the first new year's without dick clark, as we hear tonight from his wife. she answers the one question she says so many have been asking her. >>> good evening on this new year's eve. diane counting down with her family. tonight, the other countdown here. the one in washington. tonight, no deal. lawmakers are taking this country over the fiscal cliff. as one senator said today, something has gone terribly wrong when the biggest threat to our economy is our congress. let's get right to abc's chief white house correspondent jon karl covering this every step of the way. jon, many angry americans watching all of this. >> reporter: well, david, they just blew it. it is now clear that congress will fail to pass by midnight tonight something to prevent virtually everybody's taxes from going up. they have known for more than a year that tonight was the deadline and they just blew it. the deadline to prevent that massive $600 billion combination of tax hikes and spending cuts will be missed. but the scramble continues. to try to get a deal done and passed over the ne

show, dick clark. >> this is called "rock around the clark." ♪ >> reporter: he once said it was veryplayed a record and the kids danced. and he made the way we danced okay for parts, who still needed convincing. 1957 it all started. there would be 36 years of "american band stand" on abc, the twist. there was the hustle. there was elvis. but dick clark made it all okay. he warmed up america for rock 'n' roll. from the beginning, dick clark had enormous influence. at just 28 years old, this. >> you have a combined weekly audience of let's say 50 million americans at least and you receive 50,000 letters a week from your teen fans. ♪ >> reporter: his simple introduction made careers. it also saved them. frankie avolon. >> he played a record of mine on a thursday. on a monday, i was on my way. >> reporter: over the years, clark barely seemed to age. he spoke of america's nickname for him. >> i have a terrible problem, because people keep referring to me as america's oldest teenager. >> i've been watching dick clark since i was a little kid. >> reporter: it was the 1970s. dick clark first

you wouldn't go around quoting dick clark.now, there's no memorable great moments, but he was kind of every man. he was there. he entered the room well. the camera liked him. he was gentle, he was kind, he was smart. he was revolutionary in music. for example, even as he aged, most people get older, you and i -- i'm not saying you're old. we cannot name the billboard top ten. >> but he could. >> he could name it. i'm sure he could have named it yesterday. >> next, happier moments, big stars playing it for laughs. three of my funniest guests of the year. >> i want you to kiss my chubby fingers in the way you just did in that clip. oh, my god, this is the most erotic thing that's ever happened to me. >> you poor baby. >>> in my career i've gone head to head with world leaders, ceos, tech geniuses and holly woo superstars but you never know what you're going to get when you sit down with a comedian. >> what i like about you is you're a shameless plagiarist. you're taking "50 shades of gray" and you have "50 shades of chartreuse."

dick clark first started hosting on new year's eve. the beginning, would expand to six hours over the years. it had become an american staple every new year's. and only a stroke would slow dick clark down. >> my speech is not perfect, but i'm getting there. >> reporter: this year, his wife of nearly 35 years would be in times square. she was the one who helped screw that crystal triangle with dick clark's name on the ball. she spoke of the question so many asked her. >> 40 years i've been coming here. so this year, people were saying what are you going to do? i said, i don't know what else to do but to come to times square. any way, like he said, this is the place to be on new year's eve. >> reporter: the place to be, the place where an american legend will be remembered. >> happy new year. great job. >> thank you. >> reporter: david muir, abc news, new york. >> very touching tribute. i think for his wife, just to go down to times square, that's what they did every new year's. probably gave her a sense of peace and closeness. >> no dou

>>> you knew dick clark for 40, 50 years. an absolute legend of the business. in context, historical context, how important was dick clark, do you think? >> well, he was a pioneer. you know, in the early days of television with american bandstand, revolutionized music on television, as we pointed out earlier, talking before we went on, he had blacks and whites dance together. unheard of. a lot of young people watching would say, what, that's crazy. that was crazy then to put that on. risk taking. then he was involved in so many programs that the public didn't even know. >> here's the thing, i knew you were responsible for this show alone before i came along for 7,000 shows. dick clark, apparently, was responsible in all his guises, for 7,500 hours of television on american television. isn't that amazing? >> amazing. his longevity was amazing. so many things he touched as a producer, as a businessman, he owned a radio network, quiz shows, radio talk shows, television talk shows, he produced donny and marie, going to have donny on, produced their television show.

