so slow to sound a warning over last year's famine in east africa that thousands of people died unnecessarily. that is the harsh assessment of two major posterity's. save the children and oxfam. it took them six months to act on eyewitness accounts and other reliable information. a region of west africa could also be facing a huge crisis of its own. our correspondent reports from jer. >> the mother and children waiting for treatment for severe and attrition. this 11-month-old and showing progress. but many more children are at risk of severe malnutrition in this country and across the sahara at this time. this mother returns to her village nearby. pests did a lot of damage to crops in this region. one of the breadbaskets of the region supposedly. water seems more precious than usual. >> the harvest gave us 10% of the food that we need. my husband went to nigeria to work, but the money went quickly. i have to fetch water and wood and other things for us to get something to live on. >> there is grain on sale in a nearby market in another town, but they cannot afford the rising price. this unit

we want people to feel that they were not forced or used against them unnecessarily. >> reporter: the department's handling of the occupy oakland has the judge threatening a federal takeover if the changes don't happen by july. in the meantime, he's ordered all major decisions by opd be approved by a court-appointed monitor. in a written statement, the city says, we take this seriously and understand the implications for our community if compliance is not achieved quickly. now, if the oakland police department ends up in a federal receiver ship situation, we understand it would be the first police department in the country to be placed under federal control. now, again, city leaders say they are committed to making these changes happen in the next few months. the oakland police chief, howard jordan, would not talk to us on camera today but said my vision is to make oakland one of the safer cities in california. i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> still ahead at 6:00, i battle? why the iphone is in the middle of a patent lawsuit. >> i'm marianne. the plastic bag ban impact on st

the officers threatened him unnecessarily and used excessive force. >> i know they were in the wrong. their behavior and their conduct is unacceptable this man is in a wheelchair. he is stable. there was nothing he could of dawn. >> charges against harris and miller were later dropped. the two officers were investigated the charges were never filed. police are investigating a deadly crash in liberty town. newschopper7 was over the same. there was a tractor-trailer and a pickup truck and this shut down all lanes of maryland 75 after the vehicles collided at 5:30 this morning. investigators say it appears the tractor-trailer crossed the center line. there are new leads in the search for two men caught on tape holding up an armored car. this happened at around 8:00 this day morning outside of a wal mart in bowie. the armored car driver was about to put $90,000 into his vehicle and one of the suspects ran up with a gun and grabbed the money it they took off in a stolen van and they ditched the event at a nearby farm. we want to turn to the race for the white house. one candidate decisivel

. >> why should we torture or maim animals unnecessarily? >> they have to relocate the rats. that is not actually the worst part. they cannot break up the families of the rats. >> oh, no. >> the law is not about rats, but he picked up on her comments. >> a lot of them did not know much about him, but they do know rush limbaugh. >> she has been bombarded from e-mails like these and others that are obscene. >> this stuff gets out there and people who are not paying attention said, oh my gosh. it tends to get a life of its own and is based on a life peer >> for the record, they still have an agency whose job is to kill rats, not relocate them to virginia. >> unbelievable. coming up next, we will see why just about every writer on the metro will be effected. whatcha lookin' for hon? ah, these new jeans i want. i've been looking everywhere. new blue jeans? oh don't be crazy i've got tons of blue jes. frank! frank! get my jean bin, susie wants my jeans. no she doesn't. here we go. nice and loose. ohhh. those are loose, but i actually just ordered three pairs of this kind. ooooohhhh

. >> there's a point in this process where it gets unnecessarily personal and nasty. that's sad. >> jon: but gingrich's lizard attacks paid dividends. he won in south carolina and began to turn the tide in florida. >> gingrich getting a big bounce out of south carolina on that sunday after south carolina leading romney in florida by six points. >> jon: gingrich in a landslide. a ging-glide. america, brace yourself for a gingrich white house and a new hair style craze. no! i meant his wife's hair. there. with his new lead in florida, gingrich felt confident enough to start speculating about the future. >> by the end of my second term, we will have the first permanent base on the moon. (laughing). >> jon: by the end of my third term, i will have shaved the sides off michigan so it looks like it's flipping off aliens. by my fifth term, i will have fed the nation's poor with the cheap food stuff made from their own children. by my seventh term i will have trained cats to do jobs that immigrants do. so how did mitt manage to claw his way back? well, gingrich won his advant

