>> it's rude to raise such a subject, isn't it, elliot? rude that anti-communism was considered rude, rubbish, disrespectable, and members of the rotary, for example, raised anti-communism points. you know, national review was anti-communist, and it's rude to discuss these issues, isn't it? >> i think there are differences, i would say, one is that a case was made in the 1930s and 1940s, certainly, that communism was good for america, and we had this wonderful ally in uncle joe stalin. you can't make the case that al-qaeda's good for america. nobody's making that case. it is not the same as being a member of what was, at one point, at least, a public movement, and it was then a movement with wide support in parts of the intelligence. that's not true of al-qaeda either. it is different in the sense that what you're doing is, if this is correct, infiltrating individuals, into positions, and "homeland," your favorite show; correct? >> i don't like the word "homeland" in the u.s. government. it's not an american word, but go ahead. >> i'm not

>>reporter: the musical is based on the 2000 film "billy elliot" which is set in the u.k.the 1984 miners strike. the story is centered around a young boy who trades his boxing gloves for ballet shoes. >> shuffles and flaps and pickups. >>reporter: something the 13- year-old massachusetts native says is one thing he has in common with the character. what do you like most about billy, about the character? >> dancing. i just love to dance so much. it's definitely my favorite part. >>reporter: do you see yourself in him? >> yeah, absolutely, because we have the same passion for dance. >>reporter: and noah tried schooling me on some of the dance moves. >> down and up. >>reporter: i quickly channeled my inner balance erin a until he ask -- ballerina until he does this, something he does on stage. based on how i'm twirling, i think the foytes whipped me. do you ever get scared that you might mess up? >> i mean, i've definitely messed up, but i don't get nervous. >>reporter: a pro untouched by nerves, dancing, singing and acting his way across the country, one show at a time. at t

chair, jason elliot from the mayor's office. i will be very brief. thank you for calling this hearing and continuing to pay attention to this issue, it's a topic of constant conversation in meetings in the mayor's office. what we're going to present to you today is a condensed version in the interest of time, an overview of the mayor's new ipo interrupt, predict and organize strategy to fight crime. this was a strategy that was developed and implemented in july, it's now november so we have begun to see fruits of that labor. so we will provide a brief update there and then commander murphy from sfpd will respond to the other part of the hearing request, which is for actual crime trends and hard data. so without further ado and now that i'm thoroughly terrified of what my clipper card information is contained on there, let me turn it over to the mayor's director of public safety, paul anderson. >> mr. anderson, welcome. >> good to see you again. with that introduction we have a little slide show here with the information. basically here is our strateg

that includes tickets to see billy elliot, cd poster onned other goodies -- poster and other goodies. >>> this morning's coffee with guest is andrew mccarthy. the satellite interview was furnished be i the hallmark channel. >> good morning sir. >> good morning. >> how are we doing? >> great. how are you doing? >> i'm not doing badly. getting over a bad sinus infection or something. that's neither here nor there. when i was a child growing up and the holidays were approaching you could count on the hallmark hall of fame to have a production to put you mt. proper spirit. now the hallmark channel seems to be doing the same thing with this production you're involved in. tell us about it. >> yeah, it's exactly that. i remember those movies growing up as wem. this -- as well. this one is called come dance with me. it has that hallmark, feel good unsend cal unironic, straight ahead heartwarming story. apply a corporate climber who is on the fast track and i have to learn to dance for the company christmas party. i go take waltz lessons and fall in love with my teacher. it gives up the idea t

thats right elliot! the spartans are now ranked 24 in the o >>> they're ranked 24 in the bcs, and with a win in the nation's capitol it could make it historic for sjsu. the spart apps are taking in some light practice as they get ready to go their first bowl game in many years. >> the spartans didn't have to wait until december 2nd like most schools. they found out november 30th that the school accepted an invitation to play in the military bowl. the coach was excited to learn that he and the spartans would travel to the east coast in a match-up against the bowling green state university falcons from ohio. they are 8-4 in the mid-american conference. >> excited for our team, our program, our school. it's exciting. we get to play at rfk stadium where the old hogs used to play. and it's going to be a lot of fun. >> reporter: the team is thrilled about attending its first bowl game since 2006 when they beat new mexico state in the new mexico bowl. >> i was pumped, man. i've heard about the military bowl. i

] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> today on newsmakers, we're joined by elliot engel. he will talk about how the house and senate are winning issues around the september attack on the u.s. consulatein benghazi and the state department report in hearings held last week on the attack. >> if you work for him, you would get a material, sometimes generous overbearing, sometimes almost cruel boss. he did not know how to apologize. men of his age and class, they're not going to apologize to a young secretary or typist. he had a way of sort of turning the tables in his version of an apology would be to say, actually, i am kind manage your doing a good job today. the issue was never settled. -- a kind man and you are doing a fine job today. one night to going through naipaul, a german bomb went off. he should not have been out at all. his bodyguard pushed him into a doorway. a couple of thomson's men were slightly wounded. he did not like to be touched. he said, do not do that. he said, sir, you should not be out here. he said, i am only doing this because i know you lov

