graham, is happiness public-policy? >> that's a big question these days. when i start working on this about 10 years ago, people thought the few posts that were doing it were pretty loopy, or nuts. but actually it's become a new science, a way of measuring well being in a broader way than just income can measure well being and quality of life. and right now the british government and the united nations, the chinese government, the brazilian government, and i could name more, are very interested in implementing wielding metrics, or happiness metrics in their policy. in fact, the british government just completed its first round survey where it concluded happiness metrics in its national statistics speak what is a happiness metrics? >> is a measure of, we measure well being more generally. happiness is a colloquial term, but we take measures of how people, how satisfied people are with their lives in general, how they experience the day before. in other words, much shorter term daily experience kind of measure, and in how people evaluate their lives as a who

graham was admitted in ashville, north carolina. he is said to be alert, smiling and waving at hospital staff. graham's personal physician says the 93-year-old evangelist is in stable condition. his sister gene is account he is going to be find. >> we were told it was nipped in the bud. they are going to treat it right away. he was waving and smiling and joking with the nurses. >> graham was also hospitalized for pneumonia back in may. >>> coming up, find out why this is a part of the most christian movements in asia. >> the countries are separated by much more then that. one christian man started a university with an important goal, to bring the two countries together. what makes the story more amazing? north korean officials asked this man to start the university after they sentenced him to death. dale hurd explains. >> reporter: this is the demilitaryized zone. narrow 150 mile longed border on earth, two koreas still at war for more than 50 years watch one another dotted with mines, walls, and bunkers. one side is south korea. ot

and senator lindsey graham, republican of south carolina. finally, our political roundtable, on what's changed in the gop race for the white house this week, and what distinguishes romney from gingrich. with us, special correspondent ted koppel, republican strategist, alex castellanos. nbc's senior investigative correspondent lisa myers. and nbc's chief white house correspondent chuck todd. also joining the conversation this morning, iowa's republican governor, terry branstad. >>> good morning. what a difference a month makes. newt gingrich is now the undisputed front-runner in the republican race, he's atop the polls in iowa and new hampshire, and look at this. this morning we have new results from our nbc maris poll, south carolina and florida. it is gingrich going away in both of those states. as the front-runner, gingrich bore the brunt of the attacks in last night's republican debate in iowa and here with us live this morning, dr. ron paul, the texas congressman and candidate for president, of course. dr. paul, welcome back to the progr

graham: may i add something. i want to respond to one of my good friends, senator paul, who said, well, that's all good but sometime in democracies you have very bad people. and i don't want to give the power to the executive branch this broad that could result in political persecution. i will tell you, senator levin -- you may find this hard to believe -- but there are people on my side who really don't trust president obama, his administration. some of them don't think he's an american. some of them believe that if we pass this law, that you're going to give the obama administration the power to come on and pick them up because they go to a rally somewhere. all i can say to senator paul and others, i share the concern about unlimited executive power. i support the posse comitatus act. i don't support the idea the military can't fight al qaeda when they come here. we're not talking about law enforcement functions. but here's what happens. if someone is picked up as a suspected enemy combatant under this narrow w

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[cheering and applause] graham! lindsey graham is a closeted gangbanger. i'm not suggesting he bangs gangs. i'm saying, isn't there anyone who can derail this one-way train to gitmo? you know, i seem to recall a promising young man who once made an el qn case for our values. >> we're not a country that runs prisons that locks people away without ever telling them why they're there or what they're charged with. we're not a nation that locks people up without charging them. >> jon: by i'm going to work to change that. remember that guy? i loved that guy. i think he was in something recently. the white house. [laughter] i'm sure that his press secretary can explain exactly why our president is not going to sign this authoritarian piece of... >> any bill that challenges or con trains the president's critical abilities to incapacity dangerous terrorists and protect the nation would prompt his senior advisers to recommend a veto. >> jon: challenge, constraints? you got that? obama is going to veto this not because he objects to the executive branch having near i

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senator graham, is the issue, as the president argued, income inequality? or is it something more fundamental? or is it national decline? >> i think the issue is that there's failure -- he's got a failed presidency,nd he didn't talk about the thingshe h done to make america a stronger, better place, in a bipartisan fashion. ronald reagan sat down wi tip o'neill to solve problems. bill cnton sat down wit newt gingrich to balance the budget and end welfare as we know it. this whole speech is about pitting one group of americans against the other. and his policies are t biggest threat to the hard-working americans. yore a union guy, the pipeline would be good for you because it would create 20,000 jobs. the nlrb in hands of this administration, almost cost a fality in south carolina that would have cost 10,000 hard-working soutcarolinians eir jobs because of union politics. the environmental policies of this administration make it very hard to create a job. the speech, the speech wasn't about his successes. it's abou hard-working americans in class warfare. an

graham: thank you. while we decide how we're going to move on the defense bill, senator kyl, i appreciate you coming to the floor. you and i along with senator levin and mccain, have been working on a detainee policy for years now. there is an issue that's before the senate here soon. it involves what to do with an american citizen who is suspected of collaborating with al qaeda or an affiliated group. do you agree with me, senator kyl, that in other wars, american citizens unfortunately have aided the enemies of their time? mr. kyl: i would say to my colleagues, unfortunately it is the case that there probably hasn't been a major conflict in which at least some american citizen has decided to loaf his country and side with the enemy. mr. graham: are you familiar with the efforts by german saboteurs who landed, i believe, in the long island area, i don't know exactly where they landed during world war ii, and they were aided by american citizens to execute a sabotage plot against the united states? mr.

