >> that was nbc's ron allen reporting. >>> as we go go to break, here are powerful i'm images of this storm's wrath brought to us by our new york station, wnbc. >>> major storms always bring out the adrenaline junkies. sandy was no different. a few kayakers in maryland decided to live life on the edge. seven to 11 inch offense rain caused the creek to swell to over 11 feet. this creek crested 3 1/2 feet above its flood stage but has since come down thankfully. >>> sandy also created a xhond bond between new yorkers and a group of texas teens. 13 high school students stuck in the big apple with nowhere to go. the group and their teachers sent videos home to worried parents to assure them all was well while sandy swirled around them. >>> finally, one michigan doctor plans to bring a little more fright and fun to his job today. dr.

kim and shelly were the lucky ones. >> we're good. are you okay? >> reporter: with just four inches of water inside their houses, but many of their neighbors had it rougher. >> nobody's ever seen this. it's never done this. >> that looks much different. that was nbc's ron allen reporting. >>> as we go to break, we want to show you some powerful images of this storm's wrath. they come to us from our new york station, wnbc. take a look. >> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 5:00 a.m. >> good morning. the weather should be quieting down over the next several days. there are a few sprinkles out there. 41 at the airport. 43 in rock hall. it will be a chilly day today. not windy but a little breezy. trick-or-treating should be no problem with this evening. high temperatures in the mid 50's. >> 4:57. 41 degrees at the airport. >> school closings -- who is in and who is out? >> waiting for some debris to be >> waiting for some debris to be cleared in some multivitamin coming in. on it chief! look alive people!

kim and shelly were the lucky ones. >> we're good. are you okay?th just four inches of water inside their houses, but many of their neighbors had it rougher. >> nobody's ever seen this. it's never done this. >> that was ron allen reporting. >>> i'm lynn berry and this is "first look" on on msnbc. way too early with willie geist starts right now. >>> my instructions to the federal agency has been do not figure out why we can't do something. i want you to figure out how we to something. i want you to cut through red tape, i want you to cut through bureaucracy. there is no excuse for inaction. i want every agency to lean forward and to make sure that we are getting the resources where they're needed as quickly as possible. this is a tough time for a lot of people. millions of folks all across the eastern seaboard. but america is tougher. and we're

kim and shelly were the lucky ones. >> we're good. are you okay? >> reporter: with just four inches of water inside their houses, but many of their neighbors had it rougher. >> nobody's ever seen this. it's never done this. >> that looks much different. that was nbc's ron allen reporting. >>> as we go to break, we want to show you some powerful images of this storm's wrath. they come to us from our new york station, wnbc. take a look.

this is a berkeley-heller ad about berkeley, obama and reid on the scene. >> shelly berkeley is listedtion. >> she used her office. >> to benefit her husband. >> the political cause and personal financial gain the line is fuzzy. >> cenk: so i'm always amused by these anti-corruption ads that republicans do. not because they're wrong. tess letter in montana takes a tremendous amount of lobbyist money. he's a democrat, and berkeley has these issues. but they constitutional corruption and then turn around and say, she's corrupted. >> she did work on some legislation that benefited her husband, a doctor. but what they've done is found that the runnings has not had traction in the state. >> it's nevada. >> align him her with obama align her with harry reid. this would be a pick-up. we've been talking about states that democrats are flirting with. if they win this, it's a pick-up. >> cenk: i'm disappointed that she's still behind. the corruption thing is an issue issue. >> she is flawed. >> cenk: there are a lot of latinos in nevada, high ununemployment. i don't know if they're blaming the d

shelly bradford bell -- [applause] she is executive director of global arts and education. please join me in welcoming her. [applause] >> hello, everybody. happy international women's day. i really want to thank you for being here. you heard a lot of statistics. we all know a lot about what is going on. i am so pleased that the women we have here today -- have shown every single day of their life their dedication to people who have no one to speak for them. there are things that some of us do not understand. i have never been so happy as i am today to be able to honor somebody like sage. one of the most beautiful women that you will ever have met. she could speak to you for five minutes and would fall over to the ends of the earth. today, we have that same opportunity. thank you for what you have done by recognizing them today. global arts is a program that works with kids. our goal is to teach kids about the other countries, other languages, and take them on trips. the only way you understand the world is to have seen it. you can look at the world from the microscope or yo

