. >> charlie: michael louis published "moneyball" in 2003 the book of the story from the a's manager transformed a baseball team into a winning franchise. i emphasis was on staying competitive. being in the "moneyball" philosophy continued to fascinate audiences around the world. the book sold more than a million copies and it was made into a movie starring brad pitt. here is the trailer for the fi. >> there are rich teams and there are poor teams. thenhere's 50 feet of crap. and then there's us. >> that's a dollar man. >> what. >> welcome to oakland. >> i need more money. >> we' not in mork. >> find players with the money we dohave. >> an ugly girl friend means no confidence. >> you guys are talking the same old nonsense. >> we're looki for fabio. >> who is fabio. >> your goal shouldn't be to buy players your goal should be to buy wins. in oer to buy wins you need to buy runs. >> who are you. >> i'm peter. >> first job in baseball. >> it's my first job anywhere. >> we're going to shake things up. why don't you walk me through the board. >> i believe there's a championship team we ca

so michael louis of course, you done the big short which sold tremendously well in and is still selling tremendously well. meringue is a continuum of pieces he did largely for "vanity fair" were he traveled to other countries. i believe he went to germany and i believe he went to dubai to kind of look at how the economy was oath affected and effected by what was happening in those outposts as well. and he was talking about the treasury department as well as the topic of his bankers and telling area stories that might help to illuminate why the economy tanked so tremendously in 2008 and why we are still recovering from this. and also whether there are still some not unexploded bombs that are set to drop anytime soon. the same i think would go for the morganton and rosner too. there were a number of books that are to come out but i think we are still going to see several more volumes that are trying to make sense of what led to the economic crash, what led to all sorts of malfeasance and the bailouts and all of those things, which certainly not only america but every other place around th

louis punt. michael robinson scooped up the ball and ran it in for the usa seahawks first score.third quarter, seattle went on to beat the rams, 30-13. >>> two more nfl coaches have been fired. todd haley was dismissed as head coach in kansas city after a 5-8 record this season. and the miami dolphins fired tony sporano who has only won four games this season. >>> in the nba, maybe the third time will be the charm for a chris paul trade. new orleans star point guard practiced with his hornets teammates on monday. as a proposed trade that would have sent him to the los angeles clippers was rejected because the price was too high. an earlier trade by the lakers was rejected by the league. but they are trying to work out a new clippers deal. >>> nhl star sydney crosby of pittsburgh is out again with concussion-like symptoms. crosby collided with a teammate last week in boston and had to leave the game. the penguins star only returned to action in november after being out for ten months because of concussion. >>> well, when we return, another look at this morning's top stories and il

you know every time that's on ray louis will text michael orr hey, blind side is on. >>> a look back on the biggest stories of the year. the special the year airs right here on abc2 tonight. katie sits down to get the take on the year and will talk to dancing with the stars champ. jr martinez. he shall was a hero on the battle field when the humvee was in hit a land mine. >> i have passion for life and i really have passion about using my second chance that i have been given and the things very learned to help people while they are still in their first chance, make a choice to be a survivor and not a victim. >> reporter: and you can catch the special tonight but first a holiday classic. a charlie brown christmas at 8:00 followed by the year at nine and stay tuned for the news at 11. >> now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> all right. let's get a look at some of the rain coming down on the radar. there is a good amount of wet weather tonight and a lot of it is here on the central part of the western half of the eastern

i know michael louis goes there and owns that beat a little bit, and he's financially great at -- phenomenally great at it. >> host: did you hear from any bernie madoff people? >> guest: if i did, it's people who got screwed by him, not by him. i heard from people who lost money to madoff. if he called me, i would have wrote his book as hateful as he is and what he did, i would love to get inside his head, but there were two books that just came out; right? they seem interesting. i have not read them yet. yeah, it's tricky with a story like that. you don't want to go into the depths too much. i'm an upbeat writer. i like the college kid, finds a schemes, makes the millions, and everybody loves it. i don't like the guy who screws everybody and makes a million dollars. there's plenty of people doing that. >> host: you said you're the go-to guy for college kids. is it because of bringing down the house? >> guest: that and 21. 21 was the movie everyone saw been before going to vegas still ten years later. it's great. social network, and then all the internet people came to me like you have to writ

michael bublñ: yeah. not just fish, but beautiful jellyfish, and lice and everything else that comes with... >> louis bublñmed of making it as a singer, listening to his walkman in his bunk, memorizing hundreds of old classics. >> michael bublñ: i just felt that's how you make something happen-- you just, you will it. >> logan: what would you do? >> michael bublñ: i would just sneak in a room, practice and grab a hairbrush and go, ♪ what are the things you think that you pine for ♪ gee, i'd like to see you looking swell ♪ lara... ♪ the only time you hold me is when we're dancing... >> logan: michael's passion for swing music came from his grandfather, mitch, who we met in vancouver at a bublÉ family dinner. a plumber and music lover, he introduced michael to the greats, and they spent years listening to them together. >> michael bublñ: he would say, "sunshine, you know, before i die, i just want you to... if you could just learn these three songs-- you know, 'begin the beguine' or 'i'll never smile again' or..." and so i would learn them. and he did this countless times, hundreds and hundreds of times. he'

