tavis: william douglas? >> douglas, another amazing person. from true poverty in washington state when he came east to go to school, he couldn't afford train fare so he was a shepherd. he took himself several hundred sheep that were going to the slaughter and he was in charge of them on the train and worked his way through school, became a professor, was noticed by joe kennedy sr., the first chairman of the securities and exchange commission because roosevelt said it takes a thief to catch a thief and he got into the poker game where the power was. if you played in the poker game with roosevelt, you were on the inside. and roosevelt said, that young man plays a good game of poker, i'm putting him on the supreme court and roosevelt wanted him to be vice president and when truman was chosen, roosevelt told the party bosses, i want douglas. they said, we can't control this guy, we can control harry truman. douglas lost his chance. the other interesting thing about douglas is he wanted to be president in another decade and from the court, his firs

he brought douglas to meet roosevelt, douglas became a regular player in roosevelt's poker game and was a huge part of roosevelt's inner circle, and this is interesting -- that young man played an interesting game of poker and was put on the supreme court when he was 40-years-old. and on the court for the first ten years he just wanted to be president of the united states and did everything he could to become president. he developed a judicial philosophy and that was of individual liberty of the highest value of the constitution. interestingly he developed a philosophy at the time his own life was kind of a mess. but it had a constitutional value even though his own life was messy, he was able to articulate his vision according to which the constitution should let all of us. >> host: one thing that is so stunning that you're four great justices is they all follow a kind of hard scrabble self-made path. they don't look to be the sort of classic, you know -- some of them went to great law schools, some of them went to law school level. some grow the middle class or poverty, one was an imm

douglas, who i mentioned a moment ago. his personal life was on stable from childhood really. his father died when he was very, very young, and he was jerry come of freeport and constantly working multiple jobs. he worked his way through school, just to eat he would sweep the floor in a hash house. and when he got on to the supreme court, he was still poor and still personally a little bit on stable. and one of the things he liked to do is run around with the kennedys, joe kennedy, and do the things that joe kennedy liked to do. and you can imagine what those things often were in this sort of led him to the point where his personal equilibrium was disturbed. at the time the supreme court justice has ever been divorcedp and douglas became the first justice to get divorced, then the second, then suffered, and he did remarry fourth time so by all accounts he was a fateful week into his fourth wife and during all of this, he announced he would never be president, one divorce was enough to do that in this period but also he began to ask himself what is my philosophy of life? you m

william douglas, his personal life was unstable from childhood. his father died when he was very, very young and he was very, very poor he was working multiple jobs he would sweep the floor in the hash house when he got to the supreme court, he was still poor and personally a little unstable. one of the things you like to do was run around with the kennedys, joe kennedy and do the things that joe kennedy liked to do. you can imagine what those things where and it led him to the point* where his personal equilibrium was disturbed. note supreme court justice was never divorced. he was the first and the psychic and a third and remarried a fourth time. and during the ask mehmet first of all, realized he would ever we president. one divorce was enough to do that but he came to ask himself what is my philosophy of life? you may think he developed at the same time he was melting down. but he came up with the adl it is a western state philosophy of taking ap gamble, go while on your own to be a solitary force but then he thought what does this have to do

my name is douglas. i have lived here for my entire life. would like to speak out on behalf of this idea. publicizing worthy causes along market street is going to make market street more interesting. if we are lucky, it will attract more tourists. one of the suggestions i would like to put on the banner is to advertise the city's controversial whistleblower program. i know the pros and cons of the program and i know that doctors [unintelligible] are attempting to rectify the laguna honda hospital once and for all. supervisor chu: thank you. any other members of the public that would wish to speak on item number three? seeing no one, public comment is closed. there is a motion to refer this item to the historic preservation committee and continue to the call of the chair. without objection. all right, item number five. >> item #5, ordinance amending the san francisco public works code by amending sections 184.2, 184.6, 184.8, and 184.12 thereof, relating to newsracks, to provide for: (1) the use of electronic mail for notices of violations;

