to find one near you, go to nbcwashington.com, and search chimney. >>> experts tell jeff rossen chimneys swept clean or inspected at least once a year. >>> a lot of criticism followed today's announcement about the nobel peace prize. >> the committee has decided that the nobel peace prize for 2012 is to be awarded to the european union. >> the nobel committee rewarded the european union for promoting democracy in human rights in the aftermath of world war ii and the cold war. they point to the eu financial crisis and the threat to the global economy. but the committee praised the union's, quote, successful struggles for peace. >>> more to come on news4 at 4:00. the "celebrity apprentice" contestants are revealed. meet the all-star cast. >>> the date that apple is expected to unveil its newest product that could wow [ mitt romney ] look at the evidence of the last four years. under the president's policies, middle income americans have been buried. they're just being crushed. middle-income americans have seen their income come down by $4,300. this is a tax in and of itself. i'll call it t

after inspecting our chimney. is pretty clean. >> this company gives melissa the thumbs up. >> you're in relatively good shape with this thing. >> okay. >> reporter: four more companies show up. >> it's good. >> fine, good to go. >> brand new. >> everything looks perfect in there. it doesn't need a cleaning now. >> hi, how are you? >> reporter: this next company has a different opinion. >> yes, this is dirty. >> cleaning it is included in their inspection, no extra charge. so we let them. they say it's safe. >> you can use it today. >> reporter: hi, how are you? >> reporter: but if everything is fine, why did the next companies find problems that will cost us? this tech does a quick inspection and then has some scary news. >> does it need to be cleaned or -- >> yeah, it does because all this right here, you want to get this up, and that. >> yeah. >> that is what can start fires. >> reporter: a chimney fire? our experts say what he is pointing at is harmless debris that. can't start a fire. >> so that's something t

you don't have to have a chimney. you're just a drawing! you don't need a chimney!f i put on the rolling stones, it would ruin it! put on the rolling stones another time, or put on nothing at all. and now the hard part begins -- putting the orchestra together. [ pop music plays ] whew! [ rock 'n' roll music plays ] ♪ climbing jacob's ladder ♪ jacob's ladder whew! we have a lot to do, but we've got the core. what is this? trash. trash in here. trash, trash. made in georgia. trash, trash. [ "davy crockett" plays ] [ southern rock music plays ] [ opera music plays ] no, you know who you are. [ groaning ] [ sighing ] pickard: the tubman museum is georgia's largest african american museum. our mission is to educate people about african american art, history, and culture, and we do this in a lot of different ways. but for me, beverly buchanan's show of shacks, which we've entitled "coming home," is one of the best ways we've ever done this. beverly has strong macon connections. and i think a lot of the groundwork for these shacks came to her while she was living in our co

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the chimney stack standing alone. the only thing still upright in what were scores of family homes. >> so much devastation, shep. so many families who tonight face the loss of everything gathered together in those homes. >> shepard: extraordinary that they all survived in that neighborhood. >> it seems nothing short of a miracle that there was not only no loss of life, but according to senator chuck schumer, the new york senator who we bumped into as we weighed down through the waters to that part of breezy point, there weren't even any serious injuries. according to senator schumer in the coming months and years, we will see another miracle here because he says these people are truly resilient. listen. >> they are as they call themselves a hardy lot. and they will build this place back. but it was devastating to see it. i don't think i have seen any kind of fire like this in 37 years that i have been an election official. it's incredible. you feel for the people. you just feel for what they are going through. >> sena

the chimneys of both of these e lying in their front yards. the latest situation in washington. the neighbors have had power all night and all morning. >> that is good news. thank you, adam. coming up, we are heading to a look at aor of sandy on the beach. >> how depressing is that, to beach. >> how depressing is that, to of that year gone? we had a good group of people. good gup of employees out there. this was a booming place. and mitt romney and bain capital turned it in to a junk yard. i was suddenly, years old. i had no health care. mainly i was thinking about my family. how am i going to take care of my family. he promised us the same things he's promising thitunited states. and he'll give you the same thing he gave us. nothing. anncr: priorities usa actison is responsible for the content of this advertising. would ban all abortions and contraception seemed a bit extreme. so i looked into it. turns out, romney doesn't oppose contraception at all. in fact, he thinks abortion should be an option in cases of rape, incest, or save a mother's life.

