alex, the ref did not call that! i touched, it's their ball. team! alex. alex, good call.

alex trebek! alex: thank you, johnny. ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much. and welcome. just in case you've been so busy this week with holiday activities and are just tuning us in for the first time,ek let me tell you about our champion, kris. he's turned two of his games into runaways. he has been most impressive. witness the $60,000 in winnings. so, nichole and allen, you're gonna have to perform extremely well today to replace him. but good luck to all of you. e go. the jeopardy! round is the first round of play, and these are the categories. sounds like fun. followed by... and each correct response... alexn for $200.

alex baker. >> hi. >> alex is the furniture repair guy, and in the countdown to christmas he has been getting a workout. >> i've been consistently doing five or six jobs a day, which is a busy day. >> his company fixes vinyl and leather. >> can't be color blind in this job. >> just in time for the in-laws. >> my parents, my sister, my husband's parents and his brothers as well. >> when you live in a house with kids, stains can come out of nowhere. >> this my daughter oliva, one and a half, and she is very calm but usually she loves to decorate the furniture. >> with things like a ball point pen, so with the screams of children in the background, alex goes to work. >> this is a minor repair. he says he has seen much worse this holiday season, and not just from kids. >> pets are the biggest culprit. you can control your kids to some extent but pet damage on furniture is a big issue. >> and so many people wait until the holidays to fix it. >> you see that a lot and former it's much easier to catch it early. that can rip wide open. >> never mind the fancy tools. a hair dry iris the haas -- is the last step. >> they can eat on it and they do. >> and mess it up again. >> do you want to do it? >> in san francisco, john thousand bloom. abc-7 news. >> ama: well, a lot of people are coming into town for the ohio. they're having some trouble because of the weather. >> leigh: if we can get through the next 24 hours we'll be okay, especially christmas eve. kind of a little bit of a break we have in the action, and otherwise live doppler 7hd starting to show a little more activity developing north of the golden gate bridge. you can into snowfal

-- alex trebek! alex: thanks, johnny. [ cheers and applause ] thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to our show. basia and chris, welcome aboard. oh, and, jason, good luck an as our returning champion. here we go, players -- the jeopardy! round. and the categories.

>> thank you for that, alex. as alex mentioned, that tsunami warning seems to be localized to the miagi prefecture area off the east coast of japan. let's get more details on that from pedro at the weather center. what can you tell us? >> we're analyzing the quake, very similar to where the march 11th 9.0 was. 36 kilometers deep. that's the concern. any time you have a quake sha that shallow, the area felt a long distance from the center, almost 300 kilometers away from sendai. moderate shaking being felt nearly 500 kilometers away from tokyo one to be taken seriously. we know we had a report of an aftershock at a 6.2. here is the 7.3. you will get a lot of these 5s and 6s, on the order of hundreds over the next couple hours. the pacific plate and the way it interacts with the eurasian plate, very active. it dives and subducts under the eurasian plate. that will be causing earthquakes along this boundary. the amount of movement is about the same as your fingernails growing in a year. getting a quake to this magnitude, ge

alex israel. alex, thank for joining me. you, in character, is there something you could have ever predicted that he would one day flip and do something as monstrous as this. >> i don't know if you can ever predict something like that would happen but i don't know if i could predict it. there was something off about him. i only knew him closely when we were in elementary school together. he was always a little bit different. he mostly stayed to himself but i don't know if you could have predicted this. >> he was, by all accounts, a pretty clifr i think plan? a math genius, apparently? >> yeah. >> tell me about that side of it. >> i was never in any of his classes or anything like that, you could definitely say he was a genius. definitely something there that was a little bit above the rest of us. >> did he have friends? was he social? >> i always saw him alone. but i'm sure -- i think he what a few, maybe, close friends, through school or his classes. but most of the time i saw him he was alone, yeah. >> how would you describe his personality. >> he was really quiet and kept to himself and ap little if i jetty and a little uneasy if you were to look at him. socially not really into going out there and makings many friends as everyone was doing it in elementary school and o'middle school. >> did you know his family, his mother in particular? >> i knew her, we lived in the neighborhood. i knew her through neighborhood events. my mom knew her. she was a nice woman, a kindergarten teacher. i didn't know -- i know her personally. >> -- i've known him since i was in first grade and he's always been the way that i've described him. he's always been reserved by it so i don't know if the divorce had in addition to do with that and i don't know when they divorced and that could have caused that and made it until i was older. >> where were you when you their about this. >> >> i'm in london now studying hair for this semester and i'll be home on thursday, to this. i found out first, w it wasn't an option and i didn't you have to -- a town you've grown up in, my who e whole life, i was raised in that elementary school and raced in the school system there and finding out it was someone i knew ultimately who had done all this is just. >>> and around utah, how would you describe that? >> a very kind of quiet place? it it sflus never happened? >> right. >> no. it's pretty big town space wise. we span over a vast array of land. everyone really came together, i think, through this and israel supporting each other quite well and that's the one good thing to come out of it if not all 123450 middle school. i didn't really have any. >> i never noticed anything scary or violent or anything like that. i would never have expected that from him, i don't think. just from someone who went under the radar and kept to themselves you wouldn't think of them as doing something crazy like this. >> it has to be a hell of a shot. i'm glad you joined us to give us some perspective on the character of this person. thank you. >> thank you. >>> our next is psychology office shooter adam to talk about the gunman. could only com. new nectresse. the 100% natural no-calorie sweetener made from the goodness of fruit. new nectresse. sweetness naturally. new nectresse. boproductivity up, costs down, thtime to market reduced... those are good things. upstairs, they will see fantasy. not fantasy... logistics. ups came in, analyzed our supply chain, inventory systems... ups? ups. not fantasy? who would have thought? i did. we did, bob. we did. got it. i get congested. but now, with zyrtec-d®, i have the proven allergy relief of zyrtec®, plus a powerful decongestant. zyrtec-d® lets me breath freer, so i can love the air. [ male announcer ] zyrtec-d®. behind the pharmacy counter. no prescription needed. if i may start with you, brenda. let's start with you if i may. i have been involved in many of these kinds of incidents and possibly nothing as appalling as this. there seems to be a pattern with aurora and the shopping mall shooting last week. young men in their early 20s suddenly flipping and getting ahold of weapons and causing outrages. what is driving them? what is the possible background to what is going on here? >> working on a lot of these cases there a number of different causes that can be divided into two broad categories. one category is people who have that trait of a loss of empathy and inability to connect to other people and a history of cruelty or what people talk about as sociopaths or antisocial personality. at the other end people with brain disorders and serious mental illnesses that are untreated or because of what's happening in their life, exacerbated by stress. it sounds like the little bit that is coming out, we are more in a direction that this is someone with a brain disorder and other parts of the story that it may take years to uncover it. there is nothing sudden about any of these stories. that's the headline for me. it's sudden for us that this happened. as you begin to understand the story, i assure you the warning signs were there. not that they were ignored, but they were not recognized. >> are people like this as likely to carry out what they end up doing if they didn't have easy access to firearms? >> look, there is no question that firearms play a role. i can tell you from experience if somebody wants to kill a number of people, there other weapons of destruction and ways to make bombs and at least one case i worked on. firearms are certainly an important part of the picture, but understanding when somebody has a mental illness if it played a and i don't know that it has, but it needs to be carefully considered before allowing that person to have a firearm. >> frank, you specialize in treating post traumatic stress and the effects of violence. a very particular problem here with so many young people at the school who have luckily survived. having to deal now with the horror of losing possible friends and people that they knew from the school and teachers and the head teacher and so on. where do you start with trying to counsel young children when this kind of appalling thing happens? >> i think the first thing is helping the parents. the children look to their parents and for the parents, some of them are stunned. they are grieving. they lost a precious 6-year-old. for the children themselves, sometimes children who go through this and do survive take a while to make sense out of it. they may regress and move backwards a year or two in terms of their normal development. some of them will figure out years later what actually happened. some are going to do relatively well. they will be sadder and wiser in a way. the most important thing is what i see happening right now. that community is coming together. people are loving each other. the president has come to remind us that we are a nation who cares and he came as a father. i am a father and a grandfather. i have called my children and i want to know how they are doing with their children. as we come together, we do the best that we can at a sad time like this. >> i suppose the big question is why would this shooter do what he did? go to a classroom and murder so many young children of such a young tender age, possibly the classroom that his mother was already killed at their home. can you try to piece from your experience the thought process here? why he would then having killed his mother go to the school and do what he did? >> i don't have a crystal ball and i haven't diagnosed or assessed him. people with mental illness are not more violent. that's not the case. simply not the data we have. if indeed mental illness is a part of this, there is a particular path that needs to be looked at. are they depressed and suicidally depressed. his roommate alexael said he preferred to stay alone. a symptom of asperger's and report that came out which may or may not be true, there is a capacity for empathy and social connection that leaves the person suffering for this condition. they are prone to serious depression and anxiety. if they are suicidally depressed, we don't know enough. what i am trying to do in agreeing to come here is to ask people to don't rush to judgment about who this young man is. if it was mental illness that played a role, it's an opportunity for us to do better. >> there is a school that you shouldn't give him attention and name him and so on because it brings attention to him. he's dead so he won't be able to bask in the appalling glory of what he did, but secondly these young men. >> you are making that assumption. we don't know that. i spend many hours with men like this who killed dozens of people. they don't necessarily want glory. they are seriously ill. others who do want glory. you are rushing to a particular i

alex, the ref did not call that! you gotta be kidding me, alex! it's the championship game! talk to him, coach. i touched, it's their ball. don't foul them when they inbound. team on 'three.' one, two, three. nice going, alex good call. we go! good call. we're gonna make some juice! woman: it's gonna be good! she's excited. little bit of kale. please don't put this online. woman: i'm putting it all over the line! it's wet. it needs something. no, it'll go. woman: don't break my juicer! looks good. you ready to try it? woman: come on, baby! announcer: challenge your kids to be active and eat healthy. it's ok. it's ok! all right! announcer: they might surprise you. she took another sip. you saw it? announcer: search "we can" for more ideas on how you and your kids can get healthy together. gerri: team -- i know. you're still struggling with those last-minute gifts on your christmas list. i know i am. instead of giving that same old gift card, we have a different kind of one to tell you about tonight, when you can use to help pay for college education. joining me now, ceo of grand save. i think this is an amazing idea. tell us how it works, just the basics. >> into having me on the show. so, parents register

alex, the ref did not call that! you gotta be kidding me, alex! it's the championship game! talk to him, coach. i touched, it's their ball. don't foul them when they inbound. team on 'three.' one, two, three. nice going, alexcall. good call. we went to a park and we handed people 10- and 20-pound sandbags. here's what happened. i just truly feel winded. i can feel it in my back. i didn't realizehat extra weight on the body feels like. ohi definitely felt it in my knees. you can easily put 2, 3, 4, or 5 pounds on in a year. womaman: 10 pounds makes a big difference. no one liked carrying the extra weight, bupeople do it all the time. wouldn't you like to drop that weight and stop picking up more? man: i think this is a lifechanger for me. gerri: the white house and congress fight over cutting spending, the white house to celebrate the holiday season with 54 christmas trees. does the white house need that many? here is what some of you are tweeting me. no way. how wasteful. mark has a different response. as long as they keep telling them christmas trees and 54 is fine. we also asked on . 3 percent said ys, and 97 percent said no. be sure to log on for our on-line question every weekday. here aresome of your