before, though, encouraging news about michael douglas.of them at disney now opening up about his tough battle with throat cancer. cbs news correspondents betty nguyen has more on the actor's recovery. >> reporter: family vacation pictures tell the story. the 66-year-old oscar winner was having the time of his life with wife catherine zeta-jones and two children on a florida vacation over thanksgiving. michael douglas tells "people" magazine his recovery from stage four throat cancer is going well. >> the fact that michael douglas was able to fly to florida and go to an amusements park with his kids definitely shows that se better, in some ways, you know, his treatment is over. he seems to be healthier. he looks better. >> reporter: after complaining of a sore throat early last summer, doctors discovered a walnut-sized tumor on the base of douglas's tongu ed. he spoke publicly and courage s courageously the first time in late august on david letterman. >> i've got cancer, found out about it three weeks ago. >> reporter: in september fans c

my name is douglas [unintelligible] and i have lived in san francisco for 28 years. i would like to speak in favor of this item. in my daily activities around san francisco, it is unfortunate that there are so many obviously mentally ill community members by their living in san francisco or passing through. something like this is urgently needed and i think that the supervisor is justified in proposing this item. also i would like to take this opportunity to urge the department of public health to use their money efficiently to help the obviously need, rather than going after whistle- blower's like myself, with in my opinion, fake charges of mandatory sick leave and being mentally ill. as many people have noted in my basement here at city hall for the past year, if douglas is mentally ill, it says a lot about all of the other people here at city hall. thank you. supervisor chu: are there any other members of the public that wish to speak on item number four? seeing no one, public comment disclosed. bill, did you want to say a few words? do we have a motion to table t

. >> melissa torres took their time picking out this eight-foot douglas fir. >> you have to let it dry. >> despite the tough economy, a tree is say must have for the holidays. >> tradition is everything. if i have to save somewhere else to get that perfect tree, that's what we do. >> holly prince said she understands customers are couping every penny this year and that was factored into pricing. pa. >> the normal sized tree has gone down about $5 to $8 per tree. >> they will make adjustments before sacrificinging this symbol. >> i wanted a noble fir and i looked at the prices and we stick for a douglas fir. >> you don't need gifts. the tree brings the holiday season together. >> the christmas trees were enough to fuel the warmth. holly said sales so far are up this year. she estimates they will sell 250,000 tree this is holiday season. at the 14 locations across the bay area. kimberly terry today in the east bay. >> we reacted to the same price tag here in the studio. scams aimed at the most sophisticated of computer users. what to look out for and how to stay safe. gay teens targeted

douglas. he used to do walks along the canal and you used to jog around the canal. did you ever wrote that he would run around the park or was it to hard for the secret service to keep one jogging routt? >> guest: we were able to see it speaks to because the six keep it secret. sometimes i would jog in other areas. for instance we laid out a 7-mile jogging area inside the white house grounds making several laps through the rose garden and the south lawn and that sort of thing and then on the weekends we would jog at camp david. but the canal was the best place to jog. it became a national park, as you may know, sponsored by william o. douglas. it expands 108 miles from downtown washington all the way to west virginia, and this can now -- canal used to be adjacent to and sometimes in the potomac region as was a very important trade route in those early days. we had about a 12-foot wide path that the horses used to walk on to pull the barges down the canal and that is where i jogged, so it was a

-10, bill press author of "toxic talk: how the radical right has poisoned america's airwaves" and douglas schoen, co-author of "mad as hell: how the tea party movement is fundamentally remaking our two-party system." the authors spoke about their books and the current state of politics in america. this is about an hour and 15 minutes. [applauding] [applauding] >> i'm john avlon. we are going to give you a brief talk about our respective books and then have a conversation with you. take some questions and have some fun. thank you for continuing to have a kidney to talk about politics after this election. my name is john avlon. my most recent book is "wingnuts: how the lunatic fringe is hijacking america.">>k it is a book that is about the rise of extremism that we have e seen in the opening of the obamt years. it is an attempt to remind us f that we face forces of befor and extremism. they are not isolated to one t political party or the other. neither political party has ahes monopoly on virtue or vicevirtue prefer get that in our over in egypt intent -- overheatedhese intense debates. i,

