yet when mike rock opened the safe house door, maher's confidence was not inspired by the sight of his friend. rock looked worried. this was unlike him. in past battles with the government, rock had exited a cocky confidence. on this day, maher found his friend uncharacteristically subdued. thinking that rock might only be tired and hoping to pick up his pals spirits, maher recounted the news he cleaned at the headquarters the night before, including the rumor about potential mediators but isn't it the seal is damn thing? this a whole swearing me to secrecy over the offer of a committee? maher chuckle. but rock could not share the laugh. instead, he delivered his own grim diagnosis. reagan was determined to break the strike, rock said. and when a president takes a stand like that, no union could force him to back down. then turning to the man who had helped him found patco, rock said, little jackie, we got to the end of the road. it's all over now. maher was incredulous. might strike ready to throw in the towel? only one day for the walkout. all was not lost he insisted. patco still he

mike huckabee joins frus little rock. >> thank you, chris, merry christmas to you as well >> tell usho you think the front runner is right now and fade coming on? >> ron paul has an exceptional organization there and he could be winning because of the extraordinaryy devotion of his followers. i often said he would have people walking over broken glass for him to say they did it. watch out for ron paul. mitt romney could win the iowa caucus. the third surprise rick sanitorium is underestimated in the race. he will be the surprise candidate to win it and be in the top three or four. if you had to pick a winner now and i know we are nine days out. i would say that mitt romney would end it. today. ron paul because of his organization. that is where mitt is at a disadvantage and he doesn't have the devotion and the weather is good. mitt romney is in better shape and it is tough to get out. ron paul would win. it is a lot to chew on. we'll break it down a bit. we have said today and for a period of time rick sanitorium would get along fine . he will outperform expectations. he had a couple

. >> reporter: real estate agent kirk mike says that consumer confidence is rock solid, after all housingprices in most markets are sliding. >> people can't cash out of their smaller homes and move up unless they have a good job. if you are a masters degree and your company is doing well, great. but there's not enough here. >> reporter: at the mall in daly city these shoppers plan to spend money. not because they have a lot, or think they will, but because they're getting more for it. in alameda, patti lee, ktvu news. >>> the mix news on the u.s. economy and light trading on wall street kept stocks dry today. we found another sign that people may be feeling more confidence about the economy. what we discovered about people's spending habits as we ring in 2012. that story coming up. >>> what i put up here on live storm tracker 2 is the dewpoint temperatures. in santa rosa it's 45. but look at the due points 39 and 35. what does the dewpoint tell me? that's as cold as it can get in napa tonight. 39 is as cool as it's going to get in santa rosa. once that temperature is reached fog is formed

. >> reporter: real estate agent kirk mike says that consumer confidence is rock solid, after all housingprices in most markets are sliding. >> people can't cash out of their smaller homes and move up unless they have a good job. if you are a masters degree and your company is doing well, great. but there's not enough here. >> reporter: at the mall in daly city these shoppers plan to spend money. not because they have a lot, or think they will, but because they're getting more for it. in alameda, patti lee, ktvu news. >>> the mix news on the u.s. economy and light trading on wall street kept stocks dry today. we found another sign that people may be feeling more confidence about the economy. what we discovered about people's spending habits as we ring in 2012. that story coming up. >>> what i put up here on live storm tracker 2 is the dewpoint temperatures. in santa rosa it's 45. but look at the due points 39 and 35. what does the dewpoint tell me? that's as cold as it can get in napa tonight. 39 is as cool as it's going to get in santa rosa. once that temperature is reached fog is formed

mike, the two sides seem rock solid in their positions. question is will one side or the other give in? where does it stand? >> shep, it feels like the senate democrats and the house republicans are staring each other down and everybody here on capitol hill is waiting for them to blink. let me give you a taste of what the tone was like at the end of the day on the house floor. take a listen to this. >> the house has acted. it's up to the senate to stave off this. >> there is clearly a difference in this house on a number of things. one of the things that i don't think we differ on is a confidence or a lack of confidence that the senate will do its job. i don't think we differ on that greatly. >> that's when you think each guy would be wishing each other happy holidays, merry christmas, see you next year and they were still slugging it out until the very end, shep. >> shepard: what about rank and file members, mike. where do they stand? >> i should point out we saw them busting out of here heading for the airports going home for the holiday