. >>> time to check in with josh elliot!lligible ] all next right here on "good morning america." >>> new this morning. sydney radio station says it is donating profits for the rest of the year to a memorial fund to benefit jacintha saldanha the nurse who killed herself after that hoax. the station plans to donate half a million dollars to the fund. also cancelling its christmas party and donating that money. she was found dead after being tricked in a prank by two deejays to transfer a fake call from the8&.a$ queen. they were impersonating the queen and prince charles. >>> how much does it cost to be a fan of apple? >> investors responding to developments on ai and delta airlines. jane king joins us live from the new york stock exchange --. -- >>> lots going on. first aig, the shares are gaining this has as the sells remaining stake in the bailed out insurance company. delta's shares up, airline agreed to buy 49% stake in jury -- virgin atlantic. possible progress in fiscal cliff talks feds kicking off two day meeting. econ

. >>> time to check in with josh elliot for a look everything is going to be all right people comings drrj fresh, i'm just saying fresh does not[rí-z equal >>> kind of on the topi7w+tw ths morning good news in the battle against childhood obesity new data showÅ3q slight drop in the number of preschoolers from low income researchers credit the decline on more physical activity, higher rates of the breast-feeding.lz>> netflix wants to get into the social networking game. >> new ceo of yahoo plans to make appearance at upcoming electronics show in las vegas. >>> goodÚç morning ellen. >>> good morning. the big consumer electronics of -- marissa mayer, a lot of hope she is expected to be there. she is an ing partiesanaÑ, one-on-one meetings trying -- trying to reesta

. >>> we check in now with josh elliot for what is coming up on "good morning america" at 7:00. >>> goodto you both to all of new the bay area. coming up, exclusive, this morning the utah mother who gave her baby up for adoption but didn't tell the father led to a bitter custody battle for the first time she is telling her whole story to abc news it is next here on "good morning america." >>> business news. apple going to invest in manufacturing -- >> deal on burgers jane king is live at the new york stock exchange. >>> good morning. big change for apple, time cook, ceo tells us apple planses to spend more than 100 million dollars next year building mac computers here in the united states and shipping a small -- and shifting a small portion away from china. cook tells us it is apple's responsibility to create jobs he didn't say where in the u.s.. since apple will work with partners and the operates will include more than final assembly, apple manufactured and assembled many products in the united states until the late 90s. apple shares were down yesterday, dragged the nasdaq lower and do

. >>> let's check in with josh elliot for what is coming up on "good morning america" at 7:00. >>> gooding many new details on the bizarre and unfolding saga of software mogul john mcafee. landed in miami yesterday, been on the run for a month. still wanted for questioning in belize this morning he spoke with abc news we have it for you next. >>> right now new this morning officials say a navy helicopter has made a hard landing at north island naval air station in southern california injuring the four crew onboard. the navy says the seahawk was taking part in routine training when it made the hard landing last night. officials say two other crewmembers were taken to uc san diego medical center the other two taken to scripps. >>> long waited return of the google maps app is hitting apple device this morning nearly three months after apple replaced google maps with its own mapping app which was plagued with wrong or missing information. google says the new app is a major improvement over its previous version. >>> people living in certain parts of the country could farrers worse than other

george stephanopolous, josh elliot will be live. coverage starts at 7:00. >> we are keeping track of light rain in the bay area right now. traffic and weather together. here is a live look outside at the golden gate bridge. you can see rain is coming down there. mike nicco will have the full accu-weather forecast. there have been some accidents and we'll check in with sue hall in the traffic center. >> also ahead, he wasn't santa but he was trying to come down the chimney when he got stuck. >>> we've got slow traffic by waze app, this 101 northbound, in santa clara-sunnyvale area around matilda. that has been cleared out of the lanes just before 237 but traffic is jammed northbound. we're going to take 85 or perhaps 280 to get around this until traffic recovers but 101 north is jammed. >> good morning. a little wet out this morning. light rain and drizzle. even in areas you do not see blue and green this morning. we are still getting some wet weather and that will hang around until this morning. tapering down around 4:00. temperatur