but when i look at the prices, we're going to stick with a douglas fir for now, the cheapest one we can get. >> you don't need gifts. the tree, just decorate it, it brings the holiday season together, i think so. >> reporter: for these families, these dripping wet christmas trees were enough to fuel the warmth of the holiday spirit. holly with christmas tree pharmacy says sales so far are up this year. she estimates they will sell 250,000 trees this holiday season at their 14 locations across the bay area. in san jose, kimberly tere, nbc bay area news. >>> coming up next at 11:00, criminals targeting your bank account by being friendly? >> its sole purpose is to steal credit card numbers, log-ins and pass words and bank account information. >> coming up next at 11:00, the new wave of scams aimed at the most sophisticated computer users. what to look out h, ayste stay safe sonline. >> all right. we're gtingidf oneto rm right now. no.pping some rain and th.er but there is another one coming in the middle of the week. we'll break it down for you so you can plan for your week ahead. the for

flores and douglas. did you talk with him about those justices and what were his views if he expressed about the efforts to impeach his colleagues? >> i didn't talk to him that much specifically about the impreachment. i don't think that he thought the effort to impeach douglas was really all that serious or a malter of -- matter of great concern. he was very perturbed by the whole episode with the elevation the fortees to be chief justice, the failure of that, the impact of that on the court because that meant richard nixon got to pick the next chief justice instead of lyndon johnson. the ethical issued raised after the chief justice nomination died and they found themself exposed in writing about financial scandal payment he had take that was deemed inappropriate, i mean, brennan was very concerned about that so much so that that contributed to his decision then in 1969 to basically withdrawal. if you watch the court in the 70s, unless you were actually in the supreme court chamber, you never laid eyes

we fly over the canal this afternoon, as you know, douglas, one of our great justices of the supreme court. that's where i used to run every afternoon. i was running about 40 miles a week which is a lot in washington and around here and camp david on the weekends. so i just think about the good times we had and i think about the congress and how grateful william now that i had this broad bipartisan support that existed back in the 70's which doesn't exist anymore, so i think about the similarities and also the differences. >> host: is there a republican in congress and the senate that you really personally learned to enjoy working with the you became friends with? >> guest: senate her baker from tennessee was a minority leader in charge of the republican side and he was a great personal friend of mine and still is. and i got wonderful cooperation from the republican side and of course, michael and the house was a minority leader in the house of representatives. and while my michael was a great supporter of mine. so during the last couple of years i was in the white house, senator ken

as kapan is with the kapan us law firm douglas thank you so much for joining us now what you're hearing very much is this going to be the regular post holiday season are you going to get a million calls in your office again couples that have recently decided to get divorced or you know will will the recession somehow counter that. you know live last year you know is going to be a predictor of this year calls are going to increase in january and february just as they decrease between hala we in new year's no one wants to start a divorce around the holidays you don't need to summon served on your spouse while they're passing you the turkey on thanksgiving do you think that in general the fact that so many couples have chosen. free holiday season but just because of the economy to not get divorced to perhaps postpone it or to keep living together because that's a cheaper thing to do does that help out a marriage sometimes or can it only make it worse. i think it can help if there's no abuse if there's abuse then you've got to file no matter what but if you can spend some time and be around

and "life and times of frederick douglas." this.e history and life-and-death, virtues and exploits of general george washington. and abraham lincoln "a man of god." if you got this for christmas it would have been, without have been rip. rip. rich. christmas at beginning of our country, the founders thought it was garish to celebrate and congress was in session on december 25th in the 1700's. it was garish to celebrate because it was too sacred of a holiday and now we catch out at wal-mart or go to the apple store for the latest gadget. christmas used to be a celebration of the family, families get together and make memories. my favorite memory of christmas, i think, with my family was the year my grandparents came up to our house. we would go do their house. we played monopoly. do you remember how it never ended? can this damn game end? it was designed for a different time when there was not television. and people had all night to play. and i remember because i helped my grandfather be the banker. and grandpa had a town of before a

the douglas fir is more than 10 feet high and 13 feet wide. the quick video is a bit deceiving it took workers 4.5 days to complete this process. >>> pretty cool. >>> and you have less than one week to help make the season brighter for a child in need. next wednesday we are taking all of these beautiful toys and the ones you'll bring between now and then and delivers them to the 12th annual kindertime toy drive. we've teamed up with the baltimore symphony orchestra. if you want to donate we have a list of drop off locations on our web site at abc2news.com click on the kindertime link under the marketplace tab. >>> cold day. >> yeah, man. >> the sun did a job on some of the snow. >> streets look really clear. >> kindertime toy drive that's the stuff man. >> get them in by tuesday because the police and firefighters everybody comes here to the station on wednesday. they have good weather on wednesday. >> looks pretty decent rate now. the outlook is cold. through the end of december the trend is for more cold weather. >> 32 or lower. >> . >> we'l

