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Kelly Swanson, President Swanson Communications: Thanks, everybody, for joining us. We have a very special call today. This is the season for boxing, and we are looking forward to a terrific fight coming up shortly, April 3rd. Today we have some esteemed trainers on the call for both Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones: Naazim Richardson, Bernard Hopkins training, Alton Coach Merk Merkerson, Roy Jones, Jr.s trainer. Were also joined today by Richard Schaefer, Chief Executive Officer, Golden Boy Promotions, and Bobby Goodman, Chief Operating Officer of Square Ring Promotions. Without further ado, Ill turn it over to Richard Schafer to talk about the fight and the people on the call..
Richard Schaefer, CEO Golden Boy Promotions:
Welcome, everybody. We have 2.5 weeks to go to fight week, so the promotion is starting to heat up. The sponsors are activating all across the country. The movie screens, I just got confirmation this morning, they will start tomorrow with the trailer, so the fight will be promoted in over 10,000 movie screens across the United States, and will be available on HBO Pay Per View and in selected movie theaters across the nation and in pretty much all states as well, so its really exciting. You have Hopkins and Jones, two great legends meeting in the ring for a long awaited rematch, great fighters, great athletes, and now a chance to meet each other, to see who really is the best between the two of them.
The fight is April 3rd at the Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. As I said, live on Pay Per View. Tickets are still available. We have sold a tremendous amount of tickets. Theres about 2,500 tickets left in all price categories, so get your tickets, and make sure youre going to be part of that legendary night, that legendary event.
It is a pleasure to have two great trainers on the call today with Coach Merk Alton Merkerson and, of course, as I said before, one of the very best trainers in the world, in my opinion, a man who has been maybe not as much appreciated by the media as he should be. He has guided the career of Bernard Hopkins for a long time, recently now started to work with Sugar Shane Mosley as well and guided him to a sensational knockout victory over Antonio Margarito about a year ago and is going to be in his corner ago in the Floyd Mayweather showdown.
But here he is. He has guided one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world for a long time with Bernard Hopkins. It is a pleasure for me now to introduce to you Brother Naazim Richardson, who will give you an update on how camp is going, on how well he sees is developing Fight Night as well, and give you some general updates from camp, please, Brother Naazim.
Nazim Richardson, Bernard Hopkins trainer:
Id like to thank everybody for having me, and I appreciate that introduction, Mr. Schaefer, and I look forward to the showdown between Roy Jones and Bernard Hopkins. And camp has been going excellent. Its a privilege to work with a guy like Bernard Hopkins. Hes been doing it for a long time, so his preparation is down to a science.
And we realize we take nothing for granted with Roy Jones because, in my opinion, and this is my personal opinion, I feel as though the man has gone desperate now, and the desperate man is dangerous, and hes an exceptional talent, and we look forward to this match up, as many have over the years. I said, I was teasing Bernard. I said, some of these young guys on the under card werent old enough to spell boxing the last time these two guys fought. But it should be a great match up, and we feel confident going into this fight.
Richard Schaefer: Great. Thank you, Naazim. It is the fight, as we all know, is a co-promotion with Golden Boy and Square Ring, and its a pleasure now for me to introduce to you Bobby Goodman. You all know Bobby, who is going to be introducing Alton Merkerson. Bobby, please.
Bobby Goodman, CEO Square Ring Promotions:
Thank you very much, Richard. Its a pleasure to be on the call today, especially with two such esteemed trainers, and two legends of the sport in Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones, Jr. I do want to say that I was present at the first meeting of these two great athletes, and theyve since demonstrated that they are among the greatest ever, pound-for-pound, in our sport, and its a long time coming to have this rematch.
I do want to introduce a guy that has been with Roy since the start, since the amateurs almost, and has done a fantastic job with Roy Jones, one of the great trainers in the world today, M. Alton Merkerson Coach Merk.
Alton Merkerson, Roy Jones trainer:
Hello, everybody. Its a pleasure being here on the conference call, and thanks for the compliments on both fighters. You know, Roy Jones and Bernard Hopkins are very seasoned athletes. Theyve been in the game for a while. Theyve been great champions. Theyve been great role models, and they both went down in history already, so in reference to making history, theyve done it already.
But these two guys fought back in 1993, and Roy beat Bernard, and Bernard feels that he shouldnt have won and that he cant beat him now. And Roy feels that he still can beat Bernard, so both of them are going to really prepare for this fight and be the best that they can be, and this competition is going to take place on the 3rd of April.
Camp with Roy is going very well. Hes training just as hard for this fight as he did any other fight that hes had in the past. Hes mentally and physically focused for the fight. He knows Bernard is going to be ready for the fighting, and know Bernard is really working hard for it.
You know, youve got to give credit where its due. Bernard is one of the slickest guys out there, and were not taking anything for granted either. Were going to be very versatile, be able to deal with any given situation that occurs in the ring. Its going to be one great fight. Everybody should come and check this fight out because its something that people are going to really want to see. Its going to be an exciting fight.
Call open to questions
Question (Q): Naazim, Ive known you for a long time. I know you have a very strong ethical, moral base. Some of you guys may not know, but what he did with Antonio Margarito, he also did with Felix Trinidad back in 2001 with the illegal hand wraps, and you also work with Bernard Hopkins, who is a real stickler for what he puts in his body, so given those two things, how do you, what would you do to change it so that the illegal hand wrap situation doesnt happen, and given the platform, which Shane Mosley and whats happened with Mayweather and the Olympic style drug testing? What are your thoughts on both of those things, how you would implement change?
Richardson: Well, Im not going to say that Im at liberty, you know, to really comment on it as far as structure and introduce him to change effectively because thats really not my area of expertise. But what I will say is, and just being a watch hound, we have to make sure that the commissioners are going to do what theyre there to do. Im confident in our commissioners. And, like I said, its just a matter of it all
anything can get run down after a while.
After we do something so many times, we start taking things for granted. And what happens sometimes in boxing at this level is that weve all been around each other so much that we just start taking things for granted. You know, and sometimes you have to go back and sharpen up the eye and make sure everybody is doing their job, and checking in on these guys. And thats all it is, is just really making sure to keep our sport clean and keep us in the position where we keep our athletes protected. Thats all we can do because thats my only goal is to protect my athlete at all times, before, during, and after.
Schaefer: I think maybe what Im going to add here as well, Lem and Coach Merk, you know, we always have to remember that boxing is two guys in the middle of the ring hitting each other. This is not dunking a ball or hitting a ball with the bat. This is not like this is hitting another person. This is different. This is not about cycling up a hill, you know. This is two people hitting each other and, therefore, playing with each others life.
