christopher hitchins. [cheers and applause] [applause] tony blair was the prime minister of the united kingdom from 1997 until 2007. among his many international roles today, he is a representative in the middle east, working with the u.n., the u.s., russia, and the eu to try to secure a lasting peace in the region. after leaving politics, mr blair converted to catholicism and launched a global initiative, a foundation, to promote respect and understanding among the world's great religions. many of us in this room have read his recent best-selling memoir, "a journey of my political life." kirsten hithins is an author, journalist, an atheist. his regular "vanity fair and" riding is central reading for anyone and anyone concerned about global affairs. christopher has a number of best-selling books, too. obviously, "god is not great." in his recently published memoir. he was recently diagnosed with esophageal cancer, and as such, we are doubly grateful that he and his family are here tonight. >> let me briefl

christopher? unity out of faith or disunity? >> perfectly good question, but seemed to be phrased as a call for common humanism. i didn't hear anyone say, wouldn't it be better if everyone at least joined some church or other, not a bit of it. common humanism is, i think, not made particularly easier by the practice of religion, and i'll tell you why, there's something about religion that is very often, at any rate, in its original monotheistic and judaistic form, is ab initio an expression of exclusivism. this is our god, the god who has made a covenant with our tribe. you find it all over the place. it isn't always as sectarian as ... sometimes still is but it's not unknown. it's always struck me as slightly absurd that there would be a special church for english people, although i can sort of see the point. [laughter] it strikes me as positively sinister that pope benedict should want to restore the catholic church to the claim it used to make, which is it is the one true church, and all other forms of christianity are, as he

christopher? unity out of faith or disunity? >> perfectly good question, but seemed to be phrased as a call for common humanism. i didn't hear anyone say, wouldn't it be better if everyone at least joined some church or other, not a bit of it. common humanism is, i think, not made particularly easier by the practice of religion, and i'll tell you why, there's something about religion that is very often, at any rate, in its original monotheistic and judaistic form, is ab initio an expression of exclusivism. this is our god, the god who has made a covenant with our tribe. you find it all over the place. it isn't always as sectarian as ... sometimes still is but it's not unknown. it's always struck me as slightly absurd that there would be a special church for english people, although i can sort of see the point. [laughter] it strikes me as positively sinister that pope benedict should want to restore the catholic church to the claim it used to make, which is it is the one true church, and all other forms of christianity are, as he

he was the number of two teenage boys responsible for the may 2009 death of a 14-year-old christopher jones. he lost his bid to be released from a michigan juvenile detention center. the defendant was 14 at the time and initially committed -- will be committed until he is 21. >> christopher is not coming back. he is a child. inevitably he will be released one day from jail. it is best that he is rehabilitated. i think the judge made a great decision. >> christopher was attacked by a grant of teenagers while riding his bicycle home. the juvenile punched him in the left temple. his co-defendant hit him in the right side the head. they thought they had said something negative about him. an autopsy determined that the assault caused the death. they say he has matured since then. >> he has made a remarkable amount of progress. he has matured a lot and gained a lot of insight that is a typical. >> by telephone, the teenagers the purpose said he is ready to return to a less restrictive environment. they still want intense counseling and a structured program of activities available. testimony

as christopher tried to peddle it, he collapsed. an autopsy confirmed that the attack cause of the death, not the fall. -- the attack caused the death, not the fall. >> he has matured a lot. >> the teenagers' therapist said he is ready for less restrictive environment and could return to the care of his father in home detention only if intense counseling were provided and a full program of activities were provided. he got into a verbal confrontation with a peer and, despite repeated warnings, became a negative influence on others just last month. >> i do not think he has matured enough. and with the right circumstances, he could find himself in the same situation again. >> the teenager's therapist says that he needs to work on anger management, but she considers him a good role model. he said he wants to give back to the community. he has learned his lesson and has become a model citizen. even wrote a letter of apology to the jones family. it has not been sent because a civil lawsuit is pending against the defendant and the school b

