>> day-to-day, keith, you know, i have good support system. i have my parents. i have family.nd it's all positive around me. but again, i'm the one with the affliction. i'm going through the pain and the suffering. so i have a great support system. >> the -- the nature of how we treat each other in this country, and how some people are capable of not caring about other people because whatever the reason might be, have you seen that change in your lifetime? have you seen this country change to where we're not taking care of each other anymore? >> somewhat. i mean, that could be a touchy subject but, you know, i am being, you know, taken care of now as far as hospitalization, but i need the heart. if i don't get a heart, if i don't get listed, keith, i'm going to die and i don't want to die. i want to live. i'm only 44 years old. i'm a young man. there are other tr

>> i will die, keith. >> when -- i'm sorry. that $50 million of federal money was given to state prisons in arizona instead of, say, you know, $45 million to state prisons and $5 million to organ transplants so people like you don't get knocked off this list. how does that fact make you feel? >> it hurts me. there's people out there, not just me, but other families that need organ transplants and we're good citizens. we are productive to society. and it's just wrong. >> we just watched the tape of governor brewer suggesting that people in arizona ask the federal government for more stimulus money and then giving that list of where this money went to and we mentioned the prisons and mentioned to attracting new businesses. are you satisfied with the response from that interview, that clip that we showed? >> not satisfied at all, keith. >> tell me why not. >> because i believe she has $30 million that she has in funds that she hasn't said what it's for, and for the small amount that each taxpayer would pay in this state for a tran

we just lost too many good men in this fight, keith.ery background you can imagine. this rag tag fighting battalion in the war against christmas is an ethnically diverse mix of white male christians from the south, combined with white male christians from the northern part of the south. it's amazing that a diverse bunch of guys from different parts of the same mega church can get along. this is one army division where the don't ask don't tell policy is working just fine. no one in this battalion would ever think of revealing the dark secreted homo sellsexuality tha deep within their tortured souls. >> well said. >> thank you. >> this took a lot of the season war analysts, the arm chair quarterbacks by surprise, correct? >> well, keith, frosty has opened up eye whole new front on the war on christmas. you might say a cold front. >> the people fighting back against this war on christmas feel there's a lot of sympathy in the liberal media toward frosty the snowman, because global warming has made its existence all the more precarious. they

it is making him a hero. >> keith, let me ask you this real quickly. this david versus goliath idea is a big one. this big guy throwing the scrappy guy entothe basement of a victorian prison. do you think he's winning pr award here. people who like him, like him. and people who don't like him, don't like him. >> i don't think he comes off too well living in the 600-acre mansion and the comments he's making make him look like he's a little full of himself. and i think in the end, everybody loses. what we need to do is find a way to protect classified information in the future. we don't have to focus on this one guy. he is just a symptom of a larger problem. >> thank you to our company, you'll be back. >>> what has come to the man who has been leaking the hundreds of documents to julian assange? new questions raise details to the treatment of him. >>> this morning americans woke up to the promise of lower taxes next year. all that is left is for the president to seal the deal with his signature later this afternoon. around midnight the house passed that

the content. >> keith builds an edits content. >> like building a movie set.now, we have to take all of these props and pieces and backdrop. put the all together. >> natalia handled the marketing and sound effects. >> sounds played through the computer. >> and she writes the music. >> iwas really cool to discover that i could do it. >> grawe should do them like wh you are stomping ruined. >> for him working on the apps is like play time. >> you get to be fun and creative and not doing -- you are trying to play on people's imaginations and not trying to necessarilyplay on the boring reality of every day life. >> the creative amgi team developed six games so far. games like little red three app in the u.s. which, y know, is phenomenal. >> rorter: together the apps have been downloaded more than 1.5 million times on the iphone. more than 35,000times on the ip. and they are already working on their next game. >> it is a 3-d action adventure game where you are a little kid and that is saving the planet from an alien invasion. >> it will be really awesome. ♪ >> crea