Im not saying that cheating or having tools available, which are unauthorized is acceptable in any sport, but here in boxing, it really is playing with somebodys life. Its not just about winning a game. Its really playing with somebodys life, and thats why I think, in boxing, there should be zero tolerance, be it with illegal hand wraps, be it with performance enhancing drugs or whatever. I think this is really, you know, this is very serious, and I agree with Coach Merk. This is not up to a trainer or fighter or promoter. It really is up to the athletic commissions to insure that they keep both of their eyes open and, I mean, they see that certain things are happening, that they act accordingly, swift, and strict.
Q: Now, Coach Merk, touching on the same two subjects, you had the double whammy in your last fight. I dont know if its been publicized or not, but you had a conversation with me about Danny Green, both in relation to whether or not he was tested before the Roy Jones fight for drugs, and also something about his hand wraps. Could you address that issue and bring it to light, and then talk about how you were able? Have you guys moved on from that?
Merkerson: Yes, weve moved on. We have an appeal and trying to get the fight turned around. You know, its very important that everybody know their job in this sport, from the promoter all the way down to the athlete. And I think a trainers job is very difficult because he has to know everybodys job. The main concern of this whole thing is the safety of the athletes.
Everybody has rules and regulations. Just like in Australia with Danny Green, every championship fight, and Ive worked over 100 world championship fights, you have to take a urinalysis test after or before the bout. And, you know, preferably, you know, and everybody should be required to have it after the fight because if you get it before the fight, you can do anything after you take the urinalysis test.
The test wasnt conducted. I dont know why the IBO didnt actually conduct it. I questioned the commissioner there, and I said, When are we going to take the urinalysis test? He said, Were not going to take one. I said, If youre fighting for a belt, you have to take a urinalysis test. So I fought it. I fought it, and nothing happened.
But prior to the fight, I had a young man go over to check out Danny Greens hand wraps, and I told him exactly what to look for. He complained to the commissioner. The people from Square Rings, John Wirt and also confronted the commissioner and stated that the hand wrap was illegal. First of all, you cant use any adhesive tape besides one-inch surgical tape and soft gauze. They have something that, some kind of material that they used that once it gets wet, and you put it on, it gets hard afterwards, so the guy actually made a cast out of it.
The commissioner actually didnt know his job, or they were trying to do something under the table. If in fact I would have knew that prior to the fight actually taking place, I would have told them there was going to be no fight. They actually complained to him, and he said, well, if Roy Jones doesnt fight this guy, hes going to be disqualified. I didnt know anything about this until after the fight was actually over. So to try to do something illegal to inflict punishment or pain or even injure somebody in the right is totally uncalled for an unacceptable in this sport because these guys lives are on the line, and its totally wrong.
But just like a coach stated, its in the commissioners hands. Once that guy goes into the locker room, and youve got a commissioner there to monitor the hand wrap, he should know exactly what a person can and cant do. And if he cant do that and hold people to what the rules and regulations state, he doesnt need to be in that position as a commissioner.
Q: Naazim, what does Bernard, what does your assessment of his secret to the so-called fountain of youth and why he keeps going? Thats for you. And then for Alton, what would you say to people who say that Roy Jones has been knocked out three times, and even though he sounds good, and his reflects may or may not seem to be there, he still is safe, you know, for fighting in the future? So those are my last questions for each of you.
Richardson: As far as the question you posed to me, the fountain of youth is primarily starts with your youth. Bernard took care of his body when he was a young man. He lived right. He never was one to party, a lot of late night a lot of unnecessary different activities on his knees and his legs for putting in position for his body to reward him later on in his years.
And what weve learned, and I emphasize this to a lot of young athletes. You get kids in boxing, especially in boxing; Im starting to see it a lot. You have guys that are athletes in boxing. Theyre actually athletes. So, I mean, guys, theyre football players, basketball players, baseball players, but they just happen to be able to box. And they bring those attributes to boxing.
Well, thats well and fine until you start getting older, and then you cant rely on those attributes. When you can no longer rely on your athleticism, you would have had nothing. You have to have left the sport. If you can no longer rely on your athleticism, you would have left the sport.
Bernard Hopkins learned the sport. When you look at Bernard Hopkins, Bernard is not a football player. Bernard is not a basketball player. Bernard is a fighter, and hes one of the few out there actually. So
boxing, hes able to do it a lot longer than a lot of these other guys who rely so much on their athleticism. And now that their athleticism has faded, your fight has to fade.
I mean, once its gone, youve got to sit down too, you know what I mean, if you didnt learn the craft. Thats why you have guys who are all time greats like Ray Lenard and them. They had so much athleticism, but you notice when Hearns, when Ray got
with a fighter like Hearns who had more gifts than him, he could go to the fundamentals of boxing. Ray Lenard got his hands high, got behind his jab, and still was able to defeat Hearns because he knew his craft too. And then like the man said earlier, you have to know your craft in this sport.
Q: Thank you. Alton?
Merkerson: Yes. Ill agree with the coach totally. You know, you can be a young fighter, but you can be an old fighter. Im not going to use this guys name to criticize him, but lets take a for instance Kelsey Banks. Kelsey Banks had over 400 amateur fights. After the Olympics in 88, he turned pro. He had a couple fights. He wilted. He faded away, and people said, well, why did he fade away so soon. Hes so young. He wasnt young.
You know, any time you have a kid that has 400 and some fights, I dont care if its amateur or pro, thats a lot of fights. And you have a wear and tear on you. Were not like an automobile where you can rebuild and re-overhaul yourself.
Once you get to a certain point, youve got a beginning stage, a progression stage, a sustaining stage. After you reach a sustaining stage, the only thing you can do is go down hill. But like the coach stated, if you take care of yourself, and you do things the right way, and you dont get punished when youre coming up, youre going to last a lot longer. And I agree with him on Bernard. Bernard has a very good body. Hes taken care of himself over the years.
And getting to Roy and the statement that you made, Im going to say this, and Im going to make it short. For the time that Roy has been fighting, Roy is 42 now, and hes been fighting 32 years. Roy has gotten more in the last four years of his boxing career than he ever did in his whole boxing career, you know. And the reason being, things happen when you get older, you know, reflexes, timing slows down. You cant do the things that you did before. He hasnt lost those things, but its just that split second that makes a difference in boxing.
Now if you ride a horse long enough, youre going to fall off the horse. I dont care how good you are, how good a rider you are. If you ride them long enough, youre going to get thrown. So it happens, the time that Roy got caught three times, he got caught clean. He got caught clean, and the fact of the matter is, every time that he got caught, he was winning the fight prior to getting caught. So if you get hit right, youre going to go. His preparation has been the same that its been over the years, but he wasnt getting hit then.