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as christopher tried to peddle a way, the assault caused the death. they say he has matured since then. >> he has made a remarkable amount of progress. he has matured quite a lot and has gained a lot of insight atypical of the average child offender. >> the teenager told the judge in open court that he wants to give back to the community, that he has learned his lesson. we have more on that 6:00. reporting live from annapolis, david collins, wbal-tv 11 news. >> tonight, house democrats are in literally screaming over the bill. it looks like the obama tax compromise will pass the senate tonight and probably have passed the house in time to keep your taxes from going up. steve handles man has the update from washington. >> there is rare unity on one set of congress. >> the senate overwhelmingly passed this package. >> members in both parties back -- back the obama tax compromise. >> we had to move before dawn this. >> will help economic growth. it will help job creation. democrats will get unemployment benefits extended and the social security tax cuts.

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the beating death of christopher jones caused outrage and you can imagine the request is not sitting well with his family tonight. kelly swoope is back with more. >> reporter: the family of christopher jones says this couldn't have come at a worse time. in time for the holidays as they are still grieving, the younger teen of the two responsible for the murder asked to be released from a juvenile detention center in michigan today. jones was 14 when he was killed on may 30, 2009. he was riding his bike home when he was confronted by a group of six teenagers. the juvenile, who was 14 at the time apparently threw the first punch hitting christopher in the temple. s the other incarsated youth threw the second fatal blow. according to the attorney for the juvenile making 9 question in 15 months he completed his treatment program at the turning point youth center in michigan. the request presented to a judge in annapolis today, we spoke to the state attorney's office late this afternoon and the answer to that request was no. no similar requests have been made by the accomplice, charged as

christopher chens. [applause] >> tony blair was the prime minister of united kingdom from 1997-2007. among his many international roles today, he is the quartet representative in the middle east working with the un, the u.s., russia, and the use to try to secure a lasting peace in the region. after leaving politics, mr. blair converted to catholicism and eight launched the tony blair quake foundation, a global initiative to promote respect and understanding among the world's major religions. many of us in this room have read his recent best-selling memoir, "a journey, my political life." christopher it is a british-born american, author, journalist, and atheist. his regular vanity fair column is prolific, speeches and essays, are essential reading for anyone and everyone concerned about global affairs. christopher has a number of best-selling books, too. " god is not a great" as one of them and his recently published memoir. christopher was recently diagnosed with esophageal cancer and we are doubly gra

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changes coming from the obama administration so what's the deal and we're going to ask professor christopher chambers then analysts are warning that one hundred u.s. cities are facing defaults on their municipal bonds going to speak with anthony rand about what this morning warning could mean for the u.s. economy and we'll tell you about a very creative way the one town is fighting the economic crisis millinocket maine is facing a serious unemployment thanks to globalization and we're going to tell you how the local school system is thinking of bringing bringing the money back in by turning to china for help but discuss that at the end of the show but now let's move on to our top story. the new start treaty passed a key procedural vote today with a sixty seven to twenty eight vote to pass a closure motion and enter into the final voting stage tomorrow eleven republicans joined in with fifty six democrats on the motion so it looks like we're almost there now you hear us talking about the start treaty on a regular basis but let us quickly remind you of what exactly is involved now the entire g

by all accounts, she had many of the same gifts that christopher had.courageous person. she was a very loving person. and so we thought that there was a certain thread that was continuing from her to christopher. christopher was, as we would describe him, the ultimate hidden angel, in that he was able to make a lot of things happen despite his infirmities. - and so was she, then, a hidden angel. - she was also a hidden angel. - and do you spend... i know that you spend resources-- money--to endow hospitals with a particular facility like that, but in birmingham, or whenever you are in a city that has one, do you visit? do you spend time with the kids? - oh, absolutely. absolutely. i mean, the highlight of my week is when we open the mail from the different facilities and we hear these anecdotes about children who were unable to show emotion before and now are smiling and giggling. we read about children who were having difficulty learning, and now--because they're so relaxed, they're in a non-threatening environment-- they're able to learn. the anecdote