joining us is his son franklin graham, ceo of bill li graham evangelical association.being with us. first off, how is your father doing? >> my father is doing fairly well. he is back home. he was in the hospital last week for pneumonia, but he's home and getting ready for christmas. >> you said he didn't want to leave? >> no. he kind of likes the hospital. he is the only person i know that likes the hospital and he enjoys all of the people he gets to meet but he is doing well. thank you for asking. >> good friends there i'm sure he has made there? >> he has. >> what is a typical day for him these days is what? >> he'll get up in the morning. of course, he'll try to work a little bit. each day, he answers mail. he worked on this book the last few years. it's done fairly well so he started another book and it's a book he is going to try to do this year or this coming year about salvation. but he works a little bit every day. always working. of age so he is >> i was going to say in "nearing home" it has lots of life lessons. >> it does? >> oo terms of growing up with he a

graham was also hospitaled in may. >>> students at penn state held a town hall meeting to talk about the campus sex abuse scandal. jerry sandusky is accused of molesting at least eight children over 15 years. penn state fired the university's president, and long time head coach, joe paterno over the handling of a purported locker room rape in 2002. >> i know all of us shared in the shock and sadness when we read the attorney general's presentment, now almost four weeks ago. and our hearts continue to go out to the victims of this tragedy. >> also today, an unnamed victim filed a civil lawsuit against sandusky and the children's charity he founded. sandusky says he's innocent of the charges. >>> and it is windy out there. gusts up to 42 miles per hour in livermore. i'll tell you more about it, coming up. >>> coming up after the forecast, a story that might make you think twice about wasting your vacation days away from work. ♪ [ cellphone rings ] cut! [ monica ] i have a small part in a big movie. i thought we'd be on location for 3 days, it's been 3 weeks. so, i used my citi simplici

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. >>> billy graham is in the hospital this evening. graham is 93 years old. said he is in stable condition at mission hospital in asheville, north carolina. he's suffering from a cough and fever. a spokesman said that graham smiled and waved to staff as he entered the hospital today. >>> an exclusive new field poll shows fewer californians want president obama in the white house for a second term. 45% said they're inclined to reelect the president. and that's down four percentage points from march. 70% of voters believe california is seriously off on the wrong track. that's just better than the 75% of voters who felt that way in 2008. >>> the irs is holding about $3 million in bay area tax refunds that have been returned in the mail. a spokesman told us that people have changed their addresses but haven't notified the agency. 2,100 bay area residents have a check waiting for them. >> we strongly recommend that people electronically file and request direct deposit. then they don't have to worry about this issue of a check that's undelivered. >> go to ktvu.com

nchts billy graham is hospitalized tonight. the 93-year-old is suffering from congestion, a cough, and a slight fever. the hospital says graham was alert, smiling, and waving to staff when he arrived today. graham was treated for pneumonia. nearing home was published last month. the news edge on d.c. where police need your help finding suspects in several convenience store robberies. police say there were four armed robberies in the early morning hours this past sunday and monday. all of them happened in northeastment police want people to take a close look at this surveillance video at one of those robbers. >> what we are trying to do is to look at the videos, to see if they recognize anybody in the videos. some of the parts of the face are, you know, visible. in addition there's clothing, the way people walk, see if they might recognize them. >> if you do recognize anyone in the video, please call metropolitan police. it's news they love to hear. debuted at two stations. good money problems once again put a snag in metro's pr

former chief of staff to graham is serving time for corruption. graham failed to report he had been offered a bribe in that same federal investigation. >> some pepco customers may soon be paying a lot more for service. >> the utility company is asking regulators to approve a rate hike of more than $68 million. ken molestina explains why pepco wants more of your money. >> reporter: a significant snowstorm and hurricane in our region exposed pepco's shortcomings since the last time they had a rate increase. now a year and four movements after the spike, they're asking for more money again. >> at the end of the year, we'll been 3,000 miles of treeline that's been trimmed. the underground cable that's been renewed or replaced, the new technology put on the system. >> reporter: pepco president thomas graham says the efforts aren't cheap and he's asking for $64 million. if the maryland public service commission approves the proposal, maryland customers will have to pay an additional $5.56 a month. >> i'm not happy about it at all. >> reporter: she's one

graham got one year. the reason was that people felt that graham being the track coach actually influenced so many people in his dealings in steroids, that the higher sentence was justified. >> as we move forward, it looks like probation. all signs point to probation at this point? >> right. i would be surprised if there were anything else. often times people think probation versus jail or probation versus confinement. probation always comes with conditions. those conditions can and probably will include something like electronic home monitoring, some restriction on barry's freedom for and you specified period of time. >> what we don't discuss much is barry going to be a con fix -- convicted fell:that brings life changes, right? >> it does. that hurts the most when you are a convicted felon you lose a lot of civil rights the right to own a firearm. the right to serve on a jury. when that happens, that lives with you for the rest of your life. in state court, you can clear your record and get some of those

