at the same time bill russell was the greatest winner.most dominant. >> is shaq the one you want to least play against i imagine you have shaq bearing down on you and can't be many worse moments in sport. >> he's the one i would love to play with. i would have a lot of assists playing with the big diesel. but shaq, you don't want to play against shaq. not only was he big but he was light on his feet. and he was probably the best passing big man, him and kareem were the two best passing big men that ever played in the game. >> let's talk about this, i call it a strike. he called ate lockout. whatever it was it was a squabble with a lot of rich people at a time when fans were losing their homes and jobs and so on in the economic crisis. what was your overview of the whole thing. do you think it was inadvised it happened at all in the current client. >> when we look back at it we wish it didn't happen from the owners and players side. it was a strike that we wish could have been avoided. but let's look at it like, this we have happy basketba

you could argue as bill russell, part of the struggle. who is the best college basketball player? as football player, jim brown, part of the struggle. the best of everything. mohammed ali. part of the struggle. and of course, a couple years later, this merging of sports and politics exploded in women's sports. people in the aleutian chain, lacey o'neal, and donna devereaux now. it made sense that as long as you have deciphered salta platform you're going to say something about the world and about injustice. and this movement exploded in the world of track and field and exploded into the olympic games in the form of the olympic project for human rights. it was a movement and therefore demands the remaking of the international olympic committee appeared for demands they said you better meet these demands for every single african american track star will not show up to the 1968 olympics. we will not go unless our concerns are met. what a powerful thing that was to say. like let's see how those metal accounts look without blackout dates. not so good. as they sat in their statement, wh

bill. >>> and the new year will mean new lives for entertainers, russell brand and katy perry, the entertainmentower couple is calling it quits after little more than a year of marriage. brand tells cnn, i'll always adore katy and i know we'll remain friends. >>> we'll follow the republican contenders live in iowa as they criss-cross the states. "the contenders" 2012 starts right now. >>> good afternoon and welcome to "the contenders 2012." i'm candy crowley. today you're going to hear from the republican candidates at their live event events as they make their cases to iowa voters why they should be the next president of the united states. i want to bring in our jim acosta. jim, you just had an interview with rick santorum who really has had what could arguably be the best week of his campaign, at least so far as the polls are concerned. >> reporter: that's right. candy, you and i both know after covering this campaign for some time now that rick santorum was almost sort of an afterthought, just to be really honest about things during this race leading into the iowa caucuses. but steady as he g

the first time in 30 years the architect of the anti-immigration bill that basically spread through the country. because of that russell pierce is no longer in office, but i think it will be a precursor of the voters much more engaged saying we don't want you to split our communities, we don't want racial profiling, and it's a precursor to the 2012 elections. >> i think you made valid points. >> no reservies? >> i think that. >> michael, the republicans drove -- i think it was more in '10 than '11. i think they took a pretty bad beating this year. i agree with you about the arizona voters. i think also the wisconsin elected officials that went out of state and then came back and recalled two people, but i would have to agree with alex, the protester. i think that the whole world had to deal with a -- this is the first time we've seen governments change that we never thought since we were born that would change, so from the arab spring to the changing the discussion here, to the protester, and as a veteran protester myself, it was a great year. >>> we have more to come. stick around. we'll be right back. >>> the revvies

talk their way jon corzine can talk their way out of t >> bill: culture warriors segment tonight, canadian tv recently aired a show called russell peters christmas special. in that programs there there was a so tire on the birth of jesus with pamela anderson playing the virgin mary. >> word is that king her rod has put a hit out on your baby. >> your baby. [ laughter ] >> get us [bleep] out of here. >> huh? >> jesus. >> someone likes that name. >> bill: hysterical. now today, december 8th is the feast of the immaculate conception holiday in the catholic church. gresham carlson and margaret hoover. what say you hoover? >> you will hate this bill, you will say because i'm not a catholic. i'm catholic light i'm episcopalian. i thought this was funny. we can take a joke at the holidays. this was meant to be irreverent. 2.1 million canadians tuned in to watch pamela anderson as the virgin mary. we all get the joke. clearly she is no virgin mary. that's apparent. that's the joke. >> bill: hoover, you thought this was hysterical, funny? >> i thought it was good humor. it was ironic humor. take a joke. it's the holidays. >> bill: i didn

