gerard is bidding adieu his country and moving to belgium to avoid the new taxes on the rich.n a letter to the newspaper he said the loss straw was "bathetic" the french prime minister. it-- "pathetic." e says i'm leaving because talent and success must be punished. this is his new home, just over the french border. he has already met the mayor. >> i think he is being seduced by the rust side of our village, the warmth of our people. we're the belgian version of the northern france, tranquillity, a little restaurants, local shops. >> and the belgians do not pay a wealth tax. hollande is taxing the wealthy more trying to bring down a ballooning deficit. they could be paying more on their assets. >> is taking advantage of the system. if we could do the same, we certainly would. >> others are making money and a sitting at home. i completely agree. if you can avoid paying taxes, let's do it. quite clever in that respect. >> depardieu has already checked out this classic car. if he's looking for a reminder of home, there is always this cafe's french fries. >> jaques hollande joines

now, without further adieu, jamie. this month in parks. ♪ [ indiscernible ] >> this comes out of a 2.5 million investment through a 2008 parks and safety bond. corrects the access and updates landscaping and makes an open space open for more use. ♪ >> this was concrete now sand. this is a great example. i can't wait to climb and shoot baskets with some of the kids from shalom school as well. this is one of the great examples of our city's resources really helping to make our city more lovable. >> today marks the beginning. a re-creation of community and hope. a re-creation of opportunity. we need simply this. you come, if you like this park. that you show the world when you invest in people that it matters. >> that concludes the general manager's report. although i believe commissioner lowe. >> thank you, mr. president. i want to compliment the staff and department on putting together a citizen's advisory committee for the palace of fine arts. being involved it is a very vibrant and vocal process. it encourage all to a

without further adieu i would like to introduce our mayor ed lee. >> thank you jennifer.ood morning everyone. today is a pretty good announcement of another milestone that we have reached with the golden state warriors but before i say that i want to continue thanking the people who are very interested in the city of this city, the future of sports, the future of the waterfront and all the neighborhoods that we know that are continuing to want to have a great positive economic future for the city and also create jobs at the same time. supervisor david chiu is here and he and i have talked quite a few time bs this project and what it means to the city. i want to also thank supervisor john avalos and he being a very strong advocate and working together on local hire we have been able to set course and ordinance for city funded projects that i think have been leading the nation in getting local people hired. at the same time i also want to acknowledge supervisor jane kim whose district this arena is being planned for and hopefully constructed on. and take the quality time it

without furthered adieu i will ask mayor lee to come up and perform, talk about the first tweet and our social media campaign. >> great, thank you. thank you, daniel. [applause] >> thank you very much for your leadership on this as well. i knew that when we sat down and talked about this kind of little dream we had that you became the perfect leader for us. it has come out clearly that was not only the correct decision but really enthusiastic, so thank you for stepping up. let me begin by saying there was some vibration this morning. yes, part of it, we were doing the california shake-up drill with 9.3 million in the state of california, but i think there was vibrations. mayor mathews and mayor reed were jumping up and down because i told them we were putting together something that would not only be a great way to work together but something they have also been personally wishing could happen and be led by the city. so today we are of course unveiling our promotional launch but getting here has been something on my mind. it's been one of those very solid topic that jen and i spent good

in kind of this kind adieus day of of it turning around being able to control you or a it's i mean we already have like the web sites for you know the country's top intelligence companies possibly getting under attack by teenage hackers and they're able to take them down and just you know with a couple clicks of a mouse and those are the top intelligence companies in the united states right now imagine if you actually put literally your life in the hands of robots how do you see it going to be to take that down you know it's going to be more than just a virus or disease it's going to be or i guess it would be a computer virus. absolutely and you know we are seeing and part of that that gentleman spirit is that we are seeing it before our eyes acknowledging it advancing exponentially i mean we see these smartphones today what they can do i mean you know ten years ago twenty years ago you can even imagine this small gadget being able to have this much memory and fire power and capabilities and you know you can only imagine how far this is going to go i guess that brings up this next que

