>> at some point, i asked melissa, how is mom doing? and melissa said she is not doing quite as well as you. they're working on her somewhere else. so you need to hang in there. didn't really mean too much to me. i think i was hallucinating an awful lot. at some point, somebody told me that she had died. >> reporter: in fact for weeks and weeks, sutdtton drifted in d out, depended on others to save him. >> of course, my son was there. a bunch of my friends were there. i had multiple surgeries in that hospital. >> reporter: as he lay in that bed, sedated, medicated, breathing through tubes, a thought, half a dream, terrified him. was the killer a hit man? was he coming to try again? >> i thought somebody was trying to kill me one night. so i raised hell. i said call the police. you know? everything i could say to get some assistance. >> reporter: he was wrong. there was no killer. still, christopher demanded the hospital take special precautions. >> i do recall him as very adamant that -- that my dad be placed under john doe so that who

melissa hire has more. melissa. >> reporter: katie, almost every student here probably has a facebook. we see them logging on 9/11 class. this week the social networking site said they unwittingly gave out third party ids to users. this is farmville. here is how your information may be shared while you're playing. you may be harvesting your animated farm and the popup says you need a cow. a company sends you an advertisement for milk. hypothetical scenario, but facebook admitted they are sharing information. >> every site is trying to capture information on their users, where their users go, and what their users do when they come to the website. that's all very, very important information. >> reporter: popular games associated with the website including mafia wars, texas hold em are among the fenders. velencia spends 1 to 2 hours on games a day and she has her blackberry on her so she is always connected to the site. >> i think my privacy is my privacy. they don't have the right to do it. anything for a buc

good morning, jim. >> good morning, melissa. it was a beautiful fall foliage has now turned into a winter wonderland in throughhere. you can see we've got four inches of snow on the ground. it's obviously heavy, wet snow. good snowball fighting snow. look at the pictures at the top of the mountain where you had a lot of conifers and pine trees, they're just coated with snow. and it looks like christmas. real quickly up in through here. they've had as much as 16 incs of snow on top of the mountain here. so, what a great fall picture that's going to be for the leftover foliage near the ground. wee going to be able to take pictures of white capped mountains once the sun comes back out probably on sunday. the big problems will be wd mainly affecting new england today. that's going to slow things down at the airports and could cause a few more power outages from yesterday. >> incredible picture. jim cantore, thanks so much. >>> finally a crazy police chase in brazil. cops saying the driver of the black caress caped from prison. the s

para hablarnos estÁ melissa pÉrez. representa al programa de donadores de mÉdula Ósea para las minorÍas. muy buenos dÍas. >>> buenos dÍas. >>> platÍcanos, hay una necesidad cada vez mÁs grande, sobre todo entre latinos ¿que nos pasa? ¿por quÉ no tenemos mÁs donadores? ¿hay ideas errÓneas al respecto? cuando hay un tipo de enfermedad que van a necesitar un trasplante de mÉdula Ósea. el donante mÁs compatible vendra alguien de la misma etnia del paciente. y el problema de ahora, no hay suficiente... alguien latino, africano americano. va a tener que tener un trasplante de mÉdula o sea. tienen un 40 a 45%, chance de encontrar un donante. compatible. y eso es porque tratamos de educar a la comunidad para registrarlos mÁs. y darle la misma oportunidad. >>> y precisamente, para ilustrar este caso tenemos y nos vamos a unir a travÉs de la lÍnea telefÓnica. con erick ivÁn mancilla. es una persona originaria de guatemala que estÁ enfrentando la enfermedad de leucemia y necesita conseguir un donador urgent

melissa was little red riding hood. ironically, haley was dressed as the sun. they don't remember what happened next but their friends have told them. >> the car hit, hit me, dead on, and then swerved around back to melissa. >> i flew out of my shoes. like my shoes were planted right where i got hit. >> the first thing i remember was waking up with my mom holding my hand. >> reporter: their halloween scare, head injuries, a lacerated liver, two crushed legs, multiple surgeries, titanium rods, wheelchairs and casts. days in the hospital, weeks away from school. >> i remember when, before the accident, being able to run super fast and -- now i can't. >> reporter: of all the crashes where kids are struck and killed, 42% occur between the narrow window of 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. when cars are coming and the light is leaving. >> it turns into the perfect storm of things that can contribute to crashes. >> reporter: sometimes parents worry about exotic halloween hazards like tainted candy and forget about this, the most devastating danger of all. >> it's really import