. >> keith is live at west walt more tonight where it all bega began.keith. >> ww are live at the west side pharmacy at tte corner of west brad street and harm on street. police say the abduction and o'clock this morning. now a drive for pharmaceutical úompany was delivering drugs wwen policc say 3 men one of ttem with a gun approached the driver. they grabbed the úrivvr and took his truckkwhich was loaded with about 877crates of drugsment detectives say where they put the drugs inre their own u-haul ruck. thee they drove awayy they left the driver there nharmed. e managed to alert police who called the crime a well thouuht out plan..6 3 3 >> not a ran ttmorrow attack against a pharmacy bbt the robbers in this case we believe did havv some prior knowledge of the packkng list enclosed in the truck. the robbery was well thought out so was our resspnse. we have already coordinateddwiih the fbi and with the about dea with the amount of narcotics missing. >> police wwrking with tte vague description of the úuspect. mean time no one at the pharmacy is talking

>> well, with no one in particular, i guess, keith. but in 1935, it really was a political master stroke to create social security. it's one of the great programs of america. two-thirds of seniors depend on social security for most of their livelihood. and that's not counting the the millions of surviving spouses of children and people with disabilities who depend on social security. it has stay aed alive, it has pd on time, nobody has missed a payment, it will be financially secure for at least a for more decades, and this is all because of the ingenious way it was set up as, not just as another government program, but as an insurance program into which people paid their money. and fdr said explicitly, roosevelt said explicitly, this is not to be funded from general taxation. and that has helped keep this program safe from, well, as i said, the determined enemies it has had over the decades. >> the quote with which i began this portion of the broadcast, "the hill" is the source of this, from congressman defazio. he said tonight that t

keith daniels, foo 45 news at 10:00. >> thank you, keith. lithacom this afternoon. one of the viewers sent in these picturee..3 according to the arundel county @%%-truck that you can see ther, crashed right into the gas pump. this was at a station near baltimore annapolis bouuevard and north camp meade road. what a seen there. you can see ittland order top of the other car. buttfortunately and ammzingll, >> maryland's outtoing secretary of juvenile services faces @%essions before lawmakers. aad audit reveals $170 million in no bid ontracts already done. and this year, a teacher at the cheltanham youth facility was murdered by a teenagerr you may recall. but still he is leaving things better than thhy wwre, he says. reduution we have seen, in violence among oor kids, homicides, total referrals ii statt being down dramatically. numberssof adjjdications and number of kids referrrd to us. >> deeore will stay on the job uutil he governor names a successor. he wassa major inspiration to thousands of young men in east baltimore. @% now legendaryytrainer mack lewis is honor

keith daniels, fox 45 news at it clock. >> thank you, keith. and it is the big talk in hollywood tonight. mylie cyrus, caught on camera smoking from a bong. %-now.y, i am going to ose it lay down back there. >> the hannah montana star that turned 18 last week was@ reporteddy smoking salvia. her publicist points out that she is an aadult and the herb is legal in california. mylie's dark billy ray tweeted after seeing the video, saying " i am so sad." salvia is illegal in dozens of states. here in maryland t is against the law for people under 21. and at least one town has passed a total bbn. but as kathleen cairns reports tonight. some top rreearchers at johns hopkins school of medicine say it could have important benefits. >> so the inttnsity is just really other worrdly. and the duration is remarkaale. researcher at john hopkins university school f medicine where he just wrapped up the first scientific study on human reaction to salvia. >> thhs is where we conducted the study. paaticipant would sit in the chhir. theyyactually inhaled the drug,

. >> good evening, keith. thank you for that. and thanks to you at home for staying with us for the next hour. we begin tonight with some big news out of d.c. our long national nightmare may finally be over. the united states senate, which has been the source of a weeks' long republican-imposed logjam is now freed, open, back up for business. you will recall at the beginning of this month, senate republicans stood absolutely yun anied. all 42 members signed on to a letter proclaiming they would block all other senate work until the expiring bush tax cuts issue was dealt with. nothing else could happen in the senate, not even the funding of the united states military until those tax cuts, that whole deal, was resolved. period, end of story. nonnegotiable. well, today senate republicans got their wish. today the senate by an overwhelming vote of 81 to 19 passed that tax cuts package that president obama negotiated with congressional republicans. no matter what you think of the

