i wanted to thank sgt yamaguchi about addressing an issue of gambling on the muni. gamblers surrounding a victim. it is a shell game. he engages the victim and then there are two enforcers who surround the victim on either side. i have seen them take hundreds of dollars from the victim. once they are engaged in the game, all the others continue to egg them on, and in some cases, intimidate them if they want to withdraw. it is difficult to catch them. in the past, i have called a dispatch when i see a game going on. i quietly call dispatch and oftentimes they say it is difficult for us to get an officer of there in time to interrupt the game. i came here tonight to talk about that. fortunately, in the hall, i met officer yamaguchi, and perhaps we can go forward from there. i just wanted to bring that to your attention. visitors to our city are losing money. ice saw one woman blew $600 -- i saw one woman lose $600. i have seen this typically on the two buses i ride, the 38th and van ness. typically does not happen during commuting hours because they need a lot of spac

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great to have you here, kristi yamaguchi. the book is "it's a big world, little pig."this is "today" on nbc. >> announcer: the toyota concert series on "today" brought to you by toyota. >> at just 19 years old demi lovato has already faced her share of adversity battling addiction and depression in her young career. she talks about it in a candid documentary airing tonight on mtv. she's ready for a fresh start with her new album. appropriately it is called "unbroken." demi lovato, good morning. >> hi. >> why put yourself out there? why have you been so willing to be brave and talk about your recovery in this mtv documentary? >> well, i decided to tell my story because i know there are a lot of young teens out there, girls and boys, that are dealing with the same issues i have been through. if i'm able to use my voice to do good in the world then i definitely want to cothat. >> you saw the response earlier when you were outside. how passionately people are moved by your music and your courage. what does it mean to you now having that kind of encouragement? >> it means e

many nonprofits and being there for every important fundraiser like the ones we've had with kristi yamaguchis dreaming foundation and being part of the osaka sister city association, founder member of course, and asian-american journalist association, again, others following her. for david and for jan, if you look at television today, no matter what channel you turn to, there are asian americans on the journalism positions. and i believe and i know it's because of both david and jan's work behind the scenes, in front, bringing just that whole professional care to what they do every day. and i remember a very unique story. as i was a first-year law student at berkeley, jan was covering this whole issue about affirm active action and whether or not asian americans were still going to be part of affirmative action in the law school admissions. after i had been successful in passing my first semester of my required law school, i was out with the asian law caucus and other asian lawyers and asian law students protesting the admissions criteria, the elimination of agents from the admissions criter

i'm talking about kristy yamaguchi. she's here to explain why she's hanging out with pigs.l hemmer and find out what he's wearing and who he's with. >> that outfit looks great on you, by the way. >> brian: thank you very much. >> stunning. breaking news on issue number one, that's the economy and jobs. mitt romney's team says you can't catch us. the math won't work. are they right? karl rove is here to analyze that and there is new insight out of iran. what in the world is tehran hiding? wouldn't the world like to know? martha and i will see you in ten minutes on "amica's newsroom" [ male announcer ] every day, thousands of people are choosing advil. my name is lacey calvert and i'm a yoga instructor. if i have any soreness, i'm not going to be able to do my job. but once i take advil, i'm able to finish out strong. it really works! [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] make the switch. take action. take advil. chocolate lemonade ? susie's lemonade... the movie. or... we make it pink ! with these 4g lte tablets, you can do business at lightning-fast spes. we'll take all the strawbe

. >> reporter: seven months after the earthquake, paul joined kristi yamaguchi and ten others to see the devastation with their own eyes. no pictures, no video would prepare them for what they were about to see. >> you see it and you're silent. like you're visiting a huge graveyard. a massive graveyard that goes on as far as you see. >> reporter: they went into schools, senior centers, with supplies and food. >> no one had come there to help them, there were a lot of tears. i mean they were shocked that a group of americans were willing to go that far to help them. >> it will be burned in my memory forever. >> reporter: seeing the people, the smiles on the children's faces, have given a community leader like eleanor komodo a new sense of purpose. >> japan needs our help. the devastation in japan was so total, you couldn't believe it. >> reporter: paul wishes he was working with the people. >> it's harder because you feel you need to be there. not just raising money. but be actively involved out there. you know you have a job and responsibility here to raise the money so they can do t

