there was one who helped with the framing of the new constitution when the hawaii in kane made hawaiito a constitutional monarchy. there was one who quit the mission to work in the judiciary because he objected the fact of the headquarters in boston taking donations from slave states. so the actual missionaries did more or less get to the plan part because they didn't have time to do anything else. these were incredibly burdened overloaded people who -- look at what they did. they wanted to make everyone christian because they are protestant that means they need everyone to be reading their bibles, so they have to invent the written language and then translate the bible and because they are personally get the seminary during the winters they translate the bible from greek and hebrew into hawaii in and they have to publish that and then they have to teach everyone to read and run the school and preach the sermon and because it is a monarchy because of their commanders and demands the aristocrats placed on them that they were always having to drop everything and so dresses for the queen

jennifer you could have done this report from chicago, or hawaii, but you are in hawaii. [ laughter ]> reporter: yes, and i think it's probably not hard to figure out why. [ laughter ] >> actually we are here for the president's vacation, and as the president and first family do celebrate christmas right here in oahu, it would be a holiday wish come true for hawaii if the presidential library were located here. >> reporter: this is oahu's south shore with waikiki on one side and downtown on the other. it's a low-key spot popular with locals but all of the beaten path for tourists. there is an effort to change that, and transform these 7 acres of waterfront into something that is, well, presidential. robert per kinison is an associate professor of american studies at the university of hawaii. he is helping spear head the statewide effort to help build the 44th official presidential library here. >> obama is the first international president. and hawaii is a cosmopolitan city too. so this is a good place to tell his international story. >> reporter: and while hawaii can often suffer fro

he has roots in hawaii and kansas and kenya, indonesia. hawaii is a cosmopolitan city, too. this is a good place to tell his international story. >> reporter: while hawaii can often suffer from the stereotype of just sun and sand with little substance, per kinson says the shear number of visitors makes the state a contender. >> 8 million tourists come through hawaii every year, and they come mainly for the natural features of hawaii, the beauty and the ocean. they often look for something educational and civic as well. >> reporter: hawaii's vision for the presidential library is as big as the pacific ocean. maxine bushing ket is an associate law professor at u of h. >> of course it will include a library and museum. that's standard. nowadays we have a various palette of things to choose from to enhance it. one could be a policy school or policy institute. we have a learning academy that's looking as cultivating the next generation of leaders in innovative ways. >> reporter: while history has shown that presidential libraries are usually located in the commander in chief's ho

is the place that i long to live i plan to return there but i want the empire out of hawaii hawaii is not an extension of the us empire it is a hawaiian nation and the people of hawaii the kind of kamali deserve to have their nation back thank you so much for those wonderful interesting interview that's it for today fed ex and we'll see you in the next edition of said. the olympic torch is on its epic journey to such. one hundred twenty three days. through two thousand nine hundred cities of russia. relayed by fourteen thousand people or sixty five thousand killings. in a record setting trip by land air sea and others face. a limp torch relay. on r t r c dot com. they look like bounty islands where the locals can enjoy the sun and the ocean. was buried here years ago. means these people are suffering the consequences. how much more poison lies on the ground. behind this there is what we call the callet bank on which there is a deposit of plutonium left by security test which caused the dispersion of radio nuclides despite previous cleaning efforts there remains a deposit of a little l

hawaii. the first couple based the troops and family for service and sacrifice. mr obama has a little more than three years left as pit has not stopped hawaii and chicago looking behind 2017, both hoping to host the barack obama library. hawaii is stepping up its efforts. >> this is the south shore, with waikiki on one side and downtown on the other. it's a low-key spot popular with locals. but off the beaten path for tourists. a plan is taking shape to transform that, transforming the water front into president yam. >> there's two lots that are possible sites for a presidential center. >> this man is an associate professor at the university of hawaii, helping to spear head the statewide effort of the 44th library. >> barack obama is the first global president. hawaii is a cosmopolitan city. this is a good place to tell his international story. >> while hawaii can suffer from the stereotype of sun and sand with little substance, the sheer number of visitors makes the state a contender. >> 8 m