. >>> let's check in with josh elliot for a preview what is coming up on "good morning america" at 7:00. >>> good friday morning. coming up here barbara walters to talk about her exclusive sit down with president obama and michelle obama. this is the couple's first interview. also for you today, we've been counting down the plays of the year all week. today it is number one. to wring it in we have a very special guest. don't miss it on "good morning america." >> new this morning, pg&e is rushing to inspect more than 1500 pieces of under ground electrical equipment in the bay area for possible safety hazards. this comes after required inspections may not have actually been performed. pg&e has experienced explosions and fires in under ground vaults in the city including one in union square that sent a manhole cover into the air and injuring a passerby. they fired employees who claimed to have inspected equipment when they actually had none zblot a judge received a public admonishment stemming from comments he gave. derek johnson got himself in hot water i'm not a gynecologist but i can

let's check in with josh elliot for a preview of what is coming up on "good morning america" at 7:00. good friday morning. we cannot wait to show you our special visit to robin's home many take a look at that the gang back together again for the first time in months. we helped her trim a tree, celebrate the holidays and drink delicious punch. it was phenomenal to be with her, we are going to share it with you, next right here on "good morning america." >>> america's most controversial sheriff comes to town this morning the arizona sheriff known for his aggressive position on illegal immigration will be speaking in san francisco, hostile territory for him. terry mcsweeney is live with what we can expect. >> reporter: when the sheriff takes the stage sherry joe arpaio from arizona will be talking to hundreds from the -- california alarm association speech begins 10:third -- 10:30 until noon. look at the sheriff last night went out for dinner and bumped into something very san francisco. arpaio has been at the center of illegal immigration debate he is an absolute firestorm when it comes

sought a half deserted street but we deadline poet speaker does we have a deadline also someone like elliot can make up the pull money subject to choose a with easy rhyme and meter but we have to grapple with the fact people persist to go into american politics to have bad brine and demeter in their names. [laughter] my people are people like ross perot. john mccain. they tend to lose. a was pleased to see bob dole back on the senate floor last week. but bob dole rhymes with a lot of things. but to have bad names for rhyming this sounds easy because it rhymes with tusche but when george w. bush left office i wanted to write a poem i had a lot of middle names. it was a do to you george herbert walker of and never treasured as a talker your predicates were prone to wander down to less off alone. [laughter] so on your greenwich country day relax in never ordered japanese. clinton is a bad name. and in his second term with the unpleasant nests remember when hillary clinton said to take a lead she would appear on the today program and clinton would not work so i was forced to use the native name

then came the biggest break of all, on the same today voters turned on elliot richardson. he was one of the few heroes of watergate. but the republicans dumped him in their primary in favor of a right wing businessman. only then was john kerry's path to the senate and all the prominence and all the opportunities that senate seat has afforded him, only then was that clear. in politics we tend to ridicule losers or ignore them. but john kerry's road back is a reminder of how arbitrary this game really is. all right, that does it for "the cycle." karen finney, you're in for martin bashir and it's all yours. >> all right. it's wednesday, december 26th. we hope you're having a wonderful holiday because the president's is about to end. boehner and the boys? what's the rush? ♪ >> first of all, we want to say merry christmas. >> president obama is cutting short his christmas break with the fiscal cliff looming large. >> the fiscal cliff gets closer. congress now has six days left to make a deal. >> aloha, hawaii. >> to my republican colleagues, the ronald reagan model is if you ge

>> the thing we're excited about it, we have the legendary actor elliot gould who will be joining usn stage with this. this is his new film. there he is right there in the scene. he's going to be joining us to talk about his career and also his latest. this is a romantic comedy happening in l.a. about a woman trying to ajust to new urban life. >> has he helped create the film him or just acting in it? >> he is acting in it but he was a mentor for all the younger actors on screen. >> the title of the next one can crack you up. how to reestablish a vodka empire. sounds like a comedy just by the title. is it? >> it is not exactly a comedy although there are definitely comic moments in it. is a documentary following the director. he's looking into his family's heritage. it's a jewish vodka maker. what you're seeing is a reenactment, there are several of them that are very fanciful throughout the film. it's a reenactment of the love affair between his great grandfather and the woman of his dreams. >> another great thing of film festivals, you get a chance to either meet the director or so

one, a lot of critics will look at this and say, it's like if al capone hired elliot ness and helpedan up. treasury doesn't see it that way. they followed all the cooling off rules. they are happy to have his expertise on board. >> next beyonce, pepsi and $50 million bucks. what do you think, john carney. >> i'm sorry i pushed for the $60 million for me and it went to beyonce. >> i would have done it for five. i would do it for five, save pepsi a lot of money, we would sell a lot of soda. a lot of people like beyonce. if my face was on there we could see some cans. >> that would be really cool. >> i'm not going to touch that one. we'll leave it there, gentlemen, appreciate it very much. when we come back, a quick update on the markets. we still have a triple digit advance in the dow jones industrial average. back in 2:00. [ male announcer ] it's that time of year again. time for citi price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing. and you really don't want to pay more than you have to. only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. and if

i have 100 books on my own shelves about world war ii and african campaign and samuel elliot morrison's official history of the naval battles, u.s. navy. i thought i can do this. somewhere along the lines i realized i don't know what bill wants me to do. and we did discuss this somewhat. he said you have to put your man in his times. you have to have the detail of city life and country life and what were the roads like, what were the airplanes like. were they pressurized. all of the details have to be there so the character can move through his world and the reader understands and has a feel for it. host: how much reading -- i don't know if you can quantify it -- how much reading did you do? and where did you do it? guest: i had a nice library in the house we bought with a fair place and view of the blue ridge mountains and i had five desks set up in a u with all the material manchester used to cut and paste into his tablets, i had the books, plus speeches and memoirs that were not available when bill was writing. off to the side i a chair, in the dining room a couch and i would take tw

