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the mission came to nothing, but fleming fell immediately in love with the island and vowed to returntime considered very spartan, a cottage, single room really, few smaller rooms in the back, but an incredible view. he spent much of the rest of his life here writing a book each year at this desk. you know those books. ♪ today, fleming's cottage has been enlarged and made more luxurious as a hotel, but the original house still stands along with some improvements. grotto, eh. what did every male want born in 1956? they wanted a grotto. it sounded good to me at 12, as i got older, who was in the grotto before me becomes a concern. like ron jeremy just leave the grotto? am i the first one? someone changed the water? these were concerns later in the life. this was it, i wanted a grotto. i still kind of do. ♪ thank you so much. this is totally better than the playboy mansion. you know that the playboy mansion totally smells like old man ear stink. the current owner of golden eye is another unusual man, chris blackwell, legendary music producer turned hotelier. over the years, blackwell exp

. >> detective matt fleming with the bedford police department says he's amazed at the way the familyou can see a suspect walk up to the case and -- that's the 5-year-old child you see through a large portion of the video that actually goes behind the cabinet. if you watch, she just opened the case -- moved the book and opened the case. you can see her directing the child right here towards items in that case. she's actually pointing with her hand to indicate which one. and she's actually verifying that she has the right one right there. the child looks up at her, which is obvious she's looking for some direction as to whether or not she did the right thing. then before she exits, you can see her pocketing the items. >> the store employees are busy helping other customers, oftentimes diverted or distracted by the mother or other family members. now the daughter is seen going back into the jewelry area, looking to see if anyone is watching. >> watch. this is very upsetting. the daughter's going to actually low crawl into the cabinet that's been left open by mom previously. and she's ac

when henry fleming gets a wound, he is arguing with a soldier. he's accidentally hit in the head by the end of a rifle--gets a rifle butt. this creates his 'red badge of courage.' i think, however, that crane might have got the idea for using that line in the novel and then later titling his book, "red badge of courage," from jacob rise's--or riis' book, "how the other half lives" which was a photographic study of tenement life in the lower east side. crane was familiar it. and jacob riis repeatedly uses the word 'badge' as a metaphor. most strikingly, there's the phrase, 'the white badge of mourning,' which even scans the same as 'the red badge of courage.' "the red badge of courage" was not the original title of the novel, however. it was 'private fleming: his various battles.' c-span: when did they change it? >> guest: stephen crane changed it before publication, before he actually submitted it. he put it on the final copy of the manuscript. c-span: now after you got all your research done and wrote this book, go back to the beginning and tell

, resoding the driving range at fleming and weed removal, fairway top dressing and extensive work on both harding and fleming, the harding staff is working diligently to accomplish the majority of these tasks before the rainy season, god-willing, starts in november and this compressed schedule has required staff to perform many of these tasks on overtime. the week of the tournament itself we estimate that the harding crew will work 330 hours of overtime every day, as they water the course, repair damage from the day's play and move holes on the green. after the tournaments ends staff will restore the areas of the course affected by the pga's tour hospitality facilities and all of this work will be funded by the tour. after the commission or hopefully after the commission approves the supplemental appropriation requests, we will go to the mayor's office for the mayor's approval. draft the legislation with the controller's office and introduce the appropriation ordinance at the board of supervisors in november. i'm happy to answer questions. >> commissioner low. >> i think there is pub

we will talk with greg fleming from morgan stanley. i want to get everybody started with the bulletin. the cost of being too big to fail just went up again. the financial stability board proposes new rules to have ranks have loss absorbing capacity. this would be about a third of this in debt. once you figure it -- figure in s, banks may have to maintain 20% of assets. those western sanctions are sinking russia's economy. the bank of russia protects that gdp will stagnate next year. this is because of the conflict in ukraine. the central bank also said that the ruble has fallen too far and that sent currency trading higher against the dollar. president obama is in china where he is talking trade and the economy. .e arrived in beijing he told leaders that growth in the region can only help the united states. nearly half of all economic growth outside the united states is projected to come from right here in asia. that makes this region an incredible opportunity for creating jobs, economic growth in the united states. >> another item wou

