steve smith did all the drawings. i told you steve smith was a dishwasher and after submitting the film to the american educational film festival in 1977 that got him first prize. steve then advanced to the status of a taxi driver. yeah, yeah, the arts, the arts. very rewarding, gang. why is it mommy and daddy get disappointed when you say you wanna be an art major, right? with the prices of housing going up, you say, you wanna be an art major, huh? on the film, we saw where time seemed to be different for people traveling and time was different for people at rest. it turned out the speed of travel for that particular case where we go from 2 hours to 2 1/2 hours was 60% the speed of light. you saw the film that kinda got into all the stuff about counting flashes, counting flashes and all that sort of things. would you like to see that nice and succinct so there's no question? so when you look at what i'm gonna put on the board, boom, it all makes sense? time dilation comes alive. would you like to see that? i can do t

we'll start with the divisional commander who you've met, lieutenant colonel steve smith. give me one clap. (applause) >> very good. divisional secretary for program and metro coordinator major jack bird. (applause) >> faster, got to be there. harbor light center staff turkey carving producers, we have the harbor light strategic project coordinator who you've seen running around this morning, john mcknight. (applause) >> hey, that's better. from harbor light assistant youth director trey hillary. can't miss him. the tallest guy in the room. maybe second tallest. food service manager shawn bradley who is probably back in the kitchen. let's give it to shawn, right. assistant food manager, anna. all right. (applause) >> and our harbor light residents. [cheering and applauding] >> good, very good. the advisory board, advisory councilmembers who are with us today, harbor light advisory council chairman jim ayers. right over there. (applause) >> harbor light and chinatown core advisory council lilly chin. hey, lilly. chairman of the salvation army metro advisory board and harbor

i'm not understanding. >> let's ask steve smith.y superintendent of the atlanta public schools. adrienne is yawning, so i'll give her a break for a little bit. why no carbon monoxide monitors? that seems basic. they're not all that expensive. i think you can get one on amazon for 5 bucks or something. >> thanks for asking, soledad. utmost importance is to make sure that our staff and students are safe. while the law doesn't require for us to have the carbon monoxide detectors in the schools, certainly as a result of this incident it will prompt us to look into that matter which we actually started yesterday. our understanding is actually there are probably -- there are some state that is currently do have that option. and that's going to prompt us, as a result of yesterday's incident, we've already started that process. >> in the state of georgia, where you are, if you're in a residents, you have to have a carbon monoxide monitor. it seems contradictory that your school, which is relatively new, built in 2005 or something, that you

. >> steve smith joining me now and jonathan capehart. go to chris christie first. that question barbara walters asked him seems to me to be a hurdle he would have to get over in any national campaign. i think barbara is asking what is in the very first set of questions that voters would have on their minds. >> there is no question that its an issue. there is no question it is a legitimate issue. the help of presidential candidates is always a part of a presidential race. it is as physically grueling an experience as you can possibly have. he has done a tremendous job during this crisis in new jersey. it is not analogous to running for president nationally over the course of four years. i think if he is going to be a serious presidential candidate, this is an issue that he is going to have to deal with. i say that as someone who admires him very, very much and hopes very badly that he will run for president as a republican. i think who could help remake the party. >> steve, i do think he handled that reasonably well in response to barbara'

steve smith in the end zone. the touchdown. 7-0, carolina. just a minute later, carson palmer, he took a shot. oh, man. he got in the lower back rib section. he left the game, x-rays negative. did not return. here is his back up. matt, here is his back up throwing an interception. lou, returns it just inside of the 30 yard line. 4 plays later, cam newton time. it is 14-3 panthers. the raiders have a chance to get out of that whole. the end of the 3rd. a pass, tipped, hauled in, by the linebacker, get up, man. he runs inside of the 20 so the raiders are in the red zone. end of the 3rd. now, the beginning of the 4th. jeremy crashes. then, gets back in it. and the flag. matt, passes, batted away. and good morning, good evening, good night. they have not scored a touchdown in the last 2 games. oh, boy. >> you know, when you lose your starting quarterback this are a lot of other guys that need to step up. we did not have enough guys that made enough plays for us offensively. >> a little rusty. you always have to be ready to play, you know, always

