to me, that is a common sense just country lawyer from upstate new york, a common sense initiative that we could all agree upon, because if you arm an individual with a diploma, the likelihood of that individual my gut tells me and every study that i have ever heard tells many that the higher educational success that you achieve the better your chance of being re-employed into the marketpla marketplace. so as folks are in this unemployment status, and i empathize with those folks, why can't we come together and agree on reforms that are going to give individuals, men and women, tools such as a ged to make them more marketable, and make them more apt to be re-employed. so, i'm going to follow-up on one other point before i get into hopefully a question, senator reed, because aim i am g the follow chairman bachus' recommendatioreck m mendation of opening up a dialogue through questions, but when you treat this as emergency spending and not pay for it, and if i heard you correctly, i would have to say i disagree with that. as member of the freshman class that came in 2010, i'm very concern

many of teens in upstate new york who were overcome by bizarre ticks are getting better. was it just a case of mass hysteria. >>> also the close crew for a helicopter that broke into pieces. we'll show you the video. @ man on tv: ...rbis and 36 homers. swings at the first pitch and fouls it deep back into the stands. [ding] [fans whirring] announcer: chill raw and prepared foods promptly. one in 6 americans will get sick from food poisoning this year. check your steps at foodsafety.gov. >>> a 360 follow on tonight to a medical mystery we have been covering closely. parents in new york were terrified when a dozen teenagers developed ticks resembling tourette's syndrome. most of the teens were girls. this video was taking in october after sarah sanchez developed uncontrollable twitching. her mom said her seizures got worse an the tics started. during an interview, she appeared to have a seizure. >> these are seizures she's had since a kid, is that what we're looking at? >> no, no, these are from the tics? >> a different kind of seizure she developed. >> these are a differen

especially in upstate new york. let's authorize a second round and grow that he momentum even stronger. on the new york open for business campaign, it's going to be expanding this year and go global. espc and the port authority already will coordinate an effort to boost international competitiveness because we're not just competing with other states. we're competing with countries all across the globe. we have to realize that. we have to be prepared for the competition. the open for business campaign will also be expanding to promote tourism and we'll be running television campaigns to attract people to our state highlighting our regional trerns like the adirondacks, the catskills and our long island beaches. we have the greatest sites in the country. let's promote tourism throughout the state. especially in upstate new york. another potential economic engine for the state is casino gaming. when it comes to casino gaming, i believe we are living in a state of denial. it's time we confronted reality. it is not a quest

the degree to which pain of this nation permeated rural communities in upstate new york was very, very deep. and the society in the north was not uniform. there were riots in new york, there was a great deal of resistance on a lot of discussion, so the country was not of one mind even with regard to the union's effort. but in terms of 1861, the suspension of the writ, merriman being the very first case lost, he got out of prison shortly thereafter. not too long thereafter. canney made sure that food and furniture was provided to merriman while he was housed at ft. mchenry and, indeed, named one of his children, he had 11, roger b.canney merriman. so he was appropriately grateful for the chief justice's effort. the other fellow i want to talk to you about is milligan. by the way merriman also became the treasurer from 1870 to 1872. landon milligan was known as a democrat, he lived in indiana, an attorney, he had been born in ohio. he had never held political office but he'd been a democrat. democrats thought war was wrong and supportive of the confederates. and he was involved in a plan

vietnam, they do not equal half of those who died in the civil war from that same little town in upstate new york. the general sacrifice, the degree to which the pain of this nation permeated even rural communities in upstate new york was very deep. and the society in the north was not uniform. there were riots in new york. there was a great deal of resistance and a lot of discussion. so the country was not of one mind, even with regard to the union's effort. but in terms of 1861 and the suspension of the writ, merriman, being the very first case, lost. he got out of prison shortly thereafter. taney, by the way, took care to make sure that food and furniture was provided to merriman while he was housed at ft. mchenry and merriman named one of his children, he had 11. roger b. taney merriman. so he was appropriately grateful for the chief justice's efforts. the other fellow is landen milligan. and by the way, merriman became treasure of the state of maryland from 1870 to 1871. milligan lived in indiana, he was an attorney. he was born in ohio. he had never held political office but had been very a

