for giovanni the day isn't done. i got home giovanni's mother monica has agreed to show us around. the way here's our bad through my sleep here with my husband and there in the smallest true our other nine year old and here giovanni thirteen. boy where he's the kitchen. the way we need. them and we do what we can and. here's the bathroom. in total that's twenty five squalid square meters connected by one electric cable coming from the neighbor's house. not that i'm going to have already don't have electricity anymore. i want to have nothing in the freezer you see. any weights empty even when i do have electricity. and those other things people give me now and then i put them there the family survives thanks to food packages since this year italy has become the top country for emergency food aid inside the european union. not for resale it comes from the church this food parcel this also was given to me by the parish. and in there and there was monica's husband gennaro has been unemployed for three years since the pizzeria way he worked closed down. in my three years ago i would nev

for giovanni the day isn't done. i got home giovanni's mother monica has agreed to show us around. the well here's our bedroom i sleep here with my husband and they're in the smallest through our other nine year old and here giovanni thirteen. boy is the kitchen. the way we eat. them and we do what we can and. plus here's the bathroom. in total that's twenty five squalid square meters connected by one electric cable coming from the neighbor's house. most are going to have already don't have electricity anymore good if i want to i have nothing in the freezer you see. any waits empty even when i do have electricity. and those other things people give me now and then i put them there the family survives thanks to food packages since this year italy has become the top country for emergency food aid inside the european union. not for resale it comes from the church this food parcel this also was given to me by the parish. and in there and there was monica's husband gennaro has been unemployed for three years since the pizzeria way he worked closed down the alley. much three years ago i

>> my name is nikki giovanni. i am a poet. and my poetry is hip-hop. >> today, legendary poet, activist nikki giovanni joins us to talk about her new book, "chasing utopia: a hybrid." >> as somebody else said much better than us, and i for an eye. that leaves us blind. then david cay johnston on the house budget deal. the war on public pensions. nelson mandela is laid to rest. all that and more coming up. to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. nelson mandela was laid to rest as south africa laid to rest its leader. he was laid to rest in his home village at the age of 95. south african president jacob zuma said that his struggle for justice will carry forward. while the long walk to freedom has ended in the physical sense, our own journey continues. we have to continue building the type of society he worked tirelessly to construct. we have to take what is laid so wills and in doing continue drawing lessons from your very rich and extraordinary life. people visited his coffin in the lead

poet, activist, professor, nikki giovanni is the author of 28 books.ound food. i am thrilled to welcome nikki giovanni to the table this morning. >> thank you so much. good morning. >> i spent a lot of time with the book and just adored it. and sort of just want to ask you a few things about it. on the very first page, this very simple set of sentences. i was sad when mommy died, then six weeks later, gary died, then my aunt ann. i tried to find a way to bring them back. that's what "chasing utopia" is? >> my mother drank a beer every day, i didn't know my mother at all, of course, until she was 26 and had me, so i only knew her as an adult. but it came into my consciousness, every day i knew mommy and she drank a beer. and beer is good for you, you know, it's a liquid and keeps you flowing and those sort of things. and when she died, i had a lot to do, as you can see, because there was a series of really sad things. and i laugh at myself, but i'm a responsible person. so i got done what had to get done, and then i did what americans do not do, which i

here in 1434, jan van eyck shows giovanni arnolfini, a hugely wealthy italian moneylender and tapestry dealer to duke philip the good of burgundy. he's about to marry an equally wealthy young italian, giovanna cenami, whose family lived in france, and here you see the shifty, rabitty banker, one hand raised and the other joined to that of his new bride. the artist proclaims his witnessing presence in a bold, gothic legal inscription in latin. this reads, "jan van eyck was here." while italians were developing their illusionistic art with the assistance of mathematically reasoned perspective, northern painters, led by jan van eyck, used many translucent layers of pigments in quick-drying oils to produce uniquely convincing pictorialism. among jan's most compelling portraits, this man's features may be the artist's own. they have that fixed, almost hypnotic quality that sometimes results from staring into a mirror for self-portrayal. we know that artists in the 15th century often wore such flamboyant red turbans, which is another reason for suspecting that the identity of the sitter is j

