i'm here to support mara rosales. i'll be brief, everyone has said a mouthful and very he will eloquently, including the nominees. mara and i have been working together for many years and i think what she brings to this commission will be a plus. she knows a lot about city process, city law, public law. i think it's a great choice and i look forward to this whole commission. i'm really happy to be here. thank you. >> thank you, mr. moscone. >> good afternoon, supervisors, my name is robert woods and i would like to say this, that it's not the candidates that i speak towards, the candidates are very much so qualified. i speak to the process in terms of how those names was developed. when the commission, the successor commission, have a meeting and no one shows up in the meeting is canceled and then you come here and you see people being nominated and the community have not been involved in it other than within their little close circles and i say to you that we look forward to them being on board but we question, we wi

>> reporter: mara, good morning. well, this meeting that is the last-minute meeting at the white house is going to be integral. they need to see progress in this meeting if they're going to get a deal done before midnight on monday. as you know, the senate came back early from the christmas holiday yesterday. but they didn't seem able to compromise. they continued the bickering. the house wasn't even here. they're not even in play yet. they're now coming back on sunday. so we really need to see congressional leaders see some kind of a plan that can be voted on before that december 31st deadline. lawmakers say it's getting decreasingly unlikely that's going to happen. many have serious doubts about whether or not they will get a deal before the new year, although it is still possible, many think a deal will more likely come early in the new year, mara. >> and, danielle, what will it mean for all of us in our pocketbooks if we do go over that cliff? >> reporter: well, it could be an effect on every working american. th

i'm mara schiavocampo. a powerful winter storm that brought an odd mix of tornadoes, heavy winds and snow to the nation's midsection is now wreaking havoc on the northeast. snow and sleet have produced treacherous road conditions from pennsylvania and western new york to maine with more than a foot of snow expected in some areas. this storm so far being blamed for at least six deaths. and as nbc's kurt gregory reports, the storm is creating a post holiday travel nightmare. >> reporter: cleanup on the day after christmas for the deep south. a record of more than 20 tornadoes as a massive storm system ripped through mississippi and alabama and left arkansas with a record-breaking white christmas. that storm system continued its march across the center of the nation wednesday, leaving a near whiteout from detroit -- >> not used to it. it's slick. >> reporter: -- to indianapolis. >> it's definitely a doozy out there. >> reporter: the blizzard-like conditions making getting anywhere nearly impossible, on the gro

we will speak with mara verheyden-hilliard of the partnership for civil justice. then turmoil inside the two- party. a former house majority leader dick armey is attempting a coup than his own party. he is paid $8 million to leave. all of that and more coming up. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president obama and members of the senate are back in washington today after a short break with just days before the onset of the so-called fiscal cliff. obama and republican leaders remain at a crossroads on reaching a budget deal before the combination of spending cuts and tax hikes kicks in with the new year. on wednesday, treasury secretary timothy geithner told congress the u.s. will reach its federal borrowing limit on new year's eve, threatening the same default that was narrowly avoided last year. in a letter to lawmakers, geithner vowed to take extraordinary measures to avoid a new default but said any remedies would only be short- term. the u.s. has acknowledged for the first time a carried out a september dro

i'm mara schiavocampo. this is your first stop of the day on your nbc station. >> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 5:00 a.m. >> the storm system that brought all the snow and rain is clearing out to the east. just some sprinkles in the northern part of the delaware and moving through new jersey. there is some snow falling to parts of pennsylvania. we can see some snow near williamsport. the precipitation is quieting down. we have to watch out for some strong winds today. >> 4:56. maryland casinos hoping to boost their business. >> five days left to avoid the fiscal cliff. >> we are taking a live picture of the west side. have a good night. here you go. you, too. i'm going to dream about that steak. i'm going to dream about that tiramisu. what a night, huh? but, um, can the test drive be over now? head back to the dealership? [ male announcer ] it's practically yours. but we still need your signature. volkswagen sign then drive is back. and it's never been easi