in hawaii. we think we have a yup ebbing perspective. >> the governor is quick to point outside he doesn't view this as a competition. >> our argument is not to compete but to complement the motivation put together by the library system a series of components that will reflect the president's true legacy in history. >> the question of where that history will be housed will not be decided by places in hawaii or illinois. it will be up to the president himself. >> chicago is making a strong case for having the presidential library built there, saying this is the president's adapted home city. chicago is where his political career was born. the university of illinois has put in its bid where, of course barack obama taught law school. and no word from the president as to when he will decide. >> that was al jazeera's jennifer london. this will not be cheap. the presidential library could cost $500 million. there was plenty of n.b.a. action. jessica taff is here to tell us about it. good morning to yo

chapman stays in hawaii.r the next three years, he is hospitalized at least once, gets married, takes a job in a print shop, then quits. and goes to work as an unarmed security guard at a luxury, high-rise condo. he's obsessed with j.z. salinger's "catcher in the rye." chapman identifies closely with the book's protagonist halden caufield, and one who rails against the phonies he encounters. chapman claims that by the summer of 1980, he was coming unhinged. >> j.d. salinger who has been reclusive for years wrote "the catcher in the rye" and read by and admired by millions, and wonders what he must be thinking watching this? >> in 1992, larry king interviewed mark henry chapman via remote feed in attica. >> mark, why are you blaming a book? >> i am blaming myself for calling inside of the book. i want to say that j.d. salinger and "catcher in the rye" did not cause me to kill john lennon. in fact, i wrote j.d. salinger i got his box number from someone, and i apologized to him for this. >> in october 1980, cha

and their families at marine corps base hawaii. president recalled speaking on the phone on this christmas eve to ten military members stationed in places like afghanistan, saudi arabia and bahrain. mr. obama honored the sacrifice made each and every day, not just during the holidays. take a listen. >> michelle and i know that we would not enjoy the freedoms we do if not for the incredible dedication and professionalism and work that you do. the least we can do is let you know we are grateful and we're thankful. >> the obamas are expected to remain in hawaii through january 5th. >>> and now we want get a check of your thursday weather. here is nbc meteorologist dylan dreyer. dylan, how's it look out there? >> good morning. things are quiet across most of the country. that goes from the west coast as well from seattle into l.a. but in seattle, it's almost too quiet because we're seeing air stagnation alerts up that way which i'll show you in just a second. but high temperatures today look pretty seasonable. about 40 in seattle. 43 i

the man with a sledgehammer you state representative tom brower this is his contribution to solve hawaii's homeless problem and i got tired of telling people you know i'm trying to pass laws i want to do something practical that will really clean up the streets. yes guys this is real this is not the onion this is a real state representative democrat mind you is wandering around the streets of his district beating the hell out of shopping carts full of homeless people's belongings all while boasting his well worn armani hat apparently brower hates homeless people so much for mucking up the streets of his rich neighborhood that he thinks he has the right to treat them like vermin now there are a couple different levels of sociopathy happening here folks the first is actually wanting to do something like this the second is actually doing it and the third is doing it as a representative then turning it into

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policies are love hawaii my my my adopted homeland is hawaii and the hawaiian nation was stolen by the united states and eight hundred ninety three and yet there are my hawaiian brothers and sisters who are hawaiian nationals and who know who they are and have not forgotten who they are and take pride in who they are and if they have their way and i have my way the hawaiian nation will no longer be a military outpost but the united states launching its wars of aggression against everybody the latest book the man hawaii is the place that i long to live i plan to return there but i want the empire out of hawaii hawaii is not an extension of the us empire it is a hawaiian nation and the. people of hawaii become a couple we deserve to have their nation back thank you so much for those wonderful interesting interview that's it for today fed ex and we'll see you in the next edition of said. i play this street cleaner who's in love with a waitress i go on stage managing that there's an audience i used to take drugs and drink like a fish. the police told me about the circus but i was such a pu

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it's 2200 too many in the state of hawaii. finding the much-needed benefits cut off. >> jennifer london live for us in honolulu with the president. >> antarctica's harsh weather. a stalled rescue of a cruise sh ship. it has been stuck in ice, 100 miles east of a french research station. a chinese ship called the "snow dragon" could not reach them. it's nearby, waiting for other ice breakers. andrea hayward-moher joins me now, a speaks woman for the australian maritime safety authority, which is leading the rescue efforts. thank you for being with us. i'm curious to know why we think the other ships may make progress where the chinese ships fell short. >> the "aurora australis," the australian research and supply vessel has a slightly greater ice rating than the chinese vessel. so the plan is for that to arrive later today - it's sunday here in australia. and then they will assess the situation and then report back to the rescue coordination centre in australia here, behind me, before the next decision is made. >> so how soon c