>> my name is nikki giovanni. i am a poet.and my poetry is hip-hop. >> today, legendary poet, activist nikki giovanni joins us to talk about her new book, "chasing utopia: a hybrid." >> as somebody else said much better than

straight from the north pole. >> what do you think about this, giovanni? >> i like it. >> you like it? >> in fact, everyone likes it. >> santa cleaning your window. look at that. >> that this many people would give their time to make children feel better. mark potter, nbc news, orlando. >>> here's what's coming up on "today" for you. how a charlie brown christmas tree is bringing a whole community together this holiday season. >>> and meet a teen singing sensation who has taken the internet by storm by channeling elvis presley, he'll perform one of the king's christmas classics live in the studio. >>> thanks for watching "early today" on this christmas eve, we hope you have a holiday in front of you. have a good one. >>> we heard a shatter. it sounded like a bot. >> family scared off by a jewelry store robbery feet away. the smash and grab at a south bay mall that sent people running. police releasing video of a car that went crashing through the front of an east side walmart. why san jose's mayor is appealing a $1 fine handed to him by the state. and taki

what do you think about this giovanni? >> i like it. >> reporter: you like it? in fact, everyone likes it. >> santa's cleaning your window. look at that. >> reporter: that this many people would give their time to make children feel better. mark potter, nbc news, orlando. >> great ending to our broadcast on this monday night. as we start off christmas week. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we hope you'll join us right back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> thanks for joining us. >> we begin with a developing story, the bitter battle over pension reform in san jose hit a hurdle today. a judge ruling taxpayers do not have the authority to cut city employee pensions. nearly 70% of san jose voters approved measure "b" last year. it would force employees to pay more money into their health care and pensions. stephanie, what happens now? i can't imagine the mayor will let this go. >> that's what both sides are saying right now, jessica. both sides believe they came out as winners today. the unions are saying this decision by the judge protect

. >> reporter: 6-year-old giovanni who got a new wheelchair couldn't get to the window fast enough where wave and four hellos, straight from the north pole. >> what do you think about this, giovanni? >> i like it. >> you like it. >> reporter: in fact, everyone likes it. >> santa's cleaning your window. look at that. >> reporter: this many people would give their time to make children feel better. mark potter, nbc news, orlando. >> makes all of us feel better just watching that great story. >>> if that put a smile on your face wait until you see what we're buzzing about it today. i'm going to start with you, richard. >> what they did was compiled some of the photos here, guys, of what they have today's baby of the week on the show with kathy lee and hoda. these are some of the kids they have posted on their website. you take a look at them, go to the sitep. on this one they have one his name is little braden anthony, born april 13th helping his parents light up the holidays. that's the first one. you go down further, joaquin, born in sacramento, california. all sorts of fun little kids. >

giovanni dreams of his father will work as a pizza maker again. is carrying on working in the bakery. michael would like to join the british police force. joel has just decided to go to technical college to train as an electrician. can see herself as a primary school. in her hometown of. war is probably the most complex and difficult human activity. of all. locked up. in the phenomenon of friendly fire probably extends back to the invention of gunpowder. kill a bunch of people in the jungle warfare on their premises there are of us people. reading. this some of it shoots my brother in the leg not intentional because it is because it was night times four in the morning even the best given the mesh shoulders. are going to make mistakes does this whole idea of brotherhood an author and camaraderie in this sense it was in this context that has absolutely no place. in a life. on the face. a pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm sure. weeks between thanksgiving and christmas in the united states a confluence roughly twenty percent of annua

giovanni dreams of his father will work as a pizza maker again. is carrying on working in the bakery. michael would like to join the british police force. joel has just decided to go to technical college to train as an electrician. get dana can see herself as a primary school. in her hometown. what is the fate of the house of saud on its list of complaints against washington is long and getting longer the saudis are furious over western dealings with iran disappointed that obama didn't bomb syria and one of its only real friends in the region is israel given all of this kind of house of saud afford what it calls an independent one paul. i. right from the seat. first right. and i think that you're. on our reporter's twitter. instagram. b m. this is the place that has been consecrated to god for almost a thousand years people came here twenty some years ago so the established a life on the silent. and people feel the love of christ working. people say you can catch. something happens on this island that makes them return to it again and again they s

