sam adams, hancock? at the time, they swore never to reveal each other's names to prevent their arrest for treason and immediate death on the gallows. while their names remain secret for decades after the tea party, but they are now listed in my new book. [laughter] i believe the list will surprise you. one irony of the tea party, however, is that none of those who dumped tea into boston harbor rose to prominence in the government of the nation that emerged from the revolution, and that's because of the kind of men who lead revolutions and destroy governments, the rogues, the sam adams in america, seldom have the qualities needed to organize and build a new government or nation. they never nurture. their instincts are to destroy, to kill. a second irony of the revolution that the tea party sparked is that instead of the eliminating taxation, it increased it 10,000 fold. suddenly, local governments had to pay for the cost of defense, law enforcement, postal services, and all the other government services

then way out west, hancock 30, frostburg, 27 degrees. they are looking pretty good as far as snowfall is concerned. pretty much the entire portion of the channel 11 viewing area except portions of the south and southern baltimore city and baltimore county, they are in a winter weather advisory, so just be aware. that means things could get treacherous as snowfalls from the sky. as far as your forecast today, 33 to 38. it's going to be a chilly one. it will snow more to the north and west in a rain mix to the south as we saw on hd doppler. winds will be out of the east at five to ten miles per hour. current weather right now shows this wet mess here to the south of us and the snows that are starting to form in portions of the areas to the north and west of the city that we saw hd doppler there. we're monitoring two systems here. first this upper level low that's bringing us a portion of the snow.

our paula hancock is out front tonight in seoul, south korea. what are the officials in seoul saying about what happened? >> reporter: well, we have confirmation from forth korea as far as they are concerned this rocket launch was a success. we had a special broadcast on north korean television just about an hour ago. a very jubilant and excited news reader announced the rocket launch was a success and that the satellite had entered pre-set orbit. north koreans have claimed success in the face of failure in the past. so we have to wait for confirmation. we are waiting on the u.s. and south korean officials working closely to together to see whether or not that satellite is, in fact, in orbit. the south korean response, as you can imagine, is one of condemnation. the blue house which is the korean equivalent of the white house issued a statement, lee myung-bak who was called just after this rocket launch to be informed he has been in closed-door meet wgz close advisers for hours and he has an announcement saying this is, this is in clear violatio

freezing in hancock. 20's in the mountains. headed to the 20's in northwest suburbs overnight. it has been adjusted down to more degrees -- the high was 1:00 in the morning, 64 degrees. the average is 49. you can see how much cooler than normal it was. but now we get back to typical december whether thanks to the area of high pressure delivering a cold air. the next one front is organizing over the middle of the country -- 55 degrees in denver. that surge of warm air will arrive here over the weekend. when the front comes in, it might bring a few scattered showers. a nice sunny day tomorrow, but on the chilly side. friday, the warm front pushing across pennsylvania and a few scattered showers associated with the warmer air. saturday and sunday, the warm side of the front. temperatures above normal, but also some clouds and showers saturday and sunday. a chilly day tomorrow. 25-35 in the morning with light northwest winds and high as in the mid 40's. in a sunny day -- some classic december weather tomorrow. thursday, wind out of the southeast. temperatures dropping into the mid

we'll talk to paula hancocks shortly who will join us from south korea shortly.n the phone is pentagon correspondent barbara starr. what are you hearing out of the pentagon? >> reporter: anderson, at this hour, u.s. officials are looking at all the incoming intelligence trying to figure out exactly what north korea has launched. the news agencies across asia, say it was a three-stage long-range rocket. that's the kind of rocket that has the u.s. most worried because it can have intercontinental range. but the question is exactly what did they launch, how far did it fly, what kind of capability it had because you know they had that failed test back in april. if they were actually able to do more successful tests this time, so quickly after the failed one, how did they get better, who helped them? that's the question tonight. >> let's check in with paula hancocks who is joining us from seoul, south korea. do we know if this launch was successful? >> reporter: that's what everyone is trying to figure out at this point. the military is tracking the orbit to try to fi

