some of new york city's hottest hotels, restaurants, and bars are owned by eric goode. >> eric goode:. i need to say hello to people i haven't said hello to. hi. >> stahl: that's made him rich and comfortable with the glitterati and fashionistas. but behind the scenes, he caters to a far less glamorous clientele-- endangered turtles and tortoises. how did the whole interest, if not obsession, with turtles and tortoises begin? >> goode: as a child at six, >> stahl: at six? >> goode: i was given a small herman's tortoise, and that created a budding interest in the natural world, and in reptiles and snakes and lizards, and in my hard-shelled friends that i just fell in love with. and so it was a progression. >> stahl: it's an obsession that takes him as far from the glitz of the new york scene as imaginable. he wades through swamps, turns over rocks, wrangles exotic snakes and other reptiles, as he searches for his first love. >> goode: what a beautiful tortoise. this is our first psammobates tentorius trimeni. >> stahl: turtles and tortoises trace back before the dinosaurs. but now, tod

yes, eric. good, well it's quite simple all you have to... eric? good evening.nished? i should like to discuss your further orders with you in the throne room now. ♪ ♪ ♪ an elegant plan a truly elegant plan! once my mirror is in position all the sunshine will be reflected away from the world. it will get cold very very cold. hhhhh. it will freeze over and then it will be mine. hahaha! hahahah! ♪ ♪ ♪ you fools. we're very sorry your majesty. i would remind you that i do not like to be kept waiting. i would further remind you that my bats are always hungry. is that quite clear? yes, yes, yes good, then take the mirror and place it on the far mountain as you have been instructed and make sure that it is at the correct angle. i want the whole world in complete darkness. hahaha! come on, turn. turning the handle eric. come on, come on. go and open the doors. i'm turning the wheel now eric, is that right? eric? yes. yes, that's right, that's right. going up. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ stop. turn to the right. turning to the right. noooo nooo ♪ ♪ lower the hook. when

just wanted to point it out. >> kimberly: congratulations. >> juan: why don't you tell us -- >> eric: goodh of food. >> greg: feed animals to people. >> eric: no. saving the animals. juan, you're up. >> juan: you know what 2012 may be remembered for that we've got a stash of great athletic talent on the scene. think about it. andrew luck in indianapolis. great quarterback. robert griffin iii in washington. my redskins, go skins. again, newtown. and what about on the baseball field? you've got mike trout of the los angeles anaheim angels. phenomenal player. >> andrea: me, too. i mean. just come back to washington -- >> juan: come back to washington. bryce harper. rookie of the year and tall sent on prime time for years to come. >> eric: good sports teams. >> kimberly: more of "sportscenter" when we return after the break. where am i? i love sports. it's been a great year. >> andrea: you watch sports on mute, kimberly, for the guys. >> kimberly: i like to make sure they are doing okay. i like the outif its. okay. so now, that is a true story. so now on a serious note, think about the holiday

. >>> good morning i'm eric thomas. kristen sze and cheryl jennings are on assignment. >>> san francisco police investigating a bizarre birth today. the mother and infant are hospitalized the baby might not have survived if not for police officers who worked quickly to save his life. amy hollyfield is live at the bay view police stakes with more. >> reporter: police are -- are excited today. they say it warms their heart that two of their officers worked hard this morning and had a fantastic outcome, they are calling it a miracle. they are not taking all the credit. they say there's a few other people that played a role in this morning's miracle. the fact that the homeless shelter inside the baptist church was open 2:00 this morning may have saved a baby's life. it started when a staff member her the front door buzzer >> there was a lady at the door covered in blood. she said she wanted to come in. we didn't know -- we didn't know her she didn't have anything with her. he went to let his supervisor know. >> reporter: wh

