you now prosecute all of the gang cases. what is your >> imagine you are 21, you are from mississippi, going through the police academy. it is 1989 and you are now working in los angeles. after being a patrol officer for just a few months, you are placed on gang detail. you have arrested a youth. instead of taking him to jail, you taken to his mother. the mother says, can you make him more afraid of you that of the gang members? the academy does not prepare you for that. i take that experience and i realized in the gang environment, most of these youths are coming from single- family households. in the area where the gang violence is most prevalent, great citizens of the community, 99% of those citizens are afraid. as a prosecutor, i take this experience and figure out how i want to enforce gang violence, especially in san francisco. i break it down into three categories. you have the individual who is not fully immersed in the gang lifestyle. he is just an associate comment just hanging out. -- associates, just hanging out.

the gang world has not caught up with post-feminist theory. with the story that a gang member named maniac told me, he decided to leave the rolling 60's after 20 years, after achieving status. he was in the back seat of a car, being driven by one of his underlings in the front seat. one of his fellow gang associates got in the back seat with him. the associate said to move over. maniac did not want to move over. maniac did not want to move over. the associate shoved him over and 10 seconds later, a gun was shot and the bullet came into the car, pierced the associate to the neck and killed him instantly. maniac said, if he had not shoved me aside i would be dead. i am done. that was his turning point. call it a turning point, called the teachable moment. use whatever terminology that you want. that is where we need to be present. when i say we, i mean, we. at that turning point, at that moment of truth, that teachable moment, it is imperative that resources be brought to bear. now, what are the two most impressive resources that are brought to b

these are the most affected by gang violence. they said they appreciated what the crn did what they want to see them more. they need to fill that communication. it also comes down to training and trust, to be able to have them talk to officers. they would address the officers, they had arrested some of them, when there were actually under. they will help the police and the community. under his guidance we are the most active community. of anyone in this country and any department. he puts his money where his mouth is. he tells them to stay out of the gang, and that we have officers with a wilderness program. there are a number of things in the organization in place to start to make change. we have seen this over the last three or four years. in 2008 there were 98 homicides in san francisco. the number is now almost half. i think we continue to see that, as we work with the community. in closing, i want to say that your task force, they do an amazing job. they have the community aspect of this. they're out on the streets, and we wi

they had to fight to prove their heart in the gang. >> the winner would gain acceptance into the gangthe loser would be kicked out. refusing to fight was not an option. >> they were going to stop both of us. me and christopher were scared. chris started crying. i didn't want to fight with them. but in this place you never know what's going to happen. i looked at chris, and chris started crying. and chris was like, what do you want to do? i said, i don't want to fight with you. >> me and him were talking about it. and talking about it. and we just finally came to it and said [ bleep ] we won't box each other. we'll do what we got to do to survive. we started hitting each other. closed fists, everything, throwing knees and everything at each other, banging each other's head on the wall, door, it didn't matter to us. it's just like when they put two animals in a cage to fight. >> for sanchez, the odds in this contest were stacked against him. sanchez comes from a neighborhood with mexican mafia ties. and even though he had requested to be housed with the orejones, he has tattoos that sim

pelican bay's mission is to break the stranglehold of prison gangs throughout the state. in california, most convicts who are affiliated with prison gangs or are suspected of being affiliated with prison gangs are banished to pelican bay. inside this world, racial labeling and profiling is a commonly accepted practice among inmates and officers alike. >> right now, california department of corrections recognizes seven different gangs as being prison gangs. no ester familia is known as nf. or the family. the junior high school to their high school would be the northern structure. >> the northern structure is composed of california hispanics from north of los angeles. >> the nazi low riders, they refer to themselves as the nlr. >> the nazi low riders is a white supremacist gang formed in the '60s. membership can only be achieved by killing someone, and death is the only way out. >> the bgf is the black guerilla family. >> the black guerilla family is the only recognized black prison gang. street gangs like the crips and bloods are merely regarded by prison officials as disru

