you can also see him getting married to reality star erica long. >> do we have to do this on camera? >> i don't feel like doing funny movies anymore. i don't feel funny. >> i just want a decent story. if you give me a couple of honest things, i will be more than fair. >> she is doing a story on me. >> i'm going to turn over like an apple pie. >> you just ate an apple pie. >> things are changing. you need to wake up. >> a black man, trying to get a cab in new york city. taxi. do you think the wedding is hurting me? >> you could be talking dancing with the stars here. >> these white people don't tell me -- >> why don't you skip those questions and go to something good? >> how come you're not funny anymore? >> i was not into the wedding. i should have been into the guy. you should be into the girl. >> my top five "scarface." and then i might let biggie get in there. >> they got the lock on them. >> i spoke to chris rock at "the comedy cellar." here is what he is saying. for the first time coming you acted in it. you wrote it. you directed it. the first time he has made a movie as good a

. >> you can also see him getting married, to reality star erica long. >> we have to do this on camera? >> it is a project that reflect his stands up. >> let's talk p serious things, and i make them funny. >> this movie i play an alcoholic. i'm not like it is not real a funny character. you know what i mean? so i wanted a movie with a dramatic base. >> love the honesty about celebrity disbelieve that there is a lot of fear it all goes away, that it is fleeting, that constant dance, and then, poof, it is gone. >> and pick up by reporters. >> this is chelsey brown no snitches. >> story telling is the oldest thing we've ever done. dow it as an actor. do you it as a journalist. it is what makes us special. >> why don't skip the hat questions and go right to something good? >> all right. >> how can you be not funny any more. >> did you ever see oprah talk? she's hysterical. >> lives through all-star cast. when chris rock says hey, you want to be in my movie, you are going to want to say yes, especially this move. >> i you got to bring your a level game. because you know chris would not have

. >> you can also see him getting married to reality star erica long. >> where is my kid?> do we have to do this on camera? >> i don't feel funny anymore. >> i just want a decent story. give me a couple of honest things, i will be more than fair. >> this is chelsea brown. she is doing a story on me. no snitches. >> i am going to turn over like an apple pie. >> you just ate an apple pie. >> things never change. like a black man trying to get a cab in new york city. taxi, taxi? do you think the wedding is hurting me? >> are you kidding me? >> what is going on? >> in the conference room. ♪ >> why don't you just skip those questions and go right to something? >> all right, why aren't you funny anymore? >> she is hysterical. >> this is my town. anything you need, let me know. >> i got married a lot of times. i was not into the wedding. i should have been into the guy, as you should be into the girl. >> my top fine is jay, naz, scarface, and then i might let biggie get in there. my sixth is ll cool j. >> i need something. i have got a lock on them. [laughter] >> welcome. >> than

. >> you can also see him getting married to star erica long. >> where's my kiss. >> do we have to do this on camera. >> not on camera it doesn't exist. >> i don't feel like doing funny movies any more. i don't feel funny. >> save that for your time's interview. >> i want a decent story. give me a couple of really honest things, i will be more than fair. >> this is chelsea brown, she is doing a story on me, no snitches. >> come to me, i will turn over like an apple pie. >> you know you just ate an apple.. >> you need to wake up. >> you ain't never change. >> look at this, black man trying to get a cab in new york city. taxi, taxi, yeah. >> do you think the wedding is hurting me? >> are you kidding me. >> andre, this ain't-- we could be talking dancing with the stars. >> what is going on? >> who-- in the conference room. >> these white people don't tell me --. >> why don't you just skip the hack questions and go right to something good. >> all right, how come you're not funny any more. >> everyone is funnier drunk, ever see oprah drunk, she's hysterical. >> this is my town, there are t

you can also see him getting married to erica long. >> can we do this on camera? >> not on camera. the camera doesn't exist. >> i don't feel like doing funny movies anymore. i don't feel funny. >> you give me a couple of really honest things i will be more than fair. >> this is chelsea brown, she is doing a story on me, no snitching. >> come to me, baby girl i will turn over like an apple pie. >> you just ate an apple pie you father mother. >> you need to wake up this mother (bleep). >> look at this black man trying to get a taxi in new york city. taxi. >> do you think the wedding is hurt me -- hurting me? >> this thing flopped, you are talking dancing with the stars. >> what am i going yo do. >> in the conference room. >> why don't you just skip the hard questions and go right to something good. >> how come you aren't fun funny anymore? >> she is hysterical. >> this is my town. anything you ned -- >> welcome, sir. >> i got married a lot of times, i wasn't into the wedding, i should have been into the guy. >> a ass you should be into the girl. >> my name is -- then i might let bigg