eric, bob, only two with children. good or bad idea? >> eric: want me to go first?cond worst idea he has come up with. the first was a 75% tax on his people. this is the second worst idea. i will tell you, i am very proud of my son who is a high honor roll student who does homework every night. it study with him on tests. that's why the scores are up. you stop doing that. they play games. the video games are enormous. stay with the homework. >> i have seen first graders with homework. that is not bad. there is time. get this, in france they are off on wednesday. they do not have to go to school on wednesday. >> they're overrated snobs went belly up in world war ii. they think they are the most cultured people in world but they have harry armpits. british attack for 2,000 year years. they built a tunnel to these people? are you out of your nowned >> andrea: you are not vacationing in paris. >> eric: i have seen your armpits. remember when dana dunked you? you have harry armpits. >> i'm not a woman. let me make a point. there is something to be said about the young ki

find out what it will >> eric: good monday morning, 5:14, a live look from rooftop camera. you see the bay and bay bridge in the background. there is light rain scattered around the bay area. we will show some of that to you and mike will show you the forecast with live doppler 7-hd. >> discussion about a controversial soccer field project, it continues when city council meets this evening. the proposed property is opposed by environmental groups and some residents. concerns include the impact on wildlife and airport safety issues. supporters say the city needs more athletic fields. the project is supported by a 5-1 vote from the planning commission. >> southwest airlines has settled a lawsuit worth an estimated $29 million for drink vouch there's didn't have an expiration date. the class action suit covers 6 million unredeemed drink tickets. it's when southwest changed their policy because people were abusing the system by using photocopies of the vouchers. >>> with america accelerating to the so-called fiscal cliff. budget negotiations are picking up momentum. john boehne

>> "the five." >> eric: good boys. plain just ahead on "the five." ♪ ...so as you can see, geico's customer satisfaction is at 97%. mmmm tasty. and cut! very good. people are always asking me how we make these geico adverts. so we're taking you behind the scenes. this coffee cup, for example, is computer animated. it's not real. geico's customer satisfaction is quite real though. this computer-animated coffee tastes dreadful. geico. 15 minutes could save you 15 % or more on car insurance. someone get me a latte will ya, please? neural speeds increasing to 4g lte. brain upgrading to a quad-core processor. predictive intelligence with google now complete. introducing droid dna by htc. it's not an upgrade to your phone. it's an upgrade to yourself. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> greg: odd song for this segment. anyway, the criminal who pushed that poor guy in front of a new york subway to his death was caught last night. apologies to bob costas, they arrested a man, not the train. don't fret, over time you'll hear about the mental state of th

good morning. >> good morning, eric. >> good to see you. they finished two weeks of voting yesterday. what does this mean for the future of egypt? will it be an islamic state? >> this is a significant victory for the muslim brotherhood and president mohammed morsi even though voter turnout was down. the approval rate looks to be 63, 64%. that's not far off from what the muslim brotherhood got in the parliamentary agreement which was ruled illegal prompting a battle between morsi and the judiciary. they've proven they can get out the votes. there are clams claims of fraud and they'll reject the legitimacy of the constitution. the struggle is hardlily over but it's a success for the muslim brotherhood. >> this is a defeat for the christians? there are dire warnings of consequentials for the christian minority making up 10% of egypt. what does this mean for those who are not muslim? >> for the cop ticks it's immense concern. during the last two years of the arab spring, something in the order of over 100,000 coptic christians fled egypt and th

>> eric: safety. >> eric: good guy with a gun keeps bad guy with a gun away. hosting cavuto. >> --l be -- >> bob: now you! >> eric: this is the last day really before they can get their act together. >> bob: there are more pictures of anybody on this show than anybody else and it's fine because your tan is perfect. >> andrea: we talked about great tans and real tans, but we will talk about this. and more evidence that the united states is the world leader. check out the shopping mall in shanghai, china, where they install a shark tank that exploded while mall shoppe shoppers -- >> bob: is that for real? >> andrea: it is. spilled out. shark week! to the shoppers. the mall officials said we have no plan to rebuild the shark tank. do you think? >> bob: anybody eaten? what happened to the sharks? >> greg: a great white sale. [ laughter ] >> bob: very good.