fleming rose defends that in "the tyranny of silence.", fleming rose. how one cartoon ignited a global debate on the future of free speech. take us back to those days. when you decided to publish those cartoons, what did you expect the reaction to be? >> i expected, you know, a debate in denmark about the problems of censorship, but of course i, and i've seen the vast majority of people around the world did not anticipate that this would turn into a worldwide conflict four months later. >> and describe what happened. i think a lot of people might not remember the details of what happened around the world. these were not just, you know, kind of riots or uncontrollable behavior you see after some sports team went or lose a game. >> you had every friday you for about a month, the friday prayer in the middle east, in africa, people taking to the streets, burning down danish embassies in lebanon and syria. i think around 150 people getting killed in nigeria, in afghanistan, in pakistan. fortunately, none in denmark, and i think that is very im

fleming: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and and their remarks include extraneous materials on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. fleming: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. fleming: as author of h.r. 5069, i am pleased that we are considering this bipartisan bill that has been co-sponsored by the dean of the house of representatives, the leadership of the congressional sportsman caucus, and the entire louisiana house congressional delegation. the federal duck stamp act will modestly increase the price of the federal duck stamp for the first time in 23 years. and by so doing restore the buying power of this conservation tool which has been used to require, conserve, lease, and restore thousands of acres of wetlands. wetlands are critical to the survival of not only migratory waterfowl but to the millions of americans who live al

>> peggy fleming. it only comes up ever so often. >> it may be when the olympics come up. >> thanks, kate. >> baseball is officially over but into the news in the world of sports as klay thompson agrees to extension with the warriors. coming up next in sports. >>> he won't be available for wednesday's season. the left hamstring will keep david lee out of the home opener. seth curry, harrison barnes and klay thompson. after months of negotiation, thompson and the warriors came to an agreement. it's worth $70 million. >> do you have a first big purchase in mind? >> um, no, not yet. i got to think about that. i love the ocean. i have always wanted a boat. down the line, though, not now. i don't have time for it right now, but down the line definitely. >> i have never seen a team rally around a player so much. that's a testament to him. there is a lot of players that may be envious of another player's salary. there was many times when i was walk to the locker room, the team would turn around and give me on

fleming. a pleasure to have you with us. let's set the scene of happened. there was a children's book author that wanted to write about islam. >> about the prophet. >> and wanted to have someone draw the prophet mohammed. that. >> that's what he said. that was confirmed. three illustrators turned tonne his cover, and the one that said yes, insisted on anonymity. later, referring to his fear, referring to the same fate as salman rushdie, received a fatwa. that was self censorship. out of fear you don't want to appear upped your own name. >> because you felt that censorship was going on, your paper decided to get the cartoonists in denmark to - you approached them to see if anyone would draw cartoons. >> i invited them to draw the prophet as they see him. it was an open conversation. it was an open invitation, and the cartoons were different. it was not only this example. in fact, we held the cartoons for two weeks, we were not sure about the documentation, but in the course of those two weeks several things happened. at a gallery in london an installation "g

fleming was the editor who decided to publish the cartoon, including one of the drawing of mohammed with a bomb in its turban. he outlines the decision to publish the cartoon had his book "the tyranny of silence, how one cartoon ignited a global debate on the future of free speech", that has been published in english. >> thank you for joining us. let's set the scene. there was a children's book author that wanted to write a book about islam. >> about the prophet mohammed. >> and wanted someone to draw the prophet mohammed. >> he couldn't get anyone to do that. >> that was confirmed. three turned it down. one who said yes insisted on anonymity, later, referring to his fear for experiencing the same fate as samman rushdie who received a fatwa, a dutch film-maker was killed 10 years ago. and that was self censorship. out of fear you don't want to appear under your own name. >> because you felt that that censorship was going on, your paper decided to get the cartoonists to - you approached them to see if anybody would draw cartoons. >> i invited them to draw the profit as they see him. it wa

. >> we watch along with deputy chief eric fleming of philadelphia fire.ne minute into this fire smoke is gathering on the living room ceiling. it starts to trickle into the kids bedroom. two minutes, thick black smoke is choking out the air in the living room and the kids bedroom with that open door. now take look at the master bedroom. you can see the orange glow of the fire at the bott top of the door but so far no smoke. >> smoke goes up to the ceiling and back down. if you have a door closed it cannot easily get through that door. >> at three minutes the entire living room is in flames. the air is black and fire is going down the hallway. dough brie begins to fall from the ceiling and smoke consumes the kids room. but in that mastery bedroom even with that fire raging outside the door, there's barely a sign of smoke here. >> when you close the door, how much extra time would you say that gives you? >>> you going to have at least, you know, five to sick minutes to actually initiate your escape plan. >> okay, guys. >> at this point firefighters put out

