>> chris brown got into a twitter car over the weekend. >> some really degrading comments from chris brown who really needs to learn how to avoid these kinds of things. >> why does a man who beat up his girlfriend have 11 million followers? >>> sometimes rummors turn out o be true. jeff zucker was the logical choice so it was hardly a shock when he got the job. he talked about the cable news wars and why his cable outlet was moving left in an interview two years ago with charlie rose. >> i think i've always encouraged our folks to watch fox news and learn frp it. nobody should hold their nose. >> is that the reason msnbc decided it's in our interest and future to make sure that we get people like keith oberman who can play in his arena with the same kind of passion they play in their arena? >> i think what you learn in the cable news and information world is that news and information is ubiquitous. >> he didn't minimize the challenge he face at cnn. what does he bring to the job and in what direction should he take the network? joining us now here in washington is critic for the balti

but rihanna and chris brown are apparently openly dating once again.ple spotted cozying up courtside at the l.a. lakers game yesterday. the first time in years that the two arrived at a public event together. brown pleaded guilty in 2009 to felony assault of rihanna. >>> take a look at this. jessica simpson expecting her second child now. we've been talking about this for days. she's confirming that, yes, she's pregnant, via twitter. she sent a picture of her 7-month-old girl with the words big sis underneath it. it's so cute. rumors had been circulating for weeks, as the singer has been sporting loose-fitting clothes. and she is engaged to eric johnson. they're going to have two coming up shortly. >>> and the footage you want to remember. look what just rolled into one of the main train stations in brussels. it is the world's largest vintage steam train. but it's immediate entirely of oh, so edible chocolate. it was built in that train station. it didn't arrive there. the whole thing, get this, 110 feet long, made of solid chocolate. the big belgian c

chris brown who then beat his girlfriend in 2009 said he has renewed his friendship. but are they more then just friends? >> they want to keep everyone guessing. they don't want to explain to anyone in the world. >> reporter: more turmoil for the jackson family as michael jackson's teenage daughter paris announced an twitter that her grandmother and guardian, kathleen, jackson, was missing. >> she's back home. >> reporter: michael jackson's siblings disputed it saying their mother was resting in arizona. katherine was restored as permanent guardian of michael jackson's children. whether this was a pleasure or guilty plerks audiences couldn't turn away from tlc's hit reality show "honey boo boo." rapper psy went from a relatively unknown performer to a worldwide phenomenon. it became the number one watched video on youtube with more than 970 million views, but psy's new found fame wasn't without crossers. harsh antiamericans he made during a performance in 2004 resurfaced online. he apologized saying his lyrics were emotionally charged and resulted from events in iraq.

. >>> celebrity couples, chris brown and rihanna at the laker game the other day. good or bad?d say this is good. it has disaster written all over it for everyone in a lot of ways. if anything were to happen, this was horrible for rihanna and over for chris brown if anything would happen. i done think anyone is rooting for these two. >> they tweet a lot but there is a whole back story we don't know a lot about. >> there is rumors that he was with his ex-girlfriend. is he really with rihanna? >> i don't know how this is good for anybody, her image, his image, love conquers all. >> everyone is watching them. it is not going to be easy even if they truly love and care about each other. >> they sort of play this in the media. there seems to be an element of that. >> they do it all the time. you don't go to a lakers game and sit right in front unless you want everybody to talk about it. >> that doesn't make rihanna look smart. >> i don't think she cares anymore. >> robert pattinson, was that constructed? >> i don't think it was. the whole thing was so odd. the pictures, the statemen

in texas, rihanna and chris brown were court side with a victory over the knicks, kobe bryant scoring 34, topping 30 points for the ninth straight game. >>> urt a. as some investors head back to work today and retail numbers are rolling in and we're watching them. so far it is not that great. according to mastercard spending pulse, holiday sales were up 1.10% over last year. that's the slowest growth in spending since 2008. even online shopping which has posted double-digit growth the past two years, is only up 4.8% over 2011. kitchen specialty store sur la table has seen its biggest. >>> and intragram in the uproar over revised service terms are suggesting users photos might be sold without consent. facebook vows to, quote, fight it vigorously. >>> and you have to get past a bomb sniffing dog and an agent specially trained to detect suspicious behavior. >>> in china, the longest high-speed rail is off and running thanks to speeds 146 miles an hour. the train will take about eight hours instead of 20. >>> all right, coming up. find out how some folks show the spirit of the season by s

