new york. quebec. we have power supply in western new york. we have a tremendous need for power in downstate new york. let's connect the dots. let's connect the supply dots to the need. what eisenhower did the '50s by building an interstate system is what this energy highway can be to the next generation. if we want the state to develop and we need the jobs and we need the businesses, we're going to need the power and this is the way we're going to do it. the state can master plan a system and issue an rfp will allow private sector companies to come in to bid it and build it. we believe they will finance it over a period of time, and we believe it can generate $2 billion in from structure. >> this is no doubt a comprehensive and ambitious jobs program. $15 billion in infrastructure, $4 billion for a convention center, $2 billion for javits advance formation, $2 billion for energy highways, $1 billion for gaming $1 billion for buffalo that we believe will actually generate additional money from the private sector. a total of about $25 billion. t

new york is stronger when every region of the state is strong. we must address the crisis in western new york and in buffalo, specifically. [ applause ] buffalo, my friends, has the third highest poverty rate in the nation. in the nation. not in new york. in the nation. behind detroit and cleveland. 28% of the people in buffalo are living in poverty. at a time when the state population was growing, buffalo lost 10% of the population. this is another issue that has gone on for many, many years, while the state sat by and did not take dramatic action. it doesn't have to be that way. >> 25 years ago, the capital district region, the region we're in today, albany, had a struggling economy. the state began investing in albany's high-tech industry. today, albany is home to a world class center for nanotechnology as the speaker mentioned, we just signed a new agreement with intel and ibm bringing thousands of additional jobs. and there's a vibrancy in the capital district region around nanotechnology that would not have happened but for the state's investment. if we did it in albany, we can

new york. cool air back toward northwest great lakes, it will be filtering down slowly toward the east, not so much here for today, it is here for tomorrow especially through western new york and boston could get two to four inches. a little bit of winter. >> looking like winter, thank you, todd. >>> sports now, tiger woods still looking to get the magic back. he won the first tournament since the thanksgiving night car wreck heard around the world. that happened at the end of last year, played well at abu dahbi. shot a 68 at pebble beach in california first time he has played the celebrity event in a decade. he sank six birdies to finish five shots back of the lead. teamed up with tony romo. >> the pair is tied for 25th place. the shot of the day goes to a guy named ken duke. >> now to 16. >> ken duke's second shot. >> flag in the back right here. there is a very good shot. >> oh! >> no, no, no dancing. no, please stop it. >> no dancing. no dancing. duke busts out the cabbage patch after going eagle. he's currently tied for second place. we'll have to deduct a few strokes by pga rules for doing the cabbage patch. >>> update to an important story will farrell anno

light stuff to the north and cold enough for a little snow across western new york. may see just a little bit in the poconos. this warm air will be moving overhead keeping it generally just rain, even as far as south as central pennsylvania. for our region, rain moving in. there's a warm front developing out to the west. that will be the focal point for rain developing in the morning. this cool front goes through the region. quite a bit warmer, actually because the winds go west, they come down the mountains, this is not an arctic or canadian air mass i.'s from the pacific. temperatures on thursday could really jump back up into the mid or upper 60s. yeah, looks nice. winds at 5-10 knots. clouds increase, 35-40 in the city. 68 by thursday. the rain tomorrow, 50-42. 59 on friday. a nice end to the week, start to march. showers likely into saturday afternoon and more sun, a little cooler, 50 on sunday. >> thank you, bob. check in tomorrow morning for the updated first weather warning forecast. >>> a spring training update on orioles fan favorite. mark has the latest on

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as you may know, there is a mysterious and frightening outbreak going on in a small town in western new york state. several girls from the same high school have tics and switches usually associated with something closer to tourette's syndrome. so far no one knows exactly why. nbc's amy robach first reported this story last month. when she returned this week, she found whatever it is, it may be spreading. >> reporter: high school students sarah and katie first started experiencing severe tics last fall. 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 smal

higgins from western new york. you're just in my line of vision there. how can we ignore brian higgins. in event -- >> we've got another new york guard here. >> even if we don't always agree with the -- >> mr. rogers? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'd like to offer for the record a letter that -- we appreciate your service. i want to talk to you about secure communities and 287-g. now, my understanding from looking at the budget -- or the memo on the budget is that the 2 #7-g program was reduced by 25% which has basically halted any additional training of additional communities going forward. is that correct? >> for forces, yes. we are moving to a -- we began this migration last ea toward, we install secure communities through the country, that's really the preferred way to identify those in the country illegally and to get them removed sfl i agree the security communities is a dpraet way. but 287-g program has been just an outstanding force multiplier, relatively inexpensive, too. i hate to see no additional communities be added. >> if i might, representat