alex 7000. - it's over, alex! - it won't be over until i win. - too bad that computer wasn't siri, because it would've understood what jaime was asking, and it could've found her a great place to get a latte. - what happens when you have three angels and three bombs? one of the best doomsday plots ever. - when you snip the white wire, the thing goes boom. if it doesn't go boom, you've got somewhere between ten seconds and one minute to get rid of it! - the angels have to go on a luxury cruise and disarm these bombs, that's gonna explode the boat, including bosley, all the people on the boat, and all their clothes. - number seven-- in a world moving way too fast, embrace a different pace. the slow-mo pace. - without question, to this date, in my opinion, the coolest thing on tv-- the slow motion on "the six million dollar man" and "the bionic woman." - in both "the six million dollar man" and "the bionic woman," i never totally understood why, when they're running fast, they go slow-mo. - they can't perform their incredible acts unless you see it super slow, with some twangy, cool music in the background. - very good. - because half the show is in slow motion. every time there's a fight scene. every time they're running somewhere. - and they didn't just foil international terrorist plots. they also got frisky in slow motion. - if you got a bionic man and a bionic woman, they're like the bionic adam and eve. - they ran through fields in slow-mo. they jumped over fences in slow-mo. they made out in slow-mo. that's what i didn't really understand. were they making out in hyper-speed? because slow-mo always means hyper-speed, when it comes to them. [laughing] - the pillow fight scene. when you see those pillow feathers floating about slowly, i had to wonder about that myself. you know, maybe there's a bionic field that surrounds them, so that, whatever is nearby is caught in that bionic field. and, suddenly, everything just slows down. - right now, at number six... brawls and bruises. - that masked hombre talks big. let's get him, boys. - learn their weak spots and take 'em out with one punch. don't mess with the lone ranger. ex-texas ranger and masked man, with his trusted horse, silver, and his buddy, tonto. they'd fight injustice in the old wild west. - that's every western. there's always a bottle breaking over somebody's head. there's always, you know, a fisticuff happening somewhere, but not normally by a guy who looks like he's in an s&m video, and that's what made it special. - i love the lone ranger because i actually grew up in the wild west, and i always wanted to be a cowboy. with my ten-gallon hat, my pistol, hangin' out with my best friend, tonto, on his, you know, painted horse. - charlie's angels were forever getting kidnapped. like, every single show. - angels were always in jeopardy. one was always kidnapped, or-or hijacked, or, you know, put a belt around that was supposed to explode. - they may not have been trained to anticipate personal danger, but they damn well knew what to do when it arrived. - if i was a dude, i would break the law, just so i could fight with charlie's angels. bring it on, angels! - i love the dramatic fight scenes from all of these. karate chop, punch! keep going, jump on something. and suddenly, they're, like, unconscious. - when it comes to dramatic fights, cyborg six million dollar man and the bionic woman had one thing in common-- big foot. [growling] - that was the first episode i saw as a kid. big foot was an alien, and that we've been observed by aliens for-for centuries, and steve stumbles upon their complex, when he and osco are in the mountains. - i love how lindsay wagner, as the bionic woman, overtakes the entire animal kingdom. from sharks to big foot. you know, is big foot an animal? is this big foot? - so then, he hallucinates that she's somebody else. we have a hallucinating sasquatch. that was delicious back then, wasn't it? - sasquatch, trust me, please. - for jaime sommers, big foot had nothin' on fembots. - ah! - when you really think about it, it seems a little bit over the top for jaime to have that crazy reaction. i mean, she screams that blood-curdling scream. - ah! - it's like, "jaime, "is it that far-fetched that this woman might be a robot? "you are half robot." - coming in at number five-- rules to live by. you can learn a lot from tv. usually when you weren't meant to. - i love the rules to live by, in "magnum p.i," because it's like, he leaves the navy, he's 33, and he knows that he's never been 23. so, the secret to life is, like, you gotta have fun. you gotta kick back. it's 5:00 somewhere, right? - i totally respect magnum for doing that, and going back, and-and just living his life, 'cause you only have one. - some of the best lessons i have learned from "the bionic woman" are, live life in slow motion. if a computer gives you trouble, pour water on it. - goodbye, alex! - the main takeaway from "lassie" is, if you wanna look like a hero, always hang out by a well. - god, parents, watch your kids. they are getting into a lot of trouble. and, really, if you need a dog to save the day, you're probably a bad parent. - what i learned from "charlie's angels," was to always have great hair and wear a good bra. - what i've learned from "charlie's angels," is that i would always be inadequate. i would never have my own jaclyn smith collection at k-mart. i would never have hair like farrah. i would always be fatter than kate. but, i did know that i could get a boyfriend like charlie, who would never have to look at me. - coming up... powerful ladies showing up the boys. - you know, behind every great man, there's a great woman. - plus... - there's an old polish proverb that says, "if your socks are not in your shoes, "don't look for them in heaven." - what? - when our cozi countdown continues. 're counting downat? to number one, on our top ten countdown for l

alex 7000. - it's over, alex! - it won't be over until i win. - too bad that computer wasn't siri, because it would've understood what jaime was asking, and it could've found her a great place to get a latte. - what happens when you have three angels and three bombs? one of the best doomsday plots ever. - when you snip the white wire, the thing goes boom. if it doesn't go boom, you've got somewhere between ten seconds and one minute to get rid of it! - the angels have to go on a luxury cruise and disarm these bombs, that's gonna explode the boat, including bosley, all the people on the boat, and all their clothes. - number seven-- in a world moving way too fast, embrace a different pace. the slow-mo pace. - without question, to this date, in my opinion, the coolest thing on tv-- the slow motion on "the six million dollar man" and "the bionic woman." - in both "the six million dollar man" and "the bionic woman," i never totally understood why, when they're running fast, they go slow-mo. - they can't perform their incredible acts unless you see it super slow, with some twangy, cool music in the background. - very good. - because half the show is in slow motion. every time there's a fight scene. every time they're running somewhere. - and they didn't just foil international terrorist plots. they also got frisky in slow motion. - if you got a bionic man and a bionic woman, they're like the bionic adam and eve. - they ran through fields in slow-mo. they jumped over fences in slow-mo. they made out in slow-mo. that's what i didn't really understand. were they making out in hyper-speed? because slow-mo always means hyper-speed, when it comes to them. [laughing] - the pillow fight scene. when you see those pillow feathers floating about slowly, i had to wonder about that myself. you know, maybe there's a bionic field that surrounds them, so that, whatever is nearby is caught in that bionic field. and, suddenly, everything just slows down. - right now, at number six... brawls and bruises. - that masked hombre talks big. let's get him, boys. - learn their weak spots and take 'em out with one punch. don't mess with the lone ranger. ex-texas ranger and masked man, with his trusted horse, silver, and his buddy, tonto. they'd fight injustice in the old wild west. - that's every western. there's always a bottle breaking over somebody's head. there's always, you know, a fisticuff happening somewhere, but not normally by a guy who looks like he's in an s&m video, and that's what made it special. - i love the lone ranger because i actually grew up in the wild west, and i always wanted to be a cowboy. with my ten-gallon hat, my pistol, hangin' out with my best friend, tonto, on his, you know, painted horse. - charlie's angels were forever getting kidnapped. like, every single show. - angels were always in jeopardy. one was always kidnapped, or-or hijacked, or, you know, put a belt around that was supposed to explode. - they may not have been trained to anticipate personal danger, but they damn well knew what to do when it arrived. - if i was a dude, i would break the law, just so i could fight with charlie's angels. bring it on, angels! - i love the dramatic fight scenes from all of these. karate chop, punch! keep going, jump on something. and suddenly, they're, like, unconscious. - when it comes to dramatic fights, cyborg six million dollar man and the bionic woman had one thing in common-- big foot. [growling] - that was the first episode i saw as a kid. big foot was an alien, and that we've been observed by aliens for-for centuries, and steve stumbles upon their complex, when he and osco are in the mountains. - i love how lindsay wagner, as the bionic woman, overtakes the entire animal kingdom. from sharks to big foot. you know, is big foot an animal? is this big foot? - so then, he hallucinates that she's somebody else. we have a hallucinating sasquatch. that was delicious back then, wasn't it? - sasquatch, trust me, please. - for jaime sommers, big foot had nothin' on fembots. - ah! - when you really think about it, it seems a little bit over the top for jaime to have that crazy reaction. i mean, she screams that blood-curdling scream. - ah! - it's like, "jaime, "is it that far-fetched that this woman might be a robot? "you are half robot." ike,s it that far-fetched that thhe leaves ,ght be a robot? he's 33, and he knows that he's never been 23. so, the secret to life is, like, you gotta have fun. you gotta kick back. it's 5:00 somewhere, right? - i totally respect magnum for doing that, and going back, and-and just living his life, 'cause you only have one. - some of the best lessons i have learned from "the bionic woman" are, live life in slow motion. if a computer gives you trouble, pour water on it. - goodbye, alex! - the main takeaway from "lassie" is, if you wanna look like a hero, always hang out by a well. - god, parents, watch your kids. they are getting into a lot of trouble. and, really, if you need a dog to save the day, you're probably a bad parent. - what i learned from "charlie's angels," was to always have great hair and wear a good bra. - what i've learned from "charlie's angels," is that i would always be inadequate. i would never have my own jaclyn smith collection at k-mart. i would never have hair like farrah. i would always be fatter than kate. but, i did know that i could get a boyfriend like charlie, who would never have to look at me. - coming up... powerful ladies showing up the boys. - you know, behind every great man, there's a great woman. - plus... - there's an old polish proverb that says, "if your socks are not in your shoes, "don't look for them in heaven." - what? - when our cozi countdown continues. 're counting downat? to number one, on our top ten countdown for l

alex 7000. - it's over, alex! - it won't be over until i win. - too bad that computer wasn't siri, because it would've understood what jaime was asking, and it could've found her a great place to get a latte. - what happens when you have three angels and three bombs? one of the best doomsday plots ever. - when you snip the white wire, the thing goes boom. if it doesn't go boom, you've got somewhere between ten seconds and one minute to get rid of it! - the angels have to go on a luxury cruise and disarm these bombs, that's gonna explode the boat, including bosley, all the people on the boat, and all their clothes. - number seven-- in a world moving way too fast, embrace a different pace. the slow-mo pace. - without question, to this date, in my opinion, the coolest thing on tv-- the slow motion on "the six million dollar man" and "the bionic woman." - in both "the six million dollar man" and "the bionic woman," i never totally understood why, when they're running fast, they go slow-mo. - they can't perform their incredible acts unless you see it super slow, with some twangy, cool music in the background. - very good. - because half the show is in slow motion. every time there's a fight scene. every time they're running somewhere. - and they didn't just foil international terrorist plots. they also got frisky in slow motion. - if you got a bionic man and a bionic woman, they're like the bionic adam and eve. - they ran through fields in slow-mo. they jumped over fences in slow-mo. they made out in slow-mo. that's what i didn't really understand. were they making out in hyper-speed? because slow-mo always means hyper-speed, when it comes to them. [laughing] - the pillow fight scene. when you see those pillow feathers floating about slowly, i had to wonder about that myself. you know, maybe there's a bionic field that surrounds them, so that, whatever is nearby is caught in that bionic field. and, suddenly, everything just slows down. - right now, at number six... brawls and bruises. - that masked hombre talks big. let's get him, boys. - learn their weak spots and take 'em out with one punch. don't mess with the lone ranger. ex-texas ranger and masked man, with his trusted horse, silver, and his buddy, tonto. they'd fight injustice in the old wild west. - that's every western. there's always a bottle breaking over somebody's head. there's always, you know, a fisticuff happening somewhere, but not normally by a guy who looks like he's in an s&m video, and that's what made it special. - i love the lone ranger because i actually grew up in the wild west, and i always wanted to be a cowboy. with my ten-gallon hat, my pistol, hangin' out with my best friend, tonto, on his, you know, painted horse. - charlie's angels were forever getting kidnapped. like, every single show. - angels were always in jeopardy. one was always kidnapped, or-or hijacked, or, you know, put a belt around that was supposed to explode. - they may not have been trained to anticipate personal danger, but they damn well knew what to do when it arrived. - if i was a dude, i would break the law, just so i could fight with charlie's angels. bring it on, angels! - i love the dramatic fight scenes from all of these. karate chop, punch! keep going, jump on something. and suddenly, they're, like, unconscious. - when it comes to dramatic fights, cyborg six million dollar man and the bionic woman had one thing in common-- big foot. [growling] - that was the first episode i saw as a kid. big foot was an alien, and that we've been observed by aliens for-for centuries, and steve stumbles upon their complex, when he and osco are in the mountains. - i love how lindsay wagner, as the bionic woman, overtakes the entire animal kingdom. from sharks to big foot. you know, is big foot an animal? is this big foot? - so then, he hallucinates that she's somebody else. we have a hallucinating sasquatch. that was delicious back then, wasn't it? - sasquatch, trust me, please. - for jaime sommers, big foot had nothin' on fembots. - ah! - when you really think about it, it seems a little bit over the top for jaime to have that crazy reaction. i mean, she screams that blood-curdling scream. - ah! - it's like, "jaime, "is it that far-fetched that this woman might be a robot? "you are half robot." - coming in at number five-- rules to live by. you can learn a lot from tv. usually when you weren't meant to. - i love the rules to live by, in "magnum p.i," because it's like, he leaves the navy, he's 33, and he knows that he's never been 23. so, the secret to life is, like, you gotta have fun. you gotta kick back. it's 5:00 somewhere, right? - i totally respect magnum for doing that, and going back, and-and just living his life, 'cause you only have one. - some of the best lessons i have learned from "the bionic woman" are, live life in slow motion. if a computer gives you trouble, pour water on it. - goodbye, alex! - the main takeaway from "lassie" is, if you wanna look like a hero, always hang out by a well. - god, parents, watch your kids. they are getting into a lot of trouble. and, really, if you need a dog to save the day, you're probably a bad parent. - what i learned from "charlie's angels," was to always have great hair and wear a good bra. - what i've learned from "charlie's angels," is that i would always be inadequate. i would never have my own jaclyn smith collection at k-mart. i would never have hair like farrah. i would always be fatter than kate. but, i did know that i could get a boyfriend like charlie, who would never have to look at me. - coming up... powerful ladies showing up the boys. - you know, behind every great man, there's a great woman. - plus... - there's an old polish proverb that says, "if your socks are not in your shoes, "don't look for them in heaven." - what? - when our cozi countdown continues. 're counting downat? to number one, on our top ten countdown for l