. >> there's a point in this process where it gets unnecessarily personal and nasty. and that said, i have never, ever gone and done any lobbying -- >> the gingrich campaign also released some documents that were the source of controversy. before the debate, gingrich released information about his relationship with freddie mac. his consulting firm released their contract with the government-sponsored housing agency. shows gingrich was paid $300,000 for consulting services starting in 2006 and again in 2007. the former house speaker has been accused of lobbying for the agency but maintains he was only an historian for freddie mac's top lobbyist. gingrich's firm started consulting for freddie mac in 1999 at the rate of $25,000 a month but say they can no longer find those contracts. >>> later today, president obama will address congress and the nation with his third state of the union address. this is video of last year's speech. with his re-election campaign already underway, the president's speech will focus on the economy. he'll also touch on manufacturing, clean ene

the staff will do our best to make sure they do return for review without unnecessarily putting it as a condition. >> anybody else? on motion please. >> to the permit holders, have you been able to review this, and do you contest any of this hammond -- any of this? >> going ck to commissioners, going back to number one, limiting the hours, they are on a tough streak. they are next to a much larger club that has issues. if you really want better security have them go and hire a security company. i think if you tie their has behind their back, i am not going to say my client will be there, t e more you hamper an owner and take away potential revenue, the less likely you are to havebetter cros or better security, and i agree that problems with security are going to happen at 10:00 at night, after closing, and i would ask that you strike it because it is not going to help the situation, and the situation is we want better security and on broadway everywhere, and i also agree that number nine shouldbetruckbecause i think they have done soundproofing already, and i would also ask tt e 14 da

making sure that the permit holders should take measures to ensure the sidewalk is not blocked or unnecessarily affected by patrons. security camera should be maintained in good working order. and abide by the posted occupancy. that is it. >> is the applicant here? >> good evening, members of the commission. my name is arthur bryden. i have served as a business consultant to jack in the box restaurants. i would like to turn our presentation over to my associate jennifer who has served as a liaison between our office and the respective individual franchise. commissioner joseph: commissioner is the president of the commission. >> i know but you are the lady. [laughter] duty before the beast. >> there we go. good evening. thank you for your time this evening in hearing us out. my name is jennifer and i am a liaison to the franchise owner of the jack in the box. i have prepared a formal statement to address all the concerns that are out there. it is an unfortunate incident that occurred november 24. our thoughts are with the victim's. the incident is under investigation to rid the police report is

a point in this process where it gets unnecessarily personal and nasty. >> mitt romney launched attacks like a challenger. >> at the end of four years she had to resign in disgrace. in the 50 years after he left, the speaker has been working as an influence peddler in washington. >> with the race a dead heat romney acknowledged he needed to change his strategy. >> i have had in coming from all directions. >> romney repeatedly slammed newt gingrich for his work as a consultant for freddie mac. >> at the time when freddie mac was getting america in a position where we would have a massive housing clubs you could have spoken out aggressively but you were being paid by them. you are making over $1 million. people in florida were being heard by millions of dollars. >> i offer a strategic device based on my knowledge of history. >> romney will release his 2010 and estimated 2011 tax return. he said there will be no surprises. >> is it entirely legal and fair? absolutely. i paid a lot of taxes. >> the candidates will meet again on thursday. the stakes may only get higher. >> do with us, your e

, which could have a full and vetted discussion about entertainment that is not in the purvey, unnecessarily, of the actual taskforce since i was unable to get that discussion there. that is really all i have to say except that i am really glad you came out. i am not looking to extend entertainment throughout all of soma under everyone's roof. it is about some of the entertainment uses that have looked as far as the zoning end the conversation would continue from there. please contact me because now as when the work starts. commissioner joseph: please note commissioenner tan is present. >> i will call for public comment, but before doing so, i would like to form this subcommittee that will have no less than three meetings that will engage the public in dialogue on this issue. on the subcommittee, i appoint a commissioner tan, commissioner hyde and myself. a three-member sub-committee. you will all get a copy of that agenda, and we will see you then. i look forward to public comment on this issue. i have some speaker cards. forgive me if i mispronounce your name. >> i have lived within the we

