a little later, kevin mccord of kiplinger will join us. year and tax tips. -- year-end tax tips. >> what we know of the founders is that the guys who were against the constitution with the religious conservatives of the day, the anti-federalists, and they included patrick henry at the time -- who wanted to have -- the founders were the cosmopolitans. and yet, most of them were bible believing christians. why did they take the approach they did? why did they come down where madison came down? because no faith was beyond faction, they believed. they believed in a multiplicity of sects. there've been important developments in the law over the last couple decades in terms of government funding and religious institutions. i would say that there were some real issues to work through and to figure out. the rules that governed this area during the clinton years were different. some people think that was a good thing and some people think that was a bad thing. that are important issues people fight about and fight about with legitimate disagreement

kiplinger refeels some retailers are done with discounts, figu figuring enough people will be desperate for gifts so close to christmas. >> i bought a vest in macy's. i went today, it was up to $220 and i bought it at $198. >> christmas spending is down 2%. but shoppers are bucking expectations. >> it seems like every year it's gone up, spoil people more. >> more, always more. >> i'm out here and that's not a good thing. because i'm spending more money. >> if you aren't done with your christmas shopping, you are not alone. the national retail federation says 10% of holiday shopper will finish up their holiday christmas shopping on christmas eve. live in santa clara, kimberly terry, nbc bay area news. >> two words -- brave souls. thank you very much, kimberly. reappreciate it. will they stay or are the oakland a's on the move? new signs point to keeping their current address. this comes a week after a proposal for a waterfront park. according to the san francisco chronicle, the co-owner is expected to meet soon with reps from a southern california real estate company about a new coliseum

kiplinger provides the quality of education with a price to arrive at the the annual list. a quay see know is in the running for gaming rights, and they're making a last ditch effort to stay in the race. the parks casino group was all but out of the running. the new plan goes from paying 100 million for roads to $200 million for reconstructing bridges on the road. it would be located at indian head highway. tracee wilkins will have more at 5:00 with the companies they hope will put them back in the competition. >>> lines are forming for the biggest megamillions in a year. no one matched the numbers last night. the lottery expects to sell herely 2 million tickets for friday's drawing. this is the second largest jack pot in megamillions history. last year one was worth $656 million. how dirty is your kitchen sponge? it's bad. a nasty . >>> just a few dozen customers remain without power from the storms yesterday and sunday. crews have been working around the clock to get the lights and the heat back on around the region. many problems came from tree limbs falling onto power l

kiplinger announced the list of things not to buy during the hol dais. topping off the list, the brand name big screen tvs. hold off until the end of january, before super bowl. it's when you get the best deal on those. march is the best time to buy luggage since sales slowed. if you want to spruce up your living room, hold up on the new couch. a better deal on furniture after the christmas holidays. >>> black friday, cyber monday, they are behind us. did you know today is called giving tuesday? it's the brain child of nonprofits who thought while folks are in the spending mood, make it easy to donate to good causes. more than 8,000 non-profits are part of this year's second annual giving tuesday. last year, more than $10 million were donated online on giving tuesday. a reminder, check out the charity or non-profit beforehanding over your money. visit our website, www.nbcwashington.com for more. >> that's great. i like the matches the charities are doing. >> it's nice, you are in the spending mood, give a little back. >> thanks, liz. >>> black friday is

we are joined by the kiplinger's editorial director. washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> the thing i care about most it more of a museum with more pieces of beautiful furniture that along to old residents. most of what is here now dates from 1902. >> why isn't there more antique furniture? i would have thought they would have been collecting this since the beginning of the republic. >> the thing is about thomas jefferson did the most one whole thing putting in beautiful furniture. the sad thing is the war of 1812, everything was earned and they had to start piecemeal since then. every president who came could sell what he didn't like. these to have auctions in the president could change the decor if he wanted. president grant had the blue room violet. finally, that was all stopped at time of theodore roosevelt in 1902. >> first ladies, influence and image, season two. weeknights at 9:00 on c-span. >> next, the outgoing federal reserve chairman, ben bernanke, giving his last scheduled news conference with reporters. he talked about the central banking

we are joined by kiplinger's editorial director. washington journal live, 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. then at 9:40 five eastern, art history professor deborah hansen looks at the work trail of annual boone and minerals and other arts and the u.s. capitol. american history tv in prime time, starting at eight a.m. eastern on c-span three. >> as 2013 wraps up, we are on the front steps of the capital to tell you about our new review series. here's the lineup. opening remarks are provided by anthony harrington, former u.s. ambassador to brazil during the clinton administration. >> good morning. good morning to many good friends in the audience. i am jane harman, president and ceo of the wilson center. i am delighted to welcome you to this just before the christmas holiday important event. the wilson center knows a lot about brazil. and so does our keynote speaker and good friend ambassador tom shannon. our brazil institute led by paulos otero is this from your place in washington for dialogue on u.s./brazil policy. we were the first to honor dilma rousseff when she beca

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