. >> reporter: keith brooks jr. takes a closeup look at the devastation that used to be his father's home. >> i remember fixing a short in that wall. years ago. >> reporter: fire officials have told him, his father, 85-year-old keith brooks senior, was upstairs where the fire started and that it had been smoldering for quite some time before it lit up and neighbors reported the flames before 2:30 and within a half hour, the fire was out but his father was dead. as was one of his bow love -- beloved cats. they're still not sure what started the fire in the first place. >> general patten, coming in from two sides. >> he fought under patton in world war ii as a member of the 86th infantry known at the blackhawks. >> where patton was directing the tanks, in that movie, he remembers seeing patton off from a distance. he was in that mud mess there, too. >> reporter: they won in germany. so like many young americans he was september off to japan to finish the war but he never quite made it there. >> that's when they let of

but by then it was already too late to save 85-year-old keith brooks who may have died from smoke inhalation. >> when we opened up the front door, smoke down to the floor. thick black smoke all the way down. they initiated a quick search, located the victim upstairs in the room of origin. we put the fire out relatively

keith richards, yeah, was the host of the show. a true story. so there's the horse, there's keith richards, i'm in my cubicle. he can't see me, and he's just wandering over toward the horse going -- [ mumbling ] he took the horse's head in his hands, and i'm where you are, watching secretly, and he goes, "look at you." [ laughter ] "you're a [ bleep ] horse." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that would have been a life-changing event for me if i saw that happen. >> oh, it was fantastic. >> jimmy: my brain would have melted. >> he was the greatest of all time. the guy i love, because i've been listening to the beatles this year. the new digitally remastered. >> jimmy: yeah. >> i love, and maybe you guys appreciate -- you know the beatles. it's crazy. like, no matter what generation, 300 brilliant songs. paul mccartney is the most humble guy about it. if you see him -- when they go, "paul mccartney, i mean, how did you guys write those songs?" he always goes -- [ as paul mccartney ] "well, you know, we sat down for a plunker, you know." [ laug

keith mills will join us later with reaction. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. does a win like last night's make you more or less optimistic about the ravens' playoff chances? share your response on wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or you can send us an e- mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. coming up, some surfers hang 10 in the ice. we'll show you the pictures of. >> a rescue ended up in the cold waters. >> this is 95 just short of 195 in the catonsville area. in the catonsville area. music makes a great gift. i like rock, hip-hop, country... and you are telling me this, why? i...uh...thought you might be my secret santa? no. i'm giving for skunk. uh, i can hear you. no. not you. the other skunk. [ female announcer ] safeway is the place to stock up on itunes gift cards. right now, save $6 on a $40 4-pack. keep 'em on hand. only at safeway. ingredients for life. >> welcome back. it is 23 degrees downtown. the actual temperature to not mean anything this morning. wind is gusting close to 30 miles per hour.

keith, are you there? >> yes. i am. >> tell us about the condition on the roadways. was this snow a surprise to you? >> it wasn't a total surprise. weather contacted us yesterday afternoon and said to expect light flries overnight. we're always suspiciousith a forecast like that. so we sent out snow patrols around midnight. they reported, yes, indeed we we getting flurries. flurries can accumulate a quarter inch. ey can accumulate self feet if you get enough of them. we called all our equipment here, our folks on the street enemas and we should be ready to go for the morning rush hour. >> one thing i noticed from upper montgomery county, the roadways wereovered with snow but the grassy areas did not. are the road temperatures particularly cold right now? >> absolutely. very good observation. yes, the road temperatures are very cold right now. they're in the low 20s. we look at the decisions on the treatment of the roads we look at the pavement forecast, if you will. the pavement forecast right now is extremely cold. so any type of frozen material that hits the paveme

keith olbermann, they're dangerous. they're unpredictable. it's like live television used to be. what is going to happen next? and that's one of the reasons why in fact their audience is much larger than cnn's audience was 20 years ago when larry king started... and more when he started his show. but it's still a limited niche audience. it's people want to... who have an expectation like bill o'reilly, like his point of view but also like the surprise. what outrageous thing is he going to say today? >> brown: all right, ken auletta... >> i'll break in briefly and say i'm surprised seen then? continuing with the interview model, to be frank. i think the audience has voted and what they want is the bill o'reilly keith olbermann style presentation. i'm surprised they're bringing on someone else to try hour-long interviews, as dangerous as he is, i think viewers have kind of voted and said they're not interested in that. >> brown: all right. we'll see what happens. eric deggans and ken auletta, thanks a lot. >> woodruff: finally tonight, a look back at the life of baseball great, bob