we lost two familyos hancock street and i don't blame them. if i had children i wouldn't want to raise them in the castro either. thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good morning. my name is ms.dori and have lived here for 34 years and a lesbian and work with different associations. i drive you 32 the castro several times. >> >> a week. during those drives the children have seen naked men in the car. it's up setting and confusing to them. they have difficulty emotionally and psychologically processing it. each time i have to try to explain to them. i am at a loss what to tell them. as a mother it's my job to teach them there are boundaries. if my child took off her clothes at school she would be sent home and a conference would happen. if my child sees this -- what i really believe those exposing themselves in public are performing non sex yell behavior and a violation. one years ago i took seven girls to volunteer at a pet adoption booth and i naked man walked up to the girls and returned several times so the girls would see h

what is the very latest, paula hancock?d from north korea from the foreign ministry in north korea, quoted by the state-run news agency, kcna, it's a condemnation that came pyongyang's way. they are calling "hostile forces" showing signs of sinister bid to take issue with the launch, which was for peaceful purposes,." this is the rebuttal from what we've heard from washington, seoul, tokyo, beijing, even from russia. all of the condemnation laid on north korea for carrying out the rocket launch. and north korea says the right to use outer space for peaceful purposes is universally recognized by international law. going counter to the united nations resolutions that have been passed against them. but, of course, we do note that the united nations has banned the use of this long-range missile technology. a resolution came into place after the failed attempt back in april, so certainly the international condemnation will keep coming. a very interesting thing to point out, though. we have seen some celebrations on the streets o

there is some fog from hagerstown to martinsburg out to cumberland, berkley springs, hancock, those areas. seeing some of that fog this morning. culpeper as well. but look over toward the bay. visibilities much better off to the east now so we don't have the problems like we did yesterday. so your travel should be impacted very little from this. here's a look at our day planner on this tuesday morning. by 8:00 we're going to drop a little bit down to about 50 degrees. we'll have temperatures by noon up to 57. this will be about the high for the day. by mid afternoon we're back in the low to mid-50s. some slightly cooler air moves in under those brisk northwesterly winds. 17 miles an hour. we're going to have gusts in the 25 range today. by 8:00 clear and 47. we'll be in the 30s in most areas by tomorrow morning. showers last night actually a little bit of thunder across the delaware bay through jersey and that whole line has actually moved toward long island and southern new england. out to the west we have an area of showers here in kentucky and into west virginia. i think most of this w

a little cooler down near the patuxent river, and in the mountains, 20's from hancock toward oakland, one of the cold spots, 21. much less wind and it makes all the difference. we could still see when from the northwest, 5-10 miles an hour or but yesterday gusts up to 50 and it really took a toll on the wind chill and caused minor damage. just seeing a few strong winds along with coast -- ocean city, if you go stronger but even those winds should be quieting down. expect sunshine in ocean city, temperatures around the low to mid 40's across central and southern maryland. seven pennsylvania, mid 30's and partly sunny and mostly cloudy in the mountains, a high of 30 to. they will see the clouds first coming in because of the approaching storm. we are watching it on the satellite and radar. notice of the ouds spreading into the east. right now is mostly just producing rain across louisiana, back into mississippi, and moving into tennessee as well. see the pink shades starting to pop up across kentucky? it is starting to indicate a little bit of ice on the northern edge, so we do have to

herby hancock speaks for all of us. >> keep smiling and keep making great music. >> dave brubek gone an incredible talent. thins for abc 7 news at 4:00. >> the abc 7 news exclusive alarm clock app is available now for your an droid phone. down load now for free. that app is still available if you have an iphone. >> abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now. >> thank you. san francisco police break up a big burglary ring. we have pictures to help victims find stolen zponz computer autos i'm sandhya patel. live from the roof of the kgotv broadcast center, tracking a few showers when a drier pattern will come in coming up. >> and after ground topples trees around the bay area like this one crashing through a home. >> a sea ofut.u umbrellas lined streets this morning and today's storm hit while folks were heading off to work. >> and it left a mark on the morning kmult, flooding areas like this section of interstate 580 near 14th park boulevard exit. >> and rain or shine, crews were hard at work after the storm left behind a huge sink hole. >> sun tried hard, but never showed up today, you can