Some people take shots better than other people, you understand? In football, you get guys that make contact on the line all the time. This is a different type thing. Youre not just going straight to the head, but those guys, after years and years of wear and tear, my son played pro ball for six years. Sometimes he cant get out of the bed in the morning, you know, because of all the injuries and all of the doggone wear and tear he had on his body when he was coming up.
But my concern is the same concern that everybody else has for Roy. We have had brain scans. We have done everything that were supposed to do. He doesnt have any brain damage. He hasnt had any major injuries to him from the knockouts. Yes, its getting close to the time where Bernard and Roy is going to give this thing up because you cant do it forever. But right now, from a medical standpoint, hes fine, but the reason I stick with Roy, and Ive been with him for 20 years, and Im going to continue to be with him.
Im not afraid to stop a fight. If in fact that he was getting punished and didnt get caught with one shot clean, I would stop the fight, and thats what another young, inexperienced trainer probably wouldnt do just to worry about their credibility and what people say about them. But its not going to be long before we give it up and do some other things, but Roy is fine right now.
Q: Did he pass his Las Vegas test?
Goodman: Roy had to take a very comprehensive physical, and he did do that. Hes done everything theyve asked of him and more. Medically, hes fine. Hes 100%.
Q: Bobby, you mention in your opening remarks that you were present at the first fight 17 years ago.
Goodman: Yes, I was.
Q: Bobby, what was your role there? Where were you working at that time?
Goodman: At that time?
Q: Who were you with? Which fighter were you with?
Goodman: I believe I was with Madison Square Garden, and we had some interest in it because they were talking about Riddick Bowe, who was in the main event who won to fight at Madison Square Garden.
Q: Okay, but you were not associated with either Roy Jones or with Bernard Hopkins on that
Goodman: No, I was not.
Q: You were just sort of like a bystander watching the fight.
Goodman: Absolutely.
Q: Can you just give me your recollections of that fight? I mean, Ive seen it, of course. Its, frankly, not a very good fight, but your thoughts about what you watched that night, if you have any particular remembrance
Goodman: Yes. This was two extremely talented fighters who had a great deal of respect for each other just coming into their own in this sport in a big way. It was Roys first world championship at middleweight, of course, and Bernard, who had been a middleweight and went on to become the greatest middleweight champion in history, just fell a little short of the mark. Bernard tried to press the action through the fight, and at that time, I just think that Roy Jones hand speed was a little bit more than Bernards at that time, and it was two fighters showing great respect and great skills, and the right person won that event that night. Now were doing it again, and they have been the tops of their field, pound-for-pound, for many, many years, and they are two legends of the sport.
Q: Alton, were you also at the first fight, or were you not with Roy at that time?
Merkerson: I was with him. It was the first world title fight that we had. I was at the fight. Roy trained very hard for that fight. As a matter of fact, I had to cool him down some. I thought possibly he was over-training, and we were over-training. But he actually had an injured right hand in that fight. I tried to pull him out of the fight. I told him, look. I said, lets not take a chance. And he made a statement to me, and I had a lot of respect for him. You know, if your athlete thinks he can do it, you cant try to pull him back and say he cant. I said, Roy, lets pull out of the fight because youve got an injured right hand. We can do this later.
He said, You just get an opportunity like this once in a lifetime. I can beat him. And when he told me that, I said
you can beat him, lets go ahead with it. I think it was a very technical fight. We kept Bernard on the end of our jab. We made him pay for the mistakes and stuff, and we got Bernard frustrated in that fight.
But Im going to tell you what happens with time. You learn from your mistakes, and both of these guys have gotten a lot smarter since that time. They dont react with their physical abilities as much so as their thinking now, so its going to be a very technical fight on the 3rd, and were going to see some things different than we did the first fight.
Q: Well, I dont think anybody else on this call was at the fight. Brother Naazim, you were not at that fight for any reason, were you? You were not yet working in Bernards corner, correct?
Richardson: No, I worked with him in the gym at times, but I wasnt at that fight. But I wasnt at that fight.
Q: Got you. Let me ask another question. Coach Merk, you addressed a little bit about as far as it might be time to be moving on pretty soon with Roy and his career, and you had been with him for a long, long time. You have been here, seen him be knocked out by some of the fighters that have stopped him. I know that Bobby and everybody on the Square Ring side has talked about, yes, Roy has passed a comprehensive physical in Nevada, and that theres no issues with the testing. Obviously if there was, they wouldnt allow him to have a license to do the boxing mach. My question for you, coach, is for somebody thats had such a longstanding personal relationship with Roy Jones, even though the medical tests may be just fine, dont you worry when youve seen what has happened when hes been hit, be it against Danny Green or, you know, being completely dominated and knocked out by Glen Johnson, what happened with Tarver? I mean, are you concerned that its one too many instead of one too few?
Merkerson: Like I stated before, yes, Im concerned because Roy is like a kid, like one of my own kids. Im very concerned about it. But you know, its one thing about a person when they become an adult. You know, you can lead a guy to the water, but you cant make him drink. You know, if Roy decides. He has decided that hes going to fight. Id rather be here with him than without him because Im going to look out for his best interests and look out for his welfare.
Yes, Im concerned, but hes not going to stop boxing right now, you know. And Ive talked to him. I havent told him to stop, but Ill always say, when you get a certain age, and certain things happen, you have to know when to hold them and when to fold them. I was concerned when those things happened. We got tested. Im not just going to keep driving it to the ground. Yes, Im concerned. I was concerned then, and Im concerned now. But after all the medical tests, everything came back, and there was nothing wrong. The tests all came back okay. So I cant keep harping with the guy, and I know hes going to fight anyway about, well, you need to leave it alone.
You know, a person has to make a decision on his own when it comes to that, just like drugs or alcohol. All the counseling and all the rehab in the world you can take, youre not going to stop doing drugs until you get ready to stop yourself. So Ill be the first one to say if I think its that time, you totally need to stop. You dont need to do it anymore. It hasnt reached that point yet.
Q: Anybody on the call could address this. Im wondering. You know, there were a lot of people that looked forward to this fight for a long time. The two fighters, Bernard and Roy, for different reasons, the fight never happened for a long time, whether it was arguing about money or percentages or whatever you want to talk about.
The reaction I get from people, and Im coming to the fight, and Ive covered these guys forever, and Ill be damned if Im missing the last chapter, but a lot of folks that Ive spoken to over the last week or so, particularly down in Dallas where some of the other media members when I was at the Pacquiao fight just have absolutely savaged this fight. They say its a disgrace. They say that nobody cares about it anymore. And Im just curious.
Do you think that this is just a little bit too late that whats the point at this time? Bernard is still one of the top fighters out there. We all know whats happened with Roy the last few years. Im wondering how in the world do you go about trying to sell a fight that so many people are against? Maybe Richard could talk about it, maybe Bobby.
