tylerday night on q&a, able, stepson of the late: this, ,alks -- the late columnist talks about the diaries that give an insider take on washington dc from 1960-96 he nine. 1969. >> it was remarkable all the things he did. sometimes he would criticize himself. i think that column was too strong. i should not have said it that way. or lyndon johnson will get mad at me for how i wrote that column. but he needed to be told. i wrote it, and i'm glad i wrote it. abell. --each week, real america reel america that helps provide context for days -- today's public affairs issues. ♪ impression of damascus is one of surprise as we notice the appearance of the square in the center of the city. our opinion changes as we step two paces away. of the 300,000 inhabitants, 80% are moslems and many places of mercia. the largest and most -- places is openip the largest to the faithful and nonbeliever as well. all must remove shoes before entering. ♪ >> damascus is a hot and dry city. the many vendors of cool sweetwater do a thriving business. make their presence known. ♪ --at this open air grill perhaps not sa

's"alked to "france 24 correspondent, who said how difficult -- how important this is. >> it is the first to normalize relations between south korea and japan since 1965. the term comfort women is a euphemism for sex slaves, but japan in the past had argued that many of the women that the japanese women recruited during werear were probably -- prostitutes, around brothels for money. -- aurore: they were not allowed to leave the camps, right? they were essentially sex slaves. japan already offered an apology for the practice back in 1993. south korea has been asking for more, for stronger apologies. the most important part of today's deal is the creation of korean fund, a south /japan joint fund. pledged ¥10has billion to compensate the victims. now, the fund -- japan has in the past resisted greater compensation to victims, saying that such economic compensation has been covered by the first deal in 1965. aurore: during the holiday season, paris is usually buzzing from tourists across the world, but this year many have stayed away as it was hit by a string of terrorist attacks in november

the acting police commissioner and his top brass alke along ocean parkway today where remains much a least ten of the victims were found. they stopped at make shift gravesites gravesites. it was five years ago that bodies were discovered along ocean parkway during the search for shannon gilbert. the current chief call this is the largest crime scene search in the department's history. without going into much detail, acting commissioner said he's endo you remembered they will make progress now that they are enlisting the help of the fbi and other law enforcement agencies. >> anyone who can help in that mission is going to have a seat at this table. it's that simple. >> reporter: police however did not answer any questions when asked about how the investigation has progressed. have they named a suspect, have they searched for new bodies. the department did not want to answer any of those questions. of course new leaders sending a new direction out. and this has do with them wanting to change the message a little because in recent months, there has been so much turmoil that has taken ov

news 4 catherine craig alked to some people who managed to escape. >> to the neighbors on the street it has been a shock to see this apartment building go up in flames and then you have sidents who lost everything. flames roar from a brooklyn apartment building lighting up hithe night sky. on richardson street in williamsburg, theresa lived on the now destroyed third floor. her neighbor alerted her to the danger outside her door. >> screamed got to get out, got to get out. i had nothing but the shirt i wa s sleeping in. no phone, no shoes, no nothing. and we ran out. we ducked down under the smoke and watched our homes burn. i got out of the building safe, thing, but with literally only the shirt i was sleeping in. >> reporter: two people who lived in the building perished. firefighters removed their bodies this morning. >> we had very heavy fire and the first, second and third floor of the building. >> reporter: neighbors said there was an unmistakable sound moments before flames shoot thourough the building. >> we all heard a big bang and the house even shook a little bit and then

yocan see the thief alk into the store and point a shogun at th owner, demanding money. the g station owner began to load the moneyinto a pasic bag. but the crook tied toet greedy... d reacd into te register then ran out from behind the counter and pushed him out the door. we're only six days away from christmas and cances are you've had your tree up for a few weeks now. tonight, we have a ery important reminde about just how quickl your holiday could turn disasterous... according to the national fire protection associatin, on average, christmas trees are the source of about 200 structure ires, $17 million in damage and 7 deaths each year. at umd, some ph students get to play with fire as they study how to event those fires. after extensive safty training, they conduct lab experiments at umd's department up in flames. "we have a tree that's perfectly arranged, so we have this wonderful surface area to volume ratio, so we have all these nice little bristles that could ignite," he said. with real trees, leventon a his classmates said it may seem obvious but it is critical