today, hawaii five oh, knocked out.er just 200 enrollees and katie pavlich here with us tonight to talk about this. >> it is compounding the problem. i'm here to say aloha. so we are seeing a lot of big problems in hawaii that we have seen all over the country, also the federal exchange, we gave $205 million to why from federal taxpayers to implement the exchanges. only 200 have and will properly because of the exchange's. neil: was the website of the source of the problem? >> it's a combination. some also built the federal exchange as you can imagine why it's not working. the company also has a history trying to build the tax system in hawaii and nothing more. and so at about $750 per enrollee in hawaii at this point. neil: summer working through their own exchanges and what have you. in time will heal a lot of it. what do you find? >> i don't think so. you can talk about the website in one issue, you can talk about it in another. we are seeing that the premiums are increasing by 22% for the interesting thing is that 8

a surfer off the coast of hawaii attacked and killed by a shark.times the usual. what is behind the rise? >> your "new day" begins right now. >>> this is "new day" with chris cuomo, kate bolduan and michaela pereira. >> all right, everybody. good morning. it is just tuesday, everybody's getting mixed up on the days, not me, though, not me. >> i am, that's for sure. >> we want to show you pictures live of the scene of the train derailment in the bronx, new york. they're still working there. a lot of it is about the federal investigation. the trains have been put on the track, the track is being restored. new questions all about speed. nearly triple the speed limit, that train was going, as it came around the curve where it, of course, went off the track. let's bring in cnn's rene marsh joining from us washington. she has the latest. >> we now know how fast the train was going but we still don't know why. this morning, investigators have more questions for a man who may have the answers. ntsb investigators continue searching for clues this morning an

charles: surf is up for hawaii health exchange. a half of one percent were able to sign up. they are running ou out of fedel funds. the president should hadn' lendd while at home. i guess president has changed so many things on the fly with this law, maybe he can cut them a check too. >> hawaii could use help, this law, should be taylor made for president's home state is not @%ing well. in fact, it highlights a concern, hawaii is a state that has as president would call it, income disparity. there should be a lot of people who want to sign up for health insurance. but somehow it does not seem to be working out. charles: why would that be? to your point. president is from hawaii. it seemed like a perfect backdrop for law? >> well remember, there is a lot @% demand for the law in part because they cancel so many insurance policies under wa it, they were going to launch the law with success. they canceled millions of policies, created millions of new customers or obamacare. the assumption of you guaranteeing success. as to turns out w

president is from hawaii. it seemed like a perfect backdrop for law?ll remember, there is a lot @% demand for the law in part because they cancel so many insurance policies under wa it, they were going to launch the law with success. they canceled millions of pocies, created millions of new customers orbamacare. the assumption of you guaranteeing success. as to turns out we have people o can't get through to get insurance, god help those individuals who are waiting. what may be the deadline trying to purchase insurance before time runs out. so have you those people. then have you other people, as a result of sticker shock, say, they will not knowoll -- not enroll, they will see what happens, ty are going without insurance, with insurance companies now having to cover people with preexisting conditions, that is not as much as a gamble as it would have been under the old regime. charles: you are talking about reflt of the lay and the problem. -- reflection of the law, and theem be the way to go about this. a training will period -- transitional period, y

now -- you were in hawaii?i. >> well i tried -- i went airborne but then my recruiter had lied to me. he didn't tell me that there was no airborne in hawaii. i could say everything's good about the army, but don't trust the recruiters. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: they do whatever they can to get you signed up. >> oh yeah, you get a jacuzzi in the room. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: a massage chair. you get some brickstone. >> really? >> jimmy: no, nothing, exactly. >> so i had to terminate jump status, i wanted to be in hawaii, but it is a beautiful place. i am from south central l.a., so the thought of being able to be in the army but just to be in hawaii, that was something to kind of make me want to go. >> jimmy: did you think that you would spend your whole career in the army? >> not really. i kind of like did two years in, two years out. the first two years, i was gung ho. i was hardcore, you know, i was very athletic. but then halfway through there, i kind of like -- i had a sergeant that came to me, one of the