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a deposit of methane hydrate is likely to come near gas chimneys. the leader of the team says these reserves could be of great use for japan. >>> tokyo's newly refurbished central railway station was unveiled to the public at the beginning of the month. for people in the capital, it's an iconic landmark. but for people in the disaster area of tohoku, it has a deeper significance. >> reporter: the red brick building of tokyo station. the open entry showing major refurbishment. it's being restored to the way it looked when it was first built a century ago. the roof is from world war ii. it's now covered with tiles. they have made of natural slate. when the station was originally built in 1914, the slates covering the roofs all came from the town of ogatsu in miyagi prefecture. for the recent refurbishment, the railway company decided to use slate again. then the massive earthquake hit the region. ogatsu was devastated by the tsunami. the entire building where the slates were being stored was washed away. amazingly, many slates survived intact. after t

of the terminal on the chimneys that burn off the gas nonstop to prevent overpressure they tell us. that's a lot of use to the villages overpressure. these villages were. the only two were i do some of the fish imports. they were thinking does or was that because of the devices in the early. reduces in that's because i didn't end up for it and i said i didn't know what i should have been hearing about that i says and i discuss it in the i think it will kill it out of in your mouth about why what i wanted not up until later by that review was i did think of what the others. offshore from the village the f.p.s. so engineers and technicians continue extract oil far from land because that's the job of the heart of the extraordinary machine the end of a pipe and in a small jar the famous brown liquid. the world's holy grail you might say. so but this is the oil. being treated it's a condensate it's a very light crude. i mean we're more than two thousand meters down. and we can get something up that's relatively easy up if you so it comes out of the top it's what they call the blob of nig

of the terminal on the chimneys that burn off the gas nonstop to prevent overpressure they tell us. that's a lot of use to the villages overpressure. don't. use religion. economy to it i do some other fish imports. thinking doesn't know what that because of the devices in doing they are bored says in as because i didn't. know what i should have been hearing with. dices in this guy sitting i think intuitively that why what i want to add not up until it up by the review was i didn't know what the. her. offshore from the village the f.p.s. so engineers and technicians continue to extract the oil fall from land because that's the job of the heart of the extraordinary machine the end of a pipe and in a small jar the famous brown liquid. the world's holy grail you might say. so but this is the oil. being treated it's a condensate it's a very light crude it is you. know i mean we're more than two thousand meters. and we can get something up that's relatively easy but if you so it comes out of the top it's what they call the blob of nigeria is that. this or this close we have to go deeper a

. >> it's a good idea to have home heating equipment, fire places and chimneys the expected by a professionalper year. check smoke alarm batteries regularly and have a escape house in case of emergency. >>> your family could be in danger. if you replaced your airbags in the past three years, the highway administration says your airbags could be fake. they can be expensive ranging from 7 to $800, but criminals have been selling them for a fraction of that cost. they could fail to deploy and even hurt you and your family in a crash. they may use imitation bumpers, but never airbags. >> i hardly never use a factory -- i only use it new from the dealer. they want to use them. and they're out there on the market. i could order one and have it here tomorrow. the problem is i have no idea the condition of the airbag. >> if you had them replaced, experts recommend you contact your car manufacturer. >> chrismer is just around -- christmas is just around the corner, but if you want to buy the latest and greatest gadget, how about an ipad mini. >> for get the -- forget the iphone 5, what more people wil