it took workers about 4.5 days to decorate the douglas fir. look at that.. >> you better keep watered pretty >> that is absolutely right. let's talk about the weather. >> very slim chances for snow on sunday. it does not look like that nor'easter is going to come close to affect us. tuesday and wednesday, maybe a little bit of a dusting here and there. look at those temperatures. they do not go up and down for the extent of the forecast. just staying

along this stretch of eastbound on ice-66, 3:00 in the morning, when police initially pulled over douglas marshall for speeding. but for marshall, 32, the situation quickly got worse. an officer found signs of alcohol consumption, allegedly in his cadillac, and open beer cans. >> not ok. not acceptable. >> mary beth kennedy, a next- door neighbor, finds the allegations troubling. >> it should not happen. they should be setting the example. it is not ok. >> fairfax county authorities say he declined to perform a field sobriety test and would not provide a breath test. he now faces a felony drug charges. >> that is unfortunate. he has put away a few people that done such a thing. >> no one answered the door at his home. william county prosecutor says he is not suspending marshall. i'm going to keep him on. it is unfortunate break things like this happen in life, annie is not been convicted. >> that is not a good example to set. >> he says he has never had any problems with marshall before and said the purchase said belongs to a family member. we could not contact marshall tonight. he is fre

the trouble spot is on the douglas bridge.ight lane tied up with a stalled car and big delays leaving branch toward sterling. a good 15 minute ride as you continue southeast across the anacostia. going to find lanes open at the wilson bridge with no problems to report. connecticut avenue at beach drive southbound there was a stalled car contributing to the delay. the outer loop still tieing up 95 around to georgia avenue. southbound 270 out of rockville, no accidents to report, just volume delays to accompany the trip toward the lane divide. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> it's 8:17 right now. time to take our trip deep into the smart phone zone. over the past couple of weeks we've been showing you smart phone apps that can save you time or money and just maybe be entertaining. >> today we're talking educational, steve, and informative. but just plain old fun. lauren demarco is here. and i said earlier, are we talking about movie stars? >> i hope we're not disappointing you, but it is celestial. and if you a

the list of one time "dupes" liberals who changed, i humphrey bogart and eleanor roosevelt, paul douglas, john do we. from hollywood, lucille ball, james cagney, olivia they havilland who played melanie in gone with the wind. edward g. robinson, melvyn douglas and a later anti-communist crusader and conservative republican, president ronald reagan who admitted in 1946 that he had been duped as well. democrats on the other hand, anti-communist democrats and liberals from the beginning who were never duped and right away recognized the danger the communists opposed. i will surprise you here. the first president who had to deal with this, founding of the american communist party was who? woodrow wilson. woodrow wilson may have been the man of the left but he was an anticommunist and stridently anti bolshevik. he described as the bolsheviks as barbarians, tyrants and terrorists. exact words. harry truman, same thing. jfk warned us about our atheist faux and godless communist conspiracy. they realized the communists were not their friends and went after the car as they held here. they attacke

. >> fire chief douglas frye is trying to keep morale up among his rank and file. >> what i told the crews is this is not about any of us. it's not about the service we provide. this is a political issue. this is something between the two cities they need to work out. >> belmont says it may start its own fire department again but it's looking at other options as well. san carlos is looking at hooking up with other regional fire departments. among them the north county fire district headed by daly city. >> the city of daly city provides the fire chiefs, the assistant chief, the back office if you will. >> under that option, all san carlos has to do is pay the salaries of its rank and file firefighters. now, next fall is the deadline when the two cities will have to choose which option they want. currently the fire department has four stations and about 40 firefighters. vic lee, abc 7 news. >> coming up on abc 7 news, the injured sea lion that's being treated this weekend for multiple gunshot wounds. but first more on the drug lord in mexico kilililililililililill mmmm. you don't love