. >> reporter: for sergeant eric sharman and his life melissa, today is about planning for the future. >> we're still going to figure out where we're going to put furniture. >> reporter: much different than nine years ago. >> i had plans. i did have plans. i was supposed to start in school that january. >> reporter: but right after the 9/11 attacks, sharman serving in germany and just weeks from going home was hit by what the military calls the stop loss program. >> what it entails for the individual is that they have to stay on active duty past their separation date or retirement date until we can grow replacements. >> they need us. so i don't think i knew anyone who was really too bitter about having to stay. >> reporter: still sharman and 145,000 troops just like him essentially had to put their lives on hold for months. and last october, the u.s. congress came up with a retroactive thank you in the form of 500 bucks for every extra month they had to serve. >> i was getting about $2,200. >> not bad. >> not bad at all. >> reporter: and the average payout is $3,800. but there is a ca

melissa was little red riding hood. ironically, haley was dressed as the sun. they don't know what happened next, but the friends told them. >> car hit me then swerved around back to melissa. >> i flew out of my shoes, like my shoes were planted right where i got hit. >> first thing i remember i remember is waking up with my mom holding my hand. >> reporter: their halloween scare, head injury, a lacerated liver. two crushed legs. multiple surgeries, titanium rods, wheelchairs and casts. days in the hospital, weeks away from school. >> i remember before the accident, melissa could run super fast. now, i can't. >> reporter: of all the crashes where kids are struck and killed, 42% occur between the narrow wind of 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. when cars are coming and light is leaving. >> it comes in the perfect storm of things that can contribute to crashes. >> reporter: sometimes, parents worry about exotic halloween hazards like tainted candy and forget about this, the most devastating danger of all. >> it's really important for parents to think about walking safety a

his knives flying at his target girl melissa ann. ever faster, larger and closer. >> now we really raise the stakes. >> reporter: it had reached the hour of the veiled wheel of death. successfully performed only three times since 1939. >> you guys are witnessing history in the making. >> reporter: the audience grew silent. some turned away. ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: throwdini made history. and his target girl emerged without a scratch. >> we did it. we did it. let's hear it for melissa. >> reporter: have you had any serious injuries in your show? >> i knew you were going to ask that. there have been several incidents over nine years of performing on stage. and they've never involved impaling or sticking the girl. they have involved scrapes. >> reporter: why would anyone want to be a target girl? melissa ann? >> i've never been one to lead a very dull life. that's for sure. you know, i think i'm going to look back on this when i'm older and be like, that was pretty cool when i was doing that. >> reporter: melissa ann is is

. >>> martin frost, mortgage zuckerman, melissa harris-perry and linda cap lynn thalor. good monday morning. this is "jansing & company." well, he says he stands by his remarks, that being gay is not a valid option. republican candidate for new york governor carl paladino yesterday, speaking to a group of orthodox jewish leaders. >> don't misquote me as wanting to hurt homosexual people in any way. that would be a dass ardly lie. my approach, live and let live. i think my children and your children will be much better off and much more successful getting married and raising a family. and i don't want them to be brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid or successful option. it isn't. >> this morning on the "today" show he tried to clarify, saying he has a gay nephew and would be open to hiring gays. but then he blasted his opponent, democrat andrew cuomo, for taking his children to the gay pride parade. >> i don't think it's proper for them to go there and watch a couple of grown men grind against each other. i don't think that's proper. i think it

melissa, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there's a lot of questions that lawmakers want to get answered and that hearing gets under way this morning at the capital. back to the buy-out there are three scenarios for home owners according to the "san francisco chronicle." one is home owners who sell their homes within six months will get a $50,000 bonus from pg&e. also, if someone wants to rebuild their homes they can get $50,000. but there is one catch. all rebuilding must be finished within 16 months. finally, home owners who sell who get less than market value before the explosion could receive an extra $10,000 from pg&e. now, an attorney filing suit on matter of of the victims according to the "chronicle" says the buy-out offer may prevent residents from being able to take pg&e to court. now, back out here live, the hearing will get under way at 9:30 and lawmakers hope that they will be able to talk about the issue, what happened, and maybe come up with some safety measures so what happened in san bruno doesn't happen agai

