we are in los angeles. good evening. there are major developments regarding the attempted terror attack on a commercial airline yesterday and major questions tonight surrounding the near disaster. here to walk us through this incredible turn of events is martin savage who is at the detroit metropolitan airport and bundled up on a cold night in michigan. martin, i know when a story breaks like this, so many things can happen, you are wrong sometimes and right sometimes. let's go back to the beginning. what do we know know? what happened? >> reporter: here is what i think. many people don't realize how dramatically their lives in the air as the flying public are going to change as a result of what happened in this skies over detroit 33 hours ago. let me walk you back. it is shortly before noon christmas day. you are onboard northwest airline 253, on final approach coming in after flying nine hours from amsterdam into detroit. almost down on the ground when passengers report hearing popping noises, they see flashes of light

we'll go to sebastian rotella of the "los angeles times" for the details. >> ifill: our series on the nation's economy continues-- ray suarez reports on some of the challenges facing tractor country. >> i thought i could weather the storm but i've had enough, you know. i've done enough bleeding that i want to quit before i'm bled out. >> ifill: that's "patchwork nation," tonight from sioux city, iowa. >> lehrer: and pianist richard glazier: keeping the gershwins' music alive. >> to the younger generation, they're discovering something completely new. and music and song that are e mortal and timely that will live for generations to come. >> lehrer: that's all coming on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: the national science foundation. supporting education and research across all fields of science and engineering. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> lehrer: th

she still lives in los angeles. she was originally from philadelphia, pennsylvania along with her husband, bob singleton and she was a student at santa monica city college and he was at ucla in 1961 and they both came on the rides. and i love her picture so much that this is what we used on the cover. i think it'd just epitomizes the value of the smog shots today. we didn't want bob to be upset and feel like he had been left out so we used his mug shot on the inside cover of the book. and, you know, it, too -- they are all remarkable images but it, too, is another kind of great american portrait. bob became a university professor. he teaches at loyola. helen worked at is an artist for a while and art administrator, consulting for another organization like the los angeles county museum of art and other states organizations in california. here's another one of my favorite images. and this is another good tennessee state student, katherine brooks. she was originally from birmingham. but she was a student here in the ea

. >> i'm actually heed back to los angeles, b this blizzard-- it just won't stop goi, and right now, all thelights are canceled and i can't get he. >> reporter: fther south toda the storm took the form of heavy rn that flooded streets virginia. and high win blew over mobile homein south colina. and in the northeast, snow began falling last night andontinued into theorning. commuters new jersey were among many thousands who fed a treacherous tr. >> i probably did about 30 mes per ur the entire time, i have automatic fo wheel drive, but other cars in front of me ke spinng out. >> reporte the storm system was expected tcross maine tonight and begimaking its way into the atlantic by torrow. >> sreenivan: the u.s. general who executed the troopurge in iraq warned today afanistan will be tougher in somways. neral david petraeus now lea the u.s. cenal command. he told a senate heari he expects to see progres albeit slowly, as 30,00additional u.s. troops deploy >> afghanistan ino more hopeless than iraq washen i took comma there in february 2007. indeed, the level ofiolence and mber of viole

the views of credit shelia keller in the "los angeles times" yesterday. brooklyn, good morning on the independent line. what is your favorite this year? >> caller: first have to give an inch and a couple of books one being the ayatollah which is an insightful look into the iranian society forming politics and the second is the new founders by [inaudible] in which he profiles democratic activists or political activists from seven of the more repressive countries in the middle east. it shows the movement toward democracy and the best book of 2009 would have to be [inaudible] by gretchen peters which really shows the cultivation in afghanistan, pakistan's tribal regions and how the insurgency and distribution networks support the terrorist operations. >> host: we go next to hutcheson kansas and democratic callers got what are your favorite -- what is your favorite books or books? merry christmas. >> caller: i enjoyed the worst part times. i wish i remember the author name but i forgot. it's about the people that stayed during the great dust bowl and drought

