allen gross has come to the microphone. today i want to acknowledge the extraordinary determined efforts of my wife. 44 1/2 years we've been married. and my lawyer and personal moses, scott gill and their efforts to restore my freedom. they have my endless gratitude, love, and respect

five years under allen the skins are 28-52. he took over the football operations and became president when mike shanahan left, but the team has only regressed. with obvious frustration mounting and said and outside of the organization. during his nearly 40 minute press conference allen announced the departure of defensive coordinator jim haslet and promised even more changes on the way -- haslett and promised even more changes on the way. >> if we can find a winning formula, we'll absolutely do it and that includes me. if it meant mowing that lawn out there of tuesday, i would mow the lawn -- every tuesday, i would mow the wn every darn tuesday. i want the burgundy and gold to win. that is my job and my responsibility to try and figure out how to do that. >> make you all feel any better about that? [ laughter ] >> many complaints about allen has been his inability to secure quality talent or make questionable decisions. he green lighted the trade to get robert griffin, iii. today he defended his quarterback and reminded everyon

dan: chargers really feeling the absence of keenan allen. allen was 77 catches this season.roke his collar bone last week. you can see that rivers is a little bit off when he's throwing to ajirotutu or inman. ian: san diego, only team in the nfl to have four players with at least 589 receiving yards and four touchdowns. but the absence of allen has been evident. rivers, a strike. inman coming upstairs for a 19-yard reception and they are n san francisco territory. keenan allen, the numbers in his second year, allen had a terrific rookie season with 71 catches, 1,046 yards and eight touchdowns. the cal product, third-round pick. and he actually dropped in the draft because of various injuries. broken collar bone for allen. ankle trouble keeping him out of this one. inside the 40. rivers, the throw to the outside, inman continues to see a lot of action here. dan: rivers is hot right now and he's getting good pass protection. that's a dangerous combination for this 49er defense. ian: philip rivers, 22-38, 239 yards, two touchdowns, three interceptions. seven-yard catch made by

subcontractor, allen gross, for five years. over many months, my administration has held talks with the cuban government. his holiness, pope francis, gave a particular plea to me and the cuban government for the release of allen gross. today, allen returned home. reunited with his family at long last. allen was released by the qa government on humanitarian grounds. separately, in exchange for the three cuban agents, cuba today released one of the most important intelligence agents that the united states have -- agent that the united states has ever had in cuba. this man, who sacrifice has been known to only a few, provided america with the information that allows to arrest the nnetwork of agents and other spies in the united states. having recovered these two men, who sacrifice for our country, are now taking steps to place the interest of people of both countries at the heart of our policy. first, i have instructed secretary kerry to reestablish diplomatic relations that have severed since january 7 of 1961. going forth, the u

a woman is threatening to jump from the allen rock over pass. the police department is continuing to try tuque the woman -- talk to the woman but there is no end in sight and you see the results here. they have shut down 680 in both directions. traffic is backed up for miles because all of this is happening during the rush hour. this is a very busy area normally. when it is shut down it is worse. they are diverting traffic in the north bound direction in the south bound direction. once again the headline, a woman threatening to jump off the allen rock avenue over pass on 680. authorities are trying to talk her down. in the meantime they shut down 680 in both directions as we get more information we will bring it to you. >>> a man says he shot a man who was trying to break into his home. saturday night the homeowner interrupted two men breaking into his home. the resident fired hitting one suspect. he was taken to the hospital where he died. police are searching for a second suspect. >> there is an expensive search that was conducted after office

allen, what about cyber security and cyber attacks? >> this is going to get messier, as we get into the internet of things and wearables. we have the best security out there. not saying much but we're still the best. >> i would agree with that. dan guido, allen freeman. appreciate your time. >>> other events coming up in the week ahead. on monday, the united nations will release its global appeal for 2015. the senate judiciary committee will review president obama's executive order, president obama has threatened to veto any bill opposing the order. and on thursday the hollywood foreign press association will announce its golden globe nominations. tina fey and amy pohler will be hosting. >>> the u.s. got another positive jobs report this past week. coming up on al jazeera america, why one state seems to be lagging far behind when it comes to economic recovery. >>> and ebola in sierra leone may be destroying that country's economy. >> hundreds of days in detention. >> al jazeera rejects all the charges and demands immediate release. >>

