. >> reporter: the national organization for wn 's annual vigil was rocked by news from an arizona congressman. republican representatives introduced a bill that would ban the abortion of fetuses 20 weeks or older but only in the district of columbia. >> if he believes that abortion should be a crime prior to 20 weeks, then he should introduce it for the entire country. but to introduce it only for the women of the district of columbia is an act of cowardness on his part. >> reporter: terry o'neill is the president of the national organization for women. this bill is nothing more than an attempt to challenge roe verse wade. >> we are deeply concerned that they will reach out and deny woman our fundamental rights if they have the opportunity. this congressman is simply trying to give the court one more opportunity to do that. >> reporter: to reverse roe ver cess sus wade. >> reporter: the mark is a key cutoff because that's when they believe a fetus can feel pain. >> the doctors rip babies apart. that's what it is. it's murder. >> reporter: but terry o'neill isn't buying it. >> there is no scie

seven other soldiers and it was in the aftermath of that horrible tragedy that i founded the national organizationp.s., the tragedy assistance program for survivors. >> how did you come to start that? there was something missing, you found. >> yes. back in the early '90s there was no national peer-based support program for all military families, grieving the loss of a loved one. so we created this organization and now it is the major national partner with the defense department to care for all those who are grieving. >> what are some of the things that t.a.p.s. does? >> we provide comfort care, community-based support, counseling, case work assistance, immediate support for all those families who suffered a loss. this wednesday at the premier, we will have over 400 surviving families that -- >> that is actually one of the sponsors for the big premier -- >> we are putting on the premier, yes. universal partnered with us to have this gala celebrity event. >> that's fantastic. so the movie premiers on february -- >> 3rd in theaters. >> who are some of the big stars that are going to be here for the p

is it mitt romney, the candidate with the national organization, the money, the resources to go forward, looking forward to new hampshire, or is it rick santorum, the guy who came out of nowhere and has tied the front-runner? >> well, this race has been about one thing the whole time. it's been about romney maintaining his stable lead. he got the same percentage, it looks like, that he did four years ago when he finished second. and who was going to be his competitor? five different candidates have had a shot at it. we've had six different fro front-runn front-runners. we now have a new candidate who is going to take a shot. i think the winner tonight, if you can say there's a winner in a basically tied race is rick santorum, the new person with his time in the sun, to see if he can be that and have staying power to be the non-romney candidate. >> and that will depend if some of the other candidates who have fallen back, gingrich, perry, bachmann, get out of the race. doesn't look like they are going to. >> absolutely. and it sunt so much about who wins tonight as much as, who doesn't w

the church says the local girl scout troops cannot meet on church property anymore because the national organizations connected with planned parenthood. but the girl scout nation says that's not true. either way, they have until the end of the school year to find a new meeting place. >>> a former frederick county sheriffs deputy is not libel for the death of gerald gray. today a federal jury ruled in favor of the county after gray's family filed a civil suit. the 20-year-old died after the deputy was shocked with a stun gun. gary's family allegings the deputy used -- alleges the deputy used excessive force. as scott broom reports, they walked away with tears and disappointment. >> i'm going to have to go to my son's burial. >> reporter: his mother. >> he's not the first person and he's not going to be the last person to die. until they get it straight, you're going to see more family here. >> reporter: he died four years ago in in apartment complex after being jolted twice by a taser. the police officer was responding to a report of a fight. gray was tased a second time while he was laying face down

the national organization for women responded to the rally, saying they will not let anti-choice groups what they've worked so hard to achieve. >>> on wall street on this monday stocks ended lower as investors continue to watch the developments with the greek debt situation. the dow industrials fell 11 points. nasdaq fell two points and the s&p 500 had no net change. >>> now to the big story at 4:30 today. rescuers pulled more bodies from the ship wrecked cruise liner in italy today. it comes as the careful and important task of removing fuel from the massive vessel is close to getting under way. nbc's duncan gostana has the latest from italy. >> reporter: we now know 15 people died onboard the costa concordia when it crashed here off the island of giglio. a dozen divers are getting much better access having blasted holes yesterday and this morning. today bringing off two more bodies from deck four near an internet cafe. but at the same time it remains a tough, tough job. have a look at the pictures of what these guys are having to wade through. lots of furniture, lots of luggage, and w

