there was his successor who clashed with him and often bitter exchanges, vaclav klaus. it was clear where these people's sympathy is -- sympathies lay. >> i think that the czech people can be proud to have him as president. >> on the square, where havel had addressed the thousands. preparations for a state funeral are now gathering, the first in the country's modern history as an independent state. then, finally, havel's family will be allowed to say their final farewells before he is finally laid to rest. >> the life and death of vaclav havel. the u.s. postal service can trace its origins back. post offices across the country are facing closure, a fact that has a 25-year-old traveling across the u.s., recording post offices and collecting postmarks, which could soon be collectors' items. we caught up with the in maryland for this first-person account. -- we caught up with him in maryland. >> when i graduated, i realized i had not explored the country, and i realized i wanted to see more of america, especially rur al america, because i grew up in a city. i went across 2

you cut corners to pay for your... your whores and your drugs and your stupid klaus tattoo!w what? you're nothing but a drug addict. birds died because of you! oh, my god. who cares? our partnership is over! i never want to see you again! then, don't look in the night sky, because i'm a star. and that's not the cocaine talking. so, girls, tell me more about your childhood. now, that's the cocaine talking. how's she doing? well, the good news is, eight people waiting for skin have died, so we're moving up the list. francine's furious with me. do you want me to read to your wife? i could read her some launch codes. but i would need those launch codes. francine: good morning. oh, my god. i'm out of here. oh, no. (screams) what are you doing here? shouldn't you be at home in case the skin people call? you'd like that, wouldn't you? me sitting at home while you're here having fun. forget it, buster. i still have a job to do, and i'm not going to let you take that away. bullock: is that francine's voice i hear? look who made a speedy recov... no. hey, jackson. i have a face muffin

there was his successor who clashed with him and often bitter exchanges, vaclav klaus.hese people's sympathy is -- sympathies lay. >> i think that the czech people can be proud to have him as president. >> on the square, where havel had addressed the thousands. preparations for a state funeral are now gathering, the first in the country's modern history as an independent state. then, finally, havel's family will be allowed to say their final farewells before he is finally laid to rest. >> the life and death of vaclav havel. the u.s. postal service can trace its origins back. post offices across the country are facing closure, a fact that has a 25-year-old traveling across the u.s., recording post offices and collecting postmarks, which could soon be collectors' items. we caught up with the in maryland for this first-person account. -- we caught up with him in maryland. >> when i graduated, i realized i had not explored the country, and i realized i wanted to see more of america, especially rur al america, because i grew up in a city. i went across 29 states around the c

vamos a chicago la ciudad de los vientos don omar de alerta 0 se vistiÓ de sanls klaus para repartir tambiÉn, a quien se parece el bebÉ de ana bÁrbara. se quiere operar. igualmente ahora. no puede. no sÉ. y juan osorio se defiende los ataques de paquita la del barrio y aclara si es cierto que legue un montÓn de dinero. >>> he estado con la novela ya regresamos. este programa picar y fuerte. >>> la nochebuena y navidad memo uno de los vocalistas se los quiso agradecer a sus seguidores por bendiciones que ha recibido. >>> y por eso, se vistiÓ de santa claus y junto a una asociaciÓn de la ciudad de los vientos sorprendiÓ a todos al llegar cargado de alegrÍas sonrisas y regalos nuestro reportero. estuvo ahÍ. y nos cuenta. ¿quÉ pasÓ? gracias y estoy sobre la avenida michigan en el merecen de la ciudad de los vientos. esta ciudad, ya de plan estÁ lista para las fiestas feliz navidad y aÑo nuevo. vean alumbrado. y por eso en esta Época se trata de compartir. y el grupo alerta 0 es precisamente lo que hizo. vean ustedes esto. a 45 minutos de la ciudad de chicago. donde la comunidad hispana e

a maid found the body of 71- year-old klaus gachter friday afternoon in his home on waterbury lane. police say they don't believe that the cast is a random act of violence but so far, they don't have suspects or people of interest. investigators are not releasing details of the crime including the cause of death. >>> pg&e is having a change of heart on its smartmeters. the utility has just announced an opt out program so customers who still have an analog meter can keep it and those who have the digital meters have have the old devices reinstalled. but there will be a monthly fee and a reinstallation charge. >> should they choose not to participate in the program that they have the meter of choice on their homes. that's important to our customers. >> pg&e is trying to recover from a pr hit last week after cutting off power to customers who had health problems and removed the smartmeters on their own. that left some customers in the dark without any heat during cold weather. >> maybe candlestick park needed a smartmeter last night. >>> we need rain. there is nothing in the forecast.

