united states. in the golden city of san francisco, where diversity in progress is a way of life. san francisco bay area filipino-american communities ... milestone, a legacy of innovation, respect, and an unapologetic advocacy for equality. >> representing the philippine a women's network -- and >> may i call the members of the filipino women's network to come on over? this certificate is for all of you. i think most of them are here already. when did the bodies and that the philippine population in the u.s. are filipino women, you can just imagine the contributions to the economy of america and what it is all about. i want to thank abs-cvn, the council general, and the city of san francisco, mayor lee, for this wonderful honor. thank you. [applause] >> this year, our next honoree broke barriers -- tonight, we honor bay area fashion week. >> over 25 designers, 40 models, and the finest designs, celebrating our art means celebrating our story. it is a documented, and as our designers showcase, this year we saw the first ever bay area fashion week. the event was made at a charity f

to start our -- to restart our program at balboa high school, with the wonderful support of the united way of the bay area. these are all wonderful things for us to celebrate, and it is such an honor to work under our first asian-american mayor here in san francisco. and these are too many firsts that have taken way too long for our community. but it is one that we should always celebrate and embrace, because we have so much to be proud of, so much culture to share, and so much of our heritage to remember. on this month, we celebrate. but it is not just this month that we celebrate. this is something that we embrace 355 days a year. because we, as a people, are proud, and it is so wonderful to be a filipina and to be a filipina here in san francisco. we welcome you this evening to celebrate with us. thank you. [applause] >> please welcome chief financial officer here. >> hello, good evening, honorable mayor lee, honorable commissioners hydra mendoza, and the council general. everybody has talked about that it was only in september 2009 that california state legislature approved the resolut

united way will do what it can to track each gift to the fund. and also sending out tax donation letters, united way will follow up an important feature about this fund that 100% of the funds received will be used to help those that have been impacted. deposits can be made to any pnc banking officer or by main into to united way. we'll provide you this information when we're finished. according to the united way, $150,000 has already been donated to that fund. $100,000 from our own fair month minerals here in our county. thank you. $25,000 from the cleveland foundation, again thank you. and we have our first $25,000 from an anonymous donor, as well as a number of smaller contributions that would encourage everybody who does not have the wherewithal of such a large donation, to certainly consider. thank you for that aspect. i want to stress against the importance of taking advantage of the counselors, we'll have available. counselors are available at the middle school today until 7:00 this evening, which is right to my left. counselors will also b

preparing their taxes this week and next week it is a program set up to be a partnership among united wayworldwide, wal-mart foundation, one economy and national disability institute joining us now with more on this is laura, national director of income capacity building united way worldwide thank you for coming in. >> thanks for having me. >> when we heard about this we thought really free tax help? it is not just you know, call up on the phone and say hey what do i do about this. in person help tell us a little bit about what y'all are offering. >> sure well, a few years ago a number of nonprofit organizations realized lots of families were leaving money on the table because they weren't filing their taxes and making use of a number of different tax credits available for working families our partnership with the partners one economy and the national disability institute we offer free tax preparation filing services across the country and here in washington dc area as well. >> this -- we mention low income middle income who qualifies for this? >> in you earn less than $57,000 you can go

and this sunday you're going meet people doing something to lift people out of poverty like the united way. as well as silicon valley community foundation. now another program called caminos is helping young people learn high tech skills. >> there is focused on computer repair, and leadership skills, idea is to help that particular gap that is undecided what they want to do after finishing high school. >> i hoch you'll join me sunday at 10:00 a.m. >> a report says shark attacks on sea otters on the rise saying owe% of the dead otters recovered in two years showed evidence of shark bites. that is up from 15% if in the 90s and 8% in the 80s. researchers say there is no evidence they're eating those otters and they believe sharks are mistaking them for their preferred prey of seals and sea lions. >> and we're counting and now just 48 hours away from the academy awards. and there, you can see the party promising to be startastic. coverage begins sunday at 1:30, you can catch all of the fashion on the red carpet and interviews before the show, it begins at 5:00 p.m. followed by a star studded s

he left a donation at the united way drop off center. they say he dropped that off. >>> new this morning, fbi files have been opened against steve jobs at apple. the file is 191 pages filled with details on his life, belav your and the bomb -- behavior and the bomb threat that was against him. a man threatened to blow up his home, but no bombs were found. the white house export counsel, a background check found out he experimented with drugs in high school and in college. they found that job's gpa was average, 2.65. >>> if you have a camera from kodak, that camera will be a dine sour. the announcement was made thursday. officials say they're going to phase out the digital if picture frames as well to focus on on line printing services. >>> megan is standing by be what's new and the bargains you can found find around -- you can find around town. >> don't you love free stuff? go to our website on abc2news.com. when you get there, go under the lifestyle section and you click on that and it will take you to this corninger right -- corner rig