. >>> a pretty calm downtown area, that will be rocking and rolling. mikeuh joining us with updates on the preparations going on. as far as the forecast for tonight. it will be pretty nice. actually, mainly clear skies. the temperatures are chilly. 36 degrees is chilly, but a camel night, light winds and hardly anything to interfere with the fireworks. it is nice. you can join eyewitness news at 11:00 tonight live from the inner harbor. 54 degrees today, a stray shower in the morning. otherwise sun this afternoon. 34 degrees with clear skies tonight. new year's eve day, 57 and parts of the area 60 degrees on the first day of 2012. your first warning weather five- day forecast is coming up. >> thanks, tim. >>> back to the other stories people are talking about. firefighters in los angeles have on high alert after a serial arsonist tears ares a neighborhood. investigators are saying 19 fires were set over a four hour period. firefighters believe that most of the blazes were started in parked cars and spread to near by homes. the former hope of the late singer

joining us from little rock, arkansas the governor of that state mike huckabee is newt gingrich on solid ground here? does he have a point? >> politically he has a point. it's a great applause line. i like newt and i think is he a great candidate. i'm very uncomfortable with. so things he is saying. when you start talking about defying a court i was a governor for 10 and a half years. there wasn't a month of my tenure that i didn't have some court decision either state supreme or federal court that came and issued a warning that i didn't political particularly like that didn't give me the opportunity to say i'm not going to obey it or call a judge in and one of the supreme court justices and calm him up before the state legislature and clean his clock you can't do that in 1947 in little rock, arkansas there was a governor who stood at the schoolhouse door and said nine black students couldn't go through that door because he didn't like the court order. that's not the way you govern. you change laws, you amend the constitution but you just don't just say i don't like it therefore i'm not

rock"? come on, that was -- [ cheers and applause ] the magic of mike white.t's on hbo. you want to tell everyone what it's about? >> well, laura dern is an incredible actress, she plays this woman who kind of has a nervous break down and she comes back to her work after going to get some treatment. and she is kind of like seen the light and she's going to change everybody's lives but she's still kind of -- it's like when a friend of yours goes to aa, and then like, get treatment, then they come back and they have all the answers. and be like, well, you still owe me money and you crashed my car. [ laughter ] like, let's like wait a couple months and then you can start giving me advice. >> jimmy: love it. we have a clip from "enlightened." here's mike white and laura dern. >> just change the call number here and it readjusts all the data that comes after. it's no big deal. >> how did you do that? oh, my god. oh, thank god. that's so good. oh, thank you so much. [ sighs ] mmmh, thank you. [ sighs ] oh. oh. [ light laughter ] >> okay, sorry. >> oh. >> i didn't me

the new roku 2 features games like angry bird, to enter to win, go to mike kron facebook page and like me. rockome from, her good luck. >>justine: time for a quick break and we come back erica will talk more about the range is expected for the weekend, stay with us. @ñ >>erica: we have some good news, as we head into the afternoon, a lot warmer temperatures will be revealed. as we head into the weekend we will see sunshine on saturday but there is a possibility for wet weather bay area wide for sunday to monday. but is constrained to the temperatures right outside the door. we have dropped a little bit in santa rosa below freezing at 31 degrees. it is getting very close to the freezing mark. ticket and a bottle, but it is a little bit more mild for places like downtown san francisco coming in at 47 degrees and 41 for those in redwood city. as we check out where the temperatures will go for the rest of the day, the future forecast is that up for about 7:00. this indicates a mixture of 30's in the north bay everyone is running on about five. as we advance/decline closer to 11:00 a.m. you could se

>> this is let's rock elmo, everybody's favorite furry red monster. he is interactive, the drums, tambourine and mikeyou can get other pieces. i am going to turn him on. and heap is ready to rock. i will give him his drums. >> give elmo the drums. >> you are sowell cup, elmo. >> hopefully he will. he will recognize i have his guitar the two of us can rock together. >> these are terrific. >>. ♪ la-la-la-la >> thank you, laurie. you will find details on all the toys she showed us here on facebook fan page, wnnfans.com. you are watching "world news now" with elmo. ♪ elmo's world >> i love it. love it. let me tell you about a very important phone call i made. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement nsurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but it doesn't cover everything. in fact, it only pays up to " 80% of your part b expenses. if you're already on or eligible for medicare, call now to find out how an aarp... insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company, not paid by medicare part b. that can save you from paying .up to thousands o