. >>> y les presento seÑoras y seÑores a candy klaus. asÍ se autÓnomo bro alicia machado. a su personaje, en una familia con suerte, me encanta la novela. ivis tiendo traje navideÑo manÓo sus mejores deseos a su seguidores. ¿que les parece? >>> y el que anda solo y sin su esposa, melany griffith es antonio banderas, lo pijamas en aspen colorado, caminando solito, cargando bolsas lo vimos con los esquÍes y los zapatos para la nieve de su hija y esposa nada de nada. serÁ que quiso pasar las navidades solita. hay que ver. y por otra parte, les cuento que sofÍa vergara sigue presumiendo vacaciones en mÉxico. compartiÓ fotos escuchando mariachi. que rico mariachi. yo tambiÉn quiero ir por allÁ y montando a caballo en la playa. d definitivamente que en mÉxico se disfruta mucho. y luego del escÁndalo cuernos y divorcios de demi moore, se quedarÍa llorando, por los rincones. les cuento que no, se equivocan. porque demi se prepara para producir un programa de televisiÓn, tipo top show. hablarÁ de divorcio y temas fem mÍnimos. y asÍ que vamos a ver ade mimo re, como dicen que serÁ p

. >> klaus was successor as president and a political arch- rival. on this day, he paid homage, saying he is a man who knew words could change the world. the body was to be cremated after the funeral in accordance with his family's wishes. >> russia's space program continues to have problems with its rockets. it was the second launch failure this year, but another spacecraft is reach its destination, carrying a russian, an american, an investment to the space station, taking the " back up to its full complement of six. >> podcasts -- one of dw-tv's mobile options. >> welcome back. christmas is right at our doorstep. german along with the rest of the world is in the spirit. it is a time of reflection, giving, and sharing, and the traditions of decorating the tree and baking are part of the season. four weeks leading up to christmas are among the busiest times of the year, even for those who do not consider themselves to be religious. yuletide cheer requires quite a few preparations ahead of the big day. >> rolling out the dough for traditional christm

pounds.his pug buffers him when he's anxious, wakes him up from nightmares, and even dials 9-1-1.rikki klausntroduces us to "pei pei." pei." "go get help! go get help!"(nats)"good girl!"with the press of a single phone button, james taylor's dog can dial 9-1-1. that's a huge comfort for the retired army police officer. he suffers from post traumatic stress disorder and hearing loss. sometimes he falls too, so his service dog pei pei is his 'saving grace.' "without her, i couldn't imaginn my life. i'd probably be homebound a lot of because of what i suffer severely. with her, i can go out. i know if i have any kind of problems, phe's going to hell me right through it, and that's what she does."when taylor is in a crowd, he sometimes feels panic. pei pei is his buffer and his companion. "if i'm out, like in walmart or somewhere, i give her a 'go out' command, and she'll actually ccrcle around me to keep the people three and four feet away from me."to help with taylor's hearing loss, pei pei is all ears. "if someone knocks on the front at, she'll find me in the house and then taps me, and then

as klaus schwab, the executive chairman of the world economic forum concludes, women and girls must be treated equally of the countries to grow and prosper. the declaration we will adopt here today can begin to close the gender gap, by making it possible for more women to unleash their potential as workers, and entrepreneurs, and business leaders. and the goals in this declaration of very specific. we commit to giving women access to capital, so women entrepreneurs can turn their ideas into the small and medium enterprises that are the source of so much growth and job creation. we urge examining and reforming our legal and regulatory systems so women can avail themselves of a full range of financial services, and such reforms can also help ensure that women are not forced to compromise on the well-being of their children to pursue a business career. we must improve women's access to markets so those who start businesses can keep them open. for example, we need to correct the problem of what is called information asymmetric problems, meaning that women are not informed about the trade a

thanks klaus worried rivera p.s. i fear it's a nice right to worship. all right so this is two thousand and eleven it's a small town in kentucky. but this pastor has banned in a racial couples from becoming members and participating in services yes i'm sorry they didn't even say it was about god they were like this is not about salvation this is about making everybody comfortable or something like that so it's not even about their stance on religion it's about being racist. pastors a jerk the people who stood up for jerks put in america we have a long history of rights about that we have freedom of religion if you want to go to a kooky church you can go president obama's kooky pastor so that the government invented very genocide against people of color and all these you know you want to users the church because this one if you're in a racial couple you can just follow it and it's legal it's just stupid well and you know what their pastor ok. out of this but the reality is that there is this is kind of like a glimmer of hope story because there are about