thank you, shelly. the weather may be getting cooler but there's time to take care of the garden. >> my daughter's growing a pumpkin and the pumpkin itself is loaded with stink bugs. >> i'm sure she's not happy with it and neither are the apple growers and my tomatoes had an issue. >> i think we will talk about stink bugs coming up. >> good morning and welcome to your "sunday gardener" i'm john collins along with carrie engel. last week we talked about lawns and how this is the ideal time to get the weeds out and grass seed down and established and fertilized. one thing we should mention is also it's getting leafy out there and they're coming down and sometimes you want to rake them up, sometimes you want to mulch your yard, that's the easy way. ken from baltimore writes, what good does the mulch do, whether it be leaf mulch or grass clippings? >> they feed your lawn or feed your garden so as you break them down, they break down and create nitrogen and fertilizers that your plant uses. it's a great way

[cheering and applause] let's hear it for shelly! come on! [cheering and applause] thank you.eering and applause] [chanting] >> are you going elect her as your next senator? [cheering and applause] are you going to send -- to congress? [cheering and applause] [chanting] folks, and you better send me to -- because you know why i'm sorry deena couldn't come today? because whenever she's with me she got a bigger southern accent than i do. [cheering and applause] and i feel right at home. [cheering and applause] look, i am grateful for what senator harry reid said. i thank shelly for her remarks, i thank -- steven -- i want do you elect them because president obama needs some people in congress that are also committed to build a 21st century american middle class and one that lets poor folks work their way in to the middle class. [cheering and applause] you know, it was amazing, i was thinking, i was sitting here trying to contrast in my mind governor romney's account for the 47% of americans that don't pay income taxes, 60% of whom work 40 hours a week and have children in their

. >> jamie jenson and shelly norman are sisters. shelly wrote to ellen degeneres about jamie's battle with breast cancer. she says they've always loved watching the show and they both needed a good laugh. >> for this entire year has just been so horrible for her that i wanteded to distract her. i wanted to make something exciting for her. i wanted to give her an experience that was so unlike what she was going through, and i thought who better than ellen. >> of course, ellen didn't let the ladies walk away empty handed. you can watch the full episode today right here on nbc 4. ellen begins at 3:00 this afternoon followed by news 4 at 4:00. >> nothing like a good sister. that is "news 4 today." thank you for starting your day with us. >> the "today" show is next.

>> jamie jenson and shelly norman are sisters. shelly wrote to ellen degeneres about jamie's battle with breast cancer. she says they've always loved watching the show, and they both needed a good laugh. >> for this entire year had just been so horrible for her that i wanted to distract her. i wanted to make something exciting for her. i wanted to give her an experience that was so unlike what she was going through. and i thought who better than ellen? she does so much for everybody. >> of course, ellen didn't let the ladies walk away empty handed. you can watch the full episode today right here on nbc 4. ellen begins at 3:00 followed by news 4 at 4:00. >>> ahead, why the cost of a breakfast staple could be about to double. >>> occupied

shelly adelson gave a lot of money. we're talking huge impacts of money for these races. the race we're talking about now, the challenge with david lee, a lot of people think it's a swing district in the board of supervisors. i think it got a lot of attention in the last week or so because t outside groupse supporting david lee ran an odd campaign video that teyutut on youtube to try togett some attention. able to see e that w. >>chanting ] ten of thousds oftu sdents re forming a mrchai aghnst ag >> so one of the things you see, d obviously the imagery is pr stark just to look atju it, but there are 660,000 television ads, a study came out this morning that showed 660,000 different ads. to cut through that, you have to be somewhat provocative. this reminds me of the demon sheep ad that ran in california where she accused her opponent of being a sheep in wolf's clothing, whatever it is. >> in terms of the supervisors, i can't remember very many times when ere's been a commercial -- >> certainly not like this. but the intended is for it to go viral where other people about