>> he probably can't wait to get to hawaii for two weeks of holidays. you get a sign of how bad the year has been when the first question is, was this possibly the worst year out of the five you have been in the white house? it hasn't been a good one starting with the biggest a miss the problem for the u.s. president. that has been the disastrous rollout of the health care reform with a website that didn't work for a month, and there are also priorities that didn't get done in congress. any kind of new anti-gun legislation did not happen. stalled,on reform has and there is plenty more. maybe the nsa scandal triggered i edward snowden and his revelation, so plenty more questions. the press conference is ongoing. we haven't had any more questions so far. that might change. >> issa 2014 would be a breakthrough year for the u.s. thomas saying the economy actually grew bigger than expected, but this is the first his familyke sipped gave a recommendation about the spying scandal. >> not a clear opinion from president obama from his words at this press confere

we have the democratic congressman from hawaii, the democratic senator from minnesota, the republican congresswoman from florida, and republican from missouri and wagner. . tweets.rget to use we will be tracking your questions. thank you for joining us for this conversation. >> we wanted to start the conversation with the senator. era so much talk about how women in the senate get along, bipartisan, they have dinners. how well do you know these women? >> we are really good friends. when people talk about how, in the days of old, people used to work together, that is how we do. there are 20 women. we used to be 16, which was unfortunate because they referred to us as sweet 16. [laughter] we made united states history inn there was a traffic jam the united states senate women's bathroom. [laughter] light probably came to most recently with the shutdown where we had half of the women in the group of 14 that actually pushed the leadership on a deal, framework to resolve that. they were women. it was half republicans, including kelly ayotte and lisa myself and senator high camp. we worked

hawaii is not alone. oregon's website has never worked despite the state receiving more exchange grant money than any state except california or new york. sign knees are forced to feel out the paper form. even that has been problematic. late this month came the robo calls. >> if you have not heard from december 23rd, it's unlikely your application can be processed. harold received one of those calls. >> the governor should have been apprise of the situation. if he wasn't apprise of the situation, then shame on his aids. and if he was, shame on him for not listening to his aids. >> the director of oregon's exchange is on medical leave. maryland home to democratic governor mark o mali had a bad roll out. hopeful, attorney doug gasker, the object of his wrath, lieutenant governor and front runner anthony brown who's also the chairman of the state panel on the health care roll out. california has been touted as a state exchange success story. >> covered california moving along largest state in the union rolli

bound, the first family leaves for a vacation in hawaii. the president says 2014 could be a break through year for america. the president made that statement during a final press conference in washington, d.c. today, data collection programs and rocky rollout of the health care website. president obama called that the biggest mistake of the year. >> the fact was, it didn't happen in the first month, first six weeks. since i am in charge, obviously we screwed it up. i have said this before this is a messy process. people say yeah, it's really messy and b, isn't the fact that it's been so mess 80 some indication that there are more fundamental problems with the law? and i guess what i'd say to athat chuck is when you try to do something this big affecting this many people, it's going to be hard. >> well, monday is the deadline to sign up on the obamacare exchanges if you want to be covered by january 1st. with that in mind insurance companies are spending tens of millions of dollars to unleech an advertising blitz to attract new customers. da

her boyfriend missing in hawaii, is he a suspect or a victim in this strange case. ♪ >>> and christmasrime prevention going viral. the police department using jingle bells and a sense of humor to make criminals think twice. >>> a new public service announce from the police department. >> a highly unusual crime tactic. >>> but, wow, what a wintry mess it is this morning. so much to item you about. much of the nation is digging out from that major storm. >> we're blaming lee goldberg. droppi dropping up to one foot of the snow. rob nelson is in boston for us this morning. rob, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, dan. just a few hours ago it was snowing pretty crazy out leer in boston. after that fast-moving storm moved through, now a steady rain shower, so much of this snow, you guessed it, is turning into slush. this morning, residents in almost two dozen states are digging out of the snow that has blanketed almost 1,000 miles of the u.s. >> it's buffalo, you're bound to have snow sooner or later. >> reporter: snow accumulations anywhere from an inch to over a foot. creating

and so at about $750 per enrollee in hawaii at this point.working through their own exchanges and what have you. in time will heal a lot of it. what do you find? >> i don't think so. you can talk about the website in one issue, you can talk about it in another. we are seeing that the premiums are increasing by 22% for the interesting thing is that 8% of the population is uninsured and the majority people are insured through their employer. as we have create a system where we are spending 205 million federal dollars in hawaii to enroll a percent of the population, with only 257 people have actually signed up. so once we see this -- nationally, it the majority is don't want to sigorsing that trs well. be. neil: the republican governors aren't going along, they don't match and this has happened other states it really doesn't matter. >> it is a mess because you talk about the government trying to create a marketplace and a system that didn't work. so we have seen problems in hawaii and oregon with this and paper applicaons try to give everyone st

