people might think, garth brooks.t to play all those things i grew up on. the stuff that people don't know. like my mom's influence on me. ♪ sitting in the morning sun ♪ now i'll be sitting when the evening comes ♪ i'm the last of six kids, right. so in our house you had everything from -- ♪ ♪ de, de, de, de, de, de you had simon & garfunkel. everybody you can imagine from cat stevens, growing up in the '70s with the classic rock. guys like seger. >> bob seger. >> the whole -- ♪ seems like yesterday, it was long ago ♪ ♪ she was a love and she was the queen of my night ♪ ♪ there in the darkness with the radio playing low now ♪ it just goes on. you get to play all your favorite stuff. >> ladies and gentlemen, do you understand what -- what we are witnessing right here? that is you. that is the essence of you. people have seen it in the last few years in las vegas. a one-man show, you and your guitar. >> yes, very naked. very -- you're just out there with you and your guitar. you depend on the people to take care of you.

garth, who feared the worst, suddenly spots movement. >> is he moving? he's moving. >> is he moving? he's moving. he's moving. holy crap. >> the rider, 21-year-old student brandon wright, is waving his arms seemingly communicating with the man who's treating him. >> he's moving. no freaking way. >> he went under the car. >> no freaking way. >> within minutes, firefighters and paramedics arrive on scene where they continue to work on wright. he's loaded onto a stretcher and into a waiting ambulance. although he suffers minor burns, a broken pelvis and leg, wright is lucky to escape with his life. just a few days later, he's well enough to address the media. >> i just wanted to thank all the heroes that put their lives on the line to save mine. i'm forever in debt. i can't thank them enough. i just hope they know how much they mean to me. >> for his part, james o'day doesn't think of himself as a hero. >> anybody would give a helping hand to anybody who is in need. that's exactly what i did. i didn't do anything extraordinary. >> kelsey alder doesn't like

this is the music i grew up on and how it translated and morphed into the music that people knows garth music got to make a show which is great so you do a lot of you do dame stalest of it we do we cover everybody that for me that influenced our house simon and garfunkel's all over a house as a kid we were just behind the beatles in the stone so we got a lot of the folk stuff we got a lot of townes van zandt tom rush read it how long to put this together forever. that's been a work that's been a work of labor for quite some time so about a little over a year and a half but that was wal-mart because i got to tell you if you're going to deliver product a day and you're going to live or something this size you want at a price people kind of for and wal-mart buy is in quantities so large that you can go back to your publishers manufacturers and everything and they can take reduced rates to make this thing work they'll still make more money than they ever could have at a full rate on a smaller order and that's wal-mart's secret it's always been their secret is to make sure i love them becaus

. >> up next, garth brook's big announcement is something he said he would never do, again. >> and thes that will be taking center stage in a major celebration for nelson mandela. no less. >> and taking a look at san mateo bridge. this is the toll plaza a six dr cash pile up shut down 2 eastbound lanes explaining why traffic on the left side of the screen is light now. these cars have to make it around that wreck, first. stay with us. to those who've been denied ewelcome to covered california. now, you can no longer be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. enroll today at coveredca.com. >>> garth brooks had big secret to share with good morning america this morning. >> well, since it's you, since we've had a history forever, let's announce it. >> okay. okay. >> we're going on a world tour in 2014. >> the 52-year-old was on the morning show to promote his album and tv special. the singer among the best selling album artist of all time. he retired from recording and performing in 2000 before letting the cat out of the bag he first joked it would be a wheelchair and a walke

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(applause) announcer: ladies and gentlemen, garth brooks.met our mothers in the uso ♪ asked them to dance ♪ danced with them slow ♪ and we're living here in allentown ♪ ♪ but the restlessness was handed down ♪ ♪ and it's getting pretty hard ♪ to stay... ♪ stay ♪ ♪ every child had a pretty good shot ♪ ♪ to get at least as far as their old man got ♪ ♪ but something happened on the way to that place ♪ ♪ they threw an american flag in our face ♪ ♪ face ♪ oh, oh-oh ♪ and it's getting pretty hard ♪ to stay... ♪ ♪ and we're living here in allentown. ♪ (song ends) ("goodnight saigon" playing) ♪ we met as soul mates ♪ on parris island ♪ we left as inmates ♪ from an asylum ♪ and we were sharp ♪ as sharp as knives ♪ and we were so gung ho to lay down our lives ♪ ♪ we had no cameras ♪ to shoot the landscape ♪ we passed the hash pipe ♪ and played our doors tapes ♪ and it was dark ♪ so dark at night, night, night, night, night ♪ ♪ they heard the hum of the motors ♪ ♪ they counted the rotors ♪ and they waited for us to arrive ♪ ♪ and we would all go down t