let me go now to cnbc's melissa francis. melissa, good to see you. why is the goldman sachs guy saying this? >> yeah, he is one of the names that we really follow over the goldman sachs and he says he thinks the economy is grow somewhere between 1.5% to 2% moving forward. basically economists note that it's that -- the economy has to grow at about 3% in order to create new jobs. so this is really bad news. it kind of means we're not going to make any headway on unemployment any time soon. it's pretty depressing. >> and then, former fed chairman alan greenspan said basically, it's a self-fulfilling prophesy that you have this vicious circle, where fear fuels economic pessimism, where employers don't risk bringing on new workers or making investments in their companies. that workers don't get hired. that unemployment remains high. more homes foreclose. you have fewer shoppers out there spending money. and then, after all that, the companies are worried about the economic outlook. how do you break that cycle? >> yeah. i mean, it's really terrible. becau

>> melissa, do you want to talk about that? >> our services are in school and after-school. we partner with classroom teachers, and visit their classrooms on a regular weekly basis, and provide services to the students during the school day. as the teachers and the principles which classrooms they think we would work best in. we're at five public schools this year. we're at downtown high-school commission high-school, international studies academy, and hilltop school for pregnant and parenting minors. supervisor avalos: if other schools want to be part of writerscorps, how does that happen? >> the program has historically had as many as 25 writers on staff. we're able to saturate the city. with six riders on staffwriterse have been drastically reduced. this and other private contributions are so important. we're down to six teachers. it would be wonderful if we were able to expand that and be able to expand our services. supervisor avalos: have you had any funding before? >> yes. supervisor avalos: how often? >> it has been annual for the last few years. >> actually, since,

, a pregnant woman who collapsed at a coffee shop. >> melissa jackson is the only person that morning that bears no responsibility. and yet, she stands here before you. it's a shame. it's a shame on the system. >> reporter: defense attorney ben heinrish says jackson at least called 911. while others, including rennic's boyfriend did nothing. a lawyer for the rennics family says that's a poor excuse. >> the father of the baby is not a trained medical technician, and doesn't have a duty, as she did, which she failed to do, which was to provide aid to someone in need. >> she failed to perform her duty. and i think it was a very humane act. you know, no feelings for somebody that cried for help. >> the dead woman's comfort says the charges against jackson is some comfort but won't bring her daughter back, nor the grandchild who was born by c-section but only survived two hours. >> jackson's boyfriend, the other emt at the scene, was shot to death in july, during a sohobrawl, unrelated to rennics' death. >>> another day on the market. dow was up 76 points. s&p up 8. nasdaq up 23. let's go

melissa wilson met up with a new patient to undergo a new stapling procedure in houston. >> reporter: 8-year-old jordan english didn't show the typical signs of scoliosis. doctors discovered her curved spine on an x-ray for another illness. >> the first doctor we met with just gave us -- said we would have to do bracing for 23 hours a day until she was like 12 or 13 years old. >> reporter: then the doctor warned them she would have to have major surgery. >> with that, i was thinking in my head with all of the advancements these days there is bound to be something else out there. >> reporter: he was right. and there is a procedure being done at shriners hospital. jordan was a candidate for a new stapling technique. orthopedic surgeon dr. rex marco said surgeons tried staples before but unsuccessfully and they could stunt the child's growth. >> these staples allow the spine to correct the curvature on its own and hold the curvature in a smaller position and a smaller curve while the patient is still growing. >> reporter: dr. marco said before the new staples made from titanium and nicke

is melissa doing well? >> doing not as well as she could because i've been living with her. we're doing this -- on we tv, we're doing this reality show where i move in with her. >> jimmy: oh, wow. >> so, i'm stuck with her and her friends and her friends -- [ gags ] [ laughter ] the one with the big vagina lips, angelina -- angelina jolie. >> jimmy: oh, i didn't know that, yes. >> those horrible children. every time you look around, they have another horrible child. [ laughter ] and the father -- >> jimmy: yeah. >> doesn't know where the hell he is. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i didn't know this. >> he's gonna stop smoking and he's gonna go, "who the hell are these kids?" [ laughter ] and she stands there and says things to you. you know, and she really believes that -- she's into this u.n. thing now. i don't know, we buy kids, we sell kids. i know we take care of kids 'cause i help them. [ laughter ] and, "if i can make one person happy, joan, i'll die content." and i think, "just give jennifer aniston back her husband and it will all be" -- [ laughter ] [ cheers ] that'll do it