a maid found the body of 71- year-old klaus gachter in his home on waterbury lane friday afternoon. police say they don't believe the case is a random act of violence. so far there are no suspects or people of interest. investigators aren't releasing details of the crime scene including the cause of death. but there are reports that he was found lying in a pool of blood. >>> police are looking for three armed men they say stormed a cupertino jewelry store in a brazen heist monday morning. detectives are reviewing security footage to come up with a suspect's description. they entered barty's jewelers at about 11:15 yesterday morning. the masked robbers were last seen running west on rodriguez avenue. >>> a hollywood star got a taste of the true danger of mavericks. >> gerard butler was shooting a movie at the famed break on sunday when a set of 15-foot waves clobbered him. the "mercury news" says he was held under water for two waves and washed into rocks that had to be scary so a lifeguard rescued him. butler was checked out at stanford medical center but wasn't seriously injured. i

klaus. >> we'll give you props. >> i've got the inside track. >> we'll give you props for the good weatherll see today. >> fair enough. >> thanks a lot, chuck. >>> after a short hiatus, "saturday night live" is back with steve bushemi and guests the black keys. >> even with all of the acting credits, nothing compares to "snl." >> i'm steve wasemi and hosting "snrks sl" with the black keys. >> the second time hosting for steve busemi but the first time was 13 years ago. >> it's nerve-racking, it really is. i think i've woken up every night this week in like a panic, just thinking about it. >> reporter: but the same thing goes for "snl's" regulars. >> everyone and the casts and writers still wakes up in a panic. >> that's reassuring. >> reporter: none of the current cast was on the show when he first hosted, most are younger than the show itself. >> awesome! >> were you even born when the show first came on? >> no, i was not, '78. >> the brooklyn born star of films including "the big lebowski" watched "snl" from the beginning since 1975. >> i don't like to think about that perspective becaus

they got the carousels, a ferris wheel and then you have santa klaus who apparently is without his sleigh house to house. let's show you the temperatures. we are on the cool side but you already know that. the temperature into the 40s for the most part. already some 30s. 37 way back to the west in west virginia. look at 39 right now in gaithersburg. that's the cool spot. overnight lows are going to be on the chilly side but they won't be all that cold. we're looking at temperature a little warmer than last night. 26 in frederick, 26 in the leesburg area, 25 in manassas. tomorrow, temperatures bumping up a little bit. we'll see partly to mostly sunny skies. temperatures around 52 degrees. we're looking at 49 in gaithersburg. leesburg at 51. and over the next couple of days, even warm he on thursday with a slight chance for some shower activity. that's really going to be about it. we dry out as we head into the weekend. the question that you've been asking, first off, what do you think of these? what do you think people think, the community thinks about your display? >> probably a little ex

klaus on a swing.hen the nice little ferris wheel here, the merry go around as well as some really cool ones. you have to come out here. what is the street? >> rose little drive. come out to rose hill drive. check this out. this is one of those houses that you have to stop in front of. but bob has learned a lot from the weather, believe it or not. you were telling me how learned from the snowstorm two years ago. you've learned from the rain and all that kind of thing. it is really a process for you. >> reporter: i keep the electrical about a foot, a foot and a half off the ground so i don't get zapped. i try on wrap everything with baggies so we just figured out how to keep everything in check. so every time the wind gusts -- >> reporter: and the winds are a big factor for you guys. and it may be wndy on thursday. that's the only day. take a look at the forecast. we are going on warm up. tomorrow, back up to about 52. and then 58 on thursday. that's our next best chance of rain. we're not expecting a l

an estimated 40 million people suffer from phobias and one of them is klaus encloses troe phobia. in this hour we'll bring you the stories of people trapped in some of the scariest most confined spaces possible. an airtight sink, a sinking car and an elevator. the fear of death in these situations is all too real so it is up to the rescuers putting their own lives on the line to help those in danger get out alive. it is 9:30 a.m. in thailand. a fire rages in the kitchen on the first floor of the royal hotel and quickly spreads. but 16 floors above, american rochelle stimey knows nothing about the blazing inferno below. no alarm, no phone call, no notice at all. her husband is in china away on business and she's in her hotel room with her 7-year-old daughter sona when something catches sona's eye outside their window. >> i noticed some smoke. then i noticed it was coming from straight down below the window. and then i heard people screaming. >> rochelle panicked, rushes to the door, only to discover the hallway is filled with smoke. >> my daughter yelled -- we are going to die. the

