friends. happy thanksgiving, everybody. reporter: a delivery that goes straight to the heart. how do you feel? well, things could be better. but today you have a smile on your face. well, i ve got plenty to eat. one way to a man s heart is through his stomach. reporter: robert mcginnis lives with diabetes. walking is difficult and food is scarce, but this year, he will host thanksgiving thanks to the baldwins. it s all about making people happy so they aren t hungry. that s whatted into and friends has been about since their existence. reporter: it s more than just food and friends. it s family. we go way back. three years we ve been here together. yes. this is just one of your community efforts that you do to give back. yes. tell me why you come each and every year. we re so appreciative. one day god allowed us to see another year since we ride motorcycles and two, just to be able to give back to the community. reporter: countless volunteers
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main funding is provided by the lillian endowment, an indianapolis private family foundation dedicated to its founders and christian religion, community development and education. additionalç funding also provid by mutual of america. designing customized, individual and group retirement products. that s why we re your retirement company. welcome. i m bob abernethy. it s good to have you with us. this week, the national council of churches was among the many faith groups reacting with dismay after a ferguson, missouri grand jury decided there was no probable cause to indict white police officer darren wilson in the shooting death of michael brown. the decision not to indict wilson followed months of anticipation as well as a nationwide debate about police treatment of young black men. angry protests broke out in ferguson and in many other cities across the u.s. shortly after the decision was announced. while many of the ferguson protests were peaceful, there was also chaos
welcome, i m bob abernethy. it s good to have you with us. a week after the presidential election, the u.s. catholic bishops vowed to remain active on several hot-button issues, including gay marriage, which, despite the bishops opposition, was legalized by voters in three states. at their annual fall meeting in baltimore, the bishops also voted down a statement on poverty and the economy. those opposed argued it was not strong enough and failed to significantly highlight church teachings on social justice. meanwhile, the bishops voted unanimously to push for sainthood for dorothy day, co-founder of the catholic worker movent. day died in 80. she spearheaded a nationwide effort to help the poor and homeless. according to new figures from the census bureau, more than 49 million americans, close to one in six, lived in poverty last year. that number reflects a new approach to calculating poverty that takes into account money spent on healthcare, childcare and other living
kept a teenager from hearing a train that killed her. 18-year-old brittney silva was struck and killed by an amtrak train near her home in san leandro about 6:00 yesterday afternoon. police think the high school senior failed to hear the train or warnings from witnesses because of those earbuds. i told her once if i have not told her a million times you always leave one bud out of the ear to hear your surroundings and never be walking and paying attention to your phone because i always told her that s how you ll get mugged. you always want to hear somebody running up on you and a train coming. brittney silva was in the news last month after the victims of an explosion of a homeless camp ran to an apartment for help. a sonoma county woman is on bail after she was arrested for allegedly assaulting a boy she says was bullying her daughter. more now from kpix 5 s joe vazquez in santa rosa. reporter: that s a really good mom. she is a good person. reporter: betty is th