. >> misha: tammy allen, como muchos, luchaba por sobrevivir en una economia dificil. >> no creeriashoras sin salir de su casa. >> misha: ¿podria tammy recibir esta cantidad de dinero como dice trudeau? resulta que las tecnicas de tammy de hecho aparecen en el libro y podrian ayudar a cualquiera que tenga cosas apilandose en la casa. >> la basura de una persona es el tesoro de otra. >> y a cuenta regresiva comenzo. ¿podria tammy deshacerse del caos y el desorden que abrumaba su vida y hacer lo que trudeau afirma, convertirlo en 10 mil dolares en efectivo contante y sonante en un solo dia? >> en un periodo de 24 horas, me fue posible-- obtener 12 mil dolares. >> y aun mas increible, tammy dice que las cosas que consideraba sin valor, podian hacerla rica. >> pude encontrar algunas cosas alrededor de mi casa que no crei que tuvieran ningun valor y de hecho las converti en una verdadera fortuna. >> bueno, ese fue nuestro programa de hoy. los dejo con unas asombrosas historias de exito que descubrimos. hasta la proxima. >> le diria que de verdad le agradezco que pudiera, poner esto en pal

tammy duckworth was one of the first women to fly combat missions in 2004 in the iraq war. was shot down she lost both legs and part of her right arm. appearing before her yesterday was braulio castillo, the ceo of an i.t. company that gets preferential treatment because he does business with the government. a house committee investigation claims his story is based on attending a prep school before college. mr. castillo was the quarterback of the prep school's football team and he injured his foot playing football at west point military academy prep school. he recovered from the injured foot and then went on to play quarterback for the university of san diego and then never served in the military. so how is he a veteran? the house oversight committees report explains it this way. normally a cadet is not considered a veteran until he or she graduates from west point, enters active duty and subsequently leaves the duty. time spent at prep school is considered training, not active duty. however, if a person is injured at either school he or she becomes a veteran due to the ser

good for tammy duckworth. that was awesome. >> i admire her and think if anyone would have the credibility to deliver that message it was her. >> bob, is the system so broke a guy with a sprained ankle can get hundreds of oh millions in work? >> you could go across every agency and department of the united states government to find people who are scamming. >> should he go to jail for scamming? >> i think there is now a piece about taxpayer bill of rights that will be enshrined in legislation to give taxpayers the right to take the government to court. before the irs could do whatever they wanted to. i think there could be good out of this. >> did you pay that back? >> suggesting we sue the irs. >> that will turn out well. >> no, no. i think at least under the bill of rights as i understand it they will take it out of the the tax courts and put it in the federal courts. >> why can't we get some of that money back? $500 million? >> it legitimately goeses to businesses run by people with disabilities which makes

. ♪ tammy, tammy ♪ tammy's in love. >> reporter: on screen, debbie reynolds was the good girl you root. off screen she was the good girl who got wronged. you must get tired of talking about eddie fisher and elizabeth taylor. >> no, i don't get tired of it because i'd like to clear it up for everybody. >> reporter: she does just that ahead on is up "sunday morning" there >> there's the music our greatest pop stars make, then there's the music behind the music. backup singers are often overlooked, but now by the ears of our own ben tracy. >> reporter: their voices have made songs iconic. but these singers are largely unknown. when you're singing background for somebody, what is your job? >> my job is to make them look incredible. and sound incredible. because i'm going to be on my thing. >> reporter: background singers take center stage later on sunday sunday. >> cowan: serena altschul takes a close look at the close shave. bill geist takes a big bite out of a big steak. nancy jiles looks for just the right fit and more. but first, here are the headlines for this father's day, the 16th o

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tammy thomas a single mother of three in the rust belt city that was dying around her managed to holdn one of the last good factory jobs. when that was sent to mexico, she had to find something to do. she became a community organizer, she led and trained her fellow people of youngstown to bring manufacturing back from the dead. and then jess onniff tried to bring real wall reform to congress and led a gallant losing fight to make the big banks pay for the financial crisis. they all have the resilience and resourcefulness to keep on changing with historical upheavals. >> michael: with the catalyst being the financial crisis. let's talk about the celebrities. you devote chapterrers to oprah winfrey, newt gringrich sam walton and jay-z. nobody probably said those four names at once. >> that's why i wanted them. >> michael: why did you choose them? >> i wanted representatives of different sectors. newt gringrich more than any other politician has created the toxic politics that we're familiar with, and that began in the late 70s when the book begins. sam walton as a business mogul created