. >> reporter: steve smith's granddaughter was in vicki soto's class. he went to rosen's house. his heros are the teachers. >> whatever actions they took to divert his attention, they're the ones responsible for her being here with us today. >> nbc's anne thompson reporting for us. >>> there is other news to get to. new developments involving the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in bengahzi. an independent report is placing most of the blame on the state department for failing to provide proper security for the compound. the panel concludes that systemic management failures at the state department resulted in "grossly inadequate security at the consulate where four americans, including ambassador chris stevens were killed. the report says the u.s. relied on poorly skilled local militia members to help safeguard the facility and investigators found no evidence that the attack was sparked by an anti-muslim video. the review board made 29 recommendations to improve embassy security and secretary of state hillary clinton has reportedly accepted every single one of them. >>> with

second quarter, cam newton to steve smith, 23-yard touchdown, nice grab. panthers up 14-10. brady quinn to jonathan bolduan. and the chiefs win 27-21, earning their second win of the season. >>> ravens hosting the steelers. ravens could clinch a playoff spot with a win. steelers 0-6 against the ravens without big ben. third quarter, ray rice. 34-yard touchdown, ravens up 20-13. fourth quarter. charlie batch. finding it deep. miller, seven-yard touchdown. game tied at 20-20. fourth quarter, three seconds left. shaun suisham from 42 yards out. it's up and it's good. batch earning his first win as starter since week 15 of last season. and the ravens' 15-game home win streak is over. that's your "sportscenter" update. i'm hakem dermish. have a great day. >>> coming up next, "the pulse" this morning. and traffic like you've never seen it before. >>> and say cheese. famous faces whipping out their iphones to snap the shots. to snap the shots. your favorite magazines and catalogs look better than ever. and with scrapbooking, you can save the things you love, bring them all together

." >> reporter: steve smith's granddaughter was in vickie soto's class and went to rosen's house. his heroes are the teachers. >> whatever actions they took that diverted attention i'm sure. they're the ones that are responsible for her being here with us today. >> reporter: now tonight there is still no word on when the relocated sandy hook elementary school will reopen. in part because there is still so much more mourning to do. tomorrow three wakes and four funerals are scheduled. brian? >> unbelievable. anne thompson in newtown, connecticut tonight. ann, thanks. >>> what happened there at sandy hook elementary school in newtown is sadly so similar to what happened in a small town a long way away from here in scotland almost 17 years ago. the people there more than most know what newtown is going through and what may lie ahead for them. tonight nbc's kier simmons reports from the town of dunblane. >> reporter: in dunblane tonight they are lighting candles for the children of newtown and fortheir own. 16 children, ages 5 and 6, and their elementary school teacher, killed in 1996

i really liked him: steve smith. i said, "steve, you know, i've got this little thing i do "with these little slides. "i wonder maybe you could make up a little cartoon movie. we could make a movie of this and share it with more people." and at that time, he was working as a dishwasher down on telegraph avenue. and i said, "steve, quit the dishwashing. "i'll grubstake you. i'll get you groceries. "i'll feed you and i'll grubstake me. "maybe city college will let you use some of their equipment and we'll make a little animated movie." and he made an animated movie on everything that we-- would you like to see it? okay. roll it, lionel. we'll see it right here, gang. right here. ♪ where did the time go? ♪ does anybody, does anybody know? ♪ ♪ when did the day break? ♪ did someone drop it, was it a mistake? ♪ ♪ la, la, la, la la, la, la... did you know that time's different when you move at different speeds, that when you move through space, you change the rate at which you move into the future? well, you can't really not

cam newton threw for this strike to steve smith. carolina up 7. physical game. carson palmer just gets crushed. flag thrown for unnecessary roughness. check this ow. oh my. he did not return with a rib injury. the league will be handing out fines later. cam newton kicked kelly and started a scuffle. kelly the only one penalized on the play. they said they were trying to pay back their quarterback. 16 of 32 and this pick and that lead to the panthers' only other touchdown of the game. raiders are just 189 yards of total offense. 17-6 your final. colts clinch a wild card spot with a win over the chiefs. jamal charles may have sweat a little bit. he ran for 226 on two carries including this 86 yarder. bright future for this young man. the chiefs were down 13-10. andrew luck broke cam newton's record of 4,051 yards as a rookie. colts are in the post season with a 20-13 victory. cinncinati grabbed the final post season birth. they beat the steelers. tied at 10 and roethlisberger was picked off by nelson. that was his second pick of the game and it lead to the game wi