>> reporter: space heaters need to be three feet away from anything that will burn and fireplace chimneys should be checked and cleaned. obstructions and kre society bltup can lead to fires. eight families are homeless. >> fire officials say it's also very important to have a co detector, any heat source with a flame can lead to carbon monoxide buildup, especially in homes that are not well-ventilated. >>> well, whatever you did with your sunday, it cannot be crazier than this. extreme athlete felix baumgartner made history today by becoming the first skydiver to break the sound barrier. he jumped from 24 miles up reaching speeds of more than 833 miles per hour before safely landing in the desert in new mexico. baumgartner wore a special eye-tech suit and used a special capsule to travel those 24 miles up to make that historic jump. he also had a mission control team on the ground monitoring his every move and they were very happy to see him land safely. there he goes down on his knees. what an adventurer. >>> still ahead tonight, social security recipients are getting a raise. everybody

but not long ago i was up at a place called chimney rock in southwest colorado. and it's over 8,000 feet. and you are up at the southern end ftd rocky mountains and there is this scarp of rock that rises up probably about a thousand feet out of a valley floor and right at the tip of this scarp there are two twin towers of rock. if you get to a certain place on top of this very narrow butte, you can see between these twin towers and there happens to be a great house built between these two towers and every 18.6 years when the moon goes into its northernmost point on the horizon, it rises between those two towers. i was there at the beginning of the last 18.6 year cycle and we stood up there, probably 20 of us, researchers, forest service people, all gathered at the same spot with cameras and huddled -- it was late december at 8,000 feet and we were all watching this gap. and somebody had done very intricate work to figure out exactly where you need to stand to see the light at exactly the right time. and as we were all gathered up there, i remember this older arch

it knocked down the chimney. there's a bunch of brakes out in the front lawn, and it looks like there's quite a bit of damage here to this house right of us. you can see on the roof it's exposed. and water is probably getting that house. unclear if the homeowners are here, if they know what is going on as far as their house is concerned. you would think if they were here or someone knew about this situation, they would be up there trying to get a tarp on top of that house. the other house we haven't been able to get up to because the tree is blocking the front door and police have put up some tape here preventing people from walking up. so very serious damage already with this big tree coming down on nebraska avenue. we've been out and about for a couple of hours. we've seen a lot of trees coming down around the area. the wind is kicking up in northwest washington. one other note, we just left over the -- i think it was the 5000 block of oregon avenue, right over there near saint john's college high. there's a ho

they say a deposit of methane hydrate is likely to exist near these places called gas chimneys. the leader of the team says these reserves could be of great use for japan, which imports a large part of its energy. >>> the ginowan municipal assembly in okinawa has held an emergency session following the alleged rape of a woman by two u.s. servicemen on october 16th. the assembly unanimously adopted a resolution in protest. the city hosts the u.s. futenma air station. the resolution says anger and the distress of the people of okinawa toward the u.s. military has peaked. it says the latest incident has occurred at a time when u.s. military officials deployed the osprey aircraft at futenma despite local opposition. the resolution also says okinawa is still bearing an unbalanced burden of hosting u.s. military insta leighs in japan's 67 years after world war ii. it urges the governments of the two countries to apologize to the victims and to take tough preventive measures. it also calls for the prompt return of the site of the futenma base to okinawa. the assembly says it will submi

finding the next route it take you from ledge to ledge to ledge, down through cracks and narrows, chimneys leading down step by step. until you get to this arch. it's a small arch, it's only about this tall. the photograph is a little -- well, size, scale dimension, they all kind of leave out there. right inside of this arch way there is a bunch of broken pottery so you know this was a used route a thousand years ago. and the arch leads down into a canyon that opens up and you go up a side canyon into this little alcove where a piece of the ceiling has fallen just slightly. and i found this place. the first time i found this was on the 27th day of a back pack and i got up to this spot and i took my hat off and i stuck my head in the crack, which is something that i do frequently out there, because i know every once in a while you're going it see something back inside one of these cracks. and back in this crack there was a basket about 1500 years old that had been turned upside down so it wouldn't collect anything and it was way back down in the crack so that no light or wind would touch it