sarah and our guest co-host, jennie garth. everybody, have a great day. take a little time to enjoy the what? >> audience: "the view." >> "the view." [ cheers and applause ] >> live from the abc broadcast center, this is abc news at noon on your side. dealing with the rain and colder weather as we countdown to christmas day. across the nation, people are dealing with ice, snow, even some tornadoes. look at our first forecast. toit will actually start feel a bit more like the holidays by tomorrow. then, still in the 60's. we have a good bit of rain stretching along the i-95 corridor. been strong thunderstorms off to our south. we will get that in a little bit. our live doppler shows spotty showers in and around the capital beltway and around southern maryland. we are seeing a nice break over frederick and montgomery counties. fairfax is seeing a bit of a break. i think the most parts of the 95. will remain over east one -- andcations, 3/10 of an inch of rain at dulles. boy is it warm. 60 degrees in fredericksburg. 39 degrees in manassas. the cold air is on

are articulated where this might be best be placed our our program needs a permanent space to have garth and a treat the he would elders with the respect they need. i also want to put in a shameless plug for our 20/20 this becomes the issue with printed textbooks and we need to look at more electronic resources once it's in print you have thousands of textbooks it makes it virtually impossible to create historical information. thank god we have and i say thank god we have teachers in our classrooms that are passenger seat out we don't also celebrate columbus day but indigenous day. in san francisco we value everyone's culture. i thank you for bringing up this information and we look forward to the blessing when we have the permanent space where you can display all your artifacts >> okay. we're going to move on to item l. may i hear a motion and a second please on the appointment to the career technical education advisory committee. thank you. do we have a recommendation that you would like to read us this evening >> yes. i'm sharon and i and i'm the supervisor for city college of san fra

. >> after 10 years behind bars the freed russian olly garth mikhail khordorkovsky said he will not enterolitics. he has no plans to receive product. he'll enjoy the first day of freedom in germany. >> this is the moment days ago. they must have thought was impossible. a family finally reunited. a day after mikhail khordorkovsky was released from a russian gaol, he was back in the arms of his parents. then in an interview he gave more details about conditions in prison. >> because for a year and two months and then in seg -- i had not much contact with family. >> mikhail khordorkovsky had been russia's richest men, a powerful group of oligarchs who had their wings clipped. vladimir putin's decision to pardon mikhail khordorkovsky surprised many. it came weeks before the start of the sochi winter olympics. for western public opinion it's an enormous event. it's a big step in order to soften a negative attitude towards putin's russia. the civilized society, that was the main motive. >> during his time in prison, mikhail khordorkovsky's image was transformed from that of a ruthless businessm

>>> it is already christmas day in beth los angele bethlehem, tf people from around the world have garthrd celebrate the birth of jesus as nick reports, many of the faithful were on hand for midnight mass at the church of the native at this. >> reporter: thousands of pill grahams from all over the world have flocked to that church behind me. it's actually the largest turn out in decades, that's boosting hopes for peace here in this holy city in this little town of bethlehem. here in bethlehem, a solemn celebration of one of christianity's most sacred moments. traditional holtz of birth of jesus took place below this church in the early hours of december 25th. so after 12:00, the sounds of mid night mass filled st. katherine's chapel. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: holland tingeses, pilgrims, pal still vinnie christians all marking christ's sacrifices and playing for pea peace. >> hope for your homelands and families through the new year. >> reporter: the jerusalem arch wish oven who is jordanian blessed the crowd in six lang wins, telling pal stun wednesday to stoppage fighting, praying for all in the

garth brooks and a group of vietnam vets brought the audience-- including the president-- to their feetinging joel's "good night saigon." ♪ we all go down together the kennedy center honors will air on cbs as always on december 29. nelson mandela said what he missed most in prison was the sound of the laughter of children. in a moment, the guard who gave mandela a priceless gift. g ] sorry. [ male announcer ] new robitussin dm max nighttime. fast, powerful cough relief that helps you sleep like a baby. robitussin nighttime. don't suffer the coughequences. but with less energy, moodiness, and a low sex drive,y first. i saw my doctor. a blood test showed it was low testosterone, not age. we talked about axiron. the only underarm low t treatment that can restore t levels to normal in about 2 weeks in most men. axiron is not for use in women or anyone younger than 18 or men with prostate or breast cancer. women especially those who are or who may become pregnant and children should avoid contact where axiron is applied as unexpected signs of puberty in children or changes in body hair or in