. >> clearly she feels she did something wrong or she wouldn't have done that weird video with the tammy fay baker makeup on. it was an insincere apology. i have met her son, i don't think i met her. you can like somebody and still think what they're doing is wrong. she's also accused of allowing this type of racist joke, racial slurs. >> what else. >> and allowing pornography in the workplace. she built herself as a major leader, a brand, she's responsible for this type of behavior. sounds to me like at least she thought she needed to say an apology on a youtube video. >> bob, is she responsible to allow this conduct, culture to go on at her company? >> let me say that she also said, stated she made jokes about jews, black people, red next. that covers the territory. >> no short people. >> didn't get in short people. >> oh, my gosh. >> i think it is probably a bad rap personally, but the rest of this, she should have been gone a long time ago. i tell you one thing, if she can hear this, she should give me a call, she may want to go with me to a couple of places. >> meetings. >> meetings

one, there's another character tammy thomas from youngtown, ohio, who's definitely not middle-class.her mother was a heroin addict, she was raised by her great grandmother who worked in white people's homes in youngtown back when there was money and steel in youngtown. when steel left everything left. tammy had to raise her three kids by herself and had one of the last good factory jobs in an auto parts factory for 20 years which kind of allowed her to survive. that's a blue-collar life which also became an endangered species. >> rose: do you think that's a central theme of the unwinding? >> it's the central theme. >> rose: i think so, too. >> it's the disappearance not just a middle-class as a socioeconomic group with certain income and education it's the disappearance of an idea that if you hold down a job and do it well and work hard you will have a certain place in our society. you'll be recognized and there will be institutions to support you. schools and banks -- >> rose: and your children have a better life than you do. >> that's essential. that your children will be better of

. >> hi, i'm /tapl tammy. first of all, it's a safety issue. everybody has the right to be in a safe environment and when it comes to getting documentation, i've tried to get my own birth certificate and i think it'd be easier to get his than my own. having a roof over your head, it's the most common, unimaginable thing. excuse me. my tongue and my brain can't get together right now. i take it you know what i'm trying to say. >> thank you very much. i have a couple more cards -- denny collins, lisa marie, daniel pena. come forward please. thank you. >> i'm a case manager at compass. i want to thank you for having this hearing to bring the community together to talk about this issue. i wanted to speak about the families that we surveyed. i know for myself on my case load out of all the families i have on my case load i only have one family that wasn't currently residing in san francisco and that was a family fleeing from dv and that's a group of families i'm concerned about is families who do flee san francisco because of dv and go to other coun

friends from the operating engineers in slew house california east of sacramento, dave spader and tammy casteel. thank you for making that trip. >> we want to acknowledge cliff low of consulated engineering as well and kristine, the director of neighbor's services. and cliff and empire engineering is here this evening. and todd rufo of the economic workforce development and our good friend kathleen carroll of horero bowl and thank you all for supporting our graduates. [ applause ] >> a round the perimeter of this room are the people that are really the grassroots and the life blood of city build and i just want to give a shout out to the staff, carmen's staff and marcos' staff and the young community developer's staff and the ycb staff and this, the group anders and anders. without them doing the recruiting, the case management, all of the services provided, you know, we would be not the program that we are. and the other entities here are the city build staff, again they are all around here. and we had some references to them earlier. and so, if you want to wave or something like that.

tammy from huntland, tennessee. caller: i have a question. back in 2006 when senator corker -- it was gerald ford and it came up about illegal immigration. it came up that senator corker and some of his construction business -- he's a millionaire, you know -- was because of illegal labor. i find it offensive that he should remove himself from voting, since he used illegal labor to profit. also the hill came out for illegal immigration, so i don't think we will get fair answers from you. host: we are not taking a position on the immigration reform bill. we are a nonpartisan pubbledation indication. i'm not sure what he said during the campaign race, but it is worth looking into what he said then and now. the interesting thing about senator corker, he has almost broken -- forged deals with democrats on auto bailouts and other issues. he is a centrist. he has struck a deal here that he's sure is attracting criticism for doing. at the same time, democrats have praised him for being a compromiser. caller: why is it that the democrats and republica

betty lee and tammy lee please come up. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> indeed an honor to be here today and to have you recognize our family. when you called yesterday and you told us that you were thinking about be stowing this honor upon us, the first thing i said was it's not me, it's my sister and my parents who put their hearts and soul and the people behind maria and andy and tiffany and rene and calvin who worked endless hours when this community organization began. they are the ones who really deserve the recognition here today. my passion now that i have retired i can't believe it but i'm busy than every is try to bring people into our community. for too long our community has been seen as the dropping off point four our community population. we need to regain the attention of the all the abc's for those in our community. it's an american born and chinese. to have them be proud to come back into their community and hopefully from this day forward you will be able to see a lot of changes. i know my sister was