alex 7000. - it's over, alex! - it won't be over until i win. - too bad that computer wasn't siri, because it would've understood what jaime was asking, and it could've found her a great place to get a latte. - what happens when you have three angels and three bombs? one of the best doomsday plots ever. - when you snip the white wire, the thing goes boom. if it doesn't go boom, you've got somewhere between ten seconds and one minute to get rid of it! - the angels have to go on a luxury cruise and disarm these bombs, that's gonna explode the boat, including bosley, all the people on the boat, and all their clothes. - number seven-- in a world moving way too fast, embrace a different pace. the slow-mo pace. - without question, to this date, in my opinion, the coolest thing on tv-- the slow motion on "the six million dollar man" and "the bionic woman." - in both "the six million dollar man" and "the bionic woman," i never totally understood why, when they're running fast, they go slow-mo. - they can't perform their incredible acts unless you see it super slow, with some twangy, cool music in the background. - very good. - because half the show is in slow motion. every time there's a fight scene. every time they're running somewhere. - and they didn't just foil international terrorist plots. they also got frisky in slow motion. - if you got a bionic man and a bionic woman, they're like the bionic adam and eve. - they ran through fields in slow-mo. they jumped over fences in slow-mo. they made out in slow-mo. that's what i didn't really understand. were they making out in hyper-speed? because slow-mo always means hyper-speed, when it comes to them. [laughing] - the pillow fight scene. when you see those pillow feathers floating about slowly, i had to wonder about that myself. you know, maybe there's a bionic field that surrounds them, so that, whatever is nearby is caught in that bionic field. and, suddenly, everything just slows down. - right now, at number six... brawls and bruises. - that masked hombre talks big. let's get him, boys. - learn their weak spots and take 'em out with one punch. don't mess with the lone ranger. ex-texas ranger and masked man, with his trusted horse, silver, and his buddy, tonto. they'd fight injustice in the old wild west. - that's every western. there's always a bottle breaking over somebody's head. there's always, you know, a fisticuff happening somewhere, but not normally by a guy who looks like he's in an s&m video, and that's what made it special. - i love the lone ranger because i actually grew up in the wild west, and i always wanted to be a cowboy. with my ten-gallon hat, my pistol, hangin' out with my best friend, tonto, on his, you know, painted horse. - charlie's angels were forever getting kidnapped. like, every single show. - angels were always in jeopardy. one was always kidnapped, or-or hijacked, or, you know, put a belt around that was supposed to explode. - they may not have been trained to anticipate personal danger, but they damn well knew what to do when it arrived. - if i was a dude, i would break the law, just so i could fight with charlie's angels. bring it on, angels! - i love the dramatic fight scenes from all of these. karate chop, punch! keep going, jump on something. and suddenly, they're, like, unconscious. - when it comes to dramatic fights, cyborg six million dollar man and the bionic woman had one thing in common-- big foot. [growling] - that was the first episode i saw as a kid. big foot was an alien, and that we've been observed by aliens for-for centuries, and steve stumbles upon their complex, when he and osco are in the mountains. - i love how lindsay wagner, as the bionic woman, overtakes the entire animal kingdom. from sharks to big foot. you know, is big foot an animal? is this big foot? - so then, he hallucinates that she's somebody else. we have a hallucinating sasquatch. that was delicious back then, wasn't it? - sasquatch, trust me, please. - for jaime sommers, big foot had nothin' on fembots. - ah! - when you really think about it, it seems a little bit over the top for jaime to have that crazy reaction. i mean, she screams that blood-curdling scream. - ah! - it's like, "jaime, "is it that far-fetched that this woman might be a robot? "you are half robot." - coming in at number five-- rules to live by. you can learn a lot from tv. usually when you weren't meant to. - i love the rules to live by, in "magnum p.i," because it's like, he leaves the navy, he's 33, and he knows that he's never been 23. so, the secret to life is, like, you gotta have fun. you gotta kick back. it's 5:00 somewhere, right? - i totally respect magnum for doing that, and going back, and-and just living his life, 'cause you only have one. - some of the best lessons i have learned from "the bionic woman" are, live life in slow motion. if a computer gives you trouble, pour water on it. - goodbye, alex! - the main takeaway from "lassie" is, if you wanna look like a hero, always hang out by a well. - god, parents, watch your kids. they are getting into a lot of trouble. and, really, if you need a dog to save the day, you're probably a bad parent. - what i learned from "charlie's angels," was to always have great hair and wear a good bra. - what i've learned from "charlie's angels," is that i would always be inadequate. i would never have my own jaclyn smith collection at k-mart. i would never have hair like farrah. i would always be fatter than kate. but, i did know that i could get a boyfriend like charlie, who would never have to look at me. - coming up... powerful ladies showing up the boys. - you know, behind every great man, there's a great woman. - plus... - there's an old polish proverb that says, "if your socks are not in your shoes, "don't look for them in heaven." - what? - when our cozi countdown continues. 're counting downat? to number one, on our top ten countdown for l

alex 7000. - it's over, alex! - it won't be over until i win. - too bad that computer wasn't siri, because it would've understood what jaime was asking, and it could've found her a great place to get a latte. - what happens when you have three angels and three bombs? one of the best doomsday plots ever. - when you snip the white wire, the thing goes boom. if it doesn't go boom, you've got somewhere between ten seconds and one minute to get rid of it! - the angels have to go on a luxury cruise and disarm these bombs, that's gonna explode the boat, including bosley, all the people on the boat, and all their clothes. - number seven-- in a world moving way too fast, embrace a different pace. the slow-mo pace. - without question, to this date, in my opinion, the coolest thing on tv-- the slow motion on "the six million dollar man" and "the bionic woman." - in both "the six million dollar man" and "the bionic woman," i never totally understood why, when they're running fast, they go slow-mo. - they can't perform their incredible acts unless you see it super slow, with some twangy, cool music in the background. - very good. - because half the show is in slow motion. every time there's a fight scene. every time they're running somewhere. - and they didn't just foil international terrorist plots. they also got frisky in slow motion. - if you got a bionic man and a bionic woman, they're like the bionic adam and eve. - they ran through fields in slow-mo. they jumped over fences in slow-mo. they made out in slow-mo. that's what i didn't really understand. were they making out in hyper-speed? because slow-mo always means hyper-speed, when it comes to them. [laughing] - the pillow fight scene. when you see those pillow feathers floating about slowly, i had to wonder about that myself. you know, maybe there's a bionic field that surrounds them, so that, whatever is nearby is caught in that bionic field. and, suddenly, everything just slows down. - right now, at number six... brawls and bruises. - that masked hombre talks big. let's get him, boys. - learn their weak spots and take 'em out with one punch. don't mess with the lone ranger. ex-texas ranger and masked man, with his trusted horse, silver, and his buddy, tonto. they'd fight injustice in the old wild west. - that's every western. there's always a bottle breaking over somebody's head. there's always, you know, a fisticuff happening somewhere, but not normally by a guy who looks like he's in an s&m video, and that's what made it special. - i love the lone ranger because i actually grew up in the wild west, and i always wanted to be a cowboy. with my ten-gallon hat, my pistol, hangin' out with my best friend, tonto, on his, you know, painted horse. - charlie's angels were forever getting kidnapped. like, every single show. - angels were always in jeopardy. one was always kidnapped, or-or hijacked, or, you know, put a belt around that was supposed to explode. - they may not have been trained to anticipate personal danger, but they damn well knew what to do when it arrived. - if i was a dude, i would break the law, just so i could fight with charlie's angels. bring it on, angels! - i love the dramatic fight scenes from all of these. karate chop, punch! keep going, jump on something. and suddenly, they're, like, unconscious. - when it comes to dramatic fights, cyborg six million dollar man and the bionic woman had one thing in common-- big foot. [growling] - that was the first episode i saw as a kid. big foot was an alien, and that we've been observed by aliens for-for centuries, and steve stumbles upon their complex, when he and osco are in the mountains. - i love how lindsay wagner, as the bionic woman, overtakes the entire animal kingdom. from sharks to big foot. you know, is big foot an animal? is this big foot? - so then, he hallucinates that she's somebody else. we have a hallucinating sasquatch. that was delicious back then, wasn't it? - sasquatch, trust me, please. - for jaime sommers, big foot had nothin' on fembots. - ah! - when you really think about it, it seems a little bit over the top for jaime to have that crazy reaction. i mean, she screams that blood-curdling scream. - ah! - it's like, "jaime, "is it that far-fetched that this woman might be a robot? "you are half robot." - coming in at number five-- rules to live by. you can learn a lot from tv. usually when you weren't meant to. - i love the rules to live by, in "magnum p.i," because it's like, he leaves the navy, he's 33, and he knows that he's never been 23. so, the secret to life is, like, you gotta have fun. you gotta kick back. it's 5:00 somewhere, right? - i totally respect magnum for doing that, and going back, and-and just living his life, 'cause you only have one. - some of the best lessons i have learned from "the bionic woman" are, live life in slow motion. if a computer gives you trouble, pour water on it. - goodbye, alex! - the main takeaway from "lassie" is, if you wanna look like a hero, always hang out by a well. - god, parents, watch your kids. they are getting into a lot of trouble. and, really, if you need a dog to save the day, you're probably a bad parent. - what i learned from "charlie's angels," was to always have great hair and wear a good bra. - what i've learned from "charlie's angels," is that i would always be inadequate. i would never have my own jaclyn smith collection at k-mart. i would never have hair like farrah. i would always be fatter than kate. but, i did know that i could get a boyfriend like charlie, who would never have to look at me. - coming up... powerful ladies showing up the boys. - you know, behind every great man, there's a great woman. - plus... - there's an old polish proverb that says, "if your socks are not in your shoes, "don't look for them in heaven." - what? - when our cozi countdown continues. 're counting downat? to number one, on our top ten countdown for l

alex 7000. - it's over, alex! - it won't be over until i win. - too bad that computer wasn't siri, because it would've understood what jaime was asking, and it could've found her a great place to get a latte. - what happens when you have three angels and three bombs? one of the best doomsday plots ever. - when you snip the white wire, the thing goes boom. if it doesn't go boom, you've got somewhere between ten seconds and one minute to get rid of it! - the angels have to go on a luxury cruise and disarm these bombs, that's gonna explode the boat, including bosley, all the people on the boat, and all their clothes. - number seven-- in a world moving way too fast, embrace a different pace. the slow-mo pace. - without question, to this date, in my opinion, the coolest thing on tv-- the slow motion on "the six million dollar man" and "the bionic woman." - in both "the six million dollar man" and "the bionic woman," i never totally understood why, when they're running fast, they go slow-mo. - they can't perform their incredible acts unless you see it super slow, with some twangy, cool music in the background. - very good. - because half the show is in slow motion. every time there's a fight scene. every time they're running somewhere. - and they didn't just foil international terrorist plots. they also got frisky in slow motion. - if you got a bionic man and a bionic woman, they're like the bionic adam and eve. - they ran through fields in slow-mo. they jumped over fences in slow-mo. they made out in slow-mo. that's what i didn't really understand. were they making out in hyper-speed? because slow-mo always means hyper-speed, when it comes to them. [laughing] - the pillow fight scene. when you see those pillow feathers floating about slowly, i had to wonder about that myself. you know, maybe there's a bionic field that surrounds them, so that, whatever is nearby is caught in that bionic field. and, suddenly, everything just slows down. - right now, at number six... brawls and bruises. - that masked hombre talks big. let's get him, boys. - learn their weak spots and take 'em out with one punch. don't mess with the lone ranger. ex-texas ranger and masked man, with his trusted horse, silver, and his buddy, tonto. they'd fight injustice in the old wild west. - that's every western. there's always a bottle breaking over somebody's head. there's always, you know, a fisticuff happening somewhere, but not normally by a guy who looks like he's in an s&m video, and that's what made it special. - i love the lone ranger because i actually grew up in the wild west, and i always wanted to be a cowboy. with my ten-gallon hat, my pistol, hangin' out with my best friend, tonto, on his, you know, painted horse. - charlie's angels were forever getting kidnapped. like, every single show. - angels were always in jeopardy. one was always kidnapped, or-or hijacked, or, you know, put a belt around that was supposed to explode. - they may not have been trained to anticipate personal danger, but they damn well knew what to do when it arrived. - if i was a dude, i would break the law, just so i could fight with charlie's angels. bring it on, angels! - i love the dramatic fight scenes from all of these. karate chop, punch! keep going, jump on something. and suddenly, they're, like, unconscious. - when it comes to dramatic fights, cyborg six million dollar man and the bionic woman had one thing in common-- big foot. [growling] - that was the first episode i saw as a kid. big foot was an alien, and that we've been observed by aliens for-for centuries, and steve stumbles upon their complex, when he and osco are in the mountains. - i love how lindsay wagner, as the bionic woman, overtakes the entire animal kingdom. from sharks to big foot. you know, is big foot an animal? is this big foot? - so then, he hallucinates that she's somebody else. we have a hallucinating sasquatch. that was delicious back then, wasn't it? - sasquatch, trust me, please. - for jaime sommers, big foot had nothin' on fembots. - ah! - when you really think about it, it seems a little bit over the top for jaime to have that crazy reaction. i mean, she screams that blood-curdling scream. - ah! - it's like, "jaime, "is it that far-fetched that this woman might be a robot? "you are half robot." - coming in at number five-- rules to live by. you can learn a lot from tv. usually when you weren't meant to. - i love the rules to live by, in "magnum p.i," because it's like, he leaves the navy, he's 33, and he knows that he's never been 23. so, the secret to life is, like, you gotta have fun. you gotta kick back. it's 5:00 somewhere, right? - i totally respect magnum for doing that, and going back, and-and just living his life, 'cause you only have one. - some of the best lessons i have learned from "the bionic woman" are, live life in slow motion. if a computer gives you trouble, pour water on it. - goodbye, alex! - the main takeaway from "lassie" is, if you wanna look like a hero, always hang out by a well. - god, parents, watch your kids. they are getting into a lot of trouble. and, really, if you need a dog to save the day, you're probably a bad parent. - what i learned from "charlie's angels," was to always have great hair and wear a good bra. - what i've learned from "charlie's angels," is that i would always be inadequate. i would never have my own jaclyn smith collection at k-mart. i would never have hair like farrah. i would always be fatter than kate. but, i did know that i could get a boyfriend like charlie, who would never have to look at me. - coming up... powerful ladies showing up the boys. - you know, behind every great man, there's a great woman. - plus... - there's an old polish proverb that says, "if your socks are not in your shoes, "don't look for them in heaven." - what? - when our cozi countdown continues. morning because my back hurt so bad. the sleep number bed conforms