at least homeless people more crabapple climates don't have to worry about frostbite case in point hawaii c. there's an estimated seventeen thousand homeless residents on the big island alone and although they don't have to worry about lethal temperatures the issue still a problem that legislators been trying to tackle for quite some time but thankfully one lawmaker is taking the matter and to his own hands see democratic representative tom brower i saw you make way to tackle homelessness check out this report from hawaii news now. the bed with a sledgehammer is state representative tom brower this is his contribution to solve hawaii's homeless problem and i got tired of telling people you know i'm trying to pass laws i want to do something practical that will really clean up the streets. yes guys this is real this is not the onion this is a real state representative democrat mind you is wandering around the streets of his district beating the hell out of shopping carts full of homeless people's belongings all while boasting his well worn armani hat apparently brower hates homeless people

later tonight he and his family will head to hawaii for their christmas vacation.ce the president's news conference begins, we will bring that to you live. we're still waiting at this time. >>> well, it is the end of the workweek, and for millions the start of a very long holiday. there's a holiday gift for a lot of travellers this year to tell you about. nbc bay area's jay gray has the latest from atlanta. >>> tis the season to travel, and triple-a says 94.5 million will pack the roadways and runways during the holidays. >> it's the fifth year in a row of increases, and, in fact, it's the most people ever traveling for the holidays. >> reporter: drivers are getting a gift as they pack up and pull out. prices at the pump are the lowest they've been in three years during the holiday season. >> the gas prices helps put a little extra money. presents, things like that. >> around 5.5 million passengers will line up at security gates and load to planes from the travel website kayak.com indicate the most popular destinations this weekend are along the east coast. while t

wedding bells are ringing in hawaii for same-sex couples. on monday it became the 15th state to conduct same-sex marriage. in hawaii, they registered for a licence on the same day. it could make hawaii a popular destination for same-sex couples. >> a federal judge will decide if dedroit is elimable for bankruptcy. tough choices for pensions. >> after four months of court hearings, is a federal judge will rule tuesday on whether detroit is eligible for chapter 9 bankruptcy. >> bankruptcy is a term that none of us ever want to get to this point. >> facing a staggering $18 billion in long-term detect, the city's state-appointed manager kevin orare made it clear that everything from the city's assets, like master piece, like retiree pension debts may be up for grabs. >> to me it's robbery. >> donald smith is a retiree worried. 20,000 are anxiously awaiting the judge's decision. >> i'm not asking them to give me anything but what i earnt. >> smith worked 20 years as a detention officer. he's concerned his $800 pension check could be stripped or r

off the hawaii an islands this evening. one person died and eight others survived when the charter plane went down in the water just northwest of molakai. two top officials from the department of health were on that flight and the passenger's names have not yet been released. >>> dramatic new video released as part of the hearing into the crash of asiana flight 214 at sfo. the surveillance video shows the plane coming in for a landing too slow and too low, and its tail hits the sea wall. you can see the plane spinning out of control as it crashed. the ntsb today questioned why the pilot depended on computer controls and why no one was able to handle the emergency manually. the crash could have been prevented. >> it was a complicated accident, but the fund mental problem was they were totally unaware of their airspeed or altitude. >> the documents released today confirm what the abc7 news i team's dan noyes reported back in october. and not one, but two fire rigs ran over a body that was covered with the fire retardent foam.

marines based in hawaii.he latest crisis a fresh reminder of security challenges that await the president from the uncertainty throughout the middle east. places like syria, egypt to the deadly violence that flared up this week in south sedan leading the u.s. to move a platoon closer to the line of fire. administration officials noted for the first time they have gotten syria to turn over some of the chemical weapons. they are hopeful oh of a nuclear deal with iran to make the world safer but top fellow democrats like chuck schumer and bob menendez are defying the president by pushing for more sanctions against iran. >> thank you very much. joing us for more on this former foreign policy adviser to mitt romney and former adviser to the u.s. ambassador to the united nations. good to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> what do you make of this situation? you watch the video, it's 13 minutes long. you never know what duress is going on. certainly the facts are the facts. this man says he went to pakistan becaus