and then vaclav klaus, when he stole the pen, and he says that's what we in the czech republic do. to take the pens, the ceremonial pens. >> to steal them? >> yes. >> and there he is with chilean sebastian peneara, and he slips the pen into his pocket. yes. remember that one in the muldives, you had a ceremony, there he is, the celebrant conducting the ceremony in the native tongue of the maldives, but he is really cursing them. >> that's right. >> this week there was a fedex worker who took his fedex package and hauled it over the side of the railing. >> a lot of people were concerned about that, of course, with the holidays. thank you. we'll leave it there for our morning passport. we will take a quick break and reset things for you at the top of the hour, get you caught up on everything you need to know as you get out the door to do some last-minute shopping. that's why every day we help people across the country get into their first homes. prepare for a comfortable retirement and protect the people and things that matter most. at genworth we believe every day is the right day t

klaus himself still taking visitors, young -- >> how can you fly?reporter: -- and older. >> it's my very first time. it's wonderful. >> reporter: these three croat a croatia. >> you're a good boy. >> reporter: now they find santa's world all abust. the elves are teaching visitors a thing or two in elf school. >> in every single window in the world there is at least one elf. >> reporter: in santa's post office they're helping him read and answer letters from all over the world. >> you need two elves to open this one. >> reporter: there's one from nicky in florida. >> this christmas just give me what you think i deserve. >> reporter: more than half a million letters this year. >> i'm so worried about my baby sister. do you have any ideas to cheer her up? >> reporter: and out in the woods, the elves have a secret control room. >> rudolph! >> reporter: this is where they make toys. but here in santa's world, it's okay to peek a little. santa! he even gave us a rare interview. everybody wants to know how do you have time to go to everybody's house all ov

look at these pictures of everyone running dressed up as santas, i have to say, it's all for a good klaushere they were, raising money for charity. basically, for kids who have life threatening illnesses. and they want one wish to come true, so they were out there in scotland running around about three miles or so in two major cities, edenburg and glasgow. and they had a zumba artist come out and an instructor give them kind of a prerun workout fitness thing, but it was all for a really good cause. and a lot of kids are going to be really happy. but it's quite a sight. you have heard of the running of the bulls, but not the running of the santas, right? >> you just mentioned zumba. i don't think everybody knows exactly what that is. you have to explain that. >> combined with, did you do that and the run as well? [ laughter ] >> kyra, kyra, you know, i like exercise. zumba is a particular kind of a dance and a rhythm. i believe it's from latin america. i could be wrong here. but i'm completely uncoordinated. i have never taken a zumba class before. and frankly, as far as dressing up as a s

klaus aka heidi klum gets ready to go off to work. in los angeles. in d.c. the first family celebrates christmas in washington with some of santa's cutest helpers. and in london, the duchess of cambridge wowed the crowd in a strapless black alexander mcqueen dress at a gala event honoring british soldiers. believe it or not, you don't have to spend a fortune to look fabulous. our style contributor and also host of tlc's what not to wear joins us. good morning. >> good morning, ann. >> the big question is how can we do this on a budget? you say it's possible of course it's possible. the thing is you don't have to dress in a way that is just like the celebrities to feel like a million bucks. you don't have to spend a lot of money. it's also about dressing you and not dressing yourself to look like a kim kardashian. >> yeah. >> you want to be yourself. >> absolutely. that goes without saying. and speaking of someone who looks like herself, we've got sandra and we should mention that she is the mother of one of our favorite today show sta

klaus regling was sent to asia to explore the potential relationship of beijing and tokyo in particular and explore how they might support it. the first port of call was basing any was received very well by the minister of finance. he left for tokyo without a press release. evidently, the objective of these discussions was to see how willing the chinese would be to support the leveraging of the european stability fund from 440 billion euro to 1 trillion euro. the chinese or realized that bureau problem is not a financial problem. it is a political problem between north and south. by making available hundreds of billions of dollars, china cannot solve the political dimensions of these problems. nonetheless, my sense is that under the right circumstances, the chinese would race to support your because europe is important to china. in our u.s.-centered world, we don't realize. europe is a more intricate -- important trading partner than the u.s. and is an important source for technical assistance which almost all the member countries in the european union have technical assistance programs