allen gross has come to the microphone. let's listen in. >> today i want to acknowledge the extraordinary determined efforts of my wife. 44 1/2 years we've been married. and my lawyer and personal moses, scott gill and their efforts to restore my freedom. they have my endless gratitude, love, and respect. the relentless and often intense efforts by judy and scott, the partners and associates and staff of gilbert llp law firm, that's where we are right now -- they made me take the jacket off. i didn't want to take it off. jill suckman of knicker bacher have been inconceivable. their efforts have been inconceivable. senator patrick leahy of vermont has been instrumental in shepherding the arrival of this day, and i want to thank all of the members of congress from all sides of the aisle such as senator -- representatives chris van holland and barbara lee and numerous others who spoke up or visited me, subjected themselves to my ranting and helped me regain some of my weight. even in cuba m & m's melt in your mouth, not in you

. >> allen gross is expected to speak in about 30 minutes. when he does we will hear from him live. >> for more perspective on the changing cuban relations sebastian arcos at florida international university is with us on the phone. he was born in havana in 1961. his entire family at one time was arrested for attempting to flee the country 20 years later. good to have you with us. i'm going to begin with a simple question. what do you think? >> thank you very much for the invitation. i don't like what is going on. it's not that i don't like the fact that allen gross has been released. i think that is the one exception in everything that is going on. i am very happy that he has been released. i am very happy for his family particularly this time of year it should be a blessing for them to be reunited. i know what he was going through. my father was in the same prison for a number of years so i know exactly, i know the place, i know the prison. i know what he was going through. but the way it was done i am seriously concerned about the price th

allen said four in 12 is not acceptable. listen to how he addressed not only the firing, but also a question as to why, after six years in office, he should keep his job. >> i appreciate the coach bus is work and what he has done for the redskins, and i think it was the right decision. we will make sure we hold everyone accountable for everything that happened. >> allen added you could put the blame on him with what happens with the organization moving forward. earlier this month, former redskins says he believes he was clueless. allen said today he was extremely disappointed with how the season ended up but was clearly trying to look at the bright side, saying the team won division games against the cowboys and eagles, something they did not do last season. abc 7 news there questions up the road in baltimore, the ravens say security director darren sanders will not accompany the team to the playoffs game in pittsburgh. now charged with a fourth degree sexual offense, and it stems from events on december 14th. court records

they also have been calling for general manager bruce allen to get fired. that doesn't appear to be happening either. in fact, today allen gave his annual postseason press conference to talk about the state of the franchise which is 28-52 in his five years as general manager. he s pokeabout 40 minutes. it got pretty testy at times. he promised to reevaluate the program, make some changes, the first which of we now know is a new defensive coordinator. jim haslett and the redskins agreed to part ways. this was haslet's fifth year with the team in. that team the redskins' defense collectively finished 29th in total yard and 30th in points allowed. on monday head coach jay gruden said he would recommend the team keep haslett, but two days later that's not the case. here's bruce allen explaining what happened. >> jay and jim have been talking the last few days and this morning when they were talking, they decided it was the best way for both sides and i appreciate coach haslett's work and what he's done for the redskins, but i think it was the right decision. >>

american aid worker allen gross is free now after five years of captivity in cuba. cuban spies back home now and greeted as heros by cuba's president after being released by the united states. this is just the leading edge of a massive shift in u.s. policy announced by president obama. >> i do not believe we can keep doing the same thing for over five decades and expect a different result. >> the deal means the u.s. and cuba will begin diplomatic relations after about a 50 year freeze with both countries soon to open embassies. the u.s. trade embargo is going to remain in place. the white house is easing travel restrictions to cuba paving the way to economic ties. u.s. citizens will be able to purchase and bring home cuban cigars but only for personal use. while the president also faced scathing criticism from some members of the cuban exile community in miami there seems to be a growing generational divide on this. as a result of opposition in congress this doesn't breakdown strictly along partisan lines normally administration friendly "washington post" in a scath