as being part of a gang. the term "gang" is manifested through the media, and law enforcement for numbers. it was more of a community. i did not go to school and meet somebody. i lived on this block and this is where my grandmother's house was, or i was born and raised. what people may see on tv was at my front door. the killing and the dope dealing. it was right there. this was a community list of people, we just grew up together. there were no handouts and no one told us how to conduct ourselves. and tell us what to wear. someone could have a school fight, and we may be at the mall, and see the person we have a fight with. the army and navy have their bar fights. i did not see this as being a game, or a community. supporting each other, this may have been in a negative way. i did not have a stable household. many of them do not of their fathers are, where their father is dead. in their return, the block i gave up -- this is who i looked up to. he had a notorious reputation. there was the violence and in return,

to to the. gang warfare would resume for the next fifteen years continue unchecked with almost no one thank you for outside intervention to keep money. to do with it a legal way to get. out of this is. because in a world. we want you to go away. you don't exist to. become established. as something out of the south central los angeles nothing happens it's just another nigga de de de de. this is my grandson his name is mark. is seventeen years old there promising young boy and in one thousand nine hundred six he came here to los angeles to visit me. from yuba city california. to visit me he was here three weeks and he was shot will kill tens there ready in the morning walking across the street headed for the door i see a school. he didn't have gangs. he didn't even know too much about the gang as a matter of fact. he said to him when i warned him about where to go and where not to go he said grandma. this is america and. this is. where we're supposed to be free this is where we're supposed to be able t

. >>> former gang members attempt to leave deadly rivalries behind. but for some, the past is >>> former gang members attempt to leave deadly rivalries behind. but for some, the past is anything but resolved. >> i don't think no one could ever take this pain away. >> the men in another housing unit deal with a completely different set of issues. >> you have your masculines that are more masculine looking. >> are you masculine or fem? >> then you have your fems. we act like girls. >> fems to the fem side and masculine to the masculine. we don't let them intertwine. you are asking for problems. >> a surprise contraband raid turns one housing unit upside down. >> inmates are crafty and thousand of places where narcotics can be hidden within the units. >> any one accused of a crime in san antonio will most likely pass through the bexar county jail. >> got to spread out on the wall right here. remove your shoes and socks and put them on the floor behind you. >> some will make bond and leave, but on any given day, 3,500 men and women are waiting. deciding in which of the hou

i told them i wanted to get out of the gang. i was coming back from eating dinner. before i knew it, i had two guys. one hit me on one side. the other one hit me on the other side. they went to punch me, hitting me, kicking me. i woke up the next day and i was in the hospital. and not knowing what else they did to me, not knowing what else they did to me, i'm glad that i finally got out. and not telling them tell me who i can and who i can't talk to. >> in jesus name, amen. >> amen. >> while the ex-gang unit might seem like an island of tranquility, that is not always the case. that is not always the case. inmate tim gaffney has been in the unit for 2 1/2 years and still doesn't take any chances. >> i don't ever close my eyes in the shower. that is just the golden rule. when you shower, you leave your eyes open and keep your back towards the wall. you can see who comes and goes. because bad things happen in the shower. >> gaffney who has pled not guilty to capital murder and is awaiting trial, a former member of the white supremacist gang, of the white supremacist ga

the convict code. but when it comes to gangs, the convict code is the code of silence. talking about gang business can get members killed. >> they got rules, and we got rules within the rules, you know. among different people or among different races. but we have to deal with it. you know, i can't elaborate too much on it. >> the subject was clearly off the table when we sat down at pelican bay state prison with raul leon, alleged to be one of the leaders of the most powerful prison gang of all, the mexican mafia. >> how powerful is the mexican mafia here at pelican bay? >> i don't even touch on that right there. i don't speak on it myself, you know? >> raul leon had such influence throughout the state by assigning individuals to represent him. he would have people assaulted. he would have riots take place on his orders. >> serving a life sentence for murder, leon lives in what is widely regarded as the most restrictive environment in the state of california -- pelican bay security housing unit or shu. inmates are confined to their cells for all but 90 minutes per day, w

to the most violent gangs in the us history. is just all modeled kill or be killed with colors matching the national flag. but this country uses violence when it reaches its and then it legitimizes the violence they are made in america on the ati. wealthy british style. markets. can get find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines to name two kinds of reports on r.t. . well. science technology innovation all the list of elements from around russia we've got the future covered.