alking at the high price of content. crude is down. spiked, thathat it is when crude inventories came out showing they felt by 3.6 million barrels. we have given up all those gains and are on track to continue the declines. >> thanks. let's get an update on bloomberg first word news. from rahmpology today emanuel during a special session of the city council. he expressed regret that a year before police release video of the fatal shooting of a black teenager, and for the white officer to be charged. >> i take responsibility for what happened, because it happened on my watch. we are going to fix it. it is my responsibility. if we're going to begin the healing process, the first step in that journey is my step, and i am sorry. mark: he also addressed ts mistrust of police. tois sorry that they have warn their children to be suspicious of officers. john kerry says the united states will increase the money it provides for climate grants to $860 million by 2020. the money would be part of an existing promise by wealthy countries to jointly

economy,alk about the let's talk about inequality. let's put it on the table.he people whether they think it is moral that the 1% owned almost as much wealth as the bottom 90% . by the way, when we talk about you caps on is that very well. welcome to the revolution. [applause] ♪ bernie is honest and he works for the people. berti speaks about issues that are affecting a majority of the american people right now. >> the more i listened to i am not was saying going to vote gender, i am going to vote character. john: any piece that allows us to play neil young, you have got to love that. the year that we are almost finished with and how far we have come. ♪ movingolitics is a target. here to help us understand just how much went down in 2015, our own will leitch. nicolle: where was donald trump a year ago and what was he up to. ? will: trunk referred to football as a boring sport with too many flags. there actually is an alternate history. there was a fear that the buffalo bills were going to leave. he said that he if he had gotten the buffalo bills, he would not r

it was important for them, it seemed of course not only just to keep record of it, but to died,alk aboutow they and the day they died, the moment they died. i'm sure they were thinking ahead to the could tell their families, thinking ahead to hopefully they made it home and they could bring some closure to their families. they were there when that one comrade passed away. riverdale, georgia. you were on with our guest. thank you. i was involved in the filming of the movie andersonville, i was a confederate soldier. we feel the confederates were asking the prisoners to join the confederate army to get freedom and to serve with them for freedom. we all wondered whether that was a real true story or not. do you have any information about that? professor gordon: it's true. happen aed, it didn't lot, but it happened. it was denied -- in the postwar, most of the survivors would on the- and even see monuments, death before dishonor. memory, there was this compelling desire to not want to mention and remember that anybody had accepted back of offer and served essentially the enemy and accepted t

he told me what he wanted for christmas, and i told him i loved him and he was a good boy, and he alked out and his mother was waiting." "and while we were waiting for pictures to print i turn around and landon has gone back to sit by santa. and i was just like, what is he doing?" "he came b bk and he said, 'santa,' he says, 'i'm autistic.'"it was something that kris kringle wasn't expecting to hear that day ... but led to a memorable experience for everyone involved. "but santa took his hands... and landon was really really excited and he took his hands, this is all i saw was just him massaging his hands."massag ng his hands... to o alm the little boy down... after he said he was worried his autism may have put him on the 'naughty list'. "christmas is about love and joy. d that's what i try to bring to all the children and people that i meet. and it's an honest pleasure to do that."naomi put this picture of santa and landon on facebook... along with a thank you to the mall. ... and once it was posted... it was quickly shared throughout cyberspace "i woke up this morning and i had 12,00

many of them alk that first step p aa they just stop because they're just mesmerized by everything." david rettig says from the scores of christmas trees - decked out by local groups and businesses - groups and out by local trees - decked christmas trees - decked out by local groups d businesses - to the amazing germama ramid filled with stars of the season - amana has been the place to find christmas spirit - for thirty years." people love it - it's a tradition for a lot of people we have folks that come every year that come have folks people we a lot t people we have folks that come every year for the last 25 years or so and they come from chicago and they come from kansas city and locals also. " " mason .. oooh mason .. smooch smooch " amid the m me of memories - santataven stops by - on a test run with rudolph from the north polea chance for kids to get a picture with saint nick - yes - kids of all ages because everybody .. okay almost verybody -- loves santa" waaaaa"at places where it's always happy - like the famous ox yoke inn - - owner bill lichsenring says - - therers just s

