nominee including iron curtain, robert caro's the passage of power, the boy king of texas and anthony shadid 's house of stone. any comment on those? >> i admire the anthony shgadid book, i read it after he died, he was a longtime reporter for the washington post and the new york times and died of apparently related to an asthma attack while covering the war in syria. his book is a memoir, he grew up in oklahoma of all places, an american lebanese family, ended up fascinated by the middle east, became a reporter, his life mission was to try to explain this region to america which is no easy thing to do. he covered more than his share of wars and in the course of that, his first marriage fell apart because he was always overseas covering the war. the ends up buying his family's old ramshackle house somewhere in lebanon and takes a year off to restore the house. sounds like a movie almost which he does with great difficulty. his memoir blends in both lebanese history and its glorious past which was sadly destroyed through civil war as well as starting. shortly before the book came out he died. sh

abc 7's laura anthony is in connecticut to report on the outpouring of emotions there. >> we're livehow how local schools are responding including sending officers to every school in the county today. >> a high school football player is the latest victim of gun violence in the bay area. tonight, friends remember a nice guy, a promising athlete. >> wet weather return together bay area. a study rain that could be start of what is still to come this week. >> they've locked doors after 7:00. it's harsh. but reality, you know? unfortunately that is the world we're living in. >> it is the new reality. schools across the country tonight. stepped up security on a monday filled with anxiety after the tragedy in connecticut. good evening, everyone, i'm carolyn johnson. >> we begin tonight with the latest headlines from newtown, funeral services held for two victims of the shootings friday. both just six years old. police are promising a pains taking investigation into just what happened. it could take months to complete. and sandy hook school may never reopen. and we've learned the gunman, ada

look at the way -- you see people in their 80's -- in fact, anthony store the other day, famous british psychologist who died at age 80 was giving a lecture at oxford at the university there. he was one of the fellows. he was 80 years old and has continued to be active, writing books. >> how do do you spell his name? >> storr. >> that leads me to another man who lived over 100 and at certain periods in his life, in order to move from one activity or avocation to another, we can get into that in a moment, because you are a favor of avocations, are you not? >> yes. >> not to be confused with hunting. >> that's correct. >> you are concerned that when your brain is used that, keeps the brain healthy? >> no question about it. look at grandma moses. she started painting at 77 and lived to be 103. >> thi gentleman's nam was saure. he not only changes avocations but after a certain number of years he would change his name. you think that's carrying things too far? >> i think if he was starting off with a clean slate -- >> in order to live longer, should people avoid retirement? we'll answer tha

s office is investigating the shooting along with the police. >>> we have the identity of a man killed by the police in walnut creek. he was 22-year-old anthony banta. police got a 911 call from a screaming woman at the diablo point apartments yesterday morning. when officers arrived they said they were confronted by banta who was armed but so far they have declined to describe what kind of weapon he had. >>> fairfield police want help identifying two armed robbers caught by a surveillance camera. the video shows what happened when a 7-eleven clerk opened the cash register sunday night. one of the men pulled a gun and robbed the store. no word on how much money they got. police think this robbery was related to another one in the same area at about the same time. >>> a bay area cop lost two guns to burglars who hit his home in antioch. the officer who works for an undisclosed bay area agency returned home wednesday night to find three burglars in his house. when he went in they ran out the back and apparently used one of the stolen guns to keep the officer from catching him. >> he did give chase and the -- one of the suspects did drop some of

s office is investigating along with the police. >>> we now have the identity of a young man killed by police in walnut creek. he was 22-year-old anthony banta. police got a 911 call from a screaming woman at the diablo point apartments at about 3:00 yesterday morning. when officers arrived, they say they were confronted by banta, who was armed. but so far, they are not saying what kind of weapon or how many times he was shot. an autopsy is planned later today. >>> it is 6:02. we have another big holiday weekend approaching and we have rain, right? >> we do. and this is not even the worst of it. you can see this big glob of green right now heading towards the bay area. this is only going to bring us possibly a sprinkle or two in the north bay. the real storm system is actually just behind it. so yeah, it's another wet day on tap. if you thought you were done with your umbrella, well, you're going to need to bring it back out again and bring a jackets, too. temperatures are pretty cold right now and remain chilly throughout the day. so this is what we're watching. this is the low on the approach once again rain showers looking unsettled

s office is investigating the shooting. >>> we know the name of the man killed by police in walnut creek yesterday identified as 22-year-old anthony banta. police got a 911 call from a screaming woman at the diablo point apartments at about 3:00 yesterday morning. when officers arrived, they say they were confronted by banta, who was armed. but so far, they haven't said what that weapon was. >>> it is 4:32 now. even city leaders commit crime in oakland is out of control. but help is on the way. as linda yee reports, a former big city police chief has been hired to offer the city some help. >>> reporter: 127 homicides in oakland so far this year, the highest in five years. some people are afraid to just go out. >> i work in east oakland, and it's really scary going to work and coming out every day. >> reporter: the mayor and the police chief agree, crime is out of control. >> we have to try something different. >> reporter: that something new comes in the form of a $250,000 consultant to the police department. legendary lawman bill bratton. he is the former new york police commissioner and los angeles police chief who drastically r

s office are leading the investigation which is typical in a case like this >>> the man shot and killed by identified he's 22-year-old anthony jr.. police were called to anb.o0 apartment coq near south main, after 3 a.m. yesterday they say someone was screaming in the background of the 911 call when officers arrived banta was shot and died at the scene the officers are on paid leave, normal procedure. >>> friends of a novato man who jumped into a creek to escape police three days ago are fearing the worst. yesterday's search for anthony donaldson ended with no signs of the 23-year-old. he was last seen jumping into the frigid waters early monday morning in ross near the college of marin. police stopped him for a possible dui he ran. officers chased him until he jumped into the water. >>> state senator jerry hill of san mateo will introduce a bill to require repeat drunk drivers to blow into a breathalyzer before they hit is holding a news conference in redwood city to announce the legislation this morning at 10. it would require ignition interlock devices on vehicles after a second dui conviction. the device requires a brea

s&p up 13%. the advantage plus fund managed by john paulson is facing a tough year. the top performer. let's bring in anthonym sky bridge who joins us on the fast line from brazil. it is always great to speak with you. >> hi, melissa. i'm learning portuguese is different from spanish. on the question of hedge fund redemptions we think they are over. the blow up redemptions the people that are worried about taxes going up next year they seem to have passed, as well. the long exposure has gone down from say plus 50% net long to down about 30. that is primarily because people are worried about the fiscal cliff. we don't think that the outcome is completely negatively priced into the market. that is more or less where we stand on that. i do think that there is a couple of great trends for next year which includes europe with the recovery there as it relates to corporate restructuring and banks selling assets. and we also think that there will be funds like john paulson's recovery fund to do well. >> as we head into the end of the year, is there no chase per performance? is there no pressure on the part of hedge