. >> fire chief douglas frye is trying to keep morale up among his rank and file. >> what i told the crews is this is not about any of us. it's not about the service we provide. it's just a political issue. this is something between the two cities they need to work out. >> belmont says it may start its own fire department again but it's looking at other options as well. san carlos is looking at hooking up with other regional fire departments. among them the north county fire district headed by daly city. >> the city of daly city provides the fire chief, the assistant chiefs, the training, the back office if you will. >> under that option all san carlos has to do is pay the salaries of its rank and file firefighters. next fall is the deadline when the two cities will have to choose which options they want. currently the fire department has four stations and about 40 firefighters. vic lee, abc 7 news. >> coming up on abc 7 news, the injured sea lion that's being treated this weekend for multiple gunshot wounds. but first a drug board in mexico >> welcome back. the time is 5:13. in worl

the entire street was flooded but of this court--and douglas court yesterday, now is back to normal >> 8 toll on the mountain roads, this is a working on slide. you can see one of literally hundreds of similar slide jewell sieger of the mountains. the rain water still oozing from the statute and sorrel. and sending yet another load of soil down to the roads. and work crews took advantage of all to clear those slides. still, others are looking to clear these strains on highway no. 152 in. they are clearing out debris to make way for the next round on tuesday. standing water, everywhere! plastic tarps to guard against erosion. and swollen creek beds. a six- inches, and gusting winds countries took down utility trees. mostly minor utility county outages. strong winds taking down trees weather taking down utility poles. >> and his rough weather, knocked out power for 280 thousand pg&e people. did the power poles were damaged. right now, 55 are still without power. pg&e is saying that it should be restored some time tonight. the menu with 5:25, gasoline prices are going up! >> new tonight,

south capital street slow across the douglas bridge.ess 234, below speed out of manassas into centreville. more delays approaching vienna toward the capital beltway. still finding yourself on the brakes outer loop of the beltway leaving university boulevard toward georgia avenue. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> 8:17 right now. it's 23 degrees out there on this tuesday morning. well after 297 consecutive regular season starts, brett favre is sidelined by injury. we'll hear from him when we come back. >>> and then later we'll check in with holly who is hanging out with the ladies from dipped and delicious today. their products may be the perfect gift for the sweet tooth folks on your christmas list. stay with us. fox 5 morning news will be right back. >>> well it hadn't happened since the first george bush was in office. minnesota vikings brett favre sat out last night against the giants. it was a long night. the giants running game won 21- 3. favre had played in 297 consecutive regular season games. and 321 games when

douglas' reputation waned in later years when he led the democratic party to defeat in the election of 1860 by defending slavery in the southern states. his miscalculation dealt a blow to the ruling democrats, allowing a new antislavery republican party to win the white house. another illinois senator, david davis, holds a unique distinction, having served as an associate justice on the u.s. supreme court prior to his senate service. in his nearly 15 years on the court, davis is best known for writing the decision in ex parte milligan, holding that a death sentence handed down by a civil war military commission against a civilian was unconstitutional as civilian courts were functioning at the time. the illinois legislature elected davis to the senate in the midst of the disputed 1876 presidential election between rutherford b. hayes and samuel tilden. because of his service on the supreme court and his long reputation for fierce independence, senator davis was elected president pro tempore of the senate following the assassination of president garfield. under the law of the time, this

he talks about his time in office with historian douglas brinkley. >> host: welcome to washington d.c mr. president. it's wonderful to see you. i was wondering when you fly in here and go over all the arguments coming up over the potomac river and the tidal basin, what do you think when you're flying into this town? >> guest: i was like at the white house and i think about the wonderful times we had at the white house in referral to the sea in a canal this afternoon. as you know, founded by william douglas, one of our great justices of the supreme court. > as for easter brunch every afternoon. i used to run about 40 miles a week, which is a lot, including in washington and around camp david on the weekends. so i just think about the good times we had. i think about the congressman who counsel i am now but

he talks of his account in office with historian douglas brinkley. >> host: welcome to washington d.c., mr. president. it is wonderful to see you. i was wondering when you fly in here and go over all these monuments, the potomac river, the tidal basin. what do you think when you're flying into this town? >> it's still there. the wonderful times we had. over cocoanut all of this afternoon. one of our great justices of the supreme court. it's where i used to run every afternoon. i was running 40 miles a week, which is a lot. around here and at camp david on the weekends. so i just think about the good times we had. at think about the congress and help thankful i am now that i had the superb some bipartisan support that existed back then in the 70's. it doesn't exist anymore. i think about the similarities and differences. >> is there a republican in congress or the senate that you really personally learned to enjoy working with that you became friends with? >> guest: well, senator baker from tennessee was the minority leader in charge of the republican side. he was a great personal frie