mara liasson of national public radio, republican strategist ed rollins and former democratic senator evan byah. you heard for the last half-hour, tim geithner and john boehner, each say they are being reasonable and it is the other side's fault. bill you have been through your share of washington negotiations. what strikes you about what you heard today? >> geithner is in a stronger position, in the respect. the president is net and high can maneuver and say, $1.6 trillion and, they say, $1.1 trillion and speaker beginner has 235 members, and they don't hop to it when he decides to move, he's in a much tougher position structurally and we have seen the history of the show downs, the white house usually wins, and, the main reason why is, he is a unitary executive and, the majority party in congress is in a weaker position. >> chris: mara. >> what happened this week is interesting, it is kabuki theatre and both sides are putting out maximalist positions and saying the other guy is intransigent and that is how they tell the troops they are trying as hard as they can before they cave bec

. >> reporter: mara, good morning. good morning, everyone. there is brand new evidence in that survey that americans are really feeling the squeeze before we've even gone over the cliff, plus republicans are changing their strategy. republicans are planning a vote as early as tomorrow to keep taxes low for everyone making up $1 million. >> going to have to go to plan "b." because we want to make sure we do not go off the cliff. >> everyone should understand boehner's proposal will not pass the senate. >> reporter: president obama offered a lower threshold, 400,000. >> the president has come halfway. he hopes that the republicans will do the same. >> reporter: republicans see this million dollar vote as a last-ditchest to save business o ditch effort to save business owners from taxes. >> i think everyone realizes the tax rate will go up. >> reporter: today in washington, experts discuss the impact on affordable housing and new this morning bankrate.com reports the threat of falling over the cliff already has one in three americans cutting bac

but let me say we were fortunate enough to have mara marsalis on the other side of the table. i was there as executive officer of the san mateo (inaudible) you should have seen what it was to build with the san mateo building trades because they didn't understand what it was to provide community benefits. she understands it, she supports it, i think you are very fortunate to have her, the city will. i know she is the type of person that will provide us all of the time commitments that are needed on these commissions because that's the hardest thing for folks when they accept these commissions is the time. thank you, supervisors, have a great afternoon. >> hi, madam president, my name is rod sahad, commissioners, supervisors. my name is rad sahad, i am president of the asian commission. i am here to pay my respects to leroy king, i have known him and i've got in front of him so i first of all want to do that. secondly i want to say that not just the other community but asian indian community also supports commissioner king to be reappointed. we think he brings great wisdom and

>>entrevista de mara patricia donde hablo de su temor a morir. >>más detalles del congreso de la virgen de guadalupe >>y estrenamos el himno de teleton u.s.a >>así es, comienza despierta américa . muy buenos días, hoy es martes 11 de diciembre. estamos escuchando el himno de teleton u.s.a que comienza el viernes. hoy más que nunca estamos llenos de amor. con completa cobertura desde méxico, los Ángeles. >>y buenos días. >>buenos días, >>como amaneces, satcha. >>así es, él llega y no sé si quiere amanecer, pues viene de viaje. >>pero qué mejor manera de despertar la mañana >>y que mejor que hacerlo informado. >>le contamos detalles de las averiguaciones que se realizan en méxico. autoridades estadounidenses se unen a las averiguaciones. hermanos de la diva de la banda se dirigen a monterrey donde están los restos de la cantante y sus acompañantes, restos. >>me despido, en instantes estoy con ustedes. >>bien pendientes de las noticias que están surgiendo >>nos vavamos a unir con poncho también, que fueron grandes colaboradores de

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mara, the bottom line, we do have snow for the middle of country for a white christmas. >>> channing tatum is topping off the year with a big announcement. the "magic mike" star an his wife announced they're expecting a child. >>> kelly clarkson with big news herself. she's engaged. after tweeting fans she sent out a picture of her huge yellow canary engagement ring. >>> monday night, the actors vs. paid tribute to the victims of the shooting. ♪ hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah ♪ >>> and finally, celebrities from all over are wishing the world a happy holiday. >> hello everyone, i'm scarlett johansson. >> happy holidays. >> merry christmas, everyone. >> i'm wishing everyone out there a happy holiday. >> i'm san samuel l. jackson. >> happy holidays. >> merry christmas from matt damon. >> at least he hayes sens a sen humor. >> it's almost like a "saturday night live" skit. >> you know with their a-list, they still have sometime to wish happy holidays. >> that was for this gentleman, because we got magic mike in there. if we get a clip of channing tatum stripping. >> we didn't get s

