some of stafford's information that he gave us don't pan out.e hearing through the rumor mill is that he owed someone some money. we're hearing that he owed the victim some money at one time. stafford and the victim used to be friends, but over the last six months or so, they've slowly separated and went their own way. >> somebody seemed to think i owed them some money. i don't know. i think he was in debt themselves. and to get the bill collectors, so to speak, off of them, i think they just up and said, hey, that guy right there owes me some money. >> stafford said there was two guys that jumped him, which we still haven't proved he got beat up. we'll never know that. at this point, i've got enough information between the witness statements and videos and everything to go ahead and charge mr. stafford with class a-102 battery. that's a violation of our adult disciplinary procedures. we'll put together the case for the prosecutor's office. we'll let them review it and decide whether he wants to present criminal charges. >> the guy that caused a

penney tie and shirt from stafford. our producer caught up with johnson to ask about the trial and those earnings, no comment on both. back in court, macy's lawyers used many e-mails to try to show j.c. penney understood macy's contract with martha stewart living, but pursued an equity stake in the company anyway. in e-mail december 2011 johnson

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the core response to disasters at the direction of fema under the stafford act. under the national response framework for coordinator for emergency support function number three of public works and engineering. fema mission are disaster relief fund. during and after hurricane sandy, the court responded to mission and provided more than 1000 highly trained technical now in the 249 power battalion. today, fema payments for $350 million in new york, new jersey, massachusetts, delaware, pennsylvania, connecticut, west virginia and rhode island. at the arch first 2013, feed the stafford act include completion of 560 power assessment and installation of 211 generators of one point generating 55 kilowatts per hour. installation and operation of 162 pumps to 14 strategic sites identified by state or local authorities including the new york city subway tamils and the wastewater treatment plant resulted in removal of 478 million gallons of water. restoration of the hoboken terminal delivered 512 truckloads of drinking water to new york, new jersey, that of mania and west v

the rate for subsidized stafford loans is set to increase from 3.4 to 6.8% july 1st. last years students got a one year-reprieve but there is no urgency to block the increase this time. >>> today the obama administration will propose the entire country start using the cleaner gas that we already have in place in california. the eta says that will result in cleaner air across the country. the agency estimates that the cleaner gas would only increase gasoline by less than a penny a gallon. oil companies say it would add as much as nine cents a gallon. the president wants the new gas in place by 2017. >>> the bolts on the bay bridge will not delay the opening. but repair crews will be keeping very busy the next five months to meet that deadline. the massive repair job will be both costly and difficult. two weeks ago cal trans crews discovered at least 31 huge bolts had snapped. tests later showed the damaged bolts contain hydrogen which can weaken metal pieces. >>> we have a warning for drivers who use the new devil's slide tunnels. there will be some lane closures start

the rate for subsidized stafford loans is set to increase from 3.4 to 6.8% july 1st. last years students got a one year-reprieve but there is no urgency to block the increase this time. >>> today the obama administration will propose the entire country start using the cleaner gas that we already have in place in california. the eta says that will result in cleaner air across the country. the agency estimates that the cleaner gas would only increase gasoline by less than a penny a gallon. oil companies say it would add as much as nine cents a gallon. the president wants the new gas in place by 2017. >>> the bolts on the bay bridge will not delay the opening. but repair crews will be keeping very busy the next five months to meet that deadline. the massive repair job will be both costly and difficult. two weeks ago cal trans crews discovered at least 31 huge bolts had snapped. tests later showed the damaged bolts contain hydrogen which can weaken metal pieces. >>> we have a warning for drivers who use the new devil's slide tunnels. there will be some lane closures start

sharks get a little feisty and stafford women's basketball collides with an s. e. c. power and ncaa tournament play. the minute is next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, since 2008... ...tonight, t georgia bulldogs stood in t way of a >>> stanford women's basketball's been a part of the elite or final four since 2008. and tonight, the georgia bulldogs stood in the way of another. up in spokane. christian? tied at 56. late in the game. jasmine hassle hits. gave the fourth seed dogs the lead. they knock off the top seed cardinal 62-59. >>> cal and lsu. give me lyles in the second half. yeah. three ball for cal. the lady bears -- push lsu out. wichita state nearly lost the 20 point lead against ohio state. oh, yeah. the shot out of the way and hit the dagger, they move on. marquette shot 22% from the floor. syracuse's zone and issues. james sutherland land the dunk here. oh man. swat you want it. warriors cruise past portland. the magic number to clinch a playoff spot is five. >>> in the old shootout. sharks said no, sir to phoenix tonight. it ends in a 2-2 tie and the sharks could co