you wouldn't go around quoting dick clark.ou know, there's no memorable great moments, but he was kind of every man. he was there. he entered the room well. the camera liked him. he was gentle, he was kind, he was smart. he was revolutionary in music. for example, even as he aged, moe people get older, you and i -- i'm not saying you're old. we cannot name the billboard top ten. >> but he could. >> he could name it. i'm sure he could have named it yesterday. >> next, happier moments, big stars playing it for laughs. three of my funniest guests of the year. >> i want you to kiss my chubby fingers in the way you just did in that clip. oh, my god, this is the most erotic thing that's ever happened to me. >> you poor baby. daughter's lik" and i'm thinking, "shouldn't you have more energy than me? you're, like, eight!" [ male announcer ] for every 2 pounds you lose through diet and exercise alli can help you lose one more by blocking some of the fat you eat. simple. effective. advantage: mom. let's fight fat with alli. learn more,

now 65, clark wonders about the long-term impact of his injuries. he's not the only one. we've all seen the headlines about chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or cte, a disorder that comes from repeated brain injury. up to now, can only be found after death as with star linebacker junior seau who committed suicide. doctors found the telltale abnormal clumps of protein in his brain. now researchers have developed a way to detect the damage early with a chemical that targets those proteins. the injected chemical lights up brain scans of former nfl players. >> it was kind of a common hit and i went down. >> reporter: finding the protein clumps in parts of the brain dealing with emotion, memory and behavior. >> if we can find them early, then we can predict who's going to get symptoms and hopefully try to protect their brains while they're still healthy. >> touch your nose with this finger. >> reporter: sports physicians say this could be one of the first real objective tools in diagnosing brain damage. >> telling how severe the damage is is part of the problem today. we don't

in the case of clark fish, i came across him in a very, very unique way. was walking past his cell and i saw how his socks had been folded and his socks had been rolled up in a ball with these little smiles. and as a veteran, i knew that's exactly how you folded -- were trained to fold your socks in the military. and so i said, were you in the service? and he goes, yeah, i was in the army. >> i joined the army straight out of high school. it was a conviction of mine because we as a family, a lot of males in the family, have been part of the service. and so i felt it was my obligation, and i was a health care specialist. i had no idea what it meant to be a health care specialist. all i knew is i wanted to do something medical. and i want to work in a hospital with doctors so they told me i'd be doing that. the reality was, i was not a health care specialist but a pretty name for combat medic. >> one of the challenges is always getting the inmates to share some very intimate details of their lives, and sometimes their crimes. i think in clark's case, the fac

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my name's clark. oh, i'm mark. mark and clark, a team. you ready? oh, yeah, sure. come on. you set the pace. this is a pretty good pace here. i like it brisk. how old are you? 74. 74? how long will you run today? just an hour today. i've got aerobics at 6:00. hey, harry. how you doing? granddad's doing great. i'm walking, anyway. good for you. you surprised me yesterday. you weren't puffing after that workout. you been running long? not as long as the guy with my friend. he's 74 years old. he'll run mark into the ground. 74? uh-huh. he's working on his pluses. well, i got to run. see you later. that jonathan's a nice guy. granddad? huh? i said that jonathan's a nice guy. oh, yeah. you know, that old fool's older than me. yep. want to keep going? damn right i do. huh. he's gone. where did he go? i tell you, you wouldn't have believed him. he hasn't walked like that in years. he was starving. annie, did you hear that? maybe this was just a phase he was going through. i bet he could move back in and take care of himself. i don't want him here! sorry, mom. i just thought he'd--