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new york state. the light showers we have here changeover to snow showers and some light accumulation is possible through the evening. if you are headed northbound tonight into pennsylvania, and into parts of upstate new york, this messy weather will be heading in that direction overnight tonight. starting to clear up a little for central and western ohio. you can see the satellite imagery shows mostly cloudy skies for most of our region. we do not expect any significant clearing until late tonight. a chance for a sprinkle of rain, turning partly cloudy after midnight toward morning. sunset at 5:42, so we are already past that for this evening. in the days are gradually getting longer, and the sun rise will come tomorrow before 7:00 a.m., for the first time since november. no big strong high-pressure that you normally see behind the systems this time of year. partly cloudy conditions, waiting for the next couple of storm systems to arrive, but without any significant error in the lower 48. relatively mild for this kind -- this that time of year. a shower moving out early tonight, and partial clearing toward morning. tomorrow will stay mild and tomorrow night the clouds come back. another batch of

to honor and celebrate the life of one of their own, 33-year-old joshua weissman, who has an upstate new york -- as an upstate new york teenager became a firefighter and later a paramedic. weissman was responding to a car fire february 8th when he fell through a small gap on an i-395 bridge. he died the next day. his coffin was borne to the bethel hebrew congregation on the fire engine from his station, no. 206. the small group of civilians who live near the west end of the station came to pay respects. the entire alexandria fire department could also come to the funeral because firefighters from four nearby virginia counties have volunteered to man the alexandria stations for a two- day period. at the service there were songs, prayers, funny stories and emotional recollections of how much josh weissman loved being a paramedic and how much he loved life. >> he always had a plan and was consistently thinking to the next step. he was an aggressive medic who saved a lot of patients who would otherwise not have survived. >> joshua had a self-satisfying thing that he did every time he went to the

there are some winter showers up in upstate new york far from us. y're whipping clear out of new england. i hesitate to call it a cold front. you sought temperatures will likely be warmer by late tomorrow afternoon than today. you see a lot of warm air in place now across the deep south, including nashua up to 60. we think we could see a weak disturbance bloom in the appalachians tomorrow afternoon. that could bring a few showers for the evening commute. we'll be dry behind that and dry into most of thursday. overnight 38, not as cold. 58. early sun, mild with some late day clouds. tomorrow night temperatures falling down to the low 40s, scattered showers. your seven-day forecast. hey, milder tomorrow, milder thursday. chance for the upper 60s. it does look like our best chance for rain and maybe a thunderstorm will come on friday. haven't used that term lately, drier for the weekend. >>> dozens of baltimore elementary school schools received dictionaries today as part of their partnership with the baltimore rotary club. they have been donating to sc

a beard, he begins growing at the suggestion of an 11-year-old admirer from upstate new york. born too is the new image of the first lady. eager to per sue her new social responsibilities, she buys lavish new clothes, offending critics who call her displays inappropriate at a country breaking apart during her husband's election. she and her husband board the train that will take them to boston for the ininauguration. >> my friends, here i have lived a quarter of a century and have passed from a young to an old man. i now leave not knowing when or if ever i may return. but a task for me greater before me that rested upon washington. trusting in him who can go with me and/or daned for good. let us confidently hope that all will yet be well. to his care which i hope in your prayers you will commend me. i bid you an affection farewell. >> on ininauguration day march force, with mary proudly in the audience, lincoln pleads with the south to remain in the union. that evening, as she dresses for the inaugural ball, mary prepares to leave the social world in which she's dreamt since ch