on the other hand it has the potential to create many jobs in western new york as it has been in pennsylvania. i know that you had -- mr. gatt and mr. green had spoken with you about it with the study. i think the study is a good idea. i think we have to know what we're dealing with. i think it's important to wean ourselves off middle eastern oil and venezuelan oil, with countries that don't wish us well, but i do think the fracing is something that many people remain fearful of and we need to look at. i wish you well in your study and i hope we can have the results of that soon. finally i want to mention a topic that hasn't been mentioned. that is pcbs in schools. last february new york city embarked on a ten-year $700 million plan to replace all the old light in new york city schools overtime next decade. could you please explain epa's role in that mediation project and provide for me an update on its status? could you also provide an update on efforts to address window caulking in schools as well. >> certainly, sir. in 2011 epa inspected new york city schools for leaking. lighting ballasts

there will be a fair amount of lake-effect snow tonight and tomorrow across lake erie, western new york state. it will be colder and when the tomorrow. the storm system shows high pressure building in. that will give us the wind gusts and falling temperatures. into the 30's in the morning. check out these numbers. when the tumor in the upper 40's. let's wind and sun on sunday. there will be a warm-up next week here and we will be by 65 degrees on the final day of the february. >> it is hard to believe but it is already the time of year. the white house has just announced the deadline to enter the lottery for the easter egg roll. the deadline is march 1. if you would like to get some tickets, there is a link on wjla.com. the egg roll itself is being held april 9. >> maybe next week we have an ipad 2 roll. >> that might be hard to do. >> it is now time pressed to give away this week's ipad 2. >> the winner is kisha morgan. congratulations and enjoy. >> coming up on abc 7 is it 5:00 stuck on the train track just moments before that happened. >> gas appliances not getting the safety checks

you can see close to freezing in western pennsylvania and parts of the great lakes and western 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. rel

we recognize their extraordinary extraordinary efforts on behalf of the western new york community, flying public, and a grateful nation. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> speak for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, my fellow colleagues, it is a distinct pleasure to stand before you right now not only as a representative but as a fan. i would like to take a few moments and acknowledge the new york giants for defeating the new england patriots sunday night. they were the underdogs but our beloved g men didn't lack people's lack of faith or doubt distract them from their end goal. instead, they showed new york's resilience by fighting back to a win in the fourth quarter earning their last super bowl title in the last five years and fourth super bowl title overtall. mr. turner: the giants have won eight world championships and rank as one of the most successful football franchises of all time. as giant head coach, tom coughlin said,

. >>> and tempers are flaring in that western new york town where 19 people, mostly teenage girls, have come down with a mysterious illness, triggering spasms and tics. doctors say it's all in their minds, but parents aren't buying it. details from abc's t.j. winick. >> reporter: the spasms and seizures experienced by over a dozen girls in leroy, new york have been on full display. now so is the fear over the mysterious illness. >> you are not doing your job at all. >> reporter: outraged parents confronted school administrators in public for the first time this weekend, worried not enough is being done to get answers. >> there's so much fear and anxiety among parents and community members that perspective is being lost. >> reporter: the state department of health ruled no infectious or environmental cause for the illness could be found on school property. >> if we had an environmental cause here, we would see this in a widespread spectrum of folks. we wouldn't just see students. we wouldn't just see predominantly girls. >> reporter: the neurologist who's treated many of the teens believ

." >>> angry, frustrated parents in western new york take a stand and demand answers now. almost four months after more than a dozen teenagers and an adult from leroy developed uncontrollable twitch and verbal ticks. last night at a community meeting organized by the school district, outraged residents didn't hold back. >> i'm done listening to you. you guys need to do something. my child, my children, all of them, i run a business in this town. it is not safe. why is it you need to prove to us it is safe to put our children in this school. as a community, we need to come together, we need to pull our children out, there is other places we can take them and give them the education they need. you are not doing your job. you are not doing your job. and not answering questions. i'm tired of it! we need to stand up as parents to fight for the rights of our children. you're not. >> that was melissa cianci. i spoke with her earlier today. so, melissa, what kind of response did you receive after directing your questions and your outrage to that panel? >> i really did not receive