melissa hansen, the director for the public television council and sara frasier from hot 99.5 join us to talk about the issues. let's start with you. your organization has been critical of her new style and kim winter says, quote, it's unfortunate she would participate in such a sexualized video like this one. she built her fame and fortune on the backs of young girls and it's disappointing she's separating herself from that fan base so rapidly. why is your organization opposed to her new style. >> celebrities making the transition from child entertainer to adult, it's always a big deal. but what i think is particularly troubling in this instance, her fan base, girls 7, 8, 9 years old growing up watching her as hanna montana, and she has the right to transition into a more mature performer, but to do it so sutly and abruptly without any warning to parpts caught a lot of parents off guard and i think they feel betrayed about this. >> what do you think, does this cross the line for a girl about to be 18 in a month. >> miley came forward and made a statement a few months ago and does i'm

. >> melissa and andy are just one of more than 32,000 couples are getting married today. >> it is the hugely popular wedding date. there are 500% more brides getting married this sunday and then there were last year on the same sunday. >> meanwhile, for those born on 10-10, the day has special meaning. >> it is not going to ever happen again. the odds are 100 million -- one in 100 million. you think about the significance of it all. >> help us capture this very momentous day. share your pictures on ulocal. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with meteorologist john collins. >> you only have a few more hours to get those pictures in. take a look at our hd doppler radar. we do have a little cloud cover out there, just an isolated and producing some isolated shower activity. a couple of hours ago it was producing some lightning and thunder, but now as it passes frederick and is moving into western montgomery and howard county and parts of carroll county, is isolated shower activity is going to slide to the south of baltimore. other than that, a perfect day to day. let's look at the numbe

then it was time for dinner at the palo alto home of google executive melissa meyer. the democrats have some problems including a weakened support among women as a group like the healthcare reform. they are not happy with economic recovery and the jobless rate. >> calling for democrats this year while women say they're going to vote for democrats, they're not giving them the same big margins that they have in the past. >> we want democratic candidates to win. and there is a tremendous amount of republican money out there. >> this guy is no friend to the american people. he is a tool of the wall street bankers. >> in fact, tea party protestors greeted the president at one of his stops. they're upset with the size of government and the amount of government spending. mr. obama is going to be speaking at usc today. they're expecting a crowd of 30,000 people. candidate for governor jerry brown is going to be there. barbara boxer will be joining him as well lifting the spirits or attempting to and reminding people what got the president elected back in '08 in the first plac

scott williams and melissa francis. and you? >> i will be back tonight for "nightly news." >> that's what you do, work. >> so long. >> next, our son de "q&a" guest, terry owens. we will show you some scary halloween costumes for kids as well. >> looks like a beautiful close to the weekend on tap for us. to the weekend on tap for us.

scott williams and melissa francis. and you? >> i will be back tonight for "nightly news." >> that's what you do, work. >> so long. >>> an experienced boater goes missing on the occoquan river. this morning the search for her continues and her family fears the worst. good morning. welcome to new4 today. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm kimberly suiters. it's sunday, october 17, 2010. we'll check in with meteorologist chuck bell who joins us live now in the studio. it's a lovely morning although the photogrhers who are standing out there waiting for "meet the press" interview, gloves. yeah, they said it's been bone chilling. >> they went to thro

scott williams and melissa francis. and you? >> i will be back tonight for "nightly news." >> that's what you do, work.ngo. "nightly news." >> that's what you do, work.ngo. >> so long. you know it's bad when the press asks if you'd take a lie detector test. meg whitman didn't tell the truth about not voting or about how long she lived in california. she got caught in insider deals at goldman sachs. she changed her story about physically abusing an employee. she campaigned as tough as nails on immigration knowing her housekeeper of 9 years was undocumented. her tv ads have been condemned as false and misleading. and even her hometown newspaper said meg whitman has demonstrated "a loose relationship with the truth" ♪

made him go into the toilet cubicle i heard a few shots fired soon afterwards i felt like i was dying melissa.