. >> hi eric, good morning. >> hi eric. we are here at union square having so much fun we've raised $1500 so far people are bringing groceries, money, there are seven ways for to you give. >> one is text, i did it this morning. type the number 80077 and the word feed and it is a $10 donation. you can do it too. >> fan out more on abc7news.com. we'll -- we'll be back to tell you more. >>> good morning. we are live from walnut creek festive atmosphere. if case you don't where we are broadway plaza look for the giant christmas tree. we've been here live since 4:30 this morning trying to raise awareness about hunger in the bay area. i know you want to give money or food. we've got goodies to give you this stuff from the food bank contra costa and solano county we have games for kids to play and our deejay. if that's not enough, abc7 is going to give away a few things, we are going to raffle off several prizes, we have three pairs of tickets to the san francisco ballet. if you donate $25 we'll put new a raffle for four ticket to

good morning. 5 a.m. i'm katie marzullo in for kristen sze this morning. >>> i'm eric thomas. >> christmas eve. k you for joining us. if you got last minute shopping to do you want to know what the weather is like. >>> [ unintelligible ] radar, satellite, 5:00 this morning, looking good, damp, there's a lot of moisture in the ground some of that seeping out in the form of fog, patchy in all of our

>> eric: snow is always a white christmas. there is me on a good christmas. r years old or so. do you have the other one? look at that. me -- >> bob: hair went from blonde to black. >> eric: crying. i was destroyed. i did not like him. that is it. >> kimberly: sounds like it was nice christmass. >> dana: i grew up in colorado so we often had white christmas. we'd go to wyoming, to the ranch. that was fun. i remember them fondly. that is my christmasma perino who is passed away now. she had been in denver. avocado green chair and drape. me and my stocking. but i got my favorite gift ever. >> bob: you didn't grow much. >> dana: that is my sister. my mom had to put a tree in the playpen, i think my sister would not leave it alone. angie as a little one. play pen. i don't know if kids are still allowed to be put in a playpen. i was -- i'm always good. >> bob: wuss. dais dignified. no crying. i don't know what that was. where is the other one? one more. there was one i thought was the best one. i got my sesame street thing. i could carry it around and put all the d

the weather channel's eric fisher is in lewiston, maine. good evening to you, eric. >> good evening, natalie. 16 people have been killed by this latest winter storm that brought everything from tornadoes to coastal flooding, hurricane-force wind gusts and nearly 2 feet of snow. certainly has brought plenty of misery for people from texas to maine. today a massive storm moved north, dumping more than a foot of snow in parts of new england. it's been a record-breaking system as it moved across the country. >> look at that tornado. >> spawning a reported 26 tornadoes across the south. and flooding along the already hard-hit east coast. the results? a travel nightmare for millions. >> we circled for over an hour before we landed, yeah. pretty rough flight coming in. >> in the past two days, more than 2,000 flights have been cancelled. in los angeles, many eastbound flights are delayed. in new york, stranded passengers spent the night at laguardia airport, hoping for better news today. >> horrible. not comfortable at all. >> reporter: at new york's m

good morning. i'm jamie colby. great to have you here. welcome to america's news headquarters. >> eric: i'm eric shawn. od morning. in an exclusive interview with "fox news sunday," speaker boehner says negotiations are at a standstill. this is as treasury secretary tim geithner says the president is ready for what he calls difficult concessions. mr. boehner says he was flabbergasted at the white house stance on what they say needs to be done. peter doocy has details this morning on the latest developments from washington. good morning, peter. >> good morning, eric. spieger boehner said negotiations are nowhere, period and he called treasury secretary tim geithner's presentation of the white house proposal to avoid the fiscal cliff earlier in week "nonserious." >> i was flabbergasted. i lookedded a him like you can't be serious. i've just never seen anything like it. you know we have seven weeks between election day and the end of the year. three of those weeks have been wasted with this nonsense. >> reporter: here is what has the speaker flabbergasted. the white house would like to raise tax rates on t

eric: there it is. you know what, bob? good boy! least you got him laying down. >> kimberly: without his special puppy --