awareness of the environmental issues, for example, ours has proven impact for example, the national organization, such as americans for the arts. they say that for those people who visit the city to attend arts and culture events, they are likely to spend 1.4 to 1.6 more money per person, so that should help. i also wanted to finish up the statistics that the san francisco arts festival was saying. they counted the seeds for the spectators to see the olympic games. that was 1 million seats for all of the venues to see the sporting events. however, 5.2 million people visited vancouver, and what did they do? what did the rest of the 4.2 million people do to enjoy? they attended arts events, and that was their experience of the olympic games. thank you. >> hey, there. my name is hunter. i live and work in san francisco. i also sale. my kids sale. i loves sailing. i have to say that i am very concerned about this overall america's cup agreement, in fact, does very little for recreational boating in san francisco. it does stuff for the port. it does a lot of stuff for the america's cup, but the visio

it is sponsored by the national organization of women. all day long, the marches cause and lots of street closures. details on those are on our website wjla.com. some breaking news we are following this morning in temple hills. where a woman is dead after being struck by a car in a parking lot of an elementary school. this happened at samuel chase elementary on fisher road just within the past hour. prince george's county fire officials tell us the woman died after the vehicle struck her and pinter and debate. authorities on the scene. we will bring more details as soon as they come into the newsroom. a severe storm ripped through central alabama, leaving a long trail of destruction. this is the scene in birmingham. debris was thrown across the city. severe weather also prompted tornado warnings in a handful of states. arkansas -- heavy rain and strong thunderstorms coupled with hail and high winds. at least two people were killed in the storms and more than 180 injured. tens of thousands of homes and businesses are badly damaged. in our r

timothy said the troop can't have meetings on church property because the national organization is connected with planned parenthood. the girl scouts council of the nation's capital says that's false. the girl scouts have until the end of the school year to find a new meeting facility. >>> a former sheriff's deputy is not liable in the death of gray. a jury ruled in favor of the county. >> the 20-year-old gray died after the deputy shocked him with a stun gun as he laid motionless face down on the ground. gray's family alleges the deputy used excessive force and sought $145 million but as scott broom reports, they only walked away with tears and disappointment. >> when i have to go to my son's burial plot -- >> reporter: tanya is gray's mother. >> he's not the first person to die, lee be the last person to die from a taser. until they get it straight, you're going see more families here. >> jerrell gray died four years ago after being jolted twice by the taser, a former county deputy corporal rudy torres who was responding to a report of a fight. gray was tased a second time while he was lyi

that comes out on the day of the debate sponsored by the national organization of marriage. >> irony of irony. >> this turned out to be a good thing for him? >> you would almost think looking at the beginning as if he had hid all those affairs and ruined marriages so that moment could happen, that it was a great cosmic plan on his part, that he wasf his wives, just so that that moment could happen on cnn. that is my thought. >> gail collins, when the south carolina primary sadly does end, time and gods of politics will have you to thank for it. if they had me it would go on forever. gail, thank you. >>> there was a book how to campaign for president against mitt romney. it was a book written for john mccain in 2008. the man who is the only person to have ever beaten mitt romney in a presidential campaign is the man who ran the john mccain campaign against him. and beat -- john mccain beat mitt romney. the man who beat mitt romney in 2008 will join us for the interview tonight. that's coming up. ♪ the sleep number bed. the magic of this bed is that you're sleeping on something that con

. >> being a real turk, the national organization of appraisers, are they basing their devaluation of property based on any sort of statistical relevancy of a home being placed so close to cell towers? >> there were studies done in europe. we are not supposed to talk about that. that is what we were told last time. there have been some studies where they have analyzed the data of properties near these facilities. that compared to when the facility came into town and after. >> thank you very much. >> supervisor campos. supervisor campos: thank you, mr. president. i know we still have to hear more public comment. this is an important issue. i do not want to take anything away from its importance. i understand why people are worried about property values. i do have a question for the city attorney. my understanding is that as important as the issue is, as i understand it, the issue of the possible devaluation of the property is not relevant to the underlying discussion. i wanted to make sure that we are clear on that. that is an important issue. i wanted to make sure that we were focused

the national unity government would organize a constituent assembly to be transparent, fair and arab and international oversight through three months from the creation of the national unity government. mr. president -- in informing the security council of all these developments i should like to inform you that immediately before coming to new york, i was compelled to take an urgent measure in suspending the work of the arab observers in syria because of the grave deterioration of the situation in the country lately after the syrian government openly declared that it is taking the security option. this led to the withdrawal of some observers until i take the matter to the league's council in a few days. as you see from the brief reports on the arab crisis, the league has always endeavored to find a peaceful political settlement to the syrian crisis that spares the lives of the syrian people and realizes its demands and aspirations. furthermore, the league fully realizes that the support and of the international community of the aarab plan as being the only mechanism to resolve the syri

