congressman william kelly of pennsylvania also promoted the legislation, no doubt eager to please jay cooke, a prominent constituent. oke undetood the economic benefits for his northe pacific railad the senate debated the proposed bill. man: "i have grave doub about the propriety of passing this bill-- why settlers should be excluded from a tract of land for a public park? persons would go and settle and cultivate the ground." ( various voices ) "you cannot cultivate that kind of ground." "but if it cannot be ocpied and cultivated, why should we make a park of it?" "here is a region of country away up in the rocky untains where there are the most wonderful geysers on the face of the earth. it is a very proper bill to pass, and now is the time to enact it." narrator: hayden arranged for mbers of the house and senate to see photographs by william henry jackson and sketches by moran. jackson recalled, it was his wonderful coloring in pictures of canyons and hot springs that made the convincing argument for their preservation. narrator: moran's paintings dispelled any remaining disbelief about

congressman william kelly of pennsylvania also promoted the legislation, no doubt eager to please jay cooke, a prominent constituent. cookundetood the economic benefits for his northepacific raild the senate debated the proposed bill. man: "i have grave doub about the propriety of passing this bill-- why settlers should be excluded from a tract of land for a public park? persons would go and settle and cultivate the ground." ( various voices ) "you cannot cultivate that kind of ground." "but if it cannot be occupied and cultivated, why should we make a park of it?" "here is a region of country away up in the rocky mountains where there are the most wonderful geysers on the face of the earth. it is a very proper bill to pass, and now is the time to enact it." narrator: hayden arranged for members of the house and senate to see photographs by william henry jackson and sketches by moran. jackson recalled, it was his wonderful coloring in pictures of canyons and hot springs that made the convincing argument for their preservation. narrat: moran's paintings dispelled any remaining disbelief abou

your head-start to home cooked. >> jay: hey, rickey, that's a a great skeleton. oh, i love that.mbie costume. you look terrific! cool, cool. -- [ cheers and applause ] you don't look anything taylor lautner. the fake nose, the kiwi shoe polish hair -- [ cheers ] the coffee grinds glued on for stubble. [ cheers ] it's ridiculous. >> i am taylor lautner. >> jay: yeah, right, and i'm

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and i'll be cooking for the newsroom tomorrow. >> that will do it for us. jay leno is next. ah. fire bad! just have to fire roast these tomatoes. do you churn your own butter what? too? this is going to give you a head start on your dinner. that seems easier sure does who are you? [ female announcer ] new progresso recipe starters. five delicious cooking sauces you combine with fresh ingredients to make amazing home-cooked meals. ♪ ambiance [ female announcer ] new progresso recipe starters. your head-start to home cooked. >> announcer: it's "the tonight show with jay leno," featuring rickey minor and "the tonight show" band. tonight, jay welcomes -- jamie lee curtis. from the world series champions, san francisco giants, sergio romo and barry zito. and the music of z.z. ward. and now, jay leno!

cooked. helps him deposit his checks. jay also like it when mother nature helps him wash his car.other nature's cool like that. mobile check deposit. easier banking. standard at citibank. >>> web site and app developers gathered in d.c. today for a hack-a-thon. >> it's part of a larger event. what exactly is a hack-a-thon? fox5's lauren demarco explains. >> reporter: this week, d.c. is also the nation's digital capital. there's a festival underway focused on bringing together designers, developers and entrepreneurs. the coproducer says it's a meshing of some of the brightest minds in the field. >> if they bump into each other, they come together with ideas. >> reporter: the hack-a-thon was sponsored by at&t. >> it's all about creativity and generating new ideas. about 100 participants broken down into about two teams and they are here working for 24 hours trying to come up with the next best thing. >> we've been working for probably, like, 18 of the last 24 hours, so not too much sleep, and the product looks pretty good, i think. >> reporter: edward wang and jonathan finishes crea

