view the paintings and prints at the dolly museum of art. that's your "early today" event of the day, lynn. >> thanks so much, bill. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. the g question at the box office this weekend is 28 years too long to do a sequel "tron legacy" will be the sure fire number one this weekend begin to go earn back the reported $170 million it took to make. experts say it should take in $40 milliono $50 million. >>> film hungry family audiences will flock to "yogi bear." it should finish second, above $20 million. critically acclaimed, award nominated, but not exactly what you'd call fun, "the ighter" is expected to finish third. the $100 million dollar romantic comedy, "how do you know" will struggle, lucky to break the top five, lucky to top $10 million. finally, larry king hung up his suspenders for good last night, signing off after 25 years on krn. did you catch it,bil >> i didn't. but i'm going to go back and watch some of the highlights of it. i'm glad regisfeldman was on, too. >> it's s

>> wow. >> i would say loretta, tammy and dolly.a, because it was the -- they were in the frontier. >> '70s and '80s. >> the ' 80s? >> i loved the diversity. i'd say tammy winette, they were she-roes. >> then you've got that real slick, overproduced, i think the '80s was the least -- >> country music will always be in a state -- i see the stuff on tv and i go, there will always be a time for music in war time and peace time. >> larry: do you like rap? >> i do because of my children. i appreciate the poetry of it. i don't necessarily agree with some of the things they're saying once i understand what they mean. >> larry: naomi, you're -- >> as long as i don't pay attention to the words, i love the music. >> larry: you don't like it? >> no. rap is to music what an etch-a-sketch is to art. >> i understand the art form. rapping is beautiful black man standing on a street corner talking poetry about his life. that i love. i love words, i love poetry, i love music. i love the look on your face and i love all kinds of music. i'm not a meta

not just as americans, but as human beings. >> and that's carol channing who started in "hello dolly" on broadway in 1960. the kennedy center honors will broadcast on december 28th. >>> thousands of spectators watching the holiday parades in san jose dodged the rain today. the san jose holiday parade took place this morning just before the storm blew in. a number of civic organizations spent several days customizing their floats for the big parade. there was also an appearance by none other than the cat and the hat who brought along his two friends, thing one and thing two. but the future of the parade is unclear. san jose faces a huge budget deficit, and it can't afford to pay the $200,000 in staff time. >>> meteorologist leigh glaser is here with the accu-weather forecast to see if anymore rain is on the way. leigh? >> it certainly is. live doppler 7hd is picking up some moderate showers. check it out right here. you can see some lightning strikes there as this new set of -- or new wave of moisture continues to feed inland. at novato, you are getting ready to be hit with some modera

was so much fun but that's exactly what he's done, penning songs for such iconic musicals as "hello dolly" and drawing audiences everywhere oust their seats and into the world of his imagination. those songs earned jerry a shelf full of tonys and he's still the only composer and lyiricist who has had three shows on broadway at the same time. today that same kid from jersey still is doing what he loves. he said, i never wanted to do anything but make people humble. thank you, jerry, for doing just that. very humbling. jerry herman wanted to make people hum, bill t. jones wanted to open their eyes and make them move. the youngest of 12 children, bill's parents were migrant workers, poorer than poor, who made a living picking fruits and vegetables up and down the east coast. early on bill struggled to find his identity in a segregated world where he often felt like he didn't belong. then he began to dance. still like to say a good dancer has arts, guts, strength, intelligence and personality and he's been blessed with plenty of each. as the co-founder of the bill t. jones artisan and dance c

talk show host opens, paul mccartney of beatles fame, merle haggard, jerry herman who composed hello dollymaim and. >> not just as americans but as human beings. ♪ you're lookin' swell, jerry. ♪ we with tell, jerry. >> a bay area favorites carol channing starred in hello dolly on broadway in the 1960s. the honorees will be brought december 28th. >> the weekend death of an infant in oakland being investigated as a homicide. >> a police chase in hayward ended in a serious collision sending the suspect and police officer to the hospital. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live in san francisco. those people behind me say they want to witness history as the issue of same sex marriage goes before the 9th circuit court of appeals. >> the windy, wet weather delivers rain, snow and power outages to northern california. >> flights at sfo nearly an hour and flight departure delays out of washington and baltimore. our flight tracker waiting for you at abc7news.com. save $523! 16 minutes could save you 16%! come on... isn't it time an auto insurer gave it to you straight? that's why you should talk to state farm.

they later checked it to a tow truck dolly on the back of the truck. they caught the car theft on a home security system and are hoping it will help police catch the brazen criminals. >>> 6 maryland schools are getting very high honors. bel-air elementary and mt. washington elementary have all been named as maryland blue ribbon schools of excellence. they are being recognized by their high achievement and dramatic improvement. the principal of towson tells us what's so great about her school. >> the strongest thing about towson is the relationship between the students and their teachers. they like their teachers and that's extremely important. >> we know there's a lot going on and life is busy with the holidays but you'll want to know about these next stories. electric heaters from wal-mart are being recalled because of a potential fire hazard and we've got details on that. and another recall this one from honda involving problems with the headlights. we've got details on that as well. all that coming up. mom, have you seen my green shirt? ♪ i can't fi