the national council of la raza we've been an organization that has served the hispanic population in the united states for at least 43 years. we were created in 1968. and now are an american institution with headquarters here in washington, d.c. we have -- our mission is to really create touopportunities hispanics in the united states and to help everyone achieve the american dream, including latino families. so true to that tradition, we've had a record of impact in engaging on policy issues across the gamut of the jobs and health care and education. obviously immigration of civil rights and, for us, all those issues become very important as we look to helping make sure that hispanics have opportunities in this country. we also have affiliates. at least 300 community-based organizations that provide services and programs than hispanics across the country. they again teach english classes, offer after-school programs. we have about 115 schart charte schools that we support. we help health programs and other services. what we, i think, is important though for people to understand thep

carolina, in florida and nevada and obviously in texas and at the end of the day, we have the national organizationbility to run through this thing. plus, we're the outsider and they're all, washington insiders that have either, for whatever purpose, rick santorum and a serial pork barrel earmarker. >> we responded on this on "meet the press?" he was hiring lobbyists to represent the state of texas to get more money back, and i suspect if you ask kay hutchison or any of the texas delegation, whether they want him out of there they'd say yes, he did. that was the way the process was, but he gets up and talks about -- >> that's his argument. the priority is i'm a fiscal conservative, you need to vote for me and i'm the guy that can win and he got beat by 18 points in his last race. this guy has proven that he can't win races when it matters against a liberal democrat. so when, rick is a fine man, but the fact is his rhetoric doesn't match up with his record at all. >> why do you think he is rising? this just seems to be a little bit of this -- somebody described it as wahack a candidate. >> the next

the national organization for women is now staging their very own counter demonstration in front of the u.s. supreme court. many of the streets along the national mall that was closed throughout this march, you can see it is now back open. but because of this late demonstration, some of the streets around the supreme court could still be closed and continue to tie up traffic on capitol hill. >>> kristen fisher reporting from down on the mall. >> reporter: he has spent most of the last 0 years in a psychiatric hospital. but now john hickenlooperically was to leave for more than just a -- john hinkley was to -- wants to leave for more than just a visit with the family. >> reporter: prosecutors had someone to testify there is plenty of evidence john hinkley is still a threat. still obsessed with presidential assassinations. they put a guy on the stand today richard rolls, he works in williamsburg, where john hinkley has been getting some time off to spend time with his mother. recalls testified hinkley came in and asked him about books on presidential assassinations. he testified he had ne

we also have a legend in the room, one of the early leaders of the national organization -- naral. she is a legend. we also have a, -- there she is. stand up so we can see you. thank you for being here. i am very honored to come at the end of this very, very important day. before i do that, i realize i have my political director from women's campaign fund. thank you for being here. einstein once said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. ranked 87 in the world, with the first backslide in the number of women in elective office in 30 years, we the women leaders of all of the story organizations are here to a knowledge an important fact, that despite the fact that we lead organizations that have been working tirelessly to elect women, it has not been enough. something has to radically change. working alone, nibbling at the corners of this vast societal problem of women's underrepresentation in this nation does not work. it will never solve this problem. the working together -- but working together, there's absolutely not

carolina before south carolina votes, a debate that, you should know, is partly sponsored by the national organization for marriage. tonight's debate was put on by cnn in the southern republican leadership conference. so put your hands together for the politics gods, ladies and gentlemen, they have outdone themselves. today nbc's chuck todd tweeted that when the books are finally written about this campaign, there will be whole chapters that are just titled "january 19th." joins us now from charleston, south carolina, pulitzer prize winning columnist for "the washington post" mr. eugene robinson. gene, is this the kind of day we live for, or am i overreacting? >> this is the kind of day we live for, rachel, best place you can possibly be, come down here, unless you want to go with me to like visit mitt's money in the cayman islands, i think that will be fun too. >> we can swim with the sting rays and mitt's millions. let me ask you, gene, because you and i were both together, completely wrong about rick perry. you and i both thought rick perry would be the real threat to mitt romney, he was going to b

