kelsey harrison, jogging with the support of 100 friends. came across the golden gate after running all the way from new york to san francisco. it was a mission of love for her friend, til costello, who died from lung cancer in 2010. that inspired her teammates and best friend kelsey decided to run for awareness. a total of four months and almost 3,000 miles. >> once i decided that i was going to do this, i knew i would finish. >> reporter: the run averaged about 30 miles a day and kelsey went through twelve pairs of running shoes, all to shine a spotlight on cancer, through rain, sleet and cold. >> there were definitely days that were super hard. 20-degree weather. >> reporter: the run raised more than $150,000 for cancer research. kelsey said her departed friend was beside her in memory and spirit. >> we had this really intense motivation, which was her memory and doing this for jill. >> reporter: it remains to be seen what kelsey's next goal will be. but if she was inspired by jill, she's also an inspiration to others. reporting from san

. >> kelsey took off from times square on july 30 and has spent four months on the road. >> go giants. >> do you think you will be there today? >> sidney ford who rode krewe with jill at cal as soon as having that person telling you can do this. >> when jill lost her hair to chemo sidney was by her side. >> i said if you are losing your hair how about if i cut off eight inches of mine and do it together. >> now sidney is here cheering kelsey on. it's another day. >> see you, friend. >> have a good one. >> on another road with another 30 miles to go. each step brings her closer to her goal and closer to home. >> i have had faith in you from the day you were born that something was going to challenge you. and that you would carry on with it. i'm proud to be your mother. >> jill's parents are also proud. >> so jill, she had incredible friends and i think part of it was that she saw greatness in her friends. and i think that she felt it and believed in them so they believed in themselves and they are living up to it. >> i think it's incredible that a young person would take the time out o

which was her memory and doing this for jill. >> it remains to be seen what kelsey's next goal wille. but if she's inspired by jill, she's also an inspiration to others. ,,,, >>> guess which nba team is still in first place in the pacific division. and who has a rematch with stanford if the rose bowl. >>> the red clad wisconsin badgers. one much four touchdowns for the night. wisconsin beats nebraska 70-31. just like january 2000. they get stanford in the rose bowl. bcs championship game all set when georgia could not find the ends here. advantage alabama. ball game. 32-28. bama faces notre dame. >>> houston dynamo and l.a. galaxy tied at 1. galaxy won their second straight mls cup 3- 1. also david beckham's final mls game. >>> it goes. warriors just rolling. they beat the pacers 103-92. 18 points off the bench. he only missed one field goal all night. >>> sadly we pass along the news of the death of college basketball coach rick majerus. he was 64 years old. led utah to the 1998 ncaa final against kentucky. coach could never beat kentucky. >> thank you much. before we go, got to ha

kelsey gam march, all have something to say about the change the past few years.n with chuck norris. >> if we look to history our great country and freedom are under attack. we are at a tipping point and quite possibly our country as we know it may be lost forever if we don't change the course our country is headed. >> bill: you are saying look, we are headed for armageddon in what way? >> i don't say armageddon. we need to go one direction, left, which would be socialism or right, which would be people trying to make the money themselves. >> what has happened is the democrats have gone further left and the republicans have gone to where the democrats were 40 years ago. >> what do you object to in the redistribution of wealth? >> the fact that they are affecting the small businesses in our country. see the stores that are closed out of business because of what's going on in our economy. that tears my heart up. dark me, i don't care. >> you don't care if you pay more taxes. >> i pay humongous amount of taxes which you do too. >> bill: you want to pay 40 or 45% whic

and winthrop coach, pat kelsey, had one more thing he wanted to say new the last thing i wanted to say really, really lucky because i'm going to get on an eight-hour bus ride and arrive in rock hill, south carolina, and walk in my house. i'm going to walk up the stairs, into two pink rooms with a 5-year-old and a 4-year-old laying in that pink room. and a bunch of teddy bears. and i'm going to give them the biggest hug and kiss i have ever given them. and there are 20 families in new port, connecticut, walking into a pink room with nobody laying in those beds, and it is tragic. and i don't know what needs to be done. i'm not smart enough to know what needs to be done, i know this country has issues. is it a gun issue or mental health issue? or is it a society that understands that our families are important. i didn't vote for president obama, he is my president, my leader, i need him to step up. the speaker of the house, john boehner, he needs to step up, parents, teachers, rabbis, priests, coaches. everybody needs to step up. this has to be a time for change. and i know this microphon