. >> reporter: dolly doesn't like the idea of using up and throwing out yet another christmas tree. >love trees and i hate to see trees just used for such a short period and then discarded. >> reporter: so this year she is renting a living tree. it's greener and easier, delivered, set up and ready to go thanks to this guy. think of eric manning as your personal santa. >> that sounds too much like the grinch. >> reporter: he may think so. but the grinch probably never hooked an 8-foot redwood tree up two flights of stairs. >> i do it because people really get it. and when you can really relate to people and people understand it, it makes it a lot more fun. >> reporter: from packing material to wrapping paper there is a lot to throw out during the holidays. you can now rent a tree. eric's trees are reused again and again bringing new meaning tooth phrase reduce, reuse, recycle. >> they go to the same family and they get the same tree year after year. >> reporter: the potted trees spend the other 11 months of the year in the santa cruz mountains. not a bad deal. eric says they are less o

from the charm of "hello dolly" to the comedy of "la cage aux folles" herman's scores and lyrics haveoser three tony awards. raised in new jersey, he discovered broadway as a teenager on weekend trips to the theater with his parents. when the curtain went up, jerry herman found his calling. >> even though i didn't say it to myself at that time, because i was a kid, i somehow knew that that's what i wanted to do. >> did it ever feel like work, or did -- >> oh, never. >> at miami university, herman began writing his own shows. after graduating, he moved to new york city and established himself as a composer with a very bright future. ♪ this is the land >> his first time of big-time success, the musical "mill k and honey" for which he received a tony nomination, leading to a call from broadway mega producer david merrick who said you have the weekend to convince me to hire you for my next big show. >> four days later i called him and i said, i have some stuff to show you. and i played him the four songs. and he said, kid, the show is yours. and that's how i got "hello, dollyy" >> "hello

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. >> we saw a ups guy come in pushing a dolly, a drop of some packages in front of the upper limit, as we're driving out from the underground parking we notice does right from the other end of the building caring the packages. >> some but those believe that these actually follow the delivery drivers, concord police have not confirmed that. they do know that the thieves have struck neighboring sittings like walnut creek some defect detectives and we're trying to see of the cases are connected. >> christmastime, and you're taking away someone's door and happiness. >> in concord dolling kron4 news. >> new families of oakland received a head today. there is a shopping speak at a department spree. the families l also be served a war mail and one lucky local family will take home a christmas tree. >> in this time for france family and food especially for this week riding other than valentine's day, the pollen is a prototype for chocolates. >> chocolates are especially to of the holidays. yet it seems the darker the better. pheresis studies show the dark chocolate to be good for us, but go ea

dolly matteucchi has been on the job for only 16 months but she has been working at napa state for 20ears. >> the staff is incredibly important to me. i want them to be safe and feel safe. >> she says the staff is like family but many in that family don't feel safe coming to work. this nurse is one of them. >> we need to see police on the unit. it makes a huge difference. >> napa state police respond to emergencies from outside the forensics section. the officers are not permanently stationed inside those units. matteucchi says that has been since the early 1990s. >> we were not allocated resources to be a part of the living environment, to be available within the living and treatment units 24 hours a day, seven days a week. >> she tells "abc 7 news," she has asked for 20 more officers who will be assigned to those units. for now, the director says she is trying to do the best she can to improve safety. patients are now escorted to the grounds, not by one but two staff members. hospital workers say that creates dangerously low staffing shortages in the unit. they give an example where

. >>> we're back with the dolly sisters. wendy walker, author and producer, lessons shared from 30 years in television. suzanne somers returns and kathy griffin. you remember your first time on the show? >> it was a long, long time ago. >> larry: 23 times you've been on. >> you were in washington, d.c. >> larry: your first time you said you were nervous. >> i was very nervous. absolutely. and i demanded the whole hour. >> but when i first went on -- >> i still do. get up girls. i know the necklace is $19.95. i get it somers. >> $39.95. >> i'll take it. i'll take four if i can just get there in time. sorry. go ahead. >> larry: you were in washington. >> you were in washington and you were cable and it wasn't at that time as prestigious to guest on cable shows. do you recall that moment in time? >> this isn't really going your way. >> yes it is. >> and what you turned it into is the most prestigious of all. >> larry: here are some of the incredible musicians we've had on this show. watch. ♪ see the water lie on the ground, and

