. ♪ you are my starship ♪ oh, take me out tonight ♪ and betcha by golly, wow ♪ you're the one that i'veery song in the body + soul collection and digitally remastered it. so they all sound fantastic. ♪ me and mrs. mrs. jones ♪ ♪ mrs. jones, mrs. jones, mrs. jones, mrs. jones ♪ ♪ tell it like it is ♪ don't be ashamed ♪ to let your conscience be your guide ♪ wow, hearing all these sexy soul songs again is unbelievable. now imagine 144 of the very best of them all together in one beautiful collection. and every cd comes with complete liner notes with photos and stories about the artists and these incredible songs. that's the body + soul collection and getting it is as easy as picking up the phone. it's slow and it's sexy... it's warm and it's sweet... it's all about love and romance... and dancing slow, and oh, so close. it's time life's body + soul collection. ♪ always and forever ♪ each moment with you ♪ just to be close to you, girl ♪ ♪ i don't care what they think about me and ♪ ♪ i don't care what they say you'll get the deep soul classics from the '60s, the sweet harmonies of the '70

with logos plastered all around us they are right now around us but the technology was available you betcha it would be i believe in recycling i believe in you know not consumerism but go to your local salvation army exchange what does it say about our culture that we are so disposable. that we are exactly that and we're looking at life in a really shallow way how do you think history is going to remember this to how i am and age as consumers i'm going to be a part of that yes no look it's very wasteful because i'm i live in france and my family very careful with their money my family and. they think twice about buying stuff so i listen to them it does make me more careful but i'm afraid i'm consumed with. your job in the time that i've been at times here whether or not your sick of the pressure of our consumerist culture the bottom line is when it comes to buying stuff you don't need maybe it's best to just say no. this is o.t. we're here live in moscow i'll be back with a look at our main news stories are headlines in just a moment stay with us here knife. length of. play. wealthy british

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you betcha. take a look, you can see, what are those up there?> barbie dolls. >> reporter: they are holiday dolls. you have been doing it since -- >> my little girl was born, we started in '92. we have about 19 of them. >> reporter: as far as the weather is concerned, on the wet side tonight. rain tonight. we are going to see a lot of rain. most of that rain will move out by early tomorrow morning. don't worry about the rain for friday and saturday. travel is going to be a-okay. the only areas that could see bad travel, down around florida. that is about it. the rest of us looking good. the weekend, christmas weekend, looking good, too. >> we like that. >> we do. >> thank you, doug. quite a christmas display over there. >>> with christmas three days away, it's a busy time of year at the north pole. last minute preparations taking place in alaska. santa receives an occasional e-mail, the post office is overwhelmed with last minute wish lists. 150,000 letters have come in so far. >> wow. >> your kids got their notes off to santa and all that? >> ye

yeah, you betcha. it's monday against the new jersey nets. the wizards home opener, 7:00 p.m. at the verizon center. you mentioned we got the special guest. look at this. this is gee whiz from the wizards. trying to give me a jersey? is this for me? you want me to play? is that what it is? i'm in! i'm totally in. you can get your tickets and jerseys, too. this is john wall? kammerer is k-a-m -- no, okay. once again, the home opener. a heck of a christmas gift. taking on the new jersey nets. thank you very much. if you ever need help -- i'm serious. whatever you need. down low, in the hoop, three-pointer, i got it. no? >> you put it out there. it's fitting you got the john wall jersey. he can teach you how to dougy. >> i'm not doing it. no, no, no. >> he's a man of few words there. >> we don't get to say a lot on monday night but we are saying it now. the redskins won. >> they did. in a big way. throughout this game, aside from those two early interceptions, they were strong defense and offense, dan. huge win. >> allow me to rewind for a moment. there's one reason the john wall