Schaefer: Well, you know, you just said it very well. Who wants? There are people out there who like to miss out on the last chapter, and there are people who dont like to miss out on the last chapter. And it sounds like youre one of those who doesnt like miss out on the last chapter. Those who like to miss out on the last chapter should just stay at home.
Goodman: These are two of the great legends of our sport who have decided, and they both decided this, that they wanted to do it one more time. And theyve got all the people surrounding them who care about them, who love them, and they will be there to protect the boxers, as well as the athletic commission, the referee, and other people concerned with the event.
Merkerson: Let me put a hypothetical situation out. Im going to say this, and it might sound dumb, but you know, people like excitement. People like revenge. People like to do something that people think they cant do. Right now, if you came up with Mike Tyson and Buster Douglas because Mike Tyson was supposed to beat Buster Douglas so bad in that fight, and it was a 43 to one odds, and he beat Tyson. What if somebody said today, okay, were going to give Mike Tyson a year and a half to get in shape, and everybody said hes through, and Buster Douglas said, Ill get down to 270 pounds, and Ill be ready to fight this bum. Just hypothetically saying it, how many people do you think are going to come and see that fight?
Q: Everybody.
Merkerson: Of course. See, its the same thing. I dont understand where people get this from. Theyre talking about Tyson and
right now.
Q: What Im getting at though is do you think that two years ago, even before the Danny Green fight, there was still a lot of anticipation about the fight. Do you think that do you feel bad that even though its still happening, and there are going to be people that want to see it, that its just unfortunate that it didnt happen when it was supposed to happen in the last few years, and that its now
Merkerson: I would have loved for it to happen then, but you know, everybody has egos and pride. Im going to tell you about that because, you know, when Roy was on top, Bernard was on top, Roy has more pride at that time than Bernard did, so they tried to put the fight together. Okay. Thats when the 60/40 thing came up. Okay? It wouldnt happen because Bernard said, no, I wont do it unless its parity. Im not going to do no 60/40. Then all of a sudden, Bernard is on top. Roy had a few losses. That 60/40 was thrown out to Roy. No, Im not going to do it.
Now the guys come to a happy medium and said, okay, lets do 50/50. In my opinion is
thats my opinion. Okay. If I knock you out, I get 60, and you get 40, and it dont matter. Fifty-fifty is parity. Both of the guys are legends. Both of the guys are great fighters. Its going to be a good fight. Thats what I want to see. And we can have some closure to this whole thing.
I would have liked to saw a fight eight years ago, but it didnt happen, but thats the way business is. You know, if you dont come to agreement, things just dont happen. All the way from the promotional parts all the way down to the fighters, so yes. As a coach, I would have liked to have saw it eight years ago. The guys would have been more at their prime. Everybody would have been more excited about it. But still, theres no closure to the fight. Bernard wants to beat Roy because he dont think Roy is going to beat him the first time. Roy wants to beat Bernard because he said, well, I beat you then, and I can beat you now. Now
Richardson: Let me interject
Bernard had really come to terms with the Roy Jones fight. He really found peace in the fact that two of the guys that destroyed Roy, he destroyed them. Hes the only guy that ever stopped Glen Johnson, and they never speak about that too much in the media and whatnot, and
a lot of people thought
won the first fight, and he definitely won the second fight. Then Bernard walked
gave him harder work than
at the top. So he was comfortable that I can retire knowing that the guys
put it to bed.
Then when the talk came up about it, and
lining it up, he went back into the fight, and he was interested in it. Now Im going to tell you that I told him, and I tell everybody, and I went on record and said it. I didnt think the fight was going to happen, and the reason being is, one is, I picked Danny Green. I picked Danny Green by knockout, so I didnt think that was going to happen. Then when that came to terms, I really didnt think it was going to go on.
But like Coach Merkerson said earlier, I support Bernard Hopkins. And if a man like him has earned the right to pick a fight that he wants to fight, who has in this sport? This man fought more mandatories than anybody I could name. Every time he fought, he
fight. There was a time when Bernard yelled out hed fight anything from junior middleweight to light heavyweight, and even
he was overseas
fighting, didnt call out. But even
coming over later on in Bernards years. I still know this, even including
Every man that Bernard fought
beating or got the win over him. Every one of them wound up on the back after fighting Bernard, every single one of them. So he feels like I can do enough damage to a man that if I get an opportunity to fight them again, the work I put on the first time, the residue will still be there. Thats why he would rather the rematches immediately.
years ago, but like you said, it didnt work out.
There were 60/40 splits talked about in the media, and then, in private, some of those 60/40 turned to 80/20 in private. Now that makes a man say, you know, a lot of nonsense went in between it, but here it is. Bottom line, like I said, when one guy was on top, it did happen. When another guy got a little more clout, it happened. So thats all we can look at, and that's what it is. And my opinion is, Im telling people, and Ive told people, and I told Bernard. I would not take this fight.
I told him. I said, if you all want to see Roy Jones like you saw Roy Jones, come to this fight. I know. Im fully confident, and I told Bernard. Danny Green didnt see this Roy Jones. Carver didnt see this Roy Jones. Roy knows he cannot get in front of Bernard Hopkins looking like hes looking to get those guys. He knows that.
Like I said, Bernard is a wrecking machine. Bernard is not a knockout puncher, get you in one shot. Bernard ruins
. Bernard
fighting guys. And like I said, even with
being as great as he was, the minute after he fought Bernard Hopkins, the next fight he was on his back
win over him. Like I said, you arent sure if Bernard is 45 years or old if Jermain Taylor is 45 years old right now.
So hes the man who put in all this work all those years, and then he says, I want to fight Roy. And I say, like Merkerson said, Im with you. I said, you know, I support you. I support you, man. Ive got your back, but a lot of people werent interested in that fight. He said, Im going to fight Roy Jones. And I was like, why?
Q: This question is for Coach Merk. Coach, in your opinion, what was the key to Roys first victory over Bernard Hopkins? What exactly did he do to control that fight?
Merkerson: We knew that Bernard was a very crafty fighter. Bernard wasnt as experienced then as he is now. And neither was Roy, but Roy has always had
he had good hand speed, good ring gentlemenship, ability to make a guy miss and make him pay, all of those things at a young age. Both of those guys were young then, and not taking anything, Bernard just wasnt at the level. Im not saying the level, but he wasnt sharp as Roy then. Roys jab was tremendous, you know. Bernard couldnt handle it. He kept Bernard turning.