cam newton threw for this strike to steve smith. carolina up 7. physical game.arson palmer just gets crushed. flag thrown for unnecessary roughness. check this ow. oh my. he did not return with a rib injury. the league will be handing out fines later. cam newton kicked kelly and started a scuffle. kelly the only one penalized on the play. they said they were trying to pay back their quarterback. 16 of 32 and this pick and that lead to the panthers' only other touchdown of the game. raiders are just 189 yards of total offense. 17-6 your final. colts clinch a wild card spot with a win over the chiefs. jamal charles may have sweat a little bit. he ran for 226 on two carries including this 86 yarder. bright future for this young man. the chiefs were down 13-10. andrew luck broke cam newton's record of 4,051 yards as a rookie. colts are in the post season with a 20-13 victory. cinncinati grabbed the final post season birth. they beat the steelers. tied at 10 and roethlisberger was picked off by nelson. that was his second pick of the game and it lead to the game winn

without a touchdown for the silver and black 1st quarter - cam newton - the pretty 23 yard pass to steve smith for the7-0 car here's one that'll make you wince - carson palmer rolls out - and will get crushed on his blindside by greg palmer hit in the ribs - he would get knocked out of the game - x-rays negative. raider fans thought they pryor but they brought in interception - yet no snaps it hear as cam takes it in lost 7 of last 8 [ man ] it's big. supports in times of need. same with aladdin. the biggest in bail. no one has lower prices, is faster or more professional. aladdin bail bonds. bigger because we're better. [ man ] it's big. supports in times of need. same with aladdin. the biggest in bail. no one has lower prices, is faster or more professional. aladdin bail bonds. bigger because we're better. a bleak tone from some in congress sunday on reaching a deal with the white house to avoid the fiscal cliff. president obama and congress are on christmas vacation. it will be thursday before talks resume to try and prevent automatic tax hikes and spending cuts from taking effect january f

. >> i am steve smith, navy 79. we just graduated as a last the last class of the new academy. i am proud of not only my daughter but all the people who followed and her footsteps of the naval academy. [applause] where did the matt freeman foundation go when we got out of -- [inaudible] >> we have an educational theme and at this point it's in any war-torn country. we have people that have started in djibouti and some of the areas over there and we hope to be able to get into other countries as we expand. we really just started a few years ago and the requests are starting to come in more from individuals. we also have large shipments at go to our humanitarian warehouses over there. each one of them is packed with information about matthew and the project and where it came from. i have wonderful pictures of principals in the schools over there holding mattheus pictures saying, someday we would like to meet this woman because we would like to thank her for the tools for our children. so most of it has been local. it started our biggest launch and went into gulfport high school w

. >>> and cam newton put the panthers on the board early with this touchdown pass to steve smith.ad to leave the game in the first quarter after a very hard hit by greg hardy. the raiders tommy kelly sacked newton there. then newton appears to kick kelly off of him. $ly sold the associated press, you take our guy out -- kelly toll the associated press, if you take our -- told the associated press, if you take our guy out we're gonna take your guy out. >>> a problem with panhandlers in part of san francisco has motivated businesses to crack down. many believe the panhandles are being too -- panhandlers are being too pushy. so they are hoping to find a solution. that's according to the san francisco chronicle. the group has already talked to hundreds of shoppers and tour its. next it plans to interview the panhandlers themselves. >>> 8:33 now. in san francisco, muni is getting free help designed for hack-a-thons. some have focused their skills to help muni with scheduling problems. one of the most promising apps features a map showing the realtime location of buses and trains to pas