heavier snow in western new york and northern new england. rain from boston to d.c.d hotlanta. 39 in detroit. 45 in kansas city. sacramento 71. albuquerque at an even 50. salt lake city just a little cooler at 46. >>> a spelling bee lesson. you were -- you're good at spelling. >> i was pretty good. not bad. >> sixth grade spelling champ. well, red-faced school officials in memphis are doing their best to explain an embarrassing spelling error. but not many people are buying it. >> yeah. that mix-up was on the marquee outside of a high school where the word "welcome" was actually spelled w-e-l-c-m-o-e. welcmoe. you can blame a faulty spell checker saying it was a typo. but this sign of course has no keyboard or computer. clearly human error at play here. the school's explanation, "reading is fundamental. spelling oftentimes is not." >> reading, writing, and arithmetic. >> it's always bad when it happens to a school. remember the street sign here in new york that spelled "school" wrong? back with more "world news now" after this. t-h-s-i. ♪ how to get an a ♪ listen to

. >>> angry frustrated parents in western new york want answers. almost four months ago, more than a dozen teenagers and one adult from leroy developed uncontrollable twitching and verbal ticks. tests done by the school and health department have found no environmental link, but further testing will be done. >>> mitt romney is celebrating a resounding victory in the nevada caucuses, making him the only republican candidate to score back-to-back wins in two states in this 2012 run for the white house. >> let me ask you -- >> just four days after winning florida's primary, romney captured 48% of the nevada vote. newt gingrich came in a distant second with 23%. ron paul got 18%. and rick santorum came in last with 11% of the vote. so in his victory speech last night, romney didn't mention any of his gop rivals. instead, focusing his fire on president obama. >> our mission -- our mission is to increase the freedom and opportunity of the american people and our blueprint is the constitution of the united states. we're going to build an america where hop

she'd actually moved from canada back to western new york to kind of kick the prescription drug habitrent ways. also had a reality show as well, the carters there for a while. but a sad ending. another hollywood example of the toll drugs can take. we wish that family the best during what's sure to be a difficult couple of weeks for them. >> they say they're going to keep her facebook up page, too. >> as a tribute. >> absolutely. >>> on a lighter note, if you are a time warner subscriber, i'm sure you've noticed on demand there's a ryan gosling channel. whoo, whoo. give it up for the month of february. ryan gosling and all his amazingly hot glory. he is kind of cute, don't you think? >> i don't really judge men like that. >> you don't have bromances? >> no. >> all this month you can watch some of his past movies, "the notebook," "crazy stupid love," "the ides of march," "lars and the real girl." ryan gosling on demand available through february 27th. i don't have time warner right now but -- >> oh, really? sorry. i guess you're out of luck. you just have to make do with your husband. >

saturday you start to see some of the cool air spilling back toward western portions of new york, we will get snow going portions of northern ohio, once you get at least the fetch across the lakes, sunday, still cooler air locked in then even down toward boston. lynn, we'll talk about the west coast system and what some of us can expect and find sunshine amidst the cooler temperatures. >>> job numbers sparkle, guys are morrow man particular than women? business headlines are straight ahead. >>> coming up lakers versus celts, a goal from center ice and dance party at pebble beach. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. >>> welcome back to first look rr i'm lynn berry. >>> syrian forces killed dozens of people during the attack on the city of homs. troops are using long range weapons outside the city, snipers shoot from roof tops inside. the u.s. is working to form a group of nations to address the crackdown by syrian president assad. >>> newly released fbi files paint a less than flattering picture of steve jobs. former colleagues called him arrogant and questioned his honesty, statin

. >>> in western new york parents want to know what is causing high school girls to develop bizarre ticklike>> i am not listening to you. you guys need to do something. my child, my children, i run a business in this town. it is not safe. why is it? you need to prove to us that it is safe to put our children in this school. as a community, we need to come together and we need to pull our children out. there are other places we can take them and give them the education they need. you are not doing your job. you are not doing your job. and not answering questions. we need to stand up as parents to fight for the rights of our children. you're not. >> wow! >> apple is a company with a squeaky clean, progressive image, but the people who actually put together our ipads, our iphones have a very different opinion of apple. our stan grant reports from china. >> reporter: believe it or not, this woman's never seen an ipad before, even though she toils more than 60 hours a week making them. she's like many migrant workers from rural china spending endless hours putting on screen, but never glimpsing 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