alex talks with lester holt. they talk about his travels and the miracle stories that come from those places. but alex began by getting an update on the war in afghanistan. >> i've been there twice in the last two years, the second trip was interesting in the fact that everybody now talks about the mission, not going after terrorists per se, but training the afghan forces. that's the -- they all want to tell you how well they are doing, give you numbers and power points and flow charts. how many afghan police and army they have trained up. it's happening, we saw it there. but the reality is, a great fear of what happens after the u.s. leaves, a lot of the u.s. forces don't have the same technical capability. they don't have drones and night vision, don't have a lot of special weapons. >> but with our american forces there, how do they feel about leaving? do they feel they have accomplished what they want to do. do they feel good about leaving things in the afghan hands? >> they feel good that they have a mission that they feel they are accomplishing, and certainly when you look at numbers, this are accomplishing that. recently an attack thwarted and they credited the afghan forces. things are happening in that level. this is fear that it could evolve into a civil war, if there isn't a large u.s. and nato pressure. >> this picture depicts some very cool guys. >> this is a flight with u.s. air force, special operations, pararescuemen. they go off in helicopters and go into the battlefield to pick up wounded and bring them back for medical attention. the week we were with them was a really tough week. just come off major battles which there were a lot of u.s. casualties, and i remember the sergea sergeant, he said, look, it's fine to profile our guys, but, please, mr. holmes, be gentle. he said what do you mean? we just had a really, really rough couple of days here. we're talking about hosing blood out of the chopper because of the missions they were doing. things were very, very sensitive, and i certainly respected that. these guys are ten feet tall. you spend a few minutes with them, and you feel like are you this little bitty person. you think what have i done lately? that picture was taken in northern lebanon, several years ago when hezbollah and israel were going at it. hezbollah firing katyusha rockets into israel. the israeli has just hit a building here that they believe housed some hezbollah leaders. we rushed over there to get some pictures and to do an on-camera piece. i remember telling the camera person, i could hear the israeli drone overhead which means they were still checking it out. maybe they wanted a follow upstrike. i said one take and we're out of here, and i'll never forget. i nailed it, one take. dada dada da to the lighting. i didn't like the lighting, let's do it again. dude! three takes and we were out of there. you can't see the drones, but you can hear it as it's flying over. very freaky. >> are there stories where you walk away with your faith in humanity having been restored? >> all the time. sometimes when i give speeches, one of the things i say, none of us -- first of all, none of us knows we're capable of until we are trulli tested and i see that all the time when i cover disasters, and i see horrible things, man, i couldn't get out of bed the next day if that happened to me. put one foot in front of the other but you see people do it, and it restores your sense of we don't know what we are capable of, and you don't until you are thrust into a horrible situation. more often than not, people find a way to carry on. >> more of their conversation today at noon, when alexcal cliff. but opens up his pride as a parent, about a son that is no doubt a chip of the old block. >>> an expiring tax break nobody is talking about in the fiscal cliff negotiations that could cost you at least $1,000 a year. you're watching "weekends with alex witt." [ male announcer ] feeling like a shadow of your former self? c'mon, michael! get in the game! [ male announcer ] don't have the hops for hoops with your buddies? lost your appetite for romance? and your mood is on its way down. you might not just be getting older. you might have a treatable condition called low testosterone or low t. millions of men, forty-five or older, may have low t. so talk to your doctor about low t. hey, michael! [ male announcer ] and step out of the shadows. hi! how are you? [ male announcer ] learn more at isitlowt.com. [ laughs ] hey! time for citi price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing. and you really don't want to pay more than you have to. only citi price r

alex, too. >> what about me? >> and alex. >> i said you too, alex. president obama has all the leverage because he knows if it goes over the fiscal cliff, tax cuts expires and he'll never let the top 2% get that tax cut reinstated. if they do what you suggested, vote the tax cut, continue it for the 98%, then the leverage switches to them come the time of the debt limit. they might be able to make a deal where they save some of it so it doesn't go up to 39%. maybe goes up to 37.5%. maybe they do the buffett rule and only raise rates on people making $500,000. they have a little room to leverage but right now they have zero leverage, zero. >> do you agree with that? i don't know if i agree with that. it's hard once the rates go back to 39.6 or whatever they go to, to go back and say, now we to want cut taxes for the rich. what's the reason to do it? the republican party says we have to stop the government, stop paying our debts, don't pay our bills anymore because we have to help out the rich now. that would be the worst situation to be in. >> as the c

alex wagner. >> at 12 noon. >> sam, your not going to miss that, right? >> i'm surprised alex didn't pick me but i'm very happy for joy. i will watch and record it. >> thank you very much, both of you. >>> coming up, a republican today offered a little bit of trivia about republicans and taxes an his trivia needs a little bit of a rewrite. that's coming up. >>> newt gingrich says republicans can't beat hillary clinton and hillary clinton has just said something to barbara walters about running for president. tony award-winning actor, alan coupling is he cumming will join me later. he may join me sooner than later. with alan, you never know. meet the five-passenger ford c-max hybrid. c-max says ha. c-max says wheeee. which is what you get, don't you see? cause c-max has lots more horsepower than prius v,

alex. >>bienvenidos, alex. >>como estás >>muy bien, muchas gracias.a. vamos. ♪. >>es fácil, son cuatro pasos a cada lado >>un dos. tres cuatro un dos tres cuatro. >>así está fácil. >>y un dos, >>tienes que meterle la caderita >>ahora. >>vamos a darle. >>un dos tres cuatro un dos tres cuatro. eso >>sueltate, sueltate. >>déjame decirte que paso la prueba de la bachata. >>ahora mi pregunta es. >>importante, con la muchacha, tienes que bailar conmigo. >>venga, bachata otra vez. >>venga. ♪.. >>y un dos tres. >>ya valió (risas) >>eso. un dos tres ahí esta >>ahí está. >>muy bien, muy bien. >>pero vamos a poner las cosas un poquito más complicadas, vamos a meterle al merengue. a ver >>no, merengue no. >>vamos, marchando. ♪.. >>así, ahora sueltalo >> y ahora mira, aquí. adelante, eso, adelante. muy bien. ahora conmigo, conmigo. >>pareja parejas. ♪.. >>eso ♪.. eso. ♪.. ahora ♪.. >>eso es. >>no podemos dejar la salsa atrás. >>no, es uno de los bailes más sexy, señora. >>la salsa de los tacos. >>alan tacher, sigueme. adelante y atrás. adelante, atrás. eso. ♪.. >>

alex 7000. - it's over, alex! - it won't be over until i win. - too bad that computer wasn't siri, because it would've understood what jaime was asking, and it could've found her a great place to get a latte. - what happens when you have three angels and three bombs? one of the best doomsday plots ever. - when you snip the white wire, the thing goes boom. if it doesn't go boom, you've got somewhere between ten seconds and one minute to get rid of it! - the angels have to go on a luxury cruise and disarm these bombs, that's gonna explode the boat, including bosley, all the people on the boat, and all their clothes. - number seven-- in a world moving way too fast, embrace a different pace. the slow-mo pace. - without question, to this date, in my opinion, the coolest thing on tv-- the slow motion on "the six million dollar man" and "the bionic woman." - in both "the six million dollar man" and "the bionic woman," i never totally understood why, when they're running fast, they go slow-mo. - they can't perform their incredible acts unless you see it super slow, with some twangy, cool music in the background. - very good. - because half the show is in slow motion. every time there's a fight scene. every time they're running somewhere. - and they didn't just foil international terrorist plots. they also got frisky in slow motion. - if you got a bionic man and a bionic woman, they're like the bionic adam and eve. - they ran through fields in slow-mo. they jumped over fences in slow-mo. they made out in slow-mo. that's what i didn't really understand. were they making out in hyper-speed? because slow-mo always means hyper-speed, when it comes to them. [laughing] - the pillow fight scene. when you see those pillow feathers floating about slowly, i had to wonder about that myself. you know, maybe there's a bionic field that surrounds them, so that, whatever is nearby is caught in that bionic field. and, suddenly, everything just slows down. - right now, at number six... brawls and bruises. - that masked hombre talks big. let's get him, boys. - learn their weak spots and take 'em out with one punch. don't mess with the lone ranger. ex-texas ranger and masked man, with his trusted horse, silver, and his buddy, tonto. they'd fight injustice in the old wild west. - that's every western. there's always a bottle breaking over somebody's head. there's always, you know, a fisticuff happening somewhere, but not normally by a guy who looks like he's in an s&m video, and that's what made it special. - i love the lone ranger because i actually grew up in the wild west, and i always wanted to be a cowboy. with my ten-gallon hat, my pistol, hangin' out with my best friend, tonto, on his, you know, painted horse. - charlie's angels were forever getting kidnapped. like, every single show. - angels were always in jeopardy. one was always kidnapped, or-or hijacked, or, you know, put a belt around that was supposed to explode. - they may not have been trained to anticipate personal danger, but they damn well knew what to do when it arrived. - if i was a dude, i would break the law, just so i could fight with charlie's angels. bring it on, angels! - i love the dramatic fight scenes from all of these. karate chop, punch! keep going, jump on something. and suddenly, they're, like, unconscious. - when it comes to dramatic fights, cyborg six million dollar man and the bionic woman had one thing in common-- big foot. [growling] - that was the first episode i saw as a kid. big foot was an alien, and that we've been observed by aliens for-for centuries, and steve stumbles upon their complex, when he and osco are in the mountains. - i love how lindsay wagner, as the bionic woman, overtakes the entire animal kingdom. from sharks to big foot. you know, is big foot an animal? is this big foot? - so then, he hallucinates that she's somebody else. we have a hallucinating sasquatch. that was delicious back then, wasn't it? - sasquatch, trust me, please. - for jaime sommers, big foot had nothin' on fembots. - ah! - when you really think about it, it seems a little bit over the top for jaime to have that crazy reaction. i mean, she screams that blood-curdling scream. - ah! - it's like, "jaime, "is it that far-fetched that this woman might be a robot? "you are half robot." - coming in at number five-- rules to live by. you can learn a lot from tv. usually when you weren't meant to. - i love the rules to live by, in "magnum p.i," because it's like, he leaves the navy, he's 33, and he knows that he's never been 23. so, the secret to life is, like, you gotta have fun. you gotta kick back. it's 5:00 somewhere, right? - i totally respect magnum for doing that, and going back, and-and just living his life, 'cause you only have one. - some of the best lessons i have learned from "the bionic woman" are, live life in slow motion. if a computer gives you trouble, pour water on it. - goodbye, alex watch your kids. they are getting into a lot of trouble. and, really, if you need a dog to save the day, you're probably a bad parent. - what i learned from "charlie's angels," was to always have great hair and wear a good bra. - what i've learned from "charlie's angels," is that i would always be inadequate. i would never have my own jaclyn smith collection at k-mart. i would never have hair like farrah. i would always be fatter than kate. but, i did know that i could get a boyfriend like charlie, who would never have to look at me. - coming up... powerful ladies showing up the boys. - you know, behind every great man, there's a great woman. - plus... - there's an old polish proverb that says, "if your socks are not in your shoes, "don't look for them in heaven." - what? - when our cozi countdown continues. 're counting downat? to number one, on our top ten countdown for living a "cozi" life. at number four-- awesome catch phrases. [dog barking] - oh, my god! - there's an old polish