. >> reporter: she has abandoned the place she called home after melissa mccully looked on in horror as the homeless man at her encampment off route 1 allegedly set her best friend on fire. >> her eyebrows were all burnt and hair all burnt. skin hanging off. it looked like, you know when a candle melts? the wax drips? that's what her body looked like. >>

he's a native of frederick and joined the army in 2001 survived by his wife melissa and two children. a final fare well to anavy seal killed in afghanistan. funeral for lieutenant brendan looney was held at the national shrine. he was a standout football player in the late '90s. lieutenant looney was buried at arlington national cemetery. >>> being alert and aware of your surroundings is the message from the state department to u.s. travelers overseas. officials issued the warning after fears of al qaeda and affiliated organizations may be planning terror attacks in europe surfaced. fox 5's will thomas in the newsroom with this tonight. >> there are news that there are possible targets in areas across europe and the attacks are to be in public areas using assault weapons like the attacks we saw in mumbai, but no matter what you hear or read u.s. officials want you to know this. concrete intelligence has emerged. europe is on edge following the release of a travel alert by the state department. if you were planning to be in europe, the message is clear. there is a heightened possibilit

he is survived by his wife melissa and his children kyle and madison. >>> for the first time three women are serving together on the supreme court. justice elena kagen joined the high court for the start of the new term today but her day was different from her colleagues. she took herself out of nearly half of the cases the court has already agreed to hear because of her past work as the top lawyer for the obama administration. >> there is a number of cases she'll not be able to sit on. that means potentially a problem because the court, if they are closely divided, would split 4-4. she would not be there to cast the key deciding vote. >> if she is absent from a case and the justices do split 4-4, the most recent lower court decision will stand. >>> we have an update on -- for you on the fatal bus accident last week. an autopsy shows that the driver of the charter bus actually suffered a deadly heart attack behind the wheel and that is what led to wednesday's crash along a ramp to i-270 in bethesda. the driver was the only person who died. several passengers on bus were hurt. the bus was

. >> reporter: while melissa is relieved police caught up with the suspect she fears for the life of her longtime friend and experienced nightmares reliving the horrific crime that she witnessed in this place she once called home. >> her hair was singed. and her skin was hanging off. the smell and hair burning, i'll never forget it. >> reporter: in howard county, jeff hager, abc2 news. >> rodola suffered minor burns on his hands and a witness tells us he's under police guard at bayview hospital. just three rooms down the hall from the victim. he faces charges of attempted murder, assault and arson. >>> in baltimore county, police say the victim of a sunday morning fire in dundalk has died. police say the 57-year-old joanne julian fell asleep while smoking a cigarette in a basement bedroom in the home on york way. fire crews rescued three people who were asleep upstairs. >> we can't really stress enough that if you are a smoker or if you live in a home with someone who is a smoker, proper disposition of smoking materials is absolutely essential. >> she was really nice to us. she was a

the i house -- the house is accepting applications for ming semester on line on campus melissa higher update news. >> the fact that core debt will play on campus next week. this is the premier even for the group this semester. the saxophone ensemble has been around at s-j-s-u since the 70s, performing classical and this expo ensemble has been around since the '70s performing classical and jazz music. music professor says turn out for music recital is good and that the performers have a lot to offer. >> he thinks we do besides the big ensemble we have about 13 players. we break it up into smaller ensembles they're doing a wide array of music as well. >> it will take place on november 4th at 7:30:00 p.m. on concert hall. that's what's happening in our entertainment, back to you, ladies. >> thank you, morgan. >> there's more to come on update news. we'll check in against instate rival. we'll show you the highlights. >> plus the men's basketball team hit it hard. first we asked students what was their most outrageous halloween costume. when i was bobby light last year he's a one hit wonde

it was on to another fund-raiser at the house of melissa meyer. dinner there, $40,400 per person and there was 50 people. a million and a half dollars just like that. the president was in washington state earlier in the day with a message he'll bring with him to l.a. today. >> on the idea that you forget who caused this mess in the first place. (cheers and applause) >> well, let me tell you, seattle, it's up to you to tell them you haven't forgotten. >> not everyone happy with the president's performance. his poll numbers are dropping. democrats in trouble nationwide. they could lose control of the house of representatives. after los angeles, the president's going to be taking off for las vegas where he's going to try to save the job of senate majority leader harry reid. part of the problem with the democrats this election cycle is that women are not supporting democrats as much as they did just two years ago. we'll take a look at that in half an hour. live at sfo, terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> time now 4:33. this morning thank you san francisco