. >> this is from steve smith. brooklyn and alexis, they are practicing the ho, ho, hos. tweet us the card and photos and e-mail them to us as well. a lot of the time people can photoshop and take a bunch of them and easy to put the card and you can do that. >>> and thanks again, guys. "fox and friends" starts now. >> gretchen: good morning everybody. today is thursday. i am gretchen carlson and thanks for sharing your time today. brand new information on the newtown killer's final days what was he plan where was his mom in the final days? >> steve: meanwhile the fiscal cliff is bigger, not only with your taxes go up. you might not get a tax refund check even if you are owed money. >> brian: lawmakers will not let that fiscal cliff get in the way of movie night. did the break, did they watch here comes on -- we are live in dc, "fox and friends" starts now. ♪ "fox and friends". >> gretchen: they had movie night? >> steve: yeah. on lincoln. >> brian: most overerated movie of the year. >> steve: not since mr. smith went to washington has the movie inspired the senate. harry

i'm going to eat the real deal. >> steve: green onions? >> the ham. >> smitht right? >> just pour it over there. y'all, we're going to bake this at 350 for one hour so while the family is getting in there and getting ready to open their gifts and have their fellowship, this will come out just in time. >> look at how it turns out. >> look how pretty it turned out. come on counsel here. let's get to the good stuff. y'all, this is gorilla bread. >> and you can make this. >> the reason i call it gorilla bread vs. monkey bread is i put a cube of cream cheese in the center of every one of those business cuts. >> that is delicious. >> >> i think we have enough cubes for the entire studio audience. congratulations, folks. thank you very much for making us a very, very special christmas. >> merry christmas to all of y'all out there. [ applause ] i send you all love. >> paula deen, folks. [cheers and applause] >> steve is going to eat it all. coming up. their lives turned upside down by hurricane sandy. up next, the every day angels who came to the rescue to help both p

smith. ari melber. steve. queen bee and managing editor of the sunday morning himself.orite import from the uk, maggie haberman. michael steele, notorious as we call you here. thank you for your time. indubable. chris solizza. >> i assume they are compliments. >> they are $5 compliments. >> emmy darling. emmy darling. the man with the golden throat. cnbc guru john harwood. our favorite wonk of them all. president obama's money bunny bill burton. >> money bunny? >> given the hop to it attitude. current editor of "now." >> we want to make you the official cultural ambassador of the program now. >> okay! >> we can always count on a little help from our friends. >> always handsome martin bashir. >> you've put me between two of the most attractive people on this network, jonathan capehart. >> i got a title, did you know that? >> this is a legendary moment. >> this is hot. >> this is hot. >> in the days before my time, less known your time -- >> we're just babies around you. >> that's why i come on, to get my wag on. i get my wag on. >> stop right now. >> now! >> thank you fo

what we have to remember, we are relying in this economy on the vital few, the jeff bezoses, steve jobs, fred smithsse are top earners people willing to take a risk on a new idea and on a new company that improves our lives and employs this. why would republicans vote for something that takes aim at the most productive? it would not be good for the economy. again it would be a very large tags increase precisely because the top earners pay vast majority of federal revenues. ashley: talking about the voters, people of this country, there is some interesting messages. we have president obama reelected. but then republicans hang onto the house. what kind of message does that send to the law makers? >> i think that sends a very clear message that the voters basically said we want divided government. we'll let president obama have a second term but we want the republicans who control the house and that's where tax, tax legislation originates, to basically hold the line on taxes. so i feel like the elector rate made it clear that republicans you're job to protect us from economy-strangling tags increases.

steve hege. >> chairman smith, ranking member bass and members of the subcommittee on global health and human rate coming tonight for the invitation to testify in the current crisis. i've been working on the congo for over eight years including the past three of the united nations group of experts. the experts mandate expired on 30 november during which i served as coordinator of her six member team. as such a militant affiliated with the united nations that is a share today to not reflect those of the organization or that the group of experts, the strictly my personal spirit or group of experts is a security council mandated by the richer for it to the sanctions committee. he chose to investigate, document and inform sanctions committee of violations of united nations arms are going to get actors as well as related issues such as illegal trade in resources and international law with recruitment and use of child soldiers. during the course of the mandate, the group found since the outfit of the m23 rebellion, governments of rwanda provided tracked military support, facilitate recruitment, encourag