"nine" opens this friday in new york and los angeles. and across the country on christmas day. it's been nominated a record ten times by the broadcast film critics association including nods for best picture, best supporting actress and best ensemble. it was voted for nine golden globes, best comedy and best song. joining us is the cast. kate hudson, academy award nominated actress, this is going to sound repetitive, nicole kidman, academy award winning actress, penelope cruz academy award winning actress and golden glam nominee, dame judi dench, academy award winning actress, daniel day-lewis two-time academy award winner and golden globe nominee, marion cotillard, fergie, the grammy winning recording artist, rob marshall, the academy award nominated director and from geneva, sophia loren, the academy award winning actress. we are out of time so good night. before we get into our discussion with this talented bunch, let's take a look at the film everyone is talking about. here is a segment from "nine." ♪ ♪ >> larry: i was fortunate enough to see "nine" last week. my quote is "

barry tompkins, marques johnson with the call from the galen center in los angeles.us immediately. >> mary: good pressure by tennessee. they got it to 13 a little over three minutes to go. they need to create some tempo to get themselves back in it. >> jim: patience by stanford. tennessee needs to stop everything right now. unfortunately they can't stop the clock. and time-out by tara vanderveer. >> mary: you've done a lot of these tennessee/stanford games. tennessee has been behind from the full court and changed the game on a dime. that's what she's talking about right now, put this team away now. >> jim: don't forget, our next pac-10 women's game, saturday, january 2nd. kayla pedersen. last year in berkeley, alexis gray-lawson put on one of the best individual performances we've ever seen and single-handedly carried the bears past stanford in a huge upset. mary, you were on the floor afterwards. they picked her up. she was crying. she really had no words. she was amazing that day. >> mary: when you grew up an east bay kid and you have the game of your life against

here we many in los angeles, howard bragman. howard, what do you think? i know that you probably are critical on how he's handled this from the beginning. you want to get in front of this story. >> this has been a textbook case of misery for tiger woods. when i look at pr, it's like a doctor, what's the result that you want at the end. if i'm tiger woods is what i want is this story to go away. and this act he did today is making this is a much bigger story as opposed to a smaller story. and anything that makes it a bigger story has got to be bad from pr point of view. >> jim: christine brennan, what's your take on this announcement. >> i'm surprised. i'm glad for tiger in the sense it sounds like he's addressing this issue and meeting it head-on. yesterday in a column, i wrote he should take six months or a year off, i know that sounds harsh and shocking to sports fans, who say he'll be fine. i think this shows the magnitude of the problem. i think that tiger and his team are starting to get how big this deal is. the fact that he used infidelity for the

here's a deprived area. $75,000 for art projects in hollywood, los angeles park. $100,000 for performingarts training program at the new freedom theater in philadelphia. $100,000 to teach tennis at the new york junior tennis league in woodside, new york. $2.8 million to study the health effects of space radiation on humans at the loma linda university, loma linda, california. $200,000 for the aquatic adventurers science education foundation in san diego. $100,000 to archive newspaper and digital media at the mississippi gulf coast community college in perkinston, mississippi. $3.9 million on researching weaving and knitting at the following places -- clemson university, raleigh, north carolina, philadelphia university, and california. u.c.-davis in davis, california. $90,000 for a commercial kitchen business incubator at the el pejera community development corporation in watsonville, california. a commercial kitchen business incubator? $500,000 to study vapor mercury in the atmosphere at florida state. $1 million to examine sea scallop fisheries in massachusetts marine fisheries in bedfo

they're in the locker room in los angeles getting set. bruce pearl number nine in the nation against kevin o'neill, new head coach at usc. that is coming up next, barry tompkins as soon as we are finished here. jayne appel goes to the bench for stanford. >> mary: great minutes by jayne appel. >> jim: six points and seven rebounds. she already has four double-doubles this season in eight starts. stricklen. on the shoulder and going strong. demanding space inside. >> lisa: i think tennessee's really going to have to calm down a little bit offensively. i thought that was a good move by stricklen. she made a nice move to the basket. >> jim: you'll see stanford move to her left. taken away. on the travel. >> lisa: i don't know. kayla pedersen, that would have counted overseas, but -- >> jim: stanford on an 18-6 run as the cardinal lead by five. ( thumping ) ( rhythmic clapping ) ( chanting ) ( shouting ) gatorade-- that's "g." >> jim: stanford, of course, is a special place. just walking across campus, that's a unique experience. this is part

some guy last week said -- i was in los angeles speaking. he said, do you really think there's enough to go around? i was like are you kidding? do you see the buffet table? there's always enough to go around. but i didn't approach it from a socialist point of view. i approached it from a spiritual point of view. when abraham shared his sandwich. that was it. that was like can i survive on half a sandwich? of course i can. it's literally that simple. it's ayni has been going on there for thousands of years. i'd like to thank you for being here. do you have anything? we have books. >> just simply that we have books available. thank you, everybody, for joining us. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> brian voss the head of the inverdict gaytive university for abc news. mr. ross, in the madoff chronicles what's new? >> i think there's a lot. what drove him, what it started, and his total lack of remorse. we also look at who else was likely involved? he didn't do this alone, despite his claims that he did. >> did mrs. madoff have a role? >> sh