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. >>> i'm mara schiavocampo. this is "first look" on msnbc. stay tuned, "way too early" starts right now. >>> since 1994, there have been 70 -- these are just school shootings. 70 -- 70 episodes of school shootings in the united states since 1994. after the brady bill was passed. president obama was in connecticut last night speaking to a high school gymnasium as part of a memorial service. he said some things. no single law no set of laws can eliminate evil from the world or prevent every senseless ability of violence in our society, but that can't be an excuse for inaction. so right there, i feel better. it can't be an excuse for inaction. that means he's committed. he is going on the record, some kind of action. >> that, of course, david letterman monday night addressing the horrific school shooting. good morning, i'm brian shactman this is "way too early." a lot to get to this tuesday, including new developments in the fiscal cliff negotiations. of course, with the year-end deadline less than two weeks away, the country's entire attention

. >> thank you, jose ferrera, followed by mara castilignon and blanka solis. >> my name is maria castilignon, i am a member with just cause and i have been living in my apartment for the past 10 years. i rent from a private company that owns a lot of buildings in san francisco and i pay below market rent, although my rent is still very expensive. with this last round of rent increases my rent has increased to $2005 for a two-bedroom apartment in the mission. during my time with this company, they have sent me many notices with miss steer yus sums of money that i owe, that i supposedly owe. all of these notices are in english and the amount of money that i owe is never fully explained to me but i am charged at least $200 for $250 a year. my building has changed a lot in the time that i have lived there. the majority of the new tenants are not latinos, they are younger, they are whiter and they pay a lot more rent than i do. it is clear that the property owners wish to displace me because they can make a lot more rent renting to other tenants. tenants like me who have been living in our apartm

. >>> i'm mara schiavocampo. this is "first look" on msnbc. stay tuned, "way too early" starts right now. >>> since 1994, there have been 70 -- these are just school shootings. 70 -- 70 episodes of school shootings in the united states since 1994. after the brady bill was passed. president obama was in connecticut last night speaking to a high school gymnasium as part of a memorial service. he said some things. no single law no set of laws can eliminate evil from the world or prevent every senseless ability of violence in our society, but that can't be an excuse for inaction. so right there, i feel better. it can't be an

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so yvonne mara and deputy city attorney jerry -- work closely with us and we commend their efforts on this as well. thank you, supervisors. supervisors, thank you. p.( #e >> president chiu: thank you to our dbi staff. why don't we go to our next commendation which will be provided by our district 5 colleague, supervisor olague!qj. >> supervisor olague: i didn't -- i have another month here so i didn't want to leave without acknowledging some of the folks that play a critical folks who live in public housing. most of these people, they work really hard, and some of them work outside of their job, donate their resources, and it's just pretty amazing, the level of commitment many of these individuals have to others. and i just wanted to make sure that members of the public also this society where sometimes it's easy to become kin cal there are still -- cynical there are people who give of themselves just out of the kindness of theirigihae heart, . and it pretty amazing. so today i'm taking the opportunity to recognize a team of people that have worked very diligently to improve the condi

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let's break it down for you, mara. the big vote that the republicans are pushing to have everyone under a million dollars keep their tax rates low. president obama says this defies lodger, that people making $800,000, $900,000 should be paying higher taxes. republicans think they can get it through the house. no luck of getting it through the democratic senate at all. second vote which is to sweeten the deal for the republicans who are skeptical is to replace the automatic cuts, a lot of which would hit the defense department with cuts in other programs like the health law and food stamps. >> and tracie, who's coming out in favor of this plan "b"? >> well, among those in favor of it, off qusly john boehner, the house speaker and also paul ryan, the chair of the budget committee and former vice presidential candidate. there have been a lot of questions about whether or not he would come out behind this plan. but he's said that it seems to meet all of the goals that republicans have. there's been white a split within the