alex? [ technical difficulties, stand by ] . >> alex is having some audio issues and we will get back to him as soon as we can. >>> thousands are stranded because of a storm in the bay area and east coast flights have also been grounded. bay area flights have dealt with lots of rain and more flight tee lace could continue through the new year's. well heavy snow and in some new england states. -- new england states. the storm is caused for 6 death and traffic accidents. >>> the water compact is normal for this time of year. it has a third of water supplies for homes and businesses at this hour. >>> president barack obama is hoping to reach a deal to avert the fiscal cliff and he left his vacation. we will look at the new offer and the concessions he is proposing. >>> let's go back outside with alex savage. >> reporter: they have finally been able to locate the problem right under where those crews are working and they have had to dig up quite a bit of sidewalk to figure out where the leak was coming from but crews say they are running a bypass around the broken line. off to the left, the people were evacuated as a precaution. everything began when neighbors reported the smell of gas in this area. people here were ordered to shelter in place in their homes for a time and early on, he was certainly going to face explosion. >> if something goes off or ignites, i am only a couple of doors down from where the leak is so it is frightening. >> the source of the leak has been found. the repair work, it will be difficult for she people to go back home and with the exception of the three homes evacuated, gas does remain on for the entire area of brentwood. brentwood sal legs savage ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> that's right and we have 'end you are are you step including overturned car

alex pollock to offer his thoughts on the book. alex is resident fellow at the american enterprise institute. i got to know alex a decade ago when he was president and chief operating officer of the bank of chicago from 1991 from 2004 and i would also say i always found him to be one of the most insightful commentators on the financial service industry so with that i turn the podium over to thomas stanton. >> thanks very much, mark. good afternoon. i think it is acting in. it is a pleasure to join you today at the cato institute. i am extremely grateful to kato and want to express my thanks. years ago i wrote a monograph that raised questions about the financial soundness of fannie mae and freddie mac and i wrote the book that mark alluded to, a state of risk, government sponsored enterprise could be the next financial crisis. and in a and freddie mac didn't like my autograph and they didn't like my book. >> and they didn't like you. >> and suddenly it became a little chilly. catherine england who at the time was head of regulatory affairs at cato invited me out of the cold and said why don't you present what y

alex tomorrow. >> on now. now with alex wagner. >> at 12 noon. >> sam, your not going to miss that, right? >> i'm surprised alex't pick me but i'm very happy for joy. i will watch and record it. >> thank you very much, both of you. >>> coming up, a republican today offered a little bit of trivia about republicans and taxes an his trivia needs a little bit of a rewrite. that's coming up. >>> newt gingrich says republicans can't beat hillary clinton and hillary clinton has just said something to barbara walters about running for president. tony award-winning actor, alan cumming will join me later. he may join me sooner than later. with alan, you never know. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone deserves the gift of all day pain relief. this season, discover aleve. all day pain relief with just two pills. you won't take our future. aids affects us all. even babies. chevron is working to stop mother-to-child transmission. our employees and their families are part of the fight. and we're winning. at chevron nigeria, we haven't had a reported case in 12 years. aids is strong. aids is strong. but we are stronger. and aids

alex savidge is at the scene. alex. >> reporter: i just got an update a couple minutes ago from a berkeley police spokesperson. she told me the victim in this shooting thatten had overnight was a woman in her late 40s or early 50s. she was shot while riding here bike. this is right outside of long fellow middle school. about 3:30 took away the woman's body. she has not been identified. i did touch base with a coroner this morning. berkeley police were called out here around 11:30 last night. a lieutenant on scene told me quickly came to realize the woman had been shot at least once. she was pronounced dead at here. they spent hours processing this crime scene. >> obviously a loss of life is a significant thing. we want to make sure we catch the person or persons responsible. >> the lieutenant told me this morning there is no information rob the shooter they are looking for in this case. also he says it's much too early to talk about a possible motive. the spokesperson i just spoke with told me this shooting that happened overnight fourth homicide of the year so far. live this morning in berkeley alex savidge ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time now 6:03. four people were shot last night near oakland lake merritt including one man who was walking to a liquor store. investigators are focusing on two crime scenes. around 10:30 last night police rushed to the 600 block of east 18th street. three people in their 20s have been shot. two men and a woman. also a stray bullet had wounded an apparent innocent bystander a man in his 50s. he was walking to a liquor store a couple weeks away. police haven't made any arrests yet but say they do have possible suspects. meantime police in palo alto were increasing patrols in the downtown area after two recent attacks on women. ktvu janine de la vega is in palo alto to tell us the very latest on what police are saying about a suspect. janine. >> reporter: i spoke to a woman who worked nearby and knew about the attacks she said she feels uneasy because she works an early morning shift. that sand the same time the attacks happened. now the first incident h

alex wagner, not chris hayes. alex wagner, we'll be back with more of "the last word" holiday party. stay with us. [ male announcer ] it's that time of year again. time for citi price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing. and you really don't want to pay more than you have to. only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. and if it finds one, you get refunded the difference. just use your citi card and register your purchase online. have a super sparkly day! ok. [ male announcer ] now all you need is a magic carriage. citi price rewind. start saving at citi.com/pricerewind. >>> the literati send out their minions to do their bidding. washington cannot tolerate threat from outsiders who may disrupt their comfortable world. the firefight started, a lesser person could not have survived the first few minutes of the onslaught. but out of the billowing smoke and dust of tweets and trivia emerge emerged gingrich. >> that, of course, was the best actual political theater of 2012, tony award winner john lithgow's reading of a newt gingrich press release, i think it was. but let's do the best political theater of 2012, and we'll now start with alexagain, because she's demanned that sde start. >> it is a contractual obligation. it was the best, because i couldn't believe it was happening in mid-august. mitt romney took to the white board to explain what he was doing with medicare. which, in and of itself was a hoax, but the notion that this man would have this horribly stage-managed moment in an effort to show he was all about business. he cemented every narrative out there. >> i don't know if the mikes can pick it up, but the drinks are being spilled there over at that table. krystal ball, the best political theater. >> well, i also have a newt gingrich moment when he turned questions about him asking his former wife for an open marriage, parlayed that into a debate moment, a huge applause moment in the debate, and then parlayed that into an actual victory in the south carolina primary. that was an incredible moment. >> we happen to have that video cued up. >> she says you asked her to enter into an open marriage, would you like

alex wagner, not chris hayes. alex wagner, we'll be back with more of "the last word" holiday party. stay with us. copd makes it hard to breathe, but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now i can be in the scene. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications, advair contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator working together to help improve your lung function all day. advair won't replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms and should not be used more than twice a day. people with copd taking advair may have a higher chance of pneumonia. advair may increase your risk of osteoporosis and some eye problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking advair. if you're still having difficulty breathing, ask your doctor if including advair could help improve your lung function. get your first full prescription free and save on refills at advaircopd.com. >>> the literati send out their minions to do their bidding. washington cannot tolerate threat from outsiders who may disrupt their comfortable world. the firefight started, a lesser person could not have survived the first few minutes of the onslought. but out of the billowing smoke and dust, tweets and trivia, emerged newt gingrich. >> that, of course, was the best actual political theater of 2012, tony award winner john lithgow's reading of the press release, i think it was. but let's do the best political theater of 2012, and we'll now start with alexagain, because she is demanding. >> it is a contractual obligation. it was the best, because i couldn't believe it was happening in mid-august. mitt romney took to the white board to explain what he was doing with medicare. which, in and of itself was a hoax, but the notion that this man would have this horribly stage-managed moment in an effort to show he was all about business. he cemented every narrative out there. >> i don't know if the mice can pick it up, but the drinks are being spilled there over at that table. krystal ball, the best political theater. >> well, i also have a newt gingrich moment when he turned questions about him asking his former wife for an open marriage, parlayed into a debate moment, a huge applause moment. and then parlayed that into an actual victory in the south carolina primary. that was an incredible moment. >> do we happen to have that video? >> she says you asked her to enter into an open marriage, would you like to take some time to respond to that?

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alex graham visits the zoo during a family trip in 2009. >> the zoo is generally really quiet. we were looking around. i just walk off by myself. >> soon alex comes face-to-face with claude the bear. >> so i take out my camera. >> alexve his eyes when claude picks up the stick. >> i was pretty amazed when i saw claude playing with the stick doing all these amazing tricks. at the time i was filming it, i was thinking this could get millions of views on youtube. >> alex decides to make his vision a reality. he comes home from his trip and edits together a montage of claude's best moves. the bear's tricks are so unbelievable that even alex's sister yuki thinks it's a fake. >> there's a ton of crazy stuff in japan, so i thought maybe it was a show or something. then he's like, no, it's real. >> alex uploads the video in september 2009. >> i start getting thousands of views. started getting really excited. then week after week it kept blowing up. >> before long, the video entitled "kung fu bear" receives more than 3.5 million hits on youtube. the video's so popular, it spawns numerous parodies. >> good morning, ninja bear. time to complete your ninja training. >> almost like the entire internet was riffing on this video

alex wagner returns tomorrow at noon eastern, 9:00 a.m. pacific when she is joined by chris hayes, melissa harris-perry, professor michael eric dyson, and dr. zinc emmanuel. until then, you can find alex on facebook.com/now with alexdrea mitchell reports is next. good afternoon, andrea. >> good afternoon, joy. great to see you there. thanks so much. coming up here, the country wants a compromise and do the clintons have their eye on the white house again in 2016? a lot of politics. plus, america seems to hope that the clintons do take that plunge. we'll have our new northbound news-wall street journal poll coming up. also, the international consensus is growing that syria's president's days are numbered. russia now joining in. could stronger laws have prevented that gun violence in oregon? we'll talk to brady campaign president dan gross. andrea mitchell reports is next right here. gives you 1% cash back on all purchases, plus a 50% annual bonus. and everyone...but her likes 50% more cash. but i'm upping my game. do you want a candy cane? yes! do you want the puppy? yes! do you want a tricycle? yes! do you want 50 percent more cash? no! ♪ festive. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card gives you 1% c