the gang member is the scapegoat. nothing's our fault it's their fault. we didn't create them. they're inevitably incorrigible. this continuing hapless fear of denial virtually guarantees that history would repeat. people twenty nine one thousand nine hundred twenty seven used and five miles away from the flashpoint for the one nine hundred sixty five watch rebellion . again broke. these violent costly outbreaks of civil unrest in u.s. history. but . the explosion of angry protests was touched off by the outcome of the controversial rodney king l.a.p.d. police brutality trial. the message to the community is that the system does not deliver justice it does not work for us so we have to find out just this industry. that. well into the child and own home. i. don't like the sixty five dollars which was primarily contained to watts plains of ninety two no way to be very doorstep bordering affluent it's. legit. marcus garvey used to say that when all else fails to organize the people conditions will therefore and ninety nine to the result all clustered together and it happened again

the most common way to identify a gang member is through self-admission. simply by asking. >> the violence comes in when rival gang members meet up with each other. so we go out of our way to keep them separated. unfortunately, that's, as hard as we try sometimes, we don't catch all of them. some times we will put them in the wrong place. that's typically when the fights erupt. >> this was the scene following a riot in which inmates from the mexican mafia fought with members of their archrivals. >> sometimes they slip through our fingers. you know, gangs are, roots of opportunity. they're going to group together. once they see their numbers are large enough they become very territorial. from there it tends to develop into a dangerous situation. >> while rival gangs can pose a threat to each other. they often reserve their harshest punishment for members who drop out into the jail's protective custody program >> almost all gangs believe there is one way in and one way out of their gang. that is through violence. we tell any ex-member of any prison gang, your

the gang member is the scapegoat. nothing's our fault it's their fault. we didn't create them. they're inevitably incorrigible. discontinued happens fear of denial virtually guarantees that history would repeat . until twenty ninth one thousand nine hundred twenty seven used and five miles away from the flashpoint for the one nine hundred sixty five watch true value. again broke. please violent hosley outbreak of civil unrest in u.s. history playing to. the explosion of angry protests was touched off by the outcome of the controversial rodney king l.a.p.d. police brutality translate the message to the community is that the system does not deliver justice it does not work for us so we have to find justice in the street. well we don't live i led a life to sixty five or balinese which was primarily contain the watts plains of may need to burn their way to the very doorstep bordering affluent. place. marcus garvey used to say that when all else fails to organize the people conditions will. and ninety nine to resist all clustered together and it happened again such. as i led. the af

the street. i school. he didn't have gang follows on. he didn't even know too much about the game as a matter of fact he said to him when i warned him about where to go where not to go he said grandma. this is america and. this is. where we're supposed to be free this is where we're supposed to be able to walk down any street we choose. and the next day he died doing what he thought. this is right. there is a way a live man. and often a and. genuine back to a society where mothers are burying their children instead of their children burying their mothers. were were. were . why. why. why. it's ok to cry and have to cry. i had to cry in order to to to keep gone. have to cry because if i don't cry and i keep bobbing and go up to me. i may do some you know people say oh you can get over it hell no we can't we just get through it just get through it one never get over it if you don't take my dog eat it and walk on my house you know you didn't you know repossessed my car my son was murdered he just didn't die he was murdered. so when i finally

the reception a gang banging is wonderful that is the lifestyle to live is no life period your we war but gang bang is to be crippled lang a life your greatest we war. is the life plus forty years young ultimate reward again banging is death. and you don't come back from that. if you. believe. you know. the. major streets of south l.a. have given rise to a new sort of get determined to fight not simply for turf or colors but for the lives of the next generation. i work with about four or five hundred high risk you every month the first thing i do apologize to him because i had to let them know my generation is build you miserable see i'll fifty one years old i've been two decades of this structure so we let them know that hey we have those roles just like you do or rock these peace makers many of them former gang members have stepped out from behind the gods and are now standing between literally risking their lives in the formation of street level gang intervention morgan is each. privately funded receiving almost no support from other state or federal governments these grassroots mo

self admit, then we refer to the gang officers and we look at the tattoos. de from their tattoos, we'll look at their history and decide if they have a history of gang activity, strong-arming in the units, group assaults, things of that kind of nature. in conjunction with that, we can go ahead and establish whether or not we think the guy's a gang member. >> raymond diaz is up front about his gang-related tattoos. >> the stuff i got on me, a lot of it is gang related. they call them like stamps, you know. everything was done behind bars with a staple. we don't use fancy needles and all that. the main part on my chest, it's blast, dongo blast. i chose to put it in big letters because the first thing i do is take off my shirt and it's clearly visible. if someone has a problem with mem, they're going to let it be known. >> diaz is also a tattoo artist and says he has applied many himself. most are gang related but one is a fan tribute. >> which is my taylor swift. >> i did her for my own personal gratification. i don't know what it is about her but the first tim