we are not sending young people of chimneys. we're giving them a chance. we are not asking something of people. the women asked nothing of them. work isn't slavery. it's poverty that is slavery. and let it be us, the conservatives who lead the fight against poverty in britain today. [applause] >> help people rise, to help britain rise there is a third crucial thing we have to do. educate all our children. and i mean really educate them. not just pump up the grades each year. in math, and science come in reading we have fallen behind. not just behind germany and canada, but behind estonia and australia, to. this is britain's real school board and it reads, must do better. now you've heard of pushy parents, al blowing their way to a better education for their children. this is a pushy government. and my approach is very, very simple. i've got two children in primary school, and i want for your children what i want for my. to go to schools where discipline is strict, where expectations are high, and where no excuses are accepted for failure. and i don't want

they sifted through ashes, looking for familiar tiles, chimneys or anything that survived the flames. >> part of your life got ripped out of you. that's a good description. >> i have over 34 years on the job. i've never seen this before, this amount of devastation. >> apocalyptic. it really is. amazingly no one was killed or seriously injured. breezy point was also devastated back on 9/11, losing 37 residents, including several firefighters in the world trade center. >>> there's so many stories of bravery during the storm, including one of new york's finest losing his life saving others. >> off-duty officer artur kasprzak got six members of his family, plus a 15-month-old to safety in the attic, after rising floodwaters in their staten island home. he then went to check the basement. that's where his body was discovered by fellow nypd officers. >> the cause of death has not been determined. but there were some live power lines nearby. >>> also on staten island, a surreal scene. a large tanker wound up beached. about one-third of it ended up lying across a road. >> the 168-foot water t

the carbon in the natural gas to carbon dioxide in the product and so the there is no there is no chimney on a station like who isn't you just produce carbon dioxide which would go into a pipeline and then be sequestered or or stored underground maybe it would be put into an oil or gas field that can be used to recover more oil so it's a way in which we can continue to use fossil fuels without the pollution into the atmosphere we can take all of the pollution out and dispose of it so the atmosphere can be kept clean listen you say the main idea of your work is to create a collage equally sustainable technologies but speculations over environmental responsibility don't usually really work when it comes to big money had been there so how do. do you think industry should be motivated to introduce clean it industry and governments one of the things that i realized after working in the field of c o two free power or pollution free power was that it was going to cost a huge amount of extra money for the electricity we produce and all the existing systems i worked with in the period of the eight

chimney, yeah, fireplace. be aware of the fact that just because it's a wood building and the event caused some sort of compromise of the structure of the building and the building is still standing doesn't necessarily mean there's not a danger there. so what could you as nert's do to make that situation better or at least keep it the same so no one else gets hurt? keep it off, yeah. keep people away. perfect. take out some of that yellow tape that you have, that yellow caution tape, and string it around around keep people back. in this particular case, what could you do to make that situation better? turn off the gas. where would you turn the gas off at? at the street, okay. that's a good place to do it. but you always want to do it at the safest location. so if the street is the safest location, that's where you would do it at. this house here fell over. doesn't have something called a sheer wall. so it's just a platform or a platform or a balloon, nothing that keeps the wall from racking, they call it. so y

the several issues during the final pre-election debate but also agreed on maintaining american pig chimney and aggressive global. and security is something that's been informing the response by the death of a top intelligence stream putting the country on the brink of sectarian conflict the opposition winning in syria and the number needs government to work in turns out in ten months the minds. as the headlines for you romana us here next to the sport. hello and welcome this is sport with me ramon cos forever and this is what's coming up in this is the. number one blow sparks talk moscow must rely on their third choice keeper for choose this crucial champions league match at home it's been. while spark talks group g. rivals barcelona and celtic old battle for top spot in that pool later and hughes they as neither side has lost a game so far in this campaign. and battle of the best maria sharapova goes for the year and world number one spot at the season ending w t a championship in the sample. let's start with football and sports talk face a goalkeeping crisis head of chooses clash at home