john's bay, jcp, stafford and arizona - then slash the prices. in a statement to reuters, a spokeswoman says the pricetags on merchandise are being changed this month and should be done in the next few weeks. the retailer lost customers last year after ceo ron johnson said such discounts cheapen the brand. mark zuckerberg is delving further into politics. the wall street journal is reporting the facebook ceo will help launch a political advocacy group. zuckerberg and other leaders of the tech industry plan to push legislation, including immigration reform. linkedin founder reid hoffman is also said to be onboard. last month, the zuck hosted a political fundraiser for new jersey governor chris christie. a growing number of american women are praying they won't wind up as bag ladies. according to a report, despite making strides in the workforce, 6 in 10 women say they are the breadwinners in the family. 49% fear becoming homeless. 27% of women earning more than $200,000 are still afraid of growing old penniless. one other study finds the wage gap

retired cardinal james stafford of baltimore took part in the last conclave in 2005. >> i was overwhelmed with the profound history that is everywhere present to us. the creation of the human race above us. >> reporter: to keep the princes of the church from modern temptations, cell phones and computers are forbidden. the frescoes and even the floors are swept for bugging devices lest anyone listen in on secret conversations. on the end wall, michelangelo's last judgment looms as cardinals place their vote in urns in front of the painting. the new pope must be elected by a two-thirds majority. a special stove is used to burn the ballots after each vote. if there's no winner, a chemical is added to produce black smoke. white smoke signals that a pope has been chosen. in the early days cardinals slept in the chapel in make- shift huts which sparked unholy rivalry according to vatican art expert arnold nesselrath. >> everybody had his little hut. and there was even competition because three times in a row the cardinal was elected who slept underneath the hanging over... handing over of the k

to monitor recommends the closure of acute services and most emergency and maternity services at staffordht honorable friend meet me and colleagues to discuss the serious impact that that would have on access to services for people throughout staffordshire, including the two new signals regiments that we will be welcoming in 2015? >> i have discussed that issue many times with my honorable friend and am happy to speak to him again. the trust continues to face serious financial challenges that are putting at risk its work to improve services for patients. as is required by the legislation, monitor will consult the secretary of state for health and others before making the final decision to go ahead with the matter that my honorable friend raises. if he wants to discuss it with me or the secretary of state for health, i am very happy to have that conversation. >> this week, the centre for economics and business research reported that one in 10 people in newcastle has borrowed money to pay for food. from april, 20,000 of our poorest households will be asked to find up to £125 per month to pa

stafford steered the vehicle to safety and called 911. and later released. >> all right. >>> and when traveling to other cities and other countries, the best way to get a real taste of the place is through the local food. cnn ireport has teamed up with "travel + leisure" magazine to create this global list of 100 places to eat like a local. here's cnn's jim spellman in baltimore with a seafood sample. >> my grandfather started here in 1886 and it was a primarily fresh seafood. >> when did the crab cake enter the picture? >> when i came down and started working here. and i decided to make a gourmet crab cake. >> would you make us some crab cakes? >> i sure will. >> excellent. >> all right. >> do you use measurements or just kind of know how to do it? >> no, after you make this many crab cakes, you just know and you go by feel. >> looks great. i'm sold. >> really good. >> phenomenal! >> it's so substantial, but it's light, and you just really taste -- >> the crab. >> the crab. like how good the crab is. >> man, this is really good. >> these

the court also responses to disasters at the direction of the matter under the stafford act. under the national response from forrd is the coordinator emergency number 3. fromare funded entirely the disaster refund. during and after the hurricane, we responded to 68 missions assigned by fema and provided more than 1000 trained personnel in the two hundred 49 power battalion. the mission assignments exceed $350 million in york, new jersey, massachusetts, delaware, ohio, pennsylvania, connecticut, and rhode island. of march 2013 -- include completion of 567 power assessments and installation of 211 generators that at one point for generating 55 million kilowatts of power. pumpslation of 162 identified by state and local authorities, including subway systems, tunnels, and the water treatment plant, resulting in the removal of over four hundred 75 million gallons of water restoration of operation of the hoboken terminal -- we delivered 500 truckloads of drinking water to new york, new jersey, and pennsylvania. we refurbished 115 transitional housing units. and federal damage -- a