giovanni dreams of his father will work as a pizza maker again. is carrying on working in the bakery. michael would like to join the british police force. joel has just decided to go to technical college to train as an electrician. get dana can see herself as a primary school. in her hometown. i was thinking somehow i had to come back because mom was waiting for me. and i just knew that everything would be fine for some reason we were so confident because we were going to get married officially after he came back how could he not come back because the mere thought of it never crossed her mind. when the militants decided to try and break through and heard you gania screaming grenade. explosions blow them all run his back your war. and it was all over all should we know that our comrades on our commander won't leave us no matter how tough it gets we're teen. you're getting was a senior in his military trio. he knew that if he didn't smother that grenade with his body more of his comrades would die he gave his own life to save his friend. i know c.n.

giovanni crumbs jones was coming from their homes. everything to do three million euro from the fund raising arm was also paid into defined benefit pensions for seventy crc stuff. in the long term unsecured interest free deal which has yet to be repaid in april two thousand and nine. hate to see rule two of the crc cutting it to significantly reduce executive pay levels. in june both sides met to discuss the issue. the crc said is that legal context but nine executives could be sued if these were broken. in november two thousand and nine. the crc rope to the agency saying it would fund paid above the agency limits. but future posts will be brought into a nine wicket to see pay scales. the agency said today. but for the first time in its history it is used to warning notices to the crc. over the way brian common was appointed last night. and it threatened to withdraw funding. the p a c chairman told the agency it knew of that type of problems find years ago. it seems today that it works it it's going to start the covering your tracks a

nearby, the church of san giovanni hosts nightly concerts celebrating the music of hometown composer giacomo puccini. woman: [ singing operatically ] was one of italy's greatest opera composers. puccini's delightful arias seem to capture the spirit of this wonderful corner of italy. [ singing continues ] [lively acoustic guitar music] ♪ - we're at the tip of the baja peninsula... where the fantastic shapes and scenery of the baja desert meet the cool dark waters of the pacific ocean and the warmer sea of cortez, which is often called the aquarium of the world because it's packed with sea life, including whales... here they are. here they are, guys. that was awesome. sea lions, and dolphins. and cabo san lucas offers plenty of ways to check out all the wildlife, both in the water and on land. join us as we explore it all in... both: travel with kids: mexico! female announcer: this program is made possible by

nearby, the church of san giovanni hosts nightly concerts celebrating the music of hometown composeromo puccini. woman: [ singing operatically ] steves: he was one of italy's greatest opera composers. puccini's delightful arias seem to capture the spirit of this wonderful corner of italy. [ singing continues ] we found the treasure chest that holds the secret to a healthy life. red for rubies. yellow for gold. and the green shimmer of emeralds. open the chest. ruby-red strawberries, delicious and low-fat. golden-yellow squash, scrumptious and fiber-rific. and glistening emerald green beans -- yummy! treasure your health. eat lots of fresh, colorful fruits and vegetables. arh! fiber! [dramatic electronic music] ♪ [ice rumbles and splashes] [seabirds twittering] - you can see this ice-- [water rushing] - alaska's kenai peninsula is packed with wildlife, a place where eagles and bears outnumber the people. and there are opportunities by the boatload and kayak load and horseback load to see them. one great way to see alaska's wildlife is by kayak. you may do all the work,

programa especial asÍ que mÁs informaciÓn al final del programa, no se pierda el cambio de imagen de giovanniack, pimientos y cebollas asadas, en un pansourdough por solo $3.99. ahh...es también así como se te ocurrió usar ese brazalete con numeritos pintados. ¿mi reloj? no...estos los inventaron hace mucho tiempo. ♪. ♪. ♪. >>> bueno, durante la entrega de los latin grammy. jomari goyso se lanzÓ a calles de las vegas a buscar una novia, no, no piense que es para casarse, obviamente, sino para arreglarla, como vimos en imÁgenes, Él recorriÓ varias capillas. verÁ como la encontrÓ. ♪. ♪. ♪. >>> estamos en las vegas. >>> las vegas. >>> nevada. (risas) >>> y ellos se van a casar. (hablan en inglÉs). no bueno. entonces vamos a buscar uno que se vaya. gracias, adiÓs. >>> tiene tiempo para decidirse hasta maÑana. >>> estoy pensandolo, no me decido. >>> cuÁnto tiempo llevais juntos? >>> un aÑo. >>> tiene un aÑito mÁs, si al aÑo siguiente no, bye. >>> se quiere casar o no? >>> claro, contigo? >>> no, no, el anillo y todo. >>> no, bueno. >>> no tiene anillo? >>> no, no tengo anillo. >>> va a tener que i