allen played nine of his 15 seasons with the phillies.emember having a dick allen louisville slugger back in the day. waist national league slugger rookie of the year back in 1964 and american league mvp in 1972. >> well, it is that time again, sports radio 94wip's wing bowl 23. coming up friday, january 30th, at the wells fargo center, tickets go on sale today at 9:00 a.m. for more information on wing bowl, all do you have do just go to cbsphilly.com. erika, back over to you. >> thanks, ukeement coming up in the next half hour of "eyewitness news", our live team coverage continues this morning storm. we will will check in with reporters all across the region to see what you can expect when you walk out the door this morning. also, jessica, katie, return, they've got your traffic and weather together on the 3's. we're back in just two minutes. don't go anywhere. >> philadelphia fire department is in mourning right now, after a firefighter is killed battling a fire at this row home on middleton street. the fire started in the basement, and

allen gross was released and a separate source. he was arrested in 2009 and later sentenced to 15 years in cuban prison for importing banned technology and trying to establish internet service for a jewish community in cuba. >> in my last letter to president obama i wrote that despite my five-year tenure in captivity i would not want to trade place wz him. and i certainly wouldn't want to trade places with him on this glorious day. it was particularly cool to be sitting next to the secretarile of state as he was hearing about his job description for the next couple months. in all seriousness this is a game changer which i fully support. >> white house correspondent joins us now, nbc anchor and presidential historian, thank you all for being with us. jose' let me start with you first. in terms of the magnitude of this decision, the affect it will have on cuban-american exiles and families in the united states, do you sense this news will generally be greeted with outstretched arms? with positivity. i know the notion of normalizing r

allen pizzey joins us on the phone with the breaking developments. he's in the indonesian city of surabaya where flight 8501 took off. allen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, it's quite a scene. relatives of the victims are staying here in a room. when the first pictures of a body floating in the water were broadcast on television. there was a monitor inside with some people going hysterical. local journals are disgusted that it happened. nonetheless, it was done. we understand at least three have been winced up to helicopters and an indonesian navy ship. a co-pilot of a hurt key lease said when they first spotted bodies they thought the people were waving help and suddenly realized that these are dead bodies and not survivors. earlier today, relatives, representing a group, about five members representing relatives were flown by indonesian military or plane over the spot where more or less the plane was thought to have gone down at that stage. so that they can pray over it. not that they could see anything, but that they could at least pray.

that is paul allen for us.martiney, near saint square, where there is a block down of the central business district. it could be politically motivated according to tony abbott, but they are unsure at the moment and unsure of the identity of the perpetrator. let's get more from cameron price on the phone from saint martin place. can you give us an idea of the look of the scene? ofyes, on him on the corner philip and harper street, about 200 meters from the lindt cafe. we have a direct line of sight to both the front door of the cafe and also the side windows. for much of the siege, for more than three hours now, not long after police arrived, the number of heavily armed tactical officers were positioned along the side of the cafe, one of them holding a large tactical shield up against one of the windows while a number of those heavily armed officers with helmets, balaclavas, and machine guns slung over their shoulders, those officers. over the top of the tactical shield and into the cafe. in the last 15 minutes,

this is andre allen. when i listen to satellite radio, i listen to sirius hits one. >> that's good. just make it a little funnier. >> funnier? >> put a little stank on it. >> stank? >> nice and funny. >> was's up mother [bleep] this is [bleep] andre allen [bleep], scratch my nuts that is. >> first take was good. >> in 2005 "time" magazine voted today's guest the funniest man in america. >> by 2010, the former stand-up hit it big with "hammie the bear one, two and three" >> you got hammie time. it's hammie time. >> you can also see him getting married to star erica long. >> where's my kiss. >> do we have to do this on camera. >> not on camera it doesn't exist. >> i don't feel like doing funny movies any more. i don't feel funny. >> save that for your time's interview. >> i want a decent story. give me a couple of really honest things, i will be more than fair. >> this is chelsea brown, she is doing a story on me, no snitches. >> come to me, i will turn over like an apple pie. >> you know you just ate an apple.. >> you need to wake up. >> you ain't never change. >> look at this, black