. >> that's pat kelsey, we'll talk about his newtown wake-up call. >>> game of chicken, president obamaer digging in their heels again with a dozen days to go before we go over the fiscal cliff. >>> the truth behind this viral video of an eagle swooping down and snatching a baby. we'll talk to students who fooled millions coming up. >> thursday, december 20th, and "starting point" begins right now. welcome. our team margaret hoover, richard socarides, former adviser to bill clinton, chrystia freeland from thompson reuters and johnbermen as well. everybody's with us. christine is sticking around, too. the family is all here for the holidays. major winter storm blanketing the midwest. there is a blizzard in effect for six states. colorado's already been clobbered. snow has forced officials to close 156 miles of i-70 in both directions yesterday, they were closed for hours. the storm stretching as far north as wisconsin, packing wind gusts over 50 miles an hour. emergency management officials in milwaukee offering advice to anybody looking to beat the holiday travel rush. >> i think the fi

university freshman kelsey alder comes running from her dorm room. as she approaches the wreckage, she notices something. >> i saw fingers under the car. they weren't very visible. i was with my roommate and i was like, katherine, do you see those fingers? she said, no, i don't see them. >> more bystanders arrive as alder gets down on her stomach to confirm her fear. >> when i got down, his eyes were right across from mine and they were wide open. >> the rider is trapped. his foot barely visible behind the front tire. he's slipping in and out of consciousness and unable to move. >> there was a connection that i needed to get him out of there from that point on. there's no going back. you don't back down after you see something like that. >> with smoke pouring from the front of the vehicle, it's a race against time to get the rider out before the car erupts. chris garth and his colleagues watch helplessly from their perch high above. their reactions recorded as the camera rolls. >> is someone under the vehicle? >> the biker's under. >> oh, my gosh. >>

somebody said maybe kelsey is going to run. he says i hope he does run i am going to pay a million dollars to defeat them. >> who said that? >> one of the producers of the show. >> you were out numbered? >> i am always out numbered. >> coming up comedians denis leary and john lovitts unleash. >> i believe in strong military and helping those below you. >> later ted kopple and i go head to head over the topic of the popularity of the fox news channel coming right back. [ male announcer ] this december, remember -- you can stay in and share something... or you can get out there and actually share something. ♪ the lexus december to remember sales event is on. this is the pursuit of perfection. but i still have a runny nose. [ male announcer ] dayquil doesn't treat that. huh? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus rushes relief to all your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your runny nose. [ sighs ] thank you! [ male announcer ] you're welcome. that's the cold truth! share "not even close." share "you owe me..." share "just right

fourth and final touch down pass of the game. 83 yards to travis kelsey with 47 seconds left.able to bring you every store story but frainers and raiders haevld involved in the community doing tings like thi this. grant escorting kids from the california anchor home to showing how to train your dragon in san jose tonight. a pretty good time. this is sports report brought to you by river rock casino. >> pretty spectacular. >> pretty spectacular. >> cyou know how much grandmash wanted to be here for your fist christmas? you see grandma lives waaaay down here, and you live way up here. brian, your cousin, he's a little bit older than you, he lives here, in chicago. and your aunt lisa lives here, in baltimore. uncle earnie? waaay out in hawaii. but don't you worry, we will always be together for christmas. [ male announcer ] being together is the best part of the holidays and cheerios is happy to be part of the family. you just ate dallas! but add some sauce, pepperoni and cheese and fold up the crescent dough...and presto! tuesday night just became crescent pizza pocket-tastic pi