we, as a people, each me together and help other make sure that these kids and be able toer alk with one another and not see that hate that comes with it. in e had our problems here i thank god but that -- i think they'll be less than we see around the country that we do believe have many people that want to help. also, it really bothered me that 50th anniversary of and the bus during this particular instance here in minneapolis, with black lives matter, and that just seemed to pass on by. so what i do, i try to teach my my , my grandchildren, and greats. i have their history on their mine on my side, and i tried very hard to teach how we came re, together and who they want to be. you elsa, what year did marry? caller: well, first of all, you know, you couldn't get married '67, but we were married on the base in fort polk, louisiana, in 1962. host: what was the reaction of your family? waser: you know, my mother sick. my grandfather, who is a democrat, i would think he's socialist, anyway, from denmark, from the old country. he told everyone else, this is my business, and you let her

our success won't d dend on tough alk, or abandoning our values or giving into fear. in a rare prime-time oval office address president obama spoke directly to the american public ----s commander in chiefef i have no greater responsibility than the security of the american people. 20:04:39 the president outlined his approach to fight terrorism's calling on congress to "vote to authoriri the continued use of military force" against isis. it's time for congress to vote to demonstrate that the american people are united and committed to this fight. 20:09:49 he urged legislatiti that would prevent anyone on the terror watchlist from easily buying a gun. and ordered the departments of state and homeland security to review the visa program that allowed the female killer in the san bernardino shooting to enter the united states. republican presidential candidates wasted no time responding to the president's speech on fox, marco rubio said this was just more of the same. "nothing in that speech will assuage people's fears" and immediately after the speech donald trump ?tweete

people around, he cruises parking lots and downtown streets, getting smiles from children and adults alke. it's a holiday sight to behold for beer lovers. a brew house built a giant christmas tree -- one beer keg at a time. it's a holiday tradition. and at 26-feet... this year's "tree" is the tallest for the brew house yet -- with the addition of 1-hundred kegs. it's commng up on todd in iowa.... set all other desserts aside and get your chocolate fix on. today brownies first turned up in the 1800s in chicago...and had walnuts. according to the national day calendar, a chef first created them for a ldies luncheon. today, there are loads of different kinds of brownie reciies. eileen loan is back with another check of your storm track seven forecast. a few showers may track through late this afternnon and eveningng but otherwise dry through thursday. mild, too, with highs mostly in the upper 40s, although we should get into the 50s on thursday. a storm system wow, we have made it through a whole week. your mom is going to be so... surprised. talk to a nurse, find a doctor, or coordinate app

sanders alked about decriminalizing marijuana, and putting more resources into education and less into prisons. after anamosa, sanders stopped in clinton, dubuque and waterloo. paul woodward of cedar falls is in his fifth year of organizing a toy drive for kids at u-i-h-c and the ronald mcdonald house in iowa city. "woody," as he's called, started the drive after his son stayed at the ronald mcdonald house during his cancer treatments. this year, woody brought in more than 26- hundred gifts, easily clearing the 15-hundred he brought in last year. those stories and much more are another week, another shakeup in the polls. there's a new frontrunner in the g-o-p race here in the state of iowa. democratic candidates also make return trips to iowa. we'll tell you where hillary clinton and bernie sanders will be today and and ending global warming.

guest,alk to our next nicola sturgeon. she is joining us for our first interview of the day.ing and thank you for taking the time to be with us. the first question is, why are you ringing the bell? : i am heregeon promoting a range of scottish companies with great growth potential and demonstrating what these companies have to offer for potential investors. we are publishing new figures successful.er was a in scotland in terms of attracting early stage risk capital. this is part of our determination to get the scottish economy to make sure we are focusing on investment, innovation, and internationalizing the scottish economy. jonathan:? do you need to do that? you need to transition the scottish economy away from its independence on oil. the price of crude is crashing as of late. what can you do to soften that blow? : this is noton just for scotland or the u.k.. what we are working to do right now is support the industry. we will prove we are focused on making sure we don't see early decommissioning, given the asin.ity of thatbas b our economy is not dependent upon oil and ga