i betcha $10,000. >> i want to go to romney, explaining how his life has not always been easy. this is how he does it. and he has to go to his youthful days in france in order to make the point. let's listen to this. >> i grew up in a home with a great deal of affluence. my parents had done very well. my dad had grown up poor. he wanted us to work hard. as an american i had everything i needed. and i was asked to go up by my church to go live in france. france is not exactly a third world country, obviously. but when we go there, we live on our own savings and we had a limit. we were able to receive $110 in savings. i lived with people who lived very modestly. the number of apartments i was in didn't have toilets. most had no refrigerators. most of the apartments had no shower or bathtub. i lived in a way that people of lower middle income in france lived. and i said to myself, wow, i sure am lucky to be born in the united states of america. >> okay. i don't think that exactly clears up the whole mitt knows what it's like to be down and out. but the real key to this is the date

you betcha. i'm always getting grief for my midwestern accent. >> i'm from around there. i get it.we had a story like this. it is still cool. well make that cold. freezing cold. >> my gosh, an ice castle. totally ice right there. it's out in colorado. it covers a full acre. it is about 20,000 tons of ice. all from that structure. >> some of the walls up to 30 feet high thanks to a sprinkler system and freezing temperatures the walls could grow up to 60 feet over the next few weeks. the castle will be there until april when it will of course melt. >> what do they say? >> if life gives you lemon, lemonade. >> make ice. >> freezing temperatures. you make a beautiful ice castle. >> looks really cool. >> oh, play on word there. >> ha-ha. >> more "world news now" is coming up ahead. ♪ you're as cold as ice cold as ice ♪ [ other merv ] welcome back to the cleaning games. let's get a recap, merv. [ merv ] thanks, other merv. mr. clean magic eraser extra power was three times faster on permanent marker. elsewhere against dirt, it was a sweep, with scuffed sports equipment... had it coming.

>> you betcha. >> reporter: marie and her son tony own seven tanks.ride of their life. >> we imported them in pairs. we got two, then we got two more and two more. >> we had an investment banker from saudi arabia stop by. i've had a group of engineers come from all around the world. there's one from india, china. >> reporter: these puppies are all brits. $6,000 to $8 -- $60,000 to $80,000 a pop. turns out you can't buy american tanks. >> you've got to be a thinker to have these. it's not like just anybody can keep them running. >> reporter: you have to take a safety class before getting behind the wheel. wow. >> you're here to drive tanks and shoot some guns. do we have any questions so far? >> reporter: this is where we'll drive them. take a look. we're in the middle of the woods. >> drive a tank, we can get it together! boo-yah! >> reporter: meet rick, driving instructor of sorts. >> boo-yah! boo-yah! >> felt like a real life-sized g.i. joe. perfect for a mid-life crisis. >> what do you get for the man who has everything but a tank? >> reporter: don

>> you betcha. rick: i thought hollywood turns out sequels. d.c.. >> reporter: this gets extended. the president has been taking a lot of political lumps. before he goes to hawaii he's going to stick it in john boehner's eye for a little bit. rick: thank you, chris. heather: the seek wealth is never as good as the original. to the campaign trail where gop candidates are making their last campaign pitches before the holiday weekend and with less than two weeks to go before the iowa caucuses. james rosen is live with the very latest on this. >> reporter: just a few minutes ago mitt romney faced worthers in new hampshire and there responded to newt gingrich's challenge that the two debate themselves with regard to the attack ads that mitt romney is running. >> it may narrow down to two, three, people. it may well be speaker gingrich and myself and we'll get that chance. until it's narrowed down and other people are no longer part of the process, and hopefully if i'm still part of the process, i'm going to keep respecting the others and keep debating o

you betcha! it takes more than a cold wind to get through my fur! what is that?em home without melting? you don't want your ice to melt in the sun, why not get some help from the things two and thing one? [whistles] ta-da! ♪ [laughing] ♪ ta-da! wow! - thanks guys. bye bye! this cooler will keep the ice cold on the trip home. now we can go home and have cold lemonade! thank you for helping us find the right kind of ice, polly! you're welcome. bye polly! - see ya polly! bye! polly the polar bear sure knows her ice, there's pack ice and sea ice and icebergs are nice, ice floats on the sea, ice falls from the sky, and there's ice to bring home, it's an endless supply! ♪ (sipping noises) ahhhh! well my swimming around to stay warm really worked. now i have to think of a way to get cool! how about some lemonade? ..and some... ...ice! ahhh, much better. my very own iceberg. (laughing) welcome to hat chat. sure is ch-ch-chilly here in antarctica. ...but we had to come here to interview our friend the penguin! meet my son junior. hi! hi! how do you stay warm? we have a th