nbc's keith miller now with more from the italian city of perugia. >> reporter: amanda knox entered court today appearing pale and withdrawn. three years in prison, she says, have broken her. in an unexpected plea to the court, knox delivered a tear-filled declaration of innocence. speaking fluent italian, knox said she is the innocent victim of an enormous mistake. knox and her former boyfriend, raffaele sollecito were convicted of the murder and violent sexual assault in 2007 of her roommate meredith kercher, an exchange student from england. to the kercher family she expressed her remorse today at the loss of a friend, but says no justice is served to meredith and her family if the wrong people are convicted. back in her hometown seattle, knox's parents said on the "today" show they understand their daughter's fear. >> she's scared, because, you know, the justice system there has failed her so far. she was found guilty of a crime she didn't commit. she wants the truth to come out and she wants to be freed. >> reporter: many in the courtroom were struck by the passion of the 23-year-old

that's where army medic keith chummily is headed tonight. >> where were you hit? >> i got a lot of, like, shrapnel. >> peppered up and down my legs and my waist. >> chummily, an iraq veteran as well, was wounded by an ied blast while treating a soldier from an earlier attack, but he's already talking about going back. >> you know, a lot of people would say you've done enough already. you went to iraq. you've been here. you've been wounded. why do you want to go back? >> it's kind of like your second family. you don't want to kind of leave them hanging. >> for now chummily and 16 others are carried on stretchers, bussed to the flight line and taken aboard a c-17 cargo plane where a medical team awaits them. >> there's a lot of pride in taking our troops home, taking care of them. >> reporter: the plane designed to carry everything from tanks to paratroopers is specially configured for this mission. the patients make the long journey on litters stacked three high. a flying hospital ward. >> we give them medication, but we let them rest because those guys have been t

keith fitzhugh was one of those kids. >> i always wanted to play football. all i thought about. eat, sleep, football. >> reporter: after college, he did get a small taste of that dream, playing on the new york jets' practice squad, before being cut this fall. he landed a job as a train conductor for norfolk southern railroad outside atlanta. >> i love riding the train. that has always been the back-up plan for me. >> reporter: but then something remarkable happened. yesterday, the jets called and asked him to come back and join the team. his answer? even more remarkable. >> i had to turn them down because i had a great job. >> reporter: the conductor said no. no to pro football. no to a near certain trip to the playoffs. >> people say, hey, they might have a chance to play in the super bowl. and i sit there and think. and i tell them, hey, you only got one mom and dad. >> reporter: one mom and dad he lives with in georgia. his father is disabled and can't work, his parents depend on his salary as a conductor to make ends meet. he would have made more for the

did you see keith richards and ron wood? >> jimmy: yeah.> jimmy: no, no. i did -- but i don't know. >> you did? >> jimmy: they didn't talk back. [ laughter ] i talked to them. >> yeah. >> jimmy: and keith just went -- [ imitates keith richards ] [ mumbling ] [ laughter ] >> yeah. >> jimmy: -- and like that, and then walked away from me. >> yeah. >> jimmy: and got security to pull me away from him. >> i was intimidated. >> jimmy: yeah. hey, i want to say congratulations. you got an independent spirit award nomination for "greenberg." >> yes. >> jimmy: you were phenomenal in that movie. >> thank you. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i'm glad that they recognized you for that. >> thank you. >> jimmy: you were so good in that. >> thank you. >> jimmy: phenomenal, man. that was such a good movie. who directed that again? >> that was noah baumbach. >> jimmy: that's right. >> he wrote and directed. a very talented guy. >> jimmy: that's a funny movie. it's such a cool movie. >> jimmy: but, it's weird -- you're celebrating the holidays in new york?