written on washington, jefferson, madison, and i'd written on patrick henry, james monroe, james hancock. so i pulled out john f. kennedy's cal woods prize-winning book profiles in courage and their in chapter 1 was john quincy adams. i thought his name begins with a xu chapter 1. that's not the reason he was in chapter 1. john kennedy himself a war hero had listed these characters in order of the degree of courage, and he placed john quincy adams first among the most courageous senators and congressmen in american history. he was not just the sixth president of the united states. he was a congressman as well for 16 years and a center for four years. most americans don't realize he was a congressman. many don't even know he was president. >> by your going to change that. >> yes. he was this enormously courageous congressman. the first congressman to stand up and call for emancipation before lincoln even knew how to spell the word. >> we will get back to emancipation and the abolition movement. someone said to me the other day i have read to biographies of john quincy adams. here's his qu

paula hancocks with live reaction in seoul, south korea today. >> reporter: as you say, the u.s. this move. but we have a counterblast from north korea, blasting the international condemnation. the kcna state-run media a quote from the foreign ministry in north korea that said "hostile forces are showing signs of a sinister bid to take issue with the launch for peaceful purposes. now, pyongyang has insisted this is for peaceful purposes, to put a working satellite into orbit. they claim they have achieved that of course, other countries including the u.s. believe it's a cover protesting long-range missile technology. the u.s. has been singled out for harsh criticism for the north koreans, saying the u.s. overreacted to the satellite raunch ba launch back in april. that was one that actually failed. they overreacted and added to hostile feelings. the international condemnation before the launch did nothing to stop the north koreans from carrying out the launch anyway and even the condemnation after the launch is being dismissed by pyongyang. kim jung un's regime is determined to c

. >> barbara starr appreciate your reporting tonight and paul hancock as well. >>> and two new offers on the table. w? >>> we've talked about the shooting at the oregon mall. ahead, more accounts. >>> more on the shooting outside of portland coming up. first raw politics. late new developments tonight. two new offers on the table, one from the white house, a counteroffer from house republicans and the details are sketchy. the white house offer includes $1.4 trillion in new tax revenues. democratic source says the tax hikes are paired with a serious spending cut number with real entitlement reform. we are hearing negative reaction from one gop aide saying 1.4 isn't progress in this late game. less is known about the gop counteroffer at this hour. we know president obama and house speaker boehner sat down for a no cameras meeting over the weekend. the competing offers come after both sides aired sharp differences on the house floor. watch. >> where are the president's spending cuts? the longer the white house slow walks this process the closer the economy gets to the fiscal cliff. >> wh

written on washington, jefferson, madison and i had written on patrick henry, james monroe, john hancock. so i pulled out john f. kennedy's pulitzer prize-winning book, profiles in courage and daring chapter one was john quincy adams. so i thought his name begins begins with a comma on the season chapter one. but i was not the reason. john kennedy himself a war hero had listed these characters in order of the degree of coverage and he placed john quincy adams first among the most courageous senators and congressmen in american has terry. he was not just the sixth president of the united states. he was a congressman as well for 16 years and a senator for four. most americans don't realize he was a congressman. many don't even know he was president. >> well, you're going to change that. >> yes. he was this enormously courageous congressmen, the first congressman to stand up and call for emancipation before linking even knew how to spell the word. >> will get back to institution in a moment. a friend of mine who is a lawyer said to mean the other day, i read two biographies of john quincy a