erica middleton hits the long two for the volunteers, who win 59-40.nford lost to unranked chattanooga earlier in the week, now 6-4 and hasn't been held to below 40 points since, are you ready for this, 1976! >>> the sharks right now, number 4 in the west, hosting the blues tonight. we'll have that for you tonight on sports wrap. see you then. who are those 49ers that showed up, leading 21-0 in the second quarter? >> i know, right? who would have thought. quite a comeback. thanks, joe. >>> coming up at 10:00, more on the attempted abduction at uc santa cruz. we are there to talk to campus police about this unusual crime and just what they are looking for. >>> thank you for joining us tonight. we'll see you back here tonight at 10:00, everybody. . ♪ ♪ >>> hello again, everyone. joe fonzi with dwight clark. welcome to the ktvu mercedes benz sports weekend. coming up on today's show, game effort by the 49ers and one of the nfl's toughest venues, seattle. but for the first time

back here the bay area talk about rain all week- long erica says is in a be break >> : their mistrust arrested today but tomorrow the interest solstice tumbled first day of dry weather in even more but carry on in the christmas holiday contractor for not really much activity but one of the zoom in here we do have a few lingering showers or along interstate 280 also just dealing with some sprinkles their is a low cloud situated along the coastline. level outside the golden gate bridge is ability pretty poor is to retain a 7 cisco not only dealing with the fall in the camera shot and you have low clouds over oakland that affecting rise along highway 1 in pacific a half moon bay also less of the spread is often the afternoon and the christmas selling clothes later on today. we see more sunshine lower temperatures and a forecast for tomorrow try warm weather and to next week and christmas should be just fine although temperatures will be a closer weather will rarely interrupts any of those for so bring holiday to full details on lexan forecast in 15 minutes >> : back to the news this morn

erica hill. >> i'm lester holt after long side shanel jones and dylan drier. we want to show you a live picture outside the carlisle here in new york. the british flag a waiting the arrival for the british royal couple. >> that's where they're staying. interestingly enough, dylan has brunch later today. it's funny how that fell. >> a big day for them. looking forward to their visit. we're marking a somber anniversary december 7th, the 73rd anniversary of bombing of pearl harbor. the flag at half staff for this historic date. >>> we want to start with the monster storm battering the philippine others. take a look. you can see how big it is at this moment. millions are in the typhoon's path. many have already left their homes wisely in search of higher, safer ground. we are in manila with the latest this morning. good morning. >> reporter: erica, good morning. this is expected to bring heavy rain and wind in this area. the region is bracing. other parts of the country now are being hammered. the monster typhoon slammed a shore with wind speeds topping 130 miles

erica hill. >> i'm lester holt after long side shanel jones and dylan dridry dryer back up. >> he's royalty now. >> he's a little too perfect. his cheeks are almost as good as guthrie which means perhaps we should arrange the marriage now. taken under add vooizment. >>> we begin with our top story. this $1.1 trillion spending bill on its way to president obama's desk. the senate after proved the measure late last night to avoid the government shutdown. it capped off a tense week in washington. chuck todd is moderator of meet the press and joins us. good morning. >> good morning erica. we have this government shutdown averted, washington insight. you say those phrases and eyes glaze over when we talk about political wins and losses. let's look at the standpoint of the american public. where did the american people win and lose on this? >> where they win is continuity, the fact that most government gets funded for r almost a year to the fall of next year. what does that mean? it means you can't blame the government for sort of up-ending the economy, hurting the economic recovery. we're in a good

long term that is so difficult to predict. many economists so far are saying that it could take months for prices to recover. erica wood, al jazeera, abu dhabi. >> al jazeera continues to demand the release of our three journalist who is have been in prison in egypt for 359 days. mohamed fahmy, bader mohammed, and peter greste were jailed on false charges of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. all three are appealing against their convictions. >>> still ahead on the program, a member of spain's royal family is under the spotlight over a corruption probe. >>> and india's prime minister is accused of not doing enough to stop minorities being forcebly converted to hinduism. >> protestors are gathering... >> there's an air of tension right now... >> the crowd chanting for democracy... >> this is another significant development... >> we have an exclusive story tonight, and we go live... >> we were talking to a young lady saying she just wanted her voice to get out there. >> by the thousands, they're sending their government a message. >> ahead of 'em is a humanitarian crisis where tens of thousands of people are w