mathematician will tell you how you can improve your chances, john stossel bob mackey and christie yamaguchitely. spread them out for the three ours they are on fox and friends. i am going back to work. go to break. oo choonting usa is usually seen as patriotic. in the case of two high school basketball teams not -- it is being seen as inappropriate. texas school district is filing a complaint after a group of rival team members taunting a largely hispanic team with a chant following their victory. we have the details. >> a>> they wanted at their games with other schools it wouldn't be a problem but it was targeted at a school that is predominantly hispanic. we appreciate the alamo heights basketball coach reacted quickly to stop the students from chanting. this topic generating a lot of discussion on our facebook page. henry guild der son saying was the usa right? what do people expect at sports events. everyone is just there to chat out friendly chats go team or similar. the real world doesn't work like that. kevin jones it was the team that was implying that. they were implying they were

some hawaiians like walter yamaguchi who lost his business to the lava believes this is the work of pala. >> why cry? i just smile and start over, again. >> the hawaiian philosophy of the whole thing, if pale wants the house, let her take it. if she wants to come back and reclaim the land, let her have it. if she wants it, she'll take it. >> creates a vast sea of rolling rock right on top of the land. more than two decades after lava destroyed 100 homes, new residents have come to build on top of the rock, even though they know the fury may return at any moment. >> what amazes me is the fact that after it came down, burned a few houses and it was present in the area, people would still build houses. right now there are 30 or so houses that are built on the flow that took it. they're sprouting up. >> the 1990 disaster in this village is just one chapter in the continuing saga of man's turbulent relationship with nature in the aloha state. a phenomenon nick plans to document for year to come. >>> coming up, a tsunami-like wave of red mud leaves a small town in ruins. >> it moved faster tha

then kristi yamaguchi whom i love. did you know she had a club foot? who knew that?she has this amazing foundation so we're honoring her. basically this is what we're trying to do, encourage people who deal with adversity which we all do at some point. >> but do something about it. >> my mom always said there's always someone worse off than you. but the very act of helping someone else helps you. >> you're having a big party in malibu right on the ocean. >> we're crazy, we're doing it in our home. we've got glen campbell who will be performing and lp and mark cohen and my son johnny is singing. he's written a special song. >> he's a singer. what kind of music does he sing? >> he does indi -- alternative rock. >> the week before or the week after are you actually having your daughter's wedding? >> my daughter's wedding. >> you are a crazy woman. >> we're keeping the tent up. we're having about 300 guests for her wedding and it will be absolutely beautiful. katie is her name. >> oh, my gosh -- i remember when she was born. >> she's got the most divine husband to be. >>

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. >> that was adam yamaguchi's report gives a huge amount of hope for those of us who believe advanced manufacturing is an important industrial sector for our country. very encouraging. stay with us. we w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w current tv presents: brought to you by pradaxa. the presidential candidate as a washington outsider is now a well-worn campaign theme but in a 1952 ad called "the man from abilene" it was brand-new. >>out of this small frame house in abilene, kanasas came the man dwight d. eisenhower. >>he was kind of the candidate from the heartland. >>coming from outside washington to come in and kind of clean things up and you have that repeating year after year. you have jimmy carter the peanut farmer, then ronald regan is going to come in and clean things up. governor bill clinton coming in from the south an other southern governor. so it's always time for a change in american politics and that seems to keep a lot of campaigns going. but the washington outsider strategy doesn't always work. >>who's the best qualified person up here on the stag

. >> that was adam yamaguchi's report, gives a huge amount of hope for those of us who believe advancedanufacturing is an important industrial sector for our country. very encouraging. stay with us. we will be right back on this super tuesday preview. >> that's it for the first hour of the war room. next, out to the ground, you are watching the war room on current tv. we will be right back with a whole lot more. don't go away.