to discuss this, here in los angeles, mark geragos, the famed defense attorney. in new york, howard bragman, the celebrity publicist and crisis communications expert. what's your overall read on this story, mark? >> i think you've got a situation where, number one, there is some criminal exposure, which is why the police want to talk to them. >> larry: exposure for whom? >> for both. you've got a situation where the police are investigating number one whether they believe domestic violence took place. so that would target tiger's wife and number two, you have the parallel investigation, was he driving under the influence. so when you hear reports today by the sheriff saying or the police department saying that they want to get a search warrant for the blood records or for the injuries, well, that is two-fold. they may want to see the injuries to see if they're consistent with a traffic accident. >> larry: he's not an elected official, not a minister taking people's money. does he owe speaking at all? >> you know, he has every right to say, no thank you. i don't w

and the heat from los angeles, good morning on the independent line. -- betty from los angeles. caller: the health care situation is ridiculous. in 1940, there was a hill -- a bill called the hill burton bill. it was a single payer bill and it went into effect immediately. you might be a little young, but we had community hospitals, clinics everywhere. it was single payer. and for those who do not want abortion, look at planned parenthood. planned parenthood has finan -- has been federalized of 25 $400,000 to kill black babies. this is ridiculous. americans need to learn their policies. people, wake up. host: lots of calls this morning about health care, the health care debate being the political story of the year. inside the "new york post -- correct the, "new york daily news." there is a photo of the kennedy, senator kennedy's widow. -- a photo of a vicki kennedy, senator kennedy's widow. springfield, va., joseph r. republican line, your favorite political story of the year? caller: thank you for taking my call. the biggest story of the year being the senate leadership bribing

los angeles, jewel on our democrats line. we'll hear your favorite nonfiction book of the year. >> caller: thank you for taking my call. bagheera book was actually one that was released. it was formally called playing the enemy that renamed fictive. it's about the movie that has just been released by clint eastwood starting morgan freeman. it's announced lewdly incredible book and that such a short period, short space less than 300 pages cases from mandela and robben island all the way to the world cup in 1995. it's an incredible book. >> host: so are they releasing not in the paperback format of the movie is coming out? kolko yes, sir. >> host: thank you for the comments. the christian science monitor has the future of reading. we'll ask how your next is digital but the story doesn't end there is the headline here and christian science monitor latest addition. they're talking about e-books, the candle and other e-books and they write inside the christian science on this piece about e-books. e-books sales many miniscule part

for example, he says he won several bets in a row by putting his money on the los angeles lakers because favor their star, kobe bryant. he knew it because the lakers had complained that refs had missed calling fouls on defenders who'd been blocking bryant. >> donaghy: the lakers had sent in a cd of 25 plays that they felt calls were missed when kobe bryant went to the basket. and i understood from the n.b.a. office that 22 of those plays were missed by the referees. and i knew that kobe bryant was basically going to be given the opportunity to go to the foul line if somebody as much as breathed on him. >> simon: the n.b.a. says its instructions to refs are meant to improve officiating. but donaghy says those directives made it easy for him to pick winners. >> donaghy: because it was inside information along the lines of knowing that a certain stock was going to be bought out before the opening bell on the stock market. so, it's... it's, you know, almost a guarantee. >> simon: here's more of what you did. you would telephone refs who were about to officiate a game and pump them for inform

jordan hamilton, the terrific freshman player from los angeles, along with damion james. they're going to be tough. >> steve: no question. kansas had 11 votes and texas had the other one. >> marques: with a challenge like this you get a chance to see baylor who we saw the other night against arizona state. they looked like a very solid basketball team. >> steve: he is so tough. i love his game. >> marques: yeah, yeah. he does it all. defensively he knocks you down. he's able to penetrate and finish on the inside. always been a good shooter. >> steve: roll. coming up next, we've got number three villanova against maryland. they are 7-0. >> marques: villanova, exceptional team. i like syracuse. wesley johnson is a horrific player, the transfer. you talk about tough, j'mison morgan thought about taking an offensive bow. >> steve: there's reeves nelson with that ice on his eye. >> marques: there's more contact right there. >> steve: exactly. kansas university right now number one in the nation but there are a lot of unbeatens and this is a conference that has 1-2 with kansas