It was a thinking game. I didnt do that much coaching in that fight because they did things by natural instinct. I saw Butch Lewis and Michael Spinks getting very frustrated in the corner because Bernard wasnt doing some of the things they wanted him to do. You know, you get all these people saying, especially trainers, when they get in the ring after the fight is over talking about, if he wouldnt have did what I told him to do, or what I showed him. Isnt not about the I. Its about we, them, and us because the trainer is not throwing a punch. Roy used good judgment in the fight. Bernard didnt use good judgment in the fight. Once Bernard got frustrated, it was free sailing then. Thats all I can say about the fight.
Q: Yes. Youre saying Bernard couldnt make the necessary adjustments to handle what Roy was doing to him, but more specifically, do you think Roy beat him technically speaking, or was it more his natural speed, his reflexes?
Merkerson: His physical ability, but his ability to think. Its one thing about any good athlete, you know. If youve got a guy that youre playing basketball against, and hes not a very good defensive player, and he goes for fake, youre going to fake to the inside and take the baseline and go and lay the ball up on him. Its the same thing with boxing. You capitalize on the peoples mistakes. Bernard made some mistakes in that fight, and Roy capitalized on them.
Now Bernard is a much smarter fighter than he was then, and Roy is a much smarter fighter than he was then. What these two individuals are going to do now is use their mental frame of mind more so than their physical ability.
Q: Do you think we will see a fight where its more competitive the second time around, given their
Merkerson: I think it is.
maybe more exchanges?
Merkerson: Yes. I think so, but both of these guys are not going to make dumb mistakes. The dumbest fight I saw in my whole coaching career was when Nigel Benn fought Iran Barkley in Las Vegas. The bell rung. Both of them were so upset from the press conference, both of them ran out in the middle of the ring. Five seconds in to the fight, both of them threw right hands, and Nigel Benns landed first.
These guys are too seasoned to do anything like that. Theyre hungry for the fight. They want to win, but theyre not going to make dumb decisions. It might be a defensive fight starting out, but once one of them realize that this person is making mistakes, theyre going to capitalize on them and try to do what they can to win the fight. Its not going to be an all out brawl if thats what youre saying because neither one of the guys fight like that. They never have.
Q: I have a question for Naazim Richardson. Naazim, in your opinion, has Bernards style changed from when he first fought Roy Jones?
Richardson: Yes. His style changed naturally. Like I said, theyre older fighters now, and you have to reinvent yourself. Like I said, if you learn this sport, and then you have to reinvent yourself in order to sustain yourself in this sport. And the people who cant reinvent themselves, you see the outcomes start to change
in this game. Mohammad Alli was a sticky move guy when he had those attributes, and he was a young guy. He was athletic. Later on, he had to reinvent himself to the robodo in order to sustain himself with the later on years with the guys that came along.
Q: How would you have described Bernards style in 1993, mid 90s compared to his style now?
Richardson: Seek and destroy. He was a seek and destroy guy, so he was able to run out in the middle of the ring, and Roy was able, with his athleticism, he was able to take advantage of it, you know what I mean, because Bernard was an overly aggressive guy in those days. So anybody who is overly aggressively, you see guys fall back, and you take advantage of them. You know what I mean? So that was
Like I said, now he takes a different approach as far as assessing the area ands then dissecting the flaws and breaking it down. And thats what hes capable of doing, and hes still. Like I said, hes taking care of his body where the different in Bernards body now is actually his body, hes in better. I think, condition wise, Ive always told Bernard. This Bernard Hopkins will beat the death out of that old
Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones, this Bernard Hopkins will take him to school. Hell take him to school. Hell be standing in the center of the ring, and wondering why he hadnt got picked apart like that. This Bernard Hopkins is better than that Bernard Hopkins of 14 years ago. I feel like that, and thats what I say. If you ever want to check an athlete and see if they learned their craft, the older guy, a lot of times is a little too smart for the younger version of themselves. Now in terms of if you were dealing with athleticism, athleticism is always going to fall to youth. So Ive always watched that. With every athlete, Ive always measured athletes like that, with the young athlete.
I asked one of my guys
but not all the time. What would the young Bernard do with the older Bernard? Then you can assess whether or not how well youve learned your craft.
Q: My question is to both trainers. In the first fight, I was fortunate enough to be there at the first fight in Washington, D.C. at RFK Stadium, and now will this second fight be do you think that this second fight will be similar to the first fight or how do you predict this fight will go? Will it be at the same pace that it was the first go around?
Richardson: Im confident it wont be like the first fight. Im very confident that it wont be like the first fight because theres a whole different approach behind Bernard and it encompass Bernards thought process preparing for this fight. And I was around to see how he prepared for the first fight, so I knew what the ideas were. I knew what their approach was, and I wasnt an outsider looking in, and I wasnt in agreement with it, so I know it wont be similar to the first fight. But I do believe, and like I said, when you compare the young athlete to the old athlete, I believe this Roy Jones is going to fight Bernard
stand a chance against the Roy Jones who fought Bernard before. I do believe that. I believe Roy is going to bring that kind of preparation. And Im confident that everything Roy has, hell bring to the table, everything he has. I wouldnt be surprised if he did retire after this fight because its going to take everything he has, mentally and physically, just to get up for this endeavor.
Q: I wanted to ask Alton Merkerson a question. Now lets just say for argument sake that if Roy is able to come up with a victory, whats next for him?
Merkerson: Like I stated earlier, you know, were getting ready. Were in the last chapter of this book that weve been writing for over a decade, two decades. I dont really know. Its something that Roy and I and his dad probably will talk about after the fight. But you know, with both of these guys, its not about them having to prove anything to anybody in the boxing world at all because they both made history. I think its all about self-satisfaction now.
When you get to a mountaintop, how high can you go? You cant go any higher. Only you can do is do things for self-satisfaction, self-gratification. Its not to prove anything to anybody else. This is boiling down to Bernard, I still can whoop you. Roy, no you cant. You did it once, but you cant do it again. So both of them love the sport. Both of them have been in the sport for a long time.
But in reference to this fight and the last fight, its totally going to be different for the simple reason, both of these guys are much smarter. Both of these guys can look down the barrel and be able to know when youre going to pull the trick, and make your miss, and make you pay. Theres not going to be a lot of running and moving and stuff. Theres going to be smart, and ring gentlemenship used in this fight. Its going to be a good fight, but its going to be a technical fight. Thats just the way I see it.
Schaefer: Im looking forward to Fight Week. I know this is a fight, which has been in the making for a long time, and I cant believe we actually are only a little over two weeks away from that. Irrespective of what people say, I am happy for these two fighters, that theyre going to fight each other, and Im really excited about it. I know that both of them will bring their best to the ring that night, April 3rd, and Im excited. Im excited for the fighters. Im excited for Golden Boy, and for all the fight fans out there to be part of this event. Thank you so much, and Ill see you all out in Vegas hopefully. Thank you.
