karen allen fiber arts in great barrington, massachusetts. now that her son is grown, she's had to figure out how to find a work/work balance again as she continues her career as a busy working actress and director, as well as a small business owner. >> it's been almost six months since karen allen has been in her massachusetts textile design studio, splitting her time between acting, directing and her business, karen allen fiber arts, a bow teak that sells her collection of vibrantly colored knit wear, this has been an unusually long time away. things are set up to run smoothly when she's gone. now that she's back, the never idle allen has a lot of catching up to do. >> i decide when i'm coming to work and i decide when i'm leaving and i decide if i want to take a day off. there's not many jobs like that out there. that's a pretty good gig, actually. >> that kind of freedom is a far cry from the demand of a movie set. with an acting career that took off with her film debut in 1978's animal house. >> is this really what you're going to do for

they show a happy president kennedy during a visit to barrington high-school. >> she knew she discovered something very special, it was a part of her history that she did not even know about and a part of barrington's history that will not be on display here at the high-school. in the spring of 2012 she done something very historicfound something very hi tucked away in boxes from her parents' home these are pictures from october 26th 1960. the day jfk campaign debt barrington high-school.campaigned at barri- school. >> i have to give my parents a lot of credit they were republicans. >> the pictures were taken so close to the future president that you could reach out and touch him. >> it's amazing he's in the open car. whoever took these pictures must've been standing right next to the car. >> being a good politician you want your picture taken with the baby. people were taking pictures of him kissing my child. >> he told me i had beautiful children and i told my may have to vote for him. >> even though i was republican i still voted for him. >> her biggest regret was not having a camera

. >> when smithsonian magazine named great barrington, massachusetts, the greatest small town in america>> when people come to the berkshires, there's hardly any chain stores at all. we've managed to hold them off by having such a unique and original environment here. >> we have a really great, eclectic group of businesses, a little bit of something for everyone. >> we have a great community in the locals and out of towners. >> and that well loved and unique downtown, like many main streets around the country, is about to get a facelift. after many years of heated debate, next year will mark the start of a massive reconstruction project with plans to rip up the roadway and sidewalks and replace the curb, park benches, and trees. no doubt business will not go about as usual. >> it's a complicated issue. i think it's going to be really hard for the town in the short-term. >> it's the kind of project people fear a bit because we're coming out of a tough recession and businesses are just starting to get back on their feet. we've heard in other towns reconstruction projects of this nature hav

there was hans the germman -- jean claude from france, lord barrington j. powder of the uk and the man from tehran, jimmy death to america zarif. [ laughter ] yes, from all around the world foreign ministers came to geneva by jet, by boat and train. john kerry himself turned around his trusty sailboard and said, entre you -- obviously it took kerry the longest time to get there because he was on the water. [laughter] it was worth the wait because bear in mind the historical context of these talks wench take it for granted that the secretary of state should talk to iran foreign minister but that hadn't happened in 34 years until last september and they spent more time in the last 24 hours than they have in 34 years. >> jon: 36 years. i'm -- 34 years. i'm guessing america was like, man, what were we even fighting about? and iran was all like, well in 1953 you organized a coupe and overthrew our government and ensured prooil contracts which led to the 1979 revolution at which point we took your people hostage and america like was right, i can't remember either

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. >>> next week we travel to main street in great barrington, massachusetts. talk to local business owners getting ready for small business saturday. they tell us how they're trying to get the berkshires community to shop small. while we're there, we'll also talk to actress karen alan. you know her from "indiana jones," "animal house." she turned her passion into a small business. i'm j.j. ramberg. remember, we make your business our business. ♪ ♪ you get your coffee here. you get your hair cut here. you find that certain thing you were looking for here, but actually you get so much more. when you shop at these small local businesses, you support all the things that make your community great. the money you spend here, stays here. in this place you call your neighborhood. small business saturday is november 30th. get out and shop small. >>> where will enda end up? >>> the start of this sunday morning in mid-november, we're thinking a lot about rights. the senate passed a bill thursday that would make it illegal to fire someone for being gay. whether it will act

. >>> next week we travel to main street in great barrington, massachusetts. talk to local business owners getting ready for small business saturday. they tell us how they're trying to get the berkshires community to shop small. while we're there, we'll also talk to actress karen alan. you know her from "indiana jones," "animal house." she turned her passion into a small business. i'm j.j. ramberg. remember, we make your business our business. ♪ ♪ you get your coffee here. you get your hair cut here. you find that certain thing you were looking for here,

media attention has only been on the arctic thirty really and i can remember them talking really barrington's for years and years and all this. we know that in the united states we have a very narrow media ownership and that is one of the reasons why us media diversity is so limited. we of course try to get all the different. activities that we're engaged in to the media but somehow it seems most of the media tend to cover the more visual images of protests and so on because you know one of the things that people find shocking is that of all the work the increase does less than twenty percent of our work is actually peaceful actions and those that will work its scientific research lobbying advocacy meeting with c.e.o.'s and other business leaders trying to influence our governance meeting with them in gauging with them in dialogue and so on but history shows that when humanity as you know country on to the major challenge. i would it was slavery civil rights in the united states colonialism and women's right to vote and so on those struggles only went forward when decent men and women stood u

her passion for knitting into a small business with a store that's drawing customers to great barrington'sets. until then, i'm jj ramberg. remember, we make your business our business. ♪ ♪ you get your coffee here. you get your hair cut here. you find that certain thing you were looking for here, but actually you get so much more. when you shop at these small local businesses, you support all the things that make your community great. the money you spend here, stays here. in this place you call your neighborhood. small business saturday is november 30th. get out and shop small. . . >>> the state of illinois is a bright, bright, bright blue state, right? and every one of the previous six presidential elections going back to 1992, illinois voted handily for the democratic candidate for president. and last year's presidential election, president obama won in his home state of illinois by 17 points. and that does not mean there are no republican areas and no republican members of congress in illinois. there are plenty of conservative parts of the state, but state-wide, illinois is very blue. w

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investigators say officer andrew barrington was on his motorcycle when a car changed lines and knocked his bike. he was not seriously hurt. investigators don't think drugs or alcohol were a factor in the crash. >>> 7:56. this is the start of flu season and sales of antibacterial soaps and wipes increases, which could be a problem, according to scientists. many of those soaps contain triclocyn that can affect the heart musclele. scientists don't believe that chemical is necessary to keep hands bacteria free. the fda says it will issue a final set of regulations for hand soaps and triclosan by the end of the year. >>> we now when the next chapter of the star wars saga will appear. it will appear the week before christmas in 2015. that will give disney's team to create what it calls a sensational picture. the film is written by jj abrams. disney bought lucas films including the star wars franchise earlier this year. >>> an early-morning high speed crash in antioch tore part of a roof off an suv. this is what we're talking about. the continuing investigation and this happened right near th