truth of the most violent gangs in us history. is just all model kill or be killed with colors matching the national flag. but this country uses violence when it reaches and then it legitimizes the violence they are made in america on the ati. wealthy british scientists are. not on the time. markets why not just can't. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max kaiser for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report on our. when you hear america san there's going to be a walk on crying to a black person i mean that's a walk on back. and they say a world games i say this that won't be when i say warm dry of the sea that's a war me. every war they got is a war against me and my people we need to come in here and solve this problem not attack this problem dozens of people are really angry i don't have nothing to lose if you attack me sir i've been attacked every day anyway i'm being a shot every day anyway so you should net me you put me in jail don't mean nothing to me. that's

you ought to set him on the opal gang. ward? yeah. mark opal. now we know what he looks like. find the guy that took that picture and bring him to my office. ♪ you know phineas, with that opal gang carousing around, maybe i better brush up on my target practicing. see now, how do they do it? hold the can up, make a fast draw, shoot... well quit tearing up the furniture phineas, i ain't gonna shoot you. that shot came from over the hill, let's take a look. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ mark opal. okay al, shoot to kill. hey! lemme get out of here. come on, phineas shake those legs! ♪ ♪ hey roy, they're shooting at me. who the opal gang? ♪ sheriff, hey sheriff! sheriff lindsay, wait! go ahead al ! what are you trying to do, help mark opal get away? well that's not mark opal. that's pat brady, my foreman. i don't care if he's your grandfather, i've got a picture of him holding up the stage. a picture of pat? yes pat. let me go. what

ray sync: yeah, absolutely, the trend has always been for the senior gang member to recruit the juniormber, because basically they're doing all the dirty work, and the senior gang members is getting all the proceeds. these poor kids are going into the life of crime, leaving a trail of disaster in their wake, and unfortunately the only time they learn their lesson is when they get caught up in a, in a feud and end up dead or end up in jail. narr: ray believes that the only way to stop the rise of teenage gangs is for srt to employ a zero tolerance policy. ray sync: we need to show the community that we are going to do whatever's necessary to be the knights in shining armour, to keep the streets safe. we're not going to allow any gang member, with whatever weaponry, and whatever preparation they may have, to supersede our authority. i don't care, whatever a gang member or crew brings to the table, i don't care if they bring additional weaponry, or they've planned for us. we plan for the worst contingency, and we're going to come out with success and as winners. >> wow! i've never seen an

what's the answer, gang? - longitudinal. - longitudinal. how about if i vibrate it transverse to the direction of wave travel? it's like the kind of wave i have here. what kind of wave is that, gang? - transverse. - transverse wave. and both those ways have a wavelength, frequency, period, wave speed and the whole shebang, all the characteristics of waves. thank you, david. ted's got some nice things here to play with, gang. ted bradstraw, our ta. okay. waves are all part of the game and--we're not loud enough. here we go. do we see waves or do we see waves? yes. okay. we can also have voice waves and they look much more interesting. they go-- [makes sounds] [laughter] and you can get complicated wave forms and nice easy wave forms. you can make whistles. [whistling] that's good. let's go. you know that everyone has their own pattern like your own fingerprints. hold on. where are you going? go way on me. hello. testing, hello, hello. i think that's good. hello, hello. ha, ho. lots of fun. i admit-- i'm a great singer. maybe we could show the

but not the traditional chicago gangs, a new type of gang. what's the new gang? what are you talking about? >> well, the fracturing of the bigger gangs, for instance, there's these big gangs that existed going back decades in this city. the gang violence has generally been wrapped around that, as you guys pointed out. we're at about half of what we were 20 years ago in this city, as far as the murder rate is concerned. and people refer to that as the good old days of gangs. what we have today are smaller gangs, they're fractions that break off from these larger groups. and as a result, what happens is there's more gangs to be in conflict with each other. so if you have 100 gangs and they splinter into 200 gangs, you just increased the number of conflicts that you have at any given time. so that's causing a lot of the violence, as you rightfully point out, some of the rapper stuff is influencing. but at the heart of it, that's gang violence and it's being facilitated through the rapping and it's also being facilitated through the social media. >> superintendent mcc