if you look over my right shoulder there are bridges from a chimney that fell very close to this house. the house to its right, luckily no major damage to the house so far. we will get better idea when there's daylight. we went behind the houses -- we saw how big this tree is. we can't wrap our arms around it. the root of it is maybe 1 story high at least. it came close to these power lines. it did not take them down though. we're expecting high winds this morning. we want to remind you to be careful still today with the high wind warn warn -- warnings in place until tonight. we are some cones if you take a look to my left set up on nebraska avenue going south to make sure that people don't come driving under the tree. maybe more trees will fall later. somebody put some caution tape between those two houses. this tree was a very close call for these two homes. we will try to get you video when the sun comes up. there are lots of lims and leaves on the road. it's very slippery still this morning. the rain is light. there aren't a lot of limbs blocking the road are. we have video from ro

it is also a good idea to have home heating equipment and chimneys inspected by a professional once a year. it sounds simple but check smoke alarm batteries regularly. have a family fire escape route in case of emergency. >> that was karen this morning. >> get ready for some sky-high home heating bills. new developments in the fight over who pays for the worst offshore oil spill in the history. >> good morning. >> bp close to a multibillion- dollar step -- settlement with the justice department. -- this would resolve criminal and civil liabilities of the worst offshore spill in history. no comment from bp yet but they could be liable for up to $21 billion in civil penalties alone. bad news for those who like -- natural gas prices may climb 15% this winter. home heating oil may jump to record highs. propane and electric bills will likely climb with the retirement of cold weather. nationwide foreclosure filings fell in september to the lowest level in five years. the flood of foreclosures and the maryland also showing signs of stabilizing. your futures -- a little bit higher. back to yo

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i made my mama ♪ if i don't do that i don't know how to hustle ♪ ♪ hundred grand smoke it like a chimneyore i get a chance to spend it ♪ ♪ if i, if i had a hundred grand, lord, i might go off the deep end and go blow it all this weekend ♪ >> hey, school, baby. >> hey. i know. >> at the santa rosa correctional institution in florida, dreams of what could be run through the imaginations of many. but less so for those who have already spent decades on the inside. >> to be honest with you, probably looking at probably one of the biggest screw-ups in the united states sitting right here looking at you. >> i've been incarcerated since i've been 18 years old. when i was 18, i did a burglary and received a life sentence for it. >> jack hill was convicted of burglary and assault. and although he received a life sentence, he's been eligible for parole three times. >> i've been on parole and violated and i'm back. let me say something about parole real quick. i've heard people say this a lot of times. man, you get parole? what are you doing back? you know? how did you come back? how did you mess up

the chimney is on the front lawn and the roof is damaged. the root ball of the tree that's about twice as big as me is exposed. let's talk about the conditions. the wind is subsiding. now there's just -- there's no more wind warning, just an advisory. annapolis at the naval academy over 9 inches of rain. in germantown, 9 inches. that may be influenced by the shaking of the rain gauge, which control off the simulation. helen, 8.5 inches almost. columbia 9.8 inches. temperatures are dropping this morning. there's a chill in the air. i had to grab my waterproof gloves before venturing out this morning. i would not be surprised if a few wet snowflakes mix in from time to time in a few locations across parts of the metro area. it's possible this morning. it's nothing to get excited about. the wind will continue to subside for the rest of the day but we will deal with areas of rain for the remainder of the day. that will probably take profits in the evening. jacqui jeras will have more on the forecast, coming up. back to you. >> thank you. 5:06 41

they demolished one of the largest chimneys in a country in a power plant northwest of warsaw. used more than 200 explosion charges to bring it down and that's a wrap on this fox trip around the world in 80 seconds. >> we're learning of some printing problems that are affecting thousands of absentee ballots across the country. and it's happening as more americans cast their votes early. more including the president. and this world war ii veteran. he voted from a hospital bed and yesterday he died. so now the question will his vote even count? this world war ii vet. that's just ahead. based on this chart ? don't rush into it, i'm not looking for the fastest answer. obviously verizon. okay, i have a different chart. going that way, does that make a difference ? look at verizon. it's so much more than the other ones. so what if we just changed the format altogether ? isn't that the exact same thing ? it's pretty clear. still sticking with verizon. verizon. more 4g lte coverage than all other networks combined. mike rowe here at a ford tell me fiona, who's having a big tire event?