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his attacker, michael ray stafford, was found guilty of the stabbing at a disciplinary hearing and receivedn segregation unit. but no criminal charges were filed against him because ellerman refused to cooperate with the investigators. we caught up with ellerman on the day he returned to general population. >> after pat recovered from his injuries and we saw him back out on the yard, again, one of the first comments he made was about his shoes. >> see the blood on my shoes? that's why i stopped fighting, because i seen blood on my shoes. >> it's indicative, actually, of prison life. you have so few personal items and you certainly don't have very many things that are brand new. these shoes were new. they were a symbol of him having some kind of success, or look, if you will, as a convict in prison, and he wanted to keep them as pristine as possible, even during this horrific situation. then we went back with him to his cell, at which point he took us on a tour of his injuries and how they were healing. >> i can't open my hands but it's getting better. i'll be able -- i'll get it back. i can

northern connecticut where a blizzard dumped 20 inches of snow, you're looking here at the town of stafford, and heavy snow snarled traffic along i-84. local kids, though, they were fine with it. this meant snow forts, snowball fights instead of school. where is this storm going? when's in store this weekend for the rest of the country? joining us now cnn weather center meteorologist alexandria steele. is the northwest out of the woods here? >> completely. temperatures almost 50 degrees. so wonderful conditions, a lot of snow, that march sun angle will melt things quickly. staffordville, connecticut, 23 inches, worcester, mass, 22.8. a history making one. foxboro, mass, 20, and new york central park coming in at 4 inches. just to show you what is high and dry, clear skies, high pressure in control, sunny conditions, warming temperatures, but we do have the next system down the pike and then one after that. so we'll talk about that, chicago a rainmaker for you. just want to show you how nice it'll be in boston and new york. temperatures in the upper 30s. going to see that tomorrow as well in

host: stafford, texas. caller: i have been dealing with insurance from my daughter before she passed away. what is the big deal about obamacare? why hasn't the government rethinking the doctors and hospitals and the insurance and regulating them instead of forcing this on us? guest: i think the idea of the affordable care act is to make the system work better. you'll have disagreements about the right approach. there has been tons of that over the past two years. the idea of reaching to hospitals and doctors was a way to streamline the system. host: chris from nebraska. caller: hi. i was wondering in regards to the rebates. 80% were supposed to be used for health care. who is responsible for rebidding that back to me? is that the insurer? guest: it is the employer in general. a lot of people get coverage through their employer. it is they're responsible to pay 80% for health care. if they breach that, the employer would get that money. they would actually get the check. they could use that to reduce premium

penney tie and shirt from stafford.ur producer caught up with johnson to ask about the trial and those earnings, no comment on both. back in court, macy's lawyers used many e-mails to try to show j.c. penney understood macy's contract with martha stewart living, but pursued an equity stake in the company anyway. in e-mail december 2011 johnson e-mailed dan walker, chief talent officer, saying, i'm chuckling, he, lundgren, now has to work again. walker reply. check, check, check mate. he really doesn't know what's happening to him. that's just an example how this case has gone beyond business and beyond two retailers fighting over martha stewart, but really two ceos competing to win. >> all right, courtney. thanks so much. >>> it was the week that wasn't for j.c. penney. ron johnson testified in court as we heard. we'll have more on that story as it develops. is this the end of the story? j.c. penney shares were pummelled this week, over 20% after they posted disappointing earnings. is the worst behind? let's check in wi

. >> my old friend william stafford, a poet now gone, said, "a poem is an emergency of the spirit." and i think those are the moments i wrote a poem, when i couldn't sort of tell the news anymore." here the earth-altar breaks. we've always been on the move. past and future, those are places i've never reached. where the tsunami wave came and went, that's where i am. >> everything in japanese culture is about beauty framed by impermanence and a poem can be very brief and in a way, it explodes out like an open door. it draws the mind and heart in and then it lets go, it sort of steps aside for the people who suffered so greatly there. everything is transient, everything is in flux. >> brown: but many things in japan, she says, also have historical resonance. one of her poems, referring to the 17th century poet matsuo basho, makes a comparison between the fukushima daiichi meltdown and the bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki. >> "finally the twisted roadbed drains and the daily floodtides at ishinomaki dry out. the sky unmists itself and loss upon loss begins to feel like company. nothin