. >> thanks a lot, erica: they put the finishing touches on month long christmas surprise. to make the special for kids who wouldn't otherwise have much to celebrate. >> garrett hack has the story. >> . >>> right now i am doing this. >> the family puts the finishing touches on 24 stockings. >> what are you going to do. >> for 24 kids. all of whom live this an extended stay hotel in brew springs. they are about to get an incredible christmas surprise. >> it is not the north pole and right now. it is pretty close. the garage is a staging area for more than 150 toys. >> for kids as young as one and old as 16. none of them know what is coming or their santa claus is a third grader. she saw the classmates getting off at a hotel. she knew she wanted to help. >> i think they were less fortunate. >> i could give them toys and make them happy on christmas. >> she set it to work for an enterprising 8-year-old. >> i made a member lon made made -- member lon made stand. >> -- lemonade stand. >>> before this, she had $51. >> the clip went viral on facebook. and donations poured in. >> t

. >> erica: i have a couple of days some good news and some bad news whenever talking about severe flooding all morning longhey have reopened just the right hand lane and is passed a shutdown their one-to-one to use as san francisco a lot of the problems have cleared of what's out of the city at down the boulevard was on the freeway itself we're actually not saying it's too bad the traffic is starting to set francisco. >> erica: most of the line is currently falling in the south bank come from the guadalupe into change. over at the san mateo bridge drive time now to 57 minutes is wanted second hour to get from hayward and to foster city. which is generally a 90 minutes for this time of the morning the good news is i the massey and sprays may kick the premier ro we are starting to try things out with the very lives are on. we do have flooding north of the shop traffic has been that the for the past hour and have at the wrist december fell bread the space there up to 40 mi. per hour heading into iran. >>darya: she show you the south anchorage and you are on the grand county side it looks a lot better on the b

long-term hard to predict. economists are saying it could take months for prices to recover. ericads, al jazeera, ab abu dhabi. >> saudi arabia's strategy is having repercussions. olympic members like venzuela and iran need oil to trade above $100 a barrel to funneled their budget did, or they face severe cash shortfalls. the same goes for russia, which is not a member of opec. mez are dividing why the saudis will be content to left oil prices fall. saying they may be using it as a political weapon to affect pain opinion it's rivals. others are adamant that they are letting prices drop for purely economic reasons to protect its market share and to possibly und undercutthe newest players on producers. patricia sabga splays. >> driving down prices to defend market share, a saudi arabian strategy aimed skrarl at american shale producers says the baker institute's jim crane. >> the saudis would like to see what happens in north america and in the shale plays in u.s. and canada when you have an environment of low prize. are these guys able to sweat it out and tough it out, or does produ

long term that's so difficult to predict. many economists so far are saying it could take months for prices to recover. ericaood, al jazeera, abu dhabi. >> cristina de bobant sister of king phillipe r phillipe vi e charges of corruption. >>> relationship of the police and the community. up next, new york city's former police commissioner weighs in. >> and oil companies using millions of gallons of water for fracking in california while residents deal with an historic drought. >> welcome back to al jazeera a, i'm michael eaves. new york city mayor bill deblasio is trying to ease tensions. asking the protests against police put on hold until after the officers are put to rest. tom ackerman has more. >> at a makeshift sidewalk memorial hundreds of people paid respect to the fallen officers, shot while on duty. by ismaaiyl brinsley, two unarmed black men killed in missouri and new york this year have become symbols of injustice for protesters across the u.s. but new york mayor bill deblasio's statements in support of the protests, its members have accused him of hostility after stoking flames of dissense against