. >> thank you, harris and here in clarks brother. this is one of the first momes of relative silence. we saw throughout the day, parking lot packed and lines in the gun range. many came here to clark brothers because they wanted to show solidarity for the gun ownership . believe in the sanctity of the second amendment. others had an open mind and would support new rules to raise the age . others say the obama administration is targeting the wrong people. >> we have so much decisiveness from the administration is a whole group of people to sit down and try to figure out how can we reverse and turn it around and this is actually a fabulous thing. we are supporting the second amendment. >> it would have to be tougher enforcement in order to get a weapon . maybe if the shot gun age is pushed up and pistols and handguns are pushed up farther that would be a good idea. >> a gun owner that was not videotaped, he shared with us that he wanted to put the issue of gun second amendment and he questioned the wisdom of tinkering with the constitu

five will be riding special surfboards clark designed to be faster. >> it has quite a different bottom. it's got three different planing surfaces. this one for going straight and when you roll into a turn, can you keep accelerating and use all that power to get down the next section or outrun that avalanche. >> reporter: with thousands of people expected to crowd the coast to catch the action, some half moon bay residents say they're making plans to avoid the traffic. >> it makes locals angry. it's fun to watch and great. living in a small town like this, it's a lot of tourists coming and traffic and it's hard to get around. >> relaxing at home and letting all the people come in and spend their money. >> reporter: surfing fans will have to spend some money to watch a live broadcast. the beach will be closed to prevent a washout of 2010 when waves knocked spectators off their feet. instead, mavericks invitational is holding a festival with big screens behind the oceania hotel. >> safety first. >> reporter: clark is hoping for a safe event in the water and on shore. the contest kicks off

rocky clark was a high school football player when he suffered a catastrophic injury. it left him a quadruplegic for -- until he died at age of 27. >>> some environmentally conscious chicagoans kicked off the new year by recycling hazard ouse items. the facility on north branch street opened early this morning and people were able to drop off a range of items including oil-based paints solvents, cell phones and many more items. you can find the complete list on their web site. and it's time to take it down if you haven't already. you can recycle your christmas tree at grant park and 22 other sites around the country. the city sanitation department will mulch the trees. the city would like you to take the tree to a location to creep the alleys clear. and you get to keep the mulch for free. >>> well, they love dogs so much they'll jump into the icy waters of lake michigan just to help those dogs. again, project rescue video -- volunteerss joined in the fun, if you can call it that. it's for a good cause to rescue dogs. they called is freesin' for a reason. last year proj

general clark, let me start with you. barbara starr just reported the algerian government has not been cooperating. the cia has been trying to piece this together themselves. this makes it very complicated and much more difficult. but only now, more than a week later, the u.s. government is connecting the dots which at least from when we talked to omar on the day of the attack seemed to be perhaps visible very early on. what is causing the delay? >> i would suspect the algerian government's quite embarrassed by the poor results. they've been criticized roundly by other western countries for not running a very effective operation. had a lot of people killed in the operation. it's not the way it's done. they pushed it up, they accelerated it, they simply don't have the sophisticated special ops capabilities for hostage rescue capabilities that western countries have. but eventually, i'm convinced, they will share information. we're going to find out a lot more about the mali connection, the libyan connection, and a whole ne

kimberly-clark is, as well.rsus the 1st.35 the street had been expecting. revenue also better than expected. $5.3 billion. talk about organic sales being up by 5%, although that does exclude the impact of foreign currency rates and some lost sales because of the result of a restructuring action. at this point, that stock looks like it is trading slightly -- actually, is that a real -- i have a bid/ask that's mixed right now. shows those two numbers. kimberly-clark coming in with numbers for the quarter better than expected. i haven't seen any guidance have you? >> no, not yet. i'll keep an eye on it. >> we'll continue to talk about some of these issues. those numbers from procter & gamble, that stock is indicated higher. that's a dow component and that is definitely going to help things out today when you look at the overall picture. the s&p 500 closed higher for the seventh consecutive session but barely, barely barely closing higher. we'll take it anyway. that index crossing above the 1500 level for the first