we're probably unique in how we deal with the gangs out here. 've accepted the fact that there are going to be gangs and there's nothing we can do about it, so we try to control, you know, what they do. and we use the leaders a lot to control that. most of our leaders here have done a lot of time in our maximum security facility. they don't want to go back. and we hold that over their head. we tell them to keep their people in line or they're the first ones that are going to go down, because we know how gangs work. we know this gang member isn't going to do anything unless he's got it cleared to the top. come on in, have a seat. so you want to give me your story? >> well, i mean, to be honest, i don't really have one. i mean, i feel like this dude is just trying to get out of trouble. he knows who i am and i go under the bus every time. >> who was the other guy? >> wright. >> the other one that got him -- >> yeah. >> was he doing something to him? >> no, i mean, maybe. i mean, everyone knew this guy was a piece of trash, but who knows, you know?

but not the traditional chicago gangs, a new type of gang. what's the new gang? ou talking about? >> well, the fracturing of the bigger gangs, for instance, there's these big gangs that existed going back decades in this city. the gang violence has generally been wrapped around that, as you guys pointed out. we're at about half of what we were 20 years ago in this city, as far as the murder rate is concerned. and people refer to that as the good old days of gangs. what we have today are smaller gangs, they're fractions that break off from these larger groups. and as a result, what happens is there's more gangs to be in conflict with each other. so if you have 100 gangs and they splinter into 200 gangs, you just increased the number of conflicts that you have at any given time. so that's causing a lot of the violence, as you rightfully point out, some of the rapper stuff is influencing. but at the heart of it, that's gang violence and it's being facilitated through the rapping and it's also being facilitated through the social media. >> superintendent mccarthy, i w

they have been going to protest against the gang rape. they are saying groups with political ambitions have taken over. that is what caused the costs. there has been police retaliation with teargas and water cannons. the situation is very tense. >> what about the prospect for the trial itself? i imagine the public outcry will put some pressure on the process of justice. >> justice is so delayed. these people want some kind of justice. hopefully this will bring some form of justice. the conviction rate for rape cases is very low, around 26%. these people want a speedy trial for this particular case as well as other cases. there are 40,000 rape cases pending in the court. they are saying it is not good enough. >> an awful attack has triggered this reaction. i imagine the anger has been simmering for some time in india. >> it has been. the security situation for women is really bad. 90% of most violent crimes had been against women. cus. was last year's cen people are fed up. every 20 minutes in india, a woman gets raped. people say it is not

she also writes to her boyfriend, a member of the archrival gang, the mexican mafia. jail officials intercepted a suspicion letter the orejone pen pal wrote to perales. >> a big concern to determine what information is traveling to and from the buildings and another big concern we have is why are two rival gangs communicating with one female. are they aware they're both communicating? we're going to talk to her to let her know we're aware of it. >> if officials determine perales is colluding with either gang she stands to lose her job in the laundry room and she could be assigned to a segregation cell where she would lose all her other privileges as well. >> i'm a gang officer here, yesterday they confiscated some letters from you. what's going on? what can you tell me about the letters? >> i was writing a pen pal and she didn't give me a chance to read the letters. i don't know what was in it. she said it was -- >> how many pen pals are you writing? >> just one. >> do you know what gangs these people are part of? >> i know that my baby's dad's confirmed -- >> you don

for somebody that has no idea why i would do it what is the allure it's i join the gang not only for the protection for the local community to be a part of the family. if you live in a ghetto and you're living in a bomb or where you're being assaulted like i was i just got tired of being a victim it's like either you're a victim or you to fix or. you can. wait until it is not like you can to get out of there's no way like this is one thing teaching really young and i was really good too and you know get chased out of school and get shot at all the time it might get i'm damned if i go down. the steps i think it's something mr cox loved and in fact a mom will for my neighborhood. my neighborhood almagest mom of the told i don't look at it like ok and king is just. look let. me. ask why it is that the wood is proof they feed and they're looking out for me put clothes on his back ok but now it's time get to squander get these niggas you just shot at my house which you know don't. wish you don't get to let me just fish you all much hockey say no today this will kill me as well because mr d

