it cannot help but affect us, as lois, maybe even stop us.ood for the soul, i guess, but not necessarily good for retailers. with me now, the wall street journal's steve more. spell it out. what -- and i know you monitor these sales numbers by the minute. what affect so far? >> the fallen angels in connecticut will move the area, the country, the world to more compassion, caring, working, harder to help each other. it will be like a september september 11th effect, eggs and much more profound. so people we will shift from conspicuous consumption to giving more to churches and synagogues and spiritual institutions and give more to communities instead of shoppers shopping for their own homes, there will be giving the money to habitat for humanity. instead of shopping for themselves, they will be giving to the institutions that help the communities that are so broke and underfunded. neil: have you seen evidence of that, reported chips? >> right after hurricane sandy when we were all thanksgiving day and night working our way through wal-mart's a

the winds have been blowing as well as loy -- along with the front.retty gusty at times. 23 miles an hour at sfo. 17 in oakland. 12 in livermore and gusts to near 130 m -- and gusts to 30 in some locations. los gatos, reporting 40 to 50- mile-an-hour winds. we'll have the rain and wind with us. by the afternoon, widespread scattered showers and we'll continue -- we'll continue with scattered showers for the afternoon and into the evening hours. if you have evening plans, you will need the umbrella, we're looking at a series of storms rolling in just in time for your holiday weekend. travel is gonna be treacherous. there is a winter storm warning. around here we have a new system pulling in saturday morning leaving us with scattered showers saturday afternoon. we will look at partly cloudy/mostly cloudy skies for christmas eve and christmas day. >> a lot of rain. >> yeah. >>> same marriage, the pope was talking about it the details of what he said in his christmas message at the vatican today. >>> why food service workers at oakland international airpo

lois realizes someone has cut that screen to get into their house. and take their daughter. and now 14-year-old elizabeth smart is gone. as police swarm his home, ed smart pleads for his daughter's life. >> please let her go. >> the abduction of elizabeth smart quickly becomes national news. >> lois and edward smart are elizabeth's parents, mr. and mrs. smart, good morning. >> i remember both of us were just sick. i know lois was, you know, to be able to get on in front of the tv was nearly impossible. it was just pain and, you know, heartache. >> please let her go. >> please, please let her go. >> going through something that most of us can't comprehend. and they were doing it with the lights and cameras rolling. >> i don't think lois could lift her head up at all. she was so heartbroken. it was just evident how worried she was for her daughter. >> it's every mother's, every father's worst nightmare. >> your heart just sinks. >> i can't imagine. >> and you're paralyzed. and you can't move and you can't talk. and the tears do not stop. and you can't imagine who would want to do something like that? who would come into you

. >> reporter: it was freedom day for lois goodman. as she cut off the police monitoring bracelet she wore, while standing trial for murder. >> i always maintained my innocence. and i'm just thrilled, thrilled, to get back to my life. >> reporter: all charges, dismissed. >> based upon this information, we announced that we are unable to proceed with the case at this time. >> it is an amazing day for justice and for miss goodman. she has gone through hell with this case. >> reporter: prosecutors had accused the long-time tennis ref of bludgeons her husband to death with a coffee mug. and then, covering up the crime. from the start, goodman claimed she was innocent. >> she's in shock. i mean, this is insane. >> reporter: even her daughter, telling "gma," there's no way her mother was capable of murder. >> she's a nice, warm-hearted person. my mother would never do this. she's completely innocent. >> reporter: goodman told police her 80-year-old husband, alan, died after falling down the stares and hit his head. when released on bail, she wa

the loy krathong festival was initially intended as a way for people to atone for polluting the country's waterways, but as the country modernizes, the tradition has taken on an ironic twist. nhk reports on the unknown side of the festival. >> reporter: it happens on the night of the full moon in the 12th month of the thai lunar calendar. people across the country flock to rivers. they're showing their gratitude to the goddess of water for sharing her abundance and asking her forgiveness for polluting it. decorated floats, or kathong, complete with candles and sticks of incense are released into the water. some people add their own wishes for luck, love, or prosperity as their small boats sail off. but this colorful centuries-old tradition is creating some unpleasant consequences. it's a large mass of garbage created by revelers which usually end up bobbing in the water throughout this long night. officials say almost a million krathongs are left behind after the festival each year in bangkok alone. >> translator: thais use the rivers to carry away all the bad things. as a result, there's