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and those numbers are supposed to jump from last year. >> mara schiavocampo, thank you. >>> a suicide bomber killed three people at a u.s. base in eastern afghanistan today. the taliban claims it was targeting afghan police posted outside camp chapman. the surprise attack came after a trend of decreasing violence. >>> japan has a new prime minister this morning. voted in today and immediately began installing a new cabinet. ending three years of liberal administration. a conservative known for supporting big business, he also serves as prime minister in 2006 and 2007. >>> the announcement of the new prime minister drove japanese stock up this morning. amanda drury is live at the new york stock exchange with a look at the u.s. markets. good morning. >> good morning to you, savan h savannah. front and center for the markets and any hint of a deal definitely will bring out the buyers. as the home price data is important today. home prices are on the rise, lower inventory. holiday shopping, all the bargains to be had. we're watching stocks of retailers that are definitely hoping for a flu

mara is braving crowds in herald square in new york. good morning. >> reporter: good moshg. the doors opened the at 7:00 a.m., and stores are opening their door early and offering deep discounts and big deals to try and lure the last-minute shoppers and those procrastinators are expected to flood malls like this all over the country. this year christmas is on a tuesday, so shoppers had tli-day weekend to get it done, but it doesn't mean they have. it's estimated that two-thirds of shoppers wait until the last minute, that including 17 million people that continue to shop today on christmas eve. what are some popular items for gifts for christmas eve? gift cards and jewelry are bill sellers for all those last minute shoppers. holiday sales can account for 40% of annual sales, so retailers are really hoping these last minute shoppers help them get over a sluggish few weeks. there was a booming black friday and sales slowed in early december. analysts say the lingering effects of hurricane sandy and concerns over the fiscal cliff have put a damper on things battle in terms of p

joining me now is joe madison and democratic strategist margie o''mara. thank you both for joining me. joe, a majority of americans say the gop is too extreme. what will it take for republicans to change their ways? >> no, it takes changing their leadership. you have the speaker of the house who will probably go down in history as the worst speaker of the house, i think, in modern political history. there's a situation here in terms of his title. but the tail is wagging the dog. you also have a party that doesn't have courage because grover norquest has them signed to a pledge, other than the constitution, that now he has thrown them under the bus. all of this time, do not raise taxes on anybody. and grover norquest just said okay, i'll take plan b as long as it screws poor people. here you have a president who is transformational. this is what we can say about president obama. you have a leader of the republican party, at least in the house, who, at best, is no more than transactional. and he's not good at that. >> well, he's not even transacting well wi

mara buckley says after hurricane sandy her son was given a teddy bear that helped him cope so she organized a toy drive called operation kid comfort. with the help of rockaway fire department, drove bags full of bears right there to newtown. >> that's the thing is our things are material. houses, cars and the stuff. and this is a loss that no one can really -- there's no words for the loss that this town is feeling. basically, we've had so much help, we wanted to pay it forward. and try to help somebody else. >> and over the weekend, men of the bridgeport sound tigers changed their names to honor the children murdered in that sandy hook tragedy. the hockey team donned all black uniforms with the names of the 20 schoolchildren right there on the back. >> an outpouring of support. >>> overseas now to afghanistan. abc news learned a top navy s.e.a.l. commander has died. the death of 42-year-old job price is being investigated as a suicide. military officials say he died of a gunshot wound to the head. price was a member of s.e.a.l. team 4, which is a special navy warfare unit. commander price

. >> reporter: as documented in unnatural selection, journalist mara writes about the systemic campaign against baby girls in china, india and south korea. she reports since the 1970s, more than 163 million female babies have simply disappeared. >> it's mostly the result of sex selective abortion so women going in for an ultrasound scan when they're protect them aborting female children. >> reporter: in some areas there are not enough women to go around. >> women are being trafficked from poorer countries and poorer parts of china and india. >> reporter: but sex selection is not just occurring in foreign countries. it's happening in the united states and right here in the bay area. >> nice deep breath in and out. >> reporter: this doctor -- >> absolutely happens here. >> reporter: -- the ucsf researcher spoke to dozens of immigrant women from india who live in the bay area. the people she interviewed, the vast majority who were pregnant with a girl chose to abort her. the main reason? family pressure even from female relatives. she read from their stories. >> my husband said he needed t