served as a paramedic in upstate new york before coming to alexandria. he lost his life along 359 last week while responding to a report of a car fire. yesterday, a tremendous line stretched outside the everly wheatley funeral home where there was a visitation that. visitation lasted seven hours. many well wishers had wonderful things to say about the young paramedic including his brother. >> josh excelled in a career that reflected the person who he was, strong and fearless under pressure but rooted in compassion and kindness. these characteristics define not only him but so many others who commit their lives to helping when the circumstance are most dire. >> reporter: the funeral will be held in alexandria. the entire department of the alexandria foyer department have been given time off to attend that funeral. neighboring jurisdiction will respond to any incidents that occur during that time. the road closures will remain in place during the funeral. there are expected to be as many as 5,000 people in attendance. i'm stacy cohan. back to you. >> thank

i grew up in upstate new york and we were guaranteed that the ice rink would be okay.irginia, even though it's winter, that's a little shaky. >> major points for the effort. >> dad points. good morning, everyone. big rainstorm expected this weekend as it moves from texas all the way down along the gulf coast. some of us are hoping, like myself, that we'll get a big east coast storm. doesn't look like it's going to happen. what we have going on is we have a northern stream that's very active. notice there's a stream coming in from the northwest, week one northern plains. another one going through canada. the northern stream is active but it won't combine with all the moisture down here to the south. that's why we won't get this energy coming up the coast. for the most part this is just going to be a southern soaker. we already have some rain and thunderstorms popping up in central texas. it will be a wet day from dallas, wake could he, austin. eventually that rain will make its way along the coast. this yellow and orange swath throughout much of the deep south, that's t

high pressure sitting up over upstate new york, western pa.hat will keep the dry cool breeze coming in. as that shifts that will mean the winds relent. we're left with some good conditions to see a bit of a warmup. our trend shows really a clear night on the way. perhaps tomorrow a slight disturbance just off the coast could perhaps spin out a new showers. it will be rain if anything down that way around central maryland, just the variably cloudy skies as we go into tomorrow and wednesday. i think the best chances for rain holding whoever until later this week. overnight 30, mostly clear and cold. 53, increasing clouds, breezy but milder but it will be breezy. tomorrow 36 under cloudy skies. the seven-day forecast, i mean the story of the sweek a spring like surge. jamie's getting into the banal fever already. 60 on wednesday. 67 on thursday. i think d.c. could hit 70 on thursday, talking about snow in d.c. last night. 70 a few days later. >> great winter. >> been that scribed of february. >> -- kind of february. >> they're having a skate-a-th

upstate, new york, lake-effect snow. high pressure continuing to spin over the east right now. that will funnel in more cold air through the overnight and very dry air. we have no moisture across the entire east coast right now. this is some very bone dry air so you may want to fire up the humidifier over the next day or so because extremely dry air is in place. as we look to new weather systems to the west, not a lot for the moment, but this system in texas will begin to make its move ft. east tomorrow. we're still sunny. valentine's day, rain mixed with snow showers possible tuesday night. some light wintry showers, but the bulk looks to stay south of us. >> overnight tonight down to 20, very cold. expecting a deep-freeze overnight. less breezy at least. tomorrow sapphire blue skies will look nice and winds letting up. that will give us a chance to warm up. tomorrow night 28 with clouds on the increase. as we check out the seven-day forecast here, you know the outlook is a little milder here tuesday into wednesday. again a couple of rain and or snow showers tuesday night. don

theseup to our north and some have their amounts are falling in upstate new york.t completely misses the mid atlantic. we get just a rain event out of desperate increasing clouds tonight and it will be on the chilly aside. 53 degrees to day but only into the 40's 42 marks and a good chance for rain after 10:00 a.m. and scattered rain showers into wednesday night. a chilly day with temperatures bouncing back on thursday, 54 degrees and maybe rain showers early on. 57 degrees on friday and big changes this weekend. we go up with the temperatures into the 60's and maybe thunderstorms on saturday and into sunday and monday, the temperatures drop. there's a storm system in the making and what it could do is up in the air and we will keep an eye on it. ♪ >> with sky high gas prices, we all look for ways to save at the pump. most drivers claim to have a secret that helps their tank of gas go the extra mile. before you waste your time, we separate fact from fiction. >> this with direct energy from the fourth dimension. >> even the most bizarre items like magnets and sticke