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"The Clark School, by virtue of its proximity to and close relations with major federal agencies, is well prepared to assist DARPA in establishing a new basis for creating the advanced technologies our armed services will need in the future," states Clark School Dean Darryll Pines, whose office will administer the pilot program. "We are building a new way for military and academic personnel to interact that will challenge both and derive innovations neither would achieve by working alone."
The pilot program will support four postdoctoral researchers as DARPA Academic Fellows. They will spend three months full-time at DARPA interacting with their counterparts from the military, called DARPA Service Chief Fellows, as well as with DARPA program managers; they will also visit with current DARPA technology performers (academic and industrial labs). Through this process they will work with military officers to conduct a limited and focused research project with specific deliverables; form professional relationships with those officers and learn about their perspectives and needs; gain an understanding of DARPA technology development efforts and impending changes; and become "ambassadors" who can return to their campuses with in-depth knowledge of DARPA projects and requirements and in the future return to DARPA to serve as program managers.
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FAIRHOPE, Ala. Mardi Gras. It brings to mind beads, parties and fancy floats in New Orleans as people cram in all the fun they can before Lent begins.
In reality, Mardi Gras has long been celebrated in coastal towns from Texas to Florida. And it means big business.
"It is more of a regional thing, Mardi Gras is, from Texas down to Gasparilla (pirate festival) down in the Tampa area," said Stephen Toomey, whose family started a chain of Mobile, Ala.-based Mardi Gras party supply stores.
"It means a way of life for people who live in these communities, but the bottom line is that it creates a lot of jobs."
Tourism leaders estimate more than 1 million visitors pour into the Mobile area each Mardi Gras season to watch the festivities. The city claims to be the place where the Fat Tuesday celebration originated in the U.S. back in the early 1700s.
New Orleans and Mobile have long disputed where the tradition that dates to their French founders really began.
Visitors to Mobile spend money at hotels, restaurants and stores during the celebration that can stretch weeks and includes dozens of parades, balls and other events.
A 2004 study commissioned by the city of Mobile estimated Mardi Gras had a $225 million economic impact for the area and tourism leaders say that has grown as the festivities become more popular.
"I would say tens of thousands of dollars are spent on the different beads and throws and things that are thrown off the floats. It really benefits every kind of retailer and the tourism industry," said David Randel, president of the Mobile Bay Convention and Visitors Bureau.
"From a convention and visitors bureau standpoint, you hope people come for Mardi Gras, fall in love with the area and come back to visit again when the weather is better."
In smaller towns like Fairhope, population 17,000, Mardi Gras is a big help.
Heavenly Creations Bakery sold 1,500 traditional Mardi Gras king cakes in 2011. Owner Robyn Yoder hopes to beat that this year. The colorful cakes go for $9.99 for a small and $19.99 for a large.
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NBC Bay Area News at 5
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May 13, 2013
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>> reporter: after a year of warnings they filed a criminal complaint against the homeowners. 55 misdemeanors to accumulating solid waste to diverting water from a neighbor's property. if we didn't take criminal action i'm convinced nothing would happen. >> reporter: while we were there a woman pushing a shopping cart went into the back yard. he told us she lived. the owners are elderly and lost control of who was coming and going. >> trying to keep the people who didn't live here out. and then the ones that did, there were people that did move in, they stopped paying rent or didn't pay rent. >> reporter: the family met briefly at the home this morning with the councilman. >> i don't want to be put in the position of getting fingerprinted. >> i appreciate your concern but all the people who live in the
neighborhood shouldn't have to live with this. >> reporter: the homeowner department want to go on camera and now has to tell her story to the judge. they a deny the allegations. they face jail time or fines or both in this case. if they can't afford the fines the city says it reserves the right to put a lien on this property, the property the city says is already in foreclosure. >> new details tonight on the stunning death of a calaveras country girl. neighbors who were once supportive and sorrowful are now angry. the victim's 12-year-old brother is in a jail cell tonight arrested for stabbing her to death. >> reporter: this community has really pulled together to support 8-year-old's leila's family. but now folk here are dealing
with a whole new set of emotions after the arrest of the girl's 12-year-old brother. >> it hurts yop you got a 12-year-old kid that his life is ruined, you know, plain and simple over this. what made him snap? get into his head and find out. what happened? >> reporter: that's the reaction of neighbors on learning investigators have arrested the brother of eight-year-old leila fowler who was found stabbed to death in her home. her 12-year-old brother had claimed he saw a man running from the house before finding his sister. this neighbor says the story just didn't add up. >> did the kid come out and start hollering and screaming? no. we had our suspicions the whole time. it's horrible to see something like that happen. >> reporter: school mats of the children are having a tough time of it too. for two weeks now they feared a random killer was on the lose.
the school districts brought in their crisis team to help children deal with the new twist. >> the act itself is unspeakable. how can anybody cothat? how can somebody we know have allegedly committed this crime. >> reporter: a community fun raidser for the family has now been canceled as residents try to process what's taken place and figure ou how to move forward. >> they felt they had enough money and we didn't need to give them any more money because now the money was going to go to support the little boy. >> reporter: the family plabs to speak with the media tomorrow. meanwhile the 12-year-old boy remains behind car. in call var ras county i'm jodi hernandez. a multimillion ondollar event, will it be scratched? more questions about the america's cup. they're concerned about the safety of the sailors and there's talk of some teams possibly pulling out of the race because of last week's deadly
accident. here's nbc bay area's cheryl hurd. >> reporter: there is a cloud of uncertainty other the america's cup campaign here in san francisco. the owner of the luna rosa is quoted in an italian magazine saying he will let his crew decide whether or not to continue with the upcoming race. san francisco mayor ed lee is aware of the speculation and anxiously awaiting to hear from america's cup officials. >> i'm keeping very close tabs with all of the teams. i want them to feel as safe as everybody. this is an incredible race but also one that should not compromise safety in any way. >> awe san francisco lead erss worry about safety the investigation continues as to why the artemis capsized killing one of the sailors on board. the traffic division which oversees both accidents in the bay is one of the many agencies looking into the cause of the crash. >> we tried to look at the video
if it's available, the gpa, the speed, everything that these high-tech vessels have, we try to look to see if it will help us determine exactly what happened. >> reporter: the artemis flipped over own thursday during a training exercise on the bay. one of the team members, andrew simpson was trapped under the boat and died. >> artemis had a lot of sensors, the tracking data all the time that it was sailing. so they, inside the camp, are learning a lot of what went on to the boat as it was sailing last thursday. >> a lot of questions surrounding the america's cup will be answered tomorrow. a news kmps is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. >> cheryl thank you. we should add late today a german team that qualified for the youth america's cup race officially withdrew.