catholic church says local girl scout troops can't have meetings on church property because the national organizationconnected with planned parenthood. but the girl scout council of the nations capital says that is false. the girl scouts have until the end of the school year to find a new meeting facility. >>> a new study suggests rheumatoid arthritis surfers should get up and move. >> the more you work, the greater you are to suffer from depression. those stories and your weather first. i'm glad to be back at work today. keep it here. [ female announcer ] these are the crescents you love on a holiday. and these are the ones you'll love on a school night. pillsbury ham and cheese crescents. with just a few ingredients, you have an easy dinner. pillsbury ham and cheese crescents. school night ideas made easy. here's a better idea... pillsbury grands! flaky layers biscuits. in just 15 minutes, the light delicate layers add a layer of warmth to your next dinner. pillsbury grands! dinner ideas made easy. >>> 41 degrees. i should have grabbed my jacket. it is chilly out here. we've had sprinkles go throug

the most presee gas and most republicked service organizations. the marine corp. league, blue star mothers, veterans of foreign wars, american legion, national association of state directors of veteran affairs all came on board with public support for veterans treatment courts. like i said before,s organizations are in your communities and they vote and they are in the mayor's office. other support, criminal justice systems, national district attorney's association, american bar association, american judges association, treatment court committee chaired by barry, and under his leadership, we've been able to implement and get a lot of veteran treatment court, policy implemented so far, but just hitting the tip of the iceberg with this. there is a need. we're getting about 150 veteran arrested each month alone in tulsa county. we didn't have an action active military base, but because of the high population, we got that many arrested. thank you very much for your time. if i can answer questions, i hope i didn't go too fast. please never hesitate to send me an e-mail, and i really appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you, very, very much,

there is something going on, this neighbor turned this over to police, she is a member of the national organization of women, there could be some political issues, i do not know the full story. it will all come out. fame this is not by any means a typical domestic violence case in terms of the evidence and the way this is being prosecuted. >>mark: in the and it is the wife and presented at the evidence that led to the restraining order. them that she was a soap opera star, 36 years old, he is 50. the neighbor have her make a confession like a police officer would do, a full account of what happened. four days later, the neighbor independently called police and offers this evidence. does that seem strange? >> >>darya: the wife is staying there is some sort of political issue. >> this is something the jury will hear. lopez will be able to tell her story and the jury will decide what is true and what is not, how valid the evidence is and what the prosecution is about. this would not be an easy prosecution. i am surprised to the charges in this case in light of the evidence. >>darya: 9:52 a.m., we're b

. >> brad dennis runs rescue and recovery for klaas kids, the national organization dedicated to saving missing children. he says shauna's case shows the alarming growth of the disappearance of american kids, an estimated 300,000 forced into prostitution in the u.s. each year. >> it's happening in every major town, every little suburban area, every rural area. it's happening all over the united states. >> it happened when shauna began an innocent friendship with a new girl junior year in high school. >> [ bleep ] is a girl i went to school with. i met her through ged classes and she was a really good friend. >> shauna says that girl, a 16-year-old we'll call cathy, worked hard to gain shauna's trust and within months a deep friendship was born. >> we would always talk in class. i would always tell her, "me and my mom are arguing again, of course." >> it was my gut instinct as a mother to keep shauna away from her. >> shauna's mother lisa said from the start, her daughter's fast friendship with kathy made her uneasy. >> when i first met her at school, she came out to the car and shauna g

lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community received support from one of the nation's most recognize the rights organizations. >> lesbian, gay, at bisexual, and transgender advocates from around the country are meeting in baltimore to discuss the way to fight for equality in their communities. organizers say it is a coincidence that the conference is in maryland while lawmakers are debating a bill that would grant same sex partners the same legal protection as heterosexual counterparts. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake and first lady katie o'malley shared their support with attendees and talk about the likelihood of the bill passing. >> i think is close. that is why there is a big lobbying effort. hopefully people will see that it is about families. it is about getting over prejudice and about making sure we protect families. >> i think it has a very good chance of passing. i don't know the actual numbers are, because i stay out of all of it. i just hope and pray that the people, the good people of the state of maryland, will come together around this issue and vote for tolerance and equality in marriage. >> n