steve hege. >> chairman smith, ranking member bass, and members of the subcommittee on africa's global health and human rights, thank you for this invitation to testify at the scene on the current crisis in eastern congo. i have been working on the kabul for over eight years, including the past three years as a member of experts. the group of experts mandate recent expire on 30 november, during which i service court in over six member team. as such i'm no longer actually with the united nations. interviews today i share today do not reflect the group of experts, but rather strickland my personal perspectives. the group of experts is a security council mandated which reports to the council sanctions committee. its role is to investigate, document and inform the sanction committee of violations to united nations arms embargo on nonstate actors in the drc as well as related issues such as illegal trader natural resources and serious violationviolation s of international law including the recruitment and use of children. during the course of the previous mandates, the group found that since the very

smith in the month of december. celebrate however you want, young fella. >>> then, it's steve nash and the lakers.re taking on the nuggets in denver. kobe bryant tried to do the same. he went for 40. he has 4 40-point games this season. no one else in the nba has more than one. second quarter, though. that's corey brewer throwing down over pau gasol. turnover. third quarter, things getting physical. fareed driving. hard foul for dwight howard. and howard was ejected. take another look. referees determined that howard didn't make a play on the ball. mike d'antoni, the lakers head coach, was asked what did you lose? with howard off the floor, not a whole lot. mcgee throwing down. nuggets win by 12. >>> we have a trio of college bowl games starting on espn this afternoon. hope you'll join us. i'm randy scott. have a great day. >> can't wait. thank you. >>> pro athletes can be dapper when they're not on the court or on the field. >> two members of the l.a. clippers attended their press conference in style. >> most guys have family here. we like that and to be able to play on christmas is, it means a l

after 9 seasons, lovie smith is out as bears head coach after a 10-6 season. good afternoon. i'm sean lewis in for steve sanders. and i'm cortney hall in for dina bair. we welcome our viewers who are watching us around the country on wgn america and on the web. it's our top story. a bears victory over the lions was was not enough to keep lovie smith employed. matt forte rushed for 103 yards and a touchdown, while the defense forced six turnovers. the bears won 26- to- 24, and finished the season ten- and- six. but the vikings beat the packers to secure the sixth and final playoff spot over the bears. let's go live to halas hall where wgn's rich king is. hey rich. he is a out of there is a good coach. confirmed about an hour ago after stories broke this morning. after nine years as coach of the bears. missing the playoffs five out of the last six years did him in. a nine year career here in chicago. it began pretty well. he was coach of the year his second year. he is always in charge of the defense. the defense did well over the years. he had no offense. the offense struggled this year. it was hoped to

steve do? we'll get to that coming up. >>> then i'll talk exclusively with the ceo of fedex. fred smith is with me on how the shipping giant is bracing for a possible fall off the fiscal cliff. >>> it's all later on "the closing bell." stay tuned. >>> welcome back. take a look at apple here bouncing back today, almost up 1% after that big decline yesterday. that was the single biggest loss in four years. the stock is still down better than 20% from the highs, putting a lot of scrutiny on this company right now. >> in his first interview since taking over apple, ceo tim cook spoke exclusively with nbc's brian williams. here's a part of that interview. listen. >> how are you not steve jobs? >> in many way, one of the things he did for me that removed a gigantic burden that would have normally existed is he told me on a couple of occasions before he passed away to never question what he would have done. never ask the question what would steve do, just do what's right. >> but given the recent slide in the stock and missteps like google maps, should cook start asking is what would steve jobs

steve liesman, thanks for that. >> sure. >> our cash and director of floor operations with ubs is here on the set. i was reading your poetry. >> the christmas poem? >> the traditional presentation. you are quid a word smithou for that. >> here we are, of course, we're counting down, ten days away from the end of the year. these guys in washington just don't really seem to be able to get it together, do they, art. give me your take. >> no. and that was what frightened markets this morning. i think we went to the lows because there was a concern that the government had become almost fully dysfunctional. certainly on the republican side. and there is also some concern that with this chess game being played, that the republicans might get pushed into a position of being a modern wiig party, to become -- to lose their efficacy as a political power. and that would not be good, because we don't want things all one-sided. it was those fears that took us to the low. the fact that boehner came out and said some things that are being interpreted as keeping the game open, somewhat reassuring here and that's why we're stable. >> keeping the game open, at the same time there still exists the sort of rift in the party