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they have been visiting him as regularly as they can. >> reporter: christopher jones's mother is glad release has been delayed. >> chris is not coming back. tray did kill him. but he is a child. and inevitably, he will be released one day from jail, and it's best that he be rehabilitated. >> reporter: another plan to let the maryland teen come to a youth facility was nixed by a judge, first because there was not adequate counseling and also because of his bad reputation at the maryland facilities. back to you on tv hill. >> that was suzanne collins reporting. and a judge could decide to keep the teen in custody until he is 21. >>> another terror-related arrest in the region. and another threat against the heavily used public transit system. kai is live in the newsroom with more on this arrest. >> reporter: a judge has ordered a mental education for a virginia man. according to prosecutor he told an acquaintance on facebook that he could use a pipebomb to kill people on the metro transit system. that person then alerted the fbi. a short time ago, a judge ordered eunice held, pending a

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the victim, christopher jones, was beaten. he fell off his bike and died. and his mother said today, it is just too early to let the boy who struck the first blow out on home detention. >> reporter: jennifer atkins and her sister make their way hesitantly into the anne arundel courthouse. her son, christopher jones, was killed in the summer of 2009 by a group of juveniles who beat him when they encountered him on his bike. now, the teen who the first punch, wants to get out of a locked detention facility and come out on supervised probation. >> it's been really hard, especially with it being christmastime. and not having chris here with us. and then to have to deal with, you know, the possibility of this kid getting out of jail so prematurely. >> reporter: the juvenile who is now 16, told the judge by phone, from the detention facility in michigan, that he has matured and even leads younger youth there in doing the right thing. but the report shows he also has been in trouble for cursing and argue and having a negative attitude. the victim's father says it'

christopher is, you know, he's a fighter, christopher, and, you know, i don't, i don't, i don'te deny that he's facing one hell of a fight. but he is, you know, he's in there battling, and we all are wishing him the very best. i notice that he is unstoppable. last week he went to toronto to debate tony blair about re religion, and as i gather it wow the popular vote at the end of the debate by two to one. so ill as he is, he's still able to fight his corner. we've known each other for a very, very long time. i think we first actually met one day at the notting hill carnival in london. that was lost in the mists of time.. we have a lot of friends in the common like ian mckuen and martin amos. christopher is also one of the funniest people that i know and, as a result, it's always a great comic joy to spend time with him. we have certain competitions of such as which of us is able better to recite the complete lyrics of bob dylan which he, i think, claims he wins. and there have also been some games we've invented. i can tell you one of them which, unfortunately, is like introducing a c

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christopher: it's cousin cliff! cliff: thank goodness for all these gifts! anncr: amazing gifts for just 5 dollars! shop thursday, all night long until 7pm christmas eve. only at old navy. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: welcome back, everybody, and thank you so much for watching our show. it's time for "late night hashtags," you guys. here we go. ♪ hashtags, hashtags hashtags, hashtags hashtags ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: these are lists on twitter where we give you the topic and you send in the tweets. now, a few weeks ago, i went on twitter and i started a hashtag called "oh, hell no." [ laughter ] it was really fun. we got a lot of great responses so, yesterday, in the spirit of christmas, i started a new hashtag called "#hohohellno!" [ laughter ] and i asked you guys at home to tweet us something about the holiday season that makes you want to go "ho, ho, hell no!" we got thousands of tweets. i watched them come in all night it was great. so tonight, i thought i'd share some of my favorite "ho, ho, hell no" tweets from you guys. here we go.

christopher: it's cousin cliff! cliff: thank goodness for all these gifts!oo much taste to be called a zero. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: that was not rigged, by the way. i did actually win that game. i know it made no sense, but i really did somehow. i did not -- i swear. [ laughter ] you guys, our next guest is a lovely and talented actress who stars in the popular nbc show, "community," which airs thursdays at 8:00 p.m. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome gillian jacobs! ♪ i'm gettin' rid of britta she's a no-good b she's a no-good b! ♪ ♪ i'm gettin' rid of britta she's a g-d b she's a g-d b! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: gillian jacobs, thank you so much for being on the show. >> thank you for having me. >> jimmy: you are from pittsburgh? >> pittsburgh, pennsylvania, yeah. >> jimmy: very cool. primanti bros. sandwiches? >> yes, yes, with the french fries in the sandwich, yeah. >> jimmy: they put french fries and coleslaw on the sandwich, squeeze it down. >> yes. >> jimmy: and if you ask for anything different, they yell at you and fight you