and rihanna and chris brown are courtside as the lakes pick up a victory, kobe bryant serving 34, topping 30 points for the ninth straight game. get out of the way. >>> numbers from the retailers are rolling in. so far not that great. holiday sales were up just .7% since last year, the slowest growth since 2008. even online shopping which posted double digit growth the past four years was up onl only .18%. and sur la table saw its biggest sales last saturday. >>> a class action against instagram in response to last week's uproar over revised service terms that suggest user photos might be sold without consent. facebook vows to fight it vigorously. >>> the tsa is testing a pilot program that lets average traveler keep their shoes on and leave liquids on their carry-on bags and the test you have to get past a bomb sniffing bag and agent especially trained to detect suspicious behavior. >>> the world's longest running high speed train is off between beijing and qiang jo will take eight hours instead of 20. >>> and in wake of the tragedy at newtown, now known as the 26 acts movement, wand mor

the day she turned up battered and bruised did anybody suspect that chris brown was a batterer?s what i will say about that, carol. there's a lot of things that go unspoken we know in situations. and i think that there's always those report that is come after like we heard in the chris brown and rihanna situation that they had a bit of a volatile relationship. some people made it sound as easy as, well, they loved hard. they fought a lot but they loved very hard and you hear that phrase a lot of times. in this situation now with jovan belcher and kasandra perkins, they fought but no one really thought anything of it. one of her friends gave an interview to a newspaper yesterday saying she told me they had had an argument a couple days before and everything was fine now. sometimes and chiefs quarterback brady quinn made this point yesterday after the game. he said sometimes you have to -- when you ask someone how they're doing or what's going on, you have to mean it and want to know what is going on. >> exactly. thanks so much. >> sure. >>> a star studded turnout at the kennedy c

rihanna, chris brown, together. ar the night before the 2009 grammys? brown pleaded guilty to assault after that. he is it still on probation. >>> ahead on "starting point" what could be the surefire movie blockbuster of next year. leonardo dicaprio in a classic remake with a modern twist. that and more of the big releases to come in 2013. initiated. neural speeds increasing to 4g lte. brain upgrading to a quad-core processor. predictive intelligence with google now complete. introducing droid dna by htc. it's not an upgrade to your phone. it's an upgrade to yourself. [ sniffs ] i took dayquil but my nose is still runny. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't treat that. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your runny nose. [ breathes deeply ] awesome. [ male announcer ] yes, it is. that's the cold truth! >>> one more week to the you new year and already caught up on the 2012 news, get ready for the 2013 new releases. >> expect movies with big special ef

chris brown. and we all said that they are going to renew their friendship renewrhianna...ong collaborations. they have suggested otherwise. >> the want to keep everybody guessing or explain what is going on with the relationship with anybody in the world. >> the jacksons, with one big reality show. >> more turmoil, as michael jackson's teenage daughter, paris is announcing that her grandmother, guardian was missing. forcing a judge to suspend therdianship of the three children of michael jackson. >> katherine jackson the sense that she was home she was not kidnapped. >> the family is disputing that claim that she was resting in the however, reissued a garden. >> take a look he is tearing up my pants. >> if it was a pleasure, a guilty pleasure, they could not turn away from the is beauty contestant in their family. >> this relatively unknown performer and a worldwide phenomenon as the catch get dance style hat the web. >> this is issued this trademark dance from the south koreans with the number one watched video on you tube. 970 billion use. and his newfound fame was not w

. >> hold your tongue when they treat women worse than chris brown does. handbook cautions don't mention homosexuality. not everyone agrees. speaking of disapproval, look what happens when andy levy tries to leave his apartment. jay nice jeans, andy. sounds weird in his apartment. >> sherrod, should our soldiers be more like you and culturally sensitive to the taliban? >> yes, they should be. mind your business. you are not there to do a one-man job and changing their minds and feelings about things. do your job and keep your head down. >> i don't know, harris. the fact is should we look away at how they treat women? they throw acid in women's faces and they shoot women for adultery. >> they are terrible people. >> i can't argue with that. i understand that. originally and all along i thought we were in fact sherrod changing hearts and minds. how do you do that if you can't change who you are? we have seen with long-term conflicts that this kind of bonding and shared cultural experience is important when you are going to be there for a longtime. for civili