>> sure, reba hancock, that was johnny cash's sister. my grandmother was named reba.how i got the name reba myself. >> jimmy: and she did not sue you when you got the name. >> no, no. >> jimmy: grandparents are the best, aren't they? >> respect they, though? >> jimmy: great to have you here. the name of your show. >> "malibu country." >> jimmy: not "reba." >> no. that's the other one still running in reruns. >> jimmy: don't be confused. she is still reba and will be no matter what happens. "malibu country" airs friday nights on abc at 8:30. reba mcentire. we'll be right back with mike tyson. honey... ya? you notice something different about these toys? the prices are so low. are we dreaming? i got an idea. kick me in the shin. if i feel it, we know the prices are real. yep, they're real. we've got more rollbacks on toys all december. wait, was that real? [ male announcer ] this christmas, get the hottest brands and rollbacks on the season's hottest toys, like the beyblade destroyer dome, only $34.96, the nerf elite hailfire, only $29.88 or select playdoh sets, only te

make it easy and ask nicely and if the player normally gets paid for his or her john hancock offer to make a donation to their favorite charity. >>> still ahead protestors come to capitol hill hoping to pressure lawmakers to avoid that fiscal cliff. >> then a little later on 9 preps for inauguration day aren't just political. a closer look at the primping and preening some women will go through. >> that can't possibly end well. it's not always true. we'll show you coming up next. >>> caught on tape tonight an accident you wouldn't expect to end well but surprise it actually does. we found this on the website dead spin. the time stamp indicates it was last month. watch this. as the tractor-trailer comes towards the camera, and then flips over. that is a load of cows. yeah. across the road. would you believe none of the bovines were hurt as you can see? they just sort of get up and walk away. that is so -- >> we have a really special announcement today. our brand new ipad app now available to download from the app store. and simon landau is here to shows from the website -- show us from

paula hancocks is following this story.more we know about north korea's plans. >> tom, as north korea prepares to launch its second rocket this year, as early as monday, the u.s. is making preparations of its own. the navy is moving two guided missile destroyers to the region, although they're not saying exactly where. pyongyang says they are trying to send a working satellite into orbit. but the u.s. and other countries simply don't believe that. they believe that this is a cover for testing the long-range missile technology, which is banned by the united nations. one senior government official here in seoul tells me that a motivation behind this rocket launch may also be domestic instability. the source says that kim jong-un's rule may not be as secure as previously thought. and this kind of rocket launch could deflect any attention from that. tom? >> as you may recall, the last launch there did not go very well at all. >>> next to gaza city, where after 45 years in exile, one of the founders of hamas, khalid meshaal, mad

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this michael pulled this thing out going through new orleans but even closer in right about through hancockh harrison county, mississippi. >> jamie: let me bring you up to speed if you are just joining us. we are on "the fox report" watching in mobile, alabama check out this video. it's actually storm. new video into fox. from wala there doing live wall-to-wall coverage on this because this storm has already injured a hospital. 22,000 people already without power there it's a severe storm. the warning is still out and they are telling people to stay inside. already three homes knocked completely off their foundation across highway 43. if you know the area. it's over jackson and clark county. it's a big storm. it's a strong storm. and national weather service already confirming one tornado. look at it we hope folks are heeding the call and the warning as the local affiliate affiliate how dangerous this storm is. our entire country is covered with wicked weather from the snow storms, the sleet, the hail, the planes that had to be cancelled today. flights people trying to get back and forth fo

. >> barbara starr appreciate your reporting tonight and paul hancock as well. >>> and two new offerse. their own future. how they'll live tomorrow. for more than 116 years, ameriprise financial has worked for their clients' futures. helping millions of americans retire on their terms. when they want. where they want. doing what they want. ameriprise. the strength of a leader in retirement planning. the heart of 10,000 advisors working with you one-to-one. together for your future. ♪ can your moisturizer do that? [ female announcer ] dermatologist recommended aveeno has an oat formula, now proven to build a moisture reserve, so skin can replenish itself. that's healthy skin for life. only from aveeno. >>> more on the shooting outside of portland coming up. >>> more on the shooting outside of portland coming up. first raw politics. late new developments tonight. two new offers on the table, one from the white house, a counter offer from house republicans an the details are sketchy. the white house offer includes $1.4 trillion in new tax revenues. democratic source says the tax hikes ar