, but the fact of the matter is, when you take a policeman out of this city and take them to upstate new york and the guys joining a muslim student association and going on a rafting trip with them you're stepping on their constitutional right and i think you're breaking the law. >> and why is it okay for n.y.p.d. to look into the internet and they can't go look at a-- >> because it's universal. and where do you know-- >> they're beyond their jurisdiction. >> and now they're-- >> and newark, which is miles away. >> nobody knows about the internet why you can't find places, if you go looking for porn sites you don't know where they come from. but the fact is this is not-- the internet is an entirely different world than undercover police operations outside of your jurisdiction. >> and now overlap. >> the irony of this, if the police aren't successful and there were actual problems we wouldn't have these and nit-picking. >> can you come up quickly what the bbc said how they treat the christianity differently. >> he admitted something, if any conservative had said this they would have been mocke

was the first year, in 1990, when my brothers and i were invited to perform in the presence in upstate new york for the holiday. it was not a big political thing. it was a holiday. we were just going to go and sing sing christmas carols, do some rap songs, whether we could do to cheer up the brothers that were locked up. we started to do it over and over again. it was only 10 years later and that we began to see ways to use that in a more pro-active way. we would come out of a nightclub in new york city, my brother, my cousin, and i. we had had some experience with the police harassing us on the streets. this particular night, somebody had gotten into a fight, we were probably the only black folks in a white neighborhood the party that they were at, they were playing salsa, marvin gaye, and we were hanging out after the birthday party. we got caught up in a situation where the police had been called for shots fired. we happened to be the only black people there, they got us and put us in jail. that was the first day that you mentioned. the long and short of it is, i was in my second year of law

maybe snowshowers upstate new york. chicago, you will hold off until tonight.y expecting an inch or two. but the kids will like it. one to two inches in missouri and arkansas. the snow is exiting areas in texas. valentine's day, many areas above freezing. we will have rain to deal with. the mid-atlantic, d.c., could see light rain. the carolinas, all the way through the southeast. middle of the nation is dry. and look at dallas. here's the warmth at 63. a lot of areas will warm up significantly. look at washington, d.c. chances of showers on valentine's day. look at the middle of the week. mid-50s. a lot of the flowers are blooming. if they survived the cold, they should be fine. by the end of the week, by chicago standards, these will be the highs for the week. now, we're in the middle of february. maybe winter just won't show up. >> out of the clear. >> almost in the clear again. >> thanks, bill. >>> coming up, paying tribute to whitney houston and the grammy's big winners. >>> plus, why she says she will stop singing sad songs. ♪[music plays] ♪[music plays]

and i want to tell you about this because, from anywhere, from cleveland, to new york city, upstate new york, we're talking 40-mile-per-hour, 50-mile-per-hour, 60-mile-per-hour wind gusts. if you're not weighed down, or have trees, power lines or anything outside, that patio furniture, that could go flying and become projectiles on your saturday. >>> now, for the gas prices rising almost as fast as tempers across the nation. gas ticked up again overnight, 3 cents. the 29th-straight day of increases. but it turns out the pain of the pump is not spread equally. how much you pay depends a lot on where you live. abc's dan harris explains why. >> reporter: when it comes to breathing in the noxious fumes of overpriced gas, we are not living in the united states. california is the red zone. a big, angry blotch of high prices. over $4 a gallon pretty much throughout the state tonight. one of the most expensive gas station in america? the mobile station on south hacienda boulevard in l.a. in the northeast, an unhappy orange. average prices between $3.60 and $3.93. the vast underbelly of the coun

in the 60s yesterday with gorgeous sunshine, now snow on the ground in areas of connecticut, upstate new yorke hudson valley, po kip ski, down to northern new jersey, snow on the ground. colder air moved in yesterday, just enough for the snow this morning. be careful out there on the roads, especially in connecticut and now that's trying to push through areas of rhode island, may be getting some snowflakes on cape cod currently. a quick burst of about one to two inches that's fallen. you're not going to get much more than this. driving in between albany and boston, that will be slippery, especially early this morning. another spot getting a little snow, up through central michigan, around detroit. you've had a little bit, but the roads should be fine for now. we're still thinking around two to four inches later this morning. chicago, you've had about one to two inches of snow, a little less than was predicted. still got a batch of snow that has to go through during the heart of the morning rush hour. probably end up with maybe four inches total, five at most, just enough to cause you headache