capitol police chief, please join me in welcoming giovanni gainer. [applause] you may not know this, but we require all of our tree letters to have some special qualifications. now, as i understand it, when you grew up, you want to be a police officer. were talking and if it is ok with you, we would --e to make you a capital junior capitol hill police officer for today. so chief, if you will put the badge on. now, your official. got the hat and the badge. here is the switch right here -- not yet. you and i will do this together. two, one., three, [applause] ♪ come on. ♪ [applause] isn't the tree beautiful, ladies and gentlemen? let me thank you for coming and joining us tonight and joining speaker john boehner, the washington state congressional allegation, the forest service, the terrific marine band, and all of us for this year's tree lighting ceremony. thank you. merry christmas, and have a good evening. rolloutonths after the of the health care law and website, president barack obama said the overhaul is working and not repealing it as long as i

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writer, poe evident, activist, the great nick kill giovanni is going to be here.teenager is found guilty of driving drunk killing four people and injuring two others. prosecutors ask for 20 years, but the judge gave him probation. schooling for the defense says he suffered from affluenza. some are calling ta defense a get out of jail free card for the wealthy. take a look at a live picture of central park bob the high-rises. >>> today nbc news has new and intriguing information about the ex-fbi agent who vanished in iran. also the reporter who first uncovered that whole story but was told he had to hold it. >>> hollywood takes on washington, d.c. again in a film inspired by a huge 1970s scandal. one of the lead lines in this mean, some of this actually happened. we'll revisit what actually happened and while that film is getting some rave reviews, we'll take a look at it for you. don't go anywhere. [ female announcer ] stop searching and start repairing. eucerin professional repair moisturizes while actually repairing very dry skin. the end of trial and error has

want to give a big thanks to our data team, especially giovanni for digging out these stats.like we could have a positive close to the year. >> there's none better than gio. thanks. >>> hanging onto the gains with the dow up 139 points. the nasdaq is the stellar performer, as we've been talking about, with a gain of 28 at the moment. >>> as the new year approaches, people tending to develop a taste of the bubbly and it seems starbucks is no different. how do you feel about a can carbonated skinny vanilla latte? >> that's what she had. >> i've never been a huge fan. they soon may be served up by a barista near you. yes, carbonated coffee drinks. more on starbucks' move into the bubbles business coming up. [ male announcer ] here's a question for you: the energy in one gallon of gas is also enough to keep your smartphone running for how long? 30 days? 300 days? 3,000 days? the answer is... 3,000 days. because of gasoline's high energy density, your car doesn't have to carry as much fuel compared to other energy sources. take the energy quiz. energy lives here. tdd#: 1-800-345-2

>>> plus, the human cost of surviving our nation's gun battles and the legendary poet, nicky giovanniht wing, i'm just not that into you. >>> good morning, i'm melissa harris-perry. this week, believe it or not, we learned something very, very important. house speaker john boehner can display an emotion that is

paul giovanni, who played paul bernanke in "too big to fail."en is gellin'. if he says that, buying everyone in america a bitcoin. and we might celebrate if bernanke says froth or frothy, and perhaps the riskiest bet, the chairman will say taper and twerking in the same sentence. by the way, what's the over/under on how many times he will say taper, guys, i'm taking you over. >> just the idea of him saying the word twerking, that was my laugh of the day. can you do the end of our show every day from now on forever and ever? >> oh, i -- well -- you want me on tv? really? oh, please. >> great stuff. >> i think the answer is yes. >> jane wells, gotta wait for the press conference to see what he does says, in the meantime, kelly, 10-year getting close to 2.9, near a three-month high. >> after the five-year auction, didn't see the demand show up, the indirects at a multiyear low, and now stocks turning slightly negative. >> we have to see what happens. let's get back to hillary clintons and scott wapner and the "halftime." >> all right, guys, thank y