galaxy in the los angeles soccer cup. in the championship game, the los angeles galaxy struck first with the goal by mike mcgee in the 41st minute of play. many thought that might be it but real salt lake continued to play hard and managed to tie the game in the 61st minute of play with a goal by robbie finley. the game ended in a tie. eventually it went to penalty kicks which real salt lake won by a score of 5-4. real salt lake's victory in the major league soccer cup stands as a testament to what can be achieve through the hard work, dedication, and relentless team spirit. as "usa today" wrote after the game, major league soccer has its most improbable champion in its history, close quote. real salt like's work in the face of adversity is inspiring and commendable. they deserve our praise and i want to applaud the team's players, coaches, management, and its fans who never gave up, all those who helped in this unprecedented success in the major league soccer cup. madam speaker, let us as a body take this opportunity to

and the heat from los angeles, good morning on the independent line. -- betty from los angeles.: the health care situation is ridiculous. in 1940, there was a hill -- a bill called the hill burton bill. it was a single payer bill and it went into effect immediately. you might be a little young, but we had community hospitals, clinics everywhere. it was single payer. and for those who do not want abortion, look at planned parenthood. planned parenthood has finan -- has been federalized of 25 $400,000 to kill black babies. this is ridiculous. americans need to learn their policies. people, wake up. host: lots of calls this morning about health care, the health care debate being the political story of the year. inside the "new york post -- correct the, "new york daily news." there is a photo of the kennedy, senator kennedy's widow. -- a photo of a vicki kennedy, senator kennedy's widow. springfield, va., joseph r. republican line, your favorite political story of the year? caller: thank you for taking my call. the biggest story of the year being the senate leadership bribing senato

authority to do his or her job without worry about -- >> if there was a huge catastrophe that struck los angeles, are you confident that we would be able to categorically -- categorize it as a katrina like catastrophe? are you satisfied that would have been instantly or in kind of fashion? because we have seen anything like that in our lifetime on the west coast whatever it says it's coming. >> i think that's, to find the catastrophe will be the toughest part of this, because once catastrophic, i mean, if you take out the entire state of ohio, it's certainly catastrophic to us. other states, the impact on the rest of the country will be really -- i think whether it defines -- >> do you think it will take out the state of ohio and not have an effect? >> i'm saying the definition of catastrophe has to with a major impact on our nation and not just one state or one region or one community. >> dr. moss? >> i just want to point out there's a legislative mandate already, and mr. mccarthy pointed this out in his testimony, but it's to create a national recovery framework. and i think it has done this w

nobody's seen that money, not even the left, and i live in los angeles, california, for the most part now, and i can tell you even the left in hollywood is getting very concerned, if not agitated, at the inability of this administration to affect the economy having sold everyone a bill of goods the and not told the truth and not had transparency to get back to the original question of what their motivation was. so we are in a crisis. this book shows what that crisis is, it gives examples of how we can remove ourself from that crisis. but the biggest problem are the people who are running our government who are not serving us well. and while i cannot advocate who to vote for as head of freedom watch, as a personal matter i can tell you the people should look carefully at who they're voting for, that we should bring lawsuits as i have to uncover why the t.a.r.p. monies went to big banks but not medium-sized banks and that's why you can't get mortgages, why the trillion dollar bailout has gone to help president obama's friends, not the little people in the street, and why our internation

thanks for watching the show live from los angeles this evening.ant. they at any time tell me, really, we knew it would be kobe bryant. overtime winner in milwaukee. good night. >> lakers for the win. kobe going up. yes! at the buzzer, he does it! he wins it for the lakers. in overtime. 110-106. the best closer finisher. i'll have one of those. you know every time you order a captain and cola a holiday fairy gets her wings. shh, holiday fairy. thank you tim. (announcer) calling all captains. drink responsibly. ♪ tell me who's watching. ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ (announcer) it's right here. it's easy.

justice department as we listen to john from los angeles. good morning. caller: good morning. tkpwhr what is your story, stkpwhropb? stpwhrao i have been assaulted by the police twice. i have a degree in political science and my only crimes were nonviolent drug offenses. five years ago i was hospitalized after being knocked unconscious in the city of torrance, california, in custody, and sent to the wrong hospit hospital. the rules of the jail said i was to be sent to harvard. anyone who was injured i was sent to harbor ucla but i was sent to the hospital next to the police station and i came to there and had my driver's license suspended because i had lost consciousness from being beaten up by the police. then i got arrested for what was a ticket in march of last year and transferred to the twin towers in downtown los angeles. and i apprised another inmate of his constitutional rights to accuse his accuser in an assault case and two guard came and attacked me from behind and stauf stomped on both of my feet to trip me. they were large, 6'3", 240, linebacker sized people. and

