welcome to the historic claremont hotel in the berkeley hills. sit back and enjoy as we take you on a journey of sights and sounds captured by the visual story telling of our talented ktvu photo journalists there. ' talents bring to life what makes this time of year so special. we begin with ryan who met with some of the city's finest. he shows us how they traded their uniforms for santa suits and gave new meaning to "protect and serve." >> we brought together different kids from various backgrounds and try to share a christmas with them. >> what's that behind you, guy? >> being able to walk through the neighborhood as we do every day and see the homeless, see the drugs and the alcohol. i wanted to show them that, yeah, you live in the tender loin, yeah, you're in plight conditions, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. >> the boys and girls club and the police department have formed a collaboration to really make sure the kids are safe. and having fun. so today we get to celebrate christmas. >> some of these kids will never have the oppor

. >> charles kessler of the claremont institute says the affordable care act is to the obama administration and bureaucrats what the notion of a living cons pughs gives to activist judges. the ability to interpret the written law as they see fit. >> it is indigestible incoherent. it is an ex clues for bureaucrats and congressman and congressional staffers and interest groups to negotiate forever the meaning of the law. in a way that lines their pockets or favors their interest. >> equally indigestible the growing stack of obamacare regulations reportedly 15,000 pages worth. 71 percent of americans find that over the top. >> while the administration issues the waivers and exempt n exemptions the president can't suspend the law of unintended consequences. >> donthey are our top performe we made money it was on small margins. >> bob rest view told us he won't be able to buy healthcare for his employees or to pay the obamacare fines if he doesn't. he unloaded two of the pizza franchises while he says he could still get a good price for them. >> just the penalty alone was going to be thousands o

. >> reporter: charles kesler of the claremont institute says the affordable care act gives to the obamadministration and its bureaucrats what the notion of a living constitution gives to activist judges -- the ability to interpret the written law as they see fit. >> it is indigestible. it is incoherent. it's basically an excuse for bureaucrats and congressmen and congressional staffers and interest groups to negotiate forever the meaning of the law in a way that lines their pockets or favors their interests. >> reporter: equally indigestible, kesler says, the growing stack of obamacare regulations. reportedly 15,000 pages' worth. 71% of americans find that over the top. while the administration issues those waivers and exemptions, the president can't suspend the law of unintended consequences. >> don't get me wrong. my stores are top performers. so we made money. it was just on really small margins. >> reporter: bob westbrook of westview, texas said he won't be able to afford to buy health care for his employees or to pay ought bamacare fines if he doesn't. so he unload eed two of his p

. >> charles kessler of the claremont institute says the affordable care act gives to the obama administration and its bureaucrats what the notion of a living constitution gives to activist judges, the ability to interpret the written law as they see fit. >> it is indigestible. it is incoherent. it's basically an excuse for bureaucrats and congressmen and congressional staffers and interest groups to negotiate forever the meaning of the law in a way that lines their pockets or favors their interests. >> equally indigestible, he says, the growing stack of obamacare regulations, reportedly 15,000 pages worth. 71% of americans find that over the top. while the administration issues those waivers and exemptions, the president can't suspend the law of unintended consequences. >> don't get me wrong, we made money, it was just on a real small margin. >> bob westbrook of longview, texas, told us he won't be able to afford to buy health care for his employees, or to pay the obamacare fines if he doesn't. so he unloaded two of his pizza franchises while he says he could still get a good price for them.

the scene on the lawn of the claremont united methodist church depicts the florida teenager in a hoodie slumped over and as you can see bleeding. the artist behind it says he wanted to make the nativity relevant to modern times and also generate a community conversation. >> we try to do is make it a -- a -- a new way of looking at the nativity and connecting the nativity story with a contemporary issue. >> the depiction here is uncomfortable. and that's kin of the point. >> it has people talking. some have said it's too sacred to modify in this way. but the minister of the church says they are progressive where they challenge tradition. >>> a russian ship remains trapped in ice off antarctica. we are learning the people on board may soon be getting a break. >> plus -- ♪[ music ] >> this young woman hoping for a big break. how you can help this northern california singer get a grammy gig. >> and mother nature puts on a show. the volcanic eruption disrupting air travel in central america. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, eastern el salvador. the eruption began yesterday. a you can see the mountain l

the scene on the lawn of the claremont united methodist church depicts the florida teenager.rtist behind it says he wanted to make the nativity relevant to modern times and generate a community conversation. >> we try to make it a new way of looking at the nativity and connecting the nativity story with a contemporary issue. >> the depiction here is uncomfortable. and that's kind of the point. >> some people have said the nativity is too sacred to modify in this way. but the lead pastor says the church is a progressive community where many congregants seek to challenge their minds. >>> nationwide manhunt for a suspected cop killer and bank robber ended in a deadly shootout with police in phoenix over the weekend. it all started last monday when 40-year-old mario edward garnett tried to hold up a bank in atlanta. he failed. investigators say later that day he drove to mississippi and robbed another bank. one officer was killed and another hurt in a gunfight there. and the suspect escaped again. police caught up with him saturday in phoenix when they say he tried to rob another