. >> reporter: you united way calls it alice. asset limited income constrained and employed.they're the guy that works across the street and behind the meat counter, the mechanic who works on your car, the folks that take care of your kids, middle class families are more and more falling into this category of i can't make it. >> reporter: here in morris county, new jersey, about a quarter of the population falls somewhere between the poverty line and just getting by. and united way says it costs roughly $60,000 for a family four here just to make it. >> only one box really feeds like two, three people. >> reporter: wednesday evening at the food pantry. they've been coming for two years. >> it's never occurred to them that this could possibly happen to then. if i put a sticker on the forehead will of every client that comes here that works within a enmile radius, you would be walking around and you would see all these people with big purple stickers on their he forehead. >> reporter: they're certainly not alone. but they're also not without hope. >> yeah, our family is stronge

eric mcdonnel, chief operating officer of the united way with of the bay area and regina jackson presidentnd director of the east oakland youth development center. we'll be talking to them in a second. before we begin, one of the issues at the top is access to higher education. the cost of a college education has been soaring and they are putting brakes on rising fees. wayne freedman filed this report on january 27th with reaction from u.c. berkeley where fees have gone up 2,000% since the '70s. >> as parents saw their kids, this is the best years, time without worries except for paying. >> how much in debt are you? >> i would not like to say. >> which is why when president obama found a receptive audience >> we are put colleges on notice you can't keep, you can't assume that you will jack up tuition every single year. if you can't stop it from going up. the funding you get from taxpayers each year will go down. we should push colleges to do better. we should hold them accountable if they don't. >> reporter: san francisco political science professor knows about tuition inflation, the ph.d.

in the studio is carol leigh hutton, the president of united way silicon valley.artnered with the american human development project. carol leigh. thank you for being here. tell us about the report. >> portrait of california makes clear the stark distinctions in silicon valley that are living in the margins, terribly challenged and other folks when we think about silicon valley. we think of it as great wealth. it's also a place of great challenge and great hardship. >> cheryl: we have some slides that talk about what you found. can we put those up on the screen. it's the will of two silicon valleys. >> when you think about children living in poverty, the fact there are children living in poverty poverty in silicon valley is hideous. but 21% in north san jose area, 28% of the kids are living in poverty versus 3% of the children who n a north santa clara county around the city of palo alto. sharp distinction in and of itself, children in poverty. unacceptable. >> cheryl: seniors? >> seniors another harsh reality. why do we have seniors living in poverty in silicon v

chuck collins from the ymca, robert connolly from the boys and girls club, and eric mcdonald from united way. as we grow, we will put in a structured programs to give kids a path to employment. now let's talk about the team that will execute our vision. that is our member companies, many of whom are here. in your packets, there is a list of all of our member companies. we could not be prouder of the number of tech companies in san francisco who have already joined s.f. citi. at 5:00 yesterday, we had 72 members. this morning, we had 85 members. from 7:00 -- yes, we should clap. [applause] why don't any member company not standing, stand. [applause] this is s.f. citi, really not the people up here. it is the member companies that have adopted us. s.f. citi -- the power of s.f. citi is in our membership. from 7:00 this morning, the following companies have also joined who are not on a placard. yelp, rippleseed, advent, yammer, and we have added a new organization to s.f. citi, the black founders, who are here. every time we have a new member company, it will go on our website. please watch the

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is a past chairman of united way of southeastern connecticut where he helped raise $9.3 million during a fund-raising campaign. he has a master's degree in finance and is -- his executive master's from iup in pennsylvania. dominion has been active in the spring campaign in virginia and the challenges we have given the business community for support of the food bags and dan has helped lead that effort. we kicked off the no child hundred campaign in virginia last year to show our strength in virginia and that was a tremendous kick off were the guests were bob mcdonnell, tom vilsack, and jeff bridges. i appreciate the millions of ongoing support and i present to you dan weekley. >> julie, we will take you first and take your presentation and then danm, yours, and then we will open up for questions. >> thank you for your kind introduction ander leadership on this issue. we are proud to partner with few in arkansas. we're thankful for this committee for putting on her at the forefront. over the last three years, wal- mart has seen jobs and the economy come to the forefront of our customers'