. >> without further adieu, let's get the celebration started with music this evening. billy ray cyrus performing "run rudolph, run quote. [cheers and applause] ♪ run, run rudolph ♪ santa has g ♪ around ♪ santa to a boy child what have youline longing for ♪ all i want for christmas is a rocken roll electric guitar ♪ and away went rudolph whizzing like a shooting star ♪ run, run rudolph ♪ santa's got to make it to town ♪ santa make em hurry tell him he can take a freeway down ♪ run run rudolph ♪ we go like a merry go round ♪ ♪ ♪ said santa to a girl child ♪ what would please you most to get ♪ a little miley doll that can cry, sleep, drink, and wet ♪ then away went rudolph ♪ whizzing like a savor jet ♪ run run rudolph santa's gotta make it to town ♪ santa make em hurry ♪ tell him he can take a freeway down ♪ run run rudolph ♪ we go like a merry go round ♪ out of all the reindeer ♪ you know you're the mastermind ♪ so run run rudolph ♪ randolph's not too far behind ♪ run run rudolph ♪ randolph's ain't too far behind ♪ ♪ woo! ♪ run run rudolph ♪ run run rudolph ♪ run run rud

without further adieu, here we go. >> twas the day before christmas. the rainfall moved out for only one day. we will now take a peek. we are dry from clear lake to walnut creek. snow in the sierras, yes they are measuring it in feet. any skier's holiday is likely complete. now, santa lives at north pole so cold won't make him late but it will be chilly in the bah tonight. livermore dropping all the way down to 38. the satellite picture shows our break from the rain will be brief. folks thinking christmas day will be entirely dry will likely be in disbelief. the storm track will stay, though, just a tad to our north so flooding rainfall is not likely as this next storm moving forth. then by thursday or pressure will transition from low to high. that means tend of the week will be mainly dry. and now that your grass is looking very green, the long range outlook is trending require as we start 2013. tomorrow will be soggy but not until late so if your kids want to get outside and try all the new gifts, early in the day will be just graph high temps for c

without further adieu, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome your master of ceremonies and the host of "politics nation," the reverend al sharpton. >> good evening. and welcome to "the revvie awards." i'm al sharpton and the host of this evening's festivities. it's a big night and we'll be giving out awards for the high and low points of politics in 2012. to do that, we have a star-studded cast of judges. all looking very elegant this evening, i might say. let's get right to it. let's go right to the first cat goir. let's get started with the best performer in the thriller award. ri richard, who made the best political move omt year? >> can i be the simon cowell of this panel? i i i'm tempted to say the woel obama campaign. but i don't want to be, like, time person of the year, it's you. if it had to be one person, chris christie. for having the guts to not just look after new jersey, but, literally, hug a democratic president in the face of everything that he knew his party would reign down on his head. help the president. help new jersey. >> so despite the fact you were techt tempted

now, without further adieu, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome your master of ceremonies and the host of "politics nation" u the reverend, al sharpton. >> good evening. i'm al sharpton, host of "politics nation." it's a big night. and we're going to be giving out awards for the high and low points of politics in 2012. to do that, we have a star studded cast of judges. jonathan kapart. victoria difrancesco soto. crystal ball and richard wolf. all looking very elegant this evening, i might say. let's get right to it. let's go right to the first category. let's get started with the best performer in the thriller award. richard, who made the best political move of the year. >> can i be the simon cowell of this panel? okay, here we go. best political move. i am tempts to say the whole obama campaign ground came. the whole people who turned out all of these people to vote. but i don't want to be like "time" person of the year. if it's got to be one person, chris christie for having the guts to not just look after new jersey, but, literally, hug a democratic president in the face of everythi

it started when he announced he will bid adieu to his french citizenship and move to belgium to escapedonsome tax rates. a million euros are taxed at a 75% rate that. didn't sit well with the french prime minister, who blasted the actor, calling his decision, unpatriotic and pathetic. the french actor has fired back, chastising the prime minister saying, i don't want expect to be pitied or praised, but i reject the word pathetic. he said, we will no longer have the same country. i am a true european, a citizen of the world and i hand over my passport and my social security card -- which i have never used. joining me with the author of the joy of hate, a new york times best seller, greg gutfeld. how are you? >> good to see you? >> what's going on? >> same old thing. hanging out. >> sean: congratulations on the good book tour. he's my favorite french actor. my favorite frenchman at this point. >> so you are devastated? >> sean: no. it's interesting. they thought, they went out and the government demachinized him because he said, i am not paying this. and then the people of france -- they

