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 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

very important teaching about heroes, like frederick douglas, kond leez kand lee kocondoleezza rice.american family, we asked what concerns you most about being an african-american family who home schools. one of the things that came up is our resources in our curriculum. in 22 u.s. states, canada and africa. the leek family has been home schooling their family for lee years. >> we considered home schooling because georgia was not ranked quite high compared to other states as far as school was concerned. then the school that constant was zoned to go through. we didn't want her to attend a school that was in danger of losing accreditation. private school was not an option. so vanessa teaches their four kids. you have 45 seconds to complete this drill. on your mark, get set, go. >> we value different things and we felt like investing in our children for the next generation was important. that they can impact the economy and the world in a good way. >> next week we'll hear more from the leaks as well as child psychologist about the home schooling trend and effects. read more stories, pi