the nation. the meeting was organized by a group called the response, which has been holding similar sessions in other early primary states. they say they're praying because they are well aware of the importance of the upcoming election and of their own role in helping to choose the republican nominee. according to exit polls, two-thirds of the gop primary voters in south carolina last week described themselves as born-again or evangelical christians. 44% of them voted for newt gingrich. mitt romney and rick santorum each got 21% of the evangelical vote. here in florida, conservative christians make up about 40% of likely republican primary voters. >> it is important just because there are so many of us. but we don't all think alike. we don't all support the same person. >> reporter: and that division among evangelicals has been a major factor this primary season. although one-time presumed front-runner romney does have some support within the evangelical community, so far, many rank-and-file conservative christians haven't rallied around him. some believe its at least in part because of romney'

heather smith, current president of rock the vote, a national organization with the political engagement of young people. under heather's direction and leadership over the past two election cycles rock the vote refined best practices for continued engagement of young voters. sending the highest voter registration records in both midterm and presidential elections in the organization's 20-year history. prior to rock the vote, ms. smith founded and directed young voters strategies, a nonpartisan project and partnership with the graduate school of political management at the george washington university. in 2004 she served as national field director for the student prgs, new voters project, the largest nonpartisan grass roots effort ever undertaken to mobilize young voters. heather smith received a b.a. with honors in economics and public policy from duke university. now, we have asked heather to come speak to us today, more specifically to talk about how we can have voter outreach with rock the vote and young voters. i would like to -- before she comes up, speak more specifically about the

and whether or not rick santorum can raise the money and build the national organization to really sustain his surge into the top three. there has been a lot argument in iowa that there are only three tickets out, win, place or show and anybody after that even though they say it's a different kind of campaign every four years ultimately they can't go the distance. this time the distance is a little bit different. the campaign for the first time in the national republic committee rules will run much, much longer. harder to clinch the nomination and take until april 24th for any candidate if they won every single contest. while mitt romney is hoping for a one-two win in iowa and new hampshire the first two in the nation it's still a long way down the road before any candidate is going to be close to wrapping up the nomination. megyn, bret? >> megyn: thank you. >> bret: steve brown in johnston, iowa, steve? >> hi, bret. we understand that the senator is out at the local caucus site giving his pitch on his own behalf to caucussers there. it's interesting, carl was talking about money earlier i

. >> and now according to small businessman lou feranta one of the nation's proudest family-run organizationsing the squeeze of overregulation. >> the mafia is the longest running family business in this country. with all the regulations [bleep]ed everything up, they're destroying the mafia. >> that's sad. >> it is [bleep] sad, the rico laws are killing the business of the mafia. >> yes, capitalism is being strangled thanks to the rico act which makes it easier to prosecute an entire organization based on the criminal action of a few members. it also put feranta behind bars for eight years. >> let me tell you something. when adam smith wrote wealth of nations, he had the mafia in mind. lace aye [bleep] faire. >> amazingly bureaucrats like former mob prosecutor want to stand in the way of lasissez [bleep] faire economic. >> it is a per version of capitalism because it involves bid-rigging, corruption, bribery, extortion. >> the mafia is supply and demand. they need more supply. they demand it, you give it to them. >> come on-- the mob demands tribute. and if you don't pay the mob tax you get y

the organization in place. romney has the money and organization. after south carolina the race goes national. e national race, virginia, nevada, florida. it's all over the place, missouri, maine, it's national. it's about money and organization. gingrich picked up the perry endorsement and oil. maybe he could use that extra money to build an organization. we will see. >> that is all the time we have for this morning. i could probably talk to you guys about this forever. the race is nothing if not fascinating. >> agree. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> all right. we will continue the news with family's home infested thanks to their christmas tree. hundreds of bugs and it looks like they are here to stay. we have that story and other stories expected to make headlines in the week ahead.  >>> some children in frederick county got a post christmas surprise before they undecorated the christmas tree they found the nest of prang man advertise -- praying mantis. now they are using it to learn about science. >> we will find them. >> reporter: the kids are getting used to the newest pets, an

we also have a legend in the room, one of the early leaders of the national organization -- naral. is. stand up so we can see you. thank you for being here. i am very honored to come at the end of this very, very important day. before i do that, i realize i have my political director from women's campaign fund. thank you for being here. einstein once said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. ranked 87 in the world, with the first backslide in the number of women in elective office in 30 years, we the women leaders of all of the story organizations are here to a knowledge an important fact, that despite the fact that we lead organizations that have been working tirelessly to elect women, it has not been enough. something has to radically change. working alone, nibbling at the corners of this vast societal problem of women's underrepresentation in this nation does not work. it will never solve this problem. the working together -- but working together, there's absolutely nothing we cannot accomplish together. now, today