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. >> reporter: glenda bernardini also goes by the last name fleming. she's from marin and police believe she is probably still in the area. they are encouraging her to turn herself in. the likely charges would be assault with a deadly weapon and domestic violence. >> all right, thank you so much debora. >>> police in austin texas say they're still trying to figure out the motive for that gunman that fired more than 100 shots at buildings in the down downtown area last night. he hit the federal courthouse, the mexican consulate and the police department. the man is identified as larry mcwilliams. he died either by committing suicide or by an officer that was putting two horses away. >> as he held two horses with one hand he discharged one round at least one round with a single handed shot. and so, that would be one heck of a shot. >> reporter: the austin police chief said the suspect also tried to set the mexican consulate on fire but it was quickly put out. and they're looking into whether immigration policies may have been a motive here given the targ

twelve year old kayla fleming started playing wide receiver four years ago in chicago, and now she plays in a elite club team in texas. and in texas, man, they're all about football. she hesitate bad playing with her seventh grade classmates this season because of her size, but she decided to give it a try. the coaches initially were not terribly thrilled about the idea after girl joining their squad, but they found a place for her at corner. >> they say good luck, and they ask me like most of the questions that you're asking me. >> smile, laugh about it, then we toll her we're going to treat her just like we did the boys. >> what did he say? >> ... like the boys. >> we had a. >> also has skills on the basketball court, and dreams of playing in the wnba some day. once she gets perhaps little taller. >> kerrey, you go girl. >> ill. all right, pro-football player devon still tomorrow's night game one of the most emotional in his entire life. >> don't you just love this guy? so the cincinnati bengals defensive tackle will have his four year old daughter there, philadelphia, chop, treating h

. >> fleming rose, the author of "the tyranny of silence" how one cartoon ignited a global debate. thank you very much for joining me tonight. chris hayes is up next. "hardball" starts right now. >>> the reckoning. let's play "hardball." ♪ ♪ >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. before we get started tonight, let's clear something up. president obama has been right about what i believe is the central question of our time. peace and war. he was right about iraq when practically all the other democrats, i mean, the name-brand democrats were all wrong. and don't let them tell you otherwise. it wasn't just a matter of getting the facts wrong, where saddam hussein has weapons or not. should the united states declare war on another country because they may be a menace in the region sometime down the road? the answer again, from a number of big name democrats was yes. obama, he stood alone and said no. that's a hell of a difference. he was on the side of reason and restraint when the others were dancing in a conga line to a nasty evil war that made iraq into the cradle of te

fleming told the associated press this. >> he's not alone.rgia congressmen had this to say of -- >> texas congressmen said this. so it sounds to me like a shut down is on the table for certain house republicans. meanwhile canadian senator ted cruz who resides in texas is already playing the shut down blame game writing this. so what does that mean? democrats are already returning fire on offense. harry reed had no problem calling out republicans on the radical threat. >> it remains to be seen whether republican leaders, boning here and in the senate and in the house will stand up to their own caucus members who are threatening to shut down the government if president obama does this or that. namely, last 24 hours has been on immigration. immigration should not prevent senator mcconnell and boehner from working with me to fund a government. >> give republicans a big win in the midterms and they immediately over step their bounds. that's how i think liberals are viewing this. these guys will do anything to trash the president. that's still a-nu

renee fleming, indina menzel. kiss will be incredible. >> what about security?ly in relation to ferguson we have the protesters trying to block the lincoln tunnel last night, they've been out in times square. you're a prime high-profile target. what do you do in response? what are the nypd doing with you? >> every year we rely on the nypd and city agency to ensure what we produce is the safest parade possible. it's an entertainment spectacle. we don't have a worry but nypd is on it. no doubt they are looking at everything now and making every effort to make sure everybody that comes to the parade and participates is safe. >> new characters? >> yes. >> who this year? >> we've got six brand new balloons. paddington bear, thomas the tank enagain new for the first time. are you a fan? >> i have 5-year-old twins. we're exiting that window us but yes. >> the mighty morphing power rangers, big red one in the sky. >> if i owned a franchise like that how do i get my balloon in the parade? do i have to pay a licensing fee? how does that work? >> to be up in the sky you ha