plus charles says he's failed at picking political candidates plus he responds to harry reed's alk ewization he's un-american. except that managing my symptoms was all i was doing. and when i finally told my doctor, he said humira is for adults like me who have tried other medications but still experience the symptoms of moderate to severe crohn's disease. and that in clinical studies, the majority of patients on humira saw significant symptom relief. and many achieved remission. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. before treatment, get tested for tb. tell your doctor if you've been to areas where certain fungal infections are common, and if you've had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to infections, or have flu-like symptoms or sores. don't start humira if you have an infection. ask your gastroenterologist about humira. with humira, remission is possible. >>> now

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tylerday night on q&a, able, stepson of the late: this, ,alks -- the late columnist talks about the diaries that give an insider take on washington dc from 1960-96 he nine. 1969. >> it was remarkable all the things he did. sometimes held

. >> small t<alk is a big deal o debra fine. >> where's your next trip?e once shy child wrote "the fine art of small talk" of. her book is full of dos, like check the guest roster. look for someone standing alone who might be glad to chat. and like a good boy scout, come prepared with questions. like what? >> well, for instance, because this is a holiday party i would be prepared to ask you, what are some of your favorite traditions this time of year? what was the best present you ever got? or what's the best one you've ever given? >> and don't,like don't do all the talking. don't criticize. don't get personal like asking about a promotion someone maybe didn't get. or worse. >> i mean, sometimes people at holiday parties will ask questions of the host or hostest. did you make this or was this store bought? >> ouch. >> ouch is right. if you're going to -- no, it's true. >> there are some places where small talk ought t come just naturally, like sitting at the bar. so darren, what do you like about being a bartender? >> chatting with people. some place wher

the foreign minister made an announcement while meeting with his chinese counterpart in beijing. .alksesume next month it is not resolve the key controversy, was will be done about the syrian president boscher all assa -- basshar al-assad. stepping up its military presence as tensions with china and greece. the french parliament will approve fundamental changes in their constitution. the revisions propose a tax that would shield state of the .hallenges from courts it would make warrant-less searches. for more news 24 hours a day, powered by our journalists, around the world. i rowhe second day and with one screen with not much going on. futures are negatives. euro-dollars are way away from parity. interesting that the dispersion all cause -- the dispersion on euro-dollar. why oil popped up on wednesday, that will be my morning must-read across tv and radio. what do you have? guy: we are not far away from european equity markets closing at noon. the mining stocks are lifting a little. i would show you the education and. the egyptian pound. we are waiting for a decision. this is a normal

of no law i got one more for you to set the foundation and then we'll alk. , 21, y college, young kid comes to time, 2006 to our rought attention, this is when i was at the aclu, about an assault committed on him by police officers in st. louis at a traffic stop, one of those checkpoint situations where they set up a check pointed and every car that comes through has to stop and he's at the checkpoint one night and he stops for the officer, but the off is at a distance and he can't understand at some point what the officer is directing him to do or what he wants him to do. and so he gets out of his car to find out more about what he needs to do because he has somewhere to be. he has somewhere to be. he gets out of the car. the officer says get back in the blanking blanking car. because he has somewhere he urgently needs to be, he approached the officer anyway in an attempt to explain that and find out what it is he needs to do so that he can move through the checkpoint. instead of offering an explanation for his simle act of noncompliance which these ys can get you killed, the officer

charles,alking to based in texas. my parents brought me up well. thank you very much. cory johnson. ♪ betty: good morning and welcome back. time now for the bloomberg business flash, a look at some of the biggest business stories in the news right now. mortgage rates are up last week for the first time in five months. the 30 or mortgage went over 4%. the fed's's decision to raise rates just before the start of the peak selling season. warren buffett bought another newspaper. berkshire hathaway in fredericksburg, virginia. berkshire owns more than two dozen newspapers. the price of the hamburger will likely get cheaper according to a key gauge, the ground up meat used in a burger, beef trimmings, so to speak. they fell to a 10 year low this week. farmers stuffed their cattle with cheap grain. don't you want a burger now? that is your bloomberg business update. movesget a check on stock . abigail has more from the nasdaq. abigail: we are starting off the lows here on the nasdaq. down .9%, now down .4%. it appears at this moment we are 45,000 onclose below the year. turni