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mike. god bless you. >> merry christmas to you, joe. >> when was the last time you heard a rock star friermzer presidente w. bush? a long time? u2's bono gives them credit for leadership in fighting the poor he hopes it will be followed by heads of state all over the world. that when you don't get your shave right, the irritation can be a problem. [ record scratches, crowd boos ] so get your grooming game right with gillette fusion proglide razor... which has thinner, finer blades for less tug and pull along with the gillette irritation defense shave gel. together they help defend against 5 signs of shaving irritation -- leaving your skin looking smooth and feeling fresh. help defend your skin. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone deserves the gift of a pain free holiday. ♪ this season, discover aleve. all day pain relief with just two pills. bring the stuff home. wrap the stuff. wonder if it's the right stuff. get insecure about the stuff. put stuff in closets. put stuff in drawers. this year, let's take a break from all this stuff... and give something that means something. give the gift of hope, help an

former governor mike huckabee now host of his own show on fox newschannel joins us from little rock andernor, merry christmas and welcome back to fox news sunday. >> thank you very much, chris. merry christmas to you as well. >> all right. handicap the race for us. tell us who you think the frontrunner is right now. who do you think is fading? who do you think is coming on? >> well, ron paul has an exceptional organization there. and it very well could be that he could end up winning because of the extraordinary devotion of his followers. and i've often said, chris, he's got people that would walk over broken glass for him and they'd break the glass to be able to say they did it so watch out for ron paul but here's the other one. mitt romney could win the iowa caucuses if the vote splinters among a lot of the conservatives who haven't made up their mind. the third surprise, rick santorum, i believe, is being greatly underestimated in this race. i believe he will be the surprise candidate. not necessarily to win it but to be in the top three or four when people don't expect him to be. >>

. >> mike: god bless you, merry christmas to you, joe. when was the last time that you heard a rockmer president george w. bush. a long time? coming up, u2's bono gives the former president credit in his leadership fighting for the poor and hopes that example will be followed by heads of state all over the world. that's when we get back. if something is simply the color of gold, is it really worth more? we don't think so. chase sapphire preferred is a card of a different color. that's because you always get two times the points on travel, from taxis to trains, airfare to hotels, and all kinds of dining... from fast food to fine dining. and that's not all you get. there are expert advisors who answer immediately, whenever you call. and absolutely no foreign transaction fees. does your card do all that? apply today and earn 50,000 ultimate rewards bonus points when you spend $3,000 in the first 3 months. that's $625 toward your next trip when you redeem through ultimate rewards. so, why settle for gold when you can have so much more? chase sapphire preferred. a card of a different col

rock n roll band it was fitting for the job we were doing. wealthy british style. market. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on our. welcome back you're watching r.t. to the caucasus region now worthy going president of south a city eduard kokoity has stepped down early his resignation is aimed at ending political deadlock following the recent elections which failed to appoint a new leader iran off votes now scheduled for march is in the south a city in capital or r.t. this decision has become a true breakthrough ended a two week long political crisis after the opposition candidate who won the presidential election held here earlier in november and the other candidate until a good deal of complaint to the supreme court of salt is said to bode well ations committed by. his rival olive oil and the court ruled. that the results of these election hundreds of her supporters have taken to the streets off to involve the capital salsa said to protest against this decision while negotiations have been known to go in between

rock n roll band it was fitting for the job we were doing. wealthy british style sun. life. market. has come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines. kaiser report. cites top stories from r.t. president to me to regret it says the publication of the results of sunday's elections could be postponed. takes place meanwhile russia's prime minister's call for dialogue with the opposition but warned foreign powers against meddling in the country's political affairs. european leaders arrive for a key summit in brussels as they race against time to save the single currency germany and france are pushing for mewing by the nations into a close knit union with its own taxes and find. a nato isn't taking russia's concerns of european missile defense into account it isn't ready to seriously work together on the shield the strong words from russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov nato russia and possibles. that says an outspoken. hello there sport or not good for the company again coming up in the world. make that double for the first time ever there will be two russian sides

mike and sing again. mark steines reports. >> coming up on entertainment tonight. we have your first look at tom cruise as an '80s rocker, in the new movie "rock >> yep. that was alec baldwin. welcome to sunset strip, circa 1987. the film stars jewel -- julian huff -- julie ann huff. >> we're not going to take it. no, we're not going to take it. ♪ [ music ] >> ladies and gentlemen, the icon of rock. the legendary stacy jacks. [ cheering ] >> tom plays rock god stacy jack. rock of ages hits theaters, june 1st. >> oh, my god, i love you, stacy jack. i love you. >> reporter: also tonight. at home with george clooney and his dog. and the silly side of angelina jolie. that and so much more coming up later on entertainment tonight. >>> and that's at 7:30, right here on wjz 13. >> think before you tweet. that's a lesson actor charlie sheen is learning the hard way. sheen is learning his phone number after accidentally tweeting his digits. sheen said he was trying to send a private message to his friend. sheen said he quickly received calls and roughly 1800 text messages. >>> it's just been a year of lessons for him this year, hasn't it? >> well, some