reimport not reporting there from new york western countries are pushing for regime change in damascus because they fail to break up the alliance between the syrian regime and other key players in the region and that's the view of middle east expert risk. i want obama first came into power for example there was a policy of rapprochement with syria you know and some of america's allies like the french president nicolas sarkozy paid more than one visit to syria the i am then was to decouple syria from the resistance axis of particularly from iran you know by communication by dialogue by incentives when syria made it clear that it would not be decoupled from the resistance axis and from the iranian led axis there now we have this new approach of trying to decouple syria by changing its regime and by changing it to his regime in this way so we hope by thing that into consideration i think the solution to syria will come more as part of a more broader regional solution for example when the u.s. and iran reach some kind of draw a grand bargain when there is some kind of a midway agreement re

new york. many innovation leaders from my community were present. my community of buffalo and western new york has been a leader in embracing health care innovations to promote the efficient and cost effective delivery of health care services. mr. higgins: we were recipients of the largest beacon grant for eelect treasonic medical records. the nation's first comprehensive cancer center was designated to conduct clinical trial trsfromsing new therapies for using vaccines to bolster the body's ability to fight cancer. this cowl fundamentally change the science of cancer research and treatment. innovation in health care must be sustained by the federal government. today, the national institutes of health rejects nine of 10 applications for prime city -- promising research due to lack of funding. 25 years ago, 25% of the research grant were funded. today it's 8%. the only failure in cancer research is when you quit or are forced to quit through lack of funding. i urge my creags to support fully cancer funding and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpo

how does this issue play in places like ohio, pennsylvania, western and upstate new york where you need to sweep in order to get to that 25? this can't be a good issue for you. >> there is no question there is a pretty strong range of opinion on both sides of this issue. frankly, if you take a look at most of the polling, majority of people agree that if you happen to be a woman teaching at a catholic hospital, you shouldn't be denied access to contraception. a majority of people agree with that. i fully understand this is the kind of issue that is, as mark said, contentious and complicated. maybe there are ways to work it out. i will also say this. the people in pennsylvania, ohio, in other states where we are competing, they want focus on job creation. they want focus on how you rebuild the middle class. they want us to be focusing on reigniting the american dream. for as long as republicans stand up there and say they will not give a tax cut to the middle class unless the rich are protected, that's where they continue to have these challenges. let's have a legitimate dialogue on this

new york rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one min. >> on monday president obama released his 2013 budget proposal. for western new york we are pleased it includes measures to benefit the niagara falls air reserve station, the buffalo coast guard, jamestown airport and our great lakes. mr. higgins: we need only look at japan in the 1990's and europe other the last couple of years to understand the dire consequences of government pulling back at a time of economic uncertainty. for this reason, i wish the budget had gone a little further. the new america foundation report makes the case that investing $1.2 trillion over the next five years rebuilding the infrastructure of this nation will create 27 million jobs in five years. this job growth would cut the debt and deficit and create jobs for americans. for these jobs cannot be outsourced. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? >> ask unanimous consent to are revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> madam speaker, despite the obama administration's rec

new york seek recognition? without objection. mr. higgins: on sunday, tens of millions of americans will gather with friends. many of in my community will be among them. unfortunately western new york families do not always have the opportunity to watch their hometown team, the buffalo bills. the nfl's blackout rule prohibits the broadcast of a game in a team's home market if the game has not been sold out within 72 hours of the kickoff. mr. speaker, in buffalo this meant that the past season almost half of the bills' games were blacked out. this is unacceptable. we have a strong and enthusiastic fan base, but with one of the largest football stadiums in the national football league, buffalo mussel 6,000 more tickets than the league's average to avoid a blackout. i have sent a letter to the commissioner, along with my colleagues, congresswoman hochul, congresswoman brown, asking for an end to this unfair polcy. it's time for the league to update this regulation taking into account factors like state yum and media market size -- stadium and media market size and most importantly the tough financial situation millions of families across the nation find themselves in. i yield

live on the ground here understand and and the headlines in in the leading western newspapers printed in london and and new york if russia could close that perception gap if they could do a better job in public relations both on both on a corporate level and on a federal national level. that could that could result in tremendous increase in the capitalization of of russian companies. so i would i would call for you know if if i'm thinking about reforms coming out of these this election absolutely the reforms that tom and simon have spoken about need to be need to be executed but at the same time i would advocate a a public relations campaign for russia inc that could close some of that perception gap and end result in much higher capitalizations for companies which of course benefits the state directly as they are the largest shareholder and they're going to run out of time in. we'll have another discussion after the election thanks to our viewers for watching us here on on the money state. mission of. accreditation free transport chargers free arrangement free. free. free. download free blog cloning video for