we go don't forget to tune in at nine pm for larry king now tonight's guest is country music star garth brooks we'll talk about the world of country music and much more here's a special snippet of tonight's interview you came for gay rights are you against the trend is country still conservative oh no no no country is country is real life country is the news at six o'clock put to music i mean that's it i'm not going to i'm not going to label country music as a close minded format at all i think it's i think it speaks well the times and even when it was blamed as a close format the sixty's haggard jones these guys were singing about real modern day stuff loretta lynn comes out with the pill you know the songs that address all this stuff oh my god i'm trying to think could be a gay country artist sure there could be sure and there probably are mad as a for now i'm a mirror david have a great night. well . it's technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got this huge area covered. and a society that i think corporation kind of can. do and the bag and all that all about

our bestselling international author and geo political analyst william and garth thank you very much for that. well in europe are those being reserved reaction as are saying to the news of quarter coffee's pardon chancellor angela merkel said well she's been discussing his release and she's glad it's finally happening and the head of the european parliament as well that mr martin scholtz he called it president putin's decision quote unquote progress while across the atlantic it's all quiet on capitol hill as guy nature can reports. it would be fair to say there is no reaction other than perhaps a written statement from senator mccain who has been bashing president putting for years since he wrote this russian president vladimir putin's announcement today that he may pardon me the surprising and welcome news well first of all send a mccain misinterpreted the president's announcement a little bit it did not say he may pardon he said part of the u.s. media said that the decision had to do with the olympics this late for example ran an article saying that it's because of pressure from th

finally, garth brooks two weeks ago said goodbye to his long-running vegas show is going back for newynn said he could have another theater for use whenever he wanted and the country star says why not now. he will play for shows. the cbs show breaking ratings. we're taking a look, actually doing pretty well. is doing pretty well. those 9 million viewers. go for it. dennis: receiving numbers that could stir controversy around music royalty. cheryl: this is the season to drink. the bottoms up. responsible for the realm, he will be here to talk about the holiday season process. take a look at the treasury markets. ♪ [ bell ringing, applause ] five tech stocks with more than a 10%... change in after-market trading. ♪ all the tech stocks with a market cap... of at least 50 billion... are up on the day. 12 low-volume stocks... breaking into 52-week highs. six upcoming earnings plays... that recently gapped up. [ male announcer ] now the world is your trading floor. get real-time market scanning wherever you are with the mobile trader app. from td ameritrade. yep. got all the cozies. [ grand

garth brooks says at last night's ceremony brooks sang his own rendition of "only the good die young.nly the good die young ♪ that's what i say >> carlos santana, herbie hancock and martina aroy yaw. >> they told fox news all obamacare rally needs is a good pr campaign. hes are admitted three things may cost you. you can keep your doctor if you like your doctor. doug luzader is live in washington with the late he is for us. >> beyond the issues with the web site itself operationally there are requests about wh-- q about what the policies really contain and whether you can keep your own doctor like the president promised. the architect of obamacare says you can keep your own doctor your old current doctor if you are willing to pay extra. >> the president never said you will have unlimited choice of any doctor you want. >> if you like your doctor you can keep your doctor, did he not say that? >> if you want to pay more for an insurance company that covers your doctor you can do that. this is a matter of choice. >> the financial times is reporting many obamacare plans will exclude access

we call it garth. growth at a reasonable price, or g.a. g.a.r.p., it's comparing to its growth earnings multiple. you need to be able to look at the world according to garp. the two most inspirational books facility fundamentals for my own investing philosophy than what i have ever read elsewhere. beat the street by peter lynch, amazon. here is a quick and dirty rule of thumb that has hardly ever let me down. figure out what -- help us figure out when a stock is overvalued or undervalued based upon what money managers would be able to pay. listen, if a stock has a price earnings multiple lower than its growth rate, that's the definition of cheap. any stock selling at a multiple twice the size of its growth rate or greater is probably too expensive and should be sold. so if a stock is trading at 20 times earnings, then it probably won't go much higher than that. it's reached the two times growth ceiling. here is another piece of gibberish, the peg ratio, price to earnings to growth rate or the multiples divided by the stock rate. a peg of o