so when the new york jets called 24-year-old keith fitshugh, a free agent safety yesterday to ask himm on their potential super bowl run, the call came and he said... >> no thank you. >> reporter: because the mississippi state grad has already been on the roster and cut three times by two nfl teams. and now he has a new job that he's not giving up. >> it's a once in a lifetime opportunity. >> reporter: he turned down a chance to make $5,200 a week to work with the jets practice squad. with remaining games and probable play-offs, a guaranteed $30,000 plus. but instead he chooses to earn the same money, but over the next 12 months, as a $31,000 a year trainee with norfolk southern railroad. his father is disabled and his parents are having a tough time making ends meet. keith is carrying the financial load. >> i just can't be selfish about that, from what i've seen my parents pushing me to become the young man i am today. >> reporter: less than 24 hours after fitzhugh turned down the jets offer, they found another player willing to take the job. but the jets say they have a deep admirat

the body of keith brooks senior was found upstairs. he had fought under general patton in the 86th infantry. >> where patton was directing the tanks in that movie, he remembers seeing patton off from a distance. he was in there, too. >> after the war in ironedded, brooks eventually came home, got married and started a family after the war in europe ended. the cause of the fire is unknown. >>> violent crime in richmond is down this year. for the first 11 months of 2010, homicide was down from 44 to 21 compared to last year. firearms assaults fell 27%. city leaders credit increased civic participation, smarter public policy as well as the city's police department. it reached full staffing for the first time in nearly 10 years. >>> the stores are celebrating one of their biggest shopping years ever. jason brooks breaks down the numbers in our moneywatch report. >>> plus, got a gift card in your stocking this christmas? the smart way to use them without overspending. ,,,, [ male announcer ] how do you say... welcome to the neighborhood. ♪

we're joined now by attorney keith jones' father, gordon jones who died on the deepwater horizon. you say this is draconian, outdated and frankly unfair. >> well, of course it is. i think we looked at wrongful death in 1920 differently than we do now. back then, the -- it seems like -- well, for one thing, industrial accidents there were a lot more wrongful deaths than there are now. but we've come to realize in this country that a life is a whole lot more than just a paycheck. i know my daughter-in-law and grandsons have lost far, far more than just monthly income. >> what's so frustrating about this, the house version of this legislation passed this summer, had a lot of support, passed in july. you expected it to pass with unanimous consent in the senate. now people aren't paying attention, the media's not paying attention as much as they were. were you surprised when senator demint blocked it? >> i was surprised. first of all, although the bill that we got through the house was very wide range being and broad and made the death on the high seas act fair for everybody, the bill,

keith fitzhugh was one of those kids. >> i always wanted to play football.hought about. eat, sleep, football. >> reporter: after college, he did get a small taste of that dream, playing on the new york jets practice squad, before being cut this fall. he landed a job as a train conductor for norfolk southern railroad outside atlanta. >> i love riding the train, that has always been the back-up plan for me. >> reporter: but then something remarkable happened. yesterday, the jets called and asked him to come back and join the team. his answer? even more remarkable. >> i had to turn them down because i had a great job. >> reporter: the conductor said no. no to pro football. no to a near certain trip to the playoffs. >> people say, hey, they might have a chance to bplay in the super bowl. and i sit there and think, and i tell them, "hey, you only got one mom and dad." >> reporter: one mom and dad he lives with in georgia. his father is disabled and can't work, his parents depend on his salary as a conductor to make ends meet. he would have made more for the jets,

i'm keith olbermann. good night and good luck. to discuss how and if anyone can fix the senate, he's rachel maddow. >>> thank you for staying for us for the next hour. i grew up in northern california, there's relatively speaking not very much weather. for my adult life i've lived on the east coast where there is lots of weather. doing everyday things like going to the grocery store have to be coordinated with the weather forecast. if you want to get your regular grocery shopping done, don't do that when a giant storm is in the forecast. when a giant storm is in the forecast it activates a primal animal instinct to hoard and burrow just in case you get s w snowed in or something. have all of your provisions with you at that time. learning that was an important part of becoming an east coaster in my life. bad weather forecast equals mobbed grocery store. i've also learned if you are trying to do your grocery shopping in the least possible time, if you're trying to do your shopping as fast as it can be done, one of the best ways to