pacific time today we'll be alk to release some of those names. >> and some of those stories of thosed in the coming days. thank you so much. >>> next we'll take you back live to where the shooting occurred where they were helping people in the community, doing the right thing. we're getting new information here about the victims and the investigation. very active investigation here. we'll be right back. >>> want to take you back to san bernardino, california, as we're getting new information from the police chief who has been incredible. he was talking a little b about the shooters, these killers from the massacre that happened within that facility in san bernardino yesterday. this facility that is gored to help those with special needs and disabilities. 21 people injured, 14 killed and we now have, according to some sources, confirming that this 28-year-old male, this husband and wife duo may have been radicalized. investigators say that he had traveled to saudi arabia in 2013. that is apantly when he met his 27-year-old wife. the couple died in this hail of police gunfire after lea

stock,alking about this the top pick for 2016. thank you for joining us.r having me. unfortunately, it is the wrong for comcast. comcast is driving a lot of the changes yours seeing in the media ecosystem. they're coming from a division of strength. they have the best product on the broadband side. i think the proof is in the results. comcast has added almost one million customers in the last two years. it probably surprised a lot of people every day in the press. be the yearcould comcast adds video customers for the first time since 2006. the stock has not been anything the last two years despite growing. we think it performed for the wrong reasons. mediawe talked to big ceo's is a lot. what is comcast doing that is different from everybody else to word off losses and cord cutting. ofwhat is happened to a lot cable networks like espn, a lot court shaming. a lot of customers are choosing bundles that are more internet heavy. those bundles are being driven by comcast. they are the -- they are in the cable business. a lot of them are based on streaming. not

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before b alking a 4 about boyle going to $65 a barrel because there is a natural need in the nation and to make it happen. today in the financial times there is a piece saying the opposite saying the world has changed and it is never coming back. help us. >> he is a smart guy and his business very well. his analysis look a lot closer to the truth. a littlet of balance bit. it is only about a million , and at current prices, nobody can make money paid we think the numbers are 200 billion underinvestment right now. the projects, which may represent 6 million barrels production that would start to day and come next for five years will not be there. this window sometime and 17, 18, and 19 is the first time in 15 years that it worries me because we are not going to have enough production. we did not have investor have enough. that it isnce is faster for you can turn around faster. but it is just a model. has never happened before the prices have gone down in the oil part of the shale play. we do not know how fast it will spawn. the underinvestment for a long time is going to come back to hau

and friday, december 25, author and historian, craig shirley ,alks about his book last act the final and emerging legacy of ronald reagan. be sure to watch during office week. week.ing authors spoke to-moon reporters about the international climate agreement reached between one and 295 countries. the agreement, the results of two weeks of negotiations in paris. this is about 10 minutes. >> the secretary-general will have some opening remarks. as you know, he will be back on wednesday. sir? speak mind letting him first. secretary-general ban ki-moon: good morning everyone, ladies and gentlemen. it is a great pleasure to see you. what a great two weeks in paris. now i understand why people say "we will always have paris." yesterday, i returned from paris, where governments reached a landmark new climate change further agreement which can benefit all of humanity for generations to come. the countries of the world have made a historic choice. they have unanimously decided to work as one to rise to the defining challenge of our times. the paris agreement is a victory for people, for the c

but the things the president alked about today are also firmly in line with the kind of vision for the country that the president has long given voice to. and it's because of his success in advocating and fighting for those values and articulating them in a way that has attracted the strong support of democrats and republicans in the context of an election in 2008 and an election in 2012. the president's ability to be an advocate for those basic values are the reason that he's sitting in the office that he's sitting in today and i'm standing at the podium i'm standing at now. this isn't as -- it's not as if the president went out of his way to describe these values. these are the kinds of things the president has long fought for. jim: and apparently the last several minutes -- i don't know if this qualifies as breaking news and perhaps something you expected, but senator mccain is introducing legislation that would require d.h.s. to review social media and public databases and foreign background checks. that a concept that the white house opposes, is willing to look at, might support?

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