alex savage is live to explain, alex? >> reporter: the sergeant on scene told ktvu channel 2 morning news it all began as a fight between two sisters. inside, one of the units at the apartment complex, on the 400 block of willie avenue. the woman apparently grabbed a knife and began stabbing her sister who was visiting for the holiday. this is one of the victims and the stabbing began at 10:30. an officer said three other members were also stabbed trying to break up the fight. one of the other victims was a teenage girl. in the end they were all taken into the hospital and the woman behind the stabbing was taken into custody. they are trying to get additional information on this investigation and they are trying to get the names of the people taken into custody and to get an update on their conditions. so far it will be -- so far they will be right back. >>> ktvu channel 2 morning news janine de la vega is in santa clara where retailers are hoping to boost their bottom line, good morning jeanine. >> reporter: we were just here at kohl's and we just saw the first customers go inside the store and if you take a look at the parking lot, it is still empty. kohl's is advertising a christmas blitz and sale. it is one of many retailers offering deep discounts and some are offering prices from #0 to 70%. they are expecting many to spend more than what is on their cards and holiday sales are a critical indicater of the economy's strengths. it shows sales two months before christmas were the weak test since 2008. it grew when analysts expected it to grow to 4% this year and stores will want to get rid of their unsold inventory. some retailers he are offering more inventory than in the stores plus free shipping. back out here live we will show you how traffic picks up and we will show you customers as they start filtering in. janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> now that all the gifts are out from under the tree, we will have more on what some people are doing instead of heading back to the malls. weather and speed are being blamed for a rollover crash. nobody was hurt in that crash but it was one of another crashes during the rain storm. >> it is hard to tell where it is actually going to puddle at. >> last night the storm also had them warning of high winds of bay area bridges. >>> well, kentucky bridges, at least three deaths are blamed on them sweeping through the south. you are looking at it where a heavy storm hit last night. alabama had a tornado which knocked out power to more than 100,000 people christmas day. you are looking at a funnel cloud that touched down in alabama and that storm is moving towards florida, georgia and the carolinas. >>> 5:05, it is still pretty wet out there whether you are heading to e mall or to work, it hey, tara. >>> the road is looking good still, we had a few roadway flooding spots and it seems it dissipated and mark mentioned we are expecting a lot of rain today. you can see traffic is moving nicely in both directions towards berkeley on the right- hand side of your screen and at the bay bridge plaza, traffic is moving well and i don't know if those metering lights will be going on today but most likely is happens after six 505, here is mark. >>> in fact rain showers had to be updated and there is some rain to the north of petaluma and moving towards parts of the east bay and the north bay. just outside of crocket it is now centered over the venetia area and in san francisco out towards oakland and out towards market street and out towards the marinas. increasing rainfall rates in the alameda region will be told in the next few minutes. you will notice this might be a little enhanced near the radar but there are still some downpours, and your santa cruz mountains checking in at 44. yesterday we had the rain move through and we have the cold air today and it is unstable air and as a result we have an increase in clouds and downpours and the possibility of hail. that will be an increase with readings in the 40s. scattered showers still each into the afternoon hours we will hold onto the chance of lingering showers. temperatures are mainly in the 50s, santa rosa 51 antioch 53 and here is a look ahead at your five-day forecast. keep the umbrella handy and get ready for random downpours for wednesday. we have a chance of a few showers by friday, increasing friday night into saturday. >>> many will see the historic stadium undergoing a major face- lift but the big renovation project is taking longer than expected and the price tag has soared to $180 million. they say they will not be completely finished until 2015. meanwhile smart attain says -- spartan said they will face one that ranges 7th in the nation and still experts are predicting they will come away with a win except for kick often tomorrow afternoon. >>> they are now exposed, where you can find the list of 5,000 a users. some of those occurred here in the bay area. >>> and president barack obama cut 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[ male announcer ] now u-verse high speed internet has more speed options, reliability and ways to connect. rethink possible. how. >> new this morning. >>> officials say a car bomb went off in host province it killed a security guard an injured 6 civilians. the taliban is claiming responsibility for the attack. >>> online 5,000 people were released from the boy scouts suspected of sexual abuse. it goes from 1947 to the present. it includes the cities of san francisco piedmont and san rafael. the times says increased awareness over the years said they refused to keep a record. they kept a record of suspected abusers to keep them from rejoining. >>> and they have a news host for showing an illegal gun clip on the air. he held up what looked like a 30 round gun magazine on "meet the press" on sunday. it happened with the ceo of the n ra and the investigation came after they claimed investigation of possession of such a magazine. >>> president barack obama is headed back to washington d.c. and just six days remain before our country goes over the fiscal cliff. here is more from our washington d.c. newsroom. >> reporter: brian is congress does not act taxes will go up on all americans next tuesday. they are scheduled to get back to work for tomorrow morning which is when president barack obama's flight returns from hawaii but many are pest mystic he will reach -- pessimist particular they will reach the deadline. it is the republican controlled householding out. house speaker john boehner wants increase for those making only 1 million a year. they say it's more likely we will go over the cliff than not. >> if we allow that to happen it will be the most colossal consequential act of congressional you are responsibility in a long time. >> reporter: some republicans are saying president barack obama will actually get his way if a fiscal cliff is not reached before the deadline, kyle la campbell, washington d.c. newsroom. >>> and in general delegations are not as crowded as the first ones. as many as 800,000 are expected to be there for the president's 21st inauguration and that's less than those who flooded the area in 2009. >>> it should be much better and governor brown wants to overhaul the state's funding system. he hopes to give them fair control of how the school operates their money in minority districts. he is expected to outline proposals in his january budget. >>> john mcafee is expected to be spending time in great britain. he posted a blog saying he is safe in the country where he grew up. he is safe in england and has been hiding from authorities in belize where he was wanted for questioning in the suspicious death of a neighbor. >>> crews are looking into a suspicious water-main break in fairfax yesterday afternoon. crews shut off traffic in the area and still no word on what caused that break. >>> the bay area is starting to see more economic growth in the text sector. it is the fastest growing industry and has added more than 11,000 jobs in the past year. retail restaurants bars and hotels and manufacturing have also seen improvements and growth is spilling into san francisco san mateo and marin counties. >>> it is 5:15 and tara is watching a problem in the north bay, tara? >>> that's right, this is at the east washington on ram in petaluma. we have a car in the center divide and hopefully that will be clear soon. we have a look near the oakland coliseum and you can see traffic is flowing nicely and headlights are moving quickly as they make their way towards hayward and traffic is looking good at the 880 split and 101 in san francisco, we have had quite a bit of rain here and mark was mentioning the rain seems to becoming in spurts so be careful when you are driving out there. drive slowly because it can creep up on you, here is mark. >>> weather conditions seem to be changing very rapidly and one point we have clear skies and then downpours out there. in petaluma i want to show you activity there and outside of martinez out towards the west and core cod region -- concord region. it is cold enough that you can encounter some hail with these models. as you can see this is the beginning of it drifting to the south and east and also to the south and east out towards san leandro and out towards alameda as well and rain showers and increasing rainfall rates are counted. as you can see some scattered rain pour amounts but still some activity to report in the south bay. current numbers to report and san jose currently checking in at 44 degrees. for this morning occasional showers and those could be heavy at times and possibly hail. here is yesterday's storm moving across the bay area with that cold unstable air and the source is here for your wednesday. this kicks out to the east and we will have a break-in the action for tomorrow. out in the sierra, a winter storm warning is in -- warning is in place and we are on the order for 4 to 8 inches. we have a break-in the region and we have off and on showers throughout the day. forecast highs on the cool side only, maxing out to low-to-mid 50s so keep your jacket nearby and you will experience some showers could be heavy at times. chance of a shower especially by friday night. >>> this morning oil prices are inching upwards again. crude is selling for $89 a barrel and thats up more than a dollar from where it hoovered last week. they worried we could fall back into a recession if big budget cuts go into a affect. and they hit a 20 month low against the toll lore, japan also swore in a new prime minister and he is promising to drive his country out of inflation. most of the other countries were flat and major european markets remain closed for their extended holiday. here it is on monday, everything was down but futures are moving higher and we are waiting for numbers on the housing market but those are expected to be good. trading volume is still light but the fiscal cliff deadline still approaches. >>> she saved two girls and now some positive news for the hero dog, how her health has improved. >>> and more from the tsunami, the washington shore and we have some concerns about it. >>> and you will wake up while you were sleeping it was sent straight to you and you can get your morning wake-up call by texting 70123. . >>> well check out this boat, it is believed to have washed out to sea during the japanese tsunami. it washed ashore and crabs and mussels also showed up and it's concerned it could hurt native species. they will contact the consulate and they will find out if the owner still wants to claim it. >>> survivors held prayer services across thailand to remember the victims of the earthquake and tsunami. tsunamis tore through 14 countries and 20 14,000 people have lost their lives. >>> it has become a huge shopping day similar to black friday here in the united states. and the malls in england and canada are already packed with shoppers. it is a national shopping day since 1981. they would celebrate boxing day and many would send gifts to their workers all across the area. >>> before heading to the customer service you need to accept the exchange policies. the exception is electronics which you have 15 days to exchange and k-mart allows only 28 days but many are accepted with a gift receipt. >> they may want to give you a lower price but if you have a receipt it makes it easier. >> some people avoid exchanges all together. they take all things and either regift or donate to a charitable cause and in that case, no receipt is required. >>> we want to update you on a dog who became an international sensation after losing her snout. she appears to have beaten cancer but she does need more treatment for heart worms before her snout can be closed she threw herself in front of a motorcycle to save two girls in the philippines. >>> hello, tara. >>> everything is looking good out there, but it is wet out there and make sure you drive slowly. right now we will take a live look at the 280 split and traffic is flowing nicely, the headlights show as you make your way towards santa clara. at the sunole grade, a lot of folks are out and perhaps they are back to work this morning so give yourself extra time this morning. 5:25 let's head to mark. >>> good morning, you may see a full moon and we may have heavy downpours because we have an unstable air mass and you can see live doppler sweeps bringing current rainfall. increases out towards the petaluma region especially with darker shades of green shows heavier downpours and we will show you this from south to east. not as much coverage here but out towards the martinez area it is. there are southern portions of marin county where we have darker shades of green and we are just about to go to ocean beach, increasing rainfall amounts at the park and moving a maps across the bay, you can see san bruno extending across the bay and right around the hayward region, darker shades of green and yellow and we are tracking rainfall amounts out towards the castro region. you may notice this radar loop over the past hour, briefly passing showers are moving through and it will show more activity out there. temperatures are in the 30s to 40s and we will hold onto shower chances and the possibility of a thunderstorm, it will be dry for thursday and once again we will have a slight chance by friday, friday night into saturday we could be tracking more rain showers in parts of the bay area. we will have more coming up in just a few minutes. >>> time now 5:27 and a gift from muni. thea woman stabs remember relatives in alameda, the christmas fight that got out of control. >>> thousands have lost power after a car hit a power pole. we will tell you what happened and we have the latest from pg&e. . >>> welcome black to the ktvu channel 2 morning news, it is wednesday december 26th, i am brian flores. >>> good morning, i am claudine wong in for pam cook, let's head to mark, you said maybe hail? >> yes, that is how cold and unstable this weather system is. you can see the full moon and other areas have downpours out there. you can see it on live doppler sweep, also in san francisco, there is a reason change and san francisco is covered with rainfall, moderate to heavier cells pushing through the region. more on the forecast includes rain showers and here is more on the roadways with tara moriarty. good morning tara. >> reporter: this is 237 milpitas, no delays yet and 880 near the oakland coliseum, southbound towards hayward, again your traffic is looking good, let's head back to the desk. >>> we are continuing to follow a developing story in the east bay, power is still out in one oakland neighborhood. it all began with an out of control car, lorraine blanco gives us a look at the damage, lorraine? >> reporter: i just got off the phone with a public information office area and pg&e crews have been able to restore power to all but a few customers. it has been a blackout since a nissan altima hit a power pole. they say it started when a driver crashed into a vehicle near sunkist and that driver kept on driving and crashed into another vehicle closer to where we are standing near the freeway. the altima snapped the freeway in half and knocked out power to 6800 customers. they are hoping that person will come forward this morning and they say there is at least one pole which needs to be replaced out here and several down on the roadway. it takes hours to replace the power pole and most will be without power for the morning of christmas. reporting live in oakland, lorraine blanco ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> a woman stabbed four people in alameda. ktvu channel 2 morning news' alex savage has more on where the crime happened hours ago. >> reporter: four people were taken to the hospital after this stabbing that happened last night. it happened at the gardens apartment complex. we will show you video when one of those victims was being transported around 10:30. this all began as a fight between two sisters. the woman who lives there grabbed a knife and began stabbing the woman who was over visiting. they tried to break up the original fight between the two women and one of those victims was a teenage girl. the woman behind the stabbing was eventually taken into custody, the woman who lives at this apartment complex. now i have put in calls this morning and so far we have not been able to get a name on that woman and their conditions and again, a stabbing following a family fight, alex savage in alameda, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> a shooting claimed the life of a man and police found dozens of shell-casings where the victim was gunned down yesterday afternoo

alex savidge is live on walnut street. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning. the sergeant here on scene told me in this case a woman was found stabbed to death early this morning. officers are still out here on scene. you can see a couple patrol cars parked out here on this street. the stabbing happened inside this apartment building in a second floor unit. we'll show you video we shot a short time ago. this is all taking place in the 5800 block of walnut. neighbors called 911 just about two hours ago. around 2:30 this morning. when officers aryed here on scene they went inside this unit and found this woman with multiple stab wounds and she died here on scene. a sergeant told me a short time ago police do have a possible suspect. a man in custody at this point. they are not saying much about who this person is. and the motive at least at this point according to the sergeant remains unclear. in addition, oakland police also investigating a second deadly shooting. another crime scene. two people who were found dead shot to death. this all happened early this morning as well in the 800 block of immediate. right near san pablo. police there at that scene aren't saying a whole lot about what the motive may have been for that deadly shooting. or much about the victims. in both of these cases the victims remain unidentified. live this morning in oakland alex savidge. >>> the victim of a hit and run crash now has firsthand knowledge of the violent crimes crisis in oakland. he's been stranded since 7:00 last night. when he got here the truck slammed into his parked car. the hit and run driver left the scene. and he spent the entire night asking the oakland police department asking for help. >> they said they had no eta. no officers available. highway patrol officer came and said it's not his location. he left me here abandoned on this street which is not a good neighborhood. >> both the oakland fire department and aaa told them they could not help him because this was considered a crime scene. just hours ago we contacted oakland police. >>> the city of oakland says it has a new crime fighting strategy and comes after the department avoided a federal takeover. the big name being brought in from los angeles and what he's planning to do to lower the city's crime rate. >>> chp still at the scene of a deadly crash. it all began with a traffic st