he'll wear his 49ers gear into the center here even though paul allen is sitting just a few feet from him. he really loves his 49ers and it comes through. i remember one time we were doing a halftime. for some reason, jeff garcia was here at our game. and he wanted to get new his halftime reads as fast as he could, and he was like, hey, this is mark mason, and i'll see you after the half. and all of a sudden he gets up and he's away from his microphone. and i look around, and he is running across the court to say hello to jeff garcia and get a photo. mark mason definitely loves his niners, that's for sure. >> although he loves his niners, his heart and time is split between his other franchise, the trail blazers who call in portland, oregon, where they call the moda center their home. and during basketball season, he say pivotal piece of the spectacle that happens in rip city. with his booming voice, the transact is palpable for the blazers. >> game days for the trail blazers is really all about excitement. it's all about the show. and mark mason sets the stage for that show. he's not

allen is the senior vice president of knowledge at google. harvest good bank. allen, you can do the honors. >> i'm so proud to announce that we have giving this check for $1,306,243 and 50 cents to the second harvest food bank. >> tammy, this is amazing. how big of a difference did this make for bay area families? >> this is an overwhelming gift and the generation of googlers and google will be translated into 2.6 million meals for local families who are hungry. and we are serving a quarter of a million people every single month throughout the year. these dollars will be put to good use and most of these people are children. we couldn't do it without their support. >> unbelievable. and what is neat is how this money was raised. half of it was raised by google employees. >> we started 12 years ago and did a shoppingextravaganza. we tried to put it in barrels, the googlers were so generous, we filled up the entire lobby with food. they gave over $600,000. we also went to costco just like every other year and spent a small portion, $50,000. and

allen you will be missed.re time with your family including your eight month old grandson so for all you have done at "action news," allen micelli thank you. now go home and smash that alarm clock. [laughter] >> you don't need it any more. >> he's got the hawaiian shirt. he's ready to travel. >> cruise wear. >> allen we couldn't have asked for a better friend over the years, the knowledge the kindness he's brought to the show it's been wonderful. it has been an honor. >> we absolutely love him. >> maybe we should say most never die. he's a big fan of saint joe's. >> all right. >> thanks al. >> enjoy your retirement. thank you allen. >> see you later. "gma" is next. >> ♪ no matter who you are, if you have type 2 diabetes, you know it can be a struggle to keep your a1c down. so imagine ... what if there was a new class of medicine that works differently to lower blood sugar? imagine loving your numbers. introducing once-daily invokana®. it's the first of a new kind of prescription medicine that's used along with

first speaker is allen cobb. >> do you want to speak? >> yes. this issue of generating the days to see the subclass areas in the mix which is in one sense another way of doing it or a new way of doing it and the issue of the strategy and the hedge fund areas, there are 16-20 strategies. i believe it was never our intent to go back to the questions i posed in june and they were not all going to be recommended to us. if we are breaking things down further, only those strategies that we would reasonably want to do, that kind of breakdown should also be in here. it would approve the risk numbers as well as the rate of return number. i'm sure that number is possible to generate based on the consultants and as well as cambridge as our consultants. that's a request on the same timeline. >> go ahead. >> in terms of the research, i think it has to be, i heard comments from the customers here that i have heard say that it has not been objective. i would like to see it objective, that is not everything compared to hedge funds. it has to be objective, it ha