day if we have a normal tax that tax regime will have a normal chief information i think very much melissa. the future of russia's largest mining company to be decided in a special general meeting being held in two weeks now are all cyclical has been a bitter dispute between key shareholders are. alleging that the tenants interest so i do has the details. the shock waves are still spreading from the risk annual meeting back in june interest with a twenty five percent stake gained four seats on the board while you sell with a slightly larger stake managed to get on if we then broke a truce in which the two shareholders had agreed not to attempt to gain control of the valuable nickel producer since then there have been claims of voting and regulations legal action and proposals from both sides to why they are there out. also want to see metals management is too close to interest specifically they want a bigger dividend payout to shareholders and if you can't invest in your projects you have to return the money to the shareholders there's no reason for the management to. enjoy the big cash pi

melissa president agree with me. we. fully agree. with mr medvedev and i would also like to add. that if he had a nominee in the us and countries. who. would like to enhance relations with old countries of the world. both on bilateral and you know let's basis. toss. that russia is of great importance. as it plays an important role in the international arena and we would like to develop relations and cooperation with russia in all areas including science education culture and economy. who work. there. and also to work together along in ensuring peace and stability in the region i therefore russia is of kiem portman's i've been here . for you here and around the world. are cool and i think russia can make a great contribution in maintaining peace and stability in the region. thank you very much neal. and i've just been watching life common turns coming to you from honeymoon that amuse capitol where the russian president dmitry medvedev and his vietnamese counterpart. were discussing the key points in mutual cooperation well president dmitry medvedev is in good nam to seal the deal

of british involvement in life they just because of the filth that these documents but my colleague melissa leo went recently to fill lucho which was the subject of a future military action in two thousand and four and she filed this report about the plight of ordinary iraqis. has been so out signed fighting for the board on a football pitch he's here in the family tent fighting a cancer that's eating away at his head and stomach. i collect the splinters of the rocket after exploded whoever i showed them to see. they were american and contaminated poisoned. after the shrapnel struck sixteen year old medics had a tumor appeared while his father lost a leg in the attack and also the family source of income as a taxi driver. i wonder if there are any weapons they didn't use against us when fallujah all contaminated sometimes i can hardly breathe. iraq is littered with buildings like that but just to be the headquarters of saddam's secret police in two thousand and three several jodan rockets hit the full effect of those weapons is still being felt today. u.s. marines first bombarded flew just

melissa esposito says many of her patients find mind, body therapies like yoga and acupuncture to be helpful but there hasn't been much scientific support. >> when they do acupuncture they in general feel less stress and anxiety and feel good about doing it. >> reporter: tammy believes it was those therapies that allowed her to calm down and finally get pregnant with her son. this is jack. >> for me it's common sense. you have to take care of the body if you want it to be a good place to raise somebody else. >> and that was vicky nguyen reporting. >>> meanwhile, a sugar treat right off the vine. an east bay company gearing up for halloween. today in the bay's bob redell is live at the american licorice company in union city. bob, you always get a sweet assignment. i had no idea that red vines were made right here. >> reporter: what might surprise you is that red vines, american licorice company's red vines have been here in the bay area since 1920 initially and san francisco before moving to union city. so a 90-year tradition. i didn't know about it until recently. but these will be

in the year 2000, when a woman named melissa walker performed this song at my book party, it had the same effect. i sort of instinctively stepped in just to cut the ice. i said something when she was done, but there was that awkward interval immediately afterwards. and everybody who has ever performed the song-- and a lot of contemporary artists have: cassandra wilson, dee dee bridgewater, sting-- almost everybody who's ever performed the song notes the same phenomenon, that it just stops people in their tracks. so you're in new york city. you've got the most talked-about song around. people are coming out every night to hear it. the natural thing is, "let's turn this into a record." "let's make a few bucks." and did anyone step up and say, "we want to put that out"? did the major labels step forward? well, the major labels cowered in fear. columbia was her label, and she wanted to get the song recorded. i mean, as you said, she sort of, you know, had a proprietary interest in it after a while, and columbia would not touch the song. columbia refused to record it. columbia was a natio

dollars a month from the government through melissa familia and helps with food or sometimes i use it to pay a bill to not turn for both a familiar cash to naina has to show the government that her daughter samantha gets her vaccinations and is in school and intends at least eighty five percent of the time as a result and i think most of all she's ten years old and she knows how to read how to write in everything she even knows how to use the computer samantha's life is one of learning an opportunity where once in a slum like this reaching her age meant dropping out of school to work and help the family i worked when i was younger ten years old i was already a nanny i didn't have the means to study but a little government cash is helping to break that cycle and create a new one. i want them to said a lot so in the future they'll have a profession and they're not going to suffer like their parents suffered so i want them to study. at the same time the parents are suffering less the familia is responsible for a sixth of the reduction in poverty in brazil only cost just a half percent of