>> guest: well, prohibition produced organize crime and gmen and elliot ness and all of that, and, actually, the first real federal gun control measure that came into effect was as a result of that. >> host: 1934 fair -- firearm act. >> guest: exactly, upheld in 1939 by the supreme court. >> host: the miller case. >> guest: the miller case where somebody challenged the application of how could you be denied the right to have a machine gun and the supreme court said unless you can demonstrate the relationship between having a machine gun in private hands and the preservation of a well-regulated militia doesn't seem to have any application, that ruling was long interpreted to mean that the supreme court thought there was no individual right to have firearms that you had to be in some kind of a relationship to a militia or the militia or the national guard or whatever or the military to exercise your right to have firearms. >> host: 1938's a long time ago, and that was the law was land, clearly, until 2008. what changed during that time period? >> guest: well, incidentally, the 1934 firearms a

elliot management corporation offering to buy the software company. you can see this up $1.22. $10.75. the premium for friday, that is why you saw the pop. it was a little higher a short time ago. $11.16, right up to that offer price, as you know, beyond the offer point. we talk about this company, they control it present of compuware. you can see it right now. tracy: greek yogurt sales going getting busted setting up shop, more shop here in america. thashley: up 3.33%. we will be right back. ashley: and early christmas gift to drivers as gas prices dropped to their lowest level of the year. prices have fallen as supplies disrupted by hurricane isaac and sandy are being replenished and refineries have switched to winter blends. americans will spend a record amount of gasoline this year, $2700 on average. and interesting twist even americans will spend a record amount this year, they're spending the least amount of fuel in 11 years because cars are more fuel efficient but also consumption. tracy: yogurt company has not only given america a drive for greek yogurt, but in five yea

elliot "endangered." [cheering and applause] published by scholastic books. of love that extends all boundaries even though that lie behind species. "race to build and steal the most's dangerous weapon" published by flash point. a rivetting thriller of the book that tells of a birth of age. to the writers, thank you. thank you for your work. and thank you for what it will mean young readers in our nation. this year's national book award for young people literature goes to william alexander. ♪ ♪ okay. okay. we now have proof that alternate universes exist. there is one. absolutely one there has to be where endanger takes this home. there's actually one a little further away it was written by a author. i think it won it both times. there's and just another step another little step sideways, "out of reach" has to take it home for creating substance out of a wrenching absence. this is moments just a little, little step away from where we are we're being reminded of the devastating importance of narrative in "never fall down" if we exclude that set of earth alread

elliot engel, weighing in on a number of topics, including rumors that former republican senator chuck bill could be nominated as defense secretary. you heard from the president on friday as he nominated senator john kerry as secretary of state and the new speculation about chuckle over at the pentagon. here are the comments of congressman dingell, the incoming democratic member of the house foreign affairs committee. but there is a huge opposition to the potential nomination of chuckled to become the next secretary of defense, even the president obama has not made his decision. the former senator has come under fire for statements he has made, including one where he referred to the pro-israel lobby as the "jewish lobby." what is your reaction to that remark? >> i think that remark is a troublesome and problematic. it shows that the very best, a lack of sensitivity, and at the very worst, prejudice. i am concerned about the nomination. chuck if has been in the senate for a number of years. there is not only a lot of controversy with that remark, but with some of his boats -- votes. i h

come on in.gina elliot owns this "jewel box" of-a-house in downtown st. helena, in the napa valley. it's called la villetta cara and la villetta cara in italian means precious, cara means "precious" and villetta means "little villa." and it just draws your eye upshe teamed up with interior designer leslie wilkes to try and create a grand look in this small spaceshe just saw this house as i saw it.it's such a charming, little, cozy home, i think that's what makes it so special. one of the most loveliest things too of this home is how you're greeted from outsidehello anybody home? with only 778 square feet to work with these ladies set out to maximize every inchwe picked out this sofa not only can you use it during the day but it also opens up as a sofa bed at night for guests to stay over. in a small space like this you need to have a focal point that draws the eye upwards some of the examples of creating a point of interest and bringing your eye up can all work together so that's why we created this entry table and we made it long we didn't make it short because we wanted to emphasi