transferred to the towers -- the twin towers and los angeles. i apprised another inmate of his constitutional rights to confront his confaccuser, and to guards came up from behind and stomped my feet to trick me. there were large, about 6'3", to under 40 pounds, linebacker- sized people. they drove me into the floor. the officer on my right had me in hammerlocks on both arms, dropped their knees in my back which cracked my ribs. i lost toenails on each fioot from them stomping on my feet with large shoes on. what can be done? i am not a minority and i did not do anything violent to anyone, and the perpetrators of the violence in the police. i have heard this from other people who have been in custody here in los angeles, and i know the lapd had a federal supervision for quite a while until just a few months ago for several years. but the entity that is in charge of the custody of prisoners in los angeles county jail is the l.a. county sheriff's department. it did not have any federal supervision. the city of torrance has its own police departmen

fund raising efforts for earthquake victims in guatemala earned him the honorary title of mayor of los angelesorge lopez. >> hello, everyone. i'm sanjay gupta. lou dobbs could not be here tonight. how many times have you driven by a group of people standing on the corner and you know that they need help but you never stop the car and do something? well, our next hero jorge munoz -- i got it like that -- he did. jorge! jorge munoz! asked a group of men, are you hungry? and now, every night jorge feeds as many as 140 people on the corner of roosevelt avenue in queens, new york. he spends all day driving the school bus and then goes home and cooks with his family pots of rice, beans and chicken and i'll tell you this, after 16 years of marriage i'm very envious of that. at around 9:30 at night, he takes the meals out and hands them out one by one who to the people who are always waiting. jorge's called the angel of queens, the superman of roosevelt avenue. he is my hero because one day he rolled a window down and asked, are you hungry? >> i'm school bus driver. one day, i see these guys standing

attorney's office in los angeles and a very good one. at an assistant u.s. attorney in the criminal division, she prosecuted a wide variety of crimes, including violent crimes, narcotics trafficking, organized crime, gun cases, and all kinds of fraud. she spent six months in the organized crime strike force section, handling a title 3 wiretap investigation of a russian organized crime group responsible for smuggling sex slaves into the united states from the ukraine. and in 2000 she received a special commendation from f.b.i. director louis freeh for obtaining the first conviction ever in the united states against a defendant for providing material support to a designated terrorist organization. the justice department recognized her with three additional awards for superior performance as an assistant u.s. attorney and in 2000 she was promoted to deputy chief of the general crime section. in 2002, judge nguyen left the u.s. attorney's office when governor gray davis appointed her to the superior court in los angeles. and she's been on that bench for more tha

los angeles, joel. caller: think you for taking my call. harford report was one that was released. it was called "playing the enemy" but it was renamed "invictus." it is an incredible book in that such a short space, plus spent 300 pages, he takes us from nelson mandela all the way to the rugby world cup. incredible book. incredible lessons for our country prepare host: soaker --. host: so they are read releasing that. thank you. for his a story about the future of reading. next chapter is digital. the story does not end there. that is the headline. they are talking about the- booe-books. they're right about e-book sales. there represent 1.4% of the total $10.9 billion in sales. this is 2009. not unlike the way to digital music over to a traditional cd's overnight. the booe-books will probably doe publishing sales. the kendall is of the top of this article and the future -- the kenindel is set to top of this article and the future of reading. caller: "liberty and tierney." a want to, about conspiracy theories. there have been mercenaries since the start of time. i guess it is a que

a study last year found 12,500 untested rape kits in the los angeles area alone. while los angeles has since made progress in addressing the problem, other cities are reporting backlogs almost as severe. the justice department released a report last month finding that 18% of open unsolved rape cases evidence had not even been submitted to a crime lab. the justice department goes to one key component of this problem. no matter how much money we send to crime labs for testing, samples can help solve cases sit on the shelf in police evidence rooms and never make it to the lab and & it does no good. police officers have to understand the importance of testing this vital evidence. they must learn when testing is appropriate and necessary. in too many jurisdictions, rape victims go through a further hardship to take these samples. did will help law enforcement get criminals on the street and they just sit on these untested and it is unacceptable in any jurisdiction. the backlog problems in some jurisdictions show that we're the victims of our own success. the effectiven

the fbi los angeles office has designed a diversity committee. i think that is a good model for law enforcement to follow. it allows all the communities to come together and for all of us to get to know each other better and i think that is a successful model and one that, hopefully, other law enforcement agent people follow. it is critical for all of us to work with law enforcement and for them to work with us. when it is necessary, sometimes we need to work against law enforcement. for example, there are limited circumstances, such as may 1, a couple of years ago, when the lapd engaged in a melee against immigrants and people who were marching for immigration reform act macarthur park. i am sure a lot of you heard about it on the news. many of our community members were really harmed in that police action. that was one instance where we had to sue the lapd to get not only monetary damages for declines, but also some really important structural reform within the department and to educate them and to bring information to them, like you should not