announced joel is known for "piano man" and uptown girl "among others he is behind only elvis presley and garth never guess. >> yes. >> still head on abc7 news at 4:00 scare zeroing in on the cause of a deadly new york city train crash. >> and a serious step uc santa barbara taking off to fend off a meningitis attack. >> we're chipping in $one for every pledge made on abc7 news facebook page. we'll have more coming up. me, if hey breathing's hard.me, know the feeling?and chronia and chronic bronchitis. spiriva is a once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that helps open my obstructed airways for a full 24 hours. spiriva helps me breathe easier. spiriva handihaler tiotropium bromide inhalation powder does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell your doctor if you have kidney problems, glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate. these may worsen with spiriva. discustop taking spiriva andke, seek immediate medical helpgd if your breathing suddenly worsens, your throat or tongue swells, you get hives, vision changes or eye pain, or problems passing urine. other si

. >> i like seeing garth brooks.great evening. everybody was there. >> people will get to watch it later this month on cbs. >>> every year millions get to view the smithsonian but few get to see a view of the largest complex. bill planlt is here also at the smithsonian art museum and the national gallery. good morning. >> the smithsonian is an amazing place. there's all kinds of fine art to see but there's also so much stuff. this is kind of like the dust bin of history. they have everything from dinosaur bones to spacecraft but most of it remains stashed away and you never get to see it. we got a behind-the-scenes peek at some of america's treasured history from rubenstein things that show how americans engage in the political process. >> in part we want to preserve this material for future generations. there's nothing like seeing the real object. >> real objects -- >> this is actually one of our real objects. >> the banner in which jefferson became the third president of the united states. >> it says thomas jeffers

one, a man who used to tour as a comedian with garth brooks. the other is this man who you see on your screen. the first blind climber to climb mt. everest. blind guy climbing mt. everest. remember one of the most awesome news bloopers of all time. >> right after the break, we'll interview eric, who climbed the highest mountain in the world. mt. everest. but he's gay. excuse me. he's blind. >> he's gay. i mean blind. an albuquerque news anchor, a gajillion people got to enjoy that. that is the same ga-blind mountain climber. the best thing is that eric, who was the first blind person to climb everest and who is the most famous blind athlete in the world and who is not gay, he has demonstrated nothing but the best attitude about this blooper since he first heard it happening as it was happening. this is reportedly the video of him listening to that tease during the broadcast as he waited for the interview. as you can tell it's bad quality video. he's dying laughing as he hears the anchor hear what the anchor said. he runs the video of that bloop

get garth brooks' new boxed set featuring new music, only at walmart.with garth on walmart's facebook page. >>> looks a lot different during the day, doesn't it? a peek from our east bay hills camera. it's murky and soupy, that's because it's another spare the air day, the 11th consecutive poor air quality in santa clara valley. our highs for today in the upper 50s to lower 60s under mostly sunny skies. my accuweather seven-day forecast shows a possible sprinkle or two ♪ >>> oh, you have to love that carol, there at the vatican, this morning. josh and robin there all morning long. there's the moment right there where they had a chance to greet pope francis. his last audience for 2013. and he's got a very special christmas message this morning for the world. and he has a chance to greet robin and josh. and we cannot wait to hear more of that day. robin? >> we will share more of that. and as we are live, here, in vatican city. just about empty now. so, it was crowded much, much earlier this morning. and it was special, of course, meeting the pope. but the

get garth brooks' new boxed set featuring new music, only at walmart.acebook page. >>> good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. we have a jam-packed hour of laughs. >> your hair is like popcorn. >> three of hollywood's funniest superstars, taking over. steve carell, kristen wiig, and ben stiller. >>> and it's just six days until christmas. we have last-minute "deals & steals" you don't want to miss. tory johnson and her christmas elves are here, with big bargains, up to 77% off. as we say -- >> good morning, america. >> christmas elves have been working overtime this holiday season. giving out a lot of gifts out there to the great crowd in times square this morning. robin and josh on their way back from the vatican. remember that moment yesterday. had a chance to meet the pope, right there in st. peter's square. >> amaze -- i'm captivated by that moment. it really was a magical. >>> and speaking of gift-giving, we're going to get into the dilemma for so many parents. should you overindulge your kids? or does it send the wrong message? >> it's not a dilemma