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christopher: it's cousin cliff! cliff: thank goodness for all these gifts!e chimney next time? anncr: get out a bigger tree! amazing gifts for just 5 dollars! this week only at old navy. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: hey, welcome back, everybody. christmas is almost here. i love this time of year. the decorations, the parties, the songs. in fact, i have a christmas song of my own that i wrote. and if you wouldn't mind, i'd like to sing it for you right now. [ cheers and applause ] [ sleigh bells ] ♪ [ cheers ] >> jimmy: thank you. this is a country song about being home for the holidays. and here to help me out with it, please welcome my very special guest, country music superstar john rich, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] >> ho, ho, ho. >> jimmy: that is the way to do it, my friend. that is the way to do it. >> i'm feeling festive. >> jimmy: you're feeling good, man, and looking good. all right, here we go. let's do this. >> okay. ♪ christmas is a time a special time of year for peace and joy and happiness and wonderment and cheer ♪ ♪ for opening y

and christopher hitchens was one of the people who undoubtedly did that. and certainly at the point -- there was a key moment when up finally was able to get a meeting with president clinton, which is the first time the american administration had ever taken an interest. christopher was very knee pushing for that meeting, talking to people he knew inside the administration and then -- he wasn't the only person. >> tony blair was too. >> blair was trying to make it happen, too. the british ambassador, etc. so there were a group of people. but of my friends, christopher was very connected in washington and he used everything he had in order to try bring about what he felt needed to happen. and i mean, you notice your friends need. >> you have also said something very interesting, that your sense of respect for the brave people that stood in line to buy satanic verses, that they somehow had a kind of courage. >> i think that there was, you know, a general, very widespread reaction amongst just ordinary people that they didn't feel like being told what they co

they quickly resolve that had and sent another phone to me. >> christopher bought his warranty in the same store, but from san francisco square tray. >> people don't realize it. >> steve is the president and ceo of square trade. he says intis growing because economy is coming back electronics are hot and the name and good service. >> there are either 60 items and a five day service guarantee. dropped in a toilet, we can't fix it so we give you cash or pay for this item. you can get a new one. >> there are many extended warranties. they're sold by retailers and online companies like square trade. consumer action isn't that thrilled with any of them. >> and if. >> this makes sense to comparison shop. but you're not making good financial decisions because most electronic that's fail do so before the standard warranty expires. and joe says there is a way to get an extend td red warranty free. >> one of the nice features for credit cards is that it wilt add on time. you're getting an extended warranty free oo. now if gou that way, make sure you know what is covered. same if you decide to b

accident the corners officers identified the man killed at the san mateo home station 41 year-old christopher was hit by a northbound train there's no word on why he was on the tracks that man was the 11th fatality on the cal train tracks this year. 19 people died on the track's last year. caltrans is trying to improve safety in various ways. transgendered woman has filed a complaint against dmv after she says the court sent a letter to her home and passed her address on to a catholic group. member says the clerk at the office processed her application for license with their female name in october she received a letter addressed to her old name david four days later. it identified the application process are she said that her actions were evil. when she is seeking $25,000 in damages. also this morning san bruno gas line explosion happened three months ago yesterday looking back a people as we know were killed 50 homes destroyed and that blew up underneath the neighborhood. reggie, shows just a special visual held more than talk about healing and rebuilding. >> the more than two dozen of her v