alex witt. i'm robert thomas if for alex today. protesters in cairo are not backing down. morsi descended his decree to give himself powers. there's a referendum on a constitution written by his islamist allies. hugo chavez is heading back to cuba for cancer. he's talking about the recurrence of cancer and named the vice president as his successor. former south african president, nelson mandela is facing a second night in the hospital. he's in for routine testing. he's in frail health and hasn't made public appearances for years. he had stomach surgery for years. a long range test rocket over the next week and a half. state media is reporting north korea came under heavy internal criticism since the announced plans. here in the states, the lapd is apologizing to the family of the late rapper, no toreious for not releasing the autopsy report. it was released prematurely. the rap star was killed 15 years ago in a drive by shooting. those are the fast five headlines. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are butting heads. earlier on "meet the press," dick durbin said the president wants to solve this problem. republican congressman kevin mccarthy claimed the commander and chief is playing political games. >> listen, if we are going to have a certainty for businesses to invest and workers to know new jobs are created, we have to get this behind us once and for all. >> i don't want to do it. the president doesn't want to do it. we cannot allow the reckless position to drive this economy into another recession, a recession the republicans will own. >> ask the president to come off the campaign trail. he's been to pennsylvania. tomorrow, he's going to detroit. it's time to govern. the election is over. >> he's a phone call away. >> he's a phone call away? we will come down to him. >> president obama and house speaker john boehner cannot reach a deal. now to the conflict in syria and new reports out of britain say the u.s. is launching an operation to armed rebels. sources telling antitank missiles will be sent through friendly countries. it comes as rebel forces make advances. the fight is far from over for citizens. richard engel has the latest from inside syria. >> parts of syria controlled by the rebels, there's no talk of the diplomatic efforts. the trips and leadings of hillary clinton with the u.n. and her russian counter part, there's no hope here for a diplomatic solution. instead, what people talk about is the suffering of the people. the people are showing tremendous resilience. this house was bombed by mistake. the people that live here live next to a rebel commander. now, they are homeless. there's tremendous economic difficulties here. the syrian currency is worth half of what it was worst when the war began. a loaf of bread cost 20 times what it did months ago. the rebels are making advances. they hope to soon control the city, the commercial capital. after that, damascus. richard engel, nbc news. >> we are also hearing new reaction off capitol hill. it's the supreme court's decision to take up two challenges to same-sex marriage. regardless of public opinion, it belongs to the nation's highest court. >> prior to this election, every vote has been and made it through a legislature, not the vote of the people. it's always in california, the people voted itself. we'll look and see from the supreme court. >> this is part of our future. marriage equality and the people who made this decision is part of what america is about. >> joining me now is elizabeth birch. it's great to see you today. a lot to talk about. the most recent polling which, i think, will be a surprise to some. 53% in support of legalizing marriage equality, tieing the previous record high. among young people, 18 to 29-year-olds in age range, 73% say they think same-sex marriages should be recognized as valid. you have been on the front lines of this fight. is this an issue that belongs before the nation's highest court and do you feel that this will be something where we see the justices will rule on the right side of history? >> well, yes. and thomas, it's great to see you. what the u.s. supreme court actually agreed to hear is one case that is rooted in the california constitution, the prop 8 case. then the so-called defensive marriage act that passed in 1996. when you cite those polls, what's so interesting to me is that this first burst on the national scene in 1996 popped up in conservative research when they were running out of issues and they suddenly went, my god, eureka. this gay marriage issue. this is an amazing weapon to use. the american public does not favor it and it can be used politically. karl rove called it the gift that keeps on giving. for many years, it did. one thing the conservatives did not count on are two things. one, most families have a gay son or daughter they love or a cousin or uncle they cherish. the other thing, thomas, is at the end of the day, they didn't anticipate that conservatives themselves would come to see this as a conservative issue. >> sure, it's a traditional value. >> absolutely. >> when you have vehicle dick cheney who has a daughter who wanted to get married and start a family. just not from individuals on the right. we have seen elizabeth now. we have nine states in washington d.c. area having legalized marriage equality. >> right. >> the initial issue with the court taking this issue up was met with relief by certain people, certain marriage equality. some worry having the court involved could stall the progress. do you think there's the possible likelihood of that? >> no. i mean, i think there's always a likelihood, but i think the u.s. supreme court has ended up time and time again in our history reaching up and out when it comes to a fundamental right. marriage has been determined to be a fundmental right many, many times by the supreme court. it may invite or somehow inspire some on the right but i hope not, to try to alter our constitution. the fact is that our constitution has been amended 17 times and always to expand rights and never to narrow them except prohibition that got repealed. what's the truth is that this is an issue that has taken hold. it's about civil marriage licenses. there's just been too many people that have now come out and, you know, thousands and millions of individual acts where the american public something the strategists did not anticipate back in 1996 is the american public shifts and as it has become comfortable, they have determined yes, these licenses should be extended. you know, the u.s. supreme court could determine this on narrower grounds, just on the california issue and just strike down doma. then we are left with nine states where you can marry and it would remain unresolved as to the other states. seasoning correct. >> if we are ever going to see civil marriage in alabama, it has to be the u.s. supreme court. i think we are living in an amazing era for gay people. hopefully the supreme court will understand its moment in history and like it has done before, come down on the side of justice and fairness. >> elizabeth, when we talk about the fact they had ten they could look at for consideration, i know they take it seriously, they were going to consider the eight doma cases and the two prop 8 cases and whether they would be raised up for further investigation. we have one and one. what do you think the odds are that this could be a draw? if we look at it, it's got to be either both are seen as a win for those in terms of expanding america's liberties or a failure. there couldn't be a draw. >> i think it's going to end up being great and historic or very good. i don't think the court would have taken the defensive marriage act, which frankly i'm a lawyer and i think any constitutional law student knows on the face it's constitutional. it bars some thousand and more basic privileges and benefits from flowing to people who have gotten legal civil marriage. that is very un-american. people are paying taxes, cannot take advantage. the other thing that doma proports to do is to tell a state that it doesn't have to recognize the gay civil marriage of another state. the fact is that, that's a little arrogant of congress. congress can decide, you know, to actually enforce a uniform approach among the states, but to tell one state they don't have to adhere to the law of another state, that's presumptuo presumptuous. on the prop 8 front, yes, it is about the california constitution. but, what the ninth circuit concluded is that in fact it was also a front to the u.s. constitution. while it didn't rule on that basis, the right to marry is pretty settled and it is constitutional, fundamental right. this is not unique. the united states is way behind other nations. there are many nations around the globe that allow for same gender civil marriage. >> elizabeth, great to see you. thanking for your time. >> good to see you. >>> the big three. how is john boehner performing as fiscal cliff negotiator. there's a petition drive demanding the president and lawmakers resolve the crisis or else. you are watching weekends with alexan soup spectacular? 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let's turn to alex wagner, host of now with alex wagner here at msnbc and jonathan walter, analyst andst for bloomberg view. every time something happens with firearms in this country, we hear the same old tired talking points coming out from conservatives from the right supplied by the nra. is this time different? >> i do think this time is different i. i think you see a little bit of acknowledgment that this is a line in the sand. i think the army of the teacher's theory or the proposal is a new level of ridiculousness. can you imagine after the terrorist who had the explosives in his shoes, if we had said well every airline passenger should have explosive shoes so that we can combat it like that, it's ludicrous. i was speaking with john larson who is a congressman from connecticut. he said if that's what louis gomer thinks flies in texas, there needs to be change. but at the end of the day, there's so much resis tense. there is so much entrenched resistance to the notion around reason laws and guns and gun possession, that you're seeing an initial grasping at straws which is to say

alex went to the white house, too. >> and drove back himself. >> let me get this straight. so alex goes to the white house last night. >> mm-hmm. >> because, you know, right-wing bloggers, we actually -- that's how we get our talking points. they go down -- valerie and david axelrod together make a big pot roast for us. >> mm-hmm. >> and lots of gravy. and we sit around eating it. and i, of course, say okay, give me extra gravy. i'm good with it. >> right. >> best sweet tea i've ever had. >> there's a give and take. >> actually, it was a christmas party. go ahead and do your blog. you sure as hell didn't get mitt romney to like it. they're not attacking me. i wouldn't know. i don't read it. so t.j. goes down. this is big. it's big. alex> drove back. >> and he works. >> drove from b.d.c. >> he's like cal ripken jr. what's the t.j. analogy? >> he's billy ripken. i'm not knocking billy ripken. he didn't have the streak. >> who's somebody that gets hit and leaves the game? here's the bears' quarterback. what's his name again? >> cutler. >> easy, easy. no, no, no. cutler's tough. cutler's tough. >> yeah, remember when he sat on the sidelines in a playoff game. >> his leg was torn up. come on. >> i got it. >> mark sanchez. >> t.j.'s glad to be on the sidelines. >> give sanchez a clip board. >> msnbc political analyst, harold ford jr. is here. >> good morning. i play hurt. >> you do play hurt. what do you play? >> hurt. >> so is that the policy if there's a christmas party the night before, we don't have to come to work the next day? >> it is if you're t.j. >> i'm out of here. >> because my uncle frank's getting some people together tonight. >> we have to prepare, actually. >> so, yeah. so i won't be here tomorrow. t.j., wh

alex savidge has more on how a traffic stop turned into a much larger situation. alex? >> reporter: well, now that the sun is coming up, the team is going to resume searching for this team, somewhere in the cordova creek. the man is suspected of drunk driving and ran from officers during a traffic stop. it happened earlier in the morning. he jumped into the creek in an area where the water is moving very quickly. authorities put a boat in the water right away to search the bas ofthe creek but there was no sign of the man. this all began after midnight when ross police made a dui stop on the man's car near sir francis drake and college. but during the field sobriety test, this man took off running from officers. officers watched him go in the creek and eventually lost sight of him. >> they followed for about 100 yards trying to encourage the person to come out of the swift water. he swam away from the officers. the officers followed him as far as they could until they couldn't anymore. >> reporter: now, the ross police chief said he isn't going to release the name of the missing man at this point but police are very concerned about his well being since the water is cold and the current, especially in the air area where he went in, is -- in the area where he went in, is swift. it's possible a dive team could be called in to search for him. but we understand the search- and-rescue team will pick up the search at 7:00, the chief said. we have not seen them yet. we'll monitor the situation. we're live in green brain -- greenbrae this morning, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alex. >>> rising creek waters flooded roadways an temporarily closed highway 101. it happened on the peninsula in a creek that overflowed its banks. janine de la vega is live at the creek to show us some of the damage. >> reporter: well, we're right here on the border of palo alto and east palo alto. this is highway 101 and the creek flows right underneath it and the water was so high last night that it was flashing up over and onto the freeway. this is video of that same area of what it looked like last night. water was flooding on 101, north of the embarcadero. the highway patrol was helping motorists with traffic breaks. the creek crested at university avenue and woodland. the water spilled over and into the entrance of the four seasons hotel. fire officials say even though there was not massive damage, they remain worried about the creek. >> we need to work on these holes in this levy. can't leave it like this especially since we're earl

alex. an dree mitchell reports is coming up next. >> thanks, alex. let's make a deal.ouse says today it can happen. what went on in the secret talks this weekend with speaker boehner? we assume it did not follow the "snl" script, but we'll ask white house chief of staff bill daley. a navy seal loses his life as rebels cry out for help against a possible chemical weapons threat. it's all covered with general barry mcafterry. the latest on susan rice with michael oh hammond and mallalla is honored on human rights day. that's all coming up next on "an dree mitchell reports. we are gathered here today to celebrate the union of tim and laura. it's amazing how appreciative people are when you tell them they could save a lot of money on their car insurance by switching to geico...they may even make you their best man. may i have the rings please? ah, helzberg diamonds. nice choice, mate. ...and now in the presence of these guests we join this loving couple. oh dear... geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. >>> right now on andrea mitchell report, the p