yes, defenseman is defense woman, a girl, holding her own with those boys, 12 year old kammerer flemingstarted playing in chicago, now moved to texas, on elite club team there. she hesitated about playing with her seventh grade classmates this season because of her size, but then she decided to give it a too. coaches initially weren't thrilled about the idea after girl joining the squad, but found a place for her at corner. >> they said good luck, they asked me like most of the questions that you're asking me. >> smiled, laughed about it for little bit, then told her we'll treat her just like we did the boys. >> she's from chicago, so had to have an interpret their to understands the coach. she also has skills on the basketball court and dreams of playing in the wnba, once she gets little taller, kerr. >> i pretty impressive. so do you like the way that you look? most of us believe that we have some physical flaws. flaws that we would like to change. couple of adults would ask what they would change. so here's what these folks had to say. >> i would change my forehead. i have a really bi

ian fleming, where we stayed. i stayed in his room. yeah, i felt pretty good about myself.rotto there. >> is there? >> it's every boy's dream to have one. stay in james bond's suite, then find a grotto with a little bar. interesting. i fell in love with jamaica, deeply. the property was bought by blackwell. >> is it a hotel now? >> it is. it's a very poor, divided country. it relies on tourism. we just sort of, we like raising the questions. who should own paradise? whose is it? >> joining sunday night for a tour on "parts unknown" at 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on cnn. more happening tonight. randi kaye is back with a 360 bulletin. >> the nearly seven week manhunt cost more than $11 million. frein faces terrorism charges. he admitted to shooting two officers to wake people up. >>> a mayor charged with aggravated homicide in the disappearance of college students. he is the probable master mind of the crime. more than 300 million miles from earth, a spacecraft that landed on a comet this week drilled into the rocky surface. it is now napping. the batteries are out of juice

spoke person melissa fleming warned a funding shortfall threatens up to one million people as winter looms. ande are very concerned by over $58 million funding that could leave as many as one million people without proper help. this sharptly due to increase of internal displacement that we have witnessed in iraq. peoplee to 13.6 million have been displaced by the conflict in serious and iraq. hashuman world food program cut rations for four .20 5 million people, and more could be on the way. a u.s. drone strike in pakistan has killed at least or people. the victims were described as suspected militants in the northern waziristan tribal district. meanwhile, at least seven people have died in a u.s. drone strike in yemen. the yemeni military claims those killed were on their way to carry out an attack. israeli settlers set a palestinian mosque on fire amidst worsening unrest in israel along the west bank. the torching of the mosque followed separate palestinian knife attacks that killed an israeli settler and an israeli soldier. on tuesday, forces shot dead a palestinian man in the wes

we have already made that determination in that case of sara fleming versus the south carolina electric and gas company in columbia south carolina. now i point that out because there was a lot going on in south carolina but we were not a media center and therefore you wouldn't hear a lot about it. you write a lot about john lewis. he talks this morning about having been arrested. the first time he was ever physically attacked was in the rock hill south carolina and demand that went up there to rescue them was james t. mccain from sumpter south carolina who was my baseball coach. the one guy that my dad would let me go to these meetings with. my dad trusted him more than anybody else in the movement. john lewis will tell you to this day that jt mccain was the one of the most impressive people he had ever met. i got to know him not just as a movement guy that he was my baseball coach when i was 14 years old. so these kinds of things you will find in my book. you won't find them in most other books because most people never saw south carolina and what was going on in south carolina. martin

that was the day british inventor john ambrose fleming patented the thermionic valve, in other words known as vacuum tube. >> science that applies these tubes to the service of man. >> the way vacuum tubes serve most americans was inside their radios. it was frequently like a piece of furniture in the center of the room. and filled with vacuum tubes. and after world war ii came even bigger vacuum tube. the cathode ray tube which provided pictures of generation of television sets. today of course transistors and chips in flat screens have broadly replaced old fashioned tubes. but still glows warmly in many a memory. >> osgood: coming up. dressed for success. when change is in the air you see things in a whole new way. it's in this spirit that ing u.s. is becoming a new kind of company. one that helps you think differently about what's ahead, and what's possible when you get things organized. ing u.s. is now voya. changing the way you think of retirement. suddenly you're a mouthbreather. well, put on a breathe right strip and instantly open your nose up to 38% more than cold medicines