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loi. who was covered him. there was almost 21-0 as they went to the half.er, more from tom brady. this one -- i didn't know this guy was still in the nfl. donte' stallworth breaks away and gets into the end zone. that's 28-0 brady -- patriots. did i just call it brady? is that the name of the team? danny woodhead, used to be a jet. never should have let him go. followed by j.j. watson. into tend zone. touchdown recovered there. brandon lloyd, second of the game. this one goes all new england. 42-14. brady and the patriots now just one game back of the texans for top soap and home field advantage in the playoffs. >> more news from the nfl. redskins fans, we're holding our breath. rg3 helped off the field on sunday. yesterday coach mike shanahan struck a hopeful tone when discussing the quarterback. >> he has a mild strain of the acl, grade i. he's had some mild swelling. he had his right knee repaired, acl in 2009. that looks great. no problem there. we'll evaluate it day by day and see how he is on wednesday. i was talking to him today. he feels pretty good

lois romano. the appearance yesterday, as i noted, the question that the student posed to him, what are we to make of his prior writings and the future decision from the high court? >> right. so, i think this is a direct allusion back to his scathing dissent in the 2003 case of lawrence versus texas. >> correct, yes. >> struck down the texas sodomy statute and he said, you know, if we are not allowed to make moral judgments, if the legislature's not allowed to do that, we're on a slippery slope here. there's an easy way to drive a stake in that slippery slope based on the harm principle. you know, we can see that murder harms people. it is not as clear that same-sex marriage will harm anybody. also, there's something interesting where he says if we're deprived of the argument how can we not afford the same-sex couples be allowed to marry? >> it's interesting, a part of the comments he said the constitution is not an organism but a legal text for pete's sake. those are his words and said unless you give the laws the meaning of those that enacted them you're destroying democracy. that was the latest

as a weapon. but friday, lois goodman smiled in a los angeles courtroom after learning her case was dismissed. >>rs asked a judge to drop charges against goodman, citing insufficient evidence and new information in the case. >> based upon this information, we announced that we are unable to proceed with the case at this time. >> reporter: the 70-year-old was arrested in new york city in august, just as she arrived to work at the u.s. open as a line judge. her husband alan goodman was found dead in the couple's california home in april. she told police he fell down the stairs. prosecutors alleged goodman used the coffee mug to bludgeon him and stabbed him with the broken pieces. she pleaded not guilty. her attorney claims police botched the investigation and says her client's dna was not found on the coffee mug. >> this is a wonderful woman whose name was tarnished all over this country. >> reporter: family and friends also came to goodman's defense, including her daughter. >> my mother did not do this. she is not capable physically or emotionally to do something like this. >> reporter: prosecutor

tennis representative is now a free woman. 70-year-old lois goodman staring in disbelief and smiling as judge granted the prosecutor's request to drop charges to her in connection with the death of her own husband, alan goodman. trace gallagher fills us in on how this happened. reporter: remember, lois was arrested in her uniform before the u.s. open back to new york in august. prosecutors said that she killed her husband might be him with a coffee mug. when the mob broke, she continued to beat him, using the edges as a makeshift knife. goodman claimed that her husband died accidentally. she passed a polygraph test done privately. the defense also claimed that goodman, who is right-handed, would've been impossible for her to inflict those wounds on her husband because they are were on the wrong side of his head. then the d.a. got some other unknown information. listen. >> based upon this information, we announce that we are unable to proceed with the case at this time. the court granted a request to dismiss the case without prejudice. >> i am just thrilled and so thankful to the das off

the pilgrims that i talked, to jamie, also told me they felt as though by being here, by seeing it u by experiencing it they felt a lot loisloser to their faith. jamie? >> jamie: absolutely. nothing like being there. thank you very much. are you trying to be there for the holiday? wicked weather could make things tough for the millions of americans traveling for christmas. coming up where the snow is headed and who could get hit the hardest. plus, you can't fly with guns and you better not bring that full size shampoo in carry-on. for the first time in years you can fly with snow globes. new rules at the airport coming up on this christmas eve fox report. but, first, a part of television's iconic odd couple has died. actor jack klugman a star of that 1970s sitcom died today in california who could forget his tv career it came to abrupt end in the 19 80s when he lost his voice to throat cancer. he trained himself later acting on broadway and third watch. clugman will always be best remembered for the odd couple where he played the messy oscar madison always annoying his roommate, jack klugman was 90 years old. [ laughter ]

lois, it's not clear if speaker boehner has enough votes for the plan "b" from republicans. what are we to make of this situation as we tick-tock to this vote tonight? >> well, it appears what speaker boehner's doing is try to -- with eric cantor, trying to kick the ball down the field. right now, the entire burden is on them. as all the public opinion polls have showed. the american people think the wealthy should be taxed so what they're trying to do is say, okay, we're going to take this vote, hell or high water, and then it's up to you guys and i think they're hoping that then it will appear that they're the obstructionists, the democrats which i don't think the american people are that shallow. i think they'll see what's going on here. >> basically, speaker boehner's comments earlier today that the plan protects 98.1% and is it just at this point an optics? maybe a few people will hear that sound bite and appear that the republicans are suddenly protecting the middle class and it is the democrats who don't care what happens to you after the beginning of the new year? >> well, yes. i think that's exactly what's

as we can. particularly chairman pitts and ranking member pallone, leonard lance and eshoo, lois capps, and the staff on both sides. i made a commitment to all these members early on that we would work very diligently to get this legislation here and we are finally here. madam speaker, this bill, s. 1440, known as the preemie re-authorization act, is designed to strengthen health care for kids, particularly vulnerable kids. not only does the bill re-authorize the preemie act, it also includes the re-authorization of the children's hospital graduate medical education program, and it authorizes the national pediatric research network. the original preemie act i sponsored brought attention to the problems related to preterm birth. and since its passage, the preterm birth rate has declined. good news. but despite that improvement, according to the c.d.c., still half a million babies are born prematurely every year in this country. that's one out of eight. we can and we must do better. this re-authorization will continue to strengthen the ongoing effort to track, prevent and treat prematurity. ensur