douglas murray makes it a 4-3 game but the sabers put it away with the empty net goal. the sharks fall in buffalo, 6-3. >>> coming off the worst three game stretch of his career, peyton manning looks like a mere mortal. four picks last week. trying to return to glory tonight against tennessee. a couple of touchdown passes for manning 14-0 colts. carolyn does the best a-ha out here and she has prove ten time and time again. payton no picks. the rookie blair smith takes a touchdown away from reggie and he has to say kid, what are you doing, i was throwing it to him. the colts win anyway, 30-28. still yelling at him. if they win they will win the afc south. >> winner of the national quarterback award, cam newton from auburn university. >> a little surprise tonight as cam newton -- newton insists he knew nothing about allegations that his father was trying to get schools to pay to sign his son. >> i'm a person that has did nothing wrong and whoever wants to ask me that question i will tell them that i stand firm and told the truth. >> curry probably won't play tomorrow nigh

he just had a legally change from douglas metz jr.. he said it was inspired by a tv character. he said is getting tired of mail mixups with his father. he said it's been getting all kind of reaction from people if some think it's funny and cool and some he admits think it's pretty stupid. >> a live look outside and emeryville rate now were you can see the rain is coming down, the street is wet and the traffic is up to at least not at the location. will be rick app.right back. the deal for the extended tax cut have had an effect on wall street today the stocks closed higher. the dow more than 13 and the nasdaq up more than 10. the s&p 500 closed at more than four. many businesses are switching from blackberry to i phone or android devices. our agenda reporter kimberly has a look at the apps that are making it a smooth transition. >> were gunna take a look at three alps. the first one is called documents to go. crucial to a business been able to open the comments added in save and office document. that's for this office document comes in handy editing this huge edge you might not

your looking at the centerpiece of the decorations the 18 1/2 foot tall douglas fir from pennsylvania and a blue robe. roughly 20,000 people will be invited to 20 parties at the white house this holiday season. >> rain back in the forecast tomorrow at least for the north bay, we'll take a look at future cast as you were the rate will hit coming up in just that. right now, buy a samsung intensity ii for $29.99 and get one free. or, buy a blackberry curve 3g for $49.99 and get one free. and don't know how to escape your addiction to cigarettes? one out of two regular smokers will die prematurely from smoking. you don't have to be one of them. escape the trap. say "enough." for free help to quit smoking, call the california smokers' helpline at 1-800-no butts. another day of heavy rain and severe weather lashing of the east coast. at least two people are dead, thousands are without power, this storm system brought suspected tornadoes to some of the southeastern states this week. including one which touched down in georgia and you can see the damage. tornado watchers have been posted in v

douglas. it expands 108 miles from downtown washington all the way to west virginia, and this canal is adjacent to and sometimes in the potomac region was very important trade route back in those early days. but they had about a 12-foot long and, very smooth path to that the horses used to walk on to throw the largest on the canal and that is where my job. so it was a wonderful and isolated place. >> host: of all aspects of your presidency that i think history is going to treat well, but people don't seem to knowñÑ about it right now, is jimmy carter's conservationist, and working with creating the department of energy but also, you know, putting solar panel on the white house. with the solar panel -- and then i want to talk about alaska -- solar panel part, were you upset that regan took them down? >> guest: i was. >> host: why did he do that? >> guest: there was a total difference of philosophy between me and reagan. i thought the american people should pay attention to our excessive depende

you can see michael douglas right there.t they're doing is giving them 60 seconds, no words, they have to kind of act out this performance through movement, through expression. it is set to music. again, they cannot speak during this. they've got matt damon, michael douglas, anthony mackay, robert duvall, javier bardem, james franco, natalie portman. really hot stars of the year. cool video in addition to what is always a great issue in the magazine. >> they even got the guy from "the social network." i just saw him. eisenberg? is that his name? >> the real guy or the character? >> not zuckerberg. >> right. >> that's going to be really interesting. last but not least, quickly, president obama is making an appearance on "mythbusters." the show, we'll give you a sneak peek at what he says. he's basically trying to disprove one of the theories that a soldier's shields shined so much they reflected the sun's rays and set fire on something. take a listen to the quick tidbit from him. >> at the president's request -- >> i think we