my announcement as that i am running for president of the united way. i'm totally serious really because i want to be part of the debates because you know i want to represent the taxpayers and i know that i'm choosing the taxpayers as my vice president. all right so everyone's been waiting for her to actually you know do some. thing with this and so basically she came through on a promise announcing she's going to seek the green party's nomination in two thousand and twelve and her official campaign slogan on twitter is vote for me i'll fix this. i can't save it. and so some of things she's going to do is make or illegal and legalize him change demographics of government and step three most important i will outlaw bullshit. i have a problem in their proper form because it already illegal we have this discussion today i think there's a million out there and be more specific because i'm worried that she doesn't understand me as. well i mean on the language i do it. yeah you're right it's all in the language and i mean all the other people from that show s

saying life starts at the very second sperm and egg unite way up in the fallopian tubes days before the zygote implants in the uterus and begins to grow into a fetus the republican controlled house would also it has also passed a bill that would require all women to have a trans of bad gentle ultrasound highly invasive procedure before undergoing abortions talk about big brother republicans since the virginia state senate is controlled by republicans both bills have a very good chance of making it to governor bob mcdonnell desk and he has said that he will sign the personhood bill and is still considering the bad ultrasound bill joining me now to discuss virginia's all out assault on women's rights is sam bennett c.e.o. of the women's campaign fund sam it's great to have you back my pleasure thanks for joining us. first of all can you please describe for us what a transvaginal ultrasounds is. i'm speechless to be honest what are they talking about it's talking about going in to a woman's vagina right with an ultrasound device that has been designed to make sure that there is no problems

. >> there is common, bundling internet, cell phone, and services now, united way talking -- taking thattep further. mission graphics hopes to leave a lasting image with customers. the tea shirt shop opened 17 months ago inspired by help from smart point. >> this connects people to the services helping them to meet financial goals and to become self sufficient. >> and she and her husband came to the mission economic development agency for some tax help. and what they got was a lot more. >> this idea is that they're able to increase their income. >> free tax preparation help is available to anyone with an income of $50,000 or less. and there is guidance offered for people looking to buy a home. >> not only help us do a business plan, i won't have known otherwise but we got connected with savings help. >> they design their course so what do they need? -to-meet goals? and to become more self sufficient. >> the couple received up to $2 for every $2 they save. they launched mission graphics in october, to 10. and business has been slow but received a loan to get mission graphics through hard

then, united way has got a program called earn it, keep it, safe it. 211 they're kind of an umbrella agency f you earn $50,000 or less they'll do your taxes free. >> wow. >> that is excellent. >> thinking about scotsboro, alabama. >> i visited it. >> back before they wanted media coverage. i showed up with hidden camera autos they loved that. >> and did you say this is a warehouse? >> it's huge. a huge warehouse. stuff is coming in every day. and time for a check of the forecast. >> you can put umbrellas away. and here is a look this afternoon looking southeast there is a lovely view there. a little bit of leftover moisture from this morn he is g's system. and we're seeing high clouds moving in this afternoon. tomorrow, it's clear after the moshing fog from top to bottom if you're traveling. there is 55 degrees mild down in southern california. and there is los angeles, 70 degrees palm springs and vegas, 60 degrees and sunny. looking at the forecast steve h just posted and sedz i'm so glad we're going with a sunny forecast. i'm tired of mostly cloudy,

this event was a benefit for the united way. shawn carter scholarship foundation, his real name. od to see the two of them not letting all that new parent exhaustion get in the way of helping others out. i believe they have some help at home, but it's just in the first month. it's tiring. you know that. >> yes, indeed. you have to have your date night too. can't let that marriage suffer. what's this about chuck norris getting all political? >> yeah, chuck made a presidential endorsement. he did it on the conservative website world news daily. he has a regular column there. norris getting behind newt gingrich. let me repeated read to you. as a six time undefeated middle weight world karate champion i have a pretty good idea what makes a warrior. there's one presidential candidate in the political ridge who wears those gloves better than the others. even when he is knocked down, he has astounding agility and rebound. that is what chuck norris wants in a candidate apparently. i'm sure newt appreciates his support, but he probably wishes chuck norris actually had those super natural p