the fee would have applied to a one-time bill payment using debit or credit cards online or by phone. >>> british actor russell just over a year ago. in a statement russell brand told cnn this, quote, sadly katy and i are ending our marriage. i'll always adore her and i know we will remain friends. they always say that. >> sad news. susan, thanks very much. we're counting down the top ten ridiculists of the year. tonight is number one based on your votes. i'll tease it the way i teased it back in august. gerard takes a leak on the plane. the top ridiculist of 2011 is coming up next. [ nadine ] buzzzz, bzzzz, bzzzz, bzzzz, you know, typical alarm clock. i am so glad to get rid of it. just to be able to wake up in the morning on your own. that's a big accomplishment to me. i don't know how much money i need. but i know that whatever i have that's what i'm going to live within. ♪ ♪ >>> all right of the tonight is the night. it is the last installment of our count down of the top ten ridiculists of the year based on your votes. it's a story that, well, it trickled into our consciousness back in august amid the swe

continue to analyze blood gains and benefits russell will get from the coming of that of the world trade organization joining a play that was stories out of this bill is that about twenty minutes time. three months eighteen and it seems no one is backing out of the occupy movement in the u.s. is celebrating another anniversary as it continues to defy critics and gain momentum artie's us here is a new york with more. these are the images of america over the last three months that cops are must beat themselves in the forehead because they've given such life to this movement not welcome by authorities a movement against wall street wealth inequality and government corruption exploded in new york and spread all across the us the nexus of all of our grievances was the profit motive but the fact that. the corporate sector dominated by the financial sector has our ostensibly democratic politics gridlock and it owns it. occupy wall street has just marked its three month anniversary what we fall into on september seventeenth with this momentous moment of restoration in anger with the facts this time now i think that we've kind of injected the idea of econom

why doesn't russell similar mons that a celebrity went down that thinks it's a nebul cause, why don't they pay the bill so the middle class workers don't have to clean it up. >> greg: who is your spokesman? >> eric: geraldo. it spent a lot of time on air arguing the sides of occupy wall street with geraldo. >> bob: quickly, bob. running out of time. my answer is fireman in wisconsin lost his job because they cut federal money to fire houses. the schmuck of the governor took away the bargaining power. out of work. >> eric: no one got fired in wisconsin. >> bob: did, too. >> greg: mine is pat from "saturday night live." they whine constantly and we never knew what she was about. >> andrea: androgynous. >> greg: we have to take a break. >> bob: how come you got a picture? >> greg: i asked for one. up next, a school forced to apologize for a religious gesture. if you leave now i'll steal all of your lawn ornaments. we know a place where tossing and turning have given way to sleeping. where sleepless nights yield to restful sleep. and lunesta can help you get there, like it has for so many people before. wh

the fcc, and said as long as i have paid the bill, they will take the report, but there is nothing they could do about it. my problem is not about j. russell i gave my name,, but i can afford the bill. if i'm an elderly man, and i am having trouble paying bills, what about that lady? what she wanted it to pay the bill? -- going to do to pay the bill? guest: it is a tough situation when people do not have the money to pay bills, particularly when there are inaccuracies in them. it sounds to me, as unsatisfying as it was, you did exactly what one should do. you should be going back to the creditor and saying i do not all this, you should fix it, you should complain to state and federal agencies. the one thing that i would recommend people do in this situation as well is to pay close attention to make sure that any kind of incorrect amount that they may all does not show up on their credit report. -- owe does not show up on their credit report. that is something many consumers are not aware of. once you have these problems, it might end up on one's credit report. make sure the debts are not showing up there, because it might impair your abili

bills on the website or by phone. a verizon spokesperson said they listened to customers and decided to ditch the fee. >>> a hollywood couple, yet another one getting a divorce. russell brand is divorcing katy perry. he said sadly, wing our marriage. i'll always adore her and we will remain friends. se filed divorce. they married in india in october of last year. they spent christmas apart and neither one was wearing a wedding ring. >>> now to our outstanding weather as we are finishing up 2011. >> what a way to end a year and start another. storm 4 meteorologist, doug kammerer is here. >> we have sunshine across the area. it is simply gorgeous this friday afternoon. 53 degrees is the current temperature. dew point is 33 with a wind out of the southeast. take a look at the numbers around our region. 59 in culpeper and fredericksburg. 55 in la playda. everybody seeing nice, mild, if not warm air across the area. the temperature 10 degrees above average. don't worry about rain across the region today. overnight, we could see a storm system that moves through here. could be a shower or two. i'm not counting on too many. i'm counting on the mild temperatures continued. t