. >> holman: ray suarez talks with jay hancock of kaiser health news about the year in health care and what changes in coverage can be expected next year. that's on our health page. on making sense, liberal economist and columnist paul krugman has a mea culpa moment, admitting to a mistake he made. and our own paul solman admits to a few as well as we come to the end of 2012. and you can look back at some of the most striking and oddest images captured by photojournalists this year. all that and more is on our web site newshour.pbs.org. margaret? >> warner: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on monday, we'll highlight the stories from the past year that are likely to make the history books i'm margaret warner. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. "washington week" can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you online and again here monday evening. have a nice weekend. thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the bill and melinda gates found

. >> holman: ray suarez talks with jay hancock of kaiser health news about the year in health care and what changes in coverage can be expected next year. that's on our health page. on making sense, liberal economist and columnist paul krugman has a mea culpa moment, admitting to a mistake he made. and our own paul solman admits to a few as well as we come to the end of 2012. and you can look back at some of the most striking and oddest images captured by photojournalists this year. all that and more is on our web site newshour.pbs.org. margaret? >> warner: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on monday, we'll highlight the stories from the past year that are likely to make the history books i'm margaret warner. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. "washington week" can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you online and again here monday evening. have a nice weekend. thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the bill and melinda gates fou

john hancock who actually took action. >> thank you. >> are there any other questions or do we have time for just one more? >> okay. quickly, please approached the microphone. [laughter] long way to the microphone. but he's coming. >> this is a dedicated question. [laughter] >> i am a college professor myself. the way things are now, these people have said what's going on here in america and we did a lot of research on it. what's your opinion? >> let's look at what has been created and so on. >> i think the way the country has turned it basically is wonderful, and these guys took a great chance and they risked their lives and a lot of people died so we did have a government where the states took place. the irony that i bring up and i read about the tea party is that in fact there is not a lot in common between the contemporary tea parties and the fiscal policy ideas about the fiscal policy. david mccullough on 60 minutes the last few weeks was talking about the fact that we have become historical the illiterate in his opinion and they asked him why that was. i wonder what you think about

which famous person's john hancock is most likely to be a fake?ators dna releasing their list of most forged signatures and topping the list, drum roll please, i won't do the dance, elvis presley and the beatles. that would be a great movie. amazingly fewer than half of their autographs are certified as genuine. wait astronaut neil armstrong landed at number 3. this year after his death in july cause a spike in forgeries. rounding out the list are former president john f. kennedy and late pop icon michael -- and won't singh -- jackson. we need some revenue. and going to take us through the last hour of trading, retail stocks are winning trading 2012 outperforming the market by a wide margin. would happen again in 2013? the case for retail and provides the best investment ideas, "countdown to the closing bell" is next. [ indistinct shoutg ] ♪ [ indistinct shouting ] [ male a announcer ] time and sales data. split-second stats. [ indistincthouting ] ♪ it's so close to the options floor... [ indistinct shouting, bell dinging ] ...you'll bust your bra

we have low 20s in the mountains. 25 in romney and west virginia. 27 degrees right now in hancock. look across the baltimore metro area, 35 downtown, 29 at the airport. also upper 20s as you get up to the north. the lower eastern shore anywhere from the upper 20s to low 30s. the big difference today, much less wind. that makes all the difference in the forecast today compared to the wind gusts near 50 miles per hour yesterday. you're seeing light winds out of the west anywhere from about four to seven miles per hour. we don't have as many concern for power outages today but you may still have to dodge a little bit of debris on the road because of the winds yesterday. full sunshine across much of the state today. highs will be from the mid to upper 40s. baltimore at 47. ocean city 49. the mountains will be much colder. we will have a few clouds. and this means great news for the ravens. they're back home today. 4:25. giants are in town. we'll have partly cloudy skies. sun does set at the start of the game. low 40s to start off. then dropping into the 40s throughout the game. interes