. >> sure, you betcha. >> they own seven tanks.of their life. >> we ill ported them in pairs. we got two and then two more and two more. >> we have an investment banker from saudi arabia stop by. i've had a group of engineers come from auld around the world. one from india, china. >> reporter: these puppies are all bricks. 60 to 80 grand a pop. you can't buy american tanks. >> you have to be a thinker to have these. >> reporter: you have to take a safety class before getting behind the wheel. >> you're here to drive tanks. and shoot guns. do we have any questions? >> this is where we're going to drive them. we're in the middle of the woods. >> we can get it together! >> meet rick. driving instructor. of sorts. >> a perfect thing for the mid-life crisis. what do you get to the man who has everything but a tank? >> don't even think of trying to shoot it. these guns won't fire. >> disneyland for an army retiree. >> now, my turn. down in the hatch. watch your feet. how do you brake? here we go? >> go down a little bit. all right, all r

. >> you betcha. >> what can the average american do?n life aren't necessarily things at all. people are choosing to simplify their lives. and i think not everybody needs to go to the extreme that michael and jennifer do, but there are a lot of things that you can begin to go down that path. >> you don't like the word downsize. you say simple size. >> we heard about downsizing, we heard about rightsizing. i say simple size. figure out what's important and skip the rest. these folks are living on $20,000 a year. but it's also a way to really understand the relationship of happiness and what's important. >> okay. so rethink -- basically change the way they we think about things. number one, avoid debt like the playing. >> it's not what you have, something you don't have. that is debt. these people are living debt-free. if you can't afford to pay for it now you can't afford it. >> also, don't pay for depreciation. what do you mean? >> lots of people like jennifer and michael are buying things used. we all know that a car depreciates 20% whe

you betcha, yeah, channel nbc 11, sunny, breezy, cold. 30 degrees.llite, a lot of rain making its way up from the south along into the mid-atlantic states. behind it colder air will be bringing snow. temperatures will be dropping 20 to 30 degrees from where they are today to tomorrow. we've got air stagnation alerts in the pacific northwest. sunny but cool from texas into the southwest. >> good morning. we have some batches of heavy rain. that will continue off and on through the day. the temperatures are going to drop. >> and we've got a real cute -- oh, she's not too happy. >> this is clara. >> all right, clara. very nice. back to matt. >> mr. roker, thank you. >>> when we come back the growing number of women who are using prescription drugs to deal with their stressful lives. we'll talk about that right after these messages. en forever. kay jewelers presents the ring that lives up to the moment. neil lane bridal, from hollywood's premiere jewelry designer. - the setting has to be perfect. it's where the diamond lives. - uniquely beautiful hand-cr

[inaudible conversations] >> you betcha. >> good morning, governor. >> come on up. >> thank you.ited. >> good morning, governor. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> how are you? >> thanks for coming out today. [inaudible conversations] ♪ ♪ [inaudible conversations] >> oh, hi, andrea, how are you? nice to see you. >> [inaudible conversations] >> very enthusiastic. this crowd, a lot of excitement. i think people really feel they want a change in washington. it's bringing in a lot of support, a lot of energy. [inaudible conversations] [laughter] >> he's terrific. terrific. quite a guy. i'm delighted to have him with me on the trail. you don't get better than chris christie. [inaudible conversations] how are you? >> oh! [inaudible conversations] ♪ ♪ >> i'll be there. >> thank you. [laughter] >> good to see you this morning, thank you. good morning, thank you. appreciate your help today. means a great deal. how are you? [inaudible conversations] >> well, thank you. appreciate it very much. hi there, how are you? got it, good. good to see you. thank you. thanks for b