reports from allen pizzey and jeff pegues. trapped for 30 hours on a burning ferry. >> it was a panic. it was crazy. >> reporter: elizabeth palmer tells us at least ten are dead but hundreds were rescued. a top house republican admits he spoket a gathering of white supremacists. wyatt andrews is on the story. and... >> these three right here i'm not happy with. >> o'donnell: -- seth doane with butlers in training in a place you wouldn't expect. >> this doesn't seem like mao's communist china. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> o'donnell: good evening. scott is off. i'm norah o'donnell. tonight the search is expanding for a missing air asia flight. by all indication, this is the third tragedy to hit that part of the world this year. malaysia airline flight 370 vanished in march. flight 17 was shot down o ukraine in july. now light 8501. the airbus with over 300 on board left indonesia this weekend heading for singapore and vanished when the pilot changed course due to weather. allen

it is by allen auerback from the university of california at berkeley. the paper will be discussed first by professor charles manski of northwestern university, and then peter diamond. we then feature a paper on policies that can insulate the federal budget from uncertainty by a nyu law professor, david cayman. that paper will be discussed by panel of experts with much practical experience formulating policy, consistenting of senior vice president of the bipartisan policy center. jean sperling, and tennessee congressman jim cooper. finally, we will hear from two people who actually have the responsibility of explaining uncertainty in the policy. both papers presented today, as well as the slide shows you will see will be available on our website. let's get started with the first paper. i'm particularly pleased to have allen auerbach here to kick off our first purely fiscal event at hutchins. allen taught me most of what i know about public finance, first as my professor in graduate school, then at the joint committee on taxation where we again overlapped

kyle allen started for west virginia. fifth career start. a touchdown pass.aking the second career start, but here's allen once again. another touchdown pass for him. allen, threw for 294 yards, 4 touchdowns and ran for another one. >> nice work. >>> clippers/jazz, across the street. jordan i bet he makes good plays. blake griffin, right there. kenny's favorite player. chris paul jordan? no chris paul no jordan. there's jordan. dunk. 101-97. >> good bounce back win for the clippers after losing at home. >> thank you. >> that's all we got. >> happy holidays. >>> up next in the pulse. the hottest couple sophiafia vergara and her summer love who got serious. >>> and president obama apologizing to some newlyweds for becoming the ultimate party crasher. it's a vitamin supplement that nourishes from the inside... with biotin for beautiful hair and strong nails. and vitamin c and e for vibrant skin. give it a month, if your hair, skin and nails don't look and feel more beautiful we'll give you your money back. i did it...and i feel beautiful. take the nature's bount

ron allen before that in ferguson starting us off tonight. thanks to you both. >>> tonight, the fbi and homeland security have issued a bulletin to u.s. military families and former service members about the threat of isis. while the feds say they're not aware of any specific plot, military families are being told to scrub their contacts and what they've posted of a more personal nature on social media, and avoid identifying themselves on facebook, twitter, or anywhere else online as being u.s. military. the main fear here is some sort of lone wolf inspired by isis propaganda could target military families here in this country. >>> tonight, the fbi is on the case and they are warning big companies in america to protect their data, after a big hollywood studio got hit by hackers and several blockbuster movies ended up online. most of them before they've even hit theaters. millions have already watched them online, now the feds are focusing in on an unlikely suspect. we get our report tonight from nbc's jacob rascon in los angeles. >> hello, no

norah. >> o'donnell: allen pizzey thank you. a navy destroyer the uss "sampson" joined the search today. transportation correspondent jeff pegues takes us through the nex phase of the investigation. >> reporter: with the recovery of the wreckage, investigators are one step closer to determining the cause of the accident. there was bad weather in the area around the time of the crash. they'll also try to determine the plane's air speed whether mechanical systems failed, and how the pilots responded before the plane went down. the answers may come from the plane's black boxes presumably still underwater. us navy ships sent to help the recovery have sonar equipment which can detect the underwater locater beacon. this is the sound they're going to be listening for. the so-called black box is actually orange and is located in the tail section of an air bus a-320. it contains the flight data recorder with the last 25 hours of information about the plane's altitude, air speed and engine performance. there's also the cockpit voice recor

