just real briefly, we were very happy that the state e.m.s. authority ruled just a few weeks ago that san francisco can maintain its exclusive operating area for ambulance response for 911 and emergency calls. this has been up in the air since 2008 so that's a big victory for us, very happy with all the work that mr. dudgeon has done working with the state and with chief hayes-white and her command staff. we really -- that's a big victory for us. just following what the mayor said about advance recovery and the resilience work that san francisco has been doing. we have really been acknowledged throughout the entire country as being at the forefront of that work and that gets back to what mayor lee, in his former position as city administrator, led up the resiliency effort and did that pre-recovery planning. on february 16, fema is coming out to roll out their national recovery plan and so they are doing it in san francisco, here in city hall. the mayor is going to be giving the opening remarks that day and in fact i had the opportunity to go to

the d.c. fire and e.m.s. chief kenneth elderby is here with us. erby is here with us. we have the two behind us, the one on the left is the thing from the past, correct? >> absolutely. the one on the right is the thing of the past and that is what we adopted. >> okay. >> the one on the left never adopted officially. >> okay. >> and there are a lot of people who are saying, there was a memo that came out on december 28th. and this is to be implemented as of sunday, january 1st. already passed. >> uh-huh. yes. that number was a reminder. the memo went out last year in march. and our employees make a descent salary, between 40 and $80,000 a year, and anything they buy for the job in terms of clothing is tax deductible. we're complying with the e.m.s. task force recommending as completed in 2007. one was that we would do away with the d.c. fd or any other logo that sent it to divide our department. we're trying to embrace our ems service and make sure our employees feel embraced. part of that is to do away with the dcs and go back to dcsems. >> you're

that, the agencies that will touch upon things that include things that will happen in the air, crime control, e.m.s. fire, park events we anticipate, the people movement that are needed, the general security and the use of the water, both for security as well as recreation, all will be in play so appropriate agencies are being tapped to work through the leadership of d.e.m. to coordinate exercises that will test and need to be tested any assumptions that we are making with our individual plans so we never work in silos. and i want that to be, again, the mantra for all of us. these large events, we have to get out of our silos and make sure we're cooperating and that's been the theme of this and that's why we go through the exercises so i appreciate this and want to thank people for doing that because when we're doing that up front, we're making every effort to mitigate anything that can happen beyond our individual borders which i know all of you will take care of on an individual department basis, it's really where it doesn't come across as individual departments and effects several of us, i don't

later i went and talked to the mayor and governor and police, fire, e.m.s. folks and chiefs and command staffs and a lot of people that had been working on fighting the flood in north dakota for literally -- much longer, but this part of it for two weeks. and sometimes i think we miss things and we forget things. but for total devastation, they did not lose one life. that is incredible. if you can view the damage that happened there. and the reason that is, is because they prepared. they took the time. they were exhausted. but they saved lives. devastating, it will take years to rebuild which but it makes a difference that they took time to prepare. it saved lives. here, what struck me a lot about reading about loma prieta was how the community came together. how people in the faith-based initiative community and non-profits and if public in general and private sector worked to get the community back together. to recover. i mentioned i was in joplin moreless right after it happened and ied that opportunity to go back just two weeks ago and to see that the devastation, which was seven mi

what about some of the other prompt e.m.s around the world such as europe and asia?> we started out a little underweight. but we continue to recommend an overweight position for the full year. we like brazil over the medium term and we like derivatives of the growth story across asia. think about which stories in particular can outperform because i think as correlations were really high in 2011, investors took their eye off some of the good single stock stories. >> paul, neil and kate, a wild card winner and loser, thank you for joining us. >>> up next, from wheel of fortune to jeopardy! here's some trivia for you. stocks are headed for their best since january of 1997. but is this as good as it gets or just the beginning of an even bigger you're-long rally? >>> and phil lebeau is all revved up about the three-year pinch and why it could have people dancing like ferris bueller. we're only just getting started here on "street signs." stick around. in what passes for common sense. used to be we socked money away and expected it to grow. then the world changed... and th

the money will buy state of the art life-saving equipment for cardiac patients. each e.m.s. strict supervisor will be equipped. >> new stats from the c.d.c. finds the prevalence of obesity has not gone down in recent years. erika edwards shows us, it has dullly risen for -- actually risen for some groups. >> these are the ways americans are losing weight. >> enjoying social time with friends, on the move. it helps. >> dr. howard isaacson is reacting to the latest numbers on obesity from the centers of disease control. not much has changed. nearly 70% of people in this country are overweight. half that many teens and kids are considered obese. experts say we adults could do a better job modeling healthy eating. >> those little guys watch us to learn what to do. they watch us more than they listen to us. >> while the scale has held steady for a number of elevations in certain groups. there is no indication of the reasons in increases, but changing america's mentality of bigger is better could get us moving in the right direction. >> going to a restaurant or fast food place, wha

the pellet gun down. then, in earshot of hundreds of students. >> take him out. shots fired. >> e.m.srter: according to police, officers shot gonzales three times with rifles. two bullets hit him. then, they tried to save him. >> i heard gunfire. >> reporter: gonzales was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead. >> that was unnecessary. he was a juvenile. he was a child. my child. i don't have anymore. >> reporter: in new york, duarte geraldino for abc news. >>> and a final farewell, today, for those three, young girls who died along with their grandparents in a home fire on christmas morning in connecticut. the girls' parents, along with firefighters who tried to save them, attended their wake here in new york yesterday. a family spokesperson thanks everyone for what she called their incredible outpouring of love. fireplace embers started the blaze at that home in connecticut. >>> it's a new chapter for the soul survivor of another connecticut tragedy. dr. william pettitte is getting married. he's now engaged to a 34-year-old photographer. they reportedly met while s

the teen pointed it at them. forcing them to make a split-second decision. >> take him out. take him out. >> shots fired. >> e.m.s. >> copy. >> reporter: gonzalez was hit twice. once in the head. >> imminent threat of death to the officers or others is the threshold in whether to use deadly force. >> reporter: police later discovered that pistol fired pellets, not bullets. cops say it looked identical to the real thing. and they insist they acted appropriately. >> we commend the actions taken by all those involved. fortunately, nobody else was hurt in this incident. that's what we're grateful for. >> reporter: but many here, including the young man's parents, say officers acted too quickly. >> they overreacted. i understand, it looked like a gun. but i mean, like, shooting him three times. that's unnecessary. he was a child, my child. that i don't have anymore. >> reporter: school will be back in session down in brownsville this morning. but classes will be held in a different building. that middle school, robin, is still considered a crime scene. >> it is. all right, ryan. thank you. so difficult down there. >>>