coming up at halftime, "final score" studio in los angeles will have vil november have at temple and an incredible ending of the ncaa men's soccer championship, akron and virginia. highlight of the first half of our game coming up on the acura halftime report. >> mike: congratulations to virginia for winning the national championship. 3-2 in penalty kicks. not to spoil the buzz of the studio at halftime. >> tim: well, it makes you sound as though you're informed. that's good. >> mike: that's because i am informed. by the way, juan fernandez had 33 off the bench for temple to beat villanova. another big five championship. >> tim: not a bad eight or nine days for the acc. carl hicks was up here with us last week, making his continual road appearances in the league. he does a great job getting out, seeing games. >> tim: should i take that personally that he chose to come on a weekend when i wasn't here? >> mike: i would. >> tim: 31-24, under a minute to play. boston college needed to have a last three minutes. and so far they've done that. richmond's in the game and he really wants it.

coming up on the halftime report, we will catch you up on what's happening from the studios in los angeleshts of our game, coming up in a bit on the accura halftime report. >> mike: i don't know there were a ton of highlights in this game but we will talk about why we are where we are. reggie jackson showed flashes of brilliance last year but boston despite shooting 22% have the advantage advantage. doesn't seem like miami had that spurt a. lazy pass, over the shoulder and raji to the hole! >> mike: terrific defense and jackson, i love the throw ahead, and sprints ahead and beats everybody to the ball. now, the crowd has gotten back into it. miami has only trailed once at halftime, that in the minnesota game. >> mike: i would say the crowd has gotten into it for the first time. i would, too. grant to scott. the three is scored. jackson, the rebound, looking to push him. raji running the floor. and they'll pull it back out. jackson throws it up and counted! >> mike: how often do we talk about the last two minutes of the first half and second half, how you finish will dictate how you play an

. >> larry: you're looking at l.a.x., the los angeles international airport, one of the largest in thend one of the busiest. that's a live shot on this sunday night. and you're watching a special sunday night edition of "larry king live." let's take a call. atlanta, hello. atlanta, hello. >> caller: yes. mr. king? >> larry: what? >> caller: since his father is a prominent nigerian, reported him to the american authorities, why was he not placed on the no-fly list? >> larry: harvey, why wasn't he immediately placed on the no-fly list as soon as the father reported animal. >> well, as said before by some of our guests, you know, it depends on the information that i think his word should have been looked at much more carefully than other tips that do come in. >> larry: jack, harry was just telling me that our agents sometimes go through practice runs, try to break security. are they often successful? >> it has happened multiple times where they are successful. look, i got grabbed when i was on my way in to delhi from afghanistan because i fit the profile of a drug runner. yeah. nice, huh?

as she said, the program has been around for 62 years, started in 1947 with a single campaign in los angeles. in that year marines collected 5000 toys and distributor -- distributed them to less fortunate children in that area. this year we are conducting 691 local campaigns in cities all across the nation in all 50 states and the virgin islands and puerto rico as well. last year we are able to distribute 16.2 million toys to over 7 million children. we could not do this without the work of the marines behind me and all across our country, our thousands of volunteers, but most importantly from the support we get from the american public. this year we all know the demand for toys will increase. we expect a huge demand and we want to meet it. we don't want to see a child wake up without something under their christmas tree, so we are appealing to the american public to make that difference that we need. mrs. obama, i want to thank you for your efforts on our behalf and the collection of toys that will take place here. i want to thank you for the great support you are giving the entire campaign

i come from the los angeles basin and we have air quality problems there. very serious. and i believe that if we were to take what is our comparative advantage and my friend from georgia and i worked regularly on the trade issue and take advantage of our comparative advantage which happens to be the development of a wide range of alternative energy sources, whether it's algae, whether it's wind, whatever, and provide a chance for those technologies to move to these developing countries which have not yet been able to comply. bangladesh, india, china, other countries. so mr. kucinich and i have joined to introduce a resolution calling for the tariff free export of all green technology. now i believe that that would create jobs in this country and it would go a long way toward helping us in our quest to deal with overall environmental issues and so while there is a wide range of views on this issue of global climate change i do believe that it's important for us to know that improving our environment is something we can come together on and i just like to congratulate my f