shelly, you are running for a supervisor. you are a democratic candidate. what are your thoughts. >> it was great to see the president come out and really talk about his policies and what he has done and what he has been successful in over the last four years. for me as a local candidate, i'm really excited to hear him continuing to talk about healthcare reform and how it will affect us here locally. >> do you feel he was more combative tonight. >> definitely. he absolutely responded and talked about what he had done. he didn't let things go by and let us know the work he did for our country. >> if we can talk to one more person. you are a democratic candidate as well. your thoughts tonight. >> i'm running for san ma day yow commissioner. it was great for obama. it was more of a town hall format. and i think he thrives in that environment. it had a fies tie edge do that and i appreciated that. i think the crowd got excited and i think we are all feeling a huge sigh of relief that he did well tonight. >> that's some of the democratic reaction to the debate.

. >> reporter: kathleen galgiani is in close contact with hopkins mother, joanne shelly. >> she saw a backhoe with steel claws pulling the bones and the remains and personal effects from the well on tv. and she saw her daughter's jacket on television, and she was mortified. >> reporter: galgiani has also visited the speed freak in prison. hobson's family just wants answers for mikayla's loved ones. >> what she wants is to be certain that if any other family members loved ones were contained with her daughter or in the well, she wants to be certain that they have their child back like she has. >> reporter: the sheriff released a statement today saying he was taken aback by the possible mixup involving the remains. test results that will determine whether mikayla was indeed among those remains aren't expected back for several weeks. in san joaquin county, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> what a painful journey for that family. >>> santa clara police are still investigating their second officer involved shooting of the year. this one fatally shot -- 41-year-old man armed with a knif

. >> and -- and congresswoman -- and congresswoman shelly berkeley. i wanted to make sure you knew, i was also out in nevada, campaigning for shelly berkeley, who we're trying to make a senator from the house. first, i have to say, the president did put the wars back on budget. so it is true that george w. had them off budget. they're on budget. so that criticism is wrong. let me tell you how i respond to everything you said. and i listened to it intently. >> yes. >> i've run 11 successful elections for myself. they're hard, they're difficult. but it is true, at the end, you still have those undecideds. and even though president obama, as you point out, has talked about these ideas. for example, one you didn't mention is taking away tax breaks for companies who ship jobs overseas. the reason he wants to put this together, they're still undecided, and the republicans are complaining, where's the beef, where's the plan. so he put it together in a book. and i think that's a smart idea for those who are undecided. >> right. and i mean, i see your point. a

a lot of times i'm looking at clips and saying, where's shelly long? where's shelly long?t well for the interview. why? because she grabbed her and ted danson together and talked with them and found out really interesting news. i said to her, were you disappointed you didn't stay for the entire season? she said actually she didn't find out, until after she made the decision to leave, they would have given them the opportunity to get married on the show, their characters. >> would that have made a difference? >> she said that would have made a difference because she wanted them to get married and wanted them to take that extra step on the show. so she possibly would have stayed on, and then it would have been different. >> who knows? >> nancy, you got the chance to interview ann romney and michelle obama this summer. what struck you about both of them? >> it was, well, obviously, both of them being such strong women. but the fun part about them coming on the show, and i interviews michelle with the president, was to see that interaction. obviously, it was like entertainment

lar colin, great man on economics, and a lot of other colleagues in different disciplines, louise shellyglobal leader in documents and researching and working on human trafficking. president obama was at the clinton global initiative announcing a major new direction on the topic, and there are many people who work on this topic who have helped move it forward in the agenda, but she's one of them and really deserves a lot of credit. >> host: talking with philip auerswald. book tv on location at george mason university. >> it was almost two years ago i decided it was time to write a fact based primmer on gay rights, specifically targeted to the right of center voters, hence the subtitle of the book. to do two things. number one, challenge religious right on its own turf and show that much of what they deer risively call the gay agenda is consistent with republican and libertarian voters, and show voters who believe in social tolerance not only are they not a voice in the wilderness, but represent a majority of republican voters. the book has three major things. the first one i just eluded