. >>> chris brown and rihanna keeping people guessing about the next step in their lives. >>> war hasrted. and we are hopelessly outgunned. >> oh, i love that movie. we are going back to the movies big time. "usa today" reports box office ticket sales are heading toward an all-time high, breaking 2009's record. hollywood's take has been boosted by some blockbusters including "the avengers." according to boxofficemojo.com "the avengers" took in more than $623 million over a five-month period. woo! tom cruise is big at the box office but he made it into the year's top entertainment stories for something he did off screen and you probably know what that is. here's nischell turner with our rundown. >> reporter: catchy dance tunes, celebrity tunes and the tragic death of a singing icon, a few of the topics that had people talking. here's the look at the top ten stories from 2012. ♪ call me maybe >> reporter: the viral sensation "call me maybe" it earned countless re-enactments, like this video posted by the u.s. olympic swim team. the force is strong with disney in a move that caught many

chris brown has renewed his friendship with the singer. but is it more than just friends?eets from rihanna suggested otherwise. >> they want to keep everybody guessing and don't want to explain it to anyone in the world. >> the jackson family. >> reporter: more turmoil for the jackson family last summer as michael jackson's teenager daughter, paris, announced on twitter that her grandmother was missing, forcing a judge to suspend her guardianship. >> she says she was not kidnapped. >> reporter: michael's siblings were disputing the claim, saying the mother was resting on doctor's orders. >> tearing up my pants, mama. >> reporter: whether it was a pleasure or a guilty pleasure, audiences couldn't turn away from tlc's hit reality show, here comes honey boo boo, about a child and her family. rapper psy had a catchy gangnam style song. the trademark dance shattered records on line, becoming the number one watched video on youtube, with more than 970 million views. but his new found fame was not without controversy. his difficult anti--american remarks he made resurfaced on lin

he wrote why chris brown off twitter? so dumb. the pope tweeted seven times.he keeps instagraming pictures of his hat. but the news media was on hand to capture this important event. you see that's the pope with an ipad. he hit send on the tweet. he seemed to get the hang of it pretty quickly, because the next thing he did was he went to kim kardashian's page and he followed her and just started favoriting things. it's always fun to see who people like the pope follow on twitter. right now he's following the german language version of himself. the spanish language version of himself. portuguese, polish version, the italian version, the french version, the arabic version, and ghost face killa. i guess they met at diddy's house in the hamptons. the u.s. department of agriculture has announced it's changing restrictions on public school lunches to allow more meat. in september, they began limiting meat to try to combat childhood obesity, but the kids weren't getting enough to eat, so now the restrictions have been lifted. basically what happened is the government

>> when i saw the story my first thought was okay rg3 is a corn ball brother, but i guess chris brown is a real brother? is that what parker is trying to say? >> i guess so. ambassador bolden, you said, quote, if you pigeon hole somebody as the black guy or the woman you are going dop the wrong -- going down the wrong path, but i am comfortable pigeon holing jedediah as the woman. >> that's an insult to bill. >> back to you, andy. >> thanks, tom. >>> coming up, strap on your compton hat because you might get smoked loc. that's not a story. that's something ambassador bolten texted me. >>> an urging that embraces the force. some gene yeses -- some geniuses building a death star like the one seen in ""star wars". they ask to start funding by 2016 has hit the 25,000 signature threshold requiring an official white house response. can't wait for that. why do we need this project asap? they explain. by looking a the a weapon system such as a death star they can spur job creation in engineering, space exploration and more and strengthen our national defense. in other words to quote "star war

>> i agree much it's chris brown and rihanna going back to the same sisks, and it doesn't work out. bottom line, i don't know there's a deal, but if it is, the pattern is kicking the can down the road. i agree with that completely. you won't see change because that's not helped the economy at this point, and it probably will not help it in the future. neil: incredible, absolutely incredible. thank you very much. in the meantime, sandy money to fix the smithsonian's roof. this has you hitting the roof. speaking of hitting, remember the union guys and the fists? get lawyers. neil: don't say i didn't warn you with washington set to give $60 billion to sandy battered states. how is the smithsonian getting $2 million of that to fix a roof on one of its buildings. it was not damaged because of sandy. it was damaged before sandy. no wonder americans for tax reform is so upset. i guess this shouldn't surprise us, but more to come, i suspect? >> right, neil, this is why as we talk about the fiscal cliff and debating what can be done, anyone who's not telling you spending needs to be on the t