let me start with you, if i may, sheriff clarke. very contentious this commercial that you produced. why did you do it? >> well, a number of factors led to this. there's an emerging situation in the milwaukee area. fewer and fewer law enforcement resources -- and i'm not going to be afraid to engage the citizenry in imminent circumstances, not in all circumstances. and i gave examples in that ad. to take their personal safety as an individual responsibility, and that there are certain things they can do when 911's not available to them. and those are decisions that they have to make. >> mr. mayor, you're the mayor of milwaukee. you don't agree with him. why? >> well, first, let me make it very, very clear that the sheriff is not the law enforcement officer that has jurisdiction over the milwaukee police department. in fact the milwaukee police chief and i agree that if there's an emergency, that individuals who should call 911. and the fact is that that ad implies that the sheriff and the sheriff's forces are going to come to reside

jordan clark is finally bringing her dog midnight home. >> it's kind of surreal. kind of like it's over but feels like christmas morning like just to be able to be back to him. >> reporter: clark was living in the rockaways in queens, new york, when she lost everything including her house in hurricane sandy. >> to lose everything your possessions is one thing but to lose your family would be horrible. so if it wasn't for them i don't even want to think what would have happened. >> reporter: clark displaced had no way to care for midnight and her kitten carrie then she found this place. >> basically saved my family. >> reporter: a temporary boarding facility for four-legged victims of sandy. the aspca reacted quickly starting up the shelter helping nearly 16,000 animals in sandy affected areas. yesterday there were 19 happy reunions but there are still 130 displaced pets at this emergency shelter waiting to be claimed. >> some point it's not the best environment for a pet to be in an emergency facility. >> reporter: as time ticks on, these cute animals can't remain

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this -- patricia clark? >> yes. >> lives in newtown? she lives in newtown. >> she runs this committee, this is the committee who really decides who gets to be on the board. they pretend to have elections, but this committee is rigged. >> and she ran the nominating committee in 2012. there is a new committee in effect now. but the way the elections work, it is sort of like a communist politburo, nobody knows who is on there. >> you just finding out who is on there is difficult. >> absolutely, and supporters of the nra, but some claim it is a sham election. they hand-pick the candidates for the nra elections that get on the ballot. and 29 out of 31 candidates on the ballot are in fact picked by the nominating committee. every year, one or two get on by a petition of 250 members or more. the result is, the election is a done deal before the ballots go out. and pro-nra bloggers entered a complaint, that i don't know if i will fill it out, it is a waste of time, there is no discussion or debate in the process. it is simply about rubber stamp

heavy winds and a flash flood warning for a couple of areas, including faulkier, loudoun, warren and clark and portions the counties until 9:30. we have seen half rain and what we call training heavy bands of rain. in extreme western montgomery county and through loudoun county in particular, right around the leesberg area about an inch and a half of rain has fallen and you're going to get more and watch the flash flooding potential especially -- and parts of the area, i know, we have been warm the last few days and the ground is hard a few inches below from being frozen last week and there is a lot of runoff with these. giving you the bigger picture, more to come. the frontal boundary is well to the west and we're going to stay in the tropical air and have waves of heavy rain and some isolated thunderstorms moving up from the south. i wanted to give you an idea of how extensive this is with the wind advisories all the way from new york state and to the gulf coast. we'll watch for the heavy rain and maybe some potentially strong winds a little bit later tonight. i think the heaviest of it

. >> legal analyst steven clark says the allegations against michael crabtree can carry serious penalties and he doesn't believe the district attorney will rush the case. >> they're going to want to look at all of the information available. was there any witnesses that saw any event that night or saw michael crabtree with this woman that night. is there any evidence of excessive drinking. and also obviously is there forensic evidence? and they will look at that depending on the nature of this allegation. >> now, clark says he's not surprised that crabtree was allowed to play this weekend and travel to atlanta. he says crabtree is not a flight risk and law enforcement would not want to rush to judgment in the case, in case the allegations are false. >> now to the nation's capital. tomorrow at the white house president obama will be sworn in for a second term. the public inaugural ceremony will happen on monday. president obama declared today a national day of service in keeping with the spirit of monday's martin luther king holiday. the president and first lady did some volunteer work and