>> eric: we did this once before but good friends at "fox & friends" they have a christmas special comingd. our audience, "the five" audience wants to know why we were displaced. obviously there is a good reason. what are you doing with the studio? >> we turned in a winter wonderland. >> this is our christmas set for with the fox & friends" special christmas. right there is your special tv. if you notice we have taken out your television -- >> "the five" logo is gone. >> that is a fire. i need to feed it right now. ♪ ♪ >> eric: great. when are you getting out of here so we get back in our studio? >> as soon as we do the entire program. but we have a gigantic show. not only do we have christmas and some elves and gutfeld is playing the elf, but we also have an actual live nativity scene. with, you know, the king, and the wise men and baby jesus. >> beckel claims he would be the best baby jesus. what do you think? >> he is certainly not one of the wise men. >> thank you, steve. get out of here so we can get our studio back? >> fine. throw another log on the barbie. >> good boy. he's a good

and everybody should be involved in that way. >> eric, always good to have you.yaver baum. aver baum. >>> behind me, you can see, just a small part of the memorial here downtown. there's some friends who are decorating a christmas tree. and i see people leaving candles right now. it's been nonstop. in fact, it's gotten so large, it's literally winding down the street. in fact, throughout this town, impromptu memorials have been marking the lives lost. one at the volunteer firehouse. there's another one at the high school. each a reminder that the people of newtown are not alone. >> memorials have sprung up all around this town, but this is the one that so many people gravitate to downtown. it's where the town christmas tree is. a beautiful square here. and it started very small. and it started very simply. but now, day and night, whenever we come here, there are crowds of people. you can see what they have left everywhere you look. there are flowers. religious candles. people come here, we've seen people kneeling down in prayer. and the number of stuffed animals.

. >> eric: thank you. >> have a good week. >> eric: you too. >> jamie: we begin with a fox news alert, awaiting a news conference from newtown, connecticut, with the very lateet -- latest on the school shooting, coming to grips with the senseless tragedy. local and federal investigators have fanned out across the state, looking for clues. president obama also preparing to attend an interfaith vigil offering, healing as well to a grief-stricken nation. that's where we are all today. this is a brand-new hour inside america's news headquarters. >> eric: and good morning. investigators are of course, right now, trying to paint a more complete picture of the suspect. as more questions emerge about 22-year-old adam lanza. what set him on the path to allegedly shoot and kill 20 innocent children? along with the brave adults who so courageously tried to stop him from the carnage in the school hallway. and more questions about his mother, nancy, at the home they shared before he shot her in the face and drove to the sandy hook elementary school. a woman many remember as kind and loving. >> ver

good morning. i'm kristen sze. it's 6:00. >> eric: i'm eric thomas. is it cold out there. it was cold yesterday. mike check out this. >> fog is thicker but clouds are starting to spread across our neighborhoods and holding our temperatures if not letting them rise a little bit. here is the reason why we have the cloud cover. got moisture in the air. i haven't heard a single report

>> eric: ready for one of my favorite one more thing. we are goodo. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ laughter ] >> eric: perfect timing. >> brian: always in the right place at the right time. they asked me to host this thing last night for the wounded warrior project. they put products across country from dory toes to clorox. heinz ketchup. when you buy heinz ketch finish there is a wounded warrior thing on there, buy it and the money goes to wounded warrior project. brilliant idea. if you see the logo, buy the product. >> dana: excellent. smart. great. i am going to guest host for governor mike huckabee. i know you will cancel your plans to see it. i have congressman allen west, bob is dieing to see. we will talk about hurricane sandy victims not happy about how the government and insurance companies are treating them in the wake of that. >> what instrument will you play?

(applause) >> claudine chang, [speaker not understood] smith, eric scott. >> good afternoon, ms. chang. >>> good afternoon. claudine chang, [speaker not understood] i'm speaking. i'm someone very concerned about what is happening in north beach today. in january in support of the north beach station and a solution that would provide the kind of transit efficiency for the city, and i'm also in support of having no extractions in north beach. speaking directly to the proposed resolution today, the three appreciatevxeses, preference number 1 is to evaluate option 4 which is a favorite option so far from what i have heard. however, the way that the resolution was written, much has to depend on whether additional environmental review is necessary. and as of today from mr. funge's report or update, it appears that it may be, it may be not. [speaker not understood]. let's put it that way. preference number 2 is option 3, which again, i think has the same environmental review issue that comes to this. the last we saw -- i have the most objections to [speaker not understood] rifkin ha ter