to decipher what was really going on and what you were talking about and i remember sharing with shellyng in the meeting and go, i understand what is going on, four years ago, i didn't know. i couldn't follow things and that is because of my involvement in the pack and your guidance. and in my time with the pack was invaluable to me. i really miss working with ruth on, and we are friends and comrads still and we get to hang out. you are authentic and genuine and you believe in keeping promise to families, which is perfect that you going to be doing the work that you are going to be doing and i am thrilled that we will be able to work together again in the future. >> i'm maranda martin and i was going to be delivering the pack report tonight and announcing this. so i just have a few things that iment i wanted to say about ruth during the report that we will have a short report tonight. i just want to say that ruth has been

shelly wants is to be certain that if any other family members loved ones were contained with her daughter in the well, she wants to be certain that they have their child back. >> if she's been there, if this is mikayla, they were it breaks my heart that she's laying in that place for all this time. >> it's going to be a painful way for mikayla's mother. the results of the dna test could take several weeks. >>> the price of a college education is daunting. we're talking about classes, books, tuition costs. many students have financial aide, but even that comes at a cost. stephanie troung is here with more. >> it sounds counter intuitive, that students who apply for financial aide are the ones who need the help most to get by. many banks charge debit card fees for students to get their financial aide money. we're taken a look at one company who is the biggest player of its kind in this campus debit card industry. making about $88 million last year on student fees alone. >> the bills keep coming. >> for this father of three, every dollar counts. >> i don't like losing money. >> but this 36-y

surrounded militarily also tension is growing on the border between syria and turkey after several days of shelly this wednesday turkish military chief vow to respond with more force that is a day after nato said it's suv ready to defend turkey but this latest development with u.s. troops in jordan comes with the u.s. election presidential election less than a month away at a time when mitt romney his challenger is criticizing the president for not being aggressive enough for quote unquote sitting on the sidelines for missing the opportunity to topple assad and quote delivered that defeat to iran yes he actually said that so it's not clear whether this latest announcement about jordan is these ministrations way of showing teeth in these in this election campaign or whether an intervention in syria is really coming soon one of the reasons why the rebels refuse to settle for a. a negotiated solution through dialogue is the signal that they get that sense that support is on the way that there will be an intervention everybody understands without a negotiating some negotiated solution the bloodshed w

. >> shelly long. i was looking at clips where is shelly long. >> she came a little bit late.iew. why? because we grabbed her and ted danson together and talked to them and found some interesting news because i said to her, i said, you didn't stay for the entire season. after she made the decision to leave is that they would have given them the opportunity to actually get married on the show. their characters. >> would that have made a difference. >> that would have made a difference. because she wanted them to get married and she wanted to take that extra step in the show. and so she possibly would have stayed on and then it would have been -- who expos. >> you got the chance to interview ann romney and michelle obama this summer. what struck you about both of them? >> obviously, such strong women. the fun part about them coming on the show. i interviewed michelle with the president. you can see the personal side of them. we can ask them fun type of questions. >> i didn't see them do "entertainment tonight." >> the obama. >> was this the first for the romney? >> ann romney di

her name is shelly boonshot, and on the "today" show, she explained why she did it. >> the way i saws that every single day, i'm bombarded, especially living in new york city, with images of naked women or half naked women and they all look the same. they all have had same kind of body type. somehow that's okay, but god forbid we put someone like me who is a size 12 on the billboard. >> right on. now stella is steering this, applau applause. a huge round of applause from coast to coast. as of late today, more than 80,000 people had shared her photo from her tumbler page. it had been viewed more than 2.5 million times on her facebook. that is amazing. i am to bring in hugh sherrad. also host on b103 radio in atlanta, entertainment host holland reed. guys, when most women in college are trying to hide their imperfections, you have stella here who actually had this brave moment. she flaunted her flaws. egypt, how great is it that she nearly took it all off, posted this picture and basically told people, bring it on? >> we're always taught as women that unless we look like this that we'r