his grandparents and parents all played and performed, and the family has owned a music store in claremontlifornia, since 1958. >> my roots were always in the home. my mom used to play in bands. she's a musician, great singer and picker. and my dad was a percussionist. and so, they'd have people over every night making music. and they'd put us to bed around 8:00. and then i'd wait until they were really cooking, and then, you know, where they wouldn't be watching for me, i'd sneak out of my room and sit under... hide under the piano bench. ♪ >> brown: harper has gone on to become a leading singer, songwriter and guitarist with a string of albums and two grammy awards. ♪ charlie musselwhite's musical education-- and what an education it was-- came in the 1960s in chicago, where he went as a young man to look for a factory job. he wasn't even thinking of a career as a musician, just enjoying the local blues scene with the likes of muddy waters and elmore james. he did know how to play the harmonica, though, and was ready when he got the chance to use it. >> sitting in wasn't unusual. i mean,

claremont united methodist church is known for its controversial scenes. previous ones have featured mary and joseph as a homeless couple and as of war refugees. and >> coming up on the kron4 morning news. the family of eight california grow declared brain-dead after complications from surgery is running out of time to find a facility to take her and keeper on a ventilator. >> an ambulance stolen when responding to a call in daly city. we will tell you what happened and who police are searching for this morning. >> will also have the tech reports with gabe slate. good morning nelly! woah. hey! have you ever tried honey nut cheerios? love 'em. neat! now you on the other hand... you need some help. why? look atchya. what is that? you mean my honey wand? [ shouting ] [ splat ] come on. matter of fact. [ rustling ] shirt. shoes. shades. ah! wow! now that voice... my voice? [ auto-tuned ] what's wrong with my voice? yeah man, bee got swag! be happy! be healthy! that's gotta go too. ♪ hey! must be the honey! [ sparkle ] sweet. >> the family of a 13 year- old gir

in "hitler's furies," wendy lower, history professor at claremont mckenna college recalls the roles german women played in the holocaust. neil irwin reports the leaders of three central banks played major roles in avoiding an even bigger economic disaster in "the l alchemieses: three central bankers and a world on fire." for an extended list and links

in "hitler's furies," wendy lower, history professor at claremont mckenna college recalls the roles german women played in the holocaust. neil irwin reports the leaders of three central banks played major roles in avoiding an even bigger economic disaster in "the l alchemieses: three central bankers and a world on fire." for an extended list and links to other publications' 2013 notable book selections, visit booktv's web site, booktv.org. >> this was a deliberate move on the part of the musharraf government to simply end with the controversy and actually blame benazir bhutto. because that was always the per sective of the musharraf -- perspective of the musharraf government, blame her. in other words, she was the one that stood out through the escape hatch to say hello to the crowd. she shouldn't have. she was responsible. so that was very much the idea when she was a victim. and, actually, i mean, she should have been protected. and there was no protection. they said that there was a box formation of an elite force of policemen that would accompany her into the rally, political rally whe

so i'm going to proudly display that in my office when i get back to claremont mckenna college. >> host: wendy lower, thanks for spending a few minutes with us on booktv, and good luck tonight. >> guest: thank you very much. >> host: all right, thank you. there are there are. [inaudible conversations] >> guest: how are you? >> host: thanks for joining us here on booktv. "going clear." first of all, where'd you get the title? >> guest: well, it's a term from scientology. l. ron hubbard came up with the concept that if you could purge one side of your mind of all the knew row cease and fears and so on through scientology, you would become clear. in other words, you'd be kind of a superhuman. you would no longer get colds, your intelligence would be higher, and, you know, live forever. it was an interesting concept, but there weren't any actual clues he could produce to prove his case. >> host: how much time did you spend on this book, and what was it like researching the church of scientology? >> guest: you know, just as a repeated task it was really difficult because there were a lot of

this is wendy lower who is a professor of history at claremont mckenna college in california. >> guest: correct. >> host: and the author of "hitler's furries." where did you get the idea of writing about women in the third like? >> guest: i got the idea in the around a kentuckys. i didn't go on a specific search for women, i actually went to europe and found some documentation on them, and that was the beginning of this book. that was in the summer of 1992, and i ended up over the course of, you know, 20 years or so collecting more documentation from all over europe and north america and all across washington, d.c., and, you know, i had enough material to actually complete this book project. so and biographies of women from from -- 13 biographies of women who responded in different ways. >> host: were you surprised at what you found. >> guest: yeah. especially getting into the wartime investigations of the killers, really shocked what they did and that they did it on their own without following orders, and that, to me, was quite astounding ask disturbing, yes. >> host: how did you find