. >> and carol channing that starred in the music hello dolly in the 1960s.ang there last night. beautiful! the kennedy center honors will be broadcast on december 28th. >> very nice. well, president obama got tongue-tied as he prepared to introduce the honorees but he was able to get a few laughs as he discussed oliver wendell holmes as part of the evening. >> too many people he wrote in the dissent -- let me start that over -- to many people superfluous -- hard to say. you try it when you've had all this. >> the president went on to give the rest of his talk with no slip-ups. >> it's hard after he -- >> after the basketball. >> oh, my goodness. ouch! >> he had a different guy guardin' him after that. how about that. what a shot. it's 5:26 now. >> next at 5:30, the crackdown san francisco will soon impose on parking at broken meters. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live in san francisco where a federal appeals court will be hearing arguments on same sex marriage. i'm explain in a live report. >> the bay area mops up after a soggy weekend. we're showing you some of th

and her mother said to her, your choice, you can have a dolly or you can have this little wooden horse that had a pull string and was on wheels. and she chose the horse. and it became her favorite and only store-bought gifts. and she used to pull that little wooden horse all around the farm. and today, she raises miniature ponies. and in the course of our conversation she said, you know, i never understood how that one birthday, we could leave the farm and by that horse. and now i do. it was your grandfather's gift okay. now, i'm a pretty decent reporter. i spent a couple of years tracking down these descendents, and i was doing pretty well, but there was one letter writer named helen whose descendents i could not find. and i used all the tricks i kn knew. in pursuit of these descendents i used a 1930 census. i use city directories. death records, cemetery records, obituaries, city crisscross directories, passenger lists, immigration records, probate records, you name it. okay, but i could not find a decent for helen palm. and the deadline for the book was looming, and finally my edito

you can have a dolly or you can have this little wooden horse that had a pull string and was on wheels. and felice chose the horse. and it became her favorite, and only story-bought gift. and she used to pull that little wooden horse all around the farm. and today, felice raises miniature ponies. and in the course of our conversation, she said, you know, i never understood how that one birthday we could leave the farm and buy that horse, and now i do. it was your grandfather's gift. okay? now, i'm a pretty decent reporter. i spent a couple of years tracking down these descendents, and i was doing pretty well. but there was one letter-writer named helen, whose descendents i could not find, and i used all the tricks i knew. in pursuit of these descendents, i used the 1930 census, i used city directors, death records, cemetery records, obituary, city criss-cross directors, i could not find a descendent for helen palm. and the deadline was looming, and my editor -- finally i had to get the back to him. so i turned in the book, and it was edited, and it was done. and i had a couple of spare

if you spend a day with dolly--if you come to the end of the day and you haven't the kind of laugh thatour legs... oprah: yes? >> she makes sure it happens. oprah: ok, next. >> jennifer? smart--street smart. oprah: street smart? >> yeah. oprah: next. >> who's that? oh, lindsay. sad. oprah: sad? >> mm-hmm. oprah: and... >> integrity. oprah: integrity? >> yeah. my dad, mm-hmm. oprah: integrity. i have to ask you this question because when we did this interview 10 years ago for "o" magazine, you said something i never forgot. you said, "to do life right, you have to feel like you're growing up until the day you die." do you still feel that way? >> absolutely. you know, you commented earlier i have a lot of energy. you know why? because i'm curious. i learn every day. every day. and if you keep learning and stay curious and try to be more interested than interesting--who cares if you're interest--stay interested, and love people. so i intend to get to the end of my life with this sort of like, "oh. i get it," at the very end. you know, i want to keep learning. there's so much to learn. opra

. >> the ups guy came in, and was pushing a dolly and drop of some packages in front of this apartment as he was driving out. we noticed the guy was running from the other end of the building. >> concord police to not know if these are following the delivery truck drivers. they know that neighboring cities like walnut creek have seen at the same in problems this holiday season. the police departments are working together to see if this is connected. >> and you are taking a piece of somebody's happiness. >> and carriers say that you can had this shipped to your work or require signature. in concord, dahlin, kron 4 news. >> still to come on kron 4 news, senators and washington have blocked the dream act. and it would have provided citizenship to children that were brought here, from another country. another check your forecast also, coming up. from a meteorologist, bart dan and. mark danicdanon. live, from the bay area's news station this is the kron 4 morning news. penalty are back, at 9:00 a.m. this morning. >> we are back, at 9:00 a.m. this morning. >> just a little bit of traffic, an