allen pizzey cbs news jerusalem. >> jeff: that is the "cbs evening news" tonight. later on cbs 60 minutes and first thing tomorrow cbs this morning. also don't forget our new digital network cbsn. i'm jeff glor in new york. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org plus: it's official. the 49-ers and coach jim harbaugh are going their separate ways-- leaving many frustrated fans wondering: what now? and a great white shark takes a bite out of a surfer along the central california coast. kpix 5 news is next. stunned and saddened. students area high school are mourning the loss of a popular administrator.. killed in a bicycle accident. good evening, i'm brian hackney. i'm ann notarangelo. our christian hartnett is live outside saint mary's college keley.. where tributes >>> stunned and saddened. a

and cuba and flash forward to the next year, john allen.hat do you think he will tackle, discuss, lift the veil? >> well, first of all, i think this pope ought to come with a warning label. caution, predictions are hazardous to your health. this is a pope of surprise. we never really know what he's going to do. if we look at what's already on the books for 2015, first of all, in january, he's taking a trip to sri lanka in the philippines. another outreach to asia and the developing world. we know that sometime early in 2015, he's going to release a teaching on the environment. the first time a pope has ever devoted such a teaching document to climate change and ecology. we know in september he's going to make his in the flesh view in the united states. he's going to visit philadelphia for a vatican meeting of families and he's probably also going to go to new york to address the u.n. and washington to address the joint session of congress. we know that in october, he's convening another summit. wh catholic bishops from all over the world to

. >> i'm allen martin. betty yu is in felton with details about a lawsuit filed today after the 81-year-old woman died. a package of wrappe expects to die fro >> reporter: we know this is the first wrongful death lawsuit filed in this listeria outbreak and this is the safeway where the elderly woman bought the candy apple. her lawyer says the illness was completely preventible. all linked to the same identical strain. listeria can affect children, elderly people and those with systems. federal hea shirlee frey ate the prepackaged carmel apple and over the next week began to feel very, very sick. >> nobody buys a package of wrapped carmel apples and expects to die from that. >> reporter: the complaint states on november 6th due to weakness and instability related to her illness mrs. frey fell and hit her head.

this is andre allen. when i listen to satellite radio, i listen to -- >> just make it funnier. >> funnier? >> what's up. [audio deleted]. >> first take was good. voted2005, time magazine today plus guest the funniest man in america. in 2010, he hit it big. you can also see him getting married to reality star erica long. >> do we have to do this on camera? >> i don't feel like doing funny movies anymore. i don't feel funny. >> i just want a decent story. if you give me a couple of honest things, i will be more than fair. >> she is doing a story on me. >> i'm going to turn over like an apple pie. >> you just ate an apple pie. >> things are changing. you need to wake up. trying to get a cap in new york city. taxi. do you think the wedding is hurting me? >> you could be talking dancing with the stars here. these white people don't tell me -- >> why don't you skip those questions and go to seven good regrets how come you are not funny anymore? good?and go to something >> how come you're not funny anymore? was

plunging out of control sooner vinita. >> allen with the tragic developments.hank you, allen. >>> well the president of indonesia is holding a news conference about the air disaster right now. these are live pictures. jeff pegues is in washington with how the united states and other countries are helping. jeff, good morning. >> good morning. the head of indonesia's search and rescue operations have are acknowledged that the country may not have the best technology to search underwater and has accepted offers from other countries including britain, ates. the u.s. navy's seven fleets aboard the same team that aided in the search for mh 370. the "u.s.s. sampson" began searching, the destroyer could help look for pings emitted from the black boxes. >> the navy has eavesdropping or technology that is second to none. they can pick up any signal that is coming especially in shallow waters. >> reporter: the navy is being asked to assist in search and recovery. >> finding a way to be responsive. >> reporter: for days crews from around the world have been scouring indone

allen? >> reporter: good evening, scott.pope francis sent letters to fesident obama and cuban president rauÚl castro last summer. the u.s. ambassador to the holy fae says a senior vatican official met face to face with both sides in october. as the daryl bishop of -- the archbishop of miami put it, the vat condition did what it is supposed to do, build peace. secrecy is the lifeblood of the world's smallest and arguably most leak-proof state. the announcement came on pope francis' 78th birthday, perhaps the first present for the first latin american pope. scott? >> reporter: allen, thank you very much. >> pelley: of course, this falling out if you will between the united states and cuba has its roots in the cold war. the communist revolution here and the support of cuba by the soviet union. we were curious what the reaction was in russia today, and charlie d'agata went out to find out. >> reporter: good evening, scott. the russians were actually quick ll say they support the u.s. move, calling it a long overdue measure and p