. >> the car hit me then swerved around back to melissa. >> i flew out of must shoes. my shoes were planted where i got hit. >> can you imagine is in the girl spent countless days in the hospital with a lacerated liver and surgeries. they're fine now thank goodness. and warning others to watch road signs and carry glow sticks and just make sure you can be spotted. >> yes. >> and that is an important reminder. >> drive slow. >> thanks. >> sure what a weekend we've had in terms of weather. >> there is gorgeous out there. there is a couple days to dry up. we're talking about more rain by the end of the week maybe n time for giants game. and too soon to call that one yet. there is a temperatures into upper 50s and low 50s and there is lots of sunshine temperatures warmed up. 60 in san francisco. mid-60s in concord and livermore. and there is clear skies light winds. and north bay valleys running into patchy fog. skpf will be looking at chilly morning was clear skies. there is tuesday and wednesday there another sunny, mild day. and there is north bay flirting with showers

luckily, we have melissa clark here this morning. she writes one of my favorite columns in "the new york times," "a good appetite." you've written dozens of cookbooks. we have many of them here today. it's great to see you. and you've collaborated with so many of the top chefs in the country. but this book is really about your passion. >> exactly. the thing is, i've written books with so many chefs. and i realized that i just had a baby two years ago. she's still my baby. and cooking for a kid and my husband, and a family, is completely different. it is a completely different skill set. everything i learn from the chefs, i use. but really the stuff i'm doing now, the quick, the simple foods, that's the stuff i put on the table every day. >> that's what's so great about your column. you do it every thursday. >> wednesday. wednesday. >> in "the new york times." and you go into your cupboard. and find something that give a normal recipe, with a little twist to make it special. >> that's the thing about it. i don't know about you, but i'

. >>> msnbc's melissa franzen is at the new york stock exchange. home. >> also bank of america has suspended foreclosures in 21 states, they say they want to review the procedures and make sure they're doing them probably. gmac has already done the same. it's predicted that 1.2 million homes will go into foreclosure this. >> melissa, thanks so much. >>> the social network had lots of trends over the weekend. the film about the founding of facebook took in $20 million. legend of the guardians was second, wall street money never sleeps was third. let's get a check of the weather from al. >> it's your first anniversary. chris and sarah, your 30th? let's check your weather amend see what's happening, pick city "today," eau claire, wisconsin, 61-degrees. and on this satellite radar, you can see the showers moving to the northeast. also got an upper level low pressure system bringing showers out there. from dakotas all the way down to texas, sunny skies >> good morning, everyone. worry off to a rainy start on this monday, breezy, kind of chilly. the rain

he is survived by his wife melissa and three children. >>> the u.s. supreme court is a day away from hearing a case that started here in maryland. a father is fighting for his son who died in combat. it involves this group, the westboro baptist church. today, it protested outside the supreme court in washington, d.c. but it's their protest at a maryland marine's funeral that has the attention of the highest court in the land. >> god hates america -- >> is it freedom of speech? or pure harassment? the u.s. supreme court will make a major decision in albert snider versus the westboro baptist church. seven members was kansas base church protested 300 feed away from the entrance of st. johns catholic church in westminster. the group targets marines who have been killed,; albert's son wasn't gay. but he was targeted. >> it's hard enough to bury a child. but to have this go on, too. it's like somebody kicking you in the face. >> snider sued the westboro baptist church for causing him extreme emotional distress. a baltimore jury awarded him millions. he thou

he's surprised by his wife melissa and two children. >>> another big story we're following this morning, a mysterious shooting is under investigation. a man was found shot in the parking lot of a virginia metro stop. it happened last night at the huntington metro. sarah simmons joins us live in alexandria. sarah, there are questions about what exactly happened there? >> reporter: there certainly are and still are this morning. metro police found a man shot inside a car here at the hunting ton metro stop. fairfax county police are continuing this investigation now. they say there is a shooting they are looking into and we don't have a lot to go on from here. we can tell you it occurred about 10:30 last night. fairfax county police responded because they got a call from a woman saying she was supposed to meet a family member here and when she got here, she couldn't find him. police arrived and couldn't find him and when police found him, he had a gunshot wound. he was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. it appears he does not have -- he will be okay. >> you are always ca