actor gene barry has died at a rest home in los angeles. his family gave no cause of death. his career included a number of roles on broadway and in hollywood. but he gained fame on tv as "bat masterson" in the 1950's western program. later, he starred in other tv series "burke's law" and "the name of the game". gene barry was 90 years old. those are some of the day's main stories. i'll be back at the end of the broadcast with a look at what you'll find tonight on our website. but for now, back to jim. >> lehrer: and still to come on the newshour, german views on afghanistan and shields and brooks. that's after the final report in our "patchwork nation" series, an on-air and online collaboration with the christian science monitor. ray suarez has been reporting this week on how the recession has affected different kinds of communities. tonight, a town that depends on seasonal economic activity: lincoln city, oregon. >> suarez: seven miles of beaches, surrounded by piney hills lure tourists to lincoln city, a picturesque town on oregon's northern coast. and if fishing and surf

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we saw this with another guy who tried to blow up los angeles international airport in the middle ofk full of explosives in his car in december of 1999. but attacking the during the holiday season is designs to terrorize. maybe on a holiday there's less attention paid to people. not the "a" team on the security shift. i thought it was interesting representative king said this guy may have came from nigeria. the fact his flight came from nigeria is very interesting. they have poor airport security. they've put out notices in the past -- >> i've seen them at the airport. they say this is -- you know, a list of airports that do not keep security procedures that are up to international standards. often nigeria has had an airport on that list. >> indeed. >> other points about this that are interesting. h guy claims the device originated in yemen. it's become arguably the second most important location for al qaeda. the major hasan case, the ft. hood shooting. a cleric in yemen appears to have played a role in inciting hasan to kill those people at ft. hood. >> there's been a great deal of

. $655,000 for cedars-sinai medical center, los angeles, california, for equipment and supplies for thetute for irritable bowel syndrome research. the only thing i can say is that that problem will not be reduced when people read this legislation. so there may be a need for it. so -- so what -- so here we are. and the list goes on and on. i mean, it's crazy stuff. $200,000 for a visitors' center in bastrop, texas, population 5,340. $292,200 for elimination of slum and blight in scranton, pennsylvania. the cast of "the office" are rejoicing. $200,000 for design and construction of a public market in the northern marianas. the woodstock film festival youth initiative is going to get get $30,000. it's -- it's -- it's beyond imagination when you put it into the context of americans are suffering more than they have at any time in their lives, thanks to the greed and avarice of wall street, main street is under tremendous dur rest. -- duress. so this is shameful. so when signing a huge -- i want to remind my colleagues, just last march, not that long ago, the president of the united states s

here's a deprived area. $75,000 for art projects in hollywood, los angeles park. $100,000 for performing arts training program at the new freedom theater in philadelphia. $100,000 to teach tennis at the new york junior tennis league in woodside, new york. $2.8 million to study the health effects of space radiation on humans at the loma linda university, loma linda, california. $200,000 for the aquatic adventurers science education foundation in san diego. $100,000 to archive newspaper and digital media at the mississippi gulf coast community college in perkinston, mississippi. $3.9 million on researching weaving and knitting at the following places -- clemson university, raleigh, north carolina, philadelphia university, and california. u.c.-davis in davis, california. $90,000 for a commercial kitchen business incubator at the el pejera community development corporation in watsonville, california. a commercial kitchen business incubator? $500,000 to study vapor mercury in the atmosphere at florida state. $1 million to examine sea scallop fisheries in massachusetts marine fisheries in bedf

here in los angeles, our friend ben stein, the economist and attorney was speechwriter for president nixon and ford, a columnist for "fortune" magazine. also here in l.a., tanya acker, contributor to the huffington post and worked on the white house counsel during the clinton administration. finally in new york, stephanie miller, progressive radio talk show host. her website, by the way, stephaniemiller.com. we will be back after this. last thanksgiving, about 2 million people tried... to deep-fat-fry their turkey. 15 succeeded in setting their houses on fire. at christmas, there was a lot of driving... over the river and through the woods. and a little bit of skidding on the ice... and taking out grandma's garage door. so while you're celebrating, allstate will be standing by. trouble never takes a holiday. neither should your insurance. that's allstate's stand. are you in good hands? ♪ bonus on every single purchase. what you do with it is up to you. what will you get back with your cash back? now more than ever, it pays to discover. >> larry: before we get our panels' thoughts, re