particularly the house counsels office is advancing an aggressive interpretation of the debate klausallowing members who engaged in bribery to go unpunnished. congress frequently refuses to enforce even its own limited ethics rules failing 20 police the conduct of members other than being so egregious it's sensational wall-to-wall 24/7 news coverage. i'll leave it to the other esteemed panelists leaders in the field to discuss whether or not insider trading laws on the books apply to you. given there's no prosecution of a member of congress for insider trading, and only one member of the house, way back in 1976 has ever been disciplined for remotely related conduct, it's imperative congress passes an act soon. members 6 congress need to -- members of congress need to demonstrate to america you take your ethics seriously. undoubtedly, there's cases in which the clause of the constitution might prevent prosecution such as where a member traded on confidential information, received pursuant to a committee inquiry. as a result, not only should the stock act provide a role for the fcc and

the authority of the congress under the commerce klaus was unchallenged for 60 years and then lopez and morrison cut back. chief justice renquist said the case was unconstitutional because of the "method of reasoning." and i often wonder what transformation occurs when the nominees leave this room, walk across the green, and are sworn into the supreme court. the court is very ideologically driven at the moment, and i think the public needs to understand that, the case of the affordable care act is coming up for supreme court review, and that is a case which touches every american, and it ought to be accessible to the public. the chamber holds only 250 people, and when the american people were polled on the subject, 63% said they felt the supreme court ought to be televised. when the other 37% found out that the people could stay only for three minutes and the chamber was limited, the number rose to 80%. the highest court of great britain and canada is televised. most of the state supreme courts are televised. when the nominees appear before the committee on con confirmation, they speak

one is under the establishment klaus, there's no -- establishment clause, there's no reinstatement in that position, and another is that -- >> but he can for money; right? >> i don't believe he can be reinstated to get damages from removal -- >> he can sue for money, you know, the loss -- >> i think in this case it's likely to fail because you run into issues of religious doctrine or evaluations of distipghtly religious matters, and those doctrines still stand. the problem with the categorical exception is it sleeps in cases like this one where the well pleaded case says i was dismissed from employment because i said i was going to make a report to the eeoc, and she's not seeking reinstatement, but just wants the economic loss. >> back to the example of the cannon law professor because i still don't see how the approach that this solicitor general is recognizes is recommending can eliminate the problems involved in pretext, so the -- as understood her answer, it was that you couldn't look into the question of whether the professor's cannon law scholarship was really good cannon law sc

klaus himself still taking visitors, young -- >> how can you fly?er: -- and older. >> it's my very first time. it's wonderful. >> reporter: these three croat a croatia. >> you're a good boy. >> reporter: now they find santa's world all abust. the elves are teaching visitors a thing or two in elf school. >> in every single window in the world there is at least one elf. >> reporter: in santa's post office they're helping him read and answer letters from all over the world. >> you need two elves to open this one. >> reporter: there's one from nicky in florida. >> this christmas just give me what you think i deserve. >> reporter: more than half a million letters this year. >> i'm so worried about my baby sister. do you have any ideas to cheer her up? >> reporter: and out in the woods, the elves have a secret control room. >> rudolph! >> reporter: this is where they make toys. but here in santa's world, it's okay to peek a little. santa! he even gave us a rare interview. everybody wants to know how do you have time to go to everybody's house all over the

klaus aka heidi klum gets ready to go off to work.geles. in d.c. the first family celebrates christmas in washington with some of santa's cutest helpers. and in london, the duchess of cambridge wowed the crowd in a strapless black alexander mcqueen dress at a gala event honoring british soldiers. believe it or not, you don't have to spend a fortune to look fabulous. our style contributor and also host of tlc's what not to wear joins us. good morning. >> good morning, ann. >> the big question is how can we do this on a budget? you say it's possible of course it's possible. the thing is you don't have to dress in a way that is just like the celebrities to feel like a million bucks. you don't have to spend a lot of money. it's also about dressing you and not dressing yourself to look like a kim kardashian. >> yeah. >> you want to be yourself. >> absolutely. that goes without saying. and speaking of someone who looks like herself, we've got sandra and we should mention that she is the mother of one of our favorite today show staffers, les