investigators are frantically trying to unravel a history 100 miles north of san francisco. what is sinking a subdivision in lakeport. an emergency meeting will be held tomorrow to address what some are calling a slow motion disaster. houses are being swallowed up, seven have been red tagged, another six have been issued voluntary evacuation. >> the garage door opener stopped working because it was jamming up on everything because everything started getting out of sink, you know, and the house just started moving. it was like a tornado that swept through here. it was crazy. >> reporter: county officials believe water has bubbled to the surface playing a role. we're going tof more on what may be causing this natural disaster on nightly news. over 80 people serge today
for a missing eight-year-old autistic girl. she was seen yesterday playing in her family's yard in clear lake. she cannot speak and has the mental capacity of a one-year-old. he was playing on the trampoline and her brother went in the house leaving her alone. her family says she likes to remove her clothes when he gets hot. the home is very close to cache creek and michaela cannot swim. occupied no longer, the protesters tried to reoccupy a piece of land owned by uc berkeley. officers began clearing them out. most of the protesters left peacefully but three people before detained during the sweep. more than 100 okay priors mod in on friday protesting the plan to build a senior housing facility and the grocery store. the bay area's bid to bring
the super bowl to santa clara have 30 million dollars in pledges from local companies, including apple and google. 8 million of that will go to bay area charities. the super bowl committee will travel to boston this week. they'll have 15 minutes to try to convince team owners why they should host host the 2016 game. >> they're not usually involved in this stuff but they realize it wasn't about any of them, it was about the greater good of doing something that is going to leigh a lasting legacy in the bay area. >> the bay area's bid got a boost when its only computation, the miami doll fins failed to prepare funding for repairs to the stadium. still ahead, making silicon valley pay up the country that wants to tax some local tech
titans. >> why o.j. simpson wants a new trial. and he wants women to feel they're beautiful. what a former member of the san jose police department is doing to help women really see themselves. good afternoon. great way to start off our monday. a lot of sunshine, temperatures pretty warm in the east bay but right now plenty of cool air in the coastline. 65 in san mateo. we're take you out live to the sky cam. i'll have full details coming up. look at them kids. [ sigh ] they have no idea what it was like before u-verse high speed internet. yeah, you couldn't just stream movies to a device like that. one time, i had to wait half a day to watch a movie. you watched movies?! i was lucky if i could watch a show. show?! man, i was happy to see a sneezing panda clip! trevor, have you eaten today? you sound a little grumpy. [ laughter ] [ male announcer ] connect all your wi-fi-enabled devices
with u-verse high speed internet. rethink possible.
o.j. simpson a back in a las vegas court today asking for a new trial in his armed robbery kidnapping case. the 65-year-old former football star nodded to friends mo who were in the courtroom this afternoon. simpson is four years into a minimum nine year prison term.
he wants a new trial claiming his attorney never told him the prosecutors offered him a plea deal. the former d.a. said he never offered a formal plea deal. >> president
denounced the irs's targeting of
political groups as outrageous. he told reports that he didn't know until this last friday that theist targeted tea party groups. they focused on groups with tea party or patriot in their names. president
also addressed the benghazi attack saying there was no coverup and he dismissed the republican tactics as a side show. the government collected two months of phone records without going through the normal legal procedures.
the justice department so penaed and received records from reporters for two months last year. an a.p. story about a terror plot in yemen contained information. news organizations are typically notified that the groft wants the records. all right. cheers and applauds rocked the minnesota senate today as they voted to legalize same-sex march. that sends the bill to governor who is expected to sign it tomorrow. it's the 12th state in the nation to do so. a new video out today shows the police rescue of the four women held hostage in cleveland. a bystander recorded police entering the home of accused kidnapper ariel castro.
you cannot see it on the video but police say gina dejesus and michelle knight jumped into officer's arms. amanda berry and her daughter were already outside after initially alerting police. authorities say they will board up the windows and erect a 10-foot privacy screen around if property. >> the lawyers say they have a medical diagnosis for holmes but did not specify what it is. the junl won't make a decision on whether to accept the plea until later this month. james holmes is charge with murder an attempted mord for last year's theater shooting. >> when the engine tour pedals into san jose, they will notice more security. today's leg of the annual bike race across california was in palm springs. the chp is coordinating security
for the entire tour. they aren't talking specifics expect to say the spectator experience will not change. they will be in san francisco this sunday. new research finds that teens while text while driving are more likely to take other risks behind the wheel. nearly half of high school students text while driving. doing this dramatically increases their risk of getting into a potentially fatal accident. a 2011 survey found teens who text and drive often didn't wear seat belts either. these teens were also five time more likely to drive while under the influence of alcohol . looks like it's plan b for plan b. sales of the morning after pill are on hold after a last minute gof appeal. today the
appealed that. the one step plan b is over the counter for women 15 and older. some big names in clothing are vow to make changes in the clothing industry? bangladesh. today swedish retailer h and m agreed to a contract that calls for retailers to do more to ensure garment factories in bangladesh are safe. calvin klein and tommy hill finger are already on board. they need to form unions' make reports on the factory conditions permanent. >> the down turn in the economy is causing them to become creative. some of the piggest tech companies in our back yard. it was announced today that france is considering a new 1%
tax on internet compatible devices. it would target google, apple and am zone. the french government would use it to fund cultural acts in their country. it was a beautiful weekend and a great start to the workweek. let's check in with chief meteorologist. >> it was hard not to get yourself out today with all of the sunshine and the cool crisp air. slightly cooler air. so even though it was warm out here we had some spring sizzle. gilroy was 88, santa rosa 85, livermore 84 and san jose 82. that cooling onshore flow did cool off some of these spots from all of the heat we had this weekend. the winds at the coastline are 20 to 40 miles per hour. that's getting the fog machine going. they're going to continue to see the fog stream in namely across
the coastline. also some low cloud cover developing by the bay an interior valerie valleys. temperatures low to mid 50s. by is:00 a.m. we're excepting up uer 60s. let's get you outside to the sky cam out. you can see clear skies in san jose looking excellent right now. take youoff to the north in palo alto and a field of green down there with all of the trees throughout the peninsula. that marine layer is squished down to a thousand feet evident in emeryville. it does not look like an aggressive fog pattern as he had this morning. so even though we have low clouds filtering into parts of san francisco way back by the golden gate, it's no going to be again quite as heavy as we head throughout this evening. let's get you into the fog forecast. some of the most fog in the morning is going to be at the
immediate coastline throughsant francisco counties and also for those of you in the north bay. everyone that you're going to see here in yellow, basically the whole viewing area is excepted some widespread sunshine for tuesday. looks excellent tomorrow. we're going to start off with some weather that may have you bringing out the jacket in the morning hours, temperatures in the low 50s for most of us. daytime highs on tuesday, upper 70s to low ants, 85 in gilroy and if r the east bay, low to mid 80s. hoping to contain the heat for tomorrow. back toward san francisco, 68 for you. take a women trip to santa rosa temperatures 79 degrees. notice temperatures do go cooler by thursday, some low 70s coming into the forecast. we'll have some storm systems passing off to the north.