the united way of new york city partnering with jay-z and gordon campbell is the group's ceo and presidenttogether to benefit the work to help the young people, sean carter's foundation of new york city, to help young people reach their full potential, graduate on time, go on to reach and be successful. >> the goal is to raise money. how do you split up the proceeds and who benefits? >> i have to tell you, it's been such a great partnership. 50% of the proceeds go to the shawn carter scholarship foundation and 50% to the united way of new york city. our mission is the same, fighting poverty and giving young people a chance. jay-z talks about i won the lottery, a lot of young people in the city didn't. >> he'll be performing in carnegie hall. you know how he gets to carnegie hall? practice! >> thank you so much. >> if people want to go to the concert? >> carnegiehall.org. there's a few seats available. >> and ann curry is lurking over here. thank you for being here. coming up next, we'll be talking about the romantic valentine's day getaways. but first, this is "today" on nbc. it's such a t

in mind with this new structure because you have investigators s and thevu un -- and the svu unit in the way juveniles are worked. they experience both issues. [unintelligible] how is the unit dealing with the language access component? >> arlen vanderbilt leads the human trafficking investigations and is a true believer in the victim-based types of crimes committed in human trafficking and has had very little obstacles in regards to language issues that have come up during investigations. they are a primary concern in the investigation. we want to make sure that we can communicate with that individual and insure that what they are telling us it's the elements of the crime -- it fits the elements of the crime. i have not received any reports of their being issues. >> any further questions? thank you. chief, are you done? >> can we respond to the earlier report, too? i want to highlight the cip cases. there were too mentally ill people, what was clearly a suicide by cop. they wanted the police department to help them in the situation. the officers did not take the bait, and you had a drastica

has been an outpouring support, we are certainly blessed to have the various social agencies from united way to the menial health agencies to the very community members that are stepping forward. and we are embracing them because we want them to be a part of the healing that needs to take place on our campuses. many of these people have children here in our schools, many of the law enforcement people that were on campus yesterday will be continuing to have a presence in our district, have children in these schools. and i want to assure parents, i want to assure our faculty, and most importantly our students, that you'll be safe when reentering our program. as i said yesterday, and i mean it from my heart, hug your kids. kids, hug your parents. you news media, when you get the chance to get home, do the same. we are not just any old place, chardon, this is every place. as you have seen in the past, this can happen anywhere. proof of what we had yesterday. again, i thank the law enforcement, i thank my good friend, dan mclellan, our police chief, tim mckenna, and everyone else that works with

palestinian people which it has repeatedly over and over again then the united states government republican or democrat from a way to condemn the united nations. the u.s. also did not support the resolution on syria put forward by russia which would call for all sides in the conflict to stop the violence and to start a dialogue instead he chose to take sides in a civil war. right now one might describe the u.s. that you do towards the u.n. as use it if needed go around it if you don't like it but while an approach to the world body might suit washington it makes for a bad recipe for the ability i'm going to check on reporting from washington r.t. . or more in-depth discussion on the standoff in syria coming up in twenty minutes time becka to this day so when stanley says there's no unity and opposition and that's a calls for military intervention unsupported by solid facts with a taste of the interview. although both sides deny differences in in military intervention essentially in political differences there is different trends in the syrian opposition mainly between people who support outside intervention and p

he was performing a concert there to benefit the united way.ed "glory." that was the song for the baby. one of the concertgoers said -- or he said, "i didn't think i was going to make it through that one. that was tough." >> that's good. there's also rumors out there she didn't really have the baby, she used a surrogate. how did she look so good so fast? i'm not going to buy into that. >> spanx. and it's her first. everything falls apart after her second. >> that's right. she looks good now. mm. also, giants linebacker greg jones did a very cool thing after the giants won the super bowl sunday night. he surprised his girlfriend, amanda. he proposed there on the field. he had someone else carry the ring. and then when the game was over, you can see she just totally melts. they started dating about a year ago. they met three years ago at michigan state. she's a former b-ball player and a model. she wouldn't stop crying. so we wish them the best of luck. nice timing, dude, way to go. it seems like for every anti-aging problem, there's a different

had such strong language about this in the original speech and indeed, citizens united, in some ways, is a repudiation of a system that started when t.r. was president back when we passed the tillman act i think in 1907. so that there was, i thought, an opportunity for him to address this concern which also, by the way, is a concern of occupy wall street. and so i wish he had done just what you said he should have done. >> you enact credibility on that because he's the person who killed public finance. >> yeah. >> all right. well, there's a distinction almost without a difference, but i accept your point. >> there is -- and this goes to the distinction that john was making earlier about the different strands of progressism. maybe it isn't an accident, right? that he's staying away from the kind of democratic or populist element of progressivism as embodied in notions like initiative and referendum and primaries, finance reform. he's instead emphasizing the kind of administrative state piece and fair distribution. >> it tells you a lot about where progressivism has gone. i accept e.j.'