our favorite gardening expect derek thomas is here to talk about just decking the halls. and really deck our ating our homes for the holidays. even though it's just nine days left until christmas. >> it's unique ideas to take some decor that you would use elsewhere and repurpose it. >> great. >> it's time for the dinners. the holiday dinners are coming up. what about if you were to turn a wreath and a miniature poinsettia ora -- or a grouping of them into the perfect holiday centerpiece for the table. >> that's gorgeous. >> yes, i took the wreath at the centerpiece and what i did was i just sit the plants until the center of the wreath and that's the centerpiece for your table. >> look at that. that's easy. >> now suppose you are invited to someone's house and you're in a pinch. get out there. the holly berry this is year are loaded, the holly trees are loaded with wonderful berries. i got these ornaments and i filled the basket with garland from a craft store. and how about a host gift. >> it's wonderful. and if you don't find the basket, if you don't find the right colo

the lawmakers are going to go for it on joining me to discuss it as derrick thomas an associate editor at the atlantic derek thanks so much for being here and now the moment of truth is what they call this report i understand this is a big deal but i mean could they have been more dramatic with the title here it sounds a bit dramatic it's also it's difficult to get people excited about deficits and debt to the extent that this debt commission has a thesis i think it's essentially that if everybody takes a small cut the no one has to feel the brunt of the pain essentially it's a strategy to spread the pain but like you mentioned politically a strategy of spreading the pain is is just sort of a euphemism for saying there's a lot of pain that s.p. spread and we live in a time right now where washington you know what has trouble passing a twenty billion dollars unemployment benefits extension the idea that we're going to come together hold hands and pass something that's costing the entire country four trillion dollars or saving the country more chilling dollars over the next decade it's pretty hard to imagine

malcolm thomas the acrobatic move in the lane. the azteks win. >>> derekone of the great post game meltdowns against the 49ers. now, he has impersoniateors. seen laughing on the sidelines while his cardinals were getting pummeled. we have a few seconds of anderson's rant and then the spoof by orlando to follow. >> i'm serious. i put my heart and soul into this [ bleep ] every single week. >> so what. i can smile. i can have fun. this is a game that i love and you gorgeous tell me that i can't have fun, huh? you know what i'm done. >> classic exit there just like anderson. i'm out of here. >> he will love to see that. >> he is hearing a lot about this. >> thanks very much, larry. that is this edition of abc 7 news at 9:00. stay connected 24/7 on abc7.com. for spencer christian, larry beil, no more justin bieber, i'm dan ashley. thanks for watching. see you again at 11:00 over on channel 7. captioned by closed captioning services, inc.