no rainfall fb us will import some cooler air. maybe you eel need a jacket towards the end of the week. >> it was a great weekend. >> it was awesome. still ahead, fed wup fees, the new bill that's making a lot of bay area college students upset.
dr. joyce brothers, the psychologist who pioneered the tv advice show back in the 19508s has died. she was 85. she died in new york city. brothers first gained fame as a winning contestant as a contestant on the game show. nbc capitalized on her fame and her ph.d. from clumia university
and gave her an advice show. he took off as did brothers' magazine column and many books. many universities are charging to participate in commencement festivities. and for some the price keeps going up. across the state 15 of cal state's 23 campuses now charge a graduation fee. by law colleges are not allowed to use tuition fees to cover graduation tost cost ps. at cal state east bay there's a $45 fee at san francisco state it's $100, up $60 in the past two years. at san jose some stounts have to pay 75 buck to walk the stage. >> if you're jumping on the warrior's bandwagon, no problem the more. merier. yesterday, did you hear about this or see it? the mother's day thriller, they beet the smurs in over time.
the best of seven series is tied at two games a piece. it guarantees that the bay area oracle arena will see a game, gak six on thursday. game five is tomorrow in san antonio. tickets for thursday became available just a couple of hours ago on ticketmaster and the team's website. tickets are ranging anywhere from 120 bucks all the way up to $8,000 per seat. >> it's a hot ticket. we'll be back in a moment to see what a san jose man is going to spark a national discussion on beauty.
consider it a success, the first annual of napa's music festival hay pierce tof been a hit. the festival included the black keys reported 120,000 people over the past few days. tickets are already on sale for bottle rocket 2014 but the lineup has not yet been announced. for years she sketched suspect to help criminals in jones. >> now a forensic artist is using his training to help women understand their beauty. >> when most of us look in the mirror we focus on the imperfections and we're very critical of ourselves. now a san jose police officer is helping us see ourselves a little more clearly.
for 26 years she was a police officer in san jose helping catch criminals. tell me about your hair. >> now retired he's involved in another daunting task, helping women recognize their own beauty. he use his training for the dove beauty campaign. he sketched seven women out seeing them. he relied only on their verbal sbripgss of themselves. that alone was a challenge. >> most of the time i'm sketching men who are suspects of crimes. >> i have a fat rounder face. >> the older i've gotten, the more freckles i've gotten. >> i would say i have a pretty big forehead. >> he later sketched the same women as they were described to him by strangers. >> it was a nice thin chin. >> then the big reveal. he watched as the women saw both of the sketches side by side.
that's a sketch you helped me create and that's the squech that someone driend of you. >> there was that interaction with wow, okay i am too hard on myself. what am i doing. and that kind of exchange was really, really powerful. >> distorted self-perception may not be a crime but fighting it certainly has it rewards. >> i should be more grateful of my natural beauty. >> the campaign is getting worldwide attention. so far it has been viewed so 0 million times and it's only been out less than a month. open and now colleges are starting to use this as a focus of discussion. >> that's great. very powerful. >> he talks with the women and also their friends. >> strangers. these are strangers describing them. it turns out they're more accurate when they describe them. exactly. it shows we can't be so hard on ourselves. >> what a great tori.
>> thanks for joining us here at 5:00. we have more local news at 6:00. on our broadcast tonight, damage control. flashes of anger from the president as two scandals grow, one involving the irs. and in the other, he hits back at his critics over benghazi. disaster zone. a slow-moving emergency taking shape in northern california as a neighborhood is sinking into the earth, while half a nation away an unbelievable sight in minnesota -- a wave of ice comes crashing on shore. at what cost? the american quest to stay in fashion and what people should now know about where it is made. why some big companies are acting the way they are after a tragedy that claimed more than a thousand lives. and the royal touch. prince harry, the combat veteran, mixing it up with american combat veterans over their shared bond. american combat veterans over their shared bond. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television


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The Haagen-Dazs Brand Salutes the Obamas for Their White House Garden and Beehive
Superpremium Ice cream Maker Pledges to Donate Two Million Flower Seeds to Help Create More Bee Habitats
Honey bees are responsible for one out of every three bites of food every American takes. Nearly 50 percent of Haagen-Dazs ice cream flavors are "bee-built" and made with bee-dependent ingredients. But there's a problem. Over the last three winters one in three honey bee colonies in the U.S. has died, and scientists are still working to figure out the cause of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). One way to help these important pollinators is to increase their access to nutrition by planting plants and flowers that are a good source of pollen and nectar.
"The First Family has set a great example for Americans," said Haagen-Dazs brand manager
Last year the Haagen-Dazs brand exceeded its goal of distributing one million bee-friendly plant seeds and gave more than 1.2 million to community groups like school organizations, garden clubs and private organizations looking to do their part. To request bee-friendly seeds from the Haagen-Dazs brand, consumers can send their request to email@example.com; supplies are limited.
The brand encourages everyone to find a way to become a bee crusader in 2009. Do your part to help save the honey bees. Here's how you can make a difference:
- Create a bee friendly garden with plants that attract honey bees. Select a plant with a long growing season or a group of plants that together will offer flowers from spring through fall. A great resource for information can be found at www.helpthehoneybees.com, or from the horticulturalist at your local plant nursery.
- Avoid insecticides in your garden. Instead, promote good bugs (called 'beneficial insects') in your garden – bugs that will happily eat the bad bugs chomping on your plants. A comprehensive resource for information is www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/ and http://horticulture.psu.edu/extension/mg
- Every time you buy a Haagen-Dazs ice cream bee-built product, a portion of the proceeds of the sale go toward helping the honey bees.
- Tell a friend – The honey bee disappearance is already having an effect on the world's most beloved foods. However, many people have yet to learn about this issue and how they can help. Visit www.helpthehoneybees.com to send a Bee-Mail or to create your own animated honey bee to help spread the word.
- Visit the Haagen-Dazs Bee Store at www.helpthehoneybees.com – All proceeds from our bee store will fund CCD and sustainable pollination research at
Penn Stateand UC Davis.
For full details on how the Haagen-Dazs brand is helping honey bees and how you can take part, please visit www.helpthehoneybees.com.
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