. ♪ ♪ working 9 to 5 ♪ >>> a little "9 to 5" from dolly parton. women are workering much harder to break through. we have secrets every woman should know to break through. robin is on assignment. we're glad to have elizabeth here. >> this is the time where there's lots of holiday parties, when happy hanukkah or happy new year's, that can lead to extra pounds. dr. oz is here with tips to keeping the weight off. dr. oz, we need your help. >>> also, the photography secrets behind the new pictures of prince william and kate middleton. >> they are beautiful. >> they are amazing. but you do not have to be royalty. we'll are tips coming up. >>> our 12 days of cooking gets kicked up a notch. emeril is here to serve this knockout turkey gumbo. this is a real favorite. this is with leftovers. complete leftovers to make an incredible meal. let first, let's get a look at top stories. >>> good morning, everyone. the upper midwest is digging out from a record snowstorm. this is the video everyone's talking about, snow collapsing part of the metrodome this weeke

. >> dolly wood sounds fun. >> i tuned in to see if willie made it back from the vatican. i saw he was performing with the pope a few days ago, with a few of his buddies. >> i know where we're going with this. unsheathed. there it is. on behalf of all of us at chippendale's, merry christmas, everybody. "morning joe" starts right now. >> the constitution we have doesn't have a lot of information in it but what's in it is what runs this country. i'm convinced i do not want to give up more power to the white house whether it's george bush or barack obama. and i'm going to fight as hard as i can against president obama on these earmarks and my republican colleagues who hate to vote for them but love to get them. >> i've got to reread that. welcome to "morning joe." good morning. guess what, it's friday. friday december 17th. with us on set msnbc contributor mike barnicle and president on foreign relations richard haass with us as well. >> we've got quite a show. >> yes, we do. we've got a lot to talk about between afghanistan and the house deal that got through the house. >> l

i met the dolly llama from tibet, female candidates for parliament in kuwait who ran for office in 2006, the first year that women there were granted the right to vote and i met women in afghanistan who under the taliban could not leave their houses alone, who could not get an education. who would have their fingernails pulled off as they so much war a code of fingernail polish. now there lives a changing. in my book i wanted to give voice to all of these remarkable people and to share these experiences with others. i wanted to remember the many wonderful people i met at home. volunteers from the red cross and the baptist men who drove all night to storm ravaged gulf coast after katrina to cook meals for those in need and who stayed for months helping the people there rebuild. the brave coastguard volunteers who rescued some 30,000 people stranded after the hurricane struck. i wanted to tell of the days i spent with the young men in our cities and towns, many of whom were ex gang members who were trying to turn their lives around. why was never more proud than was part of helping americ

but that's what he's done, pening songs for hello dolly and la cauge afole and drawing audiences outd into his imagination. those earned him a shelf full of tonys. and he's the only one who has had three shows on broadway at the same time. [applause] today that same kid from jersey city is still doing what he loves. as jerry says, i never wanted to do anything but make people hum. so thank you, jerry, for doing just that. [applause] jerry wanted to make people hum. bill wanted to make them open their eyes and make them move. the youngest of 12 children, bill's parents were mige rant workers, poorer than poor who made a living picking fruits and vegetables up and down the east coast. early on, bill struggled to find his identity in a segregated world where he often felt he didn't belong. then he began to dance. he likes to say that a good dancer has heart, guts, strength, intelligence and personality. he's been blessed with plenty of each. as the cofounder of the bill t. jones arnie zain dance company bill has earned widespread acclaim in the hyper competitive world of modern dance al

. >> i also love, love dolly parton. >> i'd like to perform with her, too.thdayesque question. >> we are here all the way from alba albany, texas, we are here to celebrate our birthday and we would like to know how you celebrated your 40th bririrthda. i had the most fun. you have to remember -- or not remember but from 36 to 40 i was dreading 40 because there's something about turning 40 as a woman that signifies a lot of -- >> try 50. doesn't get easier. >> at that point all the artists on the radio were like 17 years old, britney spears and christina. i decided i would just throw a huge party for myself. i hired a club. i had all my friends play with us and we played for like three hours. everyone sat in from don henley to bonnie raitt, dwight yocum. youtube was not up and running yet. there was nothing like youtube. >> but somebody probably taped or filmed it. you could still put it up. >> i've not seen it. >> well don't miss your opportunity for the 50. you know what i'm saying? >> okay, i won't. >> when is that? >> about nine years from now. >> okay. th

i met the dolly llama from tibet, female candidates for parliament in kuwait who ran for office in 2006, the first year that women there were granted the right to vote and i met women in afghanistan who under the taliban could not leave their houses alone, who could not get an education. who would have their fingernails pulled off as they so much war a code of fingernail polish. now there lives a changing. in my book i wanted to give voice to all of these remarkable people and to share these experiences with others. i wanted to remember the many wonderful people i met at home. volunteers from the red cross and the baptist men who drove all night to storm ravaged gulf coast after katrina to cook meals for those in need and who stayed for months helping the people there rebuild. the brave coastguard volunteers who rescued some 30,000 people stranded after the hurricane struck. i wanted to tell of the days i spent with the young men in our cities and towns, many of whom were ex gang members who were trying to turn their lives around. why was never more proud than was part of helping americ