i just finished keith richard's biography. that would break my heart if i wasn't in their dressing rooms and enjoying the moment. >> larry: you have been nominated for induction into the rock&roll hall of fame. that's got to come, right? >> nothing guaranteed. you know what that is like. your in the broadcasters hall of fame. i'm sure it felt great. we are in the songwriters hall of fame. i hope the band would make it this year. it would be nice to be in a club with elvis and the beatles and the stones. >> larry: that's a great induction. i have been to a few of those. >> that's special. these are the songs that richey and i wrote that we were recognized by our peers. >> larry: what's your biggest solo ever? >> "slippery when wet" will be the one most remembered for. there are songs that are still really relevant. there is a song called living on a prayer that has hit generations of fans. it is unbelievable. >> larry: the hardest thing in the business is staying on top, right? and getting there. >> getting there is not easy. b

here is keith mills. >> just when you think you have seen it all with the ravens, you see one of the most bizarre endings in their 15-year history. 34-28, the ravens beat the texans in overtime after giving up a 21-point second-half lead. another monday night game. the ravens dominates the first half. joe flacco, a bullet to derrick mason. he keeps his feet down. we will see it again after the chest bump with anquan boldin. he had dropped 80 pass early in the game when he was wide open. he had two touchdown passes. joe flacco likes that one. david reed in the second half. the third quarter kickoff. he runs through three defenders and alludes another one and then he is gone. 103 yards and a 28-7 ravens lead. you think this baby is over. wrong. texans come back. matt shaub to jacoby jones. six minutes left. 21 seconds left. the owner looking on. matt shaub hits andre johnson in the back of the end zone. he tiptoes in. the two-point play is good. we go into overtime. texans. matt shaub from his own end zone. jacoby jones reads it and scores the game-winners. the ravens win. wilson with

you are on with keith ellison. -- edward in kentucky. caller: why did president obama agreed to take $120 billion out of social security next year? they want to lower the rate that people will pay. guest: i think that is a fair question. i have the same question. i know a lot of people think the payroll tax deduction, 2%, it is a great thing. it will make it easier to hire, allow people to have more money in their pockets, and that is good, but you raise an important question. it is taking money out of social security. they say it will be replaced from the general fund. so we should not see any short- term decrease in social security, but what we will see over time, the general fund borrows money from social security. social security gets money from the general fund, general fund gives money to social security, where does it end? are we not setting ourselves up for an attack on social security where it cannot pay for itself, and then people are put into an argument to undermine social security? this worries me. not that i agree with the

keith banbrook. >> he's never been banned in cleveland or anyplace his whole life. again, i think he understands the business side of this. he understands there's animosity towards him. >> reporter: keith robson, a life long cavs fan will be sure that lebron hears him loud and clear. do you think it's necessary for the fans to show something towards lebron? >> no, hatred. >> reporter: really, hatred? hatred say strong word. >> yeah, dislike. >> reporter: robinson plans to boo james, but he thinks a faw fans, a few, could try to hurt james. especially if he tries to incite the crowd a puff of smoke. >> the heckling, it's pat of the game. when we go on the road, we get it. obviously, this is going to be a little worse. i get that also. but once we get talking about harming people and their family and their well-being, i think that's kind of taking it a little too far. >> are you ready for the return of lebron james? the two-time nba mvp will bring his talents back to the east coast? >> reporter: on espn the radio, they're urging fans not to hurt the city. >> hopefully

boehner, where are the i'm keith olbermann. goodnight and good luck. now to discuss what is not being achieved in the senate, here is rachel maddow. merry christmas. have a good new year. >> if you think i'm going to leave you alone between now and the new year, you've got another thing coming. thank you, keith. >>> thanks to you at home for staying with us for the next hour. we start with breaking news out of washington. what we were expecting to bring you at this hour was a high stakes showdown on the senate floor between democrats and republicans. we expected to show you democrats calling the republicans' bluff over a spending bill that democrats hoped to pass before the end of the year. it's the spending bill to fund the government. it's the spending bill to fund the entire u.s. government through the next year. earlier it today, republicans threatened to paralyze the senate by having that bill, 1,924 ages read out loud on the senate floor. even though it was a bill they helped author and a handful of senate republicans reportedly said they would s