thoroughfares to the people coming in and out of these uses what not to wander into one another unnecessarily. this is a great idea. it is already in the plan. some of the things that concern critics follow policies that apply throughout the city and are dictated by other jurisdictions and codes. one example is the sunset provision that follows applicable city codes. many other aspects are not unique to it. if there are concerns, they need to be taken up with the appropriate agencies. there are many problems facing entertainment in the city and south of market. i don't think this discussion is addressing any of them. in the community plan is much ado for a little or no benefit, and considerable downside for everyone, including entertainment. a lot of energy is being expanded and unnecessary conflict is being generated. we should be trying to get it adopted rather than arguing over things that are already addressed or have been discussed for the last five or six years. >> i am a business owner and a 10-year homeowner. i agree that good planning requires just that, good planning. i do own a hom

it does not require any substantial changes, but the ports feel it would unnecessarily complicate understanding of how waterfront design process relates to pour properties. -- port properties. in the other category -- i could have come up with something more interesting. the proposed ordinance prohibits commercial vehicles in the commercial district. we think this is compatible use for the c.m district. we're recommending it is a c.u. instead. recommendation no. 11, the ordinance makes changes to section 132, which covers improvements to the public right of way when certain things are done to a building. the department recommends removing existing regulations were there is a change of use that involves more than half of the building floor area. we found this difficult to enforce, especially since a lot of the projects can be approved over the counter and do not have any of their review process. it is not a very effective way to do this. we're also recommended other changes to the section that clarify certain provisions and allow for exceptions when required improvements are in feasible. these h

we want people to feel that force will not be used against them unnecessarily. >> howard jordan, you see the video there, refused to the answer our questions regarding the judge's order. in a statement released today, city officials said we take this seriously and understand the implications for our community. if compliance is not achieved quickly. if the city does not overhaul the department by a march deadline, the entire force will be placed under federal control. >> san francisco sheriff will be in court again tomorrow for his domestic violence case. this time he will have a new lawyer, a female lawyer. his they parted ways without giving a reason. his new lawyer is lydia stiglich and he she will be in court tomorrow asking the judge to modify the stay away order and allowing him to visit his son. he pled not guilty to misdemeanor charges of domestic violence, battery against his wife, child endangerment and dissuade withing a witness. >>> a polarizing issue about tough love. a local high school coach whose squad walked out on him in protest. tonight the coach is speaking out. th

our vehicles get stuck behind a double parked car, that turns into bunching, which turns into unnecessarily high operations costs, so i want to make sure that when we talk about these things, we do not just talk about them in terms of revenue and punishment but that we keep in context that the goal is to make operations more efficient so that we can actually restore service or improve it to what it needs to be. chairman nolan: thank you. sir? >> good afternoon. i was trying to stay with in the two minutes before that also. i first want to thank the sustainable streets for including taxis. i did not sever that, but i wanted to thank you for the cab drivers as well. it would be great to get a flier about to the dispatch companies and the airport, informing them that they can now do this. this would help to improve customer service as part of this. it will improve customer service. regarding 10.5, thank you, director lee, for talking about this issue. the issue is enforcement. raising the fines to whatever amount does not matter if you are not going to enforce it, and that is the god's honest

the headlines, aid agencies say thousands died unnecessarily in east africa because of a slow response to last year's famine. now the warnings of a new food shortage in west africa. a key suspect in the christmas day bombing in nigeria has escaped amid fears that extremists have infiltrated the police forced. the italian cruise ship the costa concordia has shifted once again, forcing another suspension in the final rescue efforts. 24 people still missing. if it seems almost certain no one else will be found alive. 11 bodies have been recovered so far. among the missing is russell, who worked as a waiter on the ship. his brother kevin has traveled there today to look for. >> i am thinking -- it's indescribable. something impossible, to wonder how this could happen. the second is, 29 lives still missing. it is not just my brother. 28 families, 29 families. and along with 11 people that have died already, how did this thing really happen? >> let's go to the island to speak with our correspondent there allen johnson. distressing as it will be for people like that relative we have just been