> well, good morning to you, welcome to thursday, the last day of january, january 31st, i am dave clark. >> thank you for joining us, steve is here and it will be pretty much the same as yesterday. >> $30 and 40s on the temperatures, some patchy -- 30s and 40s on the temperatures, everything is going up and over and we are going to go -- good to go for saturday, here is sal. >>> highway 4, as you drive through to the willow pass grade, it is already slow in antioch as you might imagine. you are looking good on 280, and let's go out to janine de la vega, she is on the scene of a big-rig crash which make people use a different route. jeanine? >> reporter: we are here in the northbound lanes of highway 101 -- [ technical difficulties, stand by ] >> reporter: we are told traffic is backed up for miles because of a big-rig which crashed and spilled fuel and it all happened just before 3:00 a.m., they crashed into 40 feet of guardrail and a light pole. there is a lot of swifted -- twisted light and metal. it leaked 30 gallons of fuel onto the freeway. no other vehicles were involved but traff

. >> allen clark has recently been transferred to holman. have a relationship with someone on the outside. >> for 15 years, i didn't have anybody to come see me or write me or anything like this. she's a darling, you know. she's the love of my life. >> i miss her something terrible. >> last year, in september, i became real sick and had been sick all that day. when i got to the infirmary, they took my blood pressure and found it was real, real low. i met a nurse there. and when she walked into the room and we made eye contact, i knew that she was going to be my girl: when we started seeing each other, i said i've got life without parole. i may not ever get out. and she told me, she says you let me worry about that. finally, you know, she come to see me. i got down on my knee and i asked her, will you marry me? and she says yes. i said okay, then i'll put in a request for marriage. and so i did. and, as it stands right now, at last count, the chaplain said i was ninth in line. >> until his wedding day, allen must rely on letters to communicat

also a special night of tributes especially for dick clark, a guy who for 40 years made this such anmportant celebration. really shared it with the world, was such an ambassador for times square and new year's eve. his name engraved in one of the triangles on the waterford crystal ball that will fall here within the hour. the only time that's ever been done it will stay on there for a year and everyone here tonight remembering and talking about dick clark and really just honoring his legacy to what this celebration has been. we heard from sai, gangnam style. we heard from mc hammer and drake. they're setting the stage for taylor swift. it's been a rocking new year's eve and one that is going to continue well into january first. i have to admit this will be the first time in years i've been up until midnight. so happy new year to you and everybody back there. >> happy new year to you. good luck getting out of there too tonight. all right. doug joins us now. you have done this drill before yourself. >> yes. >> it's always cold but the numbers help because the more people you have the w

caught by clark. touchdown. clark has it. it's a touchdown for the 49ers! >>> welcome back. the picturesque city by the bay. san francisco home of 49ers that are down in new orleans right now getting ready for super bowl xlvii to take on the baltimore ravens. all kinds of coverage coming from that. we can tell you a film based on the true story of oscar grant taking home top honors of the sundance film festival this weekend. >> do you guys have plans for the night? >> that movie stars octavia spencer as oscar grant's mom and the film chronicles the 24 hours leading up to the 2009 shooting by b.a.r.t. police officer johannes mehserle. >> we knew that this movie would help us share with the world who oscar was. no one is perfect. i mean, we all should be entitled to some redemptive acceptance in our lives. >> the film here well received and well accepted. taking home the grand jury prize and audience award. the first future length film direct directed. so far no release date has been set. >>> basketball star and palo alto native jeremy lin stopped by sundance last night for th