and here are two of the most hardcore gang members and one of them it's got his ironing board out and he's got his traveling irons are in his posts. just to look you know these are just stories from the. three best they could play in stand up in a corner with nobody i'm there i'm. very. good. for somebody that has no idea what a young man would do it what is the allure and stuff i join the gang not only for the protection of the local community to be a part of the fam. if you live in a ghetto and you're living in a bomb or where you're being assaulted like i was i just got tired of being a victim it's like either you're a victim or you took pics or. you can. wait until it is not like you can to get out of his own way. and what they teach you living on a i was really a good tool and you know get chased out of school and get shot at all the time it might get i'm damned if i go down if i don't. step out and get jumped in this world and in fact i'm on twitter my neighborhood my bathroom my neighborhood pompously mom neighborhood told i don't look at it like oh gang king is just. a. little

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the. these are available low income housing five or six churches gang violence crack. introduction of crack cocaine onto the streets of l.a. in one nine hundred eighty one proved to be a major tipping point for an already vulnerable to. cocaine came a toy and it broke up a lot of you know a lot of people just thought crack was the way out you know what i even think of what they keep you know what i'm saying that will broke a lot of homes that if that crack would never came parties to have nice the homes and nice of the families you know but when i came in like tow everything before but let me ask you when did you have a conventional child. dysfunctional ass family in the south. see out here they got is ninety three i was raised out of that he buys to be a man i take care my mom is my g. mas my family milo but this is sad but it's about myself if i should little brothers and sisters do what you don't. let us go out alone look at me. i grew up in a home where my mother worked two jobs but had three people tell you can imagine we were on supervised sold us a business outsi

what you are what is the alerts i join the gang not only for the protection for the love and unity to be a part of the family. if you live in a ghetto and you're living in a bomb or where you're being assaulted like i was i just got tired of being a victim it's like either you're a victim or you can fix or. you can. wait until it is not like you can to get out of prison and went like this one thing teaching with the young and i was really good too and you know get chased out of school and get shot at all the time it might get i'm damned if i do damage. because it's not a good jump in this world and in fact i'm on fuel for my neighborhood my bathroom my neighborhood tamagotchi mom a hood told i don't look at it like ok and king is just. look let. me. ask why it is that the wood is proof they feed and they looking out for me put clothes on his back ok but now it's time get to squander get these niggas you dish out of my house which you know i don't. wish you don't get to let me just pinch you all much so how can you say no to this will kill is my business you feed me. told me when you f

scott and the gang at andrews checking in with 29. you'll need the heavy jackets and probably the gloves although it may not be too bad with you with highs about 47 in easton and 47 also in leesburg. 5:01. here's monika with timesaver traffic. >>> we had a busy morning in the overnight hours. quite a lot going on. right now currently we still have this overturned tractor- trailer on the beltway. outer loop side right here at the exit for northbound i-270. it was carrying pineapples fully loaded with pineapples. some of it spilled out so they're going to wait through the rush hour before they can clear it up. luckily you can still get through. it's along the right side of the road there. let's take a look nearby if you're planning to head on 270. southbound you're not affected by the accident. you're okay coming through rockville and the point where the lanes divide. back to the maps. this time we're heading over to the inside of the beltway. no problems on 66 as you can see. 395 is running smoothly. no problems on 295 heading for the 1

the cavuto gang getting ready to tell you what the government is ntelling you. that's at the bottom of the hour, first, angry passengers stranded in airports cursing the weather. but should they be cursing government regulations instead? >> from america's news headquarters, i'm heather childers. it's down to the wire for a fiscal cliff deal. senate leaders from both sides of the aisle vowing to scramble days before a new year's deadline to reach a plan or watch the economy go off a cliff. president obama says he's optimistic that they'll come to an agreement that will avoid across the board tax hikes and deep spending cuts. and here we go again, more snow headed to the the northeast, where a major winter storm already dumped several inches on inland areas. snarling roads, canceling hundreds of holiday flights. two powerful systems expect today come up the east coast by today, from south carolina to new york already issues severe weather warnings. i'm heather childers, now back to bulls and bears and for your latest weather headlines, log on to foxnews.com. you'r

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