fourth and final touch down pass of the game. 83 yards to travis kelsey with 47 seconds left. aren't able to bring you every store story but frainers and raiders haevld involved in the community doing tings like thi this. grant escorting kids from the california anchor home to showing how to train your dragon in san jose tonight. a pretty good time. this is sports report brought to you by river rock casino. >> pretty spectacular. >> coming up next. 33 ton fish >> coming up next. 33 ton fish tank that sudd >> when you wake up in the morning bundle el up. cold in the morning. mid 30's to mid 40's at 5:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. not inching up. upper 30's to mid 40's. we have complete updates. >> thanks sandhya leave you with what is buzzing around the world. check out amazing video from chain a.33 ton shark tank exploding at shanghai shopping mall. people looking at the attaching as it shatters. 15 people hurt. cold temperatures showedy material made the tank brittle. next billing thing from this web site says cupertino base apple will provide the i watch for sale next year. has blue too

fourth and final touch down pass of the game. 83 yards to travis kelsey with 47 seconds aren't.bring you every store story but frainers and raiders haevld involved in the community doing tings like thi this. grant escorting kids from the california anchor home to showing how to train your dragon in san jose tonight. a pretty good time. this is sports report brought to you by river rock casino. >> pretty spectacular. >> coming up next. 33 ton fish tank that sudd >> when you wake up in the morning bundle el up. cold in the morning. mid 30's to mid 40's at 5:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. not inching up. upper 30's to mid 40's. we have complete updates. >> thanks sandhya leave you with what is buzzing around the world. check out amazing video from chain a.33 ton shark tank exploding at shanghai shopping mall. people looking at the attaching as it shatters. 15 people hurt. cold temperatures showedy material made the tank brittle. next billing thing from this web site says cupertino base apple will provide the i watch for sale next year. has blue tooth technology and one and a half inch screen. h

take a look at this story here. 24-year-old kelsey harrison from san francisco, well, she runs about6 miles a day. and ran from new york all the way to california. she got the job done, in fact she needed 12 pairs of shoes to accomplish her goal. >> it was amazing. i mean, the support and enthusiasm that i've received from people across the country throughout this journey has been a huge factor in getting me home. that was incredibly, incredibly important to me. and today was no exception to that. >> that's a true superwoman. moving onto baseball, angel pagon received offers from two teams, the giants and the philadelphia phillys. both contracts are for four years. pagan is 31 years old. he had a .288 batting average last season along with eight homers and 56 runs batted in. he has not decided on which team he will join next year. >>> also children from several local hospitals visited the north pole today. in actuality they took a flight on a 747 around the bay area. but when they landed in san francisco it was decorated like the north pole. santa claus was there along with vy that b

. >>> winthrop university basketball coach kelsey talked about going home to his own children.out gun violen violence. >> i'm going to give them the biggest hug and kiss i've ever given them. there's 20 families in newport, connecticut that are walking into a pink room with a bunch of teddy bears with nobody laying in those beds. and it's tragic. >>> now to some action in the nba. oklahoma city's kevin durant poured in 41 points. that's a season high for him. as the thunder dominated atlanta with a 100-92 win over the hawks. >>> finally, minnesota quarterback christian ponder and espn reporter samantha steele were married wednesday at a private ceremony in wisconsin in the court. afterwards samantha steele sent a cheek saying twitter is so tricky. who knew she's preg nan and they'll be divorced soon are just the 2012 version of congrats. thanks, guys. >>> well, now here's another look at weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins with our weather channel forecast. >> want to help everyone now in the mid-atlantic and the northeast. this storm is heading your way next. this morni

my name is kelsey beyer and i just wanted to follow up on that gentleman's comment, two commenters ago, that said there are people who are drawn actually to the castro and to san francisco because of the tolerance that the city shows towards nudity and nudists and the human body in general, and i am one of those people. i came here four years ago. i moved in 2008 after having visited the city only once, and my time in the castro i saw three new men on the street and casually interacting with each other, and it was really i guess eye opening and reassuring to me about the world, and i decided that this is where i should be, and i decided to move here based on the fact that i thought it was a city where i could be more tolerated and understood than anywhere else. i could imagine in the united states. and also i don't see how nudity is harmful for children to see. i feel like for myself i grew up with a catholic background and a certain amount of body shame and it has taken me years to get over that, and to empbrace and love the body that i approved here in, and i feel that seeing the vas