the celebration looked different because it was the first new years rocking eve without dick clark.elevision personality passed away earlier this year but fans kept his memory alive as a tribute, they left messages to the late dick clark and they were among a ton of confetti dropped on the midnight crowd. >>> not everyone watches the ball drop. people down south participate in another sweet new year's eve tradition. look at this. more than 100,000 people gathered in atlanta for the 24th annual peach drop. look at that. the 800 pound peach began to drop before midnight. when the clock struck 12 it todd down and fireworks went -- it touched down and fireworks went off. you have one in new york and yesterday in mobile alabama the moon pie. >> moon pie. >> fireworks. >> and arkansas what do they drop? >> moving on. >> you don't want to go there. >> fireworks. fireworks just like over the inner harbor is big and fayetteville has a big celebration. >> okay. >> but, you know. >> here's what's going on outside. 35 you uncomfortable by that question? >> not at all. >> calm wind 29.97. fallin

sheriff clarke has not commented. >>> the next "star wars" movie will be directed by j.j. abrams. you may know him as the creator of "lost" or "fringe." he will direct "star wars" episode seven. this will be the first "star wars" film since disney bought lucas films. abrams says it is an absolute honor. >>> number five, president obama and hillary clinton are parting ways. secretary clinton is leaving her job at the state department next week. the two sat down for an interview with 60 minutes. an exit interview of sorts. clinton talked about how she felt it was her duty to take the job while the president wanted to highlight her selfless service. >>> the line of talk around hillary clinton is centered around what is next. she says she just wants some down time, she's ready to leave washington behind, but as we have all come to know, don't ever count hillary out. >> this is not the first time hillary clinton seemed to say good-bye. >> i am determined to leave the state department and our country safer, stronger, and more secure. >> when you just knew she'd be back to say hello. she

wes clark, you know bs as well as i do.is sum of the biggest bs i've heard. >> i will tell you the state department has lost some of its requests for funding and funding in the security area. so that's a fact. secondly there's lots of cables that go back and forth in government. i'm certain the secretary of defense doesn't read all the cables that come in. neither does the secretary of defense. certainly there are people in the national security staff are trying to read them. people in secretary clinton's office or her staff are the addressees of those cables, they read them. when secretary clinton said these were decisions made below her level, i think she's speaking accurately. a lot of this going back and forth is done at the staff levels, far below the secretary. >> general, with all due respect, we have learned -- this story always goes back to last september 11th. we have learned from time to time not only were security requests made by the consulate itself, not on were those requests acknowledged by the office of the

earl clark hurls a prayer. spurs hand l.a.their fifth straight loss, 108-105. >>> the thunder took a buzz saw to the t'wolves. a bright spot for minnesota. luke ridnour made back-to-back steals but kevin durant was hot. he scored 26 against the injury-riddled timberwolves. oklahoma city city wins by 106-84. >>> annika sorenstam one of the best female golfers of all time injured herself an then tweeted about it. the 42-year-old is the only woman in lpga history to shoot 59 in a round. on tuesday she was making chicken and accidentally cut her finger and then tweeted it. yeah it's pretty gross. she got five stitches. her husband said she's fine and even went skiing. you don't have to tweet about everybody, by the way. some things you can keep to yourself. okay. >>> when we come back, doggy double take. this especially groomed dog caused a big scare when people mistook it for a dangerous animal. people mistook it for a dangerous animal. the temps are just going to keep dropping. the big chill in the bay area. and which areas coul

catherine herridge is at clark brothers gun in virginia with more. how are you? >> welcome to warrington, virginia, clark brothers, where you'll find in the parking lot, it's packed this morning and also the range behind me, got a fairly significant wait. some gun owners we spoke to today said they'd come specifically to mark gun appreciation day and they say to recognize the sankty of the second amendment. they believe in responsible gun ownership and the president is targeting the wrong people. >> i don't think it addressed anything close to what the real problem is. trying to outlaw certain black guns because they're black guns, large rounds of ammunition, isn't going to do anything to stop those monsters. >> reporter: well, we can it will you today is how many gun shops and gun ranges like clarks brothers in warrington, virginia are participating in gun appreciation day and can't tell you how many gun owners inside the united states are meeting formally to recognize this day. what we heard from organizers earlier in the week, they wanted to make a message tha