>> but peppe has just been told he will not be earning 15 days of good time.ctioned for fighting. >> inmate peppe was down in a medium security housing unit in 121. the officer heard scuffling coming from back of the unit. as the officer approached, he looked into his cell and found that inmate peppe was breathing heavily, bending down. he noticed that the other inmate was doing the same and had some scratch marks on him. there were they were able to write him up for fighting or some altercation. inmate peppe alleges that he was just spoking at another inmate with his cane and the inmate attacked him. >> he knocked me out of my chair and knocked my glasses off my face and he said that i hit him. i did not hit this man. i'm 65 years old. my back hurts all the time. i'm not rugged anymore. i don't want to fight no more. i just want to enjoy the rest of my life. i'm a lover, not a fighter. >> because the fight allegedly took place inside a cell where there's no security camera coverage, jail officials cannot determine who started it. so both peppe and the other i

we will be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, stephanie tantillo shows us to pick the right bell pepp. we're count >> we are on the hunt for something speak this afternoon. stephanie shows us how to pick the right bell pepper. >> reporter: hey, we're going to talk about bell peppers. does this not make you want to have a bunch of them? here is a red bell pepper. you want to make sure this has a vibrant red. make sure the stem is still a very vibrant green and definitely still attached. you want firm and they should be heavy for their size. that means that it's very well hydrated. always throw them in the refrigerator so they keep that nice crisp. when it comes to getting them, i like them lightly sautied because i want them crispy. that's your tip of the day. >> we are counting down to the final hours of the kickoff at candlestick park. our live coverage starts today at 4:30, and then stay tuned for the fifth quarter and bye-bye baby. our special look back at the stick. >>> most children this year ask santa to give them a toy. >> these four little kids got the best christmas present th

portions of california are dealing with drought peppe perpe perpetuating the fire danger.ough today and tomorrow evening with santa anna winds. winds channeling through the mountains that's why we have that extended fire. in addition to that low relative humidity and temperatures in los angeles are at 80 degrees. >>> very different story across detroit where roughly people are without power. earlier this week just this past sunday we had to deal with a snowstorm that really put weight on branches, causing power lines to fall down. temperatures currently are at 23 degrees. at chicago we're at 26. and in indianapolis around 27. right now it's snowing across portions of wisconsin, also into michigan. we're looking at snow pushing through chicago as we speak. as we track on in to tomorrow, conditions will improve t. in the northeast we can expect a little bit of snow across portions of pennsylvania and possibly in new york city later tonight. >> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm richelle carey. here are your top stories. egypt's military interim governmen

it's how the pta decides what to sell at bake sales, how my family decides whether to have pepp pepperoniplain. and so, the reason why outrage is kind of exclusive to a handful of republican senator ss that out there, there is a collective yawn that a majority is actually what is now taken to rule in the united states senate. >> are you surprised at all by some of the noises you've been hearing about the paul ryan patty murray budget deal? from the house, we saw this shocking margin. i don't think anyone expected it would pass by the number of votes. we're hearing people like john cornyn, lindsey graham. >> i don't think it's surprising in that this is a new reflex to be for a budget. i think it's a little difficult for them all of a a sudden. vote for them as an entity and of course, a lot of these guys do have a potential right wing primaries. this is still going to be an issue in a lot of those races. but overall, i think we were surprised to see that big margin in the house. paul ryan carries a lot of weight in that part of the house. in the end, this thing goes going to pass because