>> i agree much it's chris brown and rihanna going back to the same sisks, and it doesn't work out. bottom line, i don't know there's a deal, but if it is, the pattern is kicking the can down the road. i agree with that completely. you won't see change because that's not helped the economy at this point, and it probably will not help it in the future. neil: incredible, absolutely incredible. thank you very much. in the meantime, sandy money to fix the smithsonian's roof. this has you hitting the roof. speaking of hitting, remember the union guys and the fists? get lawyers. get lawyers. [bleep] [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. monarch of marketing analysis. with the ability to improve roi through seo all by cob. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. i'm going b-i-g. [ male announcer ] good choice business pro. good choice. go national. go like a pro. neil: don't say i dn't warn you with washington set to give $60 billion to sandy battered s

>> i agree much it's chris brown and rihanna going back to the same sisks, and it doesn't work out. bottom line, i don't know there's a deal, but if it is, the pattern is kicking the can do the road. i agree with that completely. you won't see change because that's not helped the economy at this point, and it probably will not help it in the future. neil: incredible, absolutely incredible. thank you very much. in the meantime, sandy money to fix the smithsonian's roof. this has you hitting the roof. speaking of hitting, remember the union guys and the fists? get lawyers. get lawyers. [bleep] - ♪ o beautiful ♪ for spacious skies ♪ for amber waves of grain ♪ for purple mountain majesties ♪ ♪ above the fruited plain - ♪ america! ♪ america! - ♪ god shed his grace on thee ♪ - ♪ on thee - ♪ and crown thy good with brotherhood ♪ - ♪ from sea to shining sea - ♪ from sea to ♪ to shining sea ♪ america the beautiful ♪ from sea to shining sea neil: don't say i dn't warn you with washington set to give $60 billion to sandy battered states. how is the smithsonian getting $2 million of that to fix

don't expect to hear anything about relationship with chris brown in it. >> trying to be the next heidive. >> right. >> she has been very fashionable. >> she looks good in anything. ain't that right, willis? >> that's right. >> willis' baby. we have to fight over her, willis. >>> also, grammy nominations came out yesterday. run through these quickly, most nominated -- kanye west, jay-z, frank ocean, dan aurbach, mumford and suns, and the huge hit "we are young." now in terms of album of the year nominations, el camino, the black keys, some nights by fun, i should know that, i don't, mumford and suns. channel orange, frank ocean, and blunderbuss, jack white. best new artists, alabama shakes, fun, hunter hayes, lumineers, and frank ocean. congratulations to all of the guys. grammys coming up in a few weeks. >> i recognized about two of them. >>> so angelina jolie, believe it or not, she's telling a britain news station, that she is considering retirement. listen to this quote -- i enjoyed being an actress, so grateful for the job, had great experiences, i have been able to tell stories, d

>> i agree much it's chris brown and rihanna going back to the same sisks, and it doesn't work out. bottom line, i don't know there's a deal, but if it is, the pattern is kicking the can down the road. i agree with that completely. you won't see change because that's not helped the economy at this point, and it probably will not help it in the future. neil: incredible, absolutely incredible. thank you very much. in the meantime, sandy money to fix the smithsonian's roof. this has you hitting the roof. speaking of hitting, remember the union guys and the fists? get lawyers. get lawyers. [bleep] twins. i didn't see them coming. i have obligations. cute obligations, but obligatio. i need to rethink the core of my portfolio. what i really need is sleep. introducing the ishares core, building blocks for the heart of your portfolio. find out why 9 out of 10 large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus which includes investme objectives, risks, charges and expenses. read and consider it carefully before investing. ris

chris brown, who beat his then-girlfriend, rihanna in 2009 said in october he renewed his friendshipd otherwise. >> they want to keep everyone guessing, and they don't want to explain what's going on with their relationship to anyone in the world. >>> the jacksons, the family drama turning into one big reality show. >> more turmoil for the jackson family last summer as paris announced on twitter that her grandmother and guardian, katherine jackson, was missing, forcing a judge to suspend her guardianship of michael's three kids. >> katherine jackson is back home, and she says she wasn't kidnapped. >> mikell's siblings disputed the claim saying their mother was resting in arizona under doctor's order. a judge later restored katherine as permanent guardian of the children. >>> whether it was a pleasure or a guilty pleasure, audiences couldn't turn away from tlc's hit reality show "here comes honey boo boo" about a child beauty pageant and her family. rapper psy went from an unknown perform to her a worldwide phenomenon as "gangnam style" hit the web. the song and trademark dance shatte

