there's one woman there in rutland, vermont isn't waiting around for the government solution. time. watch this. >> it has gotten to the point where people literally stay inside their homes. >> it will just be car after car after car going into one or two homes. people all know what's happening. you can see it. >> bill and i just came to realize one day that there's something wrong and we weren't doing our part. >> reporter: linda and her husband bill decided to do something on their own. after all, it was christmas and it just seemed like the right thing to do. >> so we cooked up like four humongous pots of beef stew. and silly us, we thought we'd just drive in the city and find all these homeless people and be handing it out. >> reporter: unable to find anyone at first they narrowed their focus to rutland's grittier side. >> we just randomly picked a block. we thought we were picking the worst block in the city. >> reporter: up and down the block they went passing out stew or offering help to anyone who opened up their door. a practice they've continued to do every sunday sin

next is tom joining us from rutland, vermont also an independent. caller: good morning. understand that right now iran has several ballistic missile some on the launchpad that are intercontinental. i'm curious as to what they need those for. also, i understand that they have a secret plan in bolivia that they are operating. they are more than likely processing uranium there. also there's an agreement in the works, but i understand that they won't put anything in writing. they want to make the agreement verbal only. host: thanks for the call. from fox news, as the deadline looms, the iran talks take on a frantic tone. the story is available online at foxnews.com. also, an organization called the world values network, with a photograph of the president saying, fighting al qaeda makes you like churchill. appeasing iran will make you like chamberlain. now to our republican line. caller: my concern is that we have been dealing with the iranians on this issue for 17 years. they have been caught lying dozens of times. they have underground secret facilities, of which we know ab

>>james: senate majority leader mitchell, saying the attorney general nomination for the rutland could be delayed as the senate completes work on the bill does designed to curb fumet trafficking. he will be moving to lynch nomination this week however car was on him trapped in bill is at a standstill right now coming of we have hundreds of families in the north now fighting the closure of the care center for people with developmental disability will say what led officials when it closed down me what was a live look outside the bay bridge approach was on 80 traffic is moving well on the waterfront with open looking pretty good this morning is about 57 degrees is a war to low 50s by lunchtime and 07 is the lead on this afternoon although pure enough may rain umbrella you like to share sure this morning on your way into work hit back with more news in just a moment. >>james: officer said 36 you're man veered off interstate 680, into a tree the motorcycle in the up and a grassy area with an on ramp and off ramp will grow to close temporarily seize the official said no other vehicles were i

water infrastructure is nearing the end of its useful life, and i like to tell the story that in rutland vermont a few years ago, that city, one of the largest in vermont had water pipes that were built before the civil war before the civil war. i think that is not all that uncommon. cities and towns all over this country in many instances have pipes that go way way way back and are constantly breaking and causing serious leaks. each year there are nearly a quarter million water main breaks with the loss of seven million gallons of freshwater. let me repeat that. each year there are nearly a quarter million water main breaks with the loss of seven billion gallons of freshwater. but that's nothing compared to the amount of water we lose through leaky pipes and faulty meters. in all the america waterworks association estimates we lose 1.2 trillion gallons of treated drinking water every year. 2.1 trillion gallons. clearly, this is an issue that cannot continue to be delayed. we've got to address that. our wastewater treatment plants aren't in much better shape than our freshwater pipes are