woody wasn't there and kelsey couldn't come. but otherwise the cast was there.here was about 150 of us for dinner. we invited "entertainment tonight" to cover the pre-thing and they interviewed us. the funny thing. the crowd of people behind us like 120 people reuniting and screaming and laughing and talking and there is a lot of noise in our defense. but she would be talking to us on "entertainment tonight" are you going to do a reunion show and you see ten people with my colored hair going what? what did she say? what that is what our reunion show would be like. >> jimmy: i don't think that is true. i would like to see the show come back. that is probably one of the top five best shows ever on television, i would say. >> very funny. >> jimmy: why wasn't woody there? >> woody has a track record of not being there. he was off being a fabulous movie star some place. it was horrible when we would rehearse, woody had wanderlust. he would show up in about the fifth or sixth year. where is woody? he was flying to berlin because the wall was coming down. literally. th

and it's tragic. >> brian: pat kelsey joins us now.er a loss to ohio state captured america. you caught america by storm. people talking about you. where do those words come from? did you know you were going to say that when you walked in? >> i didn't. it was an unbelievably emotional several days like it was for the entire country. i first found out about it on a bus on the way up to athens, ohio, before we played, well before the ohio state game. like the entire country, i couldn't get out of my head for three days, it's all i thought about. i can relate because i have two little ones that age. i have a five-year-old and a four-year-old. and several hours prior to that bus ride on friday morning before i found out about the shooting, i had breakfast with my two little girls. and my wife put pancakes in front of them and we laid the hershey kisses out on those pancakes and my little girls drew me pictures that i could take with me on my road trip and we crossed off the calendar to christmas eve like we do every single day. i gave them

woody wasn't there and kelsey couldn't come, but otherwise the cast was there.ere about 150 of us for dinner. but we invited "entertainment tonight" to come cover. they interviewed us. the funny thing was the question. there was a crowd of people behind us, like 120 people reuniting and screaming and laughing and talking. so there was a lot of noise. but she would be talking to us on "entertainment tonight." are you all going to do a reunion show? and you saw about ten people with my color hair going what? what did she say? what? that's what our reunion show would be like? what? is it my cue? >> jimmy: i would like to see the show just come back. i mean, that's got to be one of -- probably top five best shows ever on television. >> thank you. very funny. >> jimmy: why wasn't woody there? >> woody has a track record of not being there. he was off on a fabulous movie set someplace. it was horrible when we would rehearse, woody had wanderlust. he'd show up -- this is about the fifth or sixth year. and where's woody? woody would have phoned from the airport, he was

mark kelsey, margarita its strada and debra schindler set out on know shoes saturday morning with plans to camp in a hut that night for one of their birthdays. instead, they found the trail will washed out during the summer from flooding. >> the reality with that, the trail doesn't exist. we had to make our trail and that's what kept us out there longer, kept us pushing harder. we were across streams. >> reporter: cell phone was spotty but the group was able to call 911 sunday afternoon and give their gps coordinates. search teams set out that day but had to turn back because of bad weather. so the trio, all experienced, spent the night in a makeshift shelter near a tree. members of the group were moved to tears when talking about the moment rescuers found them four miles down the canyon from the highway. >> they were like angels coming down the road. they were because i really thought we were done. we had no more propane. very little food and just one chance to make one call. and thank god we got through. >> the irony, is i put in 18 years with mountain rescue and i get to deal with th