cooking in the kitchen. >> really, did you make all this this morning, jay? >> i have not slept yet. we have a spinach dish with cheese. to the left of that, we have some rice, independent jap staple of course. -- indian staple of course. >> this is mike's favorite by the way. >> indian egg rolls we call them. and of course our famous butter chicken which we have to have. >> kevin, our photographer is getting a close-up. mike is coming over here and grabbing this as we speak. one gone. a few more to go. tell us what goes in the butter chicken sauce. i think a lot of people when they think about indian food they think it's so spicy. yes, there are spices involved but it doesn't have to be ridiculously spicy. >> it doesn't have to be hot. butter chicken of course butter and chicken. it's a lot of cream and chicken in a tomato based sauce. it can be as spicy as you want. you can take a variety of spices. >> you have cumin here, cayenne pepper, salt of course. >> red pepper. >> he's a chef and a doctor. >> you just dollop it in there. if you want to hate people or like people, you want t

cook is here with a check of today's caption this. >> osay dorable sent in by sharon straw of her dog jack junior and her grand dog jays he is the one wearing the cones. >> i don't like this. >> sharon calls it the party hat. >> i like it. >> that's good. >> we posted this on facebook and it generated a lot of comments. the minute the door is open we are out here and stop laughing at me. megan when you gois say we were geeing a tv dish it's no idea i would be the dish. and join saying -- jane saying where's the foil and valerie says wow, look at the legs on her she must be a german shepherd. so, thanks to sharon for sending this in and i need photos for next week. so e-mail them poo pix@wmar.com -- them to pix@wmar.com. >>> john bon jovi is cancel the rest of his tour to help with the recovery efforts. he will get the charity restaurant back up and running soul kitchen feeds homeless and for those who can't afford a meal. right now it's closed because of a power outages. >> sandy will be the big story for a while and when you see the devastation it's hard to imagine losing everything especially a pet. >> the stories are a sad but th

cook. charlie, we have a senate announcement today. this is happenstance. we planned this last week and we can talk about 2014 and jay rockefeller. >> at least shelly capito had the decency to wait until after thanksgiving. >> mike brown announced two weeks ago he was running in 2014. >> see, i wasn't paying attention then. >> fair enough. is this all chalked up to bad recruiting by the republicans, the success rate? >> i think what we've seen is two cycles in a row of very disappointing senate elections for republicans, that the time before 2010 they needed ten seats. they picked up six. which was a lot but not comparable to the 63 seats they picked up in the house. the thing is, i think the crew that you had this cycle and last cycle, i do it first rate. they're as good as any place. i think it's something larger. thumb one, i think they are having a hard time getting the same caliber candidates they used to get. that these people are choosing not to go in and i don't think it's for a lack of effort. number two, sometimes when they do get in, they're not able to win their nominations because the party base has gott

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cook it all the time. a favorite of my wife and a bunch of my friend. great party dish. looks beautiful and great present jaysmakes for a good cold weather dinner party food. yeah. >> go ahead. >> do your kids know what they have in their father? >> i don't think so. normally they want plain pasta with sauce. every once in a while i throw in a curveball. >> what got you inned in cooking? >> creativity. it's sort of like a bunch of pirates on the ship sailing together. a lot of hardship long hours. you get to be creative and get to feed friends and family. that's what everyone in new york is looking for right now. bathe of comfort. a bit of neighborhood. a bit of community. i think that's what restaurants can bring. unfortunately so many restaurants lost so much. you know we're trying to help them occupant as well. >> it's amazing how much food you think about smell and you smell a memorable smell and i want reminds you of your grandma or your family. >> yeah. >> if you could enjoy this dish with anyone who would it be? >> it would be my family and my extended family. my parents and my brother and my kids. i t

cooke. in the state of the amount, the democrats pick up that seat. then, in washington state, this one not call at this point, but jay inslee, the democrat lead over the republican. finally, in west virginia, the democrat wins the governor's seat in that state. go to c-span.org for more information. host: 202 is the area code if you want to share your views. we will be here all morning, going through the newspapers, of beating results and hearing your reaction to election day 2012. you can also contact us in social media on twitter and facebook. on our facebook page there is a section where president obama has won reelection. your thoughts. there is a lively discussion going on. let's look at some of the tweet s we have been receiving. this is from oversight of gop. the party that actually focused on restoring our economy was rewarded. jm says there should be a change in america's polarized thinking. people like representative mcconnell and donald trump are some that are making it more difficult. john says the 47% will surge past 50%, and the great american experiment will conclude. >> deception, misinformation, disr