also joining us out of los angeles ben stein, economist. he served as a speechwriter for presidents nixon and ford and is a columnist for "fortune" magazine. from new york, mark hill, associate professor at columbia university and nationally syndicated columnist. finally, joining me here in d.c., peter beinart, senior political writer for the daily beast and professor for the city university of new york and author of "the good fight, why liberals and only liberals can win the war on terror and make america great again." we're out of time because you are all way too well credentialed. moving along you've written a book that sounds just right for this time. what do you make of what's happened today and the news that a report was at the cia about this suspect? >> well, clearly, this problem of sharing intelligence continues to be a major issue but i think the larger context here is that as we move further and further away from september 11, concerns about terrorism receded on both sides of the aisle. the balance between privacy and security ti

caller: "the los angeles times" has an article about how harry reid secured the bill in the end. might be interested in going to their website and read more. they say that over the last two months, harry reid, a soft- spoken man who makes less restraint to be a -- to hear him gamble. people people back to the table when deals fell apart and he prodded his colleagues to make agonizing concessions for a larger goal. let me read the very end of this where they were down to the last few votes. "harry reid knew he had to keep joe lieberman in the tent and the next night when democrats gathered for a special caucus meeting, henry did not call him out, focusing instead on the need to unite and a corporate without the medicare by in, lieberman would be the 59th boat. he returned to nelson who had strong demand. s. harry reid was closing in on the deal and less than 48 hours before the necessary motions had to be filed, another crisis erupted. republicans were in a full-court press to extend debate even a bad man a filibuster to the defense appropriations bill to post on health care. demo

. >> larry: you're looking at l.a.x., the los angeles international airport, one of the largest in theted states and one of the busiest. that's a live shot on this sunday night. and you're watching a special sunday night edition of "larry king live." let's take a call. atlanta, hello. atlanta, hello. >> caller: yes. mr. king? >> larry: what? >> caller: since his father is a prominent nigerian, reported him to the american authorities, why was he not placed on the no-fly list? >> larry: harvey, why wasn't he immediately placed on the no-fly list as soon as the father reported animal. >> well, as said before by some of our guests, you know, it depends on the information that we receive. and with 500,000 people and tens of thousands of tips coming in, it's difficult to weed out which one is the most important. however, i do think this particular one was quite important given the nature of who the father was, had stature within the nigerian government in the banking system. i think his word should have been looked at much more carefully than other tips that do come in. >> larry: jack, harr

this append in detroit and los angeles. mr. redding and ms.toilof, how do your departments track d.n.a. evidence and what kinds of resources are available to help police departments set up the kind of tracking systems that they require? . . there. i don't have the same kind of access in some of the smaller suburbs. there needs to be a uniform best practices, recommend to jurisdictions as to how long they hold on to evidence and how long they hold on to police reports. even some places, police reports are being destroyed within seven years and that is troubling to me as a prosecutor when we have expanded the statute of limitations, like we have in minnesota where we have a situation to go back to 1991 to prosecute these cases, but the police reports have been destroyed. we need a best practices about how long to keep evidence, how to keep track of that evidence and how long to keep something as basic as police reports. so it's very important and it's crucial. >>Ñi we have over 35 municipalities in miami-dade county, so i can only address what h

i write screenplays that i live here in los angeles. micro friend, kathy, as someone who's very supportive of everything i want to do, and she's been someone who is really pushed me forward. i would say part of the self-publishing process is having someone to support you in terms of the emotionally and push and keep you going. that's a very important thing, and so, between my writing screenplays and now doing a book and hopefully doing a lot of talking about my book, i'm very passionate about this book. that's my life. and i love it. >> and some is interested in pushing under purchasing your book, what can they get it? >> right now at amazon.com. it's doing really well. the local bookstore here in l.a. that i love, diesel it's called, a bookstore, is a great distorted its probably going to be in books who. nationally, i haven't been able to get it in but i think that's going to change. >> michael jason overstreet, "71 days: the media assault on obama," a self published book. >> we're here with garrett peck, the author of "the prohibitio

. >>> we're joined by the prominent defense attorney here in los angeles, mark geragos, and in new yorkq. kelly, a former prosecutor and civility gator, among his clients of he is states of nicole brown simpson. what's your read on this? >> i think amanda's parents have a real beef here. it's, i think, every parents's worst nightmare to send your child overseas, and then have them get ensnared in something like this. by all accounts the evidence was anything but overwhelming and certainly not convincing. i don't know who said it, whether it was them or one of the other relatives, somebody had a great statement that i heard, which was they weren't trying amanda, they were trying some fictional character. it sounds like that's exactly what happened. >> edda, is that what you feel? >> oh, absolutely. it's amazing. everything that was said in court about amanda, we're looking at each other going who are they talking about. it didn't even follow the evidence of the people that knew her and testified about her. it was just weird fantasy, bizarre. >> larry: john, you've been involved with this