is not an industry professional. as linda yee shows us he is a 13-year-old dynamo with a cause. thank you so much for coming out. reporter: he is only 13. but don t underestimate noah s determination. his cause, education against bullying. he was deeply affected by news of the gay rutgers student delivered to suicide. stu side is such a terrible thing. and i felt like suicide is because you are being bullied for being gay is just so ridiculous and should not be happening but i really needed to do something to help that. reporter: so this 4 10 mini mogul in the making organized this concert tonight. the money will benefit the trevor project, a nationally recognized teen suicide help line. it started off with fund- raising. i e-mailed out a power point. reporter: getting the rock band was even harder. i was really worried at first because a lot of the bands e-mailed me no, we are busy. we are touring. we have a recording session. something of that sort. but, yeah
good evening. i m diane dwyer. while there are some signs the economy is recovering, there are also signs that the middle class is struggling. the wealth distribution in this country is more lopsided than it s been since the great depression. in fact, salvation army officials are now reporting an increase in the number of middle class coming to them for food. and official says with the increasing cost of gasoline, the problem is only getting worse. nbc bay area s monte francis is in san francisco with a look for us. monte? reporter: well, diane, the salvation army tells us that the shift happened some time in 2008 when the recession began. and people who identify themselves as middle class, they continue to come to the salvation army for help. in fact, the trend appears to be growing, made more apparent by the recent spike in food prices. the salvation army here in san francisco tells us it delivered more than 33,000 meals last year. that s more than double the previous yea
what police had to encounter as they cornered a criminal in the act. reporter: they searched dozens of backyards on the block. and we saw firsthand how officers struggled cash strapped. a brand new suv stolen and followed until it crashed into a pole. their radios clicking constantly so they can t hear or be heard. we were able to transmit. i wouldn t say we failed. reporter: but where the on star system could have stopped the vehicle, they could not get the word out. radio failures aren a ongoing problem. sometimes they don t work, sometimes they are in and out. sometimes they bleed over each other. it s hard to explain it all because it does different stuff. reporter: after a few hours, they gave up. not even a borrowed dog did the job. everyone the dog we were using today is from emeryville. we did not have a helicopter. we requested a helicopter. reporter: and haven t had one for two years. the lack of tools disturbing for residents. if there s a shoot o
every now and then. he took it in stride and in the end, he seemed to win everyone over. president barack obama. a rowdy welcome for president obama at the knob hill masonic center. a crowd helped him kick off his 2012 reelection campaign. a campaign he said will be run outside of washington d.c. our re-election campaign will be the first one in modern history to be based outside of washington, d.c. we re going back to chicago. reporter: this campaign stop was hip. a deejay with turn tables and live music kept things moving. supporters paid $25 to $2,500 for a seat. president obama made it clear, this is a crucial time, telling supporters his work is not done and he needs help getting reelected. he wants to know, they are in the race with him. no matter whether your ancestors landed here on ellis island or came here slave ships or came across the rio grande, we are all connected. we will rise and fall together. that s the vision of america that i ve got. that s the wh
means. reporter: president obama will also have his share of protesters on both sides of the political spectrum. tea party protesters will be at the facebook event and liberals who are against the war and spending cuts will be protesting right here outside of this fundraiser. in san francisco, ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. more details now, here s a look at the president s bay area schedule. the facebook town hall will be streamed live from palo alto at 1:45. then he will be attending a private fund raising dinner and making an appearance at the masonic auditorium that starts at 8:00 p.m. the president will then head to reno. and the talk with politics will take a step forward with president obama s town hall. mitt romney did it with a twitt and governor jerry brown fought his budget battle on you tube. coming up at 6:30. why politics is going online more and more and what it could mean for the 2012 campaign. we ll be tracking president obama s visit on our webs