tomorrow night, garth brooks will be here. but "jimmy fallon" coming up next.a hit of that. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ tonight's guests are -- and featuring the legendary roots crew. and here he is -- jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> hi, happy thanksgiving. hi, everybody. oh, that's what i'm talking about right there. welcome! welcome, everybody, to "late night with jimmy fallon." happy thanksgiving, everyone, out there. [ cheers and applause ] it is such a great day. before we start, i just want to say i have so much to be thankful for. most of all, joe biden, chris christie, and rob ford. you guys really make it all possible. [ cheers and applause ] you guy, thank you so much. i thought that this was nice. the miami heat are in ohio this week. lebron james had his chef cook thanksgiving dinner for the entire team at his home in cleveland. of course, it got weird when he passed the yams, and they said, oh, so you do know how to pass. [ laughter ] oh! oh! give me the saxophone! ♪ ♪ ♪ [ laughter ] ♪ >> jimmy: all right, very good

one is a man who used to tour as a comedian with garth brooks. the other is this man you see on your screen. his name is eric wynne mayer. he's an adventurer and is famous for being the world's first blind person to climb mt. everest. is this story starting to sound familiar? blind mountain climber, blind guy climbing mt. everest. anyone remember one of the most awesome news bloopers of all time? >> right after the break, we're going to interview eric whienmayer, who climbed the highest mountain in the world, mt. everest. but he's gay -- he's gay -- excuse me, but he's blind. we'll hear about that coming up. >> but he's gay -- i mean, but! an albuquerque news anchor in 2001, five years later, the clip was uploaded to youtube for some reason, and a million people got to enjoy the best gay, but he's gay joke of all time. and that is the same gay-blind mountain climber that will be motivating america's members of congress tonight. and the best thing about all of this is that eric whienmayer who was the first blind person to climb everest and who is

one used to tour as a comedian with garth brooks. the other is this man you see on your screen. his name is eric wine mare, an adventurer, famous for being the world's first blind person to climb mt. everest. and is this story starting to sound familiar? blind mountain climber? blind guy climbing mount everest? anyone remember one of the most awesome news bloopers of all time? >> right after the break, we're going to interview eric wyhenmayer, who climbed the highest mountain in the world, but he's gay -- oh, he's gay, excuse me, he's blind. that's coming up. >> coming up, a look at the 6:00 -- >> he's gay. i mean, blind! an albuquerque news anchor in 2001, right? five years later, the clip was uploaded to youtube, for some reason, and a ka jillon people got to enjoy the best gay-not gay joke of all time. and yes, that is the same gay-blind mountain climber who will be motivating america's republican members of congress tonight. and the best thing about all of this is that eric wayanmare, the first blind person to climb everest and who is the most famous blind athlete in the wor

." >> garth brooks announces a new world tour. we're with the country superstar straight ahead. i'm kevin frazier. we'll also sit down with the ladies from "duck dynasty." >>> but first, former "basketball wife" star evelyn lozada is speaking out since pictures surfaced showing a very pregnant tummy. nina parker scored the headline-making interview with the reality star. they talked about everything from her turbulent past to her new start with a new man in a new place, and let's not forget, the new baby. >> oh, big news. >> very big news. >> you're pregnant. >> i am. i'm very pregnant. i'm just going into my sixth month. >> surprisingly, evelyn managed to keep her pregnancy quiet. the same goes for the baby's father, but i'll get to that in a minute. first, it's important to

. >> this is garth brooks, wishing you very merry christmas. >> happy holidays. >> eat lots of pie. >ay parade. i got to be a part of it. hosting with the one and only nph, neil patrick harris. such a talented guy. nick cannon, in l.a. what a team. a dream team. we've all -- >> gee, thanks. >> no. the other dream team. we're eating christmas cookies and stuff today, i wanted to share something i spotted at disney world. the 15-foot tall gingerbread house. constructed with over 1,000 pounds of honey, 600 pounds of powdered sugar, 200 pounds of glaze, and more sweet stuff where that came from. tastes as awesome as it looked. it did look awesome. disney does not do anything halfway. you can see that firsthand when the parade starts right after "gma." right here on abc. >> how could you get from new york to orlando, just like that? >> i am where i'm needed. >> christmas magic. >> christmas magic. >>> they call it the ugliest 5k on the planet. we love every inch of it. it's the annual, their word, ugly sweater run. i think that the sweaters are the greatest. i love a good christmas sweater