. >> in hawaii i'm a hostess.t in hawaii. >> under the circumstances, investigators begin to suspect that someone else may be moving donna from place to place and possibly selling her for sex. >> i don't work here. i promise i don't work here. >> do you know what they do here? >> massage? spa? >> but donna isn't asking for help, so there's little more they can do for her tonight. >> okay. >> maybe you can translate for them. >> this is what i'm going to tell you. >> at least for tonight, this establishment will be unable to skirt the laws of san francisco. >> the violations here are operating a massage establishment without a permit. and employing unlicensed workers. operating after 10:00. >> not relaxation. >> the so-called comfort spa will be cited for illegal massage and closed for the evening. >> wait, i have a ticket, sir. sir, i have ticket, sir. >> so after almost a decade of countless investigation hours and paperwork to stamp out the business of sex for sale at this address, it now appears that inspector

the first family is on vacation in hawaii. the white house a short time ago announced the president's symbolic move of enrolling in his own signature health care law. ed henry with the news live in washington. what about this latest obamacare delay what is it about? >> as you're not surprised, the administration is trying to downplay this delay by saying it does not mean by pushing it back to the 24th that if you start the enrollment process tomorrow you can still get insurance by january 1st. instead what they're saying is that if you're in process today, and there's a surge of traffic, as you alluded to, as long as you're in queue, the line today, you can complete the process tomorrow and you will get insurance, they say, by january 1st a statement from cms, the agency involved saying we recognize that many have chosen to make their final decisions on today's deadline and we are committed to making sure they can do so, anticipating high demand and the fact that consumers may be enrolling from multiple time zones, we have tak

the press conference had the feel of let's get 2013 over and head to hawaii. the president's approval rating has been at an all time low. 56% of americans disproving of approving. do you think this press conference helped at all, michael? >> i can't say absolutely that it helped. reading the transcript, watching the president, like you said in your open, antonio, it seemed like he had half of his body already on the plane to hawaii. what dit do was round out a -- it did do was round out a bad year for the president but it didn't leave with a great amount of swagger. one of the telling take aways for me was a small item, when he talked about adding john podesta to the white house, the clear message is communication -- >> his dealing with the white house press corps which is an issue all along. there is an antagonistic discussion behind the scenes. they asked him about his roftion and he said to be nicer to the press corps. >> and i said i would lose weight this year. the fact that the president didn't make any definitive answers to the nsa question only tabled

we'll show you how hawaii and chicago are both competing for a building. >>> a ship is entering its second day trapped in ice. three ice breakers are on the way. but the first one won't arrive up till tomorrow. elaine quijano is with us. elaine, good morning. >> good morning to you, jeff. the distressed ship is carrying more than 74 passengers and crew. part tour boat part research vessel. it was on a month-long voyage to explore one of the most frozen continents when it ran into trouble. less than three weeks passengers are experiencing a different kind of addventureadventure. >> we surviving id but we can't get through. >> reporter: on board the stuck ship they're from the british newspaper "the guardian." >> there we go. the beginning of the exciting trek. >> reporter: the russian-made vessel is operated by a private tour company based in new zealand. they set sail on december 8th. headed toward commonwealth bay, on the art art cano torous for its sea ice. >> we just made it to antarctica. >> why haven't we crush through it. >> i don't know. >> reporter

hawaii has traditionally averaged four shark attacks per year.e was only one recorded in 2008 and none in 1998. researchers at 9 university thef hawaii have launched a two-year study to get to the bottom of why these attacks are surging. >> we're just closing the beach, monitoring, making sure everybody stays out of the water, keep it safe for the community. >> i think you realize if anything, there are dangers, you know. there's a reason to be careful out there. >> the victim here patrick briny was from washington. a retired boeing engineer. he was on vacation in maui. his family says he loved the outdoors, fishing and wind surfing and that he died doing what he loved to do. >> i am all about -- >> the worry about this, that's an area where a lot of people do snorkeling and diving. they tell everybody to stay out of water until they figure this out. it's a two-year investigation to figure out what's going on with the sharks in that area. >> when you're out there and you take part in water sports in the ocean, you know there is some amount of ris