since then, more than a dozen young girls at leroy high school in upstate new york had been sick with the very same problems. >> i was always so active and everybody was always happy to be around me, but i don't feel like myself. any more. >> reporter: doctors who examined the young women conclude a psychiatric condition known as conversion disorder is to blame. >> this is a subconscious effect that occurs in patients with -- who may be prone to anxiety or mood disorders, but is definitely real symptoms. >> reporter: the first time since symptoms started appearing in teenage girls in this small town, a 36-year-old woman not associated with leroy high school is being treated for severe tics and tourette's-like symptoms. is it hard to walk? >> my whole right side is affected. >> reporter: marge fitzsimmons is a local mom and nurse practitioner. >> this is really scary. it's like somebody came in and took home away. >> reporter: now a team of environmentalists headed up by erin brockovich believes the growing problem may stem from a train derailment near the school more than 40 years ago

four years ago he and a group of young muslims took a camping trip in upstate new york.hey recently learned one of the campers was an undercover cop. >> it remind me of the days of kgb. it is secret policing. >> the department will not reveal what led it to do that. but in a statement the department argues some of the most dangerous western al qaeda linked or inspired terrorists since 9/11 were radicalized and or recruited at muslim student associations. commissioner ray kelly said the department strictly obeys the constitution. >> we live in the mostly tij us environment anywhere. we have to be cognizant of what we do. we have to check. we have to make sure that what we're doing is within constitutional bounds. that's what we're doing. >> the documents in this case contain names of the students being watched and the undercover cops doing the watching. a strong indication they were leaked by someone high in the intelligence department of the nypd. suggesting serious doubts about the monitoring program. tony guida, cbs news, new york. >>> rupert murdoch isn't letting the

by tomorrow morning snow arrives in parts of the northeast, upstate new york, albany, 2 to 4 before it changes to rain. boston, you've only had 7 inches this winter. now you may get an inch or two before it changes to rain and brian, once the storm moves out and the front moves through tomorrow, the temperatures will be cooling off to average this coming weekend. >> such a strange winter season. mike seidel, thanks as always. >>> as we continue, dirty surgical equipment showing up in hospital rooms. tonight a man who suffers the consequences. why there's growing concerns for others like him. later, the red carpet and the golden statue and all of the glamour, but who decides who walks away with the big prize? >>> our health news tonight comes right out of the operating room. nbc news partnered with the center for public integrity to look at what some have called a growing problem in this country, dirty surgical instruments sometimes making their way into surgeons' hands and thus, patients' bodies. our chief medical editor dr. nancy snyderman has more. >> reporter: like most patients joh

. >>> new developments in the mystery illness in upstate new york. a 36-year-old woman said she has the same symptoms as more than a dozen students at leroy high school. 15 students are suffering from uncontrollable ticks. researchers say the teens have conversion disorder nobody as mass heysteria. but investigators disagree. more than 40 years ago, a train derailed dumping toxic chemicals in the area it happened four miles from the school. >>> this morning planned parenthood is getting more donations as the susan g. komen foundation battles a decision to cut its funding. michael bloomberg said he will match up to $250,000 in new donations to planned parenthood. the komen foundation cut off grant money to planned parenthood. it uses the money for breast cancer screenings for women who have low income s or no insurance. the komen foundation said the money that nothing to do with the susan handle who is pro life. >> karen had nothing to do with this decision. this was decided at the board level and by our mission. >> the komen foundation said the move