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. >>> it look like chris brown and rihanna are on the rebound, for the first time in years showing upgame christmas day, just the next chapter in what's been a very stormy relationship. >>> lap of luxury, video just released by the white house, first dog bo stealing the show as he jumped into the first lady's lap while reading to a group of kids in the hospital. >> this is exactly what he does at home. he tries to beat malia and sasha to my lap. >> she also called bo, quote, the big baby in the room. >>> now a check of the weather with maria larosa, in for al. >> announcer: "today's" weather is brought to you by subway. subway, get breakfast the way. >> picking up several more inches over the next few days. we can see that system pushing off to the east. that eastern system will continue to bring the severe weather threat from the carolinas into parts of the southeast. and snow on the northern fringe, blizzard warnings stretching the entire way. winter storm warnings for much of the interior northeast, in to new england. coastal areas, new york, boston could see a sleet mix as we get

>>chris: scott brown won the special election back in 2009 or early 2010, for kennedy's seat, he can run in the special election if the john kerry seat. he, of course, was defeated in november by elizabeth warren but according to a recent poll yesterday in boston, he leads a generic unnamed democrat by ten points. he would be the favorite to take back that seat if republicans, but, you know, the white house went out to the governor of massachusetts and said, are there some democrat whose can run for this seat and give scott brown a fight and he said yes so it is not a "give me." but he is the favorite. >>gregg: chris, i want to change topics to the fiscal cliff. republicans and democrats, today, headed home for christmas break without any compromise. that means automatic tax increases and deep spending cuts locking increasingly likely on john 1. last night, house speaker boehner had to cancel a vote on his own plan "b" deficit reduction strategy after a stunning failure to gather enough republican support. that has some political analysts wondering about future of the house speaker's

he already called chris brown a douche bag. >> the twitter name of the pope is pontifacts. the big hat was taken by trace atkins. >> "early start" continues right now. >>> new this morning, iran says they have captured an unmanned american drone after they say it came into restricteded airspace, but u.s. officials say they have accounted for all of their drones. >>> in 28 days your paycheck will get smaller. in 28 days your taxes will go up. a new proposal from republicans to keep us from plunging over that fiscal cliff. >>> four storms in one week. the west coast is getting hammered by rain. a live report is just minutes away. there is more rain headed your way if you're on the west coast. >>> if you're on the east coast. if you're on the west coast, hey, maybe go to bed. i'm christine romans in for tom berman. >> i'm zoraida sambolin. it is tuesday, december 4th. >> we begin this morning with developing news from the middle east. iran telling the world that it has captured a u.s. drone. take a look at this video from state tv in tehran. it shows two revolutionary guard co

now what the opposing side is really saying, i think, is chris brown what we really wanted to have andmay be too late. they really still want it. they want to have -- [inaudible] that's what everybody really believed in middle eastern studies is that you're going have the model. you're going have enlightened. the author begannism that grew out of the fashionist young turk movement in the late empire. they were going establish and enlighten and create a new liberalism that eventually would democrat democratic in the middle east. and that you would take the faithful and take and more or less cast them off and replace them. and at the end of the long process muslims would be basically us. well, you know,let look at turkey. that hasn't exactly turned out so well. .. or their successors will be there. we know that's the most liberal model. in the arab world, where we hope that kemal is somewhat come out, they should dictatorship, the kings who relay command at the end of that process is still also still not even get close to that. but have been in the arab world is dictatorship produced soc

process and chair from tipping point and conleeza rice, and lor rein powell, mayor willy brown, mary murphy, chris kelly, ron conway and many others. it's really an all star crew from people in the bay area. the economic benefits are incredible. thousands of jobs and millions of dollars of economic activity. in san francisco we have been tested and with the giants and the america's cup and fleet week and all of the events we have hosted. it's an incredible time to be a san franciscan. it's a world class event and one of the biggest in the world and we are a world class city deserving of hosting it. i want to thank the chair for getting the funds for the youth programs and the more we do the better off we are as a community here in san francisco. i think his goals are ambitious but i am confident in them making it a reality in the city and i hope you join me and i submit. >> thank you supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. >> thank you. as long as we're on the topic of sports we am introducing this on the traffic impacts and on pier 32 for the warriors and we are excited they're making san francisco m