--se trata de "christopher hall" de 41 aÑos quien vivia en san bruno. los investigadores no han podido determinar que hacia la victima sobre las vias cuando ocurrio el fatal incidente.--con el, ya son 11 las personas que han perdido la vida en los rieles de "caltrain" en lo que va del aÑo. enseguida en noticias univision 14...--los republicanos toman una decision que impactara a los miembros de la comunidad lesbico-gay que sirven en las fuerzas armadas. --hoy en el senado, los republicanos bloquearon el proyecto de ley que habria puesto fin una politica que impide que los miembros del ejercito se declaren abiertamente homosexuales. --con 57 votos a favor y 40 en contra, la medida quedo a tres sufragios de obtener los votos necesarios para ser aprobada lo que habria significado la abolicion de lo que en ingles se conoce como el "don't ask, don't tell".--con la votacion se hoy se puso fin a meses de disputas, con lo que por ahora se esfuman las esperanzas de que el congreso actue para derogar la polemica regla.. una mujer transgenero entablo una demanda c

real issues at hand is anybody going to focus on the wars that we're actually fighting professor christopher chambers will join me with his take on the issue and we know that it's not friday but we're still bring in our resident comedian seton smith we'll go over some of our favorite stories of the year like antwan dodson's bed intruder song and the sexy russian spy anna chapman that's all the end of the show but now let's move on to our top story. for profit colleges have been in the news all throughout this year and roman has soared from under nine hundred thousand students a decade ago to two point eight million students only the academic year of two thousand and two thousand and nine alone they accept any what they offer specialized degree programs including online courses they make the case they're just here to offer everybody a chance to have a higher education especially in these tough economic times when a degree could give you the upper hand but the truth behind this profit business is well it's just that it's all business but all they want is your money for profit colleges receive

that was a christopher columbus hat on the boat.latebreaking. this is a wbal-tv 11 news update. >> it has been a cold morning. some of the morning lows were in the teens. we are in the 20's with a mixture of sunshine and clouds. does not look like a big issue. here is the seven-day forecast. 36 for the

>> larry: christopher reeve, i'm your director here tonight. move your finger. >> say go. >> larry: go. >> there you go. >> larry: whoa! >> say stop. >> larry: stop! . >> larry: now you've always been so upbeat. the feeling of god being with you. does that remain? >> that remains consistent. i talk to god every single day, and i say my life is in your hands, and i trust you with me. >> larry: she died the next day. that was unbelievable. >> a memorable show. i got a call about that show actually, because what it was on, when it was on i got a call from somebody at cnn, and they said, why is she on? she looks -- she looks horrible. and i said, well, that's what cancer looks like. >> exactly. >> but i think it was -- it was so lard to see her like that, that that's the first reaction you get. >> but i think that is so much of what your talent is. you know what the public -- is interested in seeing, listening to. that was -- that was -- all of us saw ourselves in tammy faye, because that's a bullet nobody knows if it's coming at you. >> larry: the

possible without the leadership that came before who dreamed of this day, people by the name of christopher numb. larry mosconi. alioto-pier, feinstein, agnos. as bill mentioned, our dear harmonists sue burns. this is a dream fulfilled for all of us. also, we must pay tribute to an incredible front office staff who makes it all possible to support the work of this wonderful 2010 giants team. [applause] many of them are here. many of the staff that you saw, people working at the ballpark, we saw marching at the beginning of the parade. i hope you were able to pay due to them as well. thank you, 2010 giants. you will give us more than you will ever know. [applause] >> thank you. it is my pleasure, and we need a big round of applause for the next speaker, the giants a senior vice president and general manager. he put this team together, brian sabean. [applause] >> i do not know about politics but our outgoing men know how to throw a party. it is an emotional time for all of us, especially me. my knees are we, my heart is racing, a lump in my throat, but without overstating the obvious, we dese

christopher got rid of him. the 49ers -- underdog sunday at lambo field against the green bay packers. bulls and celtics, rondo arching 14 assists per game. shaq is still doing it after all these years. we get a lot of commercials too these days. shaq just sat there in the middle of harvard square with people taking pictures. rondo had 19 assists tonight. celtics beat the bulls 104-92 and lebron james' return last night beat football in terms of number of viewers. it is on cable. they had 7 million viewers and the eagle game with michael vick had about 5, 5.5. it was on the nfl channel. a lot of people watch lebron james. here he is our friend bobby gibson, people were afraid to challenge their own teammate. but bobby gibson spoke out, pam knows he's going to learn something, earlier tonight i told you bobby gibson the man who had words with shaq, who was he married to. >> keisha coal. >> that's pretty good. >> i didn't know we were going to have a quiz. >> that's the worse thing, anybody can give you the news,