only 10% of average and yet the reservoirs, you head out novato boulevard from novato and you pass stafford%. it's 97% of capacity. so the reservoirs are okay because we were inundated as you know back in the early part of the year but now we are beginning to dry up just a little bit. still it's a beautiful sight in the bay area as we look towards sutro. if you want to, you can get this broadcast for completely free. in fact, the best signal you will ever see on your hd television is one that you simply get over the air. have you ever tried it? it's a stunning picture. it would be even more stunning if i were to step out. concord right now has 68 degrees. oakland has 65. livermore at 64. san francisco at the airport 61. santa rosa hit a record today 74 degrees breaking their 2002 record and mountain view tied a record today. high wave hazards along the shoreline today of a long, as well. powerful swell atop the pacific and as that approaches the shoreline, the waves themselves are not big but it can suddenly leap up as it gets close to the coast so through tomorrow night at about 6:00, we h

north branciforte avenue and it sailed over a playground, busy street and hit a woman standing on stafford crime scene stories are emerging of these sorts of close calls. a fire truck was used as a bullet shield. we talk to a man who says the gunman's bullet missed him by two feet. >> he was just shooting. he had two guns, pop pop pop pop pop. >> and the cop sends one off and it got real loud. >> reporter: now we learned yesterday that detective sergeant loran baker and elizabeth butler had been at the property for 10 minutes before knocking on the suspect door on his porch. jeremy goulet talked with them through the screen door for 10 minutes and then went inside, got his gun, came out through a back door and ambushed them. half hour later goulet was gunned down. he had taken officer baker's body armor and both officers' weapons. now, a little more about his criminal history. goulet was court-martialed for rape of female military officers in hawaii. those charges were dropped. but he has also done jail tile for peeping and secretly recording women. the fallen officers were investigating a

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james stafford voted in the last conclave. >> i was studying in my conscience.bility is. >> reporter: you talk about responsibility of choosing? >> of choosing a pope. >> reporter: voting is a three-stage process. one would be passing out the ballots. the second is the actual voting and the third is to take it up and to place one's vote individually in a golden challis on the alter and then we go back to our seats. >> reporter: is it true you disguise your handwriting so no one doesn't know who you're voting for? >> that's a myth as far as i know. >> reporter: votes are cast and tallied in front of an elaborate time consuming prosee inging process. three cardinals count. three check the ballot. votes are burned in a special stove. contrary to popular wisdom the cardinals are not alone. a few trusted and essential personnel are there to help out. an expert is a collector of conclave antidotes. >> there is the conclave 500 years ago in 1513 and he needed an operation during the conclave so he was operated in the sistine chapel. >> reporter: until a decade ago they

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under the rules of stafford act under fema, fema was only able to reimburse impacted transit agencies to what i sometimes cynically refer to it as returning the transit assets to the decrepit condition they were in the day before the disaster. which is, actually, how the program worked. i mean, we literally had some experiences post-katrina in which the new orleans transit provider was told, well, the bus that got floodedded and destroyed was eight years old, you need to go out on the market and purchase an 8-year-old bus. that doesn't serve the public very well, it's not a good investment for the taxpayer, it doesn't really meet our fundamental goal to provide finish. >> not to mention the fact it's very difficult to explain to a tv reporter. [laughter] >> oh, exactly. so, you know, you add owl those thing -- add all those things together, our new program will not only allow us to make investments to return the transit assets to the condition we all want them to be, but it will also allow us to make investments to mitigate the likelihood of a recurrence of the disaster. so the realit

. >> host: next to stafford texas. >> caller: yes, from dealing with interns with my daughter before she passed away and everything else, what is the big deal about obamacare? wife and the government brief scene in the.reason hospitals and pharmaceutical companies and regulating them instead of forcing this on us? >> guest: i'm not 100% sure i understand the question. the idea of the affordable care act is to make the system work better and then we'll have disagreements about whether this is the right approach and may spend 10% over the last few years. the atf of reaching to doctors and hospitals and insurance companies is part of what the supporters hope as a way to streamline the system and make it more effective. >> host: chris is next in nebraska democratic collar. >> caller: i was under the impression 80% of premiums are for health care. last year at approximately $3000 in health care premiums. who is responsible for repeating that back to me? is that the employer or insurance company or whether? >> guest: in general, it is the employer. a lot of people get coverage through thei