align >> james: not >> erica: although we did have an early exit at the bay bridge a closer to the tunnel that was brought in some of the lanes that has been long on the tech a look at the toll plaza traffic is really stepping up because it the backed the stretch along the 880 over crossing is not as jams up to this that we are making some recovery at the bay bridge was still the drive times creeping closer to 20 minutes from amazing into san francisco and slow and go conditions traffic practically stopped just past the toll plaza a full look at continue in about 15 minutes. >>darya: the cleanup is not overly not in santa clara with a giant tree fell on apartments on tuesday and they're still trying to move the big thing. >> reporter: is reckoned rain is really nice this with it and get rid of the rest of this tree is one- tenth of all day there's still a lot less fleshly with the tree look like you to see it had tons of branches around and in fact it was so big and was she when a joke by the first time i thought that was just a big tree headed not realize that toppled over on top of the town house in fact it did it did not injure anyone deny h

long and short out. winds are awfully strong too by the way and you'll feel that as you drive around. erica?> we have several wind advisories in effect for bay area bridges james and now because the rain is picking up we also have flooding now a concern. usual suspect northbound 101 at lucky drive, reports of flooding in all lanes right now so the rain really coming down right there. looks like the southbound side well it's starting to flood just a little bit. it's not as bad as the north bound direction but whenever you're in a situation where you come across standing water you're supposed to slowdown and keep in mind if it's raining, if your wipers are on headlights must be on too so the chp does advice you drive cautiously around the bay area this morning. we also have problems in orinda, the on ramp to eastbound highway 24 we have a downed tree branch blocking the lanes getting on to the freeway. fortunately this is in a non- commute direction so it's not affecting a lot of drivers and an update for eastbound 80, a downed tree on the big rig. well it looks like all lanes currently shutdo

erica von tiehl. we want to get right over to katie and have good news for us, let's their. >> finally, right? it's been longour nor'easter, not only sort of break apart, and tear down, but also we're starting to see it retreat. high pressure can regain control, allow for some sunshine, granted, we do have some clouds as evidence here on storm scan3, right now, and we go out to our live neighborhood network, fleet of school buses crossing through here outside pleasant valley high school, and we will continue up in broad heads ville to see the cloud cover sort of thin out for a bit of sunshine, but that's generally what you will see in terms of sky coverage here, not just up in broads heads ville but everywhere else here today. so call it just partly sunny day. brightening up even more for the weekend, wind continues to calm down, so overall, this is a gold star weekend, certainly for mid-december standards. we'll take it. vittoria? >> absolutely, good morning, everyone, looking at live chopper three over the scene of multiple vehicle crash on the nor bound side of 956789 unfortunately it, has been out here f

erica grow. after a mild start to the week temperatures have been tumbling. today we didn't even get out of the 30s. i'll tell you how long this cooldown lasts coming up in the first alert seven-day forecast. sa9 news is sponsored in part by your local toyota dealers. >>> taking a look at stories trending right now, two chipotle ceos are apologizing to the police after employees in new york city made the hands up don't shoot gesture to nine officers who entered the restaurant back on december 16th in brooklyn. the ceos say the officers were refused service but chose to leave on their own. there has been unspecified action taken against the employees involved. >>> hasbro will replace a toy in the sweet shop cake mountain play set after customers complained that it looked like male genitalia. >> this is a very popular set. here's the play set right here. we've blurred out the part that some parents were upset over. you can see it right there. of course, twitter lit up with plenty of jokes about the toy. you can see the piece in question on our website. go to www.wusa9.com. when you see it, are you kidding me? when they were

erica. thank you so much for being here. i am curious about the tension between short-term response and playing the long game when it comes to security and i'm just wondering how do you strike that >> unconcerned and am wondering how you strike that balance way -- versus laying the groundwork for sustainable future? >> while that's a very good question and the reality is that you know when you are implementing defense strategy it has to contain both the short-term element and the long-term element. the short-term element basically using isis is an example is that you have to stop their momentum. that's the short-term strategy. you have got to stop them. so whatever it takes you have to basically stop them and at the same time you have to be thinking about what is the long-term strategy here? what are the long-term objectives and part of the problem that i think everybody recognizes is that i can see the objectives there. we can put the iraqi military together and i think we can get them in the right place. we have a ground force that can hopefully move against isis and regain the territory that has been lost. we can do that