allen is 39 years old, not currently with a team.gm bob meyers telling 95.7 the game, no contract has been offered and allen has given no occasions of his plans. but one of the best three-point shooters in nba history, he might fit right in. >> absolutely. >> never know. >> three-point team. >> scott, thank you. >>> before we go tonight, we want to let you know the san jose fire department has started a go fund me account to help finish the house for their captain, darryl weeden, who suddenly passed away on thanksgiving morning. donations can also be made to the premier one credit union in san jose. we'll post a link on our website, ktvu.com. >>> and stay with us. tonight at 10:00, we'll share the story of a south bay family helped by a holiday angel. the big surprise they got and why the timing has them particularly grateful. that's tonight at 10:00. we're always here for you at ktvu.com, facebook and twitter. >> thanks for joining us tonight. have a great night and a great weekend. see you tonight at 10:00. ♪ this holiday season, s

and actor and filmmaker woody allen is 79. keep it here for more news, weather and sports.watching "early today." have a great one. >>> black friday may have flopped but the biggest online shopping day of the year is just getting started. >> let's take a live look outside. you can see at least half of the bay bridge there. it's december 1st. this is "today in the bay." >> from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> and good morning. it's 4:30. we hope you had a

this is [beep] andre allen.beep] or scratch my nuts, that is -- >> the first cut was good. >> they voted him the funniest man in america. by 2010, the former standup hit it big, with "hammy the bear 1," "2," and "3." >> it is hammy time. >> you can also see him getting married to reality star erica long. >> where is my kid? >> do we have to do this on camera? >> i don't feel funny anymore. >> i just want a decent story. give me a couple of honest things, i will be more than fair. >> this is chelsea brown. she is doing a story on me. no snitches. >> i am going to turn over like an apple pie. >> you just ate an apple pie. >> things never change. like a black man trying to get a cab in new york city. taxi, taxi? do you think the wedding is hurting me? >> are you kidding me? >> what is going on? >> in the conference room. ♪ >> why don't you just skip those questions and go right to something? >> all right, why aren't you funny anymore? >> she is hysterical. >> this is my town. anything you need, let me know. >> i go

jeff. >> glor: allen pizzey in surabaya. flight 8501 vanished without any obvious indication of where it went down. transportation correspondent jeff pegues reports airlines and regulators are working on ways to improve the way flights are tracked. >> reporter: systems to more effectively track planes and locate black boxes exist and could have given flight 8501 search teams a head start. this is afirs the automated flight information reporting system, which continually sends real-time data from plane to satellite to monitoring stationing on the ground. the technology was developed by a company called flyht aerospace solutions. with it, controllers will always know where a plane is. there is also a black box that will separate from the blaen planewhen it crashes into the water. the combination cockpit voice and flight data recorder ejects, floats and sends signals providing search teams with a location of the crash site. u.s. navy jets, such as this fa-18, use deployable black boxes for two decades but the process to get cha

allen was released on humanitarian grounds.separately, in exchange for the three cuban agents, cuba today released one of the most important intelligence agents that the united states has ever had in cuba and who has been imprisoned for nearly two decades. ,his man who sacrificed provided america with the information that allowed us to arrest the network of cuban agents including the men transferred to cuba today as well as other spies in the united states. this man is now safely on our shores. president raul castro also talk about the move to normalize relations. as a result of a dialogue at the highest level, which included a phone conversation i had yesterday with president obama, we have been able to make headway in a solution of mutual interests or both nations. as for dell promised on june, ,hen he said, they shall return her virgo, ramon, and antonio, have arrived today to their homeland. the enormous joy of their families and all of our people who have relentlessly fought for this goal is shared by hundreds of solidarit