. >> our number three trender, tammy's takedown. >> your left foot? it hurts? my feet hurt, too. >> an irs contractor gets served by iraq war vet tammy duckworth. >> so i'm sorry that twisting your ankle in high school has now come back to hurt you in such a painful way. my right arm was essentially blown off and reattached. twisting your ankle in prep school is not defending or serving this nation, mr. costello. >> our second trender. anthony weiner's three-way. >> threesome. has martha ever had a threesome? >> maybe. >> maybe? >> our exclusive poll finds weiner leading the crowded democratic primary field. >> the former congressman is on a roll as his bid for mayor continues. >> i'm sure they'll provide some stiff competition. >> this week's top trender, down goes doma. >> marriage is what brings us together today. >> the supreme court has just struck down the federal defense of marriage act. >> while conservatives predict the worst -- >> there's a storm gathering. >> we are becoming a nation that our founders would no longer recognize. >> society itself is a

on to the round of 16 to face tammy haws. >> to the links, park looking to win her third major of ther some she is on her way. birdie putt on 14, perfect feed. bottom of the cup. 1-under 71 on the day. 10-under on the tournament. a four shot lead going into the final round on sunday. >> the 100 numb tour de france kicked off, stage one, 132 miles. with the riders less than 12 miles from the finish somehow his bus got on the course and stuck on the finish line. the bus managed to get free but immediately following that a major crash took out several riders including the top three sprinters. that paved the way for the german rider to sprint for the way and take stage one and the yellow jersey. they were talking to the riders and telling them, the finish line will be changed. it wasn't, and then that happened. mom... yes honey? dad told me that cheerios is good for your heart, is that true? says here that cheerios has whole grain oats that can help remove some cholesterol, and that's heart healthy. [ dad ] jan? ♪ >>> there's no question the supreme court same-sex major rulings are a cove

. >> john, tammy, do you think we are setting ourselves up for a disaster? >> always. you are asking the least qualified people to protect us. that usually ends in a disaster scenario. bring it back toarket. >> least qualifieded. what do you think? >> it would be the same people. they would work for private firm. >> be careful with the compariso they run far fewer flights than we do in the united states. they can do things differently. >> a lot of people in washngton, d.c. say that el a does it great. >> they do. >> we should pattern our airlines. >but we have it in our country. like san francisco and los angeles. so again, set the standards on training and things like that. let other companies figure out how to do it efficiently. >> the time word. >> the t.s.a. carts in a lot of employees which is a reason it's much zo much more expensive. >>nteresting. coming up, looking for a great gift for the high school grad? we have the stuff ready to help them. you are ging to profit. that's next. i love to eat. i love hanging out with my friends. i have a great fit with my den

. >> senator kirsten gillibrand thank you for joining ussen and joining me now is congresswoman tammyan iraq war veteran. you've served in iraq, and you've sacrificed grievously, you're a double amputee. what is your take on this, this ike? and whether or not the military commanders can themselves prosecute or whether outsiders have to be brought in? >> no, andrea, i think the military has been trying to fix this problem for many years. and because they have continued to fail to fix it, we will have to consider taking it out of the chain of command. i in my time in the military, i had great commanders who would never have tolerated anything like this and i watched them do the right thing. but unfortunately, there are enough failed commanders out there and people making terrible decisions that i just think that if we're going to try to defend our men and women who are the victims of sexual harassment and assault in the military that we do have to consider taking it out of the chain of command. >> one of the arguments that was made to the commanders themselves when the brass was in fron

his owner tammie barbee entered him in the competition just minutes before the deadline.d barbee will receive 15- hundred dollars, a trophy and some fame. the two are scheduled to appear on the today show on monday and jimmy kimmel live on wednesday. >>it may look like an ordinary i-phone case. but it serves punch. all it takes is one touch. and the case- turned- stun gun delivers a shock that causes discomfort ranging from mild to extreme pain. switches and an activation button to prevent accidental discharge. thousands have been sold february. they are not cheap, though. averaging 139-dollars and 99 cents. you can't buy them in states where stun guns are banned. and you have to be at least age 18 to buy one. the cases fit i-phone- 4 and 4-s models, and come in a variety of colors. more options are expected to be available later this year. nearbafter the break. >> ♪ we don't have a ten step filtering process for our water. we don't need it. because crystal geyser is made by nature, not by man. crystal geyser is always bottled at the mountain source. lines at the unemploy