i say it for michael douglas, for anyone.ng the negative and really move into using our voices and our pens and our abilities that we have top reach millions of people to the positive, we can make a difference in the world. tavis: i'm going to close this conversation where i began. the thing that i know is most important to you, the babies. so in your own words, would you give your final thoughts about the house of toys this year. >> i really want to see everyone there. we have some more tickets we need to sell, and you don't need to by them. very simple. tavis: we got tickets to sell and y'all need to by them. it's very simple. >> and it's a house full of toys, the 15th annual house full of toys. and the proceeds will go to buying toys for the young children as well as some of the olders young people that deserve to celebrate this day with being given something by those of us who are fortunate enough to do it. it's just that simple. so i love you and i'll see you there. tavis: are you going to play me out while i say good ni

people are coming from miles around, and it's not for the good deals on douglas firs.ard kri kris kringle packing heat. we show you the bad sant a. >> reporter: the cardboard picture of santa with a gun on his belt is causing a lot of heat. monica was so shocked when she saw the cut-out that welcomed people into his tree farm that she took pictures and video. >> i tried to get the image out of my head all day long and i could not, because santa is made for love and bringing families together, not carrying weapons. >> they confronted their workers, asking them to take the gun-toting santa down. >> i think it's pretty crazy, to tell you the truth. we're just trying to sell trees out here and have a bunch of commotion going on. >> ever have other complaints? >> no. >> workers said there was so much commotion traffic started to back up. so they covered the gun on santa's belt. >> do you think it's fair? >> no. it's just a santa. it's just a cowboy. >> but they're worried that the gun-toting santa carries the wrong message for kids. >> this says that it's okay for santa to

number 2, rockets, chris douglas roberts.me after the red light went on and didn't count but still good enough to make our top 5. easily the most creative move on the ice and came from a 17-year-old sweden in sweden after milton put the puck on the blade of the stick. look at this. right off the back of the goaliee head. that is very creative and very cool and definitely worthy of our top 5. >> that's a coaching move. you can lift it up -- >> completely legal. >> wow. >> using his head. >> he is using that. >> look at it again. it is amazing. >> takes a lot of skill. >> there is no way the goalie can block that. bingo. >> turn the red light on. >> we will be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> before we go we want to show you a reindeer that kind of broke away from the pack. rudolph went looking for it. >> that's a reindeer. he is trotting out there. >> santa maria. >> got

goalkeeper to open the sixty minutes soon after that nets zero received a pinpoint cross from douglas that would be asleep for twenty one minutes in the second half andres so very severely dented his side's chances of getting back into the match and he was sent off in the fifty seventh minute so this incident the hosts they used their one man advantage and they held on comfortably to claim the two no victory the return leg is in argentina on. some of it. possible now and n.b.a. star le bron james says he'll concentrate on what happens on the court and not off it when his new signs the miami heat's travel to cleveland the league's double most valuable player is facing a hostile reception from his former long time fans after leaving the catalyst during the off season but james is bracing himself for the challenge i think is going to talk you know they're going to basketball game and understand. i understand how passionate fans are about sports so. i'm ready for whatever sparks them will get is going to be very emotional near me as the talk about retirement as i'm very emotional for the

the biggest bad bridge in dc may be the frederick douglas south capitol by the new stadium. >> if onethose joints fail, we would have had a could cass to tree catastrophe. >> reporter: if either of the joints fail, south capitol will collapse into the river. engineers say any node a whole lot of money to -- need a whole lot of money to replace it. >> this is about a billion dollars. >> reporter: a billion dollars? >> a whole lot of money to replace the bridge. >> reporter: experts say bridges are a lot like cars. ignore them and you end up with huge bills. but we all know what can happen if you fail to keep up. bruce leshan, 9news now. >> national transportation association estimates one in four bridges need fixed. it's far from clear that we're keeping up. >>> it is amazing the punishment the human body can sometimes take. watch what happens here. a car slams into another car sitting on the shoulder of a highway ramp. a police officer and a stranded driver get pinned between that second car and the wall. a third person comes within inches of getting caught as well in the crash. all o