then chris brown and rihanna, that is just -- >> i'm over that one. >> the two of them, it's hard to people just manipulate the drama for their own personal reasons. i'm not saying they are, but sometimes it's about that. totally for professional reasons. >> a lot of -- there were passing this is year. whitney houston passed? >> she's probably the biggest one. it was -- obviously it happened last february right before the grammys. she was found at the beverly hilton in her bathtub. yeah, i mean, it's obviously just such a tragedy. she -- it's hard to still fathom that she's gone. i think because she's just so iconic and the music is so huge. >> i hear she's coming back. she'll be back on broadway, not as her, of course, naturally, but it's just premiered in london to a huge reaction. heather headley. >> she's great. >> kathie lee is scooping me. >> of course she is. >> got to read cindy adams' college. >> a birth to blue ivy. >> the coolest baby in the world. she sshgs like -- she's barely a year. she's way cooler than us. she is -- i mean, i would like to hang with blue ivy. beyonce

brown is in good shape of and he called out the governor of new jersey, chris christie, back in august after getting slammed at the republican convention. >> i hereby challenge governor

. >> brown: the highly critical report came three months after the deadly september 11th attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya, that left ambassador chris stevens and three other americans dead. former ambassador thomas pickering and admiral mike mullen, a former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff chaired the outside accountability review board. they spoke at the state department. >> frankly, the state department had not given benghazi the security, both physical and personnel resources, it needed. >> certain state department bureau level senior officials in critical positions of authority and responsibility in washington demonstrated a lack of leadership and management >> brown: overall, the report found that systemic failures and leadership and management deficiencies resulted in a security posture that was inadequate for benghazi and grossly inadequate to deal with the attack that took place. earlier, mullen and pickering

brown is in good shape of and he called out the governor of new jersey, chris christie, back in august after getting slammed at the republican convention. >> i hereby challenge governor christie to a three-mile race, pushup contest and then chin-up contest. [ applause and cheers ] >> reporter: brown is seeing dr. eric small at ucsf. in a statement, the doctor said the prognosis is excellent. the radiation treatment should be complete by the week of january 7. that's just in time for brown to deliver his state of the state address and unveil his new budget proposal. in san francisco, elissa harrington, cbs 5. >>> thank you. time for a little weather. it was cold this morning. >> it was. i felt a difference in the air. >> yeah. a lot of that cold air coming down from the gulf of alaska. it is a chilly frigid start in parts of the bay area down to the freezing point. we are going to see some widespread frost in some of the valleys, maybe a little black ice out on the roads. so watch out for that. we're behind that cold front now and you see all that cold air diving into california. so a v

i don't think scott brown has shown that propensity. chrisistie has, though. >> ben affleck was testifying about congo. wasn't there another actor who once got into politics and did okay? >> there are a lot of others that didn't do so well. and in general, one of the problems that happens is they are used being the star and how incredibly it is and how thankless it is for the rest of the time. >> and ben affleck is a serious. >> very serious. guys, thanks very much. >>> a major aircraft manufacturer comes up with a novel way to test cell phone use on its plane. it can test subjects -- test subjects can be found, of all places, including in the produce i'll. i always wait until the last minute. can i still ship a gift in time for christmas? yeah, sure you can. great. where's your gift? uh... whew. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. ship fedex express by december 22nd for christmas delivery. . >>> many of us like to use our computers or other electronics in flight but new testing is under way to try to improve our internet connec

chris stevens. >>> there is encouraging news for jerry brown.ive armed men in ski masks robbed a jewelry store near l.a., shot the clerk and led police on a high speed chase. one man was caught after jumping from his car and running into a park filled with police officers handing out gifts to schoolchildren. two others ran through the cal state fullerton campus. campus was on lockdown, but police didn't find them. the other two were caught. >>> some breaking news now out of afghanistan. short time ago, a you suicide bomber detonated a vehicle outside the 2k3w5i9 gates of ka air base. panetta had been there. initial reports are saying that several coalition soldiers were wounded along with as many as ten civilians. want to know live to erin burnett who is in kabul, afghanistan right now. what are you hearing about this? >> reporter: well, i can give you a little bit of an update. so far we now understand that one coalition force of the international forces has been killed in this suicide attack. two afghan civilians. the number of injured is now