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the ravens signed shayne graham.s been added to the roster as a possible replacement for billy cundif whose been struggling with injuries and inaccuracy. graham has worn a ravens uniform before and he's in training camp last season and lost out to cundif in the kicking competition. graham went on to kick for the giants and patriots last year. he was with miami this season and he's an 11 year veteran having played most of his career with the cincinnati bengals. graham practiced with the ravens today and could be kicking instead of kundif when the browns come to town. clevelands are a team the ravens have beaten seven straight times including a win in ohio three weeks ago that featured rice running wild and he carried the ball for more than 200-yards in a 24-10 baltimore victory but both he and the browns defense do not assume it's going to be the same saturday. >> we had to run the ball in that game, and the level of execution was high. offensive line, everybody getting ahead on it. >> at the end of the day you have t

graham said gingrich matured but won't get his endorsement. >> he leveled out as a person. that can hold a room. >> reporter: i spoke to many republicans critical of gingrich. many would not go on camera. why, they believe gingrich could win the nomination and seek retaliation. david kerley, abc news, washington. >> people are making a big deal out of this mitt romney, turned to perry and said, i'll bet you $10,000. shows he is out of touch. here's how wealthy he is. we already knew he was a multimillionaire. >> i don't like the $10,000 bet. i think with so many americans being in dire financial straits. losing their homes, their jobs, a skyrocketing unemployment rate, you can bet $10,000? ten cents. $10,000? >> a hyperbolic moment. we've all been in a conversation, i'll bet you $1 million. >> we haven't done that in a televised debate. >> rhetorical. people were looking for something to pounce on. >> i'm pouncing on it. i thought it was poor judgment. >> oh. so critical today. >> very critical. >> i'm always critical. >> except with alec baldwin. makes no sense. >>> but he

exempted from the indefinite detention provision during negotiations even though warhawk lindsey graham argued for in definite detention of american saying if you're an american citizen you'll be paid betray your country you're not going to be given a lawyer i believe our military should be deeply involved in fighting these guys at home or abroad so much so show lindsey graham article three section three of the constitution which reads no person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act or on confession in open court but even though americans were excluded thankfully passing this defense bill would still be a dark day for america and it's a sign that we've lost our values values that were instilled in us by our very first president george washington the question and it really is a question is is our nation in more danger right now than it was during the revolutionary war i really don't think so historian david hackett hackett fischer wrote a book called washington's crossing and in that book he said in seven hundred seventy six american

talk about your link to billy graham. >> there is a strange link. most people completely misunderstand it. they were my neighbors when growing up in a little town. i didn't know billy. i mean i would see him occasionally when he came into town. he was, of course, the most famous man in the world at that time. but ruth is the one i knew. she was the one who stayed home and, you know, if i was walking to the tennis courts with my brother's hand me downs on and my little bag of flat tennis balls, she would stop and give me a ride. i got to know her. she's a very kind, wonderful person. she was my friend. but in terms of the entire context of the grahams and their organization, i had nothing to do with any of that. it was just the woman on the mountain who i would go visit and who helped me with money and college and did all kinds of wonderful things and became a very special friend. so i wrote her biography. and interestingly enough, you mentioned politics a little bit earlier. that segued into my meeting barbara bush because i interviewed barbara bush

and on a sad note tonight the evangelist billy graham has been admitted to the hospital.update on his condition. that's coming up. wait a minute...i... [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] the lexus december to remember sales event is here, but only for a limited time. see your lexus dealer. >> shepard: evangelist billy graham went to the hospital this morning to undergo tests for pneumonia. according to his spokesman the 93-year-old preacher was admitted to mission hospital in asheville, north carolina, in his six decades in the ministry, billy yam has -- gram has packed stadium since harry truman. lately he has suffered from a number of age-related conditions. trace gallagher is live tonight. what do we know about specifics here, trace. >> his spokesman says he was in the hospital with some congestion, some coughing, that he had run a slight fever. the doctor says even before he examined the reverend graham he already decided he was going to keep him overnight for observation, at least one night to make sure he is okay. the doctor also says his symptoms this time around are no

billy graham.if you're from the southeast, willie, parts all across the world for our family, for my grand mom, my parents, your dad really was -- >> absolutely. >> as i say, our pope. he was. >> great analogy. >> in the south? but it's amazing. >> it's worldwide. travel the world and people i bump into all over have heard him, have seen him on tv, read his book and have come into a relationship with god through faith in jesus because of my daddy. and daddy is 93 as you know. >> right. >> and i hope that he's watching this morning. >> i hope so. >> i told him about it. and he's just had a bout with pneumonia but has overcome it and is doing really well. >> that's good. >> for a 93-year-old. you know, he has issues and some he has earned because of all the mileage he's put on. but he is doing so -- his mind is clear and i looked at him one day and said, daddy, you used to be handsome. now you're just beautiful. white hair, blue eyes. precious, gentle spirit. he knows he is going to heaven. >> yeah.

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