earrings at home you'll notice a cut on these are so unique they're not perfect their machine cut and hancock there of 5 to one that looks very organic because they are. >>host: not sure how many will find out if you want to long as gorgeous bracelet i am astonished last time we showed it and if you are like me many of us were not able to get these because there were gone and i am few hours. if you want the bracelet you might want to jump and their there are 600 who are purchasing the bracelet. if you want to necklace it is positively gorgeous you just pick up blank. the lights in the studio we have to come really close because they've sparkle and looks like it is on fire. this my friend is 16 in. necklace and they sell for this is such aarge die you to get a value at this price. 6 c13 get an extender that is 2 in. in length. >>guest: this reminds me of a top quality diamond necklace. >>host: while supplies last use express ordering and what's nice about this necklace is remembered it has a 2 in. extender and which will increase the necklace another 18 in.. >>guest: when you get these tom lad

jay hancock will talk about taxes and the new health care law.will see you back here tomorrow morning. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> today on "newsmakers," luke messer. later, senator olympia snowe of maine delivers her farewell address.

let's dig deeper with paula hancock. she's monitoring the situation from seoul, south korea.hat you're hearing from south korea? >> reporter: the con democrat nation was a threat to south korea and the rest of the world. we've seen this international condemnation. now, usually north korea would just ignore this condemnation but interestingly on wednesday evening the state-run news agency came out with a statement from the foreign ministry slamming the international condemnation. the foreign ministry spokesperson, who was unnamed and quoted said that hostile forces are showing signs of a sinister bid to take issue with this launch, incesting once again that it was for peaceful launches and they say it's their right to be able to use out of space for peaceful purposes by international law and they also single the united states out for particular criticism saying the u.s. overreacted to the satellite launch back in april. of course, that one failed. an act of hostile feelings which a tremendous amount of information coming out of north korea. we saw updates and special bulletins

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i wanted to, in that context in maine talk about the bull hill wind project in hancock county here on the coast. i think that's called down east if you're in maine. and that project is just completed. it's going to generate $100,000 annually in tax revenue. and it's supported by 100 jobs during the peak of the construction. that's a significant number of jobs in a rural county in a state like maine. i have to put a pitch in for colorado. this project uses wind turbines made by vestis which manufactures blades, cells and towers in colorado. much like in colorado, the production tax credit creates and sustains manufacturing jobs, and it's creating growth in maine. i know we've got some job numbers here that i'm going to share with you in the manufacturing sector. there are four facilities in maine that produce components for the wind energy industry and they install wind projects across the state. about 500 manufacturing jobs. speaking of tax payments, property tax payments, about $6 million comes in from those wind projects to local governments. that money helps infrastructure improvem

he has also received two overseas press club rewards for his writings on asia and a john hancock reward -- award. he's a a member of the gridiron club, the economy's club of new york, the council on foreign relations. he also served on the board of governors not too far away from virginia, a university of north carolina. please welcome our distinguished moderator, alan murray. >> thank you, governor, for that generous introduction and for being able to look -- to overlook the disability of my alma mater. we have been through the most expensive election campaign in the history of the world. i think it has been pulled up, over $2 billion was spent over the course of many months. repeated debates, exhausted, and when it was over, we woke up the next morning and discovered that nothing had changed. the same guy in the white house, the same parties controlled the two houses of congress, the same issues, the same stalemate, the same dismal prognosis for getting through this bill might that we had before the election. i do think, and i assume you will talk about this today, i think there is on

alan has all received two overseas press club awards for his writings on asia as well at the john hancockrd for his coverage of the federal reserve. in addition to serving on the miller center governing council, he is a member of the gridiron club, the economics club of new york, and the council on foreign relations. he also happen to serve a long time ago on the board of visitors at that alma mater not too far away from the university of virginia, the university of north carolina. please join me and say hello to our distinguished moderator, alan murray. [applause] >> thank you for that generous introduction and for being willing to overlook the disability of my alma mater. [laughter] we have just been through the most expensive election campaign in the history of the world. i think it totalled over $2 billion we spent over the course of many months, repeated debates, exhaustive, and when it was over we woke up the next morning and discovered nothing much had changed. the same guy was in the white house, the same parties controlled the two houses of congress, same issues, fights, same sta