. >> is this much adieu about nothing?n't quit your day job. for god's sake pay your rent and do your laundry. the irony is the mayans never made this prophecy. the mayan calendar is cyclical, this was hijacked about by a doomsday that does tv specials propagating these things. remember y2k, every ten years. >> where does it come from money, people wanting to make a buck. >> that's right, this is a cash cow unfortunately. it's a cash cow because there are over 3,000 books available on the internet about this so-called disaster. now if the so-called prophecy were correct, all you have to do is look up. the sky should be on fire. we should be colliding with the black hole or the tenth planet out there, but hey, it's raining and snowing. the sky is not on fire. >> all right professor, you are a physics professor so explain to us what it would take to bring the end of the world. >> well there are the possibilities of a meteor or comet impact like what happened 65 million years ago an object about 6 miles across slammed into me

they hope and believe this is much adieu about nothing and he will be back here in houston before tooat side of town. >> we hope so. he's a tough guy. he's a war hero. >> reporter: very, very tough guy. he's had another problem with his lower extremities. it's a parkinson's-like disease so he's not able to get around like he used to. there's no link between that and what he's experiencing right now. it's just a stubborn fever. they hope and believe he's getting the best care he can and he will be home before too long. >> i hope so. thank you. >>> coming up next, the fiscal cliff. we're close enough now to peek over the edge of that cliff. insiders say buckle up and prepare for the worst. ♪ ooh baby, looks like you need a little help there ♪ ♪ ooh baby, can i do for you today? ♪ [ female announcer ] need help keeping your digestive balance? align can help. only align has bifantis, a patented probiotic that naturally helps maintain your digestive balance. try align to help retain a balanced digestive system. try the #1 gastroenterologist recommended probiotic. align. >>> we are so close

. >> gretchen: the gird gird bidding adieu to his own country move nothing a new mansion in belg jum.s plan to tax all incomes above 1.2 million at 75 percent . he does not look good. speaking of millionings >> chris: no kidding, we met the first of the two powerball winner to come forward and take the lump sum. the second one there. say hello to matthew good. we don't know where he lives. >> gretchen: fountain hills it is 10 minutes from where my parents live. 92 they have a thing in arizona, if you want to remain anonymous when you win a lottery you can. because the associated press asked for the freeddom of information act. they had to cough up this guy's name. he will not quit his jobb but a lot of the details are justt out there. we know he decided to take the money now before the end of the year because of the fiscal cliff. >> eric: if it has to be regular income and not capitol gains and not difdeppeds and there is a quick wind fall profit and go assuming he will be in the top tax bracket almost four percent on 130 million. five or six million. he takes it now. >> steve: he wou

without further adieu, i would like to introduce carol galant. >> thank you. so much for westing this event. it really is an important occasion to be talking about the future of fha, under the current circumstances, and i am delighted to be asked to be here to do that. i do have a short slide presentation i think would be very useful to ground the conversation for the balance of the panelists. to be sure that all of news the room are essentially on the same page about the facts around the current status of federal housing administration. and julia said it better, frankly, than i could, in terms of one of the main points i want to make, which is that the work that fha has done, prior to the crisis but including in the rampup to the crisis, in terms of access to credit for home buyers and access to credit for people needing to refinance, has been crucially important to ensuring that the economy has started to heal and that he housing market has begun to heal, and without fha, a clearly we would be in a much more difficult situation in terms of the housing recove

without further adieu, we'll bring in bob woodward. mr. woodward? [applause] >> thank you. saving seats with my notes. i'll pick those up. >> which is your chair? >> you get the daddy chair. >> okay, thank you, thank you. >> so the price of politics, which has become a best seller, as all your books do, looked at the last cliff negotiations over the previous grand bargain that didn't quite get over the finish line. what does that teach us about the current cliff negotiations? >> well, it's ground hog day. the question who is playing bill murray? i mean such a repetition. it's the same players at the same seats at the table with the same doctrines, and, so, you know, where this goes, i -- i think anyone who thinks they know is wrong. as you know, they talk about the fiscal cliff. some people say it's a slope. somebody said it was a bungi jump. somebody said it was a skate board trip, down and then up and so forth. bottom line, i think, it's no way to govern. it is a giant mistake to have all of this in a pool of ambiguity, and as i understand it now, you would know more. i m