there would be outrage and uproar. >> kimberly: ten years of good service. >> eric: we are discriminatede. >> kimberly: the good looking people. >> andrea: not for humility. >> juan: mr. sensitivity here. >> kimberly: i feel bad for her. i can see in the photo is picture of a child. she is a mom. apparently she is quite attractive head to toe if you know what i mean. the dentist admitted to his wife or did something that the wife caught on to it or didn't like to way the woman looked. quite sexy. why are you shaking your head? >> greg: this is a plot line from l.a. line episode for 20 years ago. this is how you -- all you do is go back and look at the old tv sears on law and go to court. it works every time. this is women on women sexism. the man has nothing to do with it. the wife is saying i had enough of this. get out. having said that, there is more discrimination against the homely than there are against the hot. i wonder how many women lost their jobs to this woman because they weren't attractive enough. think about that, america. >> kimberly: that was interesting. part of the prob

eric: we got to go. thank you guys. >> steve: good luck. >> eric: it's the brokest state in the country, but that's not stopping out free phones to the homeless. is that a good idea? >> steve: then all decked out for christmas. up next, how you can be their secret santa. adorable. [ penélope ] i found the best cafe in the world. nespresso. where i never have to compromise on anything. ♪ where just one touch creates the perfect coffee. where every cappuccino and latte is only made with fresh milk. and where the staff is exceptionally friendly. ♪ nespresso. what else? gives you 1% cash back on all purchases, plus a 50% annual bonus. and everyone...but her likes 50% more cash. but i'm upping my game. do you want a candy cane? yes! do you want the puppy? yes! do you want a tricycle? yes! do you want 50 percent more cash? no! ♪ festive. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card gives you 1% cash back on every purchase plus a 50% annual bonus on the cash you earn. it's the card for people who like more cash. what's in your wallet? 1. >> harry reid has invited director steven spielberg to do a screening of

that could alter the history. >> eric: today's news is good example.uging 40s and smoking weed in the lunch break and today they return to building cars that you and i drive the kids to school in. because of the union contract. only because of the union contracts. >> bob: c'mon, bob. you can find a video like this. >> bob: i can find it in every right to work state in the south lunch break. >> eric: they'd get fired. >> kimberly: they're not from texas. >> bob: they don't get fired in the south? >> eric: chrysler said we don't like to decision. we would have fired them but they can't. >> kimberly: they have protection. bostonright to work means whoever is not a union member gets the sweat they put in to it to get the good jobs. they're scabs because they don't put in the union political fund. >> dana: 24 states have lower unemployment rate and other states are not right to work, while shouldn't michigan, at least they have a democratic process. it's passed. the governor has been thoughtful about it. people, majority of people support it. why not let th

. >>> good morning and merry christmas. i'm ericroblem istmas feast that will me a very merry christmas for thousands in need.ncis now withr forecast. good morning. welcome back. >>> thank you eric, good morning everyone and merry christmas. live doppler picking up on the rain slated to move through christmas day. you can see heavy rainfall on the northern coast it going to slide through the bay area by lunchtime when it hits the golden gate bridge late morning we'll see rain in "k north bay. right now upper 30s. 41 napa, 46 oakland. going to stay around 50s today for the most part, low 50s around the bay area. it will be breezy this afternoon, it will turn into showers tomorrow then it will be dry and cool for thursday! we have a longer chance to dry out starting thursday. in san francisco, wet, 53°, 55 san jose. heavy rain and breezy this afternoon, showers tomorrow, dry thursday and to the weekend. >>> more ahead on this christmas edition of the abc7 morning news. back in about 60 seconds. >>> good morning everyone. live doppler