keith brooks sr. died monday. they say it's not unusual for these blankets to start fires. they do not issue recommendations about whether or not to using an electric blanket but it does say to pay closes to its wear and tear and it's age. >> if it's five or 10 years or older, it would be a good idea to consider getting something more modern. >> reporter: they say before using a blanket, check to he sue if there is any damage from how it was stored. do not over late the -- overheat the blanket by putting anything on top or underneath it. newer models have an off switch. pg&e ran into another wall today, but this time it was a wall of protestors. critics say they don't know enough about the devices. how far folks will go to keep pg&e crews out. >> you're under arrest. >> walls it worth getting arrested for this. >> yes, for me. i'm a mother of two small children. i am protecting them and my community. this is untested technology. >> reporter: she doesn't like pg&e's wireless smart meters being installed. >> very strange, when they come in with eight trucks waging war on thei

that's "hardball" for now, thanks for being with us, "countdown" with keith olbermann starts right now. >>> which of these stories will you be talking about tomorrow? the president signs the tax cut deal. but the spirit of bipartisanship is yet to come. >>> the omnibus bill yanked from the floor after republicans' demands were met. >> they want to ram this bill through congress and they're using once again the christmas break as an inducement to the vote for it. >>. >> dropped on them democrats call shenanigans. >> what hasn't been commented on by senator kyle, that's exactly the amount they asked for. so to stand back in horror and look at $1.1 trillion and say where did this figure come from? it came from mitch mcconnell in a motion he made before the committee. >> our guests, congresswoman debb debb debbie masserman schultz. >> something you could hit your crazy relatives with over dinner this weekend. a study that shows everything we believed about the effects of watching fox news. of course fox news viewers won't know about the study. >> that is astoundingly good news for firefigh

keith smart sweating it out. coach, you got monta ellis. back to the basket. somehow lets it go. unbelievable shot. 36 points nor ellis and the warriors win in overtime. they lost 14 of their last 16 but boy, they got off the schnide so to speak. warriors back christmas night 7:30 game with portland. >>> college basketball for you. johnny dawkins. that's the catch and shoot that beat half-time buzzer. keaton page, josh with stanford got into it. kept them close in the 2nd. it was all oklahoma state. page, 20 points in the 2nd half. oklahoma state wins final of 79- 68. carter now drops to 6-4 for the year. >>> on the women side geno's huskies, this was a big one. mya moore on the loose. 41 points, ten rebounds, and uconn wins its record 89th straight win. topped in all of college basketball. 93-62. uconn. the kings and queens of college basketball. >>> real quick, the usf men drop a decision to university of san diego. stanford women at usf tomorrow on the hill top. nhl the sharks in charge at home three straight wins now. todd mcclellan. jb, i know the penguins are your boys but

they found a man who has been identified as keith brooks. neighbors say he was popular and well-liked in this area could he was also a distinguished world war ii veteran. >> he was very active with the veterans association. i think he was helping them with their website. >> when they opened up the front door, there was thick, black smoke. they initiated a quick search and located the victim upstairs. they put the fire out relatively quickly. at this point the cause of the fire itself and cause of death are under investigation. >> reporter: firefighters say they are certain there was not a christmas tree involved in the fire, but it's possible that a space heater was involved. we are learning more about mr. brooks. we understand he served in the 86th black infantry division and had some contacts with general patton in world war ii and also served in the pacific. his son said his father sailed under the golden gate bridge three times in world war ii before he was able to drive across the bridge. we are learning more about his history and his c

>> keith, thank you very much. keith miller this morning. it's now 18 minutes after the hour. >>> a violent storm in the mediterranean is being blamed for the rough ride aboard a royal caribbean cruise liner. huge waves tossed the ship leaving the boat in shambles. >> reporter: she's billed as one of royal caribbean's finest, with glistening glass walls and elevators, but it's a floating mess this morning and the ship sailed headlong into stormy seas. >> it was just violent and we truly thought it was tend for us. >> reporter: for tent terrifyin minutes, passengers say anything not bolted down became a flying weapon. the cruise ship with some 1,600 americans on board left sman for a mediterranean cruise that included a stop in alexandria, egypt's largest port. but severe winds and rain have been battering the middle east. >> i don't know why he would subject to us to this. i think he really put us in harm's way. >> unlike a carnival cruise ship which had -- the -- in a basement reports of the ship almost tipping over or coming even close to