answers to the serious illness that has affected more than one dozen people in this small town in upstate new yorkut the doctors treating most of the patients say he doesn't believe it's linked to admireenvironmental factors, some have developed unexplainable vocal and physical tics activist aaron brock of became involved investigating a toxic spill in the area more than 40 years ago and the new york state health department has ruled out environmental causes. to cruise ships returned to port after a narrow virus outbreak affected more than 500 people passengers and crew from ruby franklin and the crown prince's reported the incidents and crew stepped up their team procedures the sick were quarantined and remaining passengers were told to be extra precautions, and the dining room salt and pepper shakers and even sugar packets were removed from tables to prevent spreading the virus, both ships were sanitized while in port. while we enjoy the positive affects of lot minya other parts of the world have not been so lucky. they have seen much heavier than normal snow and frigid temperatures. in japan th

when i was 40 years old, i went to law school, and for many years represented a hospital in upstate new yorkcongress, and i watched dodd-frank and the stimulus. and it was for me the health care law, the terrible assault on our freedom with the health care law that really propelled me into running for congress. and i am the first -- my parents are the first generation italian americans. and i knew deep in my father's soul that he understood. he was the hardest working man i know. and he knew deep in his soul that this country offered opportunities that no other place on this earth offered. and so in an effort to preserve those freedoms for my kids and my grandkids, have i soon to be 13 grandchildren, i ran for congress. so it is about just as my colleague said, it is about preserving and protecting the united states of america. >> congressman? >> thank you. tim huelskp from kansas. we want to apologize at the beginning of this that kathleen sebelius was our governor. no disrespect. the reason i ran is i have four very young children, four adopted children. and for decades now, this country,

. >> reporter: he started his career as a volunteer firefighter in upstate new york, worked for the city of alexandria for the past seven years, was married to his beloved rebecca. >> tragedy that it was over a burning car and not a human being, but at the same time you have to recognize someone like that who spends his whole life -- i have a nephew who is an emt by seattle. he does the same job basically and it could be him someday. so it's good that everybody is supporting it. >> reporter: now the city says all 265 members of the alexandria fire department have been placed out of service through friday night so they can attend the visitation tonight. the funeral tomorrow which will be at 1:00 at bethel hebrew congregation in alexandria. all these firefighters, paramedics and emts from the city of alexandria are off work the next couple days and will be filled in by firefighters from surrounding jurisdictions. >>> only on fox 5 tonight a dangerous drive home. the driver says someone threw bricks from an overpass onto the windshield of her car. the victim sent us pictures of the damage.

saw in upstate new york and vermont are the first responders. the police officers, the paramedics, the e.m.t.'s and nurses and doctors and neighbors helping neighbors. talked to a woman in tennessee last year during the floods in nashville, and it was this home that was completely flooded. actually it was a week later, and it was being mucked out or cleaned out by again, lutherans and another, i forget the other name of the other faith-based group. there were two groups cleaning up her front home and she's sitting out this 86-year-old woman saying all these nice people are helping me clean out literally what's left of their home and she said i wouldn't have survived if it wasn't for my neighbor that broke my front window out and pulled me out and saved her life. he was a nice young man, a 63-year-old neighbor, the nice young man that saved her life. [laughter] >> but it's neighbors helping neighbors. those are the heroes. those are the people that we need to make sure that they are part of our team as we plan to go forward, not just for response

. >> fear and anger spread across a small town in upstate new york where a mysterious illness is struckople. >> interrupted during a meeting where most of the victim doss go to school. >> reporter: the seizures experienced by offer a dozen girls in leeroy have been on full display. now so is the fear over the illness. >> you are not doing your job at all. >> reporter: outraged parents confronted administrators and public for the first time worried not enough is being done. >> so much fear and worry among parents and member that perspective is lost. >> reporter: the state department of health ruled no cause could be found. >> if there was an environmental cause we would see this in a weed spread group of folks not just students who are mainly girls. >> reporter: the doctor who treated many of them believe it's a mental case of conversion disorder. >> stress can show in different ways. >> reporter: this is used by every mental health professional in the united states. in it conversion disorder is called rare but real and usually affecting young women. >> multiple children, teens, have sim