there would be outrage and uproar. >> kimberly: ten years of good service. >> eric: we are discriminatedkimberly: the good looking people. >> andrea: not for humility. >> juan: mr. sensitivity here. >> kimberly: i feel bad for her. i can see in the photo is picture of a child. she is a mom. apparently she is quite attractive head to toe if you know what i mean. the dentist admitted to his wife or did something that the wife caught on to it or didn't like to way the woman looked. quite sexy. why are you shaking your head? >> greg: this is a plot line from l.a. line episode for 20 years ago. this is how you -- all you do is go back and look at the old tv sears on law and go to court. it works every time. this is women on women sexism. the man has nothing to do with it. the wife is saying i had enough of this. get out. having said that, there is more discrimination against the homely than there are against the hot. i wonder how many women lost their jobs to this woman because they weren't attractive enough. think about that, america. >> kimberly: that was interesting. part of the problem is

eric church called "creeping." now you can rest easy. if they have this and it tracks my shopping patterns and makes my shopping experience better in the future, i'm goodll watch the shopping patterns. this is so they can make sure you don't rip stuff up. >> andrea: this discriminates against people like me who shop a lot i'm on camera more than someone who doesn't shop. this is scary but it happens every day with people's purchasing habit online. they are mining our data. this time it's information. they sell it. >> greg: i have an interesting question. >> dana: oh. >> greg: let's say you are a strange man and you decide to take off your clothes in front of the mannequin is that indecent exposure? >> andrea: it doesn't record -- >> greg: it's going somewhere. would you be arrested. >> dana: where have you been this afternoon? >> andrea: it doesn't record your naked body. i just record man, 40-year-old, brown hair, short. >> bob: what scares me is google and amazon.com. they are tailor the individual ads. for example, in both kimberly and andrea's position they have shoe ads the experience on amazon and google. >> dana: yeah. >> andrea: yeah. >> dana:

, judith holiam, ha -- hiroshi fakuda, [speaker not understood], ask espinola jackson, and eric brooks. >>> good afternoon, commissioners. star child, libertarian party in san francisco. like the representative from the sierra club, our organization was not consulted or notified about this. we would like to be considered a stakeholder included in the conversation. i was struck by, you know, a couple of the staffers who spoke. one of them said the most problematic part of the current situation is the lack of predictability and clarity. but, you know, as a relative layperson here trying to figure out what this legislation does exactly, it's not predictable or clear at all. and i have a general kind of a rule of thumb that i think is a good one which is when you don't understand something, vote no on it. i haven't even seen the legislation. you know, one sentimental aspect of this that i'm curious about, maybe some of you might be able to answer this question, is under current legislation, is there any distinction drawn between the appeals process with regard to someone changing something on their

'canes yes. >> greg: good answer. okay, eric?t i do think because of this story there will be a couple of things that happen. one will be that rice will not be named secretary of state. and two is i hope and you saw op ed in the "wall street journal" today about security at diplomatic missions around the world. they have been apparently concerned about this for a long time. going back not a partisan thing but going back quite a while. that might be something that could get fixed out of this. i think that historical record will show that they got this wrong. i agree with you. well, i don't know if you are saying that but i do blame clapper. i think the dni, that the whole way that the bureaucracy built up since the dni was formed is hurting the national security. >> greg: i found out that susan vice worth $40 million. it read that in the "wall street journal." is this an attack on the rich? >> eric: class warfare. i think it's a little bit our fault, a little of the media's fault not staying on it, on our side. you saw the navy se

don't replace my eric boehlert. good morning eric boehlert. >> good morning.rst socialist ever. corporate profits reach all-time high. he's not good at it, is he? >> yeah. this never really gets talked about. remember if you go back to the first few months when obama in 2009 became president and jim kramer was doing his freak out on cnbc because the dow was down to like 6500 and jim kramer was talking about how obama was destroying wealth in america and oh, by the way it is now at like 13,500. it seems the stock market has doubled under obama. a, it doesn't really get that much press and b that certainly doesn't do anything to knock down his socialist bon nafieds apparently. >> stephanie: you say it was definitely the urban vote, right, mitt, wisconsin wins. good job paul ryan. >> yeah, right. they got absolutely trounced in wisconsin! and so that was one of the arguments after the election, well, it was really close but you know, the african-american vote the urban vote as they talked about afterwards and so how did obama -- you know, beat them so badly in wi