piddling, but the point of view, the vision of what this means that the president has taken this on unnecessarilybut deliberately in the name of the campaign is another established snow, this is the most political president to use the offices of the government to his end. >> and the hypocrisy by harry reid here is off the charts. i mean, he pioneered this strategy to block bush, a lot of the people advisors said you should do what president obama has done this time, bush says, no, i don't want to have that fight. i don't believe i have the constitutional authority to do it. obama now that he's done it, harry reid says, hey, great, override us in the senate. >> and it's a debate. eugene generally sensible, a-- >> a legal analyst. >> and saying, but the plain language of the dodd frank bill which created this bureaucratic monster says it-- the senate has not confirmed a director. ultimately it will be bad politics because it's more uncertainty over the economy. every decision that comes out of this building now is going to be-- face a big legal challenge and uncertainty, whether it gets enacted. >>

he is somebody who i think was unnecessarily negative and who knows that some of the things he ran on were not true. but that's his decision. that's how he wants to play the game. >> you sthaed character is very important for whoever wins this nomination. yet, you won't tell me what you think of mitt romney. what do you think of his character? >> i don't have an obligation to answer any of that? i'm not going to sit here and play psychotherapy. >> can you imagine ever working for him? >> no. but why -- what does that -- he couldn't imagine ever working for me either. >> through go. newt gingrich blanketing the airwaves in south carolina. he's got some money to spend there. this could be his last stand. as the republicans bludgeon each other in that primary process, president obama is looking to the general election, central economic message for his campaign. in a white house speech yesterday, the president unveiled a renewed effort to bring jobs back from overseas. he says they can still be saved. the theme was aimed at corporate leaders. the president's comments also made mention of

i did not think people unnecessarily aware outside the u.s. is the impact of the citizens united ruling by the supreme court, but there is an understanding that money in america buys power, and clearly, there is a certain amount of evidence to support that theory. >> what are you making of all of this? >> enjoying it, i suppose. so far, the democratic party have only put out ads against mitt romney, suggesting that he is the candidate they fear most. >> thanks very much. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come, the two sides of sao paulo. with brazil's economy booming, the super rich are riding high, but not everyone is invited to the party. now, the comments britain's prince harry has made about the relationship between his grandmother and the duke of edinburgh. >> when the queen came to the throne, it was the duke of edinburgh who was the first pledged his allegiance immediately after her coronation. since then, they have more or less been inseparable, and on the occasion of their golden wedding anniversary, the queen even s

in this is a point process work gets unnecessarily nasty and that's sad.e a day makes -- gingrich takes the stage as new front runner and mitt clean with his tax tu

they also will make sure the adjacent sidewalks are not blocked or unnecessarily affected by patrons or employees and shall provide security whenever patrons gather outdoors. this also is a requirement for installing security cameras and actually think are already there, maintaining security cameras indoors and outdoors, adhering to the posted occupancy. i believe fire has arrested 49 persons total. that's for the staff and patrons. i think there are 18 seats indoors. jack in the box find these conditions acceptable. i'll let them tell you if i've misspoken on that andin fact they've adopted many of them prior to coming to the entertainment commission. as you know, the conditions that you add are most useful and effective when the complaints are specific and when there's a nexus between some negative behavior and the operation of the business. in this case, not that many of the complaints have been specific and related to the business operation between 2:00 and 6:00. so far our concerns expressed include, quote, nuisance, noise, litter, and crimes that drain police resources, quote.

. >> unnecessarily personal and nasty.t is out newt gingrich announced mitt romney's attacks. >> mitt romney earned over $20 million and paid $3 million in taxes. an estimate of its taxes comes out today. he is paying just 15%. >> i don't think you want someone who pays more taxes than he owes. >> that dominated last night's debate. newt gingrich released his contract with freddie mac showed he earned three under thousand dollars -- $300,000. >> i have never done any lobbying. there's a process when this gets on necessarily personal and that is said. -- sad. >> rick santorum characterize this as the rich protecting the ridgch. >> ron paul was asked if he would drop out and run as a third-party candidate. he did not rule it out. the next debate is thursday in jacksonville. tracie potts, wbal-tv 11 news. >> family and friends remembered a baltimore educator that was murdered inside her home. a memorial service was held for 84-year-old mary hines. those in attendance recalled very fond moments. she was a person they gave and