i want to show you more of the view from up here on the 4th floor at shelly's public. look there.rally going on down there where you see the lights on. these fans are hoping that their team comes roaring back tonight but not if the giants stay as hot as they have been. the fans have been watching batting practice and soaking up the world series atmosphere. it's amazing. some fans are bay area trans plants who moved to this area. others made the trip and say they just couldn't miss it. >> i would love to finish it here. i know the fans would love to see us finish there, but honestly i would love to do it in detroit. >> pretty exciting? >> yes. the people here have been so nice. a trip of a lifetime. >> everybody says detroit will win, but the giants have a lot going and they are doing all the right things. >> what are you looking for tonight? >> another giant victory, of course. we're going all the way, four games. it's a sweep, done. i predicted it. the clown has spoken. >> reporter: of course everybody is talking about pablo the historic home -run night and i talked to him about

shelly joins us from new york on our democrats' line from new york, new york.> caller: yes. >> host: hi. >> caller: something that i don't understand about the health care, you know, i i understand these insurance companies as well as with the hospitals are working -- i see these people in going to the hospital, they get find -- it's a $500. why can't we pay for health care here in the united states? the people here. you know, everything just seems like it's a business. you know, more money, more money, more money. i go to doctors, they took an oath to preserve life, you know, to take care of people, but everything has become a money issue now, and insurance companies -- they are driving it up. obamacare. i think it would be great. you know, but, hey, if he says, okay, we can pay this, insurance companies say, okay, the government is paying this. raise the premiums a little bit higher to make the people have to keep going in their pocket and paying and paying and paying. >> host: let's talk about the costs of health care reform in massachusetts and how it's pla

. >> shelly berkeley in nevada, is there any chance that she wins a senate seat? >> three months ago democratings only had a 30,000 voter registrati registration increasing the number of democrats. >> let's talk about these races where we in the media -- you guys are fighting in turf that you proerl didn't think dwrourp fighting. why is north dakota close. >> i think heidi is going everything she can do to prove she's not a democrat. she said she supports president kbaum's agenda. said the health care law she would save money in the health care law. recently it came out that she's been taking money from an anti-fracing -- the more people learn about heidi hyde camp, the less they like her. there was a lot to lenard about heidi, that's coming out now and it's -- >> let me just say one thing about north dakota, it's interesting that all the things that rob just talked about are positions that the heidi hyde camp doesn't actually uphold. there's a reason why unlike what rob said this race is tied at 47-47 in this race. in 2010, in september of that yea year--when you

gerri: last night, we talked about howmy shelly obama being in a huge recovery.ast night, the president made the same point. >> losing 800,000 jobs a month when i started, but we have been digging our way out of policies that were misplaced and focused on the top doing very well and middle classfolks not doing ll. we've seen 31 consecutive months of job growth, 5.2 million new jobs created, and the plans that i talked about will create more. gerri: i have to tell you, that's not enough job creatio we need more. i can think of no credible economist o believes our economy is thriving. here's why. when you compare this recovery, thone that started in june 2009 wayack then, with every recovery since world war ii, this recovery is stinko. last nig, romney compared obama's track reagan to reagan who faced a monster of a recession entering office in 1981. out of control inflation, high unnmployment, sky high interest rates. romney: you say, well, is there an example of one that works better? yeah. in the reagan recession, unemployment at 10.8%, between that period, end