listen to garth brooks performs billy joel's hit "only the good die young." ♪ ♪ >>> and the rapper snoop up the crowd with his tribute to herbie hancock, much to the delight of president obama. ♪ c'mon, give me some keys, that guitar. make it funky, y'all. hey, herbie, you know we love you, baby. c'mon, somebody say yeah. say yeah. say hancock. say hancock. ♪ ♪ >> the president, and the wife of the secretary of state, they were enjoying snoop dogg, as all of us were. what a night. >>> the full performance, by the way, will air later this month on cbs. just ahead, imagine waking up in a strange hospital room from a ten-year coma, only to find out none of it is real form the epic prank, coming up ♪ ♪ by the end of december, we'll be delivering ♪ ♪ through 12 blizzards blowing ♪ 8 front yards blinding ♪ 6 snowballs flying ♪ 5 packages addressed by toddlers ♪ ♪ that's a q ♪ 4 lightning bolts ♪ 3 creepy gnomes ♪ 2 angry geese ♪ and a giant blow-up snowman ♪ that kind of freaks me out [ beep ] [ female announcer ] no one delivers the holidays like the u.s. postal service. priority mail flat ra

i smell roses this is something different for you can i do the vanna white with the big reveal ♪ ♪ garth jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way oh, what fun it is to rock 'n' roll with "gma" ♪ ♪ deck the halls. it's a party gorgeous yesterday ♪ ♪ good morning, america holiday party rocking the holiday don't stop the party have a fun and safe holiday season good morning, america ♪ >> keep it classy, "gma." >> thank you, deejay steve warner. >> how about barbara walters and paul rudd? >> to see the rest, go goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo!. >>> now to jennifer lawrence. could it be two oz cscars in a . she's reteamed with david russell in "american hustle." >> reporter: at just 23, jennifer lawrence is one of hollywood's most sought after stars. >> hey, tiffany! >> reporter: to her performance in "silver linings playbook." she may be poised for a second win. >> another fire. >> no, danny, not that one. we have to use the big one. >> i told you not to put metal in the oven. >> just get another one. >> i don't want another one. i want the one that car mine gave me. >> i want the one th

a very emotional song and of course garth brooks is known for baring his heart on his sleeve. >> and> they took away all the extra music. >> sounds beautiful. >> yeah it does. >> daniel, thank you for the picture of brooke. >> happy new year. >> coming up, the news you need to know before you leave the house. >> and if you found a four-legged friend under your christmas tree, we have tips for taking care of the newest member of the family, right after this. ♪ to call you i know we both ♪ and it'll rain lollypops all over the place. [ female announcer ] remember when you thought anything was possible? ♪ it still is. introducing weight watchers new simple start, our simplest plan ever. a 2-week plan to start losing weight right away. get motivation at meetings or do it entirely online. join for free. weight watchers. your new beginning starts here. progressive direct and other car insurance companies? yes. but you're progressive, and they're them. yes. but they're here. yes. are you...? there? yes. no. are you them? i'm me. but those rates are for... them. so them are here. yes! you wa

he came up with the idea after organizing the garth brooks concert on board the uss enterprise aftero stand in the gap for them. >> now mark hosts concerts all around the country and uses the money to pay for care packages. ♪ >> marine and country music star jason michael carol was more than happy to perform for troops at joint base mcguire dix lakehurst. >> every opportunity we get to be part of operation troop aid is amazing. being in the military was a difficult time for me, and especially at the same time, knowing that there were folks that cared about me and knew what i was doing and supported what i was doing was a big deal for me. >> before the show got underway, i helped volunteers from the air force and army put together some packages. these are the basic necessities here. candy. >> all the goodies. got your must haves. beef jerky. >> to us at home, it may not look like much. but to the men and women defending our freedom across the globe, it means the world. >> to receive something from our fellow americans to show their support was a huge honor. >> we live in the greatest

what i was going to ask jon, a deal for the smiths or the morris -- >> led zeppelin is a big deal, garthwe'll see new 30. >> looking forward to it. >>> if are you just joining us, here's what you missed earlier on. >> announcer: welcome to "squawk on the street." here's what's happened so far -- >> as they start to withdraw -- >> right. >> -- it's likely to have a positive impact, because it will instill confidence in the business community, because the fed now feels confident to withdraw. >> pope francis has been timed "time" magazine's person of the year. we've been speculating about that. >> i was wrong. i thought it was edward snowden. >> more than 250,000 people nationally signed up for health insurance plans through the exchanges in november. >>> if i were senator cruz, if i were some of these people who out of nowhere just come up and grab the mike, i don't know if i like this deal. i have learned to say that it's not over till it's over, washington. [ bell sounds ] >> so where will the markets go from here? >> valuations are still reasonably attractive if the economic news contin