and his name isn't chuck the awesome sandwich making king. e? you know this is chuck-topia, the land of many sandwiches. and chuck is king. come on, bob. we've got to figure out what's going on! [squeak] i got to run. i forgot about my-- sandwich making class? what? um, sure, sandwich making class. later! this is really strange, bob. when i made my wish to not be word girl anymore, i didn't think other things would change, too. that enchanted cake has some strange, magical powers. hey! that's where the jewelry store should be! and those statues of chuck aren't normally there. that's very unusual! [squeaks] oh, you don't know what "unusual" means? well, when something is different than it normally is, we say it's unusual. like that store over there. every time we've looked at it before, it's been a jewelry store, right? but suddenly it changed into a sandwich shop. that's unusual! if something is usually one way but then it changes and becomes not usual, we say it's unusual. [alarm blaring] chuck on p.a.: attention, citizens of chuck-topia. it

>> time for "the daily rundown" with chuck todd. >>. >> king jung ildies and leaves his young son in charged of the impoverished nation. how soon before he tries to prove himself. house republicans prepare for a last showdown. even after the senate republicans reached a deal, snatching gridlock from the jaus of victory. by the way, the paycheck is on the line. newt gingrich goes after the judiciary. a popular boogie man in republican primaries. he will ignore supreme court rulings and wait until you see how he forces judges to testify before congress. it's monday, december 19th, 2011. let's get to the first read of the morning and it begins in north korea. jim jung ilturned his country into a state by starving and imprisonings his own people ha died. [speaking foreign language] >> that was a weeping anchor reader announced the death of the man known as dear leader on state television late sunday. according to that report, kim died of a heart attack after 17 years of rule. even his age is not known for sure. he had been in bad health since suffering from what was believed a stroke in

a very traumatic year, chuck. dr. kingsinated, robert kennedy was assassinated, johnson was forced to step down, a pitched battle between bobby kennedy until he was killed and jean mccarthy. wallace came into the race with racism and bigotry. richard nixon reinvented the republican party but the economy was in good shape. people had jobs. they could afford their homes. that's the big game changer this time. it seemed like if you think of the american economy it is started to slide away from beneath the feet of people and so you have all of those folks at home who are looking at their mortgages and looking at the value of their house and long-term net worth and they just don't compute. that's a lot of anxiety and with good reason. >> tom brokaw, you spent a lot of time thinking about these issues. i think we all wish folks here in washington did the same. tom, thank you, sir. >> my pleasure, chuck. >>> the political panel will be here next and don't forget you can get the latest political news, first read, everything else,

chuck e. cheese was fined $20,000 for violating federal labor laws. i'm jane king for wbal-tv 11 news. >> 6:20. 27 degrees on tv hill. >> the coaching carrousel is beginning to turn. pete gilbert tells us who is in and who was out. >> here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers. hope to have them. -- hope you have them. or creates another laptop bag, or hires another employee, it's not just good for business. it's good for the entire community. at bank of america, we know the impact that local businesses have on communities. that's why we extended $13.2 billion to small businesses across the country so far this year. because the more we help them, the more we help make opportunity possible. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. major roadways continue to run smoothly. we have a buildup on the west side. 37 miles per hour near liberty. an accident at reisterstown road. another in parkville at harford road. in fallston, watch for a crash at 152 and route 1. volume

chuck e cheese is makig kids do that got them finedy the feds. fallout from china's economc boom. how pollution there, changes weather here. good evening i'm dana king. and i'm ken bastida. all over the west coast tod, occupy protestors took their message to some of the nat's busiest ports. their goal, shut down key avenues for u-s commerce. robert lyles joins us from e port of oakland, to show use impact of today's protests. robert. thousands of protesters tooo oakland streets on november firstâ and shut down the pot of oakland. but unlike last month... prosters plan to cy this shutdown into tomorroww kind of occupy protest. chek this out: kind of occupy protest. chek this out: >>> it's not fair to the workers who have already lost today. >>> now, the mayor goes on to say -- on to say that it is being held on hostage after she learned that the protesters will be planning to pull out the longshoremen's 3:00 a.m. shift as you can see it is already underway. they moved from the port's main entrance here about a mile away. it is not on out there and the shift is currently awaiting or trying to be unloaded here after the side. we'll see what will happen

tdd# 1-800-345-2550 so talk to chuck online, on the phone, tdd# 1-800-345-2550 or come in and pull up a chair. >>> baseball's official all-time home run kingarry bonds, has been sentenced to 30 days house arrest for giving misleading testimony to a grand jury. prosecutors wanted him to spend 15 months in prison, saying house arrest for a guy who lives in a 15,000 square foot house in beverly hills isn't much of a punishment. i think not being in the hall of fame is pretty big punishment for barry bonds these days. we'll be right back. >>> i am produce to say that no u.s. administration has done more in support of israel's security than ours. none. on my watch the united states of america has led the way from durbin to the united nations against attempts to use international forms to delegitimatize israel. and we will continue to do so. that's what friends and allies do for each other. so don't let anybody else tell a different story. we have been there. and we will continue to be there. those are the facts. >>> we are back. that was president obama this afternoon, defending his record on israel to a jewish group in washington. it's a topic

endorsements, for example, of congressman steve king, republican of iowa, if he decides to endorse one of the candidates, he has some influence. if chuckley, the republican senator from iowa makes a decision to go ahead and endorse, that could have an impact. the governor, terry branson says he's not going to endorse anyone but he can always change his mine. i'm heading the iowa tomorrow and will be interviewing newt gingrich in "the situation room." on wednesday, mitt romney will be interviewed. >> big important interviews. let's talk about the difference in the narrative, how newt gingrich posits how the divorce came about in his first marriage and what we found out, cnn reporting from the paperwork. does it matter knowing eye wants as you do, knowing their sensibilities. will it matter to them? >> it might matter to some. some social conservatives, some others. but it's been so well documented. now there's a little bit of new information coming in. alan duke got the actual documents, the court papers when newt gingrich filed for divorce. i guess there's a technical distinction. they could say, yes, newt gingrich did file, technicall

good to be here a few days from caucuses the my name is chuck lautner from a little town up north called rockford. i worked for congressman steve kingign side and four years ago was executive director in charge of building the straw poll and caucus. so a couple things near and dear to me collide here on january 3. the first is the issues. i'm an issues guy and a campaign guy. that's the first thing. another one is this process, it's ut -- our responsibility. a lot of port -- reporters around the state as we get around the state ask me why iowa? >> hey, where you been? they say why iowa? i say why do you play the rose bowl in pasadena? because this is where it is! these people right here tell you why iowa goes first. because we're engaged in the process and we understand that there is a two-way responsibility. we ask the candidates to come to the state because we want to get a sense of who they are, look them in the eye and come to our debates and forums and town halls and i guarantee you the -- folks you iowans ask a heck of a lot tougher questions than the national media does. you should get the first choice. in a couple days we're