wally's owner tammy got him when he was 3 weeks old. she just loves him despite all his flaws. her unconditional love has its perk. wally won the $1500 and some bragging rights for months to come. i don't know. he's not ugly. >> cute dog. >> he's a really adorable dog. usually mutts make the best dogs. i don't know what they were seeing there. >> we need to check those judges. >>> time for a look ahead. important decisions from the u.s. supreme court. the justices will rule on proposition 8 in california banning same-sex marriage as well as the constitutionality of the defense of marriage act. >>> and the high court will decide the fate of the voting rights act. that law requires states with a history of discrimination to get federal approval before changing how they conduct elections. >>> happy birthday to actress mika kelly who is 33. drummer mick fleetwood turns 66 and guitarist jeff beck is 69. >>> here's what's coming up later on the "today" show. after walking a tightrope across the grand canyon. nik wallenda talks about his dangerous stunt. >>> keep it right here for mor

says he his exit means they'll be able to pull support for rah knee, a nuclear negotiator underca tammy. he has gained support from voters dissatisfied with the can conservative government. they want better relations with the west. they're coming under intense pressure from security authorities. conservative hard-line candidates close to supreme leader eye totalliy ali ham anyway are leading in the polls and considering ways to consolidate their support base. >>> vietnam's prime minister finds himself dealing with some discontent after a rare show of public scrutiny. u.n. tan zun went before parliament in the country's first-ever confidence vote. nhk world reports from hanoi. >> reporter: members of the parliament cast their votes on monday. they assessed the performance of 47 leaders in top positions in the national government, including presidents and prime minister. members could vote on whether they had high confidence, confidence and low confidence. the vote is part of changes approved by the legislature last year. our leader survived the vote but the prime minister -- more than 30

. >> i'm tammy. i'm with them and shanty asked me if i say something for them and i said i would. you know most businesses they get a cost of doing business increase anyway, but our nonprofits got to come here every year and beg you guys and it's ridiculous, you know, and another thing i want to say is shanty -- i don't know where i would be without them. i have a peer advocate there, and i deal with a lot of idiots and she's able to senior homeless person is a subsequence of a recent fire and an attempt to deal with the problems that come up to alleviate that situation i had to jump through hoops and deal with the various agency nas provide services for people like in my particular situation. presently i am helped by canyon senior center, and i would like to one support all the various organizations and people who have come up and asked for -- should be demanding services and funds from the city that they -- that we so desperately need and i want to also support a reasonable cost of living -- raise, whatever you call it because right now if the people that deal with folks like my

. >> reporter: tammy duckworth is an iraq war veteran who still feels phantom pain from a leg she loster black hawk hit an rv, so she had little sympathy for virginia businessman brauilio castillo. he won a contract for disabled veterans base on an injury. >> does your foot hurt? >> yes, sir. >> your left foot? >> yeah. my feet hurt. in fact, the balls of my feet burn continuously and i feel like there's a nail being hammered into my right heel right now. so i can understand how pain and suffering and service connection can cause long-term, unremi unremitting, unstoppable pain. so i'm sorry that twisting your ankle in high school has now come back to hurt you in such a painful way, if also opportune for you to gain status for business as you were trying to compete for contract. >> reporter: castillo could not recall exactly how he hurt his foot in 1984, though it didn't stop him from going on to play quarterback at the university of san diego. >> i believe the initial injury happened playing football. >> reporter: in an e-mail last year, castillo described his old injuries much more dr

. >> reporter: illinois democrat tammy duckworth is an iraq war veteran who still feels phantom pain from the legs she lost when an r.p.g. hit her black hawk helicopter, so she had little sympathy today for virginia businessman braulio castillo. he won a contracting advantage with the i.r.s. reserved for disabled veterans based on a sports injury from his days at a military prep school. >> your foot hurt? your left foot? >> yes, ma'am. >> it hurt. yeah, my feet hurt, too. in fact, the balls of my feet burn continuously, and i feel like there's a nail being hammered into my right heel right now. so, i can understand pain and suffering and how service connection can actually cause long-term, unremitting, unyielding, unstoppable pain. so, i'm sorry that twisting your ankle in high school has now come back to hurt you in such a painful way, if also opportune for you to gain this status for your business as you were trying to compete for contracts. >> reporter: castillo could not recall exactly how he hurt his foot in 1984, though it didn't stop him from going on to play quarterback at th