. >>> also new today, the shelling in syria has claimed the lives it would have western journalists. an american reporter from new york seen here, and a french photo journalist were killed in the city of homs today. the associated press is reporting the american reporter was a veteran war correspondent. meanwhile, the attacks on civilians by the assad regime continue as the death toll climbs well into the hundreds in the past couple weeks alone. >>> and more anti-american demonstrations in afghanistan today against the alleged burning of korans and other islamic religious materials. hundreds taking part in the protest today burning tires and throwing stones. this is all happening near kabul. yesterday the u.s. issued an apology for the reported burnings that took place at bagram airbase saying the military is investigating this incident. jon and laura? >> marla, thank you very much. >>> the stars of a popular cable show returning to dublin today months after a monumental mistake sent a huge cannonball screaming right through the city. myth busters host adam savage, here wearing the black glasses, along with kerry byro

along i-81 if you're traveling along western virginia, that's where the snow will be heaviest. not quite reaching new york atlantic city, but again, the severe weather threat is something we'll watch tonight as well as the southeast coast tomorrow, and before all is said and done, lester, we could see up to a foot of snow in some locations across the mid-atlantic. back to you. >> kelly, thank you. >>> overseas tonight there's growing concern over the crisis in syria. the widespread violence there has now reached the capital of damascus. scene of a mass anti-government demonstration and fresh bloodshed was seen near the embattled president's compound. we get the latest from richard engel. >> reporter: it started out today as a funeral for three members of the opposition killed yesterday. but grew quickly. 5,000 swelled to 15, maybe even 30,000 opposition members say. they were mourning and protesting. and it wasn't just anywhere. but right in damascus and not far from bashar al assad's presidential palace. maybe it was too close for comfort. because witnesses say syrian security forces lowered their weapon

you see a lot of snow here coming through ohio, western sections of pennsylvania and up into new york state. skies are clearing just a bit on top of i-95. now there's still cloud cover back to the northwest. hagerstown, possibly even sees a snowflake and maybe one or two of these little streamers could push as far to the east as frederick county there along i-70, maybe even carroll county. we'll see this through the day tomorrow as well. clouds farther to the north and west tomorrow, more sunshine here in town. you know by now gusty wind overnight tonight out of the west 15 to 30 miles per hour, lows in the upper 30s. sunshine tomorrow morning and 40 work breezy at noon, breezy at 5:00, temperatures tomorrow warming up to the upper 40s. just wanted to show you there will be some. >> i showers, higher elevations have some winter weather advisories in effect up there. they could pick up a few inches of snow. that will help for the snow starved ski areas there out into west virginia and western maryland. there's the next five days, 50 tomorrow, 48 sunday, not bad on sunday at all. it won

vote on a new resolution on syria the attack sponsored by arab states and supported by a number of western countries could put more pressure on the syrian regime let's cross live to our. new york merida russia has already warned it might not back the document and what exactly is dividing opinions over this proposed resolution. well this proposed resolution is of course being voted on within the general assembly of the united nations after resolution can get through the security council it is essentially similar or very much the same to the draft resolution that was circulated within the security council that russia and china vetoed it basically endorses and backs the arab league plan that calls for syrian president bashar al assad to step aside relinquish his powers it also calls on the syrian government to stop all violence and release all those detained in the past eleven months since the uprising began in syria as i mentioned it's very similar to the draft resolution that circulated within the security council now the reason russia did not support it then and will not support the draft in the general assembly is because the russian front of the federation feels that the dra

corner keep the park's western edge the more spiritual but that didn't stop the occasional dance party from breaking out. one evening in there that the basic lives from time's up in new york city based environmental east advocating direct action descended on the park's western edge of the special sound by pumping gz company worker james brown public enemy tunes as an occupier lead off a little steam and chanted all day, all week, occupied it beats and brandon cavanaugh and activists helped organize the impromptu after all the barricades up all around the park and you could go and can't easily. there was still noble and people just started writing out and running along the side pumping fists in the adventure the police pushed dancers on the block and within a matter ease the barricades of the trinity were sad. i read a final sentence or two. what are the others i've no idea who wrote so much of what is lovely in it. so is repeated again and found a lighter load. from the earliest days of the movement, personal storytelling helped to build solidarity and to put faces on both ws and better ask amy to the outside world for many a desire to exercise associated frustration stor