shelly is joining me with the police. what can you tell me about it so far? >> we were called here about 9:40 this morning with the report of a shot person. police located an adult female. we have an adult male in custody at this point. we don't believe there's a public safety threat. >> is the female victim related to the male suspect? >> they are related in some way. i'm not certain, yet, of exactly what that domestic relationship is. >> reporter: this appears to be a domestic shooting? >> correct. >> thank you very much. they are going to be here for some time, so will we. we'll have more details about the case as they develop. now back to you, keith and barbara. >> thank you, pat. >> the latest on that breaking news in fairfax county. the time is 11:10. still to come, paul ryan's campaign releases a statement with this video of the vice president candidate staged? >>> plus, a pay raise of take away his toys and he'll play with a stick. take away their bikes and they'll still find a way to get where they're going. but if take you away early childhood educa

mario hirono and shelly berkeley neck and neck in nevada. all of these women are giving democrats have a fighting chance. well, i guess we could say four or five months ago we wouldn't be here having some conversation. but it's been the war on women. it's been the middle class. the 47% comment. there's a host of things out there. but it is really having a down ballot effect. how scary is it, you think, michelle, right now, for the republicans that this will just blow up in their face? >> well i think what is scary is that a couple of these races, as you said, are races they shouldn't be losing. the todd aiken race most obviously. but even wisconsin. even a lot of people who admire tammy baldwin thought when tommy thompson won the primary, very popular former governor with a kind of moderate reputation, they thought she was in a lot of trouble and instead she really pulling ahead. >> when you see kelly, the number of democratic female candidates doing well, is z this help the president? this is the image business. what does it look like? >> a

shelly slater of our dallas station met one mom who swears by her pills, but as she learned, they doter: heather moore juggles a lot, a 3-year-old, a 1-year-old, a full-time job, and a husband away in the army. right after her first baby she just couldn't keep up. >> i felt like the worst mother ever. i would get up. get ready. go somewhere, and i thought, crap, i forgot the diaper bag. >> reporter: moore like most moms wants to give her children the best for. that she needed a change. she went on medication. >> reporter: did you go to the doctor hoping for the adderall? you knew that's what you were after. >> i told him i have heard about adderall, can i try it. she described symptoms, adhd, passed a test she is drug-free to get the diagnosis. now after years of legal use the change is drastic. >> i am on my game with my kids. >> reporter: dr. steven garrison, with care in texas, a treatment center not working with moore, says it takes one month to get addicted to prescription pills but a lifetime of recovery. he says doctors can be too quick to write prescriptions, and moms are sho

shelly berkeley is a partisan puppet of nancy pelosi. >> i think that's important for the state of nevada the state moving forward because the two senators are going to get along just fine. >> reporter: ralston said the majority leader is not an asset for the democratic candidate. >> berkeley is not using harry reid in ads because he has terrible numbers. >> reporter: democrats eager to hold onto the majority would love to win the seat. experts predict heller is likely to hold onto it unless president obama wins nevada by more than five points. there could be a coat tail effect. bret? >> mike, thanks. >>> the company at the center of the meningitis outbreak said it's difficult to understand the purpose of tuesday's search by federal investigators. an attorney for the new england compounding center said the firm made it clear it would voluntarily provide anything requested. the outbreak has now killed at least 19 people. it's been linked to steroid medication from that company. >>> violent crime is up for the first time in almost 20 years. the government is reporting an increase of 18% in

shelly berkeley is running behind in the state but if barack obama wins by five, six, seven, point we'll for a long night in the u.s. senate rate. it will be very close. >> john ralston, much appreciated. good to have you on the east coast. sorry i'm not there in person. but we'll try it another time. i've got a super sized panel here in florida. we'll get their take on our brand new nbc battleground map and the shrinking number of toss-up states. first, "soup of the day," an oldie but goody, mushroom and leek. will the obama campaign leak where they think the battle ground state is? [ male announcer ] there are only so many foods that make kids happy. and even fewer that make moms happy too. with wholesome noodles and bite sized chicken, nothing brings you together like chicken noodle soup from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. >>> the magic number is shrinking, the number of states considered up for grabs on this lkz day. we have a new battleground map. we moved iowa into true toss-up. we turned nevada blue. of never new england blue. and north carolina in the mitt romney's co