yes, the streets are bare behind me, but you betcha, it's going to get really, really bilusy on the sun comes up. a good point. it's been a good shopping season for retailers. the momentum we saw on black friday. sales up extraordinarily. then that fell off a little bit. you know, losing kind of that sales momentum, and retailers picked up on that. what they've had to do is chop prices even more, offer deeper discounts. you know what? consumers caught on to that and are keeping that in mind as they come back to the stores today to return their gifts. in fact, some people are noticing that the prices are falling. many will actually come back, return the gifts and rebuy it for anywhere from 30% to 40% off. others think, i've overspent. i'm going to go ahead and sent back these gifts. just when you think retailers think that it's a bad thing on this return day, it's really not. the national retail federation says, you know what? they think at least 10% come back to the store. the good thing. people walking back in to return the gifts are most likely to buy something else. 70% of people act

you betcha. take a look at the before and after shots of the kitchen. very, very nice." a new series on hgtv, anthony carrino and john calanari. >> thanks for having us. >> now, it's called "kitchen cousins" because you're cousins. >> we are. we're actual cousins and we are actual contractors and we happened to be on tv now. >> so your dad and -- >> my mom and his dad. >> and my father. >> ok. very good. and i know your family. >> you do know my family. >> from back in the day. >> yes. now, there are people watching right now who would like to have a great kitchen. and they would like a little bit of help. there's some things you should -- >> for free! >> for free. everybody wants it for free. everybody wants it for free. >> you say people at home can do countertops, back splash and put graphics up on the walls, right? >> we always -- what we try to tell people is try to do a project that's easy on the weekends. doing something like a back splash is really easy. it's something you can do in a couple of hours. totally transforms your kitchen which is beautiful. something

. >> you betcha. >> [inaudible] >> oh, thank you. this is a debate on fox again tonight. if you haven't seen it. >> [inaudible] >> oh, good.ed t okay, tell people who are undecided, tune in. vote michelle on january 3rd.ded how are you?le >> good. >> good to meet you. >> my name's alice.anua >> you're alice, and do you live here in spencer? do y do. >> you bet. >> do you? you're lifelong -- >> i'm a minnesotan. >> from where?pr >> buffalo lake, minnesota. >> i know where that is. i know exactly where it is. that is in my district.ctly >> okay, very good. >> i love it. >> i've been in iowa, though, about 50 years. >> i guess that qualifies -- i e call it home. >> yeah, that --if >> iie was born and raised in ia and moved up to minnesota. rai >> good deal.to keep going. okay. hi, you guys. thanks again for coming out. thank you. thanks again for cg >> thanks again for coming out. january 3rd. in hi. we are so happy to come. it is a beautiful hy-vee. what is your name? hi, dave. it is good to see you. thank you for coming out. what is your name? >> veronica. >> hello, veroni

. ♪ you are my starship ♪ oh, take me out tonight ♪ and betcha by golly, wow ♪ you're the one that i'veery song in the body + soul collection and digitally remastered it. so they all sound fantastic. ♪ me and mrs. mrs. jones ♪ ♪ mrs. jones, mrs. jones, mrs. jones, mrs. jones ♪ ♪ tell it like it is ♪ don't be ashamed ♪ to let your conscience be your guide ♪ wow, hearing all these sexy soul songs again is unbelievable. now imagine 144 of the very best of them all together in one beautiful collection. and every cd comes with complete liner notes with photos and stories about the artists and these incredible songs. that's the body + soul collection and getting it is as easy as picking up the phone. it's slow and it's sexy... it's warm and it's sweet... it's all about love and romance... and dancing slow, and oh, so close. it's time life's body + soul collection. ♪ always and forever ♪ each moment with you ♪ just to be close to you, girl ♪ ♪ i don't care what they think about me and ♪ ♪ i don't care what they say you'll get the deep soul classics from the '60s, the sweet harmonies of the '70