lois has a question. >> senator, you said the latino communities are conservative. socially, social issues, fiscally, and as is the african-american community in a lot of ways, yet, as mike said, both communities rejected your party. beyond immigration reform, you know, what kind of policies should the party put forth? it's not just the message. it's not just rhetoric, that could attract the demographic back, like, for instance, there was a lot of talk during the campaign about, and can you get that flank for your party? >> the issues that appeal to minorities in the country are the same that appeal to everybody else. there's two things -- what's the number one, i think, issue that hovers over us? the growing opportunity gap of the hopes and dreams people have and the chance to accomplish it, particularly, to get into the middle class my parents got into in a service industry job. what are the impediments to that? two things. number one, we have an economy not creating middle class jobs. number two, we have a lot of people who do not have the skills to do the middle class jobs, and there's a disportioned nu

lois goodman will return to judging matches in 2013. she was arrested in august asand charged with killing her husband with a coffee mug. last month prosecutors announced they had new information and they dropped the case. wow. imagine driving down the street and seeing this. a young child rolling away in a shopping cart heading straight into traffic. a police officer in wisconsin happened to be driving by at the time and chased after it. he was able to rescue the little boy and wring him back home safely to his mother. amazingly, he walked away without any injuries. while christmas came early for one woman in oregon. take a look. her husband brian purcell surprising her at the airport. she thought she was picking up her aunt but then brian walked through the security gate instead. >> sprinting across the airport because flights were delayed. they were telling me i wasn't going to make it i was jumping over railings. there was nothing that was going to keep me from my wife today. nothing. >> that's so wonderful. he will spend christmas with wife and 1-year-old daugh

lois, a republican. caller: it is the people we have to worry about. it is mental illness. families recognize their children as they are growing up. if that could be curtailed, i know they would hate to put them in a mental institution. i would, too, because they love their child just the same. but those children that grow up with mental illness, it does not matter how they get it, they are going to get weapons of some sort. it is not the guns that the problem, it's the people. they have to collect those mentally ill people. host: would you lock them all up? caller: no. you hear about doctors. i don't know quite, but that is what the problem is, mental illness. they have to control the people with mental illness. families recognize it. all the parents of the people people,e been killeing the parents recognized it. they knew they had a problem. host: some comments we read earlier, this opinion piece in the wall street journal talked about updating federal firearms laws as they relate to mentally ill. would you change the laws to make it harder for the mentally ill to get guns? caller: it ought to be -- i don't

lois has a question. >> senator, you have said, i have heard you say that the latino community is quite conservative, social issues, fiscally as is the african-american community. both communities rejected your party. beyond immigration reform, you know, what kind of policies should the party put forth? it's not just the message or rhetoric that could track this demographic back, like for instance, there was a lot of talk during the campaign like the children of immigrants being able to go to school. what else can they offer and can you get that by your party? >> i think the issues that appeal to minorities in this country are the same that appeal to everybody else. what's the number one issue that hovers over us and that is the growing opportunity act between the hopes and dreams and their chances to accomplish it particularly to get into the middle class that my parents were able to. what are the impediments to that? we have an economy that aren't creating enough of those middle-class jobs and we don't have enough people with skills to do those jobs and there are a lot of people that fall into those categories. access to edu

lois, why don't you vote more like lynn wolsy votes? and she -- wooledsy votes? and she was one of the first people i met. her story was compelling. as a woman member of congress, i don't know how it would be to raise kids by herself. she's a great voice and advocate for all mothers, all working families and particularly those who carry extra burdens themselves. she's put her heart and soul into her work in congress, and it shows. as i met you early on when i came here, i knew you were kind and befriended me. i know you served your constituents in the same passionate way. and i thank you for the role model you've provided me. howard berman has provided another kind of role model for me. my husband before me came to congress in part to work on middle eastern issues. and there's a go-to person in this congress that i always relied upon for advice and support in that area, and that's howard berman. he's a congressperson's congressman, in my opinion. and my human rights watch folks have held him in such high esteem. it's been a very great honor to serve almost as a neighbor to him. with his district in the central valley, san fernando va

lois, why don't you vote more like lynn wolsy votes? and she -- wooledsy votes? and she was one of the first people i met. her story was compelling. as a woman member of congress, i don't know how it would be to raise kids by herself. she's a great voice and advocate for all mothers, all working families and particularly those who carry extra burdens themselves. she's put her heart and soul into her work in congress, and it shows. as i met you early on when i came here, i knew you were kind and befriended me. i know you served your constituents in the same passionate way. and i thank you for the role model you've provided me. howard berman has provided another kind of role model for me. my husband before me came to congress in part to work on middle eastern issues. and there's a go-to person in this congress that i always relied upon for advice and support in that area, and that's howard berman. he's a congressperson's congressman, in my opinion. and my human rights watch folks have held him in such high esteem. it's been a very great honor to serve almost as a neighbor to him. with his district in the central valley, san fernando va

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