brown rematch. >> what did you learn today? >> that the democrats are not so optimistic about new jersey. they are optimistic about virginia it seems. but sandy seemed to be a good thing for chris christie. >> and also politics in virginia leading up to the attorney general who the governor may run as an independent. >> the attorney general who traditionally waits his turn, moves up to luents governor and then moves up to governor, a guy who is a big dialing of the conservative fan base and the republican party in virginia. the luents governor is set up to run for governor four years ago then had to wait another attorney general. he is not happy about this. he is -- according to "the washington examiner" he is thinking about running as an independent. the committee chairman, the clirn fundraiser would be the governor of virginia. if you would have told me that five years ago i would have called you nuts. >> one state we did not walk about today is wisconsin. it should be interesting because scott walker coming out of the successful recall is running for re-election. he's being talked about as a high presidential hopeful in 2016. president obama had a sizeable victory in wiscons

chris christie doing bruce springstein. but both should be glad i wasn't in this category. i've got a mean james brown.it it, guys. ♪ >> wait a minute, wait a min ult. second thought, i'll save it for 2013. thanks for watches. i'm al sharpton. "hardball starts right now." >> sky fall. let's play hardball. >> good evening. i somewhere a message from the tea party members everywhere. destroying government is not good politics. you are acting against the majority rule right now. you are trying to bring down the majority government by obstruction. people will remember. people who believe in government will remember it. people who believe in national defense and social security and medicare. they will know which party is trying to destroy working democracy in order to pursue its political ends. they will know who respects the voter and who thumbs his nose at the voter. we go over this cliff and you will not have to ask for whom the bell tolls, it will be tolling for you. leading off tonight, josh green and chris frates of "national journal." you don't have to be as clear as i but try, gentlemen, tonight. it

clinton, michael bennett jerry brown senator elect warren and governor nikki haley, former florida governor jeb bush and soon-to-be florida senator. our gaggle from msnbc, chrisnd political editor, perry bacon. and kevin madden, was a senior advisor for governor romney's campaign. we asked all of you, first of all, hello. happy new year. we asked all of you to pick. i throw my dozen and all of you, i asked you to pick two that you're going to keep. we're not going to do the 2016 confers now, but we'll do it in a few minutes. >> so i'm a littler in day and focused on the downed ballot. so i did pick michael bennett, the colorado senator. he's tasked with, trying to, again, keep a democratic senate majority difficulty of 20 democratic seats. and they asked him two years ago, he said no. >> why pence up there? >> i think he's a guy who spernt time in congress and is now the governor of indiana. he's a guy we under rate. we've seen how particularly republican governors can have a fiscal conservativism. pence is going to force a political agenda. >> jerry brown, really important. california is a super majority so jerry brown and the democrats do whatever they want

mark owen, purnell jones jr., grace anne charington, sarah brown clarke, kevin malltech, jeremy van meter, ryan colagar, ted strickland, chris. mr. secretary, the calling of the role is complete. all 18 electors are present. >> the 53rd ohio electoral college -- i asked maureen o'connor, chief justice of the ohio supreme court, to come forward and administer the oath of office to the members of this electoral college. >> thank you, secretary. electors, i ask you to stand and raise your right hand. if you will repeat after me -- i solemnly swear that i will support, obey, and defense the constitution of the united states and the constitution and laws of the state of ohio and that i will faithfully discharge the duties of my office as i shall answer and to god -- unto god. congratulations. >> thank you, chief justice. i will now entertain the nominations for the chairman of the 53rd ohio collect oral college. this time, i would like to call and weighed capps a cabbage -- on wade kapsikavitch. >> i nominate chris reverend -- redfern. >> i moved a nominations for chairman the coast. -- that nominations for chairman be closed. >>

chris presents in advance of the tax hikes coming in the fiscal cliff. so we have booz allen already downgrade. costco downgraded by fitch. brownapped around by s&p with a downgrade. carnival got hit with a credit negative rating from moody's so on and on and on. here's the deal. we're seeing 173 companies issuing dividends. this is and indicator taxes could be go up. 2 1/2 times the rate we saw of companies issuing special dividends in 2010 when bush rates were threatened to be revoked back then including dividends. interesting part of the story executives who championed fair share, americans should sacrifice like the cofounder of costco, jim senegal is getting a special dividend and saving $4 million in taxes along with the rest of the board. the board overall is saving eight million bucks on early $29 million payout. the 1%, corporate insiders who see the cash on the balance sheet, see the tax hikes coming are saying you know what? give me the special dividend now so we don't have to pay increased tax. >> costco hitting a all-time, 52-week high today. >> that's right. sandra: thanks very much, liz macdonald. david: today is