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alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> that is nice, thanks, alex. >>> on capitol hill the debate over the fiscal cliff continues to strike a partisan tone with only days left before the deadline. on the senate floor today harry reid blasted john john boehner, accusing him of inaction, he called on him to round up his colleagues so a deal can be reached. >> john boehner seemed to care more about keeping his speaker s hip than keeping the nation on firm footing. >> a speaker for him said he should legitimate more and talk less about that. major tax cuts will hit by then, the president cut short his vacation in hawaii to resume negotiations. >>> a new survey shows u.s. consumer confidence tumbled as the fiscal cliff nears, the consumer confidence index fell to 65 in december, the lowest level since august, last month it was at 71.5. economists say the decline is due to fears of sharp tax increases and government spending cuts set to take effect next week. barkley is considering a plan to change the face of downtown with the first high rise in that city in 40 years, a los angeles real estate group today submitted and application for the plan which calls for a 17 story luxury apartment complex on harold way by the downtown bart station. the plan includes a rooftop garden, conference center and four levels of underground parking. if approved the development would transform the block long harold way there in berkeley. the project is expected to face opposition from pest veryvationist. the developer wants to tear down the back of that. >>> former president george h.w. bush is in guarded condition at a houston hospital. a spokesman says he is alert talking with staff and surrounded by his family. he was moved to the intensive care unit on sunday and been in the hospital since last month for complications related to bronchitis. >> they don't put you in icu because things are going well, we are hoping the medicines and the treatments can help him turn things around. >> mr. bush has a high fever and is now on a liquids only diet. his wife barbara and sons former president george w. bush and jeb bush have all been visitors to the hospital. >>> two law students were charged with crimes today for killing and decapitating an exotic bird in vegas, the two 24-year-old students are dustin and eric, police say on october 13th, the two attacked and killed a foul at the flamingo resorts wildlife attraction, today he was charged with felony animal killing, torture and cruelty, the other faces a misdemeanor charge, both are due back in court in february. >>> more severe weather on the east coast is bringing snow, freezing rain and strong winds and causing problems at airports across the country, heavy snow has been falling in new york, pennsylvania and new england states, airlines have cancelled flights because of the storm, leaving thousands of travelers stranded across the country, at last check 15 minutes ago bay area airports reported from problems related to the east coast storm. >>> we are getting an up close look at one of the 34 twisters that swept through the south, check this out, you can see the furry of that tornado, cars are thrown around outside this walgreen's store and inside they were running for cover while the wind just continued to knock down shelf, hundreds of thousands of people in the south are still without electricity, freezing temperatures and thunders are complicating efforts to restore power. >> well, it is nice to see all the sunshine today, of course, we have been dealing with storms over the past couple of weeks but today look at this. just a few nice clouds, floating overhead, friendly clouds, not producing rainfall, temperatures still on the cool side so you want to bundle up, still even under the clear blue skies out there, as far as the radar, multiple sweeps going here, we cannot find rain but tomorrow that will change as another system approaches. as far as current numbers, updated for the 12 hour beginning to recover, upper 40s to 50s, fairfield right now though cool at 48, san francisco 52, and hayward checking in right about 51 degrees. the set up on the satellite, a big batch of high clouds over the bay area this morning, early, those clouds have moved out, so today that dry weather forecast, mostly sunny skies, there is another weather system developing out here in the pa civic and this will be the source of more cloud cover as we do take this into your friday so an increase in the cloud cover and rainfall developing, i put a rough time window hire between 4:00 and 8:00, could be earlier in parts of the north bay as this system approaches during the early portion of the afternoon. but this will generate some rain showers, especially by friday night, lasting into early saturday morning. and the cold nature of this storm will drop our snow levels down to 3000 feet saturday morning but the rest of the weekend is dry so good news for a good portion of your upcoming weekend, the last weekend of 2012. >>> here is our forecast model, tomorrow morning watch out for fog toward the central valley and the delta possibly, so here we are friday morning. then you will notice a big batch of clouds moving into the region. it will be dry first thing tomorrow morning, maybe spotty drizzle. here is that rain band approaching the region up in the north bay and increase in in coverage somewhat by friday night and into saturday morning, but look what happens after 7:00, you will see the rain moves out, the clouds move out as well for saturday afternoon and that will set the stage for a nice sunday. as far as lake tahoe this weekend and for today in fact partly cloudy skies, more cloud cover friday, there is a chance of snow by saturday. here is a look at our temperatures for this afternoon, not much change from the current levels. mainly low to mid 50s san jose and livermore. look ahead your five-day- forecast with your weekend always in view, your weekend rapidly approaching, here that is cloud, today the key is sunshine and a break in the rain but especially by friday night the rainfall rates on the increase light to moderate and linkerring showers saturday morning and maybe a little dusting of snow on the hills and claudine looks good for sunday, monday and good news for the new years plans for monday and tuesday, no rain drops at least and partly cloudy skies. we will hold you to that. >> better. >> they want good weather new year's eve. >> okay. >> thanks, a set of new laws are set to go into effect and one of them would allow drivers to send and receive text messages but as she reports those hands will still need to stay on the wheel. >> after sitting at an intersection for three minutes it was easy to spot a driver texting, while that is illegal then they will use that and make it legal. alexay posted that question. >> if you have your hand on the phone and the officer pulls up next to you will you be citeed for na? >> the california highway patrol says no but it could make things trickier for them. >> we will have to see are they pressing more than one button, are they constantly -- it is easy to see. >> another new law has to do with prove of insurance, if a driver gets pulled over they will be able to show prove through a smart phone or tablet. >> i think it is helpful if it is less paperwork you have to keep on you and other people can get your information so if you can have it on your phone and you can easily access it and give it to someone i think that would be fine. >> starting january 1st party bus and limo drivers will be held responsible for telling all underage drivers that drinking alcohol is illegal. if alcohol is transported a person over 25 must be on board to make sure they don't drink in response to that. in the next few days the officers will be briefed

alex witt." i am t.j. holmes in for alexed to. we have three days now to avert another financial crisis. whether it's a big deal or a small deal, president obama will he have something to sign in time? moments ago i spoke with democratic congressman elijah cummings. listen to what he had to say about the standstill. >> there is a sense of urgency. the problem is that we've got a group of tea party folk over in the house who basically has pretty much dictated what mr. boehner can agree to. boehner, who's a good guy who wants to make a deal, he really wants to make a deal, but he can't. >> all right. head to capitol hill. there's mike viqueira standing by for us. you know something else that representative cummings said. i just said you're standing by. it seems like even when they come back to d.c. they're going to be standing by. they don't seem to have much to do in the house right now. >> reporter: that's absolutely right. don't have anything to do in the house. for now they don't have anything to do in the senate, t.j. that's the thing. harry reid, mitch mcconnell, the two democratic and republican leaders respectively in the senate got back from that big white house pow wow yesterday behind closed doors. timothy geithner, top aides, top house leaders as well renewed sense of optimism. they were going to get to it, negotiate, try to come up with something on a smaller scale anyway to get us past this fiscal cliff to make sure the average or typical american family of four's taxes don't go up by $2200 next week when you throw all of it together. we are tolded to that there have been telephone calls, e-mails back and forth at the staff level throughout the course of the evening and into this morning perhaps later today we will have a face-to-face meeting but with staff, not with the principals involved. not with the the senators involved. we don't expect to see them in the capitoled today at all. can they agree on a level here. and if mitch mcconnell the republican leader can bring along enough republicans to have it pass the senate and then really put the onus on john boehner. and that's one of the ifs and bus about this. of course we're talk about mud night new year's eve, monday into tuesday for the deadline here. the world is not going to come to an end, t.j., if they go into tuesday and have to do it then. but certainly they are under the gun. there's a lot at stake here. a lot of people are shake their heads at the dysfunction. anded to ina today inactivity a u.s. capitol. >> we'll get back to you. >>> i'm going to move onto a conversation about this topic. how much political capital has been lost over these negotiationegotiation negotiations. republican strategy is and democratic strategist and the former national press secretary for the democratic national campaign committee. gentlemen, thank you both for being here. let me start with you though, david. your guy, speaker boehner. >> yes. >> right now. you know what, how's he holding up? is he pretty much out of this thing at this point in terms of trying to hash out a deal? seems like it's in the hands of the senate. >> what the speaker had done, what the house had done back in august was basically pass all the -- extending all the tax cuts and dealt with the sequestration. the frustration what he was trying to manage was in fact that the senate hadn't taken up any of those bills. now he had sort of gotten to this point. having said that, given the meeting that happened on friday, now there's some optimism in the sense of senator reid and senator mcconnell being able to sit down and work through a lot of these issues and present those to both the senate and then that gives the speaker the chance to deal with it. but i have to tell you, one of the things that the speaker was dealing with in terms of the vote that he did about a week ago dealing with the $1 million and above was the fact that there was a lack of confidence the senate would do anything with it. so i think this really improves those chances. >> improves the chances. this sounds like as i bring you in, doug, the same back and forth, the blame game, well i tried this but they didn't do that. it's up to the senate. the speaker couldn't do this. this is the same old same old that i know a lot of viewers will listen to and sounds the same. i know you probably think the same and i hear it, i hear the same. so can we put that aside for just a second? are we going to get this thing done now? and is it the time pressure that's forcing this to happen versus just the sense of duty, quite frankly, is to go up there and get your jobs done. we shouldn't even be here right now. >> this is kind of like the "groundhog day" movie with bill murray where we've seen this movie over and over again with the debt ceiling, the government shutdown that occurred, that debate. here's the thing. i think what we need is some momentum. i think what needs to happen is if the senate can come to some sort of agreement, that gives speaker boehner a little more breathing room and there's more pressure on house republicans to take up a vote, even if it doesn't have the unanimous support of the republican conference. if they can pass a bill with republican support and democratic support, send it to the president, that's obviously what i think the thinking here is is to try to create some momentum here. we don't have any momentum. we're having some meetings. i think that's fine. but if the senate can get a deal done and then send it to the house, then i think obviously we're in a much better spot. we saw it with t.a.r.p. we've seen it before. that's the theory of this case here that mitch mcconnell and senator reid, dealmakers who love this sort of stuff can come together and work something out. >> and david, to bring you back in, a lot of people here at least the deal you referred to earlier was that $1 million threshold, raising taxes on those people, incomes over $1 million. a lot of people shake their heads. if you can't go for that deal what deal would you go for to raise taxes on anyone? i guess what is it? do you think that voters, do republicans think voters will hold it against them so much to raise taxes on the highest of the highest of the highest of income earners in this country? >> well i mean, let's sort of remember the speaker had over 90% of his caucus behind him in terms of that vote. and that particular situation none of the democrats were willing to support that particular move. so he had to rely completely on republicans. he had 90%. >> wait a minute. you're telling me he had the support he needed and the votes he needed to get that. >> i'm saying he had 90% of the republican conference behind him. without democratic votes that put him below 218. so obviously he couldn't get that through. having said that, when you get to this sort of -- in this situation where you get where if you get to a deal between reid and mcconnell, one, i think you'll see some democrats come across. but, two i think you're going to see republicans. the concern here was i'm going to have to take a vote as a republican that's going to go nowhere in the senate and could be used against me and it's not going to accomplish anything in this particular situation the idea we could move forward and get a lot of those tax cuts in place for so many americans now all of sudden and the reality that it could happen, now that becomes a much more attractive proposition. although again you're going to see a lot of republicans being just very unhappy. it's kind of our nature in terms of not being happy about tax increases. >> doug, you hit on something a second ago as well. you talked about this issue that we have no momentum. we don't have a lot of time to build up momentum. we just got to get it done now. is this just washington? a lot of people they get so turned off, they're being engaged and talking about going off the cliff a little bit so we can come back and vote. republicans say they voted for a tax cut. the public's not going to fall for that anymore. is this washington now? this is it? >> well, i think the house of representatives is totally dysfunctional. and it's been dysfunctional for two years. and you're seeing it was reported that it's the least productive congress in history. and what they're very good at is naming post offices. what they aren't very good at is doing big things like this. now, i think again i think that if speaker boehner decides to open up the vote, allow a vote for everyone democrats and republicans to vote on a package, even if there isn't a majority of the majority there or unanimous support within the republican conference, i think the outlook is a little bit brighter. but look, we're going to have to do big things next year with corporate tax reform, immigration reform. and this, i think, given where the stakes involved should be easier. and if we can't do this, it makes the prospects of doing those other big things dimmer, i think. >> big things. i just shake my head right now thinking we knew this was coming and here we are just a couple of days. one more thing to you here, david, are people -- i say people, members of congress, oftentimes people can't understand like why on a national level as we watch, why wouldn't they vote to raise taxes on the highest of the highest income earners. but do you sense this -- not sense this, it's fact is it not that many of these members of congress are concerned with their district and what happens in their little district and how they can get re-elected in a couple of years and what's happening down the road. they are voting what's going to work for them. it seems like there's no national consensus, a sense of a greater good for the country. people are just taking care of themselves. would you agree with that? >> well, i think there's an honest disagreement in terms of what this impact of the increases have. republicans look at this increase of those making over 250,000 and say gee you're going to raise taxes on 894,000 small businesses. we think that would have a very negative impact on the economy. the president looks at it differently in terms of saying gee these individuals can afford it. so there's a real difference here in terms of trying to resolve it. i do want to go back to one point that doug brought up to push back just a touch. we passed the extension of all the tax cuts, we dealt with the sequester, and there was a bill in the senate. and look, the speaker can't tell harry reid what to do. it's up to harry reid to do what he needs to do. so i would suggest that's been a point of frustration. hopefully we're now seeing that get resolved. >> last word. those bills aren't going anywhere in the senate. the voters were very clear they want a balanced approach. they believe the wealthy should pay a little bit more and that middle class families should get a tax increase. that's what they voted for, i believe, in the last election. that's not what the republicans are standing up for right now. >> david, doug, gentlemen, i appreciate you both being here. and it is. it's a shame we're to this point, just a few days out and americans are worried right now about what their paychecks are going to look like the first couple of weeks of january. but thank you both so much. hopefully this gets worked out. you all have a happy new year. >> happy new year. >> about 42 minutes past the hour now. >>> want to turn to number five on our first five web stories. beyonce' is looking for co-stars in her super bowl halftime show. pepsi is running a contest that i am going to sign up for during this commercial break where 50 fans and their friends can take the stage with beyonce' in new orleans. fan photos also will be incorporated into an introductory video and tv commercials. 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