the douglas fir is more than 10 feet tall and nearly 13 feet wide. clark griswald would like it. it's taken workers 4 1/2 days to complete the full decorating process. >>> they are bidding homes for families at katrina but not the kind you expect. >> not the kind you can live in. but they look delicious. how they are helping people across the country and how you can also help the kid meet their goals. >>> plus if you need to bite christmas presents, do it online today. most of your retailers will send the gift in time just in time for the holidays. and it's not going to cost you a penny. >>> it's 6:39. stewed antibayside elementary school on kent island are in the middle of a very sweet school project. >> they are building houses and they can't keep their hand off the bidding materials. abc2 news don harrison explains. >> reporter: this is not just any school project. it's a project with a purpose. >> making ginger bread houses for the people in katrina. >> it's lot of people still in the trailers. >> reporter: it was an idea 5th grade here is watching the news and was surprised

the douglas fir is more than 10 feet high, 13 feet wide at its base. it took workers about 4 1/2 days to create this christmas spectacle. >> do you use scaffolding when you decorate? >> no. think we have got like an old ladder. an old ladder to get that angel up on top of the tree. that's about it at our house. >> that's great. >> yeah. >> good stuff. >>> now the weekend, we are a little nervous here. >> me too. things are looking much better than they did yesterday. yesterday at this hour looked like a good 50/50 chance. >> of a big storm. >> yes and the storm still going to brew, still coming out here but at least we can get rid of the 50% chance right now, almost slim to none but it's hard to believe that. all week long computer models we have used to forecast, hug the snow, no, it's not. the notice they did not put out a winter storm watch today. they run through these models too with a fine-tooth comb. we will explain what still could happen. more model runs will come out this evening and because the pattern has been so crazy this week here or the

if you're headed on in, making the trip in this morning, no big concerns headed on up toward the douglas bridge. we'll switch gears here and check thin out, making the trip on in. no early worries along kenilworth avenue to northeast. travel lanes are open moving along nicely. no snow yet joe a eun. >> yeah, that's nice. thanks, jerry. >>> well, this is the season for giving. you can have a child in need have a merry christmas. generous gives have donated some 10,000 gifts for the toys for tots program sponsored by the prince george's county police. but there is a tremendous need for another 45,000 toys. you can also drop off an unwrapped present at union station. today is the final call fortoys for tots drives from 7:00 to 10:00 this morning. as an added bonus to stop by, they're also giving something away. they're raffling off a play station 3. >>> police in fairfax county are cracking down on shoplifters during the busiest shopping time of the year. the police department has a special unit called ratt or the retail anti-theft team. ra right now, team members are working with stores at

up 4-2, douglas murray winds up, scores his first goal to have the season to get the sharks within oneinute, buffalo wins 6-3, the sharks finish their five-game road trip 3-2. and the thursday night top 5. peyton manning and gargon, avehicle due [ speaking french ] >> the coats beat the titans tonight. >>> at number 4, guys take note, nothing more says more than proposing at a hockey game. she said yes. the coyotes beat the rockies. >>> capitals goalie varlamov denies steve brew neigh but gives the old kick save and the panthers beat the capitals. >> number 2, final seconds, down to the 76ers, celtics, rajon rondo to kevin garnett for if the game winner, boston won 9 straight. >> you come, cody ross, here is a guy that wanted to be a rodeo clown. >> i watched it last night on tv back in arizona where i live and i was thinking to myself "man i'm glad i didn't pick that sport." >> cody ross had a front row seat to a record setting night. i thought i did circles around beer cans but sherry survey set an arena record, 14.39 seconds, her third national championship. amazing. we'll be right

the goalkeeper open in the sixteenth minute soon after that net zero received one point loss from douglas double christie twenty minutes into the game. and in the second off andres so vera almost killed his side's chances of getting back into the match as he was sent off in the fifty seventh minute this incident. the hosts held on to their advantage to claim the two no one time legs of argentina on the eighth of december. was made to the ice now in the k h l that's a like my mr gorst have gone top of the eastern conference they sell about your life with investors not because men want to highlight the defending champ barstools to the top shootout in chile minsk western conference second place enough in my teeth and i try to tackle it's hard to play that it's three want to be honest i was side that midway through the final period elsewhere to scout thanks for being here in the russian capital and the on the mental training to four in the second meantime not going to minsk but taking a more toll there and help me carry it on the riga i just opened i can struggle and that's not because that's