favorite episode of parks and rec is the first one that my wife meghan appears and called ron and tammy. something something evil was wrought in that episode that can never be topped i don't think. woodworking or bacon cheese i doubt i'd pick woodworking because you can do that while consuming bacon but you can't flip it around at rabbi jay d.g. on twitter would you want to hang out with ron swanson. it would depend if we were i would want to hang out with him if we were working like splitting firewood or working in the shop but spend social time with them i don't think you'd be much fun who sat on a hottie on instagram wants to know have you named your iconic moustache yet no i don't name my facial hair at mcgregor radio on twitter s what's your favorite cut of meat brought worst. brought worst spicy either way cook do not as it were once you know do you even vegetables in real life yes i do i just conor on twitter as if you had to choose between acting and woodworking one of the other what would you do. prompts acting that's my entertaining people is something i can't help but it look

favorite episode of parks and rec is the first one that my wife meghan appears and called ron and tammy. something something evil was wrought in that episode that can never be topped i don't think. woodworking or bacon cheese i doubt i'd pick woodworking because you can do that while consuming bacon but you can't flip it around at rabbi jay d.g. on twitter would you want to hang out with ron swanson. it would depend if we were i would want to hang out with him if we were working like splitting firewood or working in the shop but spend social time with them i don't think he'd be much fun who sat on a hottie on instagram wants to know have you named your iconic moustache yet no i don't name my facial hair at mcgregor radio on twitter s what's your favorite cut of meat brought worst. brought worst spicy either way cook do not as it were thought to know do you even vegetables in real life yes i do i just conor on twitter as if you had to choose between acting and woodworking one of the other what would you do who. are acting that's my entertaining people is something i can't help but it loo

meet tammy, so proud of her parents. >> i guess the secret's out of the bag now.appy 60th anniversary, mom and dad. love you guys. >> celebrating her parents and those american workers on the job tonight. >> made in america! >> and happy anniversary. the whole family in on that surprise on "world news." diane if you're watching me, sent me back with a couple photo albums, a lot of fun to flip through. i'll leave it right here on the desk for you. diane will be back on monday. >>> in the meantime, surveillance images coming in from chicago. these men dressed as businessmen, racing up the stairs, sneaking to the top of the trump tower, about to jump off the roof, much like this stunt here. the fast-moving investigation tonight. >>> and later the stunned faces on the street. >> are you bill nye? >> we love this. what it was like to walk around with bill nye, the science guy. the secret behind the bow ties and why he asked to shake every hand at this graduation. our person of the week. we had never used a contractor before and didn't know where to start. at angie's li

does goldman a gary gensler is on the way out as tammy. of the derivatives industry regulator the commodity futures trading commission this is after spending three years implementing dodd frank recently suffering a losing battle with fellow commissioners and also after the office of inspector general released a damning report in may on his performance or lack there of them in the m.f. global did walk call a front runner for his replacement is yet another goldman sachs employee amanda and tara though she spends most of her young career as a senate staff.

try explaining that to tammy duck worth democratic congresswoman in illinois who lost her legs. >> shamee broken laws. but you certainly broke the trust of a great nation and veterans. iraq and afghanistan veterans are waiting two then days for an initial disability rating and it is because of people like you, gaming the system are adding to that backlog so that young men and women who are suffering from post traum traumatic stress and missing limbbes cannot get the compensation they need. >> all i can say to congresswoman duckworth a machine and amen. and thank you that guy who took advantage of the benefits that should go to deserving veterans and my heart felt thanks to the congresswoman for the presentation. >> several paul dean's business partners have dropped her since she admitted to using offensive language 30 years ago. >> i have had wonderful support and i tell you what, if there is anyone out there that has never said manage that they wished they could take back, if you are out there, please pick up that stone, and throw it so hard at my head that it kills me. please, i want t

a 1 foot section collapsed and three people were rescued from the water and tammy said she was leadingzed load across the bridge when it hit the top of the bridge whip caused the collapse. she told the national transportation safety board that the truck would clear the bridge and the pole never touched the bridge and that if it had she would not have led that truck across it. >>> a 61-year-old woman is still alive after spend being many hours in the rubble of rihas more, chris? ding. >> reporter: good morning, it was just last night when they heard noises coming from beneath the rubble and they took it is a good sign. they uncovered a 61-year-old woman more than 12 hours after the collapse. >> they were digging and they felt her and she was able to respond. >> reporter: but others caught in the rubble was not that lucky. >> our thoughts and prayers go out to those who lost their lives and their families. at the same time we pray those who survive will recover, not only physically, but certainly mentally from the trauma of being in a building and it suddenly collapses. >> we were on top