. >> in an update from the hill newspaper, i want to let you know that russell berman writes that as the bill gets ready to go from the senate to the house, house gop members are voicing extreme opposition to the senate plan, which means the two month extension that passed the senate might not be a done deal. rank and file republicans say they are extremely opposed to the package during a conference call the help early today, in which speaker john boehner brief them on the legislation and their options to withdraw. banner spoke of this as a win for the gop. the majority leader eric cantor and kevin mccarthy of california who criticized it. they said that with the exception of oklahoma and north carolina, speaker boehner was the only person on the hall to praise the bill. that is an update from "the hill" newspaper. >> that was a risk, and i decided to take it. whether it was an illusion or not, it helped my concentration. it would keep me awake. it would make me able to go on with a good, long conversation. what i'd do it again? the answer is probably yes. i would probably quit earlier. it wa

bill karins, thanks so much. good to see you. >>> well, it is over for russell brand and katy perry.are divorcing after 14 months of marriage. brand said of perry in a statement, quote, i'll always adore her and i know we will remain friends. this is "weekends with alex witt." to the gulf, we knew it would take time, but we were determined to see it through. today, while our work continues, i want to update you on the progress: bp has set aside 20 billion dollars to fund economic and environmental recovery. we're paying for all spill- related clean-up costs. and we've established a 500 million dollar fund so independent scientists can study the gulf's wildlife and environment for ten years. thousands of environmental samples from across the gulf have been analyzed by independent labs under the direction of the us coast guard. i'm glad to report all beaches and waters are open for everyone to enjoy. and the economy is showing progress with many areas on the gulf coast having their best tourism seasons in years. i was born here, i'm still here and so is bp. we're committed to the gulf

anyway steve russell who did tho space work for the pbp one, bill and i would literally dive into dumpstersto get these listings stained listings and i, i could smell that coffee today.n' [laughter] and then we would pour through these listings and go oh my -- i don't know what it's doing but it's beautiful. you go along th. [laughter] it's so important -- i enjoyeded a well-rounded life, and i try to convey it in the book -- >> i think you did. >> there's so many things that are unbelievably fascinating in the world whether it's literature or art or, you know, the ocean, you can go on and on forever, so any of those roles you can get drawn into if you have something that shows you the way that's excited about it or the project museum in seattle, we deliberately tried like this museum is doing to show young people that, you know, hey, you can play, you know, try playing a guitar, and if you can make a couple notes, maybe you want to learn the guitar, and you can do the same -- hopefully more things here to get young people interested in the program. >> another question. what do you see as t

health care bill as socialized medicine and cuts to medicare, that there is no rule in politics against arguing in the alternative, no matter how illogical or cynical. thanks to a new poll from russella representative sample of 1% and found, not surprisingly, they're mostly conservatives who don't want to raise taxes, worry about deficit. with you now know the beltway conventional wisdom reflects perfectly. we know no shortage of statistics to show how grotesque our nation's wealth distribution has become during second gilded age but thanks to berkeley economist we know a new one. in 2007, most recent year for data available, total assets of sixth wealthiest walton, walmart family heir was equal to the bottom 30% of american families. politics have failed to address foreclosure and occupy your homes is forcing the system to deal with the problem. we know rod blagojevich, 14 years in time in federal prison after being sentenced for corruption conviction this week. we know he is the second governor in a row from the great state of illinois to leave the state house only to find himself in the big house. we know the great people of illinois really do deserve better. thanks to a leaked c

russell, thank you. >> it's estimated more than 90 million americans are traveling over the holidays and many of you are still on the move. billather-wise. we don't have any snow or ice to talk about, just plain old rain. let's show you the deep south is where we had a rainy christmas, unfortunately, especially louisiana into mississippi. that continues to be the wet spot on the map. we've had snow flurries overnight in the area of new england. but the heaviest rains continue now. mostly southern mississippi and all that moisture is still streaming to the north out of the gulf. san antonio, houston, dallas, shrevesport in alabama. that little yellow stripe sup to two inches possible in mississippi and atlanta could pick up an inch of rain as we go through tonight into tomorrow and then the east coast will deal with all the rain on tuesday. so for today's forecast, a little bit of a brisk, chilly start. a little windy, especially in new england. as high pressure builds in, the winds will die off. baltimore, temperatures there in the uperp 40s. it's still very unusually warm, especially in the midwest. look at chicago and minnea