and mike barnacle if newt gingrich were self-aware, that is sort of like saying if we could actually mine rocks. >> if newt gingrich were self-aware, he would realize that he darted to the lead about three weeks early. it's kind of like when you were a cleveland browns fan in the 1990s and you went ahead in the playoffs with a minute left. and you had to give the ball back to elway. >> yeah. >> you should have taken the lead about 45 seconds. i think we're going to see a drip, drip, of support away from gingrich. not necessarily all towards romney, but back towards michele bachmann and rick santorum and some of the other conservative candidates. and, of course, ron paul. >> i don't know where that support is going to go. i agree with you that he may have peaked three weeks too early. i think the larger story anecdotally is the amount of indecision there is out there among primary voters. you ask them, who are you going to go for? i kind of like gingrich or romney but they don't nail it down. and nobody is saying i love this guy. either one. gingrich or romney. that's kind of interesting. >> gin

rock i really had in mind. ♪ [ male announcer ] the citi thank you card. earn points you can use for travel on any airline, with no blackout dates. ♪ >> mike: welcome back tontial forum. joining us is texas governor rick perry and the first question from ken cuccinelli. >> good to see you. >> yes, sir. >> you said if elected you would issue a executive order to bloke the health care law. >> absolutely executive order and in those agencies there i a substantial amount of that bill that allowed for the agencies to put the rules in place. i am going to put people in as head of health and human services that share my philosophy that medicare, for instance needs to go back to the states and lord willing we'll get rid of that with a supreme court rulog the - ruling on the constitutionality. and thank you for being great attorney generals from that standard. >> it sounds like you are ready to use an executive order to void the law. >> absolutely. i think. >> what is your authority for that? >> suit executive order gives you that authority and also as i said earlier, having men and women in those agencies that are going to share your philosophy and that is an impo

rock. you're watching "fox & friends." >> jesse watters has kind of become the new mike wallace.mike wallace in the trench coat would track people down. if you see jesse watters outside your car, don't get out. >> i love the governor's response, jesse watters from fox news. can we ask you a couple of questions? yeah. he's thinking about it saying where is this going? >> he did pull over and he did talk. he did that interview. kid rock, his music is the theme music, this one song -- >> "born free." >> born free, it's going to be the theme of mitt romney's campaign and kid rock is ok with it. don't have to pay me. i'm not endorsing you. but you can go ahead and use it. >> interesting. now to your headlines for a thursday. a deadly helicopter crash is apparently not a tour company's first one. four people and a pilot were killed last night after this sundance helicopter's chopper went down near lake meade. investigators don't know what caused this crash. according to one report, sundance had a fatal accident in 2003. a pilot and six passengers died in that one. the ntsb ruled that c

rocks thrown at his home. so, definitely deep feelings on both sides, both sides of this story. >> in fact, even death threats made against mikei ing talking to some the locals around and they're flabbergasted by the amount of attention this received nationwide but they certainly understand given the reputation of penn state university and given the reputation of this very well-known retired coach jerry sandusky and given the shocking nature of the allegations against him. that is why this has garnered so much attention in this town. they're willing to put up with it. they get how important this is. >> one more other point, ali. i know so much has been said about this particular move today. legally was it the right thing to do today? i think from joe amendola's move, he feels so much has already been said in terms of allegations that jerry really feels like at this point jerry sandusky is a man who feels like he's under a rock and he has to get out from under it. imagine what would have happened if all of these alleged victims would have come forward and testified. all of that would have been out in the press today. that would

mike: a good point. >> i think megan pinches me. >> ainsley: you wish. [laughter] >> listen, trace adkins is performing for us tonight, and big and rich, the broadway cast from rock of years, you can text a message to anyone you want in the world, keep it clean, and they'll scroll on the bottom of your screen throughout the entire broadcast. >> it's eleven o'clock eastern time and the folks from red eye take over after that. and one thing that i think that you don't truly understand if you're not here, how loud it is. >> mike: it is. >> if megyn is here and i can't hear her talk and we're shouting over each other because there's music in the background and there's a noement when mayor bloomberg starts the new year with lady gaga. >> a combination. >> clayton: we were taking bets earlier, what type of lady gaga will wear tonight. my bet was on some sort of a meat dress. >> i think she may try and replicate this. >> clayton: ah. >> oh. >> ainsley: glitter, sparkling. >> some sort of waterford crystal dress. hemmer is on to something, trumps my meat dress idea. >> ainsley: we'll be watching at eleven o'clock. >> mike: you've got it bill. >> thanks, bill. >> mike: wh