in fairness, candy from bloomfield is a rock solid source. chris christie has a pension for these confrontations. remember this in june of this year on the call in show? >> you don't send your children to public schools. you send them to private schools. i was wondering why you think it's fair to cut school funding to public schools. >> what's her name? >> gail. >> first off, it's none of your business. i don't ask you where to send your kids. don't bother me about where i send mine. >> one more for you. colbert last night. this guy can do it all. dancing with david howberg. he's the principle dancer there. colbert studied a little ballet while he was in school. watch this. ♪ [ gong ] strawberry banana! [ male announcer ] for a smoothie with real fruit plus veggie nutrition new v8 v-fusion smoothie. could've had a v8. [ gasps ] [ male announcer ] if you're giving an amazing gift, shouldn't it be given in an amazing way? ♪ ♪ the lexus december to remember sales event is here, but only for a limited time. see your lexus dealer for exclusive lea

bloomfield hills. >> reporter: a rich, sub urban. >> but nobody is talking about redense fiing them. >> reporter: bloomfield hills a suburb north of detroit is one of the country's wealthiest communities with a tax base to match. brightmore lies far on the other end of the spectrum. the brightmore alliance has long been resigned to the idea they'll have to find their own way to survive. it's here that a person has been operating a community garden for several years pushing for self-sufficiency. now she and others are looking to take the next step toward a new future. >> the same people who are willing and able to do urban farming also have some ideas about what their house is supposed to look like. they might not want to be hooked up to a traditional sewer system. they might come up with some really innovative self-sustaining 21st century solutions to energy problems. >> reporter: they might want to live off the grid. >> that's right. >> reporter: as detroit teeters on insolvency, more neighborhoods could soon be left to find their own solutions for survival. and the first place they

. >> mark bloomfield is the ceo and president of the washington- based american council. he says the challenges for eu leaders is there are -- is that they are as much political as they are economic. >> most western democracies today have an extremely difficult time dealing with tough political challenges. that is the overview. nine countries have to go to their parliament. who knows what reaction among the populace, population will take place in germany and france? yes. i think it is much more or as much a political question as an economic question. >> the un secretary general banking moon -- ban ki-moon is in somalia. he said this is a fresh opportunity, announcing the office will be relocating early in the new year because of recent security gains by african peacekeepers. barbara has been traveling with him. this report does contain some flash photography. >> it is the first time a u.n. secretary general has set foot on somalis soil in nearly two decades. ban ki-moon called this a moment of fresh opportunity for the country. what he saw was mostly through the windows o

a clear plan to reach the revolution the only way to get rid of your growing bloomfield's and along with the russian leaders. welcome back you're watching on t.v. as we're going to top stories rush is in anticipation of the state of the union presidential address where it's believed to be out of will announce changes to the country's political system its reform has been the most pressing issue since the outcome of the december parliamentary election led to rallies against alleged vote rigging. arab league observers are set to arrive in syria as part of a deal with the country's government aimed at tackling bloodshed there and that's a sanctions imposed on the mask by the organization prove inefficient for the people being the ones to feel the pinch. and america's controversial practice of death by lethal injection hits a stumbling block that has imposed tough restrictions on the sale of drugs used for deadly shots cutting an already struggling supply line to the u.s. . as a eurozone faces an uncertain future with struggling to reach an accord on how to solve economic problems we discuss

. >> in west bloomfield outside detroit, those pictures. we are not looking at snowfall in our area for the foreseeable future but there's colder air on the way moving into the start of 2012. at this hour on this friday morning, 36 at reagan national, 28 at gaithersburg, the same at dulles. satellite and radar palooza disturbance to the west that will bring a few showers for the overnight. with temperatures above freezing, everything that falls from the sky will forecaall in the form of raindrops. 15 time 5 today under partly cloudy skies, linda alabama the south at 5-10. -- wind out of the south. next week, temperatures all in the 30's. >>> no traffic really. on the beltway in silver spring in this picture. traffic headed toward new is the altar note from college park headed to georgia avenue with no delays. -- outer loop from college park. 270 has just a few vehicles on father hurley. the dulles toll road and near route 28 east of dulles airport everything is moving very smoothly all the way. blaine are open to tysons corner and to the be

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give me an aw for bloomfield, new jersey. that's the cutest twitter picture all year long.rn to explore," saturdays on abc. >> he's looking at you, knowing you've been nice. >> i have been nice. i ride the line. but this year, i would say nice. all that weather was brought to you -- all that weather was brought to you by jcpenney. lara? >> not so sure about that, sam. >>> coming up, andrea >>> time, now, for "bringing america back," our special abc news series, about americans who are fighting to improve the lives of others. i guess he's the most unlikely mr. mom, nba superstar, dwyane wade. he turns out to be even more valuable off the court as a devoted father. juju chang got to hang out with d. wade during the lockout. >> we goofed around a little. i shot it myself. >> got the hoodie on. >> got the hoodie on. but off the court, we had a serious conversation because he's a serious guy. dwyane wade is a single dad who says dads need to step up. he often speaks out against the epidemic of broken homes. a jaw-dropping 72% of african-american kids are being raised by a single

give me an aw for bloomfield, new jersey. that's the cutest twitter picture all year long.plore," saturdays on abc. >> he's looking at you, knowing you've been nice. >> i have been nice. i ride the line. but this year, i would say nice. all that weather was brought to you -- all that weather was brought to you by jcpenney. lara? >> not so sure about that, sam. >>> coming up, andrea >>> time, now, for bringing america back, our special abc news series, about americans who are fighting to improve the lives of others. i guess he's the most unlikely mr. mom, nba superstar, dwyane wade. he turns out to be more valuable off the court as a devoted father. juju chang got to hang out with d. wade during the lockout. >> i shot it myself. >> got the hoodie on. >> got the hoodie on. but off the court, we had a serious conversation because he's a serious guy. dwyane wade is a single dad who says dads need to step up. he often speaks out against the epidemic of broken homes. a jaw-dropping 72% of african-american kids are being raised by a single parent, mostly mom. president obama even

we are talking here about a middle-class famiy measure that will benefit people like marilyn in bloomfield, who writes to me, "i believe these cuts need to remain in effect in order to avoid the deepening -- avoid deepening the recession we are in. i urge you to support the president's jobs plan and pass as much of it as you can in the upcoming legislative session for the benefit of struggling families." she writes and she says shall "to urge you to vote in favor of extending the payroll tax cut for workers beyond december 31." and listen to people like jenny. they are in every one of our states. jenny, who is from south port, connecticut: "i know you will do the right thing when the payroll tax cut and increasing the taxes of only the second million and above of wealthy americans comes up for a vote. i have faith in you. with the economy still struggling to recover and millions of americans still struggling to put food on the table this holiday season, we cannot afford to raise taxes on working americans." those voices from middle-class families are reaching this body every day. we've hea