than to have a man examine their body and since all doctors were men, thousands of women died unnecessarily because of that. in france and europe there was no stigma about women being examined for illness or bird or whatever by male physicians, and equally important, students could make the rounds with a trained physician in the hospital to watch the physician attending during examination of the women patients. the second very important roadblock for us was the strong opposition to the use of cadavers. in many states, half of the states they were illegal. of what that meant was there was a black market for human bodies, and because of that, the bodies were very expensive and because of that, students almost never got to dissect a cadaver whereas in paris again in france there was no stigma about it and so bisecting for hours at the time every day for years at the time was an enormous part of their training, and one of the young american students who loved this best became extremely good at was young oliver wendell holmes, senior, who came back from the training in paris to teach anatomy at

they say the city of oakland is overreacting and unnecessarily affect hundreds of employees. as you said this all comes out of the state supreme court ruling two weeks ago that was legal eliminate funding to redevelopment agencies. oakland announced starting next week, layoff notices will be sent to an unspecified number of city employees. we do know it will be far greater than the 159 full-time positions paid with redevelopment money. the city called it a broad approach to give counsel and administration the greatest flexibility in dealing with the loss of $25-30 million. union leaders say as many as 1500 employees could get pink slips, an action they say is flat out unnecessary. >> it's far more broad than they need to. far more broad than they should be. we hope they retract those letters and take a more thoughtful approach. >> reporter: city spokesperson released a statement this decision will have a devastating impact on the city of oakland, redevelopment funds have been used to support staff projects and programs throughout the city organization. we're talking about red

activists accused police of unnecessarily using batons and tear gas as they tried to occupy the emptyen't given enough time to disperse. police say they seemed determined to be violent and provoke officers. the mayor going to star working on her plan to try and pre-- to start working on her land to try and prevent another protest. she will have hurry they want another demonstration next monday amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> one other top story: more than 20,000 kaiser hospital workers expected to walk off the job for a one day strike tomorrow. the planned walk out involves mental health and optical employees. thousands of the nurses have agreed to walk out in solidarity at 7 a.m. tomorrow. kaiser permanente is making plans to ensure all hospitals and medical offices will remain open. >>> 6:56. one last check of weather with mike nicco. >>> good morning. thickest of the clouds and best chance of rain behind us. live doppler dry. right now mild low 50s oakland and san francisco, the rest of us mid to upper 40s increasing sun and upper 50s to mainly low 60s this afternoon cooler than the

protesters accused police of unnecessarily using tear gas and batons saying officers didn't give themgh time to disperse. police and city officials say protesters seemed determined to be violent and provoke police. >> i think a lot of young people who have come to these demonstrations think they are being revolutionaries and they are hurting the people they claim that they are representing. >> reporter: check out this seven foot wide metal shield police say they've took -- they took from protester. they confiscated a hammer, knives. officers say they have to change their strategies in dealing with these protesters. they say they need officers to respond to the rest of the city's needs. there were five homicides over the weekend. 500 details for service and some went unanswered. -- five hundred calls for service, and some went unanswered. the mayor sees an opportunity in the graffiti left. she sees this as a chance for prevention. she would like to see some found guilty as part of their punishment to cleanup the graffiti and the trash. again, she will get to test her new plan very soon

point in this processwhere it gets unnecessarily personal and nasty and that's sad.>reporter: while a newly aggrsive romney launched attack like a challenger. >> and at the the end of 4 years he had to rae sign in disgrace. if the 15 years after he left the speakership the speaker has been working as influence peddler in washingto washington. >>reporter: with the race now a dead heat between him and gingrich romney acknowledged he needed to change his strategy. >> hi incoming from all directions. was overwhelmed with the attack and i won't sit back and get attacked day in and day out without returning fire. >>reporter: florida has one of the highest foreclosure rates in the nation and he slammed gingrich for his consult for freddie mac. >> at a time when freddie mac was getting america in a position where we have a massive housing collapse you could have spoken out aggressively but instead you were being paid by them. were you making over 1 million dollars at the same time people in florida were being hurt by millions of dollars. >> fact is i offered strategic advice

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