even if you change your mind or find something else, if you get it as a gift i like kelsey celebratest the label on the box and send it back to us. we will refund your purchase price but the time for doing is right now.it is your last chance to grab it and this is the final presentation.we are back to the phones to wisconsin with vicki. hello and welcome to is aaron and shannon. >>caller: hi6 c13 you doing? >>host: good and we hear your upgrading tonight? >>caller: i have a candle and i love it but i wanted the tablet also and i just turned the tv on and i saw this and thought oh my gosh. merry christmas to me. >>host: i love the viewers because you guys celebrate like i do. [laughter] not only do you deserve it but doesn't pay for itself? i bet you use your kindle all the time in almost every6 c13 >>caller: yes i do and i love it. i am going to love this much better. >>host: the key do you do any shopping online? --vicky >>caller: yes i do. >>host: did you hear this is 30%+ >>caller: the tv i got so excited because this is all i have been talking about wanting to upgrade my candle. -

the fourth and final touch down pass and game 83 yards to travis kelsey with 44 seconds left.e pick and 48-34. well matt may have been the no. 1 pick of the 49ers instead of smith. he decided to stay at usc another year. was tenth over all pick by arizona in 06 and never lived up to expectation. now with the third team, 16 of 32 for 115 yards and interception relieving injured palmer against caroline. did to inspire the coaching staff who gave almost half the first team republic to third striker prio prior. he still believes he can revive his career. >> i think i deserve to play. deserve to start. not sure what will happen but that's all you can do. just keep preparing. keep working hard. be here. be accountable and whatever happens, whatever decision is made that's what's made. >>reporter: coach will decide tomorrow. niner news limit entered practice. suffered concussion on that hit sunday in seattle. needs to pass further test to be cleared for this weekend. this is torn tri-accept tendon. surrendered 73 points in 6 quarters and injured in new england back up and ready to go

that was syracuse coach jim boeheim and pat kelsey after his team played ohio state. >>> yankees' cc sabathia in san francisco right now bowling right-handed because he is rehabbing his $161 million left elbow. the vallejo native's pitch-in foundation is having their annual christmas car va van outing. he and his wife are treating special kids to bowling and a christmas shopping spree to ensure the kids have a merry holiday. >> vallejo is near and dear to my heart. i have a lot of family here and i really deeply am rooted in the community so i care about what's going on. so the only time i can get a chance to give back and do whatever i can, i always have to take the opportunity. >> now, that guy has never forgotten where he came from. every chance he gets, he comes home to vallejo and just opens the wallet, whatever, and just simply gives. he gave an autograph to my middle son jake, had a picture together. it was -- he just kind of exudes joy, all 6'6", 200 pounds of him. >> did i see the bumpers after him? >> did not. >> i thought i saw that. >> still an athlete at the bowling alle

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he is the public coach pat kelsey and said the country needs to step up right now. >> i will walk intotairs and into two pink rooms. with a 5-year-old and a 4-year-old laying in that pink room with a bunch of teddy bears in that room and give them the biggest hug and kiss i have ever given them. there is 20 families in newtown, connecticut that walk into a pink room with teddy bears with nobody laying in those beds. it's tragic. this country has got issues. is it a gun issue or mental health issue or a society that lost the understanding that decent human values are president. i didn't vote for president obama, but you know what, he's my period and he's my leader and need him to step up. mr. boehner, he's a cincinnati guy. he needs to step up. parents and teachers and rabbis and priests and coaches and everybody needs to step up. this has to be a time for change. i know this microphone is powerful because we are playing the fourth best team in the country, but i won't have a microphone the rest of the year and maybe the rest of my life. i'm going to be an agent of change with the 13 yo

>> his name is chris kelsey and he has a real job.t he has been made the intake manager because the truck loads of items coming in every day. this is what he told us about what's happening at the warehouse. >> we are getting truck loads and truck loads of teddy bears and toys and office supplies and a little bit of everything. we still accept donations. we don't want to turn anything away, but we have plenty. there is no more need for teddy bears or toys or office splice. any donations call the united way. they are doing from what i'm told 100% fee-free. >> the united way is the suggestion, but they just can't take any more. they want to make these sidewalks passible again. and again they want to show the country and the world that we are grateful, but please don't send anything else. >> not only do they need to stop, but they are converting the remaining donations into soil? >> i don't know how this happens. we are trying to get an answer from public works. they are kind of compound them and process them into soil for a permanent mem

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