louis punts. seattle's doug baldwin comes off the edge, stuffs the kick. his teammate michaelobinson grabs the ball. takes it 17 yards into the end zone. seattl seattle, 7-0. marshawn lynch puts it away for seattle. the replay shows the speed. do we have a replay here? do we want to see a replay? do we care? >> no. >> no. all right. to celebrate he gets showered by skittles after he scores. darren rovell of cnbc reports the skittles company is offering lynch a two-year supply of skittles in appreciation for all the free publicity. i love skittles. they're my favorite candy. seahawks improve to 6-7 with a 30-13 win. guess what? nobody cares. fresh off his heisman trophy win, though, over the weekend, baylor quarterback robert griffin iii dropped by letterman last night to break down the top ten things that went through his head when he won the award. >> top ten thoughts that went through robert griffin's mind when he won the 1911 heisman profy award, ladies and gentlemen. number ten. >> now if i don't have id, all i have to do is this. >> number nine. >> wonder how much i can g

louis. we're in the very mild air right now. eventually, that very cold air will push in. currently, temperatures are unbelievably michael pitts 60 at the inner harbor. -- unbelievably cool. 60 at the inner harbor. scattered rain showers through the afternoon. we will see another rain rain around bush in overnight and into tomorrow. -- we will see another rain push overnight and into tomorrow. depending on how cold it gets in baltimore on wednesday night, there could very well be some snow in the area, especially west in baltimore in the higher terrain very we are expecting rain showers tonight with mostly cloudy skies. 40's in the suburbs. 50 downtown. rain showers are likely tomorrow with winds out of the northwest. temperatures will be much cooler. highs in the morning will be in the 50's. seven-day forecast. rain today and tomorrow, as well. early thursday, that's when it gets tricky. if it gets close to the freezing mark, there could be a little bit of snow. friday, it looks dry, but only in the 40's. sunday, sunshine with a high of 49. >> what would you do to win $50,000? the hit reality show, "fear factor" is back

couple of second half touchdowns, one to michael crabtree, another to kyle williams and david acres took over from there, had 4 field goals. the 9ers had 26. st. louisnothing. jim harbaugh the third coach in franchise history to win the division. he said the gatorade bath at the end of the game was not a problem. >> i was fine with it. got my all-purpose black sweater, don't even need to change it. just rolls off this thing. an incredible fabric. >> after winning the division, the 9ers got plenty of motivation. their final four regular season games, they're trying to secure a high seed so they can secure one, two playoff games. if green bay can lose a through and they play the rest, they can play all three. >> more concerned with the coach. he has a good smile. >> i kind of like that jim harbaugh. >> i did a little google search yesterday. >> checking out his family life and the whole she bang. >> more his personal life and work life. got to get the full picture. >>> tiger woods is celebrating a tournament viaductly for the first time in two years. >> yeah. he finally won a tournament. >> this was the world chevron title yesterday. this is his first

victory against us and louis rams seattle's special teams but helped get the seahawks to the perfect stance they managed to blunt the rams punt attempts the ball cleanly to michael robinson the running unopposed into the end zone. all game was in the balance going into the third quarter or so bodies janssen connecting with doug baldwin is wide open. he finished a shot of one hundred yards from the game did the rest well form of drive again this comes off by seattle's running back shaun lynch minch would have the equally impressive game as he would rush more than one hundred yards the fifth time this last six scientists say also there has been a lawyer. well after months of uncertainty even new n.b.a. season will finally get underway in the twenty fifth december he will be looking to get back on call more than most and try to make up of the disappointment of losing last year's playoff final miami opening their training camp on monday as favorite to win basketball's biggest prize and the team will certainly be raring to go last his failure to respond very soon a star studded squad including the lights over was drawn james dwayne wade and chris bosh but he failed t

against the st louis rams it was seattle's special teams that helped get the seahawks off to the perfect start they managed to block the rams punt attempt and the ball fell kindly to michael robinson who ran it on the post into the end zone of the game was in the balance going into the third quarter however it's a virus jackson connected to doug baldwin who was wide open. just a hundred yards to the rest of the final drive of the game was capped off by seattle's running back marshawn lynch. press again. hundred yards for the first time in his last six games seattle that your season hopes alive. after months of uncertainty the new n.b.a. season will finally get underway on the twenty fifth of december and the miami heat will be looking to get back on court perhaps more than most and try to make up for the disappointment of losing last year's playoff final miami opens their training camp on monday as they look to win basketball's biggest prize and the team will certainly be raring to go after last year's failure despite boasting a star studded squad including the likes of le bron james dwyane wade and chris bosh the heat failed to win the n.b.a. championship for the first t

louis and beyond. she will be greatly missed. but through her sons, lawrence, michael, and roy, the rest of her family, her inspiration and influence and legacy will live on. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from illinois rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for one minutes. ms. schakowsky: as of today the war in iraq is over. this is a monumental day on which we mussel brown-waite the service and sacrifice of the -- must announce the service and sacrifice of the americans who died there along with tens of thousands of iraqis. we welcome our heroes home and pledge to honor their service with the care and benefits they deserve. for them i wear this yellow robin. i congratulate the -- ribbon. i congratulate the activists who worked to bring our troops home and i thank the illinois state senator who on october 2, 2002, stood before a crowd in chicago said, quote i oppose a rash war. a war that distracts us from the rise of the uninsured, a rise in the poverty rat