erica von tiehl. we want to get right over to katie and have good news for us, let's their. >> finally, right? it's been longk finally seeing our nor'easter, not only sort of break apart, and tear down, but also we're starting to see it retreat. high pressure can regain control, allow for some sunshine, granted, we do have some clouds as evidence here on storm scan3, right now, and we go out to our live neighborhood network, fleet of school buses crossing through here outside pleasant valley high school, and we will continue up in broad heads ville to see the cloud cover sort of thin out for a bit of sunshine, but that's generally what you will see in terms of sky coverage here, not just up in broads heads ville but everywhere else here today. so call it just partly sunny day. brightening up even more for the weekend, wind continues to calm down, so overall, this is a gold star weekend, certainly for mid-december standards. we'll take it. vittoria? >> absolutely, good morning, everyone, looking at live chopper three over the scene of multiple vehicle crash on the nor bound side of 956789 unfortunately it, ha

erica. thank you so much for being here. i am curious about the tension between short-term response and playing the long game when it comes to security and i'm just wondering how do you strike at balance and responding in a wa way -- versus laying the groundwork for sustainable future? >> while that's a very good question and the reality is that you know when you are implementing defense strategy it has to contain both the short-term element and the long-term element. the short-term element basically using isis is an example is that you have to stop their momentum. that's the short-term strategy. you have got to stop them. so whatever it takes you have to basically stop them and at the same time you have to be thinking about what is the long-term strategy here? what are the long-term objectives and part of the problem that i think everybody recognizes is that i can see the objectives there. we can put the iraqi military together and i think we can get them in the right place. we have a ground force that can hopefully move against isis and regain the territory that has been lost. we can do that backing it up with airstrikes a

long laws of science newsletter all- around elect people all over the place. >> james: you have shot and left to do you are in luck macy's is open to 6:00 tonight >> erica: we have areas of dense fog traffic them are here is a live look at sfo the fall could affect flights letter on this morning will have the full details coming up. girl: hi, mom. hi, sweetie. [ beep ] man: how's it going, buddy? i'm bored. [ beep ] i think i'll ride my bike. [ tv playing ] [ beep ] it may never be this easy to help your kids find balance, but you have more power than you know. the we can! parents' handbook and web site can help you maximize that power. you'll learn how to help kids choose healthier foods... and how to make it fun for them to get active. who can help kids maintain a healthy weight? we can! visit the we can! web site for a free parents' handbook, plus tips, tools, and resources. a message from the u.s. department of health and human services. >> james: listed over to the weather and traffic center. >> erica: the good news is we're going to see pretty enjoyable weather for the holiday itself but we do have a call from that will bring cold and windy conditions

erica. as carl retires from the senate, i know he's going to cherish the time he's going to spend with his family. but also carl and i have had a long, long ongoing conversation. he and his brother sandy own about 100 acres. they have had it for a long, long time. carl levin is not a man of wealth but he and his brother bought this 100 acres. it has nothing on it but trees. he calls it his tree farm, and he's shown me pictures of this. i have had -- i haven't seen it lately, but i have had for 20 years -- 15, 20 years, a hat he gave me, green, baseball type cap that says tree farm on it. i used to tell him i still have that cap, and i have still got that cap, carl. he'll be missed here in washington. he'll be missed in the senate. by all of us, but he'll be missed more by his older brother sandy, who is a ranking member on the ways and means committee in the house. they have served together in congress for 32 years. i've said this on the floor before, i'll say it again -- i remember carl levin for a lot of things. i was in the house. i came over to visit with him. i was thinking about running for the senate. i said carl, you know, i

erica. as carl retires from the senate, i know he's going to cherish the time he's going to spend with his family. but also carl and i have had a long, long ongoing conversation. he and his brother sandy own about 100 acres. they have had it for a long, long time. carl levin is not a man of wealth but he and his brother bought this 100 acres. it has nothing on it but trees. he calls it his tree farm, and he's shown me pictures of this. i have had -- i haven't seen it lately, but i have had for 20 years -- 15, 20 years, a hat he gave me, green, baseball type cap that says tree farm on it. i used to tell him i still have that cap, and i have still got that cap, carl. he'll be missed here in washington. he'll be missed in the senate. by all of us, but he'll be missed more by his older brother sandy, who is a ranking member on the ways and means committee in the house. they have served together in congress for 32 years. i've said this on the floor before, i'll say it again -- i remember carl levin for a lot of things. i was in the house. i came over to visit with him. i was thinking about running for the senate. i said carl, you know, i