you are not going out to hawaii.e we send for that boone dog gel. >> doug mckelway and wendell goler. two people. >> mckelway and goldberg. all is he going to be doing is playing golf and ice cream. these two guys going to hawaii two weeks for that. >> kicking back on the beach man what a great gig. the truth is it's actually hard work. nobody else working. everybody else is off. around the clock. >> they don't like you henry or they would have sent to you hawaii. >> oh man, i have got to call mr. ailes. >> ed henry, everybody. merry christmas. we have a brand new bill o'reilly.com poll. was 2013 a good year or a bad year? 2013, good or bad, please vote on bill o'reilly.com. plenty more ahead as the factor moves along. lou dobbs will be here. can you believe facebook paying zero corporate tax. also lou sounding about the "duck dynasty" controversy. shocking story out of michigan, heart broken parents asking why a teacher's union backing a man who raped their young son. every american should see this story and we hope

her boyfriend missing in hawaii. is he a suspect or a victim in this bizarre case? ♪ please pick up the phone if you think you need police ♪ >>> and christmas crime prevention going viral. the police department using "jingle bells" and a sense of humor to make criminals think twice. ♪ if you want to steal you better go think twice ♪ >>> is that a new public service announcement from the police department? >> that's right. a highly unusual crime-fighting tactic. >> collaborating with santa there. we're going to get to that in a moment. >>> but, wow, what a wintry mess it is this morning. so much to tell you about as much of the nation is digging out from that major and very messy storm. >> we're blaming lee goldberg for all this. this weather system is a monster dumping up to one foot of snow on 20 states, a third of america from missouri to maine. abc's rob nelson is in boston for us this morning. rob, good morning. >> reporter: oh, good morning to you, dan. just a few hours ago it was snowing pretty heavily out here in boston, but after that fast-moving storm moved

the obamas visited nearly 600 service members and their families at marine corps base hawaii. the president recalled speaking by phone on christmas eve to ten military members stationed in places like afghanistan, saudi arabia and bahrain. mr. obama honored the sacrifice that has made every single day not just during the holidays. take a listen. >> michelle and i know that we would not enjoy the freedoms we do if it went for the incredible dedication and professionalism and work that you do. the least we can do is just let you all know that we're grateful to you. and we're thankful. >> the obamas are expected to remain in hawaii through january 5th. >>> well, to sports now. we've got your nba christmas day roundup. the miami heat went for their sixth consecutive win against the lakers in l.a. last night. the lakers started off the first quarter strong with a 21-17 lead over the heat. but they couldn't keep it up. near the half, they were down by seven. and santa just couldn't bring them a christmas win. the lakers lost to the heat, 101-95. >>> the heat's win could have been du

thanks. >> just traveling to hawaii on business? >> wyatt: no, it's a little rest and a lot of recovery. [ chuckles ] >> well, we'll be ready for takeoff as soon as your mother's on board. >> wyatt: thanks, kyle. [ indistinct conversations ] [ soft piano music playing ] >> donna: brooke seems a little preoccupied. >> eric: she has a lot on her mind. >> donna: well, i wonder when shes's gonna break the news to bill. >> eric: about ridge being back? can't happen soon enough, in my opinion.

. >> all right, news now from hawaii.rid about the situation in south pseudodan. athena is live from honolulu. >> good afternoon, fredericka, i want to read to you part of a letter the president sent to congress. he's writing about what webt down yesterday in south sudan with his failed evacuation attempt. this kind of rlotter is pro-forma. >>> we know now several u.s. citizens were able to be evacuated today. we know that all who presented themselves to the u.n. were able to be evacuated. what we don't know is how much americans are on the ground in south sudan. this is the letter explaining this deployment of troops. the president has asked his national security team to kornt to keep him up-dated on everything going on in that country. >> thanks so much, athena. the president can't go anywhere. he can't get to hawaii without more questions about obamacare and the upcoming deadlines. people need to pick a plan by tomorrow. any new enrollment numbers? >> the latest numbers we have are from the president himself. he said i

off the hawaii an islands this evening. one person died and eight others survived when the charter plane went down in the water just northwest of molakai. two top officials from the department of health were on that flight and the passenger's names have not yet been released. >>> dramatic new video released as part of the hearing into the crash of asiana flight 214 at sfo. the surveillance video shows the plane coming in for a landing too slow and too low, and its tail hits the sea wall. you can see the plane spinning out of control as it crashed. the ntsb today questioned why the pilot depended on computer controls and why no one was able to handle the emergency manually. the crash could have been prevented. >> it was a complicated accident, but the fund mental problem was they were totally unaware of their airspeed or altitude. >> the documents released today confirm what the abc7 news i team's dan noyes reported back in october. and not one, but two fire rigs ran over a body that was covered with the fire retardent foam.