for constantly thinking of others first and for decking that pole to her chimney, delores leonard isat is our show for today. thank you to matt, annie, raul and mya for sticking around. thanks to you at home for watching. i'll see you tomorrow 10:00 a.m. eastern when we are going to look ahead to next week's vice-president debate. coming up" weekends with alex witt." [ snoring ] [ male announcer ] it's not for colds, it's not for pain, it's just for sleep. [ snoring ] [ male announcer ] because sleep is a beautiful thing. [ birds chirping ] introducing zzzquil, the non-habit forming sleep-aid from the makers of nyquil. ♪ is an awesome place to be. introducing the all-new 2013 chevrolet malibu eco. ♪ sophisticated new styling, the fuel-saving intelligence of eassist, 37 mpg highway, and up to 580 highway miles on a single tank of gas. ♪ the all-new 2013 chevrolet malibu eco. ♪ it has everything to put you in the malibu state of mind no matter what state you live in. ♪

got a fat guy with a beard coming down your chimney. >> not to mention all the other vices.deletes the verses the pipe he held in his teeth and the circsmoke encircled hisd like a wreath. is this censorship, too far? >> this is wrong. these are our childhood stories. okay, he's lived this long. he's doing all right. >> his belly shook like a bowl full of jell-o. >> honestly. i didn't know santa smoked. didn't stick with me. >> you know, that's deep in the it was the night christmas poem. >> that's ridiculous. all right. take three. >> moving on. >> this is,one is for savannah? >> it is? >> yes, it is. it's savannah's worst nightmare. >> several blogs. >> two french children in the countryside. >> run, girl. >> playing with free frogs in a bucket, and then lola gets a surprise. oh, hey now. >> what is that? >> oh, right on the nose. >> she's handling it well. i would be freaking out. >> savannah hates frocks. what would you do if that was you? >> i don't even like to watch that. i don't know what i would do. that baby was so stoic and strong. >> unlike me. >> look how big tha

we're not sending children up chimneys, we're giving them a chance. what's cruel isn't asking something of people it's when we ask nothing of them. work isn't slavery, it's poverty that is slavery and again it's us, the modern compassionate conservative party, who are the real champions of fighting poverty in britain today. [applause] to help people to rise, to help britain rise, there's a third crucial thing we must do. educate all our children. and i mean really educate them, not just pump up the grades each year. in maths, in science, in reading, we've fallen behind, not just behind germany and canada but estonia and australia too. this is britain's real school report and the verdict is clear -- must try harder. you've heard of pushy parents, sharp-elbowing their way to a better education for their kids? this is a pushy government. my approach is very simple. i have got to children in primary school, and i want for your children what i want for mine. to go to schools where discipline is strict, expectations are high, and no excuses are accepted or

the chimney moved about a half inch. >> reporter: somehow the couple is taking it in stride thankful the branch that poked through the ceiling here did not come through a few feet away right into their daughter's crib. >> it is very upsetting. you know, your first home and we were very excited about setting everything up. we haven't unpacked properly yet. we've still got boxes everywhere so it is very upsetting. you do have to realize that people have been going through a lot of stuff this last 24 hours. so we have got off lightly. >> reporter: this family and about four dozen others like them in fairfax county hope they'll be hearing from the insurance company soon. >>> a long road back for a lot of people. the worst of sandy is gone but we're still feeling some effects. >> it is still cold out there. >> it is really cold out there. temperature have really gone down over the past couple of days. a couple weeks ago. about a week and a half ago, we are at 80 degrees. wouldn't that be nice? sandy is definitely still here and she is not going anywhere any time soon. i want to show you w