host: stafford, texas. caller: i have been dealing with insurance from my daughter before she passed away. what is the big deal about obamacare? why hasn't the government rethinking the doctors and hospitals and the insurance and regulating them instead of forcing this on us? guest: i think the idea of the affordable care act is to make the system work better. you'll have disagreements about the right approach. there has been tons of that over the past two years. the idea of reaching to hospitals and doctors was a way to streamline the system. host: chris from nebraska. caller: hi. i was wondering in regards to the rebates. 80% were supposed to be used for health care. who is responsible for rebidding that back to me? is that the insurer? guest: it is the employer in general. a lot of people get coverage through their employer. it is they're responsible to pay 80% for health care. if they breach that, the employer would get that money. they would actually get the check. they could use that to reduce premium

today, he was in a good mood, joking with photographers, telling them he was wearing a jcpenney staffordd turned serious. his e-mail correspondence began to be uncovered. jcpenney was well aware of martha stewart's deal with macy's. in august of 2011, steven roth wrote to ron johnson saying, quote, lunched with your new best friend martha. he loves you. she has an exclusive with macy's which will be a major impediment. lots of issues but lots of desire. johnson remrid to roth, macy's's deal is key. we need to find a way to break the renewal right in spring of 2013. then the deal was announced that jcpenney would take a 17% take in martha stewart living omni media. johnson wrote an e-mail to bill ackman saying, i think the idea of an investment has made this a much more significant event, a mere licensing agreement might have been greeted with a yawn. the combination truly created news. we putter ri in a corner. normally when that happens, you get someone on the defensive and they make bad decisions. this is good. and this case is getting very good. we'll bring you more throughout the day

> there is a recommendation of the closure of acute and most emergency and maternity services at stafford. when my friend meets with me to discuss the serious impact it would have on services including the two signal regimens we welcome in 2015. >> i'm very happy to speak with him. the trust continues to face serious financial challenges and his work to improve services for patients and as required by the legislation, they will be consulting with the health secretary as well as others before making the final decision to go ahead. if he wants to discuss it with me or the secretary of health, happy to have that conversation. >> this week, it is reported that one in 10 people in new case will have borrowed money to pay for food. our poorest house holets are going to be asked to find 125 pounds per month to pay for the bedroom tax. so could the prime minister say whether at the same time he personally will be benefiting from the millionaire's tax? >> let me address the issue of the spare room subsidy in new castle specifically, because there are 9,000 people on social housing waiting list. th

host: we go to stafford, texas. an opponent of gay marriage.caller: i am opposed to same-sex marriage but i have no opposition to them having a civil union. i believe that everyone has equal rights. i have no problem with them having a civil union but i don't believe they should have a marriage. i believe that is between a man and woman. that is governed by god. host: thanks for the call. caller: this is sean from austin, texas. . am in a 28 year relationship that shouldthing not be judged. host: what do you mean by that? caller: nobody has the right to tell us how we can live, what we cannot have. the constitution grants us equal i hearion under the law individuals coming in and quoting the bible. half the time they don't even know what they are saying in regard to the bible. someone called in and was quoting leviticus. she got it wrong. it was not god's words. that was other people who came .fter there are 10 commandments that you have to live by. it says that we should not judge our neighbor. thou shalt not bear false witness. host: one of t

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the return to flight test group that was led by tom stafford and dick covey looked at those recommendations and said in a country boy terms we can beat 12 of them and three of them are just too hard or impractical at this point in time and at this point in the design sequence. those three had to do as you well know with the external tank debris and the leading edges and of the thermal protection system inspection and on orbit repair. while these were too hard, we did elect to return to flight. there is no doubt that the system was significantly safer after rather than before, and one could say the things that really needed work or at least made a lot of us sleep better was the concept of rescue and the ability to launch on need if that were to be the case. planned initially for the first flight or to but carried throughout the program until the very last launched to the switching gears less looked today and look forward. these are the issues color coded as in your stoplights green being good and ready to go, yellow being some work left to do and read being a serious concern that could adver

the return to flight test group that was led by tom stafford looked at those 15 recommendations and really said in country boy terms, we can meet 12 of them and three of them are too hard or impractical at this point in time and at this point in the design sequence. those three had to do with the external tank debris, with hardening the orbitter, especially the leading edges and with a thermal protection system inspection and on orbit repair. while these were too hard, we did elect to return to flight. there is no doubt that the system was significantly safer after rather than before. one can say that the thing that made it work, or at least made a lot of us sleep better is the concept of rescue and the ability to launch on need if that were to be the case, planned initially for the first flight or two but carried throughout the launch program until the last launch. shifting gears a little bit here. let's begin to look at today and look forward. these are thish issues color coded as in your stop lights. green being ready to go, red being a serious concern that could adversely impact the pr