. >> you didn't watch the ian fleming's three part bio on television, and this is crazy in many ways. and great james bond novels, he was an extremely effective agent, because of the abilities, he had a plan to actually take a course. i don't think he killed anybody. and dressed in uniform and state information on it about where the landing would be an floated off. >> it was called operation man speed. it isn't in your book. >> leave the germans as to where this is landings, a very wonderful concept. and he was a british sailor. and handcuffed, and the spanish recover the wreckage and immediately told the germans. >> if you're interested in following this up in fiction, and author named james r. bent has written some wonderful books about a fugitive shirt tail relative of eisenhower, a boston company, to do stuff. he shows up in all these theaters. and he writes about the screwups. he said at one point when he was a training exercise because the stock as of england he would train them there. as he wiped out a bunch of people. was a big screw up. >> operation tiger was a dress rehearsa

we watch a along with deputy chief eric fleming of the philadelphia fire. one minute in the fire smoke is gathering on the living room ceiling, and it starts to trick until to the kids bedroom. two minutes, thick black smoke is choking out the a air in the living room, and the kids bedroom with that opened door. now take a look at the master bedroom. you can see orange glow of the fire at bottom of the door but so far no smoke. >> the smoke is it goes up to the ceiling ape it wants to back down. if you have a door closed it cannot get easily through that door. >> reporter: at three minutes the entire living room is in flames. air is black and fire is lurking down the hall way. debris falls from the ceiling and smoke consumes the the kids room. but in that master bedroom, even with that fire raging outside the door there is barely a sign of smoke here. >> when you you close the door how much extra time would you say that gives you. >> you will have at least five or six minutes to actually initiate your escape plan. >> reporter: at this point fire fighters pu

. >> fleming rose, the author 0 of "the tyranny of silence: how one cartoon ignited the global debate on the future of free speech." a debate that is stick going on. chris hayes is up next. >> tonight, on "all in america." >> i'm going to do what i can do through executive action. >> the president doubles down on immigration. >> impeachment would be a consideration. >> and house republicans put impeachment on the table. >>> i'm urging the federal communications commission to do everything they can to protect net neutrality for everyone. >> the bombshell provokes a ted cruz response for the ages. tonight, republicans not sure what to do about the obama lame duck offensive. >>> then, protesters in mexico set fire to the presidential palace following the disappearance of 43 college students. jose diaz joins me live from mexico. the latest turn in minnesota's pointergate, and matt taibi of "rolling stone" on the big bank takedown. >> good evening. if there was any in question how president obama would respond to the drumming the democrats took in the mid-terms it's growing clearer by the

there is thus today's wonderful for on how to all not help movies like remember chairman jim was erin flemingre real life and what a gift for the bay area what they do a christmas is amazing >> : will the vice president's this mutt hotel porter amazing property >> : is for having me back this is really something special time of the year coming and cut the ribbon at a gingerbread house over now half to two hours >> : a young man survivor until the cutting the ribbon this year the credit last year. such a great tradition. cluttered honor >> : to chair to read house of the ticket this is how far looks right now most amazing christmas tree such a magical place any light. let's get this year. a better than last year see a picture there from last year >> : make it a little bit different truly important to surprise everybody again must come and see >> : you in the house gives go crazy >> : about to the house does 7700 + gingerbread brick submit the house 1,500 lbs. of lysing so it really is nice to be seen and to kids must admit the parents' faces as well as magical we love it >> : for the cuts the

so we're taping that, the fun interaction between somebody like renee fleming and kills or any of thebody up there, they will have a good time. we will show it to everybody on macy's.com. >> i love how you name drop. how about sting who will be in the parade. >> sting, tony danza, all in the first hour. it's incredible what's going on. >> you move back and forth. you will kick things off with a young lady we talked to a lot during the little league world series. >> i have the whole time mo 'nay davis is here. >> how many layers of clothing to you have on? >> i have five layers. i'm very warm. i'll be okay. >> we will be watching, of course. >> we have been comparing silk under wear a already this morning. >> happy thanksgiving. try to get that image out of your head, guys. >> we have to go all morning. >> just to be clear, matt was not kidding. >> i'm glad you know. >> he pulled dillan dwyer in under her habitat buried if lake effect snow. >> we are talking about what people are thankful for, i am thankful to carson for taking the day off. >> sure you are. >> if you are thankful for s

. >> doctor fleming. thank you mr chairman. what is the current strength of isis?ked had reports of 40,000 or 50,000. what is the current strength? a band around it of 30,000. that includes groups that they -- scooped skipped up along the way. outside the core group is properly two thirds are in syria and a third are in iraq, i will say there are 15 to 18,000, >> there may be another 20,000 will fight alongside them. is that what you're saying? >> i think that is where the number comes from. is to r strategy in iraq go back and undo the things went wrong in iraq. you have better leadership, we stand up their military eventually restoring the border. i think we can assume the most of this isis members will end up in syria if we move them out of iraq. so what about the syrian peace, the free syrian army. long will it take for them to become an effective force? >> i think we have testified we can sly berthing to put enough pressure on the isis forces in syria. but would probably need 15,000. >> will there be an offensive force? the actually going to syria and attack a

so we're taping that, all the fun interaction between somebody like renee fleming and kiss or any ofnybody who's up there, they're going to have a good time and we'll show it to everybody on macys.com. >> i love how you name drop. what about sting for the first time ever? >> they're all in the first hour. it's incredible what's going on today. >> and you'll be uptown. you move back and forth and you're going to actually kick things off with a young lady we've talked p a lot during the little league world series. >> yes, i've got the whole team of the dragons with us and mo'ne davis will be right next to me cutting the ribbon. we'll head down from the upper west side straight to macy's 34th street. >> i have to ask you, you're leading this parade, 2.6 something miles. >> yes. >> how many layers of clothing do you have on right now? >> oh, my gosh, five different layers. i'm very warm. i'm not clear i can move, but i'll be okay. >> we'll be watching, of course. >> we've been comparing silk underwear stories this morning. good luck. >> happy thanksgiving. >> try to get that image out of

fleming? >> thank you, mr. chairman. general dempsey, what is the current strength of isil? we've heard reports 30,000, i've heard reports of 50,000. can you clue us in as to what that current strength is? >> the intel community does put kind of a band around it, at one point 21,000 to 31,000. frankly, i think that includes groups that they may have scooped up along the way, former ba baathists, for example. i suggest to you the core group of ideological isil probably about two-thirds of them are in syria, about a third of them in iraq, and in total it's probably 15,000 to 18,000. >> 15,000 to 18,000 core, but then maybe another 20,000 or so that may be cooperative with a fight alongside is i think what you're saying, 30 to -- >> i think that's where that number 31,000 comes from. the affiliates, if you will. >> now, i get your strategy in iraq, which is to go back and undo the things that went wrong in iraq. you've got better leadership. we have helping them stand up their military so they can go on the offensive, eventually restoring the order, but i think we can assume th

fleming? >> thank you, mr. chairman. general dempsey, what is the current strength of isil? we've heard reports 30,000, i've heard reports of 50,000. can you clue us in as to what that current strength is? >> the intel community does put kind of a band around it, at one point 21,000 to 31,000. frankly, i think that includes groups that they may have scooped up along the way, former ba baathists, for example. i suggest to you the core group of ideological isil probably about two-thirds of them are in syria, about a third of them in iraq, and in total it's probably 15,000 to 18,000. >> 15,000 to 18,000 core, but then maybe another 20,000 or so that may be cooperative with a fight alongside is i think what you're saying, 30 to -- >> i think that's where that number 31,000 comes from. the affiliates, if you will. >> now, i get your strategy in iraq, which is to go back and undo the things that went wrong in iraq. you've got better leadership. we have helping them stand up their military so they can go on the offensive, eventually restoring the order, but i think we can assume th

we've got everybody from somebody like becky g to renee fleming.the parade. >> is kiss going to be all dressed up? >> they absolutely are. they're going to show up in all their makeup. >> i love it. how do you choose who gets to be in the parade? >> i'd like to say that i choose, but it's really the american public that voices their opinion every year of who belongs up in the air. in order to join the balloon family in the sky, you've got to be an immediately recognizable character. maybe in the advertising hall of fame, a brand-new video game character that we know instinctively is going to take off. you've got to earn your ride up in the sky. >> absolutely. those marching bands always, they set things on fire. you can hear them before you even see them. which ones are going to be anticipating this year? >> all those kids that come in, some of these bands are 600 members strong